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shv fc ft 1 1 letters ss5 wesjenmte 1 post office is part of towns infrastructure reader dear editor an open letter to mp bill attewell i have signed the petition being circulated by the save the post office committee and would like to register my com ments with you i am a descendant of the stouffer family and a 40year resident of the town i am now retired and living about four blocks from the downtown core of stouffville from time to time i visit the existing post office to buy stamps or mail a letter on most occasions i am the only customer and rarely there will be one other cus tomer in the office at the same time i dont know what the staffing of the post office is perhaps three or four people of whom only two are visible behind the counter and usually only one of those is ready to serve cus tomers now you tell us that in future they will not serve the public at all what are these people supposed to do for the seven or eight hours that they are on duty each day what happened to a days pay for a days work the first time i encountered this situation was about a year ago when i went to the ocon nor drive post office in scarbor ough to buy a stamp i found myself the only customer in that very large office yet the clerk on duty refused to sell me a stamp because i was not a commercial customer what do you suppose they thought i was are these people content to twiddle their thumbs all day and collect their pay i dont believe there is enough commercial business in this town to warrant the measure and if there is why not open a dedicated office in the commer cial andor industrial part of town to serve it a small rented office without any frills or weird sculpture would be ade quate for the job if there is so much commercial business available the heavy users prob ably have to carry it to the post office in a vehicle and could just as well drive it to a location where there would be more parking the central post office is part of the infrastructure of the town just like the pave ment water sewage hydro and telephone services and as the bus and train services should be if you cannot improve the postal service say to the level we enjoyed at the time of the three cent letter rate of the 1930s please leave it along and do not entrust it to the vagaries of businesses who run it as a sideline eldontwiahcko stouffville customer appreciation the air forest watch by bateman mississauaa 2555 dixie rd at dundas 4162703243 toronto std life centre 121 king st w 4163674080 up to on all stock while supplies last sat sept 18 sat sept 25 all 3 locations 1 gallery ltd since 1982 at the cliff bobcat by bateman markham 8601 warden ave at hwy 7 4167561345 carl brenders show thurs oct 7 79 pm in markhamlocation september 30th october 1 2 3 be a part of it baby contest saturday october 2nd 1993 9 am entertainment tent rules lbabies must be born between july lst92 and june 3093 2babies must be a resident of markham or whitchurchstouffville area bounded by yonge on the west steeles on the south markhampickering townline on the east 3limited number of entries accepted 4deadline september 2193 baby contest application form 1993 babys name n runts a guide h color pecoting with paint offers a colour presentation 700 800 pm tues sept 21 to be held at crosby arena community centre unionville our guest speaker jane lockhart designer consultant with leslie harrington from benjamin moore paints invites you to bring your samples for help with difficult decorating problems admission 500 door prizes f 4 7 w 33 the bridle trail psialvmc jtcoaw4c unionville more than 100 frames to choose from single vision spectacle lenses cleaner kit one year warranty protective case want to pay too much for your glasses youre in the wrong ad if you want to pay less for your glasses youve come to the right place we only offer great package prices on a wide selection of eyewear because we believe you shouldnt have to pay more to get more optical factory owner operated 100 canadian i markville shopping centre 4776446 5000 hwy 7 at mccowan