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gio batti garlatti a markham antique dealer has been producing the presentation boxes for canadas bicentennial gift to the us here he holds one of the unfinished boxes along with a mockup copy of the book be- tween friends the national film board book being presented to the us ted wilcox markham craftsman builds part of canada s gift to the us by ted wilcox markham canadas gift to the us on its bicentennial birthday in july will bear the signature of a markham craftsman local antique specialist gio batti garlatti is producing four presentation boxes for the gift which will go to the us president the queen prime minister trudeau and governorgeneral jules leger the boxes will hold the photographic volume between us being produced by the national film board stills division the book is a visual document about the canadaus border each of the birdseye maple chests will be v replicas of a preconfederation surveyors box and all the bits and pieces have to be made by v hand according to mr garlatti he expects to complete the boxes in about two months mr garlatti who operates a highway 48 antique store had eight years of european apprenticeship in cabinetmaking and wood sculptures before coming to canada in 1957 he was suggested for the job of making the presentation cases by a design assistant on the between us book who knew of his work the assistant ralph tibbies of toronto told the tribune that book was probably the only gift that will be presentedto the us for its bicentennial presentation of the boxes would be made on july 1 he said in making the boxes mr garlatti is working from photographs and sketches of a box originally owned by canadian explorer and surveyor david thompson who died in 1857 included in each box he reproduces will be all the instructions on how theyre made mr garlatti said his own name will be carved on the bottom of each box x previously mr garlatti has restored fur niture for the canadian government at military sites and forts whitchurchstouffville museum to v 1s- ivstouffville r again this year the whitchurch stouffville museum showed an encouraging increase in at tendance museum board chairman- wes brillinger appearing before council to present the ftannual report told the members the attendance has increased from only about 1000 visitors in 1973 to just under 4000 this past season i mayor gordon ratcliff and several members of council congratulated the board and particularly mr brillinger for the fine work they have done in developing the museum the bulk of work falls on the few commented councillor art starr who is also a member of the museum board mr brillinger requested that council pass a resolution to preserve the indian village sites in the municipality and he said that any artifacts uncovered pookie joints busted i in markham area r markham york regional police have broken up alleged bookie joints in markham arid thornhill search warrants were executed last thursday at three residences and betting paraphernalia was seized pour people including a husband and wife have been arrested on chargesof accepting bets on football baseball and hockey l j the four face a total of 17 charges the men samuel gelman 41 of woolthorpe crescent thornhilldonal rich 39 of laureleaf rd thornhill and harold- mandell 41 waggrier wells lane markham have been charged with keeping a- common betting house recording and registering bets engaging in bookmaking engaging in the business of betting and transmitting in formation relating to book- making bettygelman 33 has been- charged with keeping a common betting house and permitting her premises to be used as a common betting house- mr gelman has been held in custody but the others have been released pending trial ever- 7 should become the property of the museum council took no action on the request- mr brillinger advised that the board is now trying to obtain a log cabin as the old schoolhouse which houses the museum is becoming cramped for it was noted by mr starr that the museum is not much of a burden on the municipality the 1975 budget vas 7750 and the town received 5540 in the form of a provincial grant the museum raised over 2000 thisyear partially from donations but the majority was revenue frorii the special events such as the maple- syrup festival and the antique car show which are ncvheld an- nually artifacts worth jpt were purchased and the bktrdwas still able to announor a budget surplus of over700- v according to the annual report the 1976 hours of the museum will be extended considerably council will present stouffville mem bers of- council will meet with the minister of the environment to call for the closing of the york sanitation dump on highway 48 until an entirely independent i assessment is made mayor gordon ratcliff is making arrangements for a meeting with the minister to present a brief prepared by town solicitor paul mingay the brief is critical of the environmental hearing board for not calling any independent witnesses during the dump site v hearing and of the ministry for not assuming an independent stance the ministry supported the sanitation companys ap- plication to expand the dump site v the ministry is rebuked for only analyzying a selfserving report subn- tted by hydrology consultants ltd acting for the dump operators rather than instituting their own report mr mingay labels as simplistic the boards rationale that because the landfill site is in existence the potential for contamination of the main aquifer already exists and all that can be done is to monitor to warn of impending catastrophe and guarantee an alternative water supply the brief states that the v recommendations- and con ditions laid down by the board apparently ignore the in creasing nature of the risk the risk would be increased mr mingay feels because the dumping area will be greatly enlarged and aihe town grows the number of people possibly affected becomes greater the conditions set down in the boards decision are dismissed as merely remedies to be undertaken after con tamination of the water supply has occurred this is described as patching with boiler plate a tin suit of armor the glibness of the boards recommendation the report continues leaves little roomfor confidence in the boards fin dings- the ministrys record of past enforcement at the dump is also cited as a reason for distrust i -preserve- our water resources powr the citizens group opposing the dump is still active and council last week received a letter from the organization the letter urges council to continue their fight to close the dump and makes a number of recommendations and suggestions vol 88 no 37 whitchurch stouffville january 22 1976 20 cents 14 pages mpp says town bylaw could limit i et noise stouffville bylaws committee is considering the possibility of passing a bylaw to govern aircraft noise in the municipality mayor gordon ratcliff last week brought- before council a letter from mpp charles godfrey advising that it is now possible for the town to pass bylaws with regard to the emission of sounds in the area local puc votes 20 rate hike stouffville hydro rate in the former village of stouffville will jump 20 percent effective april 1 the public utilities commission decided last week puc chairman ken betz told the tribune that inflation in the form of rising wholesale u powercbsts and lqcaloperatingra c 7 costs havemade itnecessary to mrbetz sari that most increase ourretailrates he said that a 22 per cent