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whitchurch centre a centennial project the trisune tkrvby septenfcer 21 5567 ttvt j presiding at the opening ceremonies of the new recreation centre near ballantrae saturday were left to right reeve ross farquharson senator wallace mccutcheon rev roy inglisand york county warden floyd perkins stall photo mm one of three bands in attendance was the stouffville drum and bugle corps the ccnturians staff photo a portion of the crowd is shown here in the background is the new recreation centrebuilding stall photo huge readymix plant soiling bloomington cen tennial readymix a huge v 200000 concrete plant at bloomington in whit church township is roll ing out he cement at the rate of 100000 yards a year the structure erected in april is equipped with the most modern of automatic equipment the owners arc brothers russ and dave forfar the plant with sclf-con- taincd offices and shop is fully winterized gravel storage capacity is 650 tons the firm has eight ready- mix trucks with a total car rying capacity of 50 yards they serve a radius of 25 miles investigate school sites tax sales goodwood tax sales of properties in on tario county will be held dec 5 at jo am at the county building whitby there is only one such pro perty in uxbridgc town ship the arrears arc 84776 plus costs for a to tal figure of 90040 in the entire county the tax arrears after three years total about 4000 five of the properties arc in bcavcrton two in the township of scugog two in the township of thorah and one in port perry unionv1lle the site of the new senior school in markham tsa 2 is just as indefinite as the school itself property chairman el- son miles informed a re cent meeting of the board that negotiations for pro perty on the larosc estale concession 7 had not pro gressed in view of the delay trustees agreed that new sites should he investi gated one suggested was a portion of the madscn pro perty bordering cone 7 near the larosc lands close to services from markham village trustee eldred king rec ommended that prices on this lot and two others in unionvillc be obtained meanwhile markham twp council has turned down a debenture applica tion from the board for 990000 pending a plebis cite on the issue ux bridge township nominations goodwood nomin ations in the township of uxbridgc will be held no vember 22 in the commun ity mall at goodwood from 7 to s pm an election if required will be held dec i both dates were set by council at a meeting sept 1 1 the necessary bylaw will be prepared by the clerk charges withdrawn markham two char ges of making indecent telephone calls and one of sending false messages fil ed against a markham vil lage woman were with drawn in magistrates court tuesday mrs marian hollands 36 of main street had been charged in june by mark ham township police they said that the accused had made several indecent calls to township resi dents i senator mccutcheon cuts ribbon ballantrae sena- ator wallace mccutcheon may have failed in his bid for the leadership of the progressive conservative party but he made friends and influenced m any people at the official open ing of the new recreation centre east of ballantrae saturday it is whitchurch township centennial pro ject senator mccutcheon was introduced to the gathering of several hundred by reeve ross farquharson this is a wonderful his torical vent in the life of the people of whitchurch township he said but 1 hop yru will not be con tent with only this i hope you will push on with fur ther projects everything need not come to a stop at the cr of 1967 we must go on working into the sec ond century at the con clusion of the cutting of the red ribbon rev roy inglis of ballantrae u n i t e d church offered the prayer of dedication commend executive reeve farquharson com mended the diligent work of centennial committee chairman jack wylie and members of the executive for seeing the project through he also expressed appreciulion to mr and mrs ivan mclaughlin for their gift of the stone gate way at the entrance to the site warden floyd perkins brought greetings from york county music for the occasion was supplied by the stouff ville drum and bugle corps the newmarket b r ant the clare- mont citizens band an excellent program of vocal instrumental and dance talent was enjoyed by the audience during the after noon and evening claims view blocked stoufv1llf al- though a sloufvillc lady entered a plea of guilty to a traffic charge in magis trates court sept 8 she won an adjournment of the case when evidence presented aroused some doubt in the mind of mag istrate russell pcarsc he changed the plea of mrs marjorie beaumont elm road to one of not guilty and set a new date of oct 20 for the hearing pc david haddcu of stoullvillc testified that the driver was in collision with another vehicle aug 9 at the intersection of fairvicw avenue and main street he charged her with failing to yield mis beaumont said that she brought her auto to a she page ii lumber building supply sale tues sept 2g iarkside youth centre mi west of stonitvillc on stouttvllle ltd over 350 lots ratcliff lumber its new in uxbridge uxbridge hills taxi 2i hours 8526948 metered rales wmm wanted willowdalc doctor has inspected most of small farms in the area but clue to a temporary shortage of listings wc require from 5 to 50 acres suitable for developing inio weekend retreat could have buildings or vacant land in the 50000 to 50000 range within 15 miles of stouffville all cash is available he