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christmas euchre latcham hall tuesday dec 19 tttte christmas pantomime latcham hall dec 22 and 23 vol 89 no 29 phone 6402101 whitchurchstouffville uxbridge markham thursday december 14 1972 32 pages 15 cents honest ive been good nine year old angie johnson main street stouffville has a hearttoheart talk with santa claus at st james presbyterian church sunday school christmas party dec 8 jet noise concerns claremont principal claremont with the claremont public school in cluding a recently completed 150000 classroom and auditorium addition located on the north easterly edge of the proposed airport site principal alban ward fears for the problems that could result at a public hearing dec 7 fj hydro study vandorf within the next six to eight months meetings will be held within concerned communities to hear com- plaints and listen to proposals concerning the proposed hydro tower line originally slated for routes through whitchurch stouffville uxbridge and pickering or south through whitchurch stouffville and markham the promise of public discussion followed a meeting in toronto dec 7 in attendance from whit- church stouffville were mayor elect gordon ratcliff coun- i cillor merlyn baker ward 3 councillor elect art starr ward 1 lawrence hennessey and town solicitor paul mingay mr ward indicated that not only might the teachers and students be plagued by noise but up to 150 children could be moved out of the area through ex propriation of land the principal stated that when the airport announcement was made public the plans for the school addition had been finalized since more ac commodation was required the board agreed to proceed with the project rather than put up with additional months of overcrowding in speaking against the air port mr ward made it clear his feelings were his own and not necessarily that of any other individual or trustee the principal said some pupils had already been moved more than once during their young lives he said that such shifts in so short a space of time had detrimental effects on their progress he spoke of the annoyance factor caused by noise and the now familiar jet pause teaching practices employed in some schools close to airport sites i feel it would be difficult to operate a school under these kind of conditions he said century city land value 13 million stouffville revenue properties co ltd owners of century city land holdings in uxbridge township has shown a loss of 1117459 for the first nine months of this year during this period the company had revenue of more than thirteen million dollars the century city site located on stouffvilles outskirts is listed in the companys assets at a value of 13582132 the company report notes that about 1500 acres of the property are to be expropriated for the new international airport the company has taken note of the fact that provincial planning guidelines continue to indicate that the remainder of the land may be used only for agricultural purposes there is an amount of 5180754 in mortgages due the report states virtually no payments have been made on mortgages on the lands or for realty taxes since may 1970 participants in claremont christmas show decision on traffic control to be councils top priority consider ballantrae arena ballantrae a new ar tificial ice arena is being con sidered for ballantrae with the whitchurch centennial centre a logical location a meeting to discuss the proposed project was held dec 3 plans call for an ice surface of 100 by 200 with seating ac commodation for 1600 the cost complete has been estimated at 350000 government authorities will be approached through bill hodgson mpp york north and sinclair stevens mp york simcoe to learn the amount available in the form of provincial and federal grants non- institutional home for disturbed children stouffville a letter from john a orourke aurora requesting councils permission to establish a non institutional private home in whitchurch stouffville for children with moderate emotional distur bances was reviewed by planning committee nov 8 in the letter mr orourke referred to the 12 years of ex perience he and his wife had gained as child care workers at thistletown hospital and presently as licensed parents operating from their home in aurora he explained that at the moment they could care for only two children but if they moved to a larger house in whitchurch stouffville they could accommodate five he expressed the need for the home setting they could provide children discharged from treatment centres and the assistance they could give in helping them to make the transition from institution to community living the committee agreed the would annex new- airport york region mayor bob forhan of newmarket has warned york region municipalities that the new airport and accompanying cedarwood city should be an nexed to york or face serious financial difficulties all new industry he declared would desert the local municipalities for the new area idea and aims set down by mr orourke were commendable but wished to know specifically where in whitchurch stouff ville he intended to locate councillor merlyn baker referred to a previous instance where disturbed children had been intigrated into community living through non in stitutionalized private homes and residents in the area had been very upset members agreed that further information regarding location of the home would be necessary its unfortunate concluded mayor ken laushway that people in this country have not accepted this type of integration yet it has to be sold to the public reeve would save hotel goodwood reeve bob nesbitt appealed to members