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largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge in the district urn all the news whitchurch i uxbridge markham i pickering of all 4 townships vol 80 no 2 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday june 13 1968 10 cents citissens apartment may become reality this lovely senior citizens apartment could well become a reality in stouffville a survey is being conducted to learn if a need exists for accommodation of this kind here similar governmentsponsored projects have been erected in newmarket and richmond hill stouffville a senior citizens ap- artment with rents gearectto fit the incomes of participating familie could become a reality in stouffville on a recommendation from council the on tario housing corporation has agreed to con duct a survey here to learn of the need and de mand for accommodation of this kind in stouff ville if either the husband or wife is 58 years of age or over the family can qualify the project is meant to assist persons within the 58 years plus age bracket who feel that the present high cost of living has become a finan cial burden rents including services start as low as 32 per month there are two senior citizens apartments now in operation in this area one at rich mond hill and another in newmarket the sites are acquired and the buildings erected by the provincial government the living quarters varying in size are well planned and comfort able an estimated 450 persons in stouffville are eligible to participate in this program each will receive a questionnaire to be filled out and returned to the address printed on the envelope residents requiring assistance in completing the form may contact any of the resident clergy the bank managers solicitor h r button the clerk ralph corner the reeve ken laushway or any member of council all information is treated in the strictest of confidence councillor called me crooked i restrict stores room hot debate heated markham twp minus the luxury of air- conditioned quarters tem pers within the markham township council cham bers reached the boiling point monday as charges and counter charges vibra ted across the room the initial flareup oc curred when deputyreeve sidney gadsby attempted to reintroduce a motion to purchase a 24000 road grader that had earlier been defeated he was ruled out of order by reeve stewart rumble later the deputyreeve balked when the third reading came up for set ting office hours during june july and august from 830 am to 430 pm mr gadsby felt they should extend from 9 to s although he had voted in favor of the change once again he lost when deputyreeve gad sby questioned the ability of student personnel on the road department the fur really flew he charged that when residents re quested gravel they re ceived mud that statement war rants proof argued coun cillor alan sumner how do you want it in a wheelbarrow shot back mr gadsby engineer dusan miklas took strong exception to the deputyreeves remark when a road warrants gravel it gets gravel if it warrants sand it gets sand he said when councillor antho ny roman came to the en gineers support deputy- reeve gadsby charged that he knew little about the problem because he was never home to answer the phone thats a lie shouted mr roman pounding his fist on the desk councillor sumner said it seemed strange that all the complaints should go to the deputy and no one else mr gadsby replied but only mr sumner heard it he jumped to his feet and shook his fist i want you all to wit ness that at five minutes to eleven oclock the dep utyreeve called me crook ed at this point reeve rumble intervened and called a halt to the contro versy open new office stouffvile the stouffville dist credit union will open its new offices at 96 main street west this saturday june is at 3 pm the public is in vited there will be free pens and refreshments for all visitors plus free savings banks and bal loons for the children markham sr school cost up 100000 markham twp unless contract cuts are made the cost of a new senior public school for varley village in mark ham tsa 2 will approach one million dollars ten tenders on the work have ben received rang ing from s8769s0 to s939- 000 this is s100000 above the original estimate architect victor marsh admitted that the lowest bid was 12 per cent higher than the minimum cost presented for approval by the board this means that the total requisite to the township must be raised from s890613 to 990000 it is hoped that the school may be com pleted by january 1969 the trustees considered seriously all aspects of the project from deletions to the plans to the scrap ping of the design entire ly the architect suggested that shop rooms and a music room be postponed for the present but in spector maynard hallman warned that government grants would then be re- duced accordingly trustee mildred too- good recommended that the board proceed since a considerable amount of money had already been spent and there was an urgent need for additional student accommodation we are talking s100- 000 or more argued trus tee gordon champion i feel we are not being fair to add so much at this time the architect said that the board would not ben efit by delaying a start on the structure it is usual that whatever is put off costs more prices are go ing up constantly he said property chairman trus tee elson miles agreed that the board had no al ternative but to make ap plication to the township for the increased amount farewell service rev douglas davis of stouffville has announced his intention to retire from the ministry after fifty years of faithful ser vice he will deliver his farewell address to the congregation of emmanu el united church aurora june 23 club manager fined 1200 stouffville guenther merk 44 man ager of sleepy hollow golf and country club highway 47 north of stouffville was fined 1- 200 and costs when he en tered a plea of guilty to a charge of selling liquor the manager and three other employees were charged june 25 following a surprise raid by officers of whitchurch township and opp a threeton truck was required to remove 1134 bottles of beer and 146 bottles of liquor and wine charges against rudo lph rosenbohm 29 tor onto kenneth zeller 22 and sara mowat 19both of stouffville were with drawn seek museum whitchurch twp a delegation of ratepayers has recommended that the centuryold school build ing at bogartown be con verted into a museum former councillor henry nauta has agreed to dis cus the proposal with resi dents in that community to obtain their views advance poll stouffville if you expect to be absent from the riding june 25 advance polls have been established to accommo date voters june 15 and 17 in yorksimcoe resis- dents of stouffville and whitchurch townships may cast their ballots at the stouffville municipal building civic street in york north resi dents of markham village and a