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vol 72 no 43 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday march 30 1961 fourteen pages rolls whitchurch reeve attacks townships official plan as completely outdated alex wilkins rupert ave stouffville points with pride to his record 101 bowling score chalked up in a single game at harry watsons msc lanes in markham last week it was the highest score ever record ed at the alleys his wife bet ty also a keen competitor in the stouffville ladies league had previously counted a cred itable 306 on this occasion however mrs wilkins had to bow to her husbands prow ess and admit to his superior ity he came within one pin of rolling a perfect game staff photo glasgow school rate cut by 65 mills the trustees of glasgow pub lic school ss no 6 uxbridge township have slashed their 1961 mill rate by 65 mills ac cording to a breakdown of four teen school rates approved rec ently by council the glasgow board boasted by far the largest reduction throughout the entire municipality their total mill rate for 1961 has been set at 119 as compared with 214 in 1960 the rate last year was the subject of some criticism at a recent public meeting conduct ed in the school building the reduction at glasgow is even more prominent since six other schools show increased budgets this year tliev are ss no 1 uxbridge ss no 3 glen major ss no 1 webb ss no 9 garibaldi union section and the separate school the most noticeable in crease is in the union section comprising a portion of ux bridge scott whitchurch and east gwillimbury it is up 32 mills no schools are operated at glen major or the sixth line aside from glasgow other sec tions showing decreased rates are pine grove roseville and goodwood quaker hill fifth line and sixth line are un changed the breakdown is as follows mills s s no lflfil i960 1 uxbridge 327 29 2 quaker hill 19 19 3 glen major 91 73 1 wcbn is 16 5 fiftli line 13 15 6 glasgow 149 211 7 goodwood 21 255 s siloam 1s6 1s6 9 garibaldi 179 17 10 roseville 111 171 11 pine grove 12 11 12- sixth line 10 10 union ss isl 119 separate ss 2 is all places of business will be closed good friday j discover old document in main st house a well preserved document dated jan 15th 1919 and writ ten by the late wm a quantz was discovered during down stairs demolition work in the main street residence former ly owned by mrs ella ratcliff the home will occupy the new medical offices of drs mitchell and smith they will move into the premises on saturday april 1st the parchment had been carefully wrapped in paper and stuffed in a small metal con tainer also included was a ten cent coin dated 1918 the letter brought in to the tribune by dr donald smith reads as fol lows stouffville jan 15th1919 this is to certify that this house in which this memor andum is concealed and which is built on what is known to the public as lot 9 of the plan of the village of stouffville was built for the most part in the year 191s and completed in the year 1919 by wm a quantz formerly of the twp of whitchurch county of york it was deeded to his wife florence ella amoss on chri stmas of 191s and during the closing of the great european war stouffville at this period is a thriving village contain ing between 1100 and 1200 in habitants they own their own i water supply drawn from the j springs to the north manu- 1 factuic their own electric light and govern their public affairs by a town council james ratcliff is the present reeve of the town if this residence should with- figure skating champion to highlight ice revue valerie jones a gold dance medalist and a junior ladies champion in 1960 will be one of the feature attractions at the stouffville skating clubs an nual springtime ice revue in the stouffville arena on satur day night april 8th she is a member of the lakeshore skat ing club more than ninety local skaters will take part in the colourful program to begin at 8 oclock the club professional judy lawrence gooderham will pre sent a solo number the ice revue one of the towns most dazzling entertain ment attractions is expected to attract close to 1000 people tickets are now on sale at 100 or 150 for reserved seats ad mission for public school stu dents is 50c in addition to pretty 12-year- old valerie jones two other guest stars from the lakeshore club mary and gordon church will be in attendance the spot light of local attention will be focussed on three stouffville girls joyce dewitt barbara but ton and karen lewis they will perform in solo numbers the young smoothies will feature the precision dance duet of freddie pcddic and colleen hi- sey another eyecatching group number winter wonderland will feature the skating bril liance of stouffvilles jean win- terstein as she plays the part of the snow queen the fulllength program com prising eighteen individual num- lers will conclude with a 20giri stand fire and tempest for 50 years as the preceding one did and should be taken down for replacement and this man uscript discovered please give it to the tribune for publi cation if that paper is still alive god save king george v written by w a quantz in the 65th year of his age platoon of drum majorettes in a sparkling presentation en titled marche militaire the cast will include karen lew is karen hamilton darlene watson valerie moore nadine lennox betty ann slack jean winterstein barbara button joyce dewitt linda wright donna knox judy stapley jan et button patsy foord colleen hisey and janice smith the cooperation and efforts of a twentysix member carnival committee has made titis years ice revue one of the finest ever presented more police in summer whitchurch twp will have the services of two provincial police officers on fulltime duty from juno 15th to sept 13th it was announced at the regular meeting of township council on monday the two extra officers will give added protection in the lake areas especially on week ends cost of this service will be 2400 only one tender gary st john submitted the only tender for supplying war ble fly spraying equipment and his price of 1 an hour was ac cepted sick benefit insurance sixteen employees of the township met with council on march 23rd to