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mr and mrs david l stouffer tylesuge from the queen stouffville looking ahead sixty years may seem like a very long time looking back its al most like yesterday on monday mr and mrs david stouffer main street stouflville looked back to a date apr 7 1909 their wedding day the ceremony held at the home of the brides parents mr and mrs samuel b hoover dicksons hill was performed bv rev c n good later the happy cou ple travelled by horse and buggy to markham for a honcvmoon trip by train to mrs stouff- ers sisters in smiths falls on their return they farmed at ringwood but for the past 35 years have lived in stouffvillc while their diamond anniversary was not an open house the fam ily close friends and neighbors refused to let the occasion slip by an afternoon of fel lowship over a cup of coffee was enjoyed at the home of their dau ghter helen mrs bel fry hamilton harold street also present was their second daughter marion mrs fred nicely of ringwood five grandchildren and two great grandchild ren mr and mrs stouff- ers day was made com plete with a message of congratulations from the queen other telegrams were received from prime minister pierre trudeau premier john robarts and a nersonal letter from york north mp william hodcson mr stouffer w a s born just north of ed- mr and mrs david l stouffer main street west ward street the spn of stouftville nioneer res idents christian stouff er and jane macklcm he is 88 mrs stouffer 84 was one in a familv of eieht a sister mrs willis lehman resides at un- ionville both maintain a keen interest in hockev and seldom miss a leaf game on television mrs stouffers favorite is goaltender johnny bower she also loves to crochet and a beautiful cloth on the dining room table is a product of her handiwork she completed it while con fined to hospital with a broken hip and since then has made one for married sixty years staff photo each of her five grand children mr stouffers car pentry skills are well known and in the days of his youth he cap tained many a barn raising the tribune is pleas ed to add its congratu lations to a wonderful couple on a wonderful day sr citizens apartment agreement signed by town stouffville con struction is expected to be gin this summer on the erection of a new 22suite senior citizens apartment requested by village coun cil last year final ratification must come from the ontario housing corporation a de partment branch of the provincial government and this is expected within two weeks queens park looked favorably on the project for stouffville after they conducted a needs survey in 1968 rental rates will be determined by the in come of individual tenants apartments similar to the one to be built in stouffville are already in use in richmond hill and newmarket reeve ken laushway who proposed the project little more than one year ago said he was pleased that a satisfactory site had been found close to a shopping area and conve nient to village services the propery is immedia tely east of st marks school with the entrance from elm road the reeve suggested that if plans proceed according to expectations the con tract would be let in june and the building completed by midnovember markham town councillor stresses the right to be left alone costs could skyrocket ask recreation aid markham with a recreation budget for 1969 estimated at s45000 the town of markham is ap pealing to the twn of markham for financial as sistance mayor alma walker made the request at a meeting of council at but- tonville apr 8 she was accompanied bv town rec reation director chuck mccarthy mayor walker said that of the 1985 membership in the recreation pro gram 206 came from the township she said that while council was pleased that town facilities were being used she noted that the cost represented a size able sum for the taxpay ers to bear alone reeve stewart rumble ruled that the application for funds be turned over to the finance committee for consideration ht wrtbum vol 80 no 45 stouffvillemarkiiamuxbridge oxt thursday apr 10 1969 15 cents uxbridge township council rejects education budget too great a burden reeve uxbridge twp municipal councils in many parts of the province have indicated alarm over the mounting cost of education under the new county board system the latest to voice opposition is the township of uxbridge where the budget requirement for public and high school purposes has climbed to a staggering 8400000 the council in an unprecedented move has rejected the requisition that according to reeve alvin redshaw will cost the average taxpayer an estimated 8800 were questioning the cause of the increase and we want some answers said reeve redshaw wc feel that a mistake has been made some where mr redshaw said that many residents would be unable to cope with the cost hike and would be forced to move out in 1968 the rate for education in uxbridge was 455 mills to meet the budget figure in 1969 the rate will go up to 67 last year the rate for all purposes in uxbridge was 77 mills with the current increase in educa tion it will be at least 103 the resolution approved unanimously reads that this council reject the 1969 prelimin ary requisition of the ontario county board of education and feels strongly that under the present educational costsharing system which will give this municipality an approximate 60 percent increase in educational costs over 1968 the ratepayers of this municipality do not have the means to meet this huge increase in educa tional tax therefore this council urgently recommends that the ontario county board of education completely revises the 1969 requisition with a view of drastically reducing their budget copies of the resolution have been forwarded to the ontario minister of education hon william g davis liberal leader robert f nixon and donald c macdonald of the new democratic party in the county of york the budget for educa tion has not yet been released but municipalities stouffvillc included are braced for a sizeable hike grim statistics york cty the on tario dept of transport has just released a 25- page report covering all motor vehicle accidents reported to police in the province during 1968 the statistics are shock ing in that 12month period 1586 persons were killed and 71520 injured of the drivers involved 882 percent were classed as apparently normal 61 percent as had been drinking and 18 percent as ability impaired property damage as a result of motor vehicle collisions exceeded 89 million closer to home in york cty aurora had 126 acci dents 1 killed 54 injured richmond hill 202 acci dents 5 killed 92 injured markham town 74 acci dents none killed 34 in jured newmarket 182 accidents 2 killed 60 in jured stouffvillc 54 ac cidents none killed 13 injured and sutton 35 ac cidents none killed 10 injured 93rd birthday congratulations to mrs john paxton mussel- mans lake on the occas ion of her 93rd birthday celebrated apr 4 mrs paxton still enjoys noth ing better than a pot of hot tea with her friends over a fourhanded game of old fashioned euchre century city on agenda uxbridge twp the pros and cons of the proposed century city development as viewed by members of uxbridge twp council will be out lined before a general meeting of the municipal ratepayers association in goodwood apr 10 this is a third in a ser ies of discussions on the subject of century city a topic of current inter est to everyone in the ux bridge area all previous gatherings have been well attended the