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the tribune thursday februaby g wis andre van vugt prais town facility of andre van vugt head librarian town whitchurchstouffville byedschroeter stouffville if you believe all librarians are cranky old ladies who wear horn rimmed glasses with their hair rolled up in a bun youve probably been watching too much television what you need do is settle down and read a good book whether you choose platos the republic or vernes journey to the centre of the earth andre van vugt can find you the book you want hes the new head librarian town of whitchurchstouffville mr van vugt and wife pamela have lived at baldwin for the past two years their family includes three cats and a dog theyre currently looking for a small house in this area with a little land to ac commodate one of mr van vugts favorite hobbies gardening like his other passion reading mr van vugt makes gardening a yearround ac tivity he hopes to install a small greenhouse on his property for the last two years mr van vugt was head librarian in georgina prior to that he served as a branch librarian in the scarborough system seven years and at other similar positions across the province the goodnatured gen tleman with a telltale dutch accent was educated in the city earning an honors degree in library science from the university of toronto as for why he chose to come to the whitchurchstouffville mr van vugt calls it an ideal area combining the qualities of a small town with close proximity to the city he describes the towns facility as the envy of all librarians according to mr van vugt not only is it a beautiful building but also very functional the community has just cause to be proud mr van vugt feels his task now is to become acquainted with the people the library should reflect the towns in terests he noted he also intends to continue promoting its services the library performs a twofold function it supplies not only the means for continuing education but acts as a cultural focal point for the municipality bad driving stuns officer stouffville a york regional police officer told a senior citizens group here that on occasions hes stunned by the in cidents of bad driving be sees on the roads constable fred tuiuell spoke at a meeting of the silver jubilee club in stouff- ville jan 19 the subject of his talk was defen sive driving everybodys in a hurry these days pc tufnell told his audience and invariably headed down to loblaws to take advantage of the thurs day specials theyre really in a hurry to go nowhere the officer warned however that driving too slowly can be just as hazardous as travelling too fast go with the flow of traffic he suggested constable tufnell said it might do some motorists good if they could see a few of the accidents hes in vestigated the speaker ad mitted its discouraging to learn that even though a drivers licence is suspended by the province that person will continue to operate an automobile knowing full well hes breaking the law maybe well have to start taking their cars away too be said the officer noted that on occasions a judge will make it mandatory for a convicted motorist to enrol in a driver training course sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt he said constable tufnell said that according to statistics persons most likely to become involved in motor vehicle collisions are between the ages of 18 and 25 of ten he pointed out its the innocent party thats killed or injured the speaker urged his audience to think ahead to spot accident possibilities before they occur see a potential problem before it becomes a problem he stated one lady in the audience recommended that parents accompany their children before allowing them to drive off on their own the officer agreed but added the family unit isnt as cohesive as it once was holiday down sooth mr and mrs jerry meharg main street west recently returned frora a midwinter holiday at ft myers florida home from england george flowers albert street north recently returned from a holiday trip to bir mingham england where he visited his sister mrs nancy cooke plane travel doesnt bother him in fact be says he loves it mr flowers was away almost three weeks there are more than 365 ways for you to save during simpsons savings spectacular pick up your copy of this special 36page section in the simpsons nearest you today read it its a bestseller youll find savings and special values for you your family and your home not to mention gift ideas for valentines day dont miss this spectacular event on now through saturday february 1 7th at all simpsons stores rt vnjpsbtf shop simpsons yorkdale cedarbrae fairview sherway gardens scarborough town centre brampton shoppers world and hillcrest mali in richmond hill skiing accident marj duxbury park drive north has had her left arm in a cast following a crosscountry skiing accident she suffered a fall while travelling downhill chipping the bone in her elbow she hopes to have the cast removed this week registrations parents