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largest weekly markham stouffyille uxbridge 1 in the district news vol 79 no 36 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday february 1 1968 10 cents whitchurch i uxbridge i markham i pickering townships medal dr w r wees rjt 3 stouftville has been awarded the centennial medal the honor signifies his national contribution to education over a period of many years dr and mrs wees reside in ux bridge township mailbox vandals goodwood its not halloween but in the goodwood area of ux bridge township acts of vandalism involving road side mailboxes have been reported to the tribune most of tne damage has been confined to boxes on cone 3 south of good wood several have been broken off and one is missing entirely owners are of the opinion that the damage is intentional and not the work of snowplow equipment last fall considerable damage was caused to the interior of quaker hill school but it is not known if the same persons are responsible ontario pro vincial police at whitby report no recent arrests whitchurch twp community centre costs still climbing ballantrae its one thing to establish a community centre and an other thing to operate it the cold hard facts of costs were outlined before whitchurch twp council by kim rogers at a meet ing jan 23 mr rogers estimated that a budget of 7000 would be required to maintain the centre in 1968 he asked for imme diate payment of 362800 to cover current expendi tures and winterize the building mr rogers said that approval of the proj ect had been granted by the council of 1967 and he felt that the work should be completed it was agreed that the money should be forward ed to the secretary of the board in three separate instalments councillor bob lewis noted that a onemonth bill for heating the centre totalled 245 he felt that this was extremely high mr rogers explained that this cost could be reduced through proper insulation councillor norman bar nard questioned why the former council had not set aside sufficient funds in their budget to cover all expenditures reeve stew art burnett explained that when funds for 1967 were approved the council was assured by the centennial committee that they would not require additi onal financial support the community centre is located east of highway 48 adjacent to the ballan- trae school curls at carnival s t o u f f v i l l e harry bowes left stouft- ville last night to partici pate in a curling compe tition at the annual que bec winter carnival color guard in u s show stouffville the color guard of the stouff- ville drum and bugle corps travelled across the border saturday to parti cipate in an international competition at clarence new york the centurions led by their guard captain lois farthing placed 8th out of twelve entries the mark ham collegettes were 10th nine of the twelve corps were from the united states some with ten years experience the stouffville unit has been training for only two years parents of the stouff- ville girls assisted in pro viding transportation an audience of 400 attended the show the centurions receiv ed 8210 points at the con clusion of the competi tion the number one corps received 9025 points peoples choice vandorf the fed eral government will hon or two residents of whit church township with presentations of centen nial medals the councils problem is who to choose in an effort to arrive at a decision ratepayers are asked to submit names to the clerk thomas kerr at the municipal office gormley rr 1 the dead line is feb 12 the choice should be based on meritorious ser vice to the township over a period of years markham twp may ban non resident hunters mr ewart j stiver of unlonvlhe is the new president of the markham township sunday school association as it enters its 100th year the 99th annual convention was held at the united missionary churchin markham jan 25 staff photo sunday school assoc enters centennial year many properties posted markham township the sale of non resident hunting licenses may be discontinued in markham township before the council proceeds with such action they will learn if resident hunt ers may also be affected by the ban the clerk harry t crisp has been asked to obtain further information mr crisp said that it was his understanding that in order for the townships own residents to hunt at least one hundred nonresident licenses must be issued the discussion arose when a letter was received from the department of lands and forests want ing to know if markham planned to raise any pheasant chicks they arc supplied by the prov ince but the township must find persons willing to raise them a motion to obtain 500 birds was de feated either you kill them off or they cat up the corn said deputyreeve sidney gadsby i feel the hunt should be discontinued councillor charles hoover said that many pro perties were now posted and more people were moving in all the time reeve stewart rumble ruled against a com plete hunting ban for both residents and non residents properties will become infested with rabid foxes and rodents of all kinds he said in defense of hunting councillor alan sumner remarked sure you get the