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largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge in the district 3ttxe untune all the news whitchurch i uxbridge markham i pickering of all 4 townships vol 81 no 49 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge oxt thursday may 7 1970 15 cents complete marathon walk stouffville fifteen students from stouffville dist secondary school completed the 327 mile marathon walk in toronto saturday crossing the finish line at city hall were jane sanderson heather bangay sue chapman pat smith john dedlow robert danielis steve mcmullen and lyla yip all of grade 11 diane kitchen and laurie norton grade 12 aileen pinkerton and sharon wright grade 10 sue yates and john campey grade 9 and daryl wright grade 8 other participants from stouffville included trie houston sue stouffer and pat lewis laurie norton also an entry last year raised 264 through pledges she started out at 9 am and finished at six 10000 damage arson squad investigates whitchurch office fire while the exterior of the whitchurch municipal of fice at vandorf shows no sign of damage the loss inside has been estimated at 10000 in a fire friday morning the arson squad has been called in to investigate jas thomas robarts development plan casts doubt on century city project stouffville doubt has been cast over the future of century city or anything comparable to it following the release of the provincial govern ments design for development plan in toronto may 5 the report recommends that land in a wide band to the north of metre be retained to the maximum degree for recreational agricultural and other open space uses the village of stouffville lies within this band this policy would concentrate limited growth mainly within existing communities the report went on the tribunes peter harris attended the closed press session in the queen elizabeth building tuesday morning when he posed the question what of century city the reply was only draw your own conclusions the area one of three development zones outlined in the proposal is bounded by richmond hill to the south bradford to the north guelph on the west and port perry to the east- the present population of 160000 will grow to an estimated 300000 by the year 2000 restrictions have been township of markham tax increase 15 percent markham twp the municipal tax demand on the ratepayers of markham township will be approximately 15 percent more than last year according to budget figures endorsed by council monday with the new assessment based on actual value the farm land industrial and commercial property will pay less taxes and the home owners more due to the substantial increase in assessment with a corresponding drop in mill rate actual com parisons of individual properties are difficult to determine school costs up tax money required by the board of education for schools in the township is up about a half million dollars divided almost equally between the elementary and secon dary largest costs with ex ception of schools will be the road department where gross expenditures will be 976900 general township operating ex penses are up about 300000 the cost of operating the police department in 1970 will be 371850 of which 328500 is for salaries surplus in 1969 the annual audit report which is published in this weeks tribune reveals that council held to within 1 percent of last years budget resulting in a surplus of 49940 for the year pressure arrears councillor anthony roman suggested that council should bring more pressure to bear on tax delinquents he said that the arrears which now stand near a half million dollars should not be allowed to grow placed on pockets of urban buildup due to the high cost of providing sewer and water services throughout the zone the report goes on hon charles mac- naughton provincial economics minister told an audience of 1500 that one of the most pressing problems within the semi- rural area was the loss of prime agricultural land to speculators the land in the zone he said is urgently needed for recreation conservation open space and agriculture therefore it is the intention of the government to prevent large scale development and excessive damage to the environment there reeve ken laushway and all members of stouffville council at tended the 90 minute session tuesday af ternoon mr laushway said the only question in his mind prior to the meeting was whether stouffville would be in or outside the mass development region from the report he concluded that the communitys growth would be restrained surprise taxes down pickering twp if reeve john williams and all members of pickering twp council had turned handsprings in the middle of the chambers floor monday no ratepayer would have questioned their sanity they had every reason to be jubilant for taxes in 1970 will be down there are several ex planations for the decrease one is a surplus of about 200000 from 1969 another is a 90000 ad ditional grant from on tario hydro in lieu of taxes on the nuclear generating station this figure was 170000 the township had expected only 80000 cost of education in both rural and urban areas of the municipality are also down from last year in selfappreciation of their work members approved increases in their own wages the deputyreeve and coun cillors will now receive 22 per meeting up from 18 the reeve will be paid 9560 members of planning board and committee of adjustment will receive 19 up from 15 records destroyed building closed whitchurch twp the stench of thick smoke that permeated the interior of the whitchurch municipal building at vandorf fri day has been replaced by a pall of suspicion as investigators attempt to learn the cause of the blaze that resulted in 10000 damage the fire that appeared to start in a second story vault destroyed many of the townships records some of which cannot be replaced the odor of an inflammable liquid possibly kerosene was evident personnel from the ontario fire marshals office the arson squad the criminal invcstiga- tion branch of the opp as well as whitchurch police arc working on the case strict security has been thrown around the building caretaker fred ricker was the first on the scene at 8 am friday morning he ventured in only far enough to switch on the lights then called for assistance firemen from aurora responded road superintendent ernest davis said by the time the brigade arrived smoke was seeping out through a rear door while there was no immediate sign of a breakin one informant told the tribune that interior offices had been ransacked it was last december that the then deputy- reeve of whitchurch lawrence hennessey re vealed a discrepancy in the townships tax re ceipts amounting to just over 900 the where abouts of the alleged missing funds is still not known some people in authority feel the latest incident holds