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the tribune thursday nov t 1k0 wage hikes stewart rumble masseyferguson agent in this area almost twenty years is closing down his business on the stouffville gormley road he and sons david stewart rumble and john will return to the fulltime operation of 1500 acres in richmond hill jim holt farmers friend business to close durham region two officials holding administrative positions with durham board of education have been granted six per cent salary increases director ken munroe will receive 159890 up from ss6s00 business superin tendent ross backus will be paid 48336 up from 15600 last year their in creases amounted to 79 per cent the directors salary is set at a rate 355 per cent higher than the maximum paid a secondary school prin cipal the business superintendent is paid 179 per cent more open house mrs elizabeth johnston of stouffville will be honored at an open house sunday nov 16 in the silver jubilee club main and market streets from 2 to 4 pm the occasion is her 90th birthday gormley after almost twenty years tending to the equip ment needs of area farmers stewart rumble of rumble tractor is shutting down his shop the firm specializing in the masseyferguson line first started back in 1962 the dealership was then located on a site close to the cnr crossing in gormley- later he moved to his present location east of woodbine avenue on the stouffvillegormley road the property including the buildings will be sold looking back over the last eighteen years stewart sees many changes that have taken place particularly in the agricultural in dustry small farms are almost a thing of the past he says with large cashcrop operations taking over the business is a reflection of its owner close to the people it serves two originals are ray atkinson and dave paisley both of stouffville rr 4 stewart is proud of the fact so many firsttime buyers have come back again and again stewarts two sons david and john have been a great help he admits along with others on the staff of ten all have been re located stewart and his boys will return to full- time operation of their 1500 acres in the town of richmond hill service has been the companys trademark in this regard he remembers one customer coming in and asking for a drive belt this long the man held up his hands spreading them about two feet apart while that kind of measurement wasnt much to go on stewart searched around and came up with the item that met his require ments perfectly giving up the farm machinery business leaves stewart with only one regret ill miss my friends undoubtedly these friends will say same thing of him taxi y the ii service from markham town to try again stouffville taxi taxi all stories to the contrary this soon may be the cry in the streets of whitchurchstouffville even though the planning board of the week before had ex pressed considerable doubt about the possibilities of a taxi service coming to stouffville again council of the next week ap proved such an event for a couple of months anyway as a result mohammed latif markham will be operating a taxi stand out of markham for the benefit of stouffville residents until december by that time latif who appeared before council said they would have a good chance to assess the merits of such a service every effort will be made to provide service he said mayor eldred king wondered why latif situated in markham would apply in stouffville theres no sense issuing a license if someones not going to respond to the needs he said the town had issued five or six licenses in a month and the service was no greater the mayor was referring to a previous time when the licenses had all been granted but the taxi stands had remained in markham can you pick up a fare here and take it to the airport mayor king asked latif said he could he said he was willing to get a license until christmas and let council assess he was also planning to move to stouffville how would you inform stouffville that you have a license asked the mayor latif said he would advertise through flyers which would be distributed to stores and other outlets if you had a call in markham for stouffville how would you charge asked councillor becky wedley latif said he would charge from the point of pickup rates would be 90 cents plus 10 cents every onesixth of a kilometre when you become a resident of this town we expect great service said mayor king council agreed to issue the shortterm license on receipt of the required insurance policy reelect eldred king mayor for information 4 a phone 6402876 the town of whitchurehstoaffville is a great community its our investment and pride our mutual desires can be accomplished not by promise and want patient effective knowledgeable guidance will gain positive results use your chargex visa card and save the next time you place a classified ad in the tribune save yourself some money and time when you phone in or bring in your ad give us your chargex visa card as well as your name address and phone number its 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