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t april is jewellery month lf 7 hlewellers ka 6404646 s 2944844 76iubmuum vou95n048 wednesd april 20 1983 36 pages 35 cents stars and stripes daily interest savings 81mamsustouffve r mwa enou stouffville cosmetic treatment isnt a cureall consultant alexan der crate told a meeting of the stoiif f ville business im provement association wednesday night- solutions to downtown deterioration must go deeper than that crate said a quick tour of the business area had brought to light several problems that through proper planning and close cooperation could bere- medied he urged the bla to establish prioritiesfthen make a determined effort to reach those goals the speaker explained that while appearance is im portant improvements such as trees benches planters and waste contain- ers will have little direct affect on overthecounter sales all these things are delightful he stated- but you must bepractical t crate recommended the must ourselves stouffville in pas sing comment on suggested improvements for down town stouffville david barthau chairman- of the local bi a took time out to rap a few knuckles wednes day night he said many store own ers and staff employees per sist in parking their cars on main street or in places that should be reserved forcus- tomers some merchants he stated refuse to dress up their windows while others are slow to apply fresh coats of paint in the winter snow is often allowed to pile up at the curbs making it diffi cult for patrons to wade through or climb over he said only a few minutes time is required to alleviate this problem stouffville the 12th annual sacred music night will be held this friday april 22 at 8 pm in st james pre sbyterian church the program is part of the congregations anniversary weekend with special services on tune sunday at 10 am and 7 pm participants friday will include the wright singers the zacharias family the st james childrens choir jesse pike and ann simons geoff tiller and gwen hewitt bia listen closely to the people find out what they want the communitytd be then interpret these tlujughts intoa plan the consultant noted that in some instances it would be far better to call in an arsonist rather than an architect clean up and start over he said but not here he claimed stouffvilles downtown hadnt yet reached the point of ho returnybutrather could be improved im- mensely by everyonework- ing together inability to cooperate crate said is the single big- gest factorin driving busi- ness elsewhere he pointed to inconsistent store hours as confusing- to thepub- lic its nottihcommon he stated to visit some towns even on advertised open nights and find half the stores closcdmake a deci sion on store hours and stick with it he urged give it a fair trial as to embarking on im provement projects the ispeaker recommending scaling various propos als in keeping with the size of the municipality the market must justify the costihesaidbutdonttf stand still and do nothing the consultant said theres a tendancy for busi ness people to expect too much of council you have a responsibility as well he stated so move forward together the speaker likened stouffvilles downtown to a patient with some illnes ses dont let that pa tients condition deteriorate further he concluded dreams sometimes come true to drive a fire ruck is every boys dream however most would be content just to sit behind the wheel for fiveyearold kevin williams of albert street south stouff ville that opportunity came wednesday when pat bycr of the mother goose nursery school took her children on a tour of the towns firehall for kevin it was a day hell not soon forget free r spender whitchurch back in november dennis bolen- der rr 4 stouffville misplaced some personal identification papers these were allegedly found by a richmond hill man who opened up accounts in mr bolehders name at the canadian imperial bank of commerce in king city and the toronto dominion bank at markham between march 18 and march 31 merchandise was purchased at king city hardware beaver lum-1- ber maple safeway lam- ber concord cashway lumber oak ridges radio shack stores in markville mall and on wei- lington way west mar- khani pro-hardware- maple cycle world thori nhill and national gym concord cheques in mr bolenders name were issued for about 5000 york regional police were called in and on april 13 arrested james martin fitzpatrick 30 of rich mond hill he faces charges of fraud under 200 eight counts fraud over 200 three counts forgery uttering and personation golf hosts regional fair ken ferguson top plowman stouffville the plowing fraternity met fri day night to honor canadas national champion ken ferguson- frederick street stouffville with bob brown of ayr will leave april29 for zimbabwe rhodesia for the world match hosted by that coun try brown a runnerup in the canadian last fall has had previous world com petition experience- northerhirelahd in 79 arid australia in 82 thebanquct held atvic- toria square attracted a full house with many coming from a distance the master of ceremonies was carl timbers guests in attendance in cluded yorkpeel member of parliament sinclair stevens and york north mpp bill hodgson both spoke briefly and presented ken with lapel pins- bob timbers a member of the canadian plowing council praised kens accomplishments hell accompany the two men on the trip ken and i wife jan were presented with a beautiful lounge chair winning the canadian was a triumph for me ken said in reply i hope i can do whats expected- ken drew a laugh from the crowd when said that only now his wife trusts him to plow the garden in addressing the audi ence carl timbers- men- tioned the