delivered valedictory address grade 13 graduate anil ontario scholarship winner barbara howard fairview avenue stouffvllle delivered the valedictory address at the high school commencement exercises on friday evening staff itiotq separate school supporters seek assessment change stouffville a petition containing 37 name was pre sented to a hearing of the stouffville court of revision last week requesting that their taxes be transferred to the support of the new separate school in town a breakdown of the total included si 14865 residential s12695 commercial and 3799 business in the two cases individual homes were occupied by per sons who wished their taxes to go to the public school it was agreed that this should be done however on the property belonging to fred bigione the land is assessed as a separate parcel and this tax will go to the separate school the court made the necessary adjustment other cases an appeal submitted by stan- sandford wedding ley schmidt of burkholder st on two lots currently frozen by the conservation authority was accorded an assessment reduction of s150 on each pro perty an appeal against the assessment on his home was sustained four appeals filed by geo harman of stouffer street were all sustained a reduction of 15 was allowed in the busi ness assessment on the t eaton co order office two appeals filed by percy and wesley schell of schell- lumber ltd were both sustained o c weale appealed the business assessment on his fish and chip operation but no reduction was allowed mr weale said he would take his appeal before a judge i many parenis disturbed as children stouffville mr f k bowden of the psychiatric out- patients department of the york county hospital at new market is in agreement with a proposal by public school in spector maynard hallman that a special class should be estab lished for emotionally disturbed children mr bowden address ed the november meeting of the home and school association here last week with reference to the inspec tors plan mr bowden suggest ed that some of todays par ents could have benefitted from such instruction when they too were children he pointed out also that the course could well be extended to include more adults we teach people how to raise cows and operate mac hines but there are no courses for adults on how to raise child ren he said the speaker informed his audience that the psychiatric clinic at newmarket included 22 beds and in a single year it was not unusual to be of service to 300 children he said that in markham township alone in spector hallman had reported that 400 school age pupils should be observed and perhaps treated the president of the stouff ville home and school associa tion is mrs h g adams other members of the executive in clude vice president mrs clare woelfle recording secretary mrs jenny cuthbertson corr secretary mrs mae richards treasurer mrs jean harrott membership committee mrs joyce connor and mrs cathy richards the stouffviue tribune twsov noremker 18 1965 pjq 3 local and personal happenings mr ken webb of stayner was visiting friends in town on wednesday mr and mrs douglas nigh of armitage and mrs lulu nid- dery of aurora had dinner on sunday evening with mr and mrs norman nigh and family mr and mrs kenneth lotton are shown following their recent wedding in sandford united church the bride is the former gloria tutly daughter of mr and mrs fredrick tutty of zephyr the groom is the son of mr and mrs norman lotton photo by house of brides girl guides of canada york east division mrs james ridout accompan ied mrs gordon lemon to bobcaygeon to visit their sister mrs m gillion for the week end the banquet for the summer bowling league was held on saturday night in the legion hall at uxbridge with 50 in attendance trophies were also presented mr and mrs ira zeller of brejlau were weekend guests of mr and mrs walter atkinson george robinson of vancou ver died in vancouver general hospital on nov 3 1965 in his 76th year he was a son of the late mr and mrs wutiam rob inson and a brother of blake of sylvania sask and bessie mrs ed wideman rr 3 claremont mr and mrs henry steckley myrtle and ruth of scarboro were friday night dinner guests with mr and mrs lloyd mover and family markham um 88lh anniversary next sunday nov ember 21 will be a special day for the congregation of the markham united missionary church as they celebrate the ssth anniver sary of the church in the morn ing service which begins at 11 oclock the guest speaker will be the rev ward m shantz ba bd district superintend ent of the united missionary church for the ontario district j acrhie fleming passed away at scarborough general hospital on november 16 1965 j archie fleming be loved husband of jean bur rows and dear father of isobel mrs john nigh markham rr2 and allison of union- ville brother of margaret mrs roy morgan of claremont resting at the dixon funeral home markham for service at 2 pm friday nov 19 1965 rangers two companies of land ran gers- have been formed in the division one at stouffville to include girls 14 to 18 years of age living in the gormley bal- lantrae and stouffville regions with mrs w kingsley as cap- tain the other is for those eligi ble in the unionville markham general area mrs j cross captain the former meets weekly until enrolment in the hall of christ church stouft- ville