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mxt vol 78 no 46 stouffviixeniarkhamuxbridge ont thurs april 13 1967 10 cents threaten to ban faulty builders colorful finale to skating club carnival crowds estimated at close to 2000 attended the 17th annual stouffville figure skating- club carnival in the arena friday and saturday nights the grand finale is stopped here in a time exposure from the arenas west balcony staff photo withdraw one permit stouffville stouffville council will ban builders from town who persist in creeling homes contrary to specified bylaws stricter control over house construction par ticularly in the connection of sewerage services will be rigidly enforced according to a new hard line policy approved thursday night in a resolution introduced by reeve ken laushway permits for sewer connections will be withheld until construction of a building is sub stantially completed including basement floors and drainage facilities cool reception minor seek f ey promoters m r mancia stouffville the an emic state of stouffvillcs minor hockey league budget at the conclusion of the 196667 season failed to arouse much sympathy from council thursday night the fact is that the towns financial status vith eight more months to go could run equally close to the line spokesmen for the hoc key boys were wilfred morley and percy schell they were supported by earl crowder and gordon stewart president morley said that a current deficit of 1300 could likely be cov ered through the help of the lions club and an or ganized fundraising pro gram this summer he said however that the execu tive was concerned for next year since bookings for ice time were already being arranged he said he had hoped that the hockey pro gram could be expanded need aioney now deputyreeve bill par sons argued that the coun cil couldnt bail out the league from its current arrears nor could they guarantee them further financial support in 68 this council may not be here he said we need the money in september not january replied air morley and september is part of your year clerk ralph corner said it wasnt fair to state that the council had not been prcwarncd he said that mr schell had submitted a request in writing prior to the finalization of the bud get i feel we should do our best to support you we should back this program to the hilt said councillor bob lewis he noted that although he had no boys playing in the league he fully appreciated the work that was being done here we have 66 men doing a bangup job for nothing reeve ken laushway ar gued that there were other ways of raising extra money for recreation with out putting it on the tax bill of 300 retired people ask for 1500 in a prepared budget for 196667 expenses totalled 4610 receipts amounted to 3300 leaving a deficit of 1310 mr morley said that if the executive followed through on its program for 196768 the ice time alone would amount to 834900 an increase of 455400 the support of council was requested to the extent of 150000 the village grant last year was 200 the members agreed to consider the request and inform the league secre tary of their decision merlyn baker made personal check the reeve said that he the administrator ralph corner and the building nspector henry ogden had personally checked several new houses and found instances where regulations had been com pletely igiiurcd he said that at some locations water like small creeks was running into sewer age laterals the permit on one home was with drawn we cant put up with this any longer if build ers cant be reasonable we dont want them some arc willing to co operate but others are not if they refuse to abide by a few rules and regula tions then well prohibit them from working here this is only a start mr laushway said that faulty service hookups had added to the sewerage flood problem april 2 when a heavy rainfall struck the area bread batch blows stouffville an ex plosion in a main oven at stouffville bakery limited sunday night shook the building and startled apart ment residents in the main street block manager wolfgang dams said that damage was not extensive although a quan tity of bread was ruined by the blast regular deliver ies on monday were can celled firemen were summon ed to the scene but no blaze resulted teacher charged people protected by bylaw lawyer vandorf the omin ous intrusion of a gravel drilling rig on the geo rodanz property west of concession 7 whitchurch and fronting on the van- dorf sideroad is causing concern among home owners in the area their fears arc unfound ed according to township solicitor j d lucas mr lucas informed the coun- c i i that residents arc fully protected by a municipal bylaw that pro hibits the operation of a pit unless it opens onto a provincial or county road reeve ross farquharson admitted that the vandorf sideroad was in the county plan for takeover in about five years and he didnt expect that the program date would bo advanced in reply to a question from the floor the reeve said that conrad dowson of the county planning depart ment was working on a by law to cover the entire township but no progress report had yet been sub mitted to council he said he hoped to have some thing more definite if the delegation wished to meet with the members in one month stouffville one of whitchurch townships best known farm residents has tossed his hat into the ring of provincial politics merlyn baker rr 2 stouffville will seek the nomination as candidate for the new democratic party in the riding of york north the nomina tion meeting will be held in the towrphall new- market on wednesday april 19 at eight oclock the guest speaker will be donald c macdonald mla mr bakers decision was announced officially at the annual meeting of the new democratic par ty in the legion hall new market april 8 mr baker was born and raised on the farm he now operates and has had considerable experience in farm organization work high school costs up uxbridge rate goodwood uxbridge township residents face a tax increase in 1967 but the amount varies according to location the rural residential rate is an even 75 mills up from 694 last year the farm rate is 755 mills an increase from 699 the ex tra half mill on farm pro perty is for the federation of agriculture the council finalized ils budget figures at a meet ing monday the biggest hike in costs is for high school purposes up from 194 mills to 265 the public school area rate is down however by 27 mills for township purposes only the farm residential rate shows an increase of only 3 mills residents in the hamlet of goodwood will be charged 21 mills for a street lighting serv ice he has been a member of the stouffville district high school board for nine years including three years as chairman for two years he served as president of the whiti church township sunday school association and is an active member of the baker hill baptist church he is married with one daughter mrstouglas sheridan of newmarket and three sons morgan john and peter all of stouffville rr 2 acquitted musselmans lake a 24 year old musselmans lake man was acquitted in supreme court toronto