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thursday december 2 1971 the tribune page s unionville bypass road for unionville closer to reality unionville get its longawaited present indications bypass are that uniuuville will the question of unionville fire hall j a central dispatching office building a road to carry traffic around the downtown section of kennedy road has been a major issue in the past it came up again at a meeting of markham council nov 23 council members were considering various streets throughout the town and a motion was made to exempt from discussion kennedy road from no 7 higli- wav to 16th avenue as f unionville the jire hall in unionville js not a very im pressive building js its just a cement- block structure sitting back from kennedy ttoad in the middle of the village the front qf it is taken up by two large garage doors unless you happen to notice signs saying no parking fire exit you might never figure out its afunctional purpose but things happen iaround there inside there are usually three itrucks two pumpers iand a tanker a force of 4 fulltime and 22 volunteer fire fighters man the hall all are local residents the jjplunteers are sum- frjioned by a siren on the roof of crosby memorial arena there is no union- jville fire department iany more it vanished iyears ago and the istation is now merely idistrict 2 of the jmarkham fire department markham s chief myrl smith is thoroughly familiar with the unionville station he joined the unionville fire department in 1948 and became chief 9 later the for mer township took over responsibility for firefighting in 1964 there havent been really disastrous fires in unionville itself said chief smith local units have helped out with some big blazes though j notably the thornhill fire of 1947 anymore recently the stouffville fire the men are kept jbusy with training exercises and a fire- jprevention program is conducted in the schools and with such groups as the girl guides there have been some recent changes around the hall a large radio mast was installed a few days sgt donald dukes buttonville home for eighteen years the town intends to construct a bypass this was later altered to read the town intends that a proposed bypass shall be constructed markhams ass istant planning director mr powell said his department had received a letter from a local resident enquiring about this he admitted that a study has been done on the unionville situation but said no presentation has yet been made to council at this time we have nothing for public consumption he said on the outside the firehall in the centre of unionville appears quiet almost abandoned but inside the equip ment including this fancy new rig is very modern and when the siren sounds action is instantaneous the fire chief is meryl smith mark niblett ago and this station will become the central dispatching post for all three markham stations direct alarms from a few places such as union villa are hooked into the station such alarms will be increased shortly you can save 2 or 3 minutes easily ex plained chief smith plans are also un derway for the unionville hall to handle all after hours emergency calls such as hydro or water breaks there may someday be a new hall but chief smith estimates this is 6 or 7 years away an aerial ladder is another future project meryl smith can remember the old department at one time trucks were housed in a garage next to his house on the east side of ken nedy road for years i used to ring the bell myself whenever a call came in he said the future will not pass unionville by as far as the fire hall goes there has been some kind of fire- fighting unit in the village since at least 1923 and there will be some there for many years to come a strategic position favors unionville placed as it is in just about the exact centre of the township of markham the station is a friendly place in unionville when one of the trucks is sitting outside residents stop and chat with the firemen like the post office or the arena the fire hall is a sort of mini community centre it is impossible to imagine the village snowblower attachment valued up to 3309 when you buy a wheel horse tractor for a limited time you can buy a husky all year all purpose wheel horse tractor 8 10 12 or 14 hp and you get a free snow- blower attachment clear driveways in minutes directional chute rotates 200 degrees save money on this special offer now sea your participating wheel horse dealer available on tht following modus gt14 bftoncc 14 ba1des 8 10 13 14 charges 10 12 800 automatic commando 8 distributed by terry industries point e claire quebec markham mower rental cascade service centre main st n hwy48 2942644 plan separate school unionville the construction of a new without such centres but despite the relaxed air and friendliness around the fire hall there is an underlying impression of unyielding ef ficiency you feel that at a moments notice the talk might be cut off the coffee aban doned the- real business begin school in this village will soon be getting underway according to an announcement from the roman catholic separate school board mr f- hodge board superintendent an nounced recently that tenders will be called for building the school to be known as john xxiii the board presently owns a sevenacre site and has authorized ex penditures of more than 450000 for construction highspeed chase unionville a 16 year old unionville youth faces two charges one of criminal negligence and another of possession of a stolen auto following a chase buttonville its twelve miles from the buttonville de tachment of york regional police to the police office at vandorf but for patrol sergeant donald dukes the distance between the two points nov 22 probably seemed more like 1200 prior to that date the buttonville station had been his second home for 18 years patrol sgt dukes fills a vacancy at vandorf created through the shift of sgt frank munroe to on hwy 401 roderick jones was arrested by the cobourg detachment ontario provincial police the 1971 model car was reported taken from a lot at unionville motors at the height of the chase speeds reached 100 miles per hour police said vaughan with the closing of the vandorf station planned for early december it is understood that sgt dukes will be assigned to the radio room at newmarket his home is at 21 hawkridge avenue markham sgt dukes 46 joined the former markham township police department june 15 1953 of the five originals he is the last others of that era were the late clarence wideman then the chief harvey ncox april 11951 william h shearn april 1 1951 and george m clayton june 15- 1952 dukie as sgt dukes was known to buttonville personnel served in the merchant navy during world war ii the senior officer in actual years still working within the buttonville division is sgt evan kelley he joined the force nov 15 1955 bfplf beautiful y downtoi hkxm m43js5 markkam tonight ar8004i academy award winner best actress glenda jackson c dh lawrences women w love c plus 2ndbiq 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