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yes cathy it is a bicycle or pennyfarthing b they were commonly called in the early 1900s purchased 20 years ago by gordon penny of markham at the dark family sale for 150 it is retained for safekeeping in the markham museum it is ridden here by custodian john lunau and will be on display at the museums official opening saturday afternoon former mount joy public school colorful parade to precede opening of markham museum markham the markham museum is now a reality this is tfcident by visiting the site the former mt joy public school the twostorey structure is stocked with interesting relics of bygone days however to make its opening official a colorful main street f arade and program is planned for saturday afternoon with the procession leading off from the fair grounds at 230 pm in cluded will be bands floats antique cars buggies and old fire engines a fort york guard f honor will participate in the ceremony to follow markham mayor anthony roman will cut the red ribbon events will include a musketry drill oldtime fid dlers the claremont band weaving spinning and pottery- making admission is free the museum interior is an authentic look at markhams pioneer past with individual items too numerous to list for example theres an original dulcimer a kind of harplike instrument dating back to 1830 it belonged to the late john lewis of stouffville great grandfather of the museums custodian john lunau mr lewis operated the former jim barry farm main street west theres a militia coat belonging to the late capt t a milne a member of the 12th battalion york rangers the fair grounds was used as a drill centre a hand thresher is another oddity once used by the late thomas frisby of victoria square highly prized is a wall map containing the names of all property owners in the former twp of markham dated 1853 the donor is mrs charles hoover wife of the late township clerk on sale at 4 is a book by john andre entitled infant toronto and dated 1804 it contains the colt dies from rabies stouffville the death of a colt from rabies has prompted stouffville veterinarian dr r d oconnor to issue a warning to children and parents of children to stay away from all wild animals that appear unusually tame dr oconnor said precautions are necessary particularly during the summer vacation period with respect to the colts death a rabid fox believed responsible was later shot dr oconnor warned too that not even dead animals should be touched unless gloves are worn summer fun daws stouffville fun for everyone is the theme of a 3- day program in the stouffville park july 15 through 17 sponsored by the kinsmen club attractions will include childrens rides games contests and a country jamboree a 3way horseshoe pitching tournament will include members of kinsmen and lions clubs and volunteers of the stouffville fire department there is no admission charge to the park grounds a feature of the event is an antipollution appeal any child collecting a bag of garbage will receive a free ticket to any midway ride proceeds will be used for community betterment names of all pioneer families at that time when markham township boasted a population of 720 to open parkview addition stouffville the new 300000 fortynine bed addition to parkview home rupert avenue stouffville will be officially opened sunday at two oclock participants in the ceremony will include mayor ken laush- way town of whitchurch- stouffville william hodgson mpp york north and lawrence crawford director homes for the aged branch dept of social and family services the address will be delivered by rev newton l gingrich chairman board of directors prayers will be led by rev alfred wrenshall a resident of parkview who recently celebrated his 90th birthday those wishing to visit the enlarged premises earlier are welcome to attend an open house saturday from 130 to 4 and 030 to 9 pm fingerprint recruits york region all new police recruits for the york regional force are to be photographed and finger printed the decision june 21 follows a report to the commission from police chief bruce crawford chief crawford in urging adoption of this procedure referred to the police act that requires all officers to be of good moral character he said it was now common practice in police departments throughout the province chief crawford explained that the policy was not intended to apply at this time to men already employed mmne stouifxillkwhitchlrchmarkhamuxbridcn thursday jlly 8 197 vol 83 no 6 phone 6402101 24 packs 15 cfnts township of uxbridge rejection of century city rapped by company solicitor ibut council decision holds goodwood three mem bers of uxbridge twp council have admitted receiving ad vance notice that a protest delegation would attend a meeting june 28 and raise the tissue of century iity reeve rob nvsbitt said monday that someone had phoned his home an ci spoken to his wife councillors darcy higgins and clark muirhead emitted they too had been contacted mr muirhead said he recom mended the deputation ma ke an appointment first deputyreeve donald jackson and councillor frank hendy said they had not been forewarned it was following the delegations appeal that council went on record as opposed to the city project the vote was 4 1 with only reeve nesbitt favoring the plan the action has resulted in a strongly worded letter to council from charles b cohen a solicitor for the legal firm representing century city developments limited in it he charged the township with unethical conduct in dealing with one particular group without due notification to other interested parties he said the issue should have been deferred this opinion was rejected by council reeve nesbitt said he had poled the members and