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jeweiiery j month win- 1000 shopping ss spree details at bweuam 24 main st stouffvuje 64ck646 serving whitchurch stouifville uxbridge area stouffvffle tire battery your dunlop tire dealer home of generation iv the tire with the 40000 mile warranty 6404499 vol 97 no 47 a metroland comrnunity newspaper wednesday april 3 1985 36 pages 50 cents suspect arrested by police after armed robbery attempt stouffville jesus please help me these were the words don na carthew recalled saying as a man holding a knife stood behind the counter at beckers store in success square stouffville friday night mrs carthew still shak ing from the experience saturday said the accused had entered the store sever al times earlier that even ing iwas suspicious she said he seemed to be just hanging around but every time he left i thought i wouldnt see him again prior to pulling the knife the suspect purchased and paid for a magazine then he confronted her but didnt say anything she said silver jubilee club eating hall stouffville the silver jubilee club wont be losing its meeting place the hon sinclair stevens mp riding of york peel informed the tribune saturday that the minis try had decided against selling the building while not official until a reply in writing goes to council mr stevens said this was the word hed received in the house of commons thursday last month the town received a letter from real estate services public works canada saying the property would be sold when the lease expires nov 30 1986 the municipality the letter said would have first opportunity to buy the building at market value the estimated price was put at 200000 on learning of the proposed sale club members joined forces and whisked a sevenpage 260name petition off to mr stevens it along with an accom panying letter was delivered personally to the stevens law office at rr 3 king city by gord and marjorie smith albert street south stouffville mr stevens said the buildings location and its ongoing usefulness to seniors made its preservation vital to the town much of the leg work in collecting the 260 names was done by marlon murphy main street east mrs murphyhas been active in seniors work here in cluding the friendship club that meets monthly at i the legion hall the knife blade was wide and shiny mrs carth ew remembered i didnt know what was on his mind i decided to cooperate at that moment two cus tomers came in and the man fled they obtained the license number of the get away car arrested march 29 near midland was manfred paethke 33 of rr 3 stouffville hes charged with attempted robbery and possession of a weapon while committing an indict able offense detective sgt peter thompson and detective richard metcalfe are in charge of the case it was the same evening that a man meeting the de scription of the accused was seen in the monte cristo restaurant and tavern a short distance from the beckers store a witness who asked that his name not be revealed described the suspects con versation as that of a doomsday person he seemed angry about some thing he said although warned not to say a word mrs carthew said she sailed police im mediately after the man ran out the door she dialed the emergency 911 number police both york region al and opp responded quickly the store was shut down for the night as an officer dusted items for fingerprints the suspect was reman ded in custody following an appearance in newmarket provincial court monday the beckers milk store in success square stouffer street and main stouffville was the scene of an attempted storm lashes town hydro disrupted stouffville sun day was black sabbath in jwhitchurchstouffville as freezing rain and galefprce winds lashed the area with an intensity not seen here in years hydro lines and tree limbs snapped under the weight of- ice that began building around noon the first break in power occur red at 4 pm on ninth line south other shortouts fol lowed in rapid succession putting much of the town in darkness until nearly mid night stations 1 and 2 of the stouffville fire department responded to thirteen calls the most serious was a blaze at the howard storry home on the aurora sider- oad west of ballantrae fortunately mrs storry was vacationing in florida or she might have been elec- trocuted chief walter smith said the interior festival grant stouffville whitchurchstouffvilles strawberry festival week begins june 20 and extends through july 1 the chairman is jim kidd to cover expenses esti mated at 11500- a 5000 grant has been requested from the town along with a 2500 grant from the feder- al government other sources of revenue are ex pected from various events and sponsors display of fireworks is estimated to cost 2500 advertising 2000 flags and costumes 1500 and additional police 1000 the next festival plan ning meeting is set for thurs april 11 at730 pm in the town office the deadline for scheduling events is thurs april 25 was alive chief smith stated its believed a high tension line came in contact with the television aerial town hydro employees gordon brown merle wide- man and carl wideman were on duty for a 12hour period until 330 monday morning they were called out again at seven assistance was provided by newmarket hydro and electrician bob mcneil of edward street it was mainly fusing patricia