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all the news whitchurch uxbridge i markham i pickering of all 4 townships largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge in the district 1 vol 32 no 30 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday december 24 1970 15 cents legal fees 930050 whitchurch twp legal fees in the amount of 930050 have been ap proved for payment by whitchurch twp council to the firm of cassels and brock solicitors this is the total account arising from an appeal filed by the township against gravel pit operators sabiston and mcguffin the municipality lost the case and were assessed the costs the action followed the alleged operation of a gravel business on cone 5 north of the aurora road that council contended was a contravention of their bylaw bylaw no 1 birth of a village stouffville the village of stouffville had its beginning as an in corporated municipality jan 1 1877 ninetyfour years ago that era will end jan 1 1971 at 1201 am the village will merge with the township to become the town of whitchurch- stouffville at the conclusion of the final council meeting dec 17 reeve ken laushway read the first bylaw of the first meeting dated jan 15 1877 it was worded as follows be it enacted by the corporation of the village of stouffville that henry w jyoodgate be appointed clerk and treasurer for this municipality and that the salary of the said clerk and treasurer shall be the sum of fifty dollars that the clerk and treasurer appointed by this council shall give security satisfactory to the council in the amount of two thousand dollars james dougherty reeve henry w woodgate clerk on dec 30 1970 a final bylaw under stouffville village status will be passed and retained for posterity along with bylaw no 1 hire engineer york region the region of york has a new commissioner of engineering hes rf bosworth a staff engineer with toronto and york roads for the past 14 years his duties will commence jan 1 at a salary of 21000 mixed emotions honor unsung board members stouffville twentytwo members of stouffvilles various boards and committees as well as the 1970 council were honored dec 17 at a meeting to conclude the business not only of the year but of an era on jan 1 1971 stouffville ad vances from village status to form a combined area in the town of whitchurch- stouffville an engraved rose bowl in appreciation from village of stouffville 1970 was presented to the following ken betz and bill sanders public utilities commission gordon brown walter pipher and ralph corner cemetery board lloyd jennings wilfrid morley and ted withers park board jerry waite mrs teresa foulds mrs jean giles and frank mellon library board reg mackay ken wagg bill kamps and jim richards planning board walton todd committee of ad justment jim mckellar deputyreeve ethel mole tom lonergan and ian chapman councillors and kenneth laushway reeve reeve laushway said several current board members had already been approached and had agreed to assist in a similar capacity next year bomb threat family life centre donation 1000 deputy clerk elwood koskett elm road stouffville is the new deputyclerk town of whitchurchstouffville he assumes the position jan 1 mr foskctt is presently the clerk in the twp of uxbridge a post he has held for the past twelve years unionville more than 500 students were evacuated from mark 11 public school in union- ville friday after an unidentified male caller set council salary schedule stouffville the salary schedule for the mayor and five coun cillors town of whit churchstouffville has been established for 1971 the mayors basic pay will be 4700 in addition he will receive 2300 for travelling and other ex penses the councillors will each receive 2400 basic plus 1200 expenses in total this is 2000 less than the present wage rate of stouffville and whit church councils combined in 1970 warned staff secretary mrs beatrice smith that a bomb was set to go off in the building in ten minutes unionville firemen were despatched to the site and remained on standby while markham township constables george an derson and chris shepherd conducted a thorough search of the structure no bomb was found earlier this year a similar threat was telephoned to the principal of whitchurch highlands school big saturday sale stouffville those persons with money to spend after christmas would be wise to stop and shop at raymer interiors 41 main street west where a big sale is on saturday dec 26 markham the markham town council monday voted to make a grant of 1000 to boost the falling finances of the family life centre representatives from the centre told council how support for the project from local churches and service clubs has fallen off early morning fire destroys two barns uxbridge twp an uxbridge township pensioner lost his life savings in a flash fire dec 18 that destroyed two barns on cone 3 north of the pickering townline samuel cadman said he had checked the buildings before going to bed around 3 am forty minutes later he was awakened to see one of the buildings- ablaze and a second burning destroyed were 40 pigs 4 heifers two thoroughbred colts ducks chickens a half- ton of feed and 500 bales of hay the colts alone were worth 1500 each he said also lost was a 1964 oldsmobile and two trailers the barns owned by century city developments were insured but the contents were not mr cadman said he had sold a number of personal effects and invested all his savings in the property the cause of the blaze is not known the section where the fire started was unused at the time it was not wired and contained only a small quantity of straw it went up like match sticks he said over the past year leaving the program in a critical financial situation it is hoped that grants from the provincial government may be received in 1971 but present funds can only last until february with the centre in parttime operation it was added the basic budget of the centre is 1800 a month the only staff being maintained now are the director and a secretary in an attempt to cut costs part time counsellors have been in a further economy move it was stated markham and stouffville are the only municipalities to make grants to the project it was stated sneak thief steals funds ringwood a sneak thief entered the premises of the ringwood restaurant early tuesday morning and stole a container of money estimated at about 65 it had been collected for the peter white fund in claremont the white