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the tribune thursday nov 23 196s pae 3 pushbutton answering service on trial at orchard park grade 7 teacher ian hodge checks the master control panel as students reg ister their answers to a question in geography the mata machine is on trial in orchard park school staff photo ontario county votes to retain identity ontario cty al though more than an hour of the ontario county council session was de voted to a discussion of the implications of regi onal government little was accomplished it was decided however that the county should re tain its identity that a larger delegation should represent the county when it meets with municipal affairs minister mckeo- ugh and that a full day of the january session be given over to a discussion of regional government representatives of the city of oshawa will be in vited to this meeting the majority of the members were in favor of the county remaining as it is they felt oshawa should be part of the re gional government but that the northerly sections should have a larger rep resentation on that body deputyreeve gordon hanna chairman of the standing committee on countv matters defended whitbys action in draw ing up a plan for the re gion but said he did not agree the northerlly boun dary should be the boun daries of pickering whit by east whitbv and dar lington townships whitbv recognized he said that it could not stand alone it must be in a position with oshawa to jointlv develop a drain age basin he would per- sonallv like to see pick ering township remain in the region as it was more total participation stouffville it is a grade 7 class in geography at stouffville orchard park public school staff teacher ian hodce poses a ouestion to his 32 students listening attentively to his every word the reaction is instantaneous and yet not a single hand is raised instead each pupil pushes a button on an individual responder placed atod every desk the answer right or wrong is flashed immediatclv on the master control panel operated by the teacher if a bov or cirl does not answer no light flashes at all if hes unsure and changes his mind the licrht colors also change a class seatirie plan is placed over the control panel giving the topcher a comnlete report op everv student at the conclusion of the period the unit now o trial at orchard park is called mata which sands for multiple answer ing teaching aid there is v wide price ranee dependine on the reouifcmehts of p school the mata machine at orehmd park sells for s4000 no formal request for its purchase ha vet been made the unit is completclv moble and can be mov ed from one room to another with ease its arrival in any class be it grade 1 or crade 8 is rrcetcd by enthusiasm it presents a challenge to the stu dents to answer ouestions correctlv and at the same time eliminates embarrassment for the punil who does not know or not completclv sure his identity is revealed onlv to the teacher when all answers have been flashed to the master control pane in reply to a particular qucs- tion the teacher then indicates the accuracy by illuminating the signal light on the student unit the result if correct is usually greeted by a loud hurrah from the maioritv of class members at the conclusion of a particular lesson each pupil unplugs his responder and returns it to a shelf in the master console by a strange eoincidence the mata svstem would seem to transform an otherwise boring period of teacher to student instruction into a total participation fun thing how times have changed twelve year old chrystal farrier main street indicates her reply by pushing a button on her student responder staff photo robert j sloane amalgamation of southern six give a touch of summer this christmas make it a beautiful christmas for your favourite girll give her the look of the california girl lotions potions colors and christmas treats to create christmasincalifornia climate for her skin i am going rb vote fop alma walker for mayor because her quiet dignity won the heart of the prime minister no other candidate can make that statement the citizens committee for alma walker no 1 of a scries of 6 read the others closelv associated with oshawa than with toron to in addition to toronto being laree enouch the desien for metropolitan areas was to create buffers apainst such a larce area deputvreeve john dob- le brock twp stressed the need for more repre sentation and responsible government there was a need he said for a com pact unit so its represen tatives could be close to the people he felt osh- awas large industrial as sessment should be used to help the poorer areas of the country but the poorer areas should not stand on their own it was suggested by reeve edward o y i e r reach twp that poor grade land in the north erly sections of the countv should be used for indus trial development rather than the south where good land badlv needed to grow food was being gobbled up legion ladies stouffville joan vankoughnet topped the 200 mark twice nov 19 in the legion ladies bowling league her scores were 209 and 205 doris jackson had the nights high single with 246 the high triple went to chuck valleau 575 markham twp robert j sloane who served markham twp as councillor in ward 1 in the 1964 council is oppos ing reeve stewart rum ble he told the nomina tion audience nov 18 that he believes markham twp must take the lead in the amalgamation of the southern six he felt the municipality needs new direction but not at the expense of the resi dents s j gadsbv present deputyreeve of the twp seeking reelection said he is running because i have the time and train ing and because a muni cipal office should not be sought by anyone not in control of his time mr gadsby has criticiz ed councillor anthony roman who opposes him in the race for the deputy- reeveship for his absence from council on several occasions mr gadsbv said he rec ommends setting up a de velopment advisory com mittee and told the nvet- ing that as chairman of finance in the past two years he has instituted a salary schedule for em ployees where other mu nicipalities had hired con sultants to do this work anthonv roman who opposes mr gadsbv said that in this dav of rapid change new proposals bv senior governments could change the municipal pic ture in this regard ho felt markham twp should be masters in their own house and endeavour to have control of develop ment in our own town ship he said there must be aesthetic development with improved services to encourage a prosper ous and beautiful com munity mr roman said there must be a working indus trial development board plan joint meetings markham twp barney danson liberal member for the provin cial riding of york centre whose ridings overlap con siderably particularly in the area of the southern six municipalities mark ham and vaughan town ships markham village woodbridge and rich mond hill plan to hold joint public meetings throughout the area on a joint basis at a dinner meeting held at the yangtze pagoda on satur day november 10 both mr danson and mr dea con stressed their desire to maintain a close associa tion within their respective ridings keeping in touch with the electorate since his election as the first member of york centre in october 1967 mr deacon has met regu larly with small nonpar tisan groups from across the riding to get their feel ing on various matters per taining to legislation on october 30 mr dan son held a successful sit- in at the richmond hill public library which was attended by residents in york north riding when various federal matters were aired both members believe it would be beneficial to hold iuch meetings at regular intervals throughout the ridings one is scheduled for december 6 in willowdale at a place to be specified a second will be held at markham on january 24 attending the meeting at the yangtze pagoda were area captains and ex ecutives for the ridings to develop necessarv ser vices to compete with neighboring municipali ties and beautv spots must be 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