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markham fair sept 30 oct 123 wht une jr horse show ballantrae oct 3 vol 83 no 18 phone 402101 stouffvillewkitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday september 30 1971 14 pages 15 cents former lemonviile school county board to sell site by auction lemonville the 48 year old tworoom lemonviile public school will not be sold by sealed tender by a vote of 9 to 3 york county board of education agreed monday to dispose of the property by public auction with the sale date set for oct 30 a 75name petition circulated throughout the lemonviile area by local ratepayer henry nauta indicated majority support for a community centre mayor ken laushway speaking on the residents behalf pointed to need of such a centre where organizations could hold their meetings rather than in the church he asked that the sale be delayed until supporters could work out means of financing the pur chase mayor laushway also drew attention to the fact that the building is located on a private road limiting its func tion to institutional use when asked why he favored an auction rather than bids by sealed tender mr laushway said he feared the school could be lost to the community through an offer that was low by just a few hundred dollars board chairman arthur starr agreed that the property should be retained by the community he noted however that there was an outstanding debenture debt of 16000 against the school dating back several years this was assumed by the county when the new system was established mr starr said that in closing the smaller units larger schools had to be built to accommodate these children and these had to be paid for we certainly cant afford to give schools away he said while trustee keith nisbet of aurora recommended the lemonviile sale be postponed to dec 1 he was overruled in stead oct 30 was approved request approval for trailer park at lazy lake uxbridge twp should a summer cottage owner in ux- bridge twp be required to pay- up to 700 in taxes while a trailer resident living in the area for the same period of time pays nothing at all this was the question asked by councillor clark muirhead following the receipt of an ap plication from av bud smith for a trailer park permit at lazy lake four miles north of stouffville mr smith speaking for his son jim said the park could accommodate at least 27 trailers for a period extending from may 24 to thanksgiving day he said the families would not pose a welfare problem and the children would not attend any of the local schools he noted that he required a clearing letter from the municipality to obtain a permit from the ontario department of tourism council members were cautious we cant get carried away with enthusiasm and hang ourselves in later years warned councillor muirhead he said that should some of the residents decide to stay on past the deadline date the township might have trouble forcing them out councillor frank hendy said the may 24 to oct 12 residence period was in his opinion too long councillor darcy higgins questioned whether a camper wiuh employment in metro could in fact be classed as a bona fide tourist mr muirhead said he feared the creation of a trailer city he noted too that the municipality should reap some return for services offered he mentioned a fee of 700 bert hoffman development officer dept of tourism in formed council that if the venture proved unsatisfactory the licence could be cancelled immediately or the renewal of the permit refused members agreed to consider the request accused found blameless cedar grove one criminal charge was withdrawn and a second dismissed when three men appeared in provincial court newmarket to face a preliminary hearing related to the methyl alcohol deaths of two former cedar grove residents last april george davis a sutton real estate salesman and his wife dinah both 47 died within a day of each other after consuming a quantity of the liquid two of the couples children were also hospitalized after they drank a lesser amount crown attorney james crossland withdrew a charge of criminal negligence against horst kurt hennemann 37 of r r 2 sutton keith adams 28 scarboro and gustav hoppe 39 of don mills a second charge of com mitting a common nuisance by unlawfully selling methyl alcohol which caused physical injury was dismissed by judge clare morrison judge morrison agreed to a premier at fair markham premier william davis accompanied by bill hodgson member for york north will be in attendance at markham fair saturday evening oct 2 request by one defense counsel arthur malloney that no evidence from the hearing be published time turned back at mennonite pioneer festival the setting was perfect and the demonstrations authentic at the 15th annual mennonite pioneer festival saturday an estimated 10000 persons attended many in old time dress like pretty 1 year old cathy kerr daughter of mr a mrs desmond kerr tlareniont kr3 in the background is the huge wooden water wheel of koblins mill jas thomas tax reductions acceptable says mayor stouffville the 1971 budget for whitchurch- stouffville giving effect to tax reductions for most residents has been termed acceptable by mayor ken laushway the mayor made this and other general comments at a recent special meeting when the budget was approved he detailed the months of work which had gone into the final draft including a fourmonth delay at the department of municipal affairs each member of council was invited to express an opinion councillor betty vannostrand said she was pleased there would be no drastic increases this year