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rumne vol 66 no 49 the tribune stouffville thursday april 26 1956 twelve page3 proposed zoning plan of village creates little contention with public little critical opposition was 5 raised to the proposed master in plan for the village of stouff est6m jaflq ville when it was presented at wolf cub family pet at claremont a public meeting in the legion hal on monday evening of this week the meeting was called to order by reeve elmer daniels and turned over to chairman henry ogden of the local planning board reeve daniels gave a brief resume of the work leading up to the plan and trie need for such a plan mr ogden spoke of the work of the planning board in the plans preparation and the j j tenders for the cooperation of the metro plan- gravel road chairman wagg ning boaid stated that he expected a thou- mr cumming of the metro sanl tons w do he j gravel gets local gravel contract wesetern sand gravel were the successful bidders when tenders were opened on thurs day evening by stouf fville muni cipal council for the annual supply of road gravel the price is 75c a yard delivered four planning board of which the year theexact amount requir- local board is a subsidiary was c1 wi not he known until some introduced by mr ogden and decision is giver bv the munici- he outlined to the ratepayers pa board in may as to whether the various aspects of the plan 01 not h town may proceed which was portrayed in colour with t balance of the sewer for all to see mr cumming syst if the go ahead is given stated that it was the boards manv 0 the streets will be i belief that stouffvilles popula- tornup and less gravel required dog dogs running loose are still posing a problem for town council reeve daniels stated that he didnt think there should be any relaxing by police on the matter summonses are to be issued to known owners if their canines are found to be habit- tion would rise to about 7500 by 1980 he said that the village should show caution about tak ing in additional territory for residential purposes and cited the fact that there were some ninety lots in registered plans not presently built on chief area of contention on the plan was that portion of ua offenders the timbers subdivision lying roads ami walks in the centre of this plan and a ma is expected in immediately facing the high- town sometime this week to way the plan zoned this area rafio the town stre and to as industrial while it was scarify where necessary a sur- stated that originally this block vey is to be made immediately had been confirmed by council j town walks preparatory to as for either commercial or contracting for the laying of light industrial i some new cern this year no representatives of the york- sidewalk work was done in 1955 ton construction co who have and there is considerable work already erected homes in the ahead subdivision stated under ques- assessment tioning by mr cumming that a motion advanced by coun- they were considering the erec- c harry walters was pass- tion of a light commercial sec- 1 e by council and provided for hon in this area meeting with the county as- dr h b freel questioned the se this thursday evening board concerning possible en- 1 to discuss measured assessment croachment of the creek on 1 main et lust west of the snow- the annual stouffville dis- ball barhershorvbyllling im tricchfgh school may queen clerk garfield brown suggested prom wi be heid on friday that restrictions could be ap- evening may 4th the dress is phed regulating the distance of sem the public is buildings from this water cordially invited to attend the course mr m e watts also 1956 may yueen win be one o speaking on this question sug- the following finalists barbara gested that trees might be pre- hewlett anna cole pat white served along the banks of the pat skinncr and marilyn hood stream mr cumming pointed out that i there was nothing binding in stores will be open in town the plan that it was only the i ncxt tuesday evening may 1st proposed plan as prepared by j according to an announcement the local board and could be bv the iocai business men amended in any way if suf fi- t cient ratepayers showed desire areas laid out were too small for any particular change i not all were easily accessible mr geo allison local real or available mr ogden pointed estate questioned the matter j out that some of the areas laid of sufficient industrial land out for industry could be en- he believed that most of the largcd if required plan to build 2000 homes at bond lake a 2000 home subdivision is with the township planning being planned for the area sur- j board very soon to discuss their rounding bond lake in whit- plans three year old allan ark- court while returning home sey left and brother murray from toronto recently he eight sons of mr and mrs douglas arksey claremont proudly display their new found pet a wolf cub mr arksey saw the cub on the side of the road near agin- picked it up and took it to the veterinarian