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once in a blue moon goodwood com plimentary correspond ence in connection with road departments is something seldom re ceived there has to be a first however and the unexpected recipi ent of this pat on the back is road superin tendent stan slack and his men of uxbridge the letter from dr w r wees rr 3 stouffville expressed his personal apprecia tion of the way employ ees had handled the problem of snow re moval especially on the second concession deputyreeve robert nesbitt said that it was the first time he could ever recall any ratepay er expressing his thanks in such a per sonal manner it was suggested that mr slack should have the letter placed in a frame and preserved for pos terity shoot stray dogs goodwood with full knowledge of incur ring the wrath of all dog- lovers uxbridge town ship deputyreeve robert nesbitt has recommended that all stray dogs caught running at large within the municipality be shot speaking at a meeting of council deputyreeve nesbitt charged that in total numbers there were just too many dogs in the township he said some families kept as many as three in many cases theres no one at home to look after them so they just run wild i say that all such strays should be caught and shot other members failed to act on his recommenda tion phone service forum stouffville whitchurch stouffville progressive conservative association is holding a public forum in connec tion with the current sur vey being conducted by the bell telephone co in this area the survey is to determine the extent of the demand for an enlarg ed freecalling zone hav ing particular attention to toronto the meeting to which the general public is urged to attend will be held this thursday evening at 8 pm in the stouffville dist high school representatives of the bell co have been invited to attend for purposes of information up until now they have shown re luctance to discuss the matter publicly development unionville a com mercial development to include 14 stores and apartments has been pro posed for lands west of the sciberras road on hwy no 7 unionville forum investments lim ited were represented bv e s wolfson oc at markham twp council um vol 79 xo 38 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge oxt thursday february 15 1968 10 cents new half million dollar school for whitchurch abandon sr school plan ballaxtrae a new senior school propo sal for whitchurch township has been abandoned and in its place the board will erect a fully graded school the school to be built at the 5th concession and the bloomington road will contain 12 class rooms and have a total area of 34000 square feet which will include other service rooms and a li brary the estimated cost of the project is approx imately one and onehalf million dollars this is a departure by the 1968 board from the plans adopted in 1967 to build a senior school plans for the new building are presently being pre pared and it is hoped to have the school ready for next fall committee appointment as part of the provincial plan to replace present school boards with one hundred regional boards the whitchurch area trustees have named michael ogdcn as representative on the consultative com mittee which will function during the transitional period to sell property valuators have submitted figures to the board for the property purchased in 1967 at the 7th con cession and the vandorf side road and members have agreed that this original school site should be advertised for sale since purchasing this property last year the board has installed a thousand dollar drilled well truck halts trains a colt of her very own pretty 17 year old marlene storry of bloomington has reason to smile her very own horse velvet recently became a mother for a first time the lively little guy is only a few days old but still quite a handful staff photo markham u m church will build christian education centre markham it is sure ly a good sign when at tendance at church and sunday school exceeds the accommodation available this problem if it can be termed such has been evident in recent years within the united mission ary congregations at al- lona stouffville gormley dicksons hill and mark ham all have completed or are in the process of undertaking sizeable ex pansion projects the most recent to be announced is at markham where a new 25000 christion centre is plan ned at the rear of the pre sent property on main street north the congre gation gave the program its approval at a meeting feb 7 and work on the extension will begin very soon the structure will mea sure 30 by 40 with a large auditorium for youth work on the ground floor and accommodation for sun day school classes in the basement the building committee includes clarence mcdow ell samuel stadelbauer bill warnock garfield bennett denton brown and the pastor rev grant sloss reopen goodwood port vandorf sergeant fred crawford of whit church township police and truck driver keith heathington of oakville spent a few anxious moments in the vandorf station as the officer at tempted to halt all trains on the local cnr line the instructions were telephoned to a despatcher in toronto after a tractor- trailer carrying a heavy load of lumber became stuck across the tracks on slaters road east of don mills sgt crawford was told that not one but two trains were leaded in that direction c c from the north and aither from the south the despatcher said he would wire ahead and attempt to hold up both units fortunately for all concerned he was successful a northbound freight was stopped at gormley and another tra velling to toronto was stopped at pine orchard it took workmen and two truck crews almost an hour to free the truck from its precarious posi tion receives medal award elwood foskett of goodwood the clerk of uxbridge township has been honored by his council through the presentation of a centennial medal reeve alvin redshaw in presenting the award said that in his opin ion mr foskett was the finest clerk not only in the comity of ontario but the entire province he has held the position for the past nine years as well as several other offices in the municipality staff photo inquest hearing goodwood edward lanigan rr3 uxbridge has requested approval of the township council in his bid to reopen the airport at goodwood mr lanigan told the members that their sup port would assist him in obtaining the charter he requires to operate he said that he had rented the property and was in the process of renovating the buildings and improv ing the runways he has 14 aircraft and hopes to oper ate a flying instruction course what i need is evid ence of public interest he said the council assured him that they would be pleased to see the airport in oper ation again the clerk was requested to check to see what bylaws were in affect covering this kind of busi ness hospital mr wilmer ham main street is presently con fined to york county hos pital at newmarket after suffering a heart attack color guard no 1 olympic stars at ice carnival driver cleared in girls death stouffville there were tears in the eyes of stouffvilles 12member color guard corps as their captain lois farthing lin ed up to receive the award they were tears of joy the stouffville entry placed first in an extreme ly tough competition at michael power high school in toronto defeat ing several of the best in the