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classified ads on pages 6 and 7 rttmne 5000 copies this week vol 77 no 7 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday july is 1965 twelve pages town council rejects all tenders on new fireball driver escapes serious injury in crossing crash bids far exceed original estimate six tender bids on stouftvillcs proposed new fire- hall have so exceeded the original estimate that all were rejected by council at a special nieetinc on wednesday night although less than 5000 separated the hihei and the lowest price all were over 10001 in total the town had hoped to erect the building at a cost of about 30000 no tenders were received from contractors stouftvillc area the toronto motorist ceo ilmanii xx suffered only minor injuries on tuesday when his northbound ear was struck by inr diesel freight train at a level crossing in goodwod the auto skidded onto the tracks in front ot the crijfine staff photo local man bitten by rattlesnake coiled up in shoe an 80 mile race to hospital by boat and police car in less than two hours saved the life of stouffville resident robt plaskltt 41 ot manitoba st he was bitten on the finger of his right hand hy a deadly poison ous mississaugua rattlesnake on saturday while vacationing with his family at their cottage north of the french river the rattler was coiled up inside his shoe and struck without warn ing carman knox of burkholder street holidaying with his wife at the plaskitt cottage slit open the wound with a razor blade and attempted to squeeze out some of the venom accom panied by 17 year old larry plaskitt the three set out in a motor boat where they were met by an opp cruiser and driven the remaining 50 mile distance to the hospital parry sound by this time bobs legs ar 7 and jaw were paralized but he responded quickly to treatment he is expected home this week fatal in two hours dr donald smith of stouff ville said that under normal curcumstances serum treat ment must be administered to an adult patient within two hours it was 1 hr and 50 min utes from the time of the at tack to their arrival at hospi tal bobs size and good health was in his favour the plaskitt family have been spending the summers at this cottage for the past seven years and never saw a snake on the island before the rattler measured four feet in length larry killed it with shots from a 22 rifle mrs plaskitt told the trib une that their children had been playing on the cottage verandah near where the snake was found she said that the rattler had crawled to within two feet of the kitchen door heart seizure fatal to driver near altona donald o lavis a summer resident at lot 25 cone 9 pick ering twp east of altona collapsed and died behind the wheel of a light truck on friday night before the vehicle veered off the road and into a telephone pole mr lavis a chiropractor and also an ordained minister had left his clinic on dundas street toronto earlier in the evening he had not known any previous heart attacks and complained only of a dizzy feeling seconds before he died a passenger in the truck suffered head cuts and shock and required medical treatment mr lavis had his own church at malton where he conducted regular services he was a member of the masonic order besides his wife the former ada lane he is survived by one daughter jean mrs k whitehead of london and two sons rev allan lavis ot unionville and dr wm d lavis of toronto the funeral service was held from the chapel of yv c town whitby on tuesday afternoon with interment in mount lawn cemetery oshawa chief walter the prices an smith awful with the exception of councillor bud spang all members expressed surprise at ihe tendered bids i expected something like this commented mr span onlv one decision 1 hit by arrow boy 9 loses eye nine year old stephen col- well son of mr and mrs ross colwell cone 8 pickering lost the sight of his left eye last week after he was struck in the face with a steeltipped arrow the lad and his brother ross 11 were attempting to shoot a racoon that had been treed by the family dog the arrow graz ed the coon then hit a branch and fell to the ground striking the younger boy stephen was rushed by car to the stouffville medical cen tre and then to the scarboro general hospital the eye was removed in an operation on friday stephen is a grade 3 pupil at atha public school its a very simple decision said councillor wm parsons we just dont have that kind of money unless the chairman of finance has funds in his back pocket that 1 dont know about fire termed shock councillor ken betz noted that the services for the build ing alone including heating plumbing and wiring amounted to nearly 20000 the plumbing alone was estimated by one contractor at 3000 funds for the project were to he borrowed from the prov ince under the municipal works assistance program the council later met in com mittee in an effort to resolve the problem cent park project raises verbal row at markham meeting the opponents of markham town5hips centennial park project were back in full force on monday and an estimated so persons jammed the button- ville chambers to hear discus sion on the nowcontentious issue the park site that includes 100 acres is proposed for cone 5 at 17th avenue the purchase price of the property has been established at 120000 with an additional 25000 estimated for improvements the finance committee of council has re commended that the cost of ihe land less grants be debentured over a 5year period propaganda letter reeve chas hooper charged that a printed pamphlet criti cizing the park project and circulated throughout the area contained distorted information he termed it a propaganda letter for those opposed xo persons in the audience would admit any part in its publica tion councillor chas hoover drew loud applause when he expres- mr cosburn contended that with the conservation authori ty locating a park on the bruce property and another in mark ham village there was no need