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vol 88 no 9 whitchurchstouffville july 3 1975 k 5 5 r 20 cents 24 pages more in taxes stouffville the tax bylaw was passed last wed nesday at a special meeting of council the smallest increase in taxes went to residents of the former village a public school supporter with a home assessed at 20ooowill pay 8752 more this year bringing his total tax to 58298 a public school supporter in the former township of whit church with the same assessment faces an increase of 9150 bringing the total tax bite to 52386- i the greatest- increase to public school supporters will be felt in the former markham area where an increase of 9870 will be levied a homeowner there with 20000 assessment will pay 51666 in 1975 separate school supporters will feel the pinch the most again based on 20000 a whitchurch resident will pay 11190 more a markham homeowner will be charged 11910 more and a stouffville taxpayer will be hit for 10792 more than last year all taxpayers in the municipality had one mill added to their tax bills to cover the 90000 cost of garbage pickup now administered by the town stouffville residents got a slight break as sewer costs were down as a result of new users the total increase in municipal spending amounted to 231000 with a 60000 increase in public works expenditure being the second highest in- crease next to garbage the total -rateable- assessmerithn -whitchurch- stouffville is how 93749478 and for the region school board and the town 2668966 must be raised of this amount the region requires 403454 the town needs 635943 excluding sewers and the- board of education takes off 1451395 stouffville ontario isholars nstouffville nineteen grade 13 graduates ofstouff- ville dist secondary school had an 80 percent or better average in six subjects to qualify for the ontario scholarship award vaj the students listed with their averages include the fouowirigthomas wells 918 carolyn chasesos shirley morgason 8917 erici knabe 895 brucerodin 893 susan eidt 888 randy melhuish- 876j david harris- 875 rosemary marzinotto 862- nancy- roper 846 karen james845 kimberly hinton 82- joseph gibson 815 margaret nauta 811 linda dyson 806 susan christie 803coheeripkoenix8b2linda lafleur 802 and danuta kamocki 80 each student will receive a 100 cash award and an engraved plaque denoting the accomplishment at the com mencement program in november glenn thompson t former bank manager dies in 85ih year lion s barbecue susy fra me doesnt seem to be able to take her eyes off this plate of fresh strawberries around 800 people were served at the annual lions barbecue this year for the first time they served roast beef instead of chicken and according to barbecue chairman cliff aiken the response was very encouraging massivequantities of food were provided four quarters of beef weighing 430p6unds quarts of strawberries salad arid 120 homebakedpiesbutby the time the crowd was finished not a scrap remained the attendance was so good the lions had to send out for some ham and beef and still had to turn a small number of people away mr aiken said there were a few problems getting the dinner started but the delay was only temporary and he expects everything to run smoothly next year the barbecue was the lions last event of the season and they will now adjourn until september the proceeds from the dinner will go towards some as yet unspecified community projects more pictures page 9 x john montgomery arthur glenn thompson former manager of the canadian imperial bank of commerce passed away on saturday june 28 in his 85th year mr thompson has resided on albert st stouffville for many years but hasbeen living at parkview home now for several months due to failing health glenn thompsonwas born at colborne ontario and the family moved to stouffville in 1942 where mr thompson was manager of the bank of com- merce he also held this position at campbellford and bloomfield centennial conunittee estijans receives sn stouffville i planning for- stbuffvilles centennial is moving ahead and two new suggestions have come up i jim rennie and mervin betz met with the centennial com mittee on behalf of the siouff- ville fire department they advised the committee- they have tentative plans for a dance possibly with n band for teenagers and another for adults based on the dance held in 1967 the firemen were told to parh sidings- courtesy of kinsjneri f stouffville children playingon spring animals and swings at the stouffer street park have the stouffville kinsmen tothank iria presentation last week kinsmen president armand english handed over a check forl100 to town council for the equipment little play huts will be installed later at the park mayor gordon ratcliff expressed his appreciation for all the kinsmen have done for the town go ahead with plans for the weekend of july 1 1977 and the committee promised to confirm the event by letter later this year the bavarian festival is- also being considered as a centennial event rae mac- fadden told the committee the legion are planning to host a drum head service several other items came up at the meeting it was decided bruce burton will investigate the possibility of producing a sketch book of whitchurcli- stouffville graydoncardis to make enquiries to the provincial government to determine whether they will donate a centennial plaque to the town the committee have ad journed for the summer and will not meet until september ll during his many years with the bank in his early managerial days he was an ardent fisher- man and hunter he served overseas during the first world war and rose to the rank of captain mr thompson served ihe community as chairman of the high school board and the planning board he was a member of the masonic order and the presbyterian church where he served on the board for