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thetri5une ttoy uk 16 5967 tigt 3 district students sweep york county oratorical honors first prize student markham township area mary arnott 12 grade 7 woodland public school staff photo separate school slouffville second prize winner michael mccarthy 13 a grade s student at st marks staff photo school markham village third prize entry susan neely 13 a grade s student at franklin public staff photo s newmarket the markham-stouft- villc area was well represented in the winners circle at the york county oratorical competition centennial held at newmarket march 9 in fact the three students from these districts swept the field in placing first second and third it marked the first time in the history of the county speaking contest that this had occurred classed as number one was 12 year old mary arnott a grade 7 pupil from woodland public school in markham township area 1 her subject was a trip across canada she was the last of the fourteen participants to address the assembly second piace went to 13 year old michael mccarthy of lcmonvillc a grade 8 student at st marks separate school in stouftvillc his subject was television commercials the third place prizewinner was 12 year old susan neely a grade 8 student at franklin school markham village hci topic was treasure home honorable mention went to josic mccarthy of king township senior public school judges were mrs patricia hughes toronto teachers col lege and mrs edna izzard former english teacher on the staff of richmond hill high school they were introduced by public school inspector may- nard hallman each of the awardwinners received individ ual trophies while all entries were presented with pens and centennial pins five year contract sunrise service markham mark ham fair president vv a bill sutherland verified a report this week that the board had signed a fiveyear contract with conklin midway company a meeting of the executive was held at the markham arena march i it was the third meeting conducted litis year as plans move ahead toward a colorful centennial show septem ber 2s29 and 30 the next gathering is slated for wednesday april 5 at eight oclock items discussed includ ed a more simplified prize iist and an overlapping of fair dates prize list revisions have been placed in the hands of a committee that in cludes bill sutherland walter gould wally rcc- sor alex davidson jerry mann mrs merna cos- burn mrs hilda camp bell and miss olive shad- lock at the fairs convention held in toronto maurice hamill a markham fair past president won a first place prize for colored slides taken of fair activi ties and put up for compe tition stouffville a cen tennial sunrise service sponsored by the young peoples organizations of all stouffville churches will be held in the memo rial park on easter sun day march 26 following the worship coffee and doughnuts will be served at christ anglican church persons both young peo ple and adults interested in joining the choir for this special occasion are invited to attend a practice at the christian memorial church stouffville sun day evening at 9 pm the july 2 centennial service also planned for the sloultville park has been rescheduled for 230 pm rather than in the morning as first planned all churches have been in vited to participate entries desired with the p line fast approaching few girls in the stouffville area have shown interest in entering the centennial beauty pageant planned for april 22 in the audito rium of the high school the committee headed by jean barclay feels that the talent requirement is responsible for the hesi tancy on the part of gins to enter this will be en larged to include arts and crafts hobbies and per formances cither singly or as a group program chairman lome boadway has sug gested that coin collection boxes be placed in stouff ville stores in an effort to gain support for an adopt ed child under the chris- insurance mixup buttonville a case involving insurance on a station wagon proved confusing even to the court friday when mrs margo colpitts formerly of victoria square ap peared to answer a charge filed by markham town ship police pc william sheridan said that on jan 13 he stopped louis cancelli and questioned the driver he found that the vehicle supposedly owned by mrs colpitts was not insured mrs colpitts said she had transferred the car to mr cancelli and he was supposed to have trans ferred the insurance from his truck to the station wagon she cannot drive or own a vehicle since her licence has been suspend ed tian childrens fund of canada the committee has voted 510 for the childs support during the first month mrs gordon barkey stouffville rr 2 is in charge of this project more lights although the commit tee expressed appreciation of the centennial lighting display donated to the tiwn by the stouffville puc chairman r f farr suggested that more strings of lights could be erected to fill in several vacant spaces along the main street he promised to present a recommenda tion at the next meeting of the commission although an official coat of arms for stouffville has not been designed both dr d j pctrie and or chard park principal keith sutherland voiced support of the idea mr sutherland suggested that when completed it should be registerd with the u- lege of heralds and ac cepted as stouffvilles of ficial crest fire levels barn on 7th concession markham township children playing with matches have been blamed for a fire on the 7th concession markham township that destroyed a frame barn on the property of louis systma three cows and a pony belonging to mr gary brown were saved firemen from markham fought the blaze for nearly two hours staff photo i m 11 si markham not one losttime accident in more than six years of continuous work is the outstanding safety record that the entire staff of ontario hydros markham area has established the staff of 80 persons including 22 linemen 1 1 foresters 17 station and site maintenance and 30 inside commercial staff members have worked more than 2100 consecutive days without any injuries that would cause them to take time off this represents a total of approximately 890000 manhours of work that is accident free 11400 customers markham area covers a territory of some 275 square miles and includes rural and suburban sec- hospital promoters discuss building plans an important meeting between promoters of a 200 bed retarded childrens hospital in slouffville and members of planning board and the industrial com mission concluded on an optimistic note thursday night shown here leaving committee rooms are left to right promoter fred lafontaine industrial commission member walton todd planning board chairman reg mackay and builder john bernard kennedy staff photo twentyfifth anniversary mr and mrs fred cros- sen church st south cele brated their 25th wedding anniversary on sunday at the home of her sister mr and mrs russell vceks paramount avenue mark ham tors with a total of 11400 customers the power load in markham area amounts to 25300 kilowatts and the staff has 415 miles of dis tribution lines also ap proximately 315 miles of transmission subtrans mission and communica tion lines as well as seven key transformer stations to maintain four linemen and 21 station and site maintenance men arc lo cated at hydros scarbor ough transformer station and cherrywood switch ing station two of the principal stations serving metropolitan toronto and district often hazardous because of the some times hazardous nature of the work the record of 2100 accidentfree days ac complished by markham area staff is quite signifi cant linemen and forest ers are called out in all kinds of weather and especially during severe ice storms and wind or elec trical storms to make cer tain that electric power service is maintained to customers this requires great care when conditions are extremely bad fore men as well as line and forestry crew members must be especially alert at such times when extreme weather conditions in crease the dangers of acci dents pay tribute a tribute was paid to markham area staff mem bers by adam s smith hydros central region manager who commented on the unique record mr smith said the splendid safety record of markham area staff indicates a de termination on the part of everyone to work safely at all times as a matter of habit also to consider and guard against whatever hazards may be present in the job being done at the time it also indicates an appreciation on the part of each staff member concerning the value of thinking safely and about planning every job with safely in mind the 2100 day accident- free record will be observ- cd at a dinner on march 31 at cedarbrae golf and country club markham area a suitable award in the form of a framed cer tificate will be presented at that time by region manager adam s smith to area manager m e crompton and the fore men on behalf of the en tire markham area staff to mark the excellent rcc- ord of safe work perform- ancc the soviet 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