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firemen the tribune wins top owna award in provincewide competition for weekly newspapers over 5000 circulation the tribune has topped its class the award for general excellence was received by the publisher c h nolan left at the owna convention toronto making the presentation is the association president peter hvidsten of uxbrldge jas thomas century city report funds available to finance first stage 4 million loan uxbridge twp a four million dollar loan obtained by century city developments limited from the american based firm of kauf man and broad will enable the company to proceed with- the first stage of buildup members of uxbridge twp council and planning board were told feb 12 the initial phase to include 185 acres would cxtertd north from the hamlet of altona and con tain about 350 lots mainly residential with some open space for parks and several small commercial sites officials assured the township that sufficient industrial assessment would be provided to offset any tax burden created through home construc tion the water supply they said was adequate to serve a population of 15000 a sewage disposal plant is proposed for an area to the south in pickering township it will be built in stages to eventually serve 32000 people the industrial section located between the northsouth boundary line and cone 2 will be served by rail a spokesman said and meetings had been held with both the cn and cpr development manager roger cunnington suggested that hwy 47 traffic would be directed south to hwy 7 rather than through stouffville prepared copies of a 7page agreement were made available but on the advice of township solicitor william g parsons members agreed that action without further study would be prema ture to hire deputyclerk tax account shortage remains a mystery whitchurch twp kennel control still in doubt whitchurch twp a shortage of about 1- 000 in the 1968 tax receipts of the twp of whitchurch remains a mystery councillors merlyn ba ker and gordon ratcliff reopened discussion on the issue monday but nothing new was resolved the debate followed a notice of motion introduc ed by councillor betty vannostrand that recom mended the hiring of a deputyclerk both mr ratcliff and mr baker voiced objec tions councillor ratcliff said he had earlier requested assistance from the dcpt of municipal affairs to up date the office bookkeep ing system and his posi tion had not changed he asked that action on se lecting a deputyclerk be postponed councillor baker called for a financial report from the auditors he suggested further that if clarifica tion of the account short age was not forthcoming they hire another auditing firm on councillor vannos- trands motion reeve bur nett was required to break a deadlock he voted in favor along with deputyreeve norman bar nard councillors ratcliff and baker were opposed whitchurch twp the townships refusal of a licence for a bethesda area kennel operator cre ated controversy within whitchurch council when the applicant mrs dorothy sugden appeared to debate the decision mrs sugden charged that under new queens park legislation the opera tion of kennels for pure bred dogs was now a pro vincial matter and not sub ject to municipal control she said an association member was required to pay 25 per year deputyreeve norman barnard disagreed claim ing township jurisdiction was still in force he called for a ruling from the soli citor dont lets start all that again replied the appli cant noticeably annoyed the councils been discus sing this for the past two years deputyreeve barnard noted that it was whit church that initiated the 25 flat kennel fee rather than charge owners on a per animal basis councillor gordon rat cliff questioned how much money the council had spent on legal fees in this matter reeve stewart burnett said no figure was imme diately available well i want to know replied mr ratcliff mr barnard said the amount of money was not important he contended that council was obligated to defend its own bylaws this brought councillor merlyn baker into the fray he charged that according to the act a kennel opera tor of pure bred dogs was not required to apply for township approval but only to pay the 25 fee he re commended the bylaw be rescinded church sheds collapse markham twp time and tide has taken its toll the last section of horse sheds on the property of the wideman mennonite church hwy 48 has collapsed under the heavy weight of snow when weather permits it will be removed com pletely the sheds that once surrounded the side and rear yard were built as required some dating back 75 years historian paul grove of ringwood recalls the arrangements whereby members of the congregation contributed sufficient fundi to own their own stalls the family name was often posted on the outside and the horse found it as familiar as the stable down on the farm the present church was built in 1928 preceeded by one in 1857 and a log structure before that pit owners warned or close down