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mwear piercing fe ewellers w046 24 main w stouffville 2m48m 76 main n markham serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area stouffville tire battery your duntop tire dealer home of generation iy the tire with the 40000 mile warranty 6404499 vol 97 no 27 a metroland community newspaper wednesday november 14 1984 38 pages 50 cents send letters to santa hey kids heres your chance to send a letter to santa and have a reply back long before christmas the kinsmen float in the dec x santa claus parade will take the form of a giant mailbox at the end of the proces sion the receptacle will remain at the a p pla za until sat dec 8 fol lowing the parade and during the week chil dren can leave their let ters at this location mail will not be accepted while the float is in mo tion the writers name and address should be printed plainly no stamps are required this is santas way of saying thanks for attending the parade and have a merry christmas uxbridge it was father and son night friday when stouffville dist secondary school held its annual commencement exercises on at least two occasions during the evening fathers and sons exchanged handshakes on the platform here fred roberts right is congratu lated by john roberts art director on the staff of sdss jim thomas to hold rabies clinic stouffville offi cials of the york region public health branch working in close co operation with the stouffvil le veterinary clinic is hold ing a lowcost rabies im munization program this saturday nov 17 from 1 to 5 pm similarclirfics are being held elsewhere across the region including the new market fire hall 730 davis drive a nominal fee of five dol- iars per animal is being charged saturdays rabies im munization service is for dogs and cats only each pet should be restrained on a leash or confined to a cage during the month of september there were 26 confirmed cases of rabies in york region this com pares to four during the same period last year by the end of september 64 confirmed cases had been reported compared to 45 as of sept 30 1983 teen girl reports attack whitchurch two uxbridge area men have been arrested after an 18- yearold toronto woman told police shed been driven to a remote section of whitchurchstouffville and repeatedly assaulted at knifepoint the unidentified victim said she was picked up in the city oct 22 held against her will and later threatened with a knife on nov 6 a 21yearold suspect was arrested on main street stouffville a companion age 23 was la ter arrested at his resi dence the pair face charges of sexual assault gross inde cency forcible confinement and possession of a danger ous weapon detective rick metcalfe of york regional police is in charge of the case john marshall left staff science teacher presented son david with his honors gra duation diploma mr marshall organized the evenings program and delivered the address to the graduates more photos on pages b3 and b4 jim thomas principal praises a special class stouffville john nikifork paid the highest tribute a principal could bestow on a graduating class when he addressed the students and parents of stu dents attending commence ment exercises at stouffvil le dist secondary school friday this is the beginning of a crest of a very large wave he said indicating no sign of diminishing academic accomplishment in the year ahead he described the grade 13s of 198384 as a special class with a lot of char acter i consider it an honor and a privilege to have been associated with you he said he praised what he called the cosmopolitan flavor provided sdss by stu dents from north mar kham we have here he said a unique blend of urban and rural influence mr nikifork said the academic and athletic ex cellence established at stouffville high last year had carried over into the new term with regional championships in vol leyball crosscountry and golf academically he men tioned specifically the accomplishments of karen harris of stouffville and ross bowser of markham describing them as school leaders he also alluded to grade 12 graduate jim ku whose averaged exceeded 97 percent staff teacher john mar shall in his address to the graduates urged his stu dent audience to live lives of integrity and courage too often he said the character of a school is based on the misadventures of a few but not so this year he praised the accom plishments of the class of audience approval fans attending a toronto blue jay game last spring at exhibi tion stadium could have learned a lesson from the audience at com mencement exercises in stouffville dist secondary school friday when alex scheel head of the moderns de partment addressed academic award reci pients in french he wasnt booed he was ap plauded the englishfrench interlude occurred part way through the program much to the surprise of staff mc don hamilton mr scheel also spoke in french as he greeted the students personally some may recall how blue jay fans jeered when a portion of the national anthem was sung in french the au dience reaction here fri day was the exact oppo site 84 and the example they had set his address was accorded a standing ova tion valedictorian scott sutherland accompanied the graduates on a trip down memory lane recalling many high points in the past five years i want to thank you for being my classmates he said you took chances and accepted challenges you maintained respect not only for others but for yourselves board of education trus tee harry bowes described the graduates as a delight ful group of young men and women prepared for a bright new world musical selections during the evening were provided by members of the senior band under the direction of peter samuelson and the school choir directed by jim rehill a 14yearold uxbridge area girl is the 1984 grand champion junior showman