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former insurance man tribune august 10 1988 c9 fred alsop saw stouffville grow up l by bruce stapley as fred alsop takes his daily walk up and down stouffvilles jmain street he is surrounded by the ongoing story of growth of the business community of which he rwas once a part i the 70yearold main st w president made his name in general insurance his son den nis now operates the business fred founded in 1945 while fred still drops into the office now and then hes happy to leave todays computerized insurance troubles to dennis and the staff but fred remembers starting out in the insurance business in a home office after he and his wife georgina moved to stouffville from altona farmers cleared snow t they were just starting to keep the back roads open in winter back then he recalls they would hire the farmers at 20 cents an hour to clear the snow fred aisops earned his day in the sun after starting a stillthriving business in 1945 he and his sssxxxsttaxx3js33s wife georgina spend several months in florida and the rest of the year in an apartment on main st w bruce stapley fred operated the business for five years from a bungalow on main street east georgina would answer the phone while i was out making calls he remembers doing a total of 1200 in business his first half- year but ever the entrepreneur he acquired a taxi licence and supplemented his income chauf- feuring local residents from place to place i remember taking tribune editor jim thomas who was with the old toronto telegram and ted cadieux who was with the star to cover the same events fares have changed prices were a fraction of what they are today and freds fares reflected the times i would take them to hogs hollow for 5 and into downtown toronto for 750 he recalls his first new car a dodge cost him 2000 in 1947 and he manag ed to trade a 1949 dodge for a 1950 ford for only 285 his first stouf fville house on victoria street was bought for 1500 in the early 40s fred also remembers when he started out in 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wofmccowanrdopposftebulockruronviel3r1n1 telephone 4702212 fred recalls that just after the second world war it was hard to buy a new car there were few new ones available then and you had to wait he explains i insured one client whose car came in to the dealership with no tires and he had to go hunt up his own it cost around 13 to insure a car back then and it wasnt until 1932 that he had established the business enough so that he could sell his taxi license and stick to fulltime insurance i went 11 years without a holi day at first he admits and while you werent working every minute you were there from eight in the morning until 10 at night especially when i had the taxi business downtown stouffville businesses were open saturday nights in the 40s he says and the town was always packed with people at the time the crowhs started to dwindle when friday became the night for staying open late fred points to current businesses such as les wilsons esso and schell lumber as ex amples of operations still running according their old tradition and he still feels stouffville is a good place to run a business mind you he says you us ed to know everyone in town ajid that made it a little different than it is now he points out there were only 1200 residents in stouffville whn he moved in now that he is retired frd and georgina head for warmer climes in florida for five months each winter after establishing a successful stouffville business you might say hes earned his day in the sun i i 20000000 cwentory fisher sanyo electronics stereo tvs vcrs stereos walkmans fax- computers printers port radios jewellery public a uctibn sunday august 14th 100 pm sharp prev 1100 am thornhill community centre 7755 bayview ave at john st thornh1ll i quantity ot fisher sanyo home stereos port rados compct disc tuners amps cass 1 decks speakers turntables walkmans answering machines telephones microwave ovens 1 rsher stereo vcrs cot tvs up to 28 monitorstereo fax machine home office computers j 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