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the tribune tburvfcy february 9 1967 pty 3 juvenile complaints concern markham village police break teen party ring markham offenses and complaints attributed to juveniles doubled during the past year according to the 1966 report prepared by markham village police chief fred white and presented to council monday night- chief white revealed that one person had been charged following a search of a home where a dogs beware vandorf in an ef fort to control the dog problem in whitchurch township the council has large houseparty had been held he said that a the hiring of a full many young people the majority from good homes time canine control of- had been involved in the drinking spree he noted that the parents of the boys and girls had no knowl- edge of what was going on the chief said that a scries of house breakins had also involved juveniles three were charged and convicted and much of the property including a large amount of jewelry from one home was recovered lots to do mr white told the council that problems with a certain clement of young people was by no means common only to markham but prevalent across the province he said that lack of super vised recreation was no excuse since markhams facilities ranked with the best juvenile thefts from stores also showed an increase but in most cases the merchants accepted restitution rather than press charges he said that i his force had attempted to supervise activities out- judgs juqfjcsts side village restaurants during the summer months where teenagers tended to congregate he called for the cooperation of the general public in assist ing police in such matters safety record chief white described the traffic problem within the village created mainly by heavy trucks moving to and from gravel pit areas to the north he said that in spite of this the pupils of robin son school had recorded an 11 year accident free record equalled only by sault stc marie he noted too that st patricks school was adding to its no- accident total an officer has been assigned to provide safe ty instruction to all juniorclass children and sup ply literature to senior students mr white said that the radar speedcontrol unit would be used as often as possible in 1966 an average of 25 charges per month were laid under the highway traffic act nine automobiles were stolen last year all were recovered in addtion to two from adjacent areas domestic complaints police answered 38 domestic complaints in 1966 an increase over the previous year chief white said that in most cases alcohol was a con tributing factor he said that officers attempt to mediate the dispute especially when small chil dren arc involved when this fails a physician or family agency is brought in to assist minor complaints climbed from 1196 in 1965 to 2140 in 66 this is the clearest indica tion to council of the work load increase the report read mr white said that his department was working to capacity and a considerable amount of j overtime had been recorded by the men with the continued expansion of markham additional staff will dc required to properly maintain adequate police protection the report concluded ficer to be stationed in the municipal building at van- dorf mr fred rickcr com menced his duties jan 20 he will answer complaints and look after the sale of tags mr ricker will maintain regular office hours five days a week on weekends he will answer emergency calls when the whitchurch office is closed calls will be accepted by the police department and the infor mation will be passed on removal of unused buildings vandorf a county court judge has recom mended that any farmer who feels that his unused buildings should not be assessed should remove them from the property judge l m ball sus tained an appeal applica tion filed by joseph and helen olszevski and sons rr 4 stouffville following a hearing feb 1 mr olszevski admitted that he had built a new home on the farm that he valued at 514500 the total assessment on both lands and buildings was listed at 11605 he said that only 70 of the 100 acres was workable land but the as sessor had raised the fig ure to 88 acres workable he felt that buildings un fit for use should not be taxed judge ball recommend ed that the applicant re move the unwanted struc tures and then file a new appeal to florida bruce mill area host to 125000 stouffville the popularity of the bruce mill conservation area in markham township is sup ported by attendance fig ures for 1966 as recorded by authority officials last year 125100 people visited the site located on the markham side of the markham whitchurch townlinc in total more than one million persons visited the eleven areas administered by the metropolitan tor onto and region conserva tion authority most pop ular was the boyd area near woodbridge with a record of 255700 visitors attendance totals at the other areas were albion hills 1s6s00 black creek pioneer village 144300 claremont 20300 cold