family lost two children their home and all personal possessions in a tragic fire dec 12 the fund was established bv the restaurant operator mrs grace sherdahl with receipts coming from donations a raffle and several draws bdw5etft3fi3l jffspv fs k sttsba i i 1 fz ink hi- jflh ka a h row ffcsj 3s jjr 8 j axld bf t p hh r 1 an angel on earth as village comes to an name still retained stouffville it was with mixed feelings of emotion that reeve ken laushway rose at the conclusion of a council meeting dec 17 and ad dressed a packed gallery of invited guests two weeks from tonight he said will mark the end of an era for the village of stouffville 94 years as an incorporated municipality at exactly one minute after twelve jan 1 1971 a new municipality will be born a new era although one additional council session is planned dec 30 to pass accounts thursdays gathering was the last regular sitting for the year invited guests included members of local boards and committees who during the past twelve months had served the community with little or no pay and often little appreciation reeve laushway noted that any change of such major significance was looked on by some with twinges of nostalgia were not teally losing anything he said were merely joining up with our good friends to the north the twp of whit church he said he was personally pleased that the stouffville name had been retained and would appear on the new seal town of whitchurch- stouffville mr laushway expressed councils appreciation to those who had served the municipality not only in the current year but in years past he men tioned specifically dr ss ball and arthur lat- cham he noted that the same kind of cooperation would be needed in the future in expressing his pleasure at serving the village as its last reeve he said he would assume the position of the new towns first mayor with equal honor stouffville is a wonderful place he concluded one of the best in ontario it has been as a village and it will be as a town with your assistance and advice stouffville fire brigade approve promotions era end a beautiful christmas candlelight service was conducted n melville united church sunday evening under the direction of sunday school superintendent mrs wm sherwood one of the choirs little angels was i sear old lesley kroun daughter of mr and mrs fred brown unionville kki stouffville promotions have been approved for two members of stouffvilles volunteer fire brigade the annual report was presented to village council dec 17 moving up the ladder are members george wilson to the rank of captain and grant turner to lieutenant other of ficers are unchanged walter smith chief fred castle deputychief and charles jackson secretary in the fire year already concluded the brigade answered a total of 88 calls including 28 in stouffville 23 in whitchurch 18 in markham twp 16 in uxbridge twp and 3 in the twp of pickering in addition there were six resuscitator calls and one rescue call thirty- three inspections were carried out and all schools former councillor urges exclerks name be cleared whitchurch twp former whitchurch councillor henry nauta of lenonville feels action should be taken before the end of the current year to clear the name of ex clerk thomas kerr mr kerrs resignation as requested following the submission of an in vestigators report on a fire may 1 1970 inside the municipal offices at vandorf mr kerr complied although according to ex- councillor nauta he has denied any personal in volvement in the matter no charges have been laid mr nauta feels the presentday council is obligated to make some public statement in con nection with the affair in the stouffville fire area were checked instruction courses were held for two brownie and two boy scout groups and lectures conducted at brierbush hospital and the stouffville nursing home the brigade was represented at nine mutual aid and three fire chiefs meetings commissioner william g parsons former deputyreeve stouffville village council has been appointed to the public utilities com mission filling the one- year unexpired term held by chairman bill sanders mr sanders resignation is effective dec 31 slashed tire stouffville a 20 year old stouffville man was committed for trial before a judge and jury following a preliminary enquiry before judge ma charles dec 18 norman dunn maystone court was charged with malicious damage after a tire on a car owned by stouffville police constable william clause was slashed a second accused lanny jollymore also of stouff ville was convicted previously on the same charge in the witness stand jollymore testified that dunn had encouraged him to slash the tire after he had had trouble with the police officer in a verbal statement given by the accused to police at the time of questioning the accused man admitted he gave jollymore the idea truck stuck on tracks rammed by dayliner unionville running up the tracks waving a flashlight a driver tried unsuccessfully to halt the markham to toronto dayliner on the cnr line at unionville thursday the diesel unit rammed his truck broadside carrying it some distance down the rails and causing an estimated 500 damage george t mcleary of agincourl told markham twp police he was proceeding along a private roaa an extension of eureka street when the vehicle became stuck in the snow at the crossing he said he could see the headlight beam of the dayliner about a mile away so ran up the tracks in an effort to stop it the engineer applied the brakes but could not halt the unit in time no one was injured marijuana garden dicksons hill a dicksons hill youth apprehended by markham township police after thirteen marijuana plants were discovered growing in his garden was fined 300 in richmond hill court dec 22 george clark entered a plea of guilty counsel told the court the accused had obtained the seeds from a friend and was growing the planrs for his own use judge ma charles in imposing sentence said the youth was fortunate he had not been charged with cultivation of the plant an offence that would carry a jail term aid fire victims stouffville stouffville council has approved a donation of 100 lo the peter white fund in claremont the decision was unanimous mr and mrs white and family lost their home and all their possessions in a tragic fire dec 12 two children marlene 12 and dwaync 11 died in the blaze the stouffville lions club has contributed 200 and a similar donation has come from the stouffville united church