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courtesy jvalk believed best far stouffville ax- proposal turn stouffvilles courtesy walks ized crosswalks that would main street into legal- was not re ceived with any enthusiasm by either the members of the town council or the police chief at a lengthy discussion on the issue conducted last week no one came out cully in favour of the change and some were strongly opposed to any major alteration in the present system all agreed however that caution signs might serve as a warning to pedestrians who use the walks at market and civic- streets although vehicular traffic is not obliged to stop a tribune survey for thirty i minutes on saturday after noon revealed that one in three cars did permit persons i to cross and one in every two trucks came to a halt at the white line the council con tended that the legal rights of a pedestrian at a crosswalk would be of little benefit if that same- person was struck and killed vol 75 no 2 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday june 13 1963 fourteen pages omb up nuisance allowance for farm near whitchurch dump the ontario municipal board has ruled that a ten per cent nuisance allowance for a farm located close to an active refuse dump was too low and doubled the figure at a recent hearing held at vandorf in whitchurch township mr r preston leggett the owner of 9s acres on- cone 1 whitchurch had taken his as sessment appeal before three separate bodies the increased allowance will mean a reduction of s720 in assessment or an estimated s25 in taxes in ad dition to his solicitors fees the appellant was required to pay s30 of the court costs solicitor mr russell speak ing on behalf of his client said that the buchanan dump now operated by york sanitation ltd had depreciated his hold ings and the runoff had affect ed the water in a nearby stream and the odour had proved unpleasant for the homeowner mr leggett admitted that the condition of the dump had improved since the new com pany had taken over solicitor j d lucas repre senting the township said that the dump was in the area when mr leggett purchased the property although the owner apparently was not aware of its existence he stated further that nearly all the houses in the immediate district had been erected after the dump site had been opened clerk john crawford said that mr leggetts complaints had been passed on to the york county health unit and the ontario water resources but both claimed that water in a nearby stream had not been pol luted by refuse mr h m mcaffery an of ficer with the york sanitation co said that his firm was at tempting to improve the prop erty and expressed regret that some refuse had not been covered in the winter due to frozen conditions of the ground in increasing the nuisance allowance to 20 per cent the board refused to alter the as sessment on the farm land or the house too few facts leads fire brigade astray the scene of a fire described only as isth ave markham township took members of tho stouftville brigade on a cross- country wild goose chase fri day morning although the scene of the blaze was only two miles south of town between cone 9 and 10 in attempting to piece to gether the reason for the mis information fire chief walter smith learned that the home owner mrs ernie walters had dialed the longdistance operator instead of the stouffville fire number 6101111 in the relay of messages the exact location was omitted and volunteers were required to patrol an area west to the don mills road before the corrected site was made known to them fortunately the fire in the walters frame bungalow had not readied serious proportions when the brigade arrived it was first observed by 3 year old ronnie- walters in a bedroom mrs walters and three other children paul 7 weeks wayne 2 and ricky 3 were also home at the time linda s and debbie 6 were in school mr walters an assistant dist rict manager with the browns bread co was at his oflice and was contacted by telephone the house erected eight years ago suffered mainly from smoke and water damage miss lorna grace maye daughter of mr and mrs bert maye goodwood rri and granddaughter of mr and mrs wm maye of good wood mrs redman and the late wm redman graduated on friday june 7th from the fiftieth class of the oshawa general hospital school of nursing police car too slow request v8 engine stouffville police chief or- land keating has recommended that the present six cylinder chevrolet police cruiser should be replaced by a similar unit with a vs engine the recom mendation was part of a mon thly report presented to the council at a regular meeting on thursday nigu chief keating noted that the car now in use was too slow and represented a danger- to both the officer and other per sons on the road he said that he would be pleased to accom pany a committee of council in seeking an exchange of vehicles a total of 2s3 occurrences were booked for the month of slay thi largest number vei recorded by the department chief keating reported that the force was operating in a smooth manner and incidents of crime had been kept to a minimum to tour town deputyreeve ken laush way reported that several rec ommendations had been receiv ed from the chief and he wish ed to make a tour of the town with the