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claremont winter carnival feb 45 h rtftune ballantrae snowmobile rodeo feb 6 vol 88 no 36 phone 6402101 stoui ftllivhitchlrchmarkhaiuxbridgi thursday february 3 1972 14 pages 15 cents court clears aaarkham constable of assault charge witnesses testify to alleged deal by lawyer rabies clinic stouffville free rabies vaccination clinics sponsored by the health and animals branch canada dept of agriculture will be held in stouffville markham and thornhill feb 3 today petowners are urged to take advantage of the service in markham the clinic is at the arena from 930 am to 1230 pm in thornhill at the farmers market from 2 pm to 6 pm and in stouffville at the fire hall from 2pm to 730 pm all dogs should be kept on a leash officials urge and cats should be properly restrained medical award stouffville stouffville physician dr donald petrie has been honored through the presentation of the upjohn study award one of six scholarships granted in ontario each year the bursary comes from the college of family physicians of canada ontario division of which dr petrie is a member it affords doctors an opportunity to do postgraduate work in a field of their choice the value of the prize is 500 dr petrie has held a mem bership in the college since entering practice the organization promotes the upgrading of professional qualifications supports research and aims at main taining a high standard among its associates dr petrie a resident on edward street and a staff physician at the stouffville medical centre will use the award to study with a learned doctor in toronto home burns muss lake using a blowtorch to thaw out frozen water pipes has been blamed for a blaze sunday that destroyed the home of mr and mrs larry casimiri and family mitchell drive musselmans lake stouffville firemen responded to the call but the rear section of the structure was already engulfed by flames the fire soon spread into the main section of the house mr and mrs casimiri had occupied the residence for about three years no one was injured the family is now staying with relatives in markham truck car crash lemonville in any match between a compact chevy ii nova and fullsized ford 9000 tractortrailer the transport generally wins the result of such an en counter tuesday resulted in the disappearance of the chevys rear deck but the lions president displays parental pride the senior winner in the i innssponsored oratorical competition is usually accorded the customary handshake by the club president there are exceptions to every rule however here president john ioulds passes up the handshake kiss on he cheek of his charming procedure to plant an affectionate daughter pauline jas thomas driver robert syme r r 4 stouffville although admitted to hospital for treatment suffered only minor injuries the collision occurred at the intersection of cone 7 whit- churchstouffville and the bloomington road the truck owned and driven by j t francis of west hill was carrying a full load of gravel at the time although the trailer was ripped loose and overturned the cab remained upright constable ronald newton york regional police con ducted the investigation horses edge snowmobiles from markham race meet better late stand on own feet york trustees told york region too great a dependency on directives from the dept of education and too little selfmotivation on the part of the local board has been criticized by ross jolliffe chairman for 1972 he addressed the trustees jan 21 following election to the post he succeeds arthur starr gormley rri chairman joluffe challenged the board to deal specifically with programs and philosophy rather than spending lime on what he termed housekeeping matters he praised the leadership provided by board director sam chapman mr jolliffe said there was a tendency on the part of york trustees to blame any short comings on ceilings established by the department rather than being led he recommended the board take the lead in its association with queens park to accomplish this he urged everyone including teachers and staff to display a greater spirit of cooperation and un derstanding a motion supporting the chairmans remarks was carried unanimously markham in this mechanized world horses can hardly compete with snowmobiles when it comes to winter race meets but at markham the nags were the favorites when the issue came up for discussion at the fair boards annual meeting jan 26 two organizations wishing to use the track for snowmobile races were turned down when directors learned the facilities were utilized by the jockeys every weekend all winter long the initial application was received from the markham- unionville lions club suggested race dates were feb 12 19 and 26 the second came from the markham softball association board president gerald mann said a resolution was already on the books outlawing snowmobile activity on the grounds signs to this effect have been erected the president pointed out however that the lions were a respon sible organization contributing much to the good of the com munity for this reason he said the request deserved some consideration he noted too that while horses occupied the barns and used the track they were doing so without a contract they just moved back in after the fair was over he said past president bert paisley said snowmobile race promoters could be having second thoughts now after the meet held jan 23 at the cne he termed it a complete flop director mrs mary wilson said a decision on the matter had already been made she said she could see no reason to change it vicepresident ellis britton said the horses were already accommodated there i dont see how we can put them out just for two or three days of snowmohile racing the meeting agreed that the motion already written into the books should stand simpson or sampson stouffville councillor herb simpson whose extremely high forehead has all the shine of a 500 watt bulb startled members at a town planning committee meeting tuesday when he entered the room wearing a flaming red wig markham the markham agricultural