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offered at jhe old library courses start altofid community centre not dead yet new life has been breathed into the com munity centre here according to centre board member gerry woods if no new interest was shown in running the building at the last meeting feb 9 the board- was planning on closing down the operation but lo and behold we got some new faces out he told the tribune another meeting with members of the community invited will be held feb 23 8 pm while much interest remained in the activities at the centre biweekly euchre monthly square dance bi monthly 4h club and daily nursery i school not enough people had been willing to take part in running the building mr woods said town recreation director dave bass told the tribune he would not support a move for the town to hire someone to take over the building but we will support it as long as there is interest in operating the centre board the towns own recreation program centres in claremont he said and people in the area can drive there the status of- the centre changed with the advent of pickering airport expropriation in the area the town of pickering now leases back the building from the federal government for la year but must bear the cost of hydro and maintenance stouffville craft courses in the old library building will start next week the tribune has learned the courses will be offered tuesday wed nesday and thursday macrame will be tuesday evenings from 7- 9 pm while ceramics is 10 am to 12 noon and weaving is set for the afternoon 13 pm those three tuesday courses cost 23 for 10 weeks wednesday will see flower arranging in the afternoon and guitar in the evening quilting will be offered thursday afternoons and pottery is scheduled for thursday evenings pottery and flower arranging are 30 for 10 weeks the following programs have not been scheduled because registrations have been low afterfour program for children leathercraft oil painting and rughooking for information phone 6404767 or go to the old library between 10 am and 4 pm daily registrations are still open for most of the courses dorottiy oke barry long time resident stouffville longtime stouffville resident dorothy oke barry died feb 13 at guelph general hospital she was in her 70th year she was the wife of the late james barry the couple farmed in the west end land now taken up by the canadian tire store m r b ar r y predeceased his wife in j972 after selling the tarm the barrys took up residence on albert st south she was the mother of kathleen of hamilton ted of stouffville paul of agincourt marg mrs frank hannan of scarboro grace mrs pete chisholm- of guelph bill of stouffville nancy mrs robert reid of stouffville and patricia mrs stan cpwen of toronto she leaves a sister kathleen mclean of toronto and 19 grandchildren funeral service was monday at oneills funeral home farm innovator and businessman dies markham the markham community lost a wellknownlifelong resident feb 10 in the sudden passing of harold boyington at his residence ll houghton boulevard i mr boyington seemed in good health twhen he retired for the night he died in his sleep harold boyington wasborn on the 7th i concession of markham lf the son of william and edith boyington although he moved to homes in different locations he always lived close to town he had resided at his present place for the past 21 years mr boyington was a successful businessman he started out as a trucker hauling loads of grain later he established a loan business and then pur chased the lescouperth- waite farm on don mills road the site of what was to become markham sand and gravel he sold out this operation to miller- paving murray little of markham and harolds son don had an interest in the gravel firm beef cattle were his life and many farmers in the area often came to him for advice and in- formation he and son don operated a beef ranch in uxbridge township and later on the present harvey brown farm 18th avenue and hwy 48 harold boyington enjoyed sports both as a participant and a spec tator as a young man he played softball and in later years took up curling he was made an honorary member of the unionville curling club harold boyington wns prominent on the executive of the markham millionaire hockey club along with waverley wilson in the days when hockey in- terest was at a peak in the community he possessed a keen knowledge of local and national affairs through information gleaned from newspapers television and on radio he served on the markham village planning boad besides his wifethe former ruby hicks hcis survived by one son don one daughter erla mrs monte holman both of markhamfour grandchildren sherry mrs larry france scott boyington mark and valerie holman- one sister myrtle mrs orval davidson lives in california a brother bill and a second sister muriel are deceased zorro- makes his mark the mardi gras adult skating party drew large numbers saturday night but fewer than last year came in -costume- the winning couple were mr and mrs don smith of elm rd he became zorro and she was a spanish lady best lady was mrs blanch cook who was little red riding hood the best valentine went to betty acton a good turnout- was also reported at the teen dance held atk latcham hall donbernardt yrfily ilntroiigh andtumble series v v5 stouffville the port hope v stouffyille junior c play off series is proving to be a knockdown dragoul affair j port hope narrowly i edged the local clippers 32 on feb 12 but stouffville rebounded with a 43 decision on homeice last sunday resultsof the third contest to be played here tuesday were not available at dress time a fourth game should take place this evening in port hope while a fifth if necessary will be played tin stouffville on saturday 1 night r in the first game clipperv goalie jack v i holder had to contend iwhile stouffville never with 40 shots ongbal astrailedin the game the games port hope controlled most of the play scoring for stouffville was dave mumford from mike splonnick and pete fitzpatrick in the first equalizer outcomewas always in doubt port hope