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4850 copies this week two pages of classifieds 6 and 7 vol 76 no 32 the tribune stoukkviixe ontario thursday january 14 1963 fourteen pages town police calls total 4939 during 1964 damage in accidents 16380 the jman stouffville police department had an ex ceptionally busy year in 1064 as revealed in an 8page i annual report submitted to the town council at their meeting on thursday night members expressed appre ciation with the detailed information contained in the report prepared by the chief orland keating the chief praised the work of his two officers pc edward grim- shaw and pc david hadden the men have worked together as a team and have individually and collectively j shown a great sense of pride in their department he said he noted too that his force had received excellent cooperation from the police committee and the people of stouffville no police department can function efficiently without public support he said fortunately we have this support from the citizens we serve i pc grimshaw especially ap pointed to give this type of instruction he said that the bi cycle rodeo had been very suc cessful with 320 entries mark diamond anniversary chief orland keating during the past twelve months stouffville officers in vestigated a total of 4039 com plaints occurences and calls during the year as compared with 3379 recorded in 1963 there were 31 major acci dents in town resulting in pro perty damage estimated at 16- 38000 ten persons were injur ed but there were no fatalities in addition the force investiga ted 31 minor collision six mo tor vehicles and eight bicycles were stolen valued at 826000 all were recovered five addi tional stolen cars were recov ered for other departments va lued at 1240000 travelled 24720 miles the towns one police cruiser rolled up a total of 24720 miles in 1964 each night no less than 118 business places were check ed and last year 195 premises were found open or insecure the department attended 60 fires provided 144 money es corts for banks and stores and 65 escorts in funeral proces sions a total of 1013 vehicles were investigated 1214 driv ers were cautioned with regard to driving habits and 180 cy clists were warned fortyseven parking tags were issued seven adults and twelve children were reported missing all were located and returned to their homes cheek speeders a total of 193 convictions were registered under the highway traffic act out of this number 129 infractions were for speeding there were 84 convictions under the liquor control act 4 for having liquor in an illegal place and 40 under consuming as minors under the criminal code there were 12 convictions five of these for attempted theft chief keating praised the work of the public school safety patrol he said that a number of safety lectures had been provided at the two schools by kincardine pastor to minister here rev fred ii cromey b a of kincardine has been called to fill the two pastoral charges of st james presbyterian church in stouffville and st andrews markham the selection was finalized at a joint meeting of both congre gations at markham on sunday night rev john forbes of ag- incourt the interim moderator conducted the vole by ballot a native of ireland rev cromey came to canada in 1956 and presided at a church in gait he has been at kincar dine since 1960 he is married with three children mr and mrs kenneth tho mas of markham and mr and mrs bruce davidson of stouff ville will represent the local congregations at a meeting of presbytery on feb 2nd to speak on behalf of the churches choice rev and mrs cromey and family will reside in mark ham decision soon on unionville subdivision if all details and specifica tions contained within the sub division agreement of hengran development ltd varley vil lage at unionville can be set tled this week in committee markham twp council could very well give the project the goahead on monday the issue was reopened for discussion again this week but nothing was resolved reeve chas hooper assured the de veloper jack grant that a de cision would be finalized by the next council session deputyreeve stewart rum ble once again expressed con cern that the development would be topheavy in residen tial assessment while commer cial and industrial buildup would not occur councillor allan sumner con tended that several items of importance had not been set tled including treeplanting and sodremoval councillor chas hoover asked for more time in which to check each clause of the agreement care fully before signing at the present time 6 model homes arc now under construc tion it was agreed that this number should be raised to 14 mr and mrs isaac lehman wellknown and highly respected residents of altona celetcd their diamond wedding anniversary on saturday and sunday the local couple received many cards and telegrams including a message from the queen the story appears on page 3 staff photo driver admits assault on oxbridge teacher a 24 year old aurora district man entered a plea of guilty to a reduced charge of indecent assault on a 24 year old ux- bridge twp school teacher when the case was reopened in whitby court last week john redmond rr 2 aurora had previously been charged with rape magistrate harry jermyn re gistered a conviction against the accused and remanded him in custody until jan 19th for sentence the teacher a resident of sandford said she was