wanting to register their children for september kindergarten classes at summitview school are asked to meet with the secretary monday feb 12 between 1 and 4 and 7 and 830 pm to be eligible a boy or girl must have reached his 5th birthday by dec 31 1979 thrills audience frank and ruby burkholder parkview apartments stouffvule were in london ont jan 31 to attend a recital presented by nancy herbison in the faculty of music building university of western ontario the concert was offered in partial fulfillment of requirements for her bachelor of music degree with honors in per formance voice nancys selections were chosen from the works of handel debussy mozart braham warlock and stravinsky and were sung in four languages ger man italian french and english the large audience was thrilled by her talent and accorded her rousing ovations nancy is the daughter of mr and mrs hugh herbison of argenta british columbia mrs herbison is the former agnes klinck of stouff- ville to disney world george and joy ross and boys are holidaying this week in florida with disney world an im portant stopoff point while in the sunny south florida holiday ernie and lu abraham ninth line north are on vacation in florida director at royal mayor eldred king of whitchurch stouffvule has been appointed a director on the board of the royal agricultural winter fair he will represent the region of york parents meeting the parents of grade 8 students have been invited to attend a meeting at stouffvule dist secondary school monday feb 12 at 730 pm purpose of the gathering is to provide information on the grade 9 program for september of this year in hospital mrs george john son harold street stouffvule is a patient in scarborough centenary hospital honor bridetobe several from stouffville attended a trousseau tea saturday at zephyr in honor of christine bone youngest daughter of mr and mrs robt bone formerly of church street stouff vule christine wul be married feb 10 in zephyr united church snowmobile rides the stouffville snowmobile club is organizing rides for senior citizens on sunday feb 18 from latcham hall the invitation is open to all including residents of green gables parkview home and apartments and the stouffville nursing home transportation will be provided to and from the hall also refreshments and warm clothing for additional information on this event call debbie maye at 640- 5880 friday night films the public library is planning a series of family films every friday evening beginning feb 16 and extending through march 9 at 730 pm parents and children are invited admission is free the first film is feb 16 en titled sons of the desert with laurel and hardy altona wi the altona womens institute will meet on thurs feb 15 at the home of mrs harvey feasby 59 blake street stouffville members are asked to please note the change of date evening of music a special evening of music featuring the central baptist seminary choral wiu be held on friday feb 16 at 8 pm in the emmanuel in ternational christian centre stouffville- gormley road near the 6th concession minister leaving rev j allan shantz minister at the markham missionary church is leaving there this sum mer to take a new charge in the kitchener area awarded degrees congratulations to marvin reesor son of mr and mrs lewis reesor rr 2 markham and brian ratcliff son of mr and mrs dave ratcliff rr 4 stouff ville on receiving their bachelorof science in agriculture degrees at the university of guelph feb 2 both marvin and brian are graduates of stouffville dist secon dary school the event was attended by the honorable pauline mcgibbon lieut governor of ontario gong show auditions auditions are now being held for par ticipants in the kinsmen- sponsored gong show at stouffville dist secon dary school sat feb 24 amateur talent is invited to latcham hau mon day feb 12 at 730 pm for more information call 6401076 after 6 pm silver anniversary mr and mrs ivan bell formerly of stouff vule and now living at ayr ont celebrated their 25th wedding an niversary jan 27 to mark the occasion a gathering of family friends and relatives was held at keswick mr and mrs clarence fockler of ringwood were among the folks from this area who attended from new liskeard roger and judy denomme main street east stouffville were pleased to have judys twin sister and her husband spend a week with them here joan and curtis loach reside at new liskeard they were accompanied by mark and paul belanger also of new liskeard lions car draw the stouffville lions car draw and other prizes is fast ap proaching the date is sat feb 24 at rolling hills golf and country club tickets maximum j of 600 are available at aikens pharmacy cards hardware and morgan jewellers winter carnival weather permitting the staff and students of orchard park school wul enjoy their annual winter carnival friday march 2 late cg mckenzie seryice was held from the oneiu funeral home tuesday afternoon for clark g mckenzie harold street stouffville h 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