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v m i w rwhitchurchstouffville irkhamuxbr thursday feb 7 1974 u fear whble year lost don deacon v mpp yorkcentre and auditoriumof the markham public library mr barney darison mp yorknorth were greeted deacon above found education high on j the t by a full house at a meeting friday in the lower priority list of problems rjim thomas markham it was steaming hot- in the lower auditorium of markhams centennial library friday but no hotter than the tempers of some parents the meeting arranged by members- barney danson yorknorth and donald deacon yorkcentre was meant to discuss some of the people problems of the day bne problem held priority overall the rest education feelings ranged from hopeless frustration to irritation and anger recall the house and 1 force the teachers back demanded one its time to say this i is- enough charged another the teachers are snowballing youv called out still another v vvif vijjii several took a more passive i suspected the government was approach they wanted to know hesitant- ttpfqrcet the teachers if their children could- be jbackforfearra i total walkout transferred to anotherschool vmight occiuacrbss ontario he outside york county they predicted a takeover of wanted to know- if summer negotiations- by t queens park school courses 3wbuld be only if the trustees admit to an available to catch up on missed insurmountable impasse i subjects they wanted to know want binding arbitration now what major issues were keeping v n said theres been no the two sides apart j progress for the past four weeks mr deacon fielded most of ancm still hear both sides saying the questions in this area due to v things completely at odds with the facf that- education is a each other provincial matter he said he blame director markham sam chapman tyork countys director of educationcame infor a verbal roasting at the danson- deacon liberal meeting friday 0 one speaker i a student of markham dist high school suggested mr chapman alone was responsible for the stalemate in yorkhes almost like a dictator the big boss he said theybung man said it seemed strange that teacliers in other areas had come to terms biit not in york county v ddnalddeaconr mppyorkcentre said one person could hardly be blamed for the problems in york perhaps itsthe system i thats wrong perhaps an area setup would be better obviously theres breakdownmn relatiorishe eluded 1 i a lad inthe audience produced- a letter signed by markham trustee doa sim sayiiigtheboardfis willing to negotiate seriously oh all issues sshe handed it to the member v mrdeacon said that as a parent he faced a similar problem hefsaid some were making arrangements to have their childrentaughtelsewhere but other boards werefiesitant mo accept them n without assurance theywould stky he said he had no idea if the fv teachers would be willing to put in extra hours to make up for josttime you politicians are itoo s passive complained a listener editors mail i we obtairianswers see no a local dispute impasse not one issueliad beew vmrdeaconsaidthere wasc t resolved c ci i ht results its we middle-of-the- road people who arepaying for 7 all the bums downtown through welfare andiunemployment insurance theteachers tare i under contract and should honor f mr danson leftwas with questions concerning inflation housing and the energy crisis he also commented on the 4- i- u save our sehiiolpareiiits f wsed ne iidha airport sgwe wdjg gsphc te here s x any area whvey director c- fit c v r 6t education is astrong figure it 9 m mm-mm-mm-a- k ttsrml 1 didnt matter where markham the resigned teachers of markham district high schoqlwish to assert that vas a resultof this stalemate v teachrshtaken- the dispufeberveir york over90percentofuiesecpndary v icountysboafd of education and teachers ofxork county voted to sfcondafyfschool teachers is request assistance from their a local i matter v provincial executive iln it has been stated by mr johnkippen superintendent of- operations for theyork county board that stf is nothing illegal lnthe action the- achers had taken f soon or fr quit deacon v r pi i- f tmilliken if the york building and the 100 students unammousmn their desire to county board of education i now enrolled there jjit keep4he school open and apprbves the closing of marklee trustee donald cousens of provided excellent reasonsjto public schboir at the end of markham said f he was mi- support this request he said the june it wilfbecontraryto the pressed with j uriityof the appeal was made without anger v wishes of- most parents j parents and their support of the or emotion x jbvious staff he called it a prettyf mr cousens said the matter fra hamlet pospriistress honored k the public should be aware of the following facts ahzsecondary school teachers are members of o s stf response to this request agroup of 0 s st f members headed bymr vincenf mathewson a fulltime mathematics teacher -jpf- county continued negotiations on ourjjehalf we 1 were one of several counties that york cty if no set- requested and