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to host art show john g roberts art instructor on the staff of stouffville dist secondary school will host an exhibition of watercolors and drawings march 12 to 25 at gallery gabor ltd 602 markham street toronto mr roberts will attend the opening march 12 from 7 to 10 pjn other hours are tuesday to saturday 11 a jn to 6 pjn and sunday 2 pjn to 6 pjn at stouffviue high staff v stouffville x there wiu be two major changes in the head positions at stouffville dist secondary school with the start of the fall term in sep tember principal mervyn witherow is being tranferred to huron heights secondary school newmarket he was the prin cipal there before coming to stouffville in 1977 in fact it was at huron heights that be began his teaching career back in 1962 before that be served as an officer in the canadian army ron mercer viceprincipal at sdss will retire at the conclusion of the term in june his period of service dates back through three generations including several years before the present school was built mr mercers successor will by clyde fawcett the current viceprincipal at dr g w williams secondary school aurora mr fawcett joined the williams staff in 1969 and has served as technical director branch director and vice- principal all at the same location before that he taught in hastings county following a period of employment with the international nickle company of canada a successor for mr witherow will be named march 10 wht wrihum vol n no 45 whitchurch stouffville march 6 1980 25 cents 20 pages seven office employees salary hikes are criticized becky wedlev youth rally a special youth rally will be held friday evening at eight oclock in st james presbyterian church stouff- ville program participants will 4 include the brady family of newmarket the stouffville high school choir and represen tatives from several denominations in the area refreshments will follow its the first service of its kind to be held st james adults as well asyoung people orfl inirttat are invited stouffville ward 1 councillor becky wedley has criticized fellow members who last week approved salary increases for seven office employees ranging from 15 to 39 per cent councillor wedley called for a recorded vote on the motion following an incamera discussion feb 26 but no ex planation accompanied the request this prompted the tribune to enquire further into the matter mrs wedley in a written reply said she couldnt support the resolution in its entirety because the same staff per sonnel had received wage hikes in 79 of from 158 to 306 per cent taking bothyearsinto consideration these salaries mentioned above have been raised by from 324 to 635 per cent she said the councillor for ward 1 says last years increases had been justified to members by the administrator as being necessary to bring them into line with other municipalities however she notes that one employee hired three years ago without any experience has been accorded a 6250 increase over a twoyear period 3750 in 1979 and 2500 in 1980 or 46 2 per cent it concerns me she says that these increases have been approved after our old ad ministrator left and just two weeks before our new ad ministrator is due to arrive tcis councillor wedley s contention that an eight per cent- wage hike should have been approved across the board with an added increase for two staff members receiving promotions i do support the eight per cent given to the remainder of the staff the 86 per cent to our works department and the increase to our works foreman tobring them 1000 per year above the workers but i could not support the resolutions completely how can we justify slashing the recreation budget to a bare minimum of ap proximately 340 per captia when other municipalities spend up to 600 then turn around and increase salaries by a whopping 15 8 to 30j per cent it just abesfff mafiegobd business sense sheconcluded student drug reports unfounded says supt stouffville a drug problem at stouffville high no at least no worse than at any other secondary school in york county this is the opinion of area 4 superintendent bill mcvicar responding to a letter in the feb 28 issue of the tribune signed a concerned staff he said he had spoken to principal mervyn witherow about it but only briefly he added however that he had read the papers story following an interview with the principal feb 14 and agreed wholeheartedly with his move towards drug education he described the drug scene as a new phenomenon in our society stouffville he said is no longer the sleepy little village it once was adding that drugs are likelyavailable in the arena at the library and on main street the superintendent recalled how back in the 60s drug use became evident at thornhill high we suffered the same problems there that were being experienced in the city before it began its march across the province the teachers were caught offguard he said they had to reeducate themselves at one time he explained the situation was so distressing many staff members were ready to quit the profession weve cornea long way since then he said pointing out that most teachers will now report any suspicious behavioral traits in students mr mc vicar took exception to the fact all young people tend to get lumped together as part of a drugoriented society its an unfair attack on a whole generation most people dont know they just assume kids get labelled unfairly and every schools supposed to be the worst the superintendent also took a swing at persons who write letters to newspapers 1 about drugs theyre usually the ones who know the least he said and some have no children m the school theyre talking about he repeated his support of mr witherows proposal to inform and educate parents on drug and drugrelated abuses at the same time he ex pressed opposition to the de criminalizing of marijuana an issue the federal govern ments been toying with for