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vs ii vvv- diamond engagement rings 1 e w e i l e 11 s 64w6 24mainwstoufiae 29m8m 76 manlt tbrthan i o serving whitchurchstouffvule uxbridge area vol 96 no 19 vametroland gomrriuriijty newspaper wednesday septernber21 1983 guaranty trust trmmnc4 gxcsruslptiuuisjys stars and stripes daily interest savings si man st stoumrifc iv 6404000 36 pages 35 cents darlene murray a grade 13 student at markham district high school was named miss markham fair 83 on saturday night first runner up was rose garlatti left and second runner up was kelly winni- toy thirteen girls entered the contest this year jim thomas darlene murray chosen miss markham fair 83 markham nerves and tension gave way to tears of joy for darlene murray when she was crowned miss markham fair 1983 at saturday nights pageant and dance the 18yearold high school student recalls thinking theregoes one chance there goes two chances as the two runnersup were announced 4and when her own namewas caueddarlencthought she was hearing things she wiped the tears from her eyes pulled herself together so shewouldnt look like a fool and gave an acceptance speech i think i said thank you she said in an interview this week darlene represented flowers fantasia where she works parttime in the contest runnersup included rose garlatti representing the economist and sun and kelly winnatoy the blonde blueeyed grade 13 student who has nev- er entered a beauty pageant before in my life won the title over 12 other contestants as miss markham fair darlenes duties commence with the opening day ceremonies thursday sept 29 at 8 pm of the fair when shell rub shoulders with the likes of federal agriculture minister jiugene whelan shell also be handing out prize ribbons during the four- day day fair she enjoys reading sidney sheldons ier favorite music bike riding and going for after dinner walks with her mother src aspires to be a journalist and is cur rently- honing her skills as the economist and suns markham highlights columnist and for anyone in terested she doesnt have a boyfriend as the winning contestant- darlene received numer ous gifts and cash prizes from the business community including a timex quartz watch photography session haircutahda submarine v c the new miss markham fair looks forward to repre senting the fair over the next year and would love to participate in the miss cne pageant in february other contestants included jennischubert barbara provis jennifer berth joy barker jane grinnell les lie smith karen joice wendy thorpe sandra brown and jacqueline piche in introducing 1982 fair queen deborah fish fair pastpresident bill walker had nothing but praise for her calling miss fish charming and quietly confident mr walker presented her with a plaque with inscription sweetheart of markham fair in her final speech as fair queen saturday night miss fish said her stint as fair queen was a tremendous experience she called it the opportunity of a lifetime she said her term had brought lasting memories the people involved with the fair arc super she added miss fish a unionville resident also thanked her pa rents for their help and support more than 7000 raised terry fox run a success stouffville parti cipants were off and run ning in trie 1983 terry fox run last weekend with a tot al of 7567 being raised for the stouffville branch of the canadian cancer society there vwere 76 entries in the run and the first place winner with a time of 37 mi nutes was fred robbins 336 rupert ave stouff ville trailing in second place with 39 minutes was jim stanton rr 3 stouffvillc david white 72 thicket- wood blvd- stouffville placedjhird with the time of 40 minutes- we veredisappointed in the number of people but otherthen that it was no problem said dixie sel lers special activities orga nizer for the canadian can cer societys stouffville branch some may have been afraid of getting wet the total amount raised wasnt only from the races participants mrs sellers said some of the money was donated from people who didnt walk or run in the race jack watson was the par ticipant who raised the most money through pledges he raised 2749 the second highest amount raised was 1100 from terri surman other runners included the youngest five-year- old cathy hendren and sevenyearold steve top ping the family groups four members of the stone- house family and four mem bers of the murphy family ran the murphy family raised more than 700 in tot al of which william murphy raised 475 his contribution was the third largest single amount raised the oldest runner in the race was donald anderson 72 of 92 stewart st stouff ville and for mr anderson age didnt make any differ ence i did excellent and i had a very good time he said i ran part of the way trying to catch up to a friend then i walked about half way mr anderson started the six mile course at approx imately 1 pm and when he finished he had raised 44525 however this race wasnt his first because he ran in the 1982 terry fox run which was also six miles long i think its a good cause and i like engaging in it i hope to run it all next year he explained its the type of thing that should grow each year when asked if he thought more seniors should partici pate in such events mr anderson stated i think they should if theyre able it would make a favorable impression on others service club goal 50000 enter the big potato contest sstouffville the tribunes big potato con- test is off and running for another year although the hot dry summer has not been condu cive to growing big potatos the tribune is still spon soring- the annual potato contest at the markham fair which runs from wednesday sept 28 until sun day bet 2j the first prize winner will receive 10 second