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t vfk vol 67 no 45 the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 4 1937 twelve page3 local reeve named to planning committee for county of york high school open night again popular event the open house at the stouffville high school on tues day evening again proved to be a most popular event as hun dreds took advantage of the op- reeves members of council off his land mr laurin mention- 1 portunity to visit the school chairmen and vice chairmen of ed the decided inequality of enjoy the entertainment provid- planning boards of most of the school tax as between the small by the students and see some municipalities in york county home owner and large land gathered in aurora on tuesday owner evening in a special meeting to three hundred and fifty acres determine the advisability of of farm land three and a half setting up a county planning i good farms were required for board mayor murray of au- 1 ten miles of super highway rora welcomed the visitors and mr doug richardson chairman of the aurora planning board artod as chairman r c lauin of markham twp guest speaker told the group that the purpose of the meeting was to get the collect ive thinking of the combined officials of the county mr lau rin is a former chairman of the markham twp planning board and presently chairman of the educational committee he cited the phepomenal growth in and around toronto and the need for dispersal you cant tell people where they must go but you can tell them where they cant go he said the speaker spoke of the ne cessity of retaining good farm land close to the urban centres particularly in case of war and the possible breakdown of com munications eightythree per cent of markham twp has been zoned as rural area he added to do this however a tax struc ture has to be devised which will make it possible for the farmer to carry on without being taxed the speaker said this was some thing to think about in advocat ing highways here and there education and services were other planning factors needing careful study according to the speaker a short question period fol lowed the address there ap peared to be dissatisfaction over the combining of the northern municipalities in the county and those fringe municipalities such as stouffville and markham where though they are not in the metropolitan area they are subject to metro planning board guidance it was concluded that the first move would be for a committee to meet with the minister of planning develop ment and metro planning board for talks on the organization and advisability of a county planning board as well as what should be the position of the fringe municipalities a fiveman committee was appointed as follows doug richardson aurora l p ev ans whitchurch elmer daniels stouffville c laurin markham and r kirk vaughan twp tenders received for raising pheasants markham twp has two tenders for the raising and supplying the township with 500 pheasants a brock twp firm agreed to supply 500 birds six teen weeks old for 1000 with a guarantee that any loss exper ienced during the period of rais ing would be made up by the companya second offer from a maple concern asked only 500 to raise birds to ten weeks of ge but the township would only receive the number alive at the termination of the period the tenders have been referred pre- received to everett harper game serve officer for study conservation council took no further action concerning the purchase of the bruce mill 6th con as a histor ical site however they did be lieve that a meeting with their representative on the metro conservation authority would be in order to ascertain exactly how the authority would partici pate in such a project metro- conservation authority advised council by letter of the opening of an office at wood- bridge of the work on display the auditorium was filled for j the hourlong entertainment which preceded the visit to the classrooms principal duxbury spoke briefly to the gathering i and the school band under mr i g waite played a number of selections members of the night sewing class provided a fashion show j at which they modeled their i creations mrs peacock the tea cher acted as commentator the schools two prizewinning ora tors gave the addresses which won them the lions club first and second prizes at the recent lions oratorical contest the students are ron thompson and judy johnson mr marshall guided a group of the boys through an exciting gymnastic display the art work of the night art class was on display in the audi torium and created considerable interest following the entertainment the visitors visited the various classrooms viewing the work the woodwork the household economics display of sewing and baking and the science room experiments lunch was served by mem bers of the students council public school budget up 7780 expect grants new assessment likely help to lower mill rate wellknown farmer raises rare sheep for ladies valuable coats 115000 addition planned for markham hiqh school markham district high school board requested approval from markham twp council on mon day night for the engaging of an architect to prepare plans for a 5115000 addition to the high school there markham twp council asked their solicitor if it would not be possible for the township to finance only that portion for which they were liable and thus not be a party to the entire debt solicitor lucas explained that such a procedure would be con siderably involved but believed that it could be arranged if all municipalities concerned were in agreement and a method could also be agreed upon whereby a proper equalized assessment could be worked out from year to year township council agreed to the high school boards request to fin ance the cost of plans but they wished to give further study to the method of finance a communication was reeeiv that they are agreeable to the expenditure for tin addition to the richmond hill high school as previously requested mark ham twp under reeve alf le- masurier refused to support the addition last year and council took no action again on monday night steeles ave bridge county council it