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two fires blamed on children markham children playing with matches has been blamed for two fires one in a barn and another in a rented house the first occurred in a two- storey borne owned by michael larkin r r 1 markham and occupied by mrs berta cun ning damage was estimated at 3200 to building and contents on monday a blaze was extinguished on the property of fred silver r r 1 stouffville the loss in this one was set at only 200 due mainly to the quick response of the markham brigade we arrived just in time said chief meryl smith new archives for museum markham work on the new archives room is progressing very well ac cording to markham district historical museum curator john lunau and it should be com pleted by the beginning of 1974 the town of markham included funds in its 1973 budget estimates for the museum addition the 400 square foot vault being constructed by ben bajari of box grove will house the original chronicles of the old town of markham buttonviue and union ville and im hoping to get records of markham village and the township commented the curator but the museums growth will not be restricted if the town is successful in negotiating a fiveacre parcel of land presently owned by ux valley farms ltd directly behind the existing building the entire 19 acres at the rear of the museum was the former fred williamson property drug charge markham two stouffville area youths appeared in richmond hill provincial court this week charged with possession of marijuana clarence snow 19 and albert snow 22 both of r r 3 stouffville were arrested sept 14 after a routine check of their car by police uncovered a quantity of the drug under a rear floor mat the investigation was conducted on hwy 7 in markham blood donor clinic oct 10 markham a red cross blood donor clinic has been arranged for wed oct 10 in markham the location is grace anglican church 19 parkway avenue the time schedule follows high school students 130 pm to 3 pm other donors 3 pm to 430 pm evening clinic 630 pm to 9 pm the committee chairman is mrs murray sewell 14 talisman crescent lower density unionville a townhouse development on carlton road presented by alliance building corporation has received approval of markham planning committee however the number of units has been reduced from 33 to 26 chairman bob adams expressed agreement he suggested that if the same careful consideration had been given every plan in the past the town would have benefitted by acting in less haste we gave notice we werent going to be bullied he said a s firemen up in the air a 68000 aerial ladder truck has been delivered to the town of markham fire department the modern new vehicle was unveiled before members of council by chief meryl smith sept 11 the purchase was prompted by the everincreasing number of apart ments in markham both medium and hirise michael gerhardt exhibits at fair may set record markham exhibits at the 118th annual markham fair sept 2730 could set an all- time record this is the latest word from manager gerald mann theyre pouring in he said interest in this years fair has reached a new high mainly due it is thought to additional spectator attractions one of these is the crowning of miss markham fair a feature of the friday evening program in front of the grandstand there are nine entries all from the area of markham and whitchurch- stouffville the winner will go on to the miss cne sweetheart of the fairs contest in august of 74 there are two features sunday that folks will not want to miss one is the greyhound races at 2 pm the other is a horseshoe pitching contest- programs listing all events are available at the tribune office main street stouffville or at the fair managers office in the markham arena individual attractions in clude thurs sept 27 pinto horse show at 6 pm and the holstein twilight show at 7- fri sept 28 heavy horse show at 1030pm guernsey show 11 am ayrshire show and jersey show at 12 noon in the evening many events are planned for the track area in front of the grandstand in cluding a chicken scramble greased pig competition a calf scramble and a teen dance sat sept 29 arabian horse show at 930 am markham 4h beef show at 1030 am light horse show at 11 am with the hereford and shorthorn show at the same time theres harness racing beginning at 130 pm and the commercial steer show at 3 the steer auction follows at 330 the grounds open on sunday at 1 pm a guest for the afternoon will be john moles general manager of the royal winter fair the 1973 president of markham fair is ellis britton of claremont wrthunt whitchurch stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge thursday sept 20 1973 town councillor concerned police over resignations markham since the creation of a regional police department in york many of the original officers from the old municipal system have resigned markham councillor bud bonner is concerned about this so much so hes called for a full investigation by an outside- committee to find a solution to the problem were rapidly running out of experience councillor bonner charged and 27 division buttonviue isnt the only one affected mr bonner wants to know the motive behind what he terms the rash of resignations he said the majority were not leaving to accept higher salaried positions or to get out of the shift work game he observed that at least three former constables were now with the markham fire department there has to be another reason he continued he said morale within the regional force was low and attributed this to officers who feel there are nothing more than traffic boys only the detectives are used to