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foifffrttle vol 66 so 43 the tribune stouffville thursday april 19 1956 twelve pages public meeting to view proposed official plan on monday april 23 a public meeting will be held residential at the present time on monday evening april 23rd with the exception of 3 places at 830 to discuss stouf fvilles and yet the area was marked for official plan which recently commercial sites received the approval of the de- if my house burned down partment of planning and de- it could not be replaced said vclopment after studying the councillor wagg will you buy plan council showed some con- me another lot he asked the cern over the fact that the por- reeve tion of the timbers subdivision no we wouldnt but you fronting on the highway had j could probably sell it answered been set aside as an industrial reeve daniels area reeve elmer daniels felt i couldnt sell a 50 foot lot that the area might be satisfac- for commercial purposes re- tory for light industry or com- j plied councillor wagg this mei cial purposes i particular district wasnt very j these lots are close to a resi- well planned dential district pointed out i clerk garfield brown explain- stouffville municipal police force cd it was the same in other areas in the town j if we had zoned your place reeve daniels we couldnt al jow an objectionable industry to locate there if a factory wishes to estab- as residential and main street lish a business it would be too developed commercially you bad to refuse them the loca- wouldnt be able to sell your tion stated councillor wagg jlot for a commercial site if we have to protect our resi- 1 you wanted to pointed out the dents answered the reeve reeve there are other areas avail- the houses on main street able for factory sites within the will never be sold for commer- town limits reeve daniels pointed out that it is quite diffi cult to work out an overall plan without running into some problems councillor wagg showed con- cial businesses replied coun cillor wagg you dont know answered reeve daniels we must try to improve as we go along we have no control over errors cern over the fact that the made in the past continued north side of main street from the reeve but we- can make church to park streets was all controls for the future why a teacher shortage what to do about it discussed at h s assoc the april home school programme was arranged by mrs mary smith parent edu cation convener miss margaret hosie was prevailed upon to present the general teacher point of view miss hosie has seen many changes in the field of education having taught for many years 15 of them in stouffville from personal con tact over the years in the tea chers federation and various teacher groups and from their published fintlings and efforts she effectively pictured this manysided problem miss hosie assured the par ents that the teachers of on tario were very concerned about the teacher shortage so much so that they have had several active committees working on the problem and have had since 3949 but said she they were even more concerned about the shortage of qualified teach ers not only teachers with proper academic and profession al training but teachers dedi cated to their work who were in the profession because they were interested in and believed in the future of the children and youth of the province teach ers who because of their ma turity and cultural background were able to guide yoting minds into their cultural heritage as well as their material heritage they were also alarmed she said by the increasing number of good teachers who continue to leave the profession for some other line of work various tea chers committees were receiv ing voluntary donations from the teachers themselves to aid needy but highranking stu dents through college miss hosie listed six factors as reasons for the teacher shortage 1 there has never been a positive programme of recruit ment in ontario although the shortage has been with us for years only a lowering and raising of standards in accord ance with the law of supply and demand business and industry even the armed forces extol the attractions of their work to lure candidates but little is done in the teaching field to attract worthwhile students if the de partment of defence can spend money to attract youth into the forces the dept of education should be able to make known more about the teaching profes sion and assist students enter ing that field 2 raising the standards for admittance to teachers col leges gets more teachers and better teachers into the profes sion this she demonstrated by citing three experiments giving statistics which took place in usa saskatchewan and que bec lowering the standards had cheapened the profession causing capable and ambitious young people to shy away from it at the same time enticing those of mediocre ability be cause of the ease of admission 3 lack of prestige in the community the teacher is an architect and builder of society teaching is a great profession stouffville now has its own municipal police force chief constable w a diamond took office