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rttntiit vol 75 no 21 nik tribune stouffvillk ontario thursday november 21 19g3 sixteen pages town nominations thursday night for 2 year term santa claus coming to town sat nov 30 to arrive by helicopter next saturday november soih will be the biggest day of the year for hundreds of boys and girls in stouftville and nearby district its the day santa claus comes to stouflville hell arrive by helicopter in memorial park at 1030 am and will be escorted through town coming back to his chalet on main street this is a big family day a day you wont want to miss being down town santa will have his clown hand with him for your entertainment and therell be favours for the kiddies as well from nov 10th on santa will appear almost daily at his chalet hell be talking to the children afternoons and some evenings check the time schedule on the front page of the second sestion of this newspaper lucky draws the main street merchants who make this santa claus visit possible are also providing twenty 5 lucky draws a you do is fd out the coupon which appears on page 1 of this weeks second section and drop it in the barrel at santas chalet the vouchers you win can be cashed at any business place in town lake ratepayers ask zoning bylaw be deferred until 1964 a frame barn the property sunday night when struck straw were destroyed in the of claude kerr of ringwood by lightning three cows a blaze there was insurance was burned to the ground on pig and a quantity of hay and on the structure and the own- si cr will likely rebuild again staff photo eing any action by the twp of whitchurch on a proposed zon ing bylaw that would effect on ly the resort area of mussel- mans lake will be deferred un til all home owners have had an opportunity to study the plan this decision was reached at a public meeting held in the ballantrae public school on tuesday evening of last week a standing room crowd of more than 100 ratepayers were in attendance reeve frank williams and all members of his council were in attendance the township planning consul tant mr js bousfield went through each clause of the by law and welcomed questions from the floor at the conclus ion of his presentation majority ill favour in response to a request by the rscve concerning the feel ing of the ratepayers on the proposed bylaw an estimated 90 per cent indicated their fav our mr thos mcguiggan of to ronto expressed some concern that the public meeting had been arranged after the sum mer residents had returned to the city he urged the council to delay its action on the mat ter until after the bylaw had been more widely circulated a- mong the homeowners he sug gested that following a further discussion of the proposed re strictions the ratepayers could present a recommendation to the township a motion to ad journ further proceedings on the issue until each ratepayer had received a copy of the by law was passed a further mee ting will be arranged in the summer of 1964 dcputyreve ross farquhar- son said that the council were anxious to cooperate in the best interests of r eeke rate payers and would take no ac tion without first obtaining an impression of opinion from the people a separate bylaw to go vern the zoning of lake wil cox has already been reviewed and passed struck by lightning drag strip a bolt of lightning has been when the bolt struck they u- fr n rn snnrinv wore awakened by a passing yn v b f milion dollar addition for markham high school markham district high school board members appear ed before markham township council on monday evening re questing tentative approval on an expenditure of s490000 for a 14room addition to the mark ham district high school total cost of the addition is estimated at 1506000 with gevernment grants reducing this figure to 3499000 of this amount the township share is 4873c the extensive addition will contain a number of rooms for technical teaching arent you afraid of the ex penditure councillor hoover asked board members spokes man walter hcaton said the board realized the figures were high but considered it was a good deal considering the am ount of grant the government was paying councillor rumble while he seconded the resolu- aw wpsl tentativc b aid he did so with misgivings he reminded the board that the cost of operation of a technical rjhool was extremely high council passed a resolution giv ing tentative approval with one abstention councillor hoover said he wanted to sec what ed- ocaton minister davis had to say about the mounting costs before he could vote fvourab- ly the minister has promised to attend a meeting in mark ham reeve hooper informed council markham village council will meet in special session this week to consider the boards request a bolt of lightning has been blamed for a fire on sunday night that destroyed a frame barn on the property of claude kerr at ringwood lost in the blaze were three cows one pig 4000 bales of hay and 500 bales of straw the cattle belonged to stouftville veterinarians drs terry and dennis oconnor they had planned to put twen- ty more cows in the barn later this week the kerr family were asleen when the bolt struck they were awakened by a passinf motorist from richmond hill the alarm was turned in by a neighbour mrs wilmot brown the stouftville brigade was summoned to the scene but the structure was a mass of flames when they arrived the farm home located some distance a- way was not damaged the building loss is covered by insurance and mr ken- plans to rebuild again gravestones damaged 55 assessment appeals in whitchurch tp the court of revision in the twp of whitchurch should complete its hearings on as sessment appeals within three days only 55 appeals have been filed and the majority of these were dealt with on nov 13th and nov 20th the revision court includes- wm houting chairman ste phen rose douglas hope and ieib simpson also sitting in on the discussions are messrs thos kerr deputyclerk robt kennedy assessment commis sioner and geo smith asst assessor and bidg inspector of the thirteen appeals heard on nov 13th 7 were sustained 1 