officer it was suggest ed that the eastwest road at albert and second sts should be made a full stop that signs should he posted on both sides of civic street making five min ute parking legal and that no parking signs should be erect ed on the west side of edward street 50 feet north of main council will mire mower the ravenous growth of weeds in almost all areas of stouffville is causing the coun cil some concern and arousing tile wrath of some residents who have in the past attempt ed to control the spread on their own private lots following a lengthy discussion on the prob lem at a regular meeting on thursday night reeve win timbers said he would attempt to acquire the services of a tractor and mower to remedy the situation mr harry heatherington glad park ave charged that dandelions had been permitted to go unchecked at both ends of town in both vacant and resi dential lots its a sad looking sight he said reeve win timbers said that according to the act the dande lion was not considered to be a noxious weed they run in cy cles he said they seem to be extra bad this year i didnt come here for a hor ticultural lesson countered the spokesman i feel that they can be controlled pointing to the lehman farm to the east and the stouffville sod farm on the west mr heatherington said that they were almost com pletely free of this week if war was declared on them they could be cleaned up he said that he had taken considerable pride in the appearance of his lawn but his efforts were being wasted due to a lack of atten tion elsewhere care needed reeve timbers pointed out that the use of weedkillers could prove very harmful to shrubs and flowers on private lots you are not the only one who has been concerned about them he said addressing the ratepayer elgin wagg the town weed inspector said that dandelions were flourishing in tiie country also some farm fields are white with them he said deputyreeve ken laushway said he had attempted to ac quire the services of a tractor and mower but had been unsuc cessful its time the town pur chased some equipment of its own including a mower he said the reeve said he would attempt to hire someone to do the work mr j arnold sehell son of mr and mrs wes sehell of stouffville has been ap pointed vice principal of oneill collegiate and voca tional institute in oshawa a graduate of stouffville high school and toronto univers ity he was nine years at wallaceburg and six years at oneills collegiate last year he served on the staff of the new mclaughlin high school in oshawa he will assume the vice principals post in september rev douglas davis honoured by rural charges a unique and significant ser vice was conducted in goodwood on sunday evening when the congregations of fifth line siloam and goodwood united churches joined to pay tribute to rev douglas davis who for a period of twenty years had been their supervising pastor the worship was conducted by former student ministers dur ing the past twenty years good wood has been served by allen mclachlan ben garrett alen philshie douglas peebles d m mathers roy jordison douglas mcphee john hill l w her bert harry turner cecil woods and francis cook rev john hill of hornby presided the address was given by rev harry turner of woodbine unit ed church toronto at the conclusion of the wor ship service rev l w herbert of oshawa presented an histor ical sketch covering some of tho highlights in the life of both mr and mrs davis rev doug las mcphee represented former students unable t attend rev gordon winch chairman of york presbytery outlined the various degrees that had been justly earned by mr davis al though not yet conferred upon him he emphasized the 23 years of leadership at camp ahshunyoong among the boys and girls in addition to his ex ecutive ability on the presbytery and conference level on behalf of the united church women and the three congregations the three presi dents mrs don kennedy mrs howard forsyth and mrs wal ter beach presented mrs davis with a beautiful handmade quilt of iris design the con gregations were represented by mr howard forsyth wendell alcock and lome tindall they presented mr and mrs davis with a gift of money a very pleasant hour was spent in the sunday school room of the church when many old friendships were renewed a lunch was provided by the lad ies mr and mrs john ashen- hurst represented the congrega tion of 1916 when mr davis himself then a student was the summer supply pastor assisting rey austin lunau 40000 produce stand brings verbal clash in markham council markham township council members became involved in a sharp verbal clash on monday- over the erection of a s40000 fruit and vegetable outlet on no 18 hwy four miles south of ringwood mr john peters ap peared before council and made a forceful request that he be allowed to proceed with the operation on the highway council agreed that they could issue a permit for the building but pointed out that the three acre parcel of land might be zoned for some other purpose and was a matter for planning board to consider mr peters said that his pro ject would be of benefit to the farmers and speaking to coun cillor sumner he said it might be a good idea if the councillor got in closer touch with farming operations in order to know what was going on ive forgotten