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i all the news whitchurch uxbridge i -i- markham i pickering of all 4 townships v largest weekly markham stouffvihe uxbridge in the district vol 78 no 43 stouffvtixemarkhamuxbridge oxt thurs march 23 1967 10 cents board opposes regional system stouffv1lle mem bers of the stouffvihe dis trict high school are op posed to any revision in ihc york county system that would place jurisdic tion of education under a regional plan such a program had been recommended to york county council by a consultative committee individual public and high school boards would be replaced by three boards with control over much larger areas the stouffvihe boards decision was outlined be fore whitchurch town ship council march 11 by their trustee representa tive mcrlyn baker lose contact mr baker pointed out that a regional board sys tem would remove all close contact between the trustees and the ratepay ers he said too that the proposed dividing line would place part of the stouffvihe high school dis trict on one side and part on another mr baker rec ommended that a division if any should be from north to south so that the rural section to the east could be kept intact reeve ross farquharson said that as far as he was concerned the board sys tem would not be altered since he could see little benefit in the commit tees recommendation board chairman claims to retain top teachers must pay metro price home approved may need school in 68 sas vv high school budget up 32000 in 67 ftmmpbtw stouffville the 1967 budget for stouffvihe district high school shows an increase of slightly more than 32000 over last year according to figures presented to the clerk by the secretary charles jackson the total requisition is 22535551 as compared with 193- 20402 in 1966 three municipalities will assume a share of this cost stouffvihe will raise 59427973 whitchurch township 9225829 and markham township 38- 81749 in stouffvihe it will mean an increase of 24 mills residential and 27 mills commercial the rate in stouffvihe for all services could go up by as much as 15 mills the finalized figures will be revealed thursday evening tonight almost all phases of high school operation shows an increase with cost of instruction up by 55000 plant operation is 9000 over last year and bus transportation up by 4500 hi jury recommends compulsory medicals for elderly drivers blacksmoke billows into the air at the sceneof a lire saturday that de stroyed a barn on the properly of henry mann cone 10 markham south of mongolia staff photo buttonville a fiveman coroners jury has recommended that compulsory medical exam inations be required of all drivers at an age to be spe cified by the ontario med ical association the report was submit ted following an inquest hearing tuesday night in to the death of 84 year old robert wilson of union- villc mr wilson died at the wheel of his car feb 15 on bayvicw avenue in markham township death was attributed to a ruptured aorta not caused by the accident that followed but by a weakness in the main arte ry brought on by old age mr wilsons car rammed into a northbound gravel truck but according to dr donald guthrie of york central hospital the vic tim was likely unconscious prior to the impact a personal thing dr john white mr wil sons physician told the hearing that the victim had been to his office on the day before his death and had complained of not feeling well dr white said he gave him an injec tion to remove a fluid con gestion from his lungs and told him to rest for a week he suggested under questioning by coroner bernard granton of rich mond hill that mr wilson was unfit to drive a car but he didnt feel it was his place to rule that his licence be revoked its a pretty hard thing for a doctor to tell a patient that he can never drive a car again william mclntyrc an of ficial of the provincial driver examination bu reau said he would hate to see automatic licence cancellations due to age there are close to 6000 drivers in ontario who arc over so and many of them motor to florida every winter he said stouffville either wc stay with tor onto or accept inferior teachers that is the posi tion of your board public school chairman t e topping informed a special meeting of council thursday night mr topping provided a complete breakdown of the 1967 budget outlining in detail the reasons for increases in each department he admitted that the rate had gone up this year but stated that it was difficult to estimate an exact figure because salary negotiations with the teachers were still underway our levy has not been going up every year like in some communities in fact in 1966 it took a drop continued the chairman he said that many requests as approved by both principals had been denied it burns my socks when i realize that wc must cut off items that will benefit our children mr topping said that the board had approv ed a salary increase for the teachers effective in september 1966 which automatically carried over into 67 we arc still living with last years bang on the head and now theyre asking more he said that any salary hikes were over and above the annual 300 increment approved by the board you cant blame anyone for asking for more mon ey he said that several members of the staff were taking special courses to improve their quali fications and this plan was encouraged by the board councillor tom loncrgan argued that school boards should unite and cut off the 300 incre ment he charged that teachers with only one years experience expected an automatic 300 increase while still using their first school as a training ground mr topping said that any move by boards to unify the scale would result in mass teacher resig nations whether we like it or not we arc faced with possibly the strongest single union in exist ence the chairman said that the same isssucs had been discussed by trustess at district meetings and he had been told directly by other board members in other schools if stouffvihe wants a good stand ard of education for its pupils she must pay for it on the question of a new school in 1968 mr topping said the decision was still somewhat in definite he noted however that if a 5room 200000 building was erected it should be ade quate for at least five years mongolia disre garding repeated warn ings by firemen a mongo lia man reentered his blazing barn saturday to rescue all his livestock that were trapped inside henry mann was able to save several dozens of ducks and chickens from the inferno along with two sheep two dogs three cats and a cow he suffered glass cuts to his hands and arms when he lifted a fullgrown goat through a side window i couldnt see it for the smoke but i knew where it should be standing he said he cut the rope with a knife he said he didnt know how he ever lifted the animal you can do many things when you have to cow with twins sells for 1400 the iane leading to the mann barn was blocked with snew and firemen had to run their hose from the truck along the ground the building was comple te destroy mrs mann praised the efforts of volunteers no sooner had i hung up