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cliff hollidge woodsman to retire the tribune thursday july 1 1st 17 for the past thirtytwo years the york regional forest has been a second home to operations manager cliff hollidge on july 31 he retires but fond memories will live on he may even return to the site to enjoy some of the recreation the area has to offer ed schroeter by ed schroeter vivian cliff hollidges roots run deep in the york regional forest i used to call it my forest he said before he became operations manager for the woodlands in durham peeland york i still have a heart feeling for the place you cant spend this long here and remain uninvolved on july 31 after 32 years in charge of the forest at vivian cliff is retiring mr hollidge grew up with the forest born and raised in a small white farmhouse still standing on the wdodlot below the vivian sideroad on high way 48 he attended the little red brick schoolhouse on the vivian sideroad mr hollidge attended high school in stouffville ted hollidge cliffs father bought 200 acres of land at vivian to farm when he discovered the soil was too poor for agriculture he gladly sold it to the county of york in 1924 it was the first tract of several thousand acres of land the county pur chased between 1924 and 1928 for a reforestation project an attempt to preserve precious water resources in the 1800s the land had been stripped bare of trees the streams had begun to dry up as a result there was nothing but blow sand as far as you could see on the way to school it would cut your face mr hollidge recalled often the sand drifted so badly horse when this forest was nothing but little trees be said when the county government bought the acreage in 1924 cliffs father was appointed forest manager on his return home from the air force in 1947 to car e for his seriously ill father mr hollidge was asked to stay on and look after the project i started working for them and 32 years later here i am i took the job because i grew up here i liked the freedom of the outdoors mr hollidge explained living in newmarket with his wife glenna and their twins karen and collin the family was able to enjoy the benefits of town while he was able to work in a pine forest all day at 55 cliff wants more leisure time he says hes a little protective of the forest always reluctant to vacation during forest fire season i hope to see a little more of canada mr hollidge explained yes he agreed ill miss the forest iu always come back here to roam among the trees ill probably see a lot more than i did while i was working you may see me snowshoeing out there i know im leaving it in good hands he stressed protective hands like those of elliot graham and john griffiths longtime co workers mr hollidge added the personnel helped make my stay here happy it makes it much easier to work on a job when you have a good staff cliff has only one regret i wish my father had lived to see it now its really much more his forest than it is mine he went through the hard years in those days 1500 trees could be planted daily with mechanical devices foresters can plant 1000 trees an hour now things have changed in the forest over the years the most dramatic is the loss of cliff hollidge manager mr and mrs allan wideman formerly of stouffville and now residing at milverton celebrated their golden wedding anniversary july 8 at poole mennonite church although married april 28 1929 the gathering was delayed so all members of their family could be present mr and mrs allan wideman wed fifty years its operations vivian forest trees cover 4900 acres vivian the york regional forest covers 4900 acres the property is owned by the regional in it i can remember councillor bill kamps blasts editor into space stouffville councillor bill kamps made a rather unusual proposal to whitchurch- stouffville council july 10 we should tie jim thomas to a rocket and send him into space suggested the councillor in response to printed claims that other surrounding communities had grand canada day celebrations complete with parades and fireworks mr kamps had broken into a fit of rage over criticism the parks and recreation com mittee received after there were no organized canada day activities in stouffville this year councillor kamps a parks and recreation committee member took exception to claims of all you had to do was ask from townsfolk who afterwards said they would of gladly helped arrange some holiday celebrations where the hell were they before bellowed kamps to a startled council cham bers the councillors outburst was directed towards two newspaper late bruce stover an airman much of lif e stouffville rev harold boadway conducted the funeral service from the oneill chapel stouffville monday for bruce smoky stover following his sudden passing july 13 in hospital at north bay he was 58 born in stouffville sue of six in the family of mr and mrs ambrose stover he received his elementary and secon dary school education here 4 flying was his life he joined the rcaf in 1941 as a pilot he later served as an instructor mit west he left the srforce at the conclusion of world war ii only to re- enlist