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t wr vol 82 no 6 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday july 9 1970 15 cents whitchurchstouffville council approves six ward division iwwwv special this week the tribune publishes its musselmans lake special a tribute to cottagers campers and mobile trailer residents who visit the popular resort centre in great numbers for a few days a month or the entire season we know youll like it here we hope youll come back again musselmans lake the resort centre for this one drifting silently with the wind the view is thousands of visitors for a day a week or an to the northwest with cedar beach its park and entire season while water skiing remains popular pavilion in the background sailing has also caught on in recent years like jas thomas stewardess winnie skinner death sure you think about it stouffville winnifred skinner somerville street stouffviue is an attractive 22 year old stewardess with air canada for her crosscountry trips to such distant points as los angeles new york even london rome and paris are now all in a days work but she still enjoys coming home where winnifred is just plain winnie to a host of good friends winnie was home sunday when word was received of the tragic malton air disaster a dc8 down and all aboard dead if news of the crash created a shock wave in stouffviue it undoubtedly hit her hardest of all for she had often served on similar flights and on similar planes perhaps even the same plane it was while seated on a bench at the village pool later the same afternoon that winnie talked about her work and the tragedy that in a matter of minutes had snuffed out 108 lives death she said sure you think about it but you dont worry about it she stopped trying to catch a few more details on a news report over a portable radio located nearby its hard to understand how such a thing could happen winnifred skinner peter sanderson noils stouffville stouffviue dist secon dary school has five ontario scholars this year all planning to advance into fields of higher learning in the fall each will be honored at graduation exercises nov 13 the highest individual mark was recorded by peter sanderson victoria street stouff viue he had a 91 percent in english and an 87 percent in biology his overau average was 844 percent peter wiu attend mcmaster university in hamilton with an 833 percent average was jean muler rr4 stouffviue her top mark was 88 percent in biology jean has enrolled at university of toronto auan bacon church street north stouff viue scored a 90 percent in mathematics a and an 85 percent in chemistry allans average was 826 percent paul hamuton baker avenue stouffviue had ah average of 813 percent with a high mark of 86 percent in history he wul attend at the university of toronto in the fau sheldon sugden stouffviue rr4 averaged 807 percent with a top mark of 83 percent in physics sheldon was the president of the student council during the school year he also is enrolled at the university of toronto theyre so new so safe air canadas record its tremendous for winnie it was back to the airlanes again on monday her brief holiday ended after this do you retain any fears about flying asked the editor would you stay home from work for fear of crossing main street she replied 60 taxes paid stouffville with the first instalment of village taxes due june 30 over 320000 has been received or about 60 percent of the total for the year reeve ken laushway announced thursday night mr laushway said too that the first payment of 204000 had been made to the york county board of education he informed council that delivery of funds had been made personally by him to the board office he noted that inability to meet the deadline date would have cost the village 50 a day in penalty gl ass pierces girls heart whitchurch twp a 6 year old whitchurch girl died suddenly sunday when she fell through the front panel of an aluminum screen door and a section of glass pierced her heart barbara fellows daughter of sgt and mrs david fellows rr3 newmarket lived only a few minutes following the accident sgt fellows is a veteran officer with the whitchurch police department according to in formation released by chief fred mason mon day the child suffered a broken arm about six weeks ago and was wearing a cast as she ran to the house mr mason said she fell against the door the cast breaking the glass a splinter penetrated her chest markham twp council will study the implications of giving tax relief to certain over burdened ratepayers in the township according to a motion passed at the regular meeting this week there have been loud cries of outrage from numbers of taxpayers on receiving tax bills up hundreds and even thousands of dollars the highly mixedup situation has occurred in all municipalities throughout york county the provincial govern ment has provided through special enactment the right for municipal councils to reduce taxes where the increase is considered to be excessive the interpretation of what is to be considered ex cessive has been left to the local councils councillor eldred king posed the question of who was to pay the additional taxes which might be lopped off some in dividuals bill if someone was going to pay less someone was going to have to pay more since the budget for required funds had been established for the year twp treasurer barton replied that such relief was only meant to be given in the most extreme cases deputyreeve anthony roman suggested the government take a closer look at the term actual value as used in the act marathon meeting vandorf itwas730 pm monday when whitchurch twp council village is part urban part rural stouffville a sixward electoral system has been approved for the new area of whitchurchstouffville the division established on a basis of popu lation will be utilized for the election of a mayor and six councillors oct 5 the regional govern ment plan comes into being jan 1 proposals on ward boundaries agreed upon by steering committees from the two municipal ities were endorsed at a joint meeting of both councils july 6 and made public july 9 to split up the urban strength in stouffviue the village has been made parts of three wards taking in rural sections to the north south and west a map designating exact boundary lines will be published next week while a candidate can run in any division he so choses as it now stands deputyreeve nor man barnard whitchurch is a resident of ward 1 councillor betty van nostrand whitchurch in ward 2 councillor merlyn baker whit church ward 3 councillor