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charge reeve violated code of ethics in land deal bp not retracting anything parsons will stand on my record timbers reeve win timbers stouffville a year old skeleton was still rattling its bones in the reeves closet on thursday night when councillor vm parsons charged that mr timbers was involved in a land deal transaction back in the fall of 1964 the accusation created a noticeable stir in the nomi nation night audience and aroused mixed reaction among the ratepayers reeve timbers is seeking reelection for another twoyear term councillor parsons has been ac claimed for the deputyreeves post entitled to opinion councillor parsons charged that the reeve had attend ed a meeting between planning board and a private developer on one night and the next morning acting for a real estate company had negotiated for the sale of the same property i asked for the reeves resignation then and i still stand by it im not retracting anything and i have no intentions of doing so he said although he did not produce it the councillor said that he had a document with the reeves signature attached to it he said that one could only assume that as a licenced realtor employed by a real estate firm a sales commission was anticipated i feel that im entitled to my opinion and i intend to express my opinion he said the electorate can express their opinion on the ballot most of the members endeavour to do an honest conscientious job but here a code of ethics has been violated let us make our own code of ethics he con cluded not ashamed referring to councillor parsons charge as a little bit of an accusation reeve timbers said he was not ashamed of anything he had done ive served you with honesty and sincerity and thats all im going to say about it my record will stand a ratepayer in the audience questioned the reeve on his reason for standing for reelection again when two years ago he had promised to remain in office for only one more term why are you going back on your word he asked mr timbers replied that many persons had asked him to remain im interested onlv in serving the people of stouffville he said no commission when the dispute arose back in september 1964 it was alleged that the reeve had attended a planning board meeting when a sale price of 18000 had been established for a piece of commercial property in town mr timbers was later accused of meeting the prospective buyer per sonally and offering him the same site through a realtor firm for 18500 at that time the reeve said that he had been unjustly accused he also denied that he had received any commis sion on the alleged transaction coundllior wax parsons copies fills week vol 77 no 26 ouffutl classified ads on pages 6 and 7 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday dec 2 1965 twentyfour pages two contest for town reeve parsons acclaimed deputy three new councillors stouffville if the nomination meeting here on thursday evening was any indication it was apparent that the stouffville electorate was to have a selection of 19 candidates for monday dec 6th this however is not the case only 15 now remain and seven of these are contesting the six seats on the public school board the only other election is for the position of reeve where incumbent win timbers will be opposed by the present deputyreeve ken laushway acclamations were received by william g parsons for the office of deputyreeve jim mckellar thomas loner- gan and robt lewis for the- three council seats and ken wagg and r f tommy farr for the public utilities commission nominations were tendered to kenneth betz deputy- reeve c e hendircks councillor walter atkinson puc and david coon school board but each de clined to stand elected in 55 mr laushways connection with council activities goes back tora955vwhenhewas first elect- edr-he-has- served under lour separate reeves and held the office of deputyreeve for five years in all this time except for a period of illness he has never missed a meeting he outlined many of the pro jects that had been completed during the past twoyear term and noted that the work had been done with no increase in the mill rate he expressed favour in the pending conser- vatipn authority floodcontrol program in town and praised the efficiency of the police force fire brigade school trustees road department employees and office clerk he urged a closer union between the reeve and both the puc and school board in order that each might be more aware of the others programs and problems he re called that two years ago the reeve had stated publicly that he would retire from office at the conclusion of the 65 term and on that basis he was grant ed an acclamation mr laush way said that he could no lon ger retain his present post as it was necessary to make room for new members he advocated controlled residential growth and advised against the accept ance of industry without invest igation he predicted changes in municipal governments but charged that area systems could be costly if too large he said that both he and the reeve had voted against county as sessment but in spite of their opposition the program was adopted 200 meetings reeve timbers said that dur ing the past year he had at tended a total of 200 meetings in connection with town and county business he touched on the street lights fireball and sr citizens home as assets to the village and noted that many projects had been completed without affecting the mill rate he pointed out that although welfare cases did not represent a problem in stouffville this was not the case in many muni cipalities its a sad situation when persons feci that the world owes them a living he said with regard to the county assessment plan he said that both he and the deputy reeve had opposed the move only time will tell whether it was for better or worse he said he noted that he had decided to seek rcclcction because many persons had asked him to stand again candidates in stouffville treeve winfred timbers kenneth laushway depreeve william parsons ace council robert lewis thomas loner- gan james mckellar ace public utility commission r f farr kenneth wagg ace public school board 6 to bo elected ian chapman ruth dcdlow charles jones john mcmurray keith steckley t e topping florence williams p