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maureen oconnor from prince edward island strikes a pleasant pose in stouf fville park maureen is the young lady adopted by the hic organization the adoption is a new type project a pilot program being tried by the on tario christian young people see page nine staff photo milk store armed robbery markham two men one armed with a 22gauge shotgun and the other with an automatic revolver wearing stock ing masks held up macks milk store on the south side of 7 highway in markham village late saturday night the men on entering the store ordered mr and mrs s henson who were behind the counter to go to the back of the store along with the manager mr c ellif who was also in the store at the time while one man covered the three employees the other picked up a paper bag and stuffed it with money from the till then both walked out markham police were called and arrived on the scene within seconds road blocks were set up by markham village markham township rich mond hill whitchurch stouffville v a u g h a n township opp and metropolitan toronto po lice forces but the men escaped it was estimated that 350 was stolen this is the first armed robbery the village of markham has had in 5 years mark ham village police are still investigatfng the case catches escapees markham constable rick robertson of the markham village police force found his night shift duty on friday a busy one at 130 am he received a call that an opp cruiser was giving chase to a car along highway no 7 and was approaching markham village spotting the car constable robertson gave chase- his travels took him west and south of mark ham and into metro tor onto at times all cars were travelling at speeds in ex cess of 100 mph con stable robertson was able to pull alongside the car and stop it the occupants were found to be two ju venile escapees from bow- manville training school furniture store operator dead stouffville the death occurred at new market hospital on sun day aug 18 of bruce maclean proprietor of the furniture store on highway 48 just south of ballantrae deceased was in his 56th year prior to entering business here he had been associated with an upholstering plant in markham mr maclean was a member of richard son masonic lodge mem bers of which conducted a special service on tues day evening besides his wife the former- mary e pegg de ceased is survived by two daughters betty mrs william sanders of moosonee and helen mrs d crittenden of markham there are two brothers sandy of mt albert and willard of toronto funeral service was conducted on wednesday from the oneill funeral chapel with interment at churchill cemetery no government help for pickering industry pickering final refusal of the ontario de velopment corporation to include pickering town ship in its industrial as sistance program sent reeve john williams into a stormy diatribe against the provincial govern ment and against one local newspaper at a council meeting monday night john r mason execu tive assistant of the on- tario department of trade and development advised council that the township cannot be included as an area eligible for assistance under the eio program mr mason said that the hon stanley j randall and hon c s mac- naughlon arc concerned for the situation of pick ering and will continue to seek ways of alleviating the present tax burden we have every right to know exactly what the reasons are said council lor john kruger exactly the way the board of di rectors made this judg ment and exactly what mr randall and the others are going to do to help we want to know the logic and reason for this judgment reeve williams said that upon receiving the letter he spoke on the telephone with mr mason and asked him those very questions the more i listen to this man the more emo tional i become he said he stated that pickering township will need 46 million worth of indus trial assessment to rectify the problem and the on tario development cor poration did not feel it was in a position to get pickering township back on its keel i told mr mason continued the reeve that we were not asking the odc to give us 46 mil lion of industrial assess ment we were asking for some no matter how small the bigger the better of course but we wanted assistance i told him we were pre pared to meet with them and just lay some facts on the table i told him quite a number of other things believe me i am con cerned about this because i think we arc getting the run around mr mason is to call mc back giving us an appointment with some one if mr mason docs not call me back i have some other plans which none of them arc going to like i think we can light a fire under this whole is sue as far as i am con cerned i am not begging continued on page ii vol 80 no 12 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge oxt thursday august 22 1968 10 cents markham village volunteer firemen withdraw threat of resignation ulimatum by brigade markham in an unprecedented move members of the fire brigade gave notice to the village council that unless a new fire chief was chosen from among the ranks of the brigade the firemen were determined to resign the deadline given was august 28 the former chief chas hoover is retiring ross lawton spokesman for the brigade mem bers said the men felt strongly that the position should be filled by their own members they are concerned about the term professional which ap peared in press reports councillor rod stewart chairman of the fire committee replied that the fire marshalls office lays down the standards for fire chiefs this is an important job in the village which is growing if a man can meet the tests which are both writ ten and oral it doesnt matter where he comes from mr lawton suggested that this would auto matically eliminate the present members of the brigade he explained that while they were quite qualified in the practical application of the fire- fighting equipment they had not been attending school and would find difficulty in such examina tions why would a qualified man from outside the village have any more interest than a member of the brigade mr lawton questioned council councillor stewart said council was quite aware of the capabilities of the brigade members but he said he didnt think such reports from the present chief were enough to go on reeve stands by brigade reeve alma walker said she had been against a fulltime chief orginally but would like to see the position filled by a brigade member getting a chief who is qualified is what we have to do declared councillor stewart following the brigades ultimatum to resign councillor stewart said i know how you feel you think its a slap in the face if we dont choose one of your members but i assure you it is not that way i am asking that you see our choice before you make up your mind to resign the firemen after a brief private discussion re ported to council that they would