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canadaday big bash in park stouffville mayor gordon ratcliff heads a list of local celebrities planning to make a big splash this weekend the mayor along with councillors eldred king and jecky wedley jack chambers and ken may will all be volunteering for duty in the dunk tank as part of this weeks stouffville canada day celebration jthe kinsmen club is sponsoring the tank which will fperate friday night and all day saturday july 1st from 1 pm proceeds from the tank will be used for town needs such as lights for the park the dunk tank is just a small part of the various activities that will take place on saturday at the park the celebrations begin at 9 am with the start of the soccer squirt tournament the midway rides which start thursday night open at 10 am saturday along with the arts and crafts booths the silver jubilee lea garden the ladies auxiliary bake sale and the museum and food booths strictly for the kids is the ticycle decorating contest with registration at 1030 in the park judging at 11 am also at 11 am the popular chamber of commerce hamburger booth opens for business and another favourite the lalcham hall beer garden will be back this year sponsored by the newly chartered ballantrae and district lions club the highlight of the af ternoon should be the baseball game between the chum allstars and the stouffville pickups at 2 pm in the ballpark besides the ball game those sports minded residents will also be able to watch a tball contest at l pm and a lobball match at 7 pm the days activities will wind down with the stouffville legion sponsored open house at 830 pm at the legion hall en tertainment and refreshments will be made available the final event of the day is for the teen set a dance in the stouffville arena featuring the popular group liverpool and if anyone wants to cool off during the hectic day the stouffville pool will be open for free swimming from 1 to 6 pm vol 91 no 8 whitchurch stouffville june 29 1978 20 cents 18 pages board considers museums removal aurora the future of the whitchurch stouffville museum at bogarttown rests with york county board of educations planning and building committee a delegation from the town asked the board monday night to consider plans for moving the former school building which has served as a museum for the past eight years four miles to vandorf park the current site forms part of a proposed cloverleaf for highway 404 mayor gordon ratcliff told trustees the museum has been very active he told the board it really has been a going concern mayor ratcliff will attend a meeting of the committee this thursday night june 29 to hear the school boards decision the mayor told the tribune he expects full cooperation from both the school board and the ministry of transportation and com munication in completing the move hopefully to take place in 1979 when the county school board was formed the board authorized completion of sale providing the site be maintained as a museum for at least 15 years markham given region seat four reps on york council newmarket the town of markham has successfully applied to the provincial government for an increase in the size of the regional council by one member markham has now in creased its representation on the council by one member from three to four the council in cluding the chairman grows from 17 councillors to 18 mayor gord ratcliff of stouffville felt the increase in membership will decrease the efficiency of government in the region the mayor commented on the situation by saying that the bigger councils become too unwieldy to work effectively and that he felt more work got done on a smaller council as mischief charge over false theft dickson hill in formation police received recently regarding the theft of a 100000 tractortrailer and bulldozer from don traill ltd lot 32 cone 8 markham was proven to be false and as a result a stouffville area man has been charged with public mischief police were told the ford tractor with 32foot flatbed trailer and caterpillar bulldozer valued at approximately 114000 disappeared from don traill ltd lot between june 35 the items were found near binghampton new york and a suspect was investigated and a warrant issued for his arrest by york regional police however police now find that certain facts provided to them were in correct and they felt the charge will not stand up in court consequently donald victor traill 34 of the ringwood area has been charged with public mischief and will appear at court june 20 there was less time to grand stand as on a larger council at present the town of whitchurch stouffville has one member at the region the mayor went on to point out that the town of richmond hill has only three members and he feels that markham has never been short changed at the region joepickardadministrator for the town of markham said that it is felt with the towns rapid growth and with markham paying onethird of the regions lax bills three councillors only for markham represented an imbalance the town applied twice before to the region for in creased representation but both times was refused this time the town went directly to the ministry of intergovernmental affairs and were successful in their bid the new representative will lake a seat on council after the next regional elections december 1 1978 stouffville and