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hundreds of children and the weekend to escape from opened for the first time on nesday evening july 31st adults converged on the new the humid 90 degree summer saturday morning the jfficial swimming classes were start- stouffville swimming pool over temperatures the pool was opening will be held on wed- ed this week spectators were treated to lads welltrained in this art in the air from the spring similar highdiving acts will some fine displays of high- in the above picture ross ma- board before plunging into the feature wednesday evenings diving by a number of local dill of stouffville s oars high cool depths many feet below programme jim thomas annexation of whitchurch land returns to local council agenda mr robt sellers appeared before stouffville municipal cou ncil on thursday evening with a number of requests one of the chief of these being the annexa tion of approximately two hund red acres of whitchurch town ship land immediately north of the present corporation bound ary councillor laushway support ed mr sellers request he said that his thinking had not chang ed a particle on the matter which was threshed out in council over a number of meet ings last spring he said he was definitely in favour of the pro posed annexation and was quite ready to accept the townships terms and proceed he added that in his opinion the towns hope of getting indus try was slim since for one rea son the municipality hadvery little land to offer the fact was also cited that the local public school might have to purchase a school site outside the corpor ation because there was not town could stand the acquisition of additional acreage but he hesi tated to take on the upkeep of any more of the 9th concession deputyreeve burk concurred in this view councillor laushway stated that stouffville was asking whit church to give up 26000 in assessment and wasnt willing to take over a bit of road the only road in the land to be an nexed councillor lehman who is owner of one hundred acres of the land in the proposed annex ation area was asked if he was in favor of the move i wouldnt be against it he replied if council can give me assurance that the taxes on the land wont be increased council agreed to place the subject on the agenda for the first meeting in august widen highway mr sellers asked council if it would be possible to have the highway widened on the hill opposite his properly from the even a fiveacre site available in- 1 snowba barber shop to the side town i c n r reeve daniels admitted the reeve daniels stated that he did not consider the dept of highways would take any ac tion this year in view of the expenditure just completed in the east end of town however mr sellers stated that there were opportunities to sell his business lots on main st if the highway was widened and asked that council press for action he said the property tax was in creasing and he wished to avail himself of the sale sewer connection mr sellers disputed a charge of 75 in connection with a sew er lateral placed to his property the newly occupied county health unit office he claimed that he was not responsible for this amount as this new building was established prior to the lay ing of the main on the street after some discussion it was ascertained that this was an additional service as the first was below the floor level sever al councillors stated that they believed the views of the engi neer should be sought before giving a decision rttuiwt stouffville ont thursday july 25 1957 twelve page3 plan to install water system entire mun to s 417000 ickering are cost would spend 40000 on unionville main street harold dukes acted as spokes man for a delegation from un- ionville who appeared before markham twp council on mon day night seeking to obtain ac tion in the proposed expenditure of s40000 on the main street of the police village the ex penditure would be needed to remove trees change hydro lines widen the street and in stall curbing solicitor j d lucas drew at tention to the fact that under the existing agreement with the township unionville was respon sible for the upkeep of its roads however as the police village has no power to issue deben tures it would be necessary for the township to approve the loan subject to the consent of the municipal board it was sug gested that the work be done by local improvement but engi neer babcock stated that under the amended act as passed by the provincial government he did not consider that this would be necessary he stated that he believed the government would ay a proportion of the cost and cited a precedent in mt albert where similar work was done last year reeve clark requested the delegation to obtain the cost of each proposed project and when complete to return to council unionville fire truck councillor cosburn stated that he had attended a meeting of the unionville fire brigade to gether with the trustees he was advised that markham cou ncil had no authority and that seek to revive old whitchurch plan for 377 homes on 4th con the matter of fire truck equip ment for unionville was entirely in the hands of the trustees the townships agreement with the village was produced and from its contents it was agreed that the trustees did have the sole decision however it was suggested that the agree ment be revised in view of the payment of markham council of 75 of the cost of equipment an opportunity to purchase a cement block building from mr finlay for 9000 was placed be fore council this building would be used to house the fire bri gade equipment solicitor lucas stated that unionville as a police village could not own real estate and asked in what manner they pro posed to raise the 25 of the cost the matter was discussed at length with a final decision that reeve clark councillor mumberson and the trustees meet mr finlay on july 23rd and obtain an option pending some solution as to the method of financing and drawing of a new agreement messrs timbers and wood presented whitchurch township planning board with a copy of a plan consisting of 377 lots when the board met recently in regular session the plan was one drawn up some years ago and covered part of lot 1 1 in the 4th concession the lots were each shown with 50 frontage with the school problem at tached to such a subdhision in mind the board gave no en couragement to the large pro ject charles richards implement dealer just west of stouffville back as they expect that the 4th concession will eventually be taken over by the dept of high ways a plan of subdivision for srig- ley hgts pt of lot 91 con 3 was