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stouffville suntribune thursday oct 14 2004 7 irks ball group historian stouffville memorial park will be redesigned according to plans approved by council this decision doesnt sit well with whitchurchstouffville softball association president june doner because one or two ball dia monds will eventually disappear nor does the plan win the approval of town historian jean barkey the area bounded by somerville street on the north burkholder street on the south church street on the east and duffins creek on the west was given by dr walter sangster in perpetuity therefore it cannot be changed she said the main ball diamond and to the east was provided by the booth family in the early 1920s franklin park was purchased by stouffville athletic association around 1950 last chance club last week was my first opportu nity to attend a gathering of the markham-unionville- stouffville last chance club held at ebenezer united church on steeles avenue in markham president neil stiver of unionville said the seniors social club first number ing about 12 was initiated in 1977 by his father the late ewart stiver along with howard stiver and harry boadway membership has grown to 93 meetings are held twice yearly the first wednesday in may and the first wednesday in october others in attendance roaming around with jim thomas from stouffville included garry grant norm barker bun sellers bert baker polly minton elson miles bus sabiston jerry meharg and bill wilson phenom of a fair phenomenal is the word used by general manager david morrison to describe the 2004 markham fair the sunday crowd estimated at 23000 had people still streaming through the turnstiles an hour before buildings closed he said so huge was the sunday throng traffic was lined up bumper- tobumper on mcgowan road from the fair entrance to 16th avenue were still compiling information but one would have to go back a long way to better this years figures david morrison on 2004 markham fair attendance at the peak of the procession hardpressed officials were forced to park vehicles on the racetrack- mr morrison said we used every nook and cranny we could find he said a combination of good promotion excellent program ming and favourable weather added up to a phenomenal fourday run mr morrison said were still compiling information but one would have to go back a long way to better this years figures he said despite the influx of sunday latecomers buildings still closed at 6 pm we had to he explained so peo ple could pick up their exhibits as it was many of the 800 volunteers didntleave the grounds until to pm the presidents banquet is set for nov 13 and the annu al meeting jan 12 festival president sandy stronach is the new chairperson of the strawberry festival she succeeds elizabeth fraser committee leader the past two years the vicechairperson is holly reynoldselections took place at a sept 29 meeting next years festival takes place june 29 through july 2 y music month two concerts are scheduled for stouffville churches this month christ church anglican on sunset boulevard hosts broadway night oct 23 at 730 pm featuring soprano donna bennett and pianist brian finley for tickets 35 call 9056401461 proceeds go to the christ church building fund the famed dalesman singers from whitby england perform oct 26 at 730 pm with the 35member men of note choir and soloist susan brown at stouffville united church the church is located on church street in down town stouffville tickets are 10 from 9056401163 jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapersor more than 50 years this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune ccxr theatres of uxbridge call 852roxy 7699 for shows times rc thoatitsconi upcoming film events weve got hockey tonight 730pm vs vaughan vipers thursday october 21 collingwood blues at stouffville stouffville arena arrive alive please dont drink and drive this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune 2 locations autumn clearance sale iv gseosxis 111 jrr til mi mp ssr pm is k ym lfe- ii our autumn clearance sale hurry m and att save on all y perennials evergreens trees snrubs t wk bulbs lawn care i w much more hs while quantities tar pineridge x w unionville 4038 hwy 7 9054792480 monfri 98 pm saturday 96 pm sunday 95 pm pickering 2215 brock rd n 9056835952 monfri saturday sunday 96 pm 95 pm rs sale starts 9am oct 15 oct 28 afc