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5 main st w stouffville 6404646 vol 99 no 22 icountrye nbllrltvlt serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area school days are the happiest days parents have 16495090 6405090 a metroland community newspaper wednesday september 24 1986 56 pages 50 cents pear sunday shopping stouffville the trend towards sunday shopping is growing tom thompson main street merchant and chairman of the business improvement area ceremony the official opening of park view village will be held sun day oct 19 at 2 pm all 124 apartment units are now filled cost of the project has been placed at just over 700000000 invited guests will include mp sinclair stevens mpp greg sorbara york regional chairman eldred king mayor fran sainsbury and members of whitchurchstouffville council bill mcknight feder al minister of housing and alvin curling provincial minister of housing following the ribboncutting ceremony tours of the building will be conducted refresh ments will be served biggest spud there should be no shortage of big potatoes this fall just how big will be discovered at this years markham fair the tribune is again sponsor ing a big potato contest entries properly identified must be brought to the tribune office 54- 56 main street west no later than 5 pm sept 29 they will be judged by weight first prize is 10 second prize 5 and third prize s3 the contest chairman is frank hendy rr 1 claremont board bia is worried he expressed his concerns at a bi a meeting sept 17 mr thompson said hed heard reports that all stores in mar kham including those in markvil- le mall would be open sundays starting next month its scary he stated while other members werent as alarmed thompson predicted a flood of sunday openings fol lowing a pattern set by merchants in toronto unless there are complaints the police wont lay charges he said if they did the courts would be so inundated theyd never be able to process them all he urged the calling of a gener al meeting to discuss the issue linda fawns owneroperator of lindas beauty studio and the tete tea cafe argued against the bi a becoming involved its up to the individual she said thompson countered that with no businessmens association as such in stouffville the bi a is obliged to take a stand mrs fawns said she could see nothing wrong with calling a meeting both bob ancheril of ancherils fine shoes and jack verhoog of the stouffville delicatessen said they wouldnt open their stores on sunday regardless of what others do christians go to church on sunday said mr ancheril christians also shop on sun day replied thompson ancheril angered thompson when he referred to sunday store operation as greed are you speaking to me or to him he enquired referring to the presence of a tribune repor ter at the meeting pastpresidents will open fair markham the spotlight of attention will be focussed on the pastpresidents when markham fair holds its official opening oct 1 time of the ceremony is 8 pm in the entertainment tent invitations have been extended to 22 very important people mary cosburn this years presi dent told the tribune these in clude ken deacon 1944 george henry 1955 alex davidspn 1956 harry warrin- er 1961 maurice hamill 1962 walter reesor 1966 bill suther land 1967 bert paisley 1971 gerald mann 1972 ellis brit- ton 1973 bob thompson 1974 ivan norton 1975 harvey brown 1976 rogers gardham 1977 alma walker 1978 mac cosburn 1979 fred crawford 1980 dennis seeley 1981 bill walker 1982 barry little 1983 bryan armstrong 1984 and harold snowball 1985 ken deacon will address the gathering on behalf of the past- presidents all will participate in the ribboncutting having the pastpresidents together on stage was mrs cos- burns idea she says its one way markham fair can show its appreciation of their dedication mac cosburn will serve as master of ceremonies the fair opens oct 1 and ex tends through oct 5 uxbridge plowman reserve champion a member of the timbers family was again front and centre at the international plowing awards ceremony friday barry timbers ewne drive uxbridge won the reserve championship of ontario in com petition last week near stirling ont the champion was darryl hostrawser of bel wood ont both will compete for the canadian ti tle in quebec next october barry has advanced to the canadian twice before in 1982 and in 1983 darryl is also no stranger to canadian competi tion weve plowed against each other for years barry said in four days of competition barry scored a first a second a sixth and an eighth greg tim bers barrys younger brother also did exceptionally well the last day pulled him down barry said lands varied greatly across the site he explained new site fresh from participation in international competition several area plowmen will again put their skills to the test at the york regional match saturday the location is changed however previously it was the farm of jack warrincr mcco- wan road and major macken zie drive markham now its the property of lewis reesor hwy 48 and 18th avenue mar kham inclement weather forced the change starting time is 1030 am the match previously sche duled for sept 12 had to be post poned to sept 27 due o wet grounds the branch president is grant wells rr 4 stouff ville both darryl and barry re ceived engraved silver trays plus 250 for their accomplishments other awardwinners from this area included barry degeer rr 3 mount albert ken wells rr 4 stouffville steve dunk- eld rr 1 zephyr and herb jar- vis sheppard avenue agincourt for barry degeer it was his first time in international com petition the 14yearold jos gould sr public school student scored two thirds a fourth and a fifth he received the clark young award an engraved watch ken wells was awarded the ginty jocius and association tro phy plus 300 steven dunkeld re ceived 200 herb jarvis was presented with an engraved watch courtesy bank of nova scotia plus a trophy and 300 from petro canada li mited music mania