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chamber of commerce charter is sought here jkim t- stouffville local business people last week v decided to foma whitchurch stouffville v branch of the chamber of commerce rather than form r an independent business association tt during a meeting last tueday night at latcham hau 30 businessmen signed an ap- plication to form a local branch although about 80 people at tended thee meeting only 30 signatures were required on the application jack chambers was elected as provisional president q graydon card as vicepresident and maureen henderson as secretary a committee con sisting of 13 people were named and they were to have met early this week to define the aims and objectives of the fledgling organization it was felt that by joining a 4s large organization the local business people would have a stronger voice and through the national organization would be able to influence policy beyond the local level members of the executive from the georgina chamber of commerce spoke at last weeks meeting- ctiskes in itiuseum pickering the town of pickering will receive nearly nine times the amount they were originally offered by the federal government for the site of the museum located in brougham the property was ex propriated for the nowdefunct pickering airport according to town clerk- administrator noel marshall negotiators for the town and the federal government have settled on the sum of 528000 for ex propriation the funds include the cost of relocating the museum to greenwood which is to proceed this year council approved the set tlement monday night kinsmen defeated the lions in the tugofwar held during the mardi gras saturday and as can be seen from this picture they gave their all against the firefighters un fortunately for them the firemen were victorious this years event sponsored by the lions featured many new events and drew a large crowd more pictures page 9 john montgomery winners chosen in lions club public speaking competition vol 89 no 41 whitchurch stouffville february 17 1977 20 cents 16 pages- council receives petition that urges lehman pond be saved stouffville support for keeping the lehman pond as part of a dulverton subdivision park appears to be growing as a petition with 162 names in favor of- the proposal was received 1 tuesday by planning board however to date councils position is that the nearly one- acre pond north of manitoba ave should be drained for safetyreasons the issue was brought before council the previous week criffiuxkq iloved animals died in farm accident i- farm rr 3 stouffville while she was taking care of the animals animals of every kind were her great love she took care of them sometimes in preference to her regular house chores drew and painted their pictures andsvould often join her father don who is the bp oil distributor in the area in his truck so that she could visit 1 other farms just to see them a very easy going girl she was well known to an iri- between and a j peacemaker she is survived by hermother ruth her father don brother glen age 15 and her sisters carol age 13 and gale age 10 v being an outdoors lover by john garbutt of manitoba ave he had sent the town a letter recommending nine steps that could be made to improve pond but leave it essentially as it is he appeared before council in person to expand on his suggestion t most people ive talked to think the whole area should be left alone garbutt said ive lost some support forlhis proposal because some dont even wantit cleaned out- garbutt claimed that his plan would render the pond safe but retain it in essentially a natural state he strongly critized some suggestions that a baseball diamond or soccer field could be established in that area once the pond is filled in all the neighbours are dead set against having this kind of thing in their back yards he saidr he also suggested a com- mittee might be established to study such matters when they arise in the same way that some municipalities now have groups which make recommendations i on historic buildings mayor gordon ratcliff pointed out that ground in the surrounding area is very porous leading to swamplike con- nearby and remains basically in a natural state it seems a bit much to have both a pond and the con servation area he said the planned population increase was a factor cited by several councillors councillor eldred king was emphatic in his support of the drainandfihv scheme viply think wee got everything out ofperspective he said that whole area will change when weve got 500 turn to councillors p 3 grade 8 pupil is top speaker marie couperthwaite a grade 8 student at sdss won first place monday in the york county public speaking contest- miss couperthwaite who placed second in the x lions public speaking event spoke on the dangers of smoking area 2 finals were held at orchard park public school monday afternoon stouffville winners in- the lions high school speaking competition held monday night were indie persaud for the juniors and mary anne hulshof for the senior students- thee students competed in each of both the junior and senior category second among the juniors was cheryl stelling followed by nancy ku ted powers was awarded second- place in the senior speeches and third place went to tim brazier the junior speeches were from three to five minutes in length and the seniors had to speak from four to six minutes first place speakers in both categories won 30 and a trophy a trophy arid 20 was awarded for second place and third place winners received a trophy and miss hulshof spoke on junk food mr powersspeech was oh television and he gave a disser tation on the education system in the junior category indie persaud spoke of the lack of sportsmanship in modern sporlsmiss stellings topic was the bermuda triangle and nancy ku gave a talk on the jewel of the far east hong kong after giving their speeches the contestants drew by lottery the topic of an impromptu speech they were given some timeto up some material and -they- then delivered the second talk a f