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uxbridge student athlete gifts galore and more for hockey heroes stouffville honored us juvenile hockey heros digans each member of the club received a friday with a banquet and gift presentations at framed color photo of himself and the team the cedar beach gardens musselmans lake in group picture is admired here by john sanders and addition to trophies watches jackets and car- lady friend marlene storry jas thomas stouffville district secondary school five ontario scholars stouffville five grade 13 graduates of stouffville dist secondary school have been awarded ontario scholarships they are in alphabetical order allan bacon paul hamilton jean miller peter sanderson and sheldon sugden the provincial prize holds a value of 150 official presentations will be made at the annual graduation exercises nov 13 other awards will go to the following the stouffville kinette 100 award marilyn watson the ladies auxiliary of the canadian legion stouff ville branch 459 bursary 100 peter sanderson chesebrough ponds canada ltd 100 award douglas davis robert mole memorial award 180 jean miller welcome rebekah lodge 50 award gerrard egberts the township of whit church grade 12 or 13 academic proficiency bursary of 50 jean engraved wrist watch sheldon sugden the high school staff proficiency award to students of grade 10 highest in 4 year course jane yusko highest in 5 year course vicki third the cw hendricks commercial proficiency award cathy little stouffville district credit union 25 bursaries grade 12 cathy little grade 13 allan bacon stouffville womens in stitute 10 award valerie harrott chesebroughponds academic proficiency awards grade 9 julia melzer marilyn hall grade 10 vicki third jane yusko grade 11 patricia houston linda timbers grade 12 cathy little charles lynde grade 13 peter san derson jean miller the mole family 10 awards to students with first class honours for 5 years allan bacon jean miller peter sanderson marilyn watson high school honor pins larry bacon heather bangay roy budd robert carder erika debruyn helen foote douglas greenfield nori grim- shaw patricia houston helen lewis boyd mcadam jane sanderson linda timbers bruce vanderkleyn laurie wooller lyla yip grade 12 bars brian baker bill bogers gerry egberts trevor gregory susan hallman cathy little charles lynde jill mcwhinnie wayne morris richard neville bridget ramsey roderick schell sally schell elaine smith grade 13 bars allan bacon carl makela jean miller peter sanderson marilyn watson kim hinton david harris share richardson award miller village of academic stouffville proficiency bursary 50 patricia houston the townshhip of markham academic proficiency bursary 50 vicki third the wagg general proficiency award of a 75 stouffville two grade 8 graduates are co- winners of the dr richardson academic award presented june 23 on stage at the stouffville dist secondary school kim hinton and david harris shared the spotlight as principal we duxbury made the presentation the richardson prize in existence now for the past fifteen years is the most coveted of elementary school awards in stouff ville invariably the winners maintain similar honor standings at the secondary school level other individual presentations included stouffville kinette club award joanne gould dale grose miss hosie english award shirley aiken home and school awards nancy roper mathematics joanne smith history astrid jaago science chesebroughpond s limited geography award susan eidt york county board of education awards kim hinton david harris school letters judith ermen paul burkholder kim hassard lorraine ward jeremy williamson and shirley aiken kindergarten rhythm band sets tempo for school concert dies suddenly during ball practise uxbridge twp while most young people were celebrating the end of the school year there was no joy in the rosevillesiloam communities of uxbridge township quite the opposite for instead of a holiday begun it was a life en ded ronald powell 17 son of mr and mrs ernest powell rri uxbridge died suddenly june 23 the result of an apparent heart attack a good student and an excellent athlete ron had graduated to grade 12 at uxbridge secondary school it was while standing at home plate during a softball practice at the siloam community centre that he complained of feeling ill seconds later he slumped to the ground unconscious team coach jake demchuk and douglas sheridan provided external heart massage and mouthtomouth resuscitation in an effort to revive him without success he was taken by ambulance to uxbridge cottage hospital but pronounced dead on arrival born at pembroke the deceased moved to roseville when his parents built a new home there seven years ago he attended public schools in roseville and goodwood ron was an allround athlete excelling in track and field football basketball and wrestling he was also a member of the great pine ridge general radio service association surviving besides his mother and dad is one brother warren and two sisters sandra mrs ramon woermke scarboro and gail mrs ed ward kenney wolfe island kingston rev james a mills trinity united church uxbridge conducted the service june 26 from the low and low funeral home with interment siloam cemetery the pallbearers included student friends dallas bewley garry demchuk edward beach and brian goodspeed danny tomkins and harold brown emergency red cross clinic stouffville an emergency red cross blood donors clinic will be held ic the stouffville legion hall tuesday july 9 from 230 to 430 and 630 to 9 pm while all supplies are at a low level this time of year a special request has been received for orh pos required in an operation at st michaels hospital toronto july 10 public cooperation is requested in this regard vol 82 no 5 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday july 2 1970 15 cents speed skater honored stouffville in recognition of ac complishments in speed skating competitions 12 year old keith acton of stouffville has received a personal award from ontario premier john p robarts keith won the 1969 provincial championship in his class the third time his efforts have been so recognized he is the son of mr and mrs gerald acton burkholder street stole from hiker lion president ivan harris is the new president of the stouffville lions club for 197071 he succeeds