Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 29 Nov 2012, p. 9

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of his past. “I purchased it with the first $20 I ever saved,“ he malls, “and came away with two dollars change." Now 91. hm remembers hurrying home {mm lmn~ onville Public School. hitching up ‘Frank' and 'Dobbin'. taking hold of his father's. pluw and turning many fumms. The family famx was located on the north \idt‘ uf Bloumingmn Road, west of Hwy. 48. lim amen-d his firs: competitive plowing match mags II. He was the youngest entry in an l,8~and-undct class and came second. Joe'n'an of Alba. later a worm-class plowman. placed first. The war was 1982. "111912 were no trac- tor classes back then." remembers ~Hm. “all entrimwemhorseteama“ But lim wasn‘t happy using a hand-me-down plow. l‘lewantedoneofhisownmwithcash inhandhevis- itcd Alf Pugh. a Stouflvifle ( Dorkshun dealer and selected the unplemem of choice. grandfather. (a former new: of Whitchurch 1km). tied it to the running board of his modelT Ford and brand“ it home." lim recalls. Foflmiing completion of Grade 8. (senior fourth). Hm took to farming fullaimc. “I couldn't attend mminuauon school in Smufiville because I didn't have a bike.” he says. “and my femu- couldn't afiozd to buy me one.” MtgtthecoMWoddWm. limserved withthe Royal Canadian Air force. While absent from the farm. Jim's tanner. Stewart Rae. put his son's walking plow to workutchimpwdxasedafannofhisownmowthe sheafSLAndmw'sgolfdubonMchnnRoadmn. dwimplemenlsawusemflyfmmm mamwrdmseprioenmhundmddolhndwn and a $.01) mgr, xmflm Jim. He mined the!!- “yum Buideswnlgfmpwsheepandchickenslunhad mother interest â€"â€" Red Pole dual-purpose cattle. This activitytook him on many long-distance triszmludm WMYMWMWMW AwayfmmmefannJhnhnsbeen active. uwhxfirxgmmuatlunonvinemnbhcadml; and trusteeatlemonviflcUnitedexdupmflemofdu Slouflvme Cooperative Association; comm. Town of Whltchumh-Mouflwue; number of the Sith Library Baud; the Wtchurch~$touflville Museum BoardandthelcmonvmeaxmmfltyCenue. MhMpumdofhhhmflymummmflm of Mandate: and David. Mt. Forest; dauflum Karen ofStmxfivflcaMlynnochmemymdchfl- dmn and eight yu!-gnnddfldmn.Wife Eveiyn (Beach) WWI-vein!th * But {a 7Q-ygm-old smut-[1mm plow will always MWGammmmmhmm mummwm mmmWâ€"MSfBWanfinmio Storied history for cherished plow single-hme walking plow is positioned atop a fmm-lavm pedestal at (if; Manitoba St. in Stouffvflk. A To it's mewa an umamom. But In Jim it's an object of beauty â€"â€" a pan 905-642-51 1 1 0 3M Stuntman! 0 L008! was 0 BROADLOOM 0 UPHOLSTEHY with lim Thomas ori‘fifi’a'fi l 142? Up to 80% OFF Men‘s Ladnes' 90H wear sum from 810-20 - Gumtree» 820-40 345 Nugget Ave. UNIT 15 (back doors) Scarborough («0) mm "'Caoh on”. no Mm'" limRacshowsoflhis " t 75-year-old plow planted in his front yard - note ' " the new handles. 102! SYAN MOYOISTI VI 50M! IVM Ll holidays Decorate for the “TAKEN STAFFTOLWOI“ CHAMBEROFCOMMERCE mmmbcrms mamvmm: WNWâ€"WWW WHENflusday. 6th December 2699M0uhanfload30 unabâ€" auto-Q; 2......" .. Non-Mamas $60 Call (905) 6424227 "um-w.“ MI

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