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public school mk still decrease stouffville elementary school enrollments continue to drop and the village of stouffville is no exception opening day figures show a decrease of about 70 students a situation thats unlikely to change according to bill mc- vickar superintendent for area 2 only a large housing development will reverse it he told the tribune he attributed the pattern to a lower birth rate more women holding permanent positions and an unstable economic en vironment while attendance al stouffville dist secondary school is up 84 when everyone arrives back these statistics too are expected to nosedive possibly as early as 1979 the superintendent- said enrollment at sdss one year ago exclusive of the grade 8s was 851 across the board in whit- churchstouffville decreases are noted at the following schools orchard park 30 summitview 12 high school grade 8 6 dicksons hill 15 whitchurchhighlands 38 and ballantrae 23 st- marks separate school in stouffville is up by seventeen over in durham theres a similar trend with claremont down by 12 webb 18 and goodwood 6 all principals and secretaries contacted by the tribune stressed the fact that tuesdays figures are by no means final since many families are still absent on extended vacations parole board clears lake mans record stouffville wendall jacksons a free man and by his own admission it feels great the musselmans lake resident accompanied by his wife walked into the tribune office thursday a parole board pardon clutched in his hand 4v youve had my name oh the front page so many times i thought youd like to know about this he said a broad smile crossing his face a letter from his solicitor donald kimura of stouffville read simply please be advised that we have received a pardon from his excellency the governor general in council pardoning you from a number of offences convictions dating as far back as the ninth day of april 1963 include impaired driving attempt to obstruct justice causing a disturbance common assault possession of stolen property and theft they were stupid things he said attributing many of his i past troubles to a drinking problem hes had a clean slate since 1972 with a record wendall found it difficult to obtain a job mainly because hecouldntbe bonded hes presently em ployed in markham now the father of two children and still living at the lake he attributes good behavior in part to his wife also he believes vern davies must have put in a good word for me mr davies operates very successful cedar beach park the statement from the- deputy registrar general of canada reads the national parole board after making proper enquiries is satisfied that the said wendall edward jackson is of good behavior and that the convictions should no longer reflect adversely oh his character use of the strap is ho big issue stouffville york county board of education has approved a draft policy on discipline in schools in cluded is endorsement of the strap a provision thats met some opposition in certain areas but not in whitchurch- stouffville according to trustee harry bowes the straps only part of it heloldtbetribune the last on the list in stressing this point the board member feels the press is makinga mountain out of a molehill he revealed that two credit park patrol with vandalism curb stouffville tvw people have been employedthis summer to watch over the i stouffville park a precautionary move that ac cording to mayor gordon ratcliff has worked out well incidents of vandalism have been reduced to such an extent the saving may be sufficient to cover both salaries the mayor said we shouldnt have to do it he admitted but parks seem to bear the brunt of this sort of thing not jiist in stouff ville but everywhere mayor ratcliff explained thai in newmarket the practice of guard duty had been discontinued then re introduced when vandalism once again got out of hand some members of council feel penalties in this regard are too low they also contend that restitution in some form should be made to the victim s at a recent meeting thev supported a resolution from the city of trenton endorsing both provisions it also called for increased citizen support of police attempting to combat the problem recy cling concern stouffville the whitchurchstouffville re cycling program has proved so successful mayor gordon ratcliff doesnt want it closed down the mayor was questioned on the service following an announcement that unless more induction stouffville rev and mrs donald payne will be inducted into the ministry of the stouffville baptist church at special services this sunday in the morning at 10 am and in the evening at seven drws whitcombe the interimpastor will be in charge at night the wright family singers will bring special music with la social hour to follow a public- reception for rev and mrs payne and family is planned for sept 13 at 8 pm juvenile fastball team s stouffville stouff- villes juvenile fastball team returned conquering heroes early monday morning champions of all ontario the club cocoached by jerry ratcliff and pete san derson swept past kirkland lake 50 and 51 to take the title in two straight ace righthander jim quivers hurled both games with rob mcbeth back of the plate previously they had beaten lindsay cobourg and fullerton on the season they had 38 