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the best left til last acceptance of acclaim from a public platform is nothing really new for frank mcgee recently elected progressive conservative candidate ontario riding but the best came last the in troduction of his lovely 17 year old daughter sheilagh to the uxbridge nomination audience and she responded endorsing the delegates choice jas thomas airport dont split community by debate atha bill newman mpp ontario south has urged farm residents with lands located in the proposed airport site not to let personal opinions on the project tear the community apart speaking at a meeting of the pickering twp federation of agriculture at atha march 14 mr newman pointed to the hamlet of brougham as an example of what should not occur this issue has torn brougham apart he told the audience of about 35 i hope it wont happen here the local member was in troduced by claremont farmer ellis britton mr newman expressed the hope that historic buildings could be saved and predicted the freeze on much of the land would be lifted within two months with direct reference to the airport project mr newman admitted it would be a very difficult thing to stop he pledged his support in helping to solve individual problems and urged people to contact him one punch three months bethesda one punch that broke a physicians nose cost a bethesday area man three months in jail following con viction in newmarket provincial court thomas bing yip r r 4 stouffville pleaded guilty to entering the office of dr neville robinson newmarket and striking the victim in the face he was subsequently charged with assault causing bodily harm the accused said the doctor had treated his girl friend but in his opinion had not done a proper job he said he was provoked by what he felt was a serious error on the doctors part he admitted striking the physician but only once judge clare morrison in passing sentence criticized the man for taking the law into his own hands we have enough trouble with violence without you adding to it he said airport project i no decision stouffville judgment has been reserved by the supreme court of canada with respect to a tax appeal in volving parkview home in stouffville at a meeting march 14 whitchurch stouffville council learned that in the opinion of the ontario supreme court parkview is considered a church property and therefore not taxable there was no indication when a ruling from the higher authority might be expected either personally or by mail on the subject of assessments a thorn in the side of pickering farmers for several years mr newman advised against with drawal of appeals he said taxes would still be paid by the resident even after title has passed to the crown grant wallace an official of the ontario federation of agriculture urged the farmers to organize regardless of whether they oppose the project or only wish to receive a fair price for their land ray cunningham also of the ofa explained in detail expropriation procedures and outlined what compensation might be expected chairman ellis britton ad mitted that the township federation of agriculture had riot been active in recent years unholy alliance councillor uxbridge the new in ternational airport proposed for pickering twp is a hot potato issue in the federal riding of ontario so hot in fact that only one candidate at the conservative nomination thureday even mentioned it and he councillor clark of uxbridge twp kj ed to allow his name tc as the ridings choice in uirhead lashed out at is of government the in ottawa and the ives at queens park y approving the port ickering but for its construction ell it the way it is irhead the op- rties have been t he said it was present con- natives this collaboration between the liberals and the con servatives represents an unholy alliance he continued the speaker noted that both norm cafik and bill newman noted lawyer claremont the people or planes com mittee has acquired the services of noted solicitor jj robinette qc to represent them in their opposition to the proposed second international airport in pickering twp membership in the organization comes from 18 communities within the area of scarboro oshawa markham uxbridge stouffville and richmond hill local members had received only one hours advance notice of the pending announcement why should i offer my name as a candidate only to become a helpless pawn of that machine he asked mr muirhead expressed some hope that where the riding representatives had failed perhaps the people power could succeed he termed the proposed airport a multi- million dollar boondoggle that could turn into a multimillion dollar white elephant the uxbridge councillor said that detailed studies should have been made available in ad vance to better weigh the pros and cons of a venture of such magnitude in our just society we heard nothing he said mr muirhead said the estimated s2 billion cost would mean 100 from every man woman and child in canada pc candidates daughter wows delegates uxbridge if progressive conservative candidate frank mcgee is anticipating a per sonal victory in ontario riding at the next federal election hed be wise to have his 17 year old daughter sheilagh accompany him throughout the current campaign the dark haired beauty wowed an audience of 1000 as she joined her parents and brother owen following her fathers nomination in uxbridge secondary school march 16 whistles echoed throughout the auditorium as she walked up the centre aisle frank mcgee 46 of scarboro and a former conservative cabinet minister won the nomination handily polling 405 votes on the first ballot to 156 for george ashe of pickering twp rudi maeder was third with 50 votes with bill jones of ajax trailing with 31 the present riding representative at ottawa is norm cafik liberal the nominee for the new democrats is alban ward principal of claremont public school mr mcgee in his platform address attacked the liberal