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avtribune july 9 1986 i editors mail strength that the doctors of stouffville would go to such lengths to express their displeasure of bill 94 as to de- monstrate as a group at the opening pf the strawberry festival should remind all local citizens of their concern and indignation according to accounts in your i newspaper it is the feeling they should be above such action while most of us abhor orchestrated pro tests we must recognize their right and ingenuity to seize on such an opportunity to make their point directly to the prime perpetrator of an unwise and discriminatory piece of legislation perhaps mr peterson and mr bae whose unique and precarious strength keeps the liberals in pow er will realize that our doctors who do not strike or extrabill have been aroused enough to expose themselves uncharacteristically to charges of militancy and ex tremism j these professionals have been competently caring for our health and welfare and supporting our rights for most if not all of their careers isnt it time we showed our concern for their rights and feel ings i say congratulations doctors of stouffville it took guts to do what you did thanks j robt bud sanderson fc orchard park boulevard k stouffville t- pleased if it delighted me to see the lovely photo of jane anderson in your june 25 issue i you described her as a pleasant teen shes that and a whole lot more the same goes for all mem- bers of the anderson family don i and maris too please dont use my name it would only embarrass them i am only a friend one of hundreds jfj stouffville the tribune k james editor established 1888 bruce annan patricia pappas publisher jennifer hutt 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 heise national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday at 54 main st stouffville ont is one of the metroland printing publishing distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press aj axpickering rjews advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post elobiccke advertiserguardian georgetown independent markham economist sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawawhitby this week richmond hillthornhillvaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine willow- dale mirror metroland printing publishing distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd single copies 50 subscriptions 2000 per year in canada 4750 elsewhere member of canadian community newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mail registration number 0896 roaming around a priceless purchase by jim thomas 6402100 6492292 ditorials a viable community yet another public meeting is sche duled with respect to proposed growth within the hamet of bloomington the date is tues aug 5 at 730 pm hi latcham hall fine addition the new sanders block building is aj much appreciated addition to stouffvil- les main street its everything we hoped it would be and more the owner and builder are to be commended i old and obsolete is ugly new and practical is attractive the structure represents a major improvement to our downtown core the same can be said for the new restaurant and service centre at ringwood we await their completion with much anticipation smile of the week this short story may be suit able for your newspapers smile of the week you be the judge last year town council imposed restrictions on the use of water for lawns and gardens a schedule was established and homeowners were expected to abide by it our neighbor had the greenest grass anywhere we thought he was cheating so we watched sure enough after midnight he came out turned on his sprinkler and let it run until earlymorning when this occurred on several occasions we decided to do some thing about it we hooked up our hose to his sys- tern and shoved it through his up stairs bedroom window that night between 12 and 1 am he came out and turned the tap on full the next thing we saw was a thor oughly drenched wife her head sticking out through the curtains screaming at the top of her lungs turn it off you fool turn it off we were doubled up with laughter cruel joke or not our neighbor never cheated again his lawn turned a desert brown during the summer just like all the rest wsc stouffville previous discussions were held back in 1984 wed like to see bloomington grow five hundred people in total about dou ble its present size would make it a vi able community builtin safeguards have been arranged by the town including mini mum oneacre lots new families can be accommodated at both whitchurch- highlands school and stouffville high the only problem as we see it still to be overcome is a psychological one the notinmybackyard syndrome is as prevelent in whitchurchstouffville as anywhere else in ontario until water and sewerage limitations are solved in urban stouffville hamlet expansion in rural whitchurch is the only way to go ballantrae is a better place because of growth so also is van- dorf on aug 5 bloomington residents will be afforded another opportunity to com ment on the future of their area we trust the questions will relate to how and where rather than why the ball in teens court for years the young people of whitch urchstouffville stouffville in particu lar have complained concering nothing to do in town and rightly so for those not attracted to team sports like softball and soccer theres been an absence of activities here especially during the summer with the opening of the new rec cen tre last fall we hoped all this would change and it has rollerskating is now provided tues day and thursday evenings and this friday july 11 the first teen dance is planned both programs have been initiated by