april is jewellery month s n eweulers mm6 24hainwstoufobe 2944844 76matnftharthani st a metroland community newspaper vol95no50 wednesday april 27 1983 48 pages 35 cents u cwa 0pct iwmunct cwo gia stars and stripes daily interest savings 81 main st stouffvoe 6404000 education costs climb by 13m stouffville education costs in 1983 charged against an average home in whitchurch- stouffville will be about 677 a spokesman for the york region board told the tribune monday this rep resents an increase of 58 over last year an average residence here is assessed at 20000 the boards total budget is just over 144000000 up from 131 million in 82 a breakdown at the two education levels shows 77 million required for elementary public schools and 66 million for secon- warriner fund hits 9000 markham the charlie warriner fund now exceeds 9000 the campaign started by allan nichols and several friends in the gormley area will provide a lift van to accommodate a wheel chair the 21yearold mar- kham area man is para lyzed from the waist down following a hockey accident last december response has been phenomenal a dinner- dance planned for the stagecoach restaurant april 30 was sold out within avweek- the melvillepeachs community is holding a square dance in the vic toria square hall may 13 and a portion of the proceeds from fridays sacred music service in st james presbyterian church stouffville will go to this fund there are a few other things planned also a committee member told the tribune these he said will be publicized when details are com plete should receipts ex ceed the cost and remod elling of the van addi tional funds will go to wards equipping the vehicle with hand con trols and the purchase of a wheelchair mr nicholls said- botb- charlie and his van are expected to be at the stagecoach saturday night dary high schools because homes in mar- kham carry a higher asses sed value than those in whitchurchstouffville the average education tax pay ment there will be about 960 up by 7600 the re gional average is 801 an in crease of 6322 town trustee harry bowes sees no signs of cost relief despite the fact stu dent enrolments have level led off and in some areas decreased he lays much of the blame at the doorstep of queens park noting that provincial grants in york were increased by only 15 per cent as compared to 56 across ontario bowes claims too much money is being spent on spe cialized education including french emersion he feels the board should not be re quired to provide trans portation to such schools outside the municipality the cost of utilities like hydro oil and gas have gone up considerably also he said mr bowes made this com parison in 1970 it cost 500 to educate one public school pupil for one year in 1982 the cost was 2216 an in crease of 400 per cent in 1982jt cost jl3205 to educateone high schootstu dent for one year in spite of this inflationary trend the per pupil cost in york is one of the lowest in the province he concluded legion hosts sunnybrook veterans on sunday afternoon the stouffville legion and legion ladies auxiliary hosted close to fifty veterans from sunnybrook hospital to a banquet and program in the legion hall the gathering brought together two old friends ron hollingworth seated formerly of park drive north stouffville and now at sunnybrook and bill willcocks montreal street stouffville jim thomas town snubbed stouffville on april 27 today whitch urchstouffville marks an anniversary but therell be no cake and candles or dancing in the street according to debi mitchell of the concerned citizens committee its more an occasion for mourning than merriment it was one year ago re calls mrs mitchell that the provincial government promised to shut down the hwy 48 landfill site as of june 30 1983 to restore the peace of mind of local resi dents we all know this promise was ignored and that we are faced with continued dump ing until at least 1985 writes mrs mitchell in a let ter to the tribune anyone driving hwy 404 in the morning does not ha ve to be told of the obvious increase in the number of full garbage trucks heading north she points out mrs mitchell expresses irritation over the obvious snub by environment minister keith norton to the fact residents voted over whelmingly in favor of the dumps closing this sum mer the result of this ple- biscite was sent to the minister but he hasnt even had the courtesy to reply show is magic heavy fire loss aid offered ringwood the mennonite disaster ser vice an organization re nowned for christian out reach in other communi ties has come to the aid of ringwood area farmer earl toms following a barn fire on his property sunday ruins of the large 40 by 110 structure were still smouldering when commit tee personnel associated with the wideman church on hwy 48 visited the site theyve offered to clean up the debris so reconstruction can begin murray wideman of rr 1 gormley is the area rep resentative ruth grove a neighbor to the toms described the ser vice as stricly volunteer its been a common practice for years she said workers are rounded up through wordofmouth mrs wideman explained mr toms said he was una ware of the blaze until in formed by a motorist who saw smoke he said there was no chance to save any of the two cows two calves accept course stouffville an estimated 200 parents attended an information meeting thursday related to the family life and sex education course planned for introduction at summit- view school this may or june principal lome boadway said he was pleased with the positive response the majority seemed very supportive he said while the question of mor als values was raised mr boadway said this issue would have to remain trie re sponsibility of the home he said the school was merely following guidelines as set out by the ministry of education and twe heifers trapped in the inferno the owner expected a heavier