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christmas pantomime latcham hall dec 22 and 23 wrthunt watchnight service heise hill church sunday dec 31 markham uxbridge whitchurchstouffville thursday december 21 1972 york police radio system is inadequate york region the com munications equipment acquired by york regional police when the force was created in january 1971 is inadequate the decision was outlined in a letter presented to york regional council by the york regional board of com missioners of police dec 14 the equipment was obtained from the former municipalities of the county of york and combined to develop a radio communications system to be used by the entire york regional police force but according to the letter it has broken down on 10 oc casions councillor ray twinney defended the new installation just this week mr chairman our system was out of operation for eight hours and with a region of this size we cannot afford this kind of problem the system accepted by the board will cost an estimated 296499 council accepted the boards request to apply for a grant for the total estimated cost from the province of ontario motorist beaten robbed york region a scarboro man was severely beaten and later robbed of 250 after at tempting to play the role of the good samaritan and give five people a ride home police said john wesley waugh picked up five persons then noticed a car following close behind when he stopped two men approached the vehicle opened the door and pulled him out after striking the driver repeatedly they forced him to reveal where he kept his money the five passengers then joined up with the two ac complices and left wanted for questioning in connection with the incident is one man from stouffville and another from markham make own news markham doren news limited of markham has been making as much news as it dispenses on dec 7 the firm along with an employee dora victoria welch of toronto were jointly charged with possession of obscene literature for the purpose of distribution a police search of the premises recently has resulted in the arrest of still another staff member roger robert goudreau 39 of lakeshore boulevard the charges are the same town to pay councillors pension markham markham town councillors will receive a pen sion through the ontario municipal employees retirement system and the corporation of the town of markham will pay for it council voted on the pension issue dec 19 after they rejected a contributory plan whereby councillors would pay 50 percent and the corporation pay 50 percent but with the accepted plan the corporation pays the full 100 percent prior to the voting councillor roy muldrew said all were doing is benefitting five coun cillors who are not coming back in the new year the plan will be retroactive jivinier wmiilerlawul of eights airport site cedarwood a municipality almost like magic the approach of christmas transforms town of markham subdivision areas into a lighted fairy land the majority of homes are dressed up for the holiday oc casion including the residence of mr and mrs jim henry 3 sherwood forest drive jim thomas l all aglow this christmas is the lovely home of mr and mrs joseph e toby 33 christman court markham many families set aside one evening this time of year to tour the streets and see the sights jim thomas j budget 46 million for cedarwood land pickering a forty six million dollar budget was ap proved by the ontario legislature dec 13 for land purchase to develop the provinces cedarwood com munity south of the proposed pickering airport it is reported that about 75 percent of the total cost will be covered by the federal govern ment even though its plans for the airport site are in doubt claude bennett minister without portfolio in charge of the development indicated that initial housing projects would be started by 1977 the site is ex pected to accommodate up to appointment markham fred white former chief of police in the town of markham and later assigned to the safety in struction division region of york has been appointed a justice of the peace with court headquarters in the old city hall toronto mr white assumed his new duties dec 6 handling cases under the highway traffic act and the liquor control act for both toronto and york region the fulltime position includes both day and night court schedules he commutes daily from his home via the cn dayliner 200000 people a further 79 million will be spent on land acquisition if the airport plan is shelved mr bennett affirms the com munity development will con tinue however it would mean a delay of 15 years in reaching the maximum population already 3500 acres have been acquired for over 20 million donald deacon liberal member york centre stated that the community should have been developed as far east of metro as cobourg where land prices had not been subjected to the speculation that had oc curred near toronto he quoted the town planning institutes belief that the project would contravene every sound basic principle of good planning a year gone by community centre not complete lemonville it was back in december of 1971 that the former lemonville public school was acquired by the town of whitchurch stouff ville for the sum of 19000 following a campaign that raised 4000 art latcham of stouffville donated the entire amount required leaving the committee free to repair and remodel the interior the original plan was to utilize the property for a community centre that was one year ago on dec 14 george hirsch r r 4 stouffville told a meeting of the whitchurch stouffville recreation committee that after all this time the contract had not been completed and in fact the building was being used very little by anyone the 16 year old grade 11 student attended the meeting only out of interest but was drawn into the discussion by members who wished some up to date information on how the color tour markham the good neighbors club of markham were treated to a color tour of town tuesday courtesy members of markham kiwanis the trip that took