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more than 4000 persons attended the 5th annual antique show and exhi bition in the markham arena sept 6and 7 this old wooden pump caught the eye of 9 year old greg reesor son of mr and mrs john reesor mark- ham rr 1 it is a product of the moore pump company owned and op erated by the late edwin rofey north markham staff photo antique show a sales success markham the 5th annual antique show and exhibition sponsor ed by st andrews presbyterian church and held in the markham arena sept 6 and 7 has been ruled an outstanding success such was the fav orable comment voiced by both visitors and dealers and 4000 people cant be wrong the twoday event has been accorded so much acclaim that each of the 22 dealers has reserved space for next year and others are waiting an opportunity to get in the entire floor area was transformed into a glittering array of eye catching items and the lighting at night added to the brilliance of the displays three dealers were completely sold out on friday and had to replensh their stocks for the finale on saturday for those who came only to look there was plenty to see as twelve craftsmen carved weaved spun and moulded their wares before hun dreds of curious eyes it was a good show when it started in 1964 and it keeps getting- better every year the chairman is bill rutledge markham liquor vote only passive resistance markham twp six years ago a liquor plebi scite in the township of markham was met with organized opposition a vote no executive was extremely active and pub lic meetings were held throughout the municipal ity the question went down to defeat when it fell short of the required 60 percent times have surely changed with a second similar vote only two weeks away resistance has been only passive the vote date is saturday sept 28 and polls will be open from 9 am to 8 pm dst three questions will appear on the ballot are you in favor of the estab lishment of government stores for the sale of li quor are you in favor of the sale of liquor under a dining lounge license for consumption with meals on licensed prem ises are you in favor of the sale of liquor under a lounge license for con sumption on licensed premises for persons who wish to take advantage of the advance poll ballots will be accepted at the town ship municipal office but- tonville on friday sept 20 between the hours of 9 am and 8 pm markham clerk harry t crisp said that neither the wets nor the drys had any official status since no managers had been appointed the dry committee submitted a 25- name petition to qualify but the application was made after the deadline date mr crisp is seek ing a ruling on the matter from the provincial elec tion officer pickering school area 1 to elect one member pickering twp the present rural school area of pickering town ship tsa 1 has been as sured of one member on the new county education board to be established jan 1 the more urban area tsa 2 will have representatives the decision was ap proved following a lengthy discussion by members of pickering twp council sept 3 the following reso lution was passed for the purpose of county elec tions a ward system shall be established essentially for school area 1 to elect one representative and school area 2 to elect two representatives and this shall be done on the basis of a twoward system in the area reeve john williams ad mitted that while he was never in favor of two separated school areas in pickering he had always considered it vital for the rural residents to have re presentation on the board he said that not only would he support one can didate from area 1 and two from area 2 but he would be willing to split area 2 into two parts so that representation could come from the east and al so the west i am concerned about the north people he said he noted that when the original twoarea system was approved it meant the withdrawal of 18 sectional boards that had been in existence for many years to the people in the north end this represented a very real problem per haps one that we did not appreciate controller john kruger reeve john williams argued that the three members should be elect ed from the township at large and he was support ed by councillor arthur king i feel that the idea of perpetuating the urban- rural division is wrong stated councillor kruger especially wrong now that we are entering into a county system councillor king contend ed that to obtain the best possible candidates nomi nations should come from the township as a whole councillor kruger argu ed that the rural concept of pickering no longer held true since the people moving in were mainly from urban areas and al ready represented about 80sc of the total popula tion councillor victor rudik said that certain problems were peculiar only to the north and he felt that a representative voice from the present area 1 should be heard councillor donald kit chen pointed out that for trustee nominees to can vass the entire township would be an awesome task and costly vol 80 no 15 stouffvillemarkhamuxbripoe ont thursday sept 12 1968 10 cents stouffville sewage plant addition to cost an estimated 400000 aid from developers stouffville to accommodate a popu lation increase in stouffville of 4500 persons an addition to the towns present sewage disposal plant will be required the cost of phase 1 of this project has been estimated at 400000 details of a proposed expanded disposal sys tem arc contained in a 100pagc report prepared on request by the engineering firm of hisey and barrington ontario water resources commission has ruled that no further large scale residential de velopment will be permitted in stouffville unless the expanded system is approved who is to cover the cost of this major plant expansion program as far as members of coun cil are concerned the money must be contributed by future developers and not resident ratepayers this statement of policy was made clear at a meeting thursday night an increase in lot fees will be considered our costs arc increasing but were not con scious enough of it stated deputyreeve bill parsons our lot fee rate is antiquated mr parsons recommended that a committee report be presented to council for further consideration reeve ken laushway said that in his opinion there was no place in stouffville for the little land developer he cant afford to pay the nec essary fee we must always be looking ahead to sec who is to cover the cost of expanded services its not the man with ten or fifteen lots committee chairman councillor tom loncr- gan said that while the sewage plant addition would be costly there was also one pumping sta tion that had to be replaced assistance must come from the developers otherwise they dont develop said the reeve a committee meeting was arranged for 8 am wednesday morning due to the importance of the issue all members of council