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wednesday june 8 1983 sa5 s in his name stouffville thirtyfive years spent in four schools for william e bui duxbury a lifetime of memories was pack- t aged into a memorable twohour retire- ment gathering held at spring lakes golf and country club wednesday night for principal duxbury the end of june marks the conclusion of a chapter in a chal lenging and rewarding administrative career that put him in close touch with hun dreds of teachers and thousands of stu dents two of those students george tresidder and kim rattray attended wednesdays event and honored their principal with a 1000 markham dist high school scho larship established in his name they are the president and vicepresident respec tively of the mdhs students council an additional 1000 scholarship was pre sented by staff teacher ralph pyle on be half of your friends in york region the interest from both will be awarded annual ly to deserving students at commence ment exercises in the fall mr duxbury was also presented with a router for his basement workshop during the evening many longtime friends and associates paid tribute to bill duxburys professional dedication includ ing his first principal alvin fawcett of caledonia and former staff teacher jack hutton others to address the assembly in cluded regional superintendents kenneth mcdonald and dr peter ross stouffville staff members john marshall and jim re- hill former sdss viceprincipal ron mercer and several from the markham staff robt cressman director of educa tion for the region of york attended the ceremony and was formally introduced the committee in extending formal in vitations included members of the stouff ville board when bill duxbury first came to stouffville merlyn baker gordon ratcliff june button and harry schell staff teacher bob hammond now retired was also present along with jerry waite to retire the end of june howard christie the master of cere monies described mr duxbury as always approachable and understandingvnev- er once have i ever heard anyone speak of you in unkind terms he said thousands of young people have counted it a privilege to know you he concluded youve done a remarkable job in reply the honored guest expressed appreciation to the committee for extend- william bill duxbury right prin cipal of markham dist high school was honored at a retirement banquet june 1 at spring lakes golf and country club ing invitations to all members of his fami lyhis mother stella duxbury of jarvis his brother donald also of jarvis his three daughters anne mrs jim payne of bloomington lynne mrs malcolm smith of don mills elaine mrs hand reichen- bach of guelph and his one son bob of don mills mr duxbury expressed the pride that accompanies the receipt of two scho larships in his name this is an occasion ill remember the rest of my life he said wife marj also voiced her personal thanks however it was linda early head secret ary at markham dist high school who summed up everyones feelings well miss you terribly she said two scholarships were established in his name one from his friends in york re gion presented here by ralph pyle of the markham staff ron mercer left former vice- principal at stouffville dist secondary school and longtime friend of bill and marj duxbury attended the ceremony wednesday and addressed the audience of close to three hundred jim thomas fears holocaust v teacher jerry waite schools out by jim thomas stouffville back in 1953 when the stouffville board added a teacher to its high school staff that was news in 1983 when a teacher from that era enters into retirement its also news jer ry waite an instructor 34 years thirtyone of which have been spent at sdss qual ifies for this kind of attention hes what some respectfully refer to as a member of the old guard at stouffville high their numbers are few the fall term of 53 had actually begun when jerry saw an advertisement yes they used to advertise for teachers back then in the tribune he applied and was hired with little hesitation george pearce was the principal don chadwick was chairman of the board because his father was a bank manager the family had moved around quite a bit jerry recalled this made pulling up stakes no traumatic experience he was used to it however once he established roots in stouffville he agreed it was a good place to stay previously he had taught at espanola and for a year in a boys school at harrow near london england before this he had served as a navigator in the rcaf joining the airforce at age seventeen while modest concerning his musical abilities jerry is recognized as an excep tional musician skilled on the piano the trumpet the trombone and of course the bass viol he was the leader of the school band during those formative years he also was ready and willing to help out when needed in productions of music mania those who know jerry best will honestly admit hes one of the most personable teachers ever to serve on the sdss staff he waves and yells hello to friends half a block away i always enjoyed walking to work he says thats when you meet others doing the same its nice living in a community where you can still call most folks by their first names too many teachers he claims dont get involved in the town where they teach this he says is wrong the students he feels should see the other side of their teachers and the teachers should see the other side of their students i never be lieved in bundling myself up inside an iron cocoon jerry has always been an avid outdoors- man sailing canoeing and hiking have al ways been and still are favorite hobbies the family has a cottage on an island near parry sound and a 50acre property south of coldwater where jerrys