was stated is expected to agree to assume steeles ave for a distance of one thousand ft which will take in that portion containing the longdisputed new bridge mark ham will bear some share of the cost of the bridge and the approach a bylaw for borrowing the 129000 necessary to pay for watermains on clark ave near yionge st was given first and second reading council discuss ed the possibility of selling the debentures but no firm bid was submitted deputyreeve deacon suggested that a firm interested would make a survey and if cd from aughan twp stating found possible to sell them in police car tenders vary twenty cents five tenders were received monday night by markham twp council in connection with the replacement of two police cruisers and two of the bids were only 20c apart prices from top to bottom ranged two to three hundred dollars ten ders differed in that some com panies submitted bids on 6- cylinder cars and others on i eight the figures were referred to the chief of police for study the police report for the month showed 12438 miles tra velled at accost of 36820 acci dents investigated total 21 and court summonses issued num bered 288 there were 28 dog complaints received councillor kathleen james suggested that the proposed agenda for council meetings be in the hands of each member by the friday prior to the meeting thus giving an opportunity for study and preparation clerk chas hoover was instructed to see that this was done a revised agreement was adopted covering the erection of a large dominion store at the corner of john st and yonge at thornhill the expense as pre pared for council by the road foreman covered cost of culverts 3000 of which the government would pay 2400 cost of paving the entrance 3000 on which the township would pay 50 but dominion stores have agreed to bear 1200 the net bill to markham twp will be 900 and it was estimated that the assess ment on the property would be in excess of 50000 council passed a bylaw permitting the change in zoning the land now to be shown as commercial land providing the municipal bd agrees although the stouffville public school budget for 1957 jumped this year by nearly 8000 it is expected that additional grants and added assessment in town will bring the required mill rate for the school down from 56 the public school budget for this year will be the largest ever presented to council a total of s7078144 two years ago the figure was 47000 one more additional teacher will be required to begin the fall term bringing the staff up to fifteen including the principal this extra teacher coupled with regular salary increases form the greater part of the increased budget the board in going over the figures found few places where the budget could be shaved to any appreciable degree the attendance at the school has doubled in five years which in itself necessitated a considerable increase in the financial outlay members agreed that by utilizing another basement room and the last one available they could hold off proceeding with a second school for one more year the fortyyearold school building requires consid erable repair maintenance and will continue to do so against this seventy thousand dollar budget the school board will receive grants totalling 2091288 main items of the budget are as follows teacher salaries teaching supplies administration operating plant capital outlay miscellaneous items of the budget 1957 s 4842000 253144 110000 640500 556500 books etc make 1956 4064000 265000 120000 630000 718600 up the balance buttonvilie woman dies when car hits tree the district a firm bid would be submitted if this method failed the township would have the option of making application to the municipal improvement cor poration for taking up the issue mrs thelma smith a resident south of buttonvilie and a mother of four children died a few minutes after a car driv en by her husband orville went out of control on no 7 high way at bayview and crashed into a tree the accident oc curred on saturday evening the smith car was eastbound as the behicle descended a sharp grade it suddenly veered across the road hit a culvert side- swiped a tree and turned over on its side both mr and mrs smith were thrown out of the auto into a deep ditch mrs smith died en route to hospital in an ambulance her husband is recovering constable murray mcleod from the ontario provincial po lice detachment at bond lake investigated sgt geo clayton and constables don dukes and john mcghee of markham town ship police were also at the acci dent scene the smith auto was completely demolished parts of the wrecked car were strewn close to 100 feet along the road side police had difficulty in locat- chip from tree endangers eye the sight of ayoung mans eye was endangered last week when a chip from the bark of a tree struck him in the face irwin davis rr 3 stouffville was working in a bush near island lake when a chip from a tree struck his eye suffering severe pain the injured man was rushed to stouffville where he was given first aid treatment by dr h b freel he was then admitted to the toronto east general hospital due to severe hemorrhaging both eyes were immediately bandaged open house at public school stouffville tublic school will conduct its second open houso night on wednesday april 17 these events are proving very popular for both teachers and parents and this is the second night to be held in theiocal school this term easter reports will have been distributed and the teachers will be present to answer any questions parents may have concerning their childrens work parents are urged to keep this night in mind anil to avail themselves of this op portunity to know the school and the staff refreshments will be served new coach lines begin operation on april 8th newmarket coach lines have received the final okay from the ontario highway transport board giving them permission to operate a bus line from sutton to toronto via ballantiae ringwood and gormley the newmarket operators maue representation some months ago for a license to operate on this route and a hearing was held last month before the transport board strongest opposition to the request came