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j r markhams fair est markham a new miss markham fair will be selected saturday night the winner out of fourteen en tries will be crowned by marilyn ilott the queen of 79 at a gala dinner and dance that begins at 8 pjn admission is 15 a couple with tickets available at the fair office 6401576 or from any committee member contest participants are carolyn bastein 17 of captain rolph boulevard markham marilyn bouwmeister 22 of rr 3 stouffville melanie doyle 17 of captain rolph boulevard markham sue field 18 of wales avenue markham lynn hale 20 of wembley avenue union- m ville lori hunt 19 of rr 2 markham mary johns 17 thornbay drive blooming ton linda lewis 18 of rr 2 markham sandra mcconkey 20 of worsley court unionville kelly moreau 17 of dawn hill trail thomnill dianne nahr 19 of rr 2 markham karen piper 21 of reginald crescent markham susan smith 19 of sherwood forest drive markham and diane wakeling 17 of padget place unionville preliminary judging will take place thursday to night with the final selec tion around midnight saturday the master of ceremonies will be don danard of radio station ckfjtf a team ef f orit s1i wribum vol 93 no 21 an inland community newspaper whitchurch stouffville september 18 1980 25 cents 20 pages stouffvilles main street a toll road it was friday evening in the centre of town and again saturday at the entrance to the sales barn all for a good cause the terry fox marathon of hope drivers like harvey mcconnell of apache freight lines altogether contributed 6100 to the fund the toll collector here is maryanne farley obrien avenue jim thomas hope marathon raises 20000 stouffville twenty thousand and thirty dollars a team effort that to date is the amount of money chat will be forwarded to the canadian cancer society by the town in the name of terry fox the figure described as fantastic by chamber of commerce president ged stonehouse was raised last week in a campaign that in volved every segment of the community businessmen rick ashton and brucestapley started the ball rolling president stonehouse said the chamber he explained took up the challenge and the entire town joined in enthusiasm extended beyond the boundaries of whitchurch stouffville the staff and students at goodwood public school for example raised 123900 teachers and pupils at dicksons hill school collected 30100 at ballantrae the students circled the school four times with 47000 pennies totalling 47000 summitview school was the first off the mark and raised over 1500 orchard park collected 533 the high school 510 and st marks 120 whitchurch highlands campaign is still underway the toll road set up on main street friday and at the entrance to the sales barn saturday raised 6300 a 12- hour poolathon at d and v pinball brought in 3100 participants were bob watson elio zoffranieri steve upton and tom stephenson in spite of threatening weather close to 300 took part in a jogathon saturday morning from the ap plaza to latcham hall individually people of all ages played lead roles one of these was 12 year old mary hoey of stouffville she ran five miles a day for six days and raised 40700 fifteen year old fred wallington walked and ran from oshawa to stouffville his companion 12 year old richard gibson completed just over 20 miles along the same route while locally the main thrust was last weekend the campaign is continuing this saturday a giant street sale is being held on a section of obrien avenue between sommerville and burkholder streets with a portion of the receipts going to the marathon of hope also on saturday louise vandergulik of i the mary kay beauty consultants is holding a public demonstration in st james presbyterian church from 130 to 4 pm louise is donating her com missions to the terry fox fund mcneil laboratories canada limited is matching dollar for dollar the con tributions of its employees during september at a concluding ceremony in latcham hall saturday night master of ceremonies ged stonehouse praised the en thusiasm and cooperation of all participants mayor eldred king echoed these words ad ding that even more than all our dollars our greatest wish is for terry foxs complete recovery entertainment for the oc casion was provided by the talented bob davies of success square steak and seafood house and the silver jubilee club kitchen band it seemed fitting that the bands concluding selection should be side by side mennonite festival soggy success pioneer village amazing was the word used by stella reesor to describe the results of saturdays mennonite festival at black creek pioneer village while receipts at press time werent quite complete mrs reesor estimated the figure at 31400 the weather worst in the events fourteen year history forced sales people to seek cover wherever possible but no one complained everyone cooperated under extremely trying cir cumstances mrs reesor said all 2100 pies were sold jars of jams jellies pickles and apple butter will be put up for sale at the village this saturday under hopefully im proved conditions while attendance was down the hundreds who braved the elements came prepared most carried umbrellas those who didnt either stayed inside