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council hol tax line for 65 vihum wasps nest large size one of the largest wasps nests ever seen in this area is held here by christopher rcesor b a grade 3 pupil at rlngwood public school his father robert rcesor brought it home to show the family and his son took it to school where it was placed on display in the junior room it was found near jninnville staff fhoto case goes to higher court in auto traffic death of gormley postmaster john charles robertson 23 of richmond hill charged with dangerous driving following an accident on dec 24th that clai med the lite of gormley post master charles milsted ap peared in court on tuesday for a preliminary hearing magistrate russell pearse ru led that sufficient evidence had been presented to commit ro bertson to trial by judge and jury although there were no eyewitnesses to the actual col- lision two occupants of other vehicles gave testimony heavv kog joseph schaap rr 1 rich mond hill said he saw a blue late model car proceeding west on the elgin mills road he re called as he followed the auto that both the headlights and tall lights were on he then ar rived at the accident scene he described the heavy fog that blanketed the area the time of the crash was set at 215 pm the witness said he observed the accused behind the wheel of his car he said he had a bad cut on his forehead heard crash koos jan kuiper 27 of rr 1 unionville said that he not iced headlights approaching from the rear and saw another vehicle coming toward him from the east he said that he didnt see the impact but heard the crash he was driving a truck owned by romandale farms ltd pc clifford cox the investi gating officer said that he found robertson in a white dodge with his face badly gash ed and a passenger 11 year old kathy robertson seriously in jured he said that the victim charles milsted was in the oth er car along with his 10 year old daughter charleen visibility 300 feet constable cox said that due to thick fog visibility was li mited to 300 feet with head lights on he said that in nor mal weather one can see two- fifths of a mile to the west and a half mile to the east attorney for the defence john loiiar argued that kuip- ers testimony was fleeting ev idence and that schaap said nothing concrete a jury pro perly instructed could not find enough evidence to convict the accused on this charge he said all we really have is two cars banging together magistrate pearse ruled that sufficient evidence had been presented to place the case be fore a higher court ottawa delegation bid rejected by markham tp council councillor clcary palmer is continuing his determined bid to have a university building located in markham twp his desire to attain this project for the municipality was increased on monday when the council was informed that the dcpt of forestry labratory would be transferred from maple in vau- ghan twp to sault ste marie councillor palmer suggested the new markham university could be expanded to include a forestry division for experi mental purposes he asked that a delegation be named to sub mit the request before the min ister in ottawa we should act immediately he said he noted hat the federal government had already issued instructions for the transfer of the maple stafr although the ottawa inter view failed to gain council sup port the members did register opposition to the removal of the forestry research lab from the twp of vaughan councillor palmer indicated that he would reintroduce the issue again this week in com mittee credit arena manager- officers in saving life of hockey player th- manaer of the stouft- ville arena and an officer with the stouffville police depart ment have been credited with saving the life of a hockey pla yer last week that had been stricken with a heart attack manager vv t rcnnie and r c edward grimshaw went to the aid of a toronto man douglas mitchell 35 after he skated from the ice and collap sed in the players box constable grimshaw said he could detect only a faint pulse as he attempted to revive the man on the players bench he then called for a stretcher and the victim was carried to a dressing room while manager rcnnie called or a doctor the officer applied artificial respiration dr blair mitchell of stouftville was on the scene in a matter of min utes and administered three needle shots his blood pressure reading uai almost zero when his condition showed some sign of improvement he was taken by ambulance to hospital he will be contined there for at least one month near death i never saw a fellow so near death and yet not dead in my life said mr rennie i hope i never have to go through any thing like it again he praised the efficiency of constable grimshaw and the immediate response of dr mitchell pc grimshaw said that some of the victims companions be came panicky and he had dif ficulty in holding them back he said that the mans wife was in attendance and witnessed the entire ordeal dr mitchell gave full credit to the arena manager and the officer due to their immediate reaction in an emergency situ ation the mans life was saved he said the victim is a person al friend of the local physician fourth officer added to town police pc alvin thompson a fourth officer has been ad ded to the stouffville police de partment he is alvin charles thompson 25 a security officer in york county with headquar ters at newmarket the recommendation appro ved by chief orland keaiing was passed by council on thursday night twenty applications were re ceived many from distant points p c thompson will commence his duties here on april 1st p school staff seek new schedule a committee of three teach- i ers representing the staff of i both orchard park and sum- mitvicw public schools has submitted a new salary sched ule for 196566 the proposed agreement has been dealt with by the board i and returned with some altcra- lions it is not known if the chang- i cs are acceptable since the tea cher committee has no yet re- i plied the board will