society markham fair had its beginning 117 years ago the date was 1855 at the annual meeting of the board jan 26 bill reid of ash- burn returned a silver trophy to the executive it had been won by john miller sr for his entry in the class best bull of any age engraved on the cup was the year 1873 alan wall agricultural rep resentative york region presented the trophy to bert paisley with the comment it may be a little late but alegations serious judge markham a charge of assault filed by a 25 year old man against a former markham twp police con stable almost one year ago was dismissed tuesday following a 5hour hearing before judge clare morrison in newmarket provincial court peter david scott now ser ving a 2year reformatory sentence said he was shot at by an officer he identified as pc robert mccausland and later in the buttonville station was punched kicked and struck over the head with a nightstick the arrest of scott it was learned occurred jan 5 1970 after constable mccausland entered the property of knob hill farms market hwy 7 and don mills road to investigate a suspected breakin with respect to the alleged beating dr ca bhaba of toronto who examined the complainant two days later said he observed numerous bruises abrasions and swellings on the mans body scotts lawyer phillip spencer toronto said that on two occasions his client had attempted to lay the charge but had been turned down by justice of the peace archie campbell later he said this decision was overruled by the attorney generals department under cross examination scott admitted his motive in laying the charge was to get police to reduce their charge of breaking and entering to one of malicious damage during the course of evidence detective bruce findlay security officer wm mcmullen and constable mccausland testified they heard lawyer anthony bazos of toronto tell the accused at richmond hill court oct 19 1971 that if the officer refused to reduce the charge against scott then the officer himself would be charged with assault i said i wouldnt be a part of that and i reported the con versation to the crown at torney constable mccausland said the officer vehemently denied assaulting scott at any time he earlier admitted shouting a warning to the ac cused and a companion to stop as they ran from the super market and then firing one shot in the air constable ronald reesor said he accompanied the two men to the station following the offense he said he saw no one struck or kicked former markham police chief harvey cox said at no time did scott complain to him of any mistreatment detective bob burbidge who fingerprinted scott said the accused never complained to him nor was there any sign of injury defense counsel david humphrey said in his opinion scott had concocted the story in an attempt to have the charge reduced he argued that the mans injuries were there before his arrest he termed it un fortunate that constable mc causland had been forced to go through such an ordeal he suggested too that it was regrettable that the ad ministration of justice should have ever allowed the case to come to trial special crown attorney jm dillon of london said rather that it was a credit to the ad ministration that the case had been aired in open court in order to prove to the public that nothing was withheld or hidden in acquitting the constable judge morrison observed that certain serious allegations had been made against members of the bar which he said i dont feel i should comment on cnr would close station stouffville an ap plication to close down stouff- villes railway station has been made by the cnr to the federal board of transport commissioners the department has asked for an opinion from town council on the request mayor ken laushway said he had no objection to the closing providing an alternative service was provided for freight- handling and commuter train passengers he also suggested that commuter tickets be sold locally rather than only at the union station toronto ask government aid to retain plant uxbridge the impending shutdown of comcos three plants the largest of which is located in uxbridge has produced appeals to both provincial and federal authorities a group headed by oshawa mpp dr charles mcllveen and including municipal ol- ficials provincial members and united auto workers union leaders met with alan grossman minister of trade and development jan 31 in addition federal members norm cafik ontario and ed broadbent oshawawhitby are attempting to arrange a similar meeting with minister of industry trade and commerce jeanluc pepin this discussion they hope will take place next week the closing of comco will mean a loss of 225 jobs in ux bridge in a laic development the tribune has learned of a recommendation put forward by mr cafik that would amalgamate the three existing plants under one roof with the centralized operation to carry on from the present location in uxbridge hodgsons election account is triple rivals expenses york north it pays to advertise at least it would seem that way when total votes arc compared with expenses in the recent york north election campaign bill hodgson successful conservative candidate retained the riding with a 7513 vote majority over his closest rival bob lewis of the n d p he also spent over three times as much money as candidate ixwis in fact campaign ex penses for both new democrat lewis and george timpson of the liberals combined did not equal the figure expended by mr hodgson the totals for each were released this week by returning officer leslie hagell gormley r r 1 the breakdown follows bill hodgson contributions si6333lfi expenses slfi333lfi hob lewis contributions s401c48 expenses s532033 oeorgc timpson contributions s429400 expenses 564831 if the figures are accurate it would mean that mr hodgsons contributions were sufficient to meet all costs such was not the case for the other two bob iewis had to dip into his own pocket for 130385 while geo timpson used 13543 from personal funds in final ballot tabulations conservative hodgson polled 15556 votes to 8043 for lewis and 6094 for timpson