several years george pegg blake street stouffville has had no formal training in music yet he can play two instruments the bass horn and the saxophone and performs in both the stouffville citizens band and the silver jubilee club kitchen band he doesnt consider it work just fun jim thomas george pegg senior musician stouffville george peggs greatest love in life is music although hes had no formal training he can play the saxophone the bass horn and before that the slide trombone- this interest was born at the early age of five when as a little ladhe would listen to his mother play hymns on the organ as the family gathered round for a time of singing however it wasnt until about 1920 that he himself began to play his first in strument was the bass horn two years later he joined the claremont citizens band and played the saxophone with encouragement from wife sara whose grandfather was a band master george has made music come alive to the enjoyment of many in dividuals and organizations at 77 hes active in both thestouffville concert band and the silver jubilee club kitchen band t when hes not blowing his horn george can likely be found enjoying the beauties of nature the birds and the flowers hes a member of the pickering naturalist club he also likes gardening and writing poetry if its true that musical talent is inherited then the pegg family is a case history george and saras two daughters nola mrs harold harper of claremont and gladys mrs walter brick- wood of bradford were t active in markhams march ing band while phyllis mrsclarkmajor of brooklin plays the piano and electric organ the silver jubilee clubs kitchen band has proved a tremendous success george has as much fun playing in it as audiences have listening to it the stouffville concert band holds rehearsals every monday evening at the high school it is work not when its fun and george enjoys it to the fulh increased revenue arena cost 698 stouffville the operation and maintenance of the stouffville arena in 1979 cost the town only 698 mayor eldred king informed the tribune this week this rather trivial amount was the result of increased drug study is proposed stouffville should marijuana use be removed from the criminal code town trustee harry bowes cant say because like many hes not sure if experimentation with one leads to involvement with another other board open house a combined open house involving day and night school classes at stouffville dist secondary school will be held on thurs- march 13 from 7 to 9 pjn projects completed over me past five months will be on display teachers will be in attendance to discuss plans for 198081 the public is invited members it seems feel the same to learn mere a study is underway with a full discussion planned at an open committee meeting likely in april several speakers will at tend mr bowes said including york regional police chief bruce crawford and a representative of the drug addiction research foundation the decriminalization of marijuana would not make it legal the local trustee ex plained but a conviction would not leave the accused with a criminal record much like getting a traffic ticket he said as it stands now judges are oh the spot he said they tend to be lenient while the matter has been discussed harry bowes claims that up to now abuse of alcohol rather than drugs has been the boards greatest concern revenue that far exceeded what had been anticipated the board had budgeted for expenditures of 539600 the annual 14000 debenture payment principle and interest was covered by receipts from lot fees t this year the budget is set at 16600 plus the 14000 debenture payment it still must i be scrutinized by council anticipated costs include painting of the exterior 5000 repairs to the brine pipes 5000 and purchase of an automatic floorscrubber 600 rink manager don lewis said he includes 5000 in the budget for pipe repairs just in case something major should occur the moneys there if we need it he said breaking the cost total down mayor king placed the expense at fifty cents per person per year as for operating the facility twelve full months instead of seven the mayor said it was the boards feeling that all programs presented there should be profitable rather than fillin attractions that operate at a loss he said the building can be rented by any orgamzation at any time during the offseason wew rink stouffville theres a move afoot to establish a new community arena in whitchurch- stouffville mayor eldred king said board members are won dering what the future holds for the present facility we all know the ice plant wont last forever he noted too that the ice surface is one of the smallest in the area t mayor king hinted that a sinking fund might be established inpreparation for the buildings eventual replacement he said structural plans could also be considered plan luxury car wash lift the dashed lid you guys my fingers caught york north mjpp bui hodgson second left was a guestat a meeting of the ballantrae and dist lions club thursday evening and made the draw for the wlnadream vacation from the expression on his face it would appear be didnt draw his hand out quickly enough and became caught up in the dram he recovered quickly however to announce the winner of a holiday in orlando florida plus 200 spending money as kathleen austin of richmond hill shown with mr hodgson are tom wood pastpresident tinny vanden thuiart 2nd vicepresident and vera davles president jim holt stouffville a ninety foot automatic drivein car wash will be added to the manual facility on winona drive north of main street an application for a minor variance was placed before planning board last week by john baird of markham the proposal includes a six foot screen to the east of the existing bays and a row of trees to the north a i approval is still required from the committee of ad justment but no problem is anticipated the property is zoned high way commercial