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stouffvilie council firemen debate location of displaced euchre club itieve kenneth laushway stouffville a disagreement between members of stouffvilie council and volunteers of the stouffvilie fire department ended in a stalemate fol lowing a onehourmceting monday night the controversy surrounds the re location of the mens midwinter euchre club soon to be displaced from an up stairs room of the old firehallthe struc ture is to be demolished to make way for the towns new civic square on main street the council has recommended that the cardplayers be allowed to use the committee room in the rear of the new firehall the firemen are opposed with the chief walter smith suggesting that the men be permitted to utilize space in the council chambers chief smith pro mised to discuss the issue further but indicated that their earlier decision was unanimous ninety percent of these men are town taxpayers said reeve ken laush- way and have been all their lives we want to provide them with a place some day if we live long enough well all be in the same position he noted that any time the firemen required the space they would have priority over all other groups chief smith argued that when the siren sounded accidents could occur due to traffic around the building theres not a man here that wants to assume that kind of responsibility he said its an emergency building and no place for people to be wandering around he agreed that the room was vacant much of the time and its use by persons other than firemen had been discussed when the structure was de signed the taxpayers of this municipality have an interest in the firehall just as much as the firemen countered deputy reeve bill parsons no one can cast any aspersions on how these men will look after the place everyone is a gentle man the arguments i have heard so far are rather nebulous the council has a responsibility to look after these pcle and provide them with a place of recreation and in my opinion this is the only room in the municipality presently available at least it deserves a iriai he termed the firemens atti tude as over possessive he said that the police could assist in the control of traffic and the council could take care of any maintenance problem person ally i cant see any fellow holding a lone hand running out to see the fire truck he said its a case of the camel getting his nose inside the tent where is it going to end questioned deputy fire chief fred castle deputyreeve parsons rejected any suggestion that the towns municipal building should be used for such a pur pose the council chambers was de- singed for council and committee meet ings and not as a club room he said chief smith said that the firemens finalized decision on the matter would be passed on to council fire chief walter smith all the news whitchqrch uxbridge markham i pickering of all 4 townships i vol 78 no 35 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thurs january 26 1967 10 cents not opposed win county posts stouffville reeve ken laushway of stouff vilie and reeve stewart rumble o f markham township have been nam ed to two of the top posts in york county council reeve rumble will serve as first commissioner and reeve laushway as second commissioner neither nominee was opposed mr rumble was nomi nated by ken mctaggart of king township and mr laushway by garfield wright reeve of east gwillimbury the assessment and ed ucation committees are two of the most important bodies that will deal with pressing problems in 1967 deputyreeve bill parsons of stouffvilie will serve on education along with al bert laidlaw of markham village and sidney gadsby of markham township assessment will include both reeve ross farquhar- son of whitchurch and stewart rumble of mark- ham township mr par sons is the chairman of the county police commit tee taxi rides cost 9000 in for some surprises when the bills come in at the- end of january the three bus firms of reids mortsons and heises have placed addi tional vehicles on the road but the board is confident that costs will be less than when the area operated under a staggered class system as in 1966 unionville bus transportation costs for students in markham township area 2 will run close to 60000 in 1967 this figure as large as it is must be paid by the board with the help of government grants how ever when a taxi service is required for only eight pu pils at an estimated cost of 9000 then the trustees feel that its time to take stock committee chairman stuart watson said that children are taken part way to thornhill by taxi to attend special classes there he said that regular bus routes do not provide this service we should take a long hard look at this he advised well be end year in black unionville a dis cussion over current ex penditures in the fourfig ure bracket was changed to a more pleasant topic by trustee eldrcd king of markham township school area 2 jan 17 he informed the bard that in spite of ever- increasing costs expendi tures in 1966 had been met by current income mr king was quick to point out however that money received from the sale of old school buildings had amounted to 16500 and had been included in the yearend result it was agreed that the sum of 200000 should be borrowed from the bank until grants and taxes arc collected there were more hunters than foxes in uxbridge township on saturday morning as more than fifty