thursdays chanllengcs the division challenge for november should be undertaken soon the brownies as a pack are planting bulbs and caring for them until ready to bloom at that time they will be taking them to brighten someone elses life the guides on the other hand are hiking with a purpose area bulletin there must be someone in central area guiding who can think of a good name for our quarterly magazine send your suggestion to your division commissioner by dec 15 1965 a prize will be given for the winning name incidentally co pies are available in each unit flying up ceremony five members of 2nd mark ham brownie pack completed the golden hand test and par ticipated in the exciting flying up ceremony in october at st andrews united church after their usual opening ceremony each golden hand brownie flew around the toadstool for the last time and was in turn greet ed by her new patrol leader who introduced her to captain and lieutenant so it was good bye to brown owl and tawny owl and on to the wider world of the guide this ceremony illustrates that the brownie programme is part of the whole guide programme the brownie goes from a pack to a company from a six to a patrol from the fairy ring in to the horseshoe her brownie promise and law are amplified in the guide promise and law those five brownies who par ticipated with mixed feeling in the affair are susan allen janet burns susan faris su san lloyd and nancy malcolm late bulletin 1st stouffville land rangers are planning a tea for saturday dec 4th from 2 to 5 pm watch the paper for details guitlers a meeting of the guiders of the division is slated for wed nesday dec 1 1965 at 830 pm in the basement room at green river baptist church our spe cial guest will he mrs a w churchill of cedar brae area who was at our cabana this summer and also attended an international camp in sweden mrs harry shuttleworth has returned to her main st e home after visiting her sister mrs buckley in whitehorse yukon the past four months miss elenor shirk the recipi ent of several awards at the high school commencement on friday evening returned to carleton university on sunday with her parents mr and mrs elmer shirk she was accom panied by john nolan also a student there the bazaar sponsored by the stouffville united church wo men will be held on saturday afternoon nov 20 at 130 the homemade baking will go on sale at the commencement of the bazaar and again at 3 oclock desserts and tea or coffee will be served in the tea room mrs les wilson mrs reg mackay and mrs alfred smith accompanied ladies from but- tonville markham and union ville on a chartered bus tour to washington dc last week a 41 passenger bus travelled the 550 miles in a four day trip when they visited the capitol and the white house as well as many other places of interest local family at alberta airbase rev douglas percy in the evening service at 730 the rev douglas percy will be the speaker mr percy is a graduate of the toronto bible college and a former mission ary having served in nigeria with the sudan interior mission from 1938 until 1958 during his years of missionary service he founded the biliri bible train ing school for training african evangelists from 19501958 he was editorial secretary for the sudan interior mission and editor of the sudan witness magazine and at the same time was missionary counsellor at toronto bible college he has written many booklets pamphlets and magazine articles and is the author of doctor to africa the biography of dr a p stirrett also a pi izewinning novel entitled hidden valley and two recent novels when the bamboo sings and beyond the tangled mountain mr percy now serves full time as director of missions and the director of develop ment at toronto bible college is a memocr of several mission boards and christian organiza tions and serves in an advisory capacity for many mission so cieties the public is cordially invited to hear this missionary states man on sunday evening another special for this anniversary sunday will be the singing of the sacred aires oc tet from st catharines ontario this outstanding singing group sang in the markham church during the missionary confer ence last spring and on the shop ping plaza during the summer by popular demand they are re turning for both services sun day for the last three years the pastor of this growing friendly evangelical church has been the rev grant sloss who was a missionary in nigeria before coming to markham euchre winners winners of the euchre play ed november 11th at the legion hall included mrs jennie coyte high lady mrs gladys slack 2nd mrs florence mc donald 3rd mr art woods high man mrs judy bond 2nd and mr del jennings 3rd mr and mrs clifford etcher marilyn and margaret of port hope were visitors on sunday with misses louie and mabel hoover mill st mr and mrs arnold rae and miss betty zimmerman all of kitchener were weekend guests of mr and mrs john houck edward st mr and mrs arthur neal of mount forest were weekend visitors with mr and mrs cliff lemon rupert ave mr and mrs frank burnett and frankie of scarboro were visitors on sunday with mrs vera burnett church st miss cheryl burnett who had spent a week with her grandmother returned home with them miss ruth wauchope of tor onto was a weekend visitor with constable and mrs tom wauchope church st on sun