early in the year and his assistant constable w e vincent was hired a short time later a new crui ser was purchased in febru- ary chief diamond seated and constable vincent are pictured above truckers killed at murkhum cpr crossing two truckers elton mclean 62 and foster dickie 19 both oftoakville were killed on mon day evening when their truck loaded with cattle was struck by the toronto to peterboro train on the mai khamscarboro townline east of the sth con cession the men were enroute to the farm of councillor ar chie little of markham when the accident occurred five cows and a bull calf were also killed mclean was thrown clear of the wreckage but dickie was trapped inside the twisted cab mclean leaves his wife and dickie a native of truro ns leaves his parents there are no wigwag signals at the crossing and the same crossing has been the scene of previous fatalities council to drastically tighten restrictions on future subdivisions wm macnabb buried here william macnabb of moores- ville ind and member of a former wellknown stouffville family passed away suddenly at his home last week and was brought to stouffville for burial on monday the macnabb fam ily resided for years in the main st residence now occu pied bymraridmrshughmao intosh the elder william mac nabb operated the stouffville willow works a flourishing basket establishment on stouf- fer street at one time the late william macnabb was engaged during his life time as a commercial traveller a railroad man and for many years theatre owner in moores- ville he was a longstanding mem ber of richardson lodge stou ffville and a special masonic service was conducted at the oneill funeral parlours on and requires high courage and evening great purpose teachers are j besides his wife the deceased dedicated people they render a j suiv by one son william valuable public service and as j 0 flint michigan such are worthy of respect rhe funeral service on mon- even if their responsibilities at j day was conducted by rev times do weigh heavily upon harry green and interment them they are human with the j was made in the stouffville same feelings hopes and desires cemetery as others and are entitled to the same freedoms except fred ifessel 87 dead where it might prove a stumb- prominent here in 20s rev bruce hisey becomes pastor of home church the second markham baptist i angelical baptist churches church is rejoicing in the fact brought the charge to the con- that a native son has returned gregation h urged us to pray home to become its pastor ba- ker hill baptist church is shar- much i0r our p and t0 ling block or poor example to their pupils 1 overloaded curriculum 40 years ago the 3 rs geography continued on page 7 store near completion the large new store on main st just west of obrien avenue is fast nearing completion and mr hobbs the proprietor ex pects to announce the official opening next week the store will be known as the western canadian kennel club a breed the death was reported this week of fred hessel formerly of stouffville mr hessel work ed in the present spofford store thirtyfive years ago when the establishment was operated by the late w h shaw mr hessel was active in stouffville sports and also sang in the presbyterian church choir of that day he was 87 and passed away in hospital in london freder ick charles hessel was reputed to he the oldest member of the ing the blessing as these two churches constitute one field rev h bruce hisey was con verted at the second markham church where his father taught the adult bible class for many years some twentythree years ago he left to prepare for the baptist ministry and has served churches in the province of quebec willowd ale bobcay- geon and ottervilletillsonburg the latter field for the past 13 years at the induction service on the evening of april 12th the second markham church was packed with members of both congregations as well as with friends from other churches and i visiting pastors greetings were i conveyed to the new pastor and his family by mr howard rat- cliff and mr morlyn baker rep resenting the 2 sunday schools mr jack clubine representing the deacons rev wm hiltz representing langstaff baptist church and rev m j r gib son pastor of the stouffville and first markham baptist churches mrs margaret rat- cliff presented mrs hisey with a beautiful bouquet of roses on behalf of the two congrega tions rev w s whitcombe who had been pastor here when mr hisey was a member delivered the charge to the pastor mr whitcombe referred to the book of ezekiel and declared a pastor should be a watchman a shepherd and a prophet he had many memories of the faithfulness of our new pastor pay heed to his teaching as it was thftword of- god and we would ignore it to our own peril we should esteem him highly for the works sake and be at peace among ourselves these two churches have been without a regular pastor since rev norman rowan re signed to accept the call of the temple baptist church in pres ton for part of the interim we have been much blessed under the ministry of mr ronald pat terson a student in his final year at central baptist