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jewellery is missing stouffville jewellery said to be worth 2800 has been reported miing from the bank of nova scotia in stouffville herbkring alain street east told police he opened his safety deposit box there on nov 30 and removed a portion of the contents the jewellery he said was left in the vault but not put back in the box on dec 22 he discovered the valuables gone the in vestigation continues stouffville skaters reach finals stouffville sixteen year old cindy wilson of stouffville and partner glenn buddingh have ad vanced to the canadian figure skating cham pionships at thunder bay the talented twosome accomplished this feat by placing first in the eastern canada divisionals at st laurent quebec last weekend cindy a grade 11 student at stouffville dist secondary school is the daughter of mr and mrs george wilson rose avenue glenn is from king city but skates out of stouffville jtheyve been together only seven months date of the canadian championships is jan 29 peter mellon stouff ville s other entry in divisional competition scored a fifth rock concert is planned stouffville the rock and roll era will be relived jan 26 when the group called mirage comes to latcham hall in stouffville the concert sponsored by the whitchurchstouffville public library will begin at 8 pjn with doors open at 730 admission is 1 lead vocalists are lynda addison rr 4 stouffville and steve heyd rr l gormley other performers areeric winter rob krause don popovicb rich bojahra scott campbell and ken van- derkleyn wht rtiune vol 91 no 36 whitchurchstouffville january 11 1979 20 cents 16 pages six percent wage hike for teachers york region york county board of education has ratified a new salary schedule for its elementary teachers the agreement ap proved monday is retro active to sept 1 1978 and carries through to aug 31 1979 excluding increments the teachers pay hike is six per cent the wage scale ranges from a low of 9990 per year no degree and less than one years experience to 24408 per year fully qualified with 12 years or more experience board chairman don cousens commended the negotiating teams for their work arena users to pay more stouffville the stouffville arena has now gone a full year under town management and mayor eldred king for one is satisfied with the result however hes far from satisfied with the sub sidization required to cover ice rental costs had he had his way the rate charged to users of the facility would have gone up m 1978 he told the tribune itll certainly increase this year he vowed mayor king said the minor hockey association is sub sidized by something like 21000 the figure skating club by 6000 and the girls hockey by 1000 he takes the stand that users must pay more theres a limit to what iionusers can pay he said the mayor estimated that at the present time about 1000 young people utilize the facility this he pointed out is a rather small percentage compared to the total number of families m town my real concern he said is for the lady on the back street whos trying desperately to maintain her home and never goes near the rink she must be shown some consideration too claremont area farmer pinned under tractor- mayor king said the municipality had been saddled with two major expenditures one being full insurance coverage costing 19000 and a 10500 debenture in spite of this he considers the purchase 125000 a good deal the mayor said the municipality was more or less forced into buying the building because the board had decided to put it up for sale our con cern was who might purchase it he said pointing to the indebted ness incurred by some muni- cioahties mayor king said whitchurchstouffville should count itself lucky he noted that as a private enterprise the company had made very little money over the last six or seven years matthew john is no 1 jack and sherry woodbine rr 2 stouffville welcomed the new year right with a bouncing baby boy matthew john 7 lbs 10 ounces arrival time was 445 am jan 3 at york county j hospital newmarket proud grandparents are john and margaret woodbine rr 2 markham and garfield and violet jones of uxbridge jim thomas claremont claremont farmer hugh miller is recovering from an accident that could have cost him his life he was run over by his own tractor in a freak mishap that put him in hospital with a broken pelvis and several fractured ribs the way it happened mr miller was standing off to one side of the machine when he saw it start to roll forward in at tempting to climb on and apply the brakes a tire lug somehow caught his clothing throwing him to the ground the rear wheel passed across his chest and shoulder missing his head by inches despite the seriousness of his injuries the farmer picked himself up and drove the tractor back to the barn his wife rushed him by car to the ajax- he he fear deterioration in water quality stouffville some detenoration in the quality of water in wells adjacent to the york sanitation landfill site has prompted town council to hold a special in camera discussion on the problem jan 15 professor rw gillham of the dept of earth science university of waterloo will attend along with a represen tative from the provincial environment ministry mayor eldred king cautioned against overreacting on the matter the reading could be within the guidelines as permitted we just want to know he said the best way to find out the mayor explained was to bring spokesmen from the two sides together he suggested that the press should not sit in on this portion of the meeting as it might hinder the informality of the talks he said the tribune could contact both represen tatives later professor giliham is retained by the town to provide water test reports four times a