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m mm rmmmwmmmmm scujgivmj l 5mainslwstociftvfe 6404646 serving whitchurch stouffville uxbridge area countrye ipyme tkbcalty ltd country property specialist 64o509q j0khwhytk1 vol 101 no 47 a metroland community newspaper wednesday november 16 1988 qfttpages 50 cents youth service the first annual young peoples sacred music con cert will be held friday nov 25 at 8 pm in st james presbvterian church 101 main street east stouffville participants will include members from the host con gregation as well as representatives from chur ches within the community the emcee is jennifer morrison stouffer street south refreshments will follow skating for teens stouffville another teen night is planned for the town rec centre an evening of skating will be held sat nov 26 from 830 to 10 pm its for teens only admission is free guys and gals may bring their favorite music anyone interested in designing a program for their peers one that could be used for future teen nights are invited to contact the recreation office for assistance the telephone number is 6406527 sdss valedictorian stirs audience to tears stouffville commence ment 1988 was stouffville dist secondary schools finest hour a total of 143 students received diplomas there were 24 ontario scholars a host of awards and bursaries were presented all of which are listed on page a12 of this issue the evenings valedictorian was jim baggs currently atten ding queens university kingston the speaker chosen by the class of 88 stirred his audience with an excellent address he was accorded a standing ovation by staff teachers and students included in his remarks was a revelation the significance of which may have been missed by many listeners said jim id like to take this opportuni ty to thank the staff and students for being a part of my life and for giving me this special honor of representing you tonight i wish to thank all of our parents in par ticular my own parents forthcir support throughout the most im portant years of our lives 1 thank god for giving me the privilege of having two mothers in the au dience this evening mr baggs reference was to the search and subsequent finding of his birth mother recently released from hospital joan bellamy attended the com mencement friday accom panied by jims adoptive parents robert and mary baggs mary describesthe event as a wonderfuit euriidn thats allowed our family to grow in size and love the moving story written by the tribunes kate gilderdale is published on page a8 of this issue staff teacher wally currie delivered the invocation greetings were brought by prin cipal peter bright and board of education trustee harry bowes the address to the graduates was delivered by don hamilton bsc doug walker led the senior band through several rousing numbers although individual award- winners are listed elsewhere the governorgenerals medal a first for sdss was won by honors graduate jonathan clarke a reception in the cafeteria concluded the evening til jnd annual cou ni svle tirfi mini in il mm h nt carl edward watson a town institution sainsbury returned as mayor even fran sainsbury was surprised at the ease with which she dispatched her two opponents in mondays municipal elections with the unofficial oting totals in the incumbent mayor picked up 3530 votes to 2065 for will morley and 294 for crawford thompson i thought it would be a closer race she said after the final tally was in im thrilled and excited i get to keep my happy family all 17000 of you living in whitchurchstouffville the people have spoken and i have a clear mandate to finish the projects we started she said mrs sainsbury was strong in all parts of the town winning every poll mr morley who had been the ward 5 councillor had been ex pected to give mrs sainsbury a good fight mrs sainsbury at the town offices as the vote totals began pouring in was relaxed and confident after the results were final she made a statement then left for her victory party among the 250 supporters celebrating her win monday were four generations of her family her mother daughter and granddaughter even though his vote total was small longshot mayoralty hopeful crawford thompson was satisfied with his showing i feel pretty good im happy with the result he said he would definitely consider running again one day in the future he said in other races ward 6 incumbent jim sanders easily outdistanced opponent don bigioni by 852 votes to 464 mr sanders saw it as an en dorsement for his platform it does provide a mandate for getting on with things ive been talking about for a long time mr sanders said a lot of people have said they want a indoor swimming pool and thats something ive been pushing for now that the election is over he wants to get on with the job the closest council race was in ward 3 where nick tatone beat out johan aaltink for the scat left vacant by the retirement of jim rae mr tatone garnered 464 votes to mr aaltinks 333 in the race for ward 5 the seat left vacant by mr morley doug alles easily defeated local business woman marie adams 1014 to 374 councillors wayne emmerson