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this ssuc 3500 copies ttbnne classified ads back page vol 66 no 12 the tribune stouffville thursday august 11 1955 twelve pages old building blocks street entrance ta niinmf9 council would buy or expropriate a wider entrance to cemetery stouffville municipal coun cil has received a request from the local cemetery commission that the old building at the cor- ner of the main st cemetery entrance be purchased or ex propriated in order that this narrow corner may be widened into a proper entrance the building is owned by mr bver- ton jones and has been used for various purposes from time to time including a garage and vegetable storage mr jones is presently manufacturing ce ment blocks in the rather dil apidated structure council some ten years ago riiscussed the matter of better ing this cemetery approach but no definite action was tak en at that time and the unat tractive building blocking the entrance has remained more or jess a bone of contention since that time council on thursday evening agreed to act on the commis- hions request and mr jones at was said was willing to sell the property committee of councillors glen ratclilt and win timbers were authorized 30 approach mr jones as to his 3et price bigger offices council discussed briefly the matter of increased accommo dation in the municipal office it being realized that the pres ent premises had been out grown as an office for both council and utility commission the matter has been discussed at previous meetings and var ious opinions expressed as to he best change to afford more space ami separate town and utility business one suggestion has ijeeu to enlarge the present municipal building to the street line and remove the firefight ing equipment to a new build ing while another suggestion was the erection of a building by the utility commission for its own business on the pres ent used car lot land owned by the municipality near the cnr clerk garfield brown report ed that the town auditor rec ommended that the time was fast approaching when either more help or more modern bus iness machines as well as a separation of the two busi nesses would have to be ef fected our own children forced off beach a group of ratepayers of whitchurch township who own property at musselmans lake complained to council last thursday that a strip of town ship property between the highway and the lakeshore had been taken over by council for the use of cottagers in the area tout was too dangerous for their children to use on the week ends the local residents had com bined to bring in sand to im prove the strip of beach area tout visitors persisted in park ing there partly on the high way this combined with the narrow road and heavy traffic meant that children were un able to see clearly before they ventured on the road the group suggested they be allowed to fence in the area at their own expense to prevent parking and provide only one gate where the children could be watched more carefully as they crossed the road the township road committee will check the site and report back to council with their find ings town council to check busy corners in considering a letter sent to stouffville council by mr chas atkinson- who complained of heavy traffic across obrien ave council moved to make a general check on the situation at all corners in the village ft was observed that the increas ing amount of traffic was lead ing to confusion at corners where motorists did not know who had the right of way the question will be consid ered after this survey is made clerk garfield brown was in structed to obtain prices and dimensions of stop signs for consideration at next council meeting tractor sparks burn crops and barn threshing in mt albert dist rict moved from barns and farmyards to open fields fol lowing burning of two barns during thresing operations firemen blamed sparks from tractors used in threshing william gillham of zephyr lost his entire crop along with a 150yearold log toolshed threshing machine 14 pigs two cows and 100 bales of hav loss was set at s17000 at sharon flames destroyed the barn and freshlythreshed crop of langford pegg value of building permits here over a half million preston lake to remain cottage area whitchurch township coun cil in regular session rejected a move to amend the bylaw covering housing development at the shields subdivision at preston lake when a letter was received from solicitors re questing leave to allow the erection and occupancy of two houses on a permanent basis council recalled that although the standards for the summer homes is greater than that spe cified for permanent homes in the township building bylaws the developers had included these provisions in their plans and had also specifically ar ranged to allow only summer residency council felt that this could not now toe changed for two out of the total of 72 homes planned in the area as other purchasers had bought on the basis of this being a sum mer development and the latest move if allowed might open the way for still further at tempts toy purchasers to live there the year around greatest boom in history thirtynine new homes in seven months stouffville is presently enjoying the greatest building boom in the history of the municipality the value of new buildings ami renovations for which permits have been issued in the first seven months of this year amounts to s567o00 included in this amount is 481000 for thirtynine new homes completed or now under construc tion added to the home building boom has been 86000 in new commercial renovations and additions as well as small garages heaviest month to date has been july j when permits were issued for twentytwo new homes evangelistic campaign opens in arena sunday an evangelist will be launched night in the al with a vigorous scheduled each n closing event on sunday the three sunday programs ind aug valued at s297000 a total value in homes of 92000l be he on al was issued in june and ssi 000 in may miscellaneous sl5 l tl i it building was also tops in july with a value of s30000 followed closely by april with 828500 at the present rate of expansion the total building for the year should top three quarters of a million dollars greatest expansion in the towns eightyyear history since the favorable vote on the installation of a sewerage system real estate jand sales have risen sharp ly and the majority of lots in the new subdivisions have been sold or are under option there is strong urging on the part of real estate men for the town to enlarge its boundaries to make more lots available but whether or not the planning board will favor such a move until some industrial land is occupied remains a matter of conjecture many charges laid for bad parking provincial police of vandonf detachment report that a num