year because stouffvilles reservoirs are located within a mile of the landfill property the municipality is concerned over any underground seepage that might occur pickering hospital where was confined 12 days throughout the ordeal remained conscious in fact he recalls looking up at several attending nurses and com menting with all you beautiful angels around i must be in heaven they quickly assured him he wasnt although sole to get out to thebarn twice a day by using a walker hes in no shape yet to do any chores nor does he have to russ gostick is handling any work that must be done theres not a better man around said hugh the local farmer tends to joke about his inability to move around as quickly as before more rust than anything he said -tv-on- betz pools ltd v mne awards stouffville betz pools ltd of stouffville was the recipient of two gold awards three silver awards and four awards of merit for exhibits in a canadawide contest sponsored by the canadian pool distributors association nine engraved plaques and shields were presented to company representatives mrs marvin betz and tim k- dy at a banquet last month in the ballroom of the skyline hotelitoronto photopage 6 the stouffville firm was successful in the following categories gold classical residential and concrete shape 551 square feet and over silver classical residential concrete shape 551 square feet and over concrete rectangular 250 to 550 square feet awards of merit concrete rec tangular 250 to 550 square feet commercial outdoor concrete shape 250 to 550 square feet and concrete rectangular 551 square feet and over betz pools ltd is one of ontarios foremost pool- builders with models in use both locally and all parts of the province -rr- lilt expropriation rom historic farm 1ais claremont thistle ha farm an historic property retained through several family generations has been released fromall expropriation ties by the federal government the decision revealed this week by the propertys owner hugh miller concludes a long and trying ordeal that began when ottawa announced plans to build an international airport in pickering township march 2 1972 mr miller one of the areas most influential and respected residents- fought the takeover bid from the start and never lost hope that some day hed win that day is now he told the tribune a statement had been received in writing nullifying further expropriation procedures for hugh miller its undoubtedly the best news hes heard in seven years late win timbers position changes in town office stouffville the faces are the same but the positions they hold are different following a staff shuffle at the town municipal office as of jan 1 heres how they patmuir stand ralph corner former administrator clerk and treasurer retains the clerk- administrators post pat muir former secretary to the clerk has been promoted to deputy- clerk elwood foskett former deputyclerk and deputy- treasurer is now the towns treasurer edward blackburn former accountant moves up to deputytreasurer mayor eldred king commenting on the changes said the moves had been made at his insistence in 79 rather than at the halfway point of a twojear term he admitted that mrs muir was being groomed for the clerks job when the present officeholder retires ralph corner came to stouffville in 1957 and has headed up the municipal staff here ever since before that he was warden of york county in 1955 and clerk of georgina township 4956 jfe presently resides i plowmanpolitician a leader in both lemons the size of grapefruit over a pound apiece including the two held here by l harold the tree is a graft from one owned by booth at cedar grove jim thomas stouffville on the surface at least politics and plowing would seem to have little in common win timbers of stouffville linked the two and was aleader in both wesley winfred timbers died saturday in scarborough centenary hospital concluding a career in public life that spanned more than 75 years establishing a priority on his achievements is difficult as a politician he served two municipalities and the county of york in the twp of markham he was a member of council nine years including four years as- reeve here in stouffville he served on council five years four years as reeve through political connections he was a member of countless com mittees all related to municipal work his first love however was plowing his skill first as a match competitor and later as a coach and judge earned him respect across ontario he was the recipient of dozens of awards including a royal bank shield that contained his own name and that of his grandson barry in 1955 he was the chairman of the international held on masseyferguson farms near milliken win timbers was born south of markham village the son of matthew and sarah timbers as a young man he lived for a time near mongolia and later on the sixth line of whitchurch following his marriage he resided on the ninth line of markham and later in a house across from the ringwood christian church with con siderable foresight he pur chased two farms one on each side of main street west at the entrance to stouffville the north property now contains a residential subdivision and parkview home a street in the development bears his name hundreds of people in cluding many political and plowing associates visited the oneill funeral home to pay their respects and attended the service tuesday in the stouff ville missionary church rev john hamilton was in charge with interment dicksons hill cemetery surviving besides his wife the former mabel sider are two daughters irene of willowdale and dorothy mrs lloyd doner of gormley two sons bob of sandford and bruce of gormley one brother fred of stouffville eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren