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all the news whitchurch r uxbridge i markham i pickering largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge vol 82 xo 41 12 pages stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday march 11 1971 phone 6402101 15 cents parents concerned for childrens safety in no stop highway zones provincial legislation that forbids school bus operators to utilize stop flashers in 35 mile speed zones has aroused concern among parents in the area of don mills road markham and trustees on the york county board of education such a location shown here lies within the hamlet of victoria square where children must get on and off the bus and face hazards of traffic proceeding in two directions one parent mrs joanne mclaren is circulating a petition to have the law changed markham mayor anthony roman has indicated his wholehearted support jas thomas first class constable 10250 new wage approved for contract pol ice york region in record time the 1971 wage contract for the york regional police force was approved by the police commission feb 9 at exactly 1100 am the negotiating team from the police association disappeared into a closed session with the commission fortyfive minutes later they emerged with a contract that will give the majority of police officers pay increases of almost 10 percent under the new wage contract 1st class constables will receive an annual salary of 10250 second third and fourth class constables will receive 9855 9460 and 9040 per annum respectively substantial pay increases for the higher ranks have been agreed upon as well patrol sergeants and detectives will now earn 12680 annually sergeants and detective sergeants 13109 and inspectors 13906 george hepple president of the 200 member police association and head of the 4- man bargaining team told the tribune he was very pleased with the outcome things went over smoothly he said it was a pleasure to negotiate with the commission and i feel we have a good working relationship wage increases in the 1971 contract are retroactive to jan 1 in response to questions from reporters mr hepple said that the one year contract had been ratified unanimously by the association membership before it was approved by the com mission the only group to be excluded from a share in the general prosperity are the acting chiefs the police association doesnt bargain for acting chiefs mr hepple said they discuss their salary requirements in private but for the majority of policemen the 1971 wage agreement represents sub stantial pay increases last year before reorganization of the forces took place under regional govern ment the police association negotiated with 13 different municipalities as a result there were many disparities in wages throughout the county at the low end of the 1970 pay scale was the town of wood- bridge where a first class constable was paid at the rate of 7300 annually at the high end was the town of richmond hill where an officer with the same qualifications could expect to earn 9484 may organize ratepayers stouffville a ratepayers association may be established in the town of whitchurchstouffville if residents feel such an organization could benefit the area a feeler on the subject is contained in a letter to the editor published on page 3 of this issue it is signed jointly by mrs ellen winter mrs dorothy card and mrs vera heyd all of gormley rri such an organization the letter states could do much to assist in good government for and by the people stouffer st development hits unexpected snag r its a girl baby is born at medical centre stouffville babys dont always arrive on schedule sometimes theyre early sometimes theyre late for parents tony and patricia kuhn church street it was certainly too early and almost too late jennifer lynn tipping the scales at just over 7 pounds was born in the office of the stouffville medical centre it all happened thursday one of the worst driving days of the year mr and mrs kuhn had started out from stouffville en route to scarboro centenary hospital about two miles south of ringwood things started to happen so tony turned the car around and headed back as luck would have it dr donald petrie the familys physician was on duty ten minutes later jennifer lynn was born sure i was worried mr kuhn admitted later it was impossible to drive over 30 miles per hour but t storm or not i couldnt have made it i mrs kuhn and baby were released from hospital i tuesday the couple have one other daughter christine three years old in april stouffville plans to develop the former stouffer street wrecking yard site hit an unexpected snag at a meeting of planning board march 2 when developers and councillors failed to agree on the number of homes that should be con structed on the property the latest plan to give the area a badly needed facelift has been put forward by arjel developments ltd they want permission to construct seven homes while councillors are anxious to see the area cleaned up they were critical of the number of lots to be developed seven interrupted mayor laushway we thought you wanted five i dont see how we can approve seven five homes would be economically unfeasible developers told the board they argued that seven lots would give each home a sufficient frontage of 295 feet but representatives were temporarily silenced by the following comeback made by mayor laushway since you