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two cars collide one burns markham one car caught fire and burned and another was badly damaged in a twovehicle collision north of markham near 17th avenue saturday night injured and taken to scarboro centenary hospital by vance am bulance were drivers neil wagg 22 of mill street stouffville and mrs margaret baker 50 of glenn park avenue toronto hospital treat ment was also provided for joanne latimer brun swick avenue toronto a passenger in the wagg auto the force of the impact threw mrs baker into the rear seat of her car fortunately mr wagg and two other motorists were able to lift her out before the 1966 chevrolet its motor smouldering burst into flames it was totally destroyed opp constable colin vrooman oak ridges said visibility at the time of the accident was poor due to blowing snow traffic had to be rerouted until the fire was extinguished and the wreckage cleared away total damage was estimated at 2500 farm speoiel stouffville the tribune this week features a farm sup plement 20 pages of news items and advertisements of special interest to rural residents the first edition of this issue in 1968 won top place in competition among all weeklies in ontario in case youre curious the farm buildings on page 1 of the special are on the property of harry and murray lewis cone 7 markham township wvwwwww approve parking for legion licence stouffville park ing space for 63 cars is adequate for the number of veterans to be accom modated in the moderniz ed facilities of the stouff ville legion hall council agreed at a meeting march 5 a liquor licence approv ed by the lcbo will be issued when all require ments as demanded by the board have been met a legion fundraising campaign is currently un derway for this purpose reeve ken laushway said he had discussed the matter of parking on the legion premises with the president arthur dixon he noted further that he had viewed the property first hand its their own licence for their own or ganization and their own members said the reeve they are a good group and i see no reason why we shouldnt cooperate building inspector ron gigson said he expected renovations on the build ing to begin as soon as sufficient money is avail able model of fashion any fashion show is assured of success with sharon brazier hawthorne avenue a model participant last week more than 100 ladies attended a colorful promenade of styles entitled prelude to spring sponsored by christ church acw and arranged through pauls dry goods main street stouffville peter harris t at bruces mill its maple syrup time markham twp the making of maple syrup or sugaringoff time as some folks call it is fast approaching as crisp cold nights and bright sunny days starts the sap cir culating three years ago the metro toronto and region conservation authority commenced a series of syrupmaking demon strations at bruces mill area in markham township the program has become so popular that already more than 11000 school children are scheduled to visit the site in an effort to ac comodate the anticipated crowds two schedules have been arranged one for the general public and the other for organized school groups public demonstrations commence this saturday and sunday march 1415 from 10 am to 4 pm and continue daily from march 21 through to march 30 and again on april 4 and 5 11 and 12 students will be welcomed each school day between monday march 16 and friday april 10 reservations must be made in advance to avoid disap pointment the public is reminded that maple syrup and pancakes will be available on weekends only samples oy the jar will be sold on location the bruces mill area on the gormleystouffville road west of cone 6 markham twp con tains 270 acres seven hundred trees will be tapped each tree will provide an average of 20 gallons of sap both old- fashioned and modern methods will be used staff personnel will be on hand to explain all aspects of the syrupmaking operation tax levy two payments stouffville a re commendation by both the york county public and separate school boards that municipal le vies be paid twice yearly instead of four times has been approved by stouff ville council the due dates will be june 30 and sept 15 originally the first of four payments was to be march 31 this would have meant that some towns and township would be required to bor row the amount since bud gets are often not finalized by this time if twothirds of the mu nicipalities agree the new due dates will become law town of markham police building near collapse ise tsre markham twp arson is suspected in a blaze early saturday morning that caused an estimated 15000 damage to a frame house south of gormley near 19th avenue markham township an official of the ontario fire marshals office visited the scene monday the property the former bert botham farm west of don mills road is now owned by frank starecki toronto mr starecki told police that he was in the process of remodelling the interior and planned to move in with his wife and family this summer the house had been vacant for about one week police said it appeared the fire had started at two separate places one on the outside and another inside under a stairs brigade units from stouffville and richmond hill confined the blaze to the roof and a back kitchen but smoke and water damage throughout the structure was extensive markham townships tank truck was pressed into service and allowed firemen to retain the upper hand markham every day members of the markham town police department tread on un certain ground not only while on the beat but in the office as well a recent check by town building inspector bill france reveals that while the foundations and ex terior walls are secure the interior wooden beams and joists have deteriorated considerably due to dry rot the floor of the building sags and plaster is falling off the walls mr france said tem porary support was needed immediately but the cost of a permanent repair was too nigh to be practical the main floor beam he added was badly split and could be moved by hand according to town historian john lunau the building was erected prior to 1840 in that year it was used as a watch repair shop by one of the areas early settlers john arm strong the building was not in the best of shape when the department first moved in according to mr france and it has deteriorated considerably since the municipality had intended the office to be used as only a temporary stopgap pending the completion of a new complex to accommodate all town departments the possible advent of regional government caused council to re consider the project rabies clinic stouffville an antirabies clinic will be held in the committee room of the stouffville firehall thursday march 26 pets will be accepted for vaccination between the hours of 10 am and 430 pm the clinic is one of several established in york county due to the prevalance of rabies in the area this year there is no charge for the service fight blocks traffic stouffville two motorists decided to take the law into their own hands and engaged in a fist fight on main street the problem was they picked the wrong place right in front of the village police station constables david hadden and tom wauchope entered the fray and arrested robert hannah 23 of willowdale and kenneth moran 22 of main street markham at the height of the skirmish traffic was tied up for half a block in both