prize 5 and the third prize 3 entry forms must be delivered to the tribune office on main street sfoiiffville of to the markham fair by tuesday sept 27 ho later than 5 pm j this years organizer for the potato display is frank hendy rr 1 claremont stouffville a spe cial meeting held tuesday night at latcham gallery brought together seven of whitchurchstouffvilles various services clubs to discuss fundraising for the new stouffvillc recreation complex there was a very posi tive response at the meet ing and it is hoped that 50000 for the complex can be raised from the different service clubs another meeting with community clubs will be held on friday scpt23 at 730 pm at the stouffvillc library and on thursday oct 6 there will be a meet- ing at the library for the different sports clubs some of the fundraising plans include golf shirts selling for 15 and a wall of fame is being built bricks will be on sale to individuals or families for 250 and the buyers name will be en graved on the bricks the bricks will then be used in the building of the recrea tion centre also planned to raise money is a householder campaign each homeow ner will be asked to donate 100 for the centre the committees hope to raise 200000 for the first building phase and if they can raise more money it u will be included in the next building phase the stouffvillc recrea tion complex committee have many different fund- raising events planned in the near future fixed for free goodwood the goodwood cemetery board has received an offer they cant refuse reg tomkinson owner and operator of the ux bridge memorial company has offered his free services to rebuild and fix approx imately 30 gravestones which were vandalised last weekat the goodwood cemetery mr tomkinson started the project monday morn ing and he said it would probably take a couple of days and about co hours of labor to complete but once finished the gravestones would be readable and us able when he heard about the cemetery he phoned harry woodland who is a member of the goodwood cemetery board mr tomkinson said by repairing the gravestones he was doing a community thing he has been in the busi ness for about 40 years and he was disturbed when he heard of the act of vandal ism he explained that many of the destroyed gravestones were irreplace able and it was important to salvage them as best he could he said gravestones are of historic value because many people tryt trace their family roots and the stones can be an important tool when conducting that type of search for many they are the last records of family background avail able especially the older gravestones which were destroyed some of the van dalised stones dated as far back as the 1840s mr tomkinson said all the repair work on the gravestones will be done by workers who have volun teered their time he also stated he owed them the cemetery board some thing after a 27year work ing relationship shotgun blast accidental protesting i didnt shoot him a 20ycarold woman insisted a shotgun went off accidentally in the shooting death of a stouffville man nearly two years ago during testimony before an ontario supreme court jury last week mary anne kricfalusi said that her common law husband carl a rid row scot twh ad- threatened to kill a man and he threatened to kill me too she was charged with second degree murder fol lowing the incident the incident took place nov 7 1981 in an apartment in the glcndale beach pavillion at musselmans lake mr scott managed the pavillion and the couple had lived there five months at the time of the shooting ms kricfalusi testifying last friday said that she grabbed the shotgun and a struggle ensued as she fell backward the gun fired she told the court stating that she was scared ms kricfalusi said she only wanted to take the gun away from mr scott so that he would calm down and come to his senses she grabbed the gun so he would not hurt anyone or hurt himself she testified despite suggestions that she deliberately pointed the gun at mrs scott ms kric- fulasi insisted that she didnt shoot him in previous testimony a friendpf the accused womanolivia trudel- also of musselmans lake said that ms kricfalusi came to her house around 3 am on the day of mr scotts death the woman had blood on her hands and was crying i blew him away ms trudel testified according to ms trudel a distraught ms kricfalusi said there had been an acci dent when mr scott was leaving the apartment with a loaded shotgun he vowed to shoot aman he had had a fight with the previous evening ms kricfalusi told her friend that she had attemp ted to stop him he was shot and she had dragged him into the apartment so he wouldnt get cold edward anderson a firearms expert told the court that the shot was fired from five to seven feet away he added that there was no powder residue found on the dead mans clo thing another witness robert bateman an 18yearold man who worked for mr scott said that he had seen ms kricfalusi threaten mr scott with a knife two days prior to the-shootingcv- he testified that the woman had waved a butch er knife and threatened to kill mr scott another witness daniel bangay 24 said that ms kricfalusi had threatened to kill mr scott an hour prior to the shooting the dead mans father murray scott testified that both ms kricfalusi and his son had a drinking prob lem and wept when his sons bloodstained clothes were entered as evidence a pathologist dr ed ward warburton told the court that mr scott died of massive internalinjuries from a shotgun wound in the back the jury is expected to- hand down its verdict this week jack waison raised wore than 2700 in the terry fox marathon of hope run held on sunday he isshown with craig bowie 10 of scarborough who also took part jim thomas i