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fire needs not for now chief stouffville if the whitchurchstouffville fire department is upgraded to meet recommendations contained in a recent fire marshals report it would cost close to one million dollars chief walter smith told the tribune this week the chief explained that many of the requirements will come as the town grows but theyre not for us at the present time smith noted that if the expense factor was ignored the entire tax bill would be taken up with fire and education the chief agrees that a combination pumpertanker truck is needed in tie ballantrae area with three volunteers to operate it they could have the hose laid and even be spraying water on a blaze by the time units from stouffville arrive he sees a saving of one to one and a half minutes the super tanker chief smith has in mind would have a maximum capacity of 3000 gallons he estimate the purchase price at between 70000 and s90000 such a vehicle is based at georgetown the chief said he plans to inspect it were talking twenty years he stated i dont want to make a mistake with respect to structural additions and improvements chief smith feels the place to start is in stouffville the station here erected in 1967 is too small to accommodate all units satisfactorily particularly in the winter when the tanker must be housed in heated quarters new problems for musselmans lake musselmans lake back in the 50s motorcycle gangs caused anxious moments around musselmans lake not any more but another problem has taken their place betty palmer attended a meeting of town council last week and appealed for the return of rights of residents living west of the 9th con cession mrs palmer said roads and rightsofways had been taken over by certain individuals in one instance she explained a 66foot road allowance had been turned into a 16 foot lane some homeowners she said had gone so far as to fence off entrances to the beach area fronting on their properties and were demanding fees as high as 40 for the privilege of swimming i go in swimming my children go in swimming and my grandchildren go in swimming we dont pay a thing and we dont intend to councillor becky wedley suggested the issue of lake access could be a civil matter unplug dam r savs cousens markham markhams a boom town says exboard of education chairman don cousens yet when it comes to school construction its treated like an area where enrollments on the decline the former trustee now the pc candidate in the riding of yorkcentre wants to do something about it hes organizing an advisory committee that he hopes will represent all segments of the municipality through this group numbering 12 to 15 persons he sees a solution to markhams school ac commodation problem the town council has called a halt to all subdivision buildup until queens park rescinds its 80 per cent student placement policy don cousens finds no fault with this but he sees the situation building up to a crisis that must be solved v we must unplug the dam he told the tribune the proposed committee will include developers trustees students businessmen parents a cross- section of local residents who will discuss the current stand off and present recom mendations to both the council and the ministry cousens says the people hes approached so far are very excited about it hotel welcomes ladies two lovely young ladies entering the brougham central hotel such a practice aould not hate been thought proper at the turn of the century however at history in action day on the grounds of the pickering museum at greenwood last weekend lynn bishop left and melinda masters both of pickering had no fears at the reception awaiting them inside jim holt however mrs palmer said shed been told by her solicitor to cut the fence down mayor eldred king ended the controversy by recom mending the town check out the ownership of the lands in question once the areas of concern are established ad ministrator harold caldwell was asked to visit the sites and file a report second vietiim stouffville the second of four persons involved in a threevehicle crash at the intersection of the 7th con cession mccowan road arid the stouffvillegormley road aug 19 died last week in hospital mrs sybil lester 46 of beaverton succumbed to serious head injuries her daughter 18 year old patricia lester was also killed two other persons bruce paisley 51 of mount albert and james dunham 50 of thornhill were less seriously hurt quality quilts stouffville norm faulkner and frank bennett coowners of the stouffville sales barn and two of the areas best known auctioneers cant be fooled on the quality of a product on saturday at black creek pioneer village they paid 810 for a single quilt the top price in the afternoon auction that saw 79 entries bring 1105700 the faulknerbennett bid was for a quilt made by the heise hill senior sewing circle using the sunflower pattern two others one completed by mary drudge of markham brought 400 each a crib quilt sold for 10500 it was com pleted by vera sprague of aurora a member of the heise hill sewing grn margaret empringham of stouffville headed up the quilt committee the auction she said was very successful in spite of the weather