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the tribune thursday may 2e un 15 storm iii what was big twentyfour years ago to find out the tribunes editor dusted oil the file dated may and june 1956 and found the following stories a sodden wind raia and electrical storm hit the stonffville area toppling trees across main street and taming fields into ooagmires at the bright of the big blow wind gosts were said to be over ss miles per boor with hydro and telephone lines down town electrician cordon brown had to drive to markham by car in order to summon help from bydromen there anna cole was crowned queen of stouff- ville dtst high school at a semiformal spring procv her attendants were marilyn hood and barbara hewlett the new queen was officially crowned by staff teacher john marshall judges were a g thompson keith sutherland and mrs john houston considered the most exchtsive subdivision in the twp of markham an tbhome development at the devils elbow near the 5th concession was to produce estatetype residences priced be tween ssooov and sssmo each residence was to be situated on a twoacre lot at a special meeting of stouffville businessmen it was agreed unanimously to organize a retail mer chants association ted topping was named president harold spofwd vicepresident aud marguerite simons secretarytreasurer the directors were john houston danny oboyle- and leo wilkes elmer farthing of stouffville hauled a is pound pike out of mussel- mans lake- measuring 42 inches long and 14 inches around it took elmer over hah an hour to land the fish doris little 8th concession of mart ham was crowned queen of markham dist high school at their annual spring prom her at tendants were shirley risebrough and artnetb buffam other finalists were marilyn scblichter marilyn ramer anne gould and lorna latimer severalfriends and a representative of the press were treated to a look- at the first color television set placed on display by ed neville stoaffvulet admiral dealer stouffville barbers announced an increase in the price of haircuts to seventyfive cents up from sixty cents lloyd mclean was master of ceremonies when the stouffville cubs and scouts held their annual father and son banquet members in attendance included bui keeping 4 darcy forsyth jeffrey bnrk- holder ken aida john willis- muiray fenwick robert smith gary chambers david slack ft rsavejoib cut from canada grade a beef boneless round roast outside cut eye removed our regular price lb 309 tomato 32floz bottle ann page ketchup 119 ii assorted colours kleenex facal tissue box of 200 sheets our regular price 95c assorted varieties mini nestles puddings m reconstituted lemon juice realemon 7 orange pekoe flowerdale tea gags 139 parboiled quik kook rice 139 assorted flavours poly bag of j 71 g envelopes hawaiian punch crystals 79i deooorizersi assorted scents twice as fresh 139 instant with chicory encore coffee 539 polski or whole coronation dhi pickles 32 gg china lily whole mushrooms 89 great oh the grill combination pack pork loin chops contains 2 rib end 2 loin end 4 centre cut our regular price lb 159 town club swtwt pickled cottage rolls apis a country farm pork shop roast or chops boimims lb a29 tenturloln portion 1 to 3v4lb cut lb129 pork loin country style great on the grill pork loin l39 roast or chops centre cut pork loin fresh great on the grill ground pork 99 daactc rlb portion ku ak i bonttaii lb 1 99 112 back ribs 229 i ap is a fresh beef shop zp cut from canada grade a beef our regular price lb 329 j ruvip or sirloin tip save 70 lb frozen eviscerated grade a 1l 19 ducks 4 lb i previously frozen sliced develned liver lb bbq favourite town club or ljb vac pac mp sliced side bacon 129 burns breakfast sausages b mary miles hot or sweet sausage 119 schneiders sliced assorted varieties including luncheon mac 4 cheese 175 g pica cooked meats 79 shopsy cole slaw or moz tub potato salad 129 500 g vac pac swift premium sliced 175 g vac pac cooked ham 119 maple leaf rtg or hint of mapl 500 g vk oac side bacon 149 maple leaf smoked 175 gpkg ham steak 129 burns pride of canada vac pac bblogna chunks ib 119 swift premium brown serve 350 g pkg sausages 139 mary miles aq wieners w in stores with deli hop dutch lunchton or fronch onion loaf