meet again on i monday april 5th e vol 76 no 40 tub tribune stouffvillk ontario thursday march 11 1965 fourteen pages res rate up 24 comm unchanged in spite of huge increases in county spending this year stouffville village council has been able to cut costs to such an extent that the mill rate for 1s65 will remain virtually the same as in 64 the final budget figures were presented on thursday night by the finance chairman deputyreeve ken laush- way it marks the second year in a row that the tax level has remained constant the total requisition is 36561880 an increase of slightly more than 16000 over 1964 to raise this amount the residential rate will be 8126 mills the commercial rate is exactlv the same as last year 8706 mills hard to match deputyreeve laushway said he was pleased that for two successive years no noticeable tax increase would be assessed against either residential or business places most municipalities will find this hard to match he said he attributed this success to the cooperation of boards committees and employees within the framework of the town with reference to the police dept the deputyreeve said that it had been operated very economically and had resulted in a saving of 2000 in 1064 they still did an excellent job he said he said that the public school board was to be commended for maintaining a rate that had changed very little in the past three years praises councillor the finance chairman mentioned specifically the work of councillor ken betz and his duties at the local sewerage plant he spent many hundreds of hours down there that few people know about he said he noted that both the works dept and the clerks office had operated with a minimum of staff but had operated very efficiently he said that council salaries had gone unchanged for the past ten years in most places the reeve alone re ceives more than all members here combined add all these extras up and it would mean 4 or 5 additional mills on the tax rate its been an honour for me to be the finance chairman but i take none of the credit he con cluded all have been responsible im pleased to see the taxes remain as they are no money wasted reeve win timbers commended the chairman of finance on his budget presentation you have done a good job he said no taxpayer can say that his money is being wasted everv dollar is put to its best advantage budget and mill rates for 1965 5183656 8639245 county rate public schools- 1162 mills res farm 1801 commercial 2101 high school res farm 1521 commercial 1600 village purposes community centre 56 library 67 welfare 29 street lighting 102 public works debenture 159 sewer debenture 1425 sewer maintenance 261 general purposes res farm 1453 commercial 1744 6048278 250000 300000 130000 455000 709000 6038845 1140000 5045729 1722136 total rate residential 8126 mills 36561889 total rate commercial 8796 mills the tax rate for residential in 1964 was 8102 and for commercial property 8796 supreme court awards local man 65000 the supreme court jury in toronto has awarded robert gray of rr 2 stouftville the sum in excess of 65000 for in juries sustained in an automo bile accident liability was ap portioned 7525 in favour of the plaintiff the award in total was 88000 the accident occurred on the morning of oct 12th 1962 mr gray was westbound on the bloomington sideroad in whit church twp on his way to work he was about onehalf mile east of no 48 hwy when his car came into collision with a gravel truck owned by alan- co developments ltd operated by william john stover mr grays 1953 ford was ccrrpiste- ly demolished and there was considerable damage to the oth er vehicle mr gray sustained severe injuries to his chest right lung and kneecap wnich finally re sulted in his having to have his knee fused he was confined to hospital and his home for about 1 years before he was able to return to his work as crane op erator william g parsons of stouff ville was solicitor for mr gray stolen car on tracks hit by cpr freight a toronto motorist left his 1964 model volkswagen for on ly a few minutes to do some shopping in the parkway plaza the next time he saw it the ve hicle was a pile of twisted met al sgt evan kclley of markham twp police said that the auto was stolen and abandoned on i- cpr tracks about 300 feet north of the hagcrman side- road it was struck by an otta wa bound 11car freight train and carried more than 200 feet up the line the diescl engine suffered minor damage the collision occurred at 1220 am on monday morning train personnel told police that they were travelling at be- tween 50 and 60 miles per hour prior to impact licence plates had been removed from the ve- i hide no one was located at the scene police are continuing the investigation j new fire dept for markham twp a bylaw has been passed creating a markham twp fire dcpt the move finalized by council on monday merely changes the namcplatc former ly known as the unionville bri gade the machines and equip ment will still be retained in unionville and operated by the same personnel the action was necessary in order that markham might re ceive a subsidy on the purchase of a new fire truck no subsidy is paid to a police village the present status of unionville a new agreement will be drawn op unionville trustees will be reimbursed for money spent 03 fire equipment may install keating unit in town pool a threeman committee of the stouftville lions club has recommended the installation f a waterheating unit in the community swimming tool the chairman mr don hiles informed the village council of their proposal at a meeting on thursday night the project to cost an est imated 2000 must still be approved by the club the two other members on the committee arc don jlux- table and ken betz it is felt by the committee that if the water could be heal ed during cool weather peri ods the pools operating schedule could be extended and the overall membership and attendance would in crease first water test fails move to second site 8 yr old girl struck by car on main st an eight