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s3935 swatch barthau jewellers wtviik- 6404646 serving whitchurchstouffvitte jxbridge area countrye wlyme srealty td 6405090 johnwhytau vol 102 no 29 h a metroland community newspaper wednesday july 27 1988 34 pages 50 cents- petra doose was- pronounced deadatthescehcl the crash in volving three vehicles occurred on the brock road north of cone loadei rfkeriiic lut driver of the car grace wicht of locust hill escaped iaer rumpled vehicle c was taken hy ambulance to ajaxpickering iospitafbrireatnientof neck injuries and later releasedi0 ted at 10000 kilograms spilled out oh the pavement closing one lane more than two hours a frontem loader was called in to clear away the sand k lent was one of the first on thescpne alone there rosscd into the northbound lane and overturned on a plymouth the van yovageur van charges are pending j girls choir reunited for anniversary event stouffville history was repeated sunday it made a reu nion occasion complete fourteen members of the stouffville youth for christ choir attended the golden wedding an niversary honoring don and pauline ratcliff rr 4 stouff ville the memorable event was held sunday afternoon at the sheraton parkway hwy 7 and leslie street richmond hill i knew several choir members planned to attend but i had no idea thev were going to sing mrs ratcliff told the tribune several guests said tears of joy glistened in don and paulines eyes as the group joined voices in two favorites the rock and then i met jesus the yfc choir was prominent here 40 years ago a reunion is planned next spring in attendance sunday were dorie steckley pilkey bar bara hisey wideman lillian brown macaioney marion gostick haddow margaret hisev clarke pat boake byer margaret reid connor carol wideman mann betty wideman ballentyne pauline barkey warnica alice barkey baker jean brown doner shirley schell doner florence bolender and accom panist gladys ratcliff lung punctured uxbridge twp marvin betz president of betz pools ltd stouffville was rushed to uxbridge cottage hospital then to sunnybrook toronto follow ing a freak accident july 17 at his bristol pond estates home rr 3 stouffville marvin slipped and fell strik ing his chest on the inside edge of the familys backyard pool at first doctors thought mar vin had suffered a ruptured spleen a call was put through for the helicopter based out of but- tonville the chopper however wasnt available so the trip to toronto was made by ambulance at sunnybrook a nineman emergency team was placed on standby ready for surgery fur ther xrays revealed three broken ribsand a collapsed lung no operation was necessary marvin was released thursday and allowed to come home i feel fine now he said but i was sure worried for awhile olympics stouffville twenty- onevearold mark ludbrook rr3 stouffville will attend the paraolympics swim competi tion in seoul korea this fall mark will compete against some of the best in the world the meet is scheduled for october training camp opens aug 19 in the netherlands and continues through aug 29 hell be accom panied by coaches herb debray of brcck university st catharines and phil telew of regina mark lost his left leg in an acci dent involving a snowblower ten years ago despite this impedi ment hes regarded as one of the top swimmers in ontario and perhaps all of canada award whitchurchslouffvilles strawberry festival- canada day committee has been commended by the federal government for outstanding achievement the letter accompanied by a certificate was receiv ed friday by festival chairman jim heidema apparently a govern ment representative was in attendance he or she was very impressed mr heidema said it was above and beyond what officials had ex pected the chairman reported it more than ex emplified what canada day should mean to a community trapped in car glasgow an uxbridge twp farmer had a narrow escape from serious injury thursday when pinned inside his runaway car barney godfrey cone 2 north of glasgow was doing some mechanical work on his buick regal when the vehicle suddenly took off the drivers door struck a hydro guide post slamming it shut on one leg mr godfrey 65 was dragged about 150 feet into a nearby corn patch before the vehicle stopped stouffville firefighters had to use their jaws of life to free the injured man he was taken by ambulance to uxbridge hospital treated and later released it was betty townsend of scar borough mr godfreys sister who heard the noise ran outside then called an ambulance the local farmer remembers little of what happened lucky my sister was here or i could have been trapped all night he stated time of the accident was 817 pm mrs townsend said the force of the impact could have severed her brothers leg the car door gave sufficiently easing the pressure she said tragedy strikes family by jim thomas editor stouffville family friends and relatives were stunned saturday when news was received of the tragic death of aaron mid- dleton son of barrv and carolyn middlcton hilltop trail rr 3 stouffville aaron 22 died saturday in mindcn hospital from injuries received in a singlevehicle accident at oxford narrows on hwy 35 north of minden the victim was thrown from his cmc jimmy after it veered off the road and rolled over several times two passengers mark and lisa gammage of newmarket suffered cuts and bruises both were wearing seat belts mrs gammage the former lisa youroukis of ninth line north whitchurchstouffville was admitted first to minden hospital then to hospital in peter borough due to the fact shes expecting a baby next month no com plications resulted 1 aaron and his friends were en route to lisaa grandparents cot tage on kushog lake when the accident occurred aaron was rushed by ambulance to minden hospital where he died a short time later we were told he was badly injured a shaken mrs gammage said she later learned hed passed away he was like a brother to us she said the greatest guy youd could ever know aaron was a graduate of st marks separate school and sacred heart high school an extremely handy individual he helped build his parents home on church street north before the family moved to sleepy hollow estates carolyn his mother is a member on the staff at the public library mr and mrs middleton have a daughter dina and a younger son barry jr all at home aaron loved the north country lisa said fishing was a favorite sport he also enjoyed downhill and crosscountry skiing snowmobil- ingand windsurfing mark and aaron were very close she said its been very hard on us his parents were devastated mr middleton and aaron worked with the same company besides his immediate family aaron is survived by grandparents william and catherine austin and walter and muriel youug service tuesday was held from the dixongarland funeral home markham with interment elm wood cemetery twocar crash gormley out of the pool and into the pond for marvin betz bristol pond estates rr 3 stouffville its been a week hed like to forget recently released from hospital following an accident in his pool the betz co president was involved in a twocar colli sion at the intersection of wood bine avenue and the stouffville road gormley monday marvins 1986 buick riviera driven by daughter christine was in collision with a 1986 chevrolet celebrity due to a sudden storm traffic lights werent working at the time witnesses said total damage was estimated at s6000 no one was seriously injured barney godfrey rr 3 stouffville considers himself a very lucky man he was pinned by the door of his runaway car and dragged more than 150 feet before he could get the vehicle slopped jim thomas courageous kellyia3 resting place a4 sidewalk dazeas host hundredsa6 summer brldesa7 a high flyera8 sports fastball lesson b1 tball reportb2 i eommand33 mark ludbrook cant be beaten