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c6 tribune november 18 1987 i pembroke business to migrate to stouffviue by den1se mcdonald a new bird has made its nest in whitchurchstouffville on november 21 at 10 am pembroke residents al and helen dickson will officially open the doors on this areas first cana diana gallery snowbird of stouff viue at 36 main street former office location of lawyer andre kozak both former school teachers of more than 10 years the dicksons originally opened the first snow bird gallery 17 years ago in gol den light ontario i decided to leave the teaching profession when i found the sys tem changing too dramatically said mr dickson i was always trained to be a subject oriented person and i just didnt find the new ideas to be compatible with the things i liked to do while enroute to a meeting of the renfrew county travel asso ciation of which he was a direc tor mr dickson said he and his wife spotted an old general store for sale 30 miles south of pem broke after inquiring around ab out it the store was purchased and the two budding entrep reneurs suddenly found them selves in business however the store wasnt offi cially named until they spent their first day renovating the old building which was buried under eight feet of snow we were listening to the radio and anne murrays song snow bird came on after that we kept kidding each other about being snowbirds buried in this building and the name just stuck he said now 17 years later with much experience behind them the dicksons decided to look for a suitable location to house an offshoot of their original enter prise we chose this area because we were looking for a smaller com munity on the outskirts of toronto and one where we wouldnt have to locate in a mall he said stouffviue definitely has that small town flavour specializing in jewellery books clothing and many other articles mr dickson claimed snowbird will be in reality a de partment store selling anything made in canada the store here will be a reflec tion of what is in the other one plus other things specific to stouf fvil- le he said included will be the largest selection of canadiana books in ontario as well as an art and framing department and hand woven clothing mr dickson also said he would be happy to sell merchandise for residents however he prefers to buy it outright rather than take it in on consignmemt we prefer to deal with people who make their living by it he said thats not to say im put ting down the hobbyist its just professsionals tend to be more re liable although mr dickson is pre sently commutting to stouffviue from pembroke a drive he said takes over three and a half hours he will eventually be looking for a manager to take over responsibil ity of running the store in his abs ence a new bird will make its nest in whitchurchstouffville when pem broke resident al dickson pictured officially opens the doors nov 28 on his new canadiana gallery snowbird of stouffviue denise mcdonald canadas largest window covering specialists compare quality pricet department store price saveatcontourl the bay 12740 4450 simpsons 12740 4450 sears 8700 1410 eatons 8700 1410 v also 30 off selected drapery fabric only until november 29 alax north 4273110 ajax south 4272800 barrie 7057374200 brampton 4501911 burlington 3368181 cambridge 7403633 london n london s markham mississauga n mississaugas newmarket oakvlllen oakvilles richmond hill 5196601909 5194727684 4716565 8970100 8230030 8533655 8496171 8254014 8839922 st catharines 6829271 scarborough n 2930390 scarborough s 2667787 thornhlll 7643010 toronto west 2398194 waterloo 5197463870 cuelph 5198365090 whitby 6680512 woodbridge 8561023 t details available upon request mr e k i r ft rr v-w- iii