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vol 65 so 39 the tribune stouffville thursday january 26 1056 twelve pages town advertises for deputyclerk improve office accommodation councillor waiters chairman of the bylaw and administra tion committee of town coun- u io his report at the regular meeting on thursday evening itated thai it was the recom mendation of the committee that a deputyclerk be engaged end that the property commit tee prepare better quarters and investigate the possibility of renting pace to the public util ities commission the recom mendations went on to ask that the present clerk be appointed assessment supply material further plans for enlarging the building were discussed it was pointed out that the municipal lot was 120 ft long and could be extended some forty feet to the south making ample space for the fire b li in the rear and leaving the front of the building for the muchneeded ofiice space t ic matter of financing present d i problem and the matter was i left until some figures on the j cost of such a change could be obtained while every councillor ex- commissioner and i pressed the view that the ofiice the deputyclerk to act as field pace was required solely for assessor to assist him i the clerk his staff and council councillor walters said that they did not wish to see the the 1000 being asked by the public utilities commission 3953 assessor would cover a considerable portion of the new deputy-clerk- salary the bylaw committee ao recommended that an up-to- date budding hyaw be obtained from some other municipality and that a meeting be held of the building inspector and local ontractors in view to prepar ing a new bylaw for council consideration councillor laushway in his report on property stated that his committee advised parti tioning the present office and that a price of approximately 350 had been obtained by chas atkinson to do the work and ex am- all leave the premises as it is peeled that in the future pie accommodation will available in the building fo departments a resolution was passed ask ing the utility commission to vacate the present office by i march 1st and stating also that second floor space could be made available the matter of partitioning in the present ofiice will be pro ceeded with at once and coun cil further agreed to advertise for a deputyclerk applications to be in by feb 2nd the annua bylaw appointing i the assessor was repealed stormy session pheasant hunt over planning for markham board vacancy again in 19 alfred march was named by j in his report to the council the council of whitchurch twp f markham township game warden everett harper reveal- to a threeyear term on the l tmu lhe gross rec snm planning board of the municij j year pheasant hunt totall- pality to succeed the retiring ed si too lie reported that the member r c baycroft ijepu- 1 pueta of 350 licences to non- tyreeve geo richardson wai resident nimrods was sold earlyl while 375 residents of the appointed to serve another year township were issued licences council considered the ques tion of holding the hunt again this fall and voted for the council agrees to hire second police officer buy cruiser the arrival of iambs in the middle of january is not com mon according to mr mur ray rather farm resident on the xh concession of whit- wsth church north of blooming- ton their appearance how ever has always been regard ed as a sure sign that spring is just around the corner mr and mrs ranier old daughter bernice is pic tured above holding the fris ky animals tightly in her arms mr ramer has g5 sheep as the representative of coun cil the choice of mr march who is a builder was made on split vote with f williams in the chair for the reading of the bylaw supporting mr march were reeve iogge and coun cillor wallwork deputyreeve richardson cast an opposing vote while councillor graham refrained from voting the filling of a vacancy on such boards is generally a rou- tine matter but the issue be came complicated when the reeve called for new iblood on the planning body so that more work could be accomplished by them the discussion became more spirited when deputyreeve geo richardson defended the planning board the reeve voiced the opinion that very little had been accomplished by the board in its five years of office there isnt a man on the planning board who would lie there if he werent paid for his attendance at their meetings stated the reeve event council was informed that when 1000 dayold pheas ant chicks are purchased from the dept of lands and forests local planning board considers two new subdivisions 119 lots stouffville planning board edward st in front of pickering twp after considerable discussion councillor laushway pointed on police matters stouffville out that markham village is municipal council agreed by surrounded by township police f every dav ana radio in their resolution on i hursday eve- y- reeve tepllod thal nirig to engage a second police stouffville could call vandorf officer in addition- a resolution j for the opp if they were by councillors laushway and needed walters requested the clerk to there was discussion on the i advertise for tenders for a po- i matter of speed traps and tines dog roundup coining in whitchurch tp lice cruiser the police matters were in troduced into the meeting by councillor laushway who is chairman of the police commit tee councillor i a u s h w a y stated in his report that a sec ond officer was needed immed iately he said that the parking and it was revealed that mark- the subject of the increasing ham village more than offsets number of stray dogs in the the total cost of policing by towiiahin was brought before the fines collected by their ofli- whitchurch council last week the figure being over whe contable richard mul- holland asked for guidance as vers 1000 some members of council took exception to the criticism in the press of the local police violating was very bad in town j department or the lack thereof representative of the pres t reply to the rebuttal stated and that one man couldnt be gin to get around everywhere he was needed councillor walter in support stated that knowing the hours he puts in he cant hope to give the service required work ing alone reeve daniels stated that