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the tbi bun e thursday nov u 1968 pas 11 students receive awards at sdss graduation night linda sargent night stouffville prin cipal w e duxbury re ferred to the graduation exercises of stouffville dist high school friday as linda sargent night it surely was the ontario scholar with an average of 91 received no less than nine individual awards in addi tion to her secondary school honor graduation diploma she also deliver ed the valedictory address the guest speaker for the evening was dean w b stoddart of seneca col lege principal duxbury and board chairman gor don ratcliff also addressed the gathering it marked the final ap pearance of the district board on a commencement platform the new county system will assume office jan 1 one member will represent both stouffville and whitchurch graduation exercises of stouffville dlst secondary school were held friday evening student recipients of general proficiency awards are derek gresham left and stewart smith making the presentation is mr k n wagg staff photo it was unique that two members of one family should receive 23 english bursaries from mr and mrs h r button mrs button makes the presentation to jane and peter sanderson victoria street stouffville staff photo councillor robert lewis presents the township of whitchurch 50 bursary to student graduate garfield smith staff photo reeve stewart rumble presents the township of markham 50 bursary to ju dith reesor staff photo raymond rioux receives the stouffville machine and tool works limited 100 bursary from charles e jackson staff phofo linda sargent right receives the stouffville klnette 100 bursary from executive member mrs ross hetherlngton staff photo the hendricks commercial proficiency award is presented by mr hendricks susan sherwood receives the grade 13 history award from staff teacher mr to susan schell staff photo g r harding staff photo mr m f dart of chesebroughponds canada limited presents a 100 bur sary to graduate vernlce hoover staff photo valedictorian linda sargent receives he stouffcr family valedictory award from mr reg stouffer staff photo student council president peter sanderson receives award from representative of the class of 52 mrs helen clark staff photo ontario police eownwnission favors unification of forces markham twp members of the ontario police commission warn ed representatives of the southern six when they met nov 6 at buttonvillc that unless municipalities in the southern portion of york county unify their police forces immediately crime could get out of bounds the areas prox imity to metro demands surveillance of criminal elements it was stressed present at the meeting with police commission officials w ere council members- from markham and vaughan township markham villace stoutt- villc and the village of wobdbridge richmond hill was invited but did not send representation a police commission rep resentative said he had spoken with mavor tom broadhurst who indicated his town would eo along on an all or nothing bas is but would stav with their own force until that lime representatives from the ontario police com mission included 1 h e chairman r p milliean oc magistrate thomas graham major h a spnrlinc and advisors f j talor and f p davies who at the reauest of markham twn compiled a stiidv on the fctabilitv of the amalgamation of the police forces of the tnwnhin- of mirkham and vnuhan villace of marl ham villace of sioufiville villace of vhdhrid- and the town of richmond hill in the vmritv of york f i tvlor presented the report pointinc out ih advantages of unifica tion duplication would hi- eliminated hv ceritral- id communications svs- lem and traffic control ihtcncd efficicnev in per sonnel where a larcer for ce would permit inservice training release men for active diitv who are prcs- cntlv tied up with court worl and reduce clerical work thrre would he less confusion over boundaries and less accommodation would be required above all commission members advised the mu nicipalities to unifv their forces in order that ihcv will be prepared for fu ture development a n d more able to cope with the increase in crime in- adinc the area from met ropolitan toronto when countries are lihting a unified cause thev must have a unified command to meet the need urged mr milligan so in order to meet the rising crime rate we must have a unified police force there was a reminder that with markham vil lage to become a town in january 1969 and with population expanding so rapidly in the ring of mun icipalities on metro nor thern border that unless rhere is immediate unifi cation one or more mun icipalities may find it nec essary to provide new po lice ncvommodation which would iiot be in the best interests of future devel opment mr- taylor said if uni fication of forces is under taken members of the various forces involved should be well informed and ipt informed he said salary sched ules and fringe benefits should receive careful at tention esprit de corps is most important in a n e w organization he said adding we are speaking of people being unified and working to gether with a central records system mr taylor said the area force would be informed of any criminal element living or moving intothe area without hav ing to make several phone calls for information and there would be an im proved detective service mr milligan pointed out that in an emcrgencv lime is of the essence and only a year ago during a scuf- lle with the satans choice motorcycle gang a very large force was required he said that where it took several hours to assemble the hundred to hundred and fifty officersat that time unification would permit much faster action the commission believ es that with unification the present staff of 83 men would be sufficient under increased popula tion