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kenneth c mcdonald principal of markham dist high school for the past seven years has accepted the position of superintendent area 3 york county board of education jim thomas praises community support markham the years pass quickly it was september 1966 that kenneth c mcdonald took over the principals position at markham dist high school in september 1973 he steps up to a superintendents post area no 3 york county board of education mr mcdonald welcomes the move seeing it as a new challenge and an opportunity to look at both the elementary and secondary levels of lear ning at the same time however he admits a certain reluctance at leaving i found the students here very good to work with he said and the community provided excellent support mr mcdonalds duties actually begin august l and are wideranging in scope he will work in close contact with all principals and maintain general supervision over the schools within an area that includes thornhill and the town of vaughan kenneth mcdonalds teacherprincipal career now spans 20 years previous staff willowdale lady wins 2500 lions club draw positions include mitchell high school brockville collegiate ingersoll collegiate and essex dist high school where he served as vice- principal before coming to markham at markham since 1966 he has seen the enrollment nearly double from 1000 students to 1940 including grade 8 mr mcdonald has one son murray to enter grade 12 and a daughter hilarie a graduate of george brown college the family will continue to reside at 16 henry corson place in markham markham a willowdale lady is richer by 2500 following the selection of her ticket in a lucky draw june 15 sponsored by the markham- unionville lions club and held at the arena miss jessie trimble florence avenue had to make a choice between the money and a 1973 nova automobile i dont drive she said miss trimble purchased the ticket from her nephew don mclver of markham she was present when it was pulled while the grand prize went out of town eight area par ticipants were 25 winners in cluding tony donaldson jim maynard brian pike gene lee bill tettmar elgin malcolm john woodcock all of markham and doris hurst of unionville after expenses the lions hope to clear about 3000 on the event planning policy rapped by exreeve markham the charles hooper era in markham politics may be past but the ex- township reeve and county warden reminded ratepayers of the days that used to be when he attended a hamlet hearing at buttonville june 13 the purpose of the meeting was to explain the effect of the recently announced parkway belt on the municipality and to inform residents of browns corners buttonville and victoria square of three interim bylaws to control unwanted development in each area both the queens park freeze on 6000 acres of markham land and development restrictions by the town infuriated the speaker he criticized the policy and claimed the municipality was moving backwards rather than forward mr hooper charged that as far back as 1963 lands bordering don mills road north of hwy 7 had been rezoned urban now he observed markham was indicating by its official plan that it was changing the area uovrv iv luraircsideiitial do you call that progress he asked the former reeve noted that water services were now available 1400 feet in from the rcsd but no sewers its about time we obtained a sewage set vice too tor the taxes we pay he continued mr hoopers rapidfire accusations were greeted by loud applause from the packed gallery however councillor bob adams did not agree with the speakers thoughts on ur banization we dont want any nillywilly coming in here and telling us what nes going to do he said referring to outside developers he argued that rather than a lessening of controls markham needed more rigid bylaws to halt strip development buttonville is a beautiful little community continued mr adams we dont want to make the same mistakes we did along hwy 7 planning director bill power in reference to the park way belt said the provincial freeze would not effect building permits issued by the town prior to the queens park an nouncement he said too that another hearing would be arranged to discuss the future of buttonville alone since toronto airways limited had applied for permission to expand its facility in the meantime he said interim holding bylaws had been given three readings by council but had not been submitted to the ontario municipal board for approval councillor adams explained that council was seeking advice from the residents as to what kind of development should take place relocate recycling depot markham an estimated 7100 will be spent by the town of markham to relocate the unionville recycling depot in a new location north of hwy 7 and kennedy road the new 20 x 40 feet building and concrete foundation will cost 5000 with the balance of the monies used for road im provements and two 14 yard storage bins although representatives urged council to consider in stalling larger containers so that more waste could be recycled at a deminishing cost it was thought this could be delayed as a further stage of the recycling program may establish depots in other areas wrthum whitchurchstouffvillemarkhamuxbridge thursday june 21 1973 municipal site project will exceed 1 million over 800 visitors markham company came calling thursday by the hundreds the occasion was the annual tour of homes an event sponsored by the womens division of the markham and district family life centre the program aided by perfect weather attracted a record attendance over 800 while no one tumbled into carters pond or became trapped in the museum stocks the afternoon was not without incident at least not as far as police were concerned the influx of cars created a bumpertobumper traffic jam on the bethesda sideroad between concessions 6 and 7 there was a similar tieup at the approach to mr and mrs ian munros property cone 7 however no one complained not even the officer assigned to sort out the mess as one guest put it who could complain about being stranded at a place like this meetings on hydro route markham public meetings to beheld at mark- 11 school