attending council meeting dec 11 who will form the new council in 1973 to give careful consideration to the fate of the old and unique goodwood hotel he explained that council had asked that a bylaw be passed to affect its demolition but added i would like to have the building saved i think perhaps there is a place for an eating establishment but we have to find the right person with a lot of money to make it work i would hate to have it removed by demolision restaurant to file for liquor permit stouffville chris giofcos restaurant owner in the stouffville plaza will file an application for a liquor permit foiiowing the over 60 percent affirmative vote dec 4 with lounge facilities already available he estimated an additional 7000 to install a bar stouffville needs it he said at the present time people are going to markham or richmond hill the licence fee is 10 ac cording to a spokesman for lc bo the renewal charge is the same the official noted however that if the application is made through a solicitor the cost could be considerable depending on legal fees charged he observed though that many apply without legal assistance prior to issuing a permit the applicant is interviewed by the board certain requirements such as hydro plumbing and fire regulations must be met following approval the an ticipated waiting period is from 4 to 5 weeks rural sounds squeak squawk the bond family sisters including debbie cheryl and shelly participated in the annual christmas variety show at claremont saturday they were accompanied by their father rod they reside on ninth line north in stouffville claremont the benefits of rural living were expounded by nmny at the airport hearing in claremont dec 7 however one could hardly blame the presiding chairman j w swackhamer for having second thoughts about all this as he listened to or attempted to listen to evidence presented throughout the afternoon first the sound system went wrong emitting a series of squeaks and squawks then no sound at all later when officials at tempted to place a map on public display they found the cement walls unreceptive to thumbtacks hang it from the basketball thing called out a member of the audience later still the hearing was interrupted when the owner of a red buick parked the vehicle in the school entrance blocking all buses arriving for student pickup its easy to see this isnt the four seasons hotel com mented the chairman wryly analyse congestion on main street stouffville representatives from the ministry of transport merv stevens traffic analysis engineer met with council dec 11 to discuss terms of reference in a study subsidized 75 percent by the government which could be implemented to analyse congestion on stouff villes main street through pitfar program to increase traffic flow and accident reduction the township selects a consultant to work in conjunction with a technical committee com prising representatives of the ministry and whitchurch stouffville mr stevens explained that pitfar is geared to probe existing street and traffic patterns with a view to finding solutions that would need moderate expenditure mrs cathy joice and eldred king new councillors who will officially take office in january sat in on the meeting they wished to know why a sign could not be erected at ringwood indicating an alternate route to hwy 47 along bloomington road mr shannon repeated what he had emphasized at a previous meeting with council that the ministry discouraged in discriminate signing that such a sign at the intersection of 2 kings highways would cause confusion to motorists that authority to create aby pass would have to come from a higher level he suggested however that if the results of a pitfar study indicated the need to re route traffic the higher level could be more receptive to the idea it was estimated that a bypass would not be a probability before 10 years mr stevens said that with guidelines set by council a close look could be taken at internal weekend flow and at the central business section regarding the need for traffic lights and parking facilities a parking survey would establish if shoppers or store owners fill street parking spots whether off street parking should be developed to protect the commercial viability of the downtown core against more accessible shopping plazas collation of data would have to be done in summer and the study would take a year to complete mr stevens indicated that if council decided to apply for pitfar the ministry would try to fit it into next years budget but could not guarantee to un dertake the study in 73 mayor elect gordon ratcliff concluded it is our concern to maintain the core in downtown stouffville he promised a decision on the study would be given top priority by the new council residentia building lots skyrocketing stouffville single dwelling building lots in both stouffville and markham have reached record high prices medium size lots in stouffville have reached the 13000 figure while in markham the same lot will bring 18000 some lots in markham are going for as much as 20000 for stouffville this has been an increase of 4000 in less than twelve months the latest new house 3 bedroom with attached garage is selling in stouffville for 39000 to 46000 while the cost of land has been the major factor in the sky rocketing prices lumber and labor have also climbed ex perts estimate that the cost of lumber for an average home has increased 1500 in the last two years lang trophy winner thirteen year old peter mellon of the stouffville figure skating club came from behind to win the lang trophy emblematic of pre- novice superiority peter is a student at st marks separate school