solve crimehe charged the councillor claimed that on one particular night there were only three uniformed men on patrol in 27 division he said headquarters was so hard- pressed they had to despatch officers to the area who had never been officially sworn in mr bonner produced a list of constables who had resigned from the buttonviue division since the regional force was established in terms of ex perience he said it was equal to 80 years chief bruce crawford knowing of councillor bonners concern arranged for a meeting between the two at newmarket the discussion in private was held tuesday night seasoned hooter history in action day was held on the grounds of the pickering twp museum at brougham on the weekend nothing at the site was more historical in nature than the claremont citizens band one of the tooters was howard hagerman of locust hill jim thomas mayor to serve on ljp committee lanners rejec it markham the federal government may press on with its proposed international airport in pickering but the airport at buttonviue will not be permitted to expand its operations within that com munity protesting residents and members of richmond hill council filled the markham chambers tuesday to hear planning committee reject an application by toronto airways limited for a runway extension in presenting the motion councillor ron moran said more people would suffer from ap proval of the project than would benefit he admitted however that the company boasted a first class operation and he sym pathized with their problem he noted that there were certain provisions imposed by the town that the firm did not wish to accept councillor carole bell said the towns hamlet bylaw had been designed to maintain such areas as agricultural and residential we would be setting a double standard she argued committee chairman bob adams said three public hearings had been arranged in an effort to obtain a variance of opinions on the proposal he noted that while expansion may be important to the companys future operation the feelings of the majority had to take priority markham mayor tony roman will serve as a member of the constituency advisory group organized in conjunction with the federal governments local initiative program in an effort to have it respond more closely to community needs the request from m p barney danson yorknorth was accepted with some reluctance however with the mayor indicating there were other more important issues to occupy councils time councillor bob adams disagreed the government is trying to accomplish something here we should appoint the best member of council or staff he said mayor roman in taking on the chore indicated he would select others to attend com mittee work sessions in an effort to get everyone in volved ottawa has approved an 83 million program in an effort to ease winter unemployment in yorknorth the committee will involve ten persons including mr danson other participants are two from the municipalities of i markham and richmond hill councils three from the community at large two from voluntary and social agencies an li p official from the dept of manpower and immigration and two former successful operators of li p projects these groups will review project applications at the community level after they have been examined by the ap propriate provincial and federal government departments mr dansons letter read the groups will then recommend to the minister of manpower and immigration those projects considered to be of greatest value to the community the vote application unanimously rejecting the was carried board committees to oversee centre hss5 fire caused 30000 damage to residence claremont a fire of unknown origin caused an estimated 30000 damage to the residence of h l maccaulay sunday morning the home unoccupied at the jime is located east of nont and north of the ninth concession smoke rising from the wirdows and roof of the structure alerted neighbors who turned in the alarm the blaze was concentrated in a 3- bedroom wing and the twoar garage the contents included many valuable antiques and the loss in this alone was estimated at 12000 mr maccaulay is believed to live in don mills but visits the property regularly both summer and winter second division court concludes 123 years of service markhams second division court adjourned for a last time sept 13 concluding 123 years of service at the final session john lunau centreforeground of markham a former bailiff was asked to sit in on proceedings clerk charles reeve standing will work out of the new office in richmond hill the court reporter is d j leete left and the judge e r wren michael gerhardt york cty the entire board of trustees has been named to three committees to oversee the development of the proposed new administration centre board chairman marvin hunter announced the ap pointments at a meeting sept 10 the users committee comprising trustees tommy johnston margaret coburn john raniowski douglas allen john mcmurray don sim and doreen quirk will develop a detailed prospectus report back to the board by april 27 and present a detailed plan by june 24 the site committee in cluding trustees merna colbourne mariane gillan norm weller conrad thomp son don cousens warren baillie and chaired by ross joliffe will be responsible for examining locations assessing proposals and conducting liaison with municipalities in the region they will bring in a recommendation on a definite site by april 8 the finance committee with jack mackay john honsbcrger morley kinnee bob houghton and craig cribar will study alternate methods of financing the project and present their findings to the board by dec 10 of this year