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5100 copies this week t rtbunt classified ads on pages 8 and 9 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday november is 1965 vol 77 no 24 eighteen pages omb extends land restriction bylaw 6 months post as mercer supt is promotion for glenn r thompson glenn ross thompson 30 j minister of reform institutions son of mr and mrs a g hon allan grossman only thompson of stouffville is the women are retained at mercer new superintendent of the mercer reformatory in toronto the appointment was an nounced on monday by the glenn r thompson and mr thompson is the only male superintendent of such a correction centre in the whole of canada glenn thompson is a grad uate of stouffville district high school with a ba degree from toronto university he holds both a bachelors degree and a masters degree in social work he joined the department in 1960 and until 1963 was a social worker at the millbrook maxi mum security reformatory he spent one year in england and returned to the department in 64 his wife is the former gloria hood of lemonville they have one daughter the old mercer building loc ated on king street may soon be replaced by a more modern structure deputy minister l r hackl said that a govern ment appointed investigating committee had submitted such a recommendation know by june 1st if flood control work is planned a requested oneyear extension on current restric tions now imposed on properties in stouffville bordering on a branch of duffins creek was denied last week by ontario m unicipal board officials at a hearing held in the council chambers on friday morning the extension on present controls will be permitted for a period of six months only prior to the june 1 st deadline another hearing will likely be held to determine the stage of advancement if any on the conservation authoritys proposed flood- control project assessment on parkview home one year only stouffville an appeal filed by the mennonite home association in connection with both the property and business tax on the parkview home for senior citizens was aired be fore the court of revision here last week the organization was repre sented by solicitor h r button of stouffville mr button said that to hi5 knowledge there was nothing similar in the municipality that would act as a guide for the court he agreed that since certain services were provided mich as police and fire protec tion sewers and water it was only fair to expect the property to bear its fair share of the tax load he argued however that full payment on a 72740 assessment plus an addtional 318000 business tax was rather extreme mr button as an alternative agreed to pay on a reduced fig ure of 50 of the present as sessment but no business tax court chairman j j dorey of markham accepted the pro posal but for one year only to allow either party to submit a new appeal at a future date scholarship awarded at h s commencement two 400 ontario scholarships were awarded to grade 13 graduates barbara howard left and elenor shirk by prin cipal wm e duxbury at the stouffville dist high school commencement exercises on friday night staff photo graduation marks a beginning not an end hs princii stouffville you have reached a milestone in your life one that marks only a be ginning and not an end these words were directed by stouff ville dist high school princi pal w e duxbury to twenty- two honour graduates before a packed auditorium at the annual commencement exer cises on friday evening the ed technical training he noted greatest factor in reaching full that the total cost had been credit union compared with bank in appeal stouffville the man agement of the stouffville and district credit union represent ed by gordon ratcliff made a strong but unsuccessful bid to have the business tax removed when he appeared before a court of revision hearing here last week the local office is located on main street in stouffville a similar appeal was filed last year and it too was denied mr ratcliff argued that the credit union organization was operated strictly for the benefit of its members and its directors received no remuneration for their services in reply to a question from the court mr ratcliff admitted that an interest rate was charg ed on loans it was then agreed that it should be placed in the 75 percent rate class the same as a bank mr ratcliff contended that in many other municipalities a business tax charge against credit unions was waived chairman j j dorey sug gested that the appeal could be taken before a judge if the firm wished to question the le gality of the courts decision maturity is being true to your self he said turning to his audience that included the proud parents of diploma and awards recipients mr duxbury said that only through complete cooperation of all persons concerned could the schools goal be attained a school can operate success fully only through good faith on the iiare of the students the staff and the parents he said every opportunity board chairman merlin baker said that an expanded program of education had been put into practice with the com pletion of two occupational rooms that also provided limit- covered without debentures all students are different he said but we feel that every boy and every girl should have an opportunity to find a place in life where he or she is best suited he praised the work of the school and its staff and commended the students on their academic accomplish ments the guest speaker for the evening was mr allan p gor don registrar at the university of waterloo the valedictorian was grade 13 graduate barbara howard now specializing in mathematics at waterloo uni versity principal w e duxbury ninety hs students answer donor markham dont sell the young people of today short on monday no less than ninety students both boys and girls responded to ihe red cross blood donor appeal clinic held in the grace anglican parish hall the program was