Stouffville Review, December 2022

STOUFFVILLEREVIEW.COM DECEMBER 2022
226 Harold Avenue
built by Boadway
COMMUNITY
3 STOUFFVILLE REVIEW
BY FRED ROBBINS,
Stouffville Historian
On a cool afternoon, one can walk
through this heritage neighbourhood and
find very different types of homes.
This average-size frame house has a
porch across the entire front with tapered
full-length columns. It may remind some
people of the Sears catalogue homes which
were popular in the early 1900s.
The streets in this area have a few
similar homes to those catalogue homes.
This model was a story and a half with a
large dormer on the upper roof.
Sears sold a variety of plans and materials
for houses, including Modern Home
No. 147 available for $872 in 1913. A
century ago the typical salary was $687 per
year.
Elizabeth Hutchinson was living on
Harold Avenue in 1920 purchasing the
building for $2,000. The same day she took
out a mortgage for $1,000 from a neighbour
Allen Closson. The mortgage was paid off
in ten years. She sold her house on Harold
Avenue to Isaac Boadway.
Boadway had been a carpenter/builder
in town for twenty years having learned the
trade in Toronto. He was born in a little pioneer
cabin home right here on Main Street
in the east end close to the street called
Harding Gate named after the Harding family
which had a home on the corner. He was
likely the builder of this house on Harold
Street as noted in the local paper.
Closson purchased the house from
Boadway and lived there for ten years.
The sale on Sept. 10, 1952, from Closson
to Archie Forfar, was for $7,250. This
house on Harold Avenue was a rental property
and was rented by Norman Lehman.
Forfar and his bride moved into this home
as newlyweds. They lived there for four
years.
Leonard W. J. Buckland was the next
owner. He had moved quite a bit in town
living on Victoria Street, then moving to
Edward Street and then this home on Harold
Avenue in 1956. After only a year Buckland
sold the home for $11,500 to George
M. Johnson of Ringwood. Johnson made
this his long-time home and raised a family
there for 24 years, staying until 1981.
Electrolytes are essential
BY SHANA DANIEL
Hitting on buzzwords in the wellness
industry initiates curiosity and encourages
the reader to learn more about their health
when stumbling upon a term or a word not
often heard.
Electrolytes are commonly used, but
not many know of their importance and/or
relevance in the diet.
Electrolytes are essential and can
impact the very way water is absorbed or
not into the body’s cells. They balance the
amount of water in your body.
They play a role in conducting nerve
impulses, contract muscles, keep you hydrated
and regulate your body’s pH levels.
Electrolytes found in your body
include; sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium,
magnesium, phosphate and bicarbonate.
They’re crucial to keeping your muscles
and nervous system functioning and
your internal body’s processes balanced.
When it comes to exercise, hot weather
and prescription use, water has to be kept
in the right amounts both inside and outside
each cell in your body. This is referred to as
intracellular and extracellular fluid.
Electrolytes, particularly sodium, help
maintain fluid balance through osmosis.
Osmosis is a process where water
moves through the wall of a cell membrane
from a dilute solution (more water and fewer
electrolytes) toward a more concentrated
solution (less water and more electrolytes).
This prevents cells from bursting
from being too full or shrivelling up due to
dehydration. Additionally, electrolytes help
to regulate your body’s pH. If levels are
imbalanced for your body’s requirements,
more serious symptoms can occur.
The best way to reach and maintain
electrolyte balance is through a healthy diet.
The main food sources of electrolytes are
fruits and vegetables.
Sources of electrolytes include sodium,
chloride, potassium, magnesium and
calcium. Try to add some of the following
to your diet: (sodium) pickled foods and
cheese, (chloride) minute amounts of table
salt, (potassium) banana, avocado, sweet
potato and pure coconut water, (magnesium)
seeds and nuts, and (calcium) leafy
greens and dairy products or fortified dairy
alternatives.
Remember that supplementing, although
a wise idea, can also impact a body
negatively if not done correctly. Working
with a wellness practitioner can help determine
which ones are suited to your lifestyle
and needs, as no one person is identical to
another.
Remember as well that hydrating with
water is still your body’s best ally when it
comes to regulating balance and systems in
the body.