bung bologna schneiders cold cuts v 489 schneiders steak chicken beef meat pies 2 99 shopsys potato salad 89 s stock up assorted varieties robin hood cake mixes 176ozbox youll do better with frozen food features from ap old south froxen concentrated 100 florida orange juice our roguur prk 1 j9 save 50 frozen pepperoni deluxe 370 g pie ij9 totino pizza 35o mccain frozen dollar chips 2ibpk frozen strawberry or raspberry 25oz pkg mccain shortcakes 219 frozen pound or banana sara lee cakes 29s 3p 169 hiohuner frozen fish in batter wjst 339 blue water frozenbatter fried boston bluefish 129 149 frozen smelts iwzpoiypkg89 schneiders frozen chicken abb- 399 carnation frozen u pkg hash brown potatoes 99 1o youll do better with ap bakery features v white label hamburg buns or wiener rolls pkg of 12 79 jane parker spanish bar cake 119 jane parker fuu v ttoz pll cherry pie 149 ap stouffville 399 main st w open till 9 pm wed thurs fbi robt kennedy mark j bramham bill san- diford david winn ken barfcey jamie oguvy robt cowan roger mote laurie buckland doug delamatter donald smith- victor diamond robt mole barry mclean allan meabryv michael cadieux jim goudie jim hill brian wilkes wayne hamilton eric button ken zeller jerry fen- wick the leaders were walter winn cordon smith frank bramham dianne corbett and jim alexander the high school board announced the hiring of william dux- bur to fill the position of principal succeeding o e robbins mr duxbury was from cayuga ont mr and mrs jim smith and family south of victoria- square were driven from their home by fire the blaze destroyed their garage and car and caused ex- tensive damage to their house mr smith suffered burns to his back hands and head necessitating treatment in toronto east general hospital dr john button was elected president of the stouffville lions club for 195657 others on the executive included jim austin 1st vice- president albert smalley 2nd vice- president ken wagg 3rd vicepresident erie leh- man secretary and charles livingstone treasurer ernie austin pur chased brierbush hospital from ella malcolm four staff nurses mrs meabry mrs roadway mrs brown and mrs lamoreaux agreed to stay on mr and mrs e k good founded the hospital in 1932 for a year it operated on church street moving to main street east in 1933 f three stouffville fishermen john mathewson harry noble and ken laushway caught the limit of five trout each in a matter of hours at hawk lake stouffville horseshoe pitchers placed first and second in a tournament at mount albert walter pascoe and elmer orr were top winners with wm grove and harry clcndenning the runners- up nancy hartwick of hillcrest public school was named the top athlete in an 11school track and field meet held in the vandorf community park nancy collected 34 points trophies were presented to ballantrae- largest school and- hillcrest smallest school seven hundred students took part the newmarket era and express newspaper plant was destroyed by fircalong with the road- house and rose funeral home located next door ted teeder ken nedy of the toronto maple leafs officiated at the opening of broughams new floodlit ball park wm g newman reeve of pickering twp cut the ribbon assisted by bob miller an enthusiastic supporter of the project elgin hastings farmer on the 7th con cession of whitchurch was quite badly scalded by steam and boiling water when he lifted the radiator cap on his tractor ills burns were treated by dr h b free in stouffville two year old judy taylor daughter of mr and mrs ivan taylor 5th cone of uxbridge was stunned when a bolt of lightning struck the familys house clare- mont firemen responded and extinguished the blaze that resulted the twp- of markham offered a 11000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the murderer of william nash of unfonvllle this amount was in addition to s 1000 put up by the at torney generals department the killer was never found the following were champions at the public school track and field meet in stouffville senior shirley symes and gary byers junior carol kennedy- and jim malloy intermediate elaine forsyth and faye byer tied and norm tindall chuck parsons righthander with the stouffville red sox fired a nohitler as the borne team blanked port perry lz-