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approve industrial aid stouffville the provincial govern ment has selected the village of stouffville as one of only three municipalities in the county of york to qualify for assistance under the new equalization of industrial opportunity pro gram this means that interestfree loans will be made available to industrial firms that locate here when the company has operated success fully at its chosen location for a period of six years the loan is forgiven approved additions to existing facilities may also be eligible for sim ilar grants in york county sutton and whitchurch town ship are the only other areas to qualify the announcement of the good news was made at a meeting of council may 2 all applications must be processed through the provincial industrial corporation reeve ken laushway said that stouffville had approximately 50 acres that could be utilized as industrial sites he said that thirty acres was ad jacent to services on main street west he said that his personal preference was toward firms that could employ up to 50 persons the reeve noted that several inquiries had al ready been received he agreed that the towns industrial commission would be completely re organized to cope with applications as they come through the provincial government has established a 10 million budget for this program forty per cent of this sum has already been committed merger opposed by reeve stouffville any proposal to include stouff ville in a regional unit with woodbridge mark- ham village markham township vaughan town ship and richmond hill has brought opposition from reeve ken laush way a recommendation ap proving the merger was passed at a meeting apr 29 only two municipali ties vaughan and rich mond hill were repre sented reeve laushway said that while the trend was toward a regional type of government he felt that the area within the south ern six was too small he said too that problems pertaining to the more ur banized municipalities to the south were not the same as in stouffville if they richmond hill and vaughan keep complain ing long enough theyll find themselves part of metro he said mr laushway said that stouffville might have been represented at the meeting but the notice did not arrive in time what goes up will come down whitchurch twp for municipal taxes to go up by 50 and then de crease by a like amount all in the same year is an unusual occurrence this could happen in whit church township with ap proval of the provincial governments proposed equalization factor the legislation awaiting its third reading will allow the province to pay the taxes on the first 2000 of equalized assessment clerk thos kerr told the tribune that the implementation of this legislation would wipe out increases on the average properties the overall rate is up almost 9 mills the 1968 budget require ment to be raised by taxes is 113809922 the resi dential rate is 3187 mills the commercial rate is 3624 mills a breakdown of certain expenditures for the year includes welfare 160- 000 police 144000 fire 19000 dog control 3- 500 and education 619- 61678 ten acre lots pickering twp provincial legislation has been passed to lift its con trol of tenacre lots in on tario from now on all land separation will be control led by municipal commit tees of adjustment y5 vwowoowos akrwum tax refund567000 vol 79 no 50 stouffvilllmarkhamuxbridgk oxt thursday may 9 1968 10 cents with the exception covered incinerators may light a mothers day fiftytwo weeks ot every year sunday may 12 is mothers day and certainly there is no more typical mother and daughter family unt than mrs douglas ward and children 1 to r lorraine 10 lynn 7 sandra 6 and sheila 3 of glad park av enue stouffville they were stopped by the tribune cameraman on their return from church staif photo marathon walk help union villa to raise funds unionville a mar athon walk in aid of un ion villa a planned home for senior citizens will be held saturday may 25 starting from the crosby memorial centre in union- ville the selected route trav els north on cone 6 to 16th avenue west to cone 5 and north to the town- line east to cone 7 south to i7th avenue east to highway 48 south to highway 7 and west to unionville and- the mem orial centre the entire distance is 20 miles this is how the fund- raising campaign will work each entry will commit himself to contribute a certain sum of money for every mile walked rather than take on this chore he may also sponsor a walker on his behalf for example if the entry pledges 100 per mile and walks 20 miles then he pays 20 the competition is open to public separate and high school students as well as adults registra tion forms are now avail able further information on the contest may be ob tained from peter scott 2971123 ruth hill 297- 1277 or rosie blackburne 2972378 the promotion is spon sored by the unionville home society the approved