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y3 s- rr vol- 87 no 42 whitchurch stouffville markham- feb 20 1975 20 cents 16 pages j asi muss lake truck traffic in the mussulmans lake area may face further restrictions in the future following a decision by whit- churchstouffville council last week cliff lock a truck driver himself appeared before council and referred to an earlier petition presented fo council he said that although truck traffic on the south lake rd has been banned there are gravel trucks going through there as early as 530 am the problem on the ninth line he said is different because it is a regional road mayor- gordon ratcliff observed that york region is supposed to be doing a study on that road but he has seen no sign of it yet it was agreed that a com plete ban would be unworkable since some residents in the lake area drive trucks and should be able to take their trucks home hillsdale rd although presently closeu was cited as a possible problem area mr lock said there are- often many children playing near the road and it has several blind spots for drivers t councillor becky wedley suggested banning trucks ex cept for deliveries and coun cillor june button agreed the roads should be restricted to local traffic only councillor eldred king without disagreeing suggested that the town seek some advice first when the town had its own police we used to ask them when something like this came up he said we should contact the york regional police and ask for their views v mr- lock said that he had talked to police officials who had told him that if a lower speed limit is put on the 9th line it would be enforced the report- from the region which was requested in september and has still not appeared was discussed further mayor gordon ratcliff promised to seek some answers at the regional level ti i zf j mm bloomingtonfour persons were injured sunday in a rearend collission on highway 48 north of bloomington rd y ontario provincial police report that a car driven by gordon henderson 21 of r r3 stouffville- stopped to make a left turn and- was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by richard elgert 30 of toronto the mishap occurred at 11 pm both drivers were injured and two passengers in the henderson er- robert danielis 21 of stouffville and rick smith 29 of stouffville all were taken toscar- boro centenary hospital with minor injuries damage to the two cars was estimated at 2000 meeting in ottawa diecision expected this week jamie campbell of loretta cres is only two years old but he was able to enjoy the free hot dogs that were given out at the park saturday during the second annual mardi grav for more pictures of the event see page 9 john montgomery ottawa the problem of the pickering airport may just go away according to gord ness chairman of the save stouffville committee follow ing a meeting with federal of- fioiais in ottawa tuesday evening parking signs to be posted parked cars block turn stouffville vno parking signs will be posted on edward st in an effort to aid- school buses turning off main st carrying children to and from stouffville dist secondary school l council last week agreed to enforce its bylaw banning parking on the west side ofthe street between mainand second streets signs will be posted and the police notified blake williams director of safety for travelways wrote a letter to council stating that bus drivers find it difficult to turn at the corner due to parked cars imr williams told the tribune that if the problem can nprth of high school i museuni stouffville the conseevationarea north of the stouffville dist secondary school may become the site of a naturalhistory museum jim doble vicepresident of the whitchurchstouffville conservation club appeared before planning board recently to briefly outline the clubs proposal auhoughthe museum is still two or three years away mr doble said he wanted it taken into account when planning board is negotiating for the dulverton subdivision which will be the next large scale development allowed in the town lmr doble wants dulverton to t provide an access into the conservation area and parking lotvfrom the main eastwest artery they will be constructed as part of the subdivision v club is hoping to build the museum between the dam end the railway racks in the southeastern section with approval of the conservation authority we could action your behalf planning board chairman eldred king told the delegation s according to mr doble the metro toronto and region i conservation authority are in agreement with the scheme but it still must go through j bureaucratic channels before being officially accepted the club envisions con- structing a museum compatible with the area and that will cost very little money they hope to build the main structure from logs obtained from the york county forest and they expect many items to be donated we want to get original log cabins said mr doble there are several in the area that were- built by pioneers arid are oyer 100years old they also hope to have a series of scale models showing what thisarea looked like 10000 years ago and outlining the changes up to the present they have extended an invitation to the whitchurch- stouffville museum to join them on the site either now of in the future they intend on completing the project without going to council for funding they would use volunteer help the clubs funds and if necessary would resort to fundraising projects the only way we can make this work is through local in- volvement concluded mr doble l be solved on edward st it will make the turn much easier at the meeting councillor merlyn baker was hesitant aboutexpanding the no parking zone on the north side of main st its difficult enough to park there now attimes he said i dont think we should be obliged to provide a turning place for the buses mayor gordon ratcliff added the businesses need parking there although the buses should have room to turn u road superintendent ron gibson pointed out that the existing bylaw already bans parking along the west side of edward st from main to second arid on the east side theban extends 50 feet from main t he added that there has been difficulty in posting signs there because there isno boulevard mrnss in a phone in terview from the capital told the tribune that the group which met with energy minister donald mcdonald and other liberal mps from the toronto area received ho assurance that the cabinet is going to stop the airport even if they announced that they are going ahead the project is so big arid will take so long and is so complex that there will be all kinds of time for new developments he said the problem may go away at a later date the90minutemeeting saw briefs presented by dr charles godfrey chairman of people or planes as well as represen- tativesof the city of toronto and the borough of scarboro lome almack and bill crothers were also there on behalf of pop jim saunders and jim nevins both members of the save stouffville committee joined mr ness in ottawa along with mr mcdonald -cabinet- members mitchell sharpe and barney danson present foruhe vtuesday meeting mr ness said mr mc- donald stressed that the government had promised the people of mississauga that malton would not be expanded and the government could not go back on that promise the stouffville brief em- phasized