page 10 the tribune thursday apr 17 1969 geography course at sdss students attach importance to community problems by jerry waite head geography department stouffville why- do vou live here in mt albert why is this gravel pit located here will century city be a real benefit to the people of stouffville these are a few ques tions asked by geography- students at stouffville high out of the class room natures own backyard is their classroom the question about mt albert was asked by a student doing an urban study with his class the question about the gravel pit was brought up on a glacial geology field trip to the oak ridges moraine the question on century city- was put to the chief plan ner and architect mr ba con when he spoke to the senior geography students here at the school last week if students can become involved in their own com munity problems and re alize that solutions are not that simple then they will better understand the complicated problems of other countries its easy to criticize your neighbor but clean up your own back yard first once the local commun- rita johannsen points stapleton ity and its problems is studied in grade 9 then the student jumps across the ocean to look at aus- out a glacial cirque to fellow grade ii geography students bui bogers and david h j waite tralia and its problems in grade 10 europe and asia are studied with their ageold difficulties of over population and famine the mysteries of the great ice age the move ments of tides and the re action of people to them is investigated in grade 11 urban problems and town surveys are studied cars clog 9th line road at auction sale by jane schweichcrt musselmans lake the ninth line south of musselmans lake was the location of a mammoth traffic jam saturday more than 150 cars were parked along both sides of the road and in nearby fields the attraction was an auc tion sale of the property and goods belonging to the late alvin cowie the sale managers were walter at kinson and lloyd wilson a m wood was clerk fea tured items included two brass beds and two match ed pictures in frames they were sold for over 200 to mrs norma herbert mr cowies daughter the land approximately si acres was purchased by mr k ratcliff a guest auctioneer during the afternoon was mr fred smith of newmarket a longtime friend of mr at kinson the newly formed can cer unit of whitchurch township now meets on monday evenings at the whitchurch centennial center anyone is welcome between 730 and 1030 pm the volunteers need neither experience nor membership the cancer unit makes sews folds and distributes pads and bandages the service is free of charge to those who need it at the meeting april 7 twentytwo volun teers attended the unit hopes to stockpile enough pads and bandages to last through the summer months for further infor mation please contact mrs ii peach at 0403917 mr doug rexgraham of cedar beach injured his right thumb at work the cut needed eight stitches doug will be home for 10 days as a result of the in jury a surprise birthday party was held for grand pa fred jordan at the home of his daughter mrs carol sidsworth mr jordan sr a local realtor recently sold the home glen echo on hillsdale drive the new- owners mr and mrs gor don saunders have moved in the saunders have three children gordie 7 gerald 6 and brcnda lee 3 on april 8 the young canadian girls completed the first week of their corking contest ten v old karen rostek won the seniors prize of a double and a single skipping rope the length of her corking work was 320 inches a skipit was the juniors prize won by debbie cooper 7 her work was over 200 inches long prizes were donated by- mr heinz schweichcrt anyone having remnants of yarn or wool to donate is asked to call mrs b brontiu 6403132 or mrs d hexgraham 6403132 the young canadian girls with help from some of their young canadian brothers are selling tickets in order to drill a well at the south shore com munity center first prize is a beautiful oil painting by wm whelan other prizes and their donors are cadieux studio an eleven dollar gift certifi cate weldons mens wear a mans sweater valued at fifteen dollars stouffville coop a gift certificate for ten dollars five dollar gift certificates from hendricks hardware appliances lehmans shoes houston drugs the a p and tre- mont shoes three dollar gift certificates from the lang service and york cleaners evans variety a crystal candy dish iga a gift pack values at eight dollars sheridan jewelry a blown glass candy dish smith radio an lp record plastic bowls and cake pre server from stedmans a doll cradle from stouffville variety and from the tri bune a years subscription two lovely boxes of sta tionery a desk calendar and note pads dont believe the world owes you a living the world owes you nothing it was here first true only 3 days left to take advantage of the join your neighbors now on such items as residential fencing hoover washerspindryer 0 rotary mowers sa vilxgs see how you can save 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canada itself is the main topic for grade 13 region al studies of each part of the country are carried out by the students in the form of seminars essays and field trips by this time they have learned that geography is the stu dy of man in his total en vironment perhaps twen ty years from now that total environment will in clude the moon brougham bus stolen mrs allan elucott brougham rural buv lines of brougham had a bus stolen from the parking lot at dist high school last week i was later recovered by police in ihs cedarbrac shop ping plaza the afternoon group of the ucw will meet at the home of mrs ltn- stcad in claremont apr 17 todav at 2 pm mrs george gray is in charge of the program assisting the hostess will be mrs job white mrs jim con and mrs allan ellicott the executive members of the ucw met at the home of the president mrs manson ellicott to make plans for the spring luncheon and bake sale in the church basement apr 30 a bale of good used clothing will be packed at the 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