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thettibune 35000 copies vol 3 no 46 a metroland community newspaper saturday november 14 1987 72 pages 25 cents death sentence on arena contract 27649 the stouffville arena was built in 1949 for s0000 thirtynine years later it will be demolished for a tendered price of 27649 town council tuesday awarded the demolition contract to jpc wrecking limited the firm has agreed to complete the work by dec 20 1987 the decision comes as no sur prise still theres saddness in many circles related to the death knell proclamation especially among those responsible for its construction charter directors are gar lehman george allison morley symes charles nolan reg but ton bert bell and dr st boden- distel the first manager was ken laushway he was followed by telf rennie and don lewis ken kirby was a longtime employee the arena was constructed by ta wilson lumber co of can- nington sixtythree thousand dollars was raised through sales of shares the stouffville lions club invested 2000 the stouffville athletic club put up 1500 the amount outstanding 20000 was acquired through citizens loans due to the popu larity of the facility the indebted ness was quickly paid off hockey was the big thing back then recalls gar lehman a board pastpresident and former village reeve he remembers as many as 1900 people standing shouldertoshoulder for a playoff game between the stouffville clippers and the markham mil lionaires seating capacity was 1200 the first hockey game was oct 31 1949 the official opening was one month later nov 30 with premier leslie frost in attend ance admission reserve seats was one dollar we had good luck with our managers says mr lehman there were only three and all did a great job the arena was home to sever al oha and omha cham pionship clubs including the memorable clipper team of 195152 that captured the senior b title of ontario another delay initially it was oct 30 then nov 15 now jan 15 a midjanuary target date has been set for completion of the cluster homes adjacent to parkview village ninth line south stouffville the areas current building boom has made it difficult to obtain subcontractors sheila jones manager of parkview village told the weekender holiday time during the christmas period will delay work still further she said the 20 apartment units contained in five buildings will accommodate 35 people mrs jones admits some wouldbe residents are being inconveni enced by the delay but says none have backed out of their agree ments theyve been able to find temporary accommodation else where mrs jones said many memories for gar lehman a stouffville arena company charter director and pastpresident the 38yearold structure holds many memor ies the building was erected in 1949 for 80000 it will be de molished for a contract price of 27649 mr lehman holds one of the original record books that lists the names of all shareholders de molition work is expected to begin this month and be completed by dec 20 jim thomas whats inside lois browning heads new seniors service group21 directory comment p4 editors mail p5 6 8i 7 church page p26 27 real estate p29 to 45 kids page p46 entertainment p47 to 50 sports p 53 to 57 classified p58 to 71 rev pectcr vanker starts new charge sunday16