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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), June 24, 1965, p. 1

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wins richardson award two grade 8 students at orchard park public school in sfouftville wore flu recipients of the dr richardson acaidcmic award on monday night kafhryn ilambly and peter sanderson completed the term with a years average of 878 per cent staff photo tie for richardson award at orchard park public school two grade 8 students at stouftvillcs orchard park pub lic school were honoured on monday night when they were named as joint winners of the dr richardson award kathryn ilambly and peter sanderson each established an average ot 8788 per cent on their years work the presenta tion was made at a public gath ering in the auditorium of the high school this in itself was unique in two ways the pupils received the prize from mrs barbara ilambly mother of kathryn and a trustee on the board it was also mrs byrl sanderson mother of peter who first won the award when it was put up for competition several years ago other frizes the program was in charge of the principal mr keith sutherland assisted by other members of his orchard park staff special academic awards went to the following english sue jones mathematics melody mole megan gurney geogra phy bonnie bangay and school itlcrs norm chris- tic kathryn hambiy and peter sanderson students receiving 80 per cent or over on their years work were as follows grade 4 geoffrey aiken jennie bangay david christie kim steckley tirade 5 nancy daniels brian williamson terry wilton grade 7 norm christie charles lynde jill mcwhinnie rick neville russel stover arlene ytkcley grade s kathryn ilambly and peter sanderson winners of athletic champion ships are listed on page 30 of this issue principal sutherland expres sed regret at losing the valued services of the music super visor miss mona armstrong she has provided music instruc tion at stouffville schools for the past 13 years she was pre sented with a bouquet of roses mrs chas nolan pianist for the program was also recogniz ed ambulance fee approved by town council i stouttvillc council has given its approval to the payment of a 5300 subsidy that will provide an ambulance service in this community this fee docs not include the cost of individual calls the vehicle will operate out of markham and is owned by john vance the telephone num ber is 29i143b the agreement was approved by council on thursday night a payment of 150 was made on june 20th and a second will tall due on dec 20th all mem bers spoke in favour of the ser vice reeve win timbers said he had discussed the matter with the local police and several ci tizens he said that all seemed impressed with the plan open bruce conservation park july 15 the official opening of the new bruce conservation area in markham twp will be held on thursday afternoon july 15 at 230 pm the site is located on the old bruce property with roads lea ding in from both the townline and the 5th concession major renovations have been going on there now for several months and the picnic area will soon be open to the public a large dam has been constructed on the premises and in time the waterpowered mill will likely be put back in operation news of the parks opening was made known to the town council on thursday night in a letter from the administrator mr t e barber hold awards night for summitview p a large crowd of proud par ents and equally pleased pupils attended the annual awards night program for stouffviues summitview school on tuesday evening the event was staged in the auditorium of the high school with the principal air iorne roadway in charge assisted by members of his staff prizes in both academic and athletic achievements wore pre sented n stage the champions in track and fieid arc listed on page 10 of this issue students attaining 80 per cent or over on their years work arc as follows grade 1 patty bedore lie burton wy- nand egberts kim greenfield doris hutchinson doug wagg kalhy williams grade 5 heather banks sharon barry sheila roper grade fi larry bacon elaine borland linda timbers david williams heath er bangay patricia houston lynn patrick jane sanderson grade 7 gerry egberts kim jariett grade 8 allan bacon jane thomas aux james mumford other awards individual awards went to the following students icnglish jane thomas mathematics ken leonard geography allan bacon winners of covet ed school letters included sharon barry and lynn patrick presentations were made to two of the staff teachers mr morley and mrs woodcock who have served the school faithfully for several years and will not he back in september appreciation was also expres sed to others who assisted in the nights program markham cracks down on speeders a new radar device acquired recently by markham village police is paying off in both col lected fines and improved high way safety in less than two weeks a tot al of 55 speeding charges have been laid one motorist was clocked at 78 miles per hour in a 30 mile zone the compact instrument can be fastened on the side of the cruiser and picks up the speed of vehicles as they approach the reading can be easily noted by the ofticor on a small dial it can be operated during the day or at night bowlers win addison trophy the john addison trophy has been won by a lawnbow ling entry from stouffville harry brammer elmer farth ing and don bacon captured the award in a tournament held at richmond hill on saturday another local threesome el gin wagg mcrvin watts and del jennings were the runners- up on friday june 18th two rinks of stouftville ladies trav elled to lindsay doris farth ing marion floury and vi jen nings took two wins rilirtt vol no 4 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday june 24 1965 fourteen pages three records set at school meet three new record were set at the annual stouftville pub lic school track and field meet held on wednemlay june ifi in the junior divnlnn boh bangay of orchard park clipped