increase in the wholesale power rate from ontario hydro will add 100000 to the power costs of the puc in 1976 cost of power is about 83 percent of total operating costs for the local utility mrbetz said that since the 1 last puc increase two years ago the utility absorbed a 12 per cent increase from ontario hydro in 1975 and a 22 per cent increase jan 1 1976 the new rates would add 6 to the average twomonth bill of 30 in- the forriiert village tmrbetzaidthat peoplejcould savejit the in- crease by conserving energy adding that furningoff lights in rooms- not being- used- could affect- considerable saving he added that the stouffville puc retail rates and debenture debt are among the lowest in york region according to mr godfreys letter the bylaw would govern commercial as well as pleasure flying he mentions the possiblity of annoyance froman expanded buttonville airport but adds that the major problem is concerned with commercial aircraft and the possibilities of a renaissance of the pickering airport project mr ratcliff explained to council that dr godfrey was suggesting that this municipality take the lead in drafting such a bylaw councillor cathy joice expressed skepticism remarking do you think if the federal government wants to put an airport in pickering one little bylaw of ours will stop them there was a suggestion that the matter be referred to the town lawyer but councillor art starr objected v a -because- of budget restraints we should carefully consider whatwe forwardto the lawyer legal fees are one area that can be cut y a resolution that the matter be referred to bylaws committee was endorsed blood- donor clinic held stouffville sorry to needle you the handbill reads but theres no other way your blood is needed now a red cross blood donor clinic will be held this coming wednesday jan 28 at the stouffville legion hall clinic will be open 2 to 430 pm and 630 to 830 pm council saysnoto selective freeze lift sought by pickering pickering council passed a resolution last week asking the provincial governmentto partially lift the land freeze surrounding pickering airport property the motion was in response to a request by a resident in the freeze zone who was requesting an amendment to the zoning order j according to planning chairman jack anderson- most of the previous requests for amendments have been turned down councilsvesolution asks that all those people who have applied for zoning changes iri freeze area be approved the freeze was originally imposed because the lands in volved would be affected by pickering airport noise councils request according to councillor ken spratley would open the way for development of about 20 lots- not hundreds stouffville v ontario humane society has keen refused permission to sell -lot- tery tickets in whitchurch -4- stouffville 4 t council received a letter from the society requesting permission to sell the ticketsand an asseption v resolution was introduced when it came toa vote the resolution lost you people dont like the humane i society too much observed- couricillor june button replied councillor cathy jpice theydidnt like us there- hasvbeen some animosity between council and speed limit currently set at 35 the society since the societys mphbe lowered to 25 around the cariinecohtrol- service iri lake and to the north mayor gordon ratcliff was j council jvants limit lowered muss lake now that council has been successful in getting trucks banned from the musselmans lake rd they are petitioning the region to have the speed limit lowered there- they are asking that the was of the opinion the limit should be lowered to the north side of the cedar beach property butthe towns resolution calls for- it to be reduced all the way to the aurora sideroad whitchurch stouffville terminated last year t- mariyvmembers of council are of the opinion that the humane society acted in a high- handed and arbitrary manner at that time lake group offers craft classes mmm muss lake cedars of musselfnan craft group have announced they will be starting a recreation centre and hobby classes this will be held at the groups headquarters in the old 9th line church and to begin with will be held four days a week from monday to thursday classes in macrame leatherwork crocheting woodworking puppetmaking painting weightlifting and the making of wallhangings will be offered registration will be held monday jan 26 from noon until 830 pm and classes wiii begin that day applicants must purchase a years membership at one dollar for children six to 11 years of age youths 12 tol8 will pay 2 and a charge of 5 will be levied against adults there will also be a fee for every week- classes are at tended at a cost of 25 cents for children 50 cents for youthsand adults must pay 75 cents for this basic fee the student canattend any or all the classes offered there are no set number of classes in any course that have to be attended so attendance can be irregular there will be separate in- structors unpaid volunteers for each class and the fees will go toward buying material and paying for light and heat in the building routes announced for go transit stouffville the go transit schedule linking ux- bridge claremont stouffville and markham with toronto has been announced the tribune has learned the service is to start feb 15 p- f six buses will leave stouffville each day withservice todowntownand ttc subway stations atfinch and warden j all but one of the buses originate in uxbridge four busesriwill originate in claremont and serve brougham land green river v the service is part of an overall plan announced last year v to provide for commuters in the area northeast of metro according to a statement by james snow minister- of transportation and com munications go transit fares are currently under- review and that fares for the new service will likely be lower than the present grey coach inter city tariff buses will leave stouffville at the following times 655 am 715 730 and 1005 4 pm and 7 pm some of the buses will go downtown and others link up with ttc subway stations at finch and warden avenues ffom claremont there will be four buses they will leave at 11- 655 am 955 am 245pm and 655 pm they will stop in brougham green river locust hill and markharii those wanting to go downtown will be able to make connections in markham on the return route buses will arrive in stouffville at the following times 910 am 235pm 605 pm 615 635 1015 1015 itomhenry spokesman for gotransit- saidj that the schedule is a minimum one and would be under pretty heavy scrutiny for the first six months to see if the service is meeting the need four- stops have been proposed for stouffville they will include 10th line and main st summityiew school the municipal offices and in the west end the- matter of service to musselmans lake was raised at last weeks council meeting in communications- from the toronto area transit operating authority it was stated thatthe- present summer gray coach service would be continued studies wouldbe undertaken to guage the need for- yearround service x mayor gord ratcliff told the tribune that the bus stops in town should be glassedin shelters to let people get out of the weather ai va v s v iwysgii mayor gordon ratcliff flanked by councillors up for the opening mayor ratcliff said that special merlyn baker left and cathy joice uses garden thanks should gbtopowerllnectovwhlcfisuppuedy shears to cut the newspaper chain officially opening 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