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ptge u the trwme thnitr fttauiy 1 1968 whitchurch township ill ii l u tj bible study group conducts weekly classes at high school a bible study group holds classes every wednesday evening in the stouflville district secondary school the instructor is rev edward t smith members currently enrolled are front row left to right mrs dorothy bell mrs delia greenwood laura jarvis mrs bert beacome mrs stella hoover carol robb and rev smith centre row left to right mrs virginia bateman mrs e anderson mrs blanche cryderman mrs evelyn mitchell mrs leila robbins carolyn coulter mrs bilkey mrs margaret gibbons rear row left to right jack davison d droller edward hoover harry mason bert beacome ross robbins h flach walter graves and harvey nighswander staff photo premier robarts an nouncement in november of the proposal to institute county boards of educa tion came as a surprise to most people including ma ny in the department of education who first learn ed of it in the following mornings paper as a re sult considerable confu sion has arisen and in de cember all the trustees in york county held a meet ing to discuss the situa tion mr hallman the ar ea superintendent repor ted to the gathering that the government expected to publish some guidelin es early in january which would assist trustees in planning the change which is proposed to be effective at the beginning of 1969 in the meantime many trustees are of the opinion that the county of york should at this stage be di vided into two area boards some of the reas ons given for this include the fact that the southern six municipalities with their proximity to metro toronto have been exper iencing an unusually sharp increase in class room requirements in the last year there was a 42 increase in primary school classrooms in addition the southern six have already been cooperating through a voluntary orga nization known as the york south regional edu cation committee most trustees from the north ern half of the county seem to share this opinion that two boards should be permitted for at least ths early years when town ship school area boards were organized a few years ago markham town ship was allowed to have two boards instead of the regulation one board and it has worked out very well at the time of mr robarts announcement these two boards were in the process of coming to gether voluntarily efforts are therefore being made to persuade the depart ment of education to es tablish the two boards in stead of one at least in the initial period owrc the ontario water re sources commission owrc held a meeting with representatives of the southern six a few weeks ago and disclosed preliminary plans for the provision of water and se wage facilities in the rid ing as requested by the southern six a few- weeks ago and disclosed preliminary plans for the provision of water and sewage facilities in the riding as requested by the southern six some eight een months ago when as ked about the per capita cost of installing the fac ilities outlined the com mission said it could not give figures until it had a reliable estimate of the population in twenty years time after sotw considerable uii iiiur each municipality agreed to determine the popula- don deacon ma- tion for which services would be provided a meeting was held late in december in richmond hill at which vaughan and markham townships and the town of rich mond hill and the village of markham disclosed their estimates of these figures at the meeting mr john bower deputy planning commissioner of metro toronto gave in formation on metros esti mates of the development following which the rep resentatives of the munic ipalities decided to give further consideration to their estimates and for ward them to the owrc before the end of janu ary armed with these fi gures the owrc belie ves it can quickly pro vide cost figures which the municipalities need before committing them selves to the project gormley residents aid fire victims by evelyn milsted gormley several weeks ago mr and mrs david williamson lost everything in a fire that destroyed their home east of gormley mr meredith ash and glen wideman collected in the commun ity and raised sufficient funds to purchase a ches terfield and chair a leath er chair coffee table end tables and lamps an elec tric iron vacuum cleaner and handmixer mr and mrs williamson wish to express their appreciation for the kindness shown them in a time of need fifty ministers attended the annual ontario dis trict ministerial retreat of the united missionary church in gormley the guest speaker was dr os wald j smith of the peoples church a home mission seminar followed with rev j h kimbel of south bend indiana the speaker mr and mrs norman sider of sherkston visited relatives here for a few days last week mr and mrs roy bril- lingcr entertained all their family at dinner on sun day in honour of four birthdays in the family rev and mrs l k sid er visited with their son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs john sider in indiana at the first of this week rev sider was at tending the general con ference home mission board executive at elk hart indiana about 70 young people attended the youth fel lowship at the united mis sionary church young people of brampton um church and the nazarcne church presented the pro gram on sunday night feb j at 915 pm lloyd knights presents a musi calo at the pirkside youth the jr ladies sewing circle of hcisc hill begin couples club by jean leaf buttonville a couples club has been or ganized at browns cor ners church a meeting was held jan 27 at the home of mr and mrs jack bishop the execu tive includes presidents mr and mrs alan carr vicepresidents mr and mrs brian colman secre taries mr and mrs jim grant treasurers mr and mrs wes lammers pro- church met at the home of miss marjorie heise major and mrs fred lewis have returned home after spending several veeks with their son and daughterinlaw in edmon ton here is a part of mr lewis account of his trip on a visit to our son and his wife stationed in ed monton with the armed forces we drove through the rockies to vancouver a wonderful trip the roc kies were awe inspiring more so driving through 200 miles of ice and snow it was a great thrill to meet mr george lewis brother of major fred levis who was in van couver from australia for 8 hours these brothers had not met for a period of 21 years that green grass in vancouver and victoria surely was a tonic but its great to re turn to gormley and home gram and publicity mr and mrs bishop the club will meet on the second saturday of each month plans for february in clude a sleigh ride dr a f binnington who spent last week in wellesley hospital follow ing surgery to his left hand is recuperating at his home 35 thorncliffe park drive toronto hank coleman was con fined to his home with a back ailment last week mrs a w miller is in york central hospital this week after surgery and mrs walter