for another site on the 5th concession he said that own ers in the township had absorb ed a considerable increase in taxes in 19b5 and it was unfair to expect them to take much more on a motion by councillor alan sumner and seconded by deputyreeve stewart rumble it was agreed that a final deci sion on the issue would be held up until the night of july 1 9th as the delegation vacated the eighty degree chambers one ratepayer remarked that the 1 council would be wise to invest their centennial grant in an air 1 conditioning unit to install twenty lights on mom street stouffville council has re quested that the public utilities commission install 20 new fluo rescent street lights in town their exact location will be determined at a later date al though deputyreeve ken laush- way suggested that they be erected at both the east and west end of main street the council had earlier asked he puc to include the sum of 3500 in their 1963 budget to cover the immediate cost of this project this amount is then paid hack over a twenty year period the street lighting program was discussed at a special meeting on wednesday evening of last week mr laushway chairman of ihe property committee said that although maintenance costs on the fluorescent fixtures could be higher than on the mercury vapour lights he still favoured them both from an appearance factor and illumination bene fits sed opposition to the financing f train at a level of the park project in addition to the expense involved in the land purchase he said that maintenance cost would consti tute a continuous drain on the taxpayers he refused to sign the committees report messrs howard cosburn f b hume and stephen roman all spoke against the park land program mr roman said he favoured a centennial library for the township he suggested further that the council would have been wise to have appoint ed s centennial committee to delve into the pros and cons of everal project car rammed by diesel at goodwood crossing a heavy 1955 cadillac was tossed 45 feet when struck by southbound cnr diesel crossing north of goodwood on tuesday the driver geo zitsman 38 of toronto escaped with only a bump on his left knee lie was treated at the scene hy dr don ald pctrie of stouffville mr zitzman an aircraft en gineer was on his way up to the goodwood airport in uv- bridge twp he said he saw the freight approaching and at tempted to stop but the car skidded onto the tracks ontario provincial police of the whitby pctarhmont wooden trestle afire warning halts train a markham twp police offi cer ran a halfmile up the track to his cruiser on sunday night to radio a warning of pending danger on the cnr line south of no 7 hwy near langstaff a wooden trestle over a 20 foot deep river bed had been set on fire and the rails were twisted out of shape by the heat vc glyn forrester put the message through to the button- ville office and the report was then relayed to toronto a 3- engine diesel passenger train with 645 persons aboard was stopped at concord less than xour miles from the fire scene following an inspection of the damage by train officials the unit was rerouted it was bound for north bay young boys have been blam ed for the blaze one of several such incidents that have plagu ed police during the past few weeks firemen from richmond hill were called to the scene humane society threatens action a scarboro man who oper ates a stock farm on the 7th cone of markham twp at 17th avenue has been ordered by the ontario humane society to improve his premises or face the possibility of charges in court inspector harry brown ac companied by sgt donald dukes of markham twp police visited the property of mr har ry fowler on saturday after noon and confiscated a dead chicken found inside a wuoden box containing several eggs a number of horses and dogs were also found on the farm the owner was absent in his recommendations in spector brown asked that the horses be relocated in a new pasture field he ordered that a colt standing alone should be handfed and not tethered he asked that water and salt be made available to the stock at all times the action by the humane society followed several com plaints of alleged cruelty council opposes station shutdown markham twp council will oppose any plan by the cpr to shut down the station at locust hill their decision will be submitted to the board of transport councillor chas hoover said he had made a trip to locust hill purposely to learn how many persons made use ot the depot for passenger service he said he found 15 people waiting for the train he learned from a train official that on an aver age from 12 to 15 passengers used it daily his motion to oppose the sta tions closing was supported by councillor alan sumner and passed puc excludes outside tenders the stouffville puc estab lished a new tender policy on tuesday night when they re fused to consider bids on a new truck that were submitted by nonresident firms five prices were received and two of these were from markham conlin motors ltd had the lowest figure of 2590 but it was bypassed in favour of patrick motors at 254964 a sixth tender also from a stouffville dealer was submit ted two hours after the dead line and was not opened booster pump in operation this week the new booster pump in stalled by the stouffville puc on main street near baker avenue will be in operation this week according to fore man gordon brown mr brown told a meeting on tuesday night that the pump had been tested and the water pressure in the castend of town had been increased above that in the westend the cost of the unit is 5314150 xoed xew drill chairman walter atkinson expressed concern over a report from engineers hisey and bar- rington that another well would have to be drilled near the site of a previous drill hole the firm said that proper tests of future water supplies could not be completed unless this was done the report was sup ported by a professional hy- drologist the information also recommended that a pumping