reduced and 2 reserved a reward of s50 has been of fered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who entered the for syth cemetery south of glas gow in uxbridge twp last week and damaged several gravestones on the grounds it was the second time with in three weeks that stones have been toppled and broken at the site five markers were dam aged on halloween night the ontario provincial police of the whitby detachment hae been notified messrs levi forsyth and dave crosier have been active in careing for the grounds and only recently a trustee board was formed that includes floyd forsyth wm malloy and wm parsons the cemetery is kept exceptionally tidy by the caretaker bruce lewis the church building was torn down several years ago charge m john addison 33 liberal mp for york north was re manded to dec 12 when he appeared before magistrate f c hayes on an impaired driv ing charge mr addison was arrested on on sunday on church st near bloor st the magistrate told mr ad dison to be sure to have his lawyer and witnesses present on the remand date as the case would proceed more pay for election officers markham township election officers will receive more pay this year according to a resolu tion passed by council on mon day night councillor rumble proposed the resolution which was passed unanimously in creasing the remuneration for deputy returning officers from 18 to 20 and for toll clerks from 12 to 15 over 2000 damage a three car collision in markham village on friday- caused damage estimated at over 2000 no one was injured seriously the drivers were ste phen bugye cone 7 markham malcolm wardman markham village and dwayne whittle of belleville markham township council continued to procrastinate on monday night regarding the re quest for establishment of a drag strip on the 9th conces sion messrs chapman and johnson who have already ap peared at council on several oc casions regarding the project were at the meeting expecting a final decision but council again returned the matter to commit tee for study mr chapman placed before council a list of residents whom he stated had no objection to the track and all lived within a reasonable distance he also advised council that he was pre pared to pay a license fee councillor rumble said the township presently has a bylaw forbidding this type of opera tion there must have been good reason for passing this by law and i think we should have good reason to rescind it and this is the only request that i know of that weve ever had to rescind said mr rumble all members agreed that a decision should be made but could not make up their minds and returned the mailer to com mittee and a check of the names presented by mr chapman to run for reeve deputyreeve alan sumner will oppose mr charles hooper for the office of reeve in the twp of markham at the forth coming municipal elections on monday dec 2nd mr sumner revealed his intentions when contacted personally by the tribune this week nomina tions will be held on friday evening nov 22nd at button- ville mr sumner has served on the township council for three years as a reresentative of ward i when mr hooper took over the reeveship in october succeed ing the late w r dean mr sumner assumed the office of deputyreeve ward 2 councillor stewart rumble will move up to contest the office of deputyreeve he will be opposed by forrest dul- lege cone 3 markham no new candidates state intention of running for council the annua nomination meet ing for candidates for stouit- ville municipal council public utilities commission and public school board will be held this thursday evening nov 21st from 730 until 830 pm if an election is held it will be on monday dee 2nd and those elected at that time will remain in office for two years reeve win timbers and dep- rceve ken laushway have both stated that they will be in the field for reelection councillor ken betz has also stated his in tention to ask for another term councillors bud spang and wil liam parsons have still not de clared definitely whether or not they will be on the ballot again this year no other residents have declared their intentions to seek a place on council at press time the six members of the pub lic school board were not def inite in their intentions and there was some indication that a vacancy or two could arise on this board chairman ed neville stated that he would be in the field for reelection while commis sioner atkinson was not defini tely committed to run for pub lic utilities and indicated ha might have an eye to a council scat if there were vacancies there there will be a public meet ing following the nominations which close at 830 pm in the veterans memorial hall to seek department view of ballantrae land purchase former reeve cliff wallwork of whitchurch township told council on monday night that the ballantrae community cen tre board would have to have some financial assistance or the work being done among the young people by the association would cease mr wallwork speaking to counch a mem ber of the board requested that council purchase ten acres of land adjacent to the ballantrae school for use by the communi ty centre association lie said their activities were presently taking place on land owned by the erie mfg co and which the company would like for its own use it was revealed that the town ship had some 11000 in the treasury derived from the sale of lots in the township but it was not considered that this should all be spent in one local ity council has considered that this money which has been col lected from all over the munici pality might assist in the estab lishing of the new police force next year mr wallwork suggested a price of 75 an acre for the ten acres of land adjoining the school he said that skating had been provided last year for four hundred children and funds had been raised for other purposes however he said it was found that the fact the as sociation did not own the land on which they operated barred the group from receiving any government grant in discussing the request later in the meeting council agreed that a resolution should be presented