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20 0 October 2009 HELPTHE MCCO COMBATTHE H1N1 VIRUS INTHE FAR NORTH The World Health Organizationrhas named Indigenous Pegple among l‘ll‘ __ Mum-5pm. mmmw. unsung-um. 4 ROOFING - 1 hand santizer between 80-75 mls (must have a minimum 01627» alcoholl - 1 pump soap (mild) between 225â€"250 mls . 1 new Individual packet of tissue - 1 new hand towel - 1 new wash cloth Place contents in a 11x16 inch drawstving beg. Content to be donated at Care 81 Shave. You may choose to donate $10 to cover the cost of the contents of a kit. {lTHBIELfiiQE V'VI u the top 3grBuBâ€"sruest likely to contract the H1N1 virus. MCCO would like to invite you to be part of an urgent call for 5000 mm Responce Kits to be sent to Canada's Far North. Offering REAL quality. REAL guarantees at RECESSION RATES SHINGLES ' FLATS ' REPAIRS - NEW Gord Fisher 0 Over 25 Years Experience Mennonite Central Commitfl Care Share KIT CONTENTS: '6240 Main 31., Stouflville Phone: 905-640-1410 Hundreds of'YNew to You” items every day! ACCESSORIES - CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS - PM The launch of Starlight Cinema's Film Circuit series this month will begin a new chapter in the history of 19 Civic Avenue as a movie theatre the Stanley T The upper Ho and bowling concrete floor lot of concern neighbouring towns for entertainment. Newspaper reports praised the comfortable opera seats and sloping floor. which afforded everyone a good view of the screen The sweeping high ceiling provided ample scope for the sound effects and kept patrons cool And the lighting was said to be unsurpassed, even in larger theatres! Th: advent of sound also spurred changes in the refreshments offered. iWhen we showed silent films we used to sell bags of peanuts my mother roasted in the oven at home. for 10 cents.” sand Stan. “When the talkies started. we had to discontinue the peanuts because there was too much noise from the patrons cracking them; it interfered with the sound of the picture." It was also hoped that the theatre would keep young people in town. Stouffvllle resident Lloyd Jennings worked as an usher as a teenager. 'The back row was always full of young people on Saturday afternoon when westerns like Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry were playing," he recalled. "I also remember the newsreels in the World War 11 years‘ They really brought the meaning of the war home to us" The Stanley was a popular date destination for young Stouffville couples. Long time resident Doris Farthing recalls that she and Elmer, her husband of~ 62 years, 'went there when we were counting There wasn’t much else to do in town in those days" - attended mOV 'Our entertair ctty am :ement had been growing about the alkie theatre' for several months. Main merchants anticipated that it would By Jill McWhinnie ‘nd Gerry Acton movies regularly. McWhinnie’s World Back to the Future movies. And the stores on Main Street were open to 10 pm. some nights in the summer. In those days the downtown was a going concern." The Stanley also attracted out of town visitors. Stouffville resident Marg Curtis had a great view of the theatre from her dad’s clothing store on Main Street “I remember the vehicles from the Shadow Lake Camp (operated by the T Eaton Company as a summer vacation spot for female employees), dropping off the ladies that were staying there to the show several nights a week. “ At, first patrohs thought the proprietor was adding some special effects. When they realized the fire was for real. the theatre emptied as everyone rushed home to see if their homes were burning. ln-flSZum Main Street businessmen, Ted Topping and Harold Spofford, acquired the Stanley and reâ€"opened it as the Park Theatre. Significant renovation and redecoration was done - a new large screen was installed to accommodate the cinemascope pictures of the 19505, and the acoustical and projection equipment were modernized. ,E-LA In August 1938 there were nine different shows playing at the Stanley over the course of the month, including Disney’s masterpiece, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Ted’s wife Peggy, a long time promoter of the arts in Stouffville who produced the first Music Mania in 1960, recalls that the entire theatre, including the 40 foot ceiling, was painted by a female contractor, Clara Cilroy, assisted by Bessie Mitchell. But despite the significant upgrades, “it was an inopportune time for such a project," said Peggy. “Ted and Harold wanted to bring something new to the town but people in 1959 weren’t going to movies â€" they were buying televisions." ln V1959 the town was growing rapidly and council decided to convert the building into municipal offices. Town business was conducted there until 1997. Today, Nineteen Civic Ave. has come full circle and is once again providing movies and live entertainment to the residents of Whitchurch- Stouffville. StouffvilLe six nights a