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ft reeve p s legge of whit church township officially op ened the weeklong holein one golf tournament at the don mills kayways on the don mills road between gormley and vandorf on saturday after noon the winner will receive a new 1957 meteor car watch ing reeve legge tee off is reeve vernon singer of north york left and mr frank megee m p for york-scar- boro jim thomas lakeside ratepayers protest increase in garbage collection cost a deputation from cedar beach ratepayers association and the musselmans lake association appeared before whitchurch twp council on thursday even ing to protest the increased char ges for the service of garbage collection these associations ap peared before council on a pre vious occasion and suggested a charge of 2 per cottage how ever in consultation with the solicitor clerk crawford was advised that such a system was not in accordance with the act unless each person sharing the service signified his intention to sign a petition no action was taken and the township taxed all the property in the area concerned regardless of whether they used the service or not this was done in accord ance with the municipal act council explained to the depu tation that part of the increase is due to the fact that residents were charged 50 of the 950 spent by council for garbage col lection during the past winter the system worked adversely on the person having only a vacant lot or not utilizing the service vern oavies spoke to council stating that cedar beach gard ens had arranged a collection for the various properties they own and had provided a dump as in hot weather it was neces sary to make a daily collection in previous years he stated the main cedar beach propertywas not taxed only the cottages however this year in accord ance with the act all property was charged council was not anxious to provide a daily service but it was believed some consideration would be given by the court of revision church taxed the lake ratepayers question ed the taxing of the community hall building they claimed the property should appear on the assessment roll as a church as services were held there for two months during the year it appeared that this was not the first year the hall had been taxed but that it had shown a considerable increase this year clerk crawford suggested that such complafnts should be filed with the court of revision employees tension council agreed to underwrite an anuity pension plan for town ship employees the plan calls for an immodiate payment of 44103 in connection with past services relief up the monthly amount being paid out for cash relief appears to be on the increase the clerk revealed the june relief ac count totalled 73525 government grant whitchurch township now has a population of 72g3 with a per capita grant of 325 this grant amounts to a total unconditional grant for the township of 23- s2750 a cheque for 1181375 has been received by the treasurer as interim payment the grant reduces the tax rate on resi donees and farm land by 3s mills for 1957 injures hand in rototiller mr winston bates well- known markham musician and a teacher at the danforth tech nical school severely injured his right hand in his garden rototiller on tuesday evening mr bates was working alone on his property when the acci dent occurred a neighbour sum moned dr jas r scott to the scene it took the physician more than ten minutes to extri cate the mans hand from the machine the pointed tooth on the tiller had pierced it to a depth of six inches following first aid treatment he was taken to the scarboro general hos pital the large brick residence on main street immediately west of sanders ba station east end of town has been moved over to south street mr jack beach plans to move into the house shortly heart attack fatal to man a heart attack claimed the life of wm j kearns willow beach lake simcoe while chan ging a tire on his bread truck in goodwood on wednesday eve ning of last week the 39 year old victim was attempting to fix the flat on his vehicle be fore being caught in the severe wind and rain storm that swept through the district dr d ii smith of stouffville was summoned to the scene but the driver was dead on his ar rival dr t e lennox of ux- bridge coroner for ontario county also attended baker avenue deputation asks council for sewers a deputation of ratepayers from baker ave appeared be fore stouffville municipal coun cil on thursday evening request ing that the sewer line be com pleted up that street mr ira rusnell spokesman for the dele gation told council that the resi dents there had an acute sani tary problem the drains he said had been cut off when the new highway went through on main street while septic tanks were threatening to boil over the ground just refused to take any more sewage the county health unit had inspected the situation mr kus- nell said and had declared that a definite sanitary problem exist ed there new people are coming in and getting sewers and we who have been residents there for some years dont have them wcie paying taxes just thei same said mr rusnell kccve daniels told the group that all the lines had been laid that the municipal board had rcel allow payment on and it would require further application for permission to ex tend the lines it was also pointed out that the rata per foot for short lines would probably be much higher than the rate a which the large contract was lot and could