day mr and mrs fred wauc hope also of toronto were visitors joins local law firm j m armstrong qc mr j m armstrong qc of stratford has joined the local firm headed by mr h r but ton qc it was announced this week mr armstrong is return ing to private practice after more than twentyfive years in the personal trust and estate administration phase of the trust industry sixteen of these years were spent with the nati onal trust company mr armstrong is a graduate of the university of toronto and was associated with mr button in his earlier years he was appointed queens counsel in 1957 is a past president of the trust companies associa tion of canada and the strat ford chamber of commerce for the past two years he has lectured to the bar admission course at osgoode hall on estate planning for the farmer mr armstrong is married and has two daughters imtnccieeictcetpciceieieiititictcfcicciificicietctciciciciceiii y a photo of local here with her two sons his band ted roderman villa interest was taken recently at the rcaf station in cold lake alberta mrs jim miller right is shown sammy and paul also pictured is gordle tapp second from left of cbc fame and two member of left of stouflville and murray lauder of claremont jirs miller 1 the former betty davis of stouff- photo by jim miller rs n s i t a a i it christmas bonus one ladies one gents elgin watches is free ticket with each purchase draw 1000 am december 24th 1965 sheridan jewellers 38 main st e 6401 sao certified vchmaker graduate jeweller jl3tjjjjtjfiktjfei the friendship club will meet on thursday evening to night at 730 pm in the legion hall persons wishing transportation are asked to telephone mrs gordon smith at 6403604 or mrs harold murphy at 6402443 the organ ization is sponsored by the ladies auxiliary and the legion mr and mrs donald forgie and three daughters from king ston spent the weekend with his mother mrs murray forgie church st mrs anne wallace and mr and mrs louie mason of north bay were visitors on sunday with mr ron wallace jackson donald mr and mrs james donald of richmond hill wish to an nounce the forthcoming mar riage of their daughter mary ann to mr albert jackson of stouffville the marriage will lake place at st marys an glican church richmond hill december 4 1065 at 430 pm mr hal dafoe suffered a broken finger on his right hand in an accident recently and it is currently bound up in a cast mr bill jennings glad park avenue and his father mr geo jennings of milliken are currently deer hunting in northern ontario they expect to return on sunday the cub pack that meets regularly in st james presby terian church will join the congregation at their morning service on sunday evening guild elects new officers the monthly meeting of christ church anglican even ing guild was held at the church on november 15 with the president mrs l smith presiding a report of the baz aar was given and the remain ing articles sold new officers elected for 1966 are president mrs betty allen vicepresident mrs genny cuthbertson secretary mrs jackie petrie treasurer mrs june jackson hostess mrs may swash advertising mrs shirley eehill a christmas pot luck supper will be held on december 13 at mrs muriel mckays home refreshments were served by mrs mounce stouffville players fall production the fall drama productions of the stouffville players orga nization will be staged on thursday and friday evenings of this week in the legion hall three 1act plays will be pre sented including the pen of my aunt under fire and fanny the frivolous flapper individual directors include marnie williamson molly mumford and frank steele the local cast will include- jcan harrott jeanette waite frank mellon dennis epson the executive of york pres- byterial united church women met at sandford united church on november 9 mrs s jones of uxbridge the president presided mrs w welsh ux bridge the president of tha sandford ucw welcomed the ladies mrs lynch of orange- ville vicepresident of toronto conference was present mrs g todd of pickering the treas urer reported 19424 was tha amount raised by the presby- terial ucw so far this year a few highlights from the com mittee chairman reports were all bible study groups to send in their reports and a request for more visiting in the nurs ing homes the program com mittee for the annual meeting at aurora jan 25 1966 is mrs h sanders sutton mrs d yorke sutton mrs w shill- inglaw mt albert mrs h gordon newmarket mrs f bunside aurora and mrs a gardhouse unionville tha supply allocations all go to tho downtown clothing centre this year herbert otto geo foord jew el stoyan terry foulds jean hammond may foord mary harris edith sanders doreen norlhover wilf mcwhinnie jean oneill linda priestley and john foulds in the third play several mo dels are sure to attract plenty of attention in the persons of rene barker sharron brazier rose carey olga dykstra jean hammond lorraine hen- rick and leda lewis the entertainment begins at 8 pm and tickets are still av ailable first diploma for the first time rrade 8 graduate of both stimmltvie and orchard park school in stouffville have been honoured with diploma presentations this ceremony was conducted recently at a graduation banquet sponsored by the home and school association brenda johnston 14 one of 47 boys and girls who attended the catherine staff photo