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model aircraft markham library saturday 1030 am wrfount markham adult skating uuionville arena saturday 830 pm whitchurch stouffville markhamuxbridge thursday feb 14 1974 town fair board choses country site residents welcome a new neighbor the stanley watson farm 18th avenue between cone 7 and hwy 48 is the new home of markham fair purchase of 110 acres at this location was announced by the fairs secretarymanager gerald mann last week mr watson will remove this summers crop and arrange an auction sale likely in the spring of 75 history of the farm goes back to 1842 when john williamson originally from england purchased the property after moving from elgin mills jim thomas nab robbery suspect 5 markham barne police arrested mark patrickskinner monday following a sunday night armed robbery of the shop n bag store in wootten way plaza loses licence markham a 25 year old scarboro man who earned his living by operating a dump truck has lost his licence for three years the ruling followed a conviction friday in richmond hill court that found stephan ruscitti guilty of criminal negligence in the death of rich mond hill councillor charles stewart mr stewart 35 died after his car was hit at the in tersection of 16th avenue and the 5th concession of markham last november at about 1030 pm a man entered the store and while pointing a sawed off pump ac tion shotgun at manager leonard joel demanded he hand over the contents of the till and two bags of money under the counter after taking the money he forced mr joel and a lady clerk to lie on the floor and then left the premises he entered a car driven by an as yet unidentified ac complice and headed west on hwy 7 the robbery which netted close to 2700 was ac complished in less than a minute and was described as very professional mr skinner a 17 year old former toronto resident of no fixed address was arrested after york regional police issued a description of the car record collection goes on sale not cfgm markham six radio transmission towers will be erected near kennedy road at hagerman with approval of markham town council town council the station to serve the region of york was iden tified with cfgm in rich mond hill according to a tribune story of feb 7 there is no connection between the two a cfgm spokesman said this week the confusion occurred when ken foss an announcer with cfgm appeared on behalf of the applicant dml broadcasting markham everything from johann christian bach to knuckles otoole thats the kind of record collection linda mcgeorge has assembled over the past 20 years and theyre for sale at least most of them at her home on 27 ramona boulevard in markham linda has many 78s con sidered by some as collectors items she also has 45s and albums about 300 in all in cluding bing crosbys white christmas ive always loved music linda explained i purchased my first record at age 9 and have been buying them ever since now i have too many im crowded for space at 1 for albums and 50 cents for singles linda admits shes probably letting them go too cheap i really didnt know what to charge she said one man purchased 200 lindas collection contains many elvis presley discs in cluding several 78s i grew up with the elvis craze she recalls her interests in music tend more towards vocal than instrumental will she continue her record hobby likely linda says but with more choice markham rotary club set 25000 goal for wheelchairs markham the markham rotary club was chartered in 1962 the president at that time was paul horton in the years that have followed the organization has contributed much to the community the latest announced project is the purchase of 25 electric wheelchairs for participation house a residence for adult cerebral palsied ninth and church streets in markham a campaign to accomplish this is already underway the clubs goal is 25000 on monday evening rotary president don luttrel presented mrs kathe newman executive director of par ticipation house with a first installment cheque for 5000 with the cooperation of the entire community members are confident the remainder can be earned one fundraising venture is the annual hockey tour nament and something new a threering circus in the markham centennial centre with sufficient support the clubs theme lets put participation house on wheels will become a reality markham students want teachers back york cty york regions grade 13 students the ones hurt most in the current teacherboard dispute are themselves taking action to bring the teachers back forty young people from markham oist high school attended a board meeting monday one of the spokesmen was pamm keeley of grade 13 she told the tribune that the students would organize a public forum if talks this week fail to produce a settlement a meeting tuesday to try jjt land end the crisis was called by i provincial mediator terry mancini miss keeley expressed concern that a news blackout existed in negotiations we are upset she said because we dont know whats going on students at woodbridge high school have organized a public forum for tonight feb 14 to include teachers parents trustees and students in an attempt to bring the facts to light miss keeley emphasized that if no settlement is reached this week