pos sibly run as high as 10 a foot the trunk line for baker ave is lifted in the work which the municipal board slated would i hac lo wait until at least 1959 coincil discussed the matter at some length and agreed to ask the deputation to obtain a letter from the health unit out lining the problem which would strengthen any application made to the municipal board for per mission to lay this line insurance bid an insurance bid of 325 for threeyear coverage from thos birkett son insurance was accepted by council on s15co0 coverage for the buildings in the town park including the grandstand picnic booth swim- ming pool building and contents in the latter two some question arose as to where the money should be ta ken from to cover this cost and it was agreed that it should come out of the park board budget councillor lehman while agreeing that it was part of park board expense objected to the fact that the board had not been told that their budget would have o cover this insur ance police kcmrt chief edwards monthly police report cited various occurrences in town during the past month although no major crimes had been committed a trucker who allowed part of his load to be strewn all over maim street much to the annoyance of towns- folk was summoned and will appear in court there have been several more instances of peeping toms re- ported one man was arrested and received a heavy fine when he appeared in court the town cruiser travelled 1183 miles during the month at a cost of s4715 chief edwards drew attention to the continued dog problem and suggested that there was a dogcatcher in markham who would carry out the operation for 2 10 a year we should get in touch with this fellow were not getting anywhere commented council lor laushway i think the situation is a lot better and at little cost to the ratepayers replied reeve dan iels after some discussion coun cil agreed that the dogcatcher suggested by chief edwards should be contacted police salary according to council minutes of last february an adjust ment had been promised in chief edwards salary council lors laushway and lehman said that they were not favorable to making changes in the salaries every few months and it was pointed out that this was the second change in nine months however all council members were agreeable to a s5 increase in chief edwards salary bring ing his annual pay to approxi mately s350o the figure which he had originally asked when engaged a resolution was pass ed granting an increase of s3 per week but opposing iuthcr changes in the year toufttptlle vol 68 no the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 11 1957 twelve pages child killed by train near atha two year old catharine mie- ras twin daughter of mr and mrs jacob mieras sth conces sion of pickering near atha was struck and instantly killed by a westbound cpr diesel passenger train about 730 o clock on sunday evening the tragic accident ended a two and onehalf hour search by close to one hundred residents in the community mr and mrs mieras noticed their daughters absence around 430 pm and when a thorough search of the area surrounding their home failed to locate the little girl the father summoned help from neighbours the news was quickly spread over the sec tion and dozens of volunteers joined in the hunt shortly before eight oclock a five car diesel passenger train hit the child the accident oc curred on the portion of track that crosses through the owen turner farm about onequarter mile from the mieras home the engine was brought to a sudden halt and the trainmen rushed back up the track to the acci dent scene searchers noticing the train moving in a reverse direction made the grim dis covery mr and mrs mieras have two other children anna- maria a twin of the accident vic tim and a son john william 3 the parents said that their children on previous occasions never left the property one of the searchers while scouring along a portion of the cpr line was startled by a hobo on the tracks opp constables however discount any theory that the child might have been enticed by the stranger to wan der so far from her home uxbridge twp council oks 22000 hospital debenture on split vote in one of the most tense meet- 1 ings of uxbridge township cou- 1 ncil in many months a s22000j debenture issue for the uxbridge cottage hospital was agreed on monday night two recorded votes were necessary to decide the issue and in each case reeve stuart ball was called on to cast the deciding vote reeve ball explained to coun- cil that the construction of the hospital was partially complet ed but due to lack of finances work was discontinued and the scott construction co contrac tors had taken action for the recovery of the funds invested in materials labor etc as well as an additional amount for the breaking of the contract at a public meeting last week it was agreed that if 200 per resident in each municipality who could be served by the hospital was forthcoming the 100000 re quired to complete the building could be raised the uxbridge township share is 22000 uxbridge town 42- 000 reach twp 18000 scott twp 14000 and brock twp 4000 when completed the building is estimated to have a value of 300000 the estimated amount required to furnish the building once completed is 70000 where is this money to come from asked deputyreeve dow- swell there was no clear pic ture as to what means would be taken to raise the funds for furnishings reeve ball opened the discus sion by