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in remembrance members of the stouffville branch of the canadian lesion held a private service on the grounds of the ceme tery on sunday afternoon at which time a poppy was placed on the plot of each veteran who served in two world wars shown here is bernie tunney at the grave side of the late harry bur gess 1s791962 fit lieut elmer s winn son of mr and mrs fred winn of stouffville was killed in action overseas in 1911 and is buried at antwerp belgium legion president stan burkholder pauses for a moment of remembrance at his memorial marker staff photos urge cleanup at westend entrance to stouffville three representatives of the stouftville ratepayers associa tion attended a regular meet ing of the town council on thursday night to suggest that some pressure should be exert ed to promote a cleanup cam paign at the westend entrance to the municipality the president mr robt win- field was supported by lionel begin the vice president and glenn hunter the secretary mr winfield said that last spring the main street was re turned to a neat and tidy con dition but without the cooper ation of private property own ers the program was less ef fective reeve win timbers said that he had received many favour able comments on the appear ance of- the town there is al ways room for improvement however he admitted the reeve said that on several oc casions the council members had asked private parties to clean up their premises and in most instances they had com plied you cant put a person out of business commented dep utyreeve ken laushway councillor ken betz said that one of the westend lots belong ed to him and he proposed to correct its present condition when the ground became froz en he said that he would erect a building on the property when water and sewer services were extended to this point xbridge tp assessor storms out of revision court hearings resigns 1xbridge twp assessment commissioner robt f clark stormed out of a revision court hearing in goodwood last week and submitted a ver bal resignation as he headet for the door this information was reavcled at a regular meet ing of the council on monday night and the members in win accepted the officers re signation his salary will be paid up in full to dec 31st he just got mad and quit stated reeve norman hogg he fired himself councillor charles forsyth felt that he should have been resent at the meeting on mon day the revision court will con clude its sittings this week with the county assessment com missioner gordon hepditch in attendance a total of 175 ap peals were tiled the largest number in the history of the municipality rumii vol 75 no 23 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday november 14 1963 twelve pages lieut governor presents school safety award on tuesday afternoon nov 2gth the lieut governor hon earl howe will present the 600 students of james robinson public school in markliam village with their 8tli annual safety award the noaccident record is unmatched by any other school in the province and possibly in the entire domi nion the pupil safety patrol in cludes sixty boys ami girls it was first organized in 1955 by the principal mr lloyd abernethy and village police chief fred white the safety shield is donat ed by the markham-union- ville iions club patrol equipment is provided by the markliam kiwanis and rota ry clubs on dec 18th st patricks separate school in markliam will mark the completion of a successful 5year safety program their project is sponsored by the consumers gas co town council frowns on county takeover of assessment program reeve win timbers warned that the costs would undoubted- busy month the stouffville police depart ment checked a total of 180 complaints and occurrences during the month of october ac cording to a written report sub mitted to the council last week by chief orland keating thirtysix court summonses were issued including 25 viola tions of the hwy traffic act in addition 113 warnings were issued to motorists and 28 cyc lists were cautioned in door checks 18 premises were found unlocked or in secure there were no break and entries or thefts chief keating commended both officers edward grim shaw and david hadden for their efforts since joining the stouffville force they have taken a definite interest in their duties and are observant cons cientious and willing workers he said councillor kenneth betz said that the town had experienced one of the quietest halloween evenings on record deputyreeve ken laushway said that sgt art harrison of the ontario provincial police at vandorf was highly commend able of the work of the stouff ville department members of the town council on thursday night that a vote could possibly be taken in the county next week that if ap proved could take assessments out of the jurisdiction of indi vidual municipalities and place it under county control the reeve said that he did not fa vour such a scheme he noted also that under a county pro gram the cost would probably increase he suggested too that assessment records would like ly be removed from the local office which could prove to the detriment of both the clerical staff and the council deputyreeve kenneth laush way said that the stouffville assessment program was being handled in an efficient manner and he could see no reason why the system should be changed he suggested how ever that both he and the reeve would welcome direction from other council members on the matter lose control councillor kenneth betz ex pressed concern over the fact that the local council would lose its personal control over