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this is a section of the cemetery at first markham baptist church ninth line south of stouffville following a rampage by vandals over the weekend thirtyfour stones were toppled many smashed beyond repair jim thomas liquor questionnaire all a mistake claims student stouffville there were raised eyebrows in several stouffville homes last week when sons and daughters in grades 7 and 8 presented their parents with a liquor questionnaire received they said at the high school the introduction read this is a questionnaire dealing with the consumption of alcohol in the community we are doing this for a geography report please no names we arc just interested in the answers please consider all members of your family a few of the questions follow do you drink any alcoholic beverages if so what how much do you buy a month on the average do you buy more on holidays andor special oc casions would you like to see a licenced restaurant in stouff ville would you like to see a tavern in- stouffville where would you situate the tavern avhat effect would a tavern have on your life and so on the questionnaire contained the names sheila roper and murray pattenden with ac companying phone numbers murray pattenden when contacted by the tribune described the distribution as all a mistake he said the project was related to a grade 13 field report whereby members of the geography class went door to door obtaining a cross section of opinions on several subjects from this information a thesis was prepared about 2000 of the pamphlets were printed murray said but only 1000 were required the left overs were kept in his locker until recently then deposited in a wastebasket someone obviously found them there and perhaps as a prank distributed them among the students i should have burned them murray admitted he said the poll was meant for adults only particularly his part in the project sheila roper described the incident as purely accidental she said her left over pam phlets on the same subject were ask opinions on industries vandorf the feasibility of locating two new industries on a site near the intersection of don mills and the aurora road will be discussed at a public meeting july 6 the firms are helmac- roth limited and mold- masters limited both seeking to expand present facilities now established in metro persons wishing lo speak either for or against the proposals are asked to attend the location is vandorf hall and the time 8 pm taken home staff teacher hj waite agreed that in school distribution of the questionnaire was never intended ontario scholarships student assistance program supported by school principal stouffville principal wni e duxbury of stouffville dist secondary school has voiced regret over an ontario dept of education decision to withdraw the 150 provincial scholarships for grade 13 students in 1973 t the awards have been made jannunlly to 5year graduates averaging 80 percent or more in six subjects some count on it principal duxbury said every little bit helps i feel its too bad 1 mr duxbury noted that at one jlime the amount was 400 this vas later reduced initially the scholarship was o be dropped this year but the commendation aroused so mien protest the government econsidercd now the ontario secondary school headmasters ouncil of which mr duxbury s a member is asking ncation minister thomas veils to reconsider again in a letter it was pointed out that college enrollees face a higher tuition fee a rising cost-of- living and increased difficulty obtaining summer jobs list year 5794 grade 13 students were paid a total of s8g9 10000 in cash awards through the departments scholarship fund c w perry executive secretary of osshc said principals and teachers have found that the s150 awards have motivated many students to aim for them as a goal in grade 13 and have influenced many to carry on past secondary school as it stands now mr perry said schools could be presenting cash scholarships and bursaries to students whose averages are less than 80 percent while others whose averages are higher would receive no monetary recognition the recommendation by the principals has been endorsed by the provincial executive of the ontario secondary school teachers federation took saddle left horse muss lake york regional police are on the lookout for a half hearted horse thief who look the saddle but left the horse the incident occurred june 17 at the wagon wheel ranch musselmans lake the owner said that a man about 18 rented a horse at 11 am for the balance of the day the animal was later found wandering about the field minus both a rider and a saddle so far neither has been located the loss is valued at sfi5 ihum stolffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday june 29 1972 vol 89 no 5 phone 6402 101 16 pages 15 cents historic markham cemetery wrecked by vandals more than 30 monuments smashed girl trapped in auto bloomington an 18 year old stouffville area girl was trapped for over half an hour in the front seat of a car friday after the vehicle was hit broadside by a loaded gravel truck sandra hamilton musselmans lake suffered fractures to both legs and in ternal injuries also injured was the cars driver manfred libertus 19 of rr2 claremont and a second passenger jane work 20 of stouffville the truck driver alan powell rr2 stouffville was not badly hurt although his vehicle overturned following impact police said the motorist southbound stopped at the in tersection then pulled out into the path of the eastbound transport the three occupants of the car were taken to scarboro cen tenary hospital miss hamilton the most seriously