ward 4 and margot marshall ward 1 who had both won by acclamation dropped by the municipal offices to keep tabs on the results mrs marshall said she was looking forward to the next term it should be very interesting this time round she said ron robb was also acclaimed in ward 2 public school board trustee harry bowes was also acclaimed this years turnout was 5844 voters representing 43 per cent of those eligible uxbridge mayor coasts to victory craft show the annual christmas craft sale sponsored by stouffville christian school will be held this saturday nov 19 in latcham hall park drive south the time is 930 am to 330 pm space has been reserved for 20 craft tables featuring everything from homebaking to christmas decorations from stained glass to wallhangings a tea room is planned admission is free death of a friend page a4 he search is over r pagea8 stouffville carl ed ward watson a stouffville institution was buried saturday in the family plot at goodwood cemetery his death friday in toronto general hospital followed an ac cident in front of summitview school early thursday morning carl was struck by a westbound car while crossing main street en route downtown he suffered severe head chest and ab dominal injuries carl was known by almost everyone in stouffville rev craig pitts referred to him as a people person with scores and scores of friends born at goodwood nov 6 1913 carl moved to stouffville with his parents and brother cedric at age 13 the family farmed on the 10th cone of markham later carl and cedric built a new home on tenth line south a street leading to the watson subdivision bears their name from birth carl was a victim of cerebral palsy while his capacity for academic learning was limited he never lacked for ambition he assisted on various bursary by bowes stouffville an ticipating his final threeyear term as whitchurchstouffvilles representative on york region board of education trustee harry bowes has authorized a 1200 bursary for stouffville dist secondary school interest from the gift will amount to 13200 per year the generous offer was approv ed at a board meeting monday night it will be known as the harry bowes bursary the staff awards committee will chose the recipient beginning with commencement 1989 rural mail routes and was as wellknown around the local post office as the postmaster himself rev pitts recalled how he would come to the stouffville pentecostal church sometimes two hours in advance of the ser vice recently he said carl had given him a single blue flower that he kept on the pulpit two weeks it meant more to me than a dozen longstemmed roses he said rev pitts told of the friendship afforded carl by marilyn woodrow and how much her kindness was appreciated often he said couriers paid for carls services out of their own pockets this speaks well of our town he stated on occasions he helped out as volunteer because he enjoyed be ing busy the pastor said rev pitts described carl as a rare jewel whose friendliness was his status symbol a good name is far better than great riches he stated the service was held saturday from the oneill funeral home pallbearers were jake baker walter drewery walter pear son lome mcmuilen herb hoover and walter booth uxbridge gerrilynn oconnor is back for another threeyear term as mayor of ux bridge township mrs oconnor coasted to a onesided victory over freshman candidate larry lee of goodwood the vote count was 3999 for oconnor 1086 for lee in the race for regional council veteran don jackson easily defeated rival larry austin 3276 to 1776 results in the four ward battles follow ward 1 susan para 523 frank hendy 465 ward 2 bev beach 296 francis hockley 290 ward 3 ron johnson 392 patricia asling 332 bruno lenarduzzi 292 ward 5 ron cook 618 lisa northeastjones 340 separate school board tom adams ill kathleen laforte 87 councillor barry bushell was acclaimed in ward 4 heather beveridge was returned to the durham region public school board also by acclamation comeback fails pickering george ashe a provincial cabinet minister in the davis government and a former pickering mayor attempted a comeback monday but failed he was defeated by wayne ar thurs 7510 lo 6533 in a twoway pickering mayoralty race ar thurs succeeds mayor jack anderson who retired in ward 3 candidate rick johnson held to the motto that if at first you dont succeed try try again johnson tried again mon day and won outdistancing his closest rival lloyd thomas of whilevale 1657 to 1201 larry oleary trailed with 615 ward 3 regional councillor beverley morgan defeated can didate enricho pistritto 1701 to 1534 shoppers buy plaza drug store stouffville widdifield drugs ltd in the ap plaza has been sold the purchaser is shoppers drug mart a chain that includes 300 stores across ontario the sale is effective nov 30 owner doug widdifield entered the profession 39 years ago he opened his stouffville store in 1967 mr widdifield will to stay op for awhile possibly through december then hell put his feet up and take a rest staff at the stouffville store will remain the same he said that was part of the sale agre ment he stated i on