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twffwltt unkme vol 67 no 49 the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 2 1957 twelve pages resurfacing main street still in doubt whether the dept of high ways would carry their re- j surfacing program now down to church st west through the balance of the town was still 1 in doubt on wednesday dept j representatives were due in town this week but according to curran briggs they had still not been offered a contract to continue their resurfacing west in the meantime malvern construction co are hurrying to repave the lateral cuts which they made in the highway be- ginning at the mill st corner these must be dug out and re- i filled with concrete and asphalt this work commenced monday morning considerable work has to be done around some of the inter sections and many sidewalk blocks have to be renewed throughout the town board to seek department approval for6room bldg following a lengthy discuss- 1 ernment grant would be forth- 1 ion with stouffville municipal coming on these services but council at a special meeting on that there v as a limit of s20000 j claremom postmaster fred morley examines the door of the 1000 lb safe which was pried open by thieves during an earlymorning robbery last week cash stamps and money orders valued at s3800 were stolen in addition to three reg istered letters a mail bag was also removed from the post office but was later re covered near ashburn it marked the second robbery in less than two years jim thomas public school budget scrutinized by council stouffville municipal councils attempt to scrutinize the local public school budget brought a ruffle to the special joint meet ing held between the two bodies on thursday afternoon reeve daniels suggested that since the two groups were meeting to dis cuss the proposed new school it might be an opportune time to discuss the recent budget reeve daniels questioned the fact that the budget showed no surplus at the end of the year nor some of additional monies received as revenues you got 3000 in 1956 over and above the annual levy which isnt shown here declared the reeve clerk ralph corner comment ed that in his opinion the public school board was in a much bet ter financial position than a year lake youth jailed year edward ted mclennan 18 of musselmans lake was con victed and sentenced by judge samuel factor to one year in jail and six months indefinite when his trial concluded last week mclennan faced five charges of breaking into sum- a right to know where all the j mer cottages at musselmans money was j lake and the home of former their position last year ill admit weve got s4000 replied chairman middlemiss mr hendricks and mrs but ton board members supported reeve daniels that council had inspector hallman interjected at this point by reading part of the act concerning school budg ets he added that council school board and planning board should work in closest harmony for the good of the ratepayers and so that the people knew that they were get ting good value for their money chairman middlemiss explain ed that the extra 6 grant being paid this year had not been auth orized when the budget was made up and the new s3 per ago and had sufficient surplus to pupil grant has only been de- purchase the new school sile i dont agree said chairman keith middlemiss i wont ad mit to having more than half the price of the new site what do you want us to do go over this budget again were not getting s6 a meeting like you council lors he added i think the council is entitled to know where the money goes we have to get it from the peop le replied reeve daniels thats definite reiterated councillor laushwav clared since the budget was fin ished if theres something wrong well try and fix it he said we always had a cushion of about s5000 when i was chair man said mr hendricks inspector hallman reminded the meeting that this was public money they were dealing with reeve daniels said that coun cil was not questioning the fig ures on the budget but that he believed council had a right to look over the budget to see how clerk corner pointed out that i the money was spent and where the board was s6000 ahead of it all was going band competition here was colorful event the parade of champions band competition staged in the stouffville arena on saturday night under the sponsorship of the york lions band proved to be a colorful and most entertain ing event despite the late af ternoon storm more than five hundred persons attended the af fair five bands competed for the prizes parading around the floor and playing various selections while a trio of judges looked on the colorful uniforms the man- ouvrcs and snappy march music kept the crowd interested at all times and brought rounds of ap plause new american trumpets have been introduced into the canadian junior bugle ranks and the range and harmony which the bands arc ahle to at tain was a pleasure to hear leaside lions won the s100 first cash prize with danforth morning fire destroys farm home a twoalarm fire on the lionel conacher farm gth concession of whitchurch early tuesday morning levelled the insulbrick home of mr and mrs