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news whitchurch uxbridge markham i ipfckerhjig largest weekly markham stouffvilh uxbridge vol 82 no 5 14 packs stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridof thursday may 20 1971 phone 6402101 15 cents take gravel firm to court uxbridge twp uxbridge twp council will take action through the courts against the firm of timbers bros sand and gravel limited rr 1 claremont the decision may 17 followed receipt of a letter from solicitor willard estey pointing to the fact that after eight months of deliberations no agreement between the municipality and the company had been signed the site in question is located on cone 6 about two miles north of the pickeringuxbridge townline the bylaw enforcement officer has been instructed to serve notice of violation on the firm with court proceedings anticipated within a week crime rate climbing york region crime in york region is up by seven percent over 1970 it was revealed at a meeting of police commission may 17 a total of 1929 offences under the criminal code were com mitted in the first four months of 1971 compared with a total of 1803 for the same period last year an increase of 88 counts of break and enter have been reported 30 of car theft 38 of theft over 5000 four of possession of stolen goods five of wounding and an increase of 12 sexual offences but a seven percent jump is lower than the general increase in north america said police chief bruce- crawford seven new homes stouffville with the signing of a site plan agreement arjel developments limited will commence construction of seven new homes on the former wrecking yard site stouffer street the proposal was discussed briefly at a meeting of planning board may 4 although originally it was suggested that five lots would provide each home with a wider frontage developers argued that anything less than seven would be economically un feasible near the end of a 20mile hike fifteen year old megan weir was one of the 1567 persons who participated in the hike for happiness saturday and she completed it too walking the 20mile distance in six hours a grade 10 student at markham dist high school she is the daughter of mr police break up ruckus on main st and mrs chester weir unionville here she takes a breather on the kennedy road crossing before embarking on the last leg of her trip the hike raised 24000 a cooperative venture sponsored by the family life centre and union villa jas thomas stouffville reserves from the vandorf and markham detachments of york regional police broke up a ruckus on main street late friday night before it could develop into a major brawl the trouble appeared to start in a parking lot at the rear of the dr mitchell and smith medical offices and overflowed onto the road and sidewalk where an estimated 40 young people soon congregated the majority of lads were only sideline spectators wanting no part in the fracas two boys were questioned at the scene and two others were nabbed on second street in an unsuccessful attempt to escape on foot several vehicles were searched two youths have been charged with consuming liquor while under the age of 21 years main street count in th mobile observatory whitchurch a mobile observatory thought to be the only one of its kind in north america will be established on a permanent site at cone 6 whitchurch this is the plan of larry foster uxbridge and bill dobson richmond hill the completion date is set for mid- june the unit will consist of two telescopes 14 feet high 12 feet wide and 15 feet long they will be positioned on the rear of a 3 ton truck and protected by a collapsible roof mr foster told the tribune that their venture has the support of the berkeley scientific centre yonge street toronto its first major test according to mr foster will come with the launching of apollo 15 to the moon scheduled for august 15 e moo stouffville a pro- canadian fan got a little bit carried away following the stanley cup game tuesday he wrote yea montreal on the large display window of neville appliances tripping the sensitive burglar alarm system thus alerting the owner who in turn called police stouffville ninetytwo percent of all motorists entering stouffville from either the east or west stop somewhere within the commercial area to do business only eight percent of drivers pass right through without stopping anywhere these were the findings in a survey conducted march 26 and april 26 by the region of york a breakdown follows on march 26 from 1 to 4 pm 2000 vehicles entered the area between concessions 9 and 10 of these 91 percent stopped and 9 percent continued straight through on april 6 from 9 am to 12 noon 2600 vehicles en tered the same area of these 92 percent stopped while 8 percent continued on mayor ken laushway on learning the result agreed that since by far the greatest majority of motorists entered stouffville to do business nothing good could be accomplished by rerouting cars around the town via the bloomington road the basic traffic problem here is our own he said a third count will be taken some time during the holiday vacation period mr laushway said marathon hike raises 24000 1245 finish boy 4 completes route unionville s24000 thats a lot of money by any standard but 24000 in pennies nickels and dimes is something more unusual particularly when its raised by people willing to risk blistered feet and fallen arches to help their community but thats exactly what happened as a legion of 1567 men women and children left crosby arena to participate in the 20mile hike for hap piness approximately two hours after the last hikers started up kennedy road the first runner panted across the finish line and by six oclock