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largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge in the district x vol 79 no 31 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday january 4 1968 10 cents news whitchurch uxbridge markham i pickering townships markham barber locks his shop after 43 years at six oclock saturday evening markham barber percy wideman completed his final haircut after 43 years on main street his last customer was russell beare now retired the business has been taken over by mr les ham of peter street mr wideman recalls that his first customer after moving into the present shop was the late peter stewart the building has been purchased by town businessman harry watt staff photo pinned two hours loses arm in harvester stouffville a stouffville district man had his left arm amputa ted above the elbow last week after it became jam med in the mechanism of a corn harvester in pick ering township harold harcourt 44 cone 9 markham was working alone on the finn farm property altona road he was attempting to free the works of de bris when his hand be came wedged and his arm was drawn in up to the elbow his cries for help were heard by neighbors pick ering township firemen and police worked for al most two hours and a por tion of the machine had to be dismantled before mr harcourt could be freed mr harcourt resides on the former abe stouffer farm rr 1 stouffville blood donor clinic stouffville the stouffville legion blood donor clinic will be held fan 16 from 2 to 430 and 630 to 9 pm in the leg ion hall 0mb withholds approval unionville the ontario municipal board has withheld approval of the estimated expenditure for the proposed new sen ior public schools in markham township area 2 the ruling was contain ed in a letter from the omb to markham town ship clerk harry t crisp officials are requesting clarification of capital ex penditures since the esti mates do not include costs of water and sewerage services originally the site on cone 7 north of hwy no 7 was to be serviced from markham village this plan was later rejected by the village council the municipal board has or dered that this matter be resolved before they will grant approval of any de bentures area board administra tor wilfred morley ex plained that when the ap plication was submitted to the omb it was thought that markham village would approve a hookup from their mains to the site located just across the road he said that negotiations toward this end were continuing inaugural meeting stouffville the inaugural meeting of stouffville council was held january 4 with all members present the offi ciating pastor was rev clarence t bass minister of the memorial chris- t i a n congregational church in stouffville the only new member of the 196869 council is mrs ethel mole she re places former councillor robert lewis now of whitchurch also sworn into office at the same time was william sanders of the stouffville puc who succeeds commis sioner kenneth wagg e a ernie button highly respected sr citizen hydro policy riles puc chairman no authority granted for centennial signs stouffville a recommendation by rep resentatives of ontario hydro that in future the stouffville public utilities commission receive au thorization before spending its profits riled the chairman r f farr at a vearend meeting dec 29 mr farr took strong exception to a policy that gave hydro authorities jurisdiction over funds that the stouffville puc had earned through sale of power to local consumers allan avcy and david langford aroused the chairmans ire when they questioned an account of 104452 spent during 1967 on promotions they were told that much of it had been used in the purchase of two centennial signs on main street and an additional 300 had been donated to the centennial committee as a memorial to the late e h neville a former chairman we buy our power from hydro and pay the accounts we sell it to the public at a profit and now you want to tell us we have no say as to how that profit may be spent questioned mr farr commissioner kenneth wagg said the signs had been the subject of much favorable comment from townsfolk and an excellent form of adver tisement for the municipality mr wagg ques tioned if funds from stouffville had been used to illuminate the hydro offices on university aven ue and if so why had not the stouffville commis sion been consulted on that project mr langford said he did not wish to become in volved in a verbal contro versy over the issue but felt that the commission should be made aware of certain rules and regula tions that it was expected to follow failure to do this he said could result in cancellation of member ship and a chargeback of the account to the mem bers personally he said he was sure that ontario hydro would be willing to overlook this particular procedural error as to the decorating of ontario hydro premises in toronto mr langford said that in part stouff ville had contributed its share of the expense in volved chairman farr was riled a second time when mr langford said that representatives would check on the commis sions financial status to learn whether an increase in rates should be consid ered in 1968 it is rather obvious that we have little author ity said the chairman we cant even change our own rates without con sent stouffville players christmas show enjoyed by hundreds hundreds of children attended the stouffville players christmas show marvello and the magic that pre sented in the auditorium of stouffville dlst secondary school inspecting the huge teapot made by mrs wil liam sanders are left to right jean hammond ed wideman and jackie mumford staff photo cut capital costs in 68 reeve mother of six stricken r f farr wins 1000 stouffville mr gino alberti burkholder street stouffville was the winner of the si 000 kin- vestment award jan 1 the lucky ticket was drawn by mrs grant tur ner at the legion new years dance mr alberti is the new owner of ham ilton automotive supplv centre winona drive stouffville no major capital cost projects will be assumed by stouff ville council in 1968 ac cording to reeve ken laushway the pay-as- yougo program will in clude several items left undone from 1967 as well as preparations for needs of the future a council cant go on and on spending money just for the sake of doing something said the reeve reeve laushway said that the two most im portant projects would in volve the puc the completion of a 75000 reservoir and pumping station and the erection of the 85000 hydro sub station the latter will be paid for out of current funds the reservoir and pump will be included in a ten year debenture the council will budget sufficient funds to repave a portion of ninth line north landscaping will be completed on the east side of the municipal building and new benches will be placed in the civic square the engineering has al ready been started on a 300000 extension to the town sewage plant that when completed will serve a population of 8000 reeve laushway said that he will