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whitchurch deputyreeve strikes back at critics i whitchurch twp if ratepayers present at a public meeting in the vandorf hall thursday had high hopes of witnessing a verbal war between whitchurch deputy- reeve lawrence hen nessey and rival repre sentatives of council and the industrial commis sion they went home disappointed for those same rivals who had in stigated and approved mr hennesseys dismis sal from the industrial committee either were not present or did not speak the deputyreeve had the platform to himself and he took full advantage of the oppor tunity in his address that lasted almost one hour mr hennessey made it quite clear that although he believed councils action to be wrong he did not desire re-instate- ment he said he wished only to tell his side of the story and clear his name in telling of his desire to obtain muchneeded industrial assessment in whitchurch mr hen nessey said that he had met personally with one company representative who expressed a desire v said that the cash deal on 55 acres was final ized with the property owner but he later learned that a member of the industrial com mission had recom mended to the purchas er that the transaction be terminated mr hen nessey declined to name names but informed his listeners that the fac tory had since moved to another municipality he said he was criticized for not bringing the matter to the attention of the commission im mediately mr hennessey ex plained that he had act ed on his own because he felt that time was important and action was needed rather than conflict of interest i was creating interest he said the deputyreeve said that accusations o f shady deals and charg es of wrongdoing had hurt him badly i wasnt born yesterday if people want to sling mud i can sling mud and if you sling enough of it some will stick mr hennessey said that the bylaw dealing with his dismissal had been presented to coun cil without his prior knowledge he said that this action was contrary to the townships pro cedural policy while i have no desire at this time to serve on the commission im not a quitter and i will con tinue to work in your industrial interests i have holdings in this township like each and every one of you then using the well- known quotation of hon john diefenbaker mr hennessey said when the going gets tough the tough get going the deputyreeve said thct regardless of the damage inflicted on him personally he would cuutinue to work closely with the reeve at coun ty council level in an effort to uphold the in terests of the electorate who had seen fit to place him in office although the public estimated at 150 per sons had come to hear mr hennesseys expla nation of his dismissal from the industrial com mission the deputy- reeve went much fur ther afield he said that as chair man of the police com mittee he had establish ed a maximum budget of s90000 he noted that while whitchurch was the last munici pality to settle with its police department the figure was maintained and supported by the attorney general he said that a special pro vincial committee had been established which could result in the amal gamation of some forces within york county with reference to whitchurch welfare costs he said he was appalled at the town ship figure the highest of any municipality in the county he said that thanks to reeve ken laushway of stouffville a county welfare pro gram had been estab lished to become effec tive jan 1 1969 mr hennessey said that since whitchurch had qualified for gov ernment assistance un der the industrial equa lization program a be nefit he had personally promoted he had work ed hard to encourage companies to locate it irks me to no end that we havent got one in dustry here this sum mer and time is running out he said in an appeal for pub lic support the deputy- reeve said that the tongue and the pen could be far more dam aging than the sword but fortunately we live in a country where we still enjoy freedom of speech vol 80 no 21 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday oct 24 1968 10 cents youths charged in liquor raids applicant rebuked by chairman whitchurch twp a whitchurch applicant before a hearing of the ontario municipal board was sternly rebuked by omb chairman david jamieson after he charged that the clerk thomas kerr had misrepresented the facts in his evidence mr e a scott rr 1 gormley said that he wished to separate va acres of land from an ori ginal lot that contained his place of residence mr scott said he had al ready appeared before the township planning board on three occasions plus an earlier hearing of the municipal board at that time he experienced car trouble and did not arrive until after the discussion had ended he said he had been fined 25 but the chairman was quick to in form the ratepayers that this amount of money was not a fine but a basic fee clerk kerr said that township policy was op posed to residential de velopment in rural areas with no services available mr scott argued that the location in question cone 3 could no longer be considered as rural