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performs lead role in skating club show the 18th annual ice revue presented by the stouffville figure skating club will be held this week march 22 and 23 a feature of the show will be the production of sleeping beauty the lead role will be played by 14 year old susan chapman maytree avenue staff hoto markham tsa 2 approve kindergarten classes markham twp the introduction of kin dergarten a goal of mark- ham tsa 2 since its incep tion will be realized in september 1968 the pro gram has been approved by the board in spite of accommodation problems still unsolved kindergarten registra tion will be conducted during the first week of april until registration is complete the number of classes required will not be known plans for a new senior school in the area which would solve the trustees accommodation difficulties are held up for a suitable site the board had hoped to obtain student space in markham village schools but this move has been turned down by village trustees business admin istrator wilfred morley has been requested to ob tain prices on renting or purchasing eight portables in time for the september term staff changes approved by the board includes the placing of mr a m hill as principal of the junior section of parkview school unionville the vice principal will be wayne wynn mr j l dobson will be the new principal of the senior sec tion at parkview and al lan tripp vice principal the board agreed that the principals vacancy at no 10 unionville should be filled by robert stover now t h e principal at marklee i 11 harper farm sold stouffville the well known bruce harper farm a portion of which is located within the south boundary of stouffville has been sold the sale anounced this week was handled through the har old wood real estate company the property contains 104 acres the farm has been pur chased by a firm of devel opers including gino tes ta stouffville rr 2 the price although not reveal ed is reported to be in excess of 300000 police raid teen party plan go survey markham the coun cil of the village of mark- ham has recommended that a survey be conduct ed to obtain the feeling of commuter residents with regard to establishing a go train service on the cnr line the resolution has been presented by deputyreeve albert laidlaw and sup ported by councillor lloyd abernethy the survey if approved would be conducted in the communities of markham stouffville uxbridge and lindsay copies of the resolution will be sent to the minister of transport the chair man of metro planning board the county of york and donald deacon mp royal acclaim gormley one wo rn a n s persistent fight against the slaughter of harp seals in canada is re ceiving increasing support this week mrs mildred holmes of gormley re ceived a personal letter from rear admiral chris topher bonhamcartcr written on behalf of his royal highness prince phillip commending her on her efforts x ask school costs cut whitchurch trustee michael og- den has urged mem bers of the whit church township school area board to scrutinize their spending during the months ahead mr ogden said he had listed the boards expenditures since jan 1 and had found the average to be about 4000 per meeting he charged that this trend could not continue he re quested that each committee chairman prepare his estimates so that the budget for the year could be finalized it was revealed that the s700000 es timate for the new kindergarten to grade 8 school to be located on cone 5 at the vandorf road had met with rather severe criticism from many ratepay- ers in an effort to j reduce this figure i the board may cut the number of rooms to fifteen smoking ban to remain markham twp the no smoking order will stand within the con fines of the new markham township council cham bers at buttonville the staff returned to their modernized quarters this week since may 1967 they have been working out of the former heints- man house now the north thornhill commun ity centre smoking privileges were revoked several weeks ago and although councillor anthony roman threaten ed to bring in an ammend- ment to the motion he was detained monday so the ruling remains councillor alan sumner puffed diligently on a cig arette during the entire discussion ive got to make the most of it he said it may be my last chance he said he re gretted that councillor roman could not be pres ent to enjoy a few final puffs together pastor resigns stouffville the congregation of stouffville united missionary church has learned with regret of the resignation of their pastor rev arthur walsh mr walsh made the an nouncement at the morn ing service sunday the change will likely take place in june but the re placement has not been named rev walsh has occupied the united missionary pulpit here for ten years and during this period all phases of church and sun day schol work have pros pered under his leader ship this year a new 98000 church building is proposed with direct re ference to this project he said we shall experience no little satisfaction on hearing that you have planted the flag on top of the mountain vol 79 no 43 stouffvillemarkhamuxsridge ont thursday march 21 1968 10 cents urge school for retarded at markham markham the public school board of markham tsa 2 will be asked to give serious con sideration to a plan whereby the now vacant two- storey building in north markham could be con verted into a school for retarded children donald craig windridge drive markham ac companied by john graham of richmond hill told village councii members that the no 16 school mt joy would fill an urgent need in the area he said that at present 21 children from the markham community are transported daily to classes in richmond hill he noted however that the building there was becoming overcrowded and additional accommodation would have to be found elsewhere mr graham said that if new legislation was ap proved children from the age of six years would be entitled to attend he said that such a move would make additional room even more urgent than at present he said that he hoped the educa tion program for retarded would come under the jurisdiction of the new county board reeve alma walker informed the delegation that since the school at mt joy was in markham township the village council had no jurisdiction over its use she praised the executive for their work mr craig said that a new school in the mark ham area would constitute no increase in costs for the municipalities concerned grade nine student reveals vocal talent a iaige crowd attended the second annual music night show at stouffville dls secondary school vocal talent highlighted the program including a lively number by grade 9 student debbie