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sa6 wednesday october 12 1983 r -it- 4 m it back in 1972 whilea student in grade 9 at st andrews college aurora rick mann of stouffville now a medical doctor wrote the fol- lowing essay entitled on being from a small town his instruc tor caued it one of the best and gave him an a the tribune felt you the reader might find ricks description of his old home town interesting however one must keep in mind this is 1972 eleven years ago stouffville ontario population 4000 no wait 4001 mrs smith had a baby girl last week better mark it on the road sign dont want people to think we arent growing stouffville as you have probably guessed by now is a small town northeast of toronto thats a big tutoring centre we are pleased to announce the open ing of a new tutoring centre in the bayviewsteeles area for more information call 7899536 6 winston school locations 480 lawrence ave v at bathurst bayview hills mall dont miss dont miss self o 51 9 l0cal ihr handcrafts caaitsficmsfioppe 39 main st w stouffville 6401410 second choice look books 2nd anniversary celebrations oct 18 oct 22 featuring bake sale thurs oct 20 fri oct 21 all week garden vegetables pickles jams hand made scarves mittens never worn sweaters self help sd6cisis come in watch the slide presentation showing va rious craftsmen at work in some of the developing countries- hours tues thurs sat 930 530 fri 930 900 town in case you ever want to find it as for industry farming and transportation theres the grey coach station at the barbershop and the stouffville streak that travels to the big city and back once a day theres a busy downtown a part of which was destroyed by fire 1 j4 years ago theres no stock ex- change no theatre no okeefecen- tre no harbor and no pollution ex cept the pleasant aroma of cow manure floating in from neighbor ing farms why do people choose to live here one answer is peace and quiet there are no huge factories clank ing and chugging through the night and no fears of being mugged or 99 shot while enjoying a walk through the park these are problems char acteristic of larger centres not small towns like stouffville here too people involve them selves in activities plays and shows sports doing something for the community this generates town spirit i give you this as an example recently the local girls ball team travelled to scarborough for a game there were more spectators in attendance from stouffville then from scarborough here no one is a stranger every body knows everybody in toronto you may know your neighbors on either side and maybe if youre lucky the people on your street but thats about all i vj in there are drawbacks to this however la a small town knowing everyone may also lead to knowing everyone elses business or at least thinking you do news travels via the grapevine very quickly folks tend to be more friendly in a small community seldom are you looked on with suspicion when you enter a store and people actually smile and say hello when you meet them on the street try this in the city and watch the reaction they could even call the police many may argue that smaller centres lack services i dont agree our police department is as effi cient as metros finest and our fire department although strictly volunteer is an extremely capable brigade no we dont have a hospital although its in the planning stage but our medical facilities are adequate and our ambulance ser vice is excellent why our doctors even work weekends and still make house calls we have recreationalfacilities equal to centres twice our size an artificial ice arena one major park several smaller parks a conserva tion area a swimming pool and ten nis courts so the next time you hear the name of stouffville or pass through it by train bus or car dont call it a little hick town because in the long run its a heck of a lot better than the big smelly crimeridden place youre living in au instore wnbpaper this weeks feature att instore suimw0rthy wallcoverings 1000s of rolls from 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