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t ot e ouffrtue sritmne vol 67 no 33 the tribune stouffv ont thursday february 14 1957 fourteen pages need high school addition here by 59 bd chairman reveals the following is the text of pays grants each year on the an informative talk given at j debenture debt and cost of oper- friday evenings commence- j ation which is now in excess of ment exercises at the stouffville 100000 per year the amount district high school by mr a j paid in grants is about 50 g thompson chairman of the i in conversation with inspector high school board 1 johnston in the fall he stated it sometime prior to the end of was his opinion that an addition the term in june last year we to the building would be requir- recelved the resignation of mr e in two years your board robbins we advertised the post- j endeavor to keep the building in tion of principal and after sev- good condition and i think obser- eral interviews we engaged mr vatioh tonight will convince you wm duxbury principal of the that mr beckett is quite effl- high school at cayuga in the i cicnt we have added a small hamilton area the board feel j building at the rear for storage they were very fortunate in se- 1 the material was purchased but curing his services we consider j most of the work was done by that given a little time mr the shop class under the super- duxbury will raise the standard vision of mr hammond we also of the school he works hard enlarged the parking lot which himself and asks the same of his staff and the students attending the school on the front of your program you have the names of the mem bers of the present staff a num ber of these have been with the stouffville school for some years others engaged during tre present term all have a heavy schedule as our attend ance has increased now number ing 229 with an increase to 260 expected in september this in crease would necessitate the en gagement of another teacher as our area includes a portion of two townships whitchurch and markham bus routes are operated the number of stu dents transported shows an in crease but not as great as the attendance from the village of stouffville the present building was con structed for an attendance of 20 the provincial government assists in keeping the cars off the road entrance the board anticipate the trend o rising costs will continue the annual increase to our staff will amount to some 3000 and the salary of another teacher pos sibly 4000 we would like to see more of our students grad uating with senior matric and entering university we might assist in the augmenting of the supply of teachers for secondary schools at present we do sup ply the public schools as a num ber of students leave on comple tion of grade 12 this opportun ity with the strong demand in employment depletes our at tendance in the graduation we have noted with interest the intention of the government to increase grants to education and also to students attending university such action may in crease the number of secondary school teachers bids for representation on metro planning board pickering township council meeting in special session on monday evening agreed un animously to seek representa tion on the metropolitan toronto planning board reeve w g lawson stated that he felt strongly about the municipal itys lack of representation on the board and believed the min- ister shouldbepetltloned with regard to amending the act the reeve said that pickering township had no axe to grind their policies to date have not affected us seriously stated reeve lawson but it is only fair that we should be represent ed the reeve said he was dis appointed with regard to an approval in ajax which had affected pickering unfavorably clerk lloyd johnston noted that pickering townships popula tion was ten per cent of the total now under- the control of the metro board hospital appeal mr wheeler brock road was in attendance at the meeting and spoke on behalf of the ajax- pickering hospital it was noted that there would be an expected loss of 15120 in 1957 mr wheeler pointed out that an addition of 13 beds without an increase in management costs would he hoped bring in added remuneration shortly reeve w g lawson pointed out that he believed pickering township had done more than its share in supporting the hos pital in the past in 1956 it was noted pickering twp gave a total of 14650 to the hospital including their 5000 debenture payment on the building a hreakdownof patients making use of the hospital in 1956 show ed pickering twp 859 ajax 790 i whitby 201 oshawa 46 and pickering village 36 cancel permits council agreed to cancel all further building permits to mr flatman a builder in the south pickering area who according to the members has insistently erected substandard dwellings mr frank prouse the building inspector informed council that one house in west rouge had been condemned but mr flat- man placed a for sale sign over the condemned placard and sold it reeve lawson point ed out that although the build ing inspector was continually checking on mr flatmans work he would erect the homes while mr prouse was absent his work is a perennial problem said the reeve our move will not only benefit the township but also be an aid to innocent i purchasers honour grads at commencement four students two boys and two girls were the recipients of their honour graduation diplo mas at the annual stouffville district high school commence ment exercises held on