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stouffville police agreement for 66 approved by council lone tender for a new town police azrement effective jan 1st 1066 ha been approved by stouffville council it involves only j the constables on the frce since the chiefs salary schedule j is dealt with on a separate bais j m the agreement was passed at a meeting on thursday j jjilow lowlilcj niht the salary schedulp varies according to rank and is set up as follows patrol sertreant 5900 1st class constable 5500 2nd class constable s52oo 3rd class constable 5000 probationary constable 4500 members of the police department shall be required to be on culy five days per week up to a total of 44 hours on a rotation shift system to be arranged by the chief no overtime no additional remuneration wit be paid for court duty or emergency calls during off- duty hour this procedure will also be worked out as required by the chief constable clothing disbursements will be as follows yearly tunic 1 trousers 2 and cap 1 in addition they will receive one winter jacket or coat and one raincoat an annual allow ance of s100 will be paid for the purchase of uniform shirts boots ties and gloves the agreement will remain in force until dec 31st 1966 and from year to year unless term inated by either party termin ation of the agreement must he i provided in writing to the opposite party not less than 30 i days and not more than 4 days prior to the renewal annivers- ary date in any year members of the stouffville i police department siall receive i 200 allowance to cover the cost of operating their cars while on police business and while travelling to and from court all employees of the police department are fully covered under the workmens compensation act the motion approving the agreement was passed by council without discussion the members had met previously in committee with the police when the clauses were discussed in full job in town only one tender was revived for the sanding and snow- plowing jobs in stouffville for the winter season of 196566 the firm of f h roberts and sons submitted a bid of s900 rer i hour for each the price wis s600 last year the fuel oil contract for the towns municipal building and sewage plant has been given to smcr bros of stouftville their bid of os cents per gallon was the lowest of two prices receiv ed about 12000 gallons was used last year miss signs at 35 mph says deputyreeve deputy reeve ken laushway has expressed disappointment in the size of the welcome signs erected recently at the approaches to stouffville from both the west and the north the matter was discused brief ly at a meeting of council on thursday night the deputyreeve noted that the crossbars containing the names of local organizations and service clubs were too small to he seen from the high way at 35 miles per hour you cant see it he said its het- ter than nothing at all but very little councillor wm parsons said thai he had to pull his car over on the shoulder of the road and stop in order to read the in scriptions it cost enough it should have been alright stated reeve win timbers mr laushway said that the cost to the town had been negli gible hut the sum was consider able for the organizations in volved he said that the signs were inbedded in cement and could not be altered finns are readers finlands population of 45s6- 000 is served by 225 newspapers and several hundred magaznes cent project dead issue a centennial project for stouff ville is now officially dead ac cording to a majority vote of town council on thursday night in spite of continued opposi tion voiced by deputyreeve ken laushway clerk ralph corner was instructed to contact the municipal subsidies branch and inform them of the councils fin al decision the clerk had earli er read a letter from subsidies officer v l martin requesting further information on stouff- villes plans its a dead issue replied councillor bud spang and the motion was passed on a 3 to 1 vote stationery furniture machines tribune office supplies traffic hazard at 0 p school confirmed the concern expressed recent ly by the principal of orchard park public school in stouffville and also the board for the safe ty of pupils on sunset boule vard has been supported by the police chief orland keating speaking before a meeting of the town council on thursday night chief keating described the situation as bad during rainy day periods when cars converge on the area at noon- hour and 330 pm he said that he had checked the problem personally both the principal and the parents are concerned and they have something to be concerned about he said he said it wasnt a ce of anyone driving carelessly but merelv a congestion of traffic the coun cil agreed that no parking signs should be erected as pre scribed by the chief park on boulevard rather than ban parking en tirely in the area near the new fireball the council has agreed to permit cars to stop on the boulevard on the north side of main street in front of three commercial establishments lo cated there some parking will also be permitted on the south side of the road in the same area deputyreeve ken laushway charged that at least two busi ness places in the bowling al ley block had been located there before any work was started on the firehall we cant penalize the people in these stores he said we dont do it in other parts of town who is going to patronize these stores if they cant park continued the depu tyreeve fires dont occur every five minutes he noted that for longterm parking there would be adequate room in the lot at the rear of the fire- hall and behind the bowling al ley police chief keating suggest- ed that an automatic stop light be installed on main street that would register a signal when the siren sounded he also asked that a white stop line be paint ed on the pavement it was agreed that no park ing signs be erected at the cor ners of main and edward sts and main and obrien avenue a bylaw to regulate the parking of vehicles and establish stop signs on several