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council defers action a f colllllllssloll volm no 19 whitchurch stouffville september 11 1975 20 cents 32 pages stouffville whit- church- stouffville deferred action tuesday on a request to endorse scarbbro mayor paul cosgroves call for a royal commission inquiry into the pickering airport and the north pickering project t according to james nevins of the save stouffville com mittee there are great number of municipalities strongly behind him mr cosgrove and they are going to forward their requests glen middleton of the ssc appeared before whitchurch stouffville council tuesday to request a telegram to be sent federal authorities endorsing mr cosgrbves statement councillors insisted that they could not take action without first seeing mr cosgroves statement when one was produced later in the rr i was prom jrijdute clv meeting mayor gordon ratcliff j said that it sunday for last hold out pickering for ernie carruthers sunday sept 14 will mean the closing of a chapter in his life that is the date he must vacate his farm on the 8th cone was too lengthy for consideration councillor june button was the only councillor to back mr middletons request it will be considered at the next council meeting mr cosgrove last week made an 11th hour appeal to the prime minister of canada mine how and by whom the sites were chosen v i mr cosgrove argued the projects are in opposition to the toronto centred region plan the common conclusion of the gibson report is that it dealt substantially with the necessity of the airport from a federal point of view only and in cidentally touched- upon the question of location and plan- ningwhich it has been said is a provincial responsibility said mr cosgrove v mayor gordon ratcliff was not optimistic the request would have any effect it would have a lot more effect if he had his councils backing everybody wants to be in the news right now with an election on the mayor commented in mr nevins opinion the- support of other councils will make the government pay at tention- another save stouffville vlvl ij and premier william davis asking that work on both 53 ffiggfisl memberscott tyrerfound the mv cihil u i- to 5 location request encouraging it says mr cosgrove a consistent opponent of both projects said he bases this appeal on the fact he has been unable after con sultation with federal and provincial officials to deter- mr carruthers is to be honored at a tribute to ernie day to be held at his farm sunday he is the last resident to rj leave the 1800 acre tract heeded for the first phase of con struction ernie has never given up hope that the airport would be stopped according to save stouffville committee chairman jim nevins however he is facing prosecution and a 500 a day fine if he stays past sept 14 and he doesnt believe in breaking thelaw- mr carruthers last day on the- farm will not be sombre ap activities planned include corn eating and hay baling contests dixieland and oldtime fiddle music puppet shows for children and hayrides v the event is being spon- sored by the canadian en- vironmental law association thefederation of ontario naturalists andpouution probe at the universityof toronto -j- the whole issue is not dead he told the tribune messrs nevins and tyrer felt if a royal commission was held it would mean the end of the airport noise study testing due to start in town the gravel truck ended up on top of the car that was dragged 100 feet after the collision that killed an acton couple monday x v don bernard truck drags car 100 feet stouffville work on the ambient noise study will begin in stouffville next week the study funded by the ministry of transport is to be used to determine whether stouffville is a quiet town which will uphold or refute the testimony of the towns noise expert andrew harris that stouffville is in fact a quiet town and the pickering airport would create intolerable noise levels mr harris gave this -v-ceasa-ysouricufean- prpyepit public nuisance xjstouffv ille ac cording to a suggestion from the canadian environmental law association whitchurch stouffviller should attempt to legally- force the federal government to delay pickering airport construction -v- jjln a letter from the associations director to mayor gordon ratcliff it was suggested tljat the town request from the attorney general of cahadathat legal action be commenced in nameagaihst the govern ment to prevent a public nuisance the letter states that the town should ask that the airport be halted until sufficient guarantees aremade for those people living in the noiselands council voted down a motion to invite mr pearce to explair the nieasure councillor eldred king said it was hoped the t ambient noise study would handle thejeoncerns expressed ihthe letter testimony to the airport inquiry commission and he has been retained as advisor to the study which will be conducted by valcoustics the consulting company is presently conducting tests in markham and after they have completed stouffville they will move on to claremont according to dr a d lightstone of valcoustics the tests are j- being carried out serially as they only have two sets of equipment the rstudy had been delayed because of problemswithejjuipnient dr lightstonestressed that valcoustics is an independent company and has no axe to grind v results of- the study could affect compensation to land owners near the airport site v couple killed in ririgwood crash ringwood an acton couple were killed monday when their car was struck broadside by a loaded gravel truck and dragged 100 feet past- the in tersection phys oost 65 was the driver of la northbound car which wasjmaking a left turn from jhighway 48 onto the gormley rd when it wasstruck oost 64 a passenger in the car mr oost was still alive when firemen extracted him from the wreckage but he died later at scarboro centenary hospital the driver of the third vehicle john spindloe of rr2 lakefield complained of back pains but appeared unhurt following the mishap mr hofvath was also unhurt the ruck sliced into the mrraridmrs bassehgersside 