in 1950 to work as a pilotinstructor out of calgary and penhold alberta in 1954 smoky stover transferred to air defence command cying cf100 jets with 440 squadron at bagotvide quebec at that time he held the rank of flight lieutenant before moving to rr 1 mattawa he was employed for a time with his late brother harry stover at the stouffville bakery his death was due to a heart attack besides his wife the former janet jenny talbot he is survived by one son bill in calgary a daughter mary mrs wayne boyle orillia a grandson ryan stover and four sisters velma mrs jack spang and gladys mrs howard ratdiff of stouffville norma mrs don brown stoney creek and margaret mrs delos brown of stratford pall bearers were- howard ratdiff donald brown jack spang gregory brown russell stover and roger stover interment was in stouffville cemetery articles one piece telling of town mayor eldred kings disappointment over the canada day flop the other a biting editorial from the tribune centering out the parks and recreation committees inactivity for the absence of any celebrations in regard to the criticism councillor kamps said that its great to slam people but members of the committee are volunteers and they dont have to do it mr kamps admitted that his committee did decide to pass the buck and let somebody else do it however he doesnt feel the criticism was warranted councillor kamps said letters were sent to every organization and dub in stouffville asking for their cooperation in planning the event when there were no replies mr kamps said the committee just figured that the town didnt want any part of canada day the councillor added that he has put up a challeng for mr thomas to ve printed proof of the celebrations in other communities july 1 mr kamps said these places could give stouffville something to work on and local organizers could learn from them for future years in council jim doble made a motion that the tribunes editor be asked to head up a planning committee for next years canada day celebrations the motion was rejected by town mayor eldred king later councillor kamps told the tribune that he agrees with councillor dobles recommendation stating i think mr thomas would make a bell of a good man to bead up the committe aid town markham how valuable is industry to the town of markham to find out the tribune contacted alec barton municipal treasurer and industrial commissioner he revealed that in total townbased firms contribute annually dose to thirty million dollars in taxes of this fifteen of the largest companies pay about one million while unwilling to disclose individual tax payments mr barton did say steelcase canada limited on woodbine avenue would undoubtedly head the list followed perhaps by pitt steel chesbroughponds gage envelopes and shouldice hospital although not necessarily in that order other generous contributors to the towns tax coffers are simpsonsears canac wood products associated tube and st lawrence foods he said the biggest ibm is yet to come the treasurer noted with a start on construction expected even as early as this summer do not disturb at this time of year newly born whitetailed deer fawns may be sighted in woodlots and along field edges in york region reports jerry smitka of the fish and wildlife branch maple district ministry of natural resources but dont touch disturb or attempt to save them he warns often theyre found alone and mistakenly assumed to be lost the mother or doe may not be by the fawns side but she is undoubtedly nearby and will return if picked up and taken home the fawns chances of survival are poor smitka explains feeding becomes a problem since the mothers specialized milk cannot be replicated with cows milk and nutritional deficiencies occur even if the fawn lives it can never again enjoy the free life of other wild deer the official points out a handreared deer released into the wild does not have the proper alarm responses to various dangers and predators and would also be a special outcast to other deer therefore says smitka if fawns are sighted in their natural surroundings leave them lan vfw fhm and buggy became mired municipality ofyorkand is managed by the on tario ministry of natural resources in a planning committee report placed before regional council march 29 it was revealed that in 1978 revenue of 1425008 had been realized through the sale of forest products ex penditures totalled 3064451 the forest provides a variety of recreation and education uses an estimated 50000 people visit the site annually the agreement between the region of york and the ministry has been renewed and extends to the year 2027 in 1977 a little over 20 acres was added to the property at a cost of 5302754 seventyfive per cent of this was paid for by the province leaving the region with an expenditure of 1325688 there was a desire to purchase more land but offers were turned down in spite of this the briefly from a distance the mother will be watching too committee has recom mended that efforts towards this end be continued to protect the en- vironment the com mittee supports a ban on cars dune buggies and motorcydes they cause severe erosion