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700000 markham industry markham the markham town council voted march 3 to author ize town building inspec tor bill france to issue a permit for the erection of a new 700000 industrial building on the 7th con cession the building will be oc cupied by consolidated bathurst a firm which manufacturers packaging materials and will cover an area of 106000 square feet on a ten acre lot pro vision has been made in the plans to allow for ex pansion work has already com menced on the prepara tion of the site located north of the present cip plant and adjacent to the cnr line a railway sid ing will be utilized to per mit transportation of ma terials wwwwwwww treatment centre request accommodation at hospital site markham three and possibly four treat ment and research organizations are anxious to acquire accommodation in separated build ings on the site of the proposed markham- york- hospital cone 9 markham north of hwy 7 the applications were discussed at the boards annual meeting- in morgan hall mark ham feb 25 included are centres for retarded- children cerebral palsy patients and drug research it is anticipated that if approved these pro jects will be completed well in advance of hos pital construction although the latter will re main the dominant feature of the 50 acre plan both the associations for physically and mentally retarded and cerebral palsy have been asked to contribute 52500 each to cover preliminary site sketch costs architects shore and moffatt have been approached in their initial presentation the entrance to the hospi tal is the easterly extension of church street the layout design is subject to change don deacon has been reelected president for 1970 the executive includes 1st vice presi dent leonard mason 2nd vice president wm champion secretary phil mihorean and trea surer jos fry trustees are 1 year leonard mason malcolm wardman wm sutherland mrs mil dred toogood murray henderson russel beare dr blair mitchell james thomas and william hood 2 years keith sutherland harry crisp mrs jean mann howard cosburn keith brown gordon marshall phil mihorean dr john button and ted cadieux 3 years donald deacon lachlan cattanach wm cham pion jos fry douglas archer dr jas scott ray ostrander doug meharg and dr terance oconnor due to pressure of business ray ostrander has notified the board of his inability to serve in the office of secretary all members expres sed their appreciation of mr ostranders work on behalf of the hospital project five markham area young people escaped serious injury when their northbound car hit a snow patch on cone 9 markham township and flipped over on its roof the driver has been charged jas thomas mm m f teen joyride ends upsidedown markham twp five markham area teen agers had a miraculous es cape from serious injury saturday when their 1962 model anglia veered out of control and flipped over on its roof the accident occurred on cone 9 markham township south of 16th avenue charged with careless driving is patrick mark kennedy 17 of 1u1a main btreet markham police said kennedy and his companions drove east on cniircn street to cone 9 men norm where the auto nit a snow patch and swerved into me ditch the vemcle nad no licence plates the driver suffered a bump on the head xrays at scarboro centenary hospital revealed a slight concussion police ordered the car removed from the road for a mechanical check constable chris shepherd is in charge of the investi gation 90th year david l stouffer one of stouffvilles most high ly respected senior resi dents died march 1 at green gables manor bloomington he was 89 township of markham neutral stand on metro move markham twp the twp of markham has adopted a neutral stand with regard to its future either as a part of metro or within a more rural region to the north deputyreeve anthony roman told a meeting feb 26 that his council would welcome recom- mendations from planning board on the question planning director ku- nio hidaka admitted that markhams position with in a region would be much stronger than as a it metro borough he said he had raised the issue be cause metro was inviting comment from outlying municipalities we have a choice to say some thing or not say anything he said mr roman observed that for the township to remain silent was in ef fect giving consent member harry maynard agreed that rather than both planning board and council presenting separ ated opinions they should speak as one voice councillor eldred king said that regardless of whether markham is a part of metro or a york region the township should retain control of its own internal planning concern over tower line whitchurch twp there is growing concern among residents in an area north of the aurora sideroad whitchurch twp with regard to a proposed hydro tower line to cross the munici pality from west to east it is understood that some land acquisition has already taken place it has been agreed by whitchurch council and planning board that a public meeting be arrang ed at vandorf to discuss the matter fully snowmobile theft spree stouffville dont leave your snowmobile parked outside all night and expect to find it still there in the morning this warning comes from the stouffville police department as the theft of these vehicles continues to date all have been recovered machines taken most recently include units owned by richard yakeley and ken roberts harold street and rod blackburn for skidoos two were found in a bush north of the conservation dam and a third near the high school i had run out of gas there value was placed at 850 each none was damaged police said that even without ignition keys snowmobiles are quite simple to start susan hallman top bid high school slave day auction raises 11725 stouffville a slave auction held at stouffville district secondary school feb 26 raised a total of 11725 which will be used to help finance the grade 13 geography class ex pedition to moosonee this month both staff members and students were put on the auction block by student council president sheldon sugden the slaves were required to perform various tasks for their masters the following day a slave council consisting of students betty anne simpson marilyn watson coleen hisey bonnie bangay and doug davis was organized t to keep the activities in line the top bid of 1525 was paid for susan hallman a grade 12 student her master was don harman not far behind was staff teacher jerry waite purchased by ed lowe and donna yake for 1000 heike schroeder cost honored by kinsmen club stouffville an honorary membership has been awarded to donald lehman boycr street by the stouff ville kinsmen club the surprise presen tation was made by the president paul math ews at a meeting feb 26 kin member bob lewis outlined a few of the good deeds mr leh man had performed within the community in recent years in par ticular regular visits among the cldrly and infirm in hospitals and nursing homes teachers ed mcarthur and bill farr 800 other slaves and prices paid were dale heise 250 jane thomas 200 neil logan 200 mr bill sanders 175 wayne forsyth 100 aiiene yakeley 600 bill graham 175 betty cayman 250 rene ilante and george thistle 300 tricia