some connection whitchurch home raided by police attempted murder charge sandford a 49 year old sandford district woman is in custody charged with attempted murder following her arrest april 29 by officers of the brechin detach ment ontario provincial police it is alleged that mrs aletha romano discharged a gun in the bedroom of the familys home narrowly missing her daughter margaret age 16 a neighbor intervened police said a charge of arson is also pending against the accused the romano residence is located at rrl ux bridge whitchurch twp a midnight raid by whitchurch police sup ported by officers from markham township and newmarket has resulted in charges against six young people ranging in age from 17 to 21 years the residence located at prestons lake north of gormley had been under surveillance for some time the parents were absent from the premises where police said it was obvious a party had been in progress however they believe about 25 had left the property just before they arrived to appear in provincial court at newmarket are christopher moffatt 18 prestons lake edward arnold ransome 21 and stewart clarke 19 both of lake wilcox marvin cooper 19 aurora evelyn west 17 holland landing and donna edgec om be 1 7 newmarket ransome is a member of the satans choice motorcycle club mr arthur e starr trustee representative for stouffville and whitchurch on the york county board of education will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the home and school association wednesday may 13 at orchard park deputation meets with minister stouffville -a3- man delegation including reeve ken laushway of stouffville mpp bill hodgson york north and pollution probe organizer robert lewis bloomington met for an hour friday with hon george kerr ontario minister of energy resources the subject of discussion was the controversial bremner disposal site east of hwy 48 cable tv ready for stouffville stouffville cable tv service is now available in the pon- derosa area of stouffville and will be available shortly in the rest of the town according to stewart coxford president of richmond hill cable tv limited the two main ad vantages with cable tv service are the clarity of pictures on all eleven channels and local origination on channel 5 of programs produced in the richmond hill studios last fall richmond hill cable tv videotaped the stouffville trade fair which is expected to be telecast sometime in the near future the program is an hour in duration another local origination occurs may 29 30 and 31 when richmond hill cable tv will provide seventeen hours of programming under the general title the suburban dilemma over thirty suburban topics will be dealt with and residents of stouffville will be participating in several of the programs residents of stouffville may call the cable office direct at no charge by dialing operator and asking for zenith 81000 the cost of the service is 495 per month or 5445 per year if paid in ad vance there is no in stallation charge markham bylaw case adjourned wwwwwwywmrtwmnwwwwvwwvwvwwi awwvvvvvlftjvwvrtrtjvvwvvvtfvsftwwvvvvvrtvvwavftswvtfvv stouffville a pretty country girl is the new queen of stouffville high shes betty gayman 18 of rrl unionville now in her graduation year her attendants were marlene storry and melodee mole the announcement made friday evening by student council president sheldon sugden was greeted with enthusiastic applause cheering louder than all the rest was bettys sister joyce 16 in grade 11 parkview home ruled tax free stouffville the parkview home for senior citizens in stouffville has been ruled tax exempt by the ontario supreme court the judgment was an nounced this week at the conclusion of hearings held in toronto the appeal a test case was lodged by the county of york parkview home was considered a branch program of the mennonite church and therefore not subject to the usual tax levy the exemption amounts to about 7000 per year fifty bed addition stouffville a 50- bed addition has been approved for the parkview home in stouffville the provincial government a n nouncement was made may 2 the project will be aided by a 250000 capital grant construction of the wing to extend north of the present building is ex pected to begin this summer markham twp a bylaw case involving the twp of markham and kenneth jones of dicksons hill has been postponed on a split 32 vote of council court action was scheduled for may 8 the decision to adjourn the hearing followed a closed meeting monday between the township and solicitor donald hindson acting on mr jones behalf objection to further delay was voiced by councillor eldred king when the issue was re opened for discussion later deputyreeve an thony roman noted however that mr jones had filed an appeal with the ontario municipal board and he felt it im proper for the township to proceed while this action was pending the defendant is charged with allowing a building to be erected on his property without first obtaining a permit in related court action earlier charges against stouffville trailer sales and mcdowell real estate were dismissed deadline june 15 close bremner site to liquid waste on friday evening 18 year old betty cayman was crowned queen of stouff ville dist secondary school at the annual may prom formal on sunday morn ing she was back at the keyboard leading the service of worship at melville united church jas thomas a proud and happy moment the student queen of stouffville high whitchurch twp no dumping of industrial liquid waste will be per mitted at the bremner site in whitchurch township on or after a deadline date of june 15 according to provisions contained in a bylaw passed by council monday night the action followed a public protest meeting in the auditorium of stouff ville dist secondary school april 28 attended by more than 1000 per sons twenty ratepayers were present monday to hear the bylaw read including robert lewis of bloomington it was mr lewis who organized the antipollution campaign reeve ken laushway and deputyreeve jim mckellar of stouffville also attended basement quarters of the community hall at vandcrf had to be utilized for the meeting due to damage by fire in the municipal building next door the cause of the blaze is still under in vestigation while the operation of the bremner dump has been the centre of much controversy the passing of the bylaw was completed with little discussion or fanfare in brief the wording of the document follows no person shall use any land or structures within the township for the dumping or disposal of liquid industrial waste of any kind every owner lessee or pecupant of land or structures so used before the passing of this bylaw shall cease using such land or structures for all such purposes prohibited by the terms of this bylaw the legislation carries a maximum fine of 300 for each offense