The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

field day trophy winners pat toole 10 smiles hap pily as she holds the beautiful womens institute trophy em blematic of the junior girls field day championship the winners name will be inscribed on the gold plaque the an nual stouffville public school track and field competitions were held on friday larry spang left and ro ger forsyth must share the intermediate boys field day honours when the final re sults were handed in both ath letes had exactly the same number of points their names iarv trophy will be inscribed on the cana dian legion womens auxil- toiiffiriue tribune vol 68 no 4 the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 20 1957 twelye pages turn down markham plea to dissolve high school area a plea by markham township to have the richmond hill un- ion school section dissolved to help reduce township education costs has been refused by an arbitration board set up by york county council representatives of vaughan township and richmond hill tegistered their in having to bear equal shares of the boards costs s10s6 when the board was requested by a third municipality markham township markham approved the plan when county council met at newmarket for its june session the school section administers schools in richmond hill and parts of vaughan and markham townships markham township claimed it was subsidizing the education of children from sev eral low assessment areas in vaughan township the arbitration board was ap pointed by york county council in february a delegation of j ratepayers from markham twp appeared last year before coun ty council to request its appoint ment and the request was grant ed despite opposition from vaug han and richmond hill county councillors the arbitration boards ruling reduces the size of the school sections area payment by the school section of 16872 to markham and vaughan for school costs in the area no longer under the sections juris diction was ordered by the board each of the three municipali ties forming the school section shares equally in the cost of the arbitration proceedings we appreciate the coopera tion of the county in setting up this board said reeve william clark of markham township dissatisfaction had been reg istered in the findings of an earlier board provision is made under the law for the county to set up another board one that is entirely independent of the mu nicipalities concerned whose de cision is final this action was requested by markham he ex plained the boundaries have been changed slightly the amount of money to be paid markham township by the school union has been increased and the num ber of pupils coming into mark ham school area no 1 has been reduced the increase in money plus provincial grants will pro vide two rooms to look after new pupils coming into that area mr clark said 66 we want to go on record as appreciating the fact that york county complied with the stat utes and set up this arbitration board he added it was unfortunate that the board was appointed comment ed deputy reeve floyd perkins of richmond hill we are worse off than before markham asked for the dissolution of the school section richmond hill has lost industrial assessment we didnt complain about the findings of the earlier board but now we are asked to bear one- third of the cost for this board this originated from markhams dissatisfaction he argued i agree with my deputy added warden w j taylor reeve of richmond hill our municipality is not as well off as before this second arbitration board was established it doesnt seem fair that one municipality asked for the board but all three must share its costs we lost so why should we have to pay a share he asked i agree with the warden said deputy reeve robert kirk of vaughan township county council approved the equal sharing of the costs by the three municipalities cedar pines developer objects to requirements for local subdivisions mr femson of cedar pines i if this amount per lot was in- dissatisfaction i development co appeared be- eluded he estimated the cost fore stouffville municipal coun- of the lots including the original cil at a special meeting on wed- cost of the land would be s2600 nesday afternoon and objected making it necessary for the to two clauses in the towns sub company to put the lots on the division agreement the one re- market at s3000 how can we quires the sub divider to put an sell these lots at this price when asphalt top on all roads to a lots are being oftered in stouff- depth of four inches and the ville for 1700 asked mr fern- other requires him to pay to the son he said that he didnt see municipality the sum of 100 how the company could proceed per lot councillor laushway raised the only dissenting voice in re gard to the depth of hardtop he stated that in his opinion three inche was ample as nost municipalities that he knew of only asked for two inches however reeve daniels stated that in many places in stouff ville roads required good drain age and ample depth of asphalt to prevent spring breakup mr femson told council that he could purchase lots in the town of acton for 900 which had all services provided the land prices in acton rrlust be a lot cheaper than stouff ville commented councillor wagg over 70000 cos mr femson stated that in the proposed subdivision there would be 58 building lots and the expenditure to meet the requirements of the subdivision agreement exclusive of the 400 per lot would be 70000 unless granted some concession from council in reference to mr femsons objection to the 100 per lot the reeve stated that the new subdivisions were causing the building of new schools a neces sity in which the older residents had to share as to cost he added that in the past they had also paid for water mains hydro and other services from which the new residents enjoyed the benefit and should therefore be prepared to pay the 400 a resolution by deputyreeve burk and councillor laushway was unanimously passed to the effect that the contents of the towns subdivision agreement remain unchanged and the sub- divider adhere to same in retiring mr femson stated henry brownsberger passes in his 92nd year one of this districts elder citi- vague his wife the former zens mr henry brownsberger hettie brown a son mervin and of ringwood passed away at a daughter ida are deceased the home of his daughter on tuesdav june isth the funeral friends church 148 years old anniversary services for tit friends church quaker hill best known residents in this will be held on sunday june 23 