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y vol w no6 whitchurchstouffville june u 1977 0ents 20 pages ulyhomecommg weekend a stouffville according to some estimates stouffville could be deluged with as many as 20000 visitors during the homecoming weekend the weekends activities expected to be the highlight of the centenial year begin friday july 1 and conclude sunday july 3 publicity committee chairman dr bill murphy is convinced as many as 20000 people could be on hand throughout the weekend councillor june button a centennial committee member says there is no way of knowing in advance but she feels con fident that at least 10000 visitors will show v mrs button said that but of about 5000 invitations sent to former residents and students about 2000 replied she termed ithis a remarkable response especially as only about a dozen of the people who replied said they couldnt make it of 20 former teachers since 1954 only two wont be coming according to mrs button residents should be dusting off their- pioneer costumes as jthere will bea judging friday july 1 at 330 pm plaques will be awarded for best costumes in categories best gentleman best lady best child best family and best couple the womens institute is in charge of the competition ii deadline for entries in the centennial parade is monday june 20 the theme of the parade is remembering and prizes of 25 are offered for most humourous float best school entry best theme and best overall prospective entrants should call bob lemottee at 6401088 or russ holder at 6401382 a complete list of homecoming weekend events will be available from june 24 at the information centre to be run from the silver jubilee club the centre will be moved to the park during the weekend the programs printed in blue and white and containing many photographs old and new are guaranteed to become souvenir items visitors must register to receive the brochures the weekend will be jam packed with activities begin ning at 10 am when the parade school construction contract awarded stouffville the contract for construction of an addition to summitview public school was awarded to model builders aurora ltd on monday night york county board of education awarded the contract on the recommendation of staff the bid submitted by model builders was for 316878 ap proximately 20000 over the amount budgeted for the con struction contract board of education staff suggested that if the price is not acceptable then deletions might be negotiated with the con tractor it is hoped the ministry will accept the full figure two other construction firms gerrits construction co ltd and berkim construction co ltd submitted lower bids 249642 and- 298000 respec tively but both firms stated they had made sizable errors in their bids and asked that the tenders be withdrawn model builders have no contractual agreement with the toronto building and con struction trades council and so may engage nonunion sub- contractors word on the addition to include a multiple purpose room gymnasium auditorium and lunch room and resource centre is expected to begin this summer estimated cost of the work is 312354 which is the amount now approved for legislative grant the addition first appeared on the school board capital expenditure list in 1972 but was repeatedly shunted to a lower priority position to protest overcrowding and lack of fireproofing parents pulled their children out of school for one day at the end of the last school year will be held official opening ceremonies are scheduled for noon at the park and include speeches and recognition of various people over 200 birds will be released by the stouff vi2e pigeon racing club a historical display will be on view at latcham- hall- there will be programs by ontario- science centre kite making free swimming in the pool the opening of the new library local talent shows beard- growing contest judging presentation of scftball and parade awards lions- beef barbecue and a parachute team performance saturday starts off with a childrens pet show in the park a demonstration by gunner the frisbee catching dog bed races midway opens at 1030 am horseshoe pitching contest more free swimming a log sawing contest school reunions inthe afternoon local talent performances again lions barbecue band music featuring ciaremont citizens band and nipissing county boys and the evening wiii be taken up with the firemens bavarian festival sunday will be a little quieter the historical display will be open there will be a pioneer display at the con servation dam including firing of muskets and the finale will be ah interdenominational religious service in the park jean barkey is asking for volunteers to help set- up the historical displaysr anyone available on wednesday june 29 please call mrs barkey at 6402027 a sure fire money maker a chance to dump a bucket of frigid water over the head of your school prinicipal is a once in a lifetime opportunity and at three shots for a dime is definitely not to be missed at right rory frame claims his prize for hitting a garbage pail lid with a ball by overturning the bucket on top of summitview principal lorne boadway more pictures page 3 mohn montgomery- students soak staff 19 1 x uxbridge j a series of four meetings one charged with jemotion were held over the past tfewweeks to deal withthe- icontentious aggregate industry inuxbridge- in the course of the meetings uxbridge council urhed a 360 degrees in deciding their policy for the industry- at the may 26 council meeting it had been agreed upon by a majority that a feport on the provincial working party fecoiri- mendations be given to the ministry of natural resources suggesting local municipal control of the industry- y a few days later a special meeting was set up in the ux- bridge music- hall for public input into the proposed draft jbylaw on the gravel industry approximately 25- people- showed up for the meeting and the response was disappointing to manycouncillors the meeting that provided the fireworks and adrastic shift in councils position was held june8 sin the meeting ward- 1 councillor john paxton presented council with the report he had drawn up on the recommendations of council mr paxton reviewed the report pointing out that the main concern was- that more control should be exercised by local municipalities by amending the pits and quarries act we realize there is a need for the aggregate industry but what we want is more say in the running- of it mr paxton commented we also know that in some areas such as rehabilitation of abandoned pits we will have to work with the province partv of the- shared responsibility concerned itself with the compensation from the annual licence fee collected from- operators- the com- 1 pensation was divided 20 per cent to the region 50 percent to r local municipality- 10 per stouffville sum mitview school students lined up for the opportunity at three tries for a dime to dump a bucket of icy tap water over the head of their teachers and principal lorne boadway the game a variation on the ever popular dump