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largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge une all the news whitchurch i uxbridge m l i markham i pickering vol 83 no 9 14 pages stolfflllivhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgk thursday july 29 1971 phone 6402101 15 cents fire destroys seven horses cedar grove a fire the second in two years has destroyed seven more horses on the property of rhianfa stables 14th avenue markham near cedar grove it was back on march 4 1969 that a smilar blaze killed nine animals the blaze had made con siderable headway before it was noticed and by the time firemen arrived much of the twostorey steelclad structure was already levelled the enclosure measured 160 feet long by 60 feet wide owner mrs rhea miller said all possible fireproofing procedures had been followed when building the barn she noted however that the flames seemed to spread even faster this time in three minutes it was gone she said mr miller and a friend jim gordon utilized a car as a battering ram in an effort to break an opening in the side of the building but without suc cess mr gordon required medical treatment for a cut hand four of the dead horses belonged to family friends one of these was goldie boy owned by 15 year old susan hall toronto the young girl was overcome with grief when told the sad news addition to town pool stouffville the stouffville lions club is plan ning a third addition to the community swimming pool with construction planned for this fall while the official goahead on the project must still come from town council no problem is expected in this regard the cost has been estimated at between seven and ten thousand dollars the extension to measure 20 feet by 30 feet will ac commodate beginners only at the present time children i graduate from the wading area into the pool utilized by more accomplished swimmers the depth of water in the addition will go from two to six feet with no diving board privileges it will be heated the location is in the north west corner of the present pool site the construction will tie in with a major pool maintenance program already contained in the towns 1971 budget grand champions stouffville two entries from raycroft ayrshire farm i rr 2 stouffville won grand champion awards at oshawa fair raycroft pansys commander won first in its class in ad dition he was judged grand champion male brookview fran ii was the top 4 year old and the grand champion female on the grounds the head owner is warren s ramer of richmond hill drop in or out pickering twp teen centre costly venture pickering twp pickering townships proposed 47000 teen centre located in bay ridges still isnt fit to use but already vandalism is rampant council monday sank an additional 7000 into the ven ture much to the concern of two disenchanted members councillor vic rudik ward 1 and councillor jean mcpherson ward ii things had better shape up down there or else threatened mr rudik he said he had retained certain misgivings about the project from the start even though its promoters had promised assistance on a volunteer basis to complete the job he termed it just the old sales pitch if there is not a marked improvement i will have no choice but to put forward a motion to change the whole setup on management and operation he said he admitted that at this stage council had no alternative but to see the con tract through to completion mrs mcpherson said what disturbed her most was the spending of 7000 from the townships general fund she observed that the building on an isolated site was subject to vandalism she said windows in the structure had already been moon trip in terms of taxes stouffville- the latest us sponsored moon voyage successfully launched monday caused little stir in stouffville with one exception mayor ken laushway observed that the missions cost 400000000 would be sufficient co operate the town of whitchurch- stouffville without grants for a period of 200 years smashed rather than a dropin she said it would wind up as a drop out centre deputyreeve george ashe argued that council couldnt pull out now with 85 percent of the project completed councillor sherman scott agreed the township has an asset and we must take care of it councillor ron chatten suggested that chastising the operators wouldnt solve the problem he said instead a sympathetic attitude on the part of council was required police called to calm irate worm pickers the driver of the van left was killed and the bus operator in jured in a headon crash early saturday morning on ilwy 48 south of dicksons hill heinz libertus kr2 claremont was pinned in the cab of his northbound vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene jas thomas van bus collide atha driver is killed dicksons hill a headon crash involving a light van and a 49passenger gray coach lines bus early saturday morning took the life of a 46 year old atha resident approve permit stouffville the way has been cleared for stouffvilles first germanstyled beer festival to be held in the arena aug 28 a permit has been approved by the ontario liquor licence board the evening is sponsored by the stouffville volunteer fire brigade with assistance from branch 459 of the royal canadian legion proceeds from the event will go to the muscular dystrophy association dispute york region settlement of a dispute between the york region