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from the files bfst available cow tribune july 22 1987 a7a n main street robbery made news in 1941 what was front page news in stouffville and district 46 years ago to find out the tribune checked out the newspapers of september 1941 and discovered the following stories a robbery took place at the pre mises of stouffville tailor john monkhouse much of his stock was cleaned out the paper said with the loss estimated at 3500 the shop was located on main street across from obrien avenue the enrollment at stouffvilles continuation school totalled 116 with 39 registered in first form one of the largest classes in years arthur do ws well of cone 2 ux- bridge and formerly of stouffvil le was thrown from a riding plow and badly injured according to a tribune story he was taken by ambulance to the toronto gener al hospital two years previous a tragic fire destroyed a barn on the dowswell property a daughter golfer teed off stouffvilles sandy mackenzie of state farm insurance doesnt look overjoyed with his drive off the first tee at last wednesdays whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce golf day the annual event was held at the maples of ballantrae course dont know why sandy is so sad his drive went 300 yards straight down the fairway well maybe it wasnt 300 yards exactly and straight isntright either but it was still pretty good alan shackleton died when trapped in the burning building the tribune carried a photo of donnie davis son of rev and mrs douglas davis of stouffville and formerly of king it showed donnie then 10 years old- assist ing on the route for stones bak ery of king teacher elizabeth mcclure of e versley school was a volunteer driver due to a labor shortage because of the war don- nies job the tribune said was to teach the teacher where to go on her 30 miles of deliveries jacob meyer a retired farmer was fishing from a creek that crosses the cone 9 of pickering at the reesor sideroad and nabbed a large speckled trout the fish managed to wriggle free but this problem didnt deter mr meyers determination he jumped into the stream and grabbed it by the tail but again it slipped away he then caught it by the gills and threw it onto the creek bank the trout measured 14 inches long and weighed 1 a pounds principal cedric watson re ported 172 enrolled in stouffville public school the beginners were encouraged to start at eas ter nine more came in septem ber class members included miriam boake george bowers garth good donald harman margaret harman joyce hill geraldine hoover ian lewis clifford madill wray madill walter oboyle helen paisley bruce rusnell donald salmon lillian salmon helen snowball charles griffiths george grif fiths lome lageer clifton mor ris billie murphy eddie mur phy elaine spofford marie stov er and robbie macgregor gwen tranmer of the stouffvil le post office staff was sending mail down the chute from the main floor to the couriers sorting in the basement somehow she fell into the chute and in the twinkling of an eye shot down onto the sorting table much to the surprise of the workers below while amusing to them it was less than amusing to gwen she suffered a broken rib in the fall flowers grown from seeds dis tributed to stouffville school chil dren were to be judged at the hor ticultural societys fair but this was cancelled the tribune re- ported so they were exhibited in a show in the united church base ment and prizes were awarded as follows qaleridula douglas burkholder arthur harding red pom zinnia bruce tim bers erla holden paul cum- mings french marigold jessie harding herberta simpson lois mckuen pinks florence paisley phlox alice forsyth ruth mckuen dining room table bouquet joyce barkey erla holdenj alice forsyth eleanor goudie living room bouquet eleanor goudie helen goudie darlene gray and elda gray the tribune reported the sale of the wideman farm to win tim bers a resident directly across the road on the former cliff pipher property the 100acre farm was originally purchased by henry wideman around 1837 the tribune said mr wideman had owned 200 acres right through to ringwood but later sold off 100 acres to his brother phillip work was started on an addition to stouffvilles brierbush hospit al with the grove carpenters of ringwood receiving the contract the 86th annual markham fair was scheduled for oct 2 3 and 4 it featured a markham high school field day a boys colt class the markham citizens band horse racing entry fee 5 pony racing entry feel a horse shoeing contest and a monster dance the president was james rennie treasurer j rs ward and secretary roy j crosby seneca colege president roy mccuteheori left cuts acake with minister of skills develop ment greg sbrbara and vvhitchurchstouffyille mayor fran saihsbury right at the recent open- persian cat goes missing stouffville a purebred black persian cat was lost friday in the bramble cres area of- stouffville it answers to both the names baby and whiskers anyone who finds the cat or has any information is asked to con tact heather maude at 38 bram ble cres phone is 6408650 you can get all the news for only 40cweek become a prepaid customer to the economist sun or stouffville tribune subscribe now kusatz sharpley chartered accountants are relocating their office on july 15 1987 to 115 main street west stouffville ontario just east of the tracks north side fame international building hospital work continues construction is continuing at the site of the markham stouffville hospital on ninth line south the facility is slated to open in 1989 living lighting we make your lighting fficdtyr sale ends july 25 1987 hwy 7 east of mccowan 266 wellington st west 2949557 countdown to a century the tribune the stouffville tribune was established june 1 1888 on june 1 1988 this newspap er will celebrate its 100th birthday many changes have taken place over the last one hundred years in the weeks ahead some of these will be recorded through photo flashbacks here five stouffville ladies met back in 1972 to initiate the beta sigma phi sorority the hostess is dianne darl ing right of lorctta crescent south other charter members are left to right marilyn garlick uk 1 unionville bcv kettle lorctta crescent stouffville carolyn durnan sunset blvd stouffville and ann gilbert drakcficld road mar kham joiep hi 1 fashions petite collection 53 main st w stouffville 6401882