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board rejects tax appeal stouffville michael chiovetti of agincourt owns 11 lots in the area of tindale avenue and manitoba street the property has been assessed at 51000 resulting in a current tax bill of almost 1300 mr chiviovetti asked for consideration when he appeared before a meeting of stouffville planning board july 9 he denied ever receiving an assessment notice on which to file an earlier appeal he noted that on todays market the lots werent worth that much money reeve ken laushway said few serviced building lots in town were available for less than 10000 realtor harold wood noted however that two similar properties had been sold recently on stouffer street for 6250 apiece mr laushway said the board had no jurisdiction over tax accounts and this stand was supported by member ken wagg the reeve said a new formula was to be introduced soon by queens park that might provide some relief for owners whose assessment had increased sharply approve 24000 grant stouffville the minister of energy and resources management hon george a kerr has given his approval for a provincial grant of 24000 to the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority for a preliminary engineering study of flood control measures on the duffin creek within the village of stouffville verification of this in formation has come from william hodgson mpp york north on completion of this report stouffville council is hopeful that work may proceed on the chan nelization program originally proposed for this area markham ontario lawn bowling association area six wards j j en semifill markham markham town and township councils have agreed on a 6ward system for the new markham area within the region of york while representatives of the two municipalities did not get together on the issue mayor alma walker said the differences bet ween the boundary proposals of each were only minor markham town council met in special session monday utilizing a map prepared earlier by the township stouffville through the years the village of stouffville has been represented in the ontario lawn bowling association playoffs on many occasions four times entries have gone all the way to win provincial championships eleanor crossen and reta laushway captured the ontario doubles in 1952 in 1934 and again in 1956 eleanor did it alone in the ontario singles in 1958 eleanor and reta teamed up with dorothy wagg to take the ontario trebles this year the club is on the title trail again- not one team but two on july 7 eleanor crossen reta laushway and dorothy wagg won the trebles in district 14 and now advance to the ontario semifinals at oshawa august 6 the provincial finals will be staged in agincourt stouffville won its four games defeating two oshawa rinks cobourg and peterborough not to be outdone by the distaff side a mens team from stouffville is also in the ontario semifinals harry brammer of cedar valley and george stark stouffville won the doubles in district 13 at beeton they travel to kingston for the next round july 25 vol 82 no 7 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday july 16 1970 15 cents orphaned found a friend for five days bambi an orphaned fawn enjoyed the company of its only friend rick mckenney of ringwood rick found the little guy lying weak and all alone on sheppard avenue near agincourt he took it home and nursed it back to apparent health and strength but on monday bambi died much to the disappointment of its keeper had the deer survived the dept of lands and forests would have released it in algonquin park jas thomas century city dead approve buildup on 11 lots stouffville an 11- lot subdivision has been approved by planning board for an openspace area near the intersection of tindale road and manitoba street the developer michael chiovetti of agincourt must agree to certain requirements however before work can proceed mr chiovetti attended a meeting july 9 board members noted that since the location was subject to flooding the basement levels should be raised to alleviate this problem earlier mr chiovetti had requested the green light on only three lots but the board advised against buildup on a piecemeal basis pay witness fees to fire volunteers for court evidence around the in fifty world days stouffville john nolan 15 duchess st left this week on a trip which will take him around the world in the next seven weeks he will touch down in a dozen countries and use seven airlines in the more than twenty thousand miles japan and expo will be the first stop stouffville queens park has pronounced the death sentence on the once- touted satellite community of century city such was the conclusion reached by stouffville planning board july 9 following the receipt of a copy letter sent out by the community planning branch dept of municipal affairs in rejecting an ap- old newspapers ballantrae ollie erikson stouffville rr3 has found two copies of the globe weekly newspaper one dated 1872 and the other 1873 one front page story concerned the building of the rail line across the canadian west plication for the rezoning of lots 1 2 and 3 twp of uxbridge the reply re affirms previous policy established may 5 by the robarts government in its design for develop ment scheme the reply reads in part that the government proposes to limit growth in this zone to moderate expansion of smaller communities now in existence adding that it is the intention to prevent large scale development there the letter dated june 18 1970 was sent to the firm of consulting engineers and planners proctor red- fern bousfield and bacon eglinton avenue east toronto new fire number claremont as a convenience to residents living within the coverage area of the claremont fire brigade a call number has been established on the 649 exchange it is 6492925 fire chief tom ham mond urges all property- owners to keep this number handy previously residents were required to dial long distance candidate norman barnard rr3 newmarket will seek a seat on the new whit- churchstouffville area council mr barnard is the current deputyreeve in whitchurch twp as yet he has not revealed whether he will stand for the office of mayor or a ward councillor the election date is oct 5 shoot wild cat accused carried from court markham twp a 21 year old scarboro man was carried into the courtroom tuesday and then carried out when he began raving uncontrollably from the dock a court attendant later informed judge russell g pearse that the accused robert dehart was in an unfit mental state to ap pear dehart is charged by markham twp police with theft over 50 in the stealing of a gokart from the property of white rose nurseries