arranged by mrs phillip chatterley no 7 hwy markham working through the cooperation of principal b j newell of mark- ham dist high school due to appeal the student response the clinic was the second largest ever held in the village a total of 217 pints of blood were received there were 238 offers but 21 were rejected transportation service to and from the church was provided by mrs john baycs and mr carman lewis for some of the young people it was their first donation the clinic is held twice yearly nomination and election dates the next few weeks will be busy ones for the prospective candidates in this area as they face the public from a platform at nomination meetings and again at the polls since dates vary in certain municipalities the prearranged schedule is as follows stouff ville nomination thurs nov 20th election monday dec 6th pickering twp nomination fri nov 26th election saturday dec- 4th whitchurch twp nomi nation fri nov 26th election monday dec 6th uxbridge twp nomination wednes day nov 17th election mon day dec 6th markham twp nomination fri nov 26th election monday dec 6th discuss need for water storage tower in markham running to join playmate girl is killed by auto run over by tractor markham a second water tower will likely be required to service the expanded resident ial area of markham village but to date the exact site of the structure has not been finalized the expenditure will be in cluded in an estimated five- year budget but until the loca tion is established the cost of the project cannot be settled the issue was discussed at a meeting of council on monday night it was agreed that an elevated site in north markham would be ideal but the cost of piping the water to the residential sections to the south could be quite costly the tank would contain a static water supply for emergency use in case of a major fire it would hold an estimated 600000 gallons clerk howard graham noted that markhams water supply was quite adequate for the pre sent we must look to the future he said when asked for his ideas on how the problem could be solved he replied im only the clerk not an engineer a resolution was passed by council recommending that the public utilities commission study all aspects of the project for future discussion santa to be here starting dec 4 arrangements have been made by the stouffville mer chants to have santa claus in his chalet on main st com mencing saturday dec 4th hell have favours and goodies for the hundreds of young sters who come in to visit him local stores are wellstock ed with an abundance of christmas merchandise and you wont want to miss an issue of the tribune where theyll be displaying the many attractive yuletldo offers that can save you money therell be gift coupons as well for special lucky draw prizes watch for them in the stores there was a good represen tation of stouffville merchants at the christmas organizatio nal meeting on monday night chairing the meeting was mr ken wagg no hardship chairman r m mcguire said in revealing the boards decision that no personal hard ship would be created through the continuation of the present restrictions for another i six months any further exten sion after june 1st will be con sidered on the merits at that time he said solicitor reg button repre senting clients edward willi ams ross smith and kenneth betz said that a one year exten sion of controls had already been permitted how long is this going to go on he asked for some definite indication that the floodcontrol program would be started in the near future stanley schmidt burkholder street called the proposal a de laying action that could occur yearly unless a specific time lim it is placed on the project both mr smith and william malloy indicated that they pro posed to erect homes on their lots but were prevented from doing so because the land had been frozen let the authority buy the property or throw it out and let us carry on with our plans said mr malloy solicitor j d lucas repre senting the town agreed that there was no desire by the mu nicipality for the freezing order to be maintained indef initely its very much in the public interest of the village of stouffville that this work ba done he said the conserva tion authority should not b limited too severely robt cunnlngton develop ment coordinator of the metro and region conservation autho rity said he had every hope that work on the project would b started in i960 butxonv1lle an inquest has been ordered into the tragic death of a 7 year old button- vllle district girl hit by a northbound car late wednes day afternoon on the don mills road near her home dunna wilson daughter of mr and mrs allan wilson gormley rr2 was struck down as she attempted to cross the busy highway to join a playmate her mother was one oi the first to reach the scene n charge have been laid against the motorist 49 year old wm ratcliff of newmarket p c robt burbldge of mark ham twp police conducted the investigation mr and mrs wilson have two other children a son brian 8 and a daughter laurie 4 rev f a binnington con ducted the service from the ogden funeral chapel agin- court on saturday morning at 11 am the pall bearers were bill wilson norman wilson gordon sutton and charles sutton markham a 7 year old markham district boy is making a fine recovery in the sick childrens hospital toronto after he accidentally fell under the front wheel of the farm tractor robbie miller son of mr and mrs donald miller cone 7 markham was allowed out of bed on tuesday and doctors are confident that he can return home very shortly the young lad was running ahead of the machine operated by his father and failed to see a fence at the end of the field he was thrown backwards by the impact and the tractor wheel passed over a portion of bis body on tv ten year old frank steele son of mr and mrs frank steele 9th line n stouff- ville will appear on tiny talent tune channel ii sunday afternoon nov 21st at 430 pm nc will