location of union villa is on the north side of highway 7 between concessions 5 and 6 elect executive stouffville wagg has been president of the ville lions club ken named stouff- for the year 196869 he will as sume office in september and succeeds don huxta- ble to the post other members of the new executive include- lst vice president bill duxbury 2nd vice presi dent ivan harris 3rd vice president john foulds secretary howard christie assistant secre tary don hiles treasurer cliff aiken assistant trea surer ed reid lion tam er oliver pellett assist ant lion tamer walt ri chards tail twister lome boadway assistant tail twister frank brock dir ectors 1 year are bert taylor and george baker 2 yearsbob hammond and ron lee farm not sold uxbr1dge twp in the may 1 issue of the tribune a story on rum ored property sales in the goodwood area of ux- bridge township included the farm of leslie mitch ell cone 2 it has since been learned that while one lot has been sold the remainder of the land has in no way changed hands injured stouffville dick coffey head of coffey motors suffered a chipped bone in his leg after falling from a horse on his farm at stouffville rr 3 liberal nomination v yorksimcoe the yorksimcoe riding liber al nomination meeting will be held may 14 at huron heights secondary school davis drive new market two candidates have in dicated their intentions to stand for nomination ellis griffiths 38 of klein- burg and john crawford medcof 37 of mount al bert markham merchants oppose shopping markham a third major shopping plazc is one too many as far as markham merchants are concerned and they gave vent to their feelings in force at a regular meeting of council monday night gerald shibley support ed by an 83namc petition and a standing room only audience urged members to reconsider a commer cial development proposal for the area of highway no 7 and wooten way east of highway 48 mr shibley stated that any buildup of stores at this location would be contrary to the official plan of the village and would constitute a finan cial drain on other busi ness places already estab lished he charged that there were sufficient com mercial outlets already to serve a population of from 1600 to 20000 people such a plan would constitute a final blow to many on main street he said and also weaken the economic stability of others already on the bor derline why should they have to fold because they must share the dol lars with others in a new development i can assure you there is strong feel ing against this project and we ask you to wait for two or three years and then reassess the sit uation at that time the development is part of a residential and com mercial venture by west ern heritage limited ian hume a plaza mer chant and member of the markham chamber of commerce said that 99 letters had been sent out to residents of sherwood estates he said that of the 35 replies the result was 3 to i against both the erection of the shopping centre and accompanying town houses vincent reid of the western heritage firm ar gued that the development would accommodate more than 8000 people and war rant the opening of a new shopping area he denied that it would comprise a business drain on stores now operating he also re jected the suggestion that the proposal was not in keeping with the official plan of the village he urged council to come to an early decision on the issue reeve alma walker con tended that the matter was of sufficient import ance to require further discussion we must take everything into consider ation she said centennial committee markham the vil lage of markham will ad vance from one centennial celebration into another like the majority of municipalities they mark ed the 100th birthday of confederation in 1967 in 1973 the village will cel ebrate its centennial year of incorporation a committee has been set up to plan this pro gram members include arthur bonner chair man mrs rosemary out- rcd secretary and three members joseph assin- ick ronald mcvcy and walter grieve enforce fire bylaw stouffville fires caused through care lessness are becoming costly and the council working in cooperation with the police depart ment intends to take steps to enforce its bylaw the problem will be dis cussed at a meeting mon day of no resident may light a fire without first obtaining ap proval from either the fire chief or the police department a conviction carries a maximum fine of 50 approve salary schedule whitchurch twp the whitchurch twp public school area board has reached a salary agree ment with its teachers effective sept 1 1968 the wage schedule ex tends from a minimum of 4900 to a maximum of 11000 the annual in crease in category 1 is 300 in categories 2 3 and 4 the increase is 400 fringe benefits include accumulative sick leave to a maximum of 200 days 50 per cent share of hospi tal fees and medical insur ance and full payment by the board of costs involv ed in