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i i i i i i i electorate rejects york county school board system donald deacon mpp yqrkcentkr a crosssection of resi dents replying to a questionnaire distributed throughout the hiding of yorkcentre by mpp dinald deacon have indicated an al most total rejection of the new county system of education this was onlv one of five questions posed by mr deacon fifteen hundred persons replied while constituents turned thumbs down on jurisdiction of education wide the present county board plan there was also overwhelm ing rejection of the former system residents are asking for it modified program which per mits more community control this according to mr deacon should be possible and practical when a new system of local government is de veloped at that time he suggests the merg ing of councils and school boards to ensure a request more local jurisdiction coordinated effort and maximum utilization of community facilities and financial resources on the question of local government 18 said they would like to join metro o2 wish a reorganizatioi into more logical communities of local government and 27 are satisfied to leave things as ihev now are it is interesting to note that thornhill 25 and woodbridge 27 wish to become part of metro while in the town f markham only 9 favor such a move and j8- want the community to remain as is mr deatm points to the g8 turnout at the last mirkham municipal election as an in dication that a strong satisfying community of interest exists there tax support of independent schools is over whelmingly opposed the survey shows while approximately 30 of the residents are roman catholic only 20 which includes many who are no roman catholic wish such schools to receive provincial tax money on tile question of marijuana adults are strongly opposed to any change in the present laws related to this problem mr deacon ex presses concern over this attitude he feels that sin answer must be found to the communica tions barrier between adults and voung people reflected in the widespread use of drugs among todays teens mr deacon suggests thai or ganizations such as the markham family life centre may help bridge the gap before irre parable damage is done he recommends too that all parents show a willingness to face the fact of the breakdown in understanding be tween generations and help seek a permanent solution on the question of welfare the replies were inconclusive leading mr deacon to believe that the question was not worded properly while only 75 of the constituents res ponded mr deacon says the result is consider ably above most question polls of this kind many of the replies were accompanied by let ters of explanation the advice is of great value in maintaining communications with you as your elected rep resentative at queens park he concluded largest weekly markham stouffyille uxbridge in the district all the news whitchurch i uxbridge markham i pjckerlng of all 4 townships vol 81 xo 32 stoltfylllkmarkhamlxbrldgi ont thursday ian 8 1970 15 gents ellen carter her hie a symbol o cowraye claremont se ven years of residence in a community like claremont is consider ed brief it was just that long ago that mr and mrs george carter and fam ily moved to the village from toronto they purchased the former will palmer home ellen carter was then 12 and a grade 8 pupil at claremont public school on tuesday dec 30 ellen died in princess margaret hospital but the courage she showed through twelve months of declining health won her the ad miration and esteem of everyone in the area the deceased was a member of the clare- moot baptist church and a memorial service in her honor will be held there jan 18 at 230 pm conducted by the pastor rev f a luck and dr ivan mor gan dean of divinity college mcmaster uni versity hamilton dr morgan has been a long time friend of the fam ily he will read the eulogy written in el lens memory by her sister georgia mrs robert wilson of agin- court ellen a lovely look ing girl with high am bitions and ideals was stricken with a disease known as lvmphona an honor student in grade 13 at pickering dist high school she could not return to class fol lowing the christmas vacation period of 1968 in spite of this she was accepted for the fall en rollment at the univer sity of guelph she later found it necessarv lo withdraw it was ellens ulti mate desire to become a veterinarian she eighteen year old ellen carter of claremont won the hearts of an entire community displayed the courage that loved horses and had become an excellent rider she also excelled in many other fields she was a beautiful swimmer and had earn ed her bronze medal lion in lifesaving she was an expert canoeist a skipper in sailing and bad won her best camp ers award she was a member of the girl guides in toronto and later in claremont while everything re lated to outdoors life was her first love el len was also a fine pianist and had advanc- ced to grade 10 in mu sic the past year had been an agonizing or deal for the family as ellen underwent many weeks of almost con tinuous tests and treat ment she was able lo be home from hospital to serve as a bridesmaid at her sisters wedding in october and while her health deteriorated she never lost hope that she would one day be completely well again she sent out all her own christmas cards and wrapped her own christmas gifts from her hospital bed she would have marked her 19th birthday jan 7 an in life so in death the courage dis played this pretty teen age claremont girl has won her the respect of the entire community the late ellen carter is an example to all young people everywhere markham twp office employees in salary stalemate markham twp negotiations between the twp of markham and local 1219 canadian union of public employ ees have broken down al the conciliation officer stage and the matter will now be referred to a con ciliation board the tri bune learned this week the case may noi be heard until some time in february douglas flood presi dent of local 1219 said no settlement would be ac cepted short of parity with surrounding areas he is supported by bill baker and clifford davics other members of the lo cal union committee frank kitchen national representative of cupe charged that the attitude adopted by markham township was very irres ponsible and similar to the horse and buggy ap proach experienced in vaughan i think they need and will get at the appropriate time a damn good strike- to waken them up to the fact thai they can no long ertreat their employees as second class citizens he said mr kitchen observed that the council bad voted themselves up to a 200 increase in salaries but expected the office em ployees to settle for about 5 percent lady passenger suffers broken hip markham twp a twocar collision on the markham whitchurch townline friday sent two persons to hospital and caused an estimated 3500 damage most seriously injured was mrs edgerton club- ine westlawn crescent stouffville a passenger in a westbound 1959 ford driven by her husband she suffered a broken hip the second auto a 1970 ford station wagon was driven