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pat muir the toibl thursday december 2ltsx a promotion inhewyar ss i y fy by jim thomas stouffville one of the many pleasures experienced by the editor of stouffvilles weekly newspaper is visiting the municipal office on civic street the staff there are most cordial and extremely co operative symbolic of this attitude is pat huir who on jan 1 takes over the important position of town clerk this lovely lady with the soft voice and pleasant smile is one of the benefits derived through the formation of regional government pat was a receptionisttypist on the old whitchurch township staff at van- dorf when the two municipalities became one she and several others were incorporated into the new system with capital headquarters at stouffville age levels is prominently displayed on her desk hes a student at aurora st public school and a member of the towns sea cadets a step daughter and her husband live in toronto and they recently added a bouncing baby boy to the family circle ii sort of fell into it is the way pat describes her introduction to municipal life never one to sit at home she answered an ad vertisement for a clerical job in whitchurch and was hired i never thought id ever be the clerk she admits but ive never enjoyed anything more any success shes en joyed she credits to ralph corner the towns administrator soon to retire hes represented a sort of father image around here a wonderful whitchurch staff that all would be well he had to arrange accommodation for everyone in stouff ville otherwise we would have been sitting on each others laps but thats all history now new challenges lie ahead and pats anxious to get on with the job ive never enjoyed anything like this she says reaching for the phone to handle an in coming call it never gets boring every day is different although experience is important the learning process was advanced considerably when she enrolled in a clerk- treasurers course at seneca college it wasnt easy on her or on her family she says now her husband and son showed great patience and understanding pat doesnt daim to know all the answers when it comes to municipal law nor does she pretend to id never mislead the council she said on occasions she must do research on issues to which shes not familiar she says she can always count on members of staff for assistance calling them tremen dous we get along great she said when timepermits pat says she tries to get in a few hours of knitting or crocheting a family trip to florida every winter is also a welldeserved break to pat mutr new town clerk- our congratulations council has made an excellent choice 13 as i uvno m at s vsmu although born in v teacher she said toronto and now living at aurora pat and norm muir resided for a time in goodwood and later on faulkner avenue in whitchurch son stuart is a very special person to them both she admits his picture at various pat vividly recalls the rather hectic time in which a village and a township were welded together into a town it was mr corner she remembers who carried much of the load in addition to reassuring the at pat muir formerly of the township office at vandorf and more recently the deputyclerk of whitchurchstouffville has been promoted to the position of clerk as of jan 1 1980 pats coming to town has been one of the benefits derived from regional government jim thomas ewellers editors mail per meeting pay sounds sensible dear editor trustee harry bowes suggestion re docking board of education members for meetings missed may have been made in jest im not sure but i feel it has merit however in a practical sense mt should be done in another way i n s t e ad o f- decreasing stipends due- to absenteeism- the trustees should- be paid on a basis of meetings attended in this way theyd be more inclined to be present anyone receiving 7200 a year should make his or her at tendance at meetings a prioritymost i believe do but some i un derstand do not the latter should indeed be penalized leslie green rr 2 stouffvulo jay at dear mr thomas ive just been ad miring the page 1 color picture in the dec 13 tribune and had to scribble off a note of congratulations its beautiful catching the joy of the christmas season as no other photo ive seen while in the act of writing i may never getaroundtoitagain i want to say how much our family enjoys your newspaper its so personal we feel like were part of it heres wishing you and your staff a wonderful christmas and a joyous new year thelmaneale manitoba street stouffville weve got a sleighful of gift ideas for you the management staff of regal restaurant tavern extend to you a merry christmas a happy new year closed christmas day new years day open boxing day regal restaurant tavern ltd 6404838 43rst bhbv c0i1hst predjq th hrbmofik of 80s first bflbv in valuable prizes deposit your coupon at houstons by 30 dec decisions of the judges will be final in case of tie judges will award at their discretion 1980 rrst baby contest my prediction l dat 1im1 j 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