at agincourt where its true identity was dis covered since that time the pet has become a very import ant member of the arksay household its diet consists of milk and raw meat it is be lieved that the mother wolf was carrying her offspring near the road when she be came frightened and dropped the cub the young wolf would have died in a short time from cither starvation or exposure councillors consider remuneration a briefdiscusstori on remun eration for their services con cluded the regular meeting of stouffville municipal council on thursday evening the subject has been broached at several meetings but no action taken reeve daniels told council members that he was prepared to receive a resolution on the matter council members in cluding the reeve and deputy are presently receiving 150 flat rate for their services several members expressed the view that a meeting rate should be paid as is the case in a great many municipalities it was stated that a change made last week in council pay in aurora will give the mayor 1000 and all other members of council each s500 council is presently holding twentyfour regular meetings in the year with an additional dozen to fif teen special meetings whitchurch a essgns up church township the economy construction company has ta ken an option on 600 acres of land owned by mr r c gam ble dr e c faludi of town planning consultants ltd will draw up the plans the spring for many years bond lake lias been a favorite picnic spot for both toronto and district residents the lake takes in some 50 acres of area on the east side of yonge street south of oak ridges the development births barkey mr and mrs clif- assessor and building inspec tor fred cummings presented his resignation to whitchurch twp council on thursday eve ning and the move created a council crisis which still re mained usettled as we go to press mr cummings presented his resignation without comment and deputyreeve richardson pressed his contention that council should meet the assessor this week to discuss the situa tion before taking any definite action either to refuse the res ignation or seek a new em ployee considerable argument erisued concerning this propos ed meeting but it was finally agreed upon reeve legge charged that there had been noncooperation on the part of the assessor deputyreeve richardson and councillor wallwork expressed the view that whatever the dis satisfaction concerning the offi cial it should be brought out in the open and settled once and for all these members ford barkey announce the ferred to the fact that litis was feci lake is expected to provide includes lots 62 63 and 61 at water for the development and the present time children in a selfcontained water system the district attend both oak will be installed to service the bidges and ss no 13 public homes the company will meet r schools birth of their daughter april 16 1956 at the brierbush hos pital brown mr and mrs garfield brown happily announce the birth of their daughter april 23 1956 at the brierbush hospital bruce mi and mrs robert claremont soccer team opens schedule may 5th the claremont leglonaires entry in the ontario county soccer league will open their schedule at home on saturday evening may 5th they will entertain oshawa kickers in the opening contest there are nine teams in the group includ ing five teams from oshawa and one club from peterboro johnsmanville ajax and clare mont the soccer league has been completely reorganized this season the local group is now affiliated with the ontario foot- hall association the new president ismr godfrey sweet succeeding mr james macdon- aid the newv secretary is mr walter mcrae replacing mr t v kelly the vicepresident is mr charles briggs oshawa polonia and oshawa hungaria have dropped out of the group peterboro and two additional oshawa teams are new entrants oshawa duplate whitchurch tp council feels oldage pension subsidy is unfair i not the first time mr cummings had presented his resignation the clerk was authorized to seek legal advice concerning the resignation of an assessor in the middle of a term consequently a meeting was held on monday night of this j has changed its name to week but resulted only in fur- j thistle one of the big prob- bruce rri unionville are ther argument and failed to lems especially in oshawa has happy to announce the birth reach any conclusion in the mat- been obtaining parks where of their son april 11 1956 at tor a second special meeting is soccer does not clash with other the brierbush hospital i slated for this friday night sport graham mr and mrs don gi aham markham happily i announce the birth of their i son kevin richard april 23 j 1936 at the brierbush hospl tal mcdowell mr and mrs harold mcdowell r r 1 i unionville wish to announce the birth of their daughter carolyn marie on thursday april 19 1936 at the scar borough general hospital a sister for elizabeth and doro- 1 the historical committee of officials in markham town ny the rouge conservation au