vcar old girl was in jured on tuesday afternoon when struck by a car on main st east in stouftville catherine margret walley daughter of mr and mrs peter walley loretta cresc was hit as she attempted to cross the highway near the 10th cone road no blame has been attached to the driver barbara daiiene tindall 25 of goodwood al though the accident is still un der investigation pc david hadden attended the scene and the child was provided with immediate treat ment recover 4000 in stolen goods whitchurch twp police working in cooperation with metro authorities have recover ed more than 4000 worth of articles stolen recently from a home in the municipality the large summer residence of mr frank f mceachren was entered sometime between feb 22nd and march 6th re moved were items of camera equipment radios television sets and guns the house is lo cated near vandorf charged is wolgang reinwald of hazelton ave toronto he appeared in court on monday march 8th whitchurch cent project approved the centennial grants depart has given their approval to the construction of a park at ballan- trae at a total cost of 22000 whitchurch twp will receive a twothirds subsidy on this ex penditure the department ap proval was received last week by the clerk thos kerr and presented to council at a meet ing on tuesday night xcw cruisers the township has accepted the tender of binion motors in aurora to supply two new chev rolet police cruisers replacing the cars now in use the binion tender was the lowest of four icceived the vehicles are v8 automatics sr citizens night a senior citizens night the first of its kind to be held in stouftville is planned for tues day evening march 16th in the legion hall at 730 pm both ladies and gentlemen will be the invited guests of the le gion ladies auxiliary for a pro gram of music pictures cards prizes and refreshments an enthusiastic response rould mean the start of a senior citizens organization in stouft ville similar to successful gath erings that are held in clarc- mont and markham for further information and transportation residents may contact mr del jennings 6-10- 3055c mrs murray sinclair 61019111 or mrs stan burk- holder 6101501 reeve win timbers informed members of stouffville council on thursday night that the ini tial test drill for water on the wm davidson property cone 10 south of main street had been unsuccessful he said that although water had been loca ted on the site its supply was not sufficient to serve the needs of a municipality the drill hole was sunk more than 225 feet reeve timbers said that the rig had been moved to a second site on the morden lot located a snort distance south of the davidson property my hopes are not too high of striking wa ter there either he said but we intend to keep on trying the public utilities commission is in charge of the project fist end preferable councillor ken betz recom mended that every effort should be made to locate a well in the east end of town thats where we need the water h said he agreed that a supply might be found closer to tha centre of the municipality but an elevated tower of increased height would then be required to provide increased pressure reeve timbers said that sev eral smellers had been used in an attempt to locate an un derground source of water sup ply the reeve said that ac cording to the well driller norman faulkner it is difficult to ascertain the amount of wat er through surface tests school board in rat race for staff teachers trustees representing the boards of stouftville dist high school and the stouftville se parate school attended the tea cher recruiting centre in the park plaza hotel toronto on saturday in an effort to line up staff personnel for the start of the september term high school representatives present included the principal mr w e duxbury bruce da vidson gordon ratcliff and douglas harris a member of the advisory vocational com mittee the separate school was re presented by trustees wm kamps and jack mcdermott they require four teachers and a principal the high school board require eight teachers bringing their start total up to 28 made contacts principal duxbury said that personal contacts had been made with several prospective teachers but no contracts were signed on the spot he said it was normal procedure to check the applicants first he said that to date advertisements had brought in very few written applications mr kamps said that the en tire arrangement resulted in complete confusion on the first saturday opening it was im possible to tell who was with out a program he said he said that last saturday the sy- town will not reduce hourly fire rate fee a request received from tha twp of uxbridge asking for a 20 reduction in the additional hourly rate for fire service pro vided by the village of stouff- vilel was turned down by the council at a meeting on thurs day night the rate established for the uxbridge area covered by the stouffville brigade was 70 for each additional hour the township asked that it b reduced to 50 deputyreeve ken laushway said that the new schedule of rates had been established after much deliberation and they could not be altered reeve win timbers said that it would be unfair to make change for one and not tha three other municipalities that the brigade also serves the council agreed however that the termination period of the agreement should be exten ded from six months to one year as recommended by ux bridge a wedding of local interest took place on saturday after noon mar 6 when mia morten- sen and mr lloyd irwin of rupert ave were united in marriage stem was more organized and lapel identification cards wera distributed separating the tea chers from the trustees one of ficial termed the whole affair as a rat race a quick catch most people feel ihey are quite fortunate to come home with one goodsized trout hut hurt week merv bunker of altona landed a pair of beauties within 15 minutes one weigh erl 13 lbs and the other ioi they were pulled through the tee at lake slmcoe stall fhoto