unionville july 11 and claremont public school july 12 are two of a series being conducted to consider alter native routes for the new high- voltage transmission line running from middleport to pickering crooked but honest markham when it comes to golf cec rowe markhams congenial postmaster will never win the canadian open but he enjoys the exercise particularly when his companions are also members of the postal fraternity cec recorded the highest score not available for publication in the annual postmasters tournament june 15 near burlington and was awarded the prize for the most honest entry in competition last year the distinction came to jack sanders of stouffville the winner among 50 participants was jack richards of collingwood markham markham town council has approved an addition to the present municipal building at but tonville and a new works department office to cost an estimated 1100000 the debenture approved in separate motions tuesday includes 750000 for the municipal office extension and 350000 for the works building agreement on the project was not unanimous councillor bob adams urged a delay in the plan until such time as the full impact of the parkway belt decision is known as far as future development is con cerned there are too many questions still unanswered he said he suggested that the town make do for at least 4 years councillor ron moran disagreed he said the municipal departments were sprawled all over the town and the time had come to bring them together into a closer knit operation he noted that the planning department had a rented office on dennison street making it necessary for people to come first to buttonville then be redirected to the proper site were operating inefficiently he said councillor carole bell like bob adams wondered if the works department required new accommodation right now mayor tony roman said the main concern of council should be the cost he agreed however that the works dept building should be relocated councillor roy muldrew said piles of sand rows of trucks road graders and bulldozers was hardly the kind of thing people should have to look out on when they visit the town office arena manager markham markham town council has approved the hiring of both a manager and an assistant manager for the new centennial arena cone 7 north of hwy7 cecil nobes will supervise the operation at a salary of 1363500 his assistant lawrence pullen will receive 10755 mr pullen is the former manager of the seneca college arena greenbelt width concerns mayor york region mayor tony roman referring to the town of markham as the area most drastically affected by the provinces greenbelt proposal asked regional planner gordon pound how quickly his department would prepare a report on the parkway and if all aspects of it would be taken into consideration the width of the corridor is three or four times as wide in markham as it is in other moer of pioneer jamuy markham mrs ivy nobbs decendant of one of the oldest pioneering families of the markham area passed away at riverdale hospital june 9 following a lengthy illness mrs nobbs born south of markham 76 years ago at vinegar hill was the daughter of warren and agnes bishop her fathers ancesters settled in the area 150 years ago world war i air ace billy bishop was a distant cousin as a young girl mrs nobbs helped her father with parcel express deliveries and was an employee of the markham economist in 1919 she married joseph nobbs and together they farmed on the 7th concession where they later operated an antique store mrs nobbs gathered together an extensive and interesting collection of china shoes which were featured on a television program she was a long time member and past noble grand of alberta rebekah lodge no 262 and a member of grace anglican church mr nobbs predeceased his wife in 1971 she is survived by sons fred little britain harold markham henry whitby nine grand children and a brother carl bishop hamilton service was conducted by rev david peasgood of grace anglican church june 12 in terment was at the church cemetery pall bearers were warren burns clarence udell jack baird harry warriner bob mcdowell and lyle robinson g0mm the future of markhams hamle communities including victoria square is being discussed at a series of public meetings a holding bylaw is presently in force o control over development live the municipality some michael gerhardt municipalities to the west he commented mr pound informed him there would be a short report on the subject submitted at the next regional meeting we do not have sufficient details at this time he ex plained we dont have lists of the uses the ministry will allow in the parkway belt one of the problems is what it will permit in relation to the official plan as far as i can see you will find out what is permitted when you actually submit a proposal to them very little is spelled out councillor lois hancey said she was concerned that there would be duplication of efforts between region and municipalities affected by the government proposal naturally she added markham and richmond hill would make comment as it relates to them individually hopefully the regions overview would sup port its area municipalities citizen assists police markham york regional police assisted by a private citizen apprehended four area young people last week following a highspeed chase along hwy 7 to union ville on the night of june 12 david brown rr 1 stouff ville observed a vehicle race through the intersection of cone 10 markham and no 7 he noted too that beer bottles were being thrown out the car win dow after following them a short distance he stopped in at a residence and called police while in the house one of the accused approached mr browns auto and allegedly removed four 8track tapes from the front they then sped away the witness followed them to unionville where the four some were stopped by detective douglas tribbrg charged with theft is donald rudyck of agincourt russell john almond 17 of church street markham is charged with having liquor 23 year old patricia may thomas with consuming and 21 year old carolyn marie egan with careless driving and failing to stop both girls come from uxbridge