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oldt1mers skate arena saturday n1qht vv choir practice music mania 72 jan 19 vol 88 no 33 phone 6402101 stolitilliwhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgr thursday january 13 1972 12 pages 15 cents station attendant robbed ringwood when 18 year old paul weerdenburg of mt albert left freds service centre thursday night to wait on a gas customer he found himself looking down the barrel of a 22 calibre rifle the motorist described as a man in his early 20s and weighing about 190 pounds demanded all the attendants money he then sped away taking about 100 in cash he did not enter the station located on hwy 48 a halfmile north of ringwood the car used in the holdup was said to be a green and white 19g9 or 1970 dodge coronet the service centre is operated by fred nicely stouffville r r 4 home resale prices soar stouffville there is increasing demand for quality homes in stouffville reports town realtor gerry meharg but a serious shortage of this kind of accommodation is driving prices out of sight mr meharg points out that a marked improvement in the canadian economy is also responsible in part for this trend since jan 1971 house values have gone up by about 1500 mr meharg says he notes that homes originally selling for 27500 in the ponderosa are now bringing up to 31000 he observes that no new subdivisions have been ap proved in stouffville since 1967 there are always certain people who want to live in stouffville he agrees and unless new homes are built the price of resales will continue to increase 5000 gift goodwood the seventy- six year old uxbridge township hall in goodwood will be given a 10000 facelift this year deputyreeve don jackson displayed plans monday of a masonry extension to be added to the east end of the hall and spoke of a project to j modernize the front of the building the addition will have kitchen and washroom facilities and a fireproof vault in the basement area to house town ship records mr jackson said that the septic bed location had already been approved and that the footings would be laid at the first break in the weather he ex pressed his appreciation of the ladies orange benevolent association in promoting in- terest in the new addition and to arthur latcham of stouffville who attended the meeting and offered a 5000 donation through his trust fund n nm road supt stouffville friday evening jan 14 is sandy davis night the council town of whitchurch stouffville will honor mr davis at a reception and banquet in the legion hall beginning at 630 pm ernest davis or sandy as he is known to a wide circle of friends joined the whitchurch twp road department in 1941 he became the municipalitys road superintendent in 1946 guests by invitation will include former township reeves of the past 30 years in addition to morgan baker father of councillor merlyn baker and reeve from 1924 to 1928 winter holiday for markham show horse r l shareeba a t year old pure arab is the pride and joy of seventeen year old mary mclean daughter of dr and mrs af mclean 18th avenue rr2 markham shareeba has won many awards both at local fairs and the canadian arabian breeders association show held annually at the cne raising and training horses is a family affair marys sister margo m is also an avid equestrienne their father is a noted veterinarian jas thomas twp of pickering councillor feels snubbed on appointments pickering twp the theme peace on earth goodwill to men was not a carryover into the inaugural meeting of pickering twp council monday night at least the words peace and goodwill were not part of ward 2 coun cillor jean mcphersons ad dress related to the setting up committees for 197273 she said the selections had been finalized prior to her arrival at a meeting held at the home of the reeve she observed that her name was not included among the chairmen and that the whole thing was a cut and dried affair as the oldest councillor in more ways than one i feel i deserve a little more con sideration she said she described the discussion at the reeves residence as a com plete waste of time what seemed to irritate the councillor most was her omission as chairman of the road committee a position she claims to have held since her first election to council this year however the road and public utilities commission have been amalgamated to form the public works committee h the chairman is councillor don kitchen other committees are headed by councillor ken matheson bylaws councillor donald quick parks and recreation and deputyreeve ashe finance welfare and property reeve john williams shrugged off the mcpherson complaint saying two can play at this game oi viciousness but this is not the year to engage in this frivolity he referred to the discussion- at his home as not a meeting but only a gettogether he said it was understood that councillor mcpherson was not interested in a chairmanship because she wanted to take a trip and visit ten countries reeve williams said the thing that concerned him most was the incomplete and inaccurate information being fed to the ratepayers which he said only tends to tear the municipality apart and tear the council apart cat in attic tenant reluctant to move stouffville a deter mined cat became an uninvited tenant at the rupert avenue residence of mr and mrs graydon card recently and stubbornly refused to leave it was finally captured through the use of a humane society cattrap a small box baited with meat mr card said the family had heard ominous noises above the ceiling and concluded that an animal of some description must have crept into the attic he methodically set out to catch it and did only to have it escape aided by a neighbor the feline was finally chased into an ad joining garage the next catcatching attempt was made by a humane society officer without success as a last resort he baited a trap and coaxed the animal in with a morsel of food mr card was bitten on one hand the