s stouffville eleven stouffville and area churches are spon- soring an invitation to live crusade with evening services this friday saturday and sunday in the high school at 745 pm rev marney patter son wellknown minis ter author and teacher will head up the weekend mission along with a team of six assistants in- eluding soloist jean marshall a multichurch choir will come under the direction of bill mccaul in addition to these services many other cmpaign-relatedacti- vities are planned in cluding a womens lun cheon on friday at 1 pm in the united church a mens break fast at 8 am in the mis- sionary church and a carpenters workshop also in themissionary church from 10 am to 4 pm the cost of fridays luncheon is four dollars tickets are available by calling darlene camp bell 6401523 christ church anglican office v 6401461 or the united church office 640- 1163 at press time there were still a few tickets mission left for the mens break fast saturday call john haziewood 640so79 or rev ted creeh 640- 3151 the registration fee for the carpenters workshop is seven dol lars call 6403151 or 640- 4159 preceding the weekend are several cof fee meetings involving members of local con gregations and the mar ney patterson team some of these locations on thursday are muriel keeping dicksons hill 10 am janet arends rr 1 goodwood 10 am velmabruback- er testa villa apts stouffville 10 am delores jennings 137 booth drive stouffville 130 pm eleanor ward 264 stoufier street stouffville 130 pm vera watt cast- legate road blooming- tbn 130 pm mary baggsconc 6 whitch- urchstouffville 10 anilinda hutchison 156 church street north stouffville 10 am and judith france park view home stouffville 8 pm anadditional meeting is planned for parkview home friday at 10 am rev patterson will address sunday morn ing services atchrist church anglican 10 am and stouffville un- ited at eleven soloist jean marshall will sing at the 10 am worship in st james presbyterian and the 11 am service at stouffville pente- costal the majority of chur- ches involved in the cru sade are withdrawing their services sunday evening r diamond engagement rings 6404646 24 main w stouffville 2944844 76 main n maitham serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area guaranty trust m glas rbsps rhosps stars and stripes daily interest savings 8main st stouffville 6404000 vol 96 no22 a metroland community newspaper wednesday october 12 1983 38 pages 35 cents council accepts resignations of town recreation executive to discuss problems at meeting oct 18 stouffville although a meeting be tween town council and three members of the whitchurchstouffville parks and recreation com mittee isnt scheduled until oct 18 the resignations of john hutchinson clifford v dunkeld and kim rogers have already been accepted mayor eldred king confirmed this week the appointments of hutchinson and dunkeld will continue as far as the many complaints mayor halts sunday work stouffville sun day construction in stouff- villes fairgate heights subdivision has prompted complaints from area resi- dents mayor eldredking told the tribune it also prompted him to speak to the developer and request the practice be stopped while theres nothing in the lords day act to force workstoppage on the sab bath mayor king said hes seeking the companys co operation 1 his appeal hasso far met with success there was no construction at the site last sunday its beyond our jurisdic tion the mayor said the act must be enforced by the solicitorgeneral he said hed spoken to the police but noted they too seemed powerless to do anything the other complaint re lated to the development has to do with mud on mil lard street mayor king ex plained that initially heavy vehicles were to enter the site from hwy 47 tenth line north but there was nothing to stop them from using millard on the brighter side the mayor expressed satisfac tion with the type of home being built- calling it a good product mghts dog ballantrae the shooting of a rabid fox on the property of bill nesbitt rr 2 stouffville has in creased the urgency for pet vaccinations in the area clinics are scheduled for oct 15 and oct 29 the fox was destroyed af ter it attacked the nesbitts dog veterinarian dr terry oconnor told the tribune the dog also had to be put down he said 7 the attack occurred in an area not far from ballan- trae school fortunately it was a saturday sept 24 and no children were around town is concerned until the end of december rogers resignation is effective oct 31 with respect to mem bership on the steering com mittee related to the prop osed recreation complex their resignations are effec tive immediately mayor king said without revealing the content of their letters king said pnlyjqne pf the complained c one e r h i n g nonassociation with the rec centres fundraising committee two others charged interference he said he didnt elaborate ex cept to say that ball di amonds were issues of con tention mayor king explained that council had met with the softball people and had toured various softball csites he admitted that soc- cer and softball particular ly slopitch had expanded at such a rate it had been diffi cult for the municipality to keep pace with regard to alleged friction between council and recreation mayor king said the town had met with the executive hutch- inson dunkeld and rogers back in may with no indica tion of illfeeling by these members at that time he stated that when a set of plans is available for the proposed centre the com mittee along with all other user groups will be invited to submit recommenda tions as to the duties of the parks and recreation