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newcomers club meeting centennial library may 28 at 8 pm wrtfmnt unionville festival noon to midnight june 2 markhamwhitchurchstouffvilleuxbridge thursday may 24 1973 driving survey york region motorists will be stopped while driving through the region but not just by police or for traffic signals the region and the ministry of transportation and communications want to ask questions during the remaining days in may and for the entire month of june at locations along major roads a sample of drivers passing each survey station will be required to stop for a short time and answer a few simple questions concerning their trip reported a planning department notice last week the purpose is for gathering information for the regional official plan to aid in the solution of short and long range transportation problems slaven sentence markham randolph james slaven station street markham was sentenced may 18 to ten years in penitentiary by judge clair morrison of richmond hill court the 27yearold man ad- mitted guilt two weeks ago to attempted theft of a truck feb 8 owned by clarence rose of james speight road robbing constable william miller buttonville division york regional police of his firearm after disarming and manacling the pc with his own handcuffs near woodland motor court hwy 7 discharging the firearm at francis hill a caretaker in participation house he pleaded guilty to a further charge of escaping lawful custody april 27 while in a cell at richmond hill court the judge assessed one year for attempted theft five for robbery two for escaping custody and two years for discharging a firearm child abuse markham parents annonymous was formed to give immediate help to parents who abuse their children either physically verbally emotionally or sexually it is geared along the lines of alcholics annonymous on group meetings selfhelp through discussion of problems parents annonymous groups have been formed throughout the us in toronto and burlington this week the founder jolly k is visiting the toronto area she will speak at markham may 25 in st patrick hall at 8 pm residents oppose heavy traffic on local roads don thomas left church street markham a driver for reesors marmill limited was honored may 17 at a meeting of the markhamunionville lions club he was presented with an engraved plaque by carman lewis in recognition of one million accidentfree miles as an employee of the markham firm he was introduced by mo shepherd a club member and head of the markham safety council the plaque was signed by mr shepherd and anthony roman mayor of markham markham robinson street residents are not long in their fight against heavy daily traffic at least that was the indication from a delegation of the unionville ratepayers association at a council meeting tuesday mrs mary neill association member told council that there is a deep concern among unionville residents over the heavy traffic on fred varley drive and sciberras road and to prove her point the delegate dropped a 200name petition on the council table the member refreshed councils memory of a markham traffic study conducted back in 1971 that revealed an estimated 1200 vehicles utilize sciberras road daily and in the same year a child was killed on the same street mrs neill pointed out that these roads are bearing the brunt of heavy traffic heading for hwy 7 but the heavy flow of traffic isnt as a result of a construction detour as it is on robinson street in markham village its simply a case of taking the quickest route the seriousness of the problem has been amplified by the recent completion of mark 11 and john xxlil schools in the carlton village area this add to the child pedestrian flow said mrs neill also she said the recent markham transit study has recommended bus routes along fred varley drive and sciberras road we have a serious problem the association member suggested that the paving of carlton road would alleviate the traffic problem on the other two arteries the town recently ap proved the addition of 100 nouses in block k in village in the valley and this will certainly add to the seriousness of the matter added mrs neill it would cost as estimated 5000 to black top carlton road later mayor tony roman explained that he had recently met with association president aleta burgess and at that time the feelings of the residents were nade known also the ratepayers group came before planning committee five months ago again strongly objecting to the heavy traffic flow council received the delegations report however no action was taken warns against accepting grant from department markham councillor alma walker warned last week that the town should not be so hasty to accept a 5000 offer from the province for repairs to robinson street because so far not so much as a pick or shovel has been raised to reconstruct hwy 7 that they promised would begin may 1 the councillor angered over the promises by the provincial government to finish demand heavy markham an average of 165 calls per month have been place to information please since it opened its service to the community four months ago statistics show however few calls are placed on thur sday evenings when the lines are open until 830 pm and it is anticipated that this evening service may be discontinued if there is no increased demand for it by the end of may construction by july 1 ex plained that one night she counted six out of nine vehicles turn along robinson street to avoid the main street and hwy 7 traffic signals according to councillor walker the province denied any responsibility for damages caused to robinson street as a result of the detour but it sure is their fault should we be so quick to approve this report from the engineer to accept the 5000 offer asked mrs walker however town engineer dippen mukherjee explained that the government had estimated this cost and i think it should be enough mayor tony roman warned council about rejecting the offer indicating that markham should take every cent from the province it can get its hands on the province doesnt usually do this sort of thing added the mayor so the town will get at least 5000 toward robinson street repairs following the adoption