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county of york boundary lines are battle lines i the internal boundaries as finalized by a select a county committee has established eight areas in i the new region of york the recommendation has been forwarded to hon darcy mckeough minister of municipal affairs waste site problem excouncillor urges action whitchurch twp former whitchurch councillor bob lewis is currently spearheading a campaign to control a feared pollution problem that could result from the dumping of liquid in dustrial waste at a site three miles north of stouffville but everywhere he goes he is confronted with the same question what did you do such a query was posed by reeve stewart burnett when mr lewis appeared at a regular meeting april 6 in vandorf he attended to inform the members of a public meeting in the auditorium of stouffville dist secondary school april 28 mr burnett has been asked to appear on the platform along with reeve ken laushway of stouffville and several other municipal provincial and federal government represen tatives you sat on council last year what action did you take asked reeve burnett not very much ad mitted mr lewis but the situation is more serious now he suggested that seepage from the disposal site could contaminate not only private wells in the immediate area but the entire artesian water supply to the village of stouffville mr lewis noted that gallonage trucked to the bremner property was on the increase but whit church had taken little high speed chase markham a 19 year old markham youth charged by stouffville police with driving while impaired was convicted in richmond hill court friday and fined 150 or 15 days lawrence bernard walters 230 main street entered a plea of guilty according to evidence constable david hadden attempted to stop a 1964 pontiac at the intersection of ninth line and main street in stouffville april 10 a chase ensued reaching speeds of 95 miles per hour assistance was requested from markham town and the driver was apprehended in a private laneway after his vehicle struck a garage a breathalizer reading showed a count of 17 action to halt it he said the general public were viewing the situation with alarm keith hutchinson stouffville rr2 estimated that within a period of two days 50000 gallons of liquid waste had been deposited there one man in the audience suggested that truckers must be working on a bonus basis so steady was the traffic to the site mr lewis said he ex pected 1000 persons to attend the meeting and that one of the invited speakers was hon george kerr provincial minister of energy and resources clerk saves cash stouffville a clerk at widdifields drug store in the stouffville plaza has been credited with preventing the theft of the firms cash box when she questioned a customer about a noticeable bulge under tiis coat mrs- orval martin orchard park boulevard told police that the man quickly placed the con- tainerback on the counter and fled she jotted down the cars licence number an arrest followed several hours later in metro mrs martin said she was busy in the back of the store when the man en tered he enquired con cerning the purchase of a watch when asked about the concealed item he offered no argument the box contained about 65 bylaw case dismissed markham twp charges of improper land use filed against two area firms stouffville trailer sales operated by albert hudson and mcdowell real estate operated by keith mcdowell were dismissed on a technicality in aurora court friddy both businesses are located on property in markham township north of dicksons hill donald hindson solicitor for mr hudson said the charges had been improperly laid and lacked sufficient information mr hudson and mr mcdowell were accused of operating a commercial business on land zoned for residential or agricultural use both sites front on hwy 48 a charge against ken neth jones the property owner has been adjourned on a similar technicality mr jones is also charged with allowing a building to be erected without first obtaining a township permit this case is scheduled to be heard may 8 stouffville boundary lines have turned to battle lines following the release of a committees report set ting out proposed internal areas for the new region of york one of those ready to challenge the decision is reeve ken laushway of stouffville at a meeting of council april 9 he referred to certain statements contained in the correspondence as ridiculous the committees report along with a suggested boundary map has already been submitted to hon darcy mckeough minister of municipal affairs stouffville will committee decision riles reeve counter this with a sub mission of its own the committees map shows stouffville as no longer an identifiable area within the region but as part of whitchurch with boundaries extending northward to take in such communities as mount albert holland landing brown hill and raven- shoe other areas are markham vaughan king richmond hill aurora newmarket and sutton reeve laushway noted that out of eleven sub missions that split up the entire county into areas only two did not recognize stouffville as the predominant district one of these was from whit church and the other from the village of sutton mr laushway said it was particularly irritating that some members of the committee that prepared the brief tj mr mckeough did not even attend the meeting when all the discussion took place he said some points set out in the letter to mckeough were completely false we can only hope that the department will show a little more sense he argued that with village population exceeding 4000 and with services available to accommodate as many more the stouffville area should remain he said the village of woodbridge had been placed in a similar position with respect to the twp of vaughan mr laushway observed that stouffville had nothing in common with com munities north of vivian although the whitchurch area as proposed ex tended all the way to the present boundary of georgina and north gwillimbury- h we must become a part of some area far better to be in cluded in with markham he said the markham area on the committees map extends north to the stouffvillegormley road then drops to the south leaving stouffville as a kind of dogleg section of whitchurch the reeve promised the entire issue would be- discussed when all council members had an op portunity to study the brief in full the next meeting is april 23 vol 81 no 46 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday apr 16 1970 15 cents pollution feared girl badly hurt by dune buggy call public meeting stouffville one mile north of stouff- villes water reservoirs is a liquid waste disposal site into which is dumped thousands of gallons of industrial sewage daily much of it trucked from metro potential dangers through runoff and soil pene tration a kind of guessing game between munici pal councils and the dept of energy and re sources has now become the concern of the people a meeting to air the problem and seek a solu tion will be held in the auditorium of stouffville dist secondary school april 28 at eight oclock robert lewis former whitchurch councillor and chief organizer of the pollution probe will serve as chairman he addressed a meeting of stouffville council april 9 and was guaranteed the support of all members mill worker dies markham an em ployee of reesors mar- mill markham died wednesday morning in scarboro centenary hospital following sur gery allan raymer main street fell about fif teen feet down a bag chute monday from the buildings second floor the exact cause of the accident is not known mr raymer was well- known and highly re spected unionville markham twp police are investigating the well back you 100 per cent said reeve ken laushway and i know i speak not only for this council but everyone in town he scoffed at a re cent statement by depart ment representatives john heamen who estimated that 5000 would be forced out of work should the dump site be closed which is worse he ask ed five thousand out of work or five thousand out of water he said he had personally visited the bremner property and within a period of 2 hours watched 35000 gallons of waste pour into the pit even if the contamina tion risk is only one in a million we still cant take the chance the reeve continued- he termed the departments water test policy as ridiculous the time to stop pollu tion is before it starts not after he said by then it could be too late mr lewis said he was encouraged by the sup port not only at the municipal level but from the general public its been beyond all expecta tions he admitted plan eight homes stouffville stouffville planning board meeting thursday tonight will deal with an application by orsi con struction company to erect eight homes on the south side of sunset boulevard east of the anglican church in making the an nouncement reeve ken laushway suggested members of council study the proposal carefully and sit in on the discussion if they so desired student killed stouffville rev douglas davis will conduct the funeral thursday at 130 pm for douglas tustin 17 a student of don head secondary school killed april 11 when struck bya car on north road lake wilcox police said the auto driven by a thornhill man vaulted a ditch and struck down the boy standing in front of his home anton faller has been charged with criminal negligence and driving while im paired douglas was well known here living for much of the time with his grand parents mr and mrs norman tustin hwy 47 north of town he attended summitview public school wwwjw passenger killed car truck crash extra extra thursday april 9 was a rather special day for main street tailor ross davis he was 81 the occasion failed to alter his routine of delivering papers door to door a route hes been- covering regularly for 28 years jas thomas bloomington a tragic cartruck crash on the 9th concession of pickering monday caused the death of a 60 year old bloomington lady mrs rose elizabeth tyson stouffville rr2 mrs tyson was a passenger in a small pickup truck driven by her husband harry the second vehicle travelling east was driven by mrs barbara ann burnell 28 claremont rrl mr tyson was admitted to york county hospital newmarket suffering from minor injuries and shock mrs burnell was also hospitalized but later released her son edward 5 was not hurt property damage was estimated at 2200 the cause of the collision is still under investigation police said besides her husband mrs tyson is survived by three sons wayne and ronald both of bloomington kenneth of waterloo and two daughters mrs clara flood huntsville and mrs barbara sutherland of newmarket charge discrimination whitchurch twp a form of discrimination is practised in the twp of whitchurch according to a letter received by council from the solicitor of gormley sand and gravel company it is alleged that com pany trucks utilizing class b roads are limited to 11000 pounds while vehicles owned by the municipality face no restriction and are carrying much larger loads the township will obtain a legal opinion on the complaint splash down stouffville while most folks are still looking for their first robin the earlybirds at sleepy hollow golf course were treated to a rare sight tuesday morning two large canada geese flew in for a brief stopover on the pond next to hwy 47 the stouffville figure skating clubs 20th annual ice revue friday and saturday played to an audience of over 1600 persons while the skills of guest stars were undoubtedly appreciated vrt little people like jane manser 5 left ninth line north and terry lennox 3 stouffville rr4 won the loudest and longest applause jas thomas avwvvwwwwvwwsvwwwwwww possibility that three girls and a 15 year old boy were playing a game of chicken sunday af ternoon in which one of the participants was seriously injured karen fediuk 12 of 32 sciberras road in varley village was rushed by vance ambulance co scarboro centenary hospital after a stripped- down 1956 model volkswagen commonly referred to as a dune buggy ran over her heaa jane jeffrey and karen keddy also 12 escaped unhurt the driver of the unlicensed car bradwell jeffrey of 28 sciberras road said he did not see the girl in time to stop the accident occurred on private property at the rear of the families homes police said while the girl suffered no fractures her scalp was badly cut when a section of the cars frame struck her head witnesses said the victim was asleep on the ground and did not hear the vehicle approaching chicken is a game whereby young people place themselves in areas of extreme danger the last to move is considered the winner hydro rate increase stouffville an adjustment in hydro retail rates will be implemented by stouffville public utilities commission in bills issued on and after june 1 1970 chairman wc sanders announced this week there will be a slight increase in residential and copimercial rates this is necessary chairman sanders explained because of an increase in wholesale rates charged by ontario hydro also due to rising local costs these increases in some measure have had to be passed on to the customer he said chairman sanders stated that stouffville public utilities com mission like all businesses has been affected by rising costs of materials supplies and wages however he concluded electric power is still the best bargain available on the market