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p16 the tribune wednesday december 20 1989 mm dennis hun nobody does it better 268 queen st port perry coll dick or randy dickshinn rr randy hathaway bus 9858401 worry free bus 9858401 leasing or buying we wish you a merry christmas a prosperous new year 9858401 tor line 4276903 merry christmas and happy new year from the stouffville and uxbridge tribune steve susan joan doreen sandy arlene tracy karen debbie kate bruce chris deb doris good turnout at 188 party despite awful weather here again are some items of interest called up from issues of the tribune of years gone by 100 years ago dec 20 1889 in spite of the beastly state of the weather and roads a very fair number of in vitations to the social assembly were accepted and the party was an entire success in point of numbers and pleasure the in spiring strains of music were kept time to by about 100 pairs of feet until a late hour when all declared they had enjoyed themselves to the full among the visitors from a distance were messrs bongard parrish cross and meharry of port perry h milne and c van- zant of markham d harrington of unionville misses mehaffy of toronto and miss lottie shaw of port perry 50 years ago dec 21 1939 stouffville christmas market on tuesday excelled that of the previous year in point of attendance while prices for poultry ranged much the same however we have the word of the departmental judge mr f francis of guelph that the prize fowl seen here excelled anything he had judged this bygone days walter waterston christmas and hes going every day of the week win sweezie of newmarket district came in for honorable mention with his wonderful display of turkeys a new breed it was explained with wide breast and nicely set up every way he had no trouble in carry ing off the bulk of prizes probably the largest amount of poultry brought in by one farmer from the close by townships came from green river mr stanley byers had 350 pounds of turkey and for the best birds in the lot received 24c a pound 25 years ago dec 24 1964 markham twp reeve charles hooper waged a bitter but losing battle last week in his bid to delay york countys takeover of all municipal assess ment departments but before he was through he left no doubt in the minds of anyone as to his feel ings on the controversial issue m new years eve party by 4 seasons country club dance to the 5060s music by crosstown band midnight hot cold buffet champagne favours door prizes 7200couple for reserv 6492436 bus service can be made avail if sufficient requests a motion to approve the pro gram and to hire an assessment commissioner at 11000 was passed on a recorded vote of 28 to 19 both reeve win timbers and deputyreeve ken laushway of stouffville voted against the scheme mr hooper producing a copy of the new assessment manual charged that under the county system farm land presently assessed at 40 an acre would climb to 100 it could cause a farmers revolt he said he was supported by warden ab rutherford reeve of vaughan and deputyreeve ross farquharson of whitchurch 10 years ago dec 20 1979 the excitement of international hockey that reached fever pitch here back in 1974 when a midget team from wallisellen switzerland came to stouffville will be repeated next week when an allstar midget club mm haninge sweden ar rives in town the 36member contingent in cluding 18 players five leaders and 13 parents and spectators will be accorded a royal welcome at latcham hall tuesday dec 26 around 10 pm the lads will be billeted in local homes while the adults will stay at the markwood hotel in markham chief organizer for this and the previous tournament has been ed grimshaw of stouffville ar rangements are already com plete for a return series back in sweden next december potmaker good for the environment otto richter has developed a new gardening product with an eye on improving the environment mr richter who operates an internationallyknown herb farm near goodwood recently in troduced potmaker which is designed to recycle newspaper into plant pots in this age of concern for the environment potmaker helps gardeners lessen their dependence on environmentally- damaging plastics used to make most pots available in stores to day he says the product consists of two parts the press and the form made of solid maple newspaper strips are rolled around the press which is then pressed into the form pots slip off the device and are ready to be filled with potting soil its very simple says mr richter who searched for a pot- making material that was cheaper and less damaging than plastic it makes ideal pots for star ting young plants seedlings or cuttings he says pots remain strong enough to handle even as plants grow and as roots penetrate the paper walls when plants are large enough they are transplanted pot and all into the garden with a minimum of transplant shock wywwywwss