men combed a five square mile area without success one of the patient participants was gordon todd of goodwood he like others watched and wailed but not a single fox appeared the hunt was organized when county police vandorf chief fred mason of whitchurch township police depart ment feels that the onta rio governments expres sed willingness to subsi dize the operation of muni cipal forces moves the area one step closer to a countywide police pro gram he presented his perso- al opinion at a meeting of whitchurch council jan 17 a report originating from queens park offered provincial police service to municipalities with only one officer chief mason said too that financial as sistance could be forth coming to departments with more men incidents of rabies amongwild animals caused concern among farm residents staff photo fox hunter march of dimes stouffville the annual march of dimes canvass will be conducted in stouffvilie on monday january 30 welcome the marching mothers when they call iffiiistory uspsll a backlog of notes goodwood a five square mile section of uxbridge township could have been mistaken for a battle line in vietnam as dozens of hunters includ ing many from metro con verged on the area the point of the organiz ed raid was to rid the dis trict of rabid foxes that had been so prevalent in the community only a few days before but none was seen the hunt was well or ganized twoway radios and walkitalki units were used effectively officials of the maple branch de partment of lands and fcrests were on the scene along with the original promoter of the scheme jim michcll clarcmont rr 1 target practice while the foxes if any appeared content to re main underground fright ened jackrabbits were not so fortunate twelve were gunned down while others ducked and dodged a with ering hail of crossfire and escaped two wolves were spotted but got away several of the metro hunters were so laden down with heavy equip ment they found it diffi cult to slug their way through kneedeep drifts jack forsyth of stouffvilie used snowshoes while doug coppins of clarc mont travelled first class in a skidoo walt ward of clnremont also shoulder ed a shotgun he is 90 television cameras re corded the event from the beginning at 9 am to the conclusion at noon they were also witnesses to a lesson in safety first when a hunter leaned his un through the strands of a wire fence then climb ed directly over the ends of both barrels wfflk 4 served 20 years rev douglas davis of stouffvilie has announced his retirement from the public library board fol lowing a period of twenty years service his work was commended by mem bers of town council thursday night charged driver stouffville a stouffvilie district truck driver has been charged by metro police with care less driving following an accident that killed adolf schmidt 63 of toronto william charles gill 32 stouffviilc rr 1 was in collision with an auto driven by schmidt at the intersection of shcppard avenue and kennedy road he leaves a wife a son and a daughter it was metros 14th fatality in less than four weeks liquor fines hiked stouffville mini mum lines for liquor of fenses involving under age youth have been hiked to 35 according to magis trate russell pcarsc but the news came too late for four stouffvilie boys charles william boar 16 william harper 18 william lehman is and dclmin howard chase 20 were convicted in rich mond hill court tuesday lehman was fined 100 when he admitted to a previous conviction for the same offense in sep tember magistrate pcarsc said that increased lines had resulted in a decrease in the number of cases be fore the court in recent weeks portrait i for i posterity j stouffville stouff- ville councillor bob lewis feels that for the sake of posterity a formal photo graph of the village coun cil should be inserted in the 1967 edition of the high school year book councillor lewis raised the point thursday night after correspondence was received from student craig schell requesting the town to reserve some advertising space in their book one hundred years from now when stouff vilie has a population of one million or more peo ple might want to know what the council members of 1967 looked like said mr lewis we should have had the picture taken a few weeks ago or wait for a month commented reeve ken vlaushwav a side glance at councillor lewis sprouting a centen nial beard you look a little moth- eaten right now agreed councillor jim mckellar clerk ralph corner was asked to obtain a price on space that would accom modate a photo prepare zoning bylaw for whitchurch area vandorf a zoning bylaw will be prepared for the whole or whitchurch township in accordance with a decision by council at a meeting january 17 conrad dowson plan ning director for york county has been instruct ed to draw it up and pre sent it at a future meeting for further discussion mr dowson advised the members to divide the mu nicipality into twodistinct zones agricultural and residential he said that this would give the council control over such develop ment as wrecking yards dog kennels and swillfed piggeries he pointed out that if an industry was in terested in locating on a desirable site m applica tion could be submitted to change the zoning at that particular location council felt it would be feasible to zone the lem- onville area as residential but no decision was reach ed on lot sizes that would be permitted police find still