on hills and are dangerous to others on foot and on horseback the report said due to an increase in cross country skiing a new public entrance and parking lot will be con structed in an area described as the porritt tract an additional area will be set aside to ac commodate this sport other forms of recreation encouraged include walking riding hor seback fishing orien teering and running competitions the vivian outdoor education centre plus student trips authorized by the scarborough board of education brings more than 12000 students to the property each year the report covering ten pages was prepared by jd griffith management forester ministry of natural resources maple mr and mrs allan wideman of tower heights milverton celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house sunday july 8 at poole mennonite church their actual wedding date was april 28 1929 but the reunion was delayed in order that all family members could be present prior to sundays gathering mr and mrs wideman were en tertained at a dinner held in elma community centre catered to by the ladies of poole church mr and mrs wideman were married at garden city missouri by rev ig hartzler of the mennonite church later they returned to canada and farmed near stouffville mr wideman will be remembered here as the capable ad ministrator at stouff- villes parkview home allan wideman was born at high river alberta son of the late mr and mrs will wideman he knew prime minister joe clarks grandfather a newspaper editor in that community mr and mrs wideman have resided at milverton more than four years only this year allan retired as crop insurance adjuster for perth oxford and waterloo counties presentfor the happy anniversary event were the couples daughter verna her husband herb reesor and children dale and cheryl of vancouver and wayne of edmonton a son ron wideman his wife lin and children michael lisa mark and susan arrived from new brunswick and another son murray wideman his wife pearl and daughters louise janice and denise of atwood were also present also attending the celebration was mrs widemans sister mrs allie kauffman of albany oregon and brothers dr and mrs ej miller of nampa idaho mr and mrs floyd miller of nampa idaho and mr and mrs joe miller of rupert idaho dog tag sellers hear tall tales stouffville with a straight face a lady claimed that she owned only two dogs while at the same time the barking coming from inside her home sounded like a kennel at least five or six dogs nineteen year old douglas heard of stouffville chuckled as he recalled that en counter experienced on his rather unique sum mer job he is one of three local students selling dog licences as wdl as recording the canine population in whitchurchstouffville douglas says most homes are prepared when he comes around to collect the fee mainly because the sale of tags has been well advertised around town while most people are receptive douglas says that many decide to give it a shot and at tempt to get around paying for their dogs licence the most com mon lines are that the resident has already paid the fee or simply that they dont have a dog one quick check with the registration list however tells douglas and his colleagues the actual truth of the matter douglas remembers another case where a dog owner tried everything to get rid of him first she flatly said 0 she didnt own a dog douglas knowing dif ferently pursued the case and was immediately confronted with the line i shot it last week no matter how hard these people try the persistence of stouff- villes fee collectors comes through in the end while last years collection saw about five people go to court due to nonpayment of the charges douglas says with pride that this year there has been no such problem although douglas stands about 6ft 2 in he says he is dwarfed by his boss bylaw en forcement officer george goff if there are any tough ones hell get them he joked model afbrd refurbished by former stouffville resident traffic stopped on main street stouffville last week as folks paused a moment to admire this beautiful marroon 1931 deluxe model a ford roadster the proud owner shown here is larry mcmoilen formerly of stotrffvflle- now living in couingwood the refurbished car represent sklsss 2years work and is one hundred percent origmalx w mw nu driver jailed ballantrae a 34 year old ballantrae area man was sent to jail for five days and fined 300 when he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving before judge fd white in newmarket court according to evidence blaise boucher dragged a york regional police constable along the side of his vehide while the officer was trying to arrest him pc kenneth knapton testified that boucher had gone through a radar trap at high speed and was later stopped following a chase the constable said the accused daimed he didnt have a drivers licence when asked to produce it he then ac- celerated his auto dragging the officer v beside it r c crown attorney kd tmarrayiald pother cruisers were despatched to the area and boucher was arrested fonthe vandorf sideroad lawyer for the ac- cused said his client was rih gun having mistaken h for