tank was just one of many activities at saturdays fun fair held to raise money for unspecified equipment to be donated for the new addition to the school to the provincial duplicityof power ifwe- pass i saying that we should support summitview parent t staff and fire works over aggregate report cent fehabilitationfundand 20 per cent to the province for planning arid enforcement costs following mr paxtons summation of the report regional councillor gary herremaobjected to section a 1 the section dealt with granting local council control over aggregate supply mr herrema was con cerned that there would be a thesectioni would likeimeffi the regional level- ive always opposed local control right from the beginning mr paxton objected to mr herremas stand saying- that the appropriate level of government control is the area municipality with regional and provincial support ward 3 councillor norm lyons agreed with mr paxton see policy decision pg2 p ran booths donated baked goods and items for the white elephant sale and bought back a good portion of the articles they supplied more than 1000 was raised when according to pta treasurer pat dobson we would have been happy with five or six hundred dollars although the fair offered a good number of games an obstacle course basketball dunking fish pond and buried treasure the most popular at least with the studentswas the bucket of- water over the teachers headgame commentedone of the ticket sellers they the came up all starry wedding styles featured fashion in elegant setting the sun didnt shine but the rain held off in answer to everyones hopes and the centennial fashion showv presented last sunday at brucaro manor home of bruce and carol reilly was a great success the show began with the arrival of miss stouffville- michelle morley her escort andrew gould and mayor gordon ratcliff in a helicopter flown by eddie luther it was the mayors first time off the ground but he said he thoroughly enjoyed the flight fashions for- the show were designed by ritche of toronto and- they featured wedding styles from the 1950s to the predicted styles for the year 2000 ad the finale of the show was the mock marriage of scarlett ohara patti davidson and rhett butler most modelling was done by beauty queen pageant con- testants special thanks from the organizers go out to all those who were involved in the show and those who helped indirectly the organizers of the show appreciated the help of andyof the hair design gerrards carpeting walter smith and bruce and carolereillyand of course all the models involved in the show- bunny burton one of the organizers said that they havent taken a tally of the tickets yet but the turnout was rather disappointing to the organizers students eyed and asked for six tickets to dunk the principal i participants in the game had to hit a garbage pail lid complete with red painted bullseye that was suspended from a rope i striking the lid entitled the youngster to tip over a bucket of water likewise suspended on ropes- that dangled over the head of whichever summitview staff member happened to begins it the chair at the time the brave volunteers were jim fletcher mrsberniemumford and meryl mcphail- cvv i many of the students took considerable time savouring every delicious moment before jseridingthe icy stream down on- the target- j surprisingly enough many of the youngest winners actually missed the big splash asthey screwed their eyes tight shut before letting go with the water funds may go toward gymnasium equipment or a stage curtain- whatever is necessary once the ministry of educatjon has furnished the building programs planned for i senior citizens week these boys tried to set something of a record as all five at- tempted to ride on one bike how far did they go about six inches the riders are from left to right jeff mccurdy john tunney brian farrell michael grove karl luefong v annegret lamiire v talent does not retire will be the theme thisyear for senior citizens week the honorable keith norton minister of community and social services has designated june 19 to 25 as senior citizens week at a meeting held at park- viewj home on may 26 the following program was planned for the seniors monday june 20 there will be s visitation and roses for the shut iris in the community the roses will be supplied by the town if you know a shutin or caithelp with this program call 6401911 or 6401900 it wednesday june 22 park view home is having an open easy win for hodgson in york north from the moment the polls began to come in on election night thursday june 9 it was obvious no doubt about it that bill hodgson was going to win in the york north riding the defeat was accepted graciously yet with disappointment by the two opposing candidates ian scotmndp and jim wilson liberal m mr hodgson the in cumbent lost only two polls in the whitchurchstouffville area and he lost fourteen out of- the 192 polls in the yorknorth riding- the liberal and ndp parties have switched positions since last year with the liberals now coming in second place and the ndp behind with a- close third -in- most ridings the in cumbent mpp remained with not much- change in standing except in durham west where r the ndp representedby df charles godfrey lost byfa very slim margin to progressive conservative george ashe mayor of pickering t mr hodgson commented it was a hard fought but clean campaign r wy ian scott and jim wilson are both anticipating another election before the next four year term is up because of minority government they said if their they will run again parties want them im discouraged at the fact so many people worked so hard and we didnt get the results we expected scott said but hodgson has a big organization and he has done his work so people owe him a lot of favors mr hodgson polled 15719 vstes mr wilson 9660 and mr scott 7247 c- it house with tea and cookies and recognition of the talents of seniors in an ongoing program from 130 to 4 pm everyone welcome friday june 24 strawberry and ice cream festival at stouffville park from 530 to 730 pm the ciaremont citizens band will be in at tendance in the event of in clement weather the festival- will be held in latcham hall saturday june 25 green gables manor is having anopen house bazaar- and strawberry festival at 2 pm sunday june 26 there is a senior citizens worship service at parkview home at 230 pm revdi jeffrey will conduct the service jess pike president of the senior citizens- association of ontario will be on hand to assist- the lions club will provide bus transportation on friday evening saturday and sunday afternoons pickup points will be murphys licence bureau civic square elm road senior citizens apartments testa villa and parkview home volunteers should be at latcham hall at 130 pm- more drivers and extra helpers are vee y 4fc th young man mthebtsmi tohavealfew x mayor gordon ratcliff will i- besides fashion on hlsmlnd as he his partner for a romantic serve avcoordinator for the little cruise on the pond- the two were participants in the centennial weeksf for 1900 or