stouffvilk suntribune thursday nov 182004 7 christian tradition lost in our schools stouffville district secondary schools 50th anniversary commencement nov 4 was in my opinion one of the best in years but there was something missing the absence of an invocation raised many eye brows why i asked would such a longstanding practice be ignored viceprincipal leslie johnstone readily responded it was withdrawn two principals ago she said because of the school boards sensitivity to equality prayer she said is an appeal to god but today god doesnt appeal to every one invocations are no longer considered appropri ate she concluded another christian tradi tion down the drain moving plans the stouffville medical centre at the corner of main and victoria streets has been sold physicians and staff will move next spring to the site of the old stouffville creamery on civic avenue theyll occupy the second floor of threestorey building thats also home to this newspaper the original structure there erected in 1895 was destroyed by fire june 14 19891 its replace ment built in 1990 served for a time as a womens fit ness facility real classic im a classic car buff and while i never expect to own one of those chromeladen gasguzzling headturning beauties of the 1940s and 50s it doesnt cost anything to look or dream so who in your opinion owns a classic example of old auto perfection in the vyhitchurchstouffville area my choice is a 1951 packard patrician the property of bill wilson ofwilson water wells in all honesty ive never seen anything its equal this amazing automo bile currently in hiberna tion originated somewhere in south dakota shell dan gle says bill when describ ing the power of its elongat ed straighteight engine those checking fivefigure balances in their bank accounts can set those aside its not for sale not a snub ward 5 councillor harry bowes was hot under the collar when during vip introductions at the stouffville student music scholarship concert nov 5 he was ignored d this was not an intended snub an official statement from the town gave only the name of mayor sue sherban as representing the munici pality the committee regrets the exclusion quilt auction the stouffville united church- quilt auction held saturday in conjunction with the churchs fall bazaar resulted in receipts of 6110 a sam- roaming around with jim thomas pier quilt pieced by heather andrews and completed by the united church quilters club brought a top bid of 825 the purchaser was ron patrick of stouffville the auctioneer was tom clarkson of bloomington saved by his cell dont leave home without one lome smith of mccowan road certainly wont a cell phone that is recently while checking site lines in heavy bush country near bobcaygeon lome became lost as darkness fell he pulled out his cell and called home explaining to wife carol the seriousness of the situation he then dialled 911 police responded locat ing the resolute surveyor around 230 am fieldgate hill is it part of the towns subdivision agree ment heres hoping the huge mound of topspil in the fieldgate development north of elm road in stouffville is allowed to remain what a great tobog gan slide for young and old alike we all know the bene fits of hunts hill in the westlawnrupert park impressive ceremony i was impressed with the nov 11 remembrance day cere mony conducted by bey aiken at stouffville branch 459 of the royal canadian legion the bugler was larry pogue and piper was jim anderson ceremonies con ducted in all whitchiirch- stouffville schools were equally impressive congratulations- to david barthau and staff of barthau jewellers on the appropriate main street window display marking this indelible event in our nations history service awards sixtysix volunteers were honoured with long service awards when the markham fair held its presidents banquet saturday night among those recognized were stuart watson 50 years pete kortis harvey brown dennis seeley and kay thompson 35 years bill burnett june 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