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5 stouffyille suntribune thursday march 27 2003 7 very happy 80th to former chief seeds nourished by esteem produce plants sustained by respect such was and always will be the admiration i hold for for mer markharh twp police chief harvey cox to me a fledgling journalist of 50 years ago chief cox was the epitome of what a man in so high a profile position should be serious yet sympathetic firm yet affectionate resolute yet considerate determined yet receptive chief cox was all of these and more he was a grassroots general admired by all he worked with and all he worked for on the occasion of his 80th birthday celebrated recently i want to reflect on the life of one who over three decades influenced not only on me but a municipality a county and a region havey cox was born on a farm near hwy 7 west of unionville one seven in the family of oscar and laura cox on this property now occupied by unionville high school the markham theatre and the markham civic centre the family raised champion clydesdale horses winners of many awards at the royal agricultural winter fair and the canadian national exhibition in fact at was harveys greatgrand father who imported one of the first clydesdale stallions to ontario from scotland in 1951 harvey joined the markham twp police department then stationed on the east side of main street in unionville along with constable cox the threeman force included chief clarence wideman and constable bill shearn three years later the department moved to an office site in a new muhici- roaming around with jim thomas pal building on woodbine avenue in buttonville harveys excellence as a police officer was quickly recog nized by chief wideman in 1956 he was promoted to staff sergeant then deputychief and in 1963 chief in january 1971 when the regional force was established markhamtwp had a staff of 31 officers and seven cruisers harvey retired from police work following his appoint- to the position of inspector with the regional depart ment for the next two years harvey drafted traffic bylaws for the snewly created town of markham in 1973 became the munic ipalitys first transit coordinator a position he retained until his retirement in 1983- it was coincidental that harveys policing career should begin the very same year as my career in journalism with the tribune 1951 it was coincidental also that through chief cox i would establish a dose working relationship with the markham force a partnership mat continued more than 20 years dispatchers operating out of the buttonville office would call me for photos all hours of the day and night i helped the police and the police helped me this personal service was slater expanded to include stouffvffle village markham village and whitchurch township i charged 1 a picture dispatchers operating out of the buttonville office would call me for photos all hours of the day and night i charged 1 a picture many a night or early morning i slept oh an improvised ot in the buttonville station then at sunrise id travel on dovyri to me old toronto telegram with my photos chief cox viyidly recalls three outstanding case investiga- i tions first the murder of nineyear old judy carter oftoronto in 1955 her lifeless body was fdundori a river bank near warden avenue north of hwy 7 second the murder of unionville service station operator ed nash in 1956 mr nash was bludgeoned to death by an unknown assailant and third me deams of three chudtenm at muliken in me early 1960s the two homicides remain unsolved the c02y willowdalc area apartment sharedby harvey and audrey cox contains a room filled with photos plaques and awards accumulated by harvey over the years including acoveted queens silver jubilee medal received in 1978 along with many other appointments he once held the position of director with the ontario police chiefs association harvey cox is justifiably proud of his accomplishments and so are the people with whom heworked i count it a privilege to be one fromjour frozen 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to come by in the florida weve received quite a load of these huge size 4 honey dews which are greateatings sjfe from die jlj dominican mbs tii this week we have a good supply of our teriyakimarinated prime rib bones forget about your barbecue this time theyre really good just ovenroasted we pack them in a pack of 3 lb or more and it serves 3 or 4 people its a good meal and a good deal come early when theyre gone jw ik theyre gone sbbbb sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 1 a vj l 7