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instinct for survival opejss fri feb 1 at pjtowne cinema sacred song service heise hill church sun feb 3 730 pm whitchurchstouffville markham uxbridge thursday jan 31 1974 rescue drowning driver unionville two unionville men were injured one seriously sunday when their car veered out of control on hwy 7 east of bayview careened down a 17 foot embankment and landed in a creek still unconscious when admitted to toronto general hospital was the driver 20 year old gary powell car man stiver 21 a passenger in the vehicle suffered a dislocated hip and lacerations he is in york central hospital richmond hill constable john martin opp oak ridges said another motorist james doble of maple saw the auto plumet down the steep slope and out of sight aided by his wife lucille they lifted the drowning driver out of the water and commenced ar tificial respiration which they maintained until the am bulance arrived the powell boy was taken first to york central hospital but transferred to toronto general when the seriousness of his condition was learned wielded gun unionville a 29 year old unionville man has been charged with threatening and dangerous use of a firearm following an incident outside a private residence at 190 main street police allege that john ernest blundell of pavilion street entered the home and threatened the owner with a knife and a guest richard bowden with a gun although ordered out of the house blundell returned a few minutes later still brandishing a gun the occupants locked themselves inside and called for help the suspect was arrested a short distance away and lodged in the don jail elementary teachers protest retirement account cut york cty more than 50 elementary school teachers attended a meeting of york county board of education monday to protest a recent trustee decision to dock teachers one days salary from a retirement gratuity for their part in an organized walkout dec 18 susan shepe federation branch president told trustees that elementary school teachers strongly object to a boards motion passed dec 20 authorizing the deduction of one days credit from the retirement gratuity account of each teacher absent from class dec 18 mrs shepe said teachers didnt object to losing one days salary but did take acception to any loss from their retirement fund v we must question the wisdom of the boards decision and in light of statements made by members on the strained state of teacherboard relations we feel certain the ruling will be reconsidered she said she noted too that docking teachers salary for the one day is a fair and equitable treat ment that teachers could reasonably expect this is also fostering a climate of distrust which chairman merna colbourne tried to alleviate in her new years address to the board possibly the decision was made in haste without consideration of teachers but it increased the rift between the board and teachers however markham trustee don sim was the first member to defend the boards policy saying much information has been received from taxpayers and parents whose children attended classes dec 18 this was a deliberate breach of contract by teachers charged mr sim he also recommended that teachers should have been more heavily penalized action by the board according to parents was too lenient he said t trustee doreen quirk ex plained that some teachers may have been legitimately ill however others who took the day off left schools and students in the lurch although the board refused to take action monday chairman colbourne assured teachers they would be notified of any decision garages are built for cars but none in markham contains a model of this make and vintage its a 1908 darracq built in france iand used by french military during world war 1 it is stored at the priceless antique auto markham attics garages and basements often contain all sorts of priceless n items however none could be more unique more unusual than an antique car at the residence of russell wideman hwy 48 north of markham its a darracq of 1908 vintage and built in france they were used by the french military as staff cars during world war 1 this particular model was purchased by a and h wideman of markham in 1912 it is believed to be the second car in the former village at that time the vehicle with original equipment down to the hard rubber tires is in remarkable condition the licence plate is dated 1918 mr wideman retains the original transfer v a 4cylinder motor powers the darracq it steers from the right side with a hand brake and gearshift on the running board it has two acetylene gas lamps for lights a watercooled brass radiator large wooden wheel rims and spokes leather upholsteryp a convertible top leaf springs and a horn only two cars of its kind are known to exist in canada one is a 1924 and the other a 1926 for the past several years it has been kept in storage at burlington the present owners mr and mrs walter austin of unionville hope to have it completely restored mrs austin elizabeth is mr and mrs widemans daughter markham fair 73 residence of russell wideman hwy 48 north of town and will be restored to its original condition by walter and elizabeth austin of unionville jim thomas title for typist markham sixtyeight words a minute i v g clicking the keys at this rapid rate won 16 year old dawn darnell the junior championship in the york county typing x contest at king city secondary school jan 25 dawn is a grade 11 student