p inches off the old high jump mark when he reached a height of 3 ft 11 inches in the class for intermedi ate girls gail ham accomp llshed a similar feat she jumped 4 ft 1 inches the previous high jump mark was j ft 1 inch gail is a stu dent at summitview in the sr a boys divi sion harold crowder snapped the old high jump record by threequarters of an inch his best leap was measured at 4 ft 94 inches harold also attends summitview school although summitview school won the meet on total points orchard park captured five of the eight class cham pionships blame town road foreman for depleted 1965 budget claim overspent on sand oil town road foreman elgin wajrjr came in for some harsh criticism from some members of council on thurs day night when it was learned that prepared budgets for the oiling and sanding of local streets had far exceeded the limit it was revealed that with six months still to go in 1965 there was only s2000 left in the road maintenance account it was learned that 3000 more gallons of oil had been used than last year and sand used as a cover had exceeded last years figure by about 2000 the foreman explained that the spring breakup had been worse than normal he agreed that extra oil and sand had been applied but argued that the additional materials had provided a better job he admitted however i that two streets in town were oiled that were not included in the program in trouble deputyreeve ken laushway took issue with the employee and charged that he should keep a closer check on opera tional expenses we have on ly so much money to spend he said you cant run wild failed test driver 82 had permit an 82 year old toronto mot- orist involved in a fatal acci dent near markham on june 10 had failed a recent drivers test but had obtained a temporary licence from the dept of tran sport an inquest hearing was told on tuesday night mr joseph brown was the driver of an castbound car that collided with a gravel truck at the intersection of 14th avenue markham and hwy 48 mrs margaret brown 83 his wife and a passenger in the vehicle was killed instantly eyewitnesses near the crash scene testified that the brown auto did not stop as it emerged onto the highway from the side- road jury members including russell beard foreman al lan edgecombe stewart davies robt morrow and norman tapscott attached no blame to truck driver lucien losier of whitbj they recommended the practice of issuing temporary licences to persons over 75 af ter they have failed a driving test be reviewed they asked that the approaches to hwy 48 at 14th avenue be paved and that similar projects be carried out at all entrances onto high speed roads the inquest held in stouff ville was conducted by dr blair mitchell assisted by of ficers of the ontario provincial police at oak ridges bliss astrid osterdahl daughter of capt and mrs f w osterdahl of stouffville has successfully completed her grade 12 at st josephs college toronto anil plans to enroll in junior college florl- -dain- september the local legion ladies en- oyed a bus trip to peterborough on wednesday friends will regret to learn that mr chancey tuck opera tor of the stouffville bowling centre is confined to the ux- bridge hospital with pneumonia mrs frd palmer cone 10 markham was the winner of the fathers day prize valued at 100 in a draw held recently at the markham shopping plaza the complete outfit includes a new suit hat shirt tie and shoes to open tenders tenders on the construction of the new stouffville firehall will be opened at a meeting of council on monday july 5th arena board returned gar lehman president two of the officers have ex changed positions ken roberts has moved up to the vicepresi dents post while les wilson remains on as a director gar lehman has been returned as president lor another term hazel fund for 70000 cashel bridge the road department of markham twp will use the last of a special fund established af ter hurricane hazel to cover the cost of building a new bridge on the 6th cone north of cashel knginccr dusan miklas said that the s14000 remaining in he hazel account would co ver the townships share of the project the total cost has been estimated at 70000 the pro vincial govt pays a subsidy of 30 per cent or 56000 mr miklas said that the pres ent bridge was not wide enough to allow two cars to meet and in the past four years there had been nine accidents at this location the engineer recommended that the job be completed in 1965 he said that this work had been on the townships ag enda for the past two years on saturday july 3 the crove family reunion will be held in the afternoon at the parkside youth centre find beer at auto safety check a safety check of autos in the lake wilcox area of whit church twp recently revealed that many contained quantities of beer and liquor police chief fred mason told a meeting of council that about 300 cars were stopped the chief said that his de partment had been warned that a gang of youths was causing trouble around the lake but re sidents were afraid to register complaints similar auto check was conducted at musselmans but liquor seizures were less in number reeve ross iarquharson commended the force for its law enforcement in the town ship he said that he hoped the close supervision especially a- round the lake areas could be continued car lehman president lehman noted that the board had approved a num ber of capital expenditures du ring the year including the in stallation of interior heating units the purchase of an ice- scraper and the construction of a building to accommodate the machine he noted that in spite of the cost involved the comp any had declared a 5 per cent dividend summer rental the question of a space ren tal during the summer season was raised but the manager w t rennie said there had been no demand for wrestling since crowds last year had fallen be low expectations with refer ence to the winter period mr rennie said that all availble ice time would be booked he said that the only way to in crease the revenue would be to increase