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fcxsss twin foals a rarity only four days old twin colts pose for their first official photograph on the property of howard lee kennedy road rr 1 unionville the father of the pair is a registered quarter horse according to stouffville veterinarian dr at oconnor twin foals are quite rare jim thomas blames town bungled sewer project markham alleged bungling on the part of the town of markham has caused joe assinck of assinck brothers limited considerable embarrassment in dealing with contractors because of the mud and mess created from my property being dug up for a simple sewer connection mr assinck made the statement to the tribune monday and describedd the chain of events since late last fall in november the company applied to the town for sewers and up until december i received nothing but a run- around at the beginning of 1973 markham decided to allow the company to hook up to the municipalitys sewers along hwy 48 and for the privilege of the connection it would cost 8300 after fighting the town over the cost situation he said the company won its argument that it should only have to pay half with the remaining amount to be paid by the business interest on the west side of the highway mr assinck said his company installed a sewer line from the property limit to its building but after receiving the required elevation from the engineering department and the town connected my line to the manhole markham concluded that the sewer and water line were lying at the same level and couldnt make a proper sewer connection according to mr assinck markham raised the manhole and dug up 50 feet of the com panys newly installed line the bungling thats going on in that engineering depart ment is incredible charged the complainant but the coowners remarks didnt end there last week there were between 13 and 16 men standing around trying to determine the elevation of the manhole and it took one and a half days to in stall it i have had to put up with the mud mess and the towns stupidity steamed mr assinck and its ridiculous he did say that the line has been connected but its a har assed job i would like to know what other industries in markham have had to suffer before they get anything done you have to talk to that engineering department like little gods charged mr assinck at a council meeting last week councillor ron moran brought up a report on the situation however he was interrupted during his presentation by mayor tony roman objections such as this should be directed to staff and the matter should not be discussed when engineering members are not present commented the mayor mr assinck said the town agreed to pay the installation costs but its the bungling that im concerned about and what clients of mine would want to trod through that mess to reach the building i was told that it took 100 man hours by markham for this sewer connection when it should only have taken one day if the job had been done right in the first place he concluded athletes compete provincial honors markham this saturday secondary school athletes from across ontario will compete at two separate sites for top track and field honors for boys the provincial meet is at etobicoke the competion for girls is at guelph this year the spotlight of attention is focussed on two young ladies 16 year old eleanor mahal cachet park way r r 1 unionville a junior and 15 year old donna summerland sherwood forest drive markham a midget eleanor who trains three and four times a week at var sity under the watchful eye of fred foote claims her specialty is running shes entered saturday in the 100 and 200 meters and the long jump shes also the anchor on the schools junior relay team eleanor is a student in grade 10 track interest is really growing particularly in toronto she said and its catching on in markham too she noted however that the general public is still more at tracted to team sports like hockey and football most people have no idea the amount of time and effort a track athlete puts into training donna summerland trains under coach walter kostic of scarboro spending up to 12 hours each week like eleanor shes the anchor on the midget relay team but her specialty is the longjump with an official mark of and get this 19 ft 9 inches in the allontario shell also enter the 100 meter dash and the 80 meter hurdles donna a markham town resident four years is a student in grade 9 jim rehill physical educationdirectorat stouffville dist secondary school in commenting on their abilities at the georgian bay meet said they are truly something to watch theres nobody in their class who can touch them both eleanor and donna have their sights set on the olympics restore seafire plane close road for festival unionville part of kennedy road will be ciosed to vehicular traffic saturday to make way for the fourth annual unionville festival the unionville conservation and development association requested the region to close main street bvetween hw 7 and the bridge at the north end of the village within the hours of 12 noon and 6 pm council approved the request buttonville quietly without fanfare an original seafire is being restored in a hangar at buttonville airport 16th avenue markham when completed possibly next summer it will represent the only serviceable aircraft of its kind in the world a sister seafire is on display in calgary but will never be flown working on this latest project are members of the canadian warplane heritage foundation one of the par ticipants is deryck hickox of agincourt the seafire is an exact copy of the famous spitfire with wing modifications to permit aircraft carrier operation this particular model was piloted by canadians in the fleet air arm and based in england it saw action aboard the carriers warrior and magnificent the craft or what was left of it was pur chased in dartmouth nova scotia it had been pretty badly beaten up said deryck the engine a rollsroyce griffen will be shipped up to buttonville from halifax the seafire is one of six world war planes to be restored or in the process of restoration by the club others are a mark vl ferry firefly restored a chipmunk restored a har vard mark iv a tiger moth and a lysander wants fairer deal for gas station operators york-centre- don deacon has introduced two private members bills at queens park both relating to the marketing of motor vehicle fuel every year up to one- third of all ontario in dependent gas line retailers are forced out of business by the heavyhanded tactics of the mjor oil companies he asserted in his presentation mr deacon claimed that ontarios gasoline retailers are chained to their pumps through the marketing practices of the major oil companies and the power they wjeld with restrictive leases the most nagging problems the socalled in dependents have are the wide differences in the wholesale prices of gasoline major suppliers sell to