friday evening the graduates are left to right upper photo how ard burkholder lois nigh mar ion stouffer and barry wilkes in the lower picture miss mar ion stouffer is presented with the stouffer family valedictor ian award by mr archie stouf fer of minden miss stouffer was also awarded the 100 bur sary from the stouffville busi ness and professional womens club mrs lloyd jennings made the presentation the school auditorium was comfortably filled for the com mencement programme mr col in ray president of the stu dents council delivered the address of welcome remarks were made by the principal mr duxbury and the chairman of the board mr a g thompson the guest speaker was mr f c asbury asst supt of sec ondary education for ontario both academic and field day awards were presented to the students musical numbers were provided by the girls choir and mixed choir under the direction of mr r mercer and the school band directed by mr j waite birth lewis robert lewis is happy to announce the birth of a brother timothy john at the york county hospital on fri day feb 8th proud parents are don and joan lewis nee joan underwood youth committed for trial reveal large scale theft ring want farm land exempt for sewer tax edward mclennan 19 of musselman lake was committ- rr2 stouffville was committed i ed for trial by judge on feb 5 for trial on four charges of i for breaking entering and theft breaking entering and theft and one charge of possession of stolen goods when he appeared before magistrate o s hollin- rake at newmarket last week the preliminary hearing lasted two days ten additional charges of breaking entering and theft were withdrawn against mclen nan as well as two charges laid under the highway traffic act driving while disqualified and allowing an unlicensed person to drive bail was set at 10000 mclennan was one of seven arrested by officers of the van- dorf opp detachment between january 3 and 7 in an investiga tion of a series of breakins in cottages in the musselman lake area conducting the investiga tion were cpl robert pedlgrew and pc john closs three juveniles were convict ed in juvenile court aurora for juvenile delinquency one plead ing guilty to stealing more than 3000 from the home of mr and mrs ivan mclaughlin stouffville during november and december similar charges were withdrawn against daniel mclnnls 24 and frances la- forge 19 both of the stouffville area of 4400 and some family jewelery from the mclaughlins home his bail was set at 10000 mclennan was committed for trial by judge and jury for the same offense which occurred on dec 27 the remaining charges involved the thefts of household articles electrical appliances and miscellaneous items such as a rifle and sword from three summer cottages at musselman lake these offenses occurred in december ball was set for mclennan at 10000 with the magistrate re fusing the defense counsels re quest to lower it magistrate holllnrake ruled that he wanted the ball at that figure for both mclennan and hall as he felt they shouldnt be at large while awaiting trial the three juveniles testified in magistrates court at the preliminary hearings for both youths hall was called by the crown to give evidence against rr3 1 mclennan and was declared a hostile witness i am quite satisfied from the demeanor of this witness and his answers said magistrate holl lnrake that he is purposely be ing obtuse and attempting to a hostile witness four persons friends and relatives of mclennan were expelled from the court room after they had snickered at halls testimony hall contra dicted while under oath each statement he had made to the vandorf police following his arrest in january then ques tioned as to where he had obtain ed the necessary cash to pur chase a car for 726 and make a down payment of 400 on another hall told crown attor ney arlelgh armstrong thats my business its mine now replied mr armstrong where did you get it perhaps i printed it answ ered hall you know forgery he added one juvenile testified that dur ing november and december he had stolen sums of money this figure was set at more than 3000 from the mclaughlins and had given much of this money to mclennan he said he told mclennan where the money came from two of the juveniles told the court that mclennan had instructed them to scout mr walter brillinger and mr cedric watson appeared before stouffville municipal council on thursday evening asking that farm land which they owned within the municipality be ex empt from any tax for the new sewerage system they also stated that mr milt smith and mr a e booth were also af fected but were unable to be present mr brillinger pointed out that exemption for fire costs and street lighting had never been asked for as the amount was very small in the case of water service there were no de bentures however he stated that sewer costs on this open land would be high and for that reason exemption was being ask ed as the municipal act pro vided councillor lehman stated that he believed only partial exemp tion could be claimed mr brill inger said that they would be quite willing to pay for what ever portion of their property benefitted whether buildings within the corporation such as barns located on or adjacent to farm land could be exempt was not clear reeve daniels stated that a bylaw would be necessary to provide for such exemption councillor lehman added that he had always understood that farm land would be exempt mr watson commented that it would be several