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w stoltfvillkwhitchlrchmarkhamuxbridgf thursday september 16 1971 phone 6402101 14 pages vol 83 no 16 15 cents police to crack down on loitering youths at unionville plaza even kids can play it may appear difficult to play but its not in fact according to the toronto organ company the hammond piper on display at the stouffville trade fair can be played by almost anyone cathy pollard right fairview avenue and ingrid huisman blake street both 9 try out a tune jas thomas yorkcentre riding markham mayor reported candidate markham present in dications are that markham mayor tony roman will allow his name to stand for the con servative nomination in the provincial riding of york- centre while p c officials refuse confirmation they are equally unwilling to issue a denial i havent heard anything officially said branch president george mckelvey mayor roman attending a convention in vancouver was not available for comment the association will hold its nomination sept 21 the election has been called for oct 21 the incumbent is liberal donald deacon charles stewart will run in yorkcentre for the social credit the new democratic have yet to name a candidate in york north bill hodgson the conservative member will be in the race to date robert lewis of the n d p is his only opposition a threeway fight is expected in ontario south bill newman conservative incumbent will be opposed by n d p candidate robert wing liberals are holding a nomination meeting sept 20 at st andrews sr public school ajax at which time it is expected that michael freeman will be selected in ontario riding former pc health minister matthew dymond will be fightirig to hold his seat in another threeway battle seeking the post is robert timbers liberal and harold king n d p newscaster to open fair markham jack dennett wellknown cfr b newscaster and betweenperiod n h l commentator will officiate at the opening of markham fair oct 1 at two oclock spitfire takes salute uxbridge canadas only operational spitfire a 2seater mark ix will take to the skies over toronto sunday as part of special ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the battle of britain at the controls will be jan falkowski of uxbridge a top fighter pilot during world war ii and now a chief instructor at the torontomarkham airport dicksons hill pilot falkowski will put the plane through a victory roll following the laying of wreaths in front of the cenotaph at city hall his anticipated arrival time is 150 pm the ceremony is all partof a busy weekend for mr falkowski on saturday he will participate in an air show at dicksons hill beginning at two oclock york bil 300000 stouffville within the next eleven weeks the town of whitchurchstouffville must turn over 300000 to the region of york during the same period the town of markham will be required to raise 1600000 these figures were contained in a bylaw passed recently by regional council with the budget for the region now accepted the levy among the nine municipalities was ap portioned no appeals are anticipated the first half of the allocation must be paid by oct 31 and the balance by nov30 with the completion of this hurdle mayor ken laushway said a mill rate for the town would be announced soon j approve deer hunt uxbridge twp a deer hunt for uxbridge township this fall has won approval from council with no strings at tached at a meeting sept 7 mem bers withdrew an earlier resolution restricting the hunt to residents onlv merchants fedup unionville the but- tonville detachment of york regional police plan a stepped up system of surveillance to rid the unionville plaza of gangs of arrogant youths that continually congregate there the merchants are fed up said a police spokesman in conversation with the tribune and so are the tenants to date ten have been arrested with more charges to follow if the campaign of public harassment continues the of ficer said the young people range in age from 11 to 19 years police explained it was not unusual to find up to forty youths seated on the sidewalk and lounging against customers cars the majority live in the unionville area but some come from markham the officer said the language used by many of the boys has been described as vulgar the consumption of alcohol both in cars and in the open is prevalent bottles are then left in the parking area or smashed against the cement several fires have been purposely set in garbage con tainers and brigade calls to the plaza are frequent theyve all been warned the officer said but theyre defiant inspector joseph rainey head of the buttonville police division has authorized his men to forcibly remove all un desirables on sight vandals damage park cemetery stouffville vandalism in two separated communities on the same night has aroused the concern and indignation of residents the first occurred sunday in stouffville where youths about three in number went on a half- hour rampage through the playground area of the memorial park the second was at green river where the brunswick cemetery site was desecrated and tombstones destroyed police said the two incidents could be related in stouffville limbs were torn from trees a walkway bridge picnic tables and play equip ment overturned the ground was littered with beer bottles at green river grave markers were toppled and some over 100 years old broken beyond repair only nine out of thirtyfive were left standing a portion of one stone was placed in the centre of the highway road employees