kuhn of the town hydro office told the tri bune she reported every thing back to normal tuesday chief smith described it as the dirtiest storm hed ever experienced falling wires and branches he said made it unsafe to be out mayor tom wood praised the cooperation of all de partments everyone pitched in and did a marvel lous job he said armed robbery friday night a suspect has been arrested and charged lake pollution baffles experts clerk donna carthew was on duty when a man shed seen in the store on several occasions friday night suddenly pulled a knife he fled when two customers came in mrs carthew called police jim thomas lake theres a pollution problem at mus sulmans lake but the cause still hasnt been de termined this is the latest report from dr john hodgkinson york regions associate medical officer of health we havent found the source dr hodgkinson said all we know is what its not musselmans lake is an unpredictable body of water in that one week theres no riding of york north liberals confident of riding upset york north while bill hodgson of the progres sive conservatives is out beating the riding bushes the liberals and the ndp at press time are still arranging nomination meetings hodgsons head start has- seared stouffville a terrorist bomb threat that plagued metro police and the ttc earlier this week was felt in stouffville tuesday the morning stouffvil- letoronto gotrain was cancelled when oper ators discovered one of the cars had been van- dalized while york regional police conducted a thor ough search of the unit passengers were trans ported to toronto by bus nothing out of the ordin ary was found the gotrain later travelled to the union station with only the crew aboard the return trip was made as nsual tuesday night v 1 bhsi sss huiit yywfim sw i p w 1 3 h allowed him time to estab lish campaign headquar ters in several areas includ ing whitchurchstouffville an official office opening is set for thursday to morrow at 8 pm the loca tion here is 55 main street east in the bowling alley block the provincial election date is thurs may 2 the liberals choice is ex pected to be maple lawyer greg sorbara keith mun- roe a north york firefigh ter is likely to carry the banner for the new demo crats their nomination meeting is 8 pm thurs april 4 at 252 main street newmarket despite the lateness of their start richard clague campaign manager for mr sorbara feels their man has a very good chance the liberals are also consider ing a campaign office in stouffville clague said the riding clague points out has grown by 41 percent since the last election theres a large block of un decided voters out there he stated as for whitchurch- stouffville youve been dumped on in more ways than one he said with ob vious reference to the hwy 48 landfill site pollution problem and the next week there is hodgkin- son explained originally he said con tamination was thought to be caused by faulty septic systems but this has since been ruled out neither is it the seagulls that frequent the area in great numbers he stated the lake has been tested repeatedly the associate moh explained even to having a scuba diver check the bottom without results part of the problem said hodgkinson is mussel- mans limited recharge water is slow coming in and slow going out will the beaches be closed this summer dr hodgkin son was asked they may be he re plied the situation varies from week to week dr hodgkinson working in cooperation with town council is planning a public meeting at the lake early this spring hes presently awaiting an updated report from the environment ministry that he hopes will shed some light on the problem long service beloved parkview nurse retires dorothy lamoreaux right a muchloved nurse on the staff of toronto east general hospital brierbush hospital and for the past 15 years at parkview home was honored at a gathering thursday prior to retirement shes moving to st catherines here mar garet wideman parkviews director of nursing bids mrs lamoreaux a personal farewell jim thomas stouffville town clerk pat muir has reached a 15year milestone with the municipality she was hon ored march 26 by mayor tom wood and members of council for long and dedi cated service mrs muir began her muni cipal career locally with the former twp of whitchurch serving as a telephone re ceptionist and secretary to the building department that was march 19 1970 with the switch to region al government mrs muir moved to the municipal office in stouffville she issued licenses for the town then assisted deputy- clerk elwood foskctt fol lowing graduation from a clerktreasurers course she became the towns deputyclerk in 1979 and clerk in 1980 its a much busier pace today she says but i en joy it mrs muir resides in au rora tickets stouffville music manias 25th anniversary show goes on stage april 25 and continues through april 27 tickets will be avail able tues april 9 at the following locations cards hardware stouffville iga fame international and stouff ville printing prices are adults 5 children 250 senior citizens and students are offered a special rate of 400 on opening night april 25 to celebrate this sil ver anniversary event a music mania reunion is- planned on friday april 26 participants in past shows are invited the host would like to know how many guests to expect however so call 6401333