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c8 tribune may 18 1988 a family tradition he keeps the clock ticking stouffviues glen smith makes the tricky climb to the top of the stouff- ville clock tower to ensure the clock is keeping the correct time by bruce stapley its 830 on a damp thursday morning in stouffville and glen smith heads out of his rupert avenue home in his jeans not exactly the required dress code for a funeral director who works for the dixongarland funeral home in markham but on this particular morning glen must tend to a duty not a tradi tion that he has had since tak ing over from his father in 1974 glen is the keeper of the town clock the classic time piece don ated by the percy family in 1931 it is housed by that red brick clock tower that finds its way onto every piece of promotional literature produced by stouffville and its institutions glen whose father jake is a legend in stouffville because of his mastery of the art of clock building and repair is responsi ble for winding the big clock making sure it keeps good time and oiling the gears so as to keep the mechanism running smoothly so every 10 days or so he comes by takes the aluminum ladder out of the town office storage room and makes the long climb to the upper level of the 75foot tower on this particular spring morn ing he chats briefly with dave francis who is busy chipping away at the bricks at the base of jjpi3 n 5 trust may 1988 short ie rates are soaring guaranteed guaranteed term deposits 100 180 guaranteed rates guaranteed term deposits 5000 270364 days variable rates liquidity total money market account 50000 t rites subject to chance h national trust 1 i a niimiu victiinj mi guy tnmoi company a njthttu victim w guy tnmoi company member canada deposit insurance comoralinn markham markville shopping centre 4793544 the tower bricks that must be re placed to guarantee that the tow er will stand indefinitely and then he makes his way up to the first platform about 12 feet up after which he shimmies up the next three levels on wooden ladders bracketed to the brick walls the rungs of which are worn smooth from years of service he finally reaches the top takes the old crank and goes to work winding the gears that bring both the 230 pound striker weight and the 500 pound time weight back up to the top he checks his own watch then looks at the brass dial which sits in front of the old clocks inner workings shes out about seven minutes he announces its not the easiest thing to get this clock to keep the right time he states acknowledging that there are some town residents who will occasionally take him to task for the clock being out 5 or 10 minutes theres so many things that seem to affect its accuracy the heat the cold and the humidity and sometimes the ice will stop it in the winter he points to the nameplate attached to the front of the assort ment of gears pinions and pallet arms it shows that the clock was made by an english outfit gil lette johnston croydon eng land it reads by royal war rant clockmakers bellfoun- ders to hm king gerogc v the serial number 9404 is stamped below the manufacturer apparently is no longer in business my father wrote to them several years back but he got no reply says glen theres a worn pinion were going to have a problem with eventually its going to bind when it is suggested that his dad may be just the man to forge the replacement part glen just smiles theres not a whole lot of people around who could do it he agrees the winding complete he climbs to the upper level to check the bell which also bears the in scription of the english clock- maker along with the words stouffville ontario via mon treal then one last short climb sees him perched atop the structure along side the fire siren you dont want to be up here when the siren goes off he warns even when you cover your ears it drives you nuts he points to the hooks and the old pulley used to hang the fire hoses up to dry in the days when the town firehall was located im mediately to the east of the tower then he surveys the magnifi cent view afforded him by his ele vated position and sights thef spruce tree which adorns his own rupert street home now 38 years old glen reflects upon how he would make the same climb with his father when he was in charge of keeping thei clock running i guess ive been coming up here ever since i was old enough to make the climb i sometimes wonder why i do 1 it he admits but then i try to imagine just who they would get to do it if i were to stop tj as he climbs back down he points to the drive shafts of the four faces of the clock and to the central gear that little mechan- ism keeps all four faces showing the same time he says he explains how the renovation done twenty years ago resulted in the construction of the upper plat- forms and then he notes how a problem with pigeons had ne- cessitated the installation of shut- ters covered on the inside by chicken wire to keep the birds out of the area of the clock mechanism the whole clock assembly 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