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ukeees york region parts of the region may soon echo to the plunking and twanging of ukeleles placed in the hands of grade 7 and 8 students this proposal was ap proved by the board of education at its meeting august 16 schools in area 2 which includes whit- churchstouffville aurora and king township will introduce an instrumental music program using these instruments made famous by mickey rooney present plans call for the purchase of 10 to 50 ukeleles some discussion arose at the board meeting over the price of instruments trustee bob houghton maintained they could be bought for 600 each retail the report however recommended setting aside s60000 for the purchase an interesting discussion of various ukelele types was ter minated by chairman arthur starr who said i feel sorry for the parents who have to listen to six dollar ukeleles council will restrict karfs uxbridge twp in a surprise move uxbridge township council declared its intention of altering the bylaw which govern goodwood kart- ways the gokart track has been the subject of considerable controversy lately at a special meeting not attended by opponents or sup porters of the track council members passed a resolution introduced by frank hendy and seconded by darcy higgins it passed unanimously reeve bob nesbitt was absent the heart of this resolution reads it is the opinion of council that revisions to the hours of operation level of noise etc are necessary therefore be it resolved that the existing bylaw governing go- karts wiil be reviewed and changed prior to the renewal of goodwood kartways licence for mrs van bell an owner of the track expressed surprise at the move the bells have retained a solicitor mr di malcolm to act on their behalf police ready for new headquarters york region police chief bruce crawford has announced his intention of moving ad ministrative headquarters for york region police during the first week of september the new premises presently oc cupied by office specialty in newmarket will be vacated by sept 2 there may be some delay in closing the deal said the chief and consultations are presently in progress between the region and office specialty chief crawford emphasized that only the administrative personnel would move in sep tember meaning the chief himself two deputy chiefs and office staff other departments would not be able to move until november due to delays in receiving communication equipment and confinement facilities in addition extensive remodelling of the existing building will be necessary pickering permits va million pickering twp the number of building permits issued in pickering township in tfune counted to 36 at an estimated value of 1558600 to date 103 permits have been issued total value 2632300 among the permits were those for 18 single family dwellings at an estimated value of 504000 other projects were a mushroom house and repairs at dominion mushroom 156000 murphy oil company service station 35000 heavy water upgrading plant ontario rflydro 720000 a steak house tavern by pedan enterprises ltd 60000 garages and carports 7 value 12600 residential repairs and additions 71000 1 jurtdav ausut 26 1971 the tk1bcxe past 3 historical hearse sold fessliisassfs unusual accident draws attention this cement truck operated by newmarket ready mix presented a bizarre spectacle on monday the truck was headed south on don mills road when it went out of control and turned over increased co operation between the region and the authority was just north of the aurora road no other velv promised council is the truck driver stu payne of newmarkc o examine the j possibility of setting up q a liaison committee hold hearings shortly on town pi roofing and siding new zoning prepared by region planner stouffville streak ik stouffville an ontario municipal board hearing held august 17 at stouffville district secondary school did not ap pear very decisive at the end of three hours chairman david jamieson announced that the board intends to continue the present extension on two bylaws the bylaws under discussion concerned restrictions on pits and quarries and the restricted area bylaw which implements the towns official plan at an earlier hearing these bylaws were ruled ef fective until the end of october present at the hearing were paul mingay the towns solicitor two other solicitors appearing for persons affected by the bylaws and regional planning commissioner murray pound attendance varied from 30 to 40 people councillors van nostrand button ratcliff and simpson were at the hearing as well when the chairman asked those present to indicate which bylaw they were interested in noone appeared to be there about the pits and quarries bylaw as the hearing progressed witnesses were sworn and told their stories many of the complaints were offered by several people some wanted to sever or subdivide their land others had unsuccessfully sought building permits a few asked for rezoning in particular areas there appeared to be one or two stock answers to those who appeared with requests as the zoning is presently under review and a draft of a new bylaw has been drawn up many people were advised to wait a few more weeks they could make representations they were told when public hearings are held on the new bylaw one man obviously dissatisfied protested that he had waited a long time and was getting tired of it a second suggestion to the complainants was that they approach council town clerk ralph corner or mr pound to seek a solution stouffville the stouffville streak the towns very own commuter train appears to have firmly established itself as a going concern in a letter to donald deacon mpp for york centre cns vicepresident mr wd piggott submitted a survey taken from july 1230 the survey deter mines on a stationbystation basis the volume of business on the commuter train r irs lunng s stouffvj averaged 6404966 1 and 93 stouff viiw i tseif contributed over 20 percent of that figure on the reverse route from toronto to stouffville averages were even higher the week of july 1923 saw the train running