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art show sale unionville arena friday sunday shbune santa claus parade markham stouffville saturday dectflh mk whitchurch stouffville markham uxbridge thursday nov 29 1973 library to feature craft display markham crafts will always be an attraction to children knowing this jeanne scargall has arranged for the craft guild of markham to put on a demonstration at the markham centennial library saturday morning featured will be rug- hooking spinning weaving macrame and whittling to begin at 1030 am in the afternoon a sale of christmas crafts will be held from 1 to 5 pm at the unionville library two films will be featured christmas cracker and santa claus i suit show time is 11 am strike markham a uranium sale by denison mines limited to tokyo electric in japan was announced monday by com pany chairman stephen roman value of the tran saction is placed at 800 million mr roman resides on 18th avenue markham west of kennedy road the deal calls for deliveries at the rate of 4 million pounds of uranium a year for ten years between 1984 and 1993 denison mines are located in the elliott lake district of northern ontario vandals hit schoolagain markham public school vandalism continues to pose a problem in markham the latest incident occurred f at franklin school where ac cording to police five large windows were broken by bb pellets damage has been i estimated at 300 rings stolen a smashandgrab robbery i at two jewellry stores netted thieves several hundred dollars worth of rings and watches one breakin was at barthau jewellers on main street and the i other at markham credit jewellers in the plaza girl assaulted police are looking for a man between 35 and 40 following an assault on an 11 year old markham girl nov 21 i the victim was accosted on sir constantine drive and dragged behind a house he is described j as six feet tall dark hair and heavy build art showsale this weekend unionville- a money- raising campaign to improve the interior of the crosby memorial arena will take a major step forward this weekend with a 3- day art show in the upper auditorium this is one of several projects planned for the com munity in connection with the drive promoters hope to expand the facility and use the building all year round the art show and sale begins friday and extends through sunday both paintings and sculptures from recognized artists will be on display a wine and cheese party will feature fridays opening at 730 pm saturdays time is 10 am to 10 pm and sunday 12 noon to 4 pm councillor killed markham a 35 year old richmond hill councillor was killed tuesday when his small car was in collision with a gravel truck at 16th avenue and cone 5 r r 1 unionville charles stewart father of four sons was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital charged with dangerous driving is stephen edward ruscitti 25 of midland avenue scarboro kenneth mcdonald former principal of markham dist high school was a platform guest at commencement exercises friday near the conclusion of the program he was presented with a gift by council president rick mcgregor and accorded a standing ovation by the students jim thomas markham years best 99 markham kenneth mcdonald former principal of markham dist high school and now an area administrator with ths york county board of education described his 7 years at mdhs as the most thrilling part of my life he was a platform guest at commencement exercises friday and spoke briefly following receipt of a gift from rick mcgregor president of the 197374 students council the council head described how his own personal feelings towards mr mcdonald had changed from fear to respect the exprincipal was accorded a standing ovation so also was the valedictorian sally shearman and members of the schools senior band principal we duxbury credited the ease of his ad justment into a new en vironment to the leadership provided by mr mcdonald don cousens a markham member on the board also addressed the students and their parents viceprincipal howard christie served as master of ceremonies the invocation was delivered by rev paul martin of wideman mennonite church in addition to an ontario scholarship sally shearman received seven other academic awards including prizes in english french german and music she was also presented with a chesebroughponds gold medal the edward and mary clark scholarship and the general proficiency award york county board of education john page received the coveted ajh eckhardt trophy for general proficiency plus individual awards in history biology and geography he shared the rotary club award for general proficiency with classmate david forrest david forrest won the gw wilson proficiency cup and was a top student in mathematics others recognized included marie burkholder christine moir david forrest and michael kurtz chesebrough- ponds silver medals robert burkholder music karen milne english michael kurtz physics christine moir latin patricia regan geographyhome economics tina holdcroft art androbt shaunessy chesebrough- ponds award stirring address markham its the people who make a nation not the nation that makes a people stated valedictorian sally shearman in a stirring graduation night address friday in the same way its not the school that makes the students but the students who make a school the 17 year old ontario scholar now enrolled at ottawa university criticized the individual who is content only to complain its very easy to sit back and verbally destroy a system one does not like she said but quite another thing to seek out solutions and improve on the