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largest weekly markham 8stouffvme jlxbridgtfe in the district whitchurch i bridge 9 markham l v i vol 77 no 30 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thurs dec 30 1965 10 cents the year ahead district set for building boom yeh yjliniz kutlu olsun glaedeligt nyt am 7 t swa hota bliadhna mhath ur scots gaelic v j y slovene hi 03 j cled1lekt nyt ar ichwdfc issena it taiba stastflfyrokr latvian bliadhan nua fe mha1se dhuit evtikhes to neonefow v swasdi bepee mai laimingu jju uim biwflvflwydida masacamang bagong taon onnellista uuta vuotta j gvj sc rthfmppnf feliz ano nuevo spanish boldog ujevet anum vi hungarian ssovo uleto teovkamx m 0 m m m co 5s stastuvy foovy rok slovak bonne suiqarian feliz o novo portuguese shnorhavor nor darl mi- armenian es guets neus johr i swiss verspoedig nieujaar 6oquh0 flemish 0 sikbim1 through the many languages spoken in canada the message is the same happy new year markham twp reeve raps clerk over byiaw presentation buttonville the early bird usually sets the worm but clerk harry crisp of markham township re ceived nothing but criticism from reeve chas hooper on tuesday for his alleged pre mature presentation of two bylaws the bylaws concerned sunday sports and sunday movies questions that had been approved by the elec torate on dec 6th reeve hooper charged that in pre senting them for approval without authorization from the council the clerk had overstepped his authority the clerk is paid to take instruction from council continued the reeve in this case he has instructed the solicitor to prepare two by laws when the request should have come from us twp solicitor paul mingay attended the meeting defends clerk councillor allan sumner came to the defence of the clerk saying that the issue had been discussed at a previous session of council he observed that the reeve was not in attendance at the time i presume in view of the time limit that the clerk took action that he consider ed to be in the best interest of the township in a mot ion that followed the clerk was given a vote of confid ence by the members mr mingay advised the council however that it would be better to adjourn passage of the bylaws until 1966 councillor hoover noted that due to divided feeling in the township towards both questions it could be a point in favour of regional governments you always have been in favour of splitting up the township charged reeve hooper kindly do not make any assertions that cannot be substantiated shot back mr hoover it was unanimously agreed that the questions be dealt with by the new council at their inaugural meeting on jan 3rd at 11 am 6 new faces in council there will be six new faces when york county council meets for the in augural session on jan isth 1966 two new mem bers who are best known in this locality will be deputy- reeve vvm parsons of stouff- ville and deputyreeve palm er of markham twp two new members will come from sutton reeve sam nasello and deputyreeve harry bulens the deputy- reeve of king twp ken maetaggart and deputy- reeve of east gwillimbury mrs gladys rolling will also be taking a seat for the first time three wellknown faces will be missing they are reeve chas hooper of mark ham twp reeve win tim bers of stouffville and reeve ray jennings of king twp elmer wells dies a week before 50th wedding anniversary centennial failure politico rftutte willi tll issue the tribune lakes on a new look a news and coiokrlii look to give readers and advertisers more news and better service all the regular news coverage and favorite features remain but weve redesigned the paper lo make it easier in read and added new features and extra news- coverage our resolution for 196fi to make the tribune an evcrlmprnving newspaper and thus maintain the progress to which it has been dedicated since lis establish ment in 1888 editorial page 9 district xews page 3 womens page page i news of 63 page 5 district news page 6 riciorial review page 7 sports page s district xews page 9 classified page 10 stouffville scc page 11 district new igc 12 h nearly 300000 paid to towns elderly people the elderly folks in stouffville have received nearly s300000 from the fed eral government during the past year these people more than three hundred of them range in age from 65 to over ninety years of age two hundred and seventy- seven of them seventy years of age and over have re ceived their 75 per month automatically while a num ber of those 55 to 69 are also receiving the old age assistance by showing def inite need for this help office of aging the ontario government is setting up an office of aging to plan sliding scale pension benefits for the 500- 000 people in ontario over 65 the province has indi cated that in some neces sary cases the province will step in and see that the recip ients receive s125 a month payments would be scaled to insure a certain standard of living stouffville this community was saddened christmas eve when word was received of the passing of elmer richard wells in the scarboro general hospi tal he was 74 mr wells was a lifelong resident in the stouffville area he was born at van- dorf in whitchurch town ship the son of the late charles wells and annie ransom in 1915 he was married to blanche lewis who survives the couple would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this thursday for 11 years mr wells was the manager of the albert ncighorn farm south of