sing pass me by frank is a grade 5 pupil at orchard park school his music teacher is mrs gordon bell of stouffville puc considers policy on unpaid service accounts stouffville should an extension of service be permit ted on unpaid hydro and water accounts would the public utilities commission be liable for action after the service is suspended these questions were consider ed by the stouffville puc at a meeting last week when the secretary norman baker in formed the members that he had several delinquent accounts on the bookl he asked for a definite policy on the matter the puc has a bylaw that calls for a cutoff on either hydro or water services if the final warning notice is ijrired mr baker questioned the commis sion on whether he should take such action the members agreed that consideration should be given to cases where children were in volved since a curtailment of services could impose an ex treme hardship the insurance company will be consulted for advice on the problem with re- shoot 11 deer stouffville a group of stouffville and district hun ters have bagged enough deer in the parry sound area of northern ontario to keep them in venison for an entire year mr walter pipher returned home on monday and reported 11 deer killed up to that time all are members of the wild cat deerhunt club of maple island they include murray daniels elgin wagg fred byer bruce harper bud spang and harry madden all of stouffville allan mills of new market geo allison of ux- bridge bob housom of man chester art pollock of kes wick horace payne of roches point john tienkamp and bert tienkamp of kettleby and ivan daniels of aurora the rest of the party will return later this week rescue hero terry wise 23 of markham the third purser aboard the 111 fated luxury liner ss yarmouth castle played a heros role in the rescue of many passengers after the boat caught fire he was lifted off the deck by a helicopter and was one of the last to leave before it went down his parents mr and mrs fred wise jerman st learned of his safety when he telephoned them from nassau on satur day night j archie fleming dies in hospital union ville funeral ser- will be conducted from the dixon chapel markham on friday afternoon nov 19th for mr j archie fleming of unionville who passed away in the scarboro general hospital on tuesday mr fleming a longtime assessor in the twp of mark ham was stricken with a heart attack about three weeks ago he appeared to be making a satisfactory recovery and his death came as a shock to his many friends besides his wife the former jean burrows he is survived by one daughter isobel mrs john nigh markham rr2 a son allison of unionville and one sister mrs roy morgan of claremont staff photo gard to liahuity theft spree nets thieves 12800 buttonvjxle three markham twp police officers are investigating a rash of four breakins that occurred within a period of two hours on wednes day evening at unionville entry was made into the homes of arthur too- good and phillip colley at vic toria square the breakins oc curred at the residences of her man mortson and vern mikkel- son the total theft has been esti mated at about 12800 in each case the bedrooms were ran sacked as the thieves looked for money sgt evan kelley pc alan chadwick and detective clifford cox are conducting the investi gations tvs stolen in another breakin at the home of mr louis grove cone 9 markham on monday two television sets and a mantel radio wire taken a bedroom was also ransacked entry was gained through a rear door sgt evan kelley of markham twp police is investigating a carton containing 222 pairs pairs of socks was stolen on saturday nov 6th from in front of len wilkes clothes shop on main street in stouff ville the loss has been estimat ed at 135 the container was delivered by express truck and before the owners had time to unpack it the entire shipment was carried off an attendance of more than 300 children was recorded at the sunday school rally day service in the stouffville united missionary church there are twentytwo classes a huge gas balloon was sent aloft on sun day morning to be returned by the finder jas smith not a candidate in whitchurch vandorf there will be at least one change in the whit church twp council for the next term of office councillor jas smith revealed on tuesday night that he would not stand for reelection the nomination meeting for members of coun cil and school area board will be held on friday evening nov 26th all other present office holders hope to remain includ ing reeve ross farquharson deputyreeve stuart burnett and councillors alvln farmer and ivan mclaughlin patrick cashman of mussel- mans lake who made a deter mined bid for a council seat last year has indicated that he will allow his name to stand again an election if necessary will be held on monday dec 6th cpr would remove locust hill station locust hill if the cpr has its way the present station at locust hill will be removed and replaced by a passenger flagstop this plan was reveal ed at a public hearing on tues day afternoon before vthe officials of the board of trans port commissioners the meet ing was held in the frame depot at locust hill most concerned over this proposed action were the com muters who use this line every day they contended that a flagstop structure would be totally inadequate with neither heat nor light they also argued that it would be too small to accommodate waiting passen gers mr j r armstrong asst supt of the trenton division of the cpr suggested that freight shipments could b handled from a private resid ence board chairman w j rup ert in reserving decision said that increased costs to the rail road would be weighed against the inconvenience caused to the public the people in attendance said that if the meeting had been scheduled for 420 pm instead of two oclock their ranks would have been swelled by passengers from the dayliner however the hearing had end ed befora tha dayliner rrivei