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all the news whitchurch i oxbridge markham i pickering utte largest weekly mafkham stouffville uxbridge vol 82 no 33 stouffilliwhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgi thursday january 14 1971 15 cents junior orator is tops stouffville david herbert a grade 10 student of stouffville dist secondary school was the highpoint winner in the lions club oratorical competition monday night he is the son of mr and mrs edward herbert hawthorne avenue while he will be personally honored at commencement exercises next fall and his name will be inscribed on the lions plaque only senior speakers are eligible to advance to the zone finals in february ron ferguson and jutta manthau both of grade 11 have won this honor they will speak before a meeting of the bendale lions club feb 8 along with student finalists from markham and scarboro secondary schools ron placed first and jutta second sheila monahan was the runnerup in junior class judges for the competition were mrs reta laushway wm sherwood and cec hen dricks lion bill murphy was committee chairman each of the six entries that also included pauline foulds and blair clarkson received individual trophies centre essential say teens stouffville the continuation of a holiday drop- in centre in the stouffville anglican church will depend on a decision of the church board but regardless young people attending a meeting tuesday voiced agreement that such a program is needed here the project established on an experimental basis during the christmas vacation week was under the direction of peter mcwhirter staff teacher at scarboro centennial college and robt kamp secretary scar boro branch ymca mrs jean harrott one of the centres chief advocates ad mitted the cost was more than one congregation could bear she said financial asssistance would have to come from other areas of the community the deficit amounted to over 300 several speakers voiced criticism over disinterest shown the program by a crosssection of town i just cant understand it said one girl there are so many highfalluting people around here who think their kids would never take drugs and yet they are the very ones who are sheila macdonaldross was selected as the liason between the youth group and the church board when a decision on the future of the centre is reached this grandmas a snowmobile bug on jan 15 mrs sarah mclntyre of bethesda will mark her 85th birthday to celebrate the occasion shell probably take off across the fields with grandson murray williams to call on a couple of neighbors you see grandma mclntyres a snowmobile bug a sport thats not restricted to the young but only the young at heart i just love it she called out disappearing in a spray of snow brougham hall filled snowmobilers protest pickering bylaw brougham pickering township snowmobile operators are up in arms over the townships new bylaw greenwood area snowmobilers decided to take positive action calling a meeting for the brougham hall saturday night gerald fisher a greenwood resident and one of the chief organizers of the club there told the tribune that the meeting was planned only a day ahead the whole thing snowballed he said with the hall filled to capacity with prosnowmobile buffs the meeting was chaired by tom newman who mr fisher said kept the discussion from getting out of hand as a result a delegation met with township council jan 13 the spokesmen requested a sensible bylaw to protect the rights of those annoyed by snowmobiles and to permit responsible use of the machines the snowmobilers feel that a curfew such as the one banning use after 10 pm is not entirely necessary especially in nor thern areas that are sparsely populated as compared to residential sections in the south they do agree however that the machines must not be operated on private lands without approval of the owner the bylaw stipulates only verbal permission but snowmobilers suggest permission should be in writing to protect both owners and snowmobilers the most important factor mr fisher said was to protect the rights of snowmobilers and private residents and to eliminate those who do not respect these rights oneway rail commuter a lost cause cnr markham the canadian national railways has written off its toronto to markham evening commuter as a lost cause following losses incurred every year since the service was started they have applied to the canadian transport com mission for permission to with draw the run the hearing jan 5 was told that in 1969 the train earned less than 11000 but cost 75000 to operate it travels the 22 mile route every weekday dropping off passengers at agincourt unionville and markham it returns empty on a normal evening a railway spokesman said the commuter is 60 to 70 percent filled when it leaves toronto but half the passengers go only as far as agincourt it was ex plained that with 100 percent loads the service would still not pay its way on the question of promotion alexander olynyk general passenger sales manager said there was no point in pouring in more money to lose more money ford dealership re opens stouffville bringing 14 years of automotive experience to stouffville john roe a native of nashville near kleinburg heads up a new fordmercury dealership main street west the official opening is saturday jan 16 the roe agency will carry the full line of ford and mercury- cars and trucks mr roe is a toronto university graduate in engineering and business but still considers himself a country boy at heart he and his father managed a farm implement dealership in the nashville area for several years he is a for mer football star with the varsity blues and the toronto argonauts employees the majority with dick coffey motors include bert craig bill barclay roger snoddon paul mathews bill barker keith burkholder murray williams gord bavington marg craig gary smith larry taverner and don walker stouffville centurions band color guard withdrawn stouffville the color guard section of the stouffville centurions has been discon tinued the withdrawal revealed in a letter tothe tribune from one of its members has been verified by rae mcfadden an executive director the group had distinguished itself by winning several awards in both canadian and us