system she said that by attaining a sense of responsibility and participating in the ad ministration a schools operation can work to the betterment of all the honor grad was accorded a standing ovation by her classmates may reverse 1 way streets in markham more confusing than dangerous markham markham council may have found the solution to the current traffic confusion at main and joseph streets in an effort to correct the problem created after the former town roads committee designated joseph street one way westbound and church street oneway eastbound in 1968 traffic coordinator harvey cox recommended tuesday that vehicular direction be reversed last year explained mr cox in his report signal lights were installed at the 3way in tersection to control traffic but since then he observed motorists have become con fused as to their rights when making a rightturn from joseph onto main but the paradox arises when the motorist head north and is confronted by a red he also encounters the same problem when turning left from robinson it is my opinion that the problem at this corner is more a confusing situation than a dangerous one said cox however if the oneway designation is reversed on the two roads running east of main he explained the traffic light would have to be moved about 200 feet to the north adjacent to church but mr cox agreed this would not alleviate confusion for motorists turning left from robinson and church in his report the co ordinator recommended moving the lights 30 feet south to joseph he said the synchronization of the signals would have to be changed 99 mr cox admitted that the province had rejected a similar proposal submitted by him earlier but added the two recommendations i have proposed will improve traffic conditions council referred the report to the works committee for further study want more recreation markham in spite of seemingly wellorganized facilities lack of recreation is listed as the no 1 need in the town of markham according to a recent survey conducted by the health and social services department and the regional planning department region of york onethird of all families contacted requested more programs of this kind the noonhour period with no provisions for hot lunches ranked second the report suggests a more thorough in vestigation into this problem occasional babysitting care rated just over 10 per cent this problem the report concludes might be solved bya central agency who could be called upon to give names of available babysitters in ones area if this cannot be done the municipality might consider a dropin centre for all ages of children and where each is scheduled into the centre in advance santaby a whisker markham santa claus will come to town dec 8 his arrival was assured tuesday when markham council approved a grant of 1500 to cover a chamber of commerce deficit in sponsoring the annual parade markham despite a strenuous workout the night before commencement seventeen members of markham dist high schools senior band hosted a onehour program of instruction in the lower auditorium of centennial library ninetythree boys and girls attended each instrument was identified through questions asked of the young audience its history and value to the band was then explained the students offered solos duets trios and quartets con cluding with two selections by the complete band under the direction of staff instructor harold hioms the boys and girls who remained were allowed to try out their talents on everything from the drums to a tuba but he made it only by a whisker the motion squeaked through on a 54 recorded vote originally the request was for 1725 the finance committee however cut the figure back to 1000 but on tuesday coun cillor ron moran moved an ammendment that would add 500 i wouldnt want the chamber of commerce to conclude it couldnt sponsor a parade in the future he said but councillor harry crisp was less generous im not opposed to the parade but theres no legal authority i know of for a municipality to issue grants for such purposes his stand on the issue was made clear previously and he made it known this opinion had not changed mayor tony roman in dicated open irritation over continuing the debate claiming the matter had received lengthy discussion in committee im amazed that the majority of members who recommended the 1000 have changed their minds mafia charge imagination judge just blow urges 17 year old cheryl hughes of drakefield road a grade 12 student and member of markham dist high schools senior band but debbie lamb of rouge street finds the task a bit harder than it looks debbie took her turn on the trombone at the conclusion of a tutoring class in the markham library saturday markham a 14th avenue markham man at tempted to convince judge clare morrison in richmond hill court friday that on two separate occasions he had been threatended with bodily harm alfonse untermann a woodworker said that once when raymond cowan of r r 2 claremont entered his shop he indicated he would crush the complainants hands between two cement blocks and shove his head in a vice on another occasion he said cowan tried to force his hand into a circular saw untermann charged that if the accused didnt get him his paid hirelings would witnesses told conflicting stories as to what had happened so opposite in fact that judge morrison dismissed the case he told untermann that the suggestion that cowan was affiliated with the mafia was a figment of your imagination there is no reason to believe that the complainant should fear for his safety in the future and thats all im concerned about concluded the judge