he was quite satisfied with the po licing to date being done by the new chief he said it was the intention of the 55 council to hire one man and a second man later if it was seen he was needed the reeve cited the fact that markham village was only now hiring their second officer in that the criticism was for the council and in no way reflected any inefficiency on the one po lice officer who was doing all he could under adverse condi tions while council agreed that eventually radio installation as well would be required in the stouffville police car it was be lieved that this further expense could be foregone for the time being council will meet this week to deal with police applications and decide whether further ad vertising is necessary public school board seeking building site meeting for the first session of high number of sday old i9j considered two new sub- j evening a c k wat son subdivision lying just in side the southeasterly limits of an equal chicks will later be provided at i divisions on friday- no cost by the government j revised plan of the during the year just past s00 pheasants were presented to the township by toronto con servation groups costs of restocking the phea sants have totalled as high as ss00 in previous years it was revealed school is also being sought the subdivision lies within the stouffville union public school section ahd there fore the children from homes located here would under pres- hear ottawsi two pickering district high school pupils were injured in ottawa last week beth smith daughter of mr and mrs w d the i smith rr3 pickering has a in a special meeting of the stouffville public school board i on monday afternoon it was agreed that a site for a second public school should be sought immediately and special atten tion is being given to obtaining a site on the proposed new sub six new members county council new members on county council were introduced at the j opening session at the county division lying immediately west j building last week they are of the new high school while reeve clarence davis of aur- engagement mr and mrs jas mccreight stouffville announce the en gagement of their daughter mary lsobel to lome bruce kmmerson son of mrs fmmer- on and the late arthur kmmer son ringwood the marriage to take place early in february town was presented by jurlcnt conditions have to be ad ray sinclair local real estate j mitted to the stouffville school man the watson subdivision already crowded beyond capac- contains sixtythree lots and is j ity laid out with entrances on both the local planning board al- tenth street south and main so spent some time in perusing street the board had previous- the recently completed official i ly given some consideration to plan of the village which sets this plan when it was presented forth zones for residential on two former occasions i commercial and industrial de- j xothing improves driving like having car right behind him man s police approve purchase of new auxil fire pump stouffille municipal council meeting on thursday evening approved purchase of a new portable pump for firefighting ue the purchase of the ptmip was recommended some weeks ago in a report from the local fire brigade cost of the new equipment is approximately sissoq chief wm maioy explained to council that such a pump a setback was shown on some crescent lots which the board i did not favour and suggested j that this be corrected to give j the required 50foot frontage on i the street mr sinclair stated that this adjustment would he made and the plan presented again the second new plan wast presented by robt sellers and contains fifteen acres of the lambert stouffer farm lying immediately west of the new high school the plan showed fiftysix lots 2s double lots the subdivision lies outside the town boundary and had prev iously been presented to whit church township the town ship board made no decision pending comments by stouff- i vilie members re- t this plan poses a number of i i problems lying as it does out side the town limits water ser- will be sought from stouff- coniderable discussion result- vin te question m t0 thc ed on the request depreevc ownership of tne extension of posted nil tircly clear and has bond to this effect auto wreck ins va a written request was ccived from mr pollock of stouffville auto wreckers ing for a permit to operate wrecking yard on stouffer tne st vlpe burk been three he request stated that the owner had warned years tha back as he mus vclopment some minor chan ges were made and the plans will be returned for the color copies to be made in order that a public meeting may be held to view the plan c il nolan member said that he would like to see a recom mendation go from the plann ing board to the council ask ing for much greater restric tions on new subdivisions if we have to have these subdiv isions they must pay a lot more towards expenses he said he cited paved roads and a 500 contribution for municipal ser vices which he thought should be instituted present residents should be put to no expense by- reason of these new subdivis ions the price of added school facilities and additional town staff and accommodation should come from the subdivider who is the man making the money concluded mr nolan henry ogden was reelected as chairman of the board and gar brown will act as secretary fractured leg and a badly bruised arm while maureen smith daughter of mr and mrs a smith 32 realty ave ajax suffered shock both were hospitalized the accident occurred at an intersection when a car driven by don wannop of brougham in which the girls were riding was involved in a threecar crash the two girls were members of a party of pupils from the pickering district high school who were in a sightseeing tour of the capital under the spon sorship of the school high school teachers william parish and john russ were in charge of the party the car was used to accommodate addi tional passengers when the bus originally chartered for the trip was filled to capacity this land is presently outside the corporation it is within the i boundary of the union school section the meeting was attended by t inspector hallman who stated that he believed the local school j situation had reached the cross roads and favored taking