will inspect any suitable properly this weekend contact harry road as soon as possible for more details call 6i020s2 or 6101316 or write box si9 stouffville thos n shea ltd realtors jelfis kb mcrlyn baker cone s whitchurch township is carrying the banner for the ndp party in the riding of north york a wellknown farmer in the area he has held prominent position in farm organizations as well as district nublic and hich school boards stall photo merlyn baker carries york north banner for ndp stouffville merlyn baker new democratic party candidate in york north feels fully qualified to deal with problems as faced by the farmers in his riding hes been a farmer all his life born 52 years ago the son of morgan baker and gertrude clubine he con tinues to reside in the same home once occupied by his parents his father a former whitchurch township reeve now lives near king city the baker family name is wellknown and highly respected throughout the whole of the county merlyn baker received his public school education at bloomington and lemon- yillc he later attended the stouffville continuation school the depression cr hon donald c mac- too vividly recalled by mr baker those were the days when a fellow felt rich if he had an extra quarter in his pocket it sure was a stuggle to make ends meet took over farm in 1934 morgan baker entered the ontario lcgis- lalure and mcrlyn look over on the home front he was only 19 in 1941 he married helen bell of stouffville in second markham baptist church they have a fam ily of four three sons and one daughter morgan 23 works a 100 acre farm directly across the road on highway 48 john recently completed his grade 13 at stouffville dist secondary school and peter is now in grade 12 gertrude now mrs douglas sheridan lives at newmarket she is a registered nurse in york county hospital many activities although for most folks farming is a fulltime job merlyn has taken an active interest in other phases of community work he serv ed for six years as a trustee at lemonville school and since 1958 has been a mem ber of the stouffville high school board a portion of this period as chairman in addition he has served as a director of the york county hog producers association and the york county federation of agriculture he spent a great deal of time on the now defunct fame project and it was during personal contacts with farmers in the area that he became aware of their problems like his father although his father was a liberal mcrlyn baker has had close connections with politics down through the years there are impor tant issues at stake today and reforms are needed the ndp party is i be lieve the party to carry out those reforms mr baker admits that he holds high regard for the party lead- donald aid these are the issues on which he is currently con ducting his campaign cd housing within reach of all who merit home owner ship 2 legislation to give all farm organizations self- determining powers to abolish dictatorial methods presently employed by the ontario farm marketing board and the ontario milk marketing committee 3 legislation to halt unfair trading practices mislead ing advertising and gim micks 4 electoral reform which means full disclos ure of all contributions to political parlies with limits on amounts and appropri ate penalties for breach of the act 5 restoration of responsible government in ontario with a minimum of bureaucracy these and other views will be expressed by mr baker at a public meeting in the stouffville legion hall wednesday sept 27 at 8 oclock full stop then proceeded across the highway with out seeing a car approach ing from another direction she said that she had since checked the scene closely and found that signs on a service slstion lot tend to block a motorists view magistrate pcarsc recom mended that the officer look the corner over and present his opinion when the case rcconvcncs special missionary conference at second markham baptist church sunday sept 21 730 pm rev jack mckillop of jamaica baptist midmissions monday sept 25 s pm rev harold fuller of nigeria sim mission tuesday september 26 8 pm miss bessie i alee from tchad africa wednesday sept 27 s pm miss muriel davis or jamaica baptist midmissions thursday scpl 2s 8 pm miss olive smith from he congo friday scpl 29 8 pm miss joyce hatch brazil s america sunday oct 111 am 730 pm rev mrs frank cook quito ivcuador station hcjb meet your candidateforqueerfs park family man don deacon is 47 he and his vife florence have lived on the family farm at unionvillc for the past 20 years they have six children 5 boys and 1 girl ranging in age from 7 to 19 annual holidays have been spent in family camping and they have visited almost every province in this vay dons recreation is scottish country dancing and travel he is following a family political heritage from his grandfather who was premier of new brunswick and minister of railways in the laurier cabinet churchman don deason is also a concerned layman who is active in interfaith projects he is an elder at central united church unionville vhere he has taught sunday school for many years and has also served as steward he was chairman of the successful york presbytery projects fund in 1965 and organizer of laymens weekend retreats from 1959 to 1961 don is vice president of the unionvill council of churches presently sponsoring unionvilla senior citizens home edon deacon liberal the right man for this riding a man of many talents for a riding of 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