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tribune august 6 1986 b3 new playmates store opens in success square mayor fran sainsbury and chamber of com- cindy hathaway as indicated by this crowd of merce president ken sandiford participated in children kathryn burk sarah and ashleigh the official opening of rod and suzanne mohrs evans scott hizaka bonnie thompson erin new store called playmates in success square tucknor and amanda plouffe stouffville a main attraction was hugabunch jim thomas editors mail headholds are cruel dear editor your page 1 lamb photo in the july 30 issue indicates to me young people 4h members re quire some direction in the hand ling of their animals to be locked into a headhold device as indicated by your pic ture is nothing short of cruel how would the owner like to be restrained in such a manner agriculturalists are for the most part cruel people not kno wingly cruel but ignorantly cruel an animal to them is merely a source of food and drink with no feelings whatsoever that is why in some parts of the world we still have dog fights rooster fights and bull fights if theres a lesson to be learned by these young 4h sheep club members its not how to win trophies and ribbons but how to treat their pets in a more humane manner sincerely jennifer barrett rr 3 mount albert concrete donations for hospital fund the papcs of ballantrae stone and fireplace centre anniversary sale promotion at ballantrac stone which donated 200 to the markhamstouffville hospital fund featured brooklin concrete products jast week dianncdisera office manager for brooklin from left to right are lisa and rolf pape trustee concrete presented harry bowes with a cheque for harry bowes and dianne disera 100 these donations are the proceeds from the i emergency measures by cathy carter how many times have you looked in your rearview mirror and spotted an ambulance fire truck or police cruiser approaching and wondered what to do its a common predicament many people although they know what theyre supposed to do panic when they see flashing lights failing to yield to an emergen cy services vehicle is not only illegal but it wastes valuable time sargent bullivant of the york regional police department community services bureau says dont drop the anchors and stop in the middle of the road pull as close to the curb as possi ble then stop many people dont know how to react when they see an emergency vehicle he said volunteer fire fighters vehicles are not considered emergency services under the law however when responding to the alarm they are equipped with a flashing light and often honk their horns to warn motorists of their approach motorists should treat the volunteers as they would an ambulance or a fire truck crucial seconds can be lost while they fight their way through traffic to the fire hall on a oneway street drivers must pull to the side of the road closest to where they are driving failing to yield to an emergen cy service vehicle may result in a ffne of 40 to 200 and three dc- njcrit points remember not to panic and to give such vehicles your utmost co operation mcenroe ranked no 2 in the world and this years defending champion john mcenroe will have to be in peak form to defend his players international title and become the first player in 82 years to capture 3 successive canadian championships dont miss the action as mcenroe meets lendl becker and more lor the showdown worldclass tennis at its best dont miss it tickets on sale at bass 8722211 or 8722277 or at tennis canada 6659784 american express visa and mastercard accepted august 917 national tennis centre york university organized by h tennis canada players international tennis championships fortytwo years ago barn destroyed in 12000 blaze news stories from out of the past make interesting reading recently the tribunes editor dusted off the newspaper file dated august 1944 fortytwo years ago and discovered the fol lowing events of that day loss was estimated at 12000 when fire destroyed a barn on the property of jacob mcmullen stouffville the blaze was first noticed in an outside strawstack mr mcmullen and helper carl watson attempted to stomp it out without success besides the building a team of horses four calves and the seasons entire crop were lost fire destroyed a onestorey frame house on tenth line north stouffville owned by harry garthwaite and occupied by rosemary vine there was little water pressure due to an air pock et in the main insurance on the property was placed at 500 the house was said to be worth be tween 700 and 900 three graduate students from