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as tribune november 16 1988 newcomers club meeting 9 h i the whitchurchstouffvilie f newcomers club will meet for a ipotluck supper thursday nov 24 at 730 pm in the stouffville i legion hall j the evenings guest speaker is ibill hutchinson ah accounts ex ecutive with the firm of wood- gundy ltd his remarks will centre around the topic of investment for additional information call sue joyce 6402693 or terri bossi 6406281 sdss valedictorian has two mothers at commencement offer expires nov 22nd or while quantities last hours monwed 106 pm thurs 10 8 pm jqjp fri 109 pm sal 95 pm sun 124 pm vumul 220 main st e success square 1 stouffville wv6408866 1 ww by kate gilderdale stouffville when 19-year- old jim baggs was reunited with his birth mother in july his adop tive mother mary described it as a wonderful reunion which has made our family grow in size and love jim was six when mary and robert baggs and their three children welcomed him into their close knit family he had been taken into the first of two foster homes at the age of four when authorities decided his mother joan couldnt care for him adequately joan couldnt read or write and suffered from a speech handicap but was a loving mother with her son the centre of her world when he was taking into care joan unaware of what she was doing signed a release form allowing the childrens aid society to put him up for adoption she fought desperately to keep him but her fight was in vain jim himself was unaware of what was happening i didnt know i was going to be adopted he said jim had felt secure in his se cond foster home and although he was by nature a happy child it took him a long time to adjust to his new family said mary i had become his fourth mother and hed lost his trust in people he longed for his birth mother and constantly asked mary to call and find out how she was as he grew to know and love his family jim began to realize he was a permanent part of their lives but he never forgot his mother stressed mary shed always known it wouldnt be easy to adopt a child of jims age but the family wanted to help someone who would be dif ficult to place we felt we had so much and we wanted to share what we had said mary stating it was a decision she would never regret hes special its really hard to explain you love him just as much but in a different way his pasttimes were typical of many children he skated on the pond during the winter and swam in the summer he also played on stouffvilles all star hockey teams he had planned to be a lawyer from an early age and in september he entered queens university to work towards his goal it was during this last summer jim began to seriously consider searching for his birth mother i just felt i wanted to do it he explained i always knew that id look for her one day i knew this was the right time finding natural parents can often be fraught with problems and frustrations jim was ex tremely fortunate lieutenant embree of the salvation army corps in markham took it on himself to do all he could to help after countless hours of phoning and travelling lieutenant em bree acheived the miracle jim had been waiting for he found joan throughout the search jims family supported him all the way they had discussed the ef fects of a reunion on jim joan and the whole family one they found joan mary said they knew it would be for keeps we couldnt just walk out of her life again in july the first meeting bet ween jim his family and joan was arranged they all met for lunch and it was a very emotional occasion one cannot express the emo tions involved when two people who have never ceased to love one another fall into each others arms mary said society had denied joan her schooling and most tragically of all her child mary watched her adopted son and his mother deep in conversation and felt a grow ing warmth and love for jims mother jims sister brenda remembers them all laughing and crying in the parking lot wondering what people would think if they saw us like this during lunch joan just sat there smiling and looking at jim said mary shes so proud of him after jim and joan were reunited he took her to meet his second foster family whom he still visits whenever he can when jim graduated from stouffville dist secondary school on friday night his fami ly including joan were there to watch with pride and love as he gave the valedictory address on behalf of the graduating students concert cancelled jim baggs finds birth mother ballantrae a disap pointed lawnie wallace told the tribune the nov 10 concert in which she was booked to appear with the oak ridge boys had been cancelled at the last minute her father bill explained there was a problem working in the show at copps coliseum hamilton they the oak ridge boys were taping a tv program and couldnt fit things in he explain ed theyve told us lawnie will have a spot in their concert next april we were really looking for ward to it bill said despite the disappointment 1989 looks like another exciting year for lawnie said mr wallace her manager is working on three dif ferent television shows lawnie is auditioning for star search in new york she may also have a spot on the david maine show shea also working on a place in heehaw and for an appearance with tommy hunter its shaping up to be a good year lawnies father concluded missionary conference nov 2027th springvale baptist church stouffville rd at kennedy sunday november 20th sunday school miss lois welter am special music pm special music dr mcbain joanne brushett john hisey pastor stewart choir dr mcbain joanne brushett john hisey pastor stewart choir the blue boxes are coming n tuesday november 22nd wms meeting special guest miss lois welter wednesday november 25th prayer meeting special guests eddy wendy buchanan saturday november 26th mens breakfast special guest dr e sikikane sunday november 27th sunday school miss lois welter am dr mcbain special music glady ratcliff gwen koller choir rm mr jim jepson mp london east special music gwen koller choir everyday every person in ontario generates about a kilogram of gar bage most of it is stuffed in trash bags and buried in landfill sites or burned in incinerators now whitchurch stouffville with the help of the ontario ministry of the environment and ontarios soft drink industry and its container and container material suppliers is making it easy for you to do something to reduce the amount of garbage that must be buried or burned the blue boxes are coming and are jsblitr easy to use czaj within the next two weeks each house in whitchurch stouffville will receive its own recycling blue box you can do your part by collecting glass bottles and jars beverage and food cans newspapers and plastic soft drink containers in your blue box then on your regular garbage i day put the blue box at the curb for pickup the contents will be taken to a collection centre processed and made into new products by recycling we all help preserve precious natural resources reduce demand on landfill sites and contribute to a cleaner healthier environment so please do your part s if you have any questions or would like more informa tion call the recycling hotline at 6401870 l young peoples sacred music concert friday nov 25th 800 pm st james presbyterian church 101 main st e stouffville community participation recycling it only works if we all do our part s e5 lswl tm the soft drink industry its container and container material suppliers through ontario multimaterial recycling incorporated ommri supporting the establishment of recycling programs throughout ontario mayor elect a special thankyouto iriy family workers and the v residents of whitchurch- sjouffvilie who have given me a mandate to serve you for these next three years sincerely v fransainsbltry