declaring himself in fa vor of the project and suggested that the township proceed to authorize the issuing of deben tures for s22000 he suggested that a resolution be presented which could then be discussed however council was indisposed to place a reso lution on the table for some time deputyreeve dowswell con tinued to object strenuously to the action contending that if council accepted the responsi bility for these debentures they would be leaving themselves open for a second call for funds if they were not forthcoming by donation for the furnishings he also expressed fear that the township might be involved in the present court action with the contractor reeve ball continued to press for a resolution finally writing out a resolution himself favor ing the debentures councillor nesbitt placed his signature on the resolution as the mover and continued on page 7 tentative approval given for whitchurch twp shopping centre whitchurch township council i lots larger and the number of on thursday evening gave tenia- square feet in the building in- tive approval to the development j creased from a minimum of 600 of a 12i acre shopping centre to 730 ft this change would on stouffvilles west boundary i raise the price of the summer tne approval of council was homes from the slooooriginally given to the promoter being able j suggested to complv with the requirements deputyreeve richardson spoke of the provincial dept of health in favor of the larger lots as and the dept of highways the well as solid foundations around resolution was proposed by dep utyreeve richardson and coun cillor wallwork a letter from the whitchurch planning board recommended approval of the plan the shopping centre would be the entire cottages rather than corner pillars mr stewart was asked if his company had evei considered building permanent homes on the shadow lake area he re plied that he did not consider crosier reunion the twentysixth annual gath ering of the crosier family re- union was held on saturday july 6th in stouffville memorial park the day was ideal for a picnic and members started to gather by 2 pm from a great many places such as black- water seagfave epsom utica uxbridge port perry claremont thornhill oshawa trenton london hamilton toronto markham schomberg stouff ville including mr and mrs stokoe of seattle washington also mr and mrs ken maynard and family of vancouver with these latter folks present it made for a very exciting re union as around twenty years had passed since they had at tended these two families re ceived a prize for coming the farthest mr john allbright re ceived a prize for oldest gentle man and mrs t brown former ly mrs arthur crosier received prize for oldest lady and little marvin clark son of mr and mrs fred clark markham was the youngest around one hun dred and ten were present ev eryone enjoyed the sports plan ned for all ages and a bountiful supper after which concluded a very happy reunion president elected for next year ed may nard schomberg vice pres ray lister toronto sectreas jean samells port perry council rejects request to further alter mill st industrial zone property grant set up reduces tax the new unconditional grant system established this year by the provincial government will reduce the tax rate of uxbridge township by 389 mills the budget bylaw was given three readings and passed at the reg ular meeting on monday night total assessment in the town ship is 2071339 with the assess ment entitled to benefit from the unconditional grant 1961206 the tax rate for township pur poses on this assessment last year was 1710 now reduced 389 mills to 1321 on the residential and farm property total amount of the budget was 57600 with estimated rev enue of s221s0 leaving an am ount of 35420 for the township to raise total amount of the grant is s7629 the county rate in 1956 was 1171 and this year is down slightly to 1058 high school rate of 1042 in 1956 is prac tically unchanged at 1026 included in the budget is s9000 part of the 50 flood con trol cost for goodwood a written request from mrs ed williams mill st that land which she owns and which stretches from the rear of the west mill st residences to the cnr tracks covering some acreage be changed on the town official plan from an industrial zone to residential zone was re jected when it came before council ortthursday night in her letter to council mrs williams stated that she had not been aware that the land was in an industrial zone when the official plan was laid out councillors expressed the view that the public had been notified as the law required and deputy- reeve burk s tated that a mem ber of the williams family had discussed the matter with him reeve daniels stated that a similar request had been placed before the planning board and that this board had agreed that they would recommend no fur ther changes in the plan but would complete the original re quest which covered only the house lots on the west side of mill street councillor wagg and deputy- reeve burk proposed a resolu tion which stated that council should lake no action to further amend the official plan but that the original request for chang ing of lots on the west side of mill st be proceeded with the resolution further stated that mrs williams was at liberty to make her own representation to the department of planning and development on her own behalf this resolution passed special sewer connections the amount of 4600 was tabled as the cost of