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lis interest plagues recreation board vandorf the whitchurchstouffville recreation committee hold a non meeting sept 2 in the vandorf com munity hall with only three mem bers present out of seven there was no quorum and no business could be transacted chairman bill paine pointed out that the committee had been unable to get a quorum since june this he said was why no meetings had been held during the summer he also observed uiat some members seemed less than en thusiastic about attending and said the member appointed from ballantrae had never put in an ap pearance it puts us in a terrible position he said we cant go to council and complain thats not our place its up to the people in each area to petition council if they feel theyre not being properly represented admitting that nothing official could be done without a quorum the chairman said there were a number of things he felt should be discussed jim hill was present to submit his report on the summer recreation programs he reported that most activities were wellrun and he considered them successful while the playground program was not as popular as had been expected it was felt the girls had done a good job councillor betty van- nostrand asked mr hill how he had been received in the rural areas the recreation director said that everyone had been very cooperative many people had said we didnt need a recreation director said mrs vannostrand im glad there was no real problem several suggestions were made with a view to improving facilities now available problems with the lights for the tennis court and the question of equipment storage were discussed at length difficulty arose over the matter of a mileage allowance for the recreation director mr hill estimated he had travelled about 100 miles a week in the course of his duties while money for this purpose is provided in the budget no actual figure per mile was agreed upon again no decision could be made without a quorum and the matter was deferred forthcoming programs for the fall season were mentioned and a tentative date of sept 18 has been set for the start of these activities committee member ed grimshaw reported he was presently involved in preparing for hockey and detailed the steps being taken to ensure a suc cessful season while there was no actual adjournment the meeting broke up after about two and a half hours another meeting hopefully with four or more members present will be held oct 4 four year old in fashion show this pretty little miss is only 4 years old but in the role of a fashion model shes a veteran teresa foulds will be one of nine participants in a fashion review sponsored by pauls dry goods at the stouffville trade fair sept 9 through 11 shes the daughter of mr and mrs john foulds second street jas thomas stouffvillhwhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgi thursday sfptembfr 9 1971 vol 83 no 15 phone 6402101 14 pages 15 cents tragic accident kills three truck hit by tractortrailer closing of rural schools victim town road employee ups orchard park attendance new hall proposed for park stouffville if arthur latcham has his way stouff ville will soon have a brandnew public hall appearing at a recent council meeting mr latcham presented his proposal and showed members tentative sketch plans of the building the new structure will be designed to seat 200 people and be ver satile enough to accommodate a variety of functions the town will have first call propose town bus service stouffville a pickup and delivery bus service has been proposed for stouffville covering both the east and west end areas of town the recommendation was contained in a letter to council aug 31 from main street merchant william j paul the plan calls for a bus travelling east to tenth and stouffer streets every hour and west to winlane crescent and elm road every halfhour suggested fares were 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children while generally favorable members withheld action on the matter following contact with town solicitor paul mingay mr mingay said con sideration by council at this time would be premature since several details had to be worked out before such a service could be established mr paul said he was hopeful the bus project could commence this fall members agreed to send the applicant a copy of mr mingays letter costs more on it mr latcham said but the hall should be open to anybody who wants to use it council members greeted the idea with enthusiasm it was pointed out that stouffville has no public meeting hall at present although smaller communities like goodwood and vandorf have when the town must obtain space at the high school as happened for a recent ontario municipal board hearing rent must be paid to the board of education mayor ken laushway spoke for council when he said the town was very appreciative of mr latchams many con tributions referring to the proposal the mayor said we realize you dont have the figures yet i dont need any figures replied mr latcham ill just go ahead and build it while the selection of a site is still under discussion it appears likely the location will be directly opposite the arena a few days after the council meeting mr latcham discussed his project with the tribune the drama club approached me about it first he said other groups he observed were equally interested he describes the proposed structure as plain and sturdy mr latcham is anxious to start work on his project he already has a contractor lined up who is prepared to begin construction immediately on the question of cost mr latcham declined to name a figure without final plans he said any figure he might give would be a guess i dont care if it costs a hundred thousand he stated emphatically i want to get it built municipal approval of the project is expected shortly stouffville with several rural area schools now closed stouffville classrooms are up in enrolment this year by way of compensation some of the teachers from the closed schools are now teaching here the largest increase is at orchard park where at tendance has climbed from 414 students to 494 four new teachers have joined the staff mrs judy sutherland no relation to the principal was formerly at vandorf while mrs barbara