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reject wage offer york cty nine meetings between secondary school teachers and york county board of education trustees have failed to bring satisfactory results in salary negotiations it was learned at a board meeting in aurora feb 23 the boards latest offer a 7200 minimum for category i to a 14400 maximum in category 4 has been rejected by he teachers a statement by the ontario secondary schools teachers federation district 11 york county salary negotiations committee reads as follows this offer is far below anything in dicated as being ac ceptable and does not compare with the average per capita in crease of income over the last ten years the boards latest offer will be presented to a mass meeting for their in formation and for decisions affecting the future course of action and if necessary measures to be taken the latest teachers request ranges from a minimum of 7820 to a maximum of 15640 it was pointed out that negotiations have not broken off and a further meeting has been scheduled for feb 28 establish recreation commission stouffville a recreation commission has been established in stouff viue its program expand ed over that of the park board will qualify the municipality for various government grants members for 1970 are llovd jennings wilfred mprley edward withers and councillors ethel mole and ian chapman the commission will be responsible for the handl ing of all applications bv ornanizations wishine to utilize facilities at stouff- villes two public schools and the high school the final decision how ever still rests with the county board of educa tion at a meetine of council feb 19 wilfred morlev reviewed the park boards accomplishments in 1969 and outlined plans for the year ahead drowns in sewer pipe markham twp tons of water and ice car ried a 27 year old immi grant construction worker to his death as he prepared to leave a sewer construc tion site in markham twp feb 19 vittorio federico tor onto was inside a 400 foot length of pipe beneath a railway rightofway when an earth coffer dam gave way emergency rescue units were called to the scene but it was nearly two hours before the victims body was recovered he was pronounced dead by coroner dr p w granton of richmond hill a second mar sam suma of scarborough also in the sewer pipe man aged to escape vol 81 no 39 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday feb 26 1970 15 cents rs honor park board member of 20 years mrs hilda wilson lloyd avenue stouffvllle a member of the stouffviue community centre board since its inception 20 years ago was honored at a meeting of village council feb 19 she was presented with an engraved rose bowl by lloyd jennings board chairman for 1970 in appreciation of long and faithful service dating back to 1950 other charter members include dr s s ball jim austin elmer daniels mrs archie campbell and councillors harry ratcllff and harold spofford jas thomas leslie kinton wins piano scholarship at kiwanis festival snowmobile rider fined 300 for shooting street lights charges pending against driver stouffville taking pot shots at street lights resulted in a oneday jail sentence plus a 300 fine for david white lloyd avenue stouff viue following conviction by judge russell g pearse in richmond hill court feb 20 white had been charged with causing wilful damage when arrested by stouffviue police earlier the same day he entered a plea of guilty in addition to the sentence and fine the ac cused was ordered to make restitution to the pub lic utilities commission in the amount of 104 the cost of replacing two lights shattered during the shooting spree according to evidence a resident at the corner of tenth line north and stouffer street was awakened by gun shot sounds at 1205 am he told of seeing two men on a snowmobile one with a rifle he said he was shooting at overhead mer cury vapor lights police called to the scene followed the machine into the watson heights subdivision where ac cording to testimony it hit a roadside bank hurl ing white to the ground the driver sped off leaving his passenger behind white was described by the arresting officer as uncooperative and under the influence of alcohol the gun was found nearby under terms of a probation order issued by judge pearse the accused can neither operate or ride on a snowmobile and is prohibited from pos sessing or using a firearm charges are pending against the driver of the machine daddy a two pound whitefish is considered a pretty fair catch but last week roy wagg harold street stouff vllle captured the daddy of them all the big beauty tipped the scales at 7 lbs 10 ounces was 26a inches long and 15a around mr wagg justly proud of his prize declined to reveal the exact location on lake simcoe where he nabbed this one it may have a twin jas thomas gray coach lines stouffville a 19 year old stouffviue boy has won the presidents scholarship of 200 in the 1970 kiwanis music festival that concluded its competition in toronto saturday leslie kinton son of mr and mrs stanley kinton edward street is a piano student at the royal conservatory of music hes also been teaching piano since the age of 13 and has his own class this friday he will perform with the toronto sym phony orchestra in a 4- hour program arranged by deer hunt uxbridge twp a 3day open season on deer has been approved for the twp of uxbridge the dates are nov 2 3 and 4 in 1969 the hunt was cancelled but just as many animals were killed illegally by poachers council said only shotguns can be used and no dogs are al- lowed the resolution read all members registered approval a york county construc tion safety officer ordered the site closed pending further investigation the cbc the family came to stouffviue from willowdale in june of last year while leslie was the lone scholarship winner from the immediate area several other entries did extremely well in girls solo class 14 years and under brenda ash gormley rri placed second only one point back of the winner third was june snowball of markham in the class for vocal duet sacred robert ramer and margaret rigsby were first in the tenor class concert songs lawrence tipson stouffviue rr4 scored first as did heather doy of unionville in the folk song class 20 years and under beverley bell claremont rr3 a perennial festival winner was a winner again both in vocal and instrumental accordian work in the clarinet solo class sandy stewart of uxbridge placed second 14 years and under and hugh coleman of markham also second in 17 years and under the norma jackson singers of newmarket and well known throughout the county topped their class for choirs of not more than 24 voices reading interest growing f cftrif stouffville in- they are very capable vlluliiiihitjl itjlvicc stouffville in creased use of reading room facilities in stouff- villes elementary schools may make it possible for expansion of the adult de partment in the public li brary board chairman h j waite told a meeting of council feb 19 he said that with space in the building at a pre mium it was the desire of members to make ade quate use of both upstairs and down mr waite said that while wages had increased considerably in recent years he felt the rate was now on a par with what the positions were worth they are very capable people they