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sr m rtbttne the tribune stouffville ontario thursday junf 1 1961 fourteen pages objections voiced on establishing liquor outlets in markham township the expansion of liquor sales ready employed in toronto outlets to include the township j where they had ample oppor- of markham met with some i tunities to procure a supply opposition at a vote xo meet ing conducted on thursday eve- 1 ning at the kennedy chiroprac- 1 tic clinic in unionville about i sixty persons were present the gathering was chaired by rev allan lavis pastor of the un- 1 ionville united church rev lavis contended that markham township should still be classed as a rural municipal ity and few communities exist ed at the present time of suffi cient population density to war rant ths establishment of liquor sales outlets each voter will receive three ballots to include the following questions 1 are you in fa- with reference to club licenses lie did not feel that this would be any great source of attrac tion for metro residents since many places were already in operation in the area some of the persons present from the stouffville area includ ed messrs fred campbell har old spofford stewart stouffer dr s s crouch and bruce da vidson not affected mr spofford said that lie had conducted business for many years in a town that contained no liquor outlet and he did not consider that trade had been adverselv affected mr grundy vour of government stores for a markham township resident popular pair in student poll to be selected as stouffville high schools outstanding athlete of the year is the memorable recognition award ed to 17 year old grade 11 student lloyd graves the official announcement of the selection was made at the schools first athletic ban quet on friday evening the awardwinner is ably assisted here by high school queen pretty 18 year old daphne chewins of grade 12 lloyds name has been engraved on a sparkling new trophy donated by neil patrick of stouffville in addition to his athletic prowess lloyd holds an aca demic standing of over 80 council orders bldg removed or torn down contravening bylaw whitchurch township has in- itructed building inspector geo smith to see that action is tak en to either have a building re moved or torn down and ex pense charged to owner joseph fedder who they claim has contravened township building bylaws mr fedder who is a real estate broker at downsyiew appeared at monday nights council meeting he told coun cil that the tenant had moved the building from one lot to another without his knowledge fedder said the building was re quired by the tenant ps a work shop and garage council inspected the proper ty and found the building placed too close to the lot line and far from meeting required build ing standards they had in structed building inspector smith to have it removed fedder appealed to council about s3000 he claimed he was losing in whitchurch and had riot been able to collect the rent councillor ross farquharson said he hadnt changed his to see what interest council had in whether or not the owner was collecting his rent mr fedder intimated that at wilcox lake such small infrac tions might be overlooked as the general condition of proper ties was such that these would not be noticed councillor elsie gibbs took immediate exception to this statement she said she owned a house in the city worth 25000 but preferred to live at wilcox lake the lake has some very de sirable homes there may be some around me that are not expensive but theyre owned by very nice neighbors she said addressing mr fedder she slated the house you own wouldnt be a fit place for my dog to sleep taken aback at this state ment mr fedder charged that the building inspector was out to get him he claimed that the inspector knew of the in fraction for months and took no action until somebody com plained mr smith informed council that no one had complained but the health unit had drawn at mind that the building would i tention to the addition and he have to be moved and he failed i had inspected it the next day w d mcdonald held municipal positions in uxbridge tp 50 years mr disin mcdonald a long- 1 municipal positions in the twp time resident in the hamlet of of uxbridge over a span of a goodwood and a holder of many half century passed away sud denly at his home on sunday over 150 visit cedar beach on couniy tour the annual york county council tour which takes in a visit to the home for the aged and the county forest at viv ian saw more than one hund red and fifty sit down to noon lunch at cedar beach gardens musselmans lake reeve cliff wallwork chairman of the re forestation committee w a s chairman for the occasion and introduced a long head table the object of the reforesta tion program was explained to the guests by the district for ester hammell he mentioned that the county now has 3800 acres with three million trees presently worth 400000 much of the forest was just now com ing into its more