station be considered on the 9th concession a bill totalling 1130 was received from the engineers and hydrology consultants ltd gas lights a gns flame burned brlghfc ly for several hours on fhf farm of murray little no 18 hwy south ot dickson hill after workmen using- diamond drill hit a pocket at the 560 foot level if hurn cd itself out after two days staff pholv no opposition to zone change for res subdivision town council will hold a reg ular meeting on thursday evening l tonight at 730 pm on monday july 19 a trous seau tea will be held for miss irene watters at the home of her parents mr and mrs j l watters at altona from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm consider radio hookup for town fire truck careless driving brings 75 fine harold g millar of uxbridge charged with careless driving june ii in stouffville was fin ed 75 and costs friday in richmond hill pc david hadden of the stouffville police told the court that he observed the accused heading east on main street at i charles he testified that in 9 loths of the mile that he fol lowed millar forced three cars off the road nearly collided with a parked vehicle and cros sed the centre line seven times he was apprehended at charles st taken to the station and charged millar told the court that he had put in a hard day and was extremely tired magistrate russell pcarse however warned when you drive not fully alert your car becomes a menace stouffville council will con sider the installation of radio communication in the towns number 1 fire truck as part of a mutual aid program that could cover all of york county the project was introduced at a special meeting on wednes day night by fire chief walter smith he estimated the cost at between 1000 and 500 per municipality depending on the plan mat- number that accepted the chief smith said that the ter would be discussed in coun ty council in the fall deputychief fred castle said that the main base would be located at newmarket with a stibstation in stouffville a government grant of 45 per cent would be received with the municipality paying 55 per cent order new lights for town no formal objections were registered last week to a zoning change from agricultural to res idential in the westend of stouffville the site of a propos ed 130 home subdivision only twelve persons attended a public meeting to discuss the issue called by the planning board on thursday night several related questions were submitted from the floor however that had a direct con nection with both the area and the town as a whole mr t j lonergan loretta cresc expressed concern over the water pressure in the east- end of town due to the planned development of more homes in the westend he also questioned the need for an extension to the disposal plant to take care of this residential buildup reeve win timbers said that a professional opinion had not yet been received on the yield from the new well he said that if adequate it would be con nected to the present system clerk ralph corner informed the meeting that the developer mr chiovetti had verbally agreed to install sewers on main street as far west as rich ards property and also to put in a pumping station that could cost up to 30000 pay its way the clerk was questioned on whether in his opinion a sub division of the type proposed would pay its way in both tha cost of services and education mr corner said with refer ence to education that the cost would depend on the number of children coming out of tho area he noted that an addition was already planned for tho orchard park school and a new separate school was now underway he suggested that eventually another new public school would be required north of main street it is the intentions of mr chiovetti to develop his sub division in three stages with about 40 homes to be erected each year the pogue boarding suhlc on the townline west of ring- wood will be the scene of a benefit show on sunday after- invest i noon allan saunders of igated the front of the auto i wh suffered such a kji j i heavy io m a fire at shcppaid was badly damaged b the im- ave and markham road on p july 1st if you want to look like a girl then youll be treated like a girl thats what 14 year old robert berthelotte of downs- view discovered last week at markham when he tried to en ter the water in the communi ty swimming pool he was stopped by lifeguard brian mc carthy and told to put on a bathing cap by the pool man ager bruce conley when he refused he was ordered to leave manager conley told the tribune that a rule requires all persons with long hair to wear a cap while in the water he was supported by the mark ham recreation director chuck mccarthy they can wear their hair down past their shoulders we dont care he said but when theyre in the pool they ll abide by the rules and that means wearing a bathing cap mr mccarthy said he had con- twenly new fluorescent lights similar to the fixture shown here have been ordered by i lhe dcpt of hcaltn over stmfiville council for installation by the plc on slain street the stun of 3500 has been set he issue mmo id the 1965 budcet to cover the cost of the project staff photo mr conley said that two oth- order bathing cap for blond beatle at markham poo er boys with bcatletype cuts had come to the pool and they were told the same thing they had their hair trimmed back to normal he explained that long hair tended to loosen in tha water and plug up the filtration system ill trouble before the downsview visitor ad mitted that the beatlc cut had caused trouble for him at duf- ferin jr high school he said too that he was aware of sim ilar regulations at most metro pools i just didnt want to be pushed he said the lad said that his mother did not favour the moptop hut his father said it was al right as long as its neat mr mccarthy praised the work of the pool manager and said that he always used good judgment in his dealings with young people were fortunate to have him he said he sure takes a big load off my shoulders