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ihe stouffvilie tkisune tway december 9 165 p 5 markham public utilities comm has new headquarters markham public utilities tial subdivision a new shop- commission headquarters staff ping plaza also some 30 all- elee- which recently was expanded trie homes and a large new and moved into an all-electrical- attractive 52sulte allelectrical ly heated office building at 215 apartment building the village main street next to the munici- j squire there are some 2210 pal offices and fireball has a hydro customers in markham new managersecretary he is j and the total load is about 5500 david campbell mcvie 30 a capable young business execu- markhum district high school principal b j newell staff photo markham principal b j newell looks back over 21 years plans to retire next june markhajh only a few steps from his spacious office burton j newell principal of markham dist high school can pause and for a few brief moments look to the west through a large plate glass window he sees the roofiine of a red brick building that fronts- on albert street he also sees the beginning of a professional con nection that covers a period of more than 21 years it was his second home since 1944 markhams population has exceeded 0500 the old school has been replaced by an ultramodern structure the student enrollment has climbed from 150 to 830 the staff has increased from 8 to 43 everything is changed but burton j newell has not changed nor is he likely to change for at the conclusion of the june term he will leave his spacious office and the labyrinth of halls class rooms and auditoriums for a period of retirement he plans to travel a farm boy principal newell was born on a 300 acre farm in elgin county his first high school was at walkerton he then spent five years at wclland coming to markham in 1944 walkerton was a beautiful town he recal led i remember wolland tor it fine people markham has both only two of the fortythree teachers are original members of the staff of 44 miss cole and mrs ruth torrance then miss thacker mr newell recalled how gym classes were held in the old town hall now the site of the roxy theatre later students went to the old methodist church now the veterans hall only a pingpong table was located in the basement of the school for girls there was only a volley ball court and it was outside an ardent promoter of athle tic activities at markham high mr newell held the intercolle giate wrestling championship while enrolled at the university of toronto he is still the wrestl ing coach at markham it makes men out of boys he said fine as ever have high school boys and girls changed in the last 21 years i have always had a high opinion of young people and they are as fine today as australia and new zealand they will however continue to live in markham their bunga low home is situated on a spaci ous lot on orchard street not too far from the school some think im foolish to give up such a position he said its been rewarding but also difficult my wife and i want lo live a little while we can still enjoy it a teacher can teach too long tive who formerly was office manager for mimico public utilities commission kilowatt raised in mimico the markham puc manager- secretary david mcvie brings to his new post some valuable experience for the past 12 yrs he has served as a member of mr mcvies appointment be came effective december 6 he succeeds howard markham village urer who also held the position j office manager he was born at of secretarytreasurer for the garson ontario near sudbury graham the office staff of mimico puc clerk-treas- and the last two years as the they ever were he replied his voice was stern showing obvi ous resentment of unfair criti cism that is often attributed to teenagers if anything they have learned to accept responsi bility more than they used to they compare favourably with adults and in many instances act more sensibly than adults do they are fine reliable peo ple thumbing through the con tents of a drawer in his office he produced several wellpre served photographs they were pictures of students and the groups became noticeably lar ger as the years advanced even going back as far as 1944 he was able to call many of them both boys and girls by their first names mr newell said that he quite often meets his students of former years im always pleased to have them drop in he said his own family have also en joyed excellent academic suc cess a son paul is now in his final year of medicine at west ern university one daughter nancy is nursing in california and another daughter nora is in her second year arts also at western see the world mr and mrs newell hope to spend a good part of one year travelling to different countries of the world including both markham village realtors new office heated elecrically a new electrically heated of fice on hwy no 7 near the intersection with hwy no 48 has become the headquarters for thos n shea ltd mark- hambased realtors designed as two selfcontain ed structures joined by a com mon roof the building on hwy no 7 markham was construct ed by doug meharg markham designer and builder architect was robert greig of george j lamazaki architects scarboro the electric heating system for the thos n shea building is in keeping with the conempo- rary design we chose electric cable heat ing in particular because of its prestige value mr shea said most of the heating system is hidden from view electric heat ing cables embedded in the ceil ing plaster radiate heat down wards as the sun does base board electric heaters are in stalled in some rooms such as the reception area room air drawn in through the bottom of the baseboard units passes the heating element and is dis charged into the room by natu ral convection installation costs for the 30 kilowatts of electric heating were under 2000 which com pare favourably with costs for other forms of heating annual operating costs have been esti mated at s650 for the total 2500 square feet in both structures the electrical system for light ing and heating was installed by layoie electric scarboro the thos n shea building was the electrical contractors first elec tric heating job one section of the building is occupied by thos n shea ltd which also has offices in stouff- ville uxbridge pickering agiri- court port perry and mt albert mr graham a former ontario hydro central region staff member took over from his father the late austin