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whitchurch stouffville january 6 1977 20 cents 16 pages wns centennial year irts with a big turnout large tic the villes cent christmas tr midnight centenni tmittee c in spite ather new years owd turned out to oing of stouff- nial year with a bonfire just after steering corn- airman keith utherland se fire to the pile of christmas treqs in the town park pd local firemen continually estacked the aze it was an mpressive sight with flames shooting 20 or 30 feet into the air mr sutherland expressed amazement at he large turnout saturday proved a busy although fscaaewhat more ceremonious pay starting at noon with the mayors levee at latcham hall this was followed at one oclock with a reenactment of the first council meeting featuring some descendants of the original council at 2 pm 1000 helium filled balloons were released on main st in front of the clock tower the balloons which caused quite a scramble among the children bore a likeness of the clock tower logo and gave the date of homecoming weekend at 230 pm an inauguration ceremony was held for the new members of council during the levee mayor gordon ratcliff headed the reception line sporting the towns new 650 chain of office reg button played the part of his grand uncle james dougherty the first reeve of stouffville lloyd freel represented his great grand father dr s l freel john gibney was portrayed by his great grandson bob wagg and millard reesor played the part of his ancestor jessie reesor the clerktreasurer h w woodgate was played by jack davis who is not related mr davis is the son of ross shine davis one of the oldest lifelong residents of stouffville justice of the peace edward wheeler was to have been represented by eric button but mr button ran into car trouble up north and was unable turn to 100th p 9 regiona chairmanship garfield wright likely will be ousted in voting a souvenir v when 1000 tieliumifletiballooris were let go saturday afternoon it set off asmall goodjiatiinid riot amongst the youngsters present who were scrambling wildly about trying to get hold of -8i- balloon i tjla newmarket a defeat of york regions first chairman seems likely this year as a fight for the top spot gains momen tum the movement to oust chairman garfield wright began last summer as former mayor evelyn buck called for his resignation to facilitate a change in administration the- chairman refused to budge and was the first to publicly declare his candidacy for the office which he has held for six years however according to a poll at least eight voting councillors are publicly com mitted to change their votes on jan 13 will go to newmarket mayor bob forhan and former markham councillor bob adams who entered the race last month top contender mr adams refused to comment monday on his position although it is rumored he has up to nine of 16 r councillors committed to him on lhe first ballot enough for a victory the issue will come to a head jan 13 when the vote will be the first order of business at the inaugural council meeting chairman wright has two of 16 votes committed publicly to his position while a further three councillors refused to declare their votes but- have stated they are not dissatisfied with the current administration among them is markham mayor tony roman who said friday he is not one of the councillors voting for change just for the sake of change however he hedged by saying he has not yet heardfrom the challengers reasons as to why there should be a change he is waiting for nomination and seconding speeches af the time of the vote before deciding who will get his support also among them are georgina township mayor george burrows and markham councillor alma walker neither of whom will commit their votes mayor burrows will only say he has committed his vote on the first ballot while councillor walker maintains she is not unhappy with the current administration but will not declare her support newmarket councillor ray twinney is the most vocal supporter of mayor forhan however while in the past councillor twinney promised his vote to mr wright once mayor forhan is out of the race he now says he is undecided on the second ballot mayor forhan was not available for comment monday and failed to return messages left at his office rumors were that the newmarket mayor was wrestling with a decision to stay in the race or withdraw and first new years baby steven jeffrey wood arrived three weeks early to become the first local baby to be born in the new year parents jeffrey and sandra wood of rr 2 markham here pose with their newborn son at scarboro centenary hospital steven weighed eight pounds one ounce at birth and was born at 11 17 pm on jan 1 he joins two sister maria 8 and leanne 2 l a both boards face dispute aurora both the york county board of education and the york region roman catholic separate school board enter the new year faced with unresolved disputes in the public school boards case secondary school teachers are claiming a- breach of con tract and trust over submission u u- k u a of their 197677 salary throw ssupportbehindmr board adams supporters of mr adams are whitchurch stouffville mayor gordon ratcliff markham councillor ron moran and mayor britnell mrs britnell is reserving her final decision until the speeches the separate school board meanwhile is faced by con tinuing parent discontent over last springs forced resignation of st- patricks separate school principal bill foran the next movein the dispute board chairmanship race cousens withdraws markham don cousens southdale drive markham will not be