king church street staff photo home flooded again stouffville dirtv sewage water bubbl ing into their basement is nothing really new for mr and mrs harold gib son rose avenue stouff ville the owners have been plagued by this prob lem ever since they moved into the house back in 1959 the backflow of wa iter originates from the towns disposal plant lo cated to the east on sat urday morning the situa tion was the worst yet a power failure on a line leading to the plant shut down the pumps and although a n emergency alarm system was work ing it went unnoticed an auxiliary pump was set up at the site to lower the flood level water rose to a depth of almost two feet in the gib son home the motor on the furnace was burned out and heat was not re stored until later in the day total damage has been estimated at 1000 hits pole stouffville property damage was es timated at 1650 in a single car accident on main street east a car driven by keith mcdowell claremont r- r 2 snapped off a tele phone pole and a road sign a second accident on main street west involved george geelink stouffville rr 3 charles graham church street and barry zeller park drive north reeve refuses raise pickering twp reeve john williams of pickering township has declined to accept any in crease in his 1968 remun eration although some members of his council felt that the work involv ed warranted more mon ey at present reeve wil liams receives 3500 per annum plus 1200 for ex penses a bylaw allowing mr williams a n additional 100 was altered at the reeves request all coun cillors agreed that their remuneration should also remain the same they re ceive 18 per meeting whitchurch welfare 115000 in 9 months whitchurch twp from may 1 1967 to jan 31 1968 a period of nine months welfare payments in the township of whit church exceeded 115000 clerk thomas kerr reveal ed to members of council the smallest account for a single month was in june at just over 10000 in december it rose to 16000 fortunately the munici pality where the welfare recipients reside is re quired to pay only a small portion of the total cost eighty percent is subsidiz ed by the government deputyreeve lawrence hennessey objected to the presentation of welfare accounts that extended back nine months paiticu- larly when he and the ma jority of members did not serve on the council of 1967 he recommended that in future accounts of this kind be submitted for approval on a monthly basis move office markham twp the office of the adminis trator for markham twp school area 2 will be mov ed to the melville school one mile south of the gor mley road on cone 6 the address will remain unionville rr 1 the additional space will also serve as a board room and office accommo dation for specialized teachers mr arthur lamb of stouffville now residing with his daughter mrs w h foote klllarney mani toba was honored recent ly on the occasion of his 92nd birthday more than 100 relatives former friends and neighbors at tended the gathering many coming from a dis tance warn elderly stouffville an extortion attempt the sec ond in several months has prompted police chief or- land keating to warn resi dents especially the elder ly not to withdraw money from savings accounts on receipt of a telephone call but to contact their bank manager or the police im mediately find body in bush whitchurch twp a post mortem has failed to determine the cause of death of a 27 year old oak ridges man found dead in a bush west of cone 3 whitchurch near the van dorf sideroad the frozen body of brian anderson was found by neighbors of the de ceased after he was re ported missing by his wife march 10 sgt fred crawford of whitchurch said there were no marks on the man to indicate that he had suffered any injury he was lying face down in a wooded area about 100 yards from the road anderson was unemployed and the father of two blood samples have been sent to the attorney gen erals laboratory the body was located within a mile of where two cars collided march 7 the driver of one auto fled from the scene and was not found despite a search of the area by offi cers of five police depart ments it is now believed that this man was ander son the other motorist john bowser gormley rr 1 was not injured markham twp an organized raid by eight officers of markham town ship police headed by de tective bruce findlay has resulted in liquor charges against thirteen area young people including two young girls the teenagers were ar rested at a friday night party in the premises of shady nook snack bar kennedy road milliken they ranged in age from 16 to 19 years in richmond hill court tuesday three members of the group entered pleas of guiliy to drinking under age and were fined s35 and costs they were john libbv 17 james hughes is and wayne buhner 19 all of markham village karen carpenter 16 of markham appeared with her father magistrate ru ssell pcarse adjourned the case until april 16 and asked for a presentence report i cant under stand how a girl of sixteen could become involved in such a matter said mag istrate pearse perhaps a presentence report will shed some light on the problem five young people plead ed not guilty and were re manded to april 30 they were owen craig and el eanor malinskv both of milliken david hardy unionville lawrence al lan stouffville and mich ael emney downsview ronald smallcy of markham faces two charg es including one of sup plying liquor to minors he did not appear in court and a bench warrant was issued smalley faces a third liquor charge laid by police of markham vil lage three other youths douglas miller phillip mintram and edwin bil- lard have also been charg ed but the court learned that no summons hail been issued arthur jollymore a grade 12 student at stouffville dlst secondary school tips the scales at 203 pounds he can almost lift his own weight his present record is 190 pounds he expects to exceed the 200 mark by the end of june staff photo pickering public meetings to dis- g cuss the present and future development of hamlet areas within the township of picker- ing have been set up by members of planning ig board and residents who may be affected arc urged to attend the dates and locations of meetings follow j brougham march 27 at 8 pm in the brou- gham community hall green river whitcvale locust hill april 3 at 8 pm in the brougham commun- ityhall greenwood april 1 7 at 8 pm in the brou- gham community hall i claremont altona april 24 at 8 pm in the claremont legion hall brock road chcrrywood may 1 at 8 pm j in the pickering municipal building a future development plan for hamlets in pickering township has been under discus- ij sion for over a year members now feel that property owners should be made aware of their proposals