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the tribune thursday december 13- m is ralph corner by jim thomas stouffvtllei twentythree years ago stouffviue was still a village the only paved road was main street a chief and one constable comprised the police department the municipal office was in the back of the fireball and the staff included a clerk and one assistant that clerk back in 1957 was ralph corner now the administrator for the expanded town of whitchurch- stouffville and soon to retire the end of the year will mark the end of an era not only for ralph himself but for those who bold him in high regard certainly all members of his staff ralph corner has been a leader here not often in public more often behind the scenes but a leader just the same in more than two decades mayors reeves and councillors have come and gone but the clerk- i administrator has remained to carry on until now dec 31 is his last day on the job ive enjoyed it theres a lot of satisfaction in seeing things happen he says and a lot has happened as he only- knows he can list the accomplishments even to dates politically ralphs direct involvement was related to the twp of georgina where he served as councillor then reeve then warden of york county it was the late elmer daniels then reeve of stouffvihe who during a con versation mentioned the fact council could soon- be seeking someone to fill the clerks position here ralph applied and was accepted in addition to reeve daniels other members were milt burk deputyreeve gar leh man ken laushway and elgin wagg until they moved into their present quarters ralph and deputyclerk charles jackson did it all a good man is the way jse remembers his assistant now on the executive staff of stouffviue machine and tool the big change came with the in troduction of regional government the work load increased im mensely involving all levels of authority ralph corner town clerk and ad ministrator for the past 23 years will retire dec 31 while never one too involved in politics ralph retains great respect for those who take on such chores ninety per cent are sincere and want to do a good job be feels stouffvilles been extremely fortunate ralph has always believed in operating by the book if you dont bend the law youll never get in trouble he claims hes a strong supporter of all members on staff and points to few changes in personnel in recent years this tends to make for a cohesive office unit he says just over two years ago he and his wife moved back home to beaverton not many miles from where he lived while on council in georgina hes proud of his family that includes four sons glenn at brampton john in london bill in stouff viue allan at whitby and one daughter carol mrs michael burd in markham he has nine grandchildren ralph admits hes really looking forward to retirement a chance to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it he hopes to spend at- least part of the winter in florida and get in a few rounds of golf if whitchurch- stouffvilles been good to him hes reciprocated ten folds a dedication that can be measured in hours not dollars and cents ralph corner leaves big shoes to fill by elsie boland rgoodwood a very pretty wedding took place in the goodwood hall friday evening when holly faith peden was married to charles richsrdson the auditorium was beautifully decorated in keeping with the christmas season and guests sat down to a bountiful beef dinner later dancing was eh- joyed the nappy couple will reside in stouffviue members of the local cb club enjoyed a dinner and dance in the goodwood hall saturday night the couples club is holding a christmas dinner and dance dec is in the goodwood hall tickets are now available kathleen may spent a couple of days with mr and mrs frank barnes and baby jennifer mothers and daughters are invited to the girls club banquet dec 1 at6 pjn in the baptist church the baptist church christmas concert is sunday dec 16 at 7 pjn a goose shoot will be held at the boland farm this saturday beginning at 12 noon lisa mctaggart mildred mctaggart greenwood on novl 29 members of the greenwood 4 h homemaking club at tended the south ontario county achievement day at ajax eighth girls completed the unit en titled needlepoint for all ages they are patricia conduit- becca finlay jennie mc- cullough lisa mc taggart dale pascoe susan pegg kirstin snowden and debbie waltham lisa mc taggart was presented with her county honors diploma mr and mrs john kinsley of chicago mr and mrs h mcphail of toronto mr and mrs brian beckett and mr and mrs hal pegg and family were guests saturday of mr and mrs edgiepegg mr and mrs tom forsyth and mr and mrs wm mccowan called on the brown family salem road friday evening guests saturday with mr and mrs don beach were mr and mrs lyman mclnnis and keith acton tom hays big time tribute to cattleman thomas e hays of oakville was recognized at a testimonial dinner nov 13 at the bristol place hotel the event was in tribute to his lifetime of successful promotion and development of export markets for canadian holsteins and other livestock prominent people fromall over the world attended those who paid personal tributes to mr hays were senator harry hays calgary alberta stephen roman of romandale farms ltd r r 1 union ville harris wilcox of bergen new york and ernie kahn a member of- the canadian -livestock- exporters association george demons former- secretarymanager