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with binoculars and camera cranberry marsh haven for rare water birds thursday october 21 1971 the tribune page 15 by edge and betty pegg ajax we were cutting a load of corn for the cows the other i day when suddenly there was a loud bang one of the tires had blown out while in the act of changing the flat harvey medland a teacher at jarvis st collegiate dropped by within a moment the whole atmosphere seemed to change when harvey ex claimed its all there you name it at the corner marsh theres hudsonian godwit pectoral stilt and bairds sandpipers he didnt have to say more for we were already planning a trip there the following day the corner marsh is located two miles due east of the nuclear rplant at the mouth of duf fins creek arriving at the i marsh we found don pegg of whitevale photographing a jbittern less than ten jeet away a dozen or jnore great blue heron stood in the shallow 3vater and with the scope we spotted coots grebe and gallinule low water levels had left large mud banks and here the shore birds flocked greater yellowlegs stilt rpectoral and solitary jfeandpipers dunlin jilowitchers and snipe tbne shore bird stood jaway from the others it was a bairds a jsandpiper which migrates chiefly through the great plains ducks were plentiful and among them we found the rarest bird of the day a pair of hudsonian godwit these large water birds are scarce and seldom venture inland carloads of people were now arriving at the marsh and someone shouted geese we looked to see the honkers flying south 130 of them in their v formation there were also geese at the cranberry marsh on our arrival and in no way could we count the number of ducks we did manage to check off 9 species a fine flock of rusty blackbirds i n terspersed with red wings flew past us but neither the osprey or snow goose were visible although both had been observed the previous day the 80 acre cran berry marsh is soon to become a water fowl sanctuary if present negotiations go through the central lake ontario con servation authority has great plans for this unique area which is 3 miles east of ajax its value as a breeding ground for waterfowl and a stopover area for migratory birds cannot be over estimated it is also understood that this sanctuary will not include recreation areas or picnic tables in short it will be a piece of canada strictly for the birds and were all for it gutted rink built by betz stouffville at least one person in stouffville felt keenly the effects of a fire oct 3 which gutted the tamoshanter golf and country club ken betz president of betz construction has been with the 1956 when his firm built the swimming pool during the same year and the following one betz construction built the banquet hall kitchens and bowling tuneup now alleys they erected the original curling rink in 1958 adding4 more sheets in 1959 except for the swimming pool all these structures were destroyed in sundays fire mr betz associated estimated the ruined club since buildings were worth half to threequarters of a million dollars william sparkhall owner of the tan- oshanter has not yet announced his plans for rebuilding he predicted however that reconstruction of the facilities would take a year plugs points condenser scope test from 20 to 30 labor included winterize thermostat antifreeze flush system from 16 0 20 labor included block heater installed complete j o labor included for service worthwhile see emerald isle 6402400 main street hwy 47 stouffville twins celebrate birthdays by mrs burnett jamieson balsammt zion mrs richard day and mrs dorothy noon who are twins marked their 72nd birthday sunday by enjoying supper at the home of mr and mrs ewart orr in stouff ville mr and mrs bur nett jamieson and mrs lewis jones attended the baptismal service for ann martin daughter of mr and mrs duncan martin at cobourg sunday iiiiii wayside fruit market hwy 48 17th ave markham now is the time to stock up on your winter supplies iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmii this weekend wayside will be treating each child with a bag of goodies for halloween come in and see us amawwrn mimihiwihw receives pilots wings lieutenant j e jim denovan24 of willowdale is seen here receiving his canadian forces pilots wings from brigadiergeneral r p st john jim is the first pilot to receive his wings since the advanced flying training school relocated to cold lake from gimli manitoba this sum mer a 1970 graduate of the royal military college kingston with a degree in economics jim was undergoing his advanced training at gimli when he was taken out of action for three months due to illness when he was finally able to resume training he discovered that the school had moved two provinces away however he eventually got back to work and has now been able to stage a oneman graduation parade jims mother mrs h w denovan resides near ballantrae canadian forces photo the u c w ladies day mrs ewart orr saturday nov 13 as gathered for their of stouffville was the tne ate for their fall regular meeting at the guest speaker bazaar and tea home of mrs richard members agreed to set year with big savings for you and your family prices slashed on toys wrappings etc mattels hot wheels talking story books and see say talking toys and big savings on fairy tale pop- up books all giant coloring books games puzzles toys special savings on christmas paper decorations dont forget we have halloween candy and party decorations big savings in all departments 19 main st w stouffville teachers win 57 salary hike york cty york countys elementary school teachers have ratified a salary agreement for 197172 the new schedule gives them a 57 percent increase over last year it will raise the average salary for 1171 elementary teachers excluding principals and responsibility al lowances to 8410 from last years average of 7938 with the inclusion of the systems 64 principals and the responsibility al lowances for a further 114 people the average salary is 9096 compared to last years 8628 minimum salaries remain the same in all classifications teachers in category 1 will move from 5400 to 7300 in five years compared to last years maximum of 7100 for this category in category 2 minimum is 5800 with maximum now 9200 compared to 9000 last year the maximum here con tinues to be reached in eight years teachers in category 3 however will reach the maximum of 10900 in 10 years instead of the former 10600 reached after 11 years settlement with the elementary teachers was reached after 14 meetings chief dif ficulty arose from category definitions which the teachers wished amended the teachers have set up a committee to study this for next year in making the report to the board trustee jack mackay chairman of the boards salary negotiations com mittee gave warm praise to members of the teachers committee who had worked so hard over the negotiations and also to the trustees who he felt had also 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