valuable state so that this figure would soon pass the million dollar mark others who spoke briefly were commissioners ken wagg of stouffville and mrs caroline ion of newmarket as well as warden jos fry of markham and former warden w l clark of markham township a tour of the new home for the aged which is nearing com pletion was attended by a large number during the morning retarded children receive 1000 the couples club of the stouffville united church has presented tbornhill district association for retarded chil dren with a cheque for 1000 the net proceeds from the recent minstrel show mr w a dowcii president of the association accepted the handsome contribution which was presented by mrs peggy topping director of this years minstrel mania this is the second year the cotplcs club has made such a fine donation and their show has proved the most popular concert production in town playing to packed houses for three nights last month mrs ron newman of tor onto spent the weekend with her aunt mrs frank burkholder main st where he lived for seven years in 1s93 he settled in goodwood where he continued to reside as an assessor his first muni cipal post he covered the entire township on fct often remain ing overnight at the homes of residents in the municipality in 1918 he was appointed to the post of tax collector a position he held for 12 years me served as secretarytreasurer of the goodwood public school for fifteen years and as a mem- her of the cemetery board he was on the building committee that drew up the plans for the goodwood united church erect ed in 1911 he was a member of that church mr mcdonald was a member of richardson masonic lodge for 19 years he was the lodge master in 1932 an honour pre viously held bv his father mr romandale farms sell prize calf for 6100 a seven month old bull calf from romandale farms of ca- shel brought a top price of 6- 100 at the 43rd annual national holstein sale conducted at oak- ville on monday it was purch ased by wm a hayssen of elk hart lake wis harry hays of calgary wield ed the gavel that saw sales set a record average of 179000 more than 3000 persons were in attendance buyers were pres ent from the united states mexico peru chile and argen tina one young heifer the pro perty of dunrobln and elmcroft farms beaverton was sold to peru for 2000 last years av erage was 136700 while the highest previous average was 150900 in 1916 the sale of liquor 2 are you in favour of sale of liquor under a dining room licence 3 are you in favour of cocktail loun ges operated under legal license granted by the liquor license board of ontario the plebiscite will be held on wednesday june 21st an esti mated 5000 letters will be mail ed out to explain the organiza tions stand on the issue and to solicit financial support for the said that he was a member of the english church which tend ed to take a more liberal view of the liquor problem he voiced objection however to the plan to make markham a convenient site for those wishing a trip out from the city of toronto mr hugh boyd registered op position to all three questions he contended that the young people of the area did not re quire any expansion of facilities me was in his 81th year mr mcdonald a quietspoken gentleman with an admirable personality was wellsuited for the work that he completed with personal pride and untirjjohn mcdonald in 1ss9 he fat ing enthusiasm at one time injer served as secretarytreasi his career lie held at least five urer of the order for a number separate positions in township of years public school church and lodge besides his wife the former it covered a period from 1910 1 florence leaf the deceased is to 1961 it was in april 1960 j survived by one brother alfred that mr mcdonald submitted i of goodwood and one sister his resignation as uxbridge amy mrs alfred pugh of township tax collector at stouffville which time the reeve mr earl dowswell paid him the highest tribute any employee could re ceive we accept the resigna tion with regret he said he has done an admirable job the funeral service was con ducted by pastor francis cook from goodwood united church on tuesday afternoon with in terment in the goodwood cem etery the pallbearers were mr mcdonald was born at herbert wagg george alsop lambton mills a suburb of claude waton allan tylor west toronto he later moved norman wagg and walter to whitby and then to glasgow todd campaign the project will cost where liquor could be obtained approximately s80000 cause for alarm mrs helen dewitt of stouff ville a member of a panel org anized in an effort to obtain a crosssection of thinking on the matter said that she would reg ister a no vote to all three questions if given the oppor tunity she pointed out that ac cording to records one out of every sixteen persons who con sented to a first drink had re quired treatment she noted that the figures in regard to in creased sales were of such vol ume that it should arouse cause for alarm in any community mr ewart stiver another