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wp wm mmpm mhm best available copy c4 tribune july 13 1988 locals helped in markham fire fight stouffville firefighters helped the markham fire de partment battle a spectacular lumber yard fire july 5 mar kham just didnt have enough water stouffville sent out its tanker truck to provide extra water for a brush fire on 19th ave from there the firefighters could see smoke billowing from the fire at hwy 7 and 10th line markham called for assist ance to the second fire at mar kham building centre tank ers also came from pickering to help out the fire departments oper ate oh a mutual aid system in which neighboring municipali ties send any available trucks that are needed aid also came from a private hauler who provided firefigh ters with water early on in the blaze markham fire officials con firmed thursday that a saw dust collector was ignited by a spark triggering the fire firefighters also peg the damage at more than 500000 in the midday blaze markham fire chief ken beckett said the fire likely started when packaging sta ples embedded in wooden planks emitted sparks when run through a band saw the saw caught onto the sta- ples and the spark carried into the sawdust collector firefighters fought the blaze for seven hours before exting uishing it the fire destroyed two buildings a 150000 saw a truck and some of the lumber yards stock local crews also had to fight a small fire at a house north of the building centre and used the owners pool as another source of water to fight isolated grass fires around the site senior chatted with the queen in bygone days the best place lo be is a standard trust rarlrrm tmrrrt paid iswast sis standard trust minimum ikptedt s5ini member cuiub ivfttiji liwoxv curort kafo mihjat t juiusc muhhii ikikc 39 main street n markham 2946865 n reupholster with toromark 1 why pay more for your reupholstery call toromark furniture for the best 5 price we have been in markham for 38 years and have thousands of happy customers we offer 6 monthly payments at no extra charge j 5 year workmanship guarantee hundreds of samples before you place your order elsewhere call 2942581 4772055 toromark furniture house 7 hwy in markham just west of 48 by kate gilderdale parkview resident helen mcewen has a rich store of memories of her life which began 96 years ago in scotland her early years were spent at dartford kent in england where her mother worked as a nurse in a large house we lived in the lodge recalls mrs mcewen i used to watch the big carriages coming through the gate one of her earliest memories at the age of three or four is of attending a garden party held for queen victoria she was very little and stout smiles mrs mcewen she was porsche jaguar your neighbourhood import service specialists i 0uuock dntve umii 31 markham oni l3p1w2 416 4718660 drug storepower buys grocery power buys crest pump toothpaste 100 ml alberto european hair spray 300 ml 2 50 i listermint mouthwash regular or mini 750 ml 250 ml i 6 3 i secret stick 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ladys got the queen overheard her and jj replied little girl i have little feet and little hands too i need j them to hold on to so much the fa mily returned to scotland when mrs mcewen was 10 her interest in music was sparked j when she was enrolled in her j grandfathers music academy in edinburgh where she learned to sing when she was 11 she worked as a weaver to supplement the fami ly income i worked one day and went to school the next she remembers i earned 10 shillings about one dollar a week working from 6 am to 6 pm on weekdays and 6 am to noon on saturdays at the age of 16 she started working full time in a shop she married when she was 21 and had a daughter the following year- 1 golf buff when she was living in dundee scotland mrs mcewen saw lady elizabeth boweslyon the future queen mother on a number of occasions she would come into dundee to do some shopping and when she passed by she would wave she states she went to the agricultu ral shows too and i often saw her there on one occasion mrs mcewen j and a friend were playing golf at carnoustie on the coast 4 a yellow fog came swirling in she says they were about to m cross a small bridge over a river i when someone took hold of her coat and told her not to crossibe- cause it was too foggy it was the 1 prince of wales she recalls she closed her shop when the war started and worked as an au xiliary nurse treating wounded 1 soldiers we saw some awful sightsin 3 1914 she said i didntsee much of my husband who was sent but to india and didnt get home for months at a time after the war she gave birth to a son and the couple had a total of j eight chudrenpf wh0injpnlyf ivefi survived to adulthoovbyif3 they didnt have vaccinations then mrs mcewen notedptvjs lost two children to measles at six j months and 18 months of age 4 the couple didnt come to cana- j da until 1959 s 2 by then we had no family left j in britain she explains my oldest son was the first to come j he was offered a job with ccmv over here ij 9 things went so well for him that the rest of the family gradually 3 followed him prompting their pa- vs rents to do the same ijjj after five years my husband j wanted to go home again notes m mrs mcewen they went back and had been there only five days when he suffered a fatal heart attack he was 73 years old k j i returned here although she considered staying in britain mrs mcewen didnt want to be so far from her family and decided to come back to canada she returned to weston settling at eagle manor apartments and became friendly with a woman from england who had been in a choir after hearing mrs mcewen sing she suggested they start one of their own it was the beginning of the eagle manor choir which grew to 26 members over the years we got a grant from the gov ernment declares mrs mcewen she was part of the choir for 12 years until she broke her hip in an accident her youngest daughter agnes suggested she move into her house in stouffville when agnes and her husband decided to take a holiday helen agreed to move into parkview for a month i liked it so much i decided to stay she declares its a grand place theyll do anything for you they dont bother you or push you around she sometimes sings for the parkview residents leading off with such familiar lines as id like to teach the world to sing and when youre smiling happy views mrs mcewen has an optimistic view of life when i was at the eagle manor dropin centre with my friend she recalls some one asked if she could share our table and i said yes as long asyou dont talk about pills or aches and pains she laughs the ladies of the eagle manor choir sent a card to mrs mcewen on her birthday signed by all the members asking her to go back and join them she was touched by their thoughtfulncss and the time spent with them will always have a special place in her memory at 96 hcbn mcewen has more zest for life than people half her age a cheerful and fascinating lady she can mow anyones blues away i 1 r c 1 l i