ber of charges were laid during the weekend when motorists parked improperly at lake wil cox and musselmans lake bea ches they dont seem to realize they endanger lifewhen they park without rhyme or rea- on said sgt art hanison describing the number of cars that were parked illegally traffic oivall highways in the district was exceptionally hea- and congestion at the bea ches was the worst so far this year police reported enter the tribune contest for next week photo ask for more road work at local lakes p s inspectors in new office last week members of the stall of the inspector of pub lic schools otlice have trans ferred to now quarters in the medical centre building rich mond hill the new office will oiler much larger facilities for the rapidly growing inspector- a further change has also fceen made recently with the redistribution o inspectorate areas with rapid expansion inspector edward dunn was called in to assist inspectors j c mcleod and maynard hall- man with continued growth the iaspectorate has been re vised the inspectors from the jtiehmond hill office will cover the following territory mr hahman markham twp mar kham village and the tsa 1 mr mcleod will now visit ichools in whitchurch and king townships and richmond hill mr dunn will bo in cha rge of the east and north gwil- limbury and georgirta town- hip schools and will operate rfrom an otlice in newmarket whitchurch township coun cil was approached at its regu lar meeting last thursday by two deputations one from mus selmans lake and one from lake wilcox who sought help ifrom council to solve their road problems at musselmans james john son spokesman for the group related how their street a fairly steep short road leading south from churchill rd had been repeatedly repaired by the residents but each fall of rain washed away the sand and rocks particularly at the lower end road superintendent e davis suggested installing a culvert and arranged to meet with representatives of the group in preparing an estimate of the costs which the resi dents were willing to pay for on their property assessment earl scot spokesman for the lake wilcox group told coun cil that about a dozen homes at the north area of the lake were now without a road to their properties which meant that they were deprived of fire and police protection as well as fuel and other deliveries to their premises the township had recently sold a tract of land which extended across what once the residents consid ered was a road and in a few days this entrance would be completely fenced across the group sought advice from council as to whether a road could be built in from the sec ond concession or across from vonge st mr davis pointed out that in both cases there were swamps to be considered but recommended an approach from the second as this was a shorter distance and the swamp not so formidable the road chief will meet one of the resi dents to survey the situation and prepare estimates before actual work on the project is started parents asked to pay for twp fire calls markham turns down fire area markham township council thursday night turned down any participation in the pro posed thornhill fire area councillors stating unanimous ly they did not wish to take part in the scheme since the township was considering the establishment of its own fire area with the advent of a substan tial water supply of its own council pointed out its proposed plan to instal township hyd rants councillors also express ed the feeling that it would prove just as economical to sup ply its own fire protection as to take part in any other agree ment coordinating fire chief for vaughan township geo bailey recently issued a proposed yearly budget for the thorn- hill department to markham and vaughan townships and thornhill trustees he esti mated the cost of such a bri gade at 2500 a year for each township not including cost of fire calls this amount is considerably higher than the township is paying at present closer look at mileage allowances mr aivj mrs r a bell and family cif ch rismond iii spent isc week with h- parents mr rd mrs j u afceii deputyreeve iegge and cou ncillor geo richardson pre sented to whitchurch council a resolution calling for the clerk to forward to mr hubbard of ballantrao the bills for fire fighting which were occas ioned by 3 fire started by his sons last saturday night the fire was intended for a wiener roast but was started in a field of grass and spread out of control to burn through tenacre field and destroy a barn on tne property of the owner mrs verna murray three brigades from stouff- ville aurora and mount al bert were called to battle the blaze council were presented bill for 10s frora the stou1- ville fire dept with bills ex pected to total 0cr 100 yet to be received from the other fire forces township bylaws call for residents to notify the nearest fire dept before a fire is started and to ensure that sufficient help is available to prevent the spread of flames in this case council learned neither had been done and in addition the fire had been started in an ex tremely dry field for this rea son the motion was presented and was passed with the unani mous approval of council councillor deles graham whose home was threatened at the i think the mileage claim for assessors is excessive and i dont care who hears it de clared deputyreeve sid legge at the last meeting of whit church twp council when ac counts for the police chief as sessor and ast assessor were up for consideration chief r mullholland submit ted his july mileage amount ing to s10s32 for 1345 miles detailing the calls made each day and the distance travelled council considered this reason able and commended the chief for the clarity of his report deputyreeve legge balked however at the combined to tals for the assessors which came to 2s miles more than that of the chief mr legge olv served that the police were ob liged to answer calls in all areas of the township often calling back several times to settle a problem in the case of assess ors he felt that their work could be planned better so that they could work in a certain small area each day and thus cut down on the distance trav elled opinion of council generally supported mr iegge but they felt they could not hold up payment as the work of the assessors had been satisfactory they cautioned that in future a statement showing only the total number of miles for the month and the total owing was not sufficient to enable council to approve payment of these items sheep losses by farmers in lxbridge township within the past month have totalled close to ssoo mr robert mcconnell farm resident on the 5th con cession north of claremont has been hardest hit with 21 sheep killed his lo is esti mated at 51700 mr alvin red- shaw a neighboring farmer has had a reported 0 sheep slaught