6fthe carandbelievedtohave been returning dragged the carjsquth to a point 0 to acton from campbellford where volkswagen was hit as where they had visiting it came but of the gas bar friends no charges have been dead at the scene was mrs laid and no inquest is planned- motorcycle car collide mail dies in clieeiiwood crash a iddgsjcats removed iri cruelty charge stouffville bill read was conducting a thorough r search for his lost dog when he came across something that both horrified and disgustedimjg iv jivin hissearch he heard about a stouffville woman who kept a- number of idogs- and cats when he approached her house v sunday she refused to let him in mr read called york- regional police who executed a warrant at the home as a result ethel blaedow has been charged with cruelty to animals i vs ontario humane society chief inspector donald hepworth told the tribune that five dogs and 13 cats were taken away by ohs workers v the animals were taken because of the condition of the house which he said was filthy rundown and lacking in facilities or anything to provide for the animals greenwood a 21year old scarborougliman was killed in a carmotorcycle collison last week on highway 7 at regional road 31 lloyd glaser was pronounced dead on arrivalat scarborough centenary hospital according to the opp at whitby i apparently glaser was headed south y regional road 31 while driving a 1974 yamaha motorcycle and john fost was eastbound on highway 7 in an automobile the collision oc lake cottage gutted while owners absent muss lake extension cord is the cause of a fire that l room of a musselmani residence around noon jim walton of toronto who was staying at a cottage at cedarvale blvd- said that- he looked out after hearing a crackling noise and saw smoke coming from a nearby house owned by edward hind mr walton phoned in the- curred at the intersection of the two roads but the exact sequence isunder investigation police said n fostescaped uninjured but two passengers in the car were treated for minor injuries the postmortem onglaser attributed death to alacerated v aerotaand other injuries the motorcycle was carried for 135 feet after the collision and glaser fell under the car opp said brierbush resignation act board calls fot election york cty colin barretthas resigned asa member of the yrirkcounty board of education the whitchurch stouffville- trustee submitted his resignation duringaboardfmeetihg here monday night trustees accepted the resignation with regret and an expression of appreciation and voted to hold a byelection to fill the vacant seat r electiqnwhichwillbeorganizedand officially called by whitchurch- stouffville officials will cost about eight cents per board supporter king trustee margaret coburn told the meeting- h j i democracy is worth eight cents a household added markham representative doreenquirk l least two persons former trustee johnmcmurray and harry bowes the manager in mr barretts suc cessful bid to unseat mrmcmurray last december have announced theikiritentionsto seekthe vacant post jlr barrett was forced to resign after being transferred from guaranty trusts stouffville office to the firms leamington branch y vih carry jmth me some fond and some sad memoriesof theyork county board he said in his parting address mr hind his wife and baby had morning for toronto- t k fire chief walt smith estimated the damage at l5o00rhe said that besides the one room the rafters were also damaged j although the uxbridge fair over the weekend proved to be fun for most people who attended this youngster left seems to be v saying dance c stouffville the proposed subdivision plan for the brierbush hospital site was referred to the town planning consultant for comment last week at planning board r i the revised plan includes one entrance onto main street and a 66foot wide road i it was suggested by some members that a culdesac still was needed in the plan big potato stouffville the tribune is again sponsoring the bigt- potato contest in the markham fair the prizes offered this year- are up considerably over 1974 a first prize is 10 second is 5 and third 3 those with large potatoes to enter should have them in to the tribune by sept 30 1975 potatoes may also be submitted tc fairgrounds i strike plan i- stouffvi vevent of a post itrlbune subscribers i couldnt care less a highlight of the falfjwas a square k up their copy at t stcst by nembers of the junior farmers organization l of ficerural subscribers rputes annouiiced for jgr q transit buses stouffville v the go v- a bus wml run from jux- transit bus routes to serve bridge to stouffville and theriori cfniifviio tivhririao- and to unionviller the bus serving claremont jwill travel along brockrdtdhwy 7 andthenon r tomarkhairitsi f vi f y f f v ashuttle service will be ltjlaustmj- provided between markham and- the fihchsubwaystation aline- between markhamand the bloor subway lineiatwarden- ave and a run terminating at the bayanddundas bus ter minal in downtown toronto service will start before the end of the year and as soon as vehicles can beacquired r the bus service part of the- toronto area transit operating authority are to be an interim measure until rail service can be provided- r i f planner ree pine orchard whitchurchstouffville council and the regional planning department are at logger heads over the interpretation of the whitchurchofficial plan at issue is a parcel of land on part of lot 31 concessioner owner jack sytema wishes to subdivide the- land into four parts keeping one and selling- the rest w sincemr tsytemawas turned down r by regional land cli vision committee he turned to council who passedbylaw 74r monthsleave of absence jack 50 allowing him to make the to stay on as dealr- vsi the chief administrative officer in letter by regional for the region of yorkv planning commissioner murray i that- followed- a gntiph withdrawn v v yorkregion after contravenes- the official l mitted histesignatloninjuly i the ombmust nowdecide thefregiorialhlirmangar- don bernard i would be delivered ti x -v- cf s 1 a w planning board last week i- 1 n fw v ti- a- ft