at 102 percent of its capacity observed mr deacon we are certainly getting full co operation from the cn school payment variances york region according to figures released august 16 whitchurchstouffville owes the board of education 99000 the figures were contained in a report submitted to the board and show amounts owed by each county crime up by 77 york region the latest crime statistics submitted to york region police com mission showed an increase of 77 percent over the same period last year chief bruce crawford ex plaining the figures said this increase was not unexpected it was he said within the usual levels much of the increase was in the category of break and enter chief crawford said this reflects a problem the police have in supervising cottages municipality in the region as of august 6 two have overpaid so far richmond hill and vaughan they will be credited with interest on the amount in excess of the requirements most municipalities though are behind in their remittances leading the list is the township of georgina which owes over 700000 georgina has not made any payments yet this year on the other hand the town of markham has paid 1980000 and still owes 150000 whit churchstouffville which owes almost 100000 has already paid 380000 to the board board members voted to receive the report without comment library offers book bargains saturday ballantrae used hearses are apparently popular items around here a 1957 cadillac hearse belonging to mrs ann barrett was sold within four days mrs barrett is animal control officer for uxbridge town ship and has used the hearse for that pur pose for a year she decided to sell because of the vehicles high panning cost asking price was 700 before mrs barrett purchased the hearse it was used in springhill nova scotia it performed nobly after the mining disaster in that town the big black caddy weighs in at almost three tons at the time the tribune talked to mrs barrett there were just over j6000 miles on the vehicle the hearse comes with all accessories including automatic tran smission flower- holders in the interior and a little sign on the door saying please close gently left harvie schell 9 per diving form above ckflip mark niblett thority hods dura step one piece concrete steps for your new home replacement for old steps nonslip surface on treads and platform immediate dei very on all si7es brookl1n concrete products ltd highway 12 btboklin 6553311 yonge si newmarket 8v52373 participation at the local level is our greatest strength he said for open fridays till 9 pm carpets broaploom vinyl floorin and draperies too i call in the specialists fred jackson sons ltd 23 main west free estimates in9a hrfstieen a by a recommendation thai approval be withheld pending agreement on a lot fee another letter submitted at the august 16 meeting came from mr g farrow of the dmas community planning branch mr farrow spelled out exactly how far the boards powers extend our act appears to limit the minister to considering the adequacy of school sites and this would make it difficult for us to set conditions concerning a levy paid to the board of education the question of lot levies demanded by the board has influenced the progress of a number of developments in whitchurchstouffville and throughout the region in a six moricn ietr- june 30 chief crawford saiu 1359000 had been spent or 42 percent of an allocated three and a quarter million dollars this expenditure the chief explained included the pur chase of new cruisers and equipment on the subject of overtime mr crawford said such costs were difficult to control he noted that the investigation involving the hashish seizure near ringwood would involve considerable overtime work theres really nothing we can do about it he said commission members were pleased commissioner stewart rumble described the report as very satisfactory high prices feature arena antique auction stouffville an auction sale in stouffville arena on august 21 has been described as tremendously successful the remark was made by mrs mildred holmes who owned the items offered at the sale there were two interesting sales in town last saturday the stouffville public library had a sale of books which had been withdrawn from circulation kathy williams took care of things selling books for a dime apiece both fiction and non- fiction were available the sale will be held again this saturday afternoon but baroness orczy admirers are too late the photographer already bought a book with the complete scarlet pimpernel novels across the street and down the road a very successful auction sale was held in the arena a large crowd attended to examine and bid on the antiques being offered mrs john miller right was interested in this object displayed by mrs gary williams its described as vase handpainted european ewer modern and sold for2750 mark niblett a large crowd was there even before the business of the day started while some drifted off more kept arriving and at tendance was estimated at about 150 persons the crowd included both local residents and visitors and a few collec tors were present at one point two collectors bid against each other on a rare currier ives print which finally sold for 90 the seven prints offered brought a total of 253 other notable items were the grandfather clock which was sold for 470 a music box which went for 175 a collection of arrowheads which brought 140 and a settee for which the winning bid was 575 many of those present were pleased with the place chosen one man considered it ideal and others echoed his view pointing to the ample parking good management and con venient lunch bar mrs holmes expressed her sincere appreciation to her many friends who turned out in force to help with the sale she also praised auctioneer alvin farmer and his assistant gordon orr she was expecially pleased by the splendid and generous assistance extended by local and outoftown friends and praised the masonic lodge and the gormley missionary church which loaned tables for the event there is a possibility that future actions of this type will also be held in the arena