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m t ntzuiiaovtixi uvlvdn 12 lq justin right and jason left clayton of 16 heisey drive markham pose with their prize winning great dane samantha the sixyearold dog won the annual pet show grand championship at the markham fair held recently sitting in front of samantha is her prize the ron underwood trophy jim thomas a sixyearold great dane named samantha won the grand cbam- pionshjp friday in the annual pet show at markham fair largest dogjason and justin clayton markham david robertson gormley melissa austin stouffville smallest dogkerri chowns mar kham kristina coughlan stouff vilier geoffrey whatley markham dog with longest tailjason and justin- clayton markham david robertson gormley melissa austin stouffville dog with shortest taildougyan wolde markham stacey lee markham nieki van seters markham dog with longest earsjoe boyington union- ville rena grunert markham sonya and paul henke union ville cat with shor test taillynn matthews markham marlene brown markham rachel and v kim grove markham cat with longest whiskerskaren york west hill lisa rout milliken heidi bernard unionville best guinea pigauyson jarvis markham bestrabbitandrew wannop markham trisha blomerley markham tracey morrison markham most unusual petadam jones un- ionville an ant best house petmike thompson goodwood a hamster pet most resembling its ownerrena grunert markham kerri chowns mar kham nicki van seters markham friendliest petpau sheppard lo cust hill amy richards markham mark diuer markham pet with saddest eyesjoe boyington unionville rena grunert markham sonya and paul henke unionville best groomed petnancy bates markham donna nix on markham melanie morrison mar kham bestdressed petkaren york west hill nicki van seters markham natalie and lyndsey hoover goodwood pet with besttrickmelissa austin stouffville danny and michael mcgowan markham doug van wolde of markham and joe boyington of unionville tied best in showjason and justin clayton markham editor mail day nearly authentic dear editor the barn has been raised and pic- tures snapped volunteers have partaken of the appropriate huge noon meal the town band played and the barn dances have been danced to old time fiddlers and callers everything about the museumssbarn raising bee was as iace anu omer pusr authentic as we could possibly man age except for the whiskey according to an item in the diary of mrs john graves simcoe the drink most preferred by the early settlers at barn raising bees was whiskey evidently they drank homebrew all during- the hot and heavy job uulctm iiifoi there was certainly no way that the museum would serve whiskey but there was a lot of coffee consumed if at any time a volun- teer wanted a drink of beer he had to buy it from the bal- lantrae lions club over inthe next field the barn went up quicklyas most ofthe men were needed at home for chores and by dark one man was on the roof hammering rafter supports the stouffville concert band the age and appreciate im sure all felt that it was a real roof raiser of a day the spirit was the expression of volunteers both loc- community appre- al and from as far ciation participa away as dundalk the women who pre pared and served the noon meal the tion and co operation sincerely womens institutes mary hopkins j avho supplied pies curatorf and the folks who whi t c h u re h just came to encour- stouffville museum live iiieiiiucis is i-i- ry t ji nmf