creek 13500 greenwood 47400 glen haffv 49300 heart lake 205100 hum- ber trails 7500 and pal- grave 9600 during the year 29300 students from elementary schools in metro and re gion toured the black creek pioneer village of whom 2000 participated in the pioneer crafts pro gram cash box less cash markham markham village police recovered an empty cash box on the 9th concession roadside north of highway no 7 following a breakin at fhc texaco service station in addition to money taken from the register tools valued at over 51000 was also removed from the premises painting of lemonville church completed by member in the vestibule of the lemonville united church is a beautiful oil painting of the sanctuary com pleted b congregation member hume macpherson rr 4 stouffville staff photo if standard is met approve homes in oratorical competition t ballantrae a pub lic speaking contest will be i held among pupils of i whitchurch township j with the finals plaaned for ballantrae school o n march 1 at 130 pm the chief organizer of j hie competition is mr j harry hunt principal of j ballantrae prior to the fin- als eliminations will be held at the individual schools in the area teachers parents and board members arc invit ed to attend the competi tion at ballantrae the judges will be mrs grant wells dr s s crouch and professor ern est a smith vandorf reeve ross farquharson of whit church township will have a holiday from the steady routine of both township and county council activi ties he will leave for flor ida feb 16 the regular whitchurch meeting of feb 21 has been cancelled so that members can attend the good roads convention in toronto stouffville a re quest by stouffville coun cil to the conservation authority in reference to lands presently frozen under a greenbelt bylaw resulted in a visit to the area and a written report presented at a meeting feb 2 the property in question is located south of main street in stouff ville and border a branch of duffin creek in the cen tre of town lotowners include william malloy david crosier stanley schmidt mrs margaret wagg kenneth betz and schell brothers recom mendations were as fol lows the malloy lot was con sidered extremely flood vulnerable since it is bounded on two sides by the existing creek they asked that it be left in the greenbelt zone the crozier property was said to be located on the edge of the flood plain the authority agreed to consider an application for a building permit if the grade level was raised to a point above the flood danger lots owned by stanley schmidt mrs margaret wagg and kenneth betz were said to be poorly drained and located only sligthy above the actual flood plain the authority said that before a build ing permit could be con sidered on any of the prop erties a plan outlining drainage proposals and the placing of adequate fill would have to be submit ted to council and the au thority if the owners arc prepared to go to the ex pense of the necessary en gineering work required to make the lots safe from flooding our staff is pre pared to recommend to the executive committee of the authority that the lands be developed the report read the schell property was considered by the authori ty to be part of the flood plain and the creek chan nel it was recommended that engineering drawings be submitted to show what protective work was planned if development was anticipated prior to the authoritys channeliza tion program stouffville council agre ed that copies of the re port should be sent to each of the lotowners af fected claims parking bylaw not properly publicized markham edward c carter drakefield road challenged markham vil lages parking bylaw in richmond hill traffic court friday and magis trate r g pearsc has ask ed for written argument before he finishes hearing the case march 17 mr carter claimed the bylaw passed aug 2 1966 had not been properly pub licized s required by the municipal act he asked that the charge be dismis sed he was issued a parking ticket by markham village police nov 16 for parking for more than three hours outside his home we extend a welcome to three new residents of the watson heights subdivi- i sion they are mr and mrs j gary ushcrwood and fam- ily and mr and mrs ray 1 koski and family both of j watson drive and to mr snd mrs love and family on loretta crescent -1- tltrwl4i j 1 3 prices good until sat feb 4 bufferin fast pain relief 50s 98c alberto v05 shampoo 189 size plus 119 size 30s value both for 190 contac c cold capsules it 149 hankscraft vaporizer 202 995 secret gillette super stainless steel blades 75c deodorant 1 oz rollon 99c value 89e oneaday plus iron multiple vitamins loos buckleys mixture for coughs colds regular size 79t lady patricia hair spray 20 more 99 498 agarol constipation 16 oz 150 aikens pharmacy 35 main st west stouffville phone 6101722 save grahuiated white sugar 10 lb big beef or irish yorit stews i 24 0z tihiiiv has the low low svpptiw br the oshawa wholesmt uwtio woptr hpo for pcogf n i dwm