by douglas lye richmond street east tor onto he was not hurt both mr and mrs clu- bine were admitted lo york central hospital richmond hill mr clu- bine was released the same day police said the clubine auto was struck broadside as the driver attempted a lefthand turn into the canine control premises of jim ryan west of cone 6 a son charles resides directly across the road and this created some con fusion until an officer had an opportunity to speak to the injured later uxbridge gravel bylaw quashed supreme court township assessed costs uxbr1dgk twp uxbridge township gravel considered an asset by some and an evil by others still poses the councils most serious problem the municipality suffered its mo serious set back to date when on dec 19 judge j c moor- housc ruled in favor of an application filed by the firm of markham sand and gravel limited and quashed the only bylaw established to control this type of operation the case was heard dec 17 in the ontario supreme couit toronto colin l campbell rep resented the company william c parsons ap peared for the corporation the judgment handed down reads in part in my respectful opinion the declared purpose while highly iaudiblc in character goes far beyond the purposes authorized in reading the bylaw as a whole i can only conclude that the general nature thereof is prohibitory in character rather than regulatory in view of this conclusion the bylaw should be wholly quashed and i so order signed j moorhousc a costs relevant to the case have been assessed against the township councillor clark muirhcad a strong advocate of stilfci controls over the gravel industry ex pressed disappointment over the judges ruling he said the bylaw had represented weeks of work and had incorporated provisions included in at least ten other bylaws from other municipalities mr muirhcad said councils only hope now was for approval of the official plan and zoning bylaw scheduled to be heard by the ontario municipal board at whitby jan 19 if they arc thrown out then uxbridge town ship can be considered nothing but a mining camp to be torn apart from one end to the other mr muirhcad concluded oratorical contest i stouffville the annual public speaking contest for high school students sponsored bv the lions club will be held in the masonic hall on mon day evening jan 12 be- gining at 730 pm residents are invited to come and hear these young people in this ora torical competition which takes in both junior and seniors grades the win ner will advance to the zone and later the re gional finals chairman of the com mittee in charge of this event is lion bill murphy snowmobilers meet markham a public meeting to which all snow mobilers and other per sons interest in proposed snowmobile legislation for the town of markham are invited to attend will be held in the council cham bers jan 12 at 8 pm 9th me cow oad markham markham town council has passed a resolution requesting the county of york assume the ninth concession road between steeles avenue and the bloomington side- road and include its re construction in their 1970 estimates it was agreed by all members monday that the existing system of ar terial roads was of little use to the people of mark ham and that the recon struction of concession 9 would benefit not only the town but also the village of stouffville in alleviating traffic problems it was pointed out that the towns share levied in the county roads budget during the past three years was 34682300 but there are no county roads in or near enough to mark ham to be of any benefit the councils of whit church and m a r k h a m townships and the village of stouffville will be ask ed to support the recom mendation lawyers honored markham markham solicitor j lachlan catta- nach is one of 128 ontario lawyers to be appointed as queens counsel by pro vincial attorney general arthur wishart mr catlanach of the firm of cattanach and hindson main street north resides on savan nah crescent his father mr john cattanach is a solicitor of long standing in the town other lawyers in the area similarly honored are milton j mowbray of km- sale william bruce aff leck whitby and henry stephen polak of ajax to qualify for queens counsel recognition a lawyer must be a member lachlan cattanach of the bar for at least 12 years to close ringwood postoffice ringwood the ringwood post office a mail pickup service that has operated in the com munity for hi years will be closed al the end of this month residents numbering about 50 within a half- mile radius of the depot have been obtaining their mail there the office is located in the general store operated bv ken phillips three alternatives have been offered residents may erect individual mail boxes and accept delivery on the rural route pick up their mail at one of two group boxes to be lo cated east and west of the hwy 48 intersection or call for it at the post of fice in stouffville postmaster jack sand ers of stouffville said all current mail recipients at ringwood had been in formed of the proposed change and had voiced lit tle opposition to the move copter pilot safe brother aids search the oncebustling cnr station stop now sleeps under a blanket of snow a laywalking dog trots across the snowcovcrcd tracks near the stouffville station the only sign of activity on the local cnr line the passage of trains through here has become so infrequent that even general maintenance has been reduced to a minimum jas thomas stouffville thirtysix year old ro land mcneil of grand- view washington missing 12 days in the frozen ice- lands of alaska has turn ed up safe and sound at uniint 200 miles north of the arctic circle a brother bob resides at 20 church street north in stouffville and left by air jan 1 to assist in the search roland a pilot of a 206- a helicopter crashlanded bis craft while en route from prudhoe bay to an chorage he was accom panied by brendan kil- murrav 28 of astoria new york the two sought safely trudging a distance of 40 miles in temperatures that dropped jo 34 degrees be- low zero bob couldnt s i t around he had lo help said mrs mcneil she said the search party gladly ac cepted his offer lo assist the news of rons where abouts was received here sunday morning the two men were pick ed up al umial and flown to hospital in anchorage for treatment and obser vation carl brady president of era helicopters inc of anchorage and owner of the downed copier said the pair was warmly dres sed and carried sufficient food for another five days mrs mcneil said she expected her husband home later this week girl suffers broken leg stouffville a 14 14 year old markham township girl suffered a broken left leg and will be confined to traction in scarboro centenary hos pital for six weeks follow ing a snowmobile accident on her fathers farm debbie cox daughter of mr and mrs gordon cox stouffville kri was a passenger on the machine that tipped over on its side after crashing into a wire fence the driver escaped injury debbie is a grade 8 stu dent at mark ii school unionville in order thai she may keep pace with her classmates a tutoring service is provided three days per week