thomas carter residents on the prop erty for the past three years mr and mrs carter and their son hugh 15 were in the barn when the outbreak occurred around 615 am mr carter braved the flames to notifythe stouffville fire pept he suffer ed burns to his left arm fire chief wm malloy summoned i the aurora brigade to the scene alter thev had emptied their i tech second and the optimist j 0w tank and two nearby wells i club of toronto and western tech in that order the special trophy awarded for best general proficiency went to the optimist club band presenting the prizes were s cook of newmarket lions club ken wagg of stouff ville lions club and r stevens of york lions in addition to the competing bands the army service corps band gave a demonstration and played for the crowd as guest artists this is the first such compet ition for junior bands held in the country others may bo held later in the year and stouffville l slated for an outdoor concert liter m the summer reeve ivan mclaughlin of whitchurch twp charges against jos hall were previous ly dismissed mclennan took the stand and told of being arrested i asked one of the policeman what i was charged with and he replied that i knew he said they put me in the kitchen while they messed things up a bit he continued when ques tioned by defence counsel nor man l mathews mr mathews made a motion to have one of the courits that of breaking and entering the farmhouse owned by ivan mc laughlin dismissed the judge agreed but a further motion to have the charge of breaking and entering a cottage owned by geo w anderson was not accepted his honor amended the charge from breaking and entering the edward davis cot tage and committing an idietablc offence to intent to commit an indictable offence the two other charges the one of breaking and entering a cottage owned by gil bell and one of possessing goods and cash obtained by crime were left unchanged earlier a youth who said he was mclcnnans accomplice broke into tears after telling the court how he had looted his foster fathers cash box of s3000 the youth who has been detained in the bowmanville training school swore he gave most of the money to the accused and what did you do with this money asked prosecutor ecclestonc i gave it to ted mc lennan the boy replied stat ing he said if i gave him some money hed get me a car stores close on monday commencing on monday may 20th stores in stouffville will be closed all day monday but will remain open on tuesday wed nesday thursday and saturday to 6 pm and friday until 10 pm in addition the stores will remain open every tuesday tis well as friday until 10 pm from may 21st to sept 3rd in clusive this decision was reach ed following a ballot vote held last week the result was made known at a meeting of the busi ness mens association on tues day evening elect executive the new executive of the stouffville business mens asso ciation for the current year will be as follows president ted topping secretary lloyd weldon treas jake smith 1st vice pies glenn ratcliff di rectors norm oboyle cec hendricks and reg stouffer mr toppings efforts during the past year were praised by the other members of the associa tion who pledged their support for a second term street lights mr cec hendricks suggested that a move be made to install a more efficient lighting system along the main street business section it was felt that the pres ent fixtures could be erected at other places in town where no lights were now in existence mr reg stouffer a member of the public utilities commission stated that such a request would have to be presented to council outside canvassers in future all outside can vassers requesting donations from local business men will be directed to the secretary of the association mr lloyd weldon where a positive check will be marie into the nature of each in dividual request unionville joins thornhill in tax levy dispute with markham twp ed the joint meeting and placed j have a small portion within the i c chas uoover announced manner in which he presented before the members injures re- section j t0 township council his report markham twp would on monday evening that union- i welcome a division of this school thursday afternoon the local public school board instructed inspector hallman to seek ten tative approval for a new six- room public school for stouff ville the board will also take immediate heps to purchase a site at the west end of town inspector m hallman attend- per classroom when this figure was passed he said the cost i must be borne by the local rate- payers cost of the services would have to be borne by the school board so that all those j ratepayers in the union section j would help pay the cost both j markham and whitchurch twps vealing that the stouffville pub- in answer to questions con- lie school annual cost per pupil corning the amount of land re- is low some s80 lower than the quired inspector hallman stat- provincial average the local ed that the recommended area figure is sirs mr hallman was one acre for the school and presented a table of twelve rep- one acie per hundred pupils in resentative schools in ontario i addition which showed stouffville