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a4 tribune january 15 1986 editors mail mistaken identity dear editor i thinkthe tribune should have a column entitled smile of the week almost every week some one recalls a humorous incident and writes in to tell others i enjoy such letters theyre better than on going complaints heres a little thing that hap pened to me recently i went to a movie at markville mall i was alone at the time the theatre was three- quarters full on my way to a seat i spotted a girl that i recognized as my fiancee i knew she was coming to the mall in fact i planned to meet her later to surprise her i moved into a seat immediately behind put my hands over her eyes and kissed her on the cheek when she looked around i disco vered it was not my fiancee at all it was a complete stranger i wanted to sink out of sight but there was nowhere to go ill never forget the look on her face i tried to apologize but i know she didnt believe a word lucky for me she didnt call the manager and have me thrown out later i told my fiancee about the case of mistaken identity i dont think she believed me either sincerely gordon jensen stouffer street stouffville just think george next summer you wont have to cut any grass the tribune established 1888 bruce annan pat pappas jenni hutt on editor publisher advertising manager distribution manager editorial dept chris shanahan kelly connelly display advertising dept lvnn moore real estate classified advertising joan marshman distribution doreen deacon karen morton national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 published every wednesday by metroland printing pubishmg distributing at 54 man st stouffville ont tel 6402100 single copies 50 subscriptions s17 00 per year in canada s47 50 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers associaton ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mail registration number 0896 the stouffville tribune is one of the metroland group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press aja pickering news advertiser the aurora banner brampton guardian the burlington post the burlington weekend post the etobicoke advertiserguardian the georgetown independent the milton champion the mississauga news the newmarket era the willowdale mirror oakville beaver oakvine friday beaver oshawawhitby this week oshawa whitby this weekend the richmond hill liberal thor- nhill liberal the scarborough mirror the markham economist and sun and woodbridge liberal metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd 6402100 6492292 roaming around v y a gift of new glasses by jim thomas editorials appreciate assistance whitchurchstouffville has long been known as a caring community we needed no convincing of this however this fact has been confirmed following j the tribunes call for help with respect to the tustin family of glasgow mrs tustin and children were made home less by fire dec 26 since the appeal our phones have 2 been ringing constantly people with no connection whatsoever with the family have been offering assistance ruth hutchings of the markham clothing j5 centre for example agreed to open the storeroom of apparel and provide any- fair fees were opposed to extrabilling by physicians we can only assume that jj here in stouffville the physicians are v too to our knowledge its never been done doctors at least some doctors seem to take exception to legislation forcing them not to extrabill but how else is the government decision to be enforced the province caught between a rock and a hard place has no alternative ontario will lose 50 million per year in i funds from the federal government if ex- jj trabilling isnt outlawed by 1987 we like to think that in stouffville at least patient careholds priority over the i physicians pockelbook it has up until j now and we see no likelihood of change thing the adults and children might re quire free of charge in addition there have been offers of beds mattresses food and firewood since accommodation is limited for several in the family six are still living in two buses items can be accepted only as required the mother two sons and a student boarder have moved into a rented house and will remain there until something more permanent is available we are appreciative of the tremendous support and so are mem bers of the tustin family help is ongoing and will be for several weeks at this point we ask that you keep in touch with our office and leave your phone number well contact you wed be remiss if we didnt say thank you to the claremont goodwood and stouffville lions clubs members re sponse was instantaneous when it was needed most a caring community you bet we are and well continue to be whenever the need arises santa claus was good to me at christmas i received more than i deserved the best gift of all was a pair of glas ses no not the glasses themselves but a note saying theyd be ordered and paid for once i underwent the test and selected the frames a gift for a gift was the way the card read i concluded my wife was re ferring to me as the gift a gift to her 20 years ago but alas she wasnt her re ference was to my eyes a gift for my eyes is what she meant a little less romantic than the original assumption but appreciated just the same for the past six months ive been squinting through a used pair someone located them on montreal street and they wound up in our lost and found box on the counter while in this case finders arent keepers the good lord obviously felt my need was greater than that of the loser ive been wearing them since july the emergency occurred when i lost my originals how could anyone lose his glasses im sure youre asking its easy it is for me first almost every time i bent over they fell on the floor second i was con tinually taking them off and putting them down last june i put them down and forgot where one or the other re gardless i was useless without them as luck would have it some kind soul brought in a pair and ive been using them ever since strange isnt it how folks laugh when you tell them youre wearing someone elses glasses they seem to liken il to borrowing anothers false teeth believe me the need was just as urgent although it would be terribly unkind to criticize the pagepeepers ive been us ing the past twentysix weeks they ha vent suited me all that well for theyre bifocals the top part for longdistance viewing