do an excel lent job and are worth every cent of money they get he said the chairman noted that library hours had been increased to five days and four nights each week the building is now open during the summer a change he said that was appreciated by the public the budget estimate for 1970 has been set at 10- 500 a breakdown in cludes wages 6500 fur nishings 200 heat light and water 500 book and supplies 3000 the recommended arant from council is 7800 stouffville sub stantially improved bus service to markham stouffviue and uxbridge will be introduced by gray coach lines march 1 the present three week day trips to markham will be jumped to eight trips daily and saturday serv ice will be increased from three to six stouffviue service will be boosted from three trips to six every day monday to saturday one trip will be added to the present three now running to uxbridge mon- dav through friday mother of five killed in twocar crash stouffville it was friday afternoon and mrs robert mackay cone s whitchurch had taken her 3 month old foster daughter sherry ann to a clinic in willowdale for a routine check she promised to be home by four but she never arrived for at precisely that time the car in which she was a passenger was hit broadside throwing mrs mackay and her baby onto the road and pinning the 40 year old mother under the left front wheel she died instantly three hours later the driver john mackenzie 70 of toronto a volunteer worker with the childrens aid society died in the operating room of scarboro centenary hospital the baby suffered a frac tured skull and remains in serious condition in the hospital for sick children the driver of the second car alexander robert nicol of almira and his passenger richard howell of weston were both badly hurt and remain in hospital fix up or tear down building condemned brougham the future of the former municipal building at brougham rests on a council decision of whether to fix it up or tear it down in its present state the structure is a potential hazard according to township inspector cecil hollinger the front verandah roof could cave in and the bricks in the fire wall could collapse he warned cost of repairs are estimated at 20000 the township library- board is interested in the building and councillor donald kitchen has recommended that renovations be considered in the meantime the engineering department will take whatever tem porary measures are necessary to safeguard the structure no extension stouffville the final date for purchase of 1970 car licence plates is feb 28 and no extension of time is anticipated office hours at the murphy bureau 311 main street east are from 830 to 5 thursday through saturday ffiwun two people died in the wreckage of this car following a collision hon of the gormley road and cone 7 markham twp friday afternoon at the lntenrec- jas thomas lack of identification made it impossible for police to contact all next of kin it wasnt until 7 pm that mr mackay concerned over the delay in his wifes return called the markham township station and learned the tragic news there are ive children bette i anne 18 john 17 douglas 16 carol 9 i and bobby 7 the family j moved from toronto to whitchurch in 1965 also surviving is mrs mackays mother mrs gladys booth two brothers and two sisters the funeral service was held in aurora monday afternoon the cause of the collision may never be known it is believed the mackenzie auto a 1970 mercury had turned left onto cone 7 1 markham from the gormley road the nicol car a 1965 ford was eastbound two j jogs believed to be in the nicol vehicle and i both injured ran into a nearby field one had to be destroyed constable jim cainei 1 of markham township took charge of ihe in vestigation assisted by officers from the township ol whit church an important feature of the new service will be the connections to the bloor subway line at war- dei subway station as well as morning and even ing busgo train connec tions at the eglinton go station continuation of this new approach to conve nient coordinated com muter busrailsubwaj transportation will de pend necessarily upon the number of commuters it will attract and gray coach will be studying the results carefully over the next few months family fun day stouffville some lucky ticketholder will ride home on a 24 horse power motoski saturday in the third annual family fun day at cedar beach musselmans lake the event is sponsored by the kinsmen club cruiser forced off road markham twp it was 320 am nov 29 and police constables david hadden and harry davis were northbound on don mills road returning to stouffviue from button- ville north of victoria square the cruiser was forced off the road by a car travelling south in the northbound lane at a high rate of speed pc hadden gave chase the car was clocked at a speed of 95 miles an hour through victoria square and for two miles south where the officer brought the vehicle to a halt dur ing this period the car crossed the centre line four times this evidence was out lined before judge rissell pearse in richmond hill court feb 24 archibald butts 54 of winchester street toronto was convicted on a charge of careless driving in spite of argument that his speedometer registered only 60 he was fined 150 and costs his licence was suspended for 30 days stolen snowmobiles recovered stouffville two snowmobiles removed from private properties in stouffviue have been recovered in a bush on cone 9 markham south of 18th avenue the machines one a 1970 skidoo owned by wm cargill elm road and valued at 850 and the other a 1969 skidoo owned by jerry acton burkholder street and valued at 650 were not damaged constable robert burbidge markham twp police made the discovery sunday af ternoon officers staked out the area in hope of nabbing the culprits but without success new bus depot stouffville be ginning monday march 2 the stouffviue depot for gray coach lines will be located in the towne res taurant owned and oper ated by hal and helen de foe main street west previously the agency was at snowballs barber shop hours of business extend from 6 am to 7 pm mon day through friday and on saturday from 6 am to 2 pm the restaurant is closed on sundays and holidays separate school board jolted by high land costs by p e laframboisc markham on february 19 the tribune car ried a front page item titled school site price stag gers board it was noted that the york board of education made an offer for land in markham town of 13200 per acre but was told that the price would be more like 37500 per acre the separate school board has received a reply to their request for prices on land in the same general area wherein they were quoted 68100 per acre plus frontal development cost of 33800 for street and services as the desired plot is eight acres in size the total price to the board would be 578600 and when averaged out over the acreage would amount to 72- 325 per acre the price quoted the public schools is staggering enough the price quoted the separate schools is out of this world why the difference why the big prices to either board in the first instance it is high time sufficient pressure were brought to bear upon vested interests because the developer is creating the need for schools he should be pre pared to bear a larger portion of the cost involved