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pag c us st0uhvh1i thwtt twty jidcirf 30 ims markham twp reeve dean of york county reeve william clark of mark- ham township was given the unofficial title dean of york county when county council held its inaugural meeting on tuesday mr clark has served nine consecutive years on york county council he is the senior member and the only one in the 58 council who sat in the four council chambers occupied by this body two in newmarket and two in toronto when mayor james murray of aurora addressed york coun ty council on tuesday he called attention to the changing per sonnel in council over the years only six men remain on council who had served with him when york county council met in tor onto you are here such a short time he told the members give your best while you can we need good government give it all you have reeve frid armstrong of woodbridge the newly elected warden of york- county is known as a good sport as well as an efficient municipal repre sentative when he returned to the council chambers following his acclamation to office he was resplendent in a scarlet waist coat under the somber black wardens gown exwarden j o little ex pressed the view of as mr armstrongs associates when he said ive been trying to size you up mr warden i think you are an all round good fellow the scarlet jacket received mention when major a a mac- kenzie mpp addressed county coundl a confirmed bachelor lex congratulated mrs arm strong on her fine speech and xpressed doubts about the wis dom of his decision to remain unmarried turning to the warden he added that he envied him on a second count the scarlet waist coat i thought it was governor simcoe himself entering the council chambers he quipped serm is extended for ontario high school education minister dunlop except in those schools where a furniture maker says he cannot understand why any home has an uncomfortable chair in it apparently he has no relatives wonder if theyll ever build a kitchen big enough for a hus band to loaf in do it now it will pay you if youre a resident of stouffville and district and a home owner to have all maintenance repair renovation and redecoration jobs done around your home or place of business during the winter lull in the building and other trades small jobs can get more attention at this season of the year youll likely get a better job and maybe o more economical one if you have it done now help your community increuse employment space contributed in the service of the community by john labatt limited labatts brewery limited announced last week the school term for more than 200000 sec ondary school students in on tario is going to be longer he said the schools admin istration act calls for a ten- month school year and hence forth grades 9 10 11 and 12 will not finish courses until about june 12 instead of june 6 examinations will begin after june 13 grade 13 students will begin writing major examina tions june 16 instead of june 10 or earlier as has been recent practice for most grades it will mean four or five days more of school for those taking special sub jects the school year may be extended to june 27 dr dunlop said it was his departments firm policy to work for a longer and more efficient school year to put in more time and more work and with more examinations this isa first step toward achieving the objective of a full 10month school year he said the minister explained that representatives of four organi zations had discussed the plan with him at queens park they were the ontario school super intendents association the ont secondary school teachers federation the ontario secon dary school headmasters asso ciation and the ontario school trustees association all of these representatives were in favor of the change we proposed dr dunlop said the minister said that at one time pupils were kept until the last day of june arid wrote ex aminations in july complainfs brought a reduction of the school year and examinations were written in june then stu dents in grades 9 10 11 and 12 not writing examinations hav ing been promoted through rec ommendation were allowed out as soon as the grade 13 ex aminations began this meant a considerable loss in instruc tion time dr dunlop com mented this year he continued if the system had been followed all the pupils in grades 9 10 11 and 12 not writing examina tions would have been out of school by june 6 ontario now has one of the longest secondary school years on the continent last year it ran 194 or 195 days the objec tive is to bring it to an average of 200 days a directive is being issued to prinpipals directing that exam inations taken by the majority of candidates shall not be writ ten before june 16 no pupils are excused from writing grade 12 subjects or the diploma subjects of grade 11 all final examinations in grades 9 to 12 shall take place after june 13 in the case of schools where grade 11 and 12 students are not subject to the recommendation system exam inations may be held during the week of june 9 i want ted macoonald who is in charge of united coopera tives propane operation said we will be able to purchase our supplies direct from the re finery at lower prices we will also enjoy better prices as a result of volume buying i through the facilities of the new propane plant united coj operatives and local co-opera- tives will be able to offer pro pane gas to customers both in united coops take over 66000 gallon propane punt united cooperatives of on tario last week took over oper ations of a 66000 gallon bulk storage plant which it has pur chased from the city of guelph to mark the occasion represen tatives of some 20 district co operatives guests and officials inspected the new plant on jan 15 purchase of the plant was nec essitated by an increase in the use of propane gas by ontario farmers for their farm opera tions including brooder heating tobacco drying and heating of farm houses with our own bulk storage cylinder form or in bulk a new bulk delivery truck for de livering propane from the guelph plant to customers has been purchased by united co operatives the truck operates on propane gas we will be offering service from our new plant through lo cal cooperatives for a radius of approximately 75 miles around guelph mr macdonald said this will enable some 40000 ontario farmers to take advan tage of propane gas either in bulk or in cylinders one of the main advantages of propan gas is that it does not depreciate equipment as rapidly as does other fuels particularly gaso line and it is much cleaner some women pick dresses that make them not only the woman of the hour but of th hourglass the york county soil and crop improvement associa tion held a successful annual meeting at the newmarket town hall last week above are executive members left to right bruce snider maple past president james darling ton maple president william sutherland milliken vice pre sident and w m cockburn newmarket secretarytreas executive members and dl- watson markham don bro- rectors of the york county die gormley ewart stiver soil and crop improvement unionviue ken deacon un- association are shown back ionville frank marritt kes- row left to right stewart wick archie cameron wood- bridge and oliver bales sha ron front row ernest cross- land newmarket bruce sni der maple w m cockburn agricultural representative newmarket jim darlington maple william sutherland milliken eugene lemon stou ffville and cliff winger gorm ley courtesy newmarket era don davis clothing store stouffville ontario ladies coats ladies winter coats- all wool chamois inter lined priced reg from 2950 6950 sizes 8 to 24 sale price ysavioif dont miss these bargains blankets mdrapery girls afs girls allwool winter dress coats sizes 814x reg s1995 up flannelette blankets 70 x 90 sec onds good weight good quality we are discontinuing our drapery line so everything must go several patterns to choose from- broadcloth mill ends of broadcloth several colors to choose from two 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