discuss the possi bility of a group health insur ance plan mr william repre senting the london life com pany outlined his policy and cost as did mr ledger repre senting pse services at a special meeting of vhit- i chinch township council and i planning board on wednesday night reeve cliff wallwork launched an outspoken attack on the new official township plan as just completed by proc tor redfern consultants reeve wallwork stated that he would like to know who is sued instructions for the sub mission of such a plan he said it tlid not contain any inforina- i tion lie didnt already know and i he thought it dead material and should have an obituary notice attached the plan as submitted is intended to cover planning in the municipality for the next ten years but according to the reeve it was ten years too late for events in whitchurch when i made enquiries about this plan i was told it was none of my business said mr wall- work he said however that since council was paying the account they should have some say in the matter the plan does not recommend the starting of any subdivision development in different sec tions of the municipality but does recommend thai the lake wilcox section be developed by locating industry in that area as it has water and labor is available as far as lake wilcox is con cerned said reeve wallwork there are parts of it should be uprooted by a bulldozer ive said it before and ill say it again the buildings are on small lots built for summer cot tages and now used the year round and theyre a constant trouble to the council development near urban centres the plan stated that points of development might be close to aurora newmarket richmond hill and stouffville as these points could offer services- which would not be available in the township without expense that was not warranted and if such services were to be supplied to one area such as ballantrae why not at vandorf ringwood pine orchard or other hamlets thats just an invitation to these larger places from the township come and take what you want whitchurch is will ing reeve wallwork who support ed the ballantrae area for de velopment said the industry there now was paying out over s300 a week in wages and was taking on more help its go ing to go ahead regardless of this plan and it wont be sub ject to annexation either said the reeve need more people in so far as building roads 86 ft wide as suggested reeve wallwork said he didnt think those submitting the plan knew j the difficulty of setting up a budget for the roads the town ship already had he said coun cil would be meeting shortly to discuss salary increases for the township staff if the township doesnt develop we cant grant these requests we have to have more people to help pay the bill if the services ate to te ex tended would resign this plan eliminates any de velopment of future subdivisions in the township and ill resign before ill sign it declared the reeve j e bousfield representing the consultants who prepare j the plan said that the job was i authorized by the planning bd from whom they took instrue- i lion he said that if mr wall- i work was not informed he couldnt complain of the lack of liaison as council had two mem bers sitting on the planning board mr bousfield said that there was always difficulty in starting a plan for an entire township but this was a start and he con sidered it a good coverage of the township in replying to mr wallworks charge that there was nothing new he said that everybody in the township was not so con versant with township affairs as the reeve subdivisions undeveloped mr bousfield said that he found that the subdivision now in existence still had threefifths of its lots undeveloped he said that about 40 homes were be ing built eacli year by persons who picked their own sites here and there in this connection lie thought they should be restrict ed as this indiscriminate build ing caused road problems they should be restricted to large homes he said reeve wallwork said that most bought ten acre lots and council was powerless to stop them mr bousfield said that there were ways by restricting the depth of a lot to not over four times the frontage mr bousfield stated that the right of a farmer to provide a building lot for a son was abused its surprising how many male heirs some of these farmers have raised he said other members of council made little or no comment on the plan nor did mr marsh chairman of the planning board members were asked to give the plan further study and be pre pared lo meet again headon crash sends three persons to hospital three police departments two doctors and two ambulances were required at the scene of a headon crash on no 48 high way two miles south of mark ham village on monday night edward mason 22 of scarboro mrs jean- brown and mrs so phia oconnor both of toronto were admitted to the scarboro general hospital with multiple injuries an eyewitness lo the collision said that a northbound auto driven by mason sideswiped a stalled station wagon owned by leonard erie laing of locust hill and veered in to the path of a southbound vehicle containing the two toronto ladies mason was partially tossed through the windshield officers from the opp at bond lake markham township and markham village untangled the midnight traffic jam that re sulted from the accident drs robt seaver and john fleming both of markham administered first aid treatment to the in jured at the scene they were later taken to hospital in ambu lances from markham and agin- court to fence in roving dogs i mrs elsie boland cone o uxbridge will be asked to erect a fence around her property 2 miles north of goodwood in an effort to keep her dogs confined to the premises the action was taken after a complaint was tiled with the spca dog con trol officer mr fred clubinc said that some of the animals had been known to chase the school children but otherwise had not created any major prob lem the daily papers are mak ing a mountain out of a mole hill he said mr jan falkowski chief fly ing instructor at the goodwood airport denied the newspaper and radio report that the dogs had been responsible for a num ber of near accidents on the field it has