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p8 tribune i april 10 1991 st descendant of towns founder turns 90 this week kate gilderdale correspondent bertha stouffer a greatgranddaugh ter of stouffvilles founding father abraham stouffer celebrated her 90th birthday in style with family and friends last saturday at parkview village born on april 9 1901 she is the only surviving sibling of the seven children in her family and has lived in stouf fville all her life i was raised on the farm where the fairgate heights subdi vision is now i lived there until 1948 and then my parents and i lived in town she stayed on in stouffville after her parents passed away and eventually left her mill street home in 1986 when she moved to her present apartment at the village times have certainly changed since she was growing up bertha acknowledged in those days when we wanted to go somewhere my dad hitched up the horse or we walked it used to be when we went down town we knew everybody in the street but thats really changed its become far more impersonal she attended the two room school situated close to where sununitview was later built and left when she was is i taught piano classes for about 40 years for a few years i drove around and visited my pupils and when we moved into town i had them come to me ive met up with quite a few nice kids over the years and i still see some of my former pupils although she no longer teaches piano she still plays regularly in this build ing we have a choir and ive been play ing for them she explained its nice to keep your hand in otherwise you tend to drift away and lose interest the choir sang at the church service in the auditorium sunday night and we went over to the home and put on a little pro gram for them bertha is also involved in a group of quilters which meets weekly at the mis sionary church the money they make goes to a mission she noted brought up in a loving christian family she sel dom misses her sunday visits to church which have always been an integral part of her life i played the first organ that went into the church she recalled proudly she attributes her excellent health to the fact that she was born with a healthy body and has lived a simple life when i was younger all our food was fresh from the garden and the orchard and the farm she pointed out i think that probably had quite a lot to dowith it her travels have taken her out west as kaufman tmmmm sto- starts again thursday 1000 am sharp mm kaufmdnfur icsdihk 5284 highway 7 markham 471 5353 fuji size brass and matching accent lamp 5 light brass and ceramic dining room fixture ceramic table lamp wsalew reg w sale reg i 1 3alc o on selected items while quantities last bulbs exlra may not be available in all stores sale ends april 21 1991 living lighting 5308 hwy 7 2949557 mccowan hwy 7 markham well as to california florida britain and switzerland where the family name originated my older brother went to berne and looked in the phone book he was amazed at how many stouffers were in it with her zest for life and a lively interest in the world around her friends of bertha stouffer say she epitomizes the sense of community and caring that her family brought to stouffville in the early 1800s grimshaw trial delayed the trial of a stouffville man charged with misappropriation of funds while trea surer of the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association wsmha has been delayed ihh ed grimshaw who appeared in newmarket court march 7 for the purpose of setting a date for the preliminary hearing was told at that time by the presiding judge that his lawyer was being removed from the record due to a conflict of inter est according to sgt norn miles of the york regional police grimshaw is appealing the decision to the ontario court of appeal miles told the tribune the appeal over whether wallace scott of lindsay will be allowed to be put back on die record and represent grimshaw should be heard within the next two weeks said miles sgt miles added that until the outcome of the appeal is known the trial date is till up in the air grimshaw who is currently president of the ontario minor hockey association was charged by police last fall after the wsmha treasurer reported irregularities in the associations books grimshaw resigned from the wsmha last spring cbmi hosting craft show april 20 christian blind mission international will be hosting a craft show saturday april 20 the show will feature crafts from cbmi rehabilitation projects from around the world a wide variety of unique crafts will be for sale the show is open from 10 am to 4 pm at christian blind mission inter national 3844 stouffville rd at kennedy road income tax returns 416 6401769 6401778 george w brodie certified general accountant 6138 main st w stouffville ont dont pay for your pool opening dont pay for your pool closing pay for your chemicals as you use them have your pool vacuumed once a week have your pool water professionally tested weekly and save money on chemical useage we have an economical weekly 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