observed councillor tom lonergan im glad you said this year he declined further comment councillor june button ex pressed appreciation to the administrator and his staff for the work done in preparation she too was relieved to see increases kept down her relief was echoed by councillor herb simpson councillor gordon ratcliff was hoi present this should be an acceptable budget for the first year of operation under the region said mayor laushway he went on to review some key provisions of the measure in cluding mill rates separate school supporters will pay more he observed as will commercial properties of the total budget figure of 18 million said the mayor about 985000 goes to the costs of education and some 316000 to the regional government money to be raised in whit- churchstouffville would not pay even 50 percent of the cost of services provided he said actual expenses to operate the town will amount to over 4 million commented the mayor much of it will come in the form of grants he speculated that- these grants would probably continue and increase in future on the matter- of depart mental approval which must be obtained to finalize the budget mayor laushway was hopeful matters would be resolved in time to issue tax bills payable nov 15 he admitted that further delay and some changes were possible but thought them unlikely after council adjourned the mayor stated that no services had been cut and many had been increased the town has assumed extra expense with roads he said and pointed to a figure of 20000 budgeted for overexpenditures in snow removal last year also included in the budget are some non repeating costs such as renovation of the municipal building cemetery damage 10000 green river damage to gravestones within the brun swick cemetery at green river has been estimated at 10000 a spokesman for stouffville monument works told the tribune this week the burial ground main tained by green river baptist church was desecrated by vandals sometime during the early hours of sept 13 only one of the newer stones was left standing and many of the older ones were broken gordon tarr and reg tom- pkinson of the monument firm in stouffville assisted in the restoration of the markers cemetery board member austin pearse used his tractor and frontend loader to lift the majority of stones back into place town council survey site of new whitchurch stouffville community hall work has already been started on a new community hall in the stouffville memorial park the donor is arthur latcham fifth from left surveying the site are members of town council left to right merlyn baker herb simpson mayor ken laushway june button hetty vannostrand tom lonergan gordon ratcliff and contractor bob bruce the brick structure measuring 90 by jo w ill accommodate 270 people uith a stage washroom and kitchen facilities jas thomas home hit by dynamite ballantrae three separate dynamite blasts triggered by a timing device caused an estimated 50000 damage to the country estate home of carl rahey faulkner avenue west of cone 7 whit- churchstouffville the blasts described by neighbors as like cannon shots tore apart the groundlevel area the damage was discovered by a lady censustaker late friday afternoon she called police mr rahey said he was in the process of purchasing the property owned originally by william kirby a promoter with the chinchilla guild of canada he and his wife are now believed to be living in spain a creditors list shows claims against the firm totalling nearly 300000 mr rahey said he had received several telephone calls from people trying to locate mr kirby it appears he had problems that i was not aware of he said spending spree on 8200 phoney cheque stouffville a 61-year- old brown hill man convicted of forgery and uttering involving a cheque for almost 8200 was given a suspended sentence and oneyears probation in newmarket court on tuesday joseph stanley hall deposited the cheque in the bank of nova scotia stouffville on april 16 police said the cheque was from the supreme court of ontario and made out to a donald hall of r r 3 uxbridge york regional police sgt don hillock said that hall made withdrawals on the phoney cheque bought several tractors and took a trip to vancouver hall testified that he was rolled for about 5000 while on his way to the west coast none of the money was recovered road supt at dead end goodwood regardless of direction uxbridge twp road superintendent ross pew ran into a dead end he attended a meeting of council sept 22 the department head ad vocated the purchase of a michigan loader at a net price of 22000 council favored a trojan machine at 17822 he recommended the removal of trees on the 6th concession to facilitate safer operation of school buses on the road council suggested that all such trees be tagged and ad jacent owners be consulted he recommended the pur chase of a 52 acre gravel site for future township use the proposal was termed ludicrous by councillor clark muirhead with that road superin tendent pew walked out saying i wanted to bring up about buying a truck before the snow flies but theres no use tonight youre on a tangent hit on head by golf ball stouffville a one in a million chance accident oc curred on the 7th fairway of sleepy hollow golf course sunday when 20 year old bill oneill of stouffville was hit on the head by a ball at close range in spite of the impacts severity the young man remained conscious he was rushed to hospital for treatment and later released his playing companion at the time was nigel dunn rupert avenue bill is the son of mr and mrs douglas oneill fairview avenue