been estimated that mrs boland houses close to thirty canines on her property a special kennel licence may be arranged fifty years masonic service is recognized v wor bro k r davis a past master of richardson ma sonic lodge stouffville was presented with his fifty year ser vice medal at the regular meet ing of the lodge on wednesday evening about one hundred masons were in attendance and the presentation was made by rt wor bro john t arthur pddgm toronto district bl on behalf of the grand master k r shine davis has a record of attendance at masonic lodge which is unequalled in this locality he has not missed a regular meeting of the lodge in forty years and served the lodge as secretary for fifteen years bro davis was presented with a fine swivel chair as well as the jewel this gift was present ed by rt wor bro ae wcldon pddgm on behalf of the past masters and officers of richardson lodge in recogni tion of his long and faithful service engagement mr and mrs irvin geiger 21 chapel st kitchener announce the engagement of their daugh ter audrey bernice to mr rus sell royden smith son of mr and mrs russell j smith rr 4 stouffville ont the mar riage will take place april 22 the stouffville united church choir is presenting the easter cantata the resurrection friday evening renew gokart permit for 61 the heather association has been granted a renewal of lic- council agreed to pay 50c of ons operate a gokart track the cost to any employee on either policy provided sufficient number requested the coverage nearly 100 attended the stouff ville lions club annual ladies night party held at cedar brae on monday evening metro conservation authority representatives convened in the stouffville municipal building last week to present council with a most extensive flood eon trol plan to cover the area ot stouffville and the nearby area drained by dn dins creek some time ago the authority was approached by local officials with a view to having metro conservation engineers provide some data as to the drainage p oblcms which could be antici pated within the proposed atea of annexation the conservation authority to which stouffville contribute made an exhaustive study of the district and the plans presented were a result of this study it is interesting to note that the total length of duffins creek within the prcent village boundaries is 2900 feet and the total area of drainage is 403 of stouffville to annex a portion i of whitchurch and markham twps is approved the total house as well as others the i course would be taken further improved in the ea t it was considered j propose controls starting at the north mr kil- lorn and associates consulting engineers propose to remove length of the creek through the fom the sldc of village would be increased to creek straighten the creek 7900 feet or more than a mile where required and place a res- 1 that culverts would all have to i the engineers stated that the ervoir in the northern section be replaced and the main chan- critical flooded area is from with weirs in places to take care nel west of college st would be main st to the south limit of j of the change in grade the i widened to twenty feet the village here the creek iscnr bridge is difficult to new and larger bridges would confined to a shallow channel change but the teport suggets have to be constructed on burk- the stream might be quickened holder st and sommervilie st by increasing the depth and as well as market st placing a cement slab in the hot- over quarter million torn condemn main st crossing the present underpass on main st is condemned from its flooding na not been sie and would have to be re- serious in the past since the placed with the removal of build- lands have been retained for ag- ings on each side of the creek eluding the cost riculiural purposes however if below main street tbese build- be demoli at vivian park this year in speaking on the matter at the regular meeting of whitchurch twp council on monday reeve wallwork said that the com pany had installed a muffler on each kart with the result that they could not be heard for any distance and created no prob lem the license was renewed sub ject to the proviso that all cars used at the track inclusive of those owned and any visitors must be provided with muffler larger dog pound mr henderson of cedar val ley the dogcatcher for whit church and stouffville was au thorized to purchase additional material for dog kennels the construction work will be done west when the flow reaches the ml thirtvthree park land the channel would be wpre pirkc p by hp catcher in march and is of these were destroyed the march ac count of services was s123s1 ian counci and as a result only a small in crease in flow is necessary to cause flooding the bridge on the cnr line over the creek is an obstruction to the flow and as a result flooding can occur upstream as well thl stores open tims night stouffville stores will be open this thursday evening due to the good friday holiday they saturday up until the preent time stouffville although a contrib- j will reop n again utor to the authority has had i morning for all day little work done in the area the you would do well to read estimated cost of this flood con- 1 the yellow section in this weeks trol project is s363000 not m- edition where main st merch- t buildings to ants aie offering a hosi of eis- t of addi- trr and springtini hirgainx quaie rcilcs ix the application j portant the lands are used for other pur- ings would include the barber tional land which would bring everything in groceries cloth poses this flooding can be im- shop laundry telephone office i the figure to possibly the hail- i ing hardware drugs and furm- j construction office and ware- 1 million dollar roark- i turc is being offered teen town stouffvilles fiit teen town moted by messrs keith suth- teenagers barbara smith 13 will begin its activities on sat- erliid and gordon colburn tlefti and sister betty 17 urrfav evening april 1st m will be operated by an execu- of stouffville show smiling cn- the auditorium of the high jive selected from within the thusiasm for the project school the club initially pro- organization two vibrant staff photo