were asked to attend student cheats death to accommodate further residential development stouffvilles sewage treatment plant must be enlarged the expansion cost to serve a population of 9500 is estimated at 400000 staff photo brougham man burned in gas fire stouffville a 21- year old stouffville dist rict engineering student had a miraculous escape from death while working on a project at the skeena mine site near uranium city saskatchewan james clubine son of mr and mrs russell clu bine stouffville rr 4 was standing kneedeep in water and holding a pow er line when the switch was accidentally turned on twentyfive hundred volts passed through his body artificial respiration was administered by gary brown a fellow workman he was then transported by helicopter to hospital in uranium city for furth er treatment and observa tion although partially paralyzed for a time he was released after three and a half days and al lowed to come home he has since made a success ful recovery and will re turn to ryerson institute for the start of the fall term jim is a grade 13 graduate of stouffville dist secondary school brougham a brougham man is rcover- ing in pickeringajax hos pital from second and third degree burns suffer ed in a flash fire while working inside a large scraper unit howard burton was able to escape through a trap door and remove a blazing pair of coveralls although suffering ex treme pain he drove to the home of a neighbor orville lunney mrs lnn- ney rushed him to hos pital the accident occurred at the burton service shop on the brock road south of claremont mr burton was using gasoline to clean interior mechanism of the machine when a short circuit in a cable ignited the liquid in sec onds the compartment was a mass of flames hes lucky to be alive said mrs burton she said that her husband was working alone at the time most seriously burned was his right hand and left leg heavy clothing lessened the extent of the injury he will be hos pitalized for at least two weeks mr burtons mother mrs norman burton re sides on ross avenue in stouffville early bird while the 1969 model cars are not due to goon public display at gordon page motors main street west stouffville for an- other week a hidden chrysler new yorker on the page lot already sports a sold sign survey accident corner stouffville en gineering officials of both york county and the de partment of highways are making surveys of the intersection at tenth line north and main street to learn if some improve ments are required to re duce the accident toll at this corner the most recent collis- sion at this location sent two persons to hospital and caused an estimated 6000 damage the intersection is a twoway stop from both the north and east councillor tom loner- gan told members of council at a meeting thursday that he had conducted his own person al check of the corner and had counted fiv mo torists drive through new signs stouffville a bylaw supporting new parking regulations op main street has been approved by stouffville council the signs have been erected the parking limit in certain stipulated areas is two hours on both sides of mill street at the post office it is 15 minutes without stopping as far as im concern ed anyone who misses the sign must be blind stated deputyreeve bill parsons a suggestion by council lor mrs ethel mole that the corner be made 3way stop was not considered practical it would only add to the confusion said reeve ken laushway he noted that the instal lation of a flasher light was being considered clerk ralph corner said that the speed limit on the eastwest county road might be reduced to 35 miles per hour religion barrier broken stouffville ev- erek r storms depart ment of public relations of the missionary church is no stranger among congregation members here the tri bune is pleased to pub lish a news release sent out from his kitchener office mr storms writes a rather unusual wedding took place re cently in pembroke ontario when miss sharon nienkirchen a member of the united church of canada was united in marriage to mr angus paris a bap tist the wedding took place in the presbyter ian church with the re ception being held in the lutheran church the officiating minister was rev william j smith from the mis sionary church the groom was a negro the bride was white love knows no bar rier arrest breakin suspects falls from swing altona a five year old altona girl remains in york county hospital newmarket following an accident near her home in which she suffered a sev ere gash on the head debbie pattenden dau ghter of mr and mrs elwood pattenden fell about six feet from the crossbar of a playground swing her head struck the metal seat markham twp in tensive investigations by markham township police detectives douglas tribbl- ing clifford cox and bruce findlay have result ed in the arrest of two men charged with break entry and theft at philmar lumber limited hwy 48 south of markham village real desdiens 31 of willowdale and josef drei- tenlohner 29 of toronto appeared in magistrates court richmond hill tuesday property valued at 2- 000 has been recovered the breakin occurred on the night of august 30 entry to the premises was gained by smashing in a rear door board life lenghtened whitchurch twp the old school board sys tem in york county will not be dissolved as soon as originally anticipated member michael ogden said that present boards would carry on until the county unit could assume full responsibility h e gave march 1 as a tenta tive date for the change over mr ogden said that while no new policy could be adopted after jan 1 funds would be made av ailable to cover continuing expenses dont look watching now dut an orricer may a new parking bylaw has been approved by stouffville council but whether it is applicable in this case is subject to debate a charge of trespassing on private property could be laid but then again it would be diffi cult to coax the accused into court staff photo antique auction civil war relic sells for 1000 markham when the price of a single article at an antique sale amazes a veteran auc tioneer like clarke prentice of markham then the bid has to be high that item was an original winchester rifle that sold for 1000 at an auction saturday at ellesmcrc it and many other antiques were the property in the estate of the late david forfar lot 28 cone 2 scarboro the crowd in attendance was estimated at over 1000 the gun said to date back to the american civil war was in spotless condition ive never seen one like it said mr prentice it was like selling a piece of real estate only 4000 of them were manufactured and most have been claimed as museum pieces the purchaser of this one wanted it at any price to complete a collection the sale that grossed over 5000 was handled by auctioneer prentice and gordon sellers the clerk was jim smith and the cash ier john scgriff