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open air worship markham plaza every sunday7pm firemens parade monday august 6 hwy no 7 at 11 am whitchurchstouffvillemarkhamuxbridge thursday july 26 1973 fairgrounds will be sold 21 million a twofold celebration for assinck bros of markham for brothers joe and tony assinck july 18 was a very special occasion it marked the opening of a new 350000 addition to their plant on hwy 48 in markham it also was the 25th anniversary of their coming to canada from holland the manufacturing skill and craftsmanship of the firms owners and employees is known across the province michael gerhardt editors mail supports boards position on sale of fairgrounds markham the proposed sale of the 30acre markham fairgrounds site has stirred considerable con troversy within the town much of the comment both written and verbal has come from persons opposed to the plan this week however the tribune is in receipt of a letter from mrs gerri seeley now of unionville it supports the boards side of the issue and reads as follows dear editor in reply to recent articles on the selling of markham fairgrounds i feel that as a longtime member of the markham and east york agricultural society and as a lifelong resident of markham i can no longer remain silent first i would like to outline the main reasons for selling the fair grounds the major problem is obviously the lack of parking area in reply to mr paul mingays statement that more parking space can be found i would like to state that the university of guelph department of engineering concluded that in order to preserve the fair the grounds must be relocated in a larger area the rising costs of running a class a fair present the second problem because of a capacity attendance is now being reached each year the income from markham fair is at a maximum we arc all aware of rising costs and therefore it is not hard to visualize the fair in financial ruin if its finances are not soon replenished thirdly there is a great need for more space to better display exhibits this can only be obtained at present by using valuable parking space having weighed these facts the directors of the meyas have decided to move this is not a rash or sudden decision but one that has taken many years to reach the markham council was eivvi a chance to buy grounds but rejected it the meyas cannot donate the grounds to the community because substantial capital is needed to relocate and this capital cannot all be obtained from department of agriculture grants and would the community really suffer from relocating th fair grounds i think the community would find many advantages first i am sure the traffic conditions during the fair would be far better secondly the new buildings which are beinc discussed would be of far more use for community events than the present ones a new indoor show ring would hold many year- round events a new fairgrounds would obviously be a great asset to local organizations and the fair board has always supported any local events which service clubs wished to hold in closing i would like to state that markham fair is something for which the com munity can be proud and should not be degraded by people wishing to get their names in the paper as crusaders the town of markham is known throughout the province as the home of markham fair an agricultural organization which is older than markham itself it is to be hoped that this will remain true for another 118 years mrs gerri seeley unionville uncle cam- childrens friend unionville to the kids in the neighborhood he was uncle cam if it was a squeeky bike or trike he would fix it good as new uncle cam was killed thursday run over by a gravel truck at a pit site near thor- nhill he was 65 campbell sabiston was born in toronto moving to union ville at an early age and residing there most of his life he was a member of the canadian humanist association and showed a keen interest in ecology and philosophy prior to his retirement in september of last year he was a staff em ployee at the globe and mail he was the editor of truck tran sportation mr sabistons concern was always for ethers less fortunate than himself particularly children and with this thought in mind donations in lieu of flowers were requested for vandalism unionville van dalism at residential con struction sites has totalled many thousands of dollars this year the latest spree according to york regional police was in carlton village unionville where five houses were damaged the loss mainly to win dows has been estimated at 300 house a adult cerebral participation residence for palsied surviving besides his wife the former margaret hoare are two brothers donald and james and two sisters joan and janet rev robert ball pastor of central united church unionville conducted the service saturday from the dixon funeral home markham with interment bethesda lutheran cemetery the pall bearers were paul and steven sabiston kelvin harker john prentice bill gallanders and william hardy markham the 304 acre markham fairground site at the intersection of hwys 48 and 7 will be sold the decision was approved at a meeting tuesday the vote was 38 to 8 the price offered for the property was quoted at 2100000 board president ellis britton of claremont told members that the provincial government had granted permission to reclassify the fair from b to a to warrant this rating however he said the board was required to improve the parking the washrooms the showrings the grandstand and the quality of exhibits to accomplish this we had to consider a larger site and we have three locations in mind all situated in the immediate area of the former village he said he declined to reveal what properties the board had in mind mr britton explained that as far back as 1969 the board had approached council on the possibility of selling the land to the town when no action followed a similar approach was made again but still nothing later he said the board received a copy of a resolution indicating the town was not interested in such a purchase in the question period that followed michael crompton jonquil crescent indicated surprise that the land has never been appraised nor offered for sale by tender claiming a higher price could possibly have been obtained it was explained that an appraiser would need to know of the lands intended use before it could be fairly evaluated solicitor paul mingay agreed with mr crompton that the board was duty bound to obtain the top price available through tendering and an ap praisal although i apologize for any criticism that may have fallen on the board as a result of my comments on the sale i still urge the executive to follow the wisdom of past directors he said earlier in the day ted napier president of markham kiwanis requested support of town council in discussing alternatives with the board we are not getting involved politically he said but we now feel we should take a communityminded stand mayor tony roman replied honestly that markham was not in a financial position to pur chase the property cwttftwtzl a damaged by storm the full fury of a wind rain and hale storm july 13 was felt in the 17th avenue area of markham between hwy 48 and cone 9 on the ninth line a section of roof was torn from first markham baptist church the building a rural landmark dates back to 1848 jim thomas ontario firefighters to gather in markham markham the old town of markham will be ablaze with color and excitement aug 3 through 6 when the ontario firefighters association holds its annual field day and con vention more than 1000 firemen representing 225 departments from across the province will converge on the fairgrounds for registration beginning at 9 am the site will be transformed into a campers city with all activities branching out from this location a dance is planned for the arena both friday and saturday nights with the of ficial opening at 10 am saturday participants will include mayor tony roman mp barneydanson mpp don deacon and councillor bud bonner councuils fire com mittee chairman there will be enterainment and demonstrations throughout the afternoon a church parade is planned for sunday aug 5 to the cenotaph for service at 1 pm weather permitting there will be skydiving over the fairgrounds at 215 and 7 pm with live entertainment in the arena at 8 at 1201 am monday a pajama parade will proceed north on hwy 48 to robinson street and return monday aug colorful climax to 6 is the the 4day affair with a monster parade at 11 am from cone 7 along hwy 7 to the fairgrounds there will be lucky draws with a 2000 first prize and the crowning of miss ontario firefighter markham will be represented by pretty 19 year old hilje knot main street north the public are invited to participate in the program and accord their visitors a rousing welcome bumper to bumper traffic extends two miles along hwy 48 in markham despite an obvious bottleneck at the intersection of hwys is and 7 in markham northbound motorists from metro insist on using the same route every weekend on sunday cars were backed up bumper to bumper for almost two miles jim thomas 1 rathe lights markham traffic lights may be installed at the in tersection of hwy 48 and 19th avenue only if the province accepts certain conditions set done by council ai its meeting tuesday the recent death of four people pointed out councillor ron moran in motor vehicle collisions has sparked residents near the juction to file a signed petition to council in support of control signals council voted to reciuest the province to install lights with an inclusion by mayor tony roman strongly urging the government to pay for it