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5 l vibum vol 68 no 41 the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 13 1958 fourteen pages open night the annual open night was held in the stouffville public school on thursday evening of last week parents and the general public viewed the fine display of work prepared by both the pupils and members of the staff the open house was part of a provincewide programme to mark education week across ontario in the top photo teacher mrs stuart wideman talks with parents mr and mrs floyd forsyth left and mr and mrs bruce harper in the lower photo teacher miss marguerite ford shows some of her pupils work to mrs jack garrett left and mrs lambert mai- loy new constable is engaged hugh vankoughnet from thornbury has been engaged here by stouffville municipal council to fill the vacancy on the police force caused by the resignation of constable ran dal a bylaw was passed at the regular meeting of council on thursday evening engaging the new constable at a salary for 195s of s3300 constable vankoughnet who is a married man with four chil dren was picked from sixteen applications after several weeks council deliberation police report the regular police report for the month revealed few activi ties with the exception of rou tine patrol dog complaints con tinued to be received and the report stated that a number of habitual offenders in letting their dogs roam at large are being summoned under the local bylaw coroner is called in death at east end inquest scheduled services of present puc secy retained secretary geo j storey who resigned as secretary of the stouffville public utilities com mission several months ago and who was to have left the posi tion on april 1st has withdrawn his resignation and agreed to remain until march 1 1959 at a salary of s1000 miss janet brodie who also resigned as his assistant some time ago will also remain it was revealed at last weeks meeting of the com mission advertising campaign following discussions with mr ireland of the ontario hydro commission the local board planned a joint advertising cam paign urging residents to pur chase additional power for use in home appliances the adver tising campaign will follow the lines of the present province- wide campaign and will bear the motto live better electric ally water report members of the commission were advised that district engi- 1 peer l e owens of the ontario water resources checked the stouffville municipal water supj ply on jan 29th of this year and reported that chlorination ot the supply was quite satis factory however he made sevj oral recommendations for imi provement in its use and the j system in general first of these recommenda tions was the installation of a meter which would disclose the water pressure at all times thus providing better protection in j case of fire and better service during the summer months second recommendation of the engineer was that a better access road be constructed to the water supply reeve daniels stated that in view of the opening of water mains for construction work he thought it advisable to continue the system of chlorination chairman dr s s ball re quested that if possible an in ventory of the stock of supplies on hand should be taken secretary storey replied that an inventory was taken at the end of the year but in view of the fact that stock had to be located in four different build ings it was impossible to keep a daily record he suggested that the commission should work towards having a build ing of their own sufficiently large to contain all the stock on hand dr ball also inquired as to the present return from several large users of large amounts of water as they are not on me ter and suggested that meters should be installed secretary storey explained varipns reas- ons why these users were noti metered but members expressed their opinions that they would prefer that meters be used expect to settle hs salary demands this wednesday stouffville dist high school board was expected to convene on wednesday night of this week to settle salary demands of the local high school staff the board members were shocked two weeks ago when teachers presented them with demands for an increase which meant 700 raise including the annual increment teachers also asked to have the maximum number of days sick leave boosted to more than one hundred days which board members point out has never yet been reached stouffville board has been in close- touch with the trustees association which has been battling the teachers union in an effort to hold the expense line with north york board of education dispute serving as a test case the local demands were ex pected to be thoroughly aired this wednesday night and con crete offers made to the teach ers by the board i council curling a bonspiel for councils of york county is being held at newmarket on march 14th one rink from each council the matter of stouffville represen tation was left to councillor gar lehman who is the local boards most regular curler victoria square residents planning community park stouffville hockey fans will be leaving by bus for the hockey game in campbellford on thurs day the bus will leave the arena at 330 on thursday after noon and the passage is 250 each the trip is about 125 miles a delegation of more than two dozen ratepayers from victoria square appeared before mark- ham township council on mon day evening seeking assistance with the establishing of a com munity park