gordon ratcliff whitchurch ward 4 councillor ian chapman stouffviue ward 5 and councillors ethel mole stouffviue tom loneigan stouffviue and eldred king markham in ward 6 the mayor is elected from overall stouffviue clerk ralph corner has been named deputyreturning officer jimmckeuar mayoralty race ken laushway two enter reeve ken laushway has declared himself a candidate for the office of mayor in the new area of whitchurchstouffville he made the an nouncement july 2 at the conclusion of a regular meeting of council this makes two in the race for the same position both from stouffviue deputy- reeve jim mckellar announced his candidacy june 2 the election date to select a mayor and six councillors is oct s angry farmers protest tax hike marijuana 5 high dicksons hill the fertile soil around dicksons hill produces excellent crops even marijuana thats what markham township police found growing in george clarks garden when they visited the property east of hwy 48 the youth 16 has been championship bid unionville the giovanelli sr accordion orchestra will compete saturday for the north american championship in louisviue kentucky mary miller daughter of mr and mrs hilliard miller rri unionviue is a member commenced a rather lengthy agenda it was 230 am tuesday when the meeting ad journed the marathon session lasting seven hours is believed to be a record charged with possession it was on a night prior to clarks arrest that con stables ron reesor and richard pike observed a truck parked near the dicksons hill school they staked it out and later found ten marijuana plants in the rear bruce moran 19 of rr2 markham and derek sim 18 of scarboro were arrested when police learned the source of the marijuana supply they checked the clark premises and discovered 13 more plants in a garden although not mature it had reached a height of 65 inches detective douglas trib- hling said the officers quickly harvested the crop and took it to the station at buttonville detective tribbling a trained specialist in drug abuse claimed it to be the first case of its kind in markham a prosecutor knowledgeable in such matters will hear the case scheduled for richmond hill court july 28 whitchurch twp farmers in whitchurch and markham too are up in arms following the receipt of their 1970 tax bills some according to spokesman herb simpson of ballantrae up 300 to 700 over last year mr simpson headed a delegation of thirty rural ratepayers monday claiming that while assessment increases of 5 times under revised valuations were con sidered normal many had shot up 9 and 10 times with the first tax in stalment due july 15 mr simpson said owners wanted answers and soon reeve stewart burnett hinted that certain revisions might be for thcoming and recom- mended all first in stalments be paid this solution failed to satisfy many of the far mers instead they recommended all payments be withheld pending a satisfactory solution reeve burnett said a meeting between council and an official of the dept of municipal affairs had alter hydro route claremont the original route of a hydro tower line through the twp of pickering has been abandoned planning director john faulkner told the tribune this week three alternate proposals have been submitted mr faulkner said but no agreement finalized the line to travel east through a section of whitchurch then south across uxbridge and pickering is to hook up with the switching station near cherrywood mr faulkner said the original route was such that pickering would have been cut to pieces he said planning board had ex pressed strong opposition to the application and several meetings with hydro had been arranged already been arranged mr simpson warned members that failure to arrive at a satisfactory settlement would prompt a public protest across the entire county recommend guard at vandorf office vandorf a recom mendation that a guard be posted on location at the whitchurch municipal office in vandorf has come from lawrence mayor opposed police salaries up 15 24 percent markham an in crease of from 15 to 24 percent in markham town police salaries for 1970 has mayor alma walker very concerned mrs walker told council that she could not see why the increase should be so great just because other councils voted to set salaries at this level she said is no reason why we must other members disagreed however and gave approval to the recommendations of the police committee committee chairman reeve albert laidlaw told council that the town solicitor had advised against entering into ar bitration since the town would control salaries only for the balance of the year and the cost of proceedings would likely be greater than the increase the new scale will see the chiefs salary up by 24 percent to 12000 sargeant up 23 percent to 11116 first class con stable up 15 percent to 9483 second class constable up 18 percent to 9118 and third class constable up 20 percent to 8753 the agreement places all positions excepting that of the chief on par with those in markham township offers reward stouffville stouffviue sunoco station operator mickey hunt has offered a 25 reward for information leading to the conviction of persons who broke into his premises july 1 work begins on 52suite ponderosa apartment construction work has started on a new 52suite apartment building fronting on winlane drive in stouffviue the structure the largest of its kind to be erected here will be ready for occupancy by the end of the year jas thomas hennessey former township deputyreeve mr hennessey ad dressing a meeting of council monday was referring to the fire at the site in may and subsequent investigations now going on he noted that 100 percent insurance coverage was not available and suggested that ad ditional protection could be afforded in this way if council considered this move impractical mr hennessey recommended that an alarm system be installed linking the office vault with the police station in commenting further on the blaze that caused over 9000 damage the ex- township official com mended council for their swift action in calling in the criminal investigation branch of the opp to assist local police he suggested that council consider the offer of a reward that might lead to the arrest of person or persons responsible reeve stewart burnett said no request for a reward had been made by investigators with reference to the hiring of a guard or night watchman deputyreeve norman barnard said such action might pose a problem since so many committees and organizations made use of both the council chambers and nearby community hall