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sc4 wednesday aug311983 distant travellers attend reuiiidii when the wideman family holds a rose alberta here hes welcomed to reunion members come from many markham saturday by mayor tony miles garnet burnstad right for ex- ample travelled all the way from cam- roman jim thomas singing at the wideman reunion saturday presented no problem with jesse pike in the audience mr pikes vocal talents are remembered back to the days of the famed kins men quartet jim thomas markham they came from across the border from western cana da from windsor and from ottawa a tide of humanity that transformed it self into a sea of widemans at mar kham fairgrounds saturday the occasion was the firstever full- scale wideman family reunion in north america an event celebrating the arrival of mathias martin weidmann to phi ladelphia in 1733 and rev henry wide- man to markham township in 1803 attendance was estimated at close to 600 the programs master of cere monies was russell wideman formerly of markham and now of agincourt participants in cluded margery carlton from west- land michigan jesse pike of wil- lowdale rev jim shantz pastor of wideman menno- nite church mar kham and town mayor tony ro man music for the occasion was pro- vided by the popular rouge river band mayor romap de- scribed markham as the finest muni cipality in canada the wideman pioneers and those who have followed have contributed greatly to the prosperity we en joy he said mrs carlton spoke on behalf of the weidmann relations in the united states forty wideman historical books historical sketch that was read by rev shantz in addition to chester and margery carlton others from a dis tance included john and edna wideman from tofield alberta garnet and ella may burnstad and noah and margaret wideman from camrose alberta harvey and ruby wideman from cas tor alberta bill and cathy bobenhousen from hastingonhudson new york douglas and betty lorimer from brookings oregon brian and were placed on sale normajean wide- at three dollars man f ottawa rj cousins janine wideman left and stephanie wideman were in good company saturday they brought their dolls along janine is the daughter of david and louise wideman of atwood stephanie is the daughter of carol and the late ed wideman richmond hill jim thomas beautiful limited edition wideman heritage plates were on sale at the reun ion for 30 apiece four hundred were obtained with no reorders available thirteenyearold wendy wideman holds a treasured mometito of the occa- sion wendy is the daughter of brian and normajean wideman orleans ont near ottawa jim thomas markham trustee urges ban on strap georgewillianis left attended the reunion from down under perth australia keith wideman of ringwood provides him with a name tag jim thomas by francis king a report on the strapping of stu dents in york re gions public schools has promp ted a markham trustee to push for banning the prac tise unionville repre sentative john myers gave a notice of motion at monday nights york region board of education meeting that would change the board policy on discipline in schools that poli cy revised in may indicates corporal punishment strap ping as a meansof maintaining disci pline corporal punish ment is not a way to deal with a students problem mr myers told the eco nomist arid sun in a telephone inter view if a child has that serious a prob lem then a strap is not going to solve it schools have the support services to handle problems to day that they didnt have in the past really the strap is a hangover from the time when we didnt have those services its no solution and im embarrassed by it a staff report on the subjectsubmit ted to the boards program and policy committee meeting last week indicate there were 31 strap pings in 15 schools all elementary last year that fi gure is down com pared with the 1981- 82 school year when there were 42 strap pings in 17 schools the report also in- dicated the be havior of most of the disciplined students improved notice ably after the strap ping during the meet ing separate school trustee michael neill expressed opposition to strap ping and pointed out the policy of allow ing it in all schools public and secon dary is not carried out mr myers agreed saying im not going to strap a 16yearold he might punch me so one of the messages we give is its alright for a bigger also from a distance were douglas markham township brookings is about and betty lorimer formerly of phoenix 3000 miles from markham- here they arizona and now residing in brookings sign the register on their arrival at oregonmrlorimersgrandmotherwas saturdays reunion lydia wideman a onetime resident of jim thomas uxbridge memorial company memorials of distinction granite marble bronze cemetery lettering 7 renovations custom fl designing 8t lettering quality satisfaction m assured by our own horn appointment and transportation by request 8523472 108 brock st west owned and operated by reg clara tomklnton 5 uxaaaxt war out showroom apiece they were snapped up so quickly russell wideman the after noons mc missed out on a purchase aaron grove of rr 2 markham was to address the assembly but couldnt attend due to ill health he pre pared an interesting and three guests from australia stewart wide- man a member of the organizing com mittee said a meet ing would be held shortly to discuss the possibility of holding similar reunions on a regu lar basis more powerful per son to hit a smaller person he said he will make the motion more out of convic tion than from pa rents feedback there certainly hasnt been a groundswell of pa rents phoning but over the years indi- viduals have approached me and expressed their con cern mr myers explained he also pointed out the ministry of education has not favored strapping as a means of disci pline though teachers arc allowed to do it by law its only a mat- ter time before the ministry says nomorcsaidmr myers a motion to ban the strap usually comes up every two years according to the 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