competition the guard in cluded about twelve girls mr mcfadden said the decision was reached after the group learned they could no longer use the high school auditorium on wednesday evenings that night he said had apparently been reserved by another organization he termed it impossible to pay the 5 per hour caretaking fee required on a saturday or sunday in commenting on the problem mr mcfadden was very firm in explaining that the demise of the color guard did not mean the end of the band on the contrary he said the drum and horn line now boasted a membership of 25 and he fully expected the contingent to take to the parade square this spring these practices are held in the auditorium of st marks separate school two paid instructors come from scar boro it keeps us going to meet this expense said mr mc fadden theres just no way we can afford anything more he said he could well un derstand the writers disap pointment over the color guards withdrawal she tyrellann holden was one of the kids who reallv worked hard its too bad blood donor clinic second best on record stouffville the red cross blood donor clinic sponsored by the stouffville legion ladies auxiliary jan 6 was accorded the second best response since first organized eight years ago committee chairman mrs aurelia smith recorded an at tendance of 174 there were 12 rejects reducing the number of actual doners to 162 mrs smith said she was very- pleased with the response particularly from students at the high school a second clinic is planned for a date in july sixth in sectionals thirteen year old jane brodie a member of the stouffville figure skating club placed sixth sunday in the novice ladies class central ontario sectionals at huron park recreational centre she is the daughter of dr and mrs douglas brodie glad park avenue jas thomas education chairman courses frill out for 71 board told york region arthur starr member for whitchurch- stouffville and vice chairman of the york county school board for 1970 has been elected to the post of chairman of the board for 1971 mr starr succeeds john mackay member for the new- town of markham ross jolliffe member for the town of vaughan is vicechairman elections were held at the boards inaugural jan 6 addressing the board mr starr paid tribute to mr mackay who held the chair mans post for the boards first two years mr mackay has encouraged members to look forward to the future he said the boards most formidable challenge for 1971 will be to keep within the spending limits set by the province mr starr said in an effort to keep the quality of education up the board may have to discontinue some programs which are not proving economical he added mr starr said the board has established several new programs in the schools programs which contribute to costs since classes are smaller and equipment more expensive but programs which are proving their worth by keeping students in school longer a hard look must be taken before the board decides which if any of these programs must be discontinued mr starr said mr mackay commended board members for their efforts the work has been challenging especially in the second year he said and the board has had a great deal of support in policies aims and studies undertaken the board has been active not willing to sit by he concluded township of uxbridge councillor suggests snowmobile survey goodwood with no municipal police department to enforce restrictive bylaws uxbridge township councillor clark muirhead has introduced a plan whereby snowmobile operators and property owners would cooperate to help each other councillor muirhead would like to know 1 how many residents operate snowmobiles 2 how many landowners would allow snowmobiling on designated trails across their properties 3 what days and times they might permit such snowmobile traffic on their lands on the basis of this in formation said councillor muirhead i think we could develop some of the best snowmobile trails in the country and i believe we could count on the organized snowmobilers to protect these routes against abuse set salaries markham markham mayor anthony roman will receive a salary of 8000 per year according to a bylaw approved at a meeting tuesday each member of council will be paid 4000 snowmobile legislation refused stouffville mayor ken laushway is not in favor of legislating snowmobiles out of whitchurchstouffville or passing bylaws that would curtail the enjoyment of those who use them properly he estimated the number of snowmobiles in stouffville alone at over 400 he argued that those who abuse the privilege are few in comparison with the hundreds now enjoying this kind of winter recreation i do not wish to stop people from having fun he said mayor laushway admitted he had been called out during the earlymorning hours to check on disturbers he ruled such persons as in the minority councillor herb simpson reminded members that some belonged to what he termed the older generation and were not snowmobile minded he questioned whether a curfew law might be imposed to discourage latenight operation no one accepted the challenge improper licence plates lead police to stolen goods stouffville improper licence plates on their truck foiled plans for two men nov 14 when police in a check on the vehicle discovered two stolen snowmobiles john hall 20 and edward hall 24 both of uxbridge en tered pleas of guilty to a charge of possession of stolen goods when they appeared in rich mond hill court jan 8 evidence introduced revealed that constable john murray of the whitchurch township police was stopped on the 9th line north talking with stouffville chief orland keating when he observed a truck northbound with car plates the cruisers gave chase ahd stopped the vehicle two new snowmobiles in crates were discovered in the truck investigation revealed both had been stolen from kinch and sutton ltd in markham the evening previous the pair had said the machines were bought for 25 each in toronto the actual value was 1000 each similar charges against two stouffville area men robert herbert and phillip prentice passengers in the truck were withdrawn at the request of the crown john and edward hall will appear again for sentence jan 22 in addition john hall was fined 50 for having improper plates on his vehicle