at markham dist high school and resides at 28 christman court her speed could not be equalled in either the junior or i senior sections t in team competition dawn combined with sylvia dejong to win the junior title they had an average of 61 words per minute in senior team classification gayle wagg and shelley elson of stouffville dist secondary school were champions gayle also scored a second as a senior in singles m skateathon raises 13000 unionville an estimated 475 persons mainly young people raised close to 13000 in an organized skate-a- thon at crosby memorial arena saturday the venture part of a campaign to raise 250000 far exceeded all expectations publicity chairman pat bryan told the tribune we were thinking in terms of 6000 and maybe 7000 but not 13000 he said he said some of the 5 year olds completed up to 50 laps they even amazed their parents he said v the response and en thusiasm surprised many adults some say kids are soft receipts set record markham the most successful show in the 118 year j history of markham fair that was the consensus of opinion following release of the financial statement for 1973 at the annual meeting jan 23 total receipts including a 20000 deposit on the sale of the property soared to a record 10811144 gate admissions alone totalled 3681120 other big moneymakers included the sale of steers 1172134 the midway 1115466 commercial fees 771800 and grants- 1159750 total expenditures were 80 76060 president ellis britton of claremont said that while the position had been time- consuming he looked on it as an education and a challenge he praised the work of the president robert a shea r r i has been elected president of the oshawa and district real estate bwdjor 1974 the board represents 560 realtor members in the city of oshawa and new region of durham mr shea is president of thos n shea ltdwith 20 branches from klngs thmugti t barrie sitesoon markham the site for the new home of markham fair will be made public soon likely next week manager gerald mann told the tribune following the annual meeting jan 23 the property said to be just under 100 acres is within the markham town boun daries harvey brown chairman of the site selection com mittee said when questioned on the matter that the pur chase required approval of the 74 board of directors before any announcement could be made its still in private discussion he concluded the decisions the manager said later would be outlined in an official press release secretarymanager gerald mann mr britton recalled the controversy related to the sale of the grounds he said a new site had been selected and needed only the approval of the board to make it official the queen of markham fair event and the greyhound races were added features that the president said attracted much interest he suggested however that an effort should be made to improve the thurs day program he praised the work of the junior directors were lucky to have these young people coming along he said a vote of thanks was ten dered mr britton by roger gardham the president for 1974 is rh bob thompson of markham the 1st vice- president is ivan norton rr 1 goodwood newlyelected directors 3- year term are jack spang howard cosburn dennis seeley carman boadway hugo gosetto and fred crawford vacancies created through the resignations of wm walker and geo hooper- 1year terms were filled by len cooper and mac cosburn junior directors are barbara thompson keith hoover brian armstrong alfred smith don risebrough and murray wagg markhams fair dates this year are october 3 4 5 and 6 rh bob thompson is the 1974 president of markham fair the annual meeting and election of directors was held jan 23 the fair dates this year are oct 3 4 5 and 6 jim thomas today continued mr bryan they sure didnt show it saturday he said most 8 year olds and- up completed the 60 lap maximum so i also did mayor tony roman and mp don deacon the most exhausted in dividuals on the ice mused mr bryan were don hammond and fred cox they served as clowns much to the enjoyment of the children x the project chairman was warren melville his assistant was john volpe s purpose of the cam paign is to enlarge and improve the interior of the arena school band in festival markham can the senior band of markham dist high school repeat its success of 73 in this years kiwanis music festival conductor harold hiorns and his talented young musicians are hopeful as they step up the pace of their practice sessions in preparation for the february event it was the bands rendition of colonel bogey that won markham a first place finish last year they were winners also in 1966 and 1968 student manager harvey beckwith credits the bands accomplishments to the leadership provided by mr hiorns the instructor on the other hand is just as com plimentary of this players they include debbie williams gord crutchley linda jackson yvette dalrymple frances smith katie federer elizabeth scott heather ramage rory cattanach david whittamore murray mcdonald ken austin cathy park brenda walker carol gray heather thomas christine andros jamie hor ner harvey beckwith paul burchall ken prentice paul kimball kim turl beccy shantz mary crichton john greig carole hoover cathy case val shields bob richards bob hclden christine brunning kim willsonrymer john wright karen kimball suzanne ramsay john tap- scott cheryl hughes linda parrott jim pike danny witham patti keane rick bates frazer dimma john zechner melanie davis lorie patton and geoff davis