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for the past nineteen years the post office in stouffville he has retired to live at moores falls stouffville has been jack sanders second home south of minden on friday he said farewell to the staff and to x jim thomas jack sanders postmaster retires 19 years service 9 stouffville postal service in stouffville has come a long way in the past 19 years the number of downtown boxes has grown from 450 to 1200 suburban service area boxes are available and the office at main and market streets has been enlarged jack sanders has seen it all on friday he left the building that has served as his second home for almost two decades he also left the community he has known all his life he and wife elsie have purchased a residence near moores falls south of minden his brother bill lives only a short distance away a daughter annamae mrs bryon brethett resides in london and a son john is at willowdale jack sanders took over the postmasters post in july 1954 succeeding gene leavens now of richmond hill in the period dr carl puterbough defeats nesbitt in election upset between then and now he missed only 4 days through sickness a record few can match his great uncle the late w b sanders was also a postmaster here jack sanders is a veteran of world war ii he served with the desert airforce of the british eighth army for three years seeing action in africa sicily malta and italy he has been active in the stouffville legion and will retain his membership there he plans to spend a good portion of his retirement time hunting and fishing on friday evening he and his wife were honored by the local staff at a gathering in the legion hall george collins acting postmaster presented jack with a gift of silver dollars set out in the figure 19 preliminary plans 500 more homes stouffville preliminary discussions about a 500home development proposed for the north end of town by dulverton holdings limited will begin this month although the buildup is at least two or three years away council has accepted an in vitation to begin talks with the companys solicitors goodman and goodman of toronto a committee composed of planning board chairman merlyn baker mayor gordon ratcliff town administrator ralph corner and supervisor of public works hon gibson was appointed at the sept 26 council meeting council considered the matter about two years ago but there was some misun derstanding about the financial arrangements for the in stallation of services the companys solicitors have informed the- town that their clients are in a position to guarantee all of the financing required for the increasing of the sewage disposal plants and making the necessary storm drainage arrangements and water capacity new post office by july 1974 stouffville stouffvilles new post office should be ready for occupancy by july 1 1974 this is the latest word from yorksimcoe mp sinclair stevens the contract is to be awarded next month the location is 18 and 20 main street east on properties purchased recently from bev warwood 44000 and marie jack 42000 two buildings will be removed providing a site of 21000 square feet the post office itself will be 8000 square feet tenders will be let on the last week in october mr stevens said the project is being handled through the federal depart ment of public works since buildup in stouffville is now close to the 2000 calls required doortodoor mail delivery could begin when con struction is completed vol 86 no 19 whitchurch stouffville markham uxbridge thursday oct 4 1973 24 pages stouffville plowman travels to finland for 74 world match stouffville a stouffville area man will represent canada at the 1974 world plowing match in finland carl timbers 36 of rr4 placed second in the canadian championship class last week near alvinston edwin mills of bay fortune prince edward isiand was first in the ontario cham pionships don dunkeld 39 of r r 1 zephyr and formerly of r r 2 claremont was second he will advance to the canadian next year in chillivvack b c ivan degeer r r 3 mt albert was 4th in the ontario barry timbers of newmarket was 6th and floyd forsyth of stouffville 7th other top competitors in other classes follow class 9 eugene timbers r r 3 sunderland 1st class 10 don little r r 5 sunderland 2nd class 12 dale oldham r r 3 mt albert 3rd class 13 lloyd grove r r 1 stouffville 1st class 15 eugene timbers r r 3 sunderland 2nd class 16 ivan degeer r r 3 mt albert 2nd class 17 don dunkeld r r lzephyr 1st ron mcguckin r r 3 mt albert 2nd carl timbers r r 4 stouffville 3rd class 19 don dunkeld r r 1 zephyr 2nd class 20 lloyd grove r r 1 stouffville 1st class 21 greg timbers sandford and dale oldham mt albert 1st class 23 ron mcguckin r- r 3 mt albert 3rd class 24 don dunkeld r r 1 zephyr v 2nd class 25 lloyd grove r r 1 stouffville 1st class 26 floyd forsyth stouffville 1st ivan degeer r r 3 mt albert 3rd class 32 brian de geer rr3 mt albert 1st class 34 dale oldham r r 3 mt albert 2nd class 35 lloyd grove r r 1 stouffville 3rd the awards banquet was held sept 28 at petrolia public opinion is invited on pool f eniee issue carl timbers no election this year yorksimcoe therell be no federal election in 1973 this