not alter their deadline of august 28 councillor rod stewart staff photo us visitors hurt in cartruck crash increase town police force stouffville stouffville council has agreed to engage two more police constables for the stouffville police force they are harold leslie davis 32 who has had 11 years experience with the liverpool constabulary england and david rod ney blackburn 23 of st marys ont review bylaw markhm councillor rod stewart gave notice at the regular meeting of council on monday that he would introduce a motion to have council review the transient traders bylaw it was stated that some persons licenses under this bylaw were in arrears of fees efforts had been made to collect but with out success and the bylaw officer suggested that in stalment payments be al lowed council rejected this idea stouffville mr and mrs louis scafati of roslindale mass usa were rushed to scarboro centennary hospital on tuesday afternoon after their car was involved in an accident with a gravel truck at the junction of main st e and the tenth line mr and mrs louis scafati were on their way from kingston to visit her sister mrs tom john son of second st stouff ville when their car col lided with the right side of the truck the driver of the truck harold glen nutter goodwood was not injured mrs scafati suffered head injuries and multiple injuries to arms and legs her husband suffered se vere head injuries latest report from the hospital was that mr scafati was to undergo an operation in the evening total damage estimated by chief orland keating who investigated the ac cident was 6000 the truck was owned by m b haulage markham engage officer markham the vil lage council has agreed by resolution to add an addi tional officer to the police force and accepted the application of david t wade for the position- mr wade comes from mara thon where the local force has recently been disband ed in favor of the opp demand test for chief markham following three meetings in as many nights members of the fire brigade have voted to remain on the job until a new fire chief is named by village council the decision came friday night previously the brigade members ex pressed determination to resign on august 28 reeve adjourns meeting amid a storm of protest reeve alma walker suddenly adjourned thursdays special council meeting and left the chambers in all my 14 years here i have never had to do this before but i am doing it now its my right she declared leading up to the sudden adjournment tem pers were beginning to show in the midst of the dispute reeve walker raised the gavel and de clared i am not taking any more of this the meeting is adjourned an attempt by deputy reeve laidlaw and councillor allison to have a previous resolution covering written examinations for the chief res cinded was defeated councillor stewart said he couldnt see what the village had to lose by asking the men to write an examination we can only stand to lose 200- 000 if we have to hire a new brigade thats all replied deputy reeve laidlaw reeve walker said she believed council was putting the village in a dangerous position how ever councillor stewart continued to press that the village required a fulltime fire chief he said the men got paid even if the money was put into a pension fund if it amounts to 300 a year theyre lucky retorted reeve walker remember they are volunteers she said councillor stewart visibly upset retorted even if they get 10000 or nothing they sign an agreement to serve the community tests would help members of the brigade had been informed by n j atkins of the fire marshalls office that the tests set by the department would if anything be an advantage to any applicant from the brigade he said his office would be glad to help in any way to iron out the dispute say subdividers neglect park property buttonville on monday councillor a r sumner had strong criti cism for the state in which some township sub dividers leave land re quired for parks in their subdivision the township should start putting park prop erty on bond until it is cleaned up declared the councillor for ward i where most of the sub divisions are established mr sumner said that the land set aside for a park in the wimpey sub division on bayview avenue was the town ships biggest problem at the moment and was no better than a garbage dump he also voiced the opinion that dedicated parklands at varley vil lage on unionvilles out skirts were a disgrace and would cost the township 2000 to clean up park- lands dedicated by sub- dividers need tighter con trol he insisted the engineer suggested if they the subdividcrs dont clean up themselves the engineer suggested if they the subdividcrs dont clean up themselves then charge them an other suggestion entailed holding a bond deputy- reeve gadsby pointed out that the subdivision agree ments call for pay on de mand in such instances a far different thing than holding up a bond omb questions markham spending contractor ken betz with hard hat is seen surveying the excavating of the new town water project on the town reservoir properly with him is tommy farr chairman of the stouffville puc fred castle is the shovel operator work on the project was begun last winter and will raise the water storage capacity to more than double the present figure the new reservoir measures 110 ft by 114 ft and will cost approximately s45000 several new wells to feed this new storage will cost approximately 25000 the work is expected to be completed this month staff photo the ontario municipal board has made a request this year that municipal spending be held to the estimates submitted in the 1967 in view of the seri ous monetary situation last year markham township officials esti mated 1968 spending in 2395190 this year when they submitted their new 5year forecast the esti mate for the current year was raised to 2805000 409808 above last years figure this week the ontario municipal board chair man asked for an explana tion of the increase and reminded council of the need to hold the line in view of this council ask ed for a written report from treasurer alex bar ton showing the reason for the difference in the forecast clerk h c t crisp said part was the cost of new sewer installations and part was for the in creased cost of schools oil leak damage falls on village markham village council is faced with a considerable damage bill as a result of a fuel oil line leaking about a hun dred gallons into the sew erage system the oil eventually found its way into the disposal plant where it retarded the op eration stopping the chemical action the markham village sewer age system is operated on a rental system with the ontario water resources operating the disposal plant and engaging the necessary workmen how ever council found that in the case of damage the village was called upon to bear part of the cost and the village solicitor will be requested to investigate the account