school addition a necessity in 1966 chairman stouffville public school board chairman t e topping told a nomination meeting audience in the legion hall on thursday night that the expansion of the towns school facilities would be a necessity in 1966 he said that the extent of the building pro gram would not be known until next month mr topping is seeking re election to the board for an other twoyear term along with incumbent members keith steckley and ian chapman new candidates nominated in clude florence williams ruth dedlow john mcmurray and charles jones there are six positions to fill mr topping said that the total public school enrollment had reached 787 pupils with the prospects of an increase to 825 by september 66 he explained that out of a s2000o0 budget su0ooo was required for staff salaries he said that increases had been approved to keep the wage rate on a comparable level with that of metro mr topping praised the work of property committee chairman ian chapman he also expressed the boards appreciation for the work of trustees lorna button and barbara hambly mrs but ton has resigned after s years of service and mrs hambly has taken up residence in orange- ville santa in town on saturday santa claus comes to stouff ville on saturday he will receive children at his main street chalet begin- ning at 1030 am and again in the afternoon from 130 to 430 pm a full time schedule appears in flic feature christmas sec tion of this weeks tribune markham principal plans june retirement markham it was an even ingfilled with mixed emotions at the markham dist high school commencement exer cises on friday night the accomplishments of the past year including the presen tation of five 100 ontario scholarship awards could not hold precedence over the an nouncement by board chair man walter heaton that the principal mr b j newell would retire at the conclusion of the june term mr newell whose connection with markham high school dates back to 1944 has already submitted his resignation mr heaton said that it had been accepted by the board with re gret looking back to the commen cement of 1944 mr newell re called that 17 students had re ceived their honour graduation diplomas on that night that was 21 years ago he said that there were 15 graduates from grade 12 and 13 from grade 10 the board of that day compris ed the chairman max reesor and members dr houghton reuben myers john cattanach and john bayes academic awards totalled 17 today stu dents may receive awards valu ed at between 15000 and 30- 000 summarizing his feelings mr newell said im glad i taught in a day when material commodities were scarce and expensive although i would not want to go back to those times it has left me with a more profound appreciation of todays benefits markham reeve halts meeting and walks o deputyreeve takes over buttonville when the the motion was carried and the marshall leaves town his depu ty usually takes over and thats exactly what happened here on monday afternoon at a meeting of markham twp council the breakup occurred at the conclusion of three items of business reeve chas hooper suddely moved an adjournment and walked out of the room taken completely by surprise the remaining four members sat on their hands for a few mo ments until councillor allan sumner called for deputyreeve stewart rumble to take over meeting continued later the reeve returned to the building only to meet sev eral of the members on the way out he charged that any busi ness conducted following his adjournment was illegal he said that it would be the same as a council holding two sepa rate meetings in a single day mr hooper argued that the meeting had been called to deal solely with three specific items and he was within his rights in halting further discussion when this work was completed hoover roman acclaimed in markham twp buttonville two ward representatives charles hoover ward 3 and anthony roman ward 2 received acclamations for council positions in mark ham twp at a nomination gathering held here on friday night anthony roman although weather condition was extremely bad it failed to deter the enthusiasm of rate payers who taxed the accommo dation of the meeting hall the chairman was lawson mumber- son mr roman who lost out in his initial bid for a council seat last year by a mere 20 voles was accorded an enthusiastic reception by the audience on friday senator hoover the dis tinctive nameplate applied by chairman mumberson to coun cillor chas hoover presented the ratepayers with a break down of township expenditures in 1965 including education 52 roads 11 county 13 township gen 6 and police 5 he said that markhams record of tax collection during the year had been excellent he thanked the people for their support during the past term i was terribly in the minority on a couple of occa sions but you backed me up he said mr truman baxter rupert ave died in hospital on wed nesday the couples club of st james presbyterian church met on friday night for a very enjoyable evening at the home of mr and mrs clarence hood lcmonville i drivein theatre being built in markham township the odeon parkway drivein theatre presently under con struction north of steeles ave nue near woodbine is sched uled to open for business early in 1966 part of odeons 25th anni versary plan of projects the drivein will be capable of open ing every night of the year special features include a super vised childrens playground a modern refreshment concession free incar heaters and hi- fidelity speakers its location will offer easy access to residents of stouffville markham uxbridge agincourt richmond hill and other subur ban areas propose second united church in markham toronto man wins lions car draw stouffville norman a leslie of toronto an em ployee with miller construction co was the lucky winner of the stouffville lions club car draw on thursday night donald wright of baker ave sold the winning ticket and will receive 50 he also sold the most tickets which entitles him to an additional 50 mr leslie has his choice of a 1966 chevrolet or pontiac or 2300 in cash there were 550 tickets sold the first one drawn belonged to tommy farr church st stouffville he received 50 other 25 prizewinners included henry slack stouffville walter hesse scarboro john marshall stouffville c