but clerk kerr referred to the zoning classed as agri cultural scott said that the land was not under culti vation it was then that he accused the clerk with mis representing the facts chairman jamieson said that conduct of such a na ture could not be tolerated he noted that mr kerr in his opinion was a respon sible employee of the town ship and had provided the hearing with evidence while under oath he said that the decision would be submitted in writing laidlaw for reeve markham deputy- reeve albert laidlaw of markham village has an nounced his intentions to run for reeve he made his decision public at the conclusion of a council meeting monday the present reeve mrs alma walker will contest the new post of mayor markham village will graduate to the status of a town january 1 1969 the newcomers to the municipal field will seek election as councillors arthur bud bonner gla diator road and walter b grieve houghton blvd have submitted their names as candidates present councillors lloyd abcrnethy douglas allison and rod stewart have not committed them selves the nomination meeting is nov 18 the election date is dec 2 ted gough markham fire chief markham ted gough road superintend ent in the village of mark ham is the new ftre chief of the 17man volunteer fire brigade the appoint ment effective oct 21 was approved without com ment by council monday the decision brought to a close a controversial issue that earlier had prompted a threatened mass resignation by bri gade members the firemen had asked that the chief be selected from within their ranks rather than from outside the department mr gough one of five to try tests as set by the fire marshals depart ment is reported to have attained excellent stand ing he had served as bri gade captain prior to his promotion no salary fi gure was revealed fire chief gough will retain his position with the village road staff un til dec 1 or until a re placement is acquired since the resignation of fire chief charles hoov er the brigade deputy howard jarick has assum- e d this responsibility council has approved pay ment to mr jarick for ser vices rendered over one million building in markham duringthetmonth of sep tember exceeded one mil lion dollars according to a repoff preseritedby bill france the amount in cluded a450000 apart ment and a 5130000 addi- tion to thos n shea real estate office no cover up markham when po lice and ambulance at tendants arrived at the scene of a twocar acci dent on hwy 48 near steeles avenue monday they rubbed their eyes and took a second look sure enough two passengers a man and a woman in one vehicle were travel ling completely nude of ficers granted the pair time to collect their be longings and then whisked them off to hospital their injuries were not considered serious thats what i call get ting the bare facts com mented a constable markham the council of the village of markham will host a meeting nov 4 to discuss what steps can be taken to establish rail commu ter service between ux- bridge and metro toronto on the local cnr line invitations have been sent out to all towns and townships in the area af fected including markham township whitchurch township uxbridge township uxbridge town and the village of stouff ville don deacon mpp york centre has also been invited to attend the discussion will be held in conjunction with markhams regular meet ing that falls on that date whitchurch twp two successive raids by whitchurch twp police have resulted in the arrest of twentynine teenagers they face charges of being drunk consuming as min ors or illegal possession of liquor the first raid was car ried out friday on the es tablishment of v e r a s snack bar lake wilcox charged with supplying liquor to minors is the proprietor of the prem ises vera hooper 35 al so arthur cox 43 the shop has been ordered closed v1 on saturday uight po lice broke up an openair drinking party in a field on the aurora sideroad east of cone 5 the young people fled in all direc tions as officers closed in twelve were arrested and taken into custody four teen others have been summonsed to appear in magistrates court new market this week police said that several of the teenagers appeared in a drunken condition departments assisting whitchurch included markhamaurora vaugh- an stouffville east gwil- limbiiry and richmond hill nomination stouffville the nomination meeting to name candidates from stouffville and whit- church for the new coun ty board of education will he held at the van dorf hall nov 18 at 7 nm the election date is dec 2 one trustee will represent both municipal ities world war 1 veterans plan reunion stouffville on nov 11 1918 the arm istice was signed to mark the end of world war i that was almost 50 years ago to commemorate that anniversary occasion stouffville branch 459 of the royal canadian legion will hold a re union banquet in the legion hall to honor the veterans of the 191418 conflict now re siding in the area to ensure the receipt of an invitation world war i veterans are ask ed to contact thestbiiff- ville legion president 3ert chewins as soon as possible pickering