ered and it is believed that the full account has not yet been received by township council mr redsbaws loss to date is estimatedat 10580 the farmers believe the dam age has been caused by roving dogs but as yet they have been unable to catch any of the ani mals in the act of attacking their iiocks the owners have kept watoh over their sheep at night in hope that they might be able to nab the killerdogs but so far they have been un successful mcconnells have moved their flock to new pas ture in an effort to avert fur ther loss uxtoridge twp council meet ing in regular session on mon day evening discussed the mat ter at some length but could not come up with any solution to the problem it was suggest ed by one of the members that residents keeping more than one dog should be taxed heav ier word was received earlier this week from the cec hend ricks who have arrived at north bay on their way further north for a fishing holi day road being improved west of ringw00d road foreman john forson reports that the toronto and yorks road commission is con tinuing efforts to improve the markhiwnwhitchurch townline between ringwood and the don mills road work is proceeding on the last stretch of road still tmpaved between these two points which extends from west of ringwood to the gth concession a layer of gravel and an oil prime is currently being laid which is expected to take out the rough spots remaining mr forson revealed that he expects that next summer this portion of the road will be pav ed by the county present plans for the townilne west of the don mills road over to yonge st hinge on the road widen ing project which is expected to be started next season night including the two sat unlays the time has been set for s oclock of special interest to the young the saturday night pro grams will be special youth for christ sessions sponsored by the ministerial association the christian mens fellowship and tne youth for christ the campaign will bring to this area three renowned evangelists each widely known in his own right dr jimmie johnson head of the team will be assisted mus ically by mr clyde taylor musical director and rev merrill dunlop organist and pianist jimmie johnson has been a campaign jieaturbct speaker in scores of this sunday campaigns and church oonfer- na at 730 ences and is a veteran of two presentation years of campaigning in the h until the british isles europe south j america and other foreign countries mr taylor a bariton soloist and recording artist has also won fame in the training and leading of great choral groups still in hlsthirties he started his career during the closing ministry of hilly sunday and gypsy smith sr he states simply from the day 1 was converted 1 wanted to sing and lead others in praise to our lord rev merrill dunlop of chi cago is known throughout north america as a minister of the gospel a pianist organist and composer of gospel music several hundred of his compos itions have been published a3 a campaigner for the youth for christ movement he has made a trip around the world and was on the jimmy johnson visit to the british isles in 1053 whitchurch would ban dumps from township last week mr and mrs clif ford gordon glendyne and louise enjoyed a motor trip along lake huron and lake erie interesting places visited were port elgin the childrens zoo in detroit jack miners bird sanctuary at kingsville the welland canal locks etc gordon tarr and roger stover are enjoying two weeks at pioneer boys camp near huntsville chief constable mullholland reported to whitchurch coun cil that the dumps in the town ship were almost filled to capa city blaming the situation on the fact that outsiders were flocking to the dumps he nam ed markham twp and village aurora king unionville new market richmond hill and stouffville truckers and asked council for guidance in dealing with the situation industrial waste particularly from aurora was cited as the chief cause of concern as a fire hazard and as a possible source of pollution of water in the township the reeve i mclaughlin questioned the right of council to allow a lic ensed dump operator to refuse waste material no matter how objectionable o r dangerous with the rest of council he ex pressed concern over the fire hazard to brush adjoining all dumps in operation he advised that council had the power to order the current receipt of gaitoage to be covered daily it was decided to contact the solicitor for the township and also the county health unit with a view to enacting regula tions which would ban use of township dumps to outsiders and regulate future operations a report will be sought from the health unit on the dump ing by tank trucks of the liquid pumped from septic tanks some time ago it was learned that about 33000 gallons arc dumped each week by 11 tank trucks in york county and in reply to questions by the coun- il chief mullholland said that whitchurch was on the receiv ing end of a great proportion of this waste which came main ly from metropolitan toronto council will debate the sub ject further on receipt of more definite information to limit pheasant hunt in markham markham township council last thursday night discussed the possibility of decreasing the number of nonresident pheasant licenses to be issued this fall council deciding to table a decision until a recom mendation is forthcoming from game warden everitt harper councillors also considered setting the opening date for issuing of licenses as after septemjlier 1 they reported a good flock of pheasants this year as compared to other sea sons want garbage collection council received a letter via the planning board from the police village of thornhill who placed a request for garbage collection for the village we went through this one before said reeve aw le- masurier it wont work out unless the surrounding area are willing to go into it with them this second request for gar bage collection for thornhill was deferred until more infor mation was available hew bridge replaces span destroyed by hazel mrs charles newman and son jim of rrantford are spend- ctgst of the fire was absent jing a week with mrs new- through illness mans sutcr mrs harry 5to er wb- hurricane haze hit men at one end was torn this aea on october i5lb away lowing the 500foot the iasc steei opr bridge rpin to drop into the river over the rouge river in order that train traffic of box groe wzs badly dirr- could be resumed a tempor ised wits tie los abutr in- woodesj structure was constructed at a cost of over s5o00o on sunday the wood en bridge was replaced by a modern steel span at a cost of over 300000 pictured ab ove are workers removing sections of the wcodea struc ture in preparation for the laying of teel support th work was completed in tim to allow iv regular train schedule io be rceumed ea sunday evcrtrz r