wins 5 losses and 2 ties the boys were given the traditional fire engine escort into town and greeted by mayor gordon ratcliff in the park the mayor promised a more formal recognition of the teams ac complishments later the trip north was costly in terms of dollars totalling uv excess of si 000 for tran- sportation and accommodation the lions chipped in with a 200 donation and a grant is an ticipated from wintario about 80 hometown supporters at- tended the games for full writeiip and pictures see page 13 vol 91 no 18 whitchurchstouffville september 7 1978 20 cents 20 pages of four principals on the com mittee were vehemently op posed to this form of corporal punishment mr bowes said the various parent groups had been con tacted and provided with copies of the proposal to date he said none had reported back altogether he noted the draft had been circulated among morethan90 region he feels nothing will be- finalized before november theres still plenty of time to respond he said but i dont consider it a big issue 0ir lf on thursday afternoon a giant boeing chinook helicopter operated by 450 squadron of the rcaf swooped down and picked up a 4a ton bus owned by george stewart of cone 7 whitchurch- stouffville it took almost three hours to assemble the harness in preparation for takeoff jim thomas people volunteer theirhelpit could cease to operate mayor ratcliff said that while he hadnt been ap proached on the problem he could see the possibility of the town working closer with local organizers so as to keep it going well have to deal with it when the matters brought 3 before us he stated 2 free show helicopter lifts a bus becky wedley v j i healed by prayer stouffville since age 12 becky wedleys had an asthma problem any over exertion caused a shortage of breath her list of allergies seemed endless on three oc casions she was taken seriously ill to hospital she consumed huge quantities of pills and never went anywhere without an inhaler it was at her request that ihe whitchurchstouffville council chambers was declared a no smoking area in the past two years she missed several meetings due to ill health then one sunday her pastor rev paul hope at churchill baptist church an nounced plans for a laying on of hands the prearranged date was aug 13 j most had left the sanctuary she remembers when she responded to the altar call i was desperate she said the very moment he bkcky wedley touched me i felt the power of the lord he felt it too i breathed deeply stood up and said thank god ive been healed that was three weeks ago there hasnt been a sign of the asthma since councillor wedley recalls taking along her usual purse of pills the next time she went to the cottage more from force of habit than anything her drug bill totalled about 50 a month becky says she feels like a new woman she describes her experience to everyone she meets including a personal testimony at a recent service i became so emotional i could hardly talk she said becky wedley claims her pastor possesses a godgiven gift the greatest surgeon of all is right up above she con cluded ballantrae for a jet- powered boeing vertol chinook helicopter lifting an 8500 pound bus is much ylike an eagle making off with an ant- residents here saw it happen thursday when one of these huge 7000000 birds- operated by 450 squadron of the rciaf latched onto a 44 ton vehicle and lifted it into the air with ease arrangements for the pick up had been made with bus- owner george stewart several days in advance the unit was towed into a section of open- space on the west side of cone 7 where the copter had room to land putting the harness around the victim took over two hours however that was routine completing the hookup with the craft proved much more difficult four runs were required the chinook helicopter is the largest of its kind in the free world it has a gross weight of 25 tons a payload capacityof 12 tons accommodation for 44 passengers a top speed of 195 miles per hour and a range of 1100 miles this particular machine with the bus dangling below participated in the air show at the cne no more trailers for lake muss lake town council has rejected two ap plications for trailer parks at musselmans lake the one would have ac commodated about 200 units at the wagon wheel ranch- operated by jim coultice the other was for 20 units south of the glendale pavillion musselmans lake is not a growth area mayor gordon ratcliff told the tribune he said the only major change worthy of consideration would be a public park on the mont gomery property west of glendale with the bus dangling forty feel below the helicopter lifts off en route to toronto where it participated in the cne air show friday jim thomas lions draw win a new ear stouffville for 25 some lucky ticketholder will drive home in a 1978 pontiac acadian hatchback sedan the grand prize saturday night in the stouffville lions annual elimination car draw ex- travaganza in the arena the event beginning at 8 pm includes a free buffet and dance should the new automobile not suit he winners needs he or she may select any one of the followinga microwaveoven valued at 500a- ladies diamond ring a portable dishwasher 400 or a trip to nassau 500 s tickets are uill available from cards ihardware morgans jewdlersbahknofsf nova scotiabank rbf com- merce patrick motors and aiken pharmacyyfftjfv m