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wm rr fi- 6 the tribune thursday february 21 1s editors mail lv- c expensive dear editor minor hockey leaders in town are obviously concerned over con tinuing rising costs and rightly so its becoming an expensive sport particularly when two boys are involved it must be remem bered that hockey is no longer the game to play because everyone else is plating it everyone else isnt playing it and their numbers will become less apd less as the expense becomesmore and more i dont have an an swer i guess its a case of them that has gets and them that hasnt their kids do something else my one lad is bowling now instead of playing hockey and loves it i dont think hed go back even if ue asked him perhaps the league president and- members of council should get together and arrive at what they feel is a maximum registration fee hold it at that and let the remainder be picked up by the taxpayers peter williams rr islouifwlle town band needs support dear editor there was an in teresting little note in your papers story on proposed recreation budgets for 1980 david howard leader of the town band is considering concerts in the town park i for one hope he follows through on that idea and i hope too that the group is granted sufficient funds for new uniforms a band is a mar vellous thing for any community this one is deserving of support wilfred morris church street stouffville around town progress club donates 1000 to operation catchup operation catchup an organization in york region that assists students attain a higher level of learning was also given an assist last week by the whitchurch-stouff- ville branch of the canadian progress club president bud wiseman presented executive director lynn taylor with a cheque for 1000 to help with future work the donation was made prior to a club banquet meeting feb 13 at the deer park inn jim thomas art exhibit an exhibition of paintings by uxbridge townships john rich mond and lorraine surcouf is open to the public in the latcfaam gallery of the whit- churchstouffville public library a special evening is planned for friday feb 29 at 8 pm when both john and lorraine will be in at tendance to greet friends personally house breakin s bob greenfield formerly of markham and now living on davis drive at newmarket lost items valued at 100 recently when thieves entered the familys borne in broad daylight and ransacked several rooms cartoonist t famous cartoonist bob knight of schom- berg will illustrate bible stories in picture form at churchill baptist church sunday feb 24 there will be presentations at 10 a am n a jn and 2 pm three fire calls firemen were busy on saturday answering calls to standard pressure pipe on the bethesda sideroad where a trailer burned to the borne of percy brown boyer street a chimney fire and to a cottage residence at the putkowski property south of lemonville ninetieth birthday mrs elizabeth orm- son of west hill and formerly of box grove celebrated her 90th birth day feb 14 to mark the occasion a gathering was held at the home of her daughter mrs winnifred dart stouffville at tending the parly were her seven children kathleen helen jean isabelle allan and winnifred along with husbands and wives her fifteen grandchildren seventeen greatgrand children and a number of friends raise 135000 the whipper watson snowarama for timmy held out of bradford feb 10 saw more than 600 riders raise close to 435000 for the ontario society for crippled children several of the participants in the fund- 0 raising event were from the stouffville area buy a rose the stouffville girl guides will be selling roses for the heart fund in the business area of stouffville this saturday and also at the a p plaza host sr citizens senior citizens from green gables manor bloomington the stouff ville nursing home and from uxbridge enjoyed a program and refresh ments at the public library friday after noon ann simons of stouffville sang many of the good old songs and encouraged the audience to join in the classic organ was provided by clarion baker and played by jean thomas memorial service a service in memory of the late gh jerry gorrell formerly of charles street stouffville and later of tucson arizona will be held on sunday feb 24 at 2 pm in the stouffville united church mr gorrell passed away jan 6 in tucson following a valiant fight against cancer millionaires night give the stouffville figure skating club a boost by supporting their millionaires night sat march 1 at the legion hall there will be four blackjack tables three heels of fortune door prizes bluegrass music and refreshments two hundred tickets 1 each are now on sale at the legion or by calling lana black 6403210 or penny frederick 6403708 if successful the club hopes to make it an annual event citizen of 79 a committee established to select whitchurch stouffvilles citizen of the year will meet on feb 28 at 730 pm members are town