names of several- from york and durham re gions who had participated in previous world matches and werepresent atfri- days dinner in addition to bob brown of ayr these in- cludedbob timbers canada1953 england- 1954 italy1960 grant wells canada1963 rhodesia1968 floyd for syth denmark1970 carl timbers finland1974 dondunkeld norway- 1964sweden1976 ivan- degeer and ken brown holiand1977 arid eric timbers republic of ire- land1981 the most prolonged ova tion however was reserved for fred timbers who com peted in similar calibre competitions in the united states 1940 and in canada 1945 stouffville stu dents from stimarks sepa rate school arid summit- view public school were awarded red ribbons satur day with prizewinning en tries in the york region sci ence fair held at the king campus of seneca college carmen lopez and moni- que gilbert of st marks gained a first with their ex hibit entitled teeth it was in the life science category intermediate grades 7 and 8 in the applied science di vision intermediate grades 7 arid 8 ron ormson arid andrew green of sum- mitview topped all com petitors with their entry on telephones two st marks students john tur- co and john blommesteyn placed third their exhibit was entitled distillation in the junior class grades 4 to 6 lawrence pucnte of summitvie school scored a second with an eh try entitled speech these were the only ex hibits from whitchurch- stouffville schools to win awards other to place in ithe top three from the im mediate area follow julia fong milliken mills third weather brad macdonald and michael dipietro st josephs markham third reproduction of sound carl dumitree reesor park markham second fluid mechariicspauline ely st patricks mar kham second telecom munication poster philip boll st patricks mar kham judges award spe cial relativity susanrie jones unionvilleps third paper zoe vagda- nou and tracy michailidis milliken mills first the human eye laura copps and laura davidson st patricks- markham second how the body breathes scott arnold parkview unionville second magnetism stuart nicholson reesor park markham first things that affect electro magnets philip boll st patricks markhahij first special relativity challenge stouffville insur ance broker bill susands has been elected president of whitchurchstouffville unionville the his toric unionville planing mill believed to be 110 years old was destroyed by the business remained in fire saturday night arson the harrington family until it waslater leased by robert harrington and then purchased by him in 1881 is suspected it was regional council lor carole bell who first spotted the blaze around 10 15 pm and turned in the i960 it was bought at that time by alfred giles f the property is presently owned by the metrotoronto s and region conservation chamberof commerce for 1983 the annual- meeting was held monday night at the monte cristo steak and seafood house success square mr susands succeeds hardware store owner graydon card joyce spenslcy is the new vicepresident phyllis eyre secretary and doug weddall treasurer named to the executive were george schlukbier george hume ken sandi- ford ken goodbrarid bill giles don anderson and glen byer stouffville the town of whitchurch stouffville as host riiunici- pality for the 1983 national senioramateur golf cham pibnship has been re quested to assume partial sponsorship of the reception to follow opening cere- vjc-f- mohiesy j v11 vwrheofficialfequestwas made in letter from frost governor of the royal canadian golf assoj ciationand coowner of- spring lakes golf and country club where the championship is being held competition takes place on the ringwood area- course july 2022 three hundred golfers the major ity from outside ontario are expected to participate opening ceremonies july 19 will feature the tradition al flagraising a parade of pipers arid preselected fourmen teams from ten provinces cost of the reception has been estimated at 5400 mr frost indicated that over the years it had been cus tomary for the host munici pality to partially sponsor this part of the event council responded posi tively to the suggestion of sponsorship when the sub ject was introduced april 12 members recommended subsidization in the amount of 2700 the request will be discussed further by budget committee l ahead youll lose an hours sleep thisweekerid daylight saving time arrives officially at 2 am sunday resideritsare re minded to riiove their clocks and watches ahead one hour before retiring saturday night town to ottawa alarmthc structure was a authority and leased to the raging inferno when bri- town it had been partially gade units arrived restored and there was a history records the mill proposal to establish aresf being built bywilliam and taurarit theretheioss has george eawn around 1873 been estimated at 20oso- t r j- v the silver piowrsymbbl of excellende ken and jan ferguson fredrick sirectstbuftville admire the esso silver plow award emblematic of the canadian championship won by ken in 1s82 later this month they will whitchurch this friday eighteenyearold janetloweof rr 4 stouff ville leaves for ottawa to represent the region of york at the national 4h citizenship seminar shell return april 28 janets been a memberof the bcthcsda 4h club six years serving as president- vicepresident and secret- ary on sat april 30 shell receive her provincial -di- ploma at an achievement leave for zimbabwe rhodesia where ken will compete for the world title in honor of this r bay in thevictoria square accomplishment a presentation banquet was held friday in the victoria squarecommun- ityhall wjjw f- j-jl- i v- j i jim thomas i 7- f j community centre shes a studentin grade 13 at high janet lowe