costs j mr middlemiss chairman of to be the lowest stouffvilles the board said that he thought grant is 10 this grant would move up to 44 when the local population passes the 2500 mark the inspector pointed out that it had been proven that it was often more economical to build a school slightly larger than that needed only for immediate needs reeve daniels interjected that council would not wish to cripple the municipalitys bor rowing power by building too large it was believed that the new school would add 40 to 45 in costs per pupil mr cec hendricks and mrs tlie board members had held off as long as possible weve tried to play ball with council while the sewers were getting started he said inspector hallman told the members that if council turned down the request the school board could demand a plebiscite within ninety days and if ihe ratepayers voted favorably the council would be obliged to issue the debentures mr hend ricks said there did not seem to be any available sites in town so the board would have to go ville police village had entered j area according to council opin similar court action to that of ion as they then would be able thornhill opposing the levying i to administer that part of the of taxes against the village to section lying within the town- pay for hurricane damage ship council met in closed session selkirk subdivision with trustees of thornhill at mr selkirk along with his 7 pm the meeting lasting about solicitor mr parkinson attended mole board members agreed j out into the townships for land that possibly by the time the i reeve daniels reminded coun- school would be completed all j oil that the debenture debt in six rooms would be filled in- j stouffville was nearing the spector hallman added that all schools must be built with pro vision for additional rooms reeve daniels pointed out the need for hydro and water lines and board members added that sewers would be wanted as veil the inspector stated that a gov- point considered economically sound for the present assess ment council when questioned by the reeve gave no firm com mitment as to what their move would be concerning the deben tures need for better water supply acute in markham everything in the house was de stroyed the loss is estimated at 12000 the home is covered by insurance destroved in the fire was a 82500 agustanfran cody 12- gauge shotgun which mr carter had obtained in belgium during heir licensing bylaw where- world war ii the rare keep- j b h0 m ioca- ake had a silverfilled slock or operation ol gravel pus and according to its owner there representation it was believed pc meet for election the federal riding of ontario was well represented at the launching of the progressive conservative election campaign last thursday in torontos mas- sey hall a large delegation of local people led by mike starr mp heard john diefenbaker start the campaign which will carry the partys hopes for election to all parts of canada in the next six weeks many progressive conserva tive supporters from claremont pickering uxbridge oshawa whitby and ajax were among the crowd of 4600 who cheered neighbours and friends have ral- 1 mr oiefenbakers platform for lied to their assistance and have i c of a pc govern- supplied them with many neces- ment a the june 10 general sary items of clothing and furni- election ture markham council presses to control operation of gravel pits in township the matter of a water supply is of vital concern to the resi dents of markham township particularly those in the builtup areas on the west side council expressed belief that some prog ress was being made as the ap proval of dr berry ont dept of health for a local supply was placed before council by the clerk a deputation of ten ladies from the highland pk district attended the council meeting and expressed concern over the sup ply- of water available in that area it was pointed out that the matter is acute as the dept of health is drawing attention to the fact that the pollution of streams adversely affects the water obtained from wells in the doncasler area solicitor j d lucas remarked that as the consent of dr ber rys office was now on file that of the municipal board and the ontario water resources com mission might be forthcoming but he was skeptical that any supply would be available in the immediate future j metro planning j in dealing with the matter of the outlying municipalities sur rounding toronto not having representation on metro plan ning board council was advised through a communication which was not made available to the press that the entire surround ing area had been divided into four areas beginning with streetsville on the west and pickering twp on the east each district will have one mem ber on the metro planning board planning director forrest an nounced that two new sub divisions were in the planning stage one at box grove and the other at gamble ave near yonge street these he said would be passed on to the plan ning board before coming be fore council an hour only statement to the press following the meeting was given by reeve clark who said that the meeting with the trustees of thornhill was very satisfactory