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weldon store sold after 48 years stouffville down through the years the weldon family name has become synonomous with stouffville it dates back to 1924 forty- eight years that business link with main street will end next month feb 29 when ijoyd weldon turns the key in the front door for a last time the store and adjoining k residence has been purchased by 1en and norma wilkes a transaction finalized several weeks following the rateliff block fire nov 9 mr and mrs wilkes plan to carry the same line of goods as at their previous location the firm originally owned by the late arthur e weldon was once located in the present shea block main street west there in addition to boots and shoes he handled gas motor oil and axle grease the gas pumps were positioned on the sidewalk close to the curb mr weldon moved to the present site about 1931 and son lloyd formed a partnership following his return from the service retire i dont like that word said lloyd it sounds old decrepit he said he would think more seriously of the future when the time comes at present hes concentrating on selling every item of stock community centre paid in full lemonville the former lemonville school proposed for a community centre has been purchased and paid for in full by arthur latcham of stouffville a cheque in the amount of 19000 made payable to the town of whitchurchstouffville was delivered by mr latcham personally tuesday to mayor ken laushway the 5000 raised through community contributions will be used to modernize the in terior of the structure mr latchamsaid a second cheque in the amount of 5000 has been made payable to the twp of uxbridge to improve facilities at the community hall in goodwood apartment renting stouffville gerry meharg ltd 6403131 is accepting rentals at the new albert st apartment ac commodation is for adults only with 1 and 2 bedrooms 159 and 180 per month respectively the last word stouffville the partial reprint of a tribune story related to a debate between merlyn baker and mayor ken laushway over the con troversial bremner dump has met with the coun cillors approval with one exception he said the news item left the impression that he had claimed liquid in dustrial waste was still being deposited there i have never said that corrected the councillor not since the beginning of december anyway i dont know where he the editor got that idea he told council jan 11 that he had discussed the matter with the papers editor and appreciated the fact that his version of the c o n v e r s a t i o n w a s published a minor distraction with the ice divided and four teams playing at the same time the confusion on a saturday morning in the stouffville arena can he distracting for he minorlcagucr waiting his turn on the next shift here the camera catches mite house league coach garry murphy enthusiastically cheering on his club while 6 year old bradley tones watches the action elsewhere jas thomas in fifteen years town population25000 stouffville a population of 25000 is projected for the town of whitchurchstouffville within a period of 15 years the figure was contained in a report introduced at a meeting of council jan 11 york region has requested each municipality to prepare a brief concerning population goals in relation to the torontocentred region plan a division is made between urban and rural for the urban area the maximum population has been limited to 13500 the rural area containing ap proximately 34000 acres of marginal or nonproductive land has been described as ideal for estatetype develop ment also restated is a limit of 500 persons per hamlet as stipulated in the old whitchurch official plan a rural population of 12000 has been recommended the report calls for a com plete policy review in 10 or 15 years councillor merlyn baker suggested the maximum rural population could well go over the 12000 limit mayor ken laush way cautioned members against overstating future goals in this regard the subject will be re introduced for further discussion jan 25 like a eunuch in a harem suggest town name be changed stouffville to keep everybody happy the identity of the former twp of whitchurch and the former village of stouffville were incorporated into one hence the town of whitchurchstouffville but everybody isnt happy oyer the arrangement one of these is exstouffville deputy- reeve bill parsons he aired this and a few other complaints before council jan 11 i have enough trouble just explaining stouffville to people he said now youve got this long hyphenated thing the whitchurch is like a eunuch in a harem you could apply for a change mayor ken laushway said the union of the two names was his idea and he was prepared to take lull responsibility for it he merchant protests parking ban stouffville a strong protest has been lodged against a recent bylaw to ban parking on park drive north mrs nicholas kamps ap peared at a council meeting jan 11 to state her position she and her husband are owners of kamps upholstery main street east mrs kamps said she felt the bylaw was unfair she pointed out that parking was alreadv banned on the east side ol park drive this she felt should lie sufficient thats a very narrow street observed mayor ken laushway theres hardly enough room for two cars to drive on it let alone park do vou think its worse than other streets demanded mrs kamps she named elm and church streets among others as being equally congested she went on to point out that there is no parking allowed on main st in front of their shop and the new bylaw means they cant park at the side either mrs kamps suggested that the parking ban on the east side of park drive should be en- lorced mayor liiishway maintained that it is enforced ive seen folks gel tickets for parking there he said sometimes the street is so blocked cars canl gel through at all councillor june button in dicated agreement with mrs kamps i think there are other streets just as narrow she slated clerk ralph corner said the banning bylaw passed in december has not yet gone to the department of transport for approval we havent received it back from tue region yet he said i would like