driving and the car that her home from newmarket stopped when she heard persistent honking of a horn behind her she said the driver explained that trunk lid was open and he had closed it later she said the same motorist cut her off and forced her to stop to avoid a collision she described how he pulled jhe keys frjmnthe jgni- tion arid dragged her into his vehicle where the alleged at tack occurred she said that she made a mental note of the cars licence plate and called police rude reply to twp ratepayer stirs council a little telephone etiquette helps to promote good public relations and ward 2 councillor wm newman of pickering has agreed to lay down a few stan dard rules for office employees to follow councillor newman showed some concern on monday night when a ratepayer charged that she had been rudely treated by an employee of the road de partment when she complained over existing conditions on the greenwood road its about time that some of our employees practiced a little more courtesy when dealing with the public he said he said that as a private ratepayer he too had received treatment over the telephone that left something to be desired deputyreeve mrs jean mc- pherson said that on numerous occasions she had been called by irritated citizens but had al ways tried to be polite regard less of the complaint in a letter to council mrs g cook termed the greenwood road as deplorable and re quested some action to correct the situation road foreman has narrow escape baby girl first at brierbush the brierbush hnspiiil in stnultville recorded lis first birth of the new year on mon day jan hill ii is a fine baby girl for mr and mrs edward hoover of claremonl rr 3 they have one oilier daughter doreen 8 yrs old mrs olive reed proprietor of hie brierbush presented sirs hoover wilh an engraved silver cup in honour of the new vcir arrival jim richards appointed to planning board mr jim richards of stouff ville has been appointed to the town planning board tu fill the position held previously by mr c h nolan the name of robt winfield was also proposed but mr richards gained a 32 vote edge at the inaugural meeting of council on thursday night mr a g thompson was re appointed for another term 5 mr h j waite has been ap pointed to the library board replacing mr geo foord members on the community centre board remain unchang ed from 1964 they are mrs hilda wilson robt lewis jas thomas and councillors parsons and spang representing the council the weed inspector is mr elgin wagg the building in spector is mr henry ogden committees set up within the council are also unchanged the chairmen are roads and walks councillor parsons property depreeve laush- way sewers councillor betz finance deputyreeve laush- way and police councillor spang reeve win timbers will rep resent the town on the meiio toronto and region conserva tion authority new firehall is no 1 project in town for 1965 reeve the erection of a new fire- hall in town has been placed at the head of a list of anticipated projects for 1965 by stouffville reeve win timbers addres sing the inaugural meeting of council on thursday night the reeve noted that with the con tinued growth of the commun ity there would also be increas ed demand for services its the trend of the times he said he said he hoped that the towns road improvement pro gram would be continued and suggested a move whereby the streetlighting in the village could be expanded and moder nized he said that work on the new senior citizens home was on schedule and he expected that the official opening would be held on may 1st of this year he said that the relocation of a new water supply for the town would constitute a major project for the puc he said he hoped that much of the an ticipated expenditnres as out lined in the engineers report could be postponed for at least five years the reeve suggested that the council should arrange a joint meeting with the public school board to hear their plans for future student accommodation cooperation is needed in council he said we need each others help to cope with the problems we must face to make things work we must work at it he concluded need a manager deputyreeve ken laushway said that the town was in need of a manager especially in the works dept we need someone in authority to carry out coun cil policies he said he advo cated a change in the current policy of industrial promotion and said he would expand on his own ideas later he noted that the firehall and the ccnten- i nial project would be two of the major items of business in the year ahead hold tax line councillor wm parsons said he could see no immediate rea son for an increase in taxes un less the school board should bring forward some major con struction expenditure he said he hoped a reduction in the road budget could be arranged councillor bud spang chair man of the police committee said that his plans for 65 were already in progress councillor ken betz said he could foresee no immediate major expenditure in the towns sewer plant system elson miles named chairman of new markham area board mr elson miles of milliken has been named chairman of the newlyformed public school area board no 2 in markham twp mr arnold mortson of victoria square is the vice chairman the five trustees were sworn into office at their inaugural meeting held at richmond hill on wednes day evening of last week other members include mrs mildred toogood