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pioneer history in stone on the east side of cone 10 markham north of hwy 7 is a cemetery plainly- visible from the road and maintained by the township the site is on part of the christian reesor homestead farm christian sr born in franklin county pennsylvania was killed by a falling tree in 1806 a stone marks his final resting place other monuments to succeeding generations are also located there fire destroys farm home bys ba child itter guides ren to safety claremont two children clad only in their pajamas were ushered outside by a babysitter saturday night before fire destroyed their home on the 8th concession pickering twp the twostory house owned by reg hoskins claremont rr 2 but occupied by mr and mrs kenneth nicholls was built about 27 years ago the family including tracy 5 and jason 2 came to canada from england in june mr nicholls was employed on the hoskins farm the couple had gone out to visit with a neighbor and left the children in the care of her brother edward davis 20 near the hour of eight oclock he smelled smoke minutes after he led the kiddies outside flames that originated in the basement had broken through the floor nothing inside was saved claremont fire chief tom hammond said the exact location of the blaze was not known and the brigade lost time in trying to find it he said too that the water supply ran out when it appeared they might have the fire under control the response from the claremont community and the disaster branch of the canadian red cross was described by mrs hoskins as tremendous before the embers had cooled she said offers of food and clothing had begun pouring in we live in a wonderful neighborhood she agreed santa claus a political football vol 82 no 26 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge thursday november 26 1970 15 cents township of uxbridge veteran nesbitt is challenged by newcomer bruce herrington all candidates meeting tie vote defeats industrial zone stouffville a planning board recom mendation that would place an area south and east of the watson heights subdivision in an in dustrial zone has been rejected on a tie recorded vote by stouffville council opposed were reeve ken laushway and councillor tom lonergan in favor were deputyreeve jim mckellar and councillor ian chapman reeve laushway argued that industrial buildup to utilize that much land could be 25 years away he recommended it be left as agriculture councillor lonergan concurred he termed it unfair to residents already located there to be threatened by industrial encroachment on two sides mr lonergan referred specifically to one highclass home glenn byer residence that would be relocated in the heart of the industrial zone at this point we can only hope that it would not become an unsightly mess he said deputyreeve mckellar said that in his opinion it was good planning to have sufficient industrial land available for development when required weve plowed this field two or three times he went on its time we planted some seed councillor chapman said he had to be guided by the decisions of a more experienced authority a professional planner and members of planning board with the council reduced to four the vote was tied and declared lost nine candidates for 5 positions uxbridge twp nine candidates erf entered for five positions on uxbridge twp council 197172 election date is monday dec 7 candidates are reeve bruce herrington robt nesbitt deputyreeve george harvie donald jackson councillors 3 to be elected frank hendy darcy higgins fred lewis clark m u i r h e a d w m thompson the polling hours are 10 am to 8 pm police raid drug party stouffville acting on information and armed with a search warrant stouffville police assisted by officers from markham township raided a house party saturday and seized a quantity of drugs described as marijuana and hashish the residence home of rev hg adams 170 main street west is located almost across from the police station charges are pending against one juvenile five young people were in the premises at the time police said but others had left earlier the search headed up by constables david hadden and harold davis took place at 11 pm several foundins while not charged were said to be high on drugs hospital projects exceed 13 million york cty improved accommodation and facilities at both york county and york central hospitals newmarket and richmond hill will cost an estimated 13744527 in 1971 a report before county council revealed tuesday of this amount 4 million would come from the county and the remainder divided two ways between the provincial and federal governments the report was adopted at both hospitals the demand for services had increased from 10 to 25 percent over 1969 the report stated suspend sentence stouffville harry casimiri onetime operator of the mansion house hotel received a suspended sentence on a charge of possession of stolen goods when he appeared in toronto court monday he entered a plea of guilty and was placed on probation for three years the case followed a raid by oshawa and stouffville police on the hotel premises over two years ago the accused had been in custody since his arrest in a musselmans lake cottage earlier this fall adult skate the seasons first adult only skating night will be held in the stouffville arena saturday evening at 830 pm fvvcy str v markham a police appreciation night the first public event of its kind ever organized in the area will be held in the auditorium of markham dist high school dec 6 at seven oclock the event is sponsored by markham centennial baptist church and its pastor rev harry strachan guests for the evening will include chief adamson and exchief mackey of metro chief fred white markham town chief harvey cox markham township a representative of ontario provincial police mayor alma walker and mayorelect anthony roman markham town barney danson mp york north and donald deacon mpp york- centre the whole idea behind the event is to provide citizens the opportunity to gather together and say thank you to law enforcement agencies that have served markham residents so faithfully for so long rev strachan explained we feel the majority of voices have been silent too long in the support of the men who look after the welfare of keeping the society in which we live in order we feel as canadian citizens that if we are to continue to enjoy the freedoms of democracy and blessings from god in the com munities in which we live we must with all that lies within us support our government our magistrates and our policemen in whatever way we can said the pastor monday nov 30 uxbridge twp bruce herrington an un successful candidate for the office of reeve in 1969 will give it a second try dec 7 when uxbridge township ratepayers to the polls his opponent again is the veteran bob