bulb to bloom in 28 days twentyeight days ago this beautiful amaryllis was a lowly bulb under the counter at crest hardware in stouffville it was purchased by margery mertens duchess street and presented as a gift to her nephew jack goudie market street the crimson bloom is shown here at the height of maturity jas thomas bremner disposal site misquoted councillor claims stouffville councillor merlyn baker has taken the tribune to task for its reporting of a meeting dec 28 in which the alleged condition of the bremner disposal site was discussed at length councillor baker alleges that liquid waste is still being deposited at the site and has taken a firm stand against the town utilizing the location for deposits of dry waste instead he favors the setting up of a municipallyoperated dump where he feels regulations would be more adequately enforced with respect to debate over jhe issue between himself and ie mayor councillor baker iims mayor laushway quoted sfc bremner as saying that k holds a grudge because ut him off for dumping oil alls the conversation as was that keith hut- sy yes it was thats a lie mr 1mt has never dumped bjhc cant get enough supply farmers using j jancrs mr hutchinson ing his garbage there t was cheaper to have n take it away baker why did you not go and see keith hutchinson and get his side of the story laushway i went to see him several times but couldnt find him at home baker why did you not take members of council to see the dump a month ago when they wanted to go the mayors answer ac cording to councillor baker was evasive councillor baker has rejected a suggestion that anyone was mad or lost their tempers nobody is trying to be spiteful he concluded unless it is the mayor and the tribune mr baker also opposed the tribunes recent editorial stand on the issue the newspaper recommended the town of whilchurchstouffville make use of the bremner dump for deposits of dry garbage rather than have refuse transported to the york sanitation site in the town of aurora councillor baker has promised to reaffrrm his position when council meets again jan 11 ni snowmobile theft spree pi i 10 sanner resigns comment vesm a r k ii a m rkhams planning ctor kunio hidaka refused comment icerning his surprise ignation dec 23 lis decision to q the 5000 a year post hains something 0 a story he has headed up rkhams planning jartment for almost years ny statement on the lor should tome from maor mr- hidaka when contacted by ribune planning committee e is scheduled for 6 i tonight at 8 markham an increasing number of thefts involving snowmobiles have been reported to police in this area recently one man directly affected is kenneth allen wooten way markham according to mr allen someone stole his snowmobile and trailer from its parking space dec 29 mr allen was particularly hardhit as his machine was not insured he has been unem ployed for some time and saw no point in insuring the snowmobile since he didnt intend to use it the machine was new in july and has an estimated ten hours running time on it i thought it would be safe in my own parking lot mr allen told the tribune but i looked out the window wednesday evening and it was gone mrs allen said she was told by police that there is little chance of recovering such vehicles a large number of machines all looking alike and the ease of changing licence plates apparently presents difficulties stolen auto wrecked hydro route stouffville york regional police were called to investigate a rash of car thefts in the whitchurchstouffville area during the christmas holiday period one of these was a 1970 mazda owned by dennis for syth r r l unionville it was left parked on elm road in stouffville dec 26 and discovered missing later that evening the vehicle was recovered by ontario provincial police the next day after it had smashed through a guard rail and plunged down a 25 foot em bankment near manchester one boy said to be a passenger in the auto was injured the car was damaged beyond repair uxbridge twp the proposed route of ontario hydros crosscountry tower line will be revealed soon before a meeting of uxbridge twp council an appointment time has been requested by property manager jim shedden tiie 500 kv transmission cable planned for uxbridge is an extension of the same line from the twp of king and whit churchstouffville it is to link up with the power station at cherry wood council is considering a joint meeting to also include the twp f pickering flp vj goodwood air piracy is still something of a novelty in canada it is therefore somewhat discouraging to be a passenger on a hi jacked plane and not know about it until after the crafi has landed and theyre half way home this is what happened to leslie mitchell and daughter doreen of goodwood they heard the startling news on the car radio mr and mrs mitchell and doreen had spent the christmas weekend with the couples eldest daughter mrs ken wood green and family thunder bay mr mitchell and daughter decided to return on the sunday evening aboard an air canada dc9 the plane was hijacked to cuba but the takeover was not announced to the passengers until some if time latere m r s mitchell returned home