record with special emphasis on what he described as the arrogant attitude of prime minister trudeau the speaker declined to downgrade his liberal op ponent however he has not vet deserted his party he said with reference to mr cafik but his party has deserted him he described the mp as a helpless and obviously unhappy victim of a leader whose contempt for the house of commons and the members of parliament is a sad chapter of our political history mr mcgee appealed for the same dedicated support that had been accorded his ontario cohorts matt dymond and bill newman in 1971 the last election was won in ontario riding on the trudeau coat- tails he said but today those cattails are tattered and soiled the time has come he concluded to cut this arrogant liberal government down to size the pc candidate said later that unemployment and the proposed international airport would be key campaign issues with reference to his residence outside the riding mr mcgee said he could not immediately consider moving in while members of his family were still in school he noted however that campaign offices would be established in the area he said that a group of prominent conservatives from within the riding had asked that he let his name stand i wanted to be asked he said frank mcgee is a great nephew of thomas darcy mcgee one of the fathers of confederation s r is stouitvillkwhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgk thursday march 23 1972 vol 88 no 43 phone 6402101 12 packs 15 cents town council urges change in airport runway plan tax time stouffville spring has sprung and with it comes flowers birds and tax bills the first instalment of municipal taxes is due april 28 and the second june 30 the following rate has been established former twp of whitchurch 9 mills former twp of markham 8 mills and the former village of stouffville 12 mills while final totals are not available until the budget for york region is finalized the payment total to date on a house assessed at 5000 is 45 j 40 in mareharh aht60 in stouffville each due april 28 all business tax must be paid on the same date caledonia here tonight stouffville stouffvilles omha midget team has advanced to the ontario finals they will host caledonia in the stouffville arena thur sday tonight game time is 830 pm the series is a best 4 out of 7 stouffville travels to caledonia saturday with game three here next tuesday the bantam club is also in the provincial finals against petrolia urge public meeting power boats less power muss lake if town council proceeds with second and third readings to a bylaw april 11 boats operating on musselmans lake this summer will be restricted to 10 hor sepower or less the issue the subject of in termittent discussion for almost a year was reintroduced march 14 councillor merlyn baker recommended a holdup in final approval until those opposed to the restriction had an op portunity to voice their opinions stouffville mayor ken laushway feels theres little likelihood of the two levels of government agreeing on an alternate airport site but hes hopeful the runway layout can be changed as far away from stouffville as possible mayor laushway recently returned from a mid winter holiday in florida told mem bers of council he first heard of the airport project when he picked up a newspaper in sarasota i he said he didnt feel the east west runway would pose any problem but the noise could be bothersome if the north west strip was too close to town councillor gordon ratcliff urged the setting up of a public meeting where all aspects of the plan might be aired mr laushway agreed saying two officials had promised to attend a lions gathering in the masonic hall march 27 and arrangements were underway to obtain the high school auditorium for a night we should attempt to gain factual information rather than waste time opposing the project he said bowlings for everyone whether young or not so young bowling is fun iast week 21 residents of union villa at unionville visited stouffville for an hour of recreation one of the participants was mrs mabel frankling 88 neither age nor a wheel chair could restrict her enjoyment of the sport councillor tom lonergan was less tactful than the mayor when commenting on recent actions by queens park he charged that the local municipality had been com pletely ignored why werent we told we should forget our new zoning bylaw he complained i think the minister should come to us and apologize he warned that municipal govern ments would soon vanish with their work taken over by the province v he described as- intolerable the levels of noise pollution in stouffville once the airport becomes operational mayor laushway was more optimistic the government had to make a decision for the good of the whole country he said it may not be as bad as some people think a meeting between members of town council and officials of the dept of municipal affairs will be held soon to acquaint representatives with new planning policies lady missing two weeks markham york regional police are seeking the whereabouts of a 68 year old markham area lady missing from her home cone 10 and hwy 7 for over two weeks mrs aubrey brooks was last seen by her husband march 4 detectives are presently trying to locate her brother wm alexander in toronto mrs brooks is described as 4 1 in height 115 pounds with short gray wavy hair she has hazel eyes and sometimes wears glasses she is thought to be wearing a black or dark blue coat anyone with information on this person is asked to call 887- 5877 liquor in school locker stouffville four grade 8 girls were questioned and a 17 year old youth charged following discovery of a quantity of wine in a locker friday at stouffville dist secondary school york regional police called to the school on a complaint learned that the students aged 13 and 14 had pooled their money to purchase the liquor charged with supplying alcohol to minors is randolph william lush ninth line stouffville