years before his land could be serviced by sewers and in the meantime there was no benefit reeve dan iels said that this was the first time any such request had been made and the matter would have to be investigated swimming pool some time was given to dis cussion on the proposed swim ming pool in the town park to better service for rural telephones the bcthesda stouffville telephone co will undertake during 1957 a program of im provement for rural partyline phone users in several rural areas adjacent to stouffville the local telephone company has been carrying on now for several years a program of in creased capital expenditure tak ing care of added exchange fa cilities in town and in replacing and improving rural lines the project approved by the directors of the company this week will involve increased lines in the northwest and southwest rural areas to reduce in some cases by fifty percent the num ber of phones on party lines the local company is also in terested in the improving of service through the sale of ex tension telephones which can be installed and rented at a very modest figure an advertising program will shortly appear in this newspaper to acquaint tele phone users with the benefits and cost of extension phones for both business and household use mr joe mertens and margery were sunday visitors with rela tives mr and mrs tom spei- ran of orillia suggestions from both the lions club and council as to the lo cation councillor laushvyay believed that representatives of all three bodies should meet together in the park reeve daniels remind ed council that now was the joseph hall 16 also from delay proceedings i declare him time to be sure of the location around the cottages and look for p vxsssffi i not wait until plans were ready such thincs as radios refricera- h mr l latcham coun- tot building he also added that is5 fitlun tl s cillor lchmm a council repre- a of the plans would tors and television sets these allve on the park board i have to be given by the dcpt of continued on page 12 stated that the board would like i health stouffville and markham oppose hospital help york county council was ask ed for assistance in reducing the maintenance deficit of 67000 of york county hospital by ken neth stiver qc past chairman of the hospital board of direc tors the request was referred to the finance committee york county hospitals finan cial position on the maintenance deficit is a desperate one mr stiver told council we must have immediate assistance mr stiver reported that the total cost of building and equip ping the extension to the hos pital was 810465 there is a deficit in the capital account of 75000 this includes inter est charges of approximately 15000 we propose making a new appeal to the public to see if we can cut down this deficit mr stiver explained we are not asking for additional assist ance through a capital grant from the county but we cannot go to the public and ask for help with the maintenance deficit it is psychologically impossible mr stiver explained that up to and including 1952 york county made an annual main tenance grant to the hospital that grant in 1952 was 10000 no grants were requested dur ing the formation stage of the continuing county and with the building of the addition to the hospital york county granted 300000 in a capital grant to be paid in five yearly install ments of 60000 the dislocation of the hos pital during the extension pro- gram made it impossible for all i the rooms to be used there j was a 70 percent increase in wages last year these factors combined with the discontinu ing of the countys maintenance grant have caused the mainte nance deficit to climb to 67000 j over four years mr stiver ex plained oppose grant opposition to the request was continued on page izi bethesda ratepayers want improvement in bad 5th con corner a group of some one dozen ratepayers from bethesda ap peared before whitchurch twp council on thursday evening asking that council make chan ges in the road levels at the corner of the 5th con and the south townline to alleviate a very bad corner jas gibson spokesman for the group stated that the small rise in the 5th just north of the townline should be cut down to better the ap proach the matter of the high bank on the northeast corner was also cited as contributing to the danger but council stated that the toronto york road commission would have to be contacted in this connection mr gibson questioned council as to what authority mr long fellow had to hardtop a short distance up the 5th reeve legge replied that council would be very glad if more ratepayers would do the same road supt davis stated that he gave mr longfellow authority to do the surfacing but that the matter had been discussed in council council agreed o contact the t y road commission and assess the situation at this cor ner used car lot r dillworth appeared before council requesting permission to operate a large used carlot and storage on the 5th con one mile north of the aurora side- road council promised to give the request consideration want hills sanded mr payment representing vi vian ratepayers association re quested that council have the hills sanded on the vivian road in the vicinity of the school mr payment stated that it was dan gerous for the children when the hills were so icy that cars could not stop fire tank truck mr earl botham representing the whitchurch federation ot agriculture appeared at council to report on the price of water j