lemonville he then purchased the former mc- kueri farm known as spruce fair where he lived for 25 years until his retirement for the past 10 years lie re sided on lloyd avenue in stouffville but still liked nothing better than to re visit the property operated by his youngest son grant mr wells was an active participant in local sports playing hockey with the once famous almira team of 1931 and district football clubs whitchurch residents will recall the years he served as township constable and trustee on the school board at lemonville he was an ardent supporter of the plow mens association and re tained his keen eye for a straight furrow and good finish always a good neigh bour lie enjoyed a wide cir cle of friends while active in farming and following his retirement besides his wife he is sur vived by three sons lewis allin and grant and three daughters reita mrs floyd forsyth vera mrs john gibbins and phyllis mrs r l kerr daughters shir ley and evelyn are deceased there are 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild a brother alfred resides at uxbridge and another broth er herbert lives at aurora a sister mrs wilfred lun- dy edna resides at quecns- ville rev douglas davis con ducted funeral service mon day afternoon from the oneill funeral chapel stouffville with interment in the stouffville cemetery the pall bearers all neph ews were gordon mur ray and harry lewis joe lundy bruce harper and lundv wells couldnt we just bjve j second chance it list new yens resolutions mr and mrs benson myers mill st enjoyed christmas at the home of her niece mr and mrs wilfred bowes of maple and also with her brotherinlaw mr percy putcrbaugh also of maple biggest christmas party held at reesor home dicksons hill the home of mr and mrs lewis reesor isth avenue mark ham twp was the scene of the districts largest christ mas day gathering when 18 adults and children enjoyed dinner together ten individ ual families were represent ed two huge turkeys were prepared both exceeding 23 pounds visitors included mr and mrs harold mcdowell and three children of belhcsda mr and mrs paul burkhold- er and six childien of mark ham mr and mis dave reesor and four children of dicksons hill mr and mrs john reesor and four child ren also of dicksons hill mr and mrs merle hoover and four children of vine- land mr and mrs hideichi saito of brazil mr and mrs enos honsbcrger and family of one of baden mrs inn hoover and elsie of stouff ville and nellie and editii reesor of toronto tables were set up in the dining room of the large reesor house to accommo date the crowd the second largest gather ing to be recorded in this ar ea was at the lloyd byer home no is ilwy north of markham fortytwo were present several from a dis tance stouffville stouff ville municipal council pro vided the two top news stories carried in the tri bune in 1965 the centennial project flop a contentious question car ried over from 1964 received top billing when the idea of stouffville having any cen tennial project at all was completely washed out the anglican church pro perty around which the con troversy swirled for so long is now on the for sale block verbal exchange while council also provid ed other news of interest throughout the year the story which finally broke on the public platform at the 3965 nomination meeting was the clash between reeve win timbers and councillor wm stricken ai church service unionville a sud den heart attack during the sunday service in st phil lips anglican church un- ionville resulted in the death of mr reino erick hill of unionville although rushed o the scarboro general hos pital by ambulance lie failed to recover mr hill was 46 bow toronto he served as a petty officer in the navy during world war ii he was later employed at st josephs hospital in toronto and for ten years was a sta tionary engineer at the in ternational wax works ltd in aginurt he hao been a resident of unionville for the past 14 years besides his wife the form er norm evelyn loftus he is survived by two sons thomas and eiic and one daughter evelyn a sister mrs helen woodside resides in toronto rev john ball conducted the funeral service from st phillips anglican church uniorvc on tuesday after noon with interment in st phillips cemetery the pal hearers were donald wood- side charles cuthbertson bruce mitchell louis how- arth james robertson and andrew mcmennany parsons while the two had words in earlier council meetings ratepayers were jolted when the animosity broke into the open new projects the decision and execution of a plan for a new fireball also provided one of the years highlights the pub lic utilities commission drew special interest as this body proceeded with the drilling for a new municipal water source and council took the headlines again with the an nouncement that there would be no increase in the town tax rate accident and death several motor crashes at the ringwood corner reached the front page two coming in one day in the early sum mer one of them being a fatality the crash of a light plane just north of altona took the life of a local sod specialist and at unionville the wife of a markham vill age councillor met death in a motor crash three reeves gone the past year has marked he passing of three former stouffville reeves a e wel- don harry sanders and most recently elmer daniels who was manager of the puc at the time of his passing xew building leading building story of the year was the