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largest weekly markham stouffvihe in the district vol 78 no 28 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge oxt thurs december 8 1966 10 cents summitview float lest fn parade stouffville the artistic work of start teachers and students at stouffv dies summitview public school brought them the grand prize award of j50 for ihcir alice in wonderland lloat in ihc santa ciaus parade saturday after noon it took two weeks to complete the entry with pupils from every class in the school taking pan the committee was head ed by kindergarten staff teacher mrs carol hume port raving the story book characters were nancy roper art williams dean chapman jimmy brillingcr terry holder doris hutchinson ricky coffey paul burkholder and wendv baker other prizes in the class for best school floats ballanlrae won top honours 50 for their version of christ mas ago and christmas a gogo for christmas spirit the manger scene presented by christ angli can church in stoulhille won first prize also s50 ron myers country mu sicians were judged most comical f25 with the town council float re ceiving honorable mention the most imaginative en try was treasure island bv john fdulds of stouff vihe the prize was s25 four thousand bags of candy were distributed to children along the route the entire procession the longest largest and most colourful ever seen in stouffvihe was organiz ed by the kinsmen club with paul lcman the pa rade chairman passed phony cheque foiled by bank teller stouffv1lle a strike at the scarborough firm of canadian line ma terials limited st clair avenue east and kennedy road is being lelt by sev eral families in the stoull- ville area the shutdown is now entering its fifth week and with christmas approaching there is a sincere hope that an im mediate settlement can be reached a meeting was held on tuesday in an ef fort to draw up an agree ment satisfactory to both sides the employees repre sentative in the stouffville- markham area is alex bell clarcmont rr 3 person nel i torn stouffvihe caught up in ihc dispute include harold warrinci rod ney bond ed macaloncy everett hammond joe svmes jim priest lev jim sawyer leo wagg wilf mcgreadv and robert boakc strikers pay for a week is 15 single 20 mar ried plus 200 per week for each dependent unionville a 40 year old pickering town ship man who according to evidence stole a wallet belonging lo a unionville man and assumed the iden tity of the owner was foil ed by a quickthinking bank teller in oshawa heinz scholtes attempt ed to cash a cheque in the amount of 1545 using a credit card belonging to lames george spring o unionville the bank em ployee called the com merce branch in union ville and scholles game was disclosed he pleaded guilty to a charge of forg ery and two counts of false pretenses it was revealed that the accused had purchased more than 300 worth of goods from an oshawa shopping centre depart ment store in addition lo a 150 movie camera a set of binoculars valued at 2195 and a 4905 power drill scholtes also made use of a gas company cred it card found in the wallet judgment in the case was reserved until dec 19 dino of flintstone fame in main st parade the stouffvihe santa claus parade he bigjcsl and hesf ever held in town attracted viewers by the hundreds all along the main street route one float that caught the attention of the youngsters por trayed the television personality freddie flintstone and his pet dinosaur dino the lifelike reptile was built and entered bv schell lumber limited of stouffvihe freddie in reality was 6 year old steven schcll staff photo plan tenders for march 1st stour ville the first stage of an mi niated 100000 flood control project for the town ol siouflvillc has been approved by the ontario government according lo information presented to council thursday night in a letter from 1 1 sutter assistant director of operations for the metro and region conserva tion authority it was announced that the construc tion of a large dam and 12acre reservoir had been passed by the provincial legislature october 20 final drawings are now being prepared with the hope that tenders can be called by march 1 the original estimate on this phase of the scheme was 150000 extend bylaw in order to allow the conservation authority time to acquire tendered prices on the project council agreed to a six month extension of a bylaw to freeze the development of downstream proper ties bordering on dtiflin creek no assurance was given when this part of the work might be started councillor tom ionergan expressed some con cern that private downstream lands should be frozen for an indefinite period perhaps to the inconvenience