local conservation authority to help i preserve historic sites whitchurch township coun- our tax rate said reeve legge cil viewed with displeasure the constable mulholland said that provincial request for the mun- the city of toronto had agreed iripality to pay 10 percent of a to the request 20 a month subsidy for all the proportion from the moorlmr and mrs george hority headed bv mr simeon oldage pensioners within the province and the township is j 0l nhi f h v rcesor has made a number of township in a letter from the unreasonable commented coun- announce the hum of their recommendations to the au- departmcm it was stated that cillor wallwork fjh bna edward april 22 thoriu towards preserving and they would pay s12 per person both the federal and pro- at tnc bne hospi- marking the historical sites of fweeu the two municipalities ship and scarborough should be asked to retain as many trees as possible when widening and improving the rightofway be- both the federal and per month and the municipality vincial governments are just if agreeable would pay ss passing the buck stated dep- constable dick mulholland stat- reeve richardson cd that there were approximate- constable mulholland said i 200 residents in the township tlyit there were many oldage who could qualify for the sub- pensioners at wilcox lake who sidy several have already had moved out from toronto made application said mr because the rents there were mulholland to high he said he knew of j i believe thit the present one couple who were receiving j amount paid to oldage pension- s00o per month and were pay- j ers is too low stated council- ing 5 of this amount out in jor cliff wallwork but we are rent mrapirg the bottom of the bar- such a request would amount i re now for taxes so a terrific figure irf markham such a request would amount and vaughan townships to over 3000 another null on reeve legge tal white white mr and mrs peter claremont wish to this area the committee has asked the authority to have suitable signs t1 mss erected marking certain build- ob at jriks nml 5jtes ol historic signifi cance in the watershed the aio recommend teps be taken to acquire announce braces mill erected in 1858 the birth of their darter discussion was given to fl i tl 1ir preserving of grace church in some other source looo a sister for eddie j markham the structure was the members of the histori- erected in 1s3s now the onr cal committee are sirreon ree- gation is planning a new build- son w h vvcstney russell t many boys grow ing and is strongly in favour of wideman mrs j armstrong said according to a judge no h preserving the building as a his- miss blodwin davics and john theyre hornsraised koric site jluaau daughter april 20 the brierbush hospital r commit don wilson nee nellie betz providence bay recognition was given miss blodwin davie a member of the committee and a resolution was passed through which the authority expressed interest in the historical research work be- frig carried out by miss davies and offered cooperation in her efforts to get a grant from the rickell foundation or from public school board preparing to buy site for new school the stouffville public school east of the 9th con consider- board is preparing to purchase ation is also being given to a site for a second public land south of main street school in stouffville sky-rocket- phe question of availability ing real estate prices and the 0 services and streets were recommendation of the inspec- considered as well as price in i tor have led the board to the t three years since the new decision that they must act now high school was built land i in order to prepare for a second prices have shot up seventyfive school to be erected in the near percent in some cases future members of the board waited on the municipal council on thursday evening to discuss the advisability of certain sites the new school when built will be in the westend of town in order to serve the most rapidly j expanding area of town there is presently a potential west of the 9th con of a hun dred and thirtyfive homes suf- ficient to fill the new school the area required is five to six j acres sufficient land must be i purchased the board feels to i assure an area for expansion without necessitating the de- molishing or expropriation of any nearby homes or buildings the area most favoured by board members for the school is the northwest corner of town council is giving considera- 1 tion to the proposal taxwise since the full load of such an j expenditure rests on the local public school section and no grant is provided by the govern- 1 ment proposed annexation of cer- tain lands lying north of the present north corporation limit was also discussed no word has been received from whit- church township council as to their feelings on the matter of a 200acre annexation rather than only thirty acres as orig- 1 inally asked council members expressed verying opinions on suggested sites and the school board re tired to further discuss the move