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view earth craters uxbridge twp the man youll see on your television screen monday evening will not be astronaut neil arm strong looking over the edge of a giant moon crater but uxbridge township councillor clark muirhead scanning the depths of a vacant gravel pit the gravel industrv and its problems will be shown on he cbc pro duction weekday com mencing at 630 pm and running a full hour actual scenes taken on location in both uxbridge and reach wiii feature a portion of the program in addition to councillor muirhead a number of re sidents will also be inter viewed the host is warren davis narrator education hot seat york cty noted educators including hon william g davis will oc cupy the hot seat at a public meeting in the dr g w williams secondary school aurora oct 7 the topic to be discussed is education turned on other platform partici pants include john mac- kay chairman of the york county public school board and eugene jacobs chairman of the york county separate school board the meeting time is 8 pm the entire evening will be set aside for discussion with questions encouraged from the floor a record attendance is anticipated sponsor of the gathering is the north york progres sive conservative associa tion mckeough plan town to retain identity we need housing councillor stouffville the blank rejection of town houses for the clarke street area of stouffville a decision of planning board has been question ed by councillor ethel mole reeve ken laushway in formed members of the boards recommendation sept 18 the proposed develop ment on the mervin watts property would have con tained eight units two storeys high with a base ment garage mrs mole pointed out that a serious housing shortage existed in stouff ville i feel town houses can be quite attractive she said i have yet to see any in canada that are replied the reeve mr laushway suggested that the board might be more receptive to a 4plex plan or something that didnt take up so much room on the lot he des cribed the proposal as too jammed councillor tom loner- gan said he did not favor rowtype housing in that area and agreed with the boards decision passenger trapped car rams transport markham twp a 22 vear old willowdale girl remains in serious condition in st michaels hospital toronto after a northbound car in which she was a passenger rammed into the side of a tractortrailer on don mills road at 16th avenue near buttonville carol gough was wedeed between the front seat and instrument panel of her companions 1960 model oldsmobile until released by sfrt evan kelley and constable john morrison of markham township police roger paul lamoureaux also 22 the driver was less seriously injured the impact was so severe that a dog in the la- moureaux vehicle was thrown from the back seat into the trunk to add further confusion to the accident scene a second car driven by william mcgrothy of peffer- law slammed into the wreckage with its occupants still inside the truck driver robert cunningham of rr 2 gormley escaped injury firemen from the twp of vaughan were called but no blaze resulted the cars gag tank was sheared off the trucker told police that when he commenced his turn onto the highway the auto was nowhere in sight the rear dual wheel assembly was torn out from under the trailer stouffville mem bers of stouffville council heaved a sigh of relief thursday when reeve ken laushway revealed hon darcy mckeoughs recommendations with re gard to municipal boun daries within a proposed county region mr mckeough has sug gested that the present 14 municipalities be reduced to six as follows 1 markham town mark- ham township and thornhill 2 richmond hill vaughan township and woodbridge 3 vil lage of stouffville and whitchurch township 4 newmarket and east gwillimbury township 5 aurora and king township 6 sutton and the townships of geor- gina and north gwillim bury- the minister outlined his proposal at a meeting sept 3 mr laushway noted that while the mckeough plan was by no means final it came close to what stouffville had requested he said that the main de sire was to retain the towns identity within the region through extension of the present boundaries he pointed out however that rather than extend the limits northward to include all of whitchurch it might be better to take in a portion of whit church on the north and markham on the south on sept 24 county warden stewart rumble set up a meeting at new market to discuss the mc keough recommendations further starter stolen stouffville when frank cooke of hamilton attempted to start his 1969 model ford outside the legion hall following a wedding reception fri day there wasnt a sound he turned the key again and again but still no response finally he checked under the hood and discovered the starter had been stolen fewer trucks in town stouffville there are girlwatchers and bird watchers but stouffville reeve ken laushway by his eye trained on trucks the