richmond hill firemen could do little except keep the fire from spreading when a large barn at sundance farms went up in flames more than 2500 bales of hay and straw were stored in the building and firemen contented themselves with wetting down the nearby house while letting the fire burn itself out i a annegretlamure wvm barn gutted in gormley gormley fire totally destroyed a large barn at the sundance farms and equestrian centre on stouffville sideroad al the 3rd concession lasl wednesday afternoon no animals or persons were injured but some 2000 bales of hay and 500 of straw along with valuable farm machinery and a camper trailer were destroyed police and fire officials suspect that the blaze was caused by an overheated tractor several workmen were unloading hay in the building when they saw fire near the tractor they attempted to contain the blaze but were un successful it was just like a blowup said owner paul schneider who is leasing the property it was too fast both richmond hill and stouffville firefighters arrived boardoks contract caretakers to vote joe sider w ho was instrumental in getting tenants and residents of parkview an attractive new games room with the help of a new horizons grant tries out the new shuffleboard along with ruby burkholder who helped decorate the room the new facility was opened on wednesday during open house at parkview mayor gord ratcliff rev ted green parkview administrator jm nighswander as well as 130 persons enjoyed the event which was part of the towns senior citizens week activities for story and pictures see page 9 annegretlamure aurora in a 66 vote broken by chairman john stephens ballot york region public school trustees monday night ratified a salary contract with caretakers secretarial and administrative staff represented by the canadian union of public employees although terms of the agreement wont be released until members of cupe local 1734 vote on the proposals during a meeting thursday evening in aurora it was learned that the settlement is a 19month agreement retroactive to june 1 members of the cupe local with an annual payroll of about 25 million will receive a five per cent increase plus in crement allowance retroactive to june 1 salaries will jump an ad ditional five per cent jan 1 1979 and will increase with an in crement allowance in june 1979 board finance chairman bob mcmonagle praised the settlement weve got a deal over that period of lime he said noting that he 19month agreement avoids reopening negotiations in 1979 a year when unions are expected to demand major salary increases to offset losses created through the anti- inflation board regulations markham trustee doreen quirk was among the six representatives voting against the package while all refused to discuss terms of the agreement mrs quirk noted hs not outrageous but given the other decision weve made its a little high whitchurch stouffville trustee harry bowes said he opposed the settlement because it will set loo high a salary scale that could become a precedent in other contract talks craig cribar of newmarket declared a possible conflict of interest and abstained from voting actonpick of montreal keith acton did and didnt get his wish keith who was waiting to be drafted by the national hockey league following his final year with the peterborough petes was taken in the sixth round however keiths desire to play for a weaker team was not realized as the stanley cup champion montreal canadiens picked him two other players from stouffville were also taken in he draft doug todd who is presently altending the university of michigan was selected by the atlanta flames in the ninth round todd played for both the markham waxers and the markham royalls the other player doug feasby who also played for the waxers and royalls was taken by detroit red wings in he 17th round lee hall of the ballantrae 1st den beams with pride after being declared cub of the year elevenyearold lee has only been in cubbing for a year al the scene but could do little except keep the flames from spreading to the nearby house the approximately 80 by 45 foot barn and its neighbouring milkhouse were completely gutted damage is estimated at 60000 lee hall cub of the year cedar valley in his first year in cubs llyearold lee hall zoomed right up to top position cub of the year of course the title of cub of the year in ihe first ballantrae pack has become almost a family tradition as his older brother norm hall was cub of the year twice in 196970 and 197071 in his first year lee earned his skaters badge toymaker and housekeeper in addition he earned his tawny green and blue stars and racked up an amazing total of 40 bones the grade five student gets a large plaque to keep at home for a week or so and a smaller trophy which is his for keeps arrested out west stouffville a 16- yearold newmarket youth has been charged with taking a truck and tankertrailer from t h paisley sons without consent june 11 after the stolen equipment was recovered at ignace ontario york regional police said the truck was driven to calgary alia and was returning june 19 when it was driven into a ditch at ignace the youth was arrested and the vehicle im pounded gregory wm paisley 16 85 rye cresc- newmarket was ordered to appear at court june 27 charges include taking auto without consent possession over 200 and mischief jo private properly