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weekender july 13 1985 p15 bargain hunting markville shopping centre is a busy place this week with the annual side walk sale in full swing the sale ends today with a draw for a weekend for two at deerhurst inn in huntsville rain doesnt spoil reunion despite a downpour on what should have been an outdoor event last saturdays cedar grove school reunion was a rousing success more than 300 people attended the first reunion since the schools centenary celebration in 1969 when the rain came everyone moved into the tiny schoolhouse now a community centre but the weather cleared and the pot luck supper was held outside austin reesor a former pupil collected as many class photographs as he could identified the people in them and enlarged them to display on the walls of the school i call them the cedar grove walls of fame he said john lunau of the markham museum presented a detailed history of the school which was tape recorded as a momentum of the occasion the oldest pupil to attend the reunion was sarah reesor smith who will be 90 years old next month she started school in 1901 samuel reesor was one of the early trus tees in 1869 he held this position for 50 years he was replaced by his son colin who was followed by his son arthur walter reesor took over from arthur his father thus marking four generations of reesor school trustees hydro attempting to lower electric hills questionnaires distributed by markham hydro to its customers are part of a cross- province plan to lower the cost of electrical power but while consumers hydro bills might decrease the saving would be offset by in creased taxes the opinion poll put out by the ontario municipal electric association points out three cost factors that the municipal com missions believe to be unfair the municipalities must pay a rural sub sidy which is passed on to their customers even though ontario hydro supplies elec tricity to rural areas the construction of power lines to carry electricity from the bruce generating sta tion to the rest of the province is being held up by lobby groups the delay means a construction cost increase to 200 million the third issue is the rental charge levied by the province for water used by ontario hydro an increase in 1984 meant a two per cent increase in the municipal cus tomers bill bob dyer consumer service superinten dent at markham hydro said the point of the questionnnaire was to make the public aware of these costs and to ask them ifthe costs are fair mr dyer said the municipal hydro com missions are trying to keep the cost of power low for their customers there are other ways to raise that money although the municipalities dont pay directly for all these costs they are re flected in the price each commission pays ontario hydro for power the end result is that the customer pays for everything in higher electricity bills the other ways mr dyer referred to would still affect the taxpaying consumer ontario hydro is a crown corporation and its operating expenses come from provin cial taxes mr dyer said the consumer will pay regardless of how the allocations are made but it should be rated under some other name st are you getting pure sparkling drinking water from your tap what about agricultural contaminants pesticides herbicides toxic chemical compounds like ddt dbcp etc that have permeated the soil and contaminated ground water supplies what about industrial chemicals pcb pbb dioxin hexachloroethanedisposed of in dump sites ponds landfill rivers and lakes classified as suspect carcinogens what can you do to protect your family the pressed carbon block filtration system is the most effective way to treat water today effectively removes agricultural chemicals industrial chemicals o chlorine thms asbestos heavy metals sediment dirt smells scale 3day inhome trial period 5 year full warranty plus 100 money back guarantee assures your satisfaction for further information call 6833624 beacock associates pure water filtration system ajax ontario clip and save x clip save save 2500 on any car or truck windshield replacement or in payment towards deductible of any i insurance windshield claim with this ad limit 1 per purchase co 08 akers atirn 0fiei re m5 8525382 glass s phone 5 for free mobile service m mm wm wm mm na m0 am mtm mm 1 5 douglas road off highway 47 behind williamson pontiacbuick mm c save an m u s i i i i i i flu ijyw ejc ti vi lf0i tiot u