scored a late goal in the third and then pulled their goalie but failed to score s the and andy leitchfrom fitzpatnck in the third geoff roy with two sidrt andy leitch and kevin barrick were the stouffville marksmen as ted assinck mike wightman and jack holder got assists holder played another strong game in goal as did kevin tyndall in the visitors net also putting in strong performances were chris clarridge and wayne norton j stouffvilles downfall proved to be their inability to score on the power playin a penalty sfovd piay local athletes do well created many good scoring chances for the clippers a f on sunday afternoon the in lesion indoor meet clippers won a exciting game before a large crowd at the arena stouffville local athletes showed up well in the legion ontario bantam-midget- indoor v playoffs start feb 26 midget as to play eictori stouffville a week from tonight marks the beginning of beckers milk midget a playoff action as they take on pictonat the stouffville arena last weeks exhibition- tilt vwith thornhill boded well for track meet saturday at thecnetin toronto ballantraels judy sackfield placed second in high jump while john christie of stouffville was fourth in- 50 metres and- fifth in long jump mark helhwell finished nth in the 3000 metres from markham judy neufeld was first in 400 metresand third in high jump lome neufeld was first in 800 metres and fourth in 400 metreswhilebev hard ing managed fourth in 50 xbridge tomsliip briefs wolf compensation v uxbridge the province wants proof thirt wolves are responsible for financial losses by farmers in the area before they will grant compensation uxbridge council was informed last week v in a letter form ministry- of agriculture and food official he- mcgill council was told that valuers- reports must contain specific comments as to why wolves and not dogs are responsible for the losses t currently the township pays for the compensation to ap- plicants thencollects the amount inf turn from thc province v ik if a problem with wolves in the area exists the letter said officials of the wild life branch f the ministry of natural resources may be con tacted to help control the animals j l girl boy take firsts m intercliib skating stouffville stouffville figure skating club had some winners in intcrclub competition rally driver 19ttiiof60 inicyeveni st buffvillef local rally driverterry eppelm rd took 19th spot in the cruelling the midgets as stouffville schell and harold won it 64 thornhillfirst wideman then steve went ahead by 30 before spang up from the the milkmen finally got bantam as for a tryout on the scoreboard at 1028 tied the game from brian of the second period bob murphy and rob lawson- hughes potted i the schell sentstouffvile metres john silverthofn marker from glen gibson ahead from danwagg raptured athirdplace in before the period ended f metres karen finegan ithornhill knotted the score once more before stouffvillepicked up the 11 game winners on steve schell and jeff williams goals setting- up uhe tallies were glen gibson bob hughes- rob lawson and brian murphy- broomball in the snow was also a popular part of the stouffville dist secohdaryschool 7 winter carnival mixed teams of boys and girls competed this is some of the fast action during one of the broomball matches no subdivision here already been disapproved byregional planners the and steve schell- the second goal came as gibson netted one from saturday in richmond hill first place awards went to cindy wilson in novice ladies and to victor t joseph in pre- juvenile boys taking second place prizes were julia faggiani in bronze in- stouffville terpretatiye and cindy stouffville bantam wilson in silver in also ran in the 800 metre race i representing district e at the meet the team of judy neufeld lorrie neufeld judy sackfield and bev harding picked up a third place in the midget girls relay v goodwood uxbridge planning and r development committee thp problem she will discourage a plan for rexplained is that- dsvelopinga128lotgoodwbods topographyj subdivision -in- thismakesvit impossible to hamleti v havby any development f- thepran- by-good- vpxeept for very minor wood enterprises con- infilling flicts with the uxbridge nowhere official plan according to councillor eleanor todd an amendment to allow the i development has the waterhas to runoff in t goodwood and it is feared many wells already may be unfit for drinking the councillor said bantam bs beat pickering canadian winterurally thornhill heldlast week he ana ms partner terpretative pother clubs com- petingc were aurora- bradford markham and bs outscored pickering 53 in plav last week but- vv were downed 5-2- by bowmanville in a later cncountert t bryn cook were amongst 23 cars that finished the 750 event the winner was jeanpaul jperusse of laval quebec and his co- k driver john bellcfleur of toronto vfmrepp told the tribune that t started the rally wasl handicapped by icy road conditions kent forsyth potted two goals against pickering while scott brown tom miller and kevin mcguckiifsingled ron gierkink hadtwo assists and john pollard imark heroldrjim greenshields and murray johnson one each against bowmanville the only goals were by ballantrae thehotai judo club -forsyth- from gierkink of ballaritrae once again hasjproduced prizes aand brown anil bydoug intop competition t sandersfrommike j v at thepntario wintergames in saultst holder and kevin marie last week debbie bates of the club won mcguckin v t v tl meaaljin the girlsyouth urider132 lb slsss t wluwing i v sheffield- in the girls youth under121 lb ciihonrchucic ajmosy class if svtv si welshand kevin ward enough snow remained win judo medals xbridgeewage uxbrfdge umbe borne bylh- councillors here arc region then charged worried ihat the 1 back to the townshipbul million pollution control regional councillor bill plant slated for uxbridge ballinger said the cannot be built without township wants to wait additional funds t fora new method of financing sewage projects if a regional srser fate is instituted for the end of arci durham would eligible for a 11 provincial- plaritjgrant