of the engineers report more parks pickering in an effort to increase its parklands pickering township will start asking developers to dedicate a higher percentage of their lands to the township pickering along with other ontario municipalities requires five per cent of the land or a cash equivalent in any development be dedicated for parkland this requirement increased to 35 acres of land per 1000 population for develop ment in excess of four units per acre union villa unionville to make union villa a reality was a long- bought dream of keith ken nedy of unionville having achieved this goal mr kennedy has continued to give much of his time and effort towards the successful maintenance of this project yuite naturally then he was the logical choice as chairman of the board for 1973 the vice- chairman is mrs dorothy jenner secretary mrs doris bourrie and treasurer dennis hawley at the annual meeting april 26 the following dierctors were elected mario bartoletti mrs doris bourrie mrs aleta burgess fred cook mrs trudy creamer robert dowse harry fitzsimmons everett harper dennis hawley william hood mrs dorothy jenner keith kennedy michael mccaul russell pearson rae perigoe anthony roman harold sch midt dr robt seaver william thomas and donald ziegler twinney crawford battle over stopwatch radar york region york regional police will use stop watches to catch speeding motorists throughout the region following a decision by chief bruce crawford and the issue was objected bitterly by two police commissioners at a meeting recently but chief crawford despite objections from ray twinney and garfield wright told the commission that the practise will eo into effect immediatelv in about 60 points throughout uie region if this is the way we are serving and protecting the people by reverting back to stopwatches having men hiding behind trees i think this is a step backwards charged commissioner twinney also a regional councillor from newmarket however the chief corrected the commissioner saying his officers will not be hiding behind anything but in full view of the driving public chief crawford claimed that the stopwatch practise has been jj board answers to town council markham york county board of education trustees and staff met with the towns finance committee last week to explain why markhams educational taxes in 1973 will hit the taxpayers pocket harder than in previous years but the boards explanation was basically the same as when it brought down its budget last month recently councillor carole bell suggested that council request the boards attendance to account for its action trustee jack mackay said that the situation for markham is unusual compared to any other municipality in the county starting with 1973 the ooard is using the current years assessment to calculate educational taxes the ministry of education before required the board to use the previous years rate but now we are required to use the 1973 rate explained york county board of education treasurer george ford mr ford said this change would mean a twoyear increase in taxes for markham markhams vast population growth is also attributed to the rise in taxes he said that the change from 1972 to 1973 represents an increase of about six per cent however councillor bell questioned tne increase in district tsa 2 onlv mr ford explained that this area has enjoyed a favourable mill rate as far back as 1968 basically as a result of the sale of old schools this year markham will be paying 28 per cent of all county educational taxes as opposed to 25 per cent last year the finance committtee seemed to agre to the tax in crease however councillor bell suggested that the school board should make an effort to ad vertise this kind of information rather than simply circulating a bulletin to council mentioning that taxes are on the rise mayor tony roman vent one better he took a slam at the local press saying maybe papers should publish this sort of information rather than printing big headlines marion sale 18 was crowned may queen for 1973 at che markham district high school proin held at the firefighters club esna park drive friday night last years queen 19- yearold llilje knot performed the crowning ceremony the first and second runnersup were janet byrnes and inta strauss respectively michael gerhardt itiiiijtiusirttttrrttrtrrrrttrrt j m used as a speedmeasuring device for at least 28 years and evidence gathered by the watches is accepted in the courts my job is to enforce the law and use every legal means to do it he explained and if i have to use stopwatches to control speeders i think its my obligation to do it commission chairman judge william lyon and member stewart rumble agreed with the chief and after questioning the chief judge lyon received assurance that officers would not be hidden from motorists a visible policeman by his mere presence helps keep the speed down commented the chairman mr twinney objected strongly to the first check point indicated by the chief he said the stretch south of vandorf on don mills road is on the downhill grade with no houses and no people around it i cant see anyone ob jecting to someone speeding down there because theres nobody around said mr twinney mr wright regional council chairman informed the chief that he witnessed radar cruisers parked in the traffic lanes of a street on three occasions and this makes for poor public relations the chief reported that he receives more complaints about speeders than any other com plaint encountered by the force and he feels the public wants him to use every legal means to check speeding judge lyon admitted there was nothing the commission could do to prohibit the stop watch practise so all the board could do was to accept the chiefs report and take no ac tion pool bylaw markham before markham residents can have a swimming pool installed on their property or even apply to the town for a building permit theyll have the site plan ap proved by the ontario hydro electric commission for some time now the town have been looking for a strict bylaw to control residential swimming pool in stallation and following a decision of the bylaw com- niee last week markham has found it the bylaw will now be presented to council for ap proval