received tlementisjeached this weekin assistance v i vz fe current york county teacher f v since that r haye dispute the board will have nv constantly keptoiir negotiators alternative but toresign informed of our objectives in is this 5 is fthe- opinion jof this dispute f mppdonald peacphyqrk- asfaras we are concerned centre mr deacon final acceptance of acontractis personally wittfthisriewspaperj t this feeling was obvious locust hill mrs frank wadethat friendly face cthes secondary schoolvtkepereogativeoftheteachersof- monday follbwinga weekencfof achersvofyork county york- county andriotthediscussion withpartiesfonboth initiated negotiations with the provinciaporganization sides4 ifasft i jithis islocal dispute in- v -jwith- the boards duties vblving local problems terminated the issuewouldbe- -li- signed- handed back to theministerand i m j j 1 tlv onv v york county board of education an tvtq rk 0 f 1 073 a f f pp pl p upn a theresigned teachers of markhani district high school an end to the stnkewould soon- follow mr deacon predicted jmanan dissette promarklee yyli v trzzr supporter fvts markham service was his wife the k former evelyn t in a letter to this newspaper t heldfrom the-widemanmen- byerone brother walter of mrs dissette charged that the nomte church saturday for jfenelon falls and three sisters board had whittled down the leonard wburkhblder rr 1 mary mrs aaron gdbdrr attendance during the past three armani- following his 2baden hanna mrs gordon years by altering the boundaries 7ru r wideman gait and ada mrs to suit their convenience it t phillip barg in british vis our belief that the board has columbian t been anxious jo close v down fpassihg7feb27h xvfvmr burkhblder suffereda iweartattackafter retiring for columbia i v been anxious jo close down jthenight and died suddenly he emmerson mcdowell markleeallalongand this has wasy conducted th iu rfii leonard burkholderiwasa afternoovat 2 lifelong resident of the area up until two years ago he had operated a dairy farm at lot9 jconc9 he was in the process of selling thepropertyand- had diminished his operation to that of raising beef cattle and pigs service saturday 30 p m assisted by glenn brubacher lawrence burkholder and paul burkholder 9 r been their way of doing it she said she praised the work of the principal andhis staffthe size of classes and the happy relaxed atmosphere ls i tmr burkholdekwas active sin manyphases of community life particularly the church he wasajnember at cedar grove f as jureasurersuriday school 4 teacher and song leader he was ia pastpresident jof the markhamt sunday j school u associationvin helped jout inthe mennonite disaster t t service an u jorganization that provided relief for the needyjiri many areast leoriardburkhplderwas pvoudfof hisrfamilycvthatin- iciudestwosonscreorgeand scharlesbothat homeland six 4 stanleynissiey ofvmarmiam louisemrspavidwideman ilistbwelfeleanorand intern at jkingstdngeheral hospital v bettiastudent atryerscn manetatstudenttwaterioo fire idas dvbiv 220000 in 3 markham fire losses in the the town of markham for 1 1973jrose to 22036500 an increase of 9784500 over the t previous yearf yk 1 j fir chief myrhsmith j released this information before council feb 26 as part of his departments annual report i v chief smith assured members thatvalthough the figures might seem alarming tipper capita lossof 479 was intact quite small and well below the nationalaverage i i htotal operating costsof the department j were 296444 there were only two injuries as the result of fires andho fatalities he said sv j g i syimarkhamhas vstaff of 27 fulltime fire 48 on- parttime they answered 573 calls 164 mdrethah in 72- j the towns three fire stations accommodate a formidable array of equipment includingffive dassapumpersone aerial unitjonetankefand astation vagoxfx fib- 1 tthe department performed manvj community i oriented services the chief explained including nine safety lectufes30 station toursand 13supervisory fire ousatarea schbblsv fitnenalsomadeaaluablerjeinarcontribution to the j pierreeiliott trudeau v will alwaysjremain one ofher dest possessionsmtreads to margaret wwade on the occasion ofyouf retirement from public service i wish to thank you on 7 behalf of the government and the people of canadaor your contribution i x oycryearsof faithful service and extend to yoiitbestwishesv signedpierre elliott trudeau s prime minister j j- f i mrsjwade took over the postal duties atlocusthill in v 1941 she retired in december 1973 71 7 i j while the rural route is more populated now from 100 to 250 the hamlet itself is little changed mrs wadesaysr the federaligbvernment has pur- cased thestore- site mr- and mrs wade are moving to markham v t s charges follow tavern i markham i- a 25 year old churdiijstreetrrian faces a charge of assault causingbodily harmfouovingafracasin a markham tavernfridaynight i itisallegedthatrick bpwdenenteredithevprerniscs and struck vapatronrirohh fj 1 blundclipavillionijstreetf tunionville in thcfacerwiuy his a fistwhileonthe floor bowdenj jcria iukjui nirjrii-