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thursday october 1 1970 the tribune page 21 john mcmurray educator seeks position on york school board stouffville john mcmurray 46 present member of the stouffville public school board of education hopes to con tinue his responsibilities in the new whitchurch- stouffville municipality both he and his opposition for this seat arthur starr attended school together in toronto mr mcmurray who lives at 391 elm road teaches in north york he is married and the father of three children sean 10 janet 7 and shelley 5 his schooling took place in his birthplace tornto and in orillia the candidate graduated from the university of toronto john mcmurray has been on the stouffville board of education for the past three years and served as its isoc representative prior to the york county takeover he is past first principal of the royal arch masons in orillia and is active in the stouffville anglican stuart starr church because the board is expected to deal with education mr mcmurray feels that someone with a background in this field is a natural choice he ad ded having worked in both the classroom and the boardroom i have an understanding of both sides of the picture a pre requisite for any fair decision education is my business and anything involving education in volves me candidate is whitchurch native whitchurch- stouffville a farmer and a resident on his whitchurch township farm all his life stuart starr seeks election to a ward 1 seat mr starr 43 works 92 acres purchased by his grandfather in 1903 he has three girls and one boy two attend at highlands school and one at vandorf a director of the whit church federation of agriculture for 20 years he has served three years as president and 3 as secretary he was a member of the york county public schools consultative committee during its four year existence and served 2 years as vicechairman an actiyjejnember of the quakgiaur mr starr is a member of the board of trustees of the yonge sweet meeting murray henderson candidate ward 5 jim and veronica jongeneel daughters elizabeth anne and suzanne and pet labrador vim are pictured here outside their home near thornhill mr jongeneel is a candidate for the local and regional council in the new town of markham area afeet markham although murray henderson has been prominent in com munity affairs for many years this is the first time that he has sought public office for the last 18 years he has owned and operated the markham planing mill with the recent sale of this business he feels that he can now spend the time necessary to be an effective representative for ward 5 mr henderson was born in grey county farmed for a period after his marriage and went from there into the farm implement business he moved to church street in markham in 1943 when he purchased markham dairy he and his wife ruth have two children fern mrs grant maccannell and len in the 27 years he has lived in markham he has been actively concerned with the progress and betterment of this com- munity he served on the public school board for 8 years from 1943 1951 and markham district high school board for 9 years from 1955 1964 he was keenly aware of the lack of recreational facilities in markham and willingly served as chairman of the fund raising and building committees of both the markham swimming pool and markham arena he is a member of the markham york hospital board and the town of markham planning board in addition he has found time to spend twentyseven active years in the markhamunionville lions club it would be difficult to find an aspect of com munity service in which murray henderson has not been involved the federal government recognized this fact in 1967 when he was awarded a centennial medal for outstanding community service the past seven years which mr henderson has spent as a member of the planning board have taught him that controlled planning and development are very necessary to achieve a balanced tax base mr henderson is par ticularly interested in the structure of assessment he believes that land should be assessed at its present rather than its potential value and that the assessment shift from commercial and industrial to residential should be reversed with regard to his continuing interest in recreation mr henderson is aware that our present facilities are not adequate for the expanding growth in our community he also realizes that with the enlargement of the town and the township the recreational facilities of i vote harold hi ihuirie for regional council for area council of markham town 5 years as deputyreeve of markham and member of york county council for experience vote imurie for information and transportation call- 2942515 each must be coordinated if elected he promises to give to council the care and attention which he has given to community affairs in the past new business stouffville a new main street business will open friday the p and r burger and dairy bar is located west of station street the proprietor is peter auciello elect eldred for nwvor of whitchurch stouffville energetic honest reliable leadership 6 years municipal and school board service in markham township population 25000 member of planning board leader in many agricultural organiza tions to the residents of whtchurchstouffvlle dear friends only candidate with experience in a developing urban rural community yovmi vote is yotlll vomcje ssti irsr d every taxpayer w cations and jgs can the advances be on wi every corner omhs new a your mayor i v openly a conscientiously lh same common sen no yond reason to ith ilh 1 test regional budget before adoption 2 oppose unnecessary demands on property tax 3 discrepancies in assessment must be corrected appeal now 4 establish a strong functional administrative staff 5 press provincial authority to remove school cost from real estate tax 6 retain present water and sewerage rates in urban area 7 planned growth for economic social and recrea tional improvement and ownership 8 negotiate to provide alternate route relieving traffic in downtown 9 rezoning of lands must not adversely affect value 10 develop industrial lands to achieve suitable finan cial balance 11 strict zoning and siteplan approval 1 resp thank you v am yours jincerely for information plee contact 6402876 mud for transportation october 5th phone 6402876 6403065 6401063