stays in town stouffville music man ia will stay in stouffville replies to a spring question naire indicated this was the wish of most people producer doris harvey told the tribune be sides she said moving to the markham theatre would have proven very costly the production said to be the longest running show of its kind in canada will go on stage at the high school april 30 may 1 and 2 the director again is ann bell to get the show on the road a meeting is scheduled for the lower auditorium of stouffville united church wednesday oct 1 at 8 pm all interested pcrsonsarcin- vilcd ancheril claimed sunday open ing would only spread six days of shopping bve seven i dont care if the whole street opens i wont he declared thompson said staying closed could mean losses of 30 per cent ancheril replied he could close his store and return to sales thompson explained that should markham go for sunday shopping next month it would hit stouffville merchants hardest right at christmas i dont want to be open sundays but i cant afford not to be he said he called it a terrible dilemma mr ancheril stated that at this point the report was only here- say he urged a wait and see atti tude by the bia but thompson said this could lead to a last minute thing and thats no good mrs fawns insisted the deci sion should still rest with the indi vidual however she suggested thered be nothing wrong with calling the merchants together and talking about it she pointed out that the sales barn is already open sundays and would soon be enclosed to form an indoor mall the operation there she said will be further enhanced when a new residential develop ment proceeds nearby the bia chairman said the board should be prepared to take some action once we find out for sure ksii to cope with more than 5000 visitors to black creek pioneer rr 2 markham stirring a kettle of apple butter mennonite in- village saturday required many willing workers two of dozens of volvement in the festival raised over 39000 for world relief volunteers were laura burkhoider left of rr 1 markham and jim thomas carolyn byer of rr 2 markham pictured left is elvin ramer relief sale totals 39500 pioneer village in spite of threatening weather more than 5000 people attended saturdays festival at black creek pioneer village that portion of the event sponsored by the mennonite churches of the area raised in excess of 39000 over 20000 of this amount was realized from the quilt auction the mennonite central com mittee will use these funds for relief work around the world mrs paul burkhoider com mittee chairman said she was very pleased with the result ah work was volunteer she said including the services of auctioneers frank bennett rr 1 unionville and arnot wolton of hampton ninetyrtwo quilts were sold fiftytwo of these were com pleted by the ladies of heise hill brethern in christ church these alone realized 11400 the highest priced entry was a quilt of north carolina rose design made by the ladies of cedar grove mennonite church it sold for 1120 the runnerup brought 820 the top comforter sold for 525 adeline reaman of parkview village headed up the quilt com- real charity auctioneer frank bennett called it real charity a toronto lady who refused to give her name purchased a quilt for 420 at the pioneer village auction sponsored by the mennonite central committee later she donated it back to the sale and it resold for 470 adeline reaman head of the quilt committee said she couldnt recall a similar act of generosity at the festival before the unidentified woman said she hadnt purchased any quilts to keep because the one i really wanted went beyond my means mittee twelve hundred pies were prepared in advance and all were sold by 11 am mrs bur khoider said we are very gratified mrs burkhoider told the tribune the weather doesnt seem to matter people come rain or shine she estimated the crowd attending the quilt auction as the largest ever music on the grounds pro vided by the unity singers de lighted festival visitors mem bers arc irene stiner ruth fockler lois burkhoider miriam jones janet hume evelyn byer esther reesor mcrna knott and sheryl wideman magic festival a success by chris shanahan stouffville the towns 1986 magic festival is now history but its too early to tell what the future holds for the often- controversial event but coordinator george schlukbier said he was encour aged by this years attendance fi gures i thought all the shows were well attended considering the the amazing tunka blazed into town saturday as part of the 1986 stouffville magic festival here the multifaceted entertainer breaths fire during an im promptu show in front of the library large crowds j attended most festival attractions in what organizers termed a makcilorbrcakit year sec more photos on pages al i and a16 chris shanahan weather mr schlukbier said in an interview monday i think those in the town who participated really got their moneys worth i was really pleased i thought the quality of the whole festival was really first rate he added the fourday festival began its fifth year sept 17 and wound up saturday evening with the last of eight featured presto cabaret shows at deer park inns theatre in the park presto played to a total audi ence of approximately 750 according to mr schlukbier in cluding sellout dinner theatre crowds on friday and saturday and other attractions like three childrens magic shows had an additional combined attendance of more than 1000 mr schlukbier claimed the fes tival drew many visitors into the community and thus helped promote the town hes now waiting to learn what whitchurchstouffville council has up its collective sleeve the future of the festival is in councils hands stressed mr- schlukbier who shared organiz ing duties in 86 with clarcmont- arca magician dan laffcy im going to sit back and sec how things work out the stouffville magic festival plagued by low attendance in past years is financially supported by a grant from the municipality