crime stoppers breakins in region by inspector barry de- laney toronto and regional crime stoppers and the york regional police are seeking the assistance of the public in an effort to solve a rash of break and enters to res taurants and banquet halls in the town of vaughan and wood- bridge during the month of august this i year the york regional police have experienced an increase in break and enters particularly to banquet halls and restaurants where large quantities of cigarettes and liquor are kept on the premises the method of entry has been either through vents on the roof breaking doors or smashing a convenient window various brands of assorted bot tles of liquor cigarettes and food have been stolen valued at sever al thousand dollars several of the businesses victi mized are as follows sandwich world bowes road concord ontario abuzzi res taurant steeles avenue west woodbridge ontario villa pom peii banquet hall keele street concord ontario keele valley restaurant snidercroft road concord ontario this is how you can help solve crime you pay off with informa tion and crime stoppers will pay off with cash if you have any information ab out this crime or any other serious case call crime stoppers as a caller you never have to iden tify yourself and you never have to appear in court if an arrest is made as a result of the informa tion you have provided to crime stoppers you then become eligi ble for a cash reward of up to 100000 the crime stoppers toll free number is 18003878477 or local ly 222 tips inspector barry delaney co ordinator of the york regional crime stoppers program writes this column to help combat crime a citizen board of directors administers the local program one of more than 600 crime stop pers in north america reward moneyis raised through tax deductible donations and cheques may be sent to toronto and regional crime stop pers po box 86 richmond hill ontario weekender september 20 1986 p13 systems ken hughes ark systems is pleased to announce the appointment of ken hughes to their sla ken has been a markham resident lor the last 7 years and has been retailing central vacuum sys tems residential commercial secur ity systems and intercom systems you can call ken at ark systems 294- 7650 or meet him in person at 60 bul lock drive markham or at the metro east trade show sept 24th 27th john allan mclean he was a former assessor john allan mclean the funeral for john allan mclean former farmer of mar kham township and former municipal assessor of york re gion was held on sept 9 he pas sed away at providence villa on sept 6 in his 76th year after a lengthy illness his father the late james mclean of richmond hill was a renowned agriculturist and a champion ploughman mr mclean spent his early years growing up on his fathers farm which is now the site of hill- crest mall with the rest of his family he moved to richmond hill during his teenage years and remained there until coming to markham in 1940 he then purchased the former nash farm at the corner of 16th avenue and mccowan road where he farmed for the next 12 years and where he continued to live until his death in 1958 he joined the assess ment department of markham township and in 1968 completed his studies in assessment prac tice and principles from queens university at the age of 57 he re tired from the assessment depart ment of the provincial govern ment at newmarket in january 1976 mr mclean was an enthusias tic sportsman and belonged to the unionville curling club enjoyed golfing and lawn bowling and had coached minor hockey he was a past patron of the markham chapter of the eastern star and a past masters of the markham un ion masonic lodge mr mclean leaves his wife betty irene nee baird sons mr john stuart and wife mareta dr allan watson and wife marilyn his daughter marcia irene and six grandchildren finds things beautiful windows by levoor for a limited time bbb lor tm vertical blinds new w micro woven woods riviera 1 mlevolite pleated shades sale ends sat sept 27th jllst bllllds thing markville shopping centre upper level near miracle food mart