completion of the parkside home for the aged hundreds of residents in town and district have vis ited the new home which holds an impressive location on the west side of town plans for a 6room addition to the orchard park school later wiped out by the an nouncement of the building of a separate school was a leading item in this years news coverage iate in the summer the tribune carried the story of plans for the building of a shopping cen tre on main st west a sign board carrying this an nouncement is now located on the property both pic ture and story of a s4c000 addition to the united mis sionary church at gormley was also important news receive charier the chartering of a kins men club in stouffville re ceived major attention and the sale of the large stouff ville sand gravel co the tribune carried a top story in the fall on the conserva tion program including a new dam planned by metro conservation authority thn ontario municipal board held a hearing on the expropria tion of land for the purpose and by june 1st it will be known if the project is to proceed in 1966 boy has legs broken when hit by car green river a 16 year old green river boy had both his legs broken sunday night when hit by a car on no 7 highway bryan douglas switzer a resident at the home of his brother mr euart switzer for only a short lime was carried almost 1000 feet by the force of the impact he was walking at the edge of the pavement with a friend jimmy green when the ac cident occurred dr john i- while of markham rendered first aid at the scene to both the ped estrian and two persons in the auto all three were tak en to the scarboro general hospital in the vance ambul ance of markham the driver was ralph mis- ncr of milliken provincial police of the whitby detach ment investigated planning agency mooted stouffville can look for- ward to a much bigger building year in 1966 ac cording to present indica tions the twelve months just concluded have not been spectacular in the matter of house building less than 50 dwellings were erected according to building in spector henry ogden a number of these were com pletion jobs particularly in tbe watson subdivision largest project was the new parkside home at the west end of town it is in this west end area that there is the greatest indication for building on a large scale in 1966 largest project already on the draw ing board is the shopping centre planned for main st frontage immediately east of west lawn crcsc in the industrial and commercial land also fronting on the highway on the western out skirts a large general mo tors garage and new car showrooms is to be built for neil patrick limited other lots are also under consideration by various firms in this section north of here on rupert avenue and to the west and north the land has already been subdivided and plans are prepared for a considerable number of new homes the land immediately west of the stouftville district high school and east of college st on main st cast has now changed hands and building may proceed in these areas as well metro lo keep close eye on expansion metro pjanning board with which stouffville plan ning board and council has had the most cooperative association has endorsed a new official plan which is designed to keep a tight rein on urban growth in the fringe area including stouff ville only four representatives from the fringe municipali ties are on the 2iman metro planning board and these are appointed on a district basis there has been pres sure for some time that the outlying areas should have more board members if metro was going to exercise authority over them the new metro plan will dictate the general activities of eleven planning boards including stouffville mark ham markham township and pickering township stewart rumble newly- eleeted reeve of markham township says he had cer tain misgivings but expres sed hope that metro would exercise caution he said the majority of york county municipalities preferred some planning control to the extension of metro bounda ries mrs alma walker reeve of markham village his urged that there should be increased representation on the board there have been discus sions among the 6 southern municipalities which might lead to a planning agency for these six new councils have been elected in pickering and whitchurch townships and more particular selection has been urged for the members of the industrial commis sion in both these munici palities in an effort lo put more energy into the matter of industrial growth little action has been taken along this line in uxbridge town ship post office speedily clears christmas mail stouffville the post office in stouffville was one of the busiest places in town this month anil the pie- christmas sale of three cent stamps exceeded the total of 1961 by 6000 postmaster jack sanders reported a turnover of 111- 000 threecent stamps in dec ember as compared with 135000 during the same pe riod last year pack containers continue to prove very popular with the public and 1600 were sold in this manner the peak mail day was tuesday dec 14 hut friday dec 17 was also heavy with a large income of cards and parcels from toronto five additional employees aided the regular staff in keeping the mall clear each day these included mrs wm malloy mrs harley ashton mrs bruce willis ken zcllcr and raymond rioux by friday dec 21 i lie post office resembled any day in the middle of may witlt hardly a christmas card in sight