those who came came to buy she said the sale in charge of frank bennett rr 1 unionville and amott wotton bowmanville was started at 1230 and com pleted in three hours candidate for mayor pickering councillor ken matheson will definitely let his name stand for mayor in the forthcoming nov 10 municipal elections the announcement re confirms a statement made last spring at that time he said hed be seeking the towns top post a nine year veteran matheson shares the spotlight with two other candidates john kitchen and doug dickerson the incumbent mayor jack anderson hasnt yet said if hell contest the seal again we have to park it the tanker crossways and it crowds things badly he said as for personnel the chief says he could use a fulltime deputy right now he accorded his men all volunteers high praise saying their response to alarms is excellent one item not included in the report but totally inadequate is the communication system if a truck enters one of the valleys north of the ridges between stouffville and ballantrae all contact is lost the chief ex plained as good as our radios are if the unit enters a hollow were dead he said to correct this could be costly eventually these things have to come and now is the time to start doing something chief smith said but theres no way we can do it all at once the taxpayers would be buried v e inclement weather hampers canam balloon race the balloons were there and so was the hot air to fly them but the weather on the weekend turned sour preventing a fullscale canam festival at uxbridge townships pleasure park several professional balloonists did manage to get their colorful crafts off the ground but they travelled only short distances jim holt markham mayor back to fight for markham to no ones surprise tony roman markhams mayor of the past 10 years is seeking reelection speaking to a gathering of the faithful at fernandos restaurant monday mayor- roman pointed to ac complishments of the past and outlined aims for the future describing himself as a fighter roman said he had fought successfully against annexation of parts of markham when the york central regional plan came into being shortly after he was elected and had fought for the building of hwy 404 he had helped he said to bring about the centennial centre and markham arena as well in the past two years markham had added 3000000 square feet of industrial space bringing in such enterprises as ibm the bank of nova scotia and others and i know well attract more he stated the tax line has been no initiation stouffville grade 9 students will not be initiated into stouffville dist secondary school this fall rather theyll be welcomed the change agreed upon by principal michael muir and the executive of the students council is in principal muirs opinion a more positive approach rather than humiliate them lets welcome them he said instead of dressing up in what he described as nonsensical outfits newcomers will be treated to a noonhour barbecue and other activities personally he said i frown on anything that shows a lack of respect whether its kids for teachers or kids for kids tony roman term maintained for the past foui years and this years tax bill has been lowered he said speaking of his recent decision to curtail residential growth in markham until schools are built roman said it had made him unpopular with developers i dont know when the problem will be resolved he said a secondary school in unionville however is his number one priority he said too markham had reached the stage where it needs a new hospital and a government study was being carried out regarding this markham also requires another 1000 acres of industrial land to insure its tax base roman said it was short changed when the region was formed roman said he planned to give all his time and energy if reelected to make markham a better place in which to live three queens three classes legion beauty contest claremont the claremont branch of the royal canadian legion is holding a beauty contest on sunday sept 28 the judges will choose not one but three pretty queens in a competition scheduled for 130 pm in the park theres a category for baby legion up to two years old miss junior legion three to twelve years old and miss legion 13 to 20 years old the picnictype gathering will include races horseshoe pitching and tournaments the event will conclude legion week in claremont other activities follow monday sept 22 kids night with bingo and games from 7 to 9 pm tuesday sept 23 cribbage and euchre challenge matches wednesday sept 24 bingo starting at 730 pm thursday sept 25 games night in the club room including darts billiards and shuffleboard friday sept 26 monte carlo night saturday sept 27 dinner and dance with tickets available at the legion sunday sept 28 picnic in the park at 130 pm followed by the beauty contest zehrs to open new supermarket in uxbridge plaza the town of uxbridge is growing up this is obvious to an on druing in from hwy 47 included in the deielopment is a new shopping plaa and its at this location that a modem zehrs supermarket will soon open town council feels this new surge of commercial assessment will benefit everyone as more shoppers are attracted to the area jim thomas