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reject airport expansion markham twp the proposed extension of a northeast runway at buttonville airport has been turned down by markham twp council the vote at a meeting monday was unanimous both deputyreeve anthony roman and councillor jim jongeneel expressed the fear that a longer airstrip would in crease the ports potential of accommodating larger planes possibly jets councillor eldred king said any expansion of the airports operation would prove no benefit to residents in the com munity the decision was greeted by a rousing cheer from the more than 40 ratepayers crowded into the chambers to close bloomington school whitchurch twp its now official the two room public school at bloomington will not re open in september the decision announced by the york county board of education april 13 followed a meeting with interested parents children that would have been enrolled there in the fall will be transported by bus to orchard park school in stouffville an earlier decision to also close hillcrest school cone 6 whitchurch has been reversed had this occurred the board would have required a portable addition at the highlands school to ac commodate the enrollment of additional students there lake man guilty of fraud stouffville a musselmans lake man was fined 200 spent one day in jail and was or dered to make restitution in full following conviction on a charge of uttering heard in richmond hill court april 17 thomas mccracken stouffville rr2 entered a plea of guilty evidence introduced revealed that mccracken had cashed a cheque valued at 2800 in the canadian imperial bank of commerce stouffville august 6 of last year after altering the document he had sold his car valued at 5000 for that amount while he still owed 3800 on the vehicle the cheque was made out to himself and the traders finance company mccracken erased the name of the finance company endorsed the cheque with his signature and cashed it fire destroys f scout chalet j must organize businessmen told iraitruitrrw top w village of stouffville fire losses low in 1969 stouffville for its size the village of stouffville established one of the best fire protection records in ontario during 1969 according to a recent report made public by the fire marshals office provincial dept of justice during this 12month period the loss due to fires amounted to only 1080 the brigade answered 9 calls in areas surrounding stouffville the total is much heavier in some cases staggering for instance the town of ajax 19490 town of aurora 29671 twp of markham 360093 town of markham 15170 town of newmarket 10807 twp of pickering 247554 village of pickering 69099 village of port perry 93124 town of richmond hill 57846 and the town of uxbridge 128158 school fires one in whitchurch 88173 and another in markham twp 100024 raised their loss figures considerably in the town of uxbridge the fire at moores hard ware store caused 126846 damage in uxbridge twp a blaze at the prescott farm resulted in a loss of 55000 one of pickerings worst fires was at the tl wilson and sons ltd turkey ranch near whitevale university scholarship ringwood an honor student of stouffville dist james mehaffey secondary school will receive a 5000 annual post graduate scholarship that could total up to 20000 over four years james mehaffey son pf mr and mrs jack mehaffey ringwood has been selected for this academic award by the national research council of canada now in his final year at york university he plans to study for his master of arts degree at either the university of toronto or mcmaster hamilton jim the valedictorian in the sdss graduating class of 1966 was awarded an ontario scholarship along with classmate herbert otto of ballantrae cesspool of liquid waste there must be a better way lewis stouffville giant cesspools of liquid waste and thousands of gallons more trucked in daily that was the scene described by bob lewis of bloomington when he met with stouffville council april 9 and the site in whitchurch twp is little more than one mile from the towns water reser voirs and much closer to some private wells the contamination threat that this property poses pjs suggested solutions will be discussed in full at a public meeting in the auditorium of stouffville dist secondary school april 28 at eight oclock residents in the area affected including stouffville are urged to attend mr lewis said that while government officials continue to minimize the dangers of pollution they also give no guarantee that union villa to lay cornerstone unionville hon john yaremko provincial minister of social and family services will officiate at the laying of the comer stone for union villa saturday may 2 at two oclock the two million dollar project a future home for senior citizens is well underway tt is anticipated that the first residents will move in by august of this year the location is west of kennedy road and north of hwy 7 contamination will not occur he estimated that it was not unusual for 50000 gallons of waste to be dumped there every day sometimes more it has to go somewhere either into the air or into the grounds he said he noted that for industry it was a very economical means of disposal he likened the risk to a game of russian roulette mr lewis pointed to the futility of taking tests if it ever gets that far it would mean stouffville residents would have one or two months to move out if we stand our ground then hopefully the government will take some action there has to be a better way whitchurch twp a fire of unknown origin destroyed a chalet on the property of woodland trails scout camp cone 6 whitchurch saturday afternoon the building with ac commodation for 30 boys contained bunk beds as well as kitchen and heating equipment more than 100 men were at work on the grounds at the time preparing the site for the summer season the blaze however was too far advanced to save the building or its contents stouffville firemen were called as a precautionary measure 1 stouffville betore a downtown re development scheme can become a reality in stouffville traffic bypass routes must be con structed to both the north and south of the centre core this was the opinion of planning board april 14 during a discussion of the subject with main street business owners and store managers members recommended that a firm conversant with such ventures be hired to present several proposals for consideration at a later time several suggestions were put forward including an improved route from obrien avenue along burkholder street and north by the arena to main another was the continuation of somerville street east through the bowling green and park joining park drive near the rink to the north of main two routes were suggested both with an exit and entrance in the area of the present midtown garage reeve ken laushway said this road could go all the way to hwy- or if desired cut back to rejoin main street east it was the feeling of the board that the total cost should be borne entirely