or covered their heads with gar bage bags smoking ban stouffville the no smoking policy already in force at stouffville dist secondary school will not be rescinded principal michael muir made this clear at a press meeting friday the ruling he said wouldnt effect more than 40 students which he pointed out is a low percentage in an overall enrollment of close to nine hundred principal muir listed three main reasons why he would not establish a smoking area in the building or on the grounds 1 half the students are under the age of sixteen it would en courage them to break the law 2 a smoking area is usually the messiest place in the school 3 a smoking area is the likeliest place to find drugs for don anderson long haul over stouffville barring an appeal don anderson of don anderson haulage limited will be permitted to expand his operation at main street west the application passed its final hurdle thursday with approval by the committee of adjustment the change will add 13174 markham councillor defends farms larkham markhams ward 6 is orimarily an agricultural area and councillor elson miles wants to keep it that way theres still a lot of land south of 16th avenue for homes he told the tribune explaining that residential buildup and farms are a bad mix in seeking reelectfon for a third 2year term councillor miles said one of his main in terests had been the develop ment of the towns museum site as a member of the board he said he had attempted to assist the society in acquiring additional buildings he ex plained that an old sawmill and cidermill had been obtained recently and would be re- erected on the grounds he said the contract had been let for water and sewers and predicted that a fulltime caretaker would eventually be accommodated in one of the homes there the ward 6 member pointed to the museum as one of markhams most successful projects he said the record- breaking crowds on heritage day sept 6 showed just how much it meant to residents all across the town on the question of a moratorium on housing developments until the province changes its school construction policy councillor miles says he hates to see it done this way but hopes it works he says he understands the ministrys reluctance to alter its stand whos to say what will happen in ten years he stated square feet of building space there will be five truck bays accommodating thirty vehicles overnight between 55 and 60 tractortrailers will be located at the site solicitor don hindson said the expanded operation at this one property would minimize truck traffic through the centre of town the property he said would be landscaped and kept spotlessly clean this company isnt jeopardizing the economic value of the area but rather contributing to it he stated mr hindson said the number of cement trucks now there five could be increased but only if development in the area proceeded on a gigantic scale the lawyer submitted a letter from ruth winterstein owner of property to the west saying she had no objections to the firms expansion plans the lone opponent was les 1 gagnon president of mcneil laboratories canada ltd 600 main street west in filing an objection mr gagnon made it clear he was speaking only as a private resident and not as an official of the company he suggested the committee should look to the future and envision how such an operation would appear in the year 2000 eric timbers plowing champ a miracle ged stonehouse president of the whitchurch- stouffville chamber of commerce points to the 12500 goal set for the terry fox marathon of hope campaign receipts far exceeded this target however at last count proceeds totalled s2003000 stouffville its a miracle shes alive mrs norman lehman watson drive stouffville told the tribune in recounting details of an accident sept 5 that seriously injured their daughter doris manchester of sutton was the driver of a car involved in a multivehicle accident on yonge street south of bradford three people died in the crash mrs lehman said that following the initial impact their daughters 1980 honda was struck again and caught fire she was pulled unconscious from the wreckage and rushed by ambulance to york county hospital at newmarket although confined to intensive care for a time she was released on friday stouffville nineteen year old eric timbers turning the same straight furrows as his father and grandfather has plowed his way to the world championships in ireland next year this cinderella story that began at the in ternational match near chatham last fall continued last week in canadian competition at guelph eric captured the junior title winning out over en tries from british columbia prince edward island alberta new brunswick and quebec then went on to place second against top veteran plowmen from across canada roland bouchard from quebec was first and keith leslie of georgetown third it marked the first time a junior category had been established at the in ternational level news of erics most recent accomplishments was called into the tribune by bob timbers secretary- treasurer of the canadian plowing council this newest generation of plowing professionals is the son of eric and marion timbers rr 4 stouffville eric timbers