odd nut but theres never been a deputation before us to voice objec tion it was agreed that the matter should be deferred one week gerry egberts a queen scout markham it is sig nificant that mr ewart j stiver of unionville should head the markham township sunday school association in its 100th year of organization his direct connection with promotion of sunday school work extends back over a halfcentury he was elected president at the associations evening session thursday held in the markham united mis sionary church he suc ceeds mr maurice farqu- harson who held the post for two years other mem bers of the 1968 executive include 1st vicepresident leonard burkholder 2nd vicepresident mrs mar garet britton secretary lewis heise and treasurer hugh boyd a welcomed visitor at the afternoon and evening sessions was mr jess pike a native of markham and presently a teacher of en gineering on the staff of the university of toronto the guest speaker in the afternoon was rev e s mcvety president of rich mond college port credit and editor of evangelical christian magazine a t night the message was brought by dr eric siscl a student at emmanuel college and pastor of zion cedar grove and box stouffville united church sets 29650 budget stouffville the congregation of the stouff ville united church has set a budget target of 29- 65000 for 1968 included in this total is 2515000 for general operating costs of all departments plus 4500 for repairs and improvements to church property the annual meeting was held wednes day night rev alan borland in his report to the members ex pressed his appreciation of the work done by all organizations in particu lar the board of stewards under the chairmanship of fred williams it was this committee that ac cepted the responsibility for installing a new fur nace in the church and the renovation of the church hall a new spirit of fel lowship understanding and cooperation has been injected into the congre gation through this under taking he said in an ef fort to lighten the load during the year ahead mr borland urged other mem bers to accept leadership roles rev alan l borund church membership as of dec 31 1967 was 374 twelve persons were re ceived b u t twentyfive were lost five of these through death and nine by transfer the pastor con ducted 16 funerals ii marriages and 10 baptis ms stewart stouffer clerk of session spoke of the joint services with st james presbyterian church during july and august and the success of this venture he said that he hoped the program could be continued improvements within the church planned for i96s include repairs to the sunday school north wing 1000 cupboards in the church hall slooo hookup to sew ers 1000 the replacing of electric wiring 750 and painting the church entrance 750 grove united churches the location o f t h e 100th anniversary conven tion will be established at a meeting of the new ex ecutive mr stiver told the tribune charges pile up gormley a gorm ley district man has been charged with failing to re main impaired driving and several other minor traffic offenses following three separate accidents within a period of ten minutes i n whitchurch township police arrested john al bert miller 36 of gorm ley rr 2 at the scene of a collision on the don mills road south of van- dorf police said that at 1040 pm saturday a car owned by ronald gray richmond hill parked on the south road of lake wilcox was struck by an other but the driver did not stop ten minutes later two southbound cars were sideswiped and miller was taken into cus tody driver charged markham a 17- year old claremont dist rict youth has been charg ed with careless driving following a serious acci dent jan 19 on highway 48 south of markham vil lage david coulter clare mont rr 2 was the driv er of a southbound car that was in collision with another proceeding north corrine carswell 18 of toronto was injured in the crash and admitted to scarboro general hospi tal p c thomas mathe- son conducted the investi gation breakin daniel staplcton and raymond flanagan both of rr 3 claremont have been charged by markham village police in connec tion with a break entry and theft at the home of thomas ivison church street the oshawa police department also holds a warrant for their arrest the case was investigated by constables william gunn and donald toffoli big fish dicksons hill ten year old philip hoo ver rr 2 markham can justly qualify as a full- fledged fisherman on sat urday he hauled a nine pound trout out of lake simcoe he was accom panied by his father how ard who witnessed the catch the trout measured 30 inches in length it was philips first fish and his second trip stouffville fif teen year old gerry eg berts son of mr and mrs leo egberts mill street has brought honor to the stouffville boy scouts he was presented with his queen scout badge at a ceremony attended by his scoutmaster george brid ges and the district com missioner jack pearse according to availabl records gerry is the only stouffville boy to receive this award he is a grade 10 honor student of stouff ville dist secondary school later in the spring he will attend a provincial ceremony to receive his queen