loss of animal life however 18 cattle in a yard outside were herded into a nearby field by neighbor lome morgason and an un identified helper mr toms was loud in his praise of assistance provided by the first persons on the scene also firemen from stouffvil le and markham he said three adjacent buildings used as implement sheds would likely have been des troyed except for their quick response the bam contained about 3500 bales of hay and straw toms said an elevator was also lost but a truck was saved one man was re ported injured but there was no confirmation of this mr and mrs toms moved from scarborough to ring- wood eight years ago the property was owned formerly by town mayor eldred king cause of the blaze isnt known mr toms said an un identified person had been reported near the buildings prior to the fire and this was being investigated by police the loss estimated at close to 200000 is par tially covered by insurance mr toms plans to rebuild stouffville like magic whitchurch- stouffvilles canada day celebratiqnhasuaken on a new theme itssee cana da day in a magical way as magic becomes the domi nant focus during four days of activities june 30 to july 3 while the opening evening will be reserved for the choosing of the canada day queen the 1983 citizen of the year and the 1983 sports personality of the year the miracle of magic will make its pre sence felt around 11 am july 1 thats when the gold wand amateur magic con test begins in latcham hall this will be followed by a masked ball in the ballan- trae community centre starting at 730 pm admis sion to the buffet and dance is 35 a couple throughout most of saturday july 2 street magicians will perform up and down the sidewalks of stouffville with the amateur competition continuing in latcham hall at 11 am 130 and 8 pm closeup magic shows are planned for latcham gallery in the public library admission to these is 300 a childrens magic prog ram will be held in latcham hall at 230 pm this is free j cabaret magicwillbe performed in latcham hall at 430 pm with the big gest show of all occurring at 8 pm in the high school television personality bob mcadory will again serve as master of ceremonies admission is 700 and 500 on sunday july 3 a fes tival magic matineewill be staged in the high school gymnasium at 230 pm admission to this is 500 and 300 earlier 1 pm a childrens magic and pup pet show will be held in latcham hall with an admission charge of 300 george schlukbier avhitchurchstouffvilles chief librarian is promising a saturday show like no thing ever seen here before highlight of the event will be an act called escape from death homecoming stouffville wel come home organizers of the great canadian magic festival canada day festivities arc rolling out the welcome mat to all former residents dur ing the july 1 weekend so many young people particularly high school graduates move away from stouffville said commit tee chairman bill kamps they return from time to time but rarely at the same time we want this to be a reunion weekend and make it an annual event the chairman and his hel pers are hopeful the word will travel from coast-to- coast just clip this article out of the newspaper and send it to family members and friends suggested kamps this will be a great help a registration book will be made available at a central ized information booth each visitor will be asked to sign in giving his her name address and where he she is staying on the saturday evening july 2 a prize will be awarded the person travelling the greatest distance while no special activities have been planned for the reunion kamps suggests the street dance on park drive south as a natural for the young people the older folk he feels will want to attend any one of several magic shows the legion open house or the masked ball other towns have insti tuted this idea with great success we hope everyone will cooperate so our homecoming can become a permanent fixture here memorial to farmer stage is set for another big show music mania 83 on thursday tomorrow at 815 pm the curtain goes up at the high school on the twentythird edition of music mania this years show like its predecessors will be packed with color fun and excitement exem plifying all three are the tour girls above left to right suzanne mcnair cathy christoff doris harvey and jane stott but dont take our word for it come out and see for yourself jim thomas v n unionville the late clark young 18931982 and ten other outstanding agriculturalists will be hon ored by the ontario agri cultural hall of fame asso ciation june 12 portraits of each candi date will be placed in the hall of fame gallery at the milton museum the announcement was made this week by commit tee president ross farr these people have done much to build the founda tion for our agricultural in- dustry and richly deserve this recognition said mr farr they represent a wide range of agricultural interests but their involve ment carries the same stamp of dedication and foresight clark young was an ex cellent farmer and a top plowman for 41 years he was treasurer of the ontario plowmens association he was also one of the first presidents of the ontario soil and crop improvement association others to behonorcd in clude sir adam beck 18571925 founder of ontario hydro stewart bennett 18921982 past- president of the royal win- b terfair james henderson 18961968 breeder of champion holstcins tr dick williams 1916- 1980 deputyminister of agriculture and food dr cc james 18631916 de putyminister of agricul ture and food dr joseph edward johnson 1891- 1960 pioneer in developing ontarios artificial insemi nation program for cattle norman mccully 1899- 1978 outstanding ontario sheepbreeder laura rose stephen 18661963 dairy instructor and agricultural journalist alex mstewart 18931967 grower exhibi tor and marketer of pedig reed seeds clark young i tv