more about farming than youll ever know countered mr sumner vour request is contrary to the bylaw and would not comply with the zoning mr peters said he turned over a half million dollars in produce each year and was wellknown at the produce terminal he said he was prepared to carry his request to the minister deputyreeve hooper said if the township was looking for business he couldnt see any reason to refuse the request solicitor lucas advised that council might authorize the building but could not give any direction to the use of the land mr peters said he was pre paring to spend s40000 and re iterated his intention to appeal to the minister if his request was not granted to this remark councillor sumner retorted for get it and lets get on with the business in speaking to the resolution which followed councillor sum ner chided the deputyreeve with trying to do business the same as he had done it twentyfive years ago a recorded vote was requested with mr peters ob taining his permit on a favor able vote councillors hoover and sumner voted in opposition police halt dance to curb gang rowdyism an anonymous tipoff that a gang of outsiders might attempt to gain entry to a teen town dance in the crosby memorial arena unionville on saturday night had markham township police placed on the alert for expected trouble at ten oclock about thirty youths some armed with knives and tire irons rode into the area in cars they were routed from the arena property by police but threatened to cause trouble on the main street several were then taken to the buttonville station for questioning one juvenile was charged with pos sessing an offensive weapon township police chief harvey cox had his force well organized for the suggested raid and the violence that might have oc curred was stopped before it oven started chief cox ordered the management o the teen town to close rio n the dance for the remainder of the evening about 100 boys and girls were in attendance the township police depart ment was bolstered by officers from both markham village and stouffville chief ox told the tribune that although the ma jority of troublemakers were from metro some local youths were also in the group he said that the teen town organiza tion was a good thing for the young people in the area but in recent weeks it had been plagued by outsiders many with liquor its been getting worse all the time he said he noted that the members themselves were good kids he could not immediately say whether the dances would resume again at a later date couples escape by police the escape of a scarboro couple from a convertible sports car that turned over twice on the kennedy road south of unionville last week has been termed a miracle by police and an eye witness to the accident mrs alice cos- sey of stouffville david gray 33 and his pas senger gail aprilc 23 suffered only cuts and bruises and wer released from the scarborough general hospital following treatment chiefs wife on the payroll if stoultville fire chief walter smith appeared sligh tly embarrassed last week when lie arrived at the scene of a blaze on istli ave mark- ham it was for a good rea son when the truck with chief smith aboard rolled up to the premises with siren wail ing and lights flashing who should be standing in the driveway but his wife it seems that mrs smith had intercepted a second call that more clearly defined the area where the fire was loca ted she drove directly io the home the brigade members and chief smith confused by the hurried information headed off in a wrong direction re sulting in a 20 minute delay alls well that ends well however since the blaze was brought under control mrs smith left the scene when she considered the situation was well in hand town police legali not crosswalk miss barbara ann williams daughter of mr and mrs geo williams rupert ave stouffville graduated on sat june 8th from the east gen eral and orthopaedic hospit al school of nursing shoot cm the village of unionville has been selected for the location filming by cbc tv of the novel son of a hundred kings camera crews have commenc ed shooting on scene and it will take almost three weeks to complete this stage of the work the production will be divided into ten episodes and will continue until after christ mas the leading man is nine year old martin norton of england the leading lady is patricia farmer the unit manager in charge is mr ted leversuch the unionville site was se lected since according to mr leversuch many of its perma nent buildings have changed little during the past halfcen tury the story is related to the era of 1907 no members of local citizen ry will be required to complete the background cast sco expected an estimated 800 visitors will tax the picnic accommodation in the stouffville memorial park on saturday afternoon it is tho occasion of the calvary baptist church gathering from toronto the largest organization to use the facilities here this summer the swimming pool will be open for their convenience also the installation of a legalized crosswalk on main street in stouffville was greeted with very little enthusiasm by either tlie council members or the po lice chief at an open discussion en the issue on thursday night reeve win timbers introduc ed the subject and said that he had