lateral connections for the sewerage system since june 1st 1955 and covering those laterals not shown on the original plans this amount included a dozen special connections installed for persons who had already been provided with one standard lat eral reeve daniels stated that the engineers claimed to have ad vised all the residents where laterals were added after june 1st 1955 that they would have to pay for these connections how could they some of the houses werent even built then asked councillor laushway i dont see how you can col lect for them now they should not have been put in without authority added councillor lehman council agreed that accounts should go out only to those per sons who had requested special or second connections help for floodlights a communication was receiv ed from the coaches and man agers of the various ball clubs using the town park asking for some help towards the cost of continued on page 7 a development of spruce pines j it possible to obtain a market development at lot 1 con s for desirable permanent dwell- and would comprise fourteen ings around 20000 at this time stores including a supermarket the stores listed for council in cluded ladies wear mens wear shoes beauty parlour restaur ant hardware cleaners dime store and barber shop council asked if any banking facilities would be provided and the representative stated that an attempt might be made to arrange such service especially if favored with whitchurch busi ness would living quarters be a part of the development it was asked the matter of garbage collection and schooling would fall on the township only ac commodation for one caretaker family was provided in the plans the developer stated shadow lake development as the shadow lake develop ment was not proceeding at a pace desjred by the company undertaking the work mr stew art solicitor and dr a p barn- hart consulting engineers ap peared before council in an ef fort to get some speedup mr stewart suggested a re- he cited a number of develop ments close to toronto where homes in this price bracket were standing empty due to the high down payment he also pointed out to council that in permanent dwellings the township would have to provide yearly services including schools while in summer cottages the expenditure was small a new agreement containing several revisions will be submit ted however the company has still to obtain acceptance from the whitchurch planning board on the scheme and it appeared that council did not favor the plan without planning board ap proval the local streets walks committee headed by council lor wagg have favored pedest rians in some residential sec tions this week by having over hanging hedges and bushes trim med back from the sidewalks in some places it was almost im possible to walk on the walks vision of the plans to make the after or during a rain gala skating dance friday this friday night stouffville skating club will stage a dance at beautiful cedar beach gar dens musselmans lake the dance will feature jack denton and his band with doug mclcod vocalist stouffville skating club executive members are en deavoring to bolster their finan ces during the summer months in order to be able to meet the costs of club operation when next fall arrives the skating club has contrib uted much to the recreation and club night entertainment of our town and district and they are asking for support of their offseason pro jects to help carry on tickets for the dance this fri day night are on sale from club members or may be picked up at the tribune office teds mens wear marguerite shoppe carload groceteria and hals snack bar therell be cabaret style seat ing for your enjoyment the committee has planned lucky spot dances and therell be square as well as round dancing over 300 pupils attend bible school j in nrmgi t citecker tourney mr fred vacher 9th con of markham is sponsoring the markham checker tournament the affair will be held at the vacher farm lot 19 con 9 this saturday july 13th at 2 pm in the event of rain the tourney will bo held indoors tractor accidents kill more than 1000 farm people each year about onethird of these fatalities occur on highwajs stouffvilles daily vacation bible school opened its doors to 263 boys and girls on monday morning of this week on tuesday the at tendance soared to 318 and it is expected that this num- lier may pass a recordbreak ing 350 total by the end of the week classes for the preschool age children are conducted in the united mis sionary church the re mainder are taken under police protection across the highway to the public school this group is pictur ed as they leave the church en route to the school rev f g huson is the director although many teachers have consented to conduct classes this group is still understaffed and ad ditional assistance is needed to handle the increased at- j tendance the teachers are- preschool and kindergarten mrs huson and mrs alsop grade 1 mrs logan and linda wagg grade 11 mar ion roberts and margaret italian grade ill miss by- er and miss summerfclt grade iv mrs walter vag ue and erma stouffcr grade v mrs g byers and faye byers grade vi mrs mcnair and margaret law- renson grade vii rev f a dearmond miss bertha stouffer and mr lambert stouffcr arc in charge of the music the time keepers are gladys reaman and rev kenny edwards parents are reminded that if transportation is needed for their children they jj should contact mr fred al sop of stouffville jim tbomu