and church members visiting the site monday morning could hardly believe their eyes the grounds are maintained by the baptist congregation ballantrae school enrollment up 111 ballantrae the closing of two rural schools at vivian and shrubmount plus the completion of many new homes in the area has boosted enrollmert at ballantrae by 111 students principal harry hunt reports an attendance figure of 387 compared to 276 in june four portables have been moved to the site to handle the overflow several new teachers have joined the staff including mrs caroiine powell formerly of ringwood mr peter mcgowan lloyd school mrs carol boynton vivian school and mr brian cockburn from shrubmount school miss irene mccordick a master teacher and librarian is also teaching at ballantrae this fall york county board of education has discussed plans for an addition to the ballantrae building to include a gym nasium and library smile matches style the style and the smile bobbie vanstone church street stouffville displayed both during her platform promenade in the trade fair fashion show sept 9 and 10 the event was sponsored by pauls dry goods main street jas thomas stouffville machine and tool were on upswing says manager stouffville we bot tomed out now were on the upswing this statement was made by derek chadwick manager of stouffville machine and tool six months ago the company had to reduce its work force to 15 now its twice that and moving upwards i cant explain it said mr chadwick were now having trouble finding skilled workers men who know the job and will do an honest days work he speculated that the slump during the past six months might have been due to large companies waiting for the federal budget the recent american surtax of 10 percent on imports has not greatly af fected the company and mr chadwick expects no problems from it he feels the present measures are temporary and gravel truck traffic earns scorn of glendale park operator by mark niblett muss lake stu patrick is a man with pretty forceful opinions and he doesnt like gravel trucks if looks could kill every truck driver who comes past glendale pavilion on the south lake road would drop dead at the wheel look at those tables he said we painted them yesterday blue now theyre white with dust stu the owner of glendale is right in the middle of recent disagreements over gravel trucks which use the road ive had customers come up to me and demand their money back he said they dont want to have a picnic with all that dust and noise i cant blame them he paused while another empty truck thundered past theyve got the bloomington road he said that cost two million bucks a couple of years ago and it was built mainly as a truck bypass whitchurch begged and pleaded for it so they got it but the trucks still come through here he points out that the road was recently resurfaced with loose stone it would have been better he feels to have used a sandontar preparation such as to is he into the his was used on the ninth on the subject of bylaws control truck traffic stu unimpressed they arent in force yet complains the bylaw banning trucks was recently passed by the region but will not come effect until approved by department of transport stu sympathizes with neighbors who have to put up with similar conditions i dont know how they can stand it he says some of them get the dust worse than we do take a look right down there by the bend and youll see two cottages for sale its superficially peaceful by the lake all the summer visitors are gone and no motorboats break the stillness migrating butterflies perch on picnic tables and a bird tries a few desultory notes then from the east theres a sound like distant thunder its repeated after a minute or so louder and closer pretty soon its a constant growling boom a truck bounces around the bend its empty box clanging and sweeps past glendale in a cloud of dust stu patrick stands and glares will lead to something else the plant according to the manager is swamped with orders moreover he expects the trend to continue and hopes to start a night shift before too long eventually said mr chadwick they will be back to about 90 percent of the work force he is confident that the canadian economy generally is on the way up from what ive seen he said canada is moving faster than the united states right now its a nice position to be in he concluded judge baking contest brougham can she bake a cherry pie billy boy attend history in action day at brougham sept 18 and find out a baking contest will be one of many features saturday with prizes awarded for the best in white bread brown bread specialty bread pound cake sugar cookies jam jelly and relish judging will take place sunday events open at 1 pm with a colorful parade from the brougham park to the museum grounds turnip war gravel truck traffic on the south road of mussulmans lake is a source of irritation to many residents in the area town council has passed two bylaws placing limits on load weights and speed from cone 9 to hwy 48 transport approval is still required from the dept of jas thomas cedar grove peace and quiet on the 10th concession of markham was interrupted near midnight last week when a group of overlyenergetic teens about six in number staged a war a turnip war at one point in the encounter the noise of battle became so clamorous nearby residents were awakened out of uieir sleep the sound of turnips bouncing off combatants cars was described by one eye witness as like cannons markham police made six arrests