their brandname dealers at prices much higher than they sell to their wholly owned discount stations most oil companies have one or more discount operations in competition with their brandname stations due to adverse publicity the oil companies have been under pressure the past several weeks and prices are beginning to fall into line yet there is still a 10cent spread per gallon in the metro area the oil company has become concluded mr deacon its own branded dealers biggest competitor its possible he in dicated for a wholly owned discount operation to siphon off half the gallonage of the brandname dealer in the same trading area oil companies he con tinued have too much control over their dealers with restrictive leases on a take it or leave it basis and less than one per cent of all on tario leases are negotiated the oil companies control market prices by setting up relatively few but strategically placed the companyoperated stations the york centre member said about 40 years ago 98 percent of all ontario service stations were company operated however the oil companies found they couldnt make a reasonable profit so they leased the stations to people who wanted to get into their own businesses and were willing to take responsibility and risk as it turned out he related these small businessmen have been treated like employees i urge you to enact a law to provide for fair practices in the sale of motor vehicle fuel and set down a bill of rights for gasoline retailers he concluded wrthune wbm h whitchurch -stouffville- mar khamuxbridge thursday may 31 1973 growth pressures plague town markham the failure of past markham planning boards and councils to foresee the growth that was to come has placed present municipal leaders and department officials under tremendous pressure speculate on home prices markham inflation is rampant in real estate within the town of markham so much so that investors are pur chasing homes on speculation and reselling them a few weeks later at a sizeable profit this fact was revealed by councillor bob adams speaking at a meeting of the markhamunionville lions club may 17 councillor adams said serviced residential lots were bringing 20000 and up with one property going as high as 40000 raw land zoned in dustrial is priced at 50000 an acre he said were moving too fast he said nobody was geared up to handle this kind of growth the council is under tremen dous pressure town councillor bob adams told a meeting of the markham- unionville lions club may 17 we are now paying for this oversight he said in an effort to catch up and keep pace the speaker outlined several programs that had been instituted so that buildup particularly in residential areas might proceed on a regulated and orderly basis one of these is the unionville study to cost an estimated 25000 another concerns an indepth look at all hamlets in the municipality public hearings will be arranged when all in formation is available we are doing things now that should have been done years ago he continued we are now paying for this over sight councillor adams said a prime goal of the 197374 planning committee and council was to get people in volved we want to find out what the people want he said he stated however that in this area it was often difficult to get the message across a reason for this he observed was related to the size of the area involved and the difficulty in welding separated communities into one town we must en deavor to tie the town together he said he pointed out that a tollfree telephone system linking the former village of markham to thornhill would be a partial solution to the problem he said too that an organized transportation system would also help its a long grind and the results are final trip markham a 1922 sawyermassey steam engine will hit the open road thur sday today but not under its own steam the prized engine owned by the laie gordon sellers wid- difield road and purchased for 3300 by the markham and district historical society will be brought to markham by g m smith float service the steamer runs like a top according to museum curator john lunau it will be driven on and off the float by frank ted sellers and stored for the present on the property of mrs scott brown 16th avenue end jog markham the regional municipality of york will be responsible for the realignment of 19th avenue west at the 5th concession following councils adoption of an engineering committees report the purpose of the con struction is to straighten out the jog on lsthbut first the town of markham will have to purchase the necessary rightofway the engineering depart ment is presently designing cone 5 for reconstruction in 1974 the report stated eighteen year old marion sale varley village unionviiie is the 1973 queen of markham dist high school following graduation she plans to enroll in a nurses training course and later specialize in sneech pathology often iritating he admitted with respect to regional government the speaker described it as big and un wieldy he said he is alarmed at the cost but were in it whether we like it or not teen queen an honor markham its an honor these words modestly summed up the feelings of pretty 18 year old marion sale rycroft drive unionville marion a student in grade 13 is the newly crowned queen of markham dist high school she was selected may 18 by a panel of four judges that in cluded mayor tony roman principal kenneth mcdonald viceprincipal howard christie and staff teacher mrs marion kowalyk the semiformal prom was held at the firefighters club esna drive markham the queens attendants were janet byrnes and inta strauss hilje knot the queen of 72 officiated at the crowning ceremony marion moved with her parents mr and mrs donald sale from london ont to varley village seven years ago she has three brothers michael 20 steven 15 and scott 7 marion is typical of most teens busy shes a member of the unionville figure skating club and an enthusiastic swimmer at school shes a member of the day6 com mittee a group that assists in the organizing of extra curricular activities shes been active in the chocolate bar drive the christmas card campaign and all intramural sports her favorite is basket ball academically she- chose math home ec and english after school and during the summer vacation period marion is employed on the staff of fabric and drapery mill outlet hwy 7 and don mills road however her ultimate goal is to attain an rn degree and specialize in speech pathology this fall she plans to enroll in a nurses training course at toronto east genera hospital marion does not look on the hopedfor role of a student queen as a win or lose competition i know all the girls she said and theyre all really nice she also considers it a kind of fieeiing thing that begins and concludes in a single night a more memorable oc casion lies ahead the evening she steps forward en stage to receive her honor graduation diploma