immediate steps towards obtain ing a new school site in conversation with the tribune mr hallman said that some consideration was being given to dissolving the union section final disposition of school assets and the new setup to be arrived at would if such a move was made be in the hands of a board of arbitration ora deputy reeves walter rate of fast gwillimbury ernest hixon of georgina milton burke of stouffville george richardson of whitchurch and wilfred aitchison of king deputyreeve violet mac- naughton of newmarket who sat on county council in 1051 was introduced by the warden as was the other woman coun cillor mrs alma walker deputyreeve of markham vil lage mrs walker was member of county council last year to their disposal lie stressed particularly the number of dogs in the lake areas at wil- cox and mussulmans and stated that he felt his own car was not a suitable means of convey ing dogs he might pick up clerk john crawford read to the members the provisions of the livestock protection act whereby the police are author- ized to kill all dogs found with out a tag and out of the con trol of their owners council lors felt this action was too drastic councillor wallwork expressed lhe opinion that 90 percent of the dog tags pur chased are never placed on the dogs by the owners however he added if i had a dog that wouldnt stay home 1 would thank somebody to put an end to the brute lie added that he bad seen as many en dogs running in a pack in the bal- lantrae area at the meeting there was read a letter from the italian- trae trustees signed by mr h crowhurst setting out the num ber of dogs at large around the school and requesting action by the township the council decided that au thority be given to constable mulholland to put on a drive io end the dog nuisance he was authorized to purchase the ne cessary netting mitts and ropes for the big roundup road superintendent e d davis is to have his department construct a rack to fit on the township truck and this ar- i rangement will be used to ap- prehend the strays until the j magnitude of the operations are certain the animals will be i housed in the sheds at the rear i of the municipal building con- ncil stressed that the animals i which may be picked up can be reclaimed between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm dr and mrs f three children enjoyed a two- day skiing jaunt at the tally- ho inn one of the daughters suffered a bruised knee but has now recovered i this is the final week of the clearance sale currently in full i swing at bern wilkes clothes i shop there will still be lots of i cold weather says ien and he j button and adds that he has a full line of winter clothing at greatly re duced prices messrs russell taylor and martin gall were lucky win ners at the clippermilton hoc key game on tuesday night mr gall was presented with a 15 cash prize and mr taylor received two seasons tickets for the remaining home games check your supply of ness forms then phone busi- ien haylow is spending a few- days this week at the massey- harris plant gelling a preview of the new models soon to be announced airman and mrs bernard blair are staying with her par ents mr and mrs a j camp bell mr blair is stationed with the rcaf at lac st denis quebec but has been posted for a month at the station at downsview mr and mrs fred hoover of newmarket visited with his sis ter mrs minnie atkinson on wednesday of this week classified advs are inserted tor minimum cash rate only if paid week of insertion could be of inestimable value iri clean tip the yard erect a fence nd make other improvements fighting outoftown fires where it was difficult to get the heavy truck close enough to a water supply such as a creek or lake it was pointed out that the sur rounding townships contribut ed s000 a year in standby tune towards the upkeep of the local ire equipment most of the bri gades in the neighboring muni- i ipahues had such pumps some of them two chief malloy agreed to have a demonst firms scllir severd the mark vi the old iter of the main stret town last ing pttrjs mr frel c of so0 mr i by one of the h equipment as umps were en and he had failed to comply with any of the requests the licensing bylaw for such lots requires that a ten- high board fence be erected that no material be piled higher than the fence that no fires be set outside a building and various other regulations council finally agreed to issue the license with the written statement that it will be re voked and the lot cloel the 87th convention markham tp sunday school assoc rem api opctiv buildii tvinet sold imp a n ight there was a good representa tion of sunday school workers at the annual convention of the markham township sunday school association held last week in markham presbyterian church theme of the conven tion was christian evange lism sessions were hed morning afternoon and even- 1 son was held in the united i church hall in the evening the snstalla- tion of officers was conducted by rev herbert shantz guet speakers were rev kenneth downing mr cecil roberts kitchener and rev wm berry e j at ar tver prescn rt and there ed the lane and rchased by the r street-widen- is boon sold to tan for the sunt j ssman h i u s on each count pnas council agreed to purchase prlsit twelve additional stop signs for j hiley various locations off main st stoui and ato directed the utility i lorn and e the iot en i timbers subdivisions wu discussion on various if the work those com- 5 the panel were mis mrs gardhouse sir er mr clarke and mr widcman osducted by mss je mr art boiton with h father has gone south for a extended visit he will retur to town on february tenth wonderful outdoor rink provided in the local park mr and mrs frank mcdonald of hamilton have returned from a months trip to western canada where they spent the m mrs h- g banner wiaaipe the stouffville tennis courts were flooded last week to form a large ojd irg rrk for dozens of iocai boys and girls the irea is large enough to allow the girl and vottngcr i to pleasure skate aa one yie wrie the older fellows enjoy playing up hockey on the other section ice ideal reather conditions have is i enabled tarcuikers to buid after a considerable depth of on the courts the rink of much activity school hours