Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), December 14, 2000, p. 26

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trucks that travel a you have mornings when you have lived in stouffville for 30 years main street and people talking on dont want to go out there says larry has a plumbing business that cellphbhesnorton says you can norton but then you get out and he runs out of their main- street fellwhensomone is going to come some of them are so cute ifperks home which sharon j see from through the light m r norton also has to watch for vol unteer firefighters heading to the sta tion an even more difficult task her crossing guardpost a former nursing assistant norton did day care in her home when her two children were younger the siren in the clocktower when the crossing guard position doesnt ng out a warning anymore came up she saw it as a great oppdr a5ihp frnm thp fratfir thprp ir ar aside from the traffic there is also christmas trees cut youe o wnspriice or pine professionally trimmed 15gq pine trees any size 2000 spruce trees any size steves country sausacl k on sjte rop hot dogs sausagesr- 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