assessments if the count took over the system he agreed ly increase we certainly wont get uie job done for s3500 as we do now noted the deputyreeve the increase may not come in the first year but after that it could snowball agreed councillor wm parsons how far can we go to assist other municipalities to splve their problems it could cost a for tune reeve timbers said that the present town assessor was do ing a good job a fact that had been revealed by the few num bers of appeals if there ever was such a thing as a perfect assessor he would be going to school all his life said councillor par sons councillor bud spang sug gested that the reeve and dep utyreeve had a better opportu nity to judge the merits of a county assessment program since they could hear both sides of the story this council attempts to re solve the problems in our own municipalitiy the best way we can said councillor parsons perhaps others should try and do the same welfare officer quits twp post uxbridge twp council re ceived the resignation of their welfare officer len pilkey at a regular meeting on monday night it will become effective on dec 31st reeve norman hogg expressed surprise at the decision and suggested that the matter should be discussed further at a future date mr pilkey also served as the school attendance officer in the municipality the officer said that for the amount of work involved the position should pay double its present salary 1 can handle it but not for the money im getting he said he agreed to terms of the original contract whitchurch tp council concerned over road costs budget deficit road expenditures in whit church township are likely to exceed councils budget esti mate according to the belief of road supt ernest davis mr davis told council on monday night that with the present ac counts and the payroll for no vember and december it would appear that there would be a deficit of 12000 and with any unforseen expenditures this amount could rise to 15 000 by the end of the year council at present has a def inite interview date with the minister of highways for nov 20th council may take this op portunity to draw attention to this continued increase of maintenance on the roads in the township the specific pur pose of the interview is regards the additional subsidy on the bloomington road council comments showed that the residents are continu ing to demand more and more services an example was the s5000 overexpenditure in dust layer this year due primarily to the extremely dry fall ge on assessment plan it reeve timbers will seek a third term keeve win timbers will ac cept a nomination for a third term as reeve of stouffville he announced his plans at the conclusion of a regular coun cil meeting on thursday night he was elected to the pot in 1961 and returned again in 62 nomination is thursday eve ning nov 21st the election for a twoyear term will be held on monday dec 2nd d ep u t y r e e v e kenneth laushway said he would seek reelection to the same office but in the interval could pos sibly change his mind and run for reeve although councillors bud spang and wm parsons were noncommittal councillor ken betz suggested that he would i contest his present seat councillor spang said he was i taking a few days vacation to go deer hunting ill think it over up in the bush he said councillor parsons said he thought one or two persons should make themselves avail able to accept a nomination 2 yr term for uxbridge twp the new uxbridge township council elected on monday dec 2nd will hold office for a two- year term according to a by law passed at a special meeting last month nominations for the office of reeve deputy- reeve and three councillors will be accepted on thursday eve ning nov 21st from 7 to 8 pm at the township hall in good wood in the discussion on the is sue only councillor charles forsyth was opposed to the move and he voted in the neg ative on the question in favour was reeve norman hogg dep uty reeve alvin redshaw and councillors donald jackson and arthur knight this will mean that the coun cil elected in 1963 will continue to hold office through the terms of 1961 and 1965 any move by uxbridge twp council to place their assess ment program under the juris diction of ontario county was temporarily shelved on monday night when some members spoke against the move reeve norman hogg said that pickering twp had appli ed to the county to take over their assessments and he un derstood that some other muni cipalities were also giving the matter serious consideration im fed up with what we have had he said deputyreeve alvin redshaw said he feared the council would lose its control under the county system the people wouldnt stand a chance he said theres no reason why our present problems couldnt be straightened out last week the twp assessor robt clarke resigned and his withdrawal from office was ac cepted on monday were on here to say what we think and thats my opinion concluded mr red shaw councillor donald jackson said he would like to give it a try for one more year before he would bow to county con trol deputyreeve redshaw said that pickerings request had been rejected once before and there was no certainty that it would be approved this time local student is honoured helen busato a grade 13 awards was honouied at the the scholarship presentation graduate and the winner of a annual commencement exer- was made by staff teacher s100 provincial scholarship ciscs in the stouftville dist mr h j waite in addition to several other high school on friday night staff photo art latcham purchases anglican church property on behalf of lions the