from the town ship community centre board favouring the purchase of the land in the ballantrae area and comment on the site selected in addition the councillors be lieved that the clerk should contact the minister of plan ning to obtain his views as to the spending of lot fee money for this purpose once council has received these views the members will make their decision councillor ivan mclaughlin who is a representative from the ballantrae area stated that a lot of time and effort had been put forward by the group to help the young people of the district and he believed that most of the ratepayers would support some action by council on their behalf markham opposes county assessment wellknown farmer births neal george and marnie nee knight are happy to announce the birth of a son william norman 8 lb 5 oz thursday november 14 1963 at scarboro general hospital a brother for tommy spec ial thanks to drs petric and button pilkey ken and maryann nee woolhead of stouft ville are happy to announce the arrival of their son barry kenneth 9 lbs 6 oz at scarboro general hospital on november ii 1963 a baby brother for barbie many thanks to dr petrie pickering township i halt piowing service on private on sunday nov 17th mr scott brown a wellknown markham district farmer pass ed away in the scarboro gen eral hospital in his 02nd year born at browns corners in scarboro he moved to mark ham 35 years ago and purchas ed the wismer property on 16th avenue west of the village he unoerwent an operation two years ago and although he appeared to show good signs of a successful recovery he was stricken for a second time and reentered the hospital earlier this month besides his wife the former norma hastings he is survived by one daughter betty mrs gordon forgie north mark ham and one son william on the home farm two sisters mrs alex cowan of orange- ville and mrs gordon spring of richmond hill and three bro thers frank of unionvillc gordon of cannington and donald of cookstown also sur vive he was the grandfather of beverley patricia and mur ray forgie rev albion wright conduct ed the funeral service from the dixon chapel markham on tuesday afterron at two pm with interment in elmwood cemetery markham the pall bearers were frank grove john dix gordon lunau fred bearc russell couperthwaite and walter brignall markham township will not support the proposal for a coun ty assessment commissioner to take over all assessing in the county at monday nights council meeting council was unanimous in a motion direct ing that the markham repres entatives on county council vote against such a move councillor chas hoover pro posed the resolution which was seconded by councillor rumble mr hoover said that he believ ed assessing by the county would be more costly and while those engaged to do the job might be experts they would not be realists councillor rum ble expressed the view that there could be considerable duplication and the township records might not be easily available deputyreeve sumner said he didnt favour removing ths township assessing records reeve hooper said he had op posed the idea in both commit tee meetings of county council i think it is premature the government grart is only so much bait he said nomination meetings thursday nov 21 stouffville uxbridge twp friday nov 22 markham twp monday nov 25 markham village friday nov 29 whitchurch twp pickering twp after dec loth of this year the road department of the twp of pickering will cease to perform any snowplowing or grading services on private lanes and driveways throughout the municipality the new pol icy opposed by deputyreeve mrs jean mcpherson and councillor harvey spang was approved at a regular meeting o council on monday night mrs mcpherson chairman of i the road committee revealed that an estimated sixty rcsi- j dents in the township took ad- i vantage of this snowplowing seivice every winter at a fee of j 500 per call she said that lanes were opened mainly to permit the entry of milk tank trucks to the fanners barns she said that the work was done while the plow was ir the area rather than have the equipment j bscktrack over road that had already been cleaned unfair practice councilor milton mowbray charged that the practice was most unfair if private lanes were opened first before all township roads had been covcr- j ed a lot of people have a j legitimate complaint if their j roads are not opened fast i enough he said its time this practice was stopped he noted i that only a small number of persons were acquiring the service mainly because the ma jority of residents were un aware that the service was available the township should not be involved in the private contracting business he said councillor hubert wank said that this type of work would not be sanctioned by the dept of highways and liability insur ance carried by the municipal ity could be ruled invalid in case of an accident store hours stores will be open mondays in december till christmas al so every evening commencing friday dec 13 till 9 pm with the exception of fridays when they will be open till 10 pm tuesday dec 24 stores will close at 6 pm 1 fri dec 139 am til 10pm sat dec 149 am till 9 pm 1 mon dec 169 am till 9 pm tucs dec 17 9 am till 9 pm wed dec 189 am till 9 pm thurs dec 199 am till 9 pm fri dec 209 am till 10 pm dec 219 am till 9 pm mon dec 23 9 am till 9 pm i tucs dec 249 am till 6 pm three markham district high school students recieve 400 scholarships itolit toogood 8g average j zjl betty jones 83 average alalia marks 82 r average tniee student winners of 100 provincial scholarship awards will bo honoured at the annual commencement exercises of the markham dist high school on friday night icobt tcwgood of unionvillc had an average of 86o in his top eight subjects with a 93 in geometry ho is presently enrolled at toronto university betty jones of north markham had in 83 av erage with a top mark of 90 in french composition she is enrolled at the university of waterloo alalia marks of rki unionvillc had an average of 82 with a mark of 88 in latin composition she is a first year student at iork university