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young peoples petition rttmne vol 71 no 38 the tribune stouffvoxe ontario thursday february 2s 1963 twelve pages bank manager police foil 2j00 fraud attempt in town on thursday evening a seven member young peo ples organization attended a regular meeting of town council to support an 82namc petition favouring local police constable hairy heathering- tnn the group later learned that before their petition could be presented the coun cil had already accepted the officers resignation the dele gation is pictured here as thev leave the chambers front to rear tim wees 18 david stephens is bob smith hi rick montgomery 19 lcn greenwood 21 peter baxter 16 and ron mcgro- gan 23 staff photo accept officers resignation closed door meeting petition late an alert manager and ac countant at the stouffville 1m perial bank of commerce ard quick action by officers of the stouffville police department saved an elderly main street resident s2100 last week the nearvictim of a suggested con fidence racket the incident occurred on wednesday afternoon when a lady known to the bank staff requested a withdrawl of s2100 the matter was handled by mr r c tuck an accountant and the customer was immediately referred to the manager mr walton todd he was told that the wouldbe recipient of the cash was awaiting her return the money was for some minor repairs that had been complet ed on her home and for work that was still to be done mr todd suggested that the party should come to the bank and accept the casli in person when the customer left he summoned the police constables dennis davies and harry heatherington picked up a welldressed smoothtalking individual and took him to the police office for questioning they were joined within min utes by deputychief harvey cox of markham twp accom panied by sgt donald dukes and officers dan denby and evan kelley a police check re vealed that the man had a lengthy criminal record follow ing a check with the crown attorney the suspect a stran ge was ordered to leave town prior to his release he threaten ed to charge the police with walton todd false arrest about eight years ago markham twp police in vestigated a similar incident no arrests were made but the offense was never repealed bank manager todd told the tribune that he has a policy whereby excessive cash with- drawls must be referred to his office you hear about such things happening in other places but it can also happen right here he said he noted that it is often difficult to lay charges against confidence men who are professionals at the game only through repealed publicity can the public be warned he said while a delegation of stouff ville and district young people waited in the lobby of the mu nicipal building on thursday evening with an 82name peti tion in support of constable harry jleatheringlon the coun cil was meeting thirty minutes ahead of time to finalize the issue before the spokesman 18 year old tim wees rose to ad- dress the members he was told that the matter had been settled and the officers resignation would become effective on fri day feb 22nd it was a pretty sneaky trick said the grade 13 stu dent they pulllcd the rug right from under our feet he term ed the unannounced meeting as very childish and underhand ed constable heatherington will receive one month salary plus a percentage of his holiday pay when his equipment is turned in staudiiigitooiii only with the influx of students interested ratepayers and an array of reporters photograph ers and television cameramen ihe confines of the council chambers was taxerl to the lim it spokesman wees although taken aback by the councils earlier decision presented a verbal plea on the officers be half and submitted a petition that was signed by both boys ami girls between the ages of ifi and 2 years a ten minute time limit was placed on mr wees piesentation we would ask the stouff ville municipal council to seri ously reconsider their views of mr heatherington and to re spectfully ask him to return to the office of policeman under better conditions the petition read mr wees noted that one- quarter of the young people who hail signed the petition had been either charged or repri manded by mr heatherington during his term of office in the town this goes to show the respect our teenagers hold for this man he said he is worthy ol the respect of every indivi dual in stouffville we believe that mr heatherington was forced to resign not by council bin because of bad working con ditions within the police force itself done good work as citizens we appreciate your interest in this matter said reeve win timbers he said he hoped mr heathering ton would continue to promote the operation of the air cadet squadron and even assist with the public school safety pro gram we are not unmindful of the work he has done he said hes not unhappy about anything continued the reeve he just decided to quit poilce work mr heatherington has made up his own mind con cluded reeve timbers we dont want to keep a man if he doesnt want to stay mr heatheringtons written resignation was read to the meeting by the clerk mr heatherington has help ed us a lot said mr wees our petition is merely a public appreciation for what lie has done mr robt winfield president of the stouffville ratepayers association said following the meeting that although he did not fully approve of the young peoples petition he felt that the council might have given the delegation a fair hearing before finalizing their decision they shot the kids down before they got off the ground he said i would hope that it is not indica tive of ihe treatment our mem bers might receive a 7j norman tyndall named to high school board norman tyndall of victoria square was appointed by mark- ban- township council on mon day to complete the unexpired term of mrs kathleen james on the york central high school board mrs lames re signed the post some weeks ago in bringing in the recommen dation councillor rumble slat ed that ward i still had an other member on the board anil he requested the replacement be from ward ii mr tyndalls appointment will cover the bal ance of 1963 and all of 10g1 and 65 in operation sat the york county emergen cies measures organization of which stouffville forms a part will take part in exercise snow- flake this saturday march 2nd from 8 am to 330 pm the communications service is the department which will partici pate in this exercise this is a project to try out the equipment and the efficiency ot the people who will be oper ating the equipment the as sumption is an ice storm in the southern six