in the draught horse class at the royal agricultural win ter fair jennifer tribbling a grade 9 student at uxbridge secondary school won the award in a class that com bined top entries from per- cheron clydesdale and bel gian categories nineteen young people participated from all across canada jennifer is the daughter of don and pam tribbling rr 4 uxbridge shes been showing at the royal for the past five years this accomplishment plus the junior cham pionship won at the michi gan great lakes draught horse show in detroit has prompted jennifer to re tire its unlikely shell re tire from show participa tion however her father is known across canada and the united states for prized percheron entries under the name of donamerr farms bomb xnreau muss lake a mus- selmans lake area woman had an unnerving experi ence last week when a male party telephoned around 850 am nov 6 to say a bomb had been planted in her car mary jean sider of high- crest road rr 2 stouff ville notified york region al police a thorough search of her vehicle revealed nothing the incidents still under investigation limited of uxbridge since events at the royal are continuing this week re sults are incomplete sever al participants from this area are prominent winners includingdavidson bros stouffville allin lewis jennifer tribbling markham ivan murray and marion norton good wood brian lewis mar kham gordon lewis and family uxbridge stephen and sherry lewis union- ville don tribbling ux bridge bill hassard stouffville betty reeve markham douglas hatch markham mrs randy roy markham jim and joan mcwilliam pickering russel brown unionville jonathan lemon stouff ville mark hendy claremont bruce jeffer son stouffville jack war- riner markham bill weir uxbridge tom smith claremont horton tree farms stouffville saman- tha murray markham and jerry ackroyd pickering the royal agricultural winter fair concludes nov 17 floral display town touch stouffville the royal agricultural winter fair is as familiar to bruce and bunny burton as to most crop and livestock exhibitors theyve been involved in the floral section of the show 17 years their name and that of stouffville is prominent in the christmas around the world display admired by thousands plywood forms for the waterfall were created by a s construction the rocks were obtained from betz cut stone these were glued together like a jigsaw puzzle on wire mesh using cement and mortar mr and mrs burton with the help of grant john son and staff employee carol galea assembled the display nov 4 and had everything in readiness for opening day nov 8 it took about a day bunny said were really thrilled the 1984 royal agricultural winter fair con cludes this saturday nov 17 big pipe hookii necessarymayor stouffville mar kham richmond hill vaughan aurora and new market are all served by a huge sanitary sewer com monly referred to as thc- big pipe whitchurchstouffville is not nor does the town con tribute anything towards it however mayor tom wood feels hookup will eventually come if stouffville is to grow it has to come mayor wood said we cant live without it he admits the cost would be in the mil lions the yorkdurham sewer line extends through mar kham crossing the 9th con cession between hwy 7 and 14th avenue with completion of the 375home dulverton de velopment and parkview village south of main street the stouffville sew age plant will be at capac ity mayor wood explained and even if the capacity was increased the downstream could handle no more wood admits pressures from wouldbe developers four candidates whitchurch four and possibly five candidates could be seeking the now- vacant ward 2 position on whitchurchstouffville council dec 10 filing dates are nov 15 830 am to 430 pm nov 16 830 am to 430 pm and nov 19 9 am to 5 pm considered definite are- edwin henry of ballantrae bill kamps rupert ave nue stouffville john mccracken and ron robb both of musselmans lake a fifth person has shown an interest in the post but at press time there was no assurance he would run both mr henry and mr mccracken arc newcomers to municipal politics mr robb has contested the ward 2 seat before and mr kamps is a former council lor in ward 4 the ward 2 post was made vacant when council- lor tom wood was appointed mayor succeed ing eldred king now chair man of the region of york federal member lays wreath yorkpeel member of parliament sinclair stevens attended the remembrance day service sunday in the veterans memorial hall stouffvillc and placed a wreath at the base of the cenotaph due to inclement weather wreathlaying ceremonies at the town square were cancelled jim thomas are tremendous right now all we can say is sorry wood points out that should stouffville be allowed to hook into the big pipe future developers will contribute to the cost the mayor sees a tempor ary solution to the problem a crackdown he says is re quired on homeowners now permitting water runoff into the sewerage system with every storm the volume in creases tremendously if this practice was stop ped stouffvilles sewage capacity could possibly be increased to accommodate 10000 people rather than 8500 he concluded action stouffville mayor tom wood was pleased with the positive attitude dis played by business owners and tenants al a chamber of c o in m e r c e s p o n s o r e d meeting oct 29 lies hope ful this enthusiasm will be followed up by action we have a nuclcos of a good downtown wood said and things are start ing lo happen town council will bend over backwards to help mayor wood feels i he up grading of commercial street will enhance the area with respect to mak ing the road oneway wood said nothing definite had been decided by council everyones gungho mayor wood slated lets not lose that he said he hopes the merchants collec tively will take the initiative rather than sitting back to let george do it 1