province stouffville received 916 points 28 points ahead of runnerup michael pow er the optimists placed third delasalle fourth and the kinsmen fifth on sunday the guard is entered in still another competition this time at hamilton stouffville olympic skating stars an na forder and richard stephens will headline the springtime ice revue in the stouftville arena mar 22 and 23 the couple both residents of port perry are currently enter ed in competition at gren oble france plans for the show were discussed at a meeting of the stouffville club execu tive feb 1 the program will be centered around two sep arate themes sleeping beauty and the world of sport two hundred members including many children will participate in the show bermuda holiday rev douglas davis is enjoying a holiday in ber muda he plans to be away for ten days offices nearly completed buttonville work on the markham township municipal building at buttonville is almost com pleted but it is still not known when the staff can move back from their temporary quarters at thornhill no date has been set for an official opening a motion by deputy- reeve sidney gadsby and supported by councillor charles hoover that no smoking be allowed in the new council chambers was deferred for one week claremont a claremont district motor ist has been cleared of all blame in connection with a fatal accident dec 8 that killed a 16 year old girl as she walked along cone 9 pickering with her mo ther the inquest hearing was held at whitby constable angus way of the opp said that he ar rived at the accident scene shortly after 5 pm and found the victim later identified as helen deter- ing lying on the south shoulder of the highway he said that she appeared to be dead the death car owned and driven by ross heron ciaremont rr 2 was parked nearby the of ficer said he described its mechanical condition as good although the left high headlight was out mr heron said he was travelling east at about 45 miles per hour and failed to see the victim until he was too close to avoid hit ting her he said that on impact she was thrown up on the hood then fell off to the right the mo torist said that the girl was walking on the pave ment with her back to the traffic this evidence was supported by david whit- tington 20 who said he had seen her earlier mrs krista hilge oper ator of the claremont nursing home where the victim and her mother finish dam in june stouffville the flood control dam being built on the north side of town by metro and region conservation authority is now scheduled to be com pleted by june according to a conservation author ity spokesman mr wm mclean speaking at the regular meeting of the lions club he said that circumstances beyond the contractors control had delayed the completion the new dam one of a number built throughout the metro area will con trol the flow of water in the stream which passes through the centre of town not only will it elim inate the possibility of flooding but will also con trol the flow of water in dry times to cut down on pollution the speaker said that the small lake created by the dam would cover 12 acres it would not im mediately become a recre ation centre pending fur ther town development and better road access fishing would be a fea ture mr mclean was speak ing oh the occasion of the clubs annual civic night and members of the muni cipal council the public school board and public utilities commission were guests first class scouts claremont four members of the claremont boy scout troop have been honored on their successful completion of all tests necessary for a first class badge allan loyst gerald cook robert roszell and glenn hammond received their badges from district commissioner cor hei- kamp at a meeting in the claremont community hall the boys are now elig ible for their queen scout awards which will take place this summer the claremont scout master is donald sander son ashburn rri were employed said that she almost hit the pair herself she said she offer ed them a ride but they refused crown attorney edward howell stated that the clothing worn by the girl was dark in color and not easily seen the jury con curred they ruled that the pedestrians and not the motorist were totally at fault boy scout higsi award driver killed dayliner crashes truck claremont a young claremont moth er watched her husband drive his halfton truck out the farm lane monday as he did every morning on the way to work in stouffville she saw the brake lights flash and a splitsecond later the ve hicle was sliced in two by a torontobound cpr dayliner james pickering 28 although alive when his wife reached him was pronounced dead at the scene thirtv minutes later he was thrown a distance of 170 feet by the impact and wreckage of the truck was scattered 300 feet fur ther down the track trainmen put the badly injured man on a stretch er and lifted him into one of the cars to protect him from the subzero cold and await the arrival of the ambulance his wife cov ered him with blankets the deceased was well known in the claremont area where he had lived on the family farm south of cone 9 for the past 14 years his father the late henry pickering died less than three months ago before coming to clare mont he had lived in scarboro and attended school at ss no 1 prior to his death he was cm- ployed as a truck driver with apache transport in stouffville besides his wife the former diane couperth- waite he is survived by two daughters valerie 4 and vickcy 22 months he also leaves his mother mrs margaret pickering and four sisters mrs thclma powell cashel mrs violet clvdcsdalc milliken mrs gail picker ing scarboro and mrs shirley liscombc tor onto service will be conduct ed from the dixon fun eral home markham on thursday afternoon at 2 oclock with interment pine hill ccmctcrv the scattered remains of a pickup truck he to one side of the cpr tracks west of claremont following a tragic accident that took the life of the driver jim pickering 28 was pronounced dead at the scene his truck was struck by a torontobound dayliner at a level crossing on a private road entrance to the pickering farm staff photo claremont a claremont boy scout has been cited for actions becoming a member of that worldwide organization and will re ceive the medal of meritorious conduct from the governor general of canada haig derusha 13 son of mr and mrs george derusha has been selected by the award committee of the boy scouts of canada to receive this award in appreciation of his actions following a serious accident in stouff ville july 22 it was on that date last summer in the stouffville park that a 6 year old boy fell from the lop of a rotary slide striking his head on the cement base below haig went to the lads aid and carried him more than six blocks to the stouffville medical centre from there he was rushed by police cruiser to hospital and although still unconscious on his arrival he made an excellent recovery when stouff- ville council learned of the incident a letter of commendation was sent by the clerk to his parents and his scoutmaster on monday night haig a grade 8 student at claremont public school was honored by district commissioner cor heikamp and pre- sented with a red distinguished service ribbon j other members of the claremont troop attend- ed tiie ceremony the presentation by the governor general j will follow cither in ottawa or toronto