moving a teacher from one school to anoth er if a change in residence is required a teacher will also be granted maternity leave on application but she must apply for re instatement by march 15 a trustee committee appointed to approach graduates of toronto tea chers college enjoyed success seven have been hired all of grade a and b standing one of these is mr clarion hood of lemonville who will take over grades 7 and 8 at ballantrae in septem ber jl stouffville in the months ahead istouffville taxpayers will receive a property ijitax refund from the province of ontario in the jjamount of 67000 hard to believe well its true s under the requirements of the ontario resij gdential property tax reduction act 1968 each gowner of a selfcontained dwelling unit ins stouffville will be entitled to a tax refund of ft g5873 ij for persons who pay their taxes in full or onj ior before june 1 they should deduct 1 per cent- gplus 5873 for each unit i for persons who pay their taxes in two separate j instalments the reduction will be allowed onji sthe november 1 payment the amount of the- refund 67000 will be reimbursed to the village by the province ii although the act is still to receive its final si reading the chance of its defeat is unlikely g boy 2 drowns in disposal vat markham a two year old boy drowned in an open farm disposal vat tuesday at the rear of a barn on the propertv of dhs ranch highway 48 and 18th avenue mark ham township glenn brown son of mr and mrs harvey brown was pulled from the tank by lome morgason of ringwood but failed to re spond to mouthtomouth resuscitation applied by mr morgason and mr brown he was pronoun ced dead on arrival at scarboro centenary hos pital a search for the child was started after a young er brother returned to the house alone the outside tank meas ures approximately 50 by 35 the depth of the vat where the boy fell in is about 4 feet constable richard pike summoned to the scene praised the efforts of mr morgason in attempting to revive the child the victims father is the farm manager dog flies o a c new post rev l k sider pastor of the gormley united missionary church for the past eight years will ac cept a new post in hamil ton after sept 1 he will be replaced by rev h s hallman formerly of stouffville b whitchurch twp a champion boxer dog travelled first class by boac from malton to johannesburgh south africa this week arriving at 30 am wednesday jandaires justice of peace owned by mrs suzanne janda of jandaire kennels rr 2 stouffville was purchased for the sum of 1000 the air ticket charge was 350 curling club canvass stouffville a doortodoor canvass will be conducted this month in stouffville in an effort to obtain pledges in the amount of 20000 for a propos ed community curling rink if this goal can be reached it will give the executive sufficient fin ancial support to assure an immediate start on construction pledges of 20000 are already on hand from earlier com mittments look ma no wheels dicksons hill while police firemen am bulance crews and specta tors stood by a 27 year o 1 d experienced pilot brought his navion 4-seat- er private plane in for a perfect crash landing at the torontomarkham air port highway 48 monday night helmut lang and jan lewandowski climbed out of the singleengined craft unhurt and less excited than those on the ground damage to the plane was estimated at about 100 the pair approached the runway for a normal set- down when the pilot rea lized that the mechanism in the retractable landing gear had seized he had no alternative but to bring it in on its belly firemen were prepared to soap down the strip with a foam cushion but this was not needed the craft skidded along on the grass for about 50 feet a pilot has to know what hes doing admit ted mr lewandowski it can be tricky he said that under such circum stances a craft can very easily flip over if the nose is too far forward centennial queen it was the highlight of the social season at markham dl high school may 3 when pretty 17 year old heather doy of unionville a grade 13 student was crowned may prom queen officiating at the crowning ceremony is the queen of 67 eileen winch of markham staff photo whitchurch t s a budget up 93000 1 1 whitchurch twp the cost of pub- 1 glic school education in whitchurch township continues its increase this year the budget for s s 1968 less a 63000 surplus and a 326000 pro- 1 ilvincial grant totals 28872700 in 1967 it wasis 19555700 for an increase of 9317000 g the largest single expenditure is for cost of- h instruction at 37595000 this is up by almost 86000 the staff numbers 54 g a breakdown of other expenditures includes j supplies 49396 up from 35000 administra- tion 26648 up from 26000 plant operation f 73761 up from 40000 transportation 70- f jj600 up from 55000 capital outlay from curs lrcnt funds 16000 and debenture payments- 5286489 the total estimated cost for the year is 677- 96989 i fek