and the bottom part for reading ever try to walk down the cellar steps and look where youre stepping through bifocals dont many a husband has met an early demise in such an unfortun ate manner what you see or think you see isnt always what you get that fall ing feelings extremely unpleasant not to mention the impact at the end for this reason i always left my bor rowed specs at the office no use temp ting fate my date with dr mcdowell was wednesday since twelve months had elapsed since our last visual contact on a professional basis he put me through a thorough examination the report im pleased to say wasnt all that bad nor was it all that good very little change from before almost no sight in one eye and almost perfect sight in the other while the testing was more extensive than i expected an even more difficult chore was yet to come the choosing of frames to compliment my features what goes good with big ears small eyes and a big nose i didnt know and neither did the girl who tried her best to please rather than run his office staff into over time dr mcdowell suggested i take a pair home and try them out on my wife which i did she was ecstatic i perfect she said the receding frames match your receding hairline with that the order was signed and sealed deliverys expected today however like anything brand new fj may take a week or two to break them fit so if i dont see you and you dont recog nize me well both understand nothing personal but please should i trip ovev the curb at the corner of market ariji main ignore me and grab my glasses jean says her budgets shot for 86 lose em or break em im on my own from the files of 23 from the tribune files of nov 30 1923 the following items are gleaned according to reports police have a clue to the identity and whereabouts of the thieves who robbed the bank in stouffville of more than 10000 in cash and securities a tribune page 1 story said the gang was believed to have come from the united states watch stouffville grow read an advertisement by ambrose stover you can do your part by eating stovers good wholesome bread baked right here in stouffville under best sanitary condi tions if you eat stovers bread you will grow healthy and the town will grow also because stovers bread is made right here in yourown town by local labor try a loaf today mr norman mclean appeared before a meeting of the stouffville board of reunion former school section no 8 ux- bridge township siloam is plan ning a reunion in all likelihood it will be held on location a property west of the hamlet now used as a community centre mrs ivan betty degcer a former pupil has started the ball rolling a first meeting was held at her home monday night since many of the teachers and students are far removed from the area considerable publicity is needed to spread the word the tribune has pledged its assistance but we need your help in the weeks ahead well be pub lishing as many siloam school photos as arc made available to us each must contain the names of all pupils and the name of the teacher the pictures will be re turned also this newspaper will be con tacting former students for back- i ground stories on recollections at ss no 8 were certain wc can count on your cooperation if we dont call you then you call us and keep those pictures coming together well make it a day to re member melville public school ss 13 markham 193031 the tribune expresses thanks to isobcl nigh watson drive stouffville for making available this photo of melville public school ss no 13 markham the year is 193031 the teacher and pupils arc rear row left to righogcorgc foot doug klinck ethel walters marjoric miller teacher mary stecklcy vera topham edna klinck cora iliscy middle row left to righoeldon boyd jim ross claude foot clarence powell eleanor conner betty foot isobcl fleming ruth hoover jack nigh front row left to rightroy carter clarence foot earl sellers billic ross margaret carter fern hoover lily ross jean sellers and vivian boyd trade to demand that all babies and adults too be nurtured on pasteurize milk the matter was turned over to di ss ball the local medical officer of health dr ball said he was not prej- pared to discuss such a big issue before giving it due consideration swifts garage stouffvilles maxwell and dodge dealer was advertising tire for 12 and 15 also tubes for 2 and 220 twenty teams engaged in the work of filling in the roadway across the marsh on the 8th concession of whitchurcji township now hwy 48 have been taken off the job due to a major caveih affecting the entire project it was said that the fillin had sunk from ten tjo twelve feet soundings made at the site indicated no solid bottom to a depth of 36 feet in one place the road commission was planning a meeting to determine how to handle the problem re brown stouffville ford dealer was advertising new 1923 automobiles at the following prices sedan 785 coupe 695 touring 445 and runab out 405 said the ad on the coupe and sedan starting and electric lights arc standard equipment on the runabout and touring they are 85 extra the mansion house main streejt stouffville published the following advertisement pie per cut five cents hot dogs five cents tea and cof fee five cents ham and beef sand wiches ten cents cheese sandwichejs five cents parking in sheds free of charge at a regular meeting of the stouffville orange lodge the election of officers took place and positions were filled by the following worshipful mastev- norman mclean deputy mastej samuel armstrong chaplainrichard rae recording secretaryfred pratt financial secretarysamuel mcdonald treasurerwm armstrong lccturerp- dclbcrt holdcn and c e shankle j george baker of stouffville was advertising phoncographs pleasing to the car as well as the eye a full cabinet with shelving for 80 records silent motor and beautiful tone was priced at 8450 this included a record brush 300 nee dles and 14 records yakc and company in the button block were advertising 100 acre farms priced from 7000 to 12000 j said the tribune of nov 30 1923 this week the roof is being rushed on the new curling rink so that very soon the building will be closed in ready for jack frost to lay a floor of good ice iherconj harold borinsky of stouffville has leased the todd store in goodwood tnc tribune reported it is the same location where the late bert crosby conducted a thriving business for several years the paper said