stouffville high school obtained public school positions without attending a full year of normal school instead they enrolled in the normal school short course and graduated at the top of the class eileen weldon obtained a teaching position near queens- ville ruth gooding acquired a school at ravenshoe and grace latcham obtained a position near niagara falls the tribune reported a shor tage of restaurants in the village due to a cutback in hours at the brown betty tea room on main street because the proprietor mrs simpson was in ill health the team room closed at 2 pm ex cept tuesdays and saturdays earl howsam former operator of the altona mill sold that prop erty and purchased a 157acre farm near greenbank while standing under a tree at his parents farm property cone 10 markham keith pearce 25 was struck and killed by light ning when the victim failed to re turn home following the storm a search was started he was found by a neighbor lloyd burrows others in the search party in cludedchester somerville hugh michel arthur coakwch and members of the pearce fami ly the funeral service was one of the largest ever attended in the area within a period of two months sheep claims in pickering township exceeded 600 one of the largest was 328 paid to david pugh of claremont rr for 18 ewes and eight lambs other pay ments were made to john miller 70 for one ewe and two rams and wm pengelly 15 for one ewe the crash of an avroanson training plane near the property of tom blizzard between cone 7 and cone 8 markham twp took the lives of two airmen witnesses to the tragedy were mr blizzard himself mrs albert king of ring- wood and audrey redshaw of dicksons hill the tribune of 42 years ago de scribed the village of stouffville as a seventh heaven for single males according to the voters list one out of every 11 persons was a spinster sixtythree un married girls lived on the south side of main street and 57 on the north in addition there were 114 widows the paper said by com parison there were only 61 bache lors and 31 widowers in a letter received by mr and mrs lloyd turner of stouffville it was learned that son grant and his crew aboard hmcs prince albert had taken part in an allied landing on the southern coast of france grant had also partici pated in the dday assault that eventually led to germanys sur render i dr john button was posted to watson lake 600 miles north of edmonton in the subarctic the station was maintained by the northwest air command of the rcaf the twp of pickering com- pleted the purchase of the former corner hotel in brougham as a future municipal office the price for the property was 3000 townend is best in canada stouffville motocross competitor todd townend is now the number one 250 cc junior rider in canada the 15yearold acquired that ranking on monday in british col umbia at the canadian nationals townend won two motos that day bring the kids to 400 ft wet n wild heated water slide roller skating on out door paved trails playground trampolines petting farm horseback riding mini golf and much more park hours weekdays 10 am 6 pm weekends 10 am 7 pm 1 how o gt rrnond j x he clafimcwt inp i s tcooto i q s k pchc r jriay h01 buy from people who care the latter one leaving a pack of foes 25 seconds behind him on sunday the teenager com peted in two other races capturing third place in one event after an ear ly wipeout that saw him in 22nd spot at one point townend won the second race 7 4715070 sin rjp vsrcxi towccolm 1984 pontiac sunbird 2 dr hb while on blue only 15000 miles stk 7044b 1983 buick park ave black wsilver int moonroof more only 57000 miles stk 1983 pontiac j2000 economy plus only 65000 miles stk 6321a 1981 chevimpala auto ps pb air cond only 74000 miles stk 721 5a 1981 buick riviera loaded moonroof plus only 57000 miles stk 6137a 1983 delta 88 royale brghm tione jade many extras only 40000 milescstk6955a 1985 clev camaro sport coupe v8 ps pb automatic only 14000 miles stk 7585a 1986 delta 88 royale brghm executive car silver on silver full load only 3000 kms 1985 celebrity eurosporto car must be seen only 3200 kms stk i277a 1981 pontiac grand prixjo loaded black on maroon only 44000 mileastk 7340a trucks trucks 1985 s10 v6 ps pb 5 speed only 37000 miles stk c6729a 1985 ford f250 4x4 0 auto ps pb only 12000 miles stk 7342a 1984 s10 sport as is v6 ps pb 4 speed rally wheels finish in blue stk 7413a 1982 clevy c10 pickup has never seen snow only 49000 miles stk 7394a s 7586a 1 2995 7288 s s 0988 s 495 s s trucks s 995 6895 s v 7mm chevroletoldsmobile 2941440 hwy7 just east of mccowan markham il hbkm3bmshrqp8 wsasshhsb