0 saz tuesday december 21 1382 t the rouge river family band is becoming increasingly popular in the area the talented musicians play up to ten different instruments they performed last week at the friendship clubs christmas party in the stouffville legion hall shown here are left to rightlandrew reesormcdowell joanna reesormcdowell eugene reesor jay reesor kim reesor and john mcdowell paul mcdowell not shown operates the sound system missing from the group are tom wideman and steve mcdowell jim thomas v rouge river family band skilled musicians i stouffville whenever the rouge river band gets together its a family i reunion and thurs- day evening was such an occasionthe annual christmas par- ty for thewhitchurch- stouffville friendship club at the legion hall selections ranged from anne murray bal lads to blue grass to gospel and the senior citizens lovedit all the group thurs day includedandrew reesormcdowell joanna reesor- mcdowell jay reesor kim reesor john mcdowell eugene reesor and paul mcdowell un able to be present were tom wideman and steve mcdowell this talented family can play as many as ten instruments includ- ingbass and electric guitars- violin banjo piano trombone trumpet harmonica and mandolin the band was orga nized about three years ago practices are held at the home of elmer and stella reesor rr 1 unionville rouge river ori ginates from the fact a stream by that name winds through the elmer reesor farm on the 5th cone of mar- kham corn champ durham region barry philip of pickering is durham regions 125bushel corn club champion for 1982 he had a yield of 1861 bushels per acre in second place is bob hunter of brook- lin with a yield of 1638 bushels per acre followed by jim mcwilliam of pickering with a yield of 1643 the average yield for the 37 farmers in the competition was 132 bushels of shelled corn per acre at 155 per cent moisture yields were taken on a threeacre plot with each contestant using the variety of his choice the annual awards night and banquet was held dec 7 at the sunderland com munity centre the guest speaker was harvey graham of blackstock he showed slides of pic tures taken during a south african tour chairman of the event was ted smith of sunderland ballantrae president ray christ- iansen of cc g as bars and station manager garry tjepkema of ballantrae believe that when it comes to buying gasoline in litres or gallons the motoring public should have a choice for this reason the hwy 48 centre has switched two of its five pumps to gallons the move was made thursday christiansen claims the company is not breaking any laws be cause the ruling was never passed by parlia ment tjepkema calls it freedom of choice i dont like the idea of the government rammming it down the peoples throats altogether the firm has nine gas bars in metro and area a par tial change to gallons has occurred at five all within a month whats the publics reaction christiansen was asked in toronto 95 ask for gas in gallons and five per cent request it in litres he said the price per gallon at cc gas bars bal lantrae stands at 199 regular and 210 un leaded in litres thats who knows or cares i garry tjepkema manager of ballantraes cc gas bar fills er up with gasoline by the gallon instead of litres the station switched two of its five pumps last thursday to give customers a freedom of choice jim thomas starts tuesday december 2182 the young connection the young innocent- shoppes ladies sweaters h stouffville it was probably the first time former council lor bill kamps ever took a back scat to the rest of council but he made good on a prom- ise vowed after the re- dresses and sportswear sizes 26x l50o mens levi applebee shirts 50 off boysgwg cords denims reg to 2200 sizes 71 2 9 pf girls 714 jeans all brands f one low price 1 1799 girls cords urn 99 the young connection the young innocent shoppes lirf xy the sign says it all- the ballantrae station provides gas in both gallons and litres in toronto motorists choice is 95 in favor of gallons- the company president said n v jim thomas i- s promise r cent municipal elec tion after losing to new comer fran salis bury kamps said he wasnt bowing out completely that he would be looking in on council now and then lie made goodhis promise last week when he slipped into theback rowof the council chambers fand listened while the new group held forth factory clearance wall clocks watches calculators new merchandise and seconds monday to friday 1000 am300 pm 450500 esna park drive unit 5 markham 2 blocks east of woodbine north of steeles mens gwg cords reg to 3295 17 notauszes as yuou markham transit transit service will not jonathan pjeans for women- 17 each store hours for this sale 9 am to 10 pm markham 2949069 106 main stc0rner of robinson sorryall sales final- no exchange or refundno visa or master cards be provided saturday december 25 1982 saturday january i 1983 regular service v will be provided monday december 27 1982 monday january 3 l83 r jk