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just society pay fair share reeve stouffville it is now apparent that welfare on a countywide basis will cost stouffville tax payers more but as far as reeve ken laushway is concerned the village will only be paying its fair share reeve laushway a prime promoter of the new county welfare pro gram inaugurated jan 1 was critical of markham twps decision to with draw the issue will be put to a vote of county council likely this month approval is also required from the ontario minister although the budget has not yet been set mr lau shway suggests that the increase for stouffville could be about 75c per ca pita thats not very much to help our neigh bor he said with obvious reference to the twp of whitchurch the reeve said that only recently one family had moved from stouffville to whitchurch because they couldnt find rental accom modation here within their means they are cur rently on welfare we dont have a lake wilcox or a musselmans lake here he said but these people must live some where reeve laushway point ed out that any munici pality within the county having a population of over 5000 could seek per mission to manage its own welfare needs he said he would be very surprised if the request is approved theres no doubt about it under proposed region al government welfare will be one of the services provided if york wishes to remain as a regional unit then its time we started working together mr laushway pointed out that it would be very nice if under a county plan municipalities could derive only the benefits we all must be willing to accept a fair share of the costs too he said reeve laushway noted however that should the cooperative welfare scheme become too bur densome on individual municipalities then some other system would have to be arranged blue sunday victoria square on saturday morn ing mrs m r jcnkin- son wife of the victor ia square united church minister fell on the ice and broke her left wrist while preparing to take his wife to the hos pital rev jenkinson also slipped and fell striking his head on the ground both were then admitted for treatment and observation rev roscoe chapin of unionville was re quested to take the sun day worship in rev jenkinsons absence but he was taken ill satur day evening and had to decline the service was sub sequently cancelled recreation director stouffville three years ago t h c stouffville park board re commended that consider ation be given to the hiring of a recreation director during the summer vaca tion period the issue was later dis cussed by council but the cost estimated at s1500 was considered impracti cal at that time the park board of 1969 has reintroduced the sub ject the employee is re ferred to as a director of operations but council re presentative jim mckellar explained that this meant director of recreation the time of hiring was suggested only as in the future the suggestion aroused no comment councillor mckellar out lined the accomplishments of the board during the past year and said that many projects were plan ned for the months ahead he commended the mem bers lloyd jennings pre sident wilfred morley se cretarytreasurer and mrs hilda wilson for their en thusiasm and hard work it was agreed that let ters of appreciation should be sent to both the library and park boards for their freegratis ser vice to the communitv dur ing 1968 markham town ship markham the two markhams town and township could become one if a notice of motion by councillor walter grieve is approved by all parties concerned councillor grieve will put forward a recommen dation likely at the next meeting feb 17 to have their solicitor investigate the possibility of estab lishing a separate town comprising the present town of markham and township of markham councillor grieve will recommend also that the town of markham consi der the benefits of with drawal from the countv welfare system in favor of a cooperative welfare program with markham township henry ogden retires service spans 21 years stouffville for the past 21 years henry ogden has been watching stouffville grow his posi tions of municipal import ance have provided him with an excellent vantage point he is the first to ad mit that its been a gratify ing experience oii jan 23 mr ogden relinquished the last of his many posts when village works superintendent ron gibson assumed the office of building inspector now on a holiday trip to florida mr ogden will continue to assist with this work on a partlime basis until may 1 mr ogden first entered municipal politics as a member of village council back in 1947 he later serv ed 2 j years as reeve tak ing over the office from the late a v nolan contentious issues dealt henry ogden with at that time included the settling of a site for a new stouffville district high school and the leasing for 09 years of a site for the arena george storey was the village clerk later succeeded by garfield brown the late harry vaneenoo was the lone road department employee mr ogdens knowledge of home construction has proved an advantage in the roll of building inspector the fee a percentage of the number of permits is sued sometimes amounted to only s400 per year iast november was the biggest month on record and mr ogden declined to accept his rightful share he was paid a flat rate with the remainder returned to the general account wht wribu 15c single copy 5 a year vol 80 no 36 stouffvillkmarkhamuxbrincr ont thursday feb 6 1969 15 cents fiveman coroners jury recommends bylaw enforcement at death corner ask caution signal markham a fiveman coroners jury has recommended that obstruction at