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health centre markham a community health centre to operate 24 hours a day 7 days a week may be constructed on part of the york markham hospital site cone 9 and church street markham the project was discussed at a directors meeting of the york markham hospital board may ii it was felt that the clinic could serve as a local centre for minor surgery rather than have patients sent to hospitals in scarboro richmond hill or newmarket where ac commodation is already over taxed a questionnaire will be cir culated throughout the markham unionville stouff- ville arcs to obtain a cross- section of opinion spring festival features the good life fresh air clear water good friends these i things and more were pointed up as benefits to be gained from country living as rural pickering hosted thousands of visitors on the weekend billed as a spring festival the organizers had events and attractions set up in every hamlet this location is the bassett farm cone 8 the midstream wader is 15 year old vicki lindop glengall lane stouff- ville jas thomas cant sell liquor only give it away crushed by farm tractor stouffville in the town of whitchurch stouffville organizations are prohibited from selling liquor but they can give it away peculiarities of provincial law governing the sale and con sumption of alcoholic beverages were strongly criticized at a meeting of the stouffville community centre board may 4 the majority of members could see nothing wrong with the serving of liquor in latcham hall if proper regulations were followed councillor tom lonergan however opposed this stand pointing to other locations in town that could cater to such functions i dont think its necessary to allow liquor to be sold in every public hall he argued on a recorded vote councillor lonergan was supported by mrs fran wylie while ed grimshaw and wilf morley were in favor chairman lloyd jennings cast the deciding vote allowing liquor to be served however the issue didnt end there an application was read from the stouffville players theatrical group requesting the hall in june for a fundraising masquerade ball at which liquor would be served mr morley admitted that only through the sale of liquor could a profit be realized but councillor lonergan was not convinced he advocated a ban on liquor sales regardless of circumstances his stand met with general agreement after members were reminded that liquor cannot be sold anywhere in whitchurch stouffville except at provincial stores to avoid legal provisions surrounding the factor of a dry area it had been the practice at various events to sell tickets on a draw the purchase of a ticket entitled the holder to one free drink there has been some slackness about this lately and police have begun to crack down pentecostal tenants refused park hall stouffville latcham hall built and donated to whitchurch stouffville by arthur latcham will not be rented out to any religious organization for the purpose of regular worship on a continuing basis the resolution approved by the stouffville community centre board may 4 followed a second appeal placed before the members by rev s a grant pastor of the stouffville pen tecostal church at present the congregation holds services in the community centre at altona rev grant said a site for a church had already been pur chased and the use of the hall would serve only as a stopgap until the new sanctuary was built we feel we have a service to offer people and we should be located where the people are he said rev grant was unable to suggest a firm date when work might begin on the building but suggested it would be within two or three years on the question of why the congregation had not acquired the former anglican church property on main street when it was available for 8000 the minister said the site was too small to accommodate future expansion the board while sympathetic to the pastors cause felt it unwise to permit any one group to utilize the hall regularly for such a long period of time bogarttovyn a 42 year old bogarttown farmer remains in serious condition in york county hospital newmarket following an accident on his property sunday afternoon clifford jones was pinned under his overturned tractor for half an hour until released by tow truck operators police and ambulance crews although the cause of the mishap was not immediately determined it is understood the tractor was on a steep hill causing the operator to lose his balance and fall off the machine then toppled back pinning the farmer beneath although critical when ad mitted the farmer is now reported slightly improved residential lots priced at 18000 markham the price of serviced residential lots in the old town of markham has climbed to an alltime high close to 18000 this figure reported to the tribune by a private resident has been pretty well confirmed by james ireton of thos n shea real estate limited mr ireton said that in the past few months an increase of about 2000 on most properties was general in sherwood estates a choice lot was priced at around 15000 by now he said it would be closer to 18000 raw land close to a developed area holds an asking price of about 18000 per acre mr ireton attributes the increase to supply and demand the airport announcement isnt really a factor he said the number of homes is limited sheas stouffville represen tative cec hendricks said a serviced residential lot would sell