there will be a public forum definitely at mdhs she added that teachers parents students and trustees all want a peopleboard but that would take both co operation and communication the important thing is to get the teachers back and get them back now she said firmly purchase may change paving priorities markham the home of markham fair will soon pull up stakes and switch to a new neighborhood the selected 110 acre site is the stanley b watson farm on 18th avenue between the 7th concession and hwy 48 while the board of directors are obviously satisfied how do residents on fringe lands feel can they coexist with a neigh bor who for four days each year will host up to 40000 visitors yes most replied when questioned this week like mrs harry lewis only a stonesthrow to the west the kids think its great to have the fair so close and were happy too she agreed that increased traffic could pose a problem but attributed this to progress something well have to ac cept mrs henry miller a 7th concession resident said she and her husband had no ob jections i dont think it will affect us she said it had to go somewhere concluded g w thomas mrs john t reesor said her only concern was for traffic congestion at the intersection of hwy 48 and 18th avenue during the summer its busy enough now harry brown the fairs 2nd vicepresident and a member of the property committee agreed ihat traffic in the area would increase but only during the four days the fair is on he predicted the 7th concession mccowan road would become a major northsouth artery within three years and along with hwy 48 would adequately serve the site markham mayor anthony roman said the development of this property could mean a change in the municipalitys paving priorities he said members would want to take a close look at 18th avenue as far as im concerned gravel roads are a thing of the past in town he agreed that the narrow bridge on 18th avenue might have to be replaced depending on where the exits and entrances to the property were located the 7th he said now had a permanent hardtop extending from steeles to 16th avenue from the 16th north the paved surface is only temporary he noted the mayor said the property was not served by water or sewers and the likelihood of such installation in the immediate future was remote mr roman said he had not been consulted by the board on the proposed purchase and had no knowledge that any member of his council had been either i feel it was a question of economics he concluded the property has a farm history that dates back to 1842 john williamson came over from england in 1837 and took possession five years later his son also named john carried on and later handed it down to garnet williamson who sold it in 1919 the stream that cuts through the east side once operated a grist mill 125 years ago the corner of peachs sideroad and hwy 48 was once known as milnesville with a post office and general store the original pioneer was peter milne stan watson the present owner purchased the property from walter brignall in 1952 it contains 150 acres sons stuart and trevor help work the farm specializing in quality holstein cattle and pigs since the fair board doesnt take possession until february 75 the watsons will remove the crop this fall an auction sale of cattle and im plements is planned next spring confusion corner suggest solution linda mcgeorge 27 ramona blvd markham in her collection shes selling most of them this holds an old 78 rpm record one of more than 300 week because shes run out of room markham the works committee of council has recommended a program that if approved could solve the problems at confusion corner on the main street of markham the proposed joseph and church street realignment is designed to resolve the complex traffic movement on main and ease the conflicting turning situation at robinson street robinson street the plan proposes would be extended east across main through an area north of the new bank of nova scotia building george and washington streets would be connected and intersect with the robinson extension driver dies in hospital unionville a 20 year old unionville man injured jan 27 in a singlecar collision on hwy 7 has died in toronto general hospital gary powell of trumpourx court was the driver of a vehicle that veered out of control and landed in a creek east of bayview avenue the victim was pulled from the water by james doble of maple and given artificial respiration he was admitted first to york central hospital and later transferred to toronto general where he died feb 7 injured in the same crash was a passenger in the auto carman stiver 21 of wembly avenue unionville construction for the 260000 undertaking is expected to begin this year the committee is anxious to have the work started as soon as possible to avoid additional costs when the project is com pleted the west end of church and joseph streets will be closed this will leave one 4way corner at the intersection of main and robinson eliminating the welter of traffic lights now in the area an offstreet parking facility is also slated for the block with provisions for future expansion respected lady mrs a p graham at markham resident since 1907 will celebrate her 91st birthday feb 28 mrs graham resides at 288 main street north