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ps the tribune wednesday october 4 1989 100 years a weather hampers 1889 here again are some items of interest called up from issues of the tribune of years gone by 100 years ago oct 4 1889 it rained on fan- days it nearly always does but this year the weather was em phatically beastly nevertheless there was a splendid show of ar ticles in all the classes the total number of entries being over 1000 the largest ever known at stouffville fair the exhibit in the main building was especially good where every available corner was occupied by some article of fancy work fruit butter etc it would be unwise to make any reference to particulars and any mans attempt to describe the wonderful array of needlework representing the labor of a good bygone days walter waterston many hours would be absurd the fruit and grain samples were good and quite up to the average in quality and numbers 50 years ago oct 5 1939 the 400 licences which it was decided to issue to hunters for chasing and shooting pheasants in markham township on oct 20 and 21 are all sold and not another authority will be issued for this season toronto and other hunters who have not secured their licence will be unable to hunt or shoot pheasants in this municipality for another year at least as these licences retail at 2 each the townshup has a revenue this year of 800 plus the sale of licences to local residents which retail at 25 cents each few of these however are sold although no resident may shoot pheasants in markham without this local licence and all hunters must have a gun licence as well 25 years ago oct 8 1964 a record of 71 en tries one of the largest in the 41year history of the north york plowing match turned out for competition on the farm of fred timbers cone 7 whitchurch twp in addition to excellent work turned in by both horse and tractor classes the match pro duced a fine display of farm machinery as well as 1965 model cars the banquet held in the evening at the veterans hall in stouffville served 129 10 years ago oct 4 1979 stouffville an international plowing match like any professional competi tion has its share of surprises and this years edition was no exception however the most surprised participant of all was 18yearold eric timbers stouffville r r 4 he along with keith leslie of georgetown will represent on tario in the canadian near mon treal next september eric had no idea he was even in line for the award until his name was called out at the banquet in chatham friday night i just sat there dumbfound ed he told the tribune i still cant believe it under the old rules a plowboy erics age was ineligible to com pete in the canadian classic thats since been changed mak ing him the youngest entry ever to reach this level mm mm mrtz enjoy thanksgiving dinner ail ib maxims sunday oct 8th call for reservations 8529505 62 brock st uxbridge yjvvrii thanksgiving day special roast turkey dinner sunday monday plus our famous prime rib steaks chops for reservations call 6420087 ask for chris m uin of- vienna the game season sept- 21 until 6ct22 wild boar venison pheasant a large selection of dishes prepared by our austrian chefs the traditional way fully licensed please call fo reservations hours 4772715 monday closed 198 main st unionvilte psovnt cliiw 3e2 3heh thanksgiving dinner saturday sunday and monday turkey dinner with all the trimmings also captains seafood platter for 2 try our famous red brand prime rib 1295 v facilities available for parties from 2 open 7 days a week monthurs 7 am to 11pm fri and sat 7 am to 1 am sunday 7 am to 10 pm fanner jacks plaza stouffville 6408858 3e k s