the intersec- of albert street and hwy no 7 in the town of markham be removed in compliance with ex isting bylaws and that a caution signal be erected as a warning to westbound traffic on the approach to the crest of a steep hill the hearing conducted by dr john fleming of markham followed the death of 77 year old william doherty killed instantly when his south bound car was rammed broadside by a gravel truck nov 27 1968 according to evidence the victim had attemp ted to make a lefthand turn on no 7 hwy from albert street the truck driver arthur e play- tcr of whitby was absolved of all blame two witnesses at the scene of the crash said that a number of boats piled high on private pro perty near the corner could have obstructed the view of the deceased mr playter said that the car a 1963 acadian drove directly into the path of his transport the truck was loaded with 14 tons of gravel it all happened in a splitsecond he said i had no chance to avoid it mr d w cornelius markham rr 1 said he had followed the truck for two and onehalf miles and at no time had it exceeded the speed limit pc douglas skinner opp oak ridges said the trucks braking system was adequate he said that due to extensive damage the cars brake mechanism could not be checked he described the weather as clear and the pavement as dry constable william hill of markham the first police officer to arrive at the scene said his first thought was for the injured he said he could not recall noticing any obstruction at the corner and was not conversant with town bylaws governing this matter members of the inquest jury included william forbes foreman keith brodie arthur gale and clyde lehman all of markham and jim thomas stouffville the senators bowling league where age is no barrier every other week the senators take over the alleys at the stouffville bowling centre the members with an age average of 75 years conclude their season with an awards banquet the club president is albert king 76 of lloyd avenue stouffville he is shown here firing a strike down the centre story on page 3 staff photo markham mayor 8000 farm sales increase markham twp several farms in the con cession 9 area of markham township are reported sold with prices ranging as high as 3000 per acre the properties include those owned by jack grove clarence muirhead thomas masters gordon cox and carl boyd the william burd farm also on cone 9 has changed hands and the former jack johnson property to the north is said to be sold markham mark ham town mayor alma walker will receive 8000 for her services retro active to jan 1 1969 a bylaw setting the sal aries for all members of the public utilities com mission and council was approved without com ment feb 3 reeve albert laidlaw will receive 3500 the same salary as the posi tion entailed under the village status deputy reeve harold lawrie will be paid 3000 and the four councillors 2500 each previously the dep utyreeve and councillors received a flat rate of 16 per meeting the fee for the chair man of the puc is 1500 the commission members are paid 1300 preliminary hearing court cleared of spectators markham a tor onto courtroom was clear ed of all spectators as the crown called an 11 year old girl to the stand to testify on her own behalf in a preliminary hearing before judge crawford guest jan 28 the recommendation to bar the public from that portion of the proceed ings was made by mark ham police chief fred white also a witness in the case judge guest con curred charged with abduction and rape are michael john copps 27 and rodney hickcy 25 both or tor onto the girl said that she was on her way home from a skating rink when accosted by two men and pulled into a car she said she w a s attacked three times released and told to run as fast as she could or be shot a witness said that a partially clothed child came to the door of their home she said that the girl was shaking and cold her husband drove her home chief white told the hearing that from a de scription provided police by the girl a composite drawing of two males was made and circulated ac ross the province mr white said that the victim was also able to provide a description of the car where the assault was alleged to have taken place inspector albert du- guid of the opp describ ed how the investigation had taken him all the way out to british columbia he said that a car and a quantity of clothing was recovered and the type of gun identified the case continues feb 6 top orators stouffville two public school pupils from this area will ad vance to the county ora torical finals this month stouftvilles winner is david herbert 13 a grade 8 student at orchard park in whitchurch the rep resentative is 13 year old sandra davies a gra lc 8 pupil from shrubmount school jury dropout holds up hearing markham while a markham coroner two physicians and several witnesses bided their time for almost an hour an officer of the opp attemp ted to track down a missing man one juror william karis itougecrest drive markham was issued a subpoena to serve on a jury at an inquest hearing into the death of 77 year old william do herty mcphillips avenue markham when the jury member did not appear by 8 pm a hurried call was put through to his home the cor oner was assured that he would make it by 9 when by 9 pm he still did not show an attending news reporter was sworn in as an emergency re placement although empowered with the authority to issue a warrant for the absentee jurors arrest dr john fleming declined well just forget about him he told the presiding corporal constable douglas skinner informed the coroner that mr paris only excuse was he forgot