townships of sim- coe county which will have knocked out land line communi cations the counties partici pating are york simcoe peel ontario wellington dufferin waterloo and llallon the role of york county will be as a supporting county it is expected that approxi mately 35 persons associated with york county emo will take part markham twp council shelves r r problem the matter of the box grove railway crossing came up for discussion at markham town ship council again on monday afternoon council had previ ously stated its case and re futed ihe decision of the board o transport commissioners to saddle the municipality with any of the dost of warning lights the board had ruled that markham township should pay 1214 of the installation esti mated at s12000 and 50 of the upkeep estimated at s100 a year deputyreeve hooper said tiie township had been placed to considerable expense in engag ing engineers in connection with the railroad bypass which would never be of any benefit to the municipality and said he considered that the total cost should be borne by the railways his motion to table the matter was approved mr garfield oldham of mt albert is a patient in the brier- bush hospital following a re cent fall ok road costs for 1963 markham township council approved on monday funds for roadwork in the township in 1963 the estimated amounts to date are as follows road con struction s13000 maintenance 133000 culverts s7000 new machinery 532000 miscellane ous 520000 for a total of 5235 000 the bylaw covering this expenditure was given three readings by council local students win debate and speaking contests in two separate events last week stouitviilc dist high school students excelled to place winners in each class on thursday evening bar bara button placed 1st and karen kennedy came 2nd in the lions club oratorical zone finals iulu at newmar ket they now advance into the regional competitions to be conducted at thomuul on monday march 4th in the debating finals stouffvilles affirmative two some of dawn grose and tim wees outuouited woodbridge 517 to 4g2 while the negative pair of barbara and eric but ton squeezed out a vo to 512 will the j ii ivnowlcs trophy was presented to the stouft- ville high school by the do nor mr knowles on friday afternoon the award will re- main in the school for one york north to have a fifth candidate in federal election dick blue announces that he will be an independent diefenbakcr candidate leslie crabtree of ottawa who attends toronto university was a weekend guest of david stouffer and mr and mis reg stouffer injury sidelines local skaters from title bid at cortina italy rev w auld dead rev walter auld minister for many years at markham and cedar grove passed away at his residence in lindsay on tuesday of this week he was in his 3rd year following a long pastorate at st andrews united church markham and zion cedar grove rev mr auld had moved to midland where he served for a number ol years prior to retirement he has since served as an as sistant in lindsay in recognition of his service to the midland congregation and community he returned re cently on the occasion of the of ficial opening of a new church hall named in his honour his wife the former mary eliza beth clark predeceased him the funeral service on thurs day will be conducted from st pauls united church midland with interment in lakeview cemetery midland town police to get 200 in car allowance any increase in individual salaries for the two members of the stouffville police depart ment will be made in tiie form of a s200 car allowance the councils decision was revealed at a regular meeting on thurs day night solicitor david coon spokes man for the goico had asked the council for a sgoo increase per officer there is no indica tion that the matter will bo taken further since pc hugh vankoughnet is already receiv ing a 5100 car allowance the increase will amount to 5100 on a recorded vote the motioii was unanimously approved by council due to the resignation of constable harry heatherington the regular police shifts have been altered in order that the town may have fulltime pro tection with a twoman force the police committee met on monday evening to discuss added remuneration for the officers during this period police committee chairman bud spang stated last week that the council will consider acquir ing a third man to till tiie pies cut vacancy richard dick blue of whit church township announced this week that he will be running in the forthcoming federal elec tion as an independent diefen- biker candidate in york north mr blue states in his election announcement in this weeks paper that tiie recent nomination meeting was a farce chas hooper deputyreeve of markham township was elected pc candidate by approximately filly votes at the recent open meeting held in newmarket a piotest was launched following the meeting through mrs connie mattnews aurora an executive member however mr blue stated to the press that he would take no official part in the pro test mr blues entry into the race gives york north a total of five candidates john addison the sitting member will again carry the banner for the liberal party chas hooper for the progressiva conservatives stan hall for tho new democratic party and john obien of king city for the social credit soaring school costs questioned by councilor dismiss careless driving charge a charge of careless driving was dismissed againsl year old claremont motorist al though he admitted in rich mond hill court on friday that his castbound car was in the wrong lane of traffic when in volved in an accident on no 7 hwy in markham village mag istrate russell pearsc agreed that mr roy morgan should undergo a new drivers test mr morgan was represented by solicitor david coon of stouffville mr coon contended that while there was no argu ment as to the party respons ible for the collision it was his contention that the charge had been laid under the wrong sec- lion of the traffic act damage to both vehicles was light and there were no personal injuries mr morgan said he had been having some mechanical trouble with his car and had become confused as he approached the intersection of ilwys 7 and 48 councillor wm parsons chairman of the finance com mittee of town council has charged that unless there is a reduction in spending at tho county level and a cutback in education costs stouffville res idents could expect no drop in the tax rate for many years to come speaking before a regular meeting of council on thurs day night councillor parsons noted that the county would demand an additional 51000 this year and the