the parks and recreation department the success of these and other events now depends on the response if the towns youth turn out as organizers hope activities will continue if they dont then programs will be withdrawn and the experiment will die wc wish it success i enjoy things old not oldold but oldnew ancient but well preserved i here are a few examples a couple of weeks ago i met a 1939 lasalle on main street in stouffville ignoring all rules of the road i did a uturn in heavy saturday traffic just to obtain a second look at this refur bished gm beauty old clocks put me in seventh heaven lamps too im not a dedicated fan of johnny car son however when he tells me his guest is zsazsa gabor im glued to the tv screen like a beagle on the trail of a rab bit in human terms shes extremely well preserved old records magazines newspapers and books make great listening and reading material but here again they must be in good condition i have no pati ence piecing products together or trying to secondguess the missing parts in this regard saturday i received the loan of a county of york directory dated 1871 1 consider it the find of the century its owner is stouffville plumber tom winters he purchased it for five dollars at a sales barn auction it contains 130 pages of area history that makes for hours of interesting reading it was com piled and published by james randle nason who in the preface asks the generous public to overlook any errors that may hereafter appear quite naturally the section related to stouffville is of prime interest the vil lage was then part of the twp of mar- kham the description reads stouffville markham township a village situated on the to wn line of markham and whitchurch and a station on the toronto and nipissing railway first settled about 1800 by abraham stouffer this village has for several years been a thriving business place and will probably double its population which now amounts to about 700 in a few years stouffville owes its prosperity chiefly to the business enter prise of edward wheler esq j p reeve whitchurch distance from toronto 28 miles established residents 115 years ago in cludedrichard barnes carpenter john barry farmer george beesaw cooper john r brown hotelkeeper john brownlee blacksmith john a brules wagonmaker robert clark son hostler christopher crozier tan ner philip davis cabinetmaker rev bw day congregational pas tor henry digby painter thos dougall photographer thos h eck ardt merchant charles fisher shoemaker georgeflint jr cabinet maker george flint sr j p rake and bending factory operator matthew flint mailcarrier sylvester freel medical doctor rev dan gee wes- 1 1 this church still remembered by many longtime members within he congregation of grace anglican church at markham will remember this quaint frame chapel with the high spire located near the intersection of hwys 48 and 7 the landmark structure was removed after the new anglican church was built on parkway avenue jim thomas ley an methodist pastor johnston gib- ney foundry operator james grant watchmaker john hand baker john german blacksmith james johnston blacksmith levi law mer chant andrew lloyd coroner john mann school teacher fred mertin mailcarrier george mccallum tailor wm mcmulien farmer wm reynolds blacksmith wm roddick wheelwright wm b sanders mer chant thos tinkler butcher john urquhart waggonmaker abraham yake hotel operator john yake storekeeper william yake farmer heres what it says about ringwood ringwood markham township is a village located on the townline of mar kham and whitchurch first settled ab out 1800 by the late mr p wideman population about 80 prominent names back then were newbury button j p hotelkeeper robert dickson miller patrick gormley blacksmith wm holmes weaver christian lehman farmer ludwig lehman merchant george sylvester mechanic philip wideman marble works wm j smith marblecutter almira at that time had a population of 50 box grove 150 buttonville80 mar kham village 1000 malvern 100 rich mond hill 1000 scarboro village 100 thornhill 100 victoria square 100 and woodbridge 600 the book describes markham township as follows the township of markham is bound ed on the north by the township of whitchurch on the south by the township of scarboro and york east on the east by the county of ontario and on the west by the township of vaughan markham was first settled by germans in 1794 it is one of the finest wheat- growing townships in the dominion the township of sea rboro is described in part as follows the late david thomson esq was the first settler in scarboro cone 1 lot 24 where he arrived in 1796 mr thom son cleared the first land in the townsmp he died on the 22nd of june 1834 aged 71 leaving his wife and eleven children his wife mary known as the mother of scarboro died on the 8th of november 1847 aged 80 years leaving behind her about 100 descendants the soil of scar boro is excellent especially in the north western part in the vicinity of the rouge northeastern part it is more rugged some of it being almost unfit for cultivation each community had its own post office the postmaster at agincourt was john milne almira wm ayerst armadale robert harrington box grove john mccaffrey buttonvillc thomas thomson cashel john major cedar grove david lapp gormley samuel moorby markham james barker mongolia robert curtis ring- wood george sylvester scarboro david maclean stouffville edward wheler unionville george eakin and victoria square daniel heise although this 130page booklet cost stouffvillcs tom winters but five dol lars i feel its worth its weight in gold operators of the archives at york re gion could be interested but council may have to float a debenture to buy it