eldred king and stu art watson markham twp road foreman trainer canning had a narrow rwapp from serious injury rcrrnmy when hi light pickup truck was in rollision with another vehicle then crashed into a building the force of the initial impart knocked the employee out of the cab onto the road the truck kept on nobis with no one at the wheel staff fhoto disturbance charge brings 50 fine a charge of causing a distur bance in a stouffville main st restaurant on dec 5th resulted in a conviction and fine of 50 and costs against james cald well of r r 2 markham the case was aired before magis trate russell pcarce in rich mond hili court on tuesday p c david hadden of stouftvillc said he answered a call to harolds grill and es corted the accused outside he said that caldwell had been drinking caldwell said that he had asked for a cut of coffee and was refused service magistrate pearce said that if the accused appeared before him on one more occasion the result would be more serious caldwell was given two weeks to pay the fine mrs jessie foote has return ed to her home on 17th ave rri stouffville following a period of confinement in the brierbush hospital chairman kison miles the board headed by the chairman delved into a heavy agenda of business it is unique since the five trustees will gov ern the current operation of 18 individual schools throughout the area mrs jean brown secretary to public school inspector mayn- ard hallman will hold the of fice of secretarytreasurer on the new board on a temporary basis until a permanent emplo yee can be acquired town firemen seek 1965 agreement the stouffville fire brigade is seeking a new rate contract for 1965 which according to information revealed at the in augural meeting of council on thursday night amounts to an increase of 100 per man per hour the requested rate schedule in total is as follows 64 for the 1st hour and 48 for each addi tional hour in attendance at a fire they are also asking for 64 for each summer practice deputyreeve ken laushway indicated that the fire agree ments between stouffville and the four surrounding municip alities of whitchurch markham uxbridge and pickering twps had expired he asked that the council meet in committee to discuss the matter further piggery threat concerns residents a report indicating that a piggery operation is proposed for a site on the 5th cone of whitchurch twp has aroused the concern of residents in that area mr k w horton urged the council on monday night to pass a bylaw that would con trol and regulate this type of business throughout the whole of the municipality mr horton said he didnt want piggeries banned in the township but he felt they should be kept far removed from residential properties the council agreed to give the request their consideration markham township ss convention on jan 21st the flgth annual markham twp sunday school conven tion will he held in the victoria sq unlied church on thursday jan 21st meeting sessions will he held in the morning at 10 am in the afternoon at 2 pm and in the evening at seven oclock the president tills year is mr lewis hcise the theme of the 1965 con vention is reaching our youth a special panel discussion will he held at the morning session members will include mrs howard stiver mrs don ratclilt harold hcise and jack slioudy throughout the days pro gram the accent will be on youth and it is hoped that both young people and adults will make an effort to attend moh ordered to inspect house dr j f st john medical officer of health will carry out a complete inspection of an ux bridge twp tenement house located in the hamlet of alto na the clerk was instructed to contact thp official after the council received a report on monday from fire chief wal ter smith of stoufrville chief smith recommended that the furnace room should be cleaned up that a proper chimney should be erected on a rear apartment that fire es capes should be erected to serve the two top apartments and that an inspection should be carried out by a health de partment authority although the number of ad ults and children accommodat ed in the building was not im mediately known it is believed that five families are presently residing there pickering twp clerk lloyd johnston resigns after thirtythree years of service to tnke area board post it was with regret that ihe council of the twpof pickering accepted the resigntion of their clerk mr lloyd t johnston at a meeting in brougham on monday night after 33 years and 3 months of faithful service to the municipality he will lake ihe position of secretary- treasurer and business admin istrator in the newlyformod public school area board o i the move becomes effective as of feb 11 1063 began in 1031 mr johnston joined the pick ering twp office staff on oct 1st 1031 he was the tax eov tor at that time and operated out of his home on ihe brock road south of no 7 hwy in 1313 he became the deputyclerk and assistant to the late donald r pealon he look over the clerk- treasurers post in id ii but sisn acscd as the township tax oolii-o- lor and welfare officer he be came a fulltime clerk in 135 in addition to his many other duties during tle past 33 years mr johnston also served as sec retary of the planning board xrom 194s to 1353 mr uoyd t johnston clerk of pickering twp for 33 years submitted monday night to accept a new position with public school area board no u bis resignation on staff fhoto