tuesday on a reduced charge of assault causing bodily harm larry walter cowie rr 2 stouffville was original ly charged with attempted murder and wounding af ter his brother kenneth wayne cowie 72 was shot on christmas eve the acquittal came after two days of testimony some are willing to co- mount albert a 24 year old mount albert public school teacher faces two charges of supplying liquor to minors and one of indecent assault following a party march 19 beverley ayne brooks of newmarket vas arrest ed with a companion george pugash 20 also of newmarket after a 17 year old girl complained to police both men appeared in magistrates court mon- clay and were remanded lo april 21 for trial brooks has been suspended by the east gwillimbury town ship area board councillor contests case markham ward 3 councillor charles hoover is familiar with most roads in markham township and he thought he knew the majority of streets in markham village in richmond hill court friday he heard a charge read against him for speed ing on wellington street laid by the village police department mr hoover claims that the location is incorrect since he has al ways known it as highway no 7 magistrate russell pearse said that the road was possibly identified under both names he agreed however to adjourn the case until may 5 when fur ther argument would be permitted through counsel for the councillor stouffville the stage is now set for the most colorful beauty page ant ever held in stouff ville and it should be for it is only once in 100 years that stouffville selects a centennial queen the promenade of pretty and talented girls will be held in the auditorium of stouffville district high school on saturday april 22 at 815 pm the master of ceremonies will be tv star wally kostcr the crowning event will be prcceeded by a private interview april 21 when judges will select the queen and her escorts her identity will not be reveal ed until after all girls have been presented to the pub lic in the saturday finale entries nominated by both individuals and organ izations are janine bass janet winn linda smith linda dafoe susan schell bonnie bangay ruth par sons dianne hamerston margaret sheridan sharon lintncr kathy kenny linda moody helen lewis catherine humming carol lynn clarkson regina dams linda wright jane thomas joanne stewart nancy wideman arlene yakeley brcnda johnston dorothy sanders valerie baker delight winterstein bonnie hamerston lois farthing verginia foord lee turner vicki roberts susan lee beth paisley marlene paisley linda priestley dianne taylor donna wright wendy burrows dianne slater trudy cadieux linda burns winnie skinner janice smith and lynn patrick with the honor of reign ing as stouffvilles centen nial queen will go many awards and prizes includ ing a hostess gown a pair of long white gloves a pair of phantom fish net nylons a free hair set a tiara a set of centennial coins and a centennial trophy the first runnerup will receive an engraved wrist watch during the official crown ing of the queen mr kos- ter will sing a song with lyrics specially written for the occasion civic square fund ibh here ire the litest mirktt reports stouffville motorcycle display 3 stouffvillcs civic square fund received five more donations this week rais ing the total to 1213234 previous total 1201234 d macdonaldross 1500 claude brillingcr ridgctown m a sugdcn ltd deborrah scott loncrgan st marks school student council pretty young miss more than 200 boys and girls played a pari in the stouffville figure skating clubs 17th annual ice carnival one pretty miss was 11 year old barbara boadway staff photo puc plans new water reservoir stouffville a new reservoir to double the storage capacity of stouffvilles water works system will be built on the jsitc of the present tank ihatnas deteriorated beyond further use the ontario municipal board has given its approv al lo an expenditure of 75000 and by cutting back on previously plan ned pressure pump instal lations the commission hopes to stay within this figure opposition lo the project was voiced by the puc chairman r f farr who favored a reser voir of smaller size reeve ken laushway in formed members of coun cil thursday night that when completed stouff villes water storage would total one million gallons the reeve said that on sev eral occasions last year a serious situation would have developed if a major fire had occurred he hinted that water rates might possibly be increas ed to cover a portion of the cost we are one of the lowest in ontario he said chief opposes cyclist club ballantrae a me tro motorcycle club has applied for a licence to establish quarters near ballantrae police chief fred mason told a meeting of whitchurch township council april 4 the pro posed site is close to the herb simpson farm near highway 48 chief mason expressed opposition lo the applica tion suggesting that the property could become a race track he presented each member with a copy and suggested that a by law be prepared to govern such activities it was presumed lhat he option on the land would not be taken up un less a licence was secured in hospital mr lew mordcn and mr jake baker are presently confined to uxbridge cot tage hospital mr fred hope also a patient there is expected home later this week wins expo trip stouffville stouffville kinsmen club will honor the winner of their expo trip draw at a meeting thursday evening jim andrews of union- villc purchased the lucky ticket on the same day as the draw was made new school not practical chairman present hockey awards 2500 5000 2000 1000 appoint new pastor i5 1213234 next time lady try the front door mrs mollio stewart paradise avenue markham arrived at the premises of talpark motors no 7 highway saturday with the intention of trying out a new model mustang but instead of driving the car off the lot she backed it straight through a 300 showroom window the driver and the salesman survey the damage speechless staff photo goodwood the chairman of uxbridge township area board w h harper has critized the critics of the oneroom school at quaker hill in reply to a press state ment attributed to mrs george harrison that condemned the building as a fire trap mr harper said that it had been in spected by the fire chief and approved he said al so that the school had been checked by an offi cial of the county health unit and the township building inspector he told the tribune that he was not personally ac quainted with the com plainant but would be agreeable to meeting her with other members of the board in attendance the report also claims that a substandard grade of education is being taught at quaker hill this too was discounted by the chairman mr harper suggested that some residents in the quaker hill area were an xious to have the old school replaced by a new one to spend 150000 at lhat location is not feas ible at the present time he said he said lhat edu cation policies were too much up in the air lo embark on major con struction he criticized newcomers to the township who ac quire a lot and erect a new home without first learn ing what services includ ing schools arc available ii i