of their owners reeve ken lausliway suggested that this par ticular issue could be discussed privately with the authority its a wonderful project and twenty years from now the icsidciits of siouffvillc will appreciate its benefit j wont stand by and see something done that will knock this program on the head idemy desfrasaii santa on jfrigfk on htesisi st fj sweeps 19 polls plaza opens dec 13 stouffville the stouffvihe shopping cen tre at the west end en trance to town vvil official ly open tuesday dec 13 j i will feature a new a and p supermarket in addi tion lo a variety store a cleaners a barbershop and a beauty salon this completes the first phase of buildup with the second stage planned for 1967 shop rentals arc being handled through g robin son real estate of willow- dale the manager of ihc new a and p is mr john red- quest of agincourl mr and mrs keith mar tin and family of scarboro spent the weeknd with his mother mrs geroge mar tin main street west community centre delayed altona the forma tion of the altona com munity centre has been delayed because two or ganizations hac yet lo appoint trustees to the board the committee will in clude one member from the mcnnonite church the united missionary church ihe womens institute and the altona community club plus a chairman the board of the united missionary church met dec 7 to name its appoint ee the womens institute must also select a repre sentative stouffville an- eldcrly stouffvihe resident was injured friday when struck by a car on main street west near his home george martin 79 suffered a broken nose and elbow and lacerations lo his head neck and arm no charges were laid against ihe motorist lloyd hamcrslon manito ba street mr martin was taken by ambulance lo york county hospital newmarket fell asleep a west hill driver who told police he fell asleep has been charged with fail ing to report an accident his car went out of con trol and took off a rail way sign and fence post on main street west damage was estimated al 5225 in an accident on main street friday ac cording lo police peler fintclman stouffvihe rr 3 opened the door of his car and had it struck by another auto driven by ross alsop of prince al- bcrt ont mr fintclman has been charged with opening a door of a motor vehicle without taking due precaution police agreement stouffville stouff vihe council will meet in special session with offic ers of the police depart ment dec 13 to discuss a new agreement for 1067 only the three town con- slablcs are included since the chiefs salary is nego tiated separately bargain ing between the officers and the council is permit ted under the police act one of several points up for alteration concerns freegratis overtime con tained in the agreement of w66 stouffville santa claus was ihc busiest man in stouffvihe saturday he was the centre of at traction in a milelong pa rade he talked lo dozens of children in his main street chalet he visited with patients and resi dents of the stoufivillc hospital and rest homes and finally answered a fire call to the premises of stouffvihe stockyards ltd st nick was just leaving the parkview senior cit izens home when ihe alarm sounded still clad in his familial red suil he raced- lo the hall and jump ed on the rear ol the i ruck as it was leaving the minor biazc was quickly extinguished i didnt even get my whisk ers singed he said buttonville mark- ham t o w n ship reeve stewart rumble was giv en a landslide vole of con fidence by the electorate monday and will hold the reins or ofliee for a two- year term out of a possi ble vote count of 10138 convicted markham a rouge street markham woman was convicted in rich mond hill court tuesday on a charge of wounding mrs sally wcrlhman was charged by pc rich ard robertson with shoot ing her husband in ihc right arm on oct 12 fol lowing a domestic argu ment a 22 calibre bullet was removed in an opera- lion at scarboro hospital judgment was reserved to dec 20 pending a pre sentence report only 2893 ballots were cast or less than 30 per cent reeve rumble who edg ed mr hooper by 52 voles in 1965 moved into an early lead as ihc first polls reported in al the end he was away out in front with a majoritv of 767 ii was 1830 for mr rumble and 1063 for mr hooper reeve rumble swept 19 of the 23 polls winning strong support across the entire township in the four polls lost lo mr hoo per ihe spread between ihe two was slight the 2 men live only one conces sion apart so neither could depend on a home front majority lo swing ihe re sult at ihc three double polls in ihe township reeve rumble came oul on lop 211 to 91 al thorn- hill 220 to 55 at victoria square and 158 lo 138 at unionville gadsby elected