councillor june button chamber of commerce president ged stonehouse and tribune editor jim thomas the response from residents in the area plan celebration a colorful canada weekend celebration is planned for whitchurch- stouffville june 2730 and july 1 a meeting to plan this event will be heldat v regal restaurant on mam street feb 27at 730 pm represent atives of all participating organizations and business places are asked to attend sock hop close to 150 young people attended the sock hop friday evening at summjtview school another dance is planned for this friday from 7 to 10 pm admission is 150 the torchmen the famous torch- men male quartet are returning to st james presbyterian church on sunday evening march 2 this special gospel music service begins at 7 pm road to recovery andre von vugt whitchurch stouffvilles chief librarian is steadily improving following a heart attacksuffered last year on doctors orders hes walking about three miles every day filling in for a period of six months on a parttime has been most gratifying b is yvonne koitin the person selected will church street north be honored at a time date and location agreed upon by the committee stouffville win two paintings presently on display at the librarys latcham gallery are art exhibits by john richmond and lorraine surcouf of claremont every visitor may enter the draw for two paintings by the artists which will be made at the shows conclusion feb 29 be tween 8 and 10 p m out of hospital mrs harold catton rupert avenue is con valescing at r following several weeks spent in scarborough centenary hospital build new home mr and mrs frank mellon and family will be leaving town following completion of their new home now under con struction on cherry street between ballantrae and vivian friendship club the friendship club will meet thursday evening tonight in the legion all senior citizens are welcome those requiring trans portation are asked to call 6402443 childrens films childrens films wills be shown at the whit- churchstouffville lib rary this saturday at 130 pm admission to the hourlong show is free music night the stouffville united church choir will present their annual music night on thursday march 13 at eight oclock this is the army how would you feel to be driving along the road at a safe and sensible speed and suddenly have your vehicle rammed by an army truck this happened to fred arm- strong of locust hill recently near island lake north of stouffville freds year old pickup truck was struck by the army vehicle causing heavy damage but no injuries while the cause of the collision was a bit difficult to determine police reports indicated the soldier behind the wheel was in fact a woman v farming frontiers hutchinsons farm supply centre is once again hosting farming frontiers at the ballantrae community centre on tuesday n march 4 at 8 pm far mers in the area are invited grand opening uxbridge townships new pleasure valley recreation centre will be officially opened this sunday beginning with a pancake breakfast at 9 am other activities will include crosscountry skiing skating and snow- shoeing the site is on the east side of the brock road 5th concession south of coppins cor ners fresh from texas oranges and grape fruit fresh from texas will be arriving at stouff ville dist secondary school feb 25 orders can be placed by calling 6401433 prices are twenty pounds 875 forty pounds 1450 coffee hours jan bcrsche of toronto is the guest speaker at the ladies coffee hours in the stouffville missionary church on wed feb 27 at 945 am and 130 pm a feature will be in struction on meatcutting by town butcher mike boadway babysitting will be provided in the morning editors mail sour note dear sir two years ago i organized a senior citizens kitchen band in stouffville that has become very popular the silver jubilee club wished that name to apply and i readily agreed the club paid for our initial requirements but for about a year i covered expenses out of my own pocket on feb 7 i received a phone call from the clubs president asking me to appear before a special meeting i attended to find out the reason and was handed a very crude letter it was asking me to leave the band and was signed by all the members how could they do this to me i want the people of stouffville to know i am very hurt i never thought that the club and the band would do such a thing the reason given was lack of cooperation this is wrong i have cooperated in every possible way the kitchen band has provided a great deal of en joyment to many people throughout the area in fact it is known over a wide section of the province it has put stouffville on the map i asked only that i be per mitted to carry on until the bookings i made are fulfilled the club granted me this much on may 7 i will bow out i know when im not wanted and no longer appreciated thanks stouffville oscar bell ps my dismissal came on the eve of my birthday- some present