a can- didate for chairman when the york county board of education meets jan 6 tonight to make that appointment the withdrawal announced monday leaves john stephens ic vsvi fir jx c 1 these stately iookinggentiemen portrayed the members of toaffvilles first coancfl that sat 100 years ago most of tte players e direct descendants of the original councillors and reeve the f 3s8b factors from lefcjack davis reg batfac lloyreelgord ness stiidlng millard reesor and bob wagg tfec pageant was excellehtlreceived by the andierice john montgomery of thornhill and craig cribar of newmarket as the only two in contention the inaugural session is set for 8 pm in the auditorium of markham dist high school mr cousens the boards vicechairman in 1976 said he couldnf see his way clear to accept the added work load at this time if i take on a job i like to do it well he stated he indicated he might considerthe position in 78 the markham trustee said the company where he is em ployed is an executive office was planning a major expansion program that would require his attention he said the decision to with draw had not been made without much thought i have to establish my priorities he explained goes to calgary on theft charge stouffville a musselmans lake man has found himself in deeper and deeper trouble following a- dispute with a neighbour david- edward broad- bridge 27 of clark st r r 2 stouffville was charged with mischief to private property on nov 19 after a dispute with steven gold of clark st the accused man was released on an undertaking to stay away from mr gold in future on dec 22 at 1110 pm mr golds premises were allegedly entered and he told police he was threatened with bodily harm if he testified against the accused in court a mr broadbridge was j arrested at his residence dec 23 and held in custody for a bail hearing dec 24 jr on dec 29 he appeared in newmarket court and was re- arrested on an outstanding warrant by calgary police j he was turned over to an rcmp officer for escort back to calgary where a robbery charge awaits is up to the parents who have scheduled a meeting monday night at the school the action by the secondary school teachers is one of major support for their elementary counterparts who while equally affected by the boards decision to include regular increments in the submission to uie aib wont suffer any financial loss t fef even with the increment the salary increase awarded to the secondary school teachers is below aibguidelines- its a different matter for the elementary teachers however who stand to lose should the aib roll back the 113 percent difference between the guidelines and the settlement with increment- figures sub mitted by the board for federal approval but the fighting power has been left with the secondary school teachers whose contract includes a clause calling ifor joint submission on to the aib the agreement with the elementary teachers contains no such clause and the teachers are fel m 1 23 r fpr pageaiit stouffville a total of 23 local young women have entered the stouffville cen- tennial queen contest the pageant featuring the top finalists will be held jan 15 1 starting 815 pm i the contestants are anne marie hetherington ann tredshaw jacquie hassard dana turner l deborah mc- curdy jennifer smith colleen kamps maryanne hulshof shelley smith patti davidson margaret kamps maryanne farley margit olsen- trudy norton christel gloth sary van vliet rhoda whale susan lynne storry marilyn pearson lissa daniel michelle morley melodie ramer and jane mosley tickets are on sale at crest hardware and- morgan jewellersfdr 250 each therefore powerless as far as legal action is concerned the result is drop in morale that is being dramatically compared to the secondary school strike days of early 1974 800jp06 fair board markham a grant mtm 800000 hasbeen received bysl the markhairifair boardfrom wintario for use in building the i new fairgrounds at mcgowan road and 18th ave the amount will cover a third of the 24 cost of- con- verting 100 acres of farmland j into fairgroundsthe fair board already had 21 million ffom the sale of the old fairgrounds at highways 7 and 48 the new site was selected after s was found the old fairgrounds used since 1855 were inadequate regarding the grant markham and east york agricultural society- presjdent harvey brown said were just tickled pink he said the money left over might be used for erecting av i building on the site snowmobile driver course registration stouffville all those interested in taking the snowmobile driver training t course starting jan 21 at the whitchurchstouffville museum must havetheir registrations in by jan 7 tlie course sponsored by the dept of transport is designed especially for those aged 1216 and for adults without a valid drivers licence it is now illegal for anyone to drive a snowmobile without this licence unless they are riding on their- own property call- 8957190 for more in formation ft stouffville centennial calendar of activities i i ye olde lunche to celebrate stouffvilles centennial an old fashioned homemade lunch will be served at the legion hall on wed- nesday janl2from 1130 am to 2 pm tickets are 350 for adults and 250 for children- beard growing contest c j vi all stouffville men are invited to enter the centennial beard growing contest registrations will be accepted at neil patricks motors cards hardware and chas richards sons from how until jan 17 entrants must have a clean shaven chin when- registering but may retain their moustaches and sideburns judging will be in july during the centennial homecoming activities j twil i-