uxbridge twp po litical pressures from the municipal level plus un favorable publicity have led to the threat of action by queens park against er rant gravel pit operators in the strongest lan guage used to date mines minister allan lawrence has warned firms to clean up or close down mr lawrence spoke recently before a meeting of the aggregate producers as sociation of ontario legislation to force ad herence to stricter rules and regulations is now pending before parliament the minister charged that the gravel industry past and present had cre ated its own unsavory im age legislation will be in the interest of the public at large who i regret to say have had more than a rough time in certain areas of this province they de serve a better break he said the lesson is clear he continued clean up or close down among many things the report recommends that once a pit has been worked out the land be rehabili tated and returned either to cultivation or industrial park use the idea is that the land once the operation is finished would be returned to whatever use the local authority sees fit he said he pointed out however that the business of gravel mining being an essential service should not be con tinually frustrated at the whim of the local munici pality a security bond posted by pit and quarry opera tors would be returned when approved rehabilita tion has been completed mr lawrence said if this is not done the depart ment or its agents will use the money on deposit to do the job he concluded pump milk storm chaos in whitchurch twp stouffvillean experienced fireman must always expect the unex pected called to the scene of a singlevehicle accident on the gormley road west of cone s monday the stouffville brigade utilized its auxiliary pump to empty the tank of an overturned milk transport owned by greenbank cartage company the truck driven by gordon albert appletori stouffer street stouffville lost much of its 1000 gallon milk load when it flipped over on its side both the driver and a passenger wilmer hamm also of stouffville suffered head and face cuts damage to the truck has been estimated at s2c00 in addition to emptying the milk tank firemanalso flushed away gasoline that spilled onto the roadway i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i e i i i whitchurch tut feb 11 was a day drivers in whitchurch township will want to forget but they cant because in many instances theyll he nurs ing injuries both physical and financial for weeks to come the trouble has all been blamed on the big blow that in open areas of eastwest roads re- duced visibility to zero whitchurch police recorded 2 separate ac cidents including one on the aurora sideroau east of don mills that caused ss00 damage to a township cruiser it was struck by a track and knocked back into a car marooned in a drift the officer bryan cousineau escaped injury the cruiser put out of commission hampered police efforts to keep up with the calls assistance was provided by markham township and stouffville several motorists called into the vandorf station to fill out their accident reports in person north of musselmans lake a school bus driver mrs bessie mitchell rr 3 stouffville suffered lacerations to her mouth requiring treatment in york county hospital newmar ket two other vehicles involved included a tow truck driven by stephen bell cherry street and a car driven by frank rose rr 1 ux bridge damage was estimated at 1200 on the gormley road west of cone s a two- car crash caused 3000 damage and sent one motorist sidney floyd of orangeville to hos pital with two broken legs the other driver was gerald gold rr 1 gormley a 4car pileup on the bloomington road east of hwy 48 caused s20c0 damage drivers were samuel hanlow east gwillimbury norman lynch goodwood ronald james goodwood and sidney lawley port perry north of bloomington on cone 9 three ve hicles were involved in collision injured was mrs evelyn dunk stouffville rr 2 damage was estimated at 1000 staff sgt david fellows said every attempt was made to get the school buses through he said at one location four were bogged down in a single drift one motorist summed it up this way i was too frightened to keep going and too scared to stop vol 81 no 38 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday feb 19 1970 15 cents vwwwwwrtaa champion speed skater hockey team first stouffville on saturday 11 year old keith acton of stouffville could have been in winnipeg making a bid for a berth on the can adian speed skating team instead he was in alliston taking his regular shift as a firststring forward on stouffvilles omha peewee club the choice was his and he came home a win ner stouffville blanked alliston 30 and keith picked up an assist on his teams second goal the boys now advance to the third ontario play off round they host campbellford here saturday at 830 pm keiths skating coach was high on his chances of gaining 1970 national prominence both he and his brother kevin were picked as two of 22 competitors from ontario kevin made the trip but