panel member said he was an abstainer through choice he contended thatj sufficient outlets were now in existence without expanding the facilities to in clude markham township he charged that those persons who supported the promotion of this extra service were interested mainly from a monetary sense rather than an act of public duty he suggested that the es tablishment of sales outlets would not tend to increase i amount of money retained in the area he charged further that such stores would tend to welcome an undesirable element of personnel into the munici pality blake other purchases mrs geo metcalfe of union ville differed with mr stiver on her stand that liquor stores did tend to promote business in a community she suggested that residents would go out of the township for their liquor re quirements and would make other purchases at the same time she favoured the estab lishment of such outlets but frowned on the serving of li quor with meals and beverage rooms wm thomas qc of union ville said that he had not reach ed a personal decision on each of the questions but agreed with mrs metcalfe with regard to liquor stores he said that he could not see where they should comprise a problem he did not however agree that there would be a great increase in the sale of other products since the ma jority of purchasers were al- alvin farmer to head sunday school association mr alvin farmer of gormley will head the whitchurch town ship sunday school association for the term of 196162 the ap pointments were finalized at the seventyfirst annual convention conducted at the wesley unit ed church on thursday may 25th all sessions were well at tended and complete reports were filed by the superintend ents of all classes rev a w rees of the mark ham dicksons hill charges of the united missionary church was the guest speaker at the morning afternoon and evening services the convention theme was responsibility of sunday school workers to god and man special music was ren dered by mr deverne mullen of newmarket mr clarion ba ker was the organist during the past year a total of 18400 was given to mission work 5000 to the scott mis sion 5000 to jewels for jesus mission and 8400 to the cana dian sunday school mission the complete list of the new executive is as follows past pres mr merlyn baker president mr alvin farmer vicepres mr roy fockler sectreas miss dorothy wagg nursery prim mrs don hoshel girls div mrs owen deacon boys div mr howard doner asst mr don smith ip div mr morley rose asst mr harry simpson adult div mrs gordon cullen asst mrs walter pipher total abst mrs fred steekley asst mrs wm empringham missionary div mr ken rose home visitation mrs s rae assist mrs merlyn preston vac bible sch mrs n fockler assist mrs ches pattenden chris educ mrs walter vague whitchurch twp considers some hardtop on 9th con whitchurch township coun cil is considering some hard top work on the 9th concession north of stouffville this road which has been a constant heavy expense over many years has once again become full of pot holes and road supt davis asked council monday what ac- tion should b taken mr davis stated that if hard j lop was to be laid only calcium i would be used to lay the dust council expressed caution ag ainst approving a program that i would pave any portion of the i 9th which might shortly be in- j eluded in the stouffville annex ation the members suggested that the road undergo an inspection with any expansive work being started at the eugene lemon farm neil tatrick elected at the annual election night of the stouffville lions club on monday lion neil patrick was elected to head the club for the 196162 season the in duction of this years officers will be held at the final meet ing for the summer june 12th the other members of this years slate of officers are as follows 1st vice pies jim ogilvy joyce hahn to be guest at anniversary li lyce ilahtt well- kituvfii canadian television personality ami a resident of pickering township will lend her talents to the 130th anni versary program at lirou- ham on saturday july 1st this announcement was re leased t the press by coun cillor harry boyes on mon day evening on sunlay evening july 2nd an openair devotional service will be conducted at the claremont conservation area a mass choir under the direction of mr allan clark of greenwood will lead in tlie singing of gospel hymns vice pres walton todd tyeas cliff aiken secretary bill mur phy tail twister bert graham assistant bert taylor lion tam er chas taylor assistant jim couse directors for two years geo williams and keith stock- ley for one year elmer dan- 2nd vice pres ross giles 3rd iels and harold thurston protest 16unit motel project at dickson hill mr and mrs earl bradley and tom of windsor were visi tors on the weekend with his sster mrs harry holden of church st and his mother plans to establish a 16unit motel north of dicksons hill on a site between the old and new sections of no 48 high way have brought a formal objection from an