received several calls from village residents on the matter at the present time two courtesy walks are located on main street at market street and civic street in the lower business area of town deputyreeve ken laush way pointed out that the pres ent system had been in use for a period of three years and to my recollection not a single skirt has been brushed i have not changed my mind and will not vote in favour of a crosswalk he said if it is made legal the pedestrian takes his life in his hands he contin ued the legal aspects of the issue are of little benefit to the person that is killed suggest improvements police chief orland keating contended that the business sec tion was too short to make two crosswalks practical and one would be worse than none at all he noted that at the present time heavy truck traffic pres ented the greatest danger but said that the majority of these drivers were very cooperative with legal crosswalks too many pedestrians fail to take necessary caution he said he suggested that the width of the white lines should be widened as a warning to motorists and the word caution should be printed on the pavement close to the sidewalk on both the north and south side of the street most people are now cros sing with very little waiting at the curb but at least theyre waiting he continued he ad vised against the erection of warning lights im alraid the drivers would pay too much at tention to the lights and not enough attention to the pedes trians he said reeve timbers said he had quesioned the opinion of offi cials in other towns where the crosswalks were in use and some were not too enthusiastic about them councillor ken betz contend ed that crosswalks in toronto placed the driver in a very pre carious position some pedes trians almost dare you to hit them he said deputyreeve laushway said he feared most for the safety of children who would dart onto the highway without giving a signal of their intentions both councillors spang ard parsons felt that the chiefs re commendations had merit and were worthy of consideration bored teenagers seek new thrills says pastor too many young people are bored with life in their early teens and turn their attention ioward new thrills said gor don t gooderham pastor of stouffville baptist church at an evening service on sunday his sermon centered around the subject the moral question love or lust was the second in a series of topics related to the theme love courtship and marriage these problems are not novel or new said mr gooder ham 3000 years ago the same events occurred that could be reproduced in any news paper today the pastor re ferred to the evils of david and his immoral relationship with bathsheba that resulted in the death of her husband young girls like bathsheba are partly to blame he contin ued their dress worn too loosely or too tightly ran arouse temptations in the mind ol a boy is it worth it he asked why defile yourselves as a result of moment of passion have a cure the pastor revealed that the cause of immorality was well known what we need is the cure but the newspapers wont print that he said he charged that just as god had forgiven david a murderer so he would grant forgiveness to young peo ple and adults for their trans gressions mr gooderham suggested that the majority of teenagers have no concept of god but are more acquainted with matters pertaining to that hell called hollywood they picture god as a good guy or the man up stairs who loves everybody and would do no one any harm he said the wages of sin is death my bible says that we must fear him or be dammed to an eternal hell this sunday a third in a scries of sermons will consider the topic is your dating wise or otherwise any assessments to go up officer tells uxbridge twp council uxbridge township assess ment officer robt clarke issu ed a fair warning on monday night that many increases in assessments could be expected throughout the municipality as time permitted a complete re- check of all properties in the face of some opposition voiced by ratepayers at a regular meeting of council mr clarke suggested that it was only the beginning discussion on the issue was introduced by ross tyndale and john james cone 5 and they were followed in turn by kendall home and leonard wallace both of no 47 hwy mr tyndale said that his home erected four years ago was located near a garage and a gravel pit he said that he had neither water nor sewer age services but still his assess ment had climbed from s1750 to s2c00 and his taxes had gone up to 522100 he said that he had been pretty well assur- red by the former assessor that his taxes would not be over 12300 it was not assessed proper ly said mr clarke liki dozens of others in the munici pality many will have to b3 corrected he said there aro going to be a lot of changes mr tyndale said he had nev er attempted to conceal any thing from tho previous em ployee and each item had been checked off in the assessori book there were a lot of check marks in his book but they didnt mean anything argued the officer mr tyndale said he had moved out of pickering twp to escape high taxes but it would seem that i have gone from the frying pan into the fire deputyreeve alvin redshaw pointed out that the school tax alone on his property wm continued on page 7