The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

notice of a public recreation meeting wednesday feb 18 1987 730 pm location whitchurch centennial centre ballantrae items for agenda to be submitted to the recreation department 6406527 possessed a strong faith for mrs cora conner spring- vale baptist church was her second home because of this association it seemed fitting her funeral service should be held thursday in this atmosphere mrs conner died feb 3 in york central hospital richmond hill where shed been a patient nearly eight weeks mrs conner the former cora wideman was born near rich mond hill daughter of ralph and louisa wideman following her marriage charles and cora farmed on ken nedy road at rr 1 unionville and later built a house on the prop erty after the death of her husband in 1970 mrs conner moved to testa villa apartments stouff- ville mrs conner enjoyed all types of handiwork including sewing quilting and crocheting she made most of her familys clo thing she was an excellent cook her membership in the con gregation of second markham baptist church and springvale baptist church extended over 60 years she served as a deaconess and with the ladies group rev bob flemming told of his great joy in visiting with mrs conner and spoke of a favorite verse in her bible entitled on the wings of prayer rev jack bart said mrs con ners courage and faith through the dark days of the great de pression enabled her to better understand and sympathize with those experiencing similar diffi culties in addition to her own family she gave of her time in the raising of young people from the chil drens aid he described her as a mother to the motherless dr ws whitcombe said his memories of mrs conner go back sixty years she lived the reli gion she received he said rev mark rogers associate pastor at springvale also took part in the service a favorite hymn in the sweet by and by was sung by the con gregation soloist beverley butcher added a lovely solo how beautiful heaven must be mrs conner took great pride in her family a son neil of rr 2 stouffville four daughters eleanor simpson rr 3 stouff ville doris burton rr 1 claremont marjorie johnson toronto marion meyer of pal- merston 16 grandchildren and 16 greatgrandchildren a sister delta boycc resides in strathroy pallbearers were brian redshaw jim gardiner james conner kenneth white dean daley and brian johnson flow erbearers were murray daley geoff meyers rob murray steve crawley wayne mcclure bruce hartung gary ellis and tim mcclure tribune february 11 1987 a7 new owners introduce newlook restaurant stouffvilles regal restaurant and tavern is under new ownership with a new look the regal was recently purchased by peter sinodinos a native of calgary alberta a grand reopening was held saturday peter and wife voula left touch glasses in a toast with daughter toula and sons jimmy and lou the bright cheerful decor has prompted many favorable compliments jim thomas editors mail system second class dear parents do you know that even kin dergarten children are being bused from the east end of stouff ville to orchard park in the west end because summitview is already full do you know that portable clas srooms are here in stouffville and more are on their way do you know that sdss may have to cut its sports programs and club activities due to the fact markham cannot handle all its lack of schools and consequent overcrowding why should our children have to attend crowded schools why should our childrens education be jeopardized what can we do about this de plorable situation does anyone else out there wor ry about this too you can do something about it if sufficient numbers of us write our local mpp asking that something be done about the lack of schools and the overcrowding we can have the situation changed maybe even in time for our children to benefit whats required is one short let- j ter from you please write mr j greg sorbara mpp york north 101 bloor street west 13th floor toronto ont m5s 1p7 sincerely jean edwards i stouffviile offer expires end of february fo students and will bus its overflow to our communitys high school living in a town like stouffville gives one natural expectations one expects that our children will be able to walk to the local school that our children will be able to socialize out of school with school- mates that the local schools facilities are adequate for the en rolment it appears this is no longer the case in stouffville never mind the problems related to our chil dren being shipped around inside stouffville itself we will also have to cope with the overload from the markham community due to their lack of facilities we already have space allotted for two badly needed elementary schools in the northwest of stouff ville however no construction is in the works needless to sav its not top priority we need ti iose schools not more port ables and more students in our present schools larger schools can cause prob lems with staffing student morale and behavior and the loss of closeknit community spirit in the schools do you know that york region is now one of the worst areas in ontario and possibly even in north america with regard to around town returns home mr sam burd father of don burd is back at parkview village following recovery from injuries received when struck by a car on main street west stouffville last fall bridge winners a successful bridge party was enjoyed at the silver jubilee club recently top scores were re corded by canon puxley mal colm harvey hilda wright olive murphy and ray rioux other prizewinners were alma john son mina morton effie foskett and doug bacon valentine dance the tuesday night mixed bowling league is hosting a valentine dance saturday feb 14 at 8 pm in the ballantrae community centre tickets 7 per person are available by call ing eric blundon 6404105 or warren foster 6402141 slide presentation gary and ann grundy and family hawthorne avenue stouffville will present a multi media nature slide presentation in the auditorium of parkview vil lage saturday feb 14 at 7 pm the public is invited returns down under kelly mackay granddaughter of reg mackay maytree avenue stouffville has returned to port hedland west australia after a year spent in stouffville with some side trips down east kelly an extremely outgoing girl made a host of friends in town especial ly through contacts at the villetta restaurant on edward street while kelly didnt mind the snow and cold weather shell notice quite a contrast returning to temperatures ranging from 80 to 120 degrees f all year round her grandfather said on frames in stock custom framing nonglare glass matt boards oval round frames save you name it we frame it stretching framed limited edition prints originals save framed prints oil paintings metal frames regular glass not incl any photo frames save interior designers and commercial accounts welcome for best results bring along your prints photos needlepoint diplomas oil paintings etc mccormack memorial church pastor rev w gawa 945 am sunday school balanced living 1100 am irresistible love 700 pm strength for today nursery supervision and junior church provided good progress mrs ron smith fairview ave nue stouffville is reported to be making a good recovery following hip surgery in grace hospital scarborough successful surgery mrs wilmot stover albert street south stouffville is a pa tient in st johns hospital north york following hip surgery per formed at sunnybrook air stov ers hopeful shell be home by the weekend im getting pretty good in the kitchen he said but it doesnt pay to get too good horticultural society the stouffville horticultural society will meet on monday feb 16 at 8 pm in stouffville united church a miniflower show is planned with the following classes 1 valentine arrange ment fresh dried and artificial 2 table centre with candle 3 corsage in fabric is improving the many friends of bert batt parkview home and formerly main street west stouffville will be pleased to know hes now out of intensive care and improving fol lowing his admission to scarbor ough centenary hospital last week wide variety of stock frames select art galleries 13 brock st w uxbridge ont hours mon tuos wod thurs 106 fri 108 sal 105 ss 8525010 fot season hovercraft s ato worries about going over thin ice again the new hovercycle solves that problem its an all terrain all season vehicle that rides on a cushion of air for only 599500 you can ride the wind on you own hovercraft for a personal demonstration call 8881054 new in town let us put out the mat for you tt mv 1mn tr r- phone 6403521