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largest weekly markhajtn stouffville uxbridge in the district wht wriium all the news whitchurch i uxbridge markham j pickering of all 4 townships vol 80 no 42 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday mar 20 1959 15 cents new apartments planned former site of fish factory stouffville the old vinegar works factory and more recently the plant of the goldfish sup ply company may soon disappear from its land mark site on albert street south two 4storey apartment buildings each containing 26 suites are proposed for the area north of sunset boulevard anthony kugler rri unionville appeared be fore the planning board march 13 to request the area be changed from an industrial one to resident ial he indicated that one apartment would be erect ed immediately with a second to follow in two or three years he agreed to remove the present brick building from the site be fore commencing construc tion mr kugler cited a need for accommodateion of this kind in stouffville he said that the buildings would be a credit to the area and he would abide by the suite fee figure as established by council he said he had built several exclusive homes in the cachet county club sub division of markham township the price of the proper ty although not revealed at the meeting was earlier reported at 60000 c e hendricks repre senting the shea real es tate company said it was the first firm offer he had received planning board agreed to a change in zoning on condition that the present building be removed members also recommend ed that a time limit be set for a start on construction and if the property should be sold or transferred the agreement would become nul and void 30 million budget york cty york county school board has agreed to borrow 19 million to take care of current expenses and pressing capital needs the new board has not yet brought in its budget for the year but early es timates for salaries main tenance and supplies in dicates that the figure for 1969 will be in excess of s30 million the board will borrow sis million from the can adian imperial bank of commerce which has its operating account and s4 million from the bank of nova scotia which has its capital account century city many questions but few answers a fullgrown german shepherd dog under heavy sedation awaits surgery at hind leg the stouffville veterinary clinic to remove its right staff photo markham twp a cnr freight engineer who stopped his locomo tive to rescue a german shepherd dog trapped in a wire fence has been credited with saving the animals life john histed of belle ville was eastbound near the 7th cone and 14th avenue of markham twp when he spotted the ani mal struggling on the ground he braked the en gine and aided by his fireman cut the wire that was wound tightly around the dogs hind leg he then called markham po lice canine control officer james ryan was informed of the animals condition and responded immedi ately he took the dog to the stouffville veterinary clinic where it was treat ed to ease the pain and kept overnight with the tendons and blood vessels completely severed it was necessary to amputate the leg on tuesday mr ryan is still attempting to find the owner officer ryan told the tribune that he believes the dog was trapped in the fence for about two days he said it was in an extremely weakened condition through lack of food and loss of blood he will keep it in his pound east of gormley until fully recovered it was at first believed that the dog might have been purposely tied there and abandoned but veter inarian dr a t ocon nor suggests that it could have become caught while trying to crawl through the fence and then wors ened the injury attempt ing to get free public and high school teachers equal pay for equal qualifications would integrate school j york cty the york county board of education took a firm step towards integration of the countys elementary and secondary school systems march 10 when it adopted a policy of equal pay for equal quali fications under the new policy an elementary teacher in for example category 6 whose qualifications entitle him to a secondary school teac her category 2 designation may elect to teach at eith er the elementary or sec ondary school level and will receive whichever salary schedule is most favorable to him similarly a secondary school teacher could teach in an elementary school without loss of salary regulations of the de partment of education stipulate that a teacher holding a permanent ele mentary certificate stan dard 4 may be granted an interim high school assis tants certificate type b when accepting a contract to teach in a secondary school after two years of successful teaching a permanent certificate is then granted the policy was present ed to the board by trust ees ross jolliffe chairman of the salary negotiation committee it was noted that the policy was delib erately intended to furth er integration of the two levels it was felt that it would result in a strength ening of the system as people would be able to teach where they are most effective stated aim of the board is to evolve a school sys tem where transition from elementary to secondary school is accompanied by no greater shock for the pupil than moving from one grade to another at any level hi neighbor stouffville planning board member jim richards has ques tioned the advisability of allowing subdivis ion homes on 45 foot lots he observed that some houses in the ponderosa appeared too close together i cant help but wonder if we made a mistake he said board chairman bill kamps viewed the prob lem from a brighter side the neighbors can do more than just say hello they can reach out their windows and shake hands parkview wins appeal stouffville the parkview home for sen ior citizens in stouffville has won its assessment appeal before a county court judge the home has been de clared exempt from all taxation it is the only institution of its kind in york and the appeal represented a test case in the courts the county that now has total jurisdiction over assessment matters was represented by solicitor j d lucas an appeal is being con sidered of the more than 60 re sidents at parkview less than ten are from stouff ville in a second appeal a 25 percent assessment re duction was allowed the ap food store in the stouffville plaza police eject fan stouffvil le police were called to the arena tuesday to eject a fan after he struck juven ile forward larry gilroy in the face during a stouffvillemeaford play off game school board goofed developer stouffville the purchase of a site for a third public school in stouffville could be final ized this week this was the opinion of the developer alex tom bosso following a meet ing with planning board and two members of the administrative staff york county board of educa- tior mar 13 the land is located north of elm road and immediately west of st marks separate school mr tombosso owner of property known as the stouffville sod farm ninth line north ex pressed irritation over past dealings with the former school board ex tending back one and one- half years they goofed it all up but still wanted it at the same price he said he informed the meeting that he was sell ing the site for less than he paid for it e j sand of the new york board termed the situation serious wed like to get it cleared up he said he recommended that land in the proposed subdivision to be reserv ed for park purposes be located adjacent to the school grounds and thus enlarge the total area to about nine and onehalf acres