keith stayed home i couldnt let the guys down explained the young speedster and besides i like hockey best his father jerry is the peewee team manager his mother betty is a former speedskating champion school site price staggers board 37500 per acre mcw a markham the vork board of education is seeking the cooperation of markham town coun cil in controlling sky rocketing prices on pros pective school sites it was learned at a meeting monday that an offer of 13200 per acre for one property had been turned down the devel oper the board spokes man said wanted 37500 the delegation included education director s l chapman the chairman john j mackay and town trustee representative mrs merna colbourne mr mackay noted that site costs approaching 40000 per acre placed a heavy burden on taxpay ers he said that to bow to such demands would set a precedent elsewhere in the county mr mackay recom mended that before sub division plans are con sidered by council or planning board the school property be negotiated reeve albert laidlaw suggested that it would be in the best interest of all concerned if school sites were dedicated when pressed by the board for an approximate price on lots in the mark- ham area a residential average of 10500 was quoted mayor alma walker often critical of the coun ty system of education admitted that coopera tion between the board and municipalities was de- sireable if the best inter ests of all residents was to be served i can co operate with anyone ex cept william davis and darcy mckeough she concluded stouffville fol lowing many months of de lay a start is expected this spring on two medium- rise apartments in the ponderosa subdivision mortgage money has been made available clerk ralph corner told a meet ing of planning board feb 12 one apartment will con tain 60 suites and the other fifty own best customer stouffville the stouffville public utilities commissions best custo- mer is the stouffville public utilities at a meeting feb 12 al avey an official of con sumer service ontario hy dro informed members that one hydro account was completely out of line and obviously in error commission secretary gerald pegg following a check of the file produced the card the overcharge was against you guessed it the offce of the stouff ville puc theft suspect m pyt v i f v si g an eight foot scale model apollo 9 perched atop its snowcovered launching pad on the property cf s designer larry foster cone 5 uxbridge township jas thomas larry foster builds model rocket uxbridge twp the day they start selling tickets on rocket trips to the moon 29 year old larry foster rri uxbridge twp will be standing first in line larry is so addicted to the phenomena of space exploration hes built his own scale models of apollo 7 and 9 including one that has successfully com pleted a 900 foot flight in addition he has built an exact replica of the moon landing craft eagle all are on display in the living room of the familys home cone 5 north of hwy 47 the largest craft a model of apollo 9 measures eight feet jn height while the cost of materials is relatively small the manhours of time spent on the project is considerable larry a graduate of two semesters in drafting at senecca college holds membership in th canadian rocket society leaps five storeys stouffville a 17 year old youth charged with auto theft in stouff ville remains in serious condition in vancouver general hospital after leaping through the win dow of the city jail five storeys above the street donald gilbert formerly of udora north of ux bridge was scheduled to appear in richmond hill court friday reasons for his clients absence were explained by solicitor wm parsons mr parsons said the ac cused would be confined to hospital for at least a year and could possibly be crip pled the rest of his life injuries were described as multiple fractures every bone in his face was brok en mr parsons said constable harry davis of stouffville said gilbert was charged following the al leged theft of a truck from the property of dick cof fey motors last october personal bail put up by his father is held by the court pending the execu tion of a bench warrant ratepayers protest airport expansion markham twp the proposed extension of runway services at but- tonville airport to accom modate greater numbers of twinengined planes has prompted residents in the area to register oppo sition to the plan a delegation part of a larger association said to number about 450 per sons brought their pro test before a meeting of markham twp council monday the spokesman was so licitor lachlan cattanach qc of markham an airport official in formed members that while longer runways were required it did not mean that planes ap proaching jet size would be used he said the firm of murray jones and as sociates had completed a noise factor study and the report should be available soon on a recommendation by reeve stewart rumble it was agreed that a spe cial public meeting be ar ranged for march 25 at 8 pm in order that the is- sue might be discussed in full