presented to the board by w hulse the plan consists of 12 lots and tentative approval was granted subject to the re quirements of the planning cnr desires removal of agent g0rmley station the canadian national rail ways are applying to the board of transport commissioners for permission to dispense with the services of a caretaker agent at the gormley station the cnr placed the matter before whit church council on thursday eve ning in a letter which is likewise being forwarded to markham twp there are no passenger trains stopping now at the gormley station the local train having board after some discussion the i been removed carload business board agreed that some charge will still be handled through should be made for the addi- gormley the railway communi- rional work placed on the board cation went on to state in procession plans and arrang- reeve legge stated that this ing approvals of various plans was a growing area and there asked pomsmon to dispose of rhcseeharges it was understood could be some objection to the part of lot 1 in the sth conces- sion 125 x 353 to the betz con struction co of stouffville the board stated that they would view the property before giving their decision elmer johnson requested per keith a carson bsc son of mr and mrs frank carson claremont received hisbach elor of science degree at the recent graduation exercises at the ontario agricultural coll ege guelph the local grad has taken a position on the staff of the orangeville dis trict high school and will be in charge of the science de partment officially open pool on july 31st stouffvilles new 40000 swim ming pool made available to the town through the generosity of mr arthur latcham will be offl cially opened on wednesday eve ning july 31st the ceremony will commence at 8 pm reeve elmer daniels will cut the rib bon the programme will feature displays of diving racing res cue work and first aid by local and district talent the public will be permitted to view the water display from inside the enclosure free public swim ming will be permitted both be fore and after the programme mr a h williams manager of the pool will act as master of ceremonies the entire staff of lifeguards will be in attendance including the following lome boadway bill murphy rick wedseltoft roger stover allan badgerow barbara williams linda todd jean pipher and jo- celyn button the hourlong show will bei broadcast direct from the pool over radio station cjrh rich- mond hill commencing at 8 pm hendricks hardware and the j stouffville floral co are spon- soring the programme two readings were given to a bylaw at a special meeting of pickering township council on monday evening authorizing the reeve and clerk to nego tiate with the ontario water resources commission for the installation of a municipal wa ter system at an estimated cost of 417000 it was agreed by council that the cost of the pro ject should be charged against the whole of pickering town ship to serve industry reeve wm lawson explained that the proposed water works system is being planned to pro vide a service to industry in the townships industrial area he pointed out however that as finances would permit the mains would be extended to supply water to existing resi dential communities reeve law- son noted that because of the capacity of this system it would be possible that the water serv ice might later be offered to ad joining municipalities water essential since industry now ishes to locate in our municipality i believe a water system is essen tial stated the reeve he said that he would anticipate that the system would be in operation within about one year reeve lawson explained that a total area of 600 acres south of no 2 highway had been either pur chased or optioned by several industries negotiations between the council and the industrial representatives have been go ing on for the past three or four months the reeve pointed out that due to the close proximity of lake ontario large quanti ties of water could be made available at reasonable cost industrial community reeve lawson in his com ments to council the press and ratepayers said that the consid eration by ifihustrial concerns to locate in pickering township was an initial step toward the creation of a large industrial community within the munici- palitys borders within the next few years i look forward to the day when the majority of our ratepayers will be working in our township said the reeve to share cost councillor glenn julian was insistent that the source of pay ment for the proposed project should be definitely understood reeve lawson said that he felt the cost should be borne by the whole municipality the remain ing members of council agreed based on a 30year debenture issue the annual cost was esti mated at 46000 location a pumping plant will be loj cated at lake ontario the in bylaw is approved for gas franchise here stouffville municipal council gave final approval on thursday evening to a bylaw approving a franchise for the consumers gas co to lay gas mains in town and the reeve and clerk were authorized to sign the agree ment action on this project is expected to be commenced in 1958 civil defence council had forwarded the name of john sanders as civil defense coordinator for stouff ville and this was acknowledged and a bylaw presented request ing the appointment of a chair man vice chairman and three members council approved the appointment of councillor lau shway as chairman councillor lehman vice chairman and the reeve deputyreeve and council lor- wagg as members dogcatcher too dear council was advised that the take pipe will measure 24 inches cost of engaging the markham and 16inch mains will extend up the brock road north to con cession one less than 2000 acres comprises pickerings in dustrial area which will be serv ed by the system reeve lawson noted that he believed the costs of extending the mains would be paid for through the sale of water mission to sell a parcel of land so x 200 part of lot 31 con 4 the board gave tentative ap proval to this sale subject to a urvey and a deed for road wid- in a resolution and passed and ering the toronto a york roadl will bo presented to council for were being made in other muni- 1 move deputyreeve richardson cipalities such as markham and pointed out that there was no would help defray the boards j station stop between mt albert added expenses the scale of and richmond hill charges would be as follows i council after some discussion processing a plan of subdivision i agreed to have the clerk reply to s25 tentative approval of a the railway letter voicing coun- gomrnission