and showed some progress another meeting will be held in the near future mr a lcmasurier reported to council on the meeting which he attended with the board of arbitration in connection with the dissolution of school section no 1 mr lcmasurier is coun cils educational representative he stated that the meeting was beneficial in bringing out more of the facts in connection with the present position of the sec tion he said that the board of arbitration was continuing to hear delegates from the twp of vaughan and richmond hill and had not rendered any decision j reeve clark commended mr lcmasurier for the competent monday nights meeting mr parkinson conferred with mr lucas and the township solicitor announced to council that mr selkirk in accordance with the decision in the recent court action was to file a new agree ment similar to the past agree ment this he informed council had been done council agreed to leave the matter in the hands of the two solicitors gas pipe line mr weeks of the federation of agriculture addressed coun cil in connection with the pipe line company he requested council to withhold any per mission for crossing of township roads until the company had showed some progress in their settlement with the farm own ers he pointed out that this was a much larger line than any previously laid the size being 24 inch and carrying gas 1500- acre annexation be sure and visit houstons drug store this thursday fri day and saturday may 2 3 and 4 for their great yearly onecent sale buy one and get an addi tional one for lc stouffville municipal council will convene this thursday night pickering village is planning to annex 1500 acres of land from pickering township their intentions were made known in a brief presented at a special meeting of council on monday evening the village intends to make application to the ontario municipal board to take in a quantity of land stretching from ajax to 40 rods west of the brock road from the base line to the north limit of the south half of concession two and to 40 rods east of the old greenwood road pickering twp council went on record as opposing the plan as contained in the brief deputyreeve sherman scott stated that the village might have good reasons for annexing some land but not through wholesale annexation as con tained in the brief what are they going to do with it queried councillor julian pickering village is compar able to a small tropical fish that is attempting to swallow fish larger than itself said coun cillor pugh reeve lawson cautioned coun cil that the matter should be given careful study with regard to the effect of annexation on ratepayers in the defined area and the loss of valuable indus trial land the reeve noted that he understood that pickering village still had approximately 100 acres of undeveloped residential land within it pre sent boundaries and 70 acres of vacant industrial land allan lewis passes mr allan lewis wellknown farmer on the 7th concession of markham at peachs passed away on wednesday morning following an illness of only three weeks duration the funeral service will be held on saturday afternoon at 2 oclock the deceased suffered a heart attack last month which was later followed by a stroke his condition this week was believed to have been improved fiovj- ever he is survived by one daughter mrs don ferguson margaret and three sons gor don murray and harry there are also two sisters mrs wm harper and mrs elmer wells boh of stouffville cars play leap frog near gormley their temporary living quarters ral- the ontario municipal board has turned down an attempt by markham twp council to am- are few comparable specimens in the world mr carter is a collector of such items a num ber of other guns were destroy ed in addition to a quantity of ammunition an overheated stove was blamed for the fire pk- carter family will mik- with the names of the persons making such claims and request ing an interview retraction dropped councillor kathleen james stated that a report in the rich mond hill liberal regarding re marks which she made in con- nection with the absence of the board to convince the members p dirccior from ihe i that such action by markham rauncit mee was in error would put certain persons now and she sted a retraction operating out of business council members made no com- a resolution was passed by anrt mr y stated that council with councillor cosburn he did not wish anything further abstaining requesting the muni- on tie matter council took no was made to the i a second house on the property cipal board to supply council action three cars and a truck were involved in weird collision on the don mills road near gor mley last week one vehicle driven by paul murphy 21 of sharon side swiped a car driv en by archibald antle 51 of newmarket the antle auto rolled over on its rcof in the ditch and the murphy car leapfrogged on top of the overturned vehicle also in volved in the collision was a truck driven by r allan ter ry of markham and another car driven by mr vaho kan- crva of toronto total damage amounted to more than s2000 no one was seriously injured constable tom quigs of the vandorf opp investigated cadieux i j