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a6 tribune april 8 1987 late stella claughton a community pays tribute by jean nauta i wish to pay tribute to one of our lemonville united church womens supporters and a for mer neighbor in the lemonville community what a wonderful neighbor she was stella claughton was living the first farm north of lemonville church when i first came to knew her she was a hardworking far mers wife who enjoyed looking after the calves and baby goats as well as performing other duties that go with the profession i always enjoyed my visits with stella when i went to pick up eggs she took delight in showing our children around the barn dale phylliss son loved his grandparents very much and they were equally proud of him one occasion i vividly recall was a party hosted by stella for the neighbors she was familiar with oyster suppers and often re called those good times stella brought several pails of fresh oys ters and heated the milk in large containers on the cook stove of course we all tried the soup but only the bravest ones dared bolt down the fresh oysters from the halfshells stella made the fluffiest parker house rolls i ever tasted she was always a willing work er if the ucw was raising money by holding a strawberry festival stella would bake pan after pan of fresh rolls her pies were equally delicious she was tireless and extremely generous perhaps the greatest gift wil bur and stella claughton made to the lemonville community was the donation of land from a corner of their farm that later became the site of the present lemonville- ballantrae manse a farm of 100 acres that had never been divided could qualify for a onetime severence where an additional dwelling could be built the community was over whelmed when wilbur and stella made public their offer today the manse stands south of the bloomington road a last ing tribute to this wonderful couple when her eyesight began to fail and her walking became more dif ficult stella moved to stouf f ville almost daily she could be seen making her way along main street always stopping to chat with friends her sense of humor was a rec ognizable characteristic un doubtedly the ability to smile made her physical difficulties tolerable stouffville reached out and made stella welcome however the family farm at the 7th conces sion and the bloomington road never seemed quite the same amna wsmsmm for safekeeping at town library the stouffville liberal womens association was active in town from 1920 to 1973 the last president was mrs elva boyd the last secretary was the late mrs viola mccreight on friday the re cords were turned over to the town theyll be maintained at the library and the museum holding the last record book is mrs boyd along with councillor jim rae members in the associations final year 1973 were vi mccreight elva boyd myrtle watson millie hynes lillian bycr peggy lynde lena stanbury elizabeth kamps janet mcbride helen dewitt lucy sanderson agnes wallace and anne lehman jim thomas peace famous yellow rose with pink hush woman beautiful ivory and pink buds very fragrant camera orangevermillion flowers longlasting a fragrant tropicana huge orange fragrant blooms fi 03 luminous colour w grandifloras queen elizabeth semidouble pink flowers a 98 a prolific bloomer w ja macdonald compact dark red flowers ft 98 velvety buds v spring snow storm town roadmen were prepared charming and beautiful i beautiful i gbbh only 7 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa a aka a aaa fruit trees all white rose fruit trees are certified virus free each are 23 years old grown in large 5 gallon containers in rich organic soil most will produce fruit the very first year 1 apple trees semidwarf trees grow about 89 tall for medium to targe tots they produce early and well dwarf apple trees trees bear fruit the very first or second year can be planted in the smallest garden or trained along fences walls lodi vigorous and productive trees with largo firm fruit excellent quality and flavour golden russet tough skin golden brown russeted 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diseaso resistant strain jaohvfvf bartlett most widely planted grown matures to a yellow green with pink flush dwarf conference hardy productive tree superb buttery flavourful juicy flesh l l2 berry bushes currants red and black currant varieties producing long well filled clusters with large individual berries delightlully fresh tasting perfect for jams jellies 3 gooseberries large oval fruit that ripens to a sweet fleshy berry at maturity red and white varieties that are both excellent for jams and dessert fruit includes favourites such as captivator and ohlenburg 498 rhubarb victoria juicy lop quality ruby red stalks very tender skin one root will rapidly grow into a large clump to provide an abundant home supply grapevines a largo selection ol red and purple grapes hardy reliable vines that produce quality fruit lor dessert and wine including niagara concord semel aurora and new muscat by demise mcdonald stouffville last months unseasonably mild weather saw many people shed their winter apparel put away their snow tires and haul out their lawn furniture however the whitchurchstouffville road de partment was not so easily fooled in fact the staff wasnt at all sur prised when old man winter blew back into town with tuesdays storm we werent caught off guard when the snow began falling on the monday night said road supt ron gibson we usually get one last blast before the sea son winds down our equipment was still ready we never once considered putting it away according to mr gibson the road crew received advance warning of the pending storm be cause of their hookup with a radio station in the region of york r were notified within minutek of any incoming storm and kept uptodate on all weather fpey castsi he explained i although the men were out in full force both plowing and sand- ing mr gibson claims old man winters earlyspring visit should have little effect on the current road budget this has been a pretty easy winter he says actually be cause we had such nice 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