is asking a 17 set- approval plan s5 per lot processing a cils objection to the removal of deed 5 tentative approval fori the caretaker and drawing the the sale of any one parcel of railways attention to the long land 25 this scale was placed stretch of line without a stop sheep claims r c blu will be paid 35 each for three registered sheep killed by dogs on his farm at lot 26 con 3 and martin boyd wilcox lake will receive compensation of s10 for one sheep killed dust problem stanley hastings appeared be fore council on behalf of the ratepayers on the 7th concession regarding the heavy dust nui sance prevalent there he stated that he realized that dust was a problem all over the township but said that he was appearing on behalf of his neighbors and trusted that council would do anything possible he added that he had helped his own situation by applying oil to the road which he procured himself reeve legge commented that dust layer was becoming a big ger problem every year road supt davis reported that planning board fees strike snag in council a resolution from the whit- jmendation but not the other t church twp planning board reeve legge strenuously oppos- recommending certain fees for ed any subdivision per lot fee various land processing struck while his opposition deputy- a snag on thursday evening reeve richardson claimed that the ratepayers who could never hope for any benefit from plan ning were being put to more expense for the benefit of sub- dividers dogcatcher for town would be 20 per month and 5 for each dog takenjntooundrhecatch- er would be required to keep the animal until cjaimed or destroy ed council considered the amount excessive as the services would be doubtful at night when ap parently persons are taking the liberty of allowing their dogs to run loose it was decided to pro ceed under the present police system what about services council of stouffville as an adjoining municipality was in receipt of a copy of a letter sent by the county health unit to whitchurch planning board re garding the services for the pro posed shopping centre on the western outskirts of town they wished to be advised if the serv ices of water and sewage dis posal were to be obtained from stouffville if not the local sup ply of water would be the con cern of the ontario water re sources commission the clerk stated to date stouffville had re ceived no request for services companies not interested in markham debentures when it was presented to the township council for ratification the resolution from the board was instituted according to deputyreeve richardson to help defray extra expenses incurred by the board in the long pro cesses of handling subdivisions and various other processing of land he stated that similar fees were in vogue in other neigh boring municipalities and that the recommendation had been passed and approved by the whitchurch board the resolution called for the following fees 25 for process ing a plan of subdivision 5 per lot fee for the tentative ap proval of a plan s5 for process ing a deed and 25 for tentative approval of the sale of any one parcel the resolution was presented to council near the conclusion of the meeting and reeve legge took vigorous opposition to the measure other members of council were noncommittal approval for the construction of two new bridges in markham township the one at cashel and the other at cedar grove was on file at the regular meeting of council on monday night solici tor j d lucas advised council that the expenditure for the bridges required consent of the j municipal board he said that the application was made of re cent date so that no assurance that consent could be looked for in the near future mr babcock engineer stated that the contractor had sub mitted a tender for summer work and that difficulty would develop if this work were delay- the total disagreement ensued untji coit wpatncri it was between the reeve and deputy- agreed t0 put i0rth every oflort reeve with little or no comment 0 obtain tne consont 0 the from other members of council g at an early datc without any resolution being councillor kathleen james re presented either for or against quested information as to the the planning boards recommen- possibility of selling the deben- dation councillor wylie moved lures ncccssary acrk cr for an adjournment stated that several bond compa- garbage still n issue i nies had been contacted but that clerk crawford told council j no firm was willing to make an cock scrivener co stated that he would like to look over the tenders the original estimate for the work was 104000 so that it appeared the job could be done for several thousands below the estimated figure a resolution was put forward by councillors mumberson and james that the tender of the leo excavating grading co be accepted subject to the ap proval of the engineers the pro ject will be financed through the ontario municipal improvement corporation councillor kathleen james drew attention that some assur ance should be obtained that water would be available to these mains once they were laid as north york is at present re stricting water that he was still receiving com plaints against the system of taxation for garbage collection which includes vacant lots he explained to council that this is the method put forward in the municipal act which means that all the land within a given area ten teams for horseshoe tournament 140 tons of calcium had been applied to the roads already this was prepared to support the first shall be taxed for a garbage col lection including the vacant lots water mains tenders the treasurer reported that sc bids wore received for one large taxpayer had paid hc la ot wa mains in the over 1000 in taxes this year i doncaster subdivision ranging but had deducted his garbage a a s to a reeve legge stated that he wnich wouid tem a high of kb 6400 i mr babcock senio outright purchase one com- pany had offered to act as sales agent but would onlvtake the rhc president of the stouft- debentures up as they were sold i v horseshoe club mr wm deputyreeve deacon being j grove reports that 20 players absent and being chairman of qualified to enter the doubles tournament at the local pits on friday evening compe tition will begin at 8 oclock sharp one week from friday on august 2nd a singles tourna ment will be run off the finance committee no defin itc decision was reached stouffville coop was given member the contract to supply oil to the jear 25 tons in the last week and third clauses of the recoml continued on page 3 of the firm of engineers of bab- sewage disposal plant building