a number of years during his retirement he worked as a parttime municipal reporter with the tribune deceased had an excellent sense of humor which he maintained even in his advanced years and his keen business sense was valued by his many friends as well as municipal colleagues his wife the former nellie battisby predeceased her husband a number- of years ago he is survived by two sons dr williamrthompsonofot tawa and glenn ross thompson of mississauga there also survive six grandchildren cathy barbara paul scott lisa and peter a daughter gwendolyn and a son jack both predeceased their- father the funeral service on tuesday july 1 was conducted by rev fred cromey from the oneill funeral home in- termerit was made in camp- bellford cemetery dependable unselfish hardworking are words often associated with cliff dunkeld when it comes to his participation in the local sports program last saturday cliffwas presented a welldeserved award as whitchurchstouffvilles sports personality of the year in the picture abovei cliff left is presented a plaque com- is 1 1 1 h im memorating-the- award by town recreation committee chairman jack watson in other j5ports day activities stouffville bh peewees on the- consolation trophy in the invitational tournament and newmarket won the swim meet stories and photos on page 9 i ted wilcox william newman jvknister opposedto rthe claremont minister of the environment william newman has objected to the airport said mr newman in a press release in a letter to theehairman of the site selection committee mr newman asks some per tinent questions he asks if the proposed relocation- of the canadian pacific railway secondary line which will be moved to make way for the proposed airport runway mr newman has expressed concern that each of the four proposed alternate routes will require more expropriation of will the pickering airport be property v included in the list of projects i think the committeey- to be abandoned vlvli should give serious con- r hejtarsojjjinquiredaasto sideration to other alternatives whether the relocation can be such as tunnelling the line under i szxl already ex- achieved on propriatedland during public meetings held last week ed reynolds con sulting engineer forcprsaid it- is notfeasible to relocate the federal budget is to be cut by one valine withinthe airport lands- billion dollars as indicated according tomr reynolds the most sensitive area is the r northeast section of the corridor riearxlaremoritjvjr r thefour proposed routes run along the southern portion of therairport site- route a runs sucu as luiiiieimik uie line unuer i therunway or strictly confining spvpti dsodlc along thfe area of highway 7 the relocation to lands already tt while routes bc and d swerve no animals were injured jn a recent blaze that destroyed a barn vahd caused damage estimated at 70000 the fire broke out around snoon oii june 29 in a barn located at lot 16 concession 9 stouffville near musselmans i jike snioke was visible for miles and three fire departments stouffville mount albert and east gwillimbury determined riished to the scene aj vr ra- -v- vesllgatlhg f h stouffville fire chief walt smith said by the time they arrived on the scene the barnwas a roaring inferno although the animals escapednothing could be done to save thebarn and it was a complete loss cause of the blaze wasnot and the office of the ontario fire marshall is in- ciri v clarence joudrey v expropriated for the proposed aurora youth drowns vandorf the summer seasons first tragedy has oc curred locally tuesday evening a 19 year old aurora youth william chepurny drowned in a private pool in vandorf mr- chepurny a non swimmer was in the pool with a group of friends when he slipped under the water his com panions dived in and attempted to pull him from the water but- several minutes elapsed before they were able to remove him fromthe pool they made an unsuccessful attempt to revive the youth and he was taken to york county hospital in newmarket where he- was pronounced dead on arrival l 4 mr chepurny- resided at centre st inaurora- -s- sj v v hospitalized charges laid v markham anccident on highway 48 last week put seven people in hospital and another man has been charged with carelessdriving j according to york regional police a northbound car driven by william neadles 20 of toronto attempted to pass but did not have sufficient room the man pulled over to the westerly shoulder sending up a cloud of dust which obscured the vision of other drivers a motorcycle driven by hall sullivan 21 of bathurst st swerved to avoid- the neadles vehicle and was struck by another northbound car the motorcycle was thrown into the ditch and- the car driven by dildar alvi 37 of weston went out of control and- rolled over mr sullivan was taken to centenary hospital in serious condition with extensive leg injuries mr alvi his wife sisterinlaw and three children wereain hospitalized but none were s5mi neadles has been cliargedwjthcarelessdrivingvs southof the highway through the northern portion of the north pickering project f mr reynolds said the final route should be known in august e stu arranged v v stouffville despite rumors to the contrary the federal government is aware that stouffville exists this was made clear during thelast council meeting when mayor gordon ratcliff an nounced that he had been speaking with officials of the ministryof transport meeting has been arranged concerning the noise study currently being conducted by mr harris although the town doesnot yet have the pertinent terms of reference the meetingto be held july 7 at10 amjwill be attendedby representatives of markham and pickeringamemberof the j save stouffvillecommitteearid ministry officialsf6rxtown f representatives council voted to appoint maydrratcliffrandl councillors kingandbuttoniv t-