the hourly rental rates with respect to building al terations the president said lhat the board should consider several projects that could be started in 1966 he noted that more space was required in the refreshment booth two change rooms were needed plus the in stallation of washrooms we publish early next week because thursday july 1st is a holiday the tribune will be published one day earlier next week this means that the paper will bo printed on tuesday and delivered on wednesday june 30th in order to meet this deadline all correspondenre must be in by not later than monday noon classified ad will not be received after 10 am on tuesday your cooperation in fhli regard will be appreciated now were out of funds and in trouble theres no use crying over spilled milk countered the foreman the road department is un der your jurisdiction and its up to you to keep an eye on it continued the deputyreeve committee chairman coun cillor wm parsons said that a check should be kept on expen ses and where one project goes over another should be reduc ed you cant go thousands over he said terrible shape mr laushway noted that a hole in the road had existed at rupert and william sts for se veral weeks and had not been repaired he listed it as an em ergency ive seen lots worse said mr wagg thats not the point coun tered councillor parsons councillor bud spang called the tenth line in terrible shape and asked that some thing be done there also reeve win timbers said he received complaints of dust on sunset blvd mr laushway said that the road had been swept last year but with the budget now over spent this work could not b done the deputyreeve and the foreman clashed on another point when mr laushway ask ed how many days an outsida firm had spent in cutting and trimming trees four or five answered mr wagg was u four or five ques tioned the council member i didnt keep track replied the foreman you have to keep track charged the deputy thats how we get in a jam mr wagg said that if the council expected him to do both manual labours and sup ervisory work additional men would have to be added to his department board honours three teachers for ps service the stouffville public school board recognized three of their staff teachers with special pre sentations at a gathering held at the sleepy hollow golf and country club on tuesday ev ening of last week mrs wood cock miss armstrong and mr morley will be leaving the schools here at the conclusion of the june term other teachers who will not be back but have served for shorter periods were recognized individually by the staff the trustees and staff expres sed regret at losing the services of mrs barbara hambiy from the board she plans to take up residence in orangeville only one staff position re mains to be filled anauxiliary class teacher is required at summitview for september two other teachers were added recently they are miss judith mckeown grade 1 and mr john stark grade 6 both of toronto the term officially ends on june 29th on june 28th the grade 8 classes of both orchard park and summitview will tour sites of historic interest in the brantford area including a vis it to the home of alexander graham bell markham twp council favours cent park despite opposition the majority of members of markham twp council appear to favour a park on the 5th cone near 17th ave as a cen tennial project although the proposal met with opposition at a meeting on monday senator willis representing several large land holders in the municipality including ro- mandale farms and primeau block said that he would take his clients protest before a hearing of the ontario munici pal board as an alternative the spokes man advocated the erection of a centennial library panic button councillor alan sumner said he had recommended the park project two years ago and he couldnt understand why a group should withhold their complaints until now all of a sudden you press the panic button he said he frowned on the idea of a township library at buttonville and likened it to a fifth wheel on a car senator willis objected to the word panic and said that his clients were only expressing their opposition councillor cleary palmer said that the members had rea ched a decision and the matter was now in the hands of the municipal board with respect to road mainten ance leading to and from the proposed park reeve hooper said that the county planned to assume both the 5th cone and i7th avenue the price of the property site was quoted at 1200 per acre the issue will be discussed further at a meeting on july 12th mrs less cober main st k visited friends in toronto over the weekend susan nigh daughter of mr and mrs jack nigh cone 7 markham will leave malton by air on friday to take part in the canadian national track meet at st lamberts quebec on saturday family awarded 55000 in court settlement a north york mother and daughter were awarded the sum of 55000 in a court settlement last week in a claim against commercial sand and gravel ltd of stouffville and a iruck driver james caldwell mrs marilyn pinnegar is to receive 10000 and her daugh ter elizabeth will obtain 15- 000 when she reaches the ag of 21 years thomas leonard pinnegar died in hospital last august after his car was struck from behind on no 7 hwy in markham the truck involved in the crash was owned by th stouffville gravel firm and driv on by caldwell mrs pinnegar had filed claim asking for 305000 medical degree lr barry wilkes son of mr and mrs ien wilkes rupert ave stoiiftville grad uated in medicine from tho university of toronto on wednesday june 16th he is a former graduate of ontario veterinary college gnelph and stouftville nisi high school he will intern next year at toronto western hospital sets new record thro romrds were broken at the sfnuffvole public school irarfc and flrlif meet lait week one was set in the intermedial girls hlri jump when gail jlam shown here soared to a height of i ft ivj inches she is a student t summitview staff photo

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