currently re furbishing an old log cabin he and wife anita also own a lovely home on sunset boulevard in stouffville jerry waite has served under six prin cipals here one of these bill duxbury he describes as a good blend of everything geography has always been his main sub ject on occasions however he also taught history and french how does he feel about walking out the door for a last time he doesnt at least not now ill probably feel it more next september he says he aptly refers to it as bitter sweet at the same time he claims some teachers hang on too long by taking an early retirement younger teachers with innovative ideas are allowed to step in this is good he says its also good that jerry waite chose stouffville as his teaching home hell be missed with the conclusion of the june term jerry waite will say farewell to members of staff and students at stouffville high hes spent 33 years in the teaching profession thirty at sdss jim thomas dear editor i would be pleased if you would afford me the space in your paper to reply to mr garry herremas letter of support of your recent editorial comment regarding an anti cruise missle meeting sponsored by the ndp and held in uxbridge the ndp is proud to be classed as a lone in this matter of the international nuc lear arms situation and does support orga nizations promoting peace it was a meet ing of such an organization that the ndp sponsored in uxbridge and because the speaker presented the nuclear arms acce- laration situation as supposedly perceived from an ordinary russianss point of view does not mean that the ndp condones or sponsors acommunist form of govern ment to consider an adversarys point of view is one of the first and most important steps of any process of compromise the ndp is as opposed to communism as is mr herrema and the person who wrote the editorial in this paper insinuating a link between communism and the ndp smacks very strongly of mcarthyism and it is regrettable that the chairman of the durham regional government would sup port such an insinuation the ndp believes that the escalation of arms be they tomahawks neutron bombs or guided missiles by two adversar ies will inevitably lead to war president reagans hawkish position of negotiation thank you dear jim on behalf of the stouffville branch of the canadian cancer society we wish to extend our thanks to all those persons who volunteered as captains and canvassers for our 1983 fund raising campaign with their assistance and continuing de dication we are pleased to report total re ceipts of 12965 and increase of over 2000 from 1982 we appreciate the generous sup port received from both the commercial and residential sectors and offer a special thank you to the town of whitchurch- stouffville for their cheque of 56285 this money represented a 50 per cent share of funds raised in a swimathon at stouffville pool in august 1982 we appreciate the publicity which you jim and the tribune staff have given to us not only for this april campaign but throughout the year also a special thank you is extended to all stores andoff ices who displayed our posters sincerely sally sandifordcampaign jane grahampublicity show was success dear jim on behalf of the canadian national institute for the 1 blind i wish to ex press our apprecia tion to the tribune for publicizing our country roads be nefit show may 15 the event proved very successful and we appreciate the part you played in this success we thank you for your interest and support of commun ity agencies such as the cnib sincerely wjbrown district adminis trator yorkdurham office of arms reduction from a position of strength is nothing but intimidation and can be compared to the thinking of two lit tle boys when one says to the other say uncle or ill beat you up the ndp believes that a negotiated ba lanced and i stress the word balanced re duction of nuclear armaments is desirable and achievable accelaration will lead to nuclear holocaust decelaration will lead to peace the ndp believes that the abolition of the threat of a nuclear holocaust is more important than partisan party politics and urges people of any political persuasion to join the peace movement and help per suade the decision makers of all political parties to appose the escalation of nuclear arms manufacture and work for the de- escalation of such wasteful and distructive policies sincerely roy grierson durham york ndp riding association agricrew ready for work durhamyork agricrew operated by the ministry of agriculture and food and funded by the youth secretariat prog ram is preparing for another busy season agricrew allows young people with agri cultural backgrounds to experience a wide variety of employment opportunities the operation begins june 27 and extends through august 19 each crew has three members and a working foreman the fee is 90 per day and a day includes eight working hours with two tenminute breaks the crew supply their own lunch and transportation farmers may obtain agricrew for a maximum of five days there are four crews working in york region durham east and durham west they are covered by workmens compensation and unem ployment insurance jobs performed by agricrew include hoeing picking stones harvesting hay and straw fencing and pruning fruit trees to acquire the services of agrecrew call coordinator yolanda eeuwes at 8523321 a special cake for special people when santa claus and mrs claus cele brate birthdays the occasion warrants a special cake gerhard hartung of stouff ville bakery was equal to the challenge this creation held a prominent place at a party in the arena saturday after noon all gifts will be rewrapped and presented to senior citizens in the area next christmas i audrey green