police commission and the police association has been announced the disagreement concerned alleged demotions to acting ranks made by the commission at the start of this year the association charged that this was unlawful and began an action before the supreme court of on tario for an injunction to prohibit exams scheduled for july 31 in addition the association asked the attorney- general to appoint an arbitrator the new agreement provides for confirmation of all existing ranks by the commission an undertaking that has now been carried out the association has with drawn its application for an injunction and also the request for an arbitrator promotional exams have been rescheduled to oct 30 according to chief bruce crawford the commission has agreed to examine the possibility of extending the eligibility provisions for these exams commission chairman judge william lyon has ex pressed satisfaction with the terms of the agreement members voted unanimously to accept the settlement heinz libertus claremont rr 2 was pinned in the wreckage of his vehicle and although still alive when would- be rescuers reached the scene he died a short time later the collision about 230 am occurred on hwy 48 south of dicksons hill damage was estimated at r000 the charter southbound from sutton to toronto was driven by ronald claydon of willowdale he suffered facial lacerations from flying glass requiring treatment in scarboro cen tenary hospital others on board awakened by the severity of the impact were hysterical with shock one man who tried un successfully to free the victim from his crumpled truck wept openly while police and friends attempted to calm him am bulance operator john vance assisted two other ladies firemen from markham and vaughan attended the scene but car plunges into river unionville a 26 year old scarboro man faces a charge of careless driving but is lucky to be alive following a spectacular singlecar accident on the kennedy road in unionville sunday morning allan thompsons 1966 ford missed a curve north of a narrow bridge and plunged upside down into a branch of the rouge river the car slammed into a hydro pole and a tree before coming to rest in the water the driver suffered only minor injuries so severe was the impact that the body of the auto was sliced clear of the frame two tow trucks were required to lift the wreckage from the stream thompson was alone in the vehicle no blaze resulted one brigade member was injured when he tripped over a cable extended from a tow truck another cut his finger on a piece of glass caught up in a hose line it was two hours before a replacement bus could be pressed into service and tran sport the passengers back to toronto during the long wait most of the people remained in the crippled unit one man suffering from shock became violently ill the libertus family moved to the atha area about three years ago surviving besides the victims wife are four sons jack fred jamie and mickey service was held at the chapel of st james crematorium toronto july 26 markham- thirtysix to one such were the odds against bob riddell collecting a 15 service call account he found himself facing 36 excited wormpickers plus one driver with no money and a van with one flat tire as the story goes the riddell tow truck was despatched on request to a district golf course when the chief wormpicker discovered his oml mem bership would not cover the cost he took off later stopping in at markham boat sales ltd hwy no 7 for some free air minutes later mr riddell was on the scene trapping the van on the lot his side was then strengthened by officers of york regional police and the opp when payment was still refused riddell hooked on to the rear of the wormpickerss truck and hoisted it off the ground fully realizing the law was not on his side and that trucking worms without a truck was quite impractical the driver relented handing over his ownership as security all and all the pros and cons of the argument some spoken in english but mostly in italian lasted about two hours a pekinese named peppi doortodoor search recovers pet stouffville when peppi a pet pekinese sud denly disappeared from home mr and mrs jim mclellan and nine year om kyle mclllan pekinese peppi following its stouffville the mrlrllin family hugs her pet former llarrv stover residence stouffville recovery in uk reside at the jas thomas family rr 3 stouffville feared the worst but they didnt give up hope mr mclxllan made two large signs and erected them on posts near the entrance to his property they read lost our pet dog a pekinesc on the townlinc wednesday afternoon the nth please call with any information 6101638 the children douglas 18 debbie 16 kyle 9 and karen 7 commenced a systematic search first in a nearby pond and second in ditches along the road but without success with its two front paws deformed it was certain peppi hadnt strayed too far we were afraid she had been run over said kyle when after three days the dog had not returned mr mcullan commenced a door- to door search in stouffville a boy in a grocery store reported seeing a pekinesc meeting peppis description and pin pointed the area mr mclellan kept on looking finally his efforts were rewarded a lady told of taking the pet in it quickly responded to its name and mrmclellan look her home to a jubilant family reception it was a little bit hungry said kyle but otherwise pretty good