deputyreeve earing ss goodwood the spread of gravel pit exca vations throughout the township of lxbridgc was likened to cancerous cells consuming the heart of a municipality according to testimony presented at an ontario municipal board hearing in goodwood monday clark t muirhcad rr i clarcmont described how he had purchased a seven- acre site on the 6lh con cession only to have pits opened to the south and west of his property he asked that an atea of 2s00 acres be zoned to prohibit further opera tions of this kind he was smiley had a ball santa arrives markham anniversary parade at markham dillet on school legion activities christmas program plowmens executive classified oldtimers win cheerleaders show 15 sorry mr kihn no pels supported by other land owners in the district who voiced objection to the hazard of gravel truck traf fic noise and dust nuis ance and the devaluation of real estate holdings he said that at present there were 10 pit excava tions in the township took no action mr muirhcad said that ihe council had been peti tioned lo establish certain controls to regulate the expansion of the gravel industry but the request was rejected planning board mem ber cecil williams admit ted that a motion had been passed in april 1966 to engage consultants lo pre pare an official plan but lo dale no positive action had been taken board member donald jackson said that in his opinion regulations lo control gravel excavations in lx bridgc were long overdue he stated also that the rural township roads were not built io withstand heavy gravel truck traffic deputyreeve rohert ncsbitt a member of the metro and region conser vation authority said that in certain areas worked- out pits had been refilled and used for housing pro jects directly affected affected directly by ihe appeal were ihe bkm companv and ihe town ship of pickering who own gravel pit properties near the muirhcad residence solicitor james taylor speaking on pickerings behalf termed ihc 2800 acre prescribed zone as a dream area the like of which had never been pro posed by a professional planner he said that the council was only acting under ihe jurisdiction of inlaws already in force solicitor foglcr appear ing for the bkm firm suggested that ihe pur chaser of property in a nonzoned area did so at his own risk he charged that mr muirheads rec ommendation bordered on prohibition rather than good planning municipal board chair man a l mccrae rescncd his decision buttonville there will be only one change in the council of markham township for the next two years sidney 1 gadsby of gormley defeated his lone opponent stanley defoc by 802 votes monday to win the deputyreeves post handily mr gadsby although a newcomer to council is no stranger to municipal af fairs he has served sever al terms as chairman of ihe markham township planning board last year in his initial bid for elec tion he was defeated by incumbent cleary palmer by 50 votes mr palmer was forced lo retire from office due to ill health mr gadsby like reeve stewart rumble polled a strong vote across the en- lire township in fact the two ran neck and neck as returns came in through out the evening hours when it was suggested that he and mr rumble had possibly campaigned logc- iher mr gadsby declined a reply im sure well work closely together dur ing the next two years he said tactfully his vole count was 1832 to 1030 for mr dcfoe village board refused to share new school tarw cxis l96 v licence bureau earlybird purchasing the first lirenre plates in siouffvillc is gelling lo he a habit with john pugh cone fi whitchurch township hes headed the list now for sev eral years and dec i was no exception come feb 2s many will wish they had followed his example staff photo markham an appli cation by the trustees of markham township school area no 2 to pur chase education from markham village has been turned down by the vil lage board an allcandi dates meeting in union ville was told nov 30 trustee elson miles in formed a gathering in the crosby memorial arena that inspector hallmand had made the request for use of part of a proposed new school to b built in the southcast corner of markham he said lliat ihe area boaid had receiv ed no explanation lor the decision in my opinion as long as municipal boundaries exist we will never have full coopera tion on education he said mr miles said that ihe new parkview school in viilcv village was now in use and would be fullv completed by jan i he said that the buildings auditorium would be made available lo the public we hope it will be used by the people who paid for it he said he praised ihe coopcration the boad had received from ihe area adminislralor wilfred morlcy and his secretary