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the tribcne thursday nov 2 196s page 15 markham reeve opposed to amalgamation markham twp reeve stewart rumble seeking a new twoyear term told ratepayers at parkview school monday that markham twp af fairs are in good shape debentures which were offered for sale in mid- november were taken up in the first few days the reeve said he felt this was an indication of faith in the township sta bility considering the tight money market and the fact that only one com pany bell gouinlock tendered a bid for the 340000 debentures re quired for watermains sewers and roads mr rumble also said the roads bodget in 1968 was s926999 approximately 5300000 more than in 1967 yet the millrate remains the same industrial assessment is increasing he said and stated that only last week council approved a new in dustrial subdivision on the steelesdon mills area which will help to coun teract the high residen tial rate he said fine residential developments in the town ship are also helping the municipality on the subject of amal gamation mr rumble was direct im opposed he declared i fail to see how it would benefit markham and i can see manv disadvantages too large an administration for one thing i believe most people came here be cause thev want to live here we have our affairs in good order and arc working for good services i fail to see anv advantage in amalgamation asked about a township planning director mr rumble said the planning board has hired k hidaka in this capacity last september- robert j sloane op posing reeve stewart rumble for the reeves chair in the dec 2 elec tion in markham twp said if elected he would give more than perfunc- torv attention to amalga mation he said metro is anx ious to take industry and residential areas and warned that if we dont take a stand we are easy prey mr sloane quoted mr rumble as saying he would not make amalga mation an election issue and criticized him for this declaring if we dont elect john mmurray york county school board both the interior and exterior of the stouffville public library have been remodelled reached an alltime high move we must face the consequences mr sloane has spent one year on council as councillor for ward 1 he is a resident of thornhill green in the north thorn- hill area and lists among his qualifications his in terest and past presidency in home and school asso ciations at henderson av enue school and a willow- dale school during his year on coun cil in 1964 mr sloanes voting pattern is traced in a series of recorded votes called for by councillor charles hoover of ward 3 and the present reeve sttwart rumble they op posed his views particu larly in the matter of sub division agreements at unionville and thornhill and the drag strip which was proposed for the 9th cone of the township unicef christmas cards will be on sale at the markham centennial li brary until dec 14 during regular library hours membership has staff photo having worked with john mcmurray on the stouffville public school board we enthusiastically support him we believe that john would be a responsible and valuable representative for stouffvillewhitchurch ted topping ian chapman keith steckley florence williams aurelia smith education is john mcmurrays business dance at box grove box grove launched their new school project with a highly successful dance in the school on sat urday night we wish them the best of luck in their new venture cath erine ritchie who will be valedictorian on friday for commencement at mdhs is currently nurs ing a very sore eye due to a freak accident cindy lou came home on sunday and has brought much happiness into the sisel household our sympathy to karen tapscott who managed to catch the chicken pox in time to miss a very im portant wedding satur day julian chapman is home again after spending a few days seeing the sights of ottawa includ ing the mint the house of commons and the art gallery with his mother and dad we wish the murray milroys much happiness in their new home in markham and arc sorry to see them leave cedar grove- the last euchre in the present scries at cedar grove had to be postpon ed to allow voting to take place in the schoolhouse it will be held on dec 9 christmas euchre and will include a lucky draw arrives at the mnrkhrm pinzn by helicopter saturday december 7th 2 pm theres a ballot box in every store in the markham plaza participants must use clipout coupon from this ad r j santas christmas bonus draw clip out his coupon prini the necessary information and drop it in at any of the markham plaza stores you could win 00 100 in cash name address phone