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the tribune thursday jun 30 1966 pice 3 academic awards presented to orchard park students margaret hosie english award presented by miss hosie to arlene yakeley staff photo the home and school mathematics award presented by mrs h g adams the chesebroughponds company geography prize presented by mr dim- to norman christie staff photo iels to charles lvnde staff photo rod the home and school english award presented by mrs h g adams to schcll staff photo bhhhhhr the richardson academic award presented by ping to jill mcwhinnie board chairman t e top- staff photo stouffville through the eyes of five and six year olds many of the things in this big wide world of ours arc rather difficult to understand but by both seeing and hearing a much clearer picture is presented for example take a group of children in kindergarten many of whom have never been on a farm before place them out in the wide open spaces and suddenly a baby cow becomes a calf and a baby horse a colt last week 53 children from orchard park school in stoiiftville visilcd the ted barry farm on ninth ilne north in whitchurch township five teachers chaperoned the group and did an excellent job of keeping the youngsters to gether country zoo the boys and girls were a wed by the pigs a donkey a 2 s year old horse tractors and spring water that was pump ed directly out of the ground one little lad was all set to take a dive into the con tainer but was restrained by a guiding hand for mr barry it was a tiring two hours following the conducted tour he lifted every child onto the donkey and then onto the horse say you look familiar he commented to one crew- cut lad havent i seen you before yes the boy re plied its my third time on the donkey many questions throughout the tour tha boys and girls asked many questions why is a pigs tail curly why do horses switch one another with their tails why have cows no top teeth and so on it kept both mr barry and the teachers on their toes the trip was a real suc cess hiit riot without acci dent one little girl acci dentally poked a little boy in the eye and a lad fell on a board and cut his hand on a nail lets come back tomor row said one brighteyed pupil and his friends cho rused yes there was no reply the united church couples club and their families were guests on sunday at wcs schells cot tage on sturgeon lake damages awarded to couple a kingston area couple was awarded 1898 in dam ages yesterday by judge alex c hall in an ontario county court civil action mr and mrs brycc ball the plaintiffs in the action were awarded 80 per cent the defendant gordon mat thews of uxbridge was aw arded 20 per cent evidence revealed the ball car collided with a tractor driven by matthews on a county road two miles west of uxbridge aug 7 1064 all three were taken to hospital the balls were treated and released and matthews who was thrown from his tractor during the stouffville the watson reunion picnic was held in the stouffville mem orial park on sunday after noon june 19 fort members of the clan attend ed coming from such points as georgetown oshawa whitby claremont toronto and stouffville william watson of georgetown the great grandson of the watson impact was kept in hospital for five days 3nd then re leased mrs ball was awarded 800 and mr ball received 109s family founder was elected president for 1967 a heavy afternoon thun derstorm failed to dampen the spirits of the group although they had to seek shelter for a time the youngest person present was james peddie jr of pick ering many of the children went for a dip in the pool and later enjoyed games arrang ed by mrs joy watson il was agreed that the reunion next year would once again be held in stouffville the date set was june 18 field meet at ringwood ringwood a very successful track and field day was held at ringwood public school on june 24 with champions declared for both boys and girls in the junior intermediate and senior classes trophies were awarded to the ath letes who compiled the most points in the senior division soren jensen took the title for the boys with bridget jensen winning in the girls division maurice halsted took the intermediate boys championship and joan me- heffey topped the girls intermediate class for the juniors it was scott reesor and diane fockler team aiauuiugs were as follows bridget ramsey 695 points carol ann mc- kenney c35 points soren jensen 580 points brian baker 540 points and bob whittaker 305 points mr and mrs russell smith of ringwood accom panied by mrs jim smith park rd n attended the funeral of his brother-in- law mr ed jones of bow- manville on friday it was all play and no work for some 53 kindergarten students of orchard park school last wednes day morning when they toured a farm north of stouffville one fascinating attraction was this tractor and each child lo k his turn mtting behind the wheel teacher mrs dorccn brown assists the children in climb ing into the drivers seat the farm is owned by mr ted barry staff photo while his playmates scurried about inside the barn young stephen chewins elected to wait outside the lad passed the time inspecting the different plants then later joined the other kindergarten students the outing was held last wednesday morning i t vi stouffville it was awards night for students of orchard park public school on thursday even ing as deserving pupils were recognized for their aca demic and athletic achieve ments during the year the gathering was held in the auditorium of stouffville district high school the highlight of the pro gram was the presentation of the dr richardson award made by board chairman t e topping to 12 year old jill mcwhinnie a grade 8 graduate earlier in the eve ning jill received the stouffville lions club tro phy as the intermediate girls track and field champion s0 or over all students from grades 4 to 8 who received 80 per cent or over were honoured they included grade 4 rosemary roderick yvonne schell shirley aiken david harris susan huxtable brian mounce and jeremy williamson grade 5 geof frey aiken jennie bangay david christie donald smith kim steckley and wendy wilkes fgrnde 6 blair clarkson nancy dan iels and bryan williamson grade 7 heather bangay tricia houston lynn pat rick and jane sanderson grade s charles lyndc jill mcwhinnie rod schell russell stover and arlene yakeley subject awards individual awards were presented to the top stu- hararaie stouffville a two- car accident on main street tarly in april resulted in the conviction of orval burkholder edward street friday morning in magis trates court he pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to yield the right of way the accident occurred a- bout 11 am april 3 at the corner of main street and obrien avenue driver of the second vehicle was miss violet hoover of obrien avenue an eyewitness glenn ratclift second street told the court that he saw the burkholder auto stop north bound on obrien then pro ceed east on main street dents in english mathema tics and geography the home and school english award was received by rod schell norman christie was presented with the home and school mathematic award the chesebrough- ponds prize in geography went to charles lyndc and the margaret hosie english award was received by arlene yakeley school crests were pre sented to jennie bangay charles lynde hick neville and russell slower the witness also observed miss hoovers car approach ing miss hoover testified that when she saw the other car pull out she swerved to the right and stopped on tho curb she said she was tra velling at 20 miles per hour 200 damage investigating officer tom wauchope said that damage to the hoover car was about 200 and much less to the second vehicle according to mr burk holder his car was barely touched by miss hoover i saw the car coming but 1 thought i had sufficient time to turn he said defense lawyer william parsons said that miss hoo ver had failed in keeping proper care while driving and not keeping a proper lookout however magistrate rus sell pearse stated that the burkholder vehicle should have stayed where it was rather than enter the inter section he fined the accus ed 15 and costs of 1750 the latest fishing lures which can be guaranteed to catch many fishermen may not do so well when dangl ed in front of a fish your family would suffer if your home burned down theyd suffer loss of clothes belongings and shelter at least and they could suffer burns or other painful injuries there might be loss of life sleeping children are often over come by smoke a fire in your home could have disastrous effects yet home fires are far from uncommon an average of 25 every day in ontario last year you can protect your family and property by acting to eliminate four common causes of home fires keep matches away from children dont overload electrical circuits be careful in using and storing inflammable materials dont smoke when youre lying down in bed or on a chesterfield t a 9p insurance association jljnl home 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