directions charged with causing a disturbance the two were convicted by judge russell pearse and fined 50 each reeve breaks deadlock approve pedestrian crosswalk stouffvilie a pedestrian crosswalk properly signed and illuminated has been ap proved by council for the main street of stouffville the selected location is the intersection of civic avenue in front of the imperial bank of commerce the present courtesy walk at main and market streets will be abandoned the issue subject of much debate was finalized march 5 reeve ken laushway was called on to break a deadlocked recorded vote in favor of the project the resolution introduced by councillor tom lonergan and deputyreeve jim mckellar was opposed by councillors mrs ethel mole and ian chapman each put forward definite reasons for his stand councillor lonergan said the success of the venture would depend on the publics acceptance of it he said its benefit could be impressed on the children through the schools i agree there will be jaywalkers but they do so at their own risk he warned he noted that if the location proved totally unsatisfactory t would be moved weve bantered this about for too long agreed deputyreeve mckellar the time has come to act he said that with many metro oriented people now in town the legal walk was an accepted thing councillor mrs mole said she was not convinced that civic avenue and main was the proper place im afraid it will not provide us with the measure of protection we think it will councillor chapman said he was not convinced that people would walk from the post office up to civic avenue if they wished to shop at a store west of mill street he argued that a legal walk tended to give many persons a false sense of security reeve laushway in breaking the tie admitted he had always favored the courtesy walk system now in force theres never been an accident i hope the same good luck remains but basically im afraid of it 1 vol 81 no 41 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday mar 12 1970 15 cfnts centurions top girl color guard stouffville while the stouffville centurions have not been too active on the parade square lately they showed their true colors saturday in com petition at st michaels college toronto they topped all other girls groups and placed fifth out of twelve entries the stouffville guard captain is denise kamps rupert avenue lasalle cadets from ottawa won the ontario honors with a stirling performance this same color unit will be an entry in the national championships at ottawa march 14 the centurions will also be there their accompanying drummer is david christie elm road twp of whitchurch considers release of 10 to 25 acre registered lots ca peppier 51 is the new administrator at union villa a home for senior citizens now under construction near unionville the ap pointment is announced this week by the chairman of the board of directors dr keith kennedy mr peppier previously served as assistant business administrator with the university hospital calgary alberta driver convicted markham twp a 20 year old motorist in volved in a twovehicle accident near cedar grove nov 21 has been convicted in provincial court aurora on a charge of careless driving william dawson mark ham rr 1 was fined 5100 and costs testimony in the case lasted almost three hours contable bob mccaus- land the investigating of ficer markham twp po lice was on the stand 1 hour and 20 minutes according to evidence a northbound car driven by dawson slammed into a parked van at a loca tion almost opposite the lapp cider mill cone 10 eight persons were in jured including mrs christine mcneil 30 markham rr 1 she was pinned in the passenger side of the van and is still under treatment and ob- bank robbery not a chance stouffville bank robbers beware the police are prepared officers david hadden and tom wauchope went through a trial run friday afternoon when the alarm sounded at the stouffville branch canadian imperial bank of commerce they were on the scene in thirty seconds at the same time cruisers from markham town markham township and whitchurch were converging on the village from north south and west what caused all the commotion the bank staffs not saying but the report is one of the lady tellers accidentally stepped on the wrong button servation in hospital in answer to the charge mr dawson entered a plea of not guilty promote estate homes whitchurch twp a proposed zon ing bylaw now being prepared for the twp of whitchurch by county planner conrad dowson will eliminate present restrictions that prohibit building on 10 to 25 acre lots the proposal will free a large number of undersized parcels registered on or before the date of the previous restrictive bylaw one single- family house will be permitted on each lot having a minimum frontage of 75 feet and a minimum area of 15000 square feet mr dowson outlined his recommendations at a meeting of planning board march 9 zones would include rural hamlettype resi dential estate residential commercial industrial and open space existing uses would be zoned accordingly with much of the municipality re maining rural new nonrural uses would require a zoning change in this way mr dowson said the township could control its own destiny both board chairman michael cassidy and deputyreeve norman barnard spoke in favor of zoning to accommodate estatetype homes re quirements in such areas would include a mini mum frontage of 200 feet minimum floor areas of 1800 square feet and lots of not less than 2 acres board members will tour the township to learn what sections are best suited to this kind of buildup father acquitted snowmobile driver not in court ski champ in full flight look out below its 15 year old geoff mitchell the 1970 ski race champion of dagmar geoff completed two downhill runs with times of 18g seconds on each he is the son of dr and mrs blair mitchell orchard park boulevard stouffville peter harris markham the snowmobile owner was in court but the alleged driver his 14 year old son was not a charge against james rainbow sr church street markham of permitting a person under the age of 16 years to operate a snow vehicle on a highway was dismissed in richmond hill court march 6 judge russell g pearse ruled more evidence was needed to warrant a conviction constable wm miller markham town police said he stopped a snowmobile on cone 9 markham jan 13 and learned the operator to be 14 years old the lad was told to return home and later the officer said he talked to the boys parents the father entered a plea of not guilty while ordering the dismissal judge pearse pointed out to the court the seriousness of such an offense that he said carried a fine upon con viction of from 20 to 100 it is my opinion that children should not be allowed to operate a snowmobile anywhere in fact he said according to accident statistics they can be a danger to adults too dies suddenly stouffville ser vice was held wednesday afternoon from the oneill funeral home stouffville for mr george h bennett main street east mr bennett died march 8 in scarboro general hospital following a heart attack surviving are two daughters evelyn mrs wiimer ham stouffville dorothy mrs orloss howden toronto one son james at home and two grandchildren carolyn mrs ivan reesor of markham and darlene ham mr bennett was well known throughout a wide area and hundreds called at the chapel to pay their respects interment was made at locust hill cemetery