community in spite of his age i at 230 pm guest speaker will be the rev m j cathcart ba service will be held from his late residence on thursday af ternoon at 2 oclock with inter ment in wideman cemetery the deceased was one of the he was very active he was in his 92nd year he is survived by a son edgar and a daughter alma mrs ross payer residing within onehalf mile of the proposed pit tassing buck the problem which came be fore council last month was referred to the planning board reeve lawson said that as a matter of principle they had approved it but felt if changes that he hoped council would at i were needed in the zoning by a later date offer some consider ation failing which he said the opening of the subdivision would have to await an increase in land values water supply is still prime topic in markham law council should take action the planning board is pass ing the buck charged council lor julian theyre afraid to touch it reeve lawson suggested that council as a body should meet of whitby assisted by local min isters friends church was the first to be erected in the county of ontario having been built in 1809 by our early settlers who first settled in the quaker hill area the church is only used once a year for these special anni versary services and this year is 148 years old during the next week here is a list of the sports activities which may be seen in the me morial park friday aurora at stouffville bantam monday pickering at stouff ville softball tuesday agincourt at stouff ville junior evening and visit the area under j wednesday oshawa at stouff- discussion i ville girls softball a water supply has been a prime topic for discussion at markham township council for many months and continued again on monday night a delegation from the don- caster area headed by cecil rus sell appeared before council to enquire as to what progress was being made to obtain an ade quate supply council has been faced with a problem in this connection as according to new legislation passed at the last session of the ontario legislature the entire charge for such water supplies falls entirely against the munici pality council had sought to arrange the cost under local improvement deputyreeve deacon stated that he had arranged a meeting with dr berry provincial mdii to discuss some way of surmounting this difficulty markham council considered only to towns and villages solicitor lucas told council that the consent for the project had been received from the municipal board on june 17th il consent is obtained to the local improvement from dr berry tenders will be advertised to complete the work of supply ing the doncaster area with water from north york councillor kathleen james expressed some skeptism of this supply and said that the taps in her house were dry this week reeve clark stated that he understood the supply would be ample by this fall due to the hospital report on a child from the doncaster area the health unit moved in and checked the water from 153 wells they found an over supply of nitrate in most and some properties did not have any arrangement for water and were dependent on their neigh- that the new legislation applied bors wells t ratepayers protest against grave pit near brougham clara mullen proudly dis plays the business and pro fessional club trophy emble matic of senior girls field day championship the local stu dent captured three firsts and two seconds to win the award her name will be inscribed on the shield broadcast group coming six injured in bl00mingt0n accident six persons were admitted to the stouffville brierbush hos pital on saturday night follow ing the collision of two cars on the 9th concession of whit church at bloomington injured was mr cliff harper his wife doreon and two children of stouffville carl hryslak and gail madott of toronto the two vehicles which met council to view site a fifteen member delegation of ratepayers residents south of no 7 highway between broug ham and greenwood appeared before pickering twp council on monday evening to protest the opening of a gravel pit on the 200 acre property of the late wm pengelly estate grcenbclt area one member of the deputation speaking for the entire group said that they had heard rumors with regard to the opening of a gravel pit in their area he said that the ratepayers affected wished to protest such an appli cation reeve wm lawson ex plained that the highland creek sand and gravel company had applied for a license to open pit on the estate but at the present time the area was restricted as green- belt unless changed by bylaw reeve lawson pointed out that the company wished to remove the gravel in ten acre sections at a time he said that they said mrs e phelan the valley will never be the same if the trees and earth are removed mrs edna green informed council that she had only recent ly sold a piece of property and in good faith in the greenbelt area she was planning to build a new home on the greenwood road i have no desire to have this road desecrated by gravel trucks she said farfetched mr scott a representative of the gravel company stated that a number of points suggested by i members of the delegation were j farfetched they all had their minds made up before they i arrived he said he said he i hoped their fears might be light- ened reeve lawson suggested late wm pengelly j that the next move would be up j to the gravel company weve received the feeling j of a large share of the ratcpay- j ers in the area he said its in i your interest to contact them twp lo gain what does the payment of subdividers per lot fee is discussed markham township council depend on the individual coun- at their regular meeting on cil but must not exceed 40 of monday night gave sometime to discussion of the 500 per lot fee charged subdividers planning director forrest considered the system of collection which is on issue building permit quite sat isfactory other members of council were of the opinion that this amount should be paid by the subdivider on sale of the lot it was stated that no bond could be provided the insure the eventual payment of this amount in comparison with other municipal services but solicitor lucas stated that the townships claim was good ever a period of six years decision to make a change in the process of collection was deferred one week pending an interview with the planning board reject appeal the committee in charge of the swimming pool in markham village made an appeal to the township council for a donation of 1000 to help defray the total cost which is expected