scout parchment from the governor gen era of canada truck burns stouffville a fire at the pellett disposal area highway 48 in whitchurch township tuesday caused an estimated s500 damage to a truck owned by w t rennie of stouftville the driver was unloading a quantity of paper bales when the rear section of the vehicle ignited the stouffville fire brigade was called to extinguish the blaze suspected shoplifters arrested in markham markham three women ranging in age from 21 to 28 years have been arrested by mark ham village police and turned over to the stouff ville department to be questioned concerning a series of shoptifting inci dents two of the women are from richmond hill one is from lake wilcox chief orland keating said that the goods includ ed clothing cigarettes and meat charges are pend ing house breakins two stouffville homes were entered sunday ev ening but a loss is report ed at only one a wallet containing 75 in cash was stolen from the residence of julian lopez boyer street also reported tak en was a cash box con taining passports spanish army papers and curren cy the wallet without the money was later found on montreal street the other breakin was at the residence of fred rieser stouffer street nothing was taken there who hit who stouffville an assault case in richmond hill court friday became so confused that tie de fence lawyer attempting to question a witness through an interpreter had the complainant mix ed up with the accused a charge of assault laid by one italian laborer against another following an alleged fistic encounter in a stouffville construc tion shack ended when magistrate russell pearse intervened lie dismissed the case giovannino r o s a t i claimed that franco car- relli jumped on him and punched him in the mouth he claimed that he had taken his hammer carrellii argued that ros- ati had provoked the at tack by pushing him first the charges and count- ter charges extended over an hour finally magis trate pearse was satisfied he had heard enough he ruled that rosati was the instigator of his own mis fortune family fun day stouffville a family fun day is planned for feb 17 at cedar beach musselmans lake and tickets are now on sale the program sponsored by the stouffville kins men club will include skidoo rides sleigh rides races a powder puff derby all the coffee you can drink and doughnuts you can eat in addition to a day of fun and entertainment some lucky ticket holder will win a brand new snowmobile it will be the last ticket drawn the first will receive 25 and every hundredth 10 only 500 family tickets will be sold and these arc now available from hunts sunoco dick coffey mo tors sanders ba and neil patrick motors win safety award markham presen tations of student safety awards are becoming ra- t h e r commonplace i n markham village its a habit however that par ents police and the mot oring public endeavour to promote on tuesday feb 6 st patricks pupils will be re cognized for establishing an 8year accidentfree re cord bishop f a mar- rocco of the york diocese will attend the ceremony at 1030 am to present the consumers gas com pany safety shield to a representative of the stu dent body the shield has been designed by the vil- lage police chief fred white in attendance also will be officials of the de partment of transport and the department of highways along with mr walter heaton area sup ervisor for consumers gas chief white told the tribune that students of st patricks deserve spec ial commendation since the school is located on highway no 7 a heavily travelled section of road way robinson school in markham has recorded its twelfth year of no acci dents a mark unmatched in the entire province councillor awarded centennial medal palomino colt is ready for romp in the sun crystal is only one week old but shes already anxious to kick up her heels and go for a run in the sun but goldle her mother is well aware of the weather out side shes content to remain indoors for a while the bcautifui palomino colt and mare are owned by donald hunter rjt i unionville staff photo markham twp the senator of markham township councillor charles hoover of ward 3 has been awarded a cen tennial medal the honor was bestowed upon him last week by the secretary of state for distin guished service to canada and the munici- g pality where he resides g mr hoover was first elected to council in g 1933 george paget was reeve at the time the deputyreeve was robert smith father of nelson smith cone 7 other councillors were w l clark and fred coakwcll in the succeeding year he poled the highest number of votes in the election g in 1934 mr hoover was appointed trcas- urcr and tax collector and later following the death of the clerk g a m davison of un- ionvillc he assumed the office of clcrk-treas- urcr he held the post until 1958 in addition to his other duties mr hoover took over the position of welfare officer in jj 1936 with mrs marie rac his assistant he was reelected to council in 1962 jj g mr hoover regards the award as his g most prized possession he has given it a j prominent place in his home and will wear it i only on very important occasions like maybe nomination night 8