stouffville anglican church property and building on main st has been purchased by mr arthur latcham for the sale price of 7500 tire pur chase by mr latcham was made on behalf of the stouff ville lions club through shea real estate agency the prop erty has been on the market for some time christ church anglican having erected a fine new church hall on sunset blvd at the westend some time ago the stouffville municipal council had shown interest in purchasing the property a year ago as a new entranceway to memorial park but this pro posal was later dropped a special committee of the stouffville lions has been meet ing regarding the question of purchase on several occasions and had discussed the possibili ties for the property with the local church authorities how ever the crackdown on the lions club moneymaking plans had practically forced the club to bow out of the picture during the meetings of the lions special committee vari ous uses for the property liava been outlined these include an entranceway to the park the location for a building for use of small groups in town who are unable to finance the rental of present hall facilities a place for various youth organizations to operate and a chance for future expansion into a full- fledged community centre it has also been thought that the lions efforts on the property might be tied in with the com munitys recognition of can adas centennial art latcham gives 2500 to lions club as car draw is threatened with raid arthur latcham already stouffvilles biggest benefactor came to the rescue again last week and donated 2500 to the stouffville lions club when their 10 lucky ticket car draw scheduled for this saturday night was threatened with a raid by the police antigambl ing squad a similar draw in richmond hill was also halted last week mrs fred woodward has purchased the house belonging to mrs dan hall main st the deal was completed by harold wood real estate hold fourteenth anniversary sale len wilkes clothes shop is marking the 11th anniversary of the business this week with a giant old time value sale there are items galore for every member of the family at the most attractive figures be sure and read the full page advertisement on the back page of this newspaper the local lions found them selves in a tight spot with their main source of revenue cut off and numerous financial obliga tions facing the club such as the minor hockey program and support for the cnib as well as numerous other charitable works mr latcham who is an honourary member of the club steppe into the breach with his handsome donation and asked that the buffet and dance proceed as scheduled this the lions have agreed to do and all ticket holders are invited to come and enjoy a meal and dance this saturday night at the richmond hill lions hall the money paid in for the tickets will all be refunded mr latcham made his for mal presentation of the 2500 cheque to lion president ross giles at the club meeting on monday night members of the lions club were unanimous at mondays meeting in their intention to lodge a formal protest with john addison federal mp and urge immediate revamping of the countrys gambling laws to permit service clubs to hold lucky draws bingos and similar moneyraising projects sinclair nursing home is sold the 33bed stouffville nurs ing home operated for the past seven years by mr murray sinclair has been sold mr wm james garrison of don mills has purchased the resi dence and will officially take over its operation on dec 1st mr garrison has operated several homes of this type over the years and presently retains an 80bed residence in van couver for two years he held the office of president of the british columbia hospital as sociation and served on the exe cutive for a third term few changes are planned for the personnel here although a resi dent registered nurse will be added to the staff some moder nization is also contemplated mr garrison said that he had toured the town and was very pleased with its appear ance and the friendliness of the people he had met altona youth charged with dangerous driving a 19 year old altona youth wade leroy brown has been charged with dangerous driv ing by pc edward grimshaw of the stouffville police depart ment following a hairraising escapade in the eastend of town on sunday evening during his spree on harding gate blvd eyewitnesses said that his auto a 1955 oldsmo- bile came within inches of striking two adults and four children the vehicle according to reports went through a ditch climbed a cement curb raced through two stop streets and swerved sideways around a corner skid marks measuring 167 feet were left on the pave ment brown was arrested by pc grimshaw and pc david haddeir he and a passenger gordon brown 19 of newcastle have also been charged with consuming liquor as minors magazine salesmen not welcome four toronto magazine sales men including two adults and two students found few wel come mats out for them in their doortodoor calls in stouffvile on monday afte- noon michael hamilton and glenn montieth were stopped by pc edward grimshaw and pc david hadden following the re ceipt of six telephone calls of complaint several parties made anote of the car license num ber veterans attend cemetery service members of the stouffville afternoon a poppy was plac- branch of the canadian ed at the graveside of each legion are picture here our- veteran who served in world ins a private cemetery scrvr wars i and ii following the ice in stouffville on sunday service of remembrance in the veterans memorial hall wreaths were laid at the park gates and she cenotaph staff photo