nesbitt a winner by 80 votes last year the final count was 427 for reeve nesbitt and 327 for mr herrington a total of 22 nominations were received for the five seats nov 19 by deadline time this number had been reduced to nine the announced retirement of deputyreeve earl dowswell has set the stage for a twoman battle between councillor george harvie and donald jackson an excouncillor and chairman of plan ning board seeking reelection to two of the three councillor seats are clark muirhead and darcy higgins former councillor frank hendy has tossed his hat back into the ring along with fred lewis altona businessmen and william thompson webb sideroad east of cone 3 it was on again off again for exreeve alvin redshaw he was nominated for the reeves post but later declined others to withdraw were aylmer carter ron adkin and jim bailey platform remarks were brief with members obviously saving their speeches for an all- candidates meeting monday nov 28 in the goodwood hall at eight oclock it is promoted by the uxbridge ratepayers association deputyreeve dowswell and councillor clark muirhead ignited the only political sparks of the evening mr dowswell accused mr muirhead of failing to attend all meetings some of which he felt were very important councillor muirhead returned the charge claiming a hint of poison in the atmosphere to attend hearings mass train trip plans altered earl dowswell deputy- reeve of uxbridge township and exwarden of ontario county is cot a candidate in the for thcoming municipal election dec 7 with the sale of his farm at good wood rri he is moving from the area but will continue to serve the one- year term of office thirty attend trustee nomination uxbridge twp alex williamson the incumbent member of the ontario county board of education trustee for uxbridge township uxbridge town and scott township has been acclaimed for another term three nominations were received from the ratepayers meeting held in goodwood monday harry harper and alvin redshaw were sponsored but declined less than 30 ratepayers attended no increase claremont the mass train trip planned by the railroad boosters for nov 27 designed to protest the proposed discontinuing of the commuter service on the cpr toronto to peterborough line has been cancelled instead railroad sup porters are asked to concentrate on the public hearings to be held at peterborough and toronto dec 1 and 3 john medcof promoter of the program advises that citizens committees have sprung up along the line and municipalities led by uxbridge township have given excellent support withholds ta uxbridge twp an uxbridge township ratepayer has informed council that he intends to withhold 22 from his tax payment in protest of education costs in a letter attached to his tax remittance mr george d gibson stated that the protest is in ob jection to the soaring costs of education and the method by which property owners are assessed for school purposes in hydro rates stouffville in the tribune issue nov 19 puc office manager gerald pegg was quoted as saying hydro rates to the stouffville consumer would increase by 84 percent in 1971 the newspaper was in error what mr pegg did say was that the cost to the commission from ontario hydro would be 814 per cent however no part of this additional expense will be passed on to the user this decision was borne out by reeve ken laush way in an explanation to council thursday night yearling filly tops at royal whitchurch twp a beautiful thoroughbred filly owned by jim and louise milligan of lemonville came home a double winner from the royal winter fair friday she not only topped the yearling filly class but also went on to take the junior championship her sire is nashua bell owned by jas sabiston of unionville mrs milligan an ardent worker in the whitchurch equestrian club is the daughter of mr and mrs andrew duckett stouff ville rr2 pickering twp santa claus is supposed to represent the true spirit of christmas in the twp of pickering however hes become a political foot ball for the past two weeks hes been kicked back and forth between claremont and bay ridges i all started when the kinsmen club of bay ridges requested a donation of 300 for their prechristmas parade this brought up a request by councillor mrs jean mcpherson that claremont receive equal consideration howcverclaremont no longer sponsors a parade but rather a concert that according to councillor mcpherson serves the children from a wide area in the north part of the township councillor john kruger said community christmas parties are common everywhere and could hardly be compared with a parade he charged members with turning the issue into an urbanrural battle claremonts community program is dec 19 however up to nov 17 the committee had not sub mitted a request for a specific amount of mone present plaques york cty york county commissioners stewart burnett reeve of whitchurch and albert laidlaw reeve of markham town were presented with engraved plaques at the concluding session of council nov 24 the presentations were made by gerk robert vernon in appreciation of services rendered during the past year oneill funeral home remodelling plans hit bylaw snag new senior citizens apartment welcomes first tenants dec stouffvilles new 22unit senior citizens apartment that received government approval back in august 1968 will welcome its first tenants next week rental rates are geared to income beginning at about 35 per month an official opening of the building is planned later likely in the spring jas thomas stouffville by now operators of the oneill funeral home in stouffville must be wondering what additional requirements must be met to improve their premises and still comply with village bylaws gordon minton was informed by council thursday that the operation was already a nonconforming use due to insufficient parking on the property to transform the furniture store into a chapel with additional pews could contravene the bylaw now in effect since further parking ac commodation would be required reeve ken laushway recommended no work be started on the project until after the question was clarified by the village solicitor mr minton pointed out that similar renovations had been completed at the roadhouse and rose funeral home in newmarket without problems he said too that one of the stouffville churches had enlarged its accommodation with no increase in parking on the question of ex terior improvements reeve laushway recom menced a survey be taken by the owners to learn q the building could en croach on town property mr minton protested that it would be rather impractical to imitiate such expense and still be turned down an 800 survey sheet is a pretty expensive piece of paper to keep locked up in a safe he said he agreed however to hold back on any property im provements until a legal opinion was obtained