urges reduced rail fare stouffville to be competitive the cn rani commuter operating between stouffville and toronto mus reduce its fares in line with that charged by gray coach says donald deacon mpp york- centre he feels too that the schedule could be speeded up to complete the run in 45 minutes mr deacon has submitted his recommendations to the board of transport commissioners at ottawa he points out that a fare by bus works out to just under si 25 while the same run by rail is 145 i feel it important that a special incentive be offered and this might be done by providing a monthly pass for 50 stouff ville commuters and a proportionately lower pass rate for markham unionville milliken and agincourt com muters in a followup release received just prior to press time mr deacon expresses con fidence concerning a solution to both problems he says and we quote cn officials advise us they are investigating two major problems of the new service to see if they can be improved they hope to reduce live running time by 10 to 15 minutes so that commuters can sleep a little longer and get home i little sooner they also plan to introduce a monthly pass and reduce fares by ap proximately 15 percent acted accordingly they agreed to extend an invitation to mr cohen or a member of his legal staff to attend a meeting julv 12 councillor hendy expressed concern that some members should have knowledge of a delegations coming while others including himself knew nothing of it at all he said he was unprepared i support the concept of a city plan but im opposed to revenue properties limited they have not lived up to their agreements either with the mortgagees or with the town ship there was only one way i could vote councillor clark muirhead argued that no member should feel hes being put on the spot when the issue at hand has been around for over three years we as councillors should be prepared to make a decision on any matter of such major im portance i voted as i felt was in the best interests of the township and ill stand or fall on my decision reeve nesbitt said he had done the same deputyreeve jackson said he could never support the project in its present state century city instant utopia goodwood an in stant utopia such was the opinion of many people on centurv city when the plan way first introduced clark muirhead told a meeting of uxbridge twp council monday then a few sourpusses come along and were immediately damned for dealing in realities he continued but in the cold grey light of dawn most people now realize what its all about councillor muirhead said that in spite of press criticism concerning the handling of the affair as defenders of the public interest we were obliged to look into it he said he was now confident the majority of residents supported councils action on the matter students win academic awards stouffville individual recipients of academic awards and bursaries have been an nounced by stouffville dist secondary school the ac- complishments of these students will be recognized at graduation exercises nov 12 the hst fellows york county board of education book awards year 1 shirley morgasson mark chamberlain vear 2 jennifer bangay joan stainton year 3 joanna reesor vicki third year 4 patricia houston boyd mcadam year 5 charles lynde charles lynde will also receive the york county board of education special award of 100 to the year 5 student with the highest standing town of wliitcluirch-stouff- villc 50 awards 1st patricia houston 2nd jennifer bangay charles lynde tied town of markham 50 award joan stainton the ladies auxiliary of the canadian legion stouffville branch 459 125 award patricia houston stouffville district credit union 25 awards grade 12 boyd mcadam grade 13 jill mcwhinnie stouffville womens institute this duck doesnt quack it sings while il may never have won an award on ken sobles amateur hour this duck known only as sylvester scored vocal honors at the july 1 pet show in the stouffville park its keeper and musical instructress is 1 1 year old sandra ramcr daughter of mr ano mrs doug ramcr hawthorne avenue jas thomas 25 award susan clarke cliescbroughponds academic proficiency awards to students standing 1st and 2nd in each year year 1 shirley morgasson mark chamberlain year 2 jennifer bangay joan stainton year 3 joanna reesor vicki third year 5 charles lynde jill mcwhinnie the high school staff proficiency awards to students of year 2 jennifer bangay joan stainton the mole family 10 avwards to students with first class honors for 5 years brian baker william bogers gerard egberts charles lynde wayne morris jill mcwhinnie bridget ramsey sallv schell elaine smith the wagg gcncral proficiency award of a vi engraved wrist watch erika de bruyn bryce m slicrren memorial award murray pattenden the ian carnegy memorial 50 award brian baker stouffville machine and tool works ltd 100 award brian baker sloufrvillc kinetic 100 award bridget ramsey robert mole memorial award of 200 charles lynde welcome rcbckah lodge 383 50 award allan fuller chtsebroughponds 100 award gerard egberts frank yake legion 35 award helen foote whitchurchstouffville pro gressive conservative 100 award donald hamilton fined 300 stouffville a second conviction has been registered in newmarket court over the failure of rally holdings ltd to supply safety railings on a partiallyconstructed apartment building winlane drive carlo pozzebon construction superintendent was convicted under regulations of the con struction safety act the company was convicted june i of a similar offense judge russell pearse rejected defense arguments that mr pozzebon had already been indirectly penalized he pointed out that the accused was charged under a different section mr iozzcbon was fined 300 or 30 da vs