miss hulshof drew coh- siderable laughter from the lions when she delivered her impromptu speech on the topic of baldness she said that although bald men were often subjected to such comments as hey buddy do i you need a shine they didnt mind because all bald men have a good sense of humour speeches were heard following the lions dinner which was also attended by the public school winners who were presented with trophies geoff sherrer tim hum phries and marie couperthwaite were on hand to receive trophies from lion howard christie the fourth public school finalist zena kamocki was not present cttc rsssi c-jfftfc- was a member of the 4hditions garbutt predicted that funeral services were held 6n saturday feb 12 at the united church stouffville for donna lynn jackson age 12 over 200 people showed up for the funeral conducted by revl jl carter arid originally intended o take place at i oneills funeral home lynn who was born june 13 1964 died atthe sick childrens hospital f toronto on wednesday feb- 9 following an injury that oc- curred in the barn at the family town after banks land fjpr parking stouffville the town will be peeking cooperation from the new canadian imperial bank of commerce branch in an effort to provide more offstreet parking v 4 at a recent council meeting mayor gordon ratcliff suggested that the bank be asked for permission to use part of the area behind it for parking the town would put down some gravel and maintain the area r mayor indicated that he j thought the bank would welcome the idea ah official request is to befmade and the new parking area may beavailable this spring club wasfondof gymnastics skating and sleigh riding as well as being a good student at joseph gould senior public school where she attended grade 7 many of her fellow students came to the funeral as well as the teaching staff and principal relatives- came frdm biracebridge giielph trenton aridtoronto as well as many local people to pay their last respects lynns palomino horse nugget that she was planning to showand her dog that howled the night she was hurt remained at the stable draining the pond would- ac- tually producean upsurge in the mosquito population locally birds and frogs would be driven put he said and there would be ho control over insects council members generally seemed unimpressed by the arguments in favor of retaining the pond councillor bill kamps pointed out that the new dulverton subdivision would put a population of about 2000- people in that area he felt the neighbourhood park proposal supported by council would best serve the interests of these people kamps also pointed out that the- conservation area is narcotics stolen in pharmacy break in stouffville sometime wednesday morning cliff aikens pharmacy on main st was broken into and a quantity of restricted drugs was stolen they knew exactly what they were after mr aiken told the tribune he explained that the narcotics cupboard was entered but that nothingelse in the store had been stolen the thief or thieves made off with between 150 and 200 worth of codeine tablets and- demerol surprisingly there was heroin in the cupboard that was entered but it was left un touched r a window in the stock room was broken to gain entry the cupboard was pried open and the officewinclowwasusedto leavethe premises i according to mr aiken this is the third timv his store was entered the v first time a number of years ago nothing but cigarettes was stolen but since then thieves have left the cigarettes alone and con centrated on drugs lynn van maris was one of the ririany local girrgiiidesout can- vassing for heart month last weekend the woman being asked for a j donation is elizabeth buller y public school cos ii to taxplayer going up told aurora whitchurch teriderit stouffville public- school sup- trustees porters with a home assessed at 6 mr ford 20000 face a potential 35 to 42 estimated mill rateiricreases in the 10 to12 per cent range due to george ford fiowever hi j h i jjiijl the biggest crowd of the season saw andy bathgate lead the nhluldtimers to victory overstoaffvilles- junior c- clippers bathgate scored five of the 11 oldtimers goals while perry brown scored three for the clippers including one on a penalty shot to prevent injury no slapshots or bodychecks were allowed the event 3t2 nsored by the stonffville lions anb to raise money for their activities above harry pidhirny attempts to beat clipper goalie rick marshmas final score was 1 15 for the oldtimers k keith leach increase in the educational portion of the 1977 tax bill- ac cording to a preliminary york county board of education budget unveiled here last week a homeowner who paid 356 in public school taxes last year will pay between 391 and 399 according to current projec tions the highest possible in crease- is still less than that in 1976 when public school education taxes in whitchurch stouffville climbed 47 the 1977 increase represents a 10 to 12 per cent mill rate jump projected by board officials- during the wednesday night session trustees were presented with preliminary spending estimates totalling 743 million up 92 per cent from 1976s 68- millioni an increase in grants assessment and spending would normally limit the mill rate hike to eight per cent board finance and administration superin- the use of deficit and surplus accounts to offsef the 1976 tax increase i last year trustees approved ra 16 per cent lax increase using about 13 million from the 1975 surplus and the reserve for working funds to cushion a projected 25 per cent tax hikef last years action has been felt in this years budgeting education director sanv chapman told last weekjs session- si- in 76 we did notpayoihv way he explained we spent v more money than we raised- i aurora trustee norm weller saidlast years decision to use the reserve and deficit accounts will haunt us j xii- that million and three was the biggest single mistake the york county board ever made he addedtherexno way this i budgetuifgothrough without 51 majorsurgeryg- tvi trustees have t op- see preliminary page 3