for perhaps 9000 newer homes are bringing from 28000 to 32000 he concluded reck airport survey tower green river a 110 foot survey tower erected by the engineering firm of marshall macklin and monaghan at a site on sideline 26 between hwy no 7 and cone 7 pickering twp was pulled to the ground and wrecked sunday night the steel structure although privately owned had been leased to the federal govern ment for work in con nection with the proposed international airport project tire marks leading out of the field onto the road indicated a large machine possible a diesel farm tractor was used to snap the structure free from its cement base it cost 2500 to install the tower a company spokesman said damage has been estimated at 5000 the act of vandalism the first major incident reported in the area came as no real surprise to workmen they noted however that police patrols had been stepped up to prevent such occurrences and with considerable success i guess they didnt get around sunday night said the spokesman at least not at the right time the loss is covered by insurance stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday may 18 1972 vol 88 no 51 phone 6402101 28 pages 15 cents town council members split on onus of responsibility for sunday sports decision stouffville by a vote of 52 whitchurch stouffville council has agreed to the preparation of a bylaw that would legalize certain sunday sports within the municipality without putting the question to the electorate the decision to proceed in this fire damage 4000 stouffville a blaze fanned by gusty winds caused an estimated 4000 damage to the residence of robert fockler stouffer street saturday fire chief walter smith said the flames had made con siderable headway when they arrived making it necessary to chop a hole into the attic while the cause is uncertain it is believed a piece of partly burned cardboard was blown from another property onto the roof of the fockler residence manner was included in a motion put forward by mayor ken laushway may 9 it was supported by councillor tom lonergan and passed ill take the responsibility for passing this the mayor said i think this is a responsibility uxbridge not all young people these days are totally preoccupied with drugs and protests thirty students from uxbridge schools will demonstrate this graphically at the beginning of june when they participate in a 240 mile marathon this will take place in conjunction with the opening ceremonies for uxpo the towns centennial celebration a ceremonial torch will be lighted in ottawa june 3 by mp norm cafik and prime minister trudeau the students running in relays will carry the torch to uxbridge it will be presented to mayor ray newton and governor general roland michener to light the towns centennial flame at 2 pm june 5 this will signal the beginning of week long uxpo festivities rock- a bye babies all sixteen of them when 16 little puppies arrive on the scene it takes considerable planning to provide for their needs so it was at the home of mr and mrs kichard gibson mongolia a special upstairs room was turned over to heidi and her family its a first litter for the affectionate st bernard not bad fora start jas thomas council should accept the whole question has been hidden behind a cloak for years mr laushway said many of the sports now going on were done so illegally times are changing he continued people have come to expect sports events on the sabbath he noted that last winter for the first time the arena was open for skating on sundays and no one com plained a 1968 amendment to the lords day act ontario provides that such activities be legalized either through passage of a bylawor by a referendum held in conjunction with elec tions this fall councillor gordon ratcliff stated his position quite plainly put the question to the people a similar stand was taken by councillor merlyn baker we hear more and more about shorter work weeks and more leisure time he said but it has to go into gods day i think his laws are more important than ours councillor june button was just as blunt only in an opposite way if the council can do it the sooner the better she said councillor tom lonergan pointed out that the provincial act bars any activities before 130 pm so sports would not conflict with church services councillor baker said that while he could not support the resolution he would assist in the drafting of the bylaw if that is the wish of council the committee hopes to have the draft ready for the next meeting may 23 at 130 pm mother ol 4 dies in crash ringwood a tragic two- car crash may 10 west of ringwood took the life of a 33 year old stouffville mother of four mrs carole mcconnell manitoba street was killed almost instantly when her westbound auto was in collision with a second vehicle travelling east the other motorist mrs agnes sloan 69 of willowdale was said to be the holder of a learners permit her passenger has not been identified the impact on a slight hill was almost headon the victims two year old son dale was seated in the front seat with his mother his con dition is reported as fair in scarboro centenary hospital the other children include stephen 14 debbie 12 colleen 10 married in 1956 the couple moved to stouffville 13 years surviving also are her parents mr and mrs louis sully toronto and three sisters patricia mrs herb baxter kennebec cathy mrs stanley starink toronto and margie mrs larry bangsund picton