ealey 375 rob houston 100 mrs pam harris 500 jim clubine 100 ken fraser 175 bonnie taylor 200 mi- lin jones 250 doug davis si 25 josephine viscardi 300 tyrcll ann holden 150 ian tipson si 50 garry sugden 450 linda grove 100 wayne reed 300 allison small s225 mary lou baker 225 mr donald hamilton 500 peggy dennis 125 anne ouxbury 300 lynn grose 250 dave smith 150 mr bill farr 400 and sheldon sugden 550 hwy 7 4 lanes markham twp work will begin soon pos sibly this summer on the widening of hwy 7 west from the town of mark ham and likely to yonge street harry maynard a mem ber of the markham twp planning board told a meeting feb 26 that plans were now complete for the section of roadway from markham to union- ville he said it would be extended to include four lanes he suggested that phase 2 from unionville west could start within a year or 18 months vol 81 no 40 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday mar 5 1970 15 cents dump site problem flares anew whitchurch councillors urge test drills at own expense police chief markham drug abuse a segment of young people in the town of markham is certain to lead to deaths police chief fred white warned in his annual report to council march 2 mr white closely asso ciated with the problem admitted that in spite of public meetings and panel discussions it had been difficult to impress on teenagers the serious con sequences of drug experi mentation he said in some in stances componants of liquids used included bak ing soda and shaving lotion sold at 3 to 5 for each injection some young people have requir ed hospital treatment he said chief white reported excellent cooperation from the high school staff he pinpointed the distri butors as a hard core element who live outside the municipality making lions refresher staggers masons stouffville a cocktail before dinner a lions social function ap proved on an experimen tal basis has staggered a few masons opposed to the use of their building for this purpose the masonic constitu tion does not permit the serving of alcoholic bev erages at lodge meetings but the rule does not ap ply to other organizations who lease the premises this decision rests with lodge members them selves it boils down to the old yes or no liquor question said a stouff ville mason its purely an internal thing he said the bar was one way the lions hoped to retain pre sent membership and also attract new ones he noted that only two or three masons were bit terly opposed to the trend several are mem bers of both the spokesman who asked that his name not be revealed said the cock tail idea was approved on a trial basis only it may fizzle out he concluded snowmobile accident drug deaths likely p chief injured s5 stouffville police chief orland keating is recovering at home from injuries received in a collision near bracebridge sunday involving two snowmobiles and a car while information on the accident remains sketchy it is understood that chief keating was alone on his machine a 1970 model boaski accompanying him on j another unit were mr and mrs roy hedges formerly of gormley j and well known in the stouffville area mrs hedges suffered two broken legs mr hedges had one leg broken both snowmobiles were badly damaged the identity of the i motorist or what in juries he received have i not been released 6 theff tt u orland keating apprehension more diffi cult he called on parents to confide in police person nel if at any time they are suspicious of drug activi- stouffville bail for a mussclmans lake youth has been set at 3- 000 cash or s5000 prop erty following his arrest on a s6 robberv charge ferdinand kunig 17 unable to raise the amount remains in custody he will reappear march 6 to set date for trial judge russell g pearse in commenting on the bail figure expressed the fear that the accused might leave the country as threatened if the amount was reduced also charaed in connec tion with the same inci dent are kenneth tindall greg davis and paul ogar all of stouffville it is alleged that they picked up a young hitch hiker william hughes of scarboro and took his money ty those using it are from every type of home he said rich and otherwise tie vote deadlocks issue whitchurch twp the findings of the ontario water resources commission follow ing test drills at the bremner liquid waste disposal site has failed to satisfy whitchurch township councillors gordon ratcliff and merlyn baker at a meeting march 2 they recommended a private contractor be called in to take tests at township expense they said they wanted to see just how far the liquid deposits had penetrated the soil the dump is located on the cast side of hwy 48 about three miles north of stouffville deputyreeve norman barnard argued that the service performed by the owrc was free to the municipality he noted that whitchurch had two such sites one near concession 8 and the other east of concession 2 councillor baker estimated the cost of an independent test at 2500 at each location he felt a double check on the possibility of pollution would be well worth the price his motion sup ported by councillor ratcliff ended in a 22 dead- lock with councillor betty vannostrand absent both reeve stewart burnett and deputyreeve barnard said they would require more informa tion as to exact costs before they could give sup port the motion was lost headon crash police charge driver impaired a brownies breakfast wins a badge on saturday morning members of stouffvilles second brownie pack were up bright and early preparing breakfast in neighboring homes its all part of a pro ject to cam their cookers badge one of the participants was 9 year old lynn ward daughter of mr and mrs douglas ward glad park avenue jas thomas whitchurch twp six persons including five young people were admit ted to york county hos pital newmarket satur day night following a headon crash south of vandorf on don mills road injured in the one car a 1961 chevrolet was the driver alexander mckay rr 1 kcttleby and four passengers nick bastian 17 rick smith 16 susan brohm 14 and sherry pearson 15 all of aurora charged with impaired driving and having liquor is a 45 year old weston motorist otto lips the lone occupant of a 1969 meteor according to one of the girls parents the teen group had attended a dance at the aurora com munity centre and were returning home after tak ing two other girls to van dorf total damage has been estimated at 4000 con stable brian cousineau of whitchurch police is in charge of the investiga tion frozen dog left to die whitchurch twp a half frozen dog left 16 die packs of animals roaming al large and complaints from residents left unanswered were some of he comments voiced at a meeting of whitchurch twp council this week police chief fred mason said one of his officers had found a german shepherd dog willi its rear quarters frozen he said the humane society were notified but didnt pick he animal up for two days another constable the chief said counted a pack of i near mussclmans lake council is in receipt of a petition from the lake area criticizing ihe lack of dog control in that com munity clerk thos kerr has been asked to contact humane society officials and inform them of townships concern over this problem