for this neighbor hood mr john buchanan who was spokesman for the delegation stated that a petition previously presented to council had been signed by 90ci of the ratepayers favoring the park he said that the community hall owned by the township was hampered be cause of the lack of parking fa cilities a acre area was sug gested by mr buchanan as what was required as a minimum that doesnt seem very large you need to consider the needs of twenty years from now said deputyreeve dean mr buchanan said that the group had the idea that the township council would like to establish the park in or near victoria square reeve clark said that it was up to the residents to choose the site and present council with the figures of what would be re quired after all you are the people who are going to use the park he said the council doesnt want to go into the park business he added deputyreeve dean said that the dept of agriculture should be approached for help but reeve clark said that their rep resentatives had already looked over the land councillor mumberson stated that certain sums of money had been collected from the cachey estates subdivision near vic toria square in lieu of park land being donated and it was his opinion that this money should be spent in this area other members of council concurred in his suggestion the deputation agreed to seek a site and present figures to council as suggested concern over pickering twp tax arrears messrs manteith and mon teith auditors for the township of pickering appeared before council at a special meeting on monday night and presented the 1957 audited statement the firm expressed some concern ov- or the municipalities tax debt and pointed out that the arrears i showed an increase since 1956 the total of uncollected taxes as of dec 31st 1957 was 19577632 he stated that this matter should concern the members since any lengthy period of de pression might present a prob lem for council in 1957 the township issued debentures to talling 366s3192 tlie spokes- dr alan secord guest of horticultural soc members and guests of the third monthly meeting of the stouffville horticultural society enjoyed a well planned and va ried program on monday eve ning march 10th in the stouff ville united church basement through the efforts of uniuii- ville nurseries mr fred tay lor of uxbridge presented a topic of interest to all home owners the foundation of a new lawn its maiatenance and protection illustrated by a col ored film entitled green vel vet a short question and an swer period followed dealing with the application of fertil izers pest control and soil im provement the second guest speaker of the evening dr alan secord needed little introduction to residents of this area dividing his time between a busy animal hospital and the thickly wooded shores of his pond on the 3rd of uxbridge dr secord has realized a dream which took shape with his first glimpse of the secluded property surround ing the whites sawmill while maintaining a sanctuary for canadian waterfowl it gives him access to the study and photography of their habits during migration periods hun dreds of canada geese seek refuge here annually pausing to rest and feed unmolested for several seasons a canada gander unable to fly as the result of a wing injury has mated with a migrating goose and brooded successfully under his watchful eye a desire to increase the enjoyment of his hobby by sharing it with others led him to record on colored movie film the scenes which were viewed by an appreciat ive audience a second movie filmed by dr secord at lake erie featured whistling swans beautiful white birds caught at close camera range vocal selections by the mel ville male quartet consisting of jack nigh and tom hastings baritones and bill nigh and carson wideman tenors with mrs e nigh accompanist were pleasant musical interludes the next meeting scheduled for april 14th will be the anni versary meeting vith dr ives of stayner and mr don lewis of stouffville as guests the residence of mr and mrs bernard mcginty stouffer street stouffville has been condemned by the york county health unit as a nursing home this action was taken following inspection of the premises by dr d a hutchison of newmarket the investigation was ordered following the death over the weekend of one patient hetta may wilson so coroner dr blair mitchell of stouffville will file a complete report death has been attributed to mal nutrition two other elderly patients have been removed from the east end home mrs barbara jacques 75 and mr charles willson 75 were taken by ambulance to the york county hospital newmarket mrs jacques was in an unconscious condition but according to hos pital authorities is improving stouffville police chief frank edwards is working in cooperation with mr arleigh armstrong of the crown attorneys office in newmarket an inquest has been ordered and will be held in stouffville on wednesday evening march 26th at 730 pm a com plete report will be presented at that time mr and mrs mcginty were the former operators of the maple glenn rest home in gormley they have five chit dren dr hutchison of the jrk county health unit told the tribune that conditions in the stouffville home were not good he said that they were much below the minimum stand ard required by the health unit for the operation of a rest home i have ordered the pa tients removed he said bus load hockey fans to see bantam playoff for the first time in many years a bus load of hockey players