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largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge in the district i vol 79 no 30 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday december 21 1967 10 cents news whitchurch i uxbridge markham i pickering of all 4 townships fire razes home gormley the house of a couple married only one and a half years was destroyed by fire friday night along with all their furniture clothing and personal effects mr and mrs david wil liamson were absent when the blaze broke out they were contacted by tele phone and returned to find the house in flames they carried no insurance on the contents the home located on the markhamwhitchurch townline is owned by dennis white stouffville rr 4 damage has been estimated at s10000 mr and mrs william son have taken up tem porary residence with her mother in unionville mr williamson is an employee of the township of mark ham dog causes crash markham a dog on highway no 7 near con cession 9 has been blamed for a singlecar accident saturday that caused si 500 damage and sent the driver to hospital constable madore of the opp at oak ridges said that harvey petty 19 of whitevale attempted to miss the animal and lost control the vehicle veer ed over an embankment petty suffered lacera tions to his face and mul- tible rib fractures show of champions unionville twelve champion mem bers of the unionville fig ure skating club will pre sent a public exhibition of skating talent in the un ionville arena jan 6 at 130 pm among those taking part will be the brother and sister team of susan and harold cher debbi jones and michael brad ley victor irving and mary jane oke john mc- williams and bob emer son the unionville club will be well represented at the canadian championships at vancouver jan 9 td 14 the tribune one day late stouffville so that staff employees may enjoy the holiday at both christmas and new year the tribune will be pub lished one day later than usual it will be available on dec 29 and jan 5 the office will be closed dec 25 and jan 1 omb orders cutback in pickering twp homes allow school addition stouffville main street home all aglow at christmas time its that season of the year again when homes in the stouftville area take on an allnew mantle of christmas colors one of the mosteyecatchlng houses is at main and albert treets the residence of mr and mrs frank burkholder others are pictured on page 3 staff photo whitchurch township financial picture is bright pickering the ontario municipal board has issued a restrictionorder in the num ber of residential building permits that can be issued in the township of pickering during 1968 and perhaps longer the omb under the direction of mr j a kennedy has ruled that no more than 100 homes will be allowed next year the situation will then be reviewed to sec if the tax ratio between indus trial and residential assessment has improved the meeting with the board was arranged by the clerk douglas j- plitz and held in toronto in attendance was the reeveelect john williams the deputyreeve elect ronald chatten ward 2 councillor donald beer two members of the dun- barton high school board and the administrator the township treasurer and mr plitz cost forecast reduced a discussion over pickerings financial quandry was found necessary when the omb forced the council to reduce its 19k7 capital cost forecast that included a 32room addition to the dunbar- ton high school costing close to three million dol lars the board has now agreed to the hiring of an architect and the letting of tenders on the proj ect mr williams told the tribune that he now feels confident that the work will proceed mr kennedy knows the situation in pickering if the council is willing to listen then the omb is willing to cooperate he said that as reeve in 196869 he intended to cbopcrate in every way mr plitz said that the reduction order on hous ing was not new he said that several other muni cipalities had been required to do the same and the program had proved successful mr williams said that rumors were rampant that pickering was in serious financial trouble rather than bankrupt he said were now on the road to recovery vandorf reeve ross farquharson and the retiring members of whit church township council received encouraging news from the clerk thomas kerr concerning the financial status of the municipality at the year- end meeting dec 15 mr kerr said that since 1965 the residential rate in whitchurch had in creased by only one and onehalf mills he noted that in the township of king the increase had been 56 mills over the same period mr kerr said too that the per capita debt in whitchurch was only 10575 comparable fig ures in adjacent munici palities are king town ship 12268 town of au rora si 3248 and mark ham township 17641 the clerk noted that in been prepaid for the first time bank borrowing had betn reduced and tax col lections and tax arrears showed considerable im provement william hodgson newly- elected mpp in york north commended mr farquharson for the lead ership he had provided in council he said too that his assistance would be missed at the county lev el he presented the reeve with an engraved plaque mr hodgson also pre sented the whitchurch community centre board with a cheque for 5000 on behalf of jhe federa- tion of agriculture the donation was received by mrs russell ellis she in turn handed the cheque to the clerk the money will be used for the new recreation centre near ballantrae the inaugural meeting of the 196869 council will be held jan 3 grim accident pastor accepts call stouffville rev david benson who relin quished his ministry at the bloomington associated church sept 17 has ac cepted a unanimous call to the westside bible church in thorold the former pastor there was killed in a train acci dent four months ago rev benson will com mence his ministry at thorold dec 24 mr and mrs benson expect to move from stouffville early in the new year safety panel suspensions lifted buttonville two markham township em ployees suspended earlier this month for airing their discontent to the press be fore discussing their prob lems with council were reinstated dec 13 the return to work of douglas curr and henry mann was recommended by engineer dusan miklas head of their department councillor anthony ro man questioned whether there had been further cnrnnnoianc if itrto migol ed that there had been two a member admitted that two road department men had been suspended for drinking on the job truck driver killed nylon quilt cwef fred mason toll buttonville tra ffic deaths in markham township during 1967 