to amount to 3320000 council did not consider the request as reeve clark stated that he doubted if any munici pality had authority lo spend the taxpayers money in making an improvement in another municipality reserve fund council was advised by queens park that it was now possible for the municipality to set up a reserve fund prior to this time they could only depend on arrears of taxes the per centage to be laid aside would the total tax demand lejral fees markham received for pay ment a further legal account for 435198 in connection with the selkirk law costs solicitor lucas considered the account in order and it was passed for pay ment good well drilled a 12s well has been drilled at the municipal office at button- ville and a test gave 500 gallons an hour without effect on the supply two former wells had proved to give an insufficient supply cost of the new drilling was 56750 including the instal ling of a new pumping system dances unsatisfactory a complaint in legal form was received from the residents of elgin st thornhill informing council of unsatisfactory condi tions in connection with the weekly dances held at the mar ket property just south on yonge st while no definite accusations were made that drinking was allowed inside the hall it was stated that beer and whisky bottles were numerous outside reeve clark stated thct the police had laid numerous charges in this connection coun cil referred the complaint to the police committee for investiga tion arbitration the matter of the tax demana from markham village for the township share of the mainten ance of the markham high school will go to a board of arbitration for settlement local road budget short if all streets to be oiled the amount of 11000 ap- sary to tear up the street sur- proved in the local municipal face each year budget for street and sidewalk it was suggested that council upkeep will be run out in the continue the calcium applica- first six months if all the streets rions for the current year with in stouffville are oiled it was only a few of the main residen- township i revealed at the special meeting hal streets to be oiled the planned to replace the top soil j stand to gain by a gravel pit of council on wednesday after- decision was finally left to the and would leave the property i questioned councillor bob stew- roon councillor wagg road road committee norman derstinc associate pastor of the mennonite hour broadcast and the male quarj tct will present a program fri day evening june 21 at the wideman mennonite church at markham the public is invited to the program beginning at s pm this group is heard each week on the international program the mennonite hour man stations throughout much of united states and canada in mditioo to a somber el power- j ful shortwave stations carry this program to a worldwide audience before serving full lime with the mennonite hour norman derstine served on the bihe faculty of eastern mennonite college harrisonburg va be sides serving as associate pas tor he is also program director and announcer singing in the mennonite hour quarter are john hots jr john hotcttcr earl mau and robert hoitctlcr earl is music director of the menno nite hour and serves on the music faculty of eastern men- 1 nonite college i mennonite broadcasts inc of harrisonburg virginia produ cer of the mennonite hour also sponsors programs in the span- ih navaho japanese and french languages the produc tion of these language broad- casts is done largely by nationals in foreign countries locally the ennonito hour j can be heard each sunday on ichml haaxiton 900 at73q exactly as they found it except art councillor sid pugh noted for the level of the land the that the area south of the pro- j reeve stated that the company posed pit was an excellent loca- headon were badly damaged planned to dig to a depth of lion for a highclass residential hryslak the driver of one car seven feet north at no 7 high- 1 development required more than 60 stitches way and extend to a depth of i councillor edgar james strong- to close his cuts his passenger forty feet at the south suffered facial cuts and concus- protest sion cliff harper the driver of where does the township the other auto was treated fori stand with regard to its zoning injury to his knee and chest bylaw questioned one rate- payer when i purchased prop- three toronto men were killed erty on the old greenwood road on friday near bellefontainc i was influenced by the green- ohio when their car was in a belt bylaw headon collision with another i have never scon a gravel pit auto and hurled backward into jet that was returned to its a third car one of the accident original condition said another victims earl a alkinin is member of the delegation we the husband of the former bar- are all against it bara taylor niece of mr lloyd if ou let one gravel pi in ly opposed the application im in sympathy with the ratepay- crs he said i lic close to a j gravel pit and its an eyesore lets face ir all gravel pits are eyesores agreed council lor glenn julian have control reeve lawson pointed out that with the exception of the greanbell area council could not stop a gravel pit from open ing in the township we can make a deal with the company here said the reeve the reeve chairman reported that oil this year is 25i cents a gallon and it would require 26000 gallons with a total cost of s670o to cover the local thoroughfares the company spreading the oil would also apply sand at 1 an i hour stouffville to provide the sand it could be supplied he said in about ton days time he added that if the proposed amount was spent for oil the total road budget approved by i the dept of highways would be spent councillor lehman asked the mount spent on calcium to date and was told about 900 reeve daniels strongly sup- ported oil lie spoke of the value of the oil in building up turner lloyd st siouffviue jouil have lo let them ail in noted taat liiere wasnt a rate- the surface making it unncccs- plant having juji wiu landscaping plant council visited the new dis posal plant which is expected to be in operation this week to look over hie grading and land scaping work in the contract the amount of 200 is set out to cover the landscaping expense but the exact amount of work to be done is not quite clear there was some question as to whether the engineers were having the contractor doing all the work required under the con tract and why the company should now be asking cost plus 15j to do some of the eomnlc- tion unfortunately the engineer could not be reached rt rhe