the phone when they were here she said they plan to rebuild this spring ibbefbse sh stouffville young p e o p 1 e s organizations representing all church denominations in stouff vihe will conduct an eas ter sunrise service in the stouffvihe park on good friday morning at 6 am the guest speaker will be mr tom storr of gue- lpli there will be special music in case of inclement weather the service will be held in christ anglican church stouffvihe coffee and doughnuts will be served at the conclusion of the the worship both adults and young people are invited to attend 1 vv 3 tusf markham a regis tered holstcin cow with twin calves sold for 1400 at the auction sale march 15 on the property of don ald ferguson lot 28 con cession 7 markham town ship the farm has been sold and mr and mrs ferguson and family will lake up residence in stouffvihe at the end of march the sale one of ihc best in the area this spring re sulted in excellent prices for good quality livestock and equipment the david brown tractor brought 1700 the thresher unit 100 irrigation system 1100 corn binder 50 and milch cooler s200 a fresh two year old heifer sold for 610 and milch cows ranged from 400 to 750 five month old heifers brought from 240 to 325 and bred heifers from 325 to 440 the sale was conducted by auctioneers walter at kinson and lloyd wilson tag day stouffville the stouffvihe home and school association will sponsor a centennial pin tag day in stouffvihe on saturday march 25 all proceeds will go to the centennial events commit tee urge farmers gas groundhogs buttonville groundhogs arc potential carriers of rabies and to combat the spread of the disease game warden ev erett harper of markham township has called on farmers to kill the rodents by use of gas mr harper spoke before a meeting of markham township council at but- tonvillc monday he suggested that a tube be connected to the ex haust pipes of farm trac tors and into holes in the ground he noted that al though groundhogs didnt travel far afield they were in close contact with both dogs and skunks and thus posed a rabies threat mr harper said he had no objection to the use of firearms but it often rc- miltcd in extensive damage to farm properties and strained relations between the owner and the hunter council agreed that a groundhog extermination program should be set up instructions will be out lined by ihc clerk and vcrtiscd through the new papers young ballantrae student displays artistic skill thirteen vear old kathv kirby a grade s student at ballanlrae public school in whitchurch town- ad- ship has attracted the attention of many with her skill as an artist her most recent sketch is of the late ws- governor general vanier she has also completed drawings of sir john a macdonald and prime minister r kfaft phrttn stouffvill e a 750000 home for retard ed children has been approved by stouffvihe council tlie favorable decision followed a meet ing with the promoters thursday night the site on ninth line south had earlier been okayed by members of planning board the developer has agreed to cover the cost of both water and sewerage services plus the installa tion of a sewage booster pump deputyreeve bill par sons said that the council and public utilities com mission would work togeth er on the laying of the pipe he felt that this part of the project could be completed by town employ ees builder bernard ken nedy of scarboro said that construction on the 200 bed structure would begin as soon as a clear deed was received to the land in pickering taxes skyrocket pickering in north pickering township a homeowner with an as sessment or 5000 will pay 428 in taxes an in crease of 8750 over 1966 for residents with larger property holdings the hike will be on a compar able basis this was the grim finan cial picture revealed at the annual budget meeting of council monday night the residential rate is up by 175 mills the com mercial rate for the area north of the third conces- sion shows an increase of 20 mills a breakdown includes 196 mills residential for general purposes 19 mills for the county 27 mills protest gravel pit vandorf armed with a 12page petition anthony carley vandort sideroad headed a delega tion of six persons before whitchurch township council to protest any op eration that might lead to the opening of a gravel pit on the 7th concession mr carley told council that he could have filled the cham bers with ratepayers and could have acquired addi tional signatures if allow ed more time mr carley expressed concern over test drills currently underway on ihc george rodanz property clerk tommy kerr said that mr rodanz had given consolidated gravel com pany permission to con duct the gravel tests but had completed no sale tor high school 195 mills for public school area 1 and 5 mills for the federa tion of agriculture areas with street lights will have still another rate added to their taxes brougham 16 mills greenwood 26 mills and whitevale 7 mills in school area 1 the 195 residential rate will raise 13116755 plus de bentures of 6459767 the residential and farm assessment in area 1 to tals s218265 while the commercial assessment is si 634949 total residen tial and farm assessment in all of pickering town ship is 30402680 com mercial assessment is 4695230 party pooper vandorf it was dif ficult to tell if police faces were red or blue friday night at a spring dance sponsored by the whit church department at mussclmans lake while officers were car rying a carton of refresh ments into the hall a sneak thief stole the re mainder and made good his escape a pretty dry party commented one of the constables john bradshaw writes for tribune stouffville be ginning this week the tribune features an ex clusive column on garden ing prepared by the well- known horticultural expert john bradshaw the first in a scries of articles is on ihc farm page of this is sue lester b pearson stall photo stouffville a northbound car missed the stouffvihe police cruiser by inches but hit ihc ditch monday night in a chase along ihc 9th concession of markham thai ended soulh of main street arrested and charged wilh careless driving was 20 year old harold glenn nullcr of goodwood charged with drinking un der age were two passen gers charles allan dorion 20 and john david dorion 16 both of main street stouffvihe p c david hadden set the cruiser up as a road block in an effort to slop ihc fleeing auto chased by officers of ihc oak ridges opp in court tuesday nut ter was fined si 00 and coslv his licence was sus pended for six monlhs the dorion brothers were each fined 35 and costs user ditch top dog award ringwood ameri can and canadian cham pion boxer gaymilz jolly roger owned by mr and mrs f t nort hover stouirville rr 2 was awarded ihc centennial gold cup in competition finals at the canadian na tional sportsmens show saturday the beautiful dog topped four oilier entries lo win the coveted pric on march ii he was named best in show for ihc second year in succes sion and presented with ihc award for boxer of the vcar in allcanada mr and mrs northovcr own gaymitz boxer ken nels north of ringwood on highway 48