from rich mond hill and the ttc sup porting the application were the townships of whitchurch east and north gwillimbury al york county council mt albert and the richmond hill rate payers assoc karakul sheep from which the skins for persian lamb coats are obtained are being raised by mr jack forster at his farm near saintfield just a little north of greenbank mr forster is formerly from markham twp and comes from a wellknown family of that municipality mr forster got into the kara kul sheep business a year ago and has the only registered flock in ontario there are three in quebec the animals are quite j valuable and most of the pelts the new line will commence which 8 int0 coats in canada operation on monday april 8th and will run one round trip daily to toronto with additional trips being added as required the northern terminus will be sutton and the line will proceed south on highway 48 down the 8th con of whitchurch to ring- wqpd then westerly through gormley to bayview and south to the city are imported from south africa and russia mr forster was asked 100 each for the animals to open his flock and obtained his original ewes from mont real karakuls produce lambs twice a year and mr forster raised fourteen lambs last year and will produce a greater number this year their diet is substan tially the same as other breeds of sheep with possibly a little less quantity they live longer than most varieties their life span running to fifteen years and more there are both black and gray breeds mr forster having the blacks up until recently the pelts for persian lambs were ob tained from the unborn lambs but in more recent years it lias been found that pelts from lambs two to three days old were equally as good the pelts when graded bring 35 to 40 on the market it requires a dozen to make a coat once the sheep reach normal growth their wool is similar in value to ord inary sheeps wool and has lost that matted kink which makes persian lamb coats so valuable stouffville ps board will in terview new teachers this sat urday and complete a new salary schedule ing a doctor to render first aid to the injured although six phy sicians were summoned they were either away or too busy dr john fleming of markham seven miles away answered the call besides her husband the de ceased is survived by four chil dren donald 13 barry 11 bobby 8 and eric 5 her mother mrs joseph hales and a brother ronald reside in toronto lynda forster cuddles two day- old karakul babies markham township loses appeal on 125 acre subdivision agreement an unanimous decision was handed down by the supreme court of canada in favor of langstaff land development ltd and george selkirk when an appeal by markham town ship was dismissed mr selkirk president of the firm announced this week costs were assessed against the township this was markham twps sec- 1 ment had changed since the ond attempt to have a ruling j agreement had been signed he of the ontario municipal board added upset an appeal to the supreme i mr selkirk explained that ap- court of ontario was lost last i proval had been granted for resi- iginal agreement because it i high a fee to pay for recogni- wanted to provide for water in tion of a previously approved that area explained township plan and a signed agreement solicitor douglas lucas the it had a slight flavor of oxtor- 1935 council decided not to per- tion he said mit any development there tin- we tried repeatedly to have less the subdivider paid 100 a our approval and agreement rec- lot to cover the cost of munici- ognized when we were unsuc- pal services the thinking of i cessful we applied for a near- council on subdivision develop- ing before the omb in august year when a 1934 agreement be- on 125 acres fronting on bay twecn langstaff land develop- w ave between thornhill ment ltd and markham town- an langstaff sixty houses ship was revoked by the town- j were in various stages of con- ship the firm appealed to the struction when the 1953 town- minister of planning and devel- ship council repudiated the ag- opment the minister referred reemcnt made by the previous it to the ontario municipal i council and requested a pay- 1955 the only support we re ceived was from exreeve al fred lemasurier mr lemasu- rier took the stand that an agreement had been made and eniaj development of 206 lots was binding on both parties he registered his protest to coun cils action in a recorded vote said mr selkirk the approval of the depart ment of planning and develop ment was withdrawn from this subdivision for a number of reasons explained reeve uil- out water and sewers and since the original agreement called for septic tanks and wells it was revoked a recommendation was made that a new agreement be made between the township and langstaff land develop ment ltd added mr clark there was no sanitary prob lem in or around our property said mr selkirk a sanitary problem did exist elsewhere in the township where four lots were less than 1300 square feet such was not the condition in our subdivision where the size of the lots complied with the health inspectors requirements besides this water and sewers j were not available from the i township and they still arent this water and sewer busi- i ness was just an excuse char- 1 i ed mr selkirk to hold us up i board and the omb ruled the ment of a capital cost levy of liam clark the townships until we agreed to contribute agreement valid the township 10000 a lot by the subdivider plans for development of that 100 a lot for nothing appealed this decision claiming langstaff land development area had changed from the time j because of these legal ac- that the omb had no jurisdic- i-1- refused to comply with the original agreement wastions our devolpment in that tion to hear mr selkirks appi- this request considering it un- signed it had been decided that nation j warranted added mr selkirk no further mass development the township revoked its orjwc felt that 00 a lot was too be permitted in this area witn- area has been at a standstill for almost three years charged mr icontirued on page 3 jack forster with one of his ewes and lambs note absence of curl in older sheeps wool