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hospital classroom for tlirpc hours each week a york central hospital room at richmond hill is transformed j into an auxiliary public scliool classroom as itinerant teacher mrs patricia kimbark provides bedside instruction for 10 year old charlcen milsted of gormley charlecn was seriously injured in a twocar accident dec 24th hut is now on the road to recovery the hospital class is a new program introduced by school area board no 2 in markham two and the cost involved is ap proved for government grant staff photo markham twp citizens committee given cool reception by coonci ribtwe vol 76 no 37 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday february is 1965 twelve pages drilling started on test holes for new town water supply peterboro firm gets contract the rather strained relations that appear to exist between many ratepayers organizations and municipal councils appeared evident on friday as a newly- formed group to be known as the markham twp citizens committee addressed a meeting jn buttonville the friction occurred when the chairman eric baker gormley rr 2 requested that information pertaining to the councils intentions with regard to subdivision development be made known to the association councillor cleary palmer took exception to the request this council is not an information bureau if any person wants to know the decisions of the coun cil all meetings are open to the public chairman baker said that the group wished only to assist the council in solving some of its problems no assurance was given that this request would be met good representation the executive of the organi zation represents a good cross- section of civicminded ratepay ers in the township including eric baker chairman gormley rr 2 roht j sloane vice- chairman thornhill sectreas urer donald meclennan cedar grove representatives from ward i thomas hansen ward 2 keith kennedy and ward 3 archie little provisional committee mem bers are as follows communi cations rex weyman union villc alvin gamble unionvillc dean hughes unionvillc com munity conservation if g pain unionvillc rod brook union villc p b whitehead thornhill napier simpson thornhill de velopment p b whitehead thornhill ewart stiver union villc geoff campcy gormley w j henwood unionville j a kitchen mavkham rr 2 edu cation dr c e phillips thorn hill goldehberg report ken deacon unionville geo bo- danz stouffville rr 4 lawson mumhersoii gormley rr 2 stephen roman gormley rr 2 s j gadsby gormley rr 2 roads bcautification keith ken nedy unionville fred wicks stouffville rr 1 ion hopkins markham rr 2 clark young unionville and w j scndall unionville the first person named in each committee is the chairman the first stage of a major project was started on monday by the stoultvillc public utilities commission to acquire an auxiliary water supply to serve the town the firm of norman faulkner peterboro com menced test drillings this week on the wm davidson property tenth line south of main street the puc has taken out an option on the site and one additional parcel of land test holes will be made at both places no contract has been let for the actual drilling of the new well but puc chairman walter atkinson told the tribune that if the faulkner co is successful in its tests they might very well proceed with the second phase of the job it marks the first time that any attempt has been made to locate water for the town other than al the reservoir site in whitchurch twp in a report submitted in november of 1964 bv the engineering firm of r v anderson associates ltd of toronto it was estimated that a new well and pumping station would cost 20000 ray grants rink wins ontario title in sixgame rally posture queen and attendants the grant family name has become symbolic with curling in ontario and on friday a rink skipped by ray grant o stouffville under the unionville banner advanced to the cana dian championships to be held in saskatoon in march it was an amazing comeback that saw the grant foursome drop their first game then rally with 6 wins in a row the prov incial title bonspiel was held at cobourg skip grant resides just south of town on the former daws hare farm other memoers of the rink include keith jewett vice al claney second and ray mcgee lead it was a battle right down to the wire between unionville and dixie with both rinks dead locked with 5 wins and a loss as they entered the final round grant defeated doug rawson of orillia 75 while dixie lost out 108 to mac whites rink of belleville fifteen year old hits kusaio a grade 10 student at stoultvillc district lligli school was chosen as posture queen at a valentine dance in the auditorium on friday night tho runners- up were donna hisey left and linda wright stall ihoto space heater explodes firemen save lake home a mother and her four chil dren had to vacate their insul- brick house on south road musselmans lake friday af ternoon after a space heater ex ploded mrs jack palmer attempted to extinguish the fire by her self but when it worsened she called the stouffville brigade she hurried her four children elizabeth 12 pamela 11 susan 9 and mitchell 5 through