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wmmmnmmgmmmmmm wammmmmm p own a masterpiece barthau jewellers stouffciik- 6404646 llllll serving whitchurchstouffviue uxbridge area dinner theatre banquet factttties mi a memorable dining experience sunday brunchsmorgasbord weddings 6406060 occasions vol 100no5 a mefroland community newspaper r wednesday june 3 198 0pa age 50 cents a direct fait lightning strikes i fireball antenna i disrupts service stouffville effects of saturdays severe electrical storm and cloudburst that turned farm fields into lakes particular ly in the gormleyunionville area are still being felt in stouff- ville at the height of the deluge a p people parade stouffville a people parade is planned for stouffville sat june 27 as part of the towns strawberry festival canada day weekend the procession will begin at 10 am from cable tech and con clude at the old arena park drive south a box social will follow the committee chairman is tom winters 6401867 prizes will be awarded iii the following categories best in parade best themevmost humorous best band best marching unit best group period dress best turnbut of a team or club j best church group best merchant best banker best chronicler best tradesman best light horses english and western best heavy horse hitch registrations are now being accepted bus signals were ignored dicksons hill a motor ists impatience lias cost him 100 and seven points on may 25 roderick gibson rr 2 markham was found guilr ty of failing to yeild to flashing school bus signals and fined 100 in newmarket court according to constable staples of the oak ridges detachment ontario provincial police gibson passed six parked school buses that were loading children in front bf dicksons hill school five school bus operators witnessed the offense several gave testi mony i the main problem ex plained officer staples this area is not a recognized school bus loading zone the bus drivers park their vehicles with lights flashing for 20 minutes regard- jess all traffic must still stop dur ing this time the bus drivers maintain that traffic entering the hamlet on old hwyi 48 can do so from the north rather than the south during de livery and pickup periods reception the end of the school year marks the end of a 33year career for malcolm mac mcroberts principal of whitchurch- highlands school on wed june 17 the parents group are holding a reception in mr mcroberts honor from 5 to 630 pm students past and present along with their parents are in vited mr mcroberts came to whitchurchhighlands nine years ago the same year the 1987 gradu ates were enrolled in kinder garten lightning bolt struck the com munications antenna on the un- ionville fire hall knocking out all contact with volunteers serving station i stouffville and station ii ballantrae while the alarm could still be sounded by the uniohville dis patcher chief brown was re quired to contact his men through a paging device at the hall this meant he had to remain either at the station or in his home across the street until the system was repaired plans are reported in the works for a second transmitting tower for the regions fire departments but theres nothing official on this explained markham district fire chief geo morrison the backup tower will likely be located in newmarket he said the lightning hit the unionville aerial jamming dispatch equip ment however within an hour the situation was under control the unionville station dispatch es firefighters throughout the re gion up until tuesday it was necessary to use a shorterrange system until the 24000 equip ment could be repaired unionville dispatchercatlry- johnston at the controls when the lightning bolt hit described the impact as the biggest bang ive ever heard after the shock i had to climb down from the ceil ing she added she told how the interior of the building turned a strange blue probably caused by the fluores cent lights chief ken beckett has been un able to estimate the amount of damage because theres both labor and replacement parts in volved after the dispatch equipment went down the fire hall had to rely on portable radios and tele phones until the backup unit was in place he said no one was injured the machine smoked but there was no fire said morrison on tuesday firefighters were still relying on an old siren system to alert district stations 1 goodwood another ge was added to the history wook of goodwood saturday ipvhen a i centuryold belli saved emmi a fire in 1906 was resur sheeted from under the steps of odwood united church and installed on the porch roof while cameras recorded the ihistoric event a amounted derrick lifted the 500 jffijuiid sunday morningi salarm clock and set it in place the transition from ground j to roof took about ten minutes the decision to remount the bell was the subject of much discussion board chairperson pat redwood told the trl- llbune members werent sure ythe roof would support the ifweight she said t tvfit will be rungprior to jiworship at weddings arid on if other special occasions mrs fredwood stated kees koster vand mrs isobel beach will erve as official bellringers jthlssunday june 7 as part f the 11 am dedication f t was mr koster whbt v olunteered his time to build the bellhouse he and son bneith also assisted with the in stallation mrs beach is a ngstanding member of the 5 gatlon cial music sunday will vided by the epsom jr choirpthe guest speaker is dr heinzeguntherof emma nuel bible college toronto history records that only the bell and the organ were saved when the goodwood methodist church was des- troyed by fire prior to a christ mas concert december 1906 a centuryold bell rescued from a firein the goodwood methodist church 81 years ago was reerected on the roof of goodwood united church saturday a special dedication service is planned for this sunday june 7 at 11 am jim thomas garden crop escapes worst of hailstorm stouffville ted barry of barrys gardens rr 2 stouffville was afraid to look at his seed bed of cabbages and cauliflower friday morning he feared the worst after a wind rain and hail storm- lashed the stouffville area thursday afternoon it was with great relief howev- er that he viewed only limited damage ninetyfive percent mayor reads garbage act stouffville two months ago the business improvement area board asked downtown mer chants and tenants to refrain from putting out garbage on weekends with no main street pickup from friday morning through monday morning the area ex tending from albert street to park drive was looking trashy at best for several weeks people co- pageant stouffville eleven firms and organizations are spon soring entrants in the 1987 miss whitchurchstouffville pageant the gala event part of the towns strawberry festival and canada day weekend will be held june 25 at stouffville dist secon dary school at the same time the commun ity will also honor its citizen of the year and its sports celebrity of the year pageant entries to date arc lindscy baston christine dubc robyn duke carrie ellis lisa fockler chris hoover debbie stem tammy stonchouse kris sommcrs dcbra surman and shelley whittakcr this years winner will be crowned by the queen of 86 jack ie chong stuart street stouff ville operated now its worse than ever and mayor fran sainsbury for one is disgusted she says if the downtown doesnt clean up its act shell re quest enforcement of a bylaw and implementation of fines mrs sainsbury claims it makes no sense to spend thousands of dollars of strectscape improve ments only to have the area inun dated with garbage will come back he says mr barry wasnt at home when the storm struck but driving back he could see its impact fields turned into lakes and leaves shredded from trees there are 75 acres under cul tivation on the barry farm 45 acres of cabbages and 30 acres of cauliflower despite the fact all fields are tiledrained the water was standing two feet deep in one section he said mr barry attributes the drain age problem to improper ditching on the ninth line the region he says has promised to rectify the situation this summer the local market gardener doesnt carry crop insurance its too expensive he says his greatest worry is hail but a policy cant be restricted to this threat only mr barry believes the storm will set him back about one week its time you never recover but im thankful it could have been a lot worse he concluded carole pilote grade ji2 graduate page a 2 grandma graduates a2 spring faira5 church expands 46 slaves for a daya1 1 sports town honors its bestb1 sdsstugofwarb2 minor softball resultsb2 v ok t 4 a i