thursday june 29 19t the tribune page 3 over 900 former students attend markham reunion while old was not considered an appropriate word saturday the past was vividly recalled at a markham high school student staff reunion three members from the class of ml are left to right edith dwin weber of whitevale jean demiak dyszuk of kingston and helen grant jewett rhi milliken jim thomas dick coffey kin life membership stouffville the stouffville kin smen club awarded its first life membership june 26 the worthy recipient was w r dick coffey a kin member 14 years he was ac corded a standing ovation the ceremony held at sleepy hollow golf and country club included the presen tation of an engraved life membership plaque by bob morley a bronze tray and ring by maris anderson and an engraved silver cup and crest by governor of district 8 rae hutt of orillia in addition to organizing the stouffville club dick was a member of the executive committee that chartered the markham kin branch his efforts in the field of kin work was described as out standing vandalism markham recent vandalism at franklin public school has caused an estimated 350 damage police believe children may have been responsible stones were thrown through eight large windows tribune classifieds are your best market pleasant memories recalled markham ap proximately 950 for- mer students registered on saturday for the reunion of markham high school which had its begin ning in 1871 having operated for some years previous as the markham grammar school actually the affair was attended by some 1500 persons completely filling the large auditorium of the present school and overflowing into the halls chairman ewart stiver conducted the opening ceremonies assisted with remarks by john bayes tom burns and present principal kenneth mcdonald musical entertainment was provided by the school band among the former teachers who received introductions were several whose teaching term reached into the 1920s and 30s mr mel williams was in this group also miss marion meech of ottawa and mrs m shenhall of toronto the former miss hall also introduced was miss marie cole and mrs meach the former miss zufeld a few former students listed their school term between 1890 and 1915 and these included mrs ella williamson and mr geo thompson mrs herbert thomas and mr jesse pike mr and mrs jas weir of 4 erlane avenue markham were given special recognition as the oldest couple present who had both attended the school widows of several former principals were introduced in cluding mrs j s bell mrs o r stalter mrs erie thorn and mrs bert newell the first head master was dr ed ward crowle who was invited here from the old country in 1858 to lake over the markham grammar school which con- norescd reoiar poces35850 stereo system 36331 featuring 0 60 watts of music pleasure 0 famous dual turntable with shure magnetic cartridge 9 custom engineered 2 way sooakcr systems stouffville sound music 51 main st w stouffville 6404541 tom burns representing the student alumnae addressed the standing room audience the crowd was estimated at over 1400 including close to looo former students jim thomas ducted classes at that time in the tem perance hall dr crowle is also recalled as a lay preacher who visited a number of the rural churches in the area markhams first reunion was in 1892 when students returned to honor dr crowle mrs butt his granddaughter who has just marked her 8th birthday was on ihe platform saturday and introduced by mr stiver the committee in charge completed a monumental job of sending out 1800 in vitations and were rewarded with better david deacon than a fifty percent return the markham high school drew students from as far away as agincourt on the south and stouff ville on the north and hundreds of these relumed saturday to reminisce with former school friends they had not seen for decades mm suffers fractured skull in motorcycle accident unionville twentythree year old david deacon son of mr and mrs don deacon rri unionville remains in the intensive care ward of ottawa general hospital following a motorcycle accident sunday according to reports he fell from his machine during a practice run prior to an official race meet he suffered a frac tured skull david is wellknown in the unionville area he is the curator of the national ski museum in ottawa his father is the provincial member for york- centre airs kill mceachern station road markham was a member in the class of 2t her daughter mary frances is a graduate of the new markham high they are shown here on the site of the old school erected in 18811 jim thomas pef- chrw getting married plies has everything licence invitations to rd illww tribune office sup- you need but the cake boxes pet show stouffville park july 1 at 11 am ill bathing cap special all sizes all colors 79 colored thongs sml med lge xlge 39 noxzema deodorant 10 oz reg 169 119 sam stadclbauer left of markham and bob caltanach now of london out find that unlike people 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