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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 22, 1984, p. 1

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en booze party dicksons hill disgust and contempt are the reactions of residents here to the holding of a teenage drinking party friday night an event that extended into the early hours of saturday morning the outdoor social that one complainant cal led an orgy took place at the home of bill and theresa austin east of old hwy 48 north of the school at one point the crowd was estimated at close to three hundred the people began arriv ing around 9 pm by mid night more than 100 cars lined both sides of the road noise emenating from the property was so loud it could be heard east and west to the 9th and 7th con- cessions callers said police were summoned several times but no arrests were reported what could one officer do in a situation like that a resident asked its a quiet community but this sort of thing gives the area a bad name a lady commented guests she said obviously came from a wide area they must have advertised it hundreds of beer bottles littered the ditches with hundreds more scattered about the austin lawn children were out collect ing them saturday morn ing one mailbox was broken off stouffvilles diamond centre vi 6404646 24 main w stouffville 2344844 76 main n markham serving whitchurchstouffrille uxbridge area flyers printed delivered one stop service quantities of 2000 and up call the experts in stouffville ux- bridse and area the tribune 6402100 6492292 vol 97 no 15 a metroland community newspaper wednesday august 22 1984 34 pages 40 cents shot in ambush officer dies in hospital uxbridgemarkham fair queens enjoy a day at the ex uxbridge fair queen jodi armstrong left and markham fair queen darlene murray enjoy themselves on a carousel at the canadian national exhibition after competing in the miss cne contest last week both darlene and jodi finish their reign as fair queens this fall as the local organizations gear up for new selections both ladies enjoyed the competi tion although they werent finalists sjoerd witteveen pc candidate seeks big lead yorkpeel in 1980 sinclair stevens of the pcs bettered his closest rival the late wally hark- ness of the liberals by more than 6500 votes he hopes to widen this margin of victory sept 4 stevens the riding repre sentative since 1972 sees room for improvement due to the fact he won by 15000 votes in 79 i hope to win back some of the votes i lost he said in a telephone interview monday strongest opposition is ex pected to come from pam mcpherson of the liberals john hall is again repre senting the ndp thomas dreesen is a candidate for the libertarians and ray pritchard is running as an independent all four are expected to attend public meetings in aurora high school wednesday tonight at 730 pm and in newmarkets old town hall thursday aug 23 at seven stevens claims many pre viously noncommitted con servatives are walking in off the streets and offering assistance stevens says hes been working closely with party leader brian mulroney on a statement of expenditures to be made public aug 24 i think mr turners the prime minister going to be awfully surprised when he hears the figures he said the riding mp claims hes not all that sold on candidates meetings and what they accomplish he feels most people are com mitted to one party or another before they come the rooms divided and they root for their favorite he said also he claims re sponse is difficult when four candidates are asked the same questions i dont mind confrontations but for the audience the answers become a blur more can be accomplished at private meetings he claims as for the peace issue main subject of thursdays meeting in newmarket stevens says no ones against peace the problem is agreeing to nuclear dis armament without render ing the country vulnerable to soviet attack i cant understand why we should be pressured into making concessions heconcluded bloomington a second public meeting related to proposed re sidential development in the bloomington area of whitchurchstouffville will be held in latcham hall stouffville the tentative date is tues oct 2 at 8 45 pm the hearing relates to planned development on residential lots north and south of the bloomington road west and east of the 9th con- at the first meeting aug 7 much opposition was expressed concern ing buildup in the com munity fears were voiced related to water sewage noise and traf fic problems york region york regional police constable douglas tribbling is dead the 28year police veter an was shot three times at point blank range during a breakin investigation sun day on steelcase road west of woodbine avenue in markham he died tuesday night in north york general hospital constable trib bling was49 he was a real decent in dividual an excellent policeman said police chief bruce crawford it was inevitable he stated at press time funeral arrangements were not complete news of officer trib- blings death was told to markham mayor carole bell at a town council meeting tuesday evening she called for a minutes si lence out of respect for the constable and his family there are three daughters kelly 26 robin 23 and valerie 20 harvey cox former mar kham twp police chief now retired was extremely close to the victim it was chief cox who hired trib bling as a police office clerk march 15 1956 the new staff member showed so much promise cox prom oted him to the rank of con stable six months later in sept 1965 he was again promoted this time to the rank of detective cox de scribed tribbling as an outstanding officer constable tribbling elected to enter the steel- case road plant alone de spite the fact hed radioed for assistance a fellow officer found him minutes later lying on the floor he had been shot three times in the chest with one bullet striking a main heart artery and another damaging his liver the burlgar fired two more shots but both mis sed chief crawford said crawford stressed that a 45man special investgative unit had been assigned to track down the killer or kil lers to japan with love chevy fan club still in coma stouffville no change is the latest word on the condition of reta laushway a patient in sun- nybrook hospital toronto mrs laushway suffered a fractured skull in a fall aug 13 outside her home on park drive north shes been unconscious ever since progress will be slow attending physicians told her husband monday night although still in a coma there have been no set backs they said mrs laushway was watering a hanging basket on the front porch of their residence when the chair on which she was standing overturned she struck her head on a cement step below muss lake the southern ontario chapter of the vintage chevrolet car club of america held its annual reunion last weekend at cedar beach musselmans lake the cavalcade of chevys attracted the attention of cottageowners and trailer residents alike as they rol led onto the site friday evening and saturday morning its a family thing bob crocker the membership secretary from scarbor ough told the tribune ab out 75 families belong all thats required is an interest in chevrolets crocker explained howev er to be classified as vin tage a car must be at least 15 years old the parent organization is in the united states it was established in 1961 membership in the national club is a necessary require ment the cost is 20 a year the regional fee is 15 on long hauls drivers travel in groups of three and four anything more and it becomes confusing crocker said on one occa sion he recalled meeting members travelling in an opposite direction it was the clubs first visit to cedar beach last year they met in guelph and in 1982 at woodstock driving the farthest dis tance was david porter of elmira he owns a 1966 chevrolet el camina the oldest car a 1928 chevrolet twodoor coach was dis played by rick laurie of niagaraonthelake the peoples choice was a 1956 chevrolet belair owned by donald lampkin of rr 1 fergus stouffville five years ago margaret ran dall retired from the staff of orchard park school but she didnt retire from teaching her career mere ly took a turn to the east the far east first taiwan and now japan i love the orient i love the people there mrs ran dall told the tribune her sponsor is the free method ist church mrs randall returned to her osaka home friday but not alone she took along two of her grandchildren kim and scott randall of lindsay theyll remain two weeks this 1956 belair owned by don lampkin of rr i fergus was the peoples choice in competition at a south ontario vintage chevrolet car club reunion held at cedar beach musselmans lake on the weekend jim thomas i love my work mrs randall said im one of the luckiest people in the world a deeply committed christian margaret ran- dall says shes been led by the lord she teaches the bi ble and also provides in struction in english despite miles of separa tion mrs randall has never lost touch with those she came to know at orchard park she remembers it as a wonderful school in a wonderful community following the 25th anniversary reunion last fall several teachers and former pupils wrote letters recounting events since last they met this brought me great joy she said in total mrs randalls been teaching 35 years with no thought of slowing down i never grow weary she says the lord paces my work and gives me what i can take extend hwy 404 whitchurch through the office of york north mpp bill hodgson the hon james snow ministry of transport and communications has announced an immediate start on the next phase of hwy 404 the firm of bot construc tion co ltd of oakville has been awarded the con tract for grading and paving that section extending from the bloomington road to the aurora road a distance of about 25 miles the contract price is five million dollars

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