its an excellent price commented mr sand excellent for the board but not for me replied the developer mr tombosso explained that he had purchased the pro perty after the original deal had supposedly been made mr sand explained that the old board had neither the time or the money to complete the transaction propose 265 lot subdivision mens wear store daylight robbery markham a darintr daylight rob bery at applctons mens wear store in the markham shopping centre sunday netted thieves merchandise and cash estimated at over 6800 entry to the premises was gained by re moving the lock from the front door the clothing racks were cleared of 150 suits but in apparent haste to leave the build ing 40 were dropped on the floor near the rear exit the store managers office was entered and a small cash box was rifled about 130 in bills and change was removed the robbery was similar to the breakin at orchards mens shop in the stouffville plaza the total loss there was close to 12000 police chief fred white termed the theft the work of professionals he said it appear ed obvious from the number of suits left be hind that the culprits left the store in a hurry fingerprint experts from the ontario pro vincial police have been called in to assist with the investigation stouffville a 265 lot subdivision to include a new public school and an apartment for senior citi zens is proposed for an area commonly known as the stouffville sod farm north of elm road developer alex tombos so with consulting engi neer howard hunt pre sented a sketch plan of the project to planning board march 13 mr tombosso said he was anxious to begin deve lopment of the property immediately on the question of drainage mr hunt recom mended that a storm sew er be constructed from ninth line north in a westerly direction to the stream that flows through ringwood he suggested that this proposal would prove more practical than directing the flow down fairview avenue and un der main street he said that mr tombosso would be willing to enter into an agreement to assist in en larging the sewage dispos al plant and the pumping station at wcstlawn cres cent mr hunt also pointed to a problem with the pump ing station on victoria street but suggested that its capacity could be in creased at a cost of about 30000 board chairman bill kamps informed the deve loper that if he should re ceive approval of the plan a time limit would be set to begin construction he warned that too often in the past an agreement meant only that the land wai more saleable and the original owner was never heard from again mr kamps also recommended that should the property change hands the agree ment would be automatic ally cancelled wage offer rejected by police whitchurch twp the council of the twp of whitchurch has ap proved a sizeable salary hike for themselves but has offered the police de partment only 7 percent increase across the board the settlement said to be final has been rejected by representatives of the force the department will take the dispute to arbi tration a similar breakdown in negotiations occurred last year however one week before arbitration proceedings were to be gin an agreement was reached municipalities meet developers april 24 uxbridge twp century city a ben efit or detriment a meeting of representatives from uxbridge twp and adjacent municipalities at goodwood march 13 was designed to answer this question instead the 2hour discussion aroused more ques tions but few answers while several councillors took a firm stand against the planned residential commercial and industrial centre others declined to pass comment without additional information it was agreed that a spokesman for revenue properties limited should attend a second meet ing april 24 uxbridge twp reeve alvin rcdshaw said that contrary to published reports it was not his de sire to block the plan nor did he intend to promote it he suggested that road maintenance could prove a problem as well as garbage disposal par ticularly if vacant gravel excavations were to be used for this purpose i cant sec how this city will ever benefit the residents of this township he said he noted that it was still too early to say whether test holes for water would affect othei wells in the area i want to know the facts before i reach a de cision stated mayor fred steward of uxbridge town how can we criticize the plan when we dont know what plans they have in mind asked dep utyreeve lawrence hennessey of whitchurch reeve ken laushway of stouffville said that an official of the firm would meet with his council march 24 we have many questions but until we receive the answers we are neither for nor against it mr laushway suggested that in the final analysis it would be the minister of muni cipal affairs who would settle the issue uxbridge councillor clark muirhead was di rect he termed the project a madison avenue bluff they try to tell us this is progress and we are expected to lie down and take it all they are trying to do is make uxbridge township an other los angeles other places arc calling for this kind of thing but for anyone to advocate satellite cities around toronto should have his head examined pickering councillor victor rudik said that such a buildup on their north boundary was not in keeping with the townships rural area plan he charged too that there was an insufficient labor force in the stouffvilleuxbridge districts to supply employment for such a largescale in dustrial program pickering councillor donald kitchen suggested that even if century city did not proceed the in vestors would not lose for the meeting april 24 it was agreed that each of the five municipalities could be repre sented by ten officials reeve redshaw ruled that the press would be permitted to attend recorded vote whitchurch reeve opposes council salary increase a public library for people only the public doesnt mind sharing the sidewalk with horses but when it comes o romping up the steps into the library its quite another thing cynthia mun- dicr 10 and juliet frenchman 9 both of rupert avenue stouffville consider the best place to park their fourfooted friend staff photo whitchurch twp in spite of oppostion regis tered by reeve stewart burnett and councillor norman barnard whit church township council has granted itself a salary increase for 1969 the revised rate will give reeve burnett 4200 deputy reeve lawrence hennessey 3000 and councillors betty vannos- trand robert lewis and norman barnard 2500 the wage hike contain ed in a recommendation from a committee of coun cil was approved march 11 in a 32 recorded vote onethird of each mem bers stipend shall be con sidered as an expense and not subject to income tax reeve burnett in oppos ing the bylaw suggested that the increase over 1968 was too great he argued too that the figure for the deputyreeve should be the same as for the council lors he recommended that there should be no deductions for absentee ism since in the majority of cases if members could not be present it was be cause they were busy on other township business councillor barnard charged that the tax load now borne by the taxpay ers was high enough with out adding to the burden he said he was satisfied with the amount paid last year deputyreeve hennessey observed that salary re strictions once imposed on municipal councils had been removed he suggest- tcd that in view of the time spent on township work the added remuner ation was not out of line a similar stand was tak en by mrs vannostrand she noted that the meet ing march 10 had opened at 1 pm and would not conclude until midnight