goodwood if rob ert taylor cone 2 ux bridge township had plans of preparing hisown pri vate brew for christmas his hopes were dashed in the mash when police ar rived dec 22 in ajax court jan 15 taylor was fined 300 and costs by magistrate harry jermyn on a charge of op- crating an unliccnccd still an officer of the rcmp testified that he found a complete still in the barn and several bottles of spir its in both the barn and the house the accused admitted that he constructed and operated the still himself but had not sold any of the products beard contest grows 3 doctor klinck 90 5 classified 8 9 acquitted of breakin fox hunt 10 stouffville an thony rogers 17 of rr 3 newmarket was acquitted c c tuesday of breaking into farm show 11 snowb barbcr family education course 12 juveniles in playoffs 13 stouffvilie last july 16 magistrate russell pcarsc ruled that a state ment taken by whitchurch township police was in- admissablc about 223 worth of cig arettes and other merchan dise were taken a second youth lome allen marshman 22 of stouffviilc was convicted of the breakin last august along with several other offenses he was sentenced to five years in penitenti ary ruth parsons best speaker stouffville ruth parsons daughter of mr and mrs wm parsons of stouiivillc was the senior winner in the annual lions club oratorical con test here monday night miss parsons will now ad vance to the zone contest to be held at agincourt the other two senior speakers were carole adams and patricia smal- ley in the junior contest peter sanderson placed first the only boy in the competition marlcnc stor- ry and mina mehaffey were the other junior competitors heart stouffville stouff viilc council thursday night gave its approval of a canvass feb 18 for the heart fund a heart chapter has been organiz ed here washers worsened windshield stouffville a stouffvilie driver told mag istrate russell pcarsc in richmond hill court fri day that his view of the highway ahead became ob scure after he switched on his windshield washers ernest rederis elm road was charged by stouffvilie police under a new section of the high way traffic act that re quires all windows to be clear while the car is in motion the roberts auto collided with one driven by donald charles herb ert stouffvilie rr 2 on dec 12 mr roberts said that the glass was reasonably clear but when the liquid spray ed from the washers it turned into ice he was convicted of the offense and fined 20 and costs rarfi wiivii issue i i warrant stouffville thc- absence of both the driver and his solicitor from richmond hill court fri day resulted in an order by magistrate russell g pcarsc to have a bench warrant issued jack vankoughnct lo- rctta crescent stouffviilc has been charged by stouffvilie police with careless driving and foil- lowing too close to anoth er vehicle his lawyer had inform ed the crown that he would not be present his clients absence prevented a legal adjournment of the case two other charges of dangerous and careless driving laid by port perry police have been remand ed until feb 1 will control airport buttonv1lle the federal department of transport will take over operation of the button- ville airport control tower jan 31 in setting up a new flight control zone for me tropolitan toronto the effect of the change will be less air traffic con gestion said roy mccaue chief instructor at toronto airways ltd at button ville the busy airport han dles a large number of private and charter flights daily it is also a customs port of entry in the past aircraft ap proaching toronto inter national airport from the cast have flown directly over buttonville but have not been required to re port to the local airport after jan 31 all aircraft bound for toronto inter national airport will be re quired to report to control towers at buttonville as well as those at the toron to island downs view and international airports mr mccabc said the de partment of transport will assume complete control of buttonville operating the tower and radio equip ment weather forecasts may be provided in the fu ture shot boxer husband markham the wife of a former heavyweight boxing champion was plac ed on probation tuesday following a conviction in richmond hill court on a charge of wounding her husband sally wcrlhman 51 of markham village was al leged to have shot exbox ing champ tiger wcrth with a 22 calibre rifle fol lowing what police de scribed as a heavy drink ing party at their home last october mr wcrth- man was confined to hos pital for two weeks mrs wcrthman was or dered to post a 1000 bond to keep the peace other requirements imposed by magistrate russell pcarsc included reporting to a probation officer absti nence from alcoholic bev erages and not to move from the municipality without authority officials charge dog starved lake wilcox the toronto humane society has charged a whitchurch township man with caus ing unnecessary suffering to an animal and failing to provide suitable food and shelter following the death of a collie dog dec 14 neil tucker of lake wil cox appeared in magis trates court newmarket on friday the case was remanded to fcbruray 17 inspector leonard addi son said that the 8 month old collie was taken to the humane society shelter after complaints were re ceived from residents in the area it died three hours after it was exam ined by a veterinarian the maximum sentence on each charge is six months in jail plus a 500 fine