of the holsteinfresian associ ation of canada was the chairman tom hays was instrumental in opening and expanding markets that include britain italy spain japan and south america- he was the driving force behind the show herds that offered the best of the breed for auction hays farms international limited has through the years managed- a number of top quality sales that have established world record stouffville stouffvilles keith acton will long remember tues dec 11 that was the night he made his debut in the national hockey league as a full- fledged member of the montreal canadians while attending the montreal training camp or participating in the pregame warmup would she feared he was telephoning to say it was worse the news was quite the opposite betty said he was putting his whole heart into hockey and had trained vigorously during the summer to keep in shape this enthusiasm obviously paid off for in 29 games this season with the v nova scotia rnaintaineda command- prides the most recent ih position at all major us was last august at k and p u n championship competi tions the successful sale of stars that began in november 1953 was last august at romandale farms when a new world record figure for one animal was set at 400000 aid for farmers the pace of change is accelerating and with it the need to plan for the future thats exactly what farmers at the ontario federation of agricultures annual convention were doing november 27 to 29 at the downtown holiday inn toronto over 400 delegates representing 23000 of ontarios far mers debated their way to policy decisions on key agricultural concerns of the coming decade a new ofa president was acclaimed during the convention ralph barrie dairy- and beef farmer perth ontario mr barrie replaced threeyear president peter hannam thenew president was given a mandate to press both federal and provincial governments for action on issues which t0wn0fwhitchurchst0uffville notice meetings cancelled the next regular meeting of council scheduled for tuesday december 25th 1 979 has been cancelled -and- the regular meeting of planning board scheduled for tuesday january 1st 1 980 has been cancelled municipal offices closed the municipal offices will be closed during the holiday season december 24th to 26th and december 3 1 st and january 1 st january 1980- regular meetings for the month of january 1980 the regular meetings of council will be held as follows ptanning board january 8th and 22nd coiind january 15th and 29th affect the agricultural community four areas of concern were emphasized i agriculture should be given top priority- in energy allocation and in the development of alternate energy forms 2 the effect of current high interest grates on farmers should be c u s h i o n e d 3 agricultural zoning should be set up to protect farmers and prevent restrictions of normal farming practices and 4- farmers should become more aware of political decisionmaking and work to influence those decisions to their benefit new ofa executive elected at the convention are ron white first vicepresident frank wall second vice- president harry pat- tinson and mary wicks executive members re elected to the executive were delbybucknall and albin kormos action in the game assists against new york gerry and betty islanders in new york travelled to rochester unfortunately the twice to see him play and canadians lost 41 they undoubtedly would betty acton keiths shave gone to new york on mother said she first tuesday if a quick trip learned of her sbnlscould have been- promotion to the big arranged team when he called her its bad enough not longdistance sunday being able to watch the night he had recently game said betty but been sidelined with a we couldnt hear it painful ankle injury and either s stouffville bakery main stw stouffvilie 6403146 j thisl weeks special mince meat tarts 6 for 89 order your gingerbread house now small 995 large m 695 santa claus is coming this saturday sunday free pepsi chips to all kids accompanied by their parents the fantastic flea market open loarnspjn year round saturdays sundays at 11300 yonge street formerly bristols furniture richmond hill you wont believe it over 100 vendors goods from me world over call 884562 fridays i w only 2749403 s or evening call se 270649sfor details our sale continues off all our stock up to store hours mon to sat 9 6 thurs jfri ml 9 fawns sports centre 58 main st w 6406322 children of toronto mr and mrs don goodwin entertained 20 family members to pre- christmas dinner sun day christmas cantata the choir of springvale baptist church will present a christmas cantata this sunday at 7 pm christmas light displays dont have to be extravagant to be effective homes offices and factories with too many lights can turn a display of aoodwill into somethina else so keep it simple and of course wait until alter 7 oclock to switch the lights on a conservation message from markham hydro town of markham hydro electric commission 60 bullock drive markham ontario up 3p2 tel6phoe 94 3eio i a gift from toromark 1 furniture buy now pay jan feb march april free gift with ever chesterfield bedroom dining suite 4 pc chesterfield only savewo 2 pc sectional only saviwo mattress box spring 30 off by sertasealysimmons room divider- 2wony giant sale price on everything in store free delivery oo free setup 2 stores open 99 t0r0mark sherwood plaza 2942581 furniture markham plaza 2942060