high school requisition would be double that of 19g2 he queried the source of the additional revenue since assessment increases in the town were small only by adding to the demands of own ers of real estate can these additional funds be obtained he said deputy reeve kenneth laushway said he had listened to similar objections in the past but to date no one had been able to introduce a remedy to the problem he recommended that through increased activity by the industrial committee some added assessment might beacquired reeve win timbers said that the industrial committee had already held one meeting and a budget had been set up to cover expenses incurred councillors collide on vote issue councillor sumner and coun cillor chas hoover collided at the regular meeting of mark ham township council on mon day afternoon over the matter ol vote abstention councillor hoover took exception to the current minutes being approved claiming that a statement re garding a certain vote being unanimous was not correct councillor sumner retorted if you would vote for of against we would know where you stood when you keep sil ent it is taken that you are in favor councillor hoover said that such action would lead to in crease in recorded votes thats quite alright that will separate the men from the boys replied councillor sum ner since the particular vote in question would not have been changed regardless of mr hoovers vote the matter was not pursued further this years annual ontario weekly newspapers competition for papers published in town up to 3500 population was won by the exeter timesadvocate with 8g points the blenheim news- tribune was second wiiii 85 and the huron expositor had 84 in fourth spot was the stouffville i dj chiefs of start committee tribune with 82 points i tribune publisher with first newsmen at by c ii nolan we were privileged last week lo be a member of a party of canadian weekly newspaper publishers the first group of newsmen from any canadian news medium to vistit norad headquarters at colorado springs us norad repre- presents the north american air defence command the greatest joint defence operation of its kind it is an integrated command responsible for operational con trol of all air defence forces for the north american conti nent it covers control intercep tor squadrons groundtoair missile squadrons control and warning radar systems and op erational control centres the commanderinchief is general gerhart and the deputy com manderinchief is a canadian air marshall slcmon they are responsible both to washington and ottawa through the cana and the united states joint chiefs of staff for the air de fence of north america as a news group we were given permission for the trip by the canadian defence depart- mentf prior to the resignation of mr harkness and were flown lo colorado springs by the rcaf we left from uplands rca f station at 9 am wednesday morning aboard a cosmopoli tan aircraft a twinengine plane slightly smaller than a viscount but highly powered after a three and a half hour flight we refueled at milwaukee and took oft for another four hcur hop to colorado springs there was little snow in nebra ska and none at all in the fine farm lands of iowa i ran into a local touch on the trip as ihe captain for tho flight both going and coming was captain r j buckles a native of whitevale continued on page 8 sixteen year old debbi wilkes of unionville and her 21 year old partner guy revell of newmar ket will not compete in the world pairs figure skating champion ships at corlinai italy on thurs day i today i the tribune re ceived the information in a tele phone conversation with the offices of canadian press in toronto miss wilkes unionvillcs pride and joy suffered a concussion on monday when she fell and hit her head on the ice during a stouffville rates excellent in teacher evaluation of school boards in province the stouffville district high school scored an excellent mark in all throe categories ot a teacher evaluation of school boards throughout ontario the survey is conducted an nually by the ontario second- ary school teachers federation i icveals what the high school teachers think of the school boards they work for it covers ihe boards attitude to educati onal improvement relations be twten board and staff and work- j lag conditions in the schools individual teachers are asked to rate the boards and a 75i re- turn was required in order for a score to be calculated for a board markham district high school too scored excellent in all three categories aurora rat ed good on all throe and new market scored excellent on number one question and good on the other two pickering dis- tiict high school ami york cen tral which service a portion markham township as well as richmond hill stood just fair quarantine dog after attack on 8yrold girl a collie dog has boon placed in quarantine for 11 days after it attacked an s ear old girl last week in stouffville lee btrton daughter of mr and mrs tommy burton suffered la cerations to her left oar when knocked to the ground and bitten by the animal she was treated protitle practice session she was in a position high above her partners shoulders when his skates slipped she dropped about seven feet to the ice sur face below confined lo hospital following the accident doctors would not comment on when she might be discharged on tuesday night her teammates expressed doubt that she would be able to com pete she worked all year for this but debbis health comes first said bruce hyland her coach we will not let her compete unless we are 100 per cent cer tain she is all right revell continued lo work out daily in hopes that debbi might be sufficiently strong to take part the wilkesrevell two some was considered to be can adas number one entry in the world pairs championships the beheaded carcass of two deer have been found near atha in pickering township it is believed that the animals wee slaughtered by hunters and the remains dumped near the road side the shooting of deer in the township is illegal tractortrailer u near gormley hv dr f j button at stouffville medical centre stouffville veterinarian dr a t oconnor was also bitten on the hand by the dog pc dennhj davies was called in to invest- j gate tho incident and the dogi was oitiercd to be placed in etis tody for observation for a period i of two weeks the driver of an empty southbound truck skidded out and veered into the ditch tractor trailer transport of control on the don mills police said that the transport escaped injury when his road near gormley recently was cut off by a car at the goimicy intersection staff phola