injured remains under intensive care outraced stouffville this town will gain a respite from the noise of one local dragracer police report they were summoned during the evening of june 24 when residents com plained of a driver racing up and down main street the wanted car chased by two cruisers sped north on highway 48 during the pursuit attempts were made to ram both cruisers and one police car was damaged by an object thrown from the speeding auto the chase came to an end near the sutton road when the pursued car rolled over in the ditch charged with criminal negligence assaulting a police officer and having liquor in a place other than his residence is harry neil brown 17 of rri claremoni his day on july l residents of whitchurch stouffville and surrounding communities will honor arthur latcham the man who has done so much for so many in this area a program of events has been lined up in the stouffville park beginning at 10 am with the official opening of latcham hall at 830 pm markham the first markham baptist cemetery site cone 9 three miles south of stouffville has been desecrated beyond repair the rampage that occurred sometime during the weekend was discovered by murray j lewis formerly of rrl stouffville and now residing near ballantrae thirtyfour of the seventy stones on the grounds had been toppled some badly smashed several of the markers date back to the midl850s the rows of monuments closest to the road bore the brunt of the senseless act one marble stone erected to the memory of elijah miller and dated 1887 was broken into three pieces part of the inscription read great is the loss we here sustain an open window indicated the vandals had also entered the adjacent church but interior furnishings had already been removed several panes of glass were broken the little country chapel built in 1848 has been closed for several years the markham cemetery board had been ap proached to take over the maintenance of the grounds but town councillor urges subdivision extension stouffville the con troversial felray residential development at bamlantrae was the subject of still further discussion at planning com mittee june 23 the issue was reintroduced by councillor betty van- nostrand who asked whether any member had changed his mind about allowing the ex pansion to proceed she reminded the committee that council rejected the proposal prior to the airport an nouncement we didnt know how restricted we would be in future development at that time she said it seems to me were slopped or hampered at every turn acting chairman gordon ratcliff stated he was still against extending the sub division a lengthy discussion followed its only the municipality thats holding this up she staled other members disputed this claim but mrs vannostrand stubbornly maintained her position this is a unique situation she said these houses assure us of a good assessment return all members agreed the houses are of the highest quality but did not consider this a major factor when mr ratcliff summed up polling the committee none of the mem bers had changed their minds new setting old memories for former students no agreement had been finalized theres not much left to take over now said mr lewis through the tribune he is asking nextofkin to visit the site and complete whatever repairs are possible supermarket to expand stouffville the a and p store in the stouffville plaza is soon to grow three times its present size at a meeting of planning committee june 23 members studied an application that would increase the area from 6000 square feet to 19450 since part of the new addition would be only 23 feet from westlawn crescent it must be dealt with by the committee of adjustment present zoning regulations require a 50footn setback a question of drainage must also be discussed no opposition is anticipated missionary killed gormley the tragic death is reported of miss edna pridham a missionary in nigeria since 1945 and well- known in the stouffville gor- mley area details of the accident are not clear miss pridham had recently worked with the christian life classes in day schools and training seminars she was highly respected news of her passing was called through on monday at press time funeral arrangements were not com plete ten ontario scholars here stouffville ten grade 13 graduates of stouffville dist secondary school are winners of 150 ontario scholarships each has an average of 80 percent or over in six subjects the students are lawrence bacon heather bangay douglas greenfield patricia houston boyd mcadam evelyn patrick charles ramsey jane sanderson lorraine woollcr and lyla vip al markham dist high school ontario scholars are annette lcntcrs deborah fernandez george fishcher jensscn janice stubbs deborah shallhorn michael riley susan rutka and david scott at uxbridge secondary school ontario scholars are lorraine jones vicki brunnc gerry kydd evelyn menary john perreault and christine williams saturday was truly an historic day for former stiiucnls of markham high school iv8l9l more han km attended the reunion many from a distance slown here are left to right mrs mary tally wideman 1922 russell uidcman 19221 of markham and florence widpman cnuii- 1912 of boumanville jim thomas more prestige than monetary value markham the proposed withdrawal of the dept of educations 150 ontario scholarships should create no real hardship on student graduates feels howard christie viceprincipal of markham dist high school i dont think it will keep anyone out of university he said mr christie said hat in recent years the award was looked on more as a prestige symbol rather than a thing of great monetary value jjjijpfr