over an hour included the beautifully lighted subdivision areas as well as main street refresh ments were served at the con clusion the iour sponsored annually by the kiwanis is much ap preciated by the communitys senior citizens project was coming along mr hirsch said the contractor seemed to be working on the job on a hit and miss basis he said initially the project was expected to take only a few weeks but had since extended into months the speaker stressed the need for a centre to serve as a focal point for community activities as it is now most people dont know we exist he said councillor june button noted that while the problem was not trie concern of the recreation committee she would contact councillor merlyn baker a second town appointee on the board to try and speed up completion of the contract committee chairman ed grimshaw commended mr hirsch on his interest and presentation markham the proposed pickering airport site and community lands to the south cedarwood will form one of the 9 new municipalities to be established by the provincial government through its proposal to regionalize a 1168 square mile area east of markham the airport property ac cording to the proposal is being incorporated into one unit to avoid any jurisdictional problems and the established airport boundaries defining the new municipality push the towns adjacent border back to their western limits the proposal for regionalization which was unveiled by ontario treasurer charles s macnaughton and his parliamentary assistant donald r irvine predicts heavy growth pressures for the community area within the airport municipality it refers to this section as a unique development which the government is assessing in relation to its administrative structure while the town of markham has lost part of its eastern definition to the new municipality the region of york will be expanded through the addition of scott township to east gwillimbury as one unit it is also proposed that the communities of brock thorah beaverton and cannington amalgamate to create an area municipality that the extreme corners of uxbridge twp south west and pickering twp north west be annexed into whitchurch stouffville and york region east gwillimbury and scott would establish a community of 11500 persons and there would be no change in representation on regional council the amalgamation of the other four would encompass 7227 persons and the head of council would become the regional representative region plan greeted by hoots and jeers ont cty there were hoots and jeers at the conclusion of a presentation by ontario treasurer charles s mac naughton of the governments proposal to regionalize an area bounded on the south by lake ontario including lake scugog and reach twp in its northern boundaries and stretching from metro toronto eastward past coburg an audience of administrative representatives from areas affected jammed eastdale collegiate oshawa dec 18 and many present were obviously upset by the proposed restructuring of municipalities mr macnaughton assured the audience full opportunity would be given to consider the recommendations written submissions from interested parties would be accepted until the last day of february 1973 markham opposed to land f markham mayor tony roman contacted after the release of provincial proposals for the regionalization of a large land tract east of markham commented emphatically on the information that 20 percent of the towns acreage would be annexed in order to incorporate the airport and cedarwood community sites into one of 9 municipalities proposed for the new region though conceding that the airport area should be unified under one administration the mayor stated that he had hoped it would come under york region he indicated that a formal brief setting out full objections to the proposed land and economic bite to be exacted on the town would be presented to ontario treasurer charles s macnaughton as soon as possible threatened markham while com pleting night caretaking duties on the premises of chesebrough- ponds canada ltd around 5 am dec 15 ronald thompson was confronted by two men one of them holding a rifle the intruder held the gun on mr thompson momentarily then both fled out a side door a check of the building found nothing missing the identity of the suspects is believed known to police and his parliamentary secretary and staff would meet with all municipalities to discuss their concerns his comment that the ministry would look forward to response and constructive criticism was greeted with shouts of youll get them dont worry and rose to a crescendo of derision when he referred to the proposed setup as a dynamic new municipal system that will provide you with the kind of local govern ment you need to chart your future although losing his cool momentarily to chide the audience he finalized his speech by wishing everyone merry christmas the meeting terminated amid a mixture of catcalls and ap plause as the minister and his assistant quickly left the stage a novel gift idea markham for the last minute shopper john lunau curator of the markham museum has the solution the gift idea is a book entitled fun was where we made it by fred w dixon one time resident of north markham mount joy and now of guelph mr dixon a native of unionville moved to markham following the death of his parents he lived with his grand parents aretus and judith urmy and his aunt and uncle albert and lavinia urmy he later was a teacher on the staff of markham high school fred dixon tells of life in mount joy as he knew it as a boy the 90 pages make humorous and interesting reading john lunau markhams respected historian sums up the contents as follows you are sure to have many laughs from the escapades of youngsters as they are portrayed bet ween these covers and you wil be fascinated and intrigued as you find yourself recalling thousands of memories you had forgotten it will bring back many reflec tions on your own childhood the markham museum is open dec 21 today dec 22 and 23 from l to 5 pm