is the opinion of sin clair stevens mp york simcoe in answer to many enquires on the subject mr stevens points out that the house does not reconvene until oct 15 and to call an election then would put the date ahead to dec 18 which the menber agrees nobody would want since few would wish to conduct campaigns over the christmas and new year periods mr stevens goes on this eliminates january and february as election months the earliest would be june historically a popular time since 1944 the mp observes there have been ten federal elections of which five have fallen in june the most likely date however mr stevens agrees is october 1974 stouffville mayor gordon ratcliff has called for public comment on a proposed bylaw that will require swimming pool owners to construct a fourfoot fence such a bylaw was to have a second reading at the sept 26 council meeting but it was sent back to committee when ob jections were raised merlyn baker argued it should not apply in rural areas but an amending motion seconded by eldred king that fences be required only in residential communities such as stouffville ballantrae vandorf and vivian was defeated councillor king said that he could think of at least three places in rural areas with a pond and a pool in the same backyard uxbridge the mayor the town of uxbridge 15 years ago is again mayor but of a new and larger municipality dr carl puterbough defeated the former reeve of uxbridge township bob nesbitt 601 1480 mr nesbitt who used no election signs because he thinks they pollute the countryside walked away with wards 12 and 3 formerly scott town ship and his old constituency of uxbridge township but his 300 vote margin was gobbled up in the town of ux bridge where dr puterbough had 818 votes to his 400 yourg uxbridge councillor bill ballinger topped the polls in the race for regional coun cillor defeating the former reeve of scott township norm lyons 16911381 two former uxbridge township councillors contested the ward 1 seat eleanor todd had the plurality with 198 votes to george harvies 262 in ward 2 where two former scott township coun cillors were in a threeway race with keith scott a lithographer who works in toronto oneyear veteran mac meyers topped fiveyear veteran jim cain mr meyers received 2s5 votes to mr scotts 181 and mr cains 12s maustyn mcknight a scott councillor for three years defeated james wilson a i councillor for six years 362 to 206 in the race for ward 3 fred kelland and joe esmonde were acclaimed as councillors in wards 4 and 5 respectively john blakely and shane coburn defeated brian mitchell in the contest for separate school board representatives in uxbridge and pickering alex williamson was ac claimed to the public school board of education car crash kills boy north bay a tragic auto accident thursday near north bay took the life of 19 year old robert bob shepherd son of mr and mrs jack shepherd formerly of north bay and now of ottawa and grandson of mr and mrs sam mckuen of markham the young man was killed when the car missed a sharp turn and rolled down an em bankment pinning him beneath two others in the vehicle were injured one seriously jack and lois shepherd are wellknown in the stouffville- markham area jack is a for mer principal of green river public school service was held sunday from the free methodist church in ottawa v tvi kw tsc3 ri- wm i is kk l k- 1 m w 1 vim lm2 a vh w vwsi lm i i w jbim wpi pi r i v w mm zaiui k jit jj showmanship is a family affair for gord lewis of r r i lnionville showing clydesdales is a family affair so it was at markham friday when so stephen and daughter kathy assfeud in the consistent winners at shows across ring the the country lewis entries are jim thomas but are more than 1000 feet from the nearest neighbor the bylaw would only apply to pools but he felt that ponds are just as dangerous its not necessary to have fences in rural areas he said june button objected to a clause in the bylaw which prohibits having a door in the wall of a building serving as part of the barrier i think its a personal matter if a person has an en trance to the pool area from their house she said she did not feel the council could tell people how to protect their own children just the neighbors all the pools i know of in stouffville have an entrance from the house mayor ratcliff felt the subject required more discussion former altona farmer woodville service will be conducted thursday to day at 130 pm from the stoddart funeral home woodville for the late vincent vince baker following his passing sept 30 at lindsay mr baker was well known in the stouffvilleclaremont area having farmed north of altona in uxbridge twp he was a breeder of heavy horses and had won many awards in local and district shows surviving besides his wife the former eva evans are three daughters and six grand children capital expense program is approved stouffville the region of york has approved the 245000 capital expansion quota for 1973 requested by whit- churchstouffville a fiveyear forecast was submitted in april this years quota is to cover 50000 for water 50000 for parks 45000 for hydro and 100000 for a new library any money not used this year can be retained for 1974 t