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stouffville suntribune thursday nov 6 2003 25 doctor honoured for helping deliver stoufrvilles baby boomers by hannelore volpe staff writer for many stouffville baby boomers and their families dr john button will always be a familiar and reassuring pres ence during his 30year obstetri cal practice in town he deliv ered more than 100 babies each year and cared for them as they grew up many came to dr button when it was time for their own babies to be born to recognize his decades of service the stouffville rotary club presented dr button with a distinguished service award monday the honour recognizes the past work that has gone on in the town to make us what we are today said rotary mem ber ken prentice dr button was named stouffvilles citizen of the year in 1983 after graduating from the university of toronto in 1940 he interned at toronto western hospital for a year shortly after he joined the canadian air force and served as a medical doctor for four years inseptember 1941 he was transferred to the recruiting centre in winnipeg he and his wife june mar ried in 1942 the couple moved to fort william back to winnipeg where dr button was the medical officer at the wireless school and to watson lake in the yukon it wasnt until 1946 that he returned to stouffviile he and june have three grown children jocelyn barbara and janet and he says proudly i have eight grandchildren i was the young doctor coming on the scene then he recalled at that time stouffville was a quaint little village with two older doctors those were the years when stouffvilies shops were open on saturday nights and there wasnt a parking space to be had on main street cars were sparse during the rest of the week however in addition to daytime hours his office above his fathers main street hardware store was open tuesday thursday and saturday nights saturday nights were the busiest it was interesting to watch because the rural population would come in and do their shopping june said she was on the first whitchurchstouffville council in 1971 and remained a coun- staff photosjoerd witteveen dr john button has been a familiar and reassuring presence for thousands of stouffville residents deliving more than 100 babies annually for many years a stouffville citizen ofthe year in 1983 he has now been honoured with the stouffville rotary clubs distinguished service award cillor for 10 years before that from 1948 to 1968 she was a member ofthe school board meanwhile during the first 15 or 20 years of his practice dr button delivered hundreds of babies at the 30bed briar bush hospital on stouffville main street those were the baby boom years after the second world war the hospital was on the north side of main street about halfway between stouffer avenue and the 10th line it closed in the 1970s he also practised obstetrics at the scarborough general and uxbridge cottage hospi tals and later at scarborough centenary hospital near the end of his practice dr button was still delivering about a dozen babies annually in 1953 dr button took on dr blair mitchell as an associ ate in 1957 dr button along with dr douglas brodie built the clinic at 6131 main st that is still home to the stouffville medical centre dr buttori is an excellent doctor said dr donald petrie who joined the medical centre two years after it opened he is very quiet and soft- spoken i cant speak highly enough about him dr button said he has found stouffville an ideal place to have my children grow up he and june have three grown children jocelyn barbara and janet and he says proudly i have eight grandchildren dr button was born on the same street where he now lives buying property fromthe farmer at the end of his street in 1948 to build a house he found time in his busy working life to be a member of the stouffville lions club he was on the executive for several years and served a year as president dr button said he has found stouffville an ideal place to have my children grow up we met at harolds grill then he recalled there was always fundraising going on dr button was parkview homes first medical director a post he held from 1963 until retiring about a decade ago he was included in the planning stages ofthe home he noted parkview was very well administered by the mennonite society and was always able to attract good kitchen and nursing help their level of care was always very very good he said othways you dont have to be on the street are you 1519 years old and need a place to stay while you sort things out contact us at pathways at 905 4717877 this message brought to you as a community serv ice of the economist sunsuntribune main office 195 main st south newmarket criminal law family iaw warren skinner barrister solicitor in practice since 1986 stouffville office hours now available 9058954571 9058302367 24 hour mobile i am careers for the real world at king pampi 19 nursing collaborative bscn program with york university 5-v- i virf s i f ldw ol lu otjouiiiy ml llduuh rrivaie 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