back streets will be prepared for the next regular meeting the stouffviue tribune ttoritfey cmco 28 1965 i truck sales set eleven year record trucl- alcs in 1065 af patrick motors in stouffville will set an ii year record for the local firm seventy vehicles hay been sold lo date including a 21000 landem diesel hat was delivered his week from montreal tablerite beef round up ratcliffs i g a f00dliner stouffville scaaasaaswxwvx l friendship club for young at heart to meet each month children under 10 will be where they can sit and chat found playing in th yard or the playground teenagers will be at dances or the movies young adults will be attending parties and the middle aged persons will probably be found at home watching tv it eems that as the age changes so does the re creation but what about the people over sixty certainly they too must have some form of entertainment and in stouff ville they have its called the friendship club an organization thought of and sponsored by the can legion and the ladies auxili ary its a monthly gettogether where stouffvilles leading citi zens can relax be among friends and take part in any one of a number of games the friendship club was form ed last year but under a differ ent name the name didnt set tle well with the participants and this year it was changed the first meeting took place last thursday night in the le gion hall it was cold windy and raining which kept the numbers to a minimum how ever approximately 25 braved the elements and found that their efforts were worthwhile the legion hall was donated free of charge for this purpose and the evening of entertain ment costs the attendants noth ing the only real stipulation is that you have io be over sixty to attend this is a logical rule anyone under that age limit can always find his own recrea tion fun and games tables are set up throughout the room where people can play an assortment of games some of the more popular include euchre checkers crokinole and bingo for the less enthusiastic comfortable sofas line the wall the ladies auxiliary who are in charge of the monthly meet ings provide the guests with re freshments lead them in sing ing and even join in with their games a record is also kept of each person with the date of that per sons birthday when the birth day comes up on the calendar the recipient is made special guest for the evening since they only meet once a month there is usually a list of persons celebrating birthdays and they are all given honourable men tion the ladies outnumbered the men at thursdays gathering however the men that did attend expressed their delight in the club in attendance were the fol lowing mr and mrs gordon crowder mr and mrs ross harper mr and mrs isaac fos- kclt mrs ivy grihblc mrs eliza clarkson mrs gladys burk mrs florence mcdonald mrs eva macdonald mrs klizabelh johnson mrs clara wajrir mrs ella hanson mrs rose brown mrs ida elson mrs elmer wells mrs laura i baxlcr mr lou mordent mr fred smith and mr o c weale anyone else who is interested in attending the friendship club may do so once a month every third thursday this makes the date of the next meeting november 18th the club is designed for those who are young at heart ask tree removal in town park inter works fall forest fires are particular ly dangerous the department of lands and forests warns fal len leaves and other dead vege tation may be wet in the morn ing and explosive dry by mid- afternoon twelve trees are either dead or dying in the stouffville me morial park victims of dutch elm disease and the park board is anxious that they be removed as soon as possible board secretary robt lewis attended a meeting of town council on thursday night and asked that the treecutting pro ject be included in stouffvilles winter works program he al so informed the members that the council could by passing a bylaw appoint an inspector to check elm trees on private property and if infected have them removed mr lewis said that he had been in close touch with officials of the dept of lands and for ests on the problem they claim that there is no known cure once a tree has contracted the disease the program of pre vention through spraying or injections is quite costly and carries no guarantee once in fected a tree may die within three of four weeks or last three or four years mr lewis sug gested that if 12 trees were al ready dead in the park it was quite likely that others wer also diseased and would likely die deputyreeve ken laushway agreed that there were probably many more dead elms around the town reeve win timbers expressed regret that the large elm tree near the clubhouse on the bowlr ing green was dying and would have to be cut down mr lewis said that any infected trees left standing only increased the spread of the disease and made its control more difficult freedom means a minstrel man walked far and wide and asked of all he met he asked some people from each side to them what freedom meant the first he asked his nose was wide his colour black as peat to him the negro man replied to walk on either side of the street the next he found upon a beach of reddish western sand what freedom means to a cherokee is the right to keep his land the next he found upon a street of him he did command the white man staring at his feet could not answer his demand sharon ijnlner 12c patrick truck sales highest in eleven years truck sales are booming at patrick motors in stouffville in fact 1965 will set an 11year re cord to date the local firm has sold 70 gm models ranging from 4ton pickups to giant tandemdrive diesels two of the latest sales in clude a s21000 tractor to mich ael rosco of toronto and at 5ton straight truck to north gwillim- bury twp at a tendered price of 8500 the diesel tractor is the lar gest model produced at general motors in oshawa the one now standing on the patrick lot was driven 210 miles to stouffville from montreal by neil patrick a invites you to participate in 0litica john h addison 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