adjacent resi dent major gordon dingle the complaint was aired before a regular meeting of markham township council on monday afternoon mr dingle stated that his property located immediately south of the suggested motel premises had already reached the point of saturation from water and he feared that septic tank seepage from the new es tablishment would further wor sen the situation he asked the council to guarantee him some relief if such a condition should occur he also objected to the granting of the motel permit planning director mr ron forrest informed the council that all property owners had been notified of the application and no objections had been reg istered at that time the in stallation of septic tanks had been approved by the york county health unit according to mr forrest he said that a permit had already been issued reeve wilfred dean asked solicitor j d lucas for an opinion on the matter mr lu cas pointed out that mr dingle overestimated the power of council and if an applicant met all requirements it was not within the councils power to withhold a permit he said that mr dingle could take legal ac tion if any damages could be proved reeve dean agreed to visit the property accompanied by councillor stan watson engagement mr and mrs ralph rcaman of r r 3 stouffville ont wish to announce the engage ment of their only daughter delma pauline to robert gor don kirby the only son of mr anil mrs gordon kirby mark ham ont the wedding to take place in second markham bap tist church july 1st 19151 at 2 pm v miss violet anne crawford daughter of mr and mrs j w crawford gormley rr i was a recent graduate from the womens college hospital toronto at a ceremony con ducted at convocation hall on may 11th she is a former stu dent of the aurora district high school pickering tp member charges coumh swayed by minority group compssots a disturbed pickering town- g and outlined his project to ship councillor charge at a the council must consider the price we are 1 would cost 30000 mr sand- special meeting on monday i the time has come when paying for it warned reeve ham estimated the 1sg1 taxes at night that in rejecting much- 1 we cannot permit a few tax- sherman scott the original pihoerost track at needed commercial and indust- 1 payers to sway us continued jf j was hlest outfit jshooo the location is between rial assessment the council councillor laycox we are be- 1 j wor general electric i one 1 and 2 was neglecting the interests of coming known as the munid- or anything else vou would find i want to make it clear that miss lily may schmucker r x daughter of pastor and mrs floyd schmucker of lntonville r r 1 was one of ninetynine graduates to receive their lesrtes from the toronto general hospital at convocation held on thurs day may 25th 16000 people for the sake of complaints from a group of seven or eight councillor clif ford laycox of ward 5 urged the members to view a new lo cation for a proposed pinecrest race track and have an estimate of the project placed before the assessment commissioner a motion supported by council lor milton mowbray was de feated pality that doesnt want indust- j am tpvcn or 0 pcrsons i j xm riot opposed to commercial rial or commercial assessment wno w0u object countered assessmsnt but i dont ballcve we are kicking it out the win- councillor laycox its a sorry this is the light place for it state of affairs when a council raid councillor ross deakin with the rejection of the mo- is swayed by seven or eight theres no use wasting hie tion councillor laycox continj votes we might just as well taxpayers in ni y by taking i tied to assail the members for not be here he continue j second look commented conn- their stand on the issue this mr sandhim said that his i cillor harvey span- would appear to be the way we now location was bounded by im still not convinced hit treat all proposed commercial i a railroad track a farm a i the picture as you piinl i is ventures he said the general greenhouse and vacant lots he las good as you indicate sad opinion is that we dont want said that the track would b- reeve scott wc are considering the com- them this statement brought ued on only one night per its my money and my wor- plaints from seven or eight and oojection from deputyreeve j week and on remaining even ry countered mr sarilbmi not the interests of sixteen edgar james who suggested i ings the site would he open to j he said thai ptnccresl had p ov thousand lashed out the ward that none to his knowledge had i use by schools or service clubs i ed to be a paving proposition 5 member theres no logic in been turned down without valid the project was estimated at a j at the conclusion of council- this tpe of thinking at all teayms 100000 venture this is not a lor laycox remark with lb- mr bert sandham the land- wc are anxious to obtain flimsy affair stated the spokes- defeat of the motion the issut owner was present at the meet- 1 commercial assessment but wc man the lighting system alone j was dropped