and supporting spectat ors will embark for campbell- ford on thursday afternoon it will be the second game in the omha bantam c semifinals the opener here on monday night ended in a 44 deadlock a 40passenger vehicle has been obtained from the brougham bus lines tlie price has been set at 250 per fan the bus will leave the stouffville arena at 330 pm for further information with regard to the game or bus resets vations contact mr hal gibson at stouff 41w1 mr ray fleury has been call ed to jury commencing monday march 17th changes proposed in town parking bylaw changes in the stouffville parking bylaw have been pro posed by the bylaw committee of the municipal council and these were presented to council on thursday evening by coun cillor ken wagg chairman of the committee chief clause in the amended bylaw will allow two hour parking every day on main st from albert st in the west end to park rd with the exception of the north side of the hill be tween midtown garage and the cnr another change is the elimina tion of the former loading areas in the centre of the business sec tion chairman wagg stated it was believed these areas were partial to certain merchants and the committee proposed their elimination parking will be prohibited on the south side of main st east of park rd and likewise at the west end west of albert st i think two hours is too long declared councillor farr it allows for too much visiting he commented the committee believe that two hours is necessary to do any fair amount of shopping replied councillor wagg do the businessmen want two hour parking asked coun cillor farr we have had no support from the businessmen for any specific hours i notified them that the bylaw might be altered and asked for their suggestions but we have had nothing said councillor wagg a motion approving the pro posed changes in the bylaw was passed by a majority conservation budget up near million mark for 58 the 1958 budget for the tor onto regional conservation au thority to which all the local municipalities now belong has been hiked to nearly the million dollar mark or about 50 high er than in 1957 this fact was revealed at markham township council on monday night as clerk crisp announced that this years markham township levy would be 398700 as against 267700 last year deputyreeve dean noted that almost every department in the new budget showed an extensive increase what do we get for it he asked reeve clark stated that the authority was working on two markham twp properties one at cedar grove the reesor home as well as bruces mill both historical sites truck tenders eight tenders were received by council for the purchase of a new truck for the road dept and prices ranged from about 2250 to 2650 the tenders were referred to the road committee and the dept of highways for selection warble fly inspector mr lome clubine will be markhams warble fly inspec tor this spring and will receive a pay allowance of 140 per hour and 10c a mile for his car hagerman subdivision council in connection with the noble farm subdivision at ha- germans hill corners a plan originally placed on in 1924 and located on the east side of the kennedy rd it is laid out in two to five acre lots reeve clark stated that the planning director had been di rected to replan the subdivi sion in readiness to proceed this spring mr mcbride complained that the matter had dragged on for considerable time but on ques tioning it was found that he had first presented the plan just three months ago reeve clark assured him that work on the replanning would be proceeded with as fast as possible mr mcbride appeared before ant cons headquarters in aurora c a tiny cathers has an nounced that headquarters for the progressive conservative campaign in york north will be in the former aurora build ing company offices yonge st south aurora he has also ap pointed george sweeny of rich mond hill as his campaign man ager william case aurora as his financial agent and profes sor e smith organizer with mrs b l stavert as his assist- emergency plowing cost whitchurch nearly 6000 road supt ernest davis in formed whitchurch township council at their regular meet ing on thursday evening that the recent snow storm which blocked many roads in the mun icipality cost the township ap proximately 6000 the greater portion of expense was caused through the hiring of heavy equipment for emergency snow removal a number of machines were obtained from local gravel firms the road account ior the month of february amounted to 664433 council authorized the adver tising by tender for 30000 tons of crushed gravel they also agreed to order 43000 worth of galvanized pipe to be placed in stock i 73we 1 ibf l l man offered no solution to the to 1936198 matter the auditor suggested that t ia i i council should study a plan in 19o the game preserve hereby residential areas be siowed a financial loss of 200 number of licenses sold were about the same but expenses had increased the water area taxed higher in order to cover the cost of services provided such as garbage collection po lice etc he said he doubted if showed a loss in the first two these areas were paying their years of operation amounting fair share one of last day permit lineups here is part of the lineup snapped by the tribune cam era one morning outside the local automobile license bu reau at the oast end of town similar lineups have been frequent every day for over a week deadline for permit purchase is midnight this wed nesday