reached a record fifteen saturday following a sing lecar crash on john st west of bayview avenue killed was mrs maude obrien 66 of markham road richmond hill she was the driver of a west bound auto that skidded out of control on an icy stretch of pavement and plunged into a branch of the don river an inquest will likely be held altona three hun dred pairs of nylon stock ings have been used by mr arthur clarkson of altona in the making of a quilt the only known one of its kind in canada it took two months to complete the quilt hemmed with gold satin and backed with flannel measures 7 feet by 5 feet its value has been placed at 100 it would keep you warm in a snowbank said mr clarkson the ontario dept of transport is holding a three day safety work shop at the inn on the park toronto discus sions on accident preven tion will be held jan 4 5 and 6 one of the panel members will be police chief fred mason twp of whitchurch camera stolen markham a cam era valued at 185 was stolen from the markham photo centre the theft is under investigation by village police claremont a 28 year old oshawa man was killed friday on the brock road north of claremont when his southbound truck loaded with asphalt overturned pinning the driver in the cab robert moss hill son- inlaw of mr and mrs bert moore boyer street stouffville husband of anne and father of scott three and onehalf was hauling a load of mater ials for the miller paving company police said that the vehicle apparently hit an icy patch and went out of control claremont firemen were called to the scene to stand by in case of fire since the area was soaked with gasoline service was conducted monday from the ross funeral chapel port hope with interment st johns anglican cemetery impaired stouffville an impaired driving charge has been laid by stouft ville police against wil liam white main street east following a twocar accident saturday night injured in the collision was ronald paterson claremont rr 1 total damage to both vehicles has been esti mated at 800 hint at commercial expansion west end stouffville the stouffville committee of adjustment has received an application from mr ronald femson under the firm name of west barry gardens for consent to dispose of property front ing on main street west and immediately east of dick coffey motors the request was dis cussed at a meeting of planning board dec 14 although the proposed use of the land on the former jim barry farm was not revealed one member said he had heard rumors that a supermar ket company was inter ested in locating there it was at this same site that a shopping centre had been proposed several years ago but did not pro ceed the land has a front age of 306 feet by 300 feet in depth board member william sanders who also serves on the adjustment com mittee said it would be of some help if the ulti mate use of the property was known he said too that the committee should have a survey of services for the site eleven homes an application to erect eleven singlefamily homes in the heaton property manitoba street was dis cussed by the board clerk ralph corner said that the present policy was to approve no further subdivision development in town and he had indi cated this decision to other parties who had ap proached him earlier chairman reg mckay- agreed that while the land in question was low and wet it would improve the appearance of the area if the lots were filled and homes erected member a g thomp son said the board should know to what extent the level of the lots would be raised id hate to think of people stepping out their front doors and up to their knees in mad the board agreed that more information was re quired reject sign the planning board has rejected a request by the simcoe sign company to erect a billboard on the former patrick car lot cast of the cnr tracks on main street the property is owned by stouffville machine and tool com pany im glad youre here christmas concerts are regaining their popularity in most communities and at claremont saturday a var iety show attracted a standingroom audience on hand with a few words of welcome was 7yearold lori red- shaw daughter of mr and mrs alan redshaw clare- mont staff photo seven y cai siu boy succumbs to illness stouffville a seven year old stouffville boy enjoyed the last few hours of his life at a kinsmen- sponsored childrens party in christ anglican church sunday afternoon douglas foley son of mr and mrs gerry foley fairview avenue passed away on sunday evening the little lad was an exceptionally bright boy and would have entered nl o ri 1 ri vuv hi vllliaiu x uv school iii september a few days before the start of the term his parents took him for a medical checkup it was then that they learned he had an in curable disease prior to that time he showed no signs of any illness during the short time that he attended douglas enjoyed school and was considered a leader in his class he headed up a jun ior band he attended sun day school at the stouff ville united church douglas lapsed into a coma at 840 pm sunday night and stouffville pol ice and firemen were call ed lnhilitor treatment was applied by brigade members george wilson jim rennie and fred castle without success surviving besides his parents is one sister debrah 8 kenneth h wagg church street stouffville is the new master of rich ardson masonic lodge he was installed to office by his uncle bob snowball a past master escape a miracle car plunges 60 ft to ice covered pond a collie pup what a gift for some lucky boy december 25 what more would any boy want to find in his stocking on christmas morning than a rolypoly collie pup six teenyearold janet davles of cedar beach mussclmans lake has a few left but is now finding the demand is greater than the supply staff photo stouffville an uxbridge township wo man was freed from the wreckage of her 1964 mod el car after it veered out of control for a distance of 490 feet and plunged 60 feet into an icecovered pond mrs hilda may powell 54 rr 1 uxbridge was admitted to york county hospital newmarket al though her escape from death was described as a miracle her injuries were not considered ser ious the accident occurred on county road 15 north of isumd lake the south bound auto swerved be tween two guard posts and down the steep em bankment it skidded ac ross the pond and struck a tree driving it back- word onto the ice when rescued there was four inches ot water in the car two boys were follow ing the powell auto and were on the scene in min utes they remained with the driver until police ar rived from whitchurch constable douglas murray conducted the investiga-