that the people of the town are alarmed by gibson commission findings concerning noise levels in stouffville mr ness said he asked that the airport be stopped and if it cant be stopped it should be delayed pop spokesmen also called for a delay- mr ness added i monday- mayor gordon ratcliff and- councillor june button along with anita snow harry kennedy and mr ness drove to ottawa and talked with two assistants to transport minister jean marchand they presented briefs at that time mr ness said that intent was to represent the honest concerns of the people of stouffville and hoped to take a reasonable approach when dealing with the government a decision on the airport is expected when the federal cabinet meets today feb 20 or tomorrow according to sources close to the cabinet waits for study region defers airport action i v york- region regional council last week deferred a motion to pass a resolution objecting to the construction of the pickering airport council has never passed any resolution expressing either favor- ordisfavor with the proposed airport they did vote to send a telegram to the federal govern ment requesting them to defer making a decisionon the airport until regional staff has had an opportunity to evaluate the airport enquiry commission report i dont think this is the time tobe asking for an additional report arguedmarkham councillor bob adamits allin black arid white mr adarns had introduced the motion op- posing the airport but he was not supported by markham mayor tony roman who suggested instead the cabinet be asked to defer the decision mr adams argued the airport would mean the destruction of the town of whitchurchstouffville but several regional councillors indicated they still support the project garnett williamsmayor of the town of vaujjhan told council he lives 10 miles from malton and referred toit as- just a matter of chasing it from one end of the municipality to the other markham councillor ron moranwho lives at dicksons hill said he might be one of the lucky ones who is expropriated others will be worse off he commented and added that sleeping in the builtup areas of markham and stouffville will be unbearable earlier in the meeting mr moran had asked regional engineering commissioner william hodgson if he had given any thought to the gibson report with regard to acquisition of land y mr hodgson replied he does not have a copy of the gibson report i sdss principal desmond mccartney took on viceprincipal ronald mercer during the winter carnival activities friday it was the windup of school spirit week atsdss activities included logsawing con test crosscountry skiing and crosscountry snowshoeing activities during the week included snowmobile races a slaver auction superstar competition arid the winter carnival with a sock hop in the evening svend de bruyn tribune phone interviews stouffville eight out of 15 stouffville residents phoned by the triburie last week are dead against the proposed pickering airport of the otherst pne favored the airport two were opposed but didnt believe anything could be done to fight it and four were indifferent the residents were chosen randomly from the local phone directory mrs ed hakonson of main st east represented most negative reactions when she said she was against it because of the noise she and her family has lived in stouffville for a year and like it as it is the one affirmative vote came from peggy vanderligt of winlane dr who said i think it would be a good idea it would mean more jobs a lot more jobs for construction people and so on she added that- she didnt know how much noise it would cause mrs frederick totten of elm rd said the decision on the airport was up to someone up a lot higher than me and that she wouldnt mind what was decidecl one way or the other another member of the silent majority whois neither nor con the airport was gilbert francis of north street who said its not that i dont care about what happens to the town i like it but thats just the way i feel about it a recent arrival in stouff ville mrs russell emmens of boyer ave was another who was undecided i dont know whether it would help or whether it would hinder she said to tell the truth it might pep stouffville u a little bit a little excitement is always good one of the few males in the survey robert phoenix of manitoba st said he was fully against it he explained that he had been forced to move from pickering some time before and he didnt want the same thing to happen again carol stoodley of rupert ave was also unequivocably- against the airport because she doesnt think its necessary itshard to describe how i feel im somuch against it- mrs john rowan of edward st echoed the belief that the airport isnt necessary arid- added that- it is a waste of agricultural land 1 four flee burning lake house v three hockey teams fronvst mathieu quebec played six exhibition games in over theweekerid the quebec boys i lost all thelrgames hee a player on the st mathieu peewee team ponders the action stouffville peewees won that one 92 peewee bantam and midget teams from the montreal suburb each played two games i against stouffville iiquadsr-s-i- ted wilcox j isu muss lake lome hotton stood and watched helplessly as fire completely gutted his balsam dr homer sunday morning 7 f his familys possessions were destroyed with only the clothes on their backs salvaged from the blaze which started in the basement beside the fur- nace i the churchill j dr ratepayers association has started a fire fund to help the family which rented the house and had noinsurance on the contents mr hotton said that he was just getting out of bed sunday morning when his son karl 15 v came up the stairs saying their was a fire beside the furnace mr- hotton said that he thought he could extinguish it with a pail of water but thick smoke drove him back he quickly ushered other members of the family outside and then had to crawl on his hands and x- ri- knees to get outside i the fire spread quickly through the house stouffville firemen received the call at 816 am- and battled the blaze with help from the aurora- fire department u mrhottoninthe house was his wife graceand son karli arid a j daughter debbie f 12 and a friend doug- smith x donations to the fire fund can be made to the imperial bank of commerce in stouff- ville a benefit dance is also being planned to raise money for the hottons donations of clothing are also appreciated and can be given at sun valley variety store another daughter judy 17 was not at at the time of the fire but ali- were destroyed as well damage estimate in the fire was 20000 on thehouse and 6000 on the contents while it started in the basement the cause is unknown requested vic square the need for stop lights at the intersection of don mills rd and 18th ave victoria square n has been explained to markham town council by don boynton a resident in the community mr boyntons request was supported by a petition con taining the names of 100 families in the area the spokesman described the steady flow of speeding gravel- trucks that usethis route and pointed toj thedif- acuity in crossing the highway particularly for children i wishing to reach the local park council agreed- that a v hazard existed at this location 4h6weve because don mills is a f regional road the application would require approval at the regional level v j