to take a look at this street said councillor merlyn baker other members agreed in addition to council the works dept will take another look at park drive the bylaw was approved by the region at i meeting jan 13 j y sloukfvillkwhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgi thursday janlary 20 1072 vol 88 xo m phonk 6402101 12 lacms 5 cents let v l a development prove its benefit first before expansion permitted mayor blood donor clinic stouffville the first of two blood donor clinics for 1972 authorized by the canadian red cross society will be held in the stouffville legion hall wednesday jan 26 urgentlv required are blood types orh pos orh neg and arh pos the clinic is open from 230 to 430 and 630 to 9 pm the blood is needed for three emergency heart operations scheduled for the toronto general hospital jan 28 and 31 lady driver found dead gormley a tragic ac cident near gormley jan 12 took the life of a bloomington lady the lone occupant of a northbound car that went out of control on the don mills road and overturned in a deep ditch killed was mrs vera mcgarry rr2 stouffville the grim discovery was made the next morning by a nearby resident mr geoffrey campey while on his way to work it is believed the victim had been pinned in the wreckage about eight hours mrs campey recalled hearing a bang about 11 pm and so did a neighbor however with trucks and snowplows travelling back and forth at all hours the noise was not considered out of the ordinary due to the depth of the ditch and a bank of snow on the side ballantrae the present v l a subdivision at ballantrae should first prove itself a benefit to the community and the municipality before a second phase of development is endorsed this was the feeling of mayor ken laushway when the issue came up for discussion before council jan 11 the original buildup of 14 homes is now complete phase 2 calls for 66 units that according to the mayor could raise the population of the hamlet to over 500 representing the developers were clayton clouter peter milligan and solicitor harry raymond mr raymond said there was some urgency in moving ahead with the plan since the v l a program was due to terminate in two years he urged council to confer with officials at a higher government level before arriving at a decision only a section of one wheel was visible mrs campey s son john 14 called police it took almost an hour to remove the body from the vehicle we were so helpless said mrs campey i spoke to her but i was afraid she was dead marks in the snow indicated the car had veered out of control some distance back before crashing through a guardrail and turning over at least twice the victims purse was found some distance away public identification was withheld by york regional police for several hours until mr mcgarry a salesman could be contacted a son michael and her mother mrs dorothy berringer also survive service was held from the be ring funeral home thornhill mayor laushway was firm he said he personally did not favour as many as 500 people in a rural hamlet and suggested a review of ballantrae and other similar communities before residential growth got out of hand he said provisions for servicing such areas could prove costly while the majority of mem bers were inclined to agree councillor betty van nostrand did not to me she said the subdivision has already proved itself im not convinced the extension would put the population up over 500 councillor merlyn baker said he thought v l a benefits would be renewed as in the past he noted too that there were many proposals to build in the ballantrae area i dont think one developer should expect to have all the priorities no matter how much pressure is exerted on this council later a planning committee resolution opposing the second phase of development gained council support centennial queen chain store approved stouffville a new canadian tire store main street west gained council approval jan 17 at a special meeting called to consider the development realtor harold wood appeared on behalf of perivale in vestments with him were peter kirkgard representing canadian tire and the cor porations solicitor bob spratt an agreement had been worked out earlier after several meetings between the municipality and the principals the new store when com pleted will initially cover 7500 square feet included will be four service bays a retail sales area and storage space a second phase will add a lubritorium and gasoline sales bar the 2acre site is located on the south side of main st ad- said council had no legal authority to alter it instead it would have to be approved by ballot it costs me money com plained mr parsons the girl in my office has to type it out a hundred times a day other complaints mr parsons list of com plaints and recommendations went on he criticized the in terior design of the remodelled municipal office and the im personal attitude of certain employees he recommended the setting up of a ways and means committee to get rid of foolish rules with respect to distribution of the williamson fund to the needy poor in the illage of stouffville mr parsons said such an arrangemeni was no longer possible since the village as such was no longer in existence mayor laushway said the town had already received a legal opinion on tbis point jacent to emerald isle motors a house presently used as of fices by harold wood real estate will be demolished before construction starts the property is owned by perivale investments and mr wood has handled the transactions with canadian tire prior to a start on con struction approval must come from the region of york and the ontario municipal board 4 wm mm hii 58 x td t ci i sixteen year old patricia mauley was the happiest girl in l- hridge saturday night she was selected the towns centennial picen at a beauty pageant attended by several hundred admirers including patricias parents mr and mrs jack mauley oxbridge bbi jas thomas the crowning rrrrninni was handled iipilih l abridge max or ita n i iter he stole a kins just lo make i lit- oci ipiili- complete iiiiii ii will now reign over all events wtnii during ihr towns centennial mr iiio las thomas