graham who had been secretarytreas urer for markham puc in 1959 and 1950 as well as clerktreas urer for markham village since 1914 but markham village has been growing at a rapid pace in the past five years and the posi tion of secretarytreasurer of the public utilities commission in addition to his responsible post of clerktreasurer of the municipality was too onerous for howard graham both these posts had become fulltime occu pations and the public utilities commission acted to enlarge the staff obtain new head quarters as well as appointing a new manager some indication of the cur rent population growth of markham is given in this state ment by howard graham the village clerk- treasurer with its present population of s700 markham has one of the largest populations of any village in ontario he said five years ago there were only about 4000 people in markham now this bustling community boasts new residen- his parents to mimico dave mc vie was educated at mimico high school and the dominion business college he also has taken a lasalle university ex tension course in accounting to keep thoroughly informed in the latest trend in the electri cal field he completed the elec tric heating association course sponsored by ontario hdro dave mcvie was married in 195s to the former frances smith of bethesda near stouff- ville and they have one daugh ter lisa aged 10 months staff of nine the staff that david mcvie will direct at markham puc headquarters includes two office clerks mrs june paterson and mrs lois france as well as 6 men on the outside staff a superintendent a eaddie two linemen a ground crewman and two water department men the markham puc head quarters is the former garage display rooms and business offi ces of a local automobile dealer it has adequate space for the public utility offices storage rooms meter shop as well as garage accommodation for the local commissions four trucks comfortable modern basebuard convector electric heating is new markham puc manager mr david c mcvie is the newly appointed managersecretary or ihe markham village public utilities commission the recently opened offices are located next to tho towns munclpal building hydro rhoro provided for the offices and storage rooms mr mcvie said that the new puc headquarters is a credit to the steadily growing village and is indicative of the forward trend in markham the chairman of markham public utilities commission is charles w reesor a well known local businessman and the other members are commis sioner howard cosburn and the reeve mrs alma walker a commissioner around markham local and personal phone 2940517 the sum of 1000 was real ized for the markham minor hockey association from the game between the nhl old- timers and the metro allstars dr a l hore has been con fined to his home for a time with a bad back mr and mrs lloyd james of markham chrysler dodge re turned home this week from a trip to nassau they travelled by air too often what your friend tells you in confidence was told her in strictest confidence gordon penny was confined lo the scarboro general hospi tal for three days last week due to the recurrence of a kidney stone ailment there will be a total of four church services in st andrews united church this coming sun day the public is invited to two regular worship services in the morning and the cgit candlelight service will be conducted at both 5 pm and 730 pm in the evening friends will regret to learn that walter brignall is confined lo bed through illness jack snowball is back to work after being confined at home several weeks with back trouble mr and mrs john hale of markham chryslerdodge are leaving for a two weeks vaca tion in florida mr peter connon and mr and mrs watson fairies of stouffville visited last week with mr and mrs herb thomas main st mrs nelda graham is back behind the counter of grahams store after recuperating from an injury to her leg she slipp ed backwards down some steps to cause the injury miss colleen cork baton- twirling champion from hamil ton and a leader in the mark ham santa claus parade on saturday visited with mr and mrs jim mckean and family of stouffville in the afternoon mrs bell and miss betty bell of toronto also miss e will iamson along with mr and mrs g l williamson and mr and mrs chas nolan of stouff ville were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs john williamson elm street it was the occasion for mrs g l williamsons birthday friends of mr max reesor will be pleased to know that he is now up and around- again through the use of a walker and hopes to be released from hospital in a weeks time mr reesor was seriously injured in an auto accident several months ago the other section is shared by an insurance agency and a firm of chartered accountants the public is being invited to tour the new electrically heated building any evening from dec 13 to dec 17 from 7 to 9 pm markham firemen answered two calls on thursday evening one could have been serious when a space heater explooed in an apartment above the paint stove at main an church sts the second call was to the local laundramat mr and mrs donald thomas and bradley and mr and mrs jas thomas susan and barry enjoyed a prechristmas dinner at the apartme residence of mr and mrs herb thomas on saturday evening we are sorry to report that mr frank sevvell father of murray sewell suffered a stroke last week and is con fined to the scaiooro general hospital sympathy is extended to mr reef wilson in the passing of his aunt mrs butcher at hagersville recently during her stay here she made many friends in town friends of this community will be sorry to learn that mr george maynard is presently confined to the markham nurs ing home a word of welcome a word of welcome is extended lo mr mcvie by markham village clcrktrcasuror howard graham lefl hydro photo mr jack baird has opened ft new real estate office in the former hamilton auto building on main street mr rod tor rance has joined the firm 3 if your home is as cold as an eskimos nose its tmemr whiter was exposed santa arrives in markham a red fire truck with liglit flashlnr i enongh lo thrill any child bnl with santa clans riding on top ihe exelfemeni of the day is doubled on saturday morning children and adults by the hundreds lined the uarade route in markham o welcome 6t nick staff photo prances in parade the most colourful single entry in markharna parade on saturday waa bewt s riding this beautiful arabian staff photo