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accident toll climbs ringwood in spite of improvements completed earlier this year the ac cident toll at the ringwood intersections of hwys 47 and 48 continues to climb the most recent crash of a serious nature occurred sept 23 involving a truck and a car taken to hospital by vance ambulance was the driver of a mack transport arthur osmond of lind say his vehicle suffered only 100 damage while a 1970 buick driven by david roberts 20 and owned by murray roberts unionville had damage estimated at 4000 the collision at 815 am was investigated by constable keith stacey opp oak ridges cancel candidate meetings stouffville with 6900 voters eligible to cast ballots oct 5 less than 200 attended the nomination meeting in the stouffville dist secondary school sept 21 for this reason all candidates meetings previously planned for the area have been cancelled its quite obvious no one wants to hear us said one wouldbe office holder theres little sense in talking to two hundred empty chairs in the area of markham town three meetings have been held with a fourth on thursday tonight at mark 11 school unionville the time is 8 pm legal fees 9300 whitchurch twp the twp of whitchurch has received a bill amounting to a reported 9300 legal fees in con nection with court action involving defendant jas sabiston of sabiston sand and gravel company this figure does not include costs payable to the townships own solicitor the court action was instituted by whitchurch along with the appeal that followed the municipality lost out on both decisions a department official said council had not yet discussed the account the sabiston pit site is on cone 6 north of the aurora sideroad drug charge markham a 19 year old markham youth has been charged with possession of narcotics following his arrest by police chief fred white and constable bill hill sept 25 christopher shaban will appear in richmond hill court friday to set date for trial tent pegging display thrills show visitors the bayview belles trained by ben ewen of bayview stables thrilled visitors to the st georges society horse show sunday with a display of tent pegging in this event the rider picks up a peg with a sword or lance at a full gallop hitting the mark is 1 1 year old tanis johnson of gormley riding wo secret peter harris oh calcutta rink cancels contract stouffville the parking lot at the arena monday was as bare as the subjects to be shown inside the only screening of the controvprsiai broadway show oh calcutta was done by police chief orland keating and the arena directors this occurred at a closeddoor meeting friday the show was cancelled the rink board agreed that while a contract had been signed the risk of court action was too great to carry on the 100 deposit received from the promoters color media communications cor poration was returned the proceedings are described in a directors report published on page 3 cocktaildining lounges vote request to council stouffville with oh calcutta by the boards stouffville village council could be faced with a second controversial issue a request for a vote on the establishment of cocktail and dining lounges in town a petition calling for a plebiscite on the question is currently being circulated among the business owners the petitioner a non resident termed the response as very en couraging while there is no assurance when the vote request will come the probability is oct 1 when council meets at 730 pm the petition reads in part the undersigned proprietors of business and service establish ments respectfully request council to apply to the liquor licence board of ontario for a vote to be taken under section 72 of the liquor licence act on the following questions are you in favor of the sale of liquor under a dining lounge licence for the consumption with meals on a licenced premises are you in favor of the sale of liquor under a lounge licence for the con sumption on licenced premises at present stouffville has only a brewers retail store and a liquor store the suggested future location of a restaurant with dining lounge facilities has not been revealed such an ap plication would be dealt with only after an af firmative reply from the electorate is received pickering township will pay for fire calls vol 82 no 18 stouffvillemakkhamuxbridge thursday october 1 1970 15 cents mortgage payment delay is economic blackmail says uxbridge councillor pickering twp pickering township council has voted in favor of paying costs amounting to 350 for two fire calls made by the stouffville brigade in the northwest corner of the township this year the controversial ac count which the township did not feel obligated to pay as there was no fire agreement between the two municipalities was discussed by reeve john williams with stouffville council and the clerk as a result mr williams compiled a report which was accepted by council and the matter was con cluded mr williams outlined the procedure by which fire calls were handled by the village and with this knowledge the council agreed to pay for the calls in an interview with the tribune the reeve said that residents in the area formerly served by the stouffville brigade in pickering should make themselves aware of the number of the pickering fire department the township he added could not afford to maintain a contract with the stouff ville brigade as they were attempting to improve their own service a fire hall to serve the northwest corner would be economically unfeasible he said but the township would take advantage of a mutual aid agreement with four are injured damage 2500 the stouffville brigade when it was felt help was needed mr williams said that at all times township residents should call the pickering department not the stouffville brigade in an emergency situation he said the township chief would himself notify the stouffville brigade so that they could attend mr williams asserted that the township will in the future pay the stouffville brigade if their assistance is requested or the situation causing the controversy occurs again bogus bills markham bogus 10 bills are circulating in markham warns police chief fred white irregularities are visible in the queens portrait mr white said fair president markhams population was triple this week with the opening of the fair oct l today the president for 1970 is bert gardhouse formerly of unionville and now of schomberg former hotel operators fires l r ace stouffville john watkins sales manager at patrick motors limited has been playing golf for 30 years the highlight of his career was reached sunday when he fired a holeinone at the summit near richmond hill the ace came on the 15th hole a distance of 165 yards he used a 6 iron there were three wit nesses to the feat whitchurch twp whitchurch township police report the arrest of former mansion house hotel operators norman and maizie casimiri sept 23 at a cottage residence musselmans lake the two had been sought after they failed to appear in high court toronto to answer charges