that evening 1245 people had filtered back to realize a recordbreaking contribution in pledges proceeds will be equally divided between the family life centre and union villa for many the hike for happiness was a family affair parents walking hand in hand with their children were a common sight all along the route better late stouffville theres hardly a week goes by that someone usually from the scarboro area doesnt phone or write complaining about the late arrival of the tribune but mail delays can also occur much closer to home like mr and mrs hans hirsch stouffville rr4 they sent a christmas card dec 11 1970 to their good friends mr and mrs amede boivin stouffville rr2 a distance of about three miles it arrived may 6 1971 a delay of five months less five days for others the hike was a group project one of the most successful of these was the bethesda lutheran congregation in unionville who entered a team of 35 people and collected over 62500 not to be outdone by their elders were the purple her- by s a team of six grade 9 girls from markham district high school upon completing the 20mile hike the herbys were presented with a 100 prize donated by bramalea con struction at their request the money was turned over to the association for retarded children and although the majority of walkers ranged in age from 10 to 15 years the very young and the very old were not left out at two years donald vincent of markham was one of the youngest to take part he suc ceeded in walking a total of two miles and raised over 1300 at the other end of the spectrum mrs eva bancroft a reoidcit of union villa walked a total of 13 miles fifteen prizes were given away to contestants eighteen year old ken young a grade 13 student from mdhs com pleted the walk in 2 hours and 25 minutes to claim the prize for the first runner to finish the youngest boy and girl to complete the 20mile trek were 4 year old geordie ledson of rri milliken and 6 year old dianna pierce wilson street markham and although she didnt win a prize for being the youngest or the fastest eight year old suzie barcocz has to be the most determined of all special congratulations to this little girl who completed the walk despite the fact that she suffers from cerebral palsy charges council with political persecution stouffville a charge of political persecution has been levelled against some members of whitchurchstouffville planning board and council by the president of stouffville trailer limited hwy 48 near dicksons hill albert hudson baker avenue told the tribune that the towns refusal to change the zoning of his trailer site and issue a plan mass appeal sports aid program stouffville a co operative appeal will be made through the council town of whitchurchstouffville calling for increased financial assistance for all organized sports programs in the area the recommendation placed in the form of a motion was approved at the annual meeting of the stouffville minor hockey association may 13 discussion on the subject was raised by wilfrid morley a past president he termed the 200 town grant for minor hockey and the 25 donation to the figure skating club a disgrace in addition he said the minor ball program had received absolutely nothing mr morley referred to the 17000 budget in minor hockey as big business surely he said a town of 11000 can support sports to a greater extent than it has douglas davis chairman of the soflball house league in 1970 said a recreation budget was required to cover all phases of sport edward grimshaw local omha convenor suggested hat if an approach was made to council in the proper way such a request would undoubtedly be favorably received he said he had attended a recent com mittee meeting of council to discuss plans for a peewee hockey banquet and found members very considerate mr morley admitted the association had been lax in not submitting its application for increased financial help when the new town council was first established secretary keith sutherland urged a more cooperate ap proach and this suggestion was later placed in the form of a motion and approved magnificent million dollar clubhouse for york downs course the new isholc york downs golf course located west of ken nedy koad in the town of markham was officially opened this month a focal point of the layout is this million dollar clubhouse constructed almost entirely of slab cement membership at york downs now stands at close to 700 jas thomas permit for a new 40 foot by 60 foot steel storage building was an injustice to both his firm and the municipality all im asking for is a fair shake he said either rezone the lot or approve the building as a nonconforming use he noted that operation was assessed as a commercial business they dont mind collecting the taxes he said mr hudson said the firm had enjoyed excellent sales success and was contemplating the hiring of additional help i want to get the whole matter straightened up we have suffered long enough hockey yawn too late stouffville the hour of 11 pm is too late for boys 13 years old and younger to be leaving the arena keith sutherland principal of or chard park public school told the annual meeting of the stouffville minor hockey association may 13 mr sutherland said it was not uncommon for bantam age boys to arrive home at 1130 following house league games monday nights he said many appeared very tired the following mor ning the concern voiced by prin cipal sutherland over this problem was also shared by some parents the meeting was told the only suggested solution was to obtain additional ice time on saturdays but at 30 per hour the executive was not optimistic that the cost could be covered the total budget for 197071 was almost 17000