mrs a burgin institute president for 195657 the annual business meeting i auditors mrs t hooper of the stouffville wi was held i mrs g middleton in christ church parish hall i standing committees last thursday the past year has been an active one as shown j by the excellent reports of the standing committees the trea surers report also showed that the branch is financially sound the highlight of the year was the 50th anniversary of the branch when 160 guests were entertained two members as- sistthe public- healttr nurs each month with the child health clinic christmas boxes were sent to the shutins and flowers fruit and cards to the sick during the year mrs h walsh conducted the installa tion of the new officers for 195657 hon treas mrs g t lee president mrs a burgin 1st vice pres mrs w smith 2nd vice pres mrs symes dist director mrs w sander son directors mrs j hoover miss b winn mrs b lick erish mrs s arnold flowers mrs a farthing pianist mrs j ridout i home economics health mrs burk citizenship education mrs h shuttleworth historical researcli and cur rent events mrs t baxter agriculture canadian indus tries mrs r lamoreaux community activities and pub lic relations mrs l pow ell press mrs w sanderson markham tp opens headford dump two weekends headford dump on the 3rd concession of markham town ship will he open for public use on the weekend of may 4 and 5 also may 11 and 12 this move was agreed at the last meeting of township council the township engineer was authorized to call for tenders for the bayview bridge at proc- easter seal campaign over the top stouffvilles easter seal campaign for crippled chil dren has gone over the top the announcement was made by harold spofford chairman of the lions club committee in charge on monday evening the 1956 campaign has reach ed a total or 102700 largest amount ever subscribed local ly for this worthy cause the objective set earlier was a thousand dollars mr spofford was quick to point out in his announcement that contributions are still coining in and aro still acceptable lee sand gravel ltd gets contract lee sand and gravel limited were the successful tenders for the whitchurch township gra vel contract five tenders were received for the job a total of 20000 yards will be delivered at a price of 90c per ton road superintendent ernest davis stated that all roads in the municipality were passable although there were some mud dy sections that hadnt dried out as yet council discussed at some length the question of dust conttrol on the bloomington sideroad during the summer months road supr davis said that calcium was not very satis factory on this heavily travell ed road especially if the weather was dry as was the case last year two letters of apprecia tion were received from town ship residents thanking the road department for their ef ficient work during the winter tor ave bids to be subject to the approval of trie dept of highways council in their dis cussion revealed that it would be necessary to debenture for this contract messrs kennedy dewsbury armstrong and reesor appeared before council concerning the possible closing of a bypifts road adjacent to no 7 highway at locust hill a d bruce was markham pioneer and phone co pres over 50 years funeral services were held from melville united church on mnn 8 p awa in ho brucc s eatest listnctton saturday for alexander bruce same house in which he was came as president of the bethes- for over half a century presi- born and lived all his life his t stouffville telephone co dent of the bothesda stouff- parents had settled there after jj bruce was in his 52nd ville telephone co and a mark- coming from scotland in 1812 year as president of the corn- ham township pioneer inter- deceased has followed the pany and his 53rd as a director ment was made in the melville millers trade all his life ami he recently completed a series cemetery the service was con- bruces mill is being considered of articles on the history of the ducted by rev h moddle as- as a special historical site in local telephone company which sisted by rev d davis pall- markham township a faith- ran for some weeks in this bearers were walter scott fill church and sunday school newspaper clifford burkholder harvey vwrkt he was a member of the late alex bruce or san- houck harold carruthers gar- the melville church board and dy as he was familiarly known net francey and gordon peid an honorary eider mr bruce to his hot of friends had a hon pallbearers were edgar also served as a bible class bright personality was full of nigh william brodie henry teat her for a number of years boundless energy which could miller clarence atkinson and in addition to his keen inter- shame many men years his members of the b a s tele est in the history of markham junior phone company and his uork in this connection j he is survived by a sister after an illness of only a particularly during the recent miss janet and a nephew r a week this hardy county senile- centennial celebration mclbrue