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stouffville suntribune thursday april 19 2007 5 love of children keeps vi youthful w hether in the quiet of her eastern gate home or seated among friends at stouffvilles tim hortons vi renwicks smile lights up the room how would anyone guess that on april 28 this lovely woman will mark her 91st birthday she could pass for someone half her age born viola bunker one of six in the family of norman and margaret bunker vi grew up in the hamlet of altona two miles east of town she along with brothers clarence harvey and mervyn and sisters leta carson and ethel wagg attended altona public school irene harper of good wood was my first teacher vi recalls she was wonderful she gave me a good start she recalls as many as 32 children crowed into eight classes in one room while glasgow was really her rightful school because of a distance factor the boundary line was altered i could walk home for lunch vi remembers discipline was strict recalls vi if you received the strap at school you would surely get it at home she says because she completed grades 7 and 8 in one year vi graduated at age 12 she wrote her final exams at claremont then stayed home to help her parents vi remembers snowbanks so high she could walk over the tops of fences her dad thought nothing of driving the horse and cutter eight miles to the farm of- her grandparents fred and eliza beth bunker on the ninth line of markham vi and her family attended church on the site of what is now stouffville christian school the mennonite and christian congregations held services there on alternate sundays openair baptisms were sometimes conducted at the altona pond the site was also a favourite place to skate she remembers her father curling there it was all family fun she recalls including sleigh rides down hodgins hill vi and richard jones were married in midland oct 23 1933 rev auld formerly of markham performed the ceremony although still in her teens this was normal back then she explains if a girl was 19 or 20 and not married she was consid ered an old maid she laughs vi and her husband oper ated a store and a sevenstool lunch counter on woodbine avenue south of hwy7 one of their regulars was joe primeau former coach of the toronto maple leafs in 1952 you could buy a bowl of soup sandwich and coffee for roaming with jim thomas 55 cents she recalls for 11 years she worked at simpsons at fairview mall and scarborough town centre in 1981 after the death of her first husband vi married charles renwick in a ceremo ny at melville united church our first date was a dance in goodwood hall vi recalls we both loved dancing friends often referred to them as the old smoothies they lived on kennedy lane south of stouffville road but spent 17 wonderful winters in florida mr ren wick died last year vi is proud of her family a son bruce of london ont a daughter dorene howe of bolton 11 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren a greatgranddaughter crystal shepherd of kincardine will be married in august vi moved to eastern gate six years ago and loves it rooms upstairs and down are filled with family photos she describes her neighbours as wonderful vi drives her 1999 dodge van downtown for groceries but not on hwy 401 ive never had an acci dent she says and only two tickets at age 80 she enjoyed her first ride on a motorcycle an event captured by a toronto star photographer and retained by vi for posterity despite the leafs pre- playoff exit vi loves the team dearly shes also an enthusi astic blue jays baseball fan she seldom misses the gaithers sunday gospel music tv program and already has a ticket for their may concert in london the secret of her longevity i love children she says they keep me young she also adheres to an adage often spoken by her father if you cant say something good about someone dont say anything then she adds i love everyone but some bet ter than others happy birthday vi keep on brightening peoples lives jim thomas is a stouf fville resident who has writ ten for area newspapers for more than 50 years ive explained a couple times that these are not the most tender of steaks but they sure do have a following which would include my wife these are cut from beef that has all been picked by me so im the one to blame if its not quite right gsstti escah i one thing we do is sell only the tag fsbebr centrecuts fif jus reg 895 lb w m off ps well be making our jjsmd fi w this sirloin burgers as well p bss week beef barley qui ry whats uookin at the dem this is the big day folks there will be lemon chicken happening in our dinner counter the big chef has put me off for long enough on this when we eat chinese at home this is all i need well also be making some calamari new zealand style breaded with a touch just a touch of cayenne our feature soup is beef barley i love the heartiness of this soup it has great flavour lots of beef brisket point p arid its filling reg 599 ea california trawberries our overfilled quarts of strawberries will be on sale this week these are from a newer area of california and theyre great quart many folk from the trade come to visit our store to see what and how we do what we do i usually theyll ask how we got started in the frozen entree business it seems to me that weve done it forever but when i think back doreens chicken pies were the first thing and for the longest time the only thing that we made when it came to having a huge backlog of orders we realized that our customers were telling us something so this is it folks the charter member of our frozen entree business that has grown quite large indeed reg 1495 ea l jm z serves 34 jw this chicken mffloupes we havea load of amazing lopes for this week they are thinskinned bright orange and full of sugar size 9 which is very large sausages these are a fairly sparky pork sausage with enough bite to notice we use coarseground pork and we make them a little bigger than md fol most others i f ftl 3 99 lb jlsi 1 m this ld slim ilfweek wlff ea dtside weve got lots of pansies some in the very large bowls medium bowls and lots of flats with more arriving on friday we also have another shipment of the round kalanchoe bowls that we had at easter w has been tweaked a bit have a look at what weve done ti a special i kevin and i want to thank all who contributed and bid on our mystery packages at the hospital gala for those of you who werent in paris they fetched 68000 many many thanks this is apple week in our little bakery weve got a lot of apples happenin well be making spiced apple custard cakes these are the same as the fruittopped variety except the spiced apples will be bakediri and over the top if you cant get it all eaten in one day dont despair its even better the next j oc two sizes jlt itlt ea apple turnovers made with our homemade puff pastry coo lots of filling ju ea deep dish apple pies these are the big ones folks theyll be available with either a lattice or streusel topping two sizes applesugar cooktes our painted cookies are always a hit so many types always very pretty always done by hand this week theyll be apple in keeping with the io theme it ea apple crisps i love these because theyre so easy and comfortable you just put them in the oven when your dinner comes out and when its time for dessert and coffee your dessert is warm and ready and youre house smells like youve been baking imk all day 1u ea applecurrant walnut scones its a sparkedup scone with lots happening reg x apple cheesecake flan we bought some deeper flan pans to make these they have a shortbread crust apple slices with cinnamon and our cheesecake a rustic dessert sty05 stw two sizes x2t 2il ea applefrangiapane square this is made in a foil with almond cremc frangiapane spiced apples on a shortbread crusty our little cheese feature this week will be irish cheddar with porter porter to the un initiated is a dark ale which in this case adds a lot to the character of this cheese reg 549100g off this weekl 4s ea with branched custard its all good one size j best to serve a bit warm ea and all these items will be on sale this week at off while they last also well be making a new item they are apple caramel cinnamon buns with pecans watch the sample tray at the cake counter village grocer quality foods specials in effect until closing sundat april 22 hours mon 1100700 tucsthurs 900700 fri 900800 independent sat 90 sun 1000500 grocer 548 carlton road unionville tiki 9401770 caimm fmunn or mmmnt otocias wwwtheviuagegrocercom m