board king was firm he stated that the committee was meant to serve in an advisory capacity only with no power to formulate policy come election time we the council cant hide behind a tree he con cluded we are the ones who are answerable to the people reunion stouffville this year orchard park public school marks its 25th anniversary in honor of the occasion a reunion of former staff teachers and students is planned for sat nov 5 from 1 to 5 pm keith sutherland the schools first principal and now with the york region board is ex pected to attend along with former pupils from awidearcaeachwillbe greeted officially by- principal john hincks and mourcen terhiine head of the reunions staff committee committee assistants include barbara i widcman doreen brown ruth haynes sue chewins elaine and ron robbins mr hincks is hopeful construction will be completed on the schools new addition and visitors will take this opportunity to view the enlarged facilities to advertise the event notices are being carried in the mens and womens teachers federation newsletters in newspapers on televi sion and by radio sever al dozen printed invita tions are also being mailed as a momento of the occasion orchard park plates arc being sold at five dollars apiece the school was built in 1958 members on the board of trustees at that time were keith mid- dlemiss chairman cecil hendricks vice- chairman elsie san ders secretary lorna button ethel mole har ry schell and win malloy while the nov 5 celebration relates only to former students the present pupils arc not to be overlooked a prog ram is planned for them also that will include a birthday cake plus a variety of activities at the days conclusion 350 balloons will be re leased a pilgrim makes progress with fair young maiden the historical significance of thanksgiving was re- enacted within the kindergarten class at stouffville christian school friday when many of the boys and girls came dressed as pilgrims two of the participants in pilgrim day were fiveyearold jason prenticeof 88 stuart street stouffville and fouryearold marissa stapley 2g6 main street west stouffville jim thomas additional parking stouffville a threeway costsharing program involving the town 8000 the business improvement area 4000 and the stouffville iga 8000 will see the private and public parking lot ex- panded at the rear of the iga and the imperial bank of commerce work on the project is already under way mont gomery macewcn con struction limited of rr 1 goodwood has the contract the municipality has a 14- ycar lease agreement with tha bank of commerce a portion of the site is owned by the metro toronto and region conservation au thority downtown concerns at a meeting of the busi ness improvement area board of management oct 5 concern was expressed for stouffvillcs downtown in particular the premises recently vacated by cards hardware it was agreed that a letter be sent to the new propertyowner doug- las hatch of markham en quiring as to proposed plans for the building member gordon ness suggested a meeting be called of all storeowners within the bi a district to obtain re commendations as to possi ble improvements a ban ner with the inscription thank you for shopping in stouffville will be erected on main street opposite frecl lane praiseof flowers craven acres of rr 2 markham were com mended for their work in maintaining the flower bas kets and planters on main street throughout the sum mer a letter of apprecia tion has been sent to the firm similarly the horti cultural society added their commendations in a letter to the board they contri buted 100 to the project councillor fran sainsbury reported the town had adopted a policy whereby every tree removed from streets in stouffville would be replaced with permis sion of individual property- owners gordon ness noted that obrien avenueand church street north were particularly vulnerable first family rabies clinic i stouffville due to the prevalence of rabies in york region and elsewhere across the province the ontario veterinary asso ciation and the society of ontario veterinarians arc holding two clinics in stouff ville the dates are sat oct 15 and sat oct 29 from 1 to 3 pm at the stouffville veterinary clinic main street west the vaccination fee nor mally fourteen dollars has been reduced to five dollars residents of whitchurch- stouffville arc urged to take advantage of this service i stouffville the first of many families has taken up residence in stouff villcs new 500home fair- gate heights subdivision john and maria alta- marc formerly of 339 north street have moved inio their spacious four- bedroom splitlevel house and love it mr and mrs altamare have two daughters frances cairo loretta crescent stouffville tere sa and one son domenic the move while only a- short distance- has been a lot of work mrs altamare admits vbut worth it this particular model was her choice she said vi like everything about- it she told the tribune but mostly the size an admitted lover of flow ers mrs altamare is look ing forward to the spring when she can start fresh with outside shrubs and plants v john and maria altamare came to canada from italy in 1960 all members of their family were born here crafts vandorf the seventh annual in praise of hands bake sale and craft demon- stration will be held at the vandorf hall and the whitchurchstouffville museum this saturday oct 15 from 11 am to 3 pm proceeds from the event will go to wesley united church several interesting ex hibits are planned in cluding a display of clocks by wim pat- tenden rr 4 stouff ville lunch will toe served in the hall at 12 noon t i x