wideman taught at ringwood two of ballantraes teachers mrs sandra wiley and mrs betty sanders are now at or chard park at summitview the increase is smaller the figure of 377 students is only slightly higher than the 360 reported last year one teacher mr greg care crash escape a miracle ringwood while two persons were injured the fact that no one was killed in a 4- vehicle crash at ringwood sept 1 has been ruled a miracle by witnesses at the scene admitted to hospital with a broken collarbone and facial lacerations was allan hopkins of goodwood the driver of a 1968 chevrolet convertible a rear- seat passenger miss pearla taylor obrien avenue stouffville also suffered severe lacerations requiring more than 40 stitches she was asleep when the collision occurred other drivers were william griffin from saskatchewan glenn barkey claremont and has been added for mr care a graduate of toronto teachers college this is his first position john cronin principal of st marks said the school has experienced no enrolment in crease there are just over 200 students this term two new teachers have joined the staff mrs joan seguin formerly of windsor and mrs barbara lavigne a recent graduate of toronto teachers college not a candidate york north john medcof of mount albert will not let his name stand for the liberal nomination in the provincial riding of york north the reported rumor was squelched this week in a letter from mr medcof to the tribune mr medcofs name has been prominent in the news in recent years particularly in the field of commuter service on local cn and cp rail lines clarence hood of lemonville police said a 1963 ford truck carrying a second truck and driven by griffin came into the intersection on a red light striking the hopkins auto broadside the chainreaction crash that followed involved cars driven by mr barkey and mr hood bethesda a tragic two- vehicle crash at the intersection of derry and trafalgar roads in oakville saturday killed a 63 year old bethesda man his fiancee and his fiancees mother after their westbound 1964 ford pickup was struck broadside by a tractor trailer clifford preston rr4 stouffville velma claughton a stenographer employed in toronto and mrs alice claughton the deceaseds housekeeper all died instantly the three wereen route to the steam show at milton when the collision occurred damage is estimated at 4500 mr preston a longtime employee on the whitchurch- stouffville road department is the son of the late fred and violet logan preston and wellknown in the bethesda community he had planned to be married this fall mrs alice claughton and daughter velma had lived formerly at cone 9 markham south of hwy 7 the lone survivingmember of the family is a son john mr preston has three brothers alex of sundridge burnice bethesda everett nipissing and two sisters mrs eddie hoover stella of claremont and mrs leonard swanson marguerite of newmarket service was held from the thompson funeral home aurora on tuesday conducted by rev greatcrex of newmarket pentecostal church with interment pine orchard cemetery pall bearers were nephews clare preston john preston brian swanson keith preston ivan preston and edward campbell the double funeral for mrs claughton and her daughter was held from the dixon parlors markham on wednesday with interment elmwood cemetery in eavy property loss cycle store blaze markham damage has been estimated in excess of 32000 in a fire sunday that destroyed the rear section and much of the contents at markham cycle and sports main street north the blaze was first observed at 850 am but chief meryl arson suspected in 25000 holiday barn blaze to di le stouffville inflation affects the living in stouffville its going to cost more to die town council aug 31 ap proved a rate increase for burial plots in the stouffville cemetery the new charge for a single plot is 60 the service of opening and closing the ground is an additional 55 a special 15 fee is added for doubledepth ringwood the possibility of arson is being investigated following a fire monday that levelled a frame barn on the property of gary leeson hwy 48 north of ringwood it was on this site that police discovered 350 pounds of hashish aug 3 valued at between two and three million dollars a toronto man is currently awaiting trial in connection with the case the blaze was first noticed at the conclusion of a prolonged hydro blackout police at vandorf received the call and sounded the stouffville alarm two trucks were despatched to the scene immediately but the fire was already out of control a nearby shed was saved and the house was never in danger for a time it was feared two dozen riding horses were trapped in the inferno but this was later proved false while mr leeson is the owner the farm house and barn are leased to other parties it operates under the name of central don resident riding school loss has been estimated at 25000 in a bam blaze monday on the property of gary leeson hwy 48 north of ringwood the cause of the fire is still under investigation jas thomas smith feels it had been smouldering for almost two hours before it was noticed he said an old elevator shaft plus fire vails between two other offices in the block kept the flames from spreading the greatest loss chief smith said was in stock suggested at over 20000 large quantities of winter sports items including hockey equipment had already been received and stored avay for the new season plastic materials used extensively on such goods were melted by the heat damage to the store building itself is estimated at 12000 an adjusting office for the pilot insurance company and the office of mingay and shibley solicitors suffered some smoke damage but not as serious as first feared the second storey area was used only for storage cliff woodcock in charge of the first fire unit on the scene said that had the call come fifteen minutes later the entire block could have gone air show dicksons hill if you missed the air show at the c n e this year you can thrill to a similar display of flying skill saturday sept 18 at 2 pm the location is the markham airport hwy 48 south of dicksons hill one of several flyers par ticipating in the show is jan falkowski of uxbridge the lone performing pilot from the battle of britain days 30 years ago