portion of markham township may vote at the veterans hall in mark ham for west markham township residents the poll will be located at 20 grandview avenue high land park this area in cludes west of the ken nedy road from steeles avenue north to the gor- mley sideroad the advance polls will be open from 9 am to 9 pm est official opening markham twp markham townships ren ovated municipal building will be officially opened june 27 markham follow ing a lengthy debate at village council a resolu tion passed three votes to two allowing the erection of 7500 sq ft of commer cial area on no 7 high way near the 9th conces sion western heritage de velopment co has been urging council to allow for the rezoning of two acres for commercial purposes but agreed to restrict the building to 7500 feet by 1971 the result of the re corded vote on the ques tion was rod stewart reeve alma walker albert laidlaw yes douglas alli son and lloyd abernethy no a number of main si merchants attended the meeting but did not par ticipate in the discussion reeve alma walker an nounced the petitions sig- ned by sixtyfour people in the area revealed that 30 favored the shopping centre 30 were opposed and three had no opinion councillor rod stewart commented that he didnt think it was good planning not to allow any commer cial development on ihe east side of town village planning consultant mc- pherson supported mr stewarts contention that to exclude the area entire ly from stores created a hardship on the residents it would mean they would have to travel to other stores he said councillor abernethy told council that there was some responsibility to the community not to form stagnant areas mr murray henderson village planning board said he wondered if the pioposed commercial area was large enough and he didnt believe it would be detrimental to any other business in town hire administrator whitchurch twp the school area board of whitchurch township has a new business adminis trator wilford belts of aurora fills the position made vacant through the resignation of mrs irene bacon his salary is 6000 per year plus mileage bobby hull day altona ford trac tors could have trouble competing with bobby hull for attention but on friday afternoon at altona the two will be working closely together chicagos golden jet will be the guest visitor at fred lewis hayday demonstration from 3 to 6 pm there will be a lucky draw for a motorized bi cycle and free refresh ments on the grounds in the evening a dance will be held outside but in case of rain it will be moved to the altona com munity centre teen girl rescues boy from lake recommended for medal stouffville eyewitnesses to a heroic res cue sunday have recommended that a fifteen year old scarboro girl receive a medal for courage kathleen schneider was enjoying an afternoon swim at lazy lake three miles north of stouffville when she heard cries for help she responded immedi ately but by the time she reached the spot the youth in trouble had disappeared from view she found him on the bottom and managed to pull him to the surface aided by another man they placed the vic tim then unconscious on a nearby raft kathleen commenced mouthtomouth resuscitation stouffville firemen were summoned to the scene with their oxygen inhalator and the boy responded to treatment bryson bays 19 of agincourt is now reported to be in satisfactory condition in scarboro centennial hospital two stouffville men john foulds second street and frank mellon tindale road were witnesses to the rescue both are experienced in first aid that girl kathleen was terrific said john there was nothing more we could do we tried to get the circu lation back in his arms and legs we thought he was gone she deserves a medal the teenager was aided in applying mouth-to- mouth resuscitation by 23 year old linda pearl a lifeguard at the lake and a toronto school teacher it was her first day on the job resort owner e v bud smith commended both girls and also the firemen he said brigade mem bers arrived only seven minutes after he placed the call approve public stouffville stoultville council has ap proved the purchase of a six acre parcel of land in the northwest section of town with the expectation that it will be used as the site of a third public school likely in 1969 the cost of 30000 will be debentured over a per iod of twenty years reeve ken laushway noted that while there was no guarantee that the pro perty selected by stouff ville trustees would be utilized by the new county board he felt that the price could possibly change if the option was allowed to drop reeve laushway stated that if the county board should reject the site as unsuitable t h e location would become the proper ty of the town he agreed that a committment by local trustees in 1968 would not be binding in the county board in 1969 site for school rate drops markham twp there is good news for tax payers from markham township council t h i s week for the third straight year the general rate has been reduced the first payment is duel june 28 the farm and residential rate general is 275 mills down from 28 mills iii 1967 the commercial and industrial rate remains the same at 318 in the police village of unionville the rate is up from 287 mills to 295 the rate in school area 2 is unchanged in the secondary school category stouffville shows the greatest jump from 222 mills to 28 tax bills in individual areas of the township will vary according to the cost of services received down on the farm its a wonderful world twentythree handicapped children in the twp of pickering were treated te an afternoon in the country with an openair picnic on the grounds of the mt zion community centre and a visit to five farms in the area six year old connie gay of claremont reaches out to touch the nose of holstcln on the farm of reg hosklns cone 8 staff photo womans leg severed in boating accident musselmans lake physicians at york county hospital newmarket are fighting to save the left leg of a metro woman the leg was almost severed in a boating accident on musselmans lake sunday afternoon mrs jane scarft 25 estherbrook avenue don mills was swimming from glendale to cedar beach and was about 500 feet from shore when struck a water skier came to the womans rescue and held her head above water until another boat oper ator could pick her up she was rushed by vance ambulance to hospital constable ivan bates of whitchurch police said that the victim had completed the swim one way from cedar beach to glendale and was returning when the accident occurred he said that the boat operator gelinas beaulieu 34 of byng avenue rexdale did not see the woman in time there were several witnesses and the case is still under invest igation cottage residents in the lake area have indicated a concern over the use of highpowered boats at musselmans and will recommend to council that restrictions be imposed on the maximum size of motors