of possession of stolen property the charge was laid back in 1969 following a raid on the hotel premises by oshawa and stouffville police their court ap pearance was scheduled for june 22 1970 when they failed to show up a bench warrant was issued the two were placed in markham twp four persons were taken to hospital and damage estimated at 2500 in a 4- car crash on hwy 48 near 18th avenue markham twp sept 25 drivers of the four vehicles were john reesor rr2 markham allan pokulok locust hill rodney kitchen stouffville and harold mills toronto the location of cars following the collision made it difficult for police to sort out the directions each had been going the highway was reduced to a singlelane of traffic until two of the wrecked autos could be moved bugle corps show stouffville if you have an ear for music and an eye for color be sure to hear and see the bugle corps show in the stouff ville park thursday tonight at eight oclock the 90minute program sponsored by the kinsmen club will include the markham collegettes and the scarboro firefighters at the same time registrations will be ac cepted for membership in the stouffville cen turions both the color guard and instrumental section uxbridge driver killed in two vehicle crash uxbridge a tragic twocar crash four miles north of uxbridge sunday afternoon took the life of one man and injured two other persons killed was 27 year old jack tub fraser toronto street uxbridge the driver of one vehicle injured were william russell fines oshawa and barbara jean mccartney port perry the second motorist carl emmerson hartwig 25 of richmond hill escaped unhurt the deceased was wellknown in the uxbridge community he is sur vived by his wife the former irma redshaw three children ricky 7 faye 5 and sherry 2 his mother mrs hoyle carruthers two brothers murray and william both of claremont and three sisters elaine mrs irving carmthers claremont audrey mrs bruce hill cannington and enid mrs ivan spears toronto service was conducted from the low and low funeral home ux bridge wednesday at 2 pm with interment uxbridge cemetery the pall bearers were ronald spears larry brown donald watson ken neth redshaw lowell thompson and robert beverley custody and are scheduled to reappear in court oct 5 driver dies in wreckage claremont a 45 year old toronto man died in the wreckage of his car saturday evening following collision with a pickup truck on the brock road north of claremont john kurysko was pinned in the front seat of his vehicle requiring emergency rescue crews from pickering to com plete his release injured in the truck that caught fire and burned was the driver ronald cook 39 toronto his wife wilma and daughter kimberley all were admitted to hospital the accident occurred in a heavy rainstorm that reduced visibility to almost zero volunteer firemen from claremont attended the scene giant squash on claremont farm the past summer was a bumper season when it came to growing things big this giant hungarian squash measuring 2 feet in length and 514 feet in cir cumference was grown on the farm of mr and mrs douglas barker claremont kri calculating the number of pies their mother could bake from this monster are daniel left j jamie 2 and jacqueline 5 peter harris target 100 on monday oct 5 an estimated 6900 voters in the town of whitchurch- stouffville and 17500 in the town of markham will be eligible to vote will you exercise this right or through total disinterest decline this privilege in an effort to promote a get out and vote campaign business and industry in both areas are spon soring target100 percent a hopedfor 100 percent turnout of the electorate dont be among the missing monday refuse letters stouffville the tribune is in receipt of several letters this week favoring some candidates and opposing others each has been refused it was felt that with the election only 4 days away persons named had no means by which to either refute or support these statements government holds key uxbridge twp queens park holds the key to the future of century city it was suggested by richard rohmer qc counsel for century city developments ltd when he appeared before township council sept 28 the preparation of plans the continuation of studies and the availability of financial backing all hinge on the decision of the government on whether or not to allow the scheme to proceed he said actions of township council according to mr rohmer have not delayed progress on the plan council members were particularly concerned over financial backing for the project mr rohmer admitted that the company has not money in its pockets at present but financial assistance and isupport is available if the green light is given at present the firm is delinquent in tax payments for the current year and mortgage holders have not received their principal herbert l green company vicepresident said that at present no one is being paid but the com pany will pay as they can from money received on rentals councillor darcy higgins inquired as to the position of the firm in relation to taxes and mor tgages if government approval was not given in the near future mr rohmer replied that everything would be done to ensure taxes would be paid but he was not in a position to say about the mortgage principal and interest thats economic blackmail commented councillor clark muirhead you have the money but you say you cant pay this is a way of forcing the township to act in support of the scheme mr rohmer argued that they were forced into the present position by the government and were unable to pay because of this in response to questioning from township solicitor william esty mr rohmer commented that when the firm first embarked on their plan they had the impression that the government had no strong objections refusal by the owrc to permit discharge of sewage effulent has been overcome by the development of a new discharge system that would spray the treated refuse over a 600 acre site this plan he said had been tried successfully in experiments in the united states and according to township reeve bob nesbitt has the blessing of the ontario waste management branch the only block remaining is the toronto centred region report presented last spring by the province drug raid arrest markham a toronto youth has been charged with unlawfully being in a dwelling house following a police raid on his parents drakefield avenue home sept 18 dennis moule will re appear in richmond hill court oct 2 to set a date for trial bail for his release has been set at 250 cash also apprehended in the raid carried out by of ficers of the markham town and township departments were 15 other young people including several juveniles it was revealed that the house had been broken into and was found in a shambles ashtrays were dumped on the floor beds were messed there was an odour of burning marijuana in the rooms and the bathroom floor was littered with hypodermic needles believed to have been used for injecting drugs police said more youths escaped out a rear door before they could be caught