kind that haul gravel through town reeve laushway told members of council sept 18 that within a period of hi hours he counted 33 such vehicles on main street he noted however with an air of optimism that their numbers were becoming less councillor ethel mole chairman of the police committee said that chief keating had spoken to sev eral drivers and one com pany was now rerouting its trucks around the town mr laushway said that while the bloomington road provided an excellent bypass the turnoff at hwy 48 posed a problem since no traffic lights were lo cated there he suggested the intersection be improv ed the reeve noted that gravelhauling was big business around stouffville and it should not be the in tention of council to wrong fully inconvenience any one he added however that all possible steps should be taken to pur- suade drivers to remain out of the main street area raid cyclist hangout markham twp a gang of motorcyclist des cribed by a markham township police officer as living like animals were arrested following an or ganized raid on their head quarters at teston near maple early sunday morn ing fifty constables from departments in vaughan king richmond hill newmarket whitchurch oak ridges opp and metro surrounded the shoe store hangout of satans choice club and caught many of the occu pants by surprise arrested were sixteen men and three girls six of this number were held in buttonville jail pending release on bail later the same day they will ap pear in richmond hill court sept 25 officers from markham included set evan kelley and pc john morrison department mem bers from whitchurch were sgt donald hil lock constable bruce wood and constable da vid knowles six persons present stouffville in spite of widespread pub licity only six persons from stouffville attended a public meeting in the high school sept 19 to obtain information on the new equalized assessment program effective across um vol81 no 17 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday sept 25 1969 15 cents inquest witnesses scene of where two lifeguard hampered describe chaos near lake children drowned uxbridge twp a scene of mass hys teria and chaos at the resort centre of lazy lake uxbridge township was described by park em ployee michael james shadforth toronto and lifeguard edith lumsden markham in testi mony presented to an inquest hearing at whitby sept 16 two children panagiota demos angclako 5 and tessie efsthathios apostalakos 7 both of toronto drowned june 29 during a greek com munity picnic attended by more than 100 per sons miss lumsden sherwood forest drive told how her attempts to revive one of the victims were repeatedly interrupted she recalled that one child was taken from her held upsidc down by the ankles and repeatedly shaken mr shad forth said he was finally able to intervene and persuade the persons to leave miss lumsden alone so artificial respiration could be continued mrs annie limnidis an eyewitness ex plained that the men had held the children in this manner to get the water out of them she said she asked them to stop and allow the life guard to resume mouthtomouth resuscitation park owner e v bud smith said he was informed of the tragedy by a man who came run ning to his house on the other side of the lake mr smith explained that he called the stouff ville fire briagde and volunteers arrived within 10 minutes he said he also put in a call to the stouffville medical centre and after some dif ficulty in getting through received only a re corded answering service requesting he dial an other number mr smith said the physician on duty advised him to get the children to hospital as soon as possible mr smith described how he commandeered a man with a station wagon but when the time came to put the kiddies inside the owner had disappeared he said he then used his own but admitted it was not in the best condition for a crosscountry trip at high speeds mr shadforth drove it while the firemen continued resuscita tion both children were pronounced dead on arrival mr smith told the hearing that in his 12 years of operating the park no previous acci dents had occurred there he said miss lums den a qualified guard was on duty at all times when large gatherings were on the beach or in the water she was positioned in a portable chair the jury comprising donald jackson harry harper bruce taylor bruce coburn and leslie mitchell all of uxbridge township deliberated 45 minutes before reaching a decision in their findings they attributed death to asphixiation caused by drowning they recommended that all public beaches be equipped with elevated tow ers at least six feet in height to be used as life guard stations tom lonergan william kamps councillor tom lonergan lorctta crescent will stand for reelection to stouffville village council dec 1 while william kamps rupert avenue will make a second bid for office follow ing a close but unsuccessful contest in 1967 mr kamps is presently the chairman of stouffville planning