cats teeth penetrating a heavy glove he was given a tetanus shot register rifled markham a coolheaded shopper walked out of the dominion store in the markham shopping centre thursday a whole lot richer than when he walked in manager john shaw reported 63396 missing from one of the tills it is believed one in dividual identity unknown waited until the cashiers back was turned for a moment then scooped up the money m i 0 a j notice am iivestockhasbee a sin inspected but lh such livestock i stomfvilu sjlarei q j v vvvvtiryiri rv-r- auction ringmaster in action the busiest spot in stouffville every saturday is the sales barn hwy 17 north of main street the site has become a community market place where buyer and seller meet all under one roof while items of many kinds are bought and sold much of the activity is still centred around the sale of livestock in this regard 6 year old neil woodrow is an active participant hes the ringmaster son of mr and mrs ivan woodrow ashburn the auctioneer is frank bennett kri lnionville jas thomas town of markham job over for planning chief council rules duties terminated dec 31 markham it all started with a rumor a vicious rumor according to markham mayor tony roman the conclusion came monday with the authorized termination of duties for planning director kunio hidaka a council decision approved without comment however prior to this latest move mr hidaka had already submitted his resignation at the same time calling for a public enquiry into all aspects of the matter as well as the ad ministration of his own department back to august 1968 and the municipality at large the action the final item on a 4hour agenda came quickly the motion was made by councillor bob adams seconded by councillor murray henderson and passed there was no discussion and members later brushed aside efforts by the press to garner more inside information on the case according to the motion mr hidakas duties with the town terminated dec 31 1971 he will receive his regular salary and allowances up to march 1 1972 to the present the whole affair remains cloaked in dep- clerk quits markham markham town council plagued by problems within its planning department received still another resignation monday neil brodie deputy- cleik is leaving the buttonville office to ac cept the position of clerk- treasurer in the town of port perry the resignation ac cepted with regret is ef fective jan 21 secrecy it now seems obvious that mr hidaka was issued a resign or else ultimatum he complied but asked for a commission of enquiry up to now his request has been denied but while an enquiry at the local level has not been sanc tioned the town planning in stitute of canada of which mr hidaka is a member has authorized such a hearing continued on page 9 pcs choose sinclair stevens roberts for liberals york simcoe john roberts incumbent mp will once again carry the banner for the yorksimcoe liberals when the country goes to the polls possibly in june the roberts announcement comes hot on the heels of a conservative gathering naming lawyer sinclair stevens as the p c candidate both mr roberts and mr stevens live in king city john roberts won the riding in 1968 beating the late wallace mccutcheon of gormley by nearly 3000 votes sinclair stevens 45 is a former journalist and now a solicitor he has been an active conservative more than 30 years at a press conference at tended by an estimated 400 at the aurora highlands golf club friday mr stevens criticized the federal liberals for its policies on unemployment housing urbanization tran sportation and farm assistance programs a stevens theme song while not expected to hit the top ten even in york- simcoe was blared forth with considerable success by the king city high school band in announcing his candidacy mr roberts said he would like to see campaign expenses by all candidates limited to 20000 maximum he presently has a private members bill on the order paper to this effect in 1968 said mr roberts the liberals spent 16000 and the conservatives 30000 managing the roberts campaign is michael ronan of newmarket this position on behalf of mr stevens is held by ted rowe lake wilcox buscar co llid vandorf three persons were injured including one child when a car and a school bus collided near vandorf jan 5 admitted to york county hospital for treatment of several fractures was dianne arnold 18 of cedar valley also a passenger in her auto nora trudgian of newmarket eight year old debra dol of aurora was the only one of 25 students to require medical care the bus driver was gordon pryce aurora the arnold vehicle police said was completely wrecked the bus also suffered heavy damage miss arnold was trapped in her car for a brief time until freed by tow truck and ambulance operators transport wrecked stouffville ken patrick of patrick motors ltd stouff ville travelled nearly 2000 miles last week to retrieve the wreckage of a two year old gmc tractortrailer valued new at 60000 the diesel unit owned by wallys produce of leamington and purchased through the patrick firm in 1970 overturned on a highway 30 miles outside miami florida destroying not only the truck but its 20 ton load of tomatoes the driver brian ives of wheatley suffered only a cut finger even though the fibre glass cab of the vehicle was crushed almost beyond recognition only the refrigeration unit and two sets of dual wheels were salvaged from the 40 foot trailer seeks nomination ont riding george ashe popular deputyreeve in the twp of pickering and sworn in for his second term monday is looking to new political horizons this time in the federal field mr ashe will allow his name to stand for nomination on the progressive conservative ticket ontario riding when the meeting is held likely in march the seat is currently held by norm cafik liberal to date no other name other than mr ashe has been men tioned as a possible p c nominee although others could possibly come forward within the next few weeks