meeting time is 830 pm invitations have been sent but to the reeve al vin redshaw deputy- reeve robert nesbitt and councillors clark muir- head frank hendy and grant drewery a question and answer period will follow for the year 1969 all executive positions in the association have been filled by acclamation with one exception keith bar- rie goodwood rr 1 has resigned nominees to fill the post have been accepted by robert cudlip and hank carlson i markham council lor arthur bonner in a prepared statement to the town council monday said that municipalities should have the right to opt out of regional gov ernment in favor of what might be deemed a better and more acceptable plan of expansion through an nexation possibly amal gamation with other mun icipalities or perhaps the right to be left alone debts could climb he said it would appear that regional government would benefit many muni cipalities by providing a broader financial base however ho warned it could also create a bigger area for possible debt even poorer municipali ties could find their share of regional government much more costly than the debts they are pres ently trying to retire no justification mr bonner reviewed the recent confrontation between ontario and ot tawa over cost sharing programs and pointed to the fact that it had been conceded no government could represent all the people on a similar scale no regional government could represent all the people in a region he said there was no justification for arbitrar ily forcing this change on the people of ontario at best councillor bon ner continued it only means that present muni cipal councils would be administrators while the actual control would go to the regional level bigger and costlier he pointed lo the conn iv area school system the assessing system and wel fare as example of sky rocketing costs once the jobs were removed from local municipal jurisdic tion me said it look three limes die dumber of as sessors io do the assess ing in york county as it diil when the municipali ties conducted the work themselves councillor w alter grieve told council that he loo had a statement lo make concerning regional government ami recalled the motion that he had sponsored ai an earlier meeting calling for a new town to be formed using the present markham and a portion of markham twp he said it seemed ap parent that the township was prepared lo give up territory lo the yonge street corridor and lo a greater stoulfville area he added that the re marks of the minister of municipal affairs on apr i showed that ho was thinking along similar lines extravagant costs mr grieve said the min ister had suggested reduc ing the 14 municipalities of york county to six or seven towns of this sie could look after their own affairs ho continued and donl need any regional government which im poses a fourth level of government he pointed out ilia tax payers are already facing extravagant cosls of the new board of education and called on the provin cial government lo con sider its plans for a two- tier system of govern ment something funny happened on the way to the arena fifteen year old susan chapman as thoroughly modern millie will drive this car of ancient vintage in the stoulfville skating clubs production of music music music friday and saturday night the most pressing problem at the moment is how to get it from the point of assembly on watson drive to the arena constable austin oulnn outlines the list of pending charges including illegal parking on the boulevard staff photo wooden fence fine claims pool owner markham the type of fence surround ing private pools in the town of markham as specified in an amended bylaw has brought opposition from a sherwood forest estates resident wally west mr west charged that the wooden barrier erected on his premises was superior to either the chain link or fibreglass material spelled out in the council order he said that to meet the towns ruling his fence would have to come down he noted that this would cause an inconvenience to his neigh bors since their fences were attached to it he urged the members to visit his property and see it for themselves mayor alma walker asked mr west if he had ever consulted the town office to learn the requirements of the bylaw the ratepayer replied that he had erected the fence before he installed the pool mayor walker said that in her opinion the bylaw met all requirements she said that councils first thought was for the safety of local children i know people who have had children drown in pools with the same type of fence that you prescribe argued mr west on a recommendation by deputyreeve har old lawrie members agreed to inspect the pool site and then consider the matter further twelvemile chase police stop stolen auto markham twp a 1966 model 6cylinder chevrolet travelling at 105 mph markham police could not believe it either but they soon found out when they attempted to stop it the chase at 5 am sunday morning began in metro officers radioed ahead for assistance and pc fred mcneil of mark ham town headed south to intercept at the intersection of steeles avenue and hwy 48 the getaway car breez ed past like a runaway comet const mcneil called for aid and pc glyn forres ter of markham twp joined in at a point north of 16th avenue just outside the markham town limits the cruiser doing 110 caught the lead vehicle but couldnt pull along side at ringwood const forrester attempted to force the driver onto a vacant service station lot but this failed when the youth sped away again in the exchange the crus- er was damaged the chase was finally concluded south of bal- lantrae and 16 year old daniel brian turner of scarboro taken into cus tody he has been charg ed with dangerous driving and auto theft const forrester said later that he would never have believed that any 6cylinder car could go so fast for so far new manager harold hoover obrien avenue stouffville has been appointed manager of new credit union branch office us main street north in markham the official opening is apr 12 at 10 am girls testimony praised men guilty on rape charge markham following four hours of deliberation an allmale supreme court jury has found two tor onto men guilty of rape and abduction of an 11 year old markham school girl nov 12 michael john copps 28 and rodney samuel mick ey 21 will appear before chief justice e g thomp son for sentence april 21 both apeared pale and tense as the verdict was read judge thompson in his charge to the jury praised the little girl on her pre sentation of evidence i must say that she gave it far better than many of the adults who appeared here he said me said that the jury must weight the credibility of the girls testimony in particular her identifica tion of the two accused with reference to mick ey judge thompson asked them to consider whether he was insane at the time of the alleged assault and therefore lacked knowl edge of any wrongdoing he noted that aside from suggestions of insanity and drunkeness the two men should be considered as involved together in the case as the two men were led from the courtroom under heavy police guard the sobbing wife of copps promised shed await his release both copps and mickey had maintained their in nocence throughout the trial copps who on sev eral occasions was threat ened with ejection from the court because of nu merous outbursts denied under oath that he had ever seen ihe girl before the victim was dragged into a car while returning home from skating at the markham arena