by the businessmen with no portion assessed against residential properties it was also learned that no government grant is now available for this purpose board chairman wm kamps said the whole idea of the meeting was tn bring issue out in the open reeve laushway agreed he urged the businessmen to get together and form an association he recommended a survey be taken to learn the feelings of all merchants on the matter he promised the full support of council f s vol 81 no 47 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday apr 23 1970 15 cents reject piecemeal buildup stouffville the construction of four homes in part of a total plan containing 40 lots has been turned down by stouffville planning board the property owned by orsi developments limited is located on the south side of sunset boulevard east of the anglican church the four homes would front on the eastwest road with a large barn now situated there to be demolished this section of the street would be widened to a full 66 feet in opposing the ap plication reeve ken laushway recommended a plan for the entire area and not some kind of piecemeal deal member reg mackay agreed suggesting that allowance by made for the extension of both victoria and clarke streets member ken wagg said that once an overall plan is submitted the board could consider the con struction of four homes as a first phase refuse bounty on wolf dogs uxbridge twp no bounty is paid on cross bred wolves it was revealed at a meeting of uxbridge twp council apr 13 reeve robt nesbitt said two such animals had been shot recently one he said was part labrador and the other part german shepherd he noted that wolfdogs are both cunning and fearless thus causing even more havoc among sheep flocks and other livestock day of decision may 5 york cty an announcement that could shape the future of both metro toronto and york county is ex pected when premier john robarts addresses a meeting in the queen elizabeth building may 5 reeve ken laushway of stouffville will at tend among other things it is anticipated that some new light will be shed on the proposed development of cen tury city a project that up to now has drawn little comment out of queens park it is rumored too that a new route for hwy 407 will be announced swinging it north rather than south of markham town well all be a little wiser in two weeks time stouffville area wins more support markham mayor urges identity be retained hydro route not final seek gravel site uxbridge twp theres a slogan that goes waterwater everywhere but not a drop to drink in the twp of uxbridge the problem is not water but gravel with pits located on every side the council is in the market for a site of its own one offer already con sidered contains about 24 acres at lot 15 cone 5 the owner aylmer carter claremont rri at tended a meeting april 13 reeve robt nesbitt said the property contained sufficient gravel to last about eight years members agreed to visit the location with mr carter and discuss the matter further markham it was hands across the border monday night as alma walker mayor of markham town lent her support to a recom mendation that would retain stouffville as an identifiable area within the new region of york established boundary lines as set out on a map prepared by a select committee within the county drew sharp criticism both from mayor walker and supporting members of her council the map to which she referred placed stouffvillc in an expanded whitchurch area ex tending all the way up to the boundary of geor- gina and north gwillimbury stouffvillc like the town of markham is an historically significant community that should not be tucked away in the corner of some larger area she said she criticized the committees proposal say ing the map did not represent the decision of the majority in a strongly worded resolution the council voiced its objection to the report charging it did not reflect the true picture of the submissions made copies have been sent to county council and the department of municipal affairs similar concern has been expressed by ken laushway rcovc of stouffville a resolution re jecting the boundary lines as now established has been forwarded to mr mckcough by stouffville village budget night tonight stouffville thursday evening tonight is budget night in stouffville the occasion when finance chairman coun cillor tom loncrgan reveals whats in store for village taxpayers in 1970 dont be optimistic for its predicted that the average home assessed at 20000 will be charged about 513 an increase of 61 over 1969 pioneer earn hikers badge eight members of the stouffville pioneer girls participated in a 10mile walk saturday to qualify for the clubs hikers badge the route was to willow springs camp near iemonvijic and return enjoying a breather at the camp site before heading home are left to right caryn phoenix 14 diane mintz 14 sheryl crowder 13 loctta brndjar and merial haggarty leaders ruth burkina 13 susan focklcr 12 brenda morden 13 sherry jones 12 and barbara elson 13 absent are becky herbert and grace gordon the organization is associated with the stouffville missionary church jas thomas uxbridge twp the exact route a new tower line will take through a section of ux bridge township has not been finalized an official of ontario hydro informed council april 13 the representative in dicated that discussions on the project had taken place at planning board level he said a further meeting was planned and council would be informed of the decision townships discuss amalgamation markham twp the benefits of amalgamation will be discussed at a joint meeting of markham and vaughan township councils tuesday evening april 28 in the langstaff secondary school the time is 8 pm ratepayers of both municipalities are invited while the discussion will centre around the linking of the two townships into one the amalgamation of the two police departments will also be considered as a separate issue vaughan council has already expressed favor with the proposal ap proval is required from the ontario municipal board reeve stewart rumble said other municipalities within the southern six eould sit in on the talks if they so desired councillor jim jongeneel said the town of markham had been approached but had shown no interest in the plan slow down development stouffville ken wagg a member of stouffville planning board has suggested that the proposed construction of close to 1000 homes within a period of three years should be slowed down and phased over a longer period perhaps five years the tombasso property west of st marks school contains 450 lots the delverton plan includes 531 to be staged as follows 194 lots in 1970 188 in 1971 and 149 in 1972 the site extends from ninth line north through to hwy 47 thats a lot of development in only three years observed mr wagg we may be rushing it a little he recom mended the buildup be phased over five years instead the board has scheduled a meeting with york county planning director conrad dowson april 28 at 10 am