the following thursday she too experienced some problems but of a different nature her plane was delayed three times before a suc cessful takeoff was completed stoui tvilleavhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgk thursday january 6 1972 vol 83 no 32 phone 6402101 12 pages 15 cents a building no permit request for court action against hamlet home owner overruled b y town council fingers severed stouffville a 16 year old stouffville boy lost two fingers on his right hand and had a third severely cut while operating a routing machine at ratcliff lumber ltd rr4 stouffville marty valleau son of mr and mrs jack valleau ninth line south was released from scar- boro centenary hospital tuesday but must return later for further treat ment he is a grade 10 student at stouffville dist secondary school and was working parttime at the ratcliff mill the accident occurred dec 29 fellow employees rushed marty to hospital by private car where he underwent three hours of surgery stouffville councillor tom lonergan has lost still another round in his continuing battle to have town bylaws enforced to the letter of the law correspondence was read at a meeting dec 28 in which bylaw enforcement officer marshall miller asked for guidance the case involved the property of james nauta west of cone 7 near lemonville where recent construction work has included an addition to his home and a new garage mr miller issued a stopwork order because no permit had been granted the difficulty arose because the nauta residence is located on a private road a standing bylaw says no building permit can be issued for any property not on a public thoroughfare mr nauta however said the present work was shown on an original site plan he said he was unaware the original permit had expired mayor ken laushway in formed council that the house girl badly burned stouffville a 9 year old stouffville girl is a patient in york county hospital newmarket suffering from severe burns and shock after placing an electric plug in her mouth lynn sprague victoria street a gr 4 pupil at orchard park school was alone in her bedroom when the accident occurred her mother believes she was attempting to detach two plugs hooked up to her record player using her teeth to pry them loose mrs sorague told the tribune she heard a strange noise upstairs but didnt think anything of it at the time later her daughter came down on her own she was hysterical she said lynn will be confined to hospital for at least ten days doctors said depending on how quickly she responds to treat ment her room number is 332 caws cist- markham solicitor receives qc appointment donald llindson 40 orakefield road markham was among 100 ontario lawyers to receive a queens counsel appointment jan i mr llindson a graduate of osgoode hall in 1957 became a partner in the firm of cattanach and llindson oct 1958 he is married to the former christine lobb of markham and has two children kohl 1 1 and donna x jas thomas was built about 13 years ago and the plans can no longer be found the new zoning bylaw he said makes provision for such work on existing structures generally councillors ex pressed sympathy with mr nauta and criticized the present bylaw mr nauta was advised to go to the committee of ad justment said the mayor in hopes that their powers would be wide enough to allow an ex ception this is a case of misun derstanding suggested councillor betty vannostrand she agreed with a suggestion from councillor june button that it would be wise not to prosecute on this particular offence councillor lonergan disagreed and pointed out that the new bylaw wont help since it cant be made retroactive he moved a resolution that the bylaw enforcement officer be directed to institute proceedings against mr nauta as permitted under the existing bylaw after several members had spoken against such action mr lonergan rose to the defence of his resolution continued on page 9 rejects metro waste pickering twp ward 2 councillor jean mcpherson wants no part of any agreement that could lead to the use of pickering twp lands as disposal sites for metro gar bage in the past she has voted against all resolutions and bylaws related to this issue and she held true to form at the year- end meeting dec 29 she was supported by outgoing coun cillor ron chatten ward 4 they vere opposed to a resolution that said the zoning bylaw which permitted two landfill sites for metros waste was in conformity with the townships official plan ward 1 councillor vic rudik denied that the question had any direct bearing with the metro agreement signed in 1968 at that time however there was no suggestion that garbage from metro would be shipped out to pickering by train this is now thought to be under con sideration end of era pickering twp the swearingin ceremony for members of pickering twp council jan 10 could mark the beginning of the end for the municipality as presently constituted it is anticipated that govern ment on a regional basis will be inaugurated prior to the end of the 197273 term new members to assume office include jack anderson ward 1 ken matheson ward 4 and donald quick ward 5 the time of the meeting is 730 pm