a back door as dense smoke quickly filled the interior firemen set up an auxiliary pumper unit at the edge of a hole on the lake ice and kept a steady supply of water inthe truck although damage was extensive the home was saved the property is partially cov ered by insurance the palmer family have liv ed at this location for the past 11 years mr palmer is a phy sical training instructor at the st johns training school near uxbridgc he was at work when the fire started whitchurch twp police budget exceeds 9000 school enfries dropped from music festival a lack of interest on the part of many public schools in the area has forced the executive of the lions club music festival to drop this part of their pro gram the festival will be held on one day only monday feb 22nri in the stouffville united church from 915 am to 435 pm dr wm murphy committee chairman said that it would be unfair to bring school choir and choral groups some distance with no competition he suggest ed that perhaps the changeover to the new school area system was to blame for the reduction in entries this year the festi val will include only piano and vocal solos the night of stars show usually held at the high school to conclude the program has been cancelled dr murphy said that unless more interest is displayed fu ture festivals here will be dis continued flag raising ceremony at town schools flag raising ceremonies were conducted at orchard park and summitview public schools and the stouffville dist high school on monday as more than 1200 students viewed the unfurling of canadas new ma ple leaf banner at the high school 500 wat ched as the principal w e duxbury and the pros of the students council herbert ot to raised the new flag to the top of the pole during the ceremo ny the band led by staff teach er mr h j waite played god save the queen at orchard park school pet er sanderson dressed in a boy scout uniform raised the new flag as 330 boys and girls sang o canada assisting in the cer emony were three girl guides catherine hambly melody mole and megan gurney at summitview school stud ents allan bacon and john mc- faden raised the new banner while 410 children looked on start teacher mr morley as sisted in the ceremony markham centennial project not settled the centennial project to be established in the twp of markham is still not settled the issue was discussed briefly by council at a meeting on fri day and referred back to com mittee the deadline date for approval is march 31st it had originally been sug gested that an addition would be built on the present munici pal building at buttonville but this venture did not meet with the approval of the centennial grants committee councillor allan sumner had earlier criticized any extension to the municipal building as a centennial program and his op inion has not changed he clai med on friday that such a pro ject lacked historical value he spoke out in favour of a cen tennial park the subject was left over for further discussion at a later time shortage of supply teachers is problem for markham area bd although the 1965 whitchurch twp police budget as prepared by chief fred mason has not been discussed by the council it is expected to exceed s90000 the requisition to cover a 12 month period was presented to the members by the chief on tuesday night in 1161 the forrc operated for only seven months and costs totalled nearly 72000 less 2900 returned in fines chief mason is expected to ask for two additional men in an ef fort to reduce the amount of overtime pay that totalled over 6000 in 61 if this request is approved it would raise the departments personnel to 17 the council has given its ap proval to the purchase of two new police cruisers in seven months last year the cars tra velled a total distance of 107000 miles reeve ross farquharson in accepting the chiefs report said that it would he discussed in committee and then presented in open council possibly on march 2nd big boost proposed for york county assess staff many of york county coun cil were given a real shock ist week when mr edw jones county assessor suggested that the staff of the department be increased from 36 to 50 per sons the changing of individual municipal assessing to complete county assessing has never been a unanimous program of coun cil when the program was first suggested back in 1964 warden ruherford and reeve chas hooper of markham were two of the most outspoken objec tors however both men went along last week with the new program there will be an in crease in the annual cost of s58839 when council voted to accept the county system it was on the understanding that 36 employ ees were all to be taken on the start many members expressed the opinion that any present asscs- or not able to qualify under the new course should be notified that his services were no long er required some men are of an age that it would not be a sound investment to spend mo ney on their education locals the tribune press run is now 5000 copies largest in the newspapers history the home of mr and mrs sherman arnold william st has been sold to mr wcs slack of brougham brother sister win awards at id wants music festival two memebrs of