semi nary we are expecting great blessings from god under the leadership of rev bruce hisey and are delighted to have mrs hisey paul david and john in our church and community stouffville to welcome famous evangelist dr grady wilson the asso ciate evangelist of uic world famous billy graham will be coming to stouffville for the annual arena evangelistic cru sade this summer the churches of the stouff ville area are indeed fortunate in being able to obtain the serv ices of such a noted man of god the date set for this cru sade is sunday august 5 to sunday august 19 preparations are already well under way and prayer meetings are being organized in every community this friday eve ning april 20 in the stouffville united missionary church there will be a meeting for prayer and the training of personal workers all who are interested are urged to attend this meet ing recently at a special meeting of ministers and laymen a cru sade executive was elected as follows cochairmen rev hu- son and rev davis associate chairman mr david greer secretary mr charles rat- clkf treasurers mr stewart stouffer and mr fred alsop ushering mr clifford hisey reservations for delegates mr howard mills platform and seating mr charles at kinson and mr clifford gordon you will be well advised to plan your holidays so that you will be able to attend these all- important meetings at a special meeting of stouff ville municipal council on mon day afternoon members discuss ed at some length the need for establishing more stringent re- strictions on new subdivisions i such requirements including 1 hardtop roads drainage sewer age water and payment of bonds all came up for lengthy dis- i cussions councillor ken laushway slated that he believed the mem bers make a point to inspect other developed subdivisions in neighboring municipalities in order that proper restrictions could be imposed considerable discussion arose with concern to who should put up the cash deposit the sub- divider when he sells the lot or the home owner when he pur chases his permit reeve dan iels contended that the subdi- vider should pay since he ex pects the town to provide serv ices even before a building per mit is issued councillor laush way felt that the fee should be paid when the permit is grant ed if we adopt this plan were doing something thats never been done in any cier munici pality said councillor laush way were elected to run the business of the town and com parisons arent important said councillor walters if markham township had collected a fee for every lot they sold in the don mills de velopment they wouldnt be in their present position pointed out reeve daniels if they had collected for every permit sold they wouldnt be stuck either countered councillor laushway councillor walters said that sometimes builders operated on a shoe string and it wasnt al ways too easy to collect the fee weve been behind other mu nicipalities on restrictions now were going to the other ex treme stated councillor laush way 1 dont care who pays the fee said councillor wagg tts between the builder and the homeowner council set a fig ure which will come up for fur ther discussion at a later date turn down request for summer classes trustees of the stouffville public school decided last week to refuse permission for the holding of the daily vacation bible school this summer the school has been held each summer during the holidays no direct request has been made for the school facilities this year the attendance has increased each year however so that a great deal of space is required the decision of the trustees was reached when the subject of repairs to the school was under consideration two full months of work is planned in cluding repairs to the roof and to the board room it is also planned to build a fence and to complete a circular drive at the front of the school this work said the board members would make the presence of children a real hazard trustee wm malloy in an swer to questions on the fire situation stressed the dangers during the summer many of- the children at the bible classes were from out of town or under school age both of these groups were unfamiliar with the exits and fire rules at the school markham township tax levy amounts to over a half million dollars at the evening service on sun- iday april 15th at the altona i christian united missionary church a total of s650 was real- ied for the annual missionary offering the total tax levy for all pur poses in markham township has reached the staggering total of more than half a million dol lars a year in fact it is nearing threequarters of a million council approved the tax estimates for 1956 at the regu lar meeting on monday evening and arrived at a budget which will only raise the general pur pose rate by one tenth of a mill only increase throughout the municipality will be individual mother of clerk passes at 87 the death occurred at her home in gormley on saturday april 14th of mrs levi hoover mother of charles hoover well- known clerk of markham town ship deceased was the former catherine doner and was pre deceased by her husband some time