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thursday dec 4 1969 the tribune page 17 markham valedictorian color guard st0uffv1lle the stouffville centurions will leave dec 13 to participate in a color guard pageant at sherbourne new york fifteen members will make the 700 mile round trip the farthest distance afield they have yet travel led chides aimless protesters eighteen year old karin walmark an honor graduate of markham dlst high school and now attending trent university peterborough delivered the valedic tory address at graduation exercises nov 28 jas thomas council recommendation slacks not suitable for school bv dannv grayston don head except on field trips girls slacks are not appropriate ap parel af don head secon dary school this was a decision of the students council at a meeting nov 17 it was also agreed that coats should not be worn dur ing school class time a christmas dinner is planned for the last week of school on the question of dress the policy is a sug gestion only the slave day resulted in a profit of s4250 for the year book project this sum was reduced to 4050 after danny grya- stons slave escaped cus tody danny bid s200 for her she has since trans ferred to shaws business school the majority of second year students participated in a work experience week nov 24 to 28 jun- memorial award stouffville the late frank yake of stouff ville has left the sum of 500 to branch 459 of the royal canadian legion for the purpose of furthering the education of children of legion members it is announced this week by the president arthur dix on a savings bond has been purchased with this money and the interest each year will be awarded in cash or kind to the son or daught er of a legion member the recipient of the a- ward will be selected by the branch trustees and the executive it will be known as the frank yake memorial award all of us at the branch are pleased and honored to carry out the wishes of the late mr yake said president dixon educat ion is one of the keys to happiness and success in life and the children who receive this award will think kindly of their bene factor student loan plan norm cafik has indicat ed the department of fin ance has authorized 67786 students to rieive loans totaling 4613003400 be tween the period of july 31 to september 30 1969 since the inception of the plan in 1964 approx imately 446000 students have become ligb5c bor rowing a total amount of 2728 million dollars ior and senior classes ac quired positions with vari ous firms for one week the purpose of the pro ject is to see how young people- will react when employed on a fulltime basis twenty 1st year stu dents have been prepar ing for driver safety tests under the capable direc tion of mr randell and constable young mr wes mcchesnie supervisor of aurora driving examina tion centre was the ex aminer included were sight tests and twenty questions on road signs and rules of the road the car a 1970 pontiac le- mans is on loan from kin- near motors richmond hill the boys badminton tourney has been com pleted the winner was mike lee the runerup was rick holland markham protest movements involving a segment of todays stu dent population often for no worthwhile purpose were criticized by 18 year old karin walmark the valedictorian at markham dist high schools gradu ation exercises friday night in a challenging address that retained the interest of her audience karin made very little reference to the past but instead stressed the importance of the present and the future she referred to a group of young people who und er the guise of demanding change seem more intent in their desire to destroy rather than create to neg ate rather than construct often we do not realize how lucky we are she said our complaints are really very minor when compared to the problems of the world karin urged her class to appreciate more fully the opinions of their elders with anticipation of simil ar consideration in return we cant all be presi dents she continued but we can all learn from the mistakes of others she referred to the graduation class of 69 as the consci ence of society karin spoke in glowing terms of the schools prin cipal and mentioned his willingness to adjust to changing himes she also described the staff teach ers as once god like creatures in grade 9 but now normal people with faults and feelings much like our own karin is now studying at trent university peter borough majoring in sci ence principal kenneth c mcdonald said that while goals kept changing and accommodation must be improved to keep pace- there are those who would destroy that which now ex ists there is much in the present that is good he gharged what fools we would be to disregard such values and listen to those who speak with a loud voice but a vacant mind m ottn until 030 1 monday through saturday lufcolhristi fjjcedarbroe the d of s rboro for wluo and quality 40 exciting stores including simpson f dcpt store to servo jrce uwrence avenae e at markham rt scartjoraufh wf i clarks fancy tomato iga i fancy- 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