approach the ontario housing corpora tion and request a survey on the need for a senior citizens apartment simi lar to the one completed recently at newmarket he also advocates the hir ing of a fulltime works superintendent and the ap pointment of a committee to establish a town crest he is hopeful of the re moval of the stouffer st wrecking yard and the complete redevelopment of that area forty calls stouffvill e police here answered 40 complaints over the week end concerning operatois of snomobiles in town markham twp councillor refuses to vote buttonville a markham township coun cillors refusal to signify his stand on a recorded vote drew ridicule and criticism from other mem bers at a yearend meet ing dec 27 the motion involved markhams appointment to the metro toronto and regional conservation au thority the name of char les h peacock gormley rr 2 was proposed as a replacement for j everett harper of unionville councillor charles hoo ver said that he was agree able to cither mr peacock or mr harper assuming the position he declined to show favoritism for one over the other chaos was created when reeve stewart rumble and councillor alan sumner voted that mr harper be retained deputyreeve sidney gadsby and coun cillor anthony roman voted for mr peacock councillor hoover refused to break the tie reeve rumble declared the motion in favor of mr peacock as carried ruling that mr hoovers neutral stand as an automatic yea vote the result riled mr roman who ask ed that the original mo tion be withdrawn he called the matter a com plete farce his request was denied when you become reeve you can run things your way replied mr rumble in cutting off fur ther discussion on the issue stouffville mr e a ernie button one of this towns most highly respected senior citizens passed away sunday in uxbridge cottage hospi tal he was 91 k a button for mr button stouff ville was his home and every resident was his friend and neighbor dur ing bis years as a hard ware merchant on main street he gained a wide circle of acquaintances both in town and country his interest however ex tended much farther than the front door of his store he was directly involved in almost every phase of community life mr buton was a mem ber of stouffville united church he served for sev eral terms on town coun cil he was a charter mem ber of the stouffville lions club and a member of the oddfellows lodge he enjoyed sports of all kind in particular a trip to the cottage or hunting camp on nogeys creek near bobcaygeon it was only last year that he per sonally hauled in a large- size lake trout born south of stouff ville on cone 9 markham the son of major john r button and alma jones he attended school at no 19 and markham village later he moved with his parents to ringwood mr button rose to the rank of captain in the governor generals horse guards he was a graduate of the royal college of cavalry his wife the for mer agnes anderson passed away in 1963 mr button operated the towns first gas station and the first ford dealer ship here mr button was extreme ly proud of his four grand children bonnie mrs alexander curr jocelyn mrs michael paul bar bara and janet button also his two great grand children christopher and tamera curr surviving also is one son dr f john button and a daughter janet mrs norman bak er both of stouffville service was held tues day from the oneill fun eral home stouffville with rev alan borland in charge assisted by rev douglas davis interment was in stouffville ceme tery the pallbearers were eric button cecil hend ricks dr neil smith fred crosscn elgin hastings and douglas ramcr claremont a claremont mother of six passed away dec 27 in toronto east general hospital mrs david allen the former marilyn louise dobbin had been in de clining health for almost seven years she suffered from hodgkins disease surviving besides her husband are two daugh ters glenda marie 15 mary ann 10 and four sons john 14 stephen 12 ronald 8 and bobby 6 mrs allen was born at lindsay the daughter of millen and myrtle dobbin she was 39 prior to taking up resi dence in claremont one year ago the family lived on the altona road pick ering township she was a member of the clare mont united church and took an active interest in the ucw and girl guide association rev a e cresswell con ducted the service dec 30 from the mceachnie fun eral home pickering with interment claremont un ion cemetery the pall bearers were william dobbin jack dobbin douglas dobbin gary dobbin robin dobbin and william dobbin jr longdistance call mrs willis wideman rr 3 stoufiville was the recipient of a very pleas ant surprise call from her daughter lorecn a regis tered nurse on the staff of hazelton hospital british columbia threw thumb away stouffville a keswick district man ex perienced trouble with his car on main street west and summonded the as sistance of a tow truck operator the garage attendant soon learned that there was too little gas in the tank and too much drink in the driver he called stouffville police the car with 1966 plates was impounded and the occupant taken in for questioning it was then that the officer observed that the mans thumb was badly cut and he recom mended that he seek med ical aid the motorist ex plained that he had injur ed his hand in an electric fan at a toronto office party he then calmly pull ed the thumb off and threw it away no visitors uxbridge until further notice all visita tion privileges to the ux bridge collage hospital have been cancelled the order was issued on tues day due to the seriousness of flu in he area it will remain in effect until the epidemic shows signs of a letup hospital authori ties agreed that resident patients should be pro tected as much as possible from the disease markham village fire chief assumes full time post markham village has a fulltime fire chief charles hoover took over the permanent position jan 1 and will operate out of an office at the firchall on main street much of this time will be spent on inspection of in dustrial and commercial buildings as well as schools the markham brigade has 16 volunteers staff photo wjfe 19 killed in auto accident buttonville a nineteen year old girl was killed and her husband injured tuesday morning in a cartruck crash on john street west of bayview avenue pronounced dead on arrival at york cen tral hospital was mrs laurel lee ha i ward of john street markham township she was a passenger in a westbound auto that went out of control on slushy pavement and was rammed broadside by an castbound truck the truck driver charles cini of toronto was not hurt it was markham townships first fatal ac cident of 1968 fifteen traffic deaths were re corded in the municipality last year it was near this same location dec 16 that a richmond hill woman died when her car crashed through a protective guardrail and dropped into a branch of the don river mrs maude obrien was all alone in the auto constable albert hudson has been placed in charge of investigations of both accidents inrpiests will likelv be held