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st happy 1 00th to founder weekender saturday may 1 6 1 998 p 1 3 dorothy marie hillary married frederick van nostrand in 1927 he was the grandson of john van nostrand who was granted a mill site in vandorf in 1855 asnone of the founding fami lies of vandorf the van nos- trands participated in the naming of the village in 1 887 van for their family name dorf the ger- man word for wood possibly as tribute to the sniders another founding family their winning suggestion was drawn from a hat the original mill closed after johns death in 1895 the building was demolished and the land even tually cleared of lumber it provid ed a site for the vandorf communi ty hall after the mechanics hall located further south burned down in 1921 the former whitchurch township municipal office and two homes are located on the prop erty dorothy was born on april 7 1898 in aurora she was raised in what is now known as hillary house north of the yonge and wellington intersection in that town she attended business school in winnipeg and then returned to the area to work at the bank of montreal inaurora she currently resides at auroras resthaven a voice from vandorf elaine stewart her recent birthday party was held at her childhood home and was attended by more than 50 rela tives arriving from homes across canada british columbia to newfoundland three of her six children who were raised on the family homestead on vandorf sideroad remained in vandorf and raised their children here michael and his wife betty live on part of the home farm he owned a turkey farm on the proper ty for over 30 years most recently on the north side of vandorf sideroad operations ceased in 1980 two of his three sons david and gary live on this location sheila a nurse for many years at york county hospital in newmar ket married- bill richardson and moved into the house on woodbine across the road from his childhood home sadly we lost another histo- rial building when the george and marjbrie richardson house caught fire a couple of years ago peter and his wife janet live in the van nostrand homestead when j was a child the van nostrands kindly allowed the neighbouring children to swim in van nostrand lake six days a week dozens of us would gather each afternoon dive from the platform and tower and generally irritate the cattle which were awaiting their turn at the waters edge my ancestor shadrach stephens settled in whitchurch in 1 797 but my family did not move into van dorf until 1949 so im still a new comer to the village i have always had great respect for the area and its longtime residents the orator cicero born 106 bc wrote history is more or less bunk its tradition we dont want tradition we want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinkers damn is the history we make today let us not make this ancient statement become a reality i urge all new residents not only of vandorf but the entire town of whitchurchstouffville to visit the towns museum which is located in 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bicycle tuning learning about the environment that surrounds us mountain bike training from beginner to expert arts and crafts beach volleyball and other sports note all equipment is supplied including the mountain bikes every child must bring hisher own helmet dry land ski and snowboarding conditioning camp locate ca 905 686766 lakeridge ski resort 790 chalk lake rd rr 4 uxbridge on l9p 1r4 an invitation to the launch of the community health information centre chic a healthy community partnership between the markham public libraries and markham stouffville hospital date monday may 25 1998 time 730900 pm place milliken mills community library 7600 kennedy road unit 1 kennedy 14th rsvp call marianne at 905 5137977 by may 20th programme welcome remarks mayor don cousens gina la force ceo markham publielibraries elizabeth woodbury ceo markham stouffville hospital ribbon cutting mayor don cousens gina la force elizabeth woodbury martha murphy chair library board and damian bassett chair hospital board presentation dr jim maclean chief of staff marknam stouffville hospital cake and coffee the community health information centre chic located inside the milliken mills community library will make available to the public a collection of healthrelated books scientific journals and an extensive computer database to help promote wellness within the community as part of the milliken on the move initiative the library and the hospital are committed to building a stronger social network in milliken mills- the chic is an ideal opportunity to provide an enhanced level of consumer health information to local residents and to support the librarys mandate in bringing people and information together wm markham public libraries ikfiilmm hospital 33 v stouffville ivirimjiiiiiltiili a community partnership chic is sponsored and supported by novopharm qnoropaamf i v