bill duxbury who held the office last term the ceremony was con ducted at the annual ladies night june 20 stouffville three stouffville youths are in custody awaiting sentence following their conviction june 26 on a charge of robbery ferdinand kunig paul ogar and kenneth tindall will appear in toronto city hall court july 3 for sentence the trio were ap prehended by stouffville police after a hitchhiker complained that he had been robbed of six dollars william hughes 19 of scarborough told the court that a car containing four occupants picked him up on main street when they reached ringwood he testified kunig told him to empty his pockets he complied he said and 6 was removed from his wallet after his money was taken he testified kunig told tindall the driver to pull over and let him out top student dicksons hill eleven year old debby hakonson a grade 6 graduate of dicksons hill public school has won the years highest academic award the presentation was made june 26 by class teacher mrs mary barkey debby the daughter of mr and mrs arne hakonson rr2 markham was selected from a list of 21 honor students and follows previous winners frank schilz 196768 and kim ellis 196869 in an excellent valedictory address debby said how much she would miss the associations she had made during her time spent at dicksons hill she will attend at mark 11 in unionville in september close runnersup to the award were cathy boynton and janet hoover foot severed in drives half mile uxbridge twp an uxbridge town ship farmer drove his tractor half a mile to ob tain help after his right foot was severed in a hay mower june 24 harvey carrol stouffville rr 3 later ex plained how he was working with the implement when it jammed he said he shifted the gear into neutral but neglected to disengage the power take- off when he stepped from the machine it sud denly rolled forward cutting the foot off above the ankle mr carroll age 80 drove to the property of mrs isobel beach cone 2 in hope of acquiring assistance there he was aided by harry mad den and don lehman both of stouffville and an unidentified bell telephone lineman in an effort to get mr carroll to uxbridge hospital as quickly as possible beverly beach used his car rather than wait for an ambulance the victim remained fully conscious throughout the ordeal the foot held on by thin pieces of- flesh had to be amputated ammonia storage tanks municipal board considers complaints claremont residents opposed to the erection of ammonia storage tanks at the claremont cooperative will have the opportunity to file their objections with the ontario municipal board the green light for the project has been given by the pickering township planning department and the township committee of adjustment but the final decision rests with theom3 notice has been filed with property owners within 200 feet as well as residents who appeared at the cuinmittee of ad justment meeting voicing either approval or ob jection to the plan these people have a period of 14 days in which to make their opinions known if there is objection to the plan an omb hearing will be held to deal with the matter ill i mower for aid four ontario scholars markham four grade 13 graduates of markham dist high school have qualified for ontario scholarships the students are stephen campbell drakefield crescent 903 percent suzanne robinson peter street 849 percent bert bonkowski jeremy drive unionville 801 percent and gayle twiner ovida boulevard 809 percent these and other in dividual awards and bursaries will be presented at the annual com mencement exercises in the fall two dogs die in barn blaze whitchurch twp two dogs died saturday evening in a blaze that destroyed a barn on the property of marcel raes bethesda sideroad west of hwy 48 in whitchurch twp the fire was confined to the one building and 7000 chicks in an adjacent steel structure suffered no harm reesor reunion a family affair 1400 attend gathering with drummer dale leger second right giving out with the big beat sound members of the stouffville orchard park afternoon kindergarten class set the tempo for the graduation night program june 23 other musicians are left 10 right janet billiard carolann cunningham ellen dowsucll sheila ward and cameron jones jas thomas markham when the reesor family descendents hold a reunion its an affair to remember for ten years thats how often the kin of christian reesor and fanny reiff get together they gathered 1400 strong in the markham arena saturday coming from as far distant as jamaica newfoundland british columbia washington and north carolina the scene was one of contrast from dutch bonnets to sun hats from anklelength dresses to psychedelic slacks all representing individual customs yet mingling together for a common purpose there was abram rittenhouse of cedar grove at 97 and mrs nettie ramer wallace of toronto at 90 there was leanne michelle reesor 10 day old daughter of ivan and carol reesor markham and corey leigh fairbarn 5 week old daughter of garfield and marg fairbarn newmarket present were mr and mrs wilbur reesor who attended the first reunion in 1901 and every one since a similar record is held by mrs eva reesor also present in 1901 and again in 1970 were ira reesor orillia colby reesor medicine hat alberta amelia reesor nighswander stouffville rr 3 irene reesor locust hill and margery mertens stouffville the state of penn sylvania was well represented through the risser cousins amos risser elizabethtown penn addressed the gathering on the delegations behalf the group portrait was taken outside the family members completely filling the bleacher stands a deep panoramic camera was used the finished photo will measure 3 feet in width by 8 inches in depth the program was in charge of the reunion president john f reesor of hamilton rev a phillip silcox formerly of greenwood was guest speaker a souvenir plate por traying a sketch of peter reesors early pioneer home was oversold and a reordcr has been sub mitted a revision of the reesor family record book is planned the last one was published in 1950 a time for goodbyes june graduations are times of great joybut sometimes sadness such was the feeling of many children and parents too at a farewell reception for orchard park staff teacher mrs wm noble it was held june 25 at the stouffville district secondary school jas thomas