ago she was in her 88th year and had been a lifelong resident surviving are three sons charles of markham township allan of gormley and john c of sandiego cal also one daughter ruth of gormley the funeral on tuesday was tire auto supplies the place cr of cocker spaniels he was when he was a young member conducted from the united has an extensive frontage on born at warren penna he is of the church missionary church gormley main st with apartments above survived by his widow one son rev john r armstrong sec- uin interment in heise hill and one daughter retary of the fellowship of ev- cemetery general government executive planning board estimates for lt5fl ledger joss 454290 892500 school sections in addition to the total tax figure shown below must be added the road budget of 155- 000 presently approved and on which the township will receive a 50 subsidy as well as the school rates for the various sections a two mill debenture rate is also carried to rover the cost of hurricane hazel below is a full report of the estimates as presented to coun cil by the finance committee estimates 550000 1000000 administrative clerk deputy assistant treasurer assistant steno bldg insp 1550000 4200 3900 2700 4000 2700 2400 3900 300 150 100 200 100 600 would extend whitchurch annexation to 200 acres whitchurch and stouffville municipal councils will hold sep arate meetings shortly to dis cuss an extended annexation proposal put forward by stouff ville and which includes about 200 acres of land in the town ship bordering on the north cor poration line and extending from the 9th con to highway 47 the two councils convened in stouffville on thursday night to discuss the requested annex ation of approximately 30 acres of land including the high hob property and carrying an assessment of about 20p0 whitchurch township coun cil expressed willingness to grant this request although the i question was raised concerning the upkeep of the 9th conces sion however reeve daniels stat ed that he felt that the town would shortly be asked to sup ply services to more of the land belonging to mr lambert stou ffer and presently under op tion as well as land on the gar lehman farm and if this was the case the annexation might as well all take place now in order to save costs reeve p s legge of inspect spelling honours presented to joan little therell be a euchre in the local ioof hall on thursday evening sponsored by the stou ffville lawn club proud parents and friends i champion speller the teachers saw joan little presented with declared a boy and a girl win- the inspectorate spelling cham- ner throughout the grades with plorship avird at the april the exception of kindergarten home school meeting the where a different yardstick was whit- i combination desk pen and used by the teacher these win- church stated that while his clock were mounted on a gold ners were app presented with a council felt inclined towards base together with an appro- book by the home and school the origins request they would priately inscribed open book association assisted by mrs have to give further considcra- also in gold the presentation mary bartholomew mrs hirn tion to any extension of the an- was made and congratulations hamilton the vice fresident inexation the new- proposal in- tendered by mr lome boadmade the presentations to and i v oh ex about 100 acres carrying way principal congratulated the following j12o0 assessment i when determining the school boys and girls linda sargent teddy top pingkindergarten lois hisey byron stevens grade 1 miss parker debbie garrett tommy hart- man gr 1 mrs brown jean chilvers marvin mur- ree gr 2 miss burkholder jane anne boadway donald smith gr 2 3 miss stouffer anna may sanders kevin mcwinnic gr 3 miss travers elinore shirk kenny aida gr 1 carole kennedy jim malloy grade 5 mardell willis wayne ham ilton grade 6 daphne chewinj donald mal- loy grade 7 i joan little garry banon grade s the programme for the eve ning centred on the teacher shortage reported elsewhere in these columns 23100 1450 assessment department audit legal legal special printing weed inspection school attendance officer engineer share pension insurance live stock claims bank interest fc charges oftlce debenture payment group insurance sundry if court of revision conventions grants election v building mtre postage telephone contingencies relief hospitalization estimated revenue penalties k interest on taxe imiof dog taxes licenses sundry provincial suisldz surplus 2515000 921100 1200000 120000 150000 460200 250000 1 450000 264200 300000 38200 50000 10000 10000 450300 500000 429100 450000 2s1500 360000 69600 120000 199500 500000 15ts9s3 soooo 53 683 s3 15500 70000 45200 130000 1 378 00 307300 116800 177000 999600 1050nno total estimated costs less 12643953 5s60000 t 67839s3 assessment tl 189571 00 x 57 roli- kir protection aement 5 9443436 x 85 mills i 8026 9443u6 x 8 mills 753475 rou protection assessment 3 33 358 x 35 mil roads bridges mc riqss3s03 x 835 75531 10553003 x 7 ui 75083 310000 550000 700000 12643383 410000 17o0 00 300000 600000 400000 2830000 1350000 r 5860000 6782286 37746 39