unionville objective 3000 move log cabin to museum ontario county board secondary teachers salaries settled ontario cty an agreement on the 1970- 71 salary contract has been reached between district 17 ontario secondary school teachers federation and the ontario county board of education salaries by categary are as follows 1 2 3 4 197071 minimum maximum 710000 1190000 740000 1250000 830000 1410000 880000 1510000 increments 1 x 30000 9 x 40000 50000 to maximum principals salaries range from 2050000 to 2275000 and viceprincipals salaries range from 1750000 to 1925000 allowances for department heads range from 85000 for assistant heads to 230000 for technical and commercial branch directors the overall settlement represents an in crease of about 6 percent on basic plus 3 percent for experience markham an original settlers cabin built in 1847 and retained on the property of the late col george b little finch avenue until 10 years ago will re moved to the grounas of the markham district historical society when sufficient funds are available the objective is 3000 the greatest part of which will be required to tran sport the structure a distance of two miles from the residence of mr and mrs mogens philip hwy 48 south to the site of the former mt joy public school now a museum museum curator john lunau told a meeting tuesday that 700 had already been raised in cluding 400 from the markhamunionville lions club and 100 from arthur latcham of stouffville further donations will be accepted by mr lunau mayor alma walker the markham twp office the economist and sun and the tribune com memorative plates will be given away with every 10 gift mr lunau said all arrangements had been made for the moving to take place at 930 am possibly next month the cabin unique in its construction was utilized as a dwelling place 1960 until claremont a half- grown cat that attacked several persons on the farm of mr alex robert son rr3 claremont has been shot and killed mrs robertson said the animal possibly rabid came out of a field and flew at the men without provocation no one was scratched or bitten the cat was im mediately buried on in struction from the bowman ville branch dept of agriculture charged with theft stouffville three stouffville youths have been charged in connection with breakins at hunts sunoco station sanders gulf station and theft from a coke machine on the sanders property arrested are norman alexander stevenson stouffer street and russell gordon fockler north street both 17 the third accused is a juvenile 25 plus mileage uxbridge twp fire calls attributed to carelessness has prompted uxbridge twp council to sanction payment of witness fees to brigade members willing to testify in cases taken to court an amount of 25 plus mileage has been ap proved fire chiefs from stouffville claremont ux bridge town and mt albert attended a meeting in goodwood monday clerk elwood foskett explained that unless a written report accompanies each invoice the township has no way of knowing whether court proceedings are warranted stouffville chief walter smith expressed a willingness to cooperate and in fact said he un derstood such procedure had been followed by his department all along with respect to grass fires chief smith said that where permission to burn had been granted not a single call had resulted chief ross rodman of uxbridge considered a program of education as the only permanent solution he said he had little faith in securing court convictions unless factual evidence could be presented by at least two witnesses while several calls had been made to disposal areas in the municipality clerk foskett said permission to burn at these locations would be withdrawn in 1972 apartment termed depressing stouffville the exterior appearance of stouffvilles senior citizens apartment elm road does not impress planning board chairman bill kamps speaking near the conclusion of a meeting july 9 chairman kamps described the structure as depressing he compared the design as not unlike torontos don jail i know its your baby said mr kamps ad dressing the reeve ken laushway but do you like it mr laushway replied that at the buildings present stage of con struction and with no landscaping started it was too early for anyone to pass an opinion plan public hearings uxbridgescott one area pickering divided ontario cty the tovship of uxbridge and 1 scott and the town of uxbridge could be amalgamated into one area while the township of pickering could be split horizontally in half if the plan for an oshawa- centered region is ap proved on thursday today whatever the decision the proposal july 16 will be the basis for discussion at public meetings to be held throughout the county during august and oc tober while councils of some municipalities are in complete agreement with boundary lines as established by the study others are not uxbridge town and township for example feel they have much in common with the town ship of scott particularly from a geographical standpoint the same goes for beaverton can- nington thorah and brock pickering town ship however appears destined to be split a move that undoubtedly will be opposed by reeve john williams altogether nine areas are proposed area councils should select the name for all new municipalities district farmers host 4h teens this 137 settlers cabin moved from the col george b little property on finch avenue to markham several years ago will be moved again for a price a sum of 3000 is needed to relocate the building on the grounds of the present markham museum 2 miles to the north to date 700 of this amount has been raised jas thomas stouffville northern ontario differs from the southern part of the province in ways other than climate nine 4h members are participating in an exchange program to find out what some of these differences are especially those related to agriculture two girls and two boys selected for their club achievements are being billeted at district farms this week five local members will accompany them when they return home bill caul a 17 year old from fort frances is staying with mr and mrs floyd forsyth rr3 stouffville and linda anderson of stratton is spending the week at the farm of william warnock rr2 markham the other two visitors julie smits of stratton and gordon schrumm from rainy river are lodged with families at brown hill their itinerary includes both work and play they attend newmarket high school in the mornings for instruction and discussion regarding farm operation and have trips to the university of guelph and local farms in the af ternoons the hosts are entertaining their guests with a variety of tours including trips to niagara falls and the locks at peterborough