made so much money when you sold your property on the north sideof the street surely you can afford to live on the south side he suggested humane society seize markham beef herd nine animals dead stock found frozen markham acting on a private complaint officials of the ontario humane society moved onto the farm property of harold knobbs cone 7 markham and seized the entire herd of 30 beef cattle located there nine other animals in cluding eight cattle and a pig were found dead some in the barn and some outside the ones on the ground were frozen death has been attributed to emaciation and un dernourishment an investigation was in charge of humane society inspector rj parry aurora assisted by con stable terry hill markham branch york regional police department veterinarian dr dv way of markham also at tended since charges are pending against the farmer in spector parry declined to go into detail on the case he said however that the live animals had been removed to abarn near stouffville where they would be properly fed and watered the seizure was conducted at 535 pm wednesday march 3 tenders exceed estimate stouffville proposed renovations to the interior of the whitchurchstouffville munici pal building may be delayed for a time since ten dered prices far exceed coun cils original estimate members had hoped to complete the job for about 30000 the lowest figure received however was over 40000 with an added 8700 for full air conditioning its far too high for us commented mayor ken laush way a meeting is planned with the architect alexander leman in an effort to omit certain specifications and thus reduce the expense neighbor fined 100 shot pet poodle with pellet gun gormley a willowdale man was fined 100 and ordered to make restitution of 90 in veterinary bills to a gormley family following conviction tuesday of wounding their miniature poodle with a pellet gun mary ann guinane rr2 gormley told the court of finding the pet covered with blood later she said a neighbor john isaac admitted shooting the animal because it growled at him mr isaac in his own defence told how the poodle and a larger belgian shepherd had attacked him in his orchard he said he had attempted to drive them away and when this failed he took the gun from his car and shot the smallest one dr john mollard of richmond hill said he removed a lead pellet from the dogs intestine he described the animal as in shock and bleeding profusely from its flank counsel for the accused argued that his client was within his rights to protect himself any way he could he asked that the case be dismissed on the grounds that the dog should not have been allowed to run at large in the first place judge russell pearse ruled however that once the accused had reached his vehicle he should have left and reported the matter to proper authorities in addition to the fine isaac was placed on a probation order to keep the peace for one year and to abstain from using firearms tragic accident takes life of young father musselmans lake a 26 year old father of two was killed early saturday morning in a tragic crash involving a car and a transport north of orillia charles robert blacklock valley road musselmans lake was returning home after several days work in the sudbury area when the collision occurred the deceased was employed as a truck driver mr blacklock was well known enjoying a wide circle of friends he was a devoted husband who took great pride in his children a son wally age 5 and a daughter sandra 3 his wife is the former connie baker of stouffville surviving also is his mother hilda mrs roy graham four brothers glen ronnie and andrew all of stouffville leonard of owen sound and a sister linda mrs a bell musselmans lake rev fred miller christ anglican church stouffville conducted the service tuesday from the oneill funeral home with interment stouffville cemetery century city promoters meet with ministers uxbridge twp a meeting has been arranged the joys of winter dont tell it to the trainman this has been the longest coldest snowiest and iciest winter in years and no one knows it better than th cnr trainmen that complete freight runs daily along the torontolindsay line this twindiesel is pictured here as it pulled into the stouffville station monday afternoon a similar one was derailed at the ninth line level crossing south of town tuesday night jas thomas possibly next week between committee members supporting century city and two ministers of the davis cabinet including hon darcy mckeough the acting liaison in setting up the date has been provincial members dr mathew dymond and william g newman the personal approach was agreed on following discussions held at dr dymonds home in port perry march 2 n at tendance was the committee chairman george harvie with executive directors fred lewis earl dowswell jim bailey and wm thompson issues discussed included the benefits that could be derived from a satellite city as proposed the adverse affect on the municipality if the project does not proceed as planned the availability of services such as water sewerage rail lines and roads a spokesman for the com mittee said dr dymond had come out strongly in favor of the city concept and wished this stand made public to add strength to the com mittees presentation the executive is asking all con cerned residents in the im mediate area to submit letters of support the secretary is fred lewis clarsmont rr3