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a4 tribune april 5 1989 editors mail public dear editor i can remain silent no longer a group of parents with children attending summitview school should be ashamed for some reasons theyre obviously out to get mr elliot the principal i understand their feeling against mr elliot go deep its high time these parents and the tribune made these com plaints public let them call a meeting and air their dirty linen for all to see and hear then the rest of us can draw our own conclusions about whos right and whos wrong sincerely mrs cecile arbour stouffer street stouffville secret dear editor the parents vs principal bob elliot summitview school is getting out of hand the fact a meeting was held tuesday in private hasnt helped the situation some of us on the outside want to know whats going on will someone please explain the position of principal is tough enough without a group of back biting parents working against him ive been enquiring but to date have found out very little perhaps your newspaper can do a little dig ging on my behalf sincerely mrs doreen ferguson stouffville the tribune established 1888 fexj jahes th0ma patricia pappas deborah weller jennifer hutt editor publisher advertising manager distribution manager retail advertising susan berry manager charles canning real estate classified advertising joan marshman heal estate manager dorotfry young distribution sandy kiteley arlene maddock business office manager cnre bertram doreen deacon national sales representative metrotand corporate sates 4931300 the swuve trsuie pushed every weawmay fcats ano sunday a si mati sy vves sroufvi fid0 rj c 0 tr tjevmk prkoq putting aid qr dutng gotp of commurvry nespapef s lh include the acior free press aipceng n adverser ajrca 3ane bar banner adwjnce sjnpton guadai burtngon posl etoocoe adrsefguacai georgetown lndeperdelt kngson tnj wee mariat econcmt and sun mrron chanpyi msssaisa nes neiae era oavke beavef osiaiwhy tim wee- rhmond hn- trkynrivajgnai loeraj scaccjc twot 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sooner someone makes a state ment the better even before mr elliot had officially taken over the principalship at summit- view we detected feelings of frigidity the sensitivity escalated in the months to follow prompting a public meeting it was our opinion problems had been ironed out that peace had been restored the return of hostilities prior to the start of march break proved we were wrong it was only by accident we learned of the incamera meeting at aurora march 28 but again everyones been sworn to secrecy the closest to a statement we can obtain is no comment hardly an enlightening response this is stouffville not north york scarborough or toronto where parentteacherprincipal rela tions are less personal issues can be shrouded in secrecy for weeks even months not so here too many people tell too false hope little wonder the federation of agriculture stands strongly opposed to the creation of residential subdivisions in rural areas a comparable situation has occurred with respect to the fledgling westfield estates and the longestablished flea market the flea markets been operating successfully at its present site more than 25 years the westfield buildup occurred five years ago so whos complaining the home owners of course as if the residents had no idea the sales barn was there when they arrived sorry folks youll have to cry on so meone elses shoulder many stories excluding the inner sanctum no one knows what to believe this confusion is clearly expressed in several letters received this week give us the facts one parent writes unfortunately the way education bureaucracy works this unsavory situation could go on til june we take people as we find them bob elliots been extremely co operative with us weve been equally impressed with the way hes handled studentrelated problems beyond this we know nothing and no ones talking except in whispers trustee harry bowes caught in the middle calls it a lot of small problems all adding up to one big headache the tribune welcomes an explanation from both sides then the non- aligned can decide for themselves theres no one with endurance like the man who sells insurance woman too its a familiar saying and in my opi nion true some of us arent cut out for this type of profession certainly im not while not short on endurance i have difficulty selling people on something they may need but dont want this is life insurance im talking about not protection for ones house or car what boy or girl of ix thinks about dy ing at sixty to him or her its a kind of crude joke even mentioning such a thing look then at the other end of the scale age fiftynine and imagine my surprise when i received a call recently from an agent in richmond hill id like to drop by some evening and talk about insurance the gentleman said at first i was certain he had the wrong name i thought i got rid of those guys thir ty years ago i said to myself sug gesting he should check the number and dial again is this jim thomas si rupert avenue he continued i hesitatingly admitted that it was then youre the person i want to see and your wife he insisted dcsparately i tried to put him off claiming jean had music mania prac tice wednesdays choir practice thursdays and i was working monday through sunday but this chap would have none of my excuses ill come to your office then he stated we finally agreed on a date and time i was soon to discover he was the bearer of had news it seems hack in 1959 the year i was married id taken out a straight life policy for 5000 it was meant for protection only in case the honeymoon experience proved too hard on my heart its been known to happen you know in the il years since s75 has been extracted from our savings account monthly we often wondered why but never bothered to check this mutual agent had you should never have been sold a policy like that lie stated he proceed- excellent dear editor a brief note of congratulations on your newspapers support of the librarys march break program the page 1 photo plus the cl photo spread was excellent the library provides a fine ser vice within the community made all the belter by he dedication of its marvellous staff sincerely dolores martin geoffrey crescent stouffville ed to explain how the s5000 could be lip ped to s15000 with no increase in premium passing a medical was the only prerequisite then he gave me the news that caused my heart to sink into my shoes he produced statistics showing how an investment of s20 a month over a 40 or 50 year period could run into the tens of thousands of dollars interest when allowed to compound expands dramatically he said imagine he stated instead of slaving over a video display terminal io stouffville you could be lying on a beach in sarasota not a worry in the world now he tells me i mumbled to myself j jean always the patient spouse con cerning my financial mismanagements sat in relative silence still i could feel her how could you he so stupid stares she had a right for like me she tod could be soaking up the sun in sarasota without coming right out and saying so the agent suggested we not let our sons and daughters fall into the same trap i everyone he said should look for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow thats fine for them i replied hut too late for me not entirely he responded sym pathetically pointing to the 15000 jean will receive at least itll put handles on your casket historic youth for christ reunion planned for june 18 forty years ago saturday evening youth for christ services would fill the sanctuary and balcony of second markham springvalc baptist church this year a reunion is planned for june is at the markham mis sionary church the majority of yfc choir members will attend pic tured here arc front row left to right doris tslccklcy pilkcy ruth atkinson masters pauline barkcy warnica alice barkcy baker joyce jones gilchrist ruth timbers clarke barbau lliscy widcman marian gostick lladdow jean brown doner rear row left to right gladys ratcliff marg rcid conner belly widcman ballcnlync marg lliscy clarke ruth kerr stccklcy marjorie sproxton merle gray hudson shirley schcll doner lillian brown macaloney iaiiric winborn boakc