one family have captured awards in the instrumental class of the ki- wanis music festival in tor onto ray banks 14 and his sister heather 10 were entries in the coronet solo competition on monday their parents are mr and mrs harold banks loretta cresc stouffville heather placed 3rd in a class of 11 twelve years old and un der she scored with a mark of 74 per cent ray finished in a first plsce lie in a class of 17 years old and under in a playoff at eat on auditorium on monday ev ening he was judged best with a mark of 81 per cent heather is a grade 5 pupil at summitview public school ray is in grade 9 at stouffville dis trict high school they are scheduled to com pete again on thursday to day both singly and as a duet seek advice on school boundary markham twp council has agreed to seek advice from the area boards in both whit church and markham in con nection with an arrangement whereby some pupils south of the townline still attend the public school at ringwood a bylaw that would require the markham student residents to be accommodated at dick sons hill had been prepared for passage at a meeting on friday but was delayed councillor charles hoover who lives in the immediate ar ea suggested that some parents might not be too happy about sending their children 1 i miles to dicksons hill when the ringwood school was much clo ser among the many problems facing the new markham twp public school area board no 2 is the shortage of supply tea chers to fill vacancies caused through illness to members of the regular staff several ad vertisements have been placed in local newspapers but the re sponse has failed to meet the need at 16 per day there must be lots of former teachers who would be glad to get away from housework for a change if only we could find them commen ted board chairman elson mi les at a meeting this week meanwhile every time a teach er is reported sick there is a scramble for a replacement prepare budget although markham twp has set a deadline of feb 20th for the finalization of the boards 1965 budget figures the mem bers feel they cannot meet this date at the present time tho trusteesmust deal with salary schedules insurance coverage bus transportation building msircrsrcc etc and all deci sions take time some school i are still sending in bills dating back to 1964 music festival music supervisor wm busch has asked permission to enter classes in the music festival this spring at ajax he would also like to arrange a concert in the markham dist high school board member mrs mildred toogood supported such a pro gram and suggested that it had proven very beneficial to stu dents in the past the other trustees agreed that the propo sal should be approved it happens to the best of them clipper lineup february 25th on thursday night feb 25th members of the 195152 sr b champion clipper team will return to play the current jun ior club in an exhibition game the lineup will include norm stunden bert baker morley petch herbie rose nick and bob bangay jack watson hal gibson frank stephenson jerry junkin don mcintosh joe lewis jack rumney geo stark polly minton lcs clarke and bud watson game time is 830 pm ah of stouffvilles minor hockey teams are now out of the omha playoffs the midgets bowed out to uxbridgc on fri day night losing two in a row gastheft attempt brings 100 fine two teenage boys charged on christmas eve with attemp ted gas theft were lectured by magistrate james butler fol lowing their conviction in rich mond hill court on tuesday frederick mckcnny 17 of ringwood and david hathaway 18 of rr 2 markham were each fined 50 and costs they were given two weeks to pay mckcnny told the court that his car had run out of gas near his home and when he could find no service stations open he tried to siphon some from a truck parked in front of a near by fina garage they were in terrupted by p c david had- den of stouffville and the pair fled across a field they left their siphoning equipment be hind no cars are immune lo accidents not even police cars on thursday afternoon the markham village cruiser suffered about 200 damage when hit by a loaded gravel truck on main street the driver rc- bod junkin was not injured staff photo car rams county sand truck over 1500 damage a scarboro motorist suffered only minor cuts to his face on thursday night but damage to his 1963 model pontiac was es timated at si 000 after it ram med into the rear of a york county roads department sand truck on the don mills road south of gormley charles wright the driver told markham twp police that his southbound auto hit an icy section of pavement and could not stop in time to avoid the collision damage to the county truck and sand attachment was esti mated at 500 both the driver john geo brown of r r 1 cedar valley and his helper lome hoover of stourtvillo were treated for back injuries p c allan chadwick conducted the investigation three injured a twocar crash at the inter section of don mills road and no 7 hwy in markham twp on friday night sent three per sons to hospital the drivers were arthur ross of r r 2 gormley and sherwood dinner of richmond hill ontario pro vincial police from the bond like detachment investigated