moyer brampton w lankveld ux bridge l hird and ted top ping jr stouffville h r payne island grove irwin ledlie stouffville paul skid- more oshawa and kenneth pil- key stouffville the grey cup tickets donated to the lions club by tom wed- seltoft obrien ave were won by dr ron smith fairview avenue he in turn donated them to his son pat who treat ed his special lady friend janet winn to the game and dinner for two at the silver rail candidates in markham twp keeve charles hooper stewart rumble dcprceve sidney j gadsby cleary palmer council ward 1 1 to be elected laurie rose robt sloane allan sumner geoffrey walker ward 2 anthony roman ace ward 3 charles hoover ace school area xo 1 louise aimone ace brian leonard ace john mackay ace school area no 2 elson miles ace stuart watson ace alter atkinson quits p u c post farr new member stouffville the nomi nation meeting here on thurs day offered several surprises in- eluding the resignation of the public utilities chairman wal ter atkinson a member of the commission for five years and chairman for waller atkinson two he urged the continuance of a pay as you go policy rather than debenture issues and added interest rates im not trying to wave the red flag but im concerned about easy credit and easy buying it has given us a period of false pros perity he said chairman atkinson took lssit over the cost of engineering services he said that for six hours work the commission had been charged 125 he noted that welldrilling costs had amounted to 10291 he said that engineering fees on this project had totalled over 4000 i think its ridiculous weve gone far beyond our limit he said that a hydro sub sta- tlon to cost 50000 would ba erected in the east end of town the lot costing 5000 has alt ready been purchased mr atkinson praised the co operation he had received from reeve win timbers and com missioner ken wagg but de clined to accept another nomi nation r f tommy farr and mr wagg received acclamations lone councillor for reelection n whitchurch vandorf whitchurch twp is assured of at least two new members of its 196667 council with the preannounced resignation of councillor jim smith and the unexpected with drawal of councillor alvin far mer this leaves only councillor markham the united church here with a membership that includes close to 700 fami lies is sufficiently large to ac commodate the congregation and sunday school for the next five years with an eye to the future however a new site has already been recommended when future expansion becomes necessary rev wright told the tribune that the proposed new location would be on church street in the village near the 9th conces sion negotiations for the land will begin early in the new year in a report last week the york presbytery of the united church of canada stated that within a 20 year period 37 churches would be closed and 11 new churches would be built one of the communities slated for expansion is markham rev wright explained that the extension is all part of a gradual reorganization of the whole presbytery he noted however that although st an drews united is filled to near capacity a new structure would not be necessary for five years we would allow an overload until we have sufficient num bers to warrant a new build ing he said the site will be purchased by the toronto home mission council who in turn will sell it to the markham church simi lar land purchases are also un der consideration in aurora concord newmarket richmond hill and richvale meeting cancelled the regular meeting of stouff ville council normally held on the first thursday of each month has been cancelled the last regular meeting of the year will be held on thursday dee 16th at 730 pm three questions on markham township ballot buttonville in addi tion to choosing candidates for the offices of reeve deputy- reeve and councillor ward 1 ratepayers in markham twp will be asked to express an opinion on three questions on monday dec 6th they are as follows 1 are you in favour of moving pictures theatrical perform ances and lectures after 130 pm on sundays 2 are you in favour of public games and sports for gain after 130 pm on sundays 3 are you in favour of a bylaw to provide for biennial elections for mem bers of the council 2year term public school staff teacher mr gary grundy has had his right arm confined to a sling for several days due to an infection mr hal dafoe main st w was the winner of a 25 cash prize at a lucky draw held by the markham veterans assoc councillor alvin farmer ivan mclaughlin seeking r election the six others in th field include henry nauta lawrence provost edward skead pat cashman lawrence hennessey and frank williams reeve ross farquharson and deputyreeve stewart burnett were returned by acclamation the sudden withdrawal of councillor alvin farmer as p candidate caught even his clos est associates by complete sur prise he accepted a nomination on friday evening and declared at that time that he would stand again however he failed to sign his qualification papers prior to the nine oclock dead line on saturday night in last years election mr farmer top ped the polls nine candidates are in the running for the five public school area board seats in cluding norman iocklcr mclvin baker and dr j morris smith all seeking reelection and newcomers mrs irene ba con w good ivan kay c w brillinger mitchell anderson and alfred kramer can hold two posts vandorf at the nomi nation meeting here on friday night merlyn baker rr 2 stouffville appeared to have a seat on the 196667 whitchurch twp council pretty well sewn up if audience enthusiasm was any indication he was given a rousing ovation from the floor however mr baker was pre vented from qualifying- as a candidate since he still held the position on the board of the stouffville dist high school he said that he was not aware of this technicality at the time candidates in whitchurch reeve ross farquharson ace depkccve stewart burnett ace council 3 to lie elected patrick cashman lawrence hennessey ivan mclaughlin henry nauta lawrence provost edward skead frank williams public school area board 5 to he elected a mitchell anderson cw brillinger mclvin baker mrs irene bacon norman focklcr william good ivan kay alfred kramer j morris smith see santa in stonitville saturday dec 4 isi