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page 2 the tribune xnursday february ii 1971 town of whitchurch stouffville markham fair directorate ladies demand a voice the way i see it by mayor ken laushway whitchurchstouffville each week through the tribune ken laushway mayor town of whitchurchstouffville is asked to present his own personal opinion on issues of local interest questions are posed by the tribune or from ratepayers through the tribune question what is the proper procedure to follow if a ratepayer wishes to address either council or planning board and what are their meeting d- ates answer whitchurchstouffville council meetings are on the second tuesday 730 pm and fourth tuesday 130 pm of each month the planning board meets on the first tuesday 730 pm of each month to address such meetings ratepayers are required to inform the clerks of fice in advance of preparing the agenda stating briefly the subject matter to be discussed and the approximate time of attendance answer the by all ratepayers council must study any new program that provides a service to certain areas with a charge across the entire municipality such a project would involve expenditures in men and machines that would be paid for question snow- shovelling on stouff ville sidewalks by individual home owners is not in my opinion satisfactory could not this work be assumed by the town or better still provide work for persons now unemployed many of whom would receive no direct benefit as for aiding the unemployed it would be difficult to hire help then lay them off again on short notice when the ser vice is no longer required markham the advocates of the womens liberation movement would have beat their breasts with pride thursday if they had been seated on the annual meeting of the markham fair board question have you any longrange plans for the resort centres of musselmans and preston lakes answer no long- range development plans with regard to musselmans and preston lakes have been discussed by the 1971 council i per sonally feel that whitchurchstouffville is fortunate to have these beautiful lakes within the municipality and steps should be taken to protect them against the hazards of pollution this cannot be accomplished by the council alone but will require the co operation of residents who live there it is my opinion with respect to preston during the course of discussion several ladies observed that of the twentyfour directors junior and senior 1970 only two were women one of these they noted had reached the end of her term to add six ladies to the list as suggested would require a change in the con stitution one of the directors pointed out this he said could not be done without a notice of motion however the womens demands found support with several man two of whom charged that such a motion had already been in troduced some of the men lake that boats with large motors should be banned this body of water is not large enough to ac commodate this type of craft kinette dance friday night are afraid they may be done out of a job suggested one of the suffragettes how long do we have to wait asked another you cant get along without us said still another board secretary cora brodie said according to the provincial act the maximum number of directors men or women was twenty- tour al wall agriculture representative re gion of york poured oil on troubled water by suggesting that several ladies three or six be invited to at tend all directors meetings the recom mendation found agreement with the distaff side selected officers from the womens section will sit in on future discussions but when it came to the election of six directors for 1971 the result was you guessed it all men v rutherford house of fashion preview lady fair sizes 7 to 15 tan tay pant suits all washable gerber dresses pant suits sizes 18 to 24 v pretty talk pant suits sizes 7 to 15 cruisewear by collette sizes 818 u richmond mother of the bride ensembles midi look missys by fancy that choice village mall downtown stouffville open daily- including monday from 9 to 6 thurs fri til 9 pm phone his father harry paisley v- jas thomas s bert paisley of stouffville is the 1971 president of markham fair held the post in 1958 markham fair board second generation president markham like father like son this has been the history of many markham fair board presidents down through the years and bert paisley the president of 1971 is no exception harry paisley his father held the same post in 1958 rick paisley his son is a junior director the presidentelect attended the annual meeting of the markham agricultural society feb 4 and assumed the office when the years business had been concluded and the financial report received he succeeds mr bert gardhouse of schomberg general complaint need more space mr gardhouse in his address to the gathering said he considered it an honor to have held the position and was pleased to report the fair a success in spite of four days of in clement weather when everyone works hard all year to put on a god fair and the weather turns bad its a real heart- breaker he said the executive follows president bert paisley 1st vice- president ellis markham with only a few exceptions the complaint was the same we need more room as committee members of 1970 presented their reports before the annual meeting of markham fair board feb 4 speakers admitted however that in some instances ac commodation was taxed to the limit because of inclement weather that forced crowds inside agric represen tative al wall said he was impressed with the number of entries in the twilight holstein show he noted however that lack of space made it difficult for both the exhibitors and the spectators to move about he said too that the showing of horses was increasing in popularity in york particularly among 4- h members he said that clubs might soon require a fair site for such competitions capacity exhibits were reported by mrs mary wilson par ticularly in the sewing with 21 new entries and baking up by eight livestock director gerry mann presented a com prehensive report indicating the success of the steer auction that brought in over 10000 roger gardham spoke on behalf of the committee in charge of parking and tickets he praised the work of members al wilson dennis seeley gord forgie mac cosburn britton secretary miss cora brodie treasurer allan wilson directors ivan norton harvey brown harry warriner ellis britton gerald mann roger gardham bert paisley robt thompson mrs mary wilson gordon forgie george hooper ken russell howard cosburn carman boadway dalton rumney dennis seeley don brodie jack spang jr directors ed gardhouse bob tran brian armstrong rick paisley wm walker and mac cosburn the livestock director is bert gardhouse and brian armstrong he noted that while attendance was down somewhat from 1969 gate receipts still exceeded 23000 security forces at the fair cost over 3500 he said he recom mended a check into how this expense might be reduced mrs betty reeve reported that the pony party attracted 54 entries also an in crease over the previous year don brodie said the sheep show was one of the best in ontario with regard to poultry and pets bob thompson informed the meeting that en- ps in 1971 would have to be reduced or better accommodation found he said many exhibitors had to be j turned away due to lack of space walter i gould described the commercial apple exhibit as the best show ever j to enable the fair to open at 9 am on the thursday the executive of 1971 will j consider having all displays excluding j pets and poultry on the grounds by the preceeding tuesday evening why is it other folks babies say cute things i but ours just say un- printable ones volvos can be beautiful this is a volvo 142 it is all welded steel and is fully rust proofed and undercoated each car gets 33 pounds and six coats of protective and beautifying paint this means that in 10 years your volvo will look 10 years younger markham motors 348 main st markham 2972451