board cadleux studio crosswalks made legal stouffville stouffvilles controversial courtesy walk system may be replaced by a legalized crosswalk one and per haps two councillor tom loner gan gave advance notice sept 18 that he would place the recommendation before the members at the next regular meeting mr lonergan said later that the two locations now under consideration are at main and market streets and main and park drive both full intersections if legal walks are ap proved the onus to stop would be placed on the motorist at present the driver has the rightofway open new lam october 11 90voice choir on program york county included in the six were stouffville reeve ken laushway councillors ethel mole and tom lon ergan and tribune re porter a g thompson a delegation from mus- selmans lake swelled the number to 36 junior plowmen to international ontario cty ted smith rr4 sunderland and bill tran rr2 claremont will represent the north and south on tario plowmens associa tion respectively in the junior interbranch class at the international match near paris the decission followed competition held on the farm of hugh baird sun derland sept 20 in the intermediate interbranch class repre sentatives will be ron mc- guckin mt albert rr3 and bob tran claremont rr2 they will compete oct 18 bill tran and brian de- geer will represent on tario county in the inter- county class at the inter national oct 16 high school representa tives include bill tran claremont rr2 and bruce pearse claremont rr2 pickering barry jones uxbridge rr2 and dale oldham mount al bert rr3 uxbridge the inter secondary school competition at the inter national is oct 17 stouffville a 90- voice choir comprising pupils from stouffvilles three elementary schools will participate in the of ficial opening of the new 300000 floodcontrol dam on duffin creek between church and edwards streets the ceremony open to the public will be conduct ed oct 11 at 11 am the children thirty from each of st marks orchard park and summitview will open and close the pro gram with o canada and god save the queen a plaque will be unveil ed by dr g ross lord chairman of the metropoli tan toronto and region conservation authority refreshments will be serv ed later in the cafeteria of stouffville dist secondary school councillors mrs ethel mole and jim mckcliar have been apopinted to the local committee its stouffvilles dam noted reeve ken laushway the people of stouffville have contributed toward it we want as many as pos sible to attend mr laushway suggested that in spite of the close proximity of the project many persons perhaps had never visited the site a large manmade lake has been created at the base of the dam on what was once part of the stouffer family homestead cardinal sin stouffville stouffville reeve ken laushway committed the cardinal sin at a sept 18 meeting of village council he introduced john mc kcliar a native of ayr scotland and brother of councillor jim mckellar as all the way from ire land from where admonish ed the councillor waving his arms in the air ex cuse me im sorry re plied the reeve anyway youre welcome public skating under the stars stouffville a manmade lake at the base of the new floodcontrol dam between church and edwards streets will be transformed into a winter wonderland for stouffville ice skating enthusiasts that is if reeve ken laushway has his way mr laushway informed council sept 18 that he had recommended to the conservation authority that the water now cover ing a large area of land be retained and allowed to freeze over he said that with proper maintenance the rink could be utilized by children and for adult skating parties the reeve suggested that village employees would have to keep the surface clear of snow and flooded as the municipality grows we must get involv ed in more of this kind of thing he said markham town police it famous bosworth chariot team to race at markham fair the racing card at markham fair wouldnt be quite complete without john bosworth and his beauti ful white chariot team stampeding around the track mr bosworth wellknown whitchurch township potato farmer entered his first race at markham several years ago and has returned every season since markham all members of the markham town police department were on duty over the weekend checking with parents of known drug- users in the community chief fred white said that his force has com piled a list from twenty to thirty young people who are taking or suspected of taking different types of drugs he said several come from well- todo families the markham drug check was held in conjunc tion with investigations by both the rcmp and metro authorities on homes in scarboro and tor onto chief white said it was not the intent of officers to make arrests but only to warn both parents and young people of the dangers involved in drug ex perimentation he pointed out that in his opinion convictions and jail sentences were not solutions to the current drug problem