tank trucks for firefighting pur- j poses council had previously discussed the proposal with fed eration representatives two prices were presented one for s75 and one for 346 it was stated hat 2000 would likely cover the cost of a thousand- gallon tank and a good used truck there was some discus sion as well on the matter of pumps for filling the tank consultation will now be held with king council and federa tion executives standing committees the standing committees for council have been set up for this year as follows finance reeve legge deputyreeve rich ardson councillors wallwork williams and wylie roads bridges reeve legge deputy- reeve richardson councillor williams property police councillors wallwork williams and wylie bylaws permits deputyreeve richardson reeve legge and councillor wallwork health welfare councillors williams wylie and wallwork industrial councillor wylie deputyreeve richardson coun cillor wallwork indigency whitchurch faced a long list of indigent hospital requests and relief on thursday night while several requests were granted a number of others were turned down as recommended by the relief officer one oak ridges case being investigated concerns a resident couple with more than twelve children the father preparing to go into hospital and the mother expecting a thir teenth child in another case the request for hospitalization came from a ratepayer receiv ing 65 a week and another s70 a week both these latter re quests were denied town council divided over annexation issue stouffville town council meet ing in regular session on thurs day v discussed at some length the pros and cons relat ing to the proposed annexation of property in whitchurch twp immediately north of the village reeve elmer daniels stated that he believed every property own er in the area should be contact ed personally before the hearing was arranged i see no reason why we should proceed when were not in favour of the demands made by whitchurch charged dep reeve burk i wouldnt want to tie myself or the municipality to those restrictions i think we should have the land said councillor laushway i dont think whitchurch can tie us down until we know our own requirements i believe we will get industry if we have a place to put it continued coun cillor laushway we must de cide either we annex it or forget it im not opposed to annexa tion but i dont want the plan ning board to zone it as a resi dential area stated councillor wagg it should be reserved for industry i can see no advantage in annexing land only to let it lie dormant for thirty or forty years pointed out councillor lehman with present controls residential development wont cost the town anything we must draw the line cau tioned reeve daniels the reeve warned that the town of rich mond hill was swamped with residential development at the present- tlmewe should have a survey taken and apply for a hearing stated reeve daniels turning to the question of in dustry the reeve stated that council would have to struggle to obtain it he said that be tween toronto and stouffville there were acres of undeveloped land i believe that the installa tion ot sewers will help us ob tain industrial assessment said the reeve reeve daniels point ed out that land owned by ced ric watson walter brillinger and in the timbers subdivision could accommodate industrial development he stated how ever that the increased railroad facilities in whitchurch twp favoured annexation council decided that they should withhold any immediate decision and reopen the dis cussion at their next meeting on feb 21st the lucky draw for match ing mary maxim sweaters was won by mr j bickett park dr caretaker of the local high school the draw took place last sat urday at a tea and bake sale sponsored by the business and professional womens club of stouffville presiding at the tea table were mrs elmer daniels mrs milt burk mrs elgin wagg and mrs gord lewis the net proceeds amounted to 127 and were donated to the stouff ville clipper benefit fund costs hold up addition to whitchurch tp school the trustee board of whit church public school ss 13 will hold further meetings with the ratepayers of the section be fore attempting to proceed with a school addition due to the edu cational financial plight of the municipality a plight faced by almost every neighboring town and township at a meeting with whitchurch council attended by inspector mcleod the board was advised of the official financial situation in the municipalities the local township included whereby the ontario municipal improvement corporation was the only means to sell debentures at six and one- third percent interest chester butt chairman of the trustee board presented a brief showing the enrollment of the school to be 455 in 12 rooms including 58 in kindergarten cost of four new rooms required was estimated between 45000 and 60000 budget night for markham school trustees thursday markham township council will this thursday evening spon sor a budget night for the trus tees of the various school sec tions in the municipality the move is being made in conjunc- tion with the planning board and will also have the services of inspector maynard hallman the event will be held in the buttonville hall and will in clude on the program an interim report of the education commit tee of the planning board by c laurln report on requisitions and remarks by the auditor meeting will adjourn to the mu nicipal office at 9 oclock foi preparation of the budgets