stalled on trustee wards whitchurch township completes official plan whitchurch twp the longawaited official plan for the twp of whit church has been finalized the content has been examined by the depart ment of municipal affairs and approved by planning board in ap effort to acquaint residents of the munici pality with the many pro posed restrictions public meetings will be arranged and the plan will be ex plained suggested loca tions are vandorf and bal- lantrae on consecutive nights in late november the dates will be publish ed when set it is not anticipated that any major changes will be required deputyreeve lawrence hennessey recommended that copies of the plan be made available to every ratepayer but other mem bers felt that the cost in volved would be prohib itive councillor norman barnard noted that indi vidual owners would only be interested in the zon ing regulations as they applied to his property and not necessarily the township at large approve cable tv stouffville the municipal council has giv en three readings to a by law to permit rogers cable tv to install their service to homes in the munici pality agreement had pre viously been reached with the public utilities com mission for the use of pole lines in the case of under ground services the tv cable will also go under ground cable tv provides per fect reception to the view er on all channels normally received in the area ac cording to council infor mation the cost to the cus tomer would be 450 a month pickering twp with nominations for pickering trustee repre sentation on the new county education board only three weeks away council cant decide whether they should come from three wards two two wards or the town ship as a whole reeve john williams has warned members that they must make up their minds soon nomination date is nov 18 with the election dec 2 clerk douglas plitz es tablished the ward boun daries so that ward 1 in- cludin themnion school section for pickering vil lage would have a popu- 1 a t i o n figure of 7637 wards 2 and 3 would be divided into populations of 10837 and 11323 councillor john kruger argued that there was no logical way school area 2 could be split he suggest ed that those persons who were worried about the north should read an ed itorial published recently in the stouffville tribune why do we have to listen to stouffville when it is not in pickering township questioned councillor donald beer councillor kruger main tained that the three trus tees should be selected from the municipality at large and not by divisions of wards several resolutions on the subject were put to a 4 vote but all went down to defeat reeve williams termed the deadlock ridiculous what do you expect a complete revision of the voters list and polls he asked it cant be done norman tyndall council candidate markham twp the decision by councillor an thony roman to run for deputyreeve in markham twp at the forthcoming municipal elections has left the ward 2 post open for declared candidates one of these is norman tyndall gormley rr 2 mr tyndall announced his intention to contest the seat this week an active participant in church school and com munity projects he served for six vears on the york- central dist high school board and is presently engaged in survey re search work for york uni versity he is a past pres ident of the york county junior farmers assoc and the richmond hill agricultural society mr tyndall is married and the father pf four mardi paul laurie and john markham twp nomina tions are nov 18 the el ection date is dec 2 the awards banquet of the international plowing match honored many prize winners from this area including ross kennedy right of little brit ain and formerly of markham rr 2 he receives the bank of nova scotia award from james black branch manager at guelph staff photo bob tran right clarcmont rr 2 was the winner of an engraved sliver tea service donated by the canadian imperial bank of commerce making the presentation is j e sibbald branch manager guelph ontario staff photo runnersup in the competition included don dunkcld atha 6th ivan dcgecr mt albert 8th and ross kennedy little britain 12th floyd forsyths coach at the international was grant wells of lcmonvillc he used a masscy 30 tractor and a massey trailer plow with kvcrn land boards should floyd be suc cessful in the canadian championships next vear he would advance the stouftville- claremont uxbridpe area was well repre sented in the winners circle at the awards banquet in guelph friday champions in cluded class 9 byrnell wylie oakwood class ii ross kcnnedv lit tle britain class 14 j i m campsall u x bridce class 16 byrn ell wylie oakwood class 18 bob tran claremont class 21 herb jarvis acincourt class 23 byrnell wylie oakwood class 24 graeme little little britain class 25 ted smith blackwater class 28 jim campsall uxbridsc class 31 byrnell wylie oak- wood class 33 b o b tran claremont class 36 herb jarvis agin- court in he inter-second- an school competition dale oldham ml al bert and barn- jones uxbridge placed third and bill tran and bruce pearsc of clare mont fourth j