craig is con fined to bed with phleb itis on thursday evening browns corners church senior choir met at mrs fred leafs home follow ing practice for coffee and a brief annual meeting officers who served in 1967 were reappointed president h l coleman vicepresident mrs clay- ton jones secretary mrs kenneth stiver treasurer peter walker cards sec retary mrs j clayton social committee mrs william rodick mrs a w miller mrs f leaf four effective services on prayer to commemor ate the world week of prayer were concluded on sunday when rev chris topher dugan spoke on prayer and the christian witness with the junior senior and cgit vesper choirs in attendance dont shortcuts seldom pay steer here when you bring your car to us you can be sure well check it thoroughly repair it with precision our knowhow skill and experience make the big dif ference free estimates for your convenience our parts service departments will remain open tues thurs nite until 900 pm where price quality meet dick coffey motors ltd main west stooltvllle phone 6402600 council to award two centennia medals vandorf two resi dents of whitchurch township are eligible for centennial medal awards from a population of over 7000 the council is find ing it difficult to finalize its decision the members are asking for recommen dations from ratepayers all names submitted will be considered carefully individuals should be persons who have contri buted in various ways to the benefit of the munici pality over a period of years in an effort to assist in the promotion of this pro gram the tribune has contacted several resi dents for their opinions the following replies were received mr and mrs vern davies cedar beach mus- selmans lake proposed the name of kim rogers rr3 newmarket noth ing is too much for him and his interests cover many phases of township activities said mrs dav ies she said he was con tinually promoting pro jects within the commun ity centre as well as the church she said that oxy gen units donated to the whitchurch police had been responsible for sav ing several lives she pointed out that both adults and children had benefited through his gen erosity everything he does he does well mrs s s crouch stouff- ville rr4 put forward the name of canadian plowing champion grant wells she said that his accomplishments in plow ing competitions had pro vided whitchurch with much favorable publicity mr elgin hastings rr4 stouffville recom mended george richard son as his nominee for the award mr richardson a former reeve farms north of vandorf he has done a great deal for whit church said mr hast ings whenever there is a job to be done he can al ways be counted on to give more than his share of time and effort mrs howard barkev stouff ville rr4 and mrs grant wells stouffville rr2 also expressed favor with the selection of mr richardson he has lived in the township all his life both he and mrs richard son have taken a great interest in all affairs with in the community said mrs barkey mrs wells said that mr richardson had played an active part in the progress of the township and had helped out in many ways in vari ous programs during cen tennial year the name of clifford wallwork was mentioned by several persons con tacted by the tribune merlyn baker said that mr waliwork had been active on the railantrae school board the york county hospital board the town ship council and planning board and in community recreation activities hes done a wonderful job more than most people know about he said mr baker said that a second nominee would be ex- reeve ross farquharson for most of the same rea sons another vote for mr wallwork came from mrs ken tranmer stouffville rr2 who does mr wallwork feel should be so honored he offered three selec- tions kim rogers new market rr3 mrs r c bayeroft now of aurora or ex councillor j i m smith of oak ridges mr and mrs george richardson said they had discussed the matter pri vately and had agreed on two individuals worthy of the award they recom mended the name of cap tain schuyler snively of lake wilcox mrs rich ardson said that both cap tain snively and his wife had been extremely active in war relief work and al ways had the best inter ests of the township at heart another choice was dr f h vannostrand of vandorf school board chairman ihe changing curriculum stouffville the changing curriculum as it pertains to our public schools will be the sub ject of discussion at the next meeting of the stouffville home and school wednesday feb 7 at 830 pm taking part in the discussion will be principals lome boadway c wesley brillinger ex pressed favor in the choice of professor ernest a smith a longtime whit church resident and now- living in aurora mr frank curtis of bethesda suggested also the name of professor smith or former reeve ross farquharson any person with an opinion on the matter is asked to submit his selec tion to the clerk of the township thomas kerr gormley rri and keith sutherland dr it b mitchell and prim- arv consultant mrs pat byer the meeting will be held at orchard park school parents are urged to attend miss rosemary roder ick main street west a student of mrs allan sangster recently passed her grade 1 theory in piano at the toronto con servatory of music she obtained 1st class honors mrs alan powell rr2 markham and miss marg aret stirling rose ave nue attended the annual meeting of east toronto lresbyterial wms held in emmanuel presbyterian church miss margaret kennedy missionary on furlough from india was the guest speaker annual meeting ontario county hog producers association will be held in the township hall sunderland thursday february 8tli at 1030 am speakers dr s c tanner head of technical scrvleea for the animal health product division eli lilly co of canada ltd toronto clare cnrtln zone director ontario hoc producer marketing board ben steera preaident ontario hoc producer aatoelation the purpose of the meetinc is to conduct the proper business of the annual meeting of the ontsrio county hoe producers- association and to elect the directors and votinic representatives les faux president charles hadden secretary mmmwmmmm lurbanu suburban press foundation v advancing family community life of cjuistincti ion the above emblem signifies that this newspaper is a member of the suburban press foundation membership in this national organization requires meeting established journalistic stand ards and fulfillment of a newspapers responsibility to serve its community we are proud that this newspaper meets these standards the support of our readers and advertisers has made this recognition of stature possible our thanks to all our town like so many suburban communities will continue to grow and expand and with this growth will come added responsibilities it is our resolve to continue to expand our services to our readers our advertisers and our community in keeping with the quality of newspaper this community deserves wht wribum 5456 main street west stouffville phone 6402100