Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 20, 1967, p. 3

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homes flooded will occur again reeve stouffville the backup of sewage jhat flooded the basements of several stouffville homes april 2 will occur again unless the owners affected take steps on their own so remedy the problem this was the grim pre diction of reeve ken laushway at a meeting of council april 6 special meeting reeve laushway said that homes fronting on russell street and rose avenue required sump pumps and traps on their sewer outlets it will happen again maybe not for five years or maybe to morrow i dont know how nve can prevent it and the engineers dont know cither he said that he had experienced a similar problem at his own home on two occasions but later corrected il should the ratepayers be forced to cover a halfmillion dollar expenditure when a few can solve the problem for themselves for 200 mr laushway suggcslcd that the residents who had ex perienced the sewage backup should attend a special meeting of council where the problem could be discussed taxed to capacity councillor jim mckel- lar noted that the town administrator and employ ees had worked until 630 in tiie morning following the storm he said that the pumping station was tax ed to capacity at the height of the flood he noted that large quantities of surface water was carried in the towns sanitary sewage system people must co operate he said he cal led for a townwide in vestigation to learn if ille gal drainage inlo storm sewers was widespread reeve laushway said that such a policy was permitted in the first hookup stage but later changed he noted that some homes with flooded basements april 2 had surface water running in to their own sewage later als portable oxygen equipment in whitchurch cruisers the tribune ihvtiiir apri 20 1557 tut 3 v i s supplied by township firm ballantrae all cruisers of the whit church township police department arc now e- quipped with portable ox ygen equipment that erie manufacturing co at bal lantrae is supplying to all the nato air forces they are used by pilot or crew members who must eject themselves for air craft in high altitudes erie manufacturing also made the portable oxygen equipment used by unit ed states astronauts in the gemini 4 and 6 program when an astronaut walk ed in space the civilian equipment is currently being sup plied to police depart ments and department of transport personnel a- cross canada at private crossings whistle posts not practical vandorf cnr of ficials attending a coro ners inquest at vandorf april 11 suggested that it would be impossible for the railroad to erect whis tle posts at every private crossing along the line dr blair mitchell of stouffville conducted the hearing into the death of timothv joseph obrien 59 of capreol killed feb 22 when his cn truck was struck by a south bound express train the accident occurred on a private road leading to slaters lumber mill al bert washington 50 of gravenhurst was serious ly injured the jury was told that in 1962 mr roland wynn of unionville was killed at the same crossing site when his small ear was hit by a northbound train at that time it was rec ommended that visibility be improved and that- whistle signals be posted several clumps of cedar trees were removed last week the jury fur ther recommended that the old vandort station and cn toolshed be re moved immediately that the private service road be relocated to insure better visibility and lhat the re sponsibility for crossing maintenance be defined the locomotive engineer testified that he saw the truck moving toward the tracks and blew he en gines whistle but it was then too late he said that the train was travelling at about 60 miles per hour from capreol to toronto cycle club wants whitchurch licence ballantrae the site of the former c- dian nutria limited prop erty highway 48 at bal lantrae has been selected by a metro motorcycle club for headquarters walter whelan of toron to and a former nutria company official said that a building on the farm would be used for a club house with ample parking facilities off the road he said that sunday meets were planned an applica tion was submitted for a township licence reeve ross farquharson suggested that noise by the machines especially on sundays would meet with opposition from resi dents in the community mr whelan said he had approached only one homeowner and found him favorable to the idea council agreed to dis cuss the clubs request and inform them of their decision each cruiser in the whitchurch township police department is now equipped with portable oxygen equipment supplied by erie manufacturing company of ballantrae in addition to many civilian uses the units are also provided to the nato air command cadieux studio feasibility of pickering split requested by township council travelled from british columbia by bus pickering the de partment of municipal af fairs will be approached by pickering township re garding the feasibility of dividing the township north from south a resolution to this ef fect will ask for terms of reference of other munici palities dividing into rural and urban areas and will ask for assistance in a study of the feasibility of such a move the resolution was won by a six to one vote with deputy reeve mrs j mc- pherson opposing in a recorded vote reeve c w laycox was inclined to put this matter aside for the time being because although four dele gations appeared before council to request it no petition had been placed in the hands of the clerk petition filed when councillor donald beer said that a petition was filed with the depart ment mr laycox said there was no reason it could not go through he said the petition should have been present ed to council and as far as he was concerned any resolution would be based on having heard four people councillor john wil liams reminded the reeve that the resolution had been passed in committee he said there was a similar resolution in 1964 one in 1965 and even prior to that to get some sort of action and it had never been done councillor ron chatten said the resolution simply by kathleen may goodwood mr and mrs samuel wesley whit- tlcton of white rock brit ish columbia visited with friends and relatives in the stouffvillemarkham area they travelled the entire distance by bus mr bill plant will ad dress both the morning and evening service in the baptist church april 23 and 30 mr plant will be married next month and asks for information and there was nothing wrong with passing the resolu tion he said he was sure the petition did exist and that a copy would be sup plied move to the west coast mrs pat collins flew to florida io visit her daughv tcrs mrs fred baldwin spent a few days with mrs mort- son of beaverton mr mortson was able to re turn home from hospital thursday mrs howard thaxter called on her parents mr and mrs findlay thomp son monday mrs john sheehy is suf fering from a sprained knee at her home mr and mrs charles symcs and mr and mrs ivan norton visited with their aunt and uncle mr and mrs robert hook on the occasion of their fif- new readymix plant under construction near bloomington completed in six weeks bloomington near building of a new business bloomington in whit- is underway it is also a church township the new venture for russ and david forfar it will be known as the centennial ready mix company what we are building is something that is badly needed in this area said construction work has been started on the new centennial readymix company north of blooming- ion in whitchurch township the owners russ and david forfar hope to have it in full operation within sis months staff photo russ the nearest ready mix plant is fifteen miles away he feels that the location is ideal since the plant is easily accessible to the entire district the only other one like it in canada is in pcterboro the plam will be so con structed that no elevators or belts will be running from the outside trucks with raw materials will drive to the top and dump their loads into hoppers the finished product will flow into other trucks at ground level own 4 trucks at the start the comp any will produce about 150 yards nf cement per hour with a maximum output of i3000 yards per day to reach this maxi mum no new buildings or machinery will have to be added mr forfar plans to use four trucks of his own and obtain others on ren tal if the need arises we will be able to supply al most any type of mix re quired and all materials will be waterwashed and first class he said it is hoped that the plant will be completed and in operation in six weeks we arc looking forward to offering our service to everyone in the area he said lieth wedding anniversary mr john criscionni of toronto visited with miss terry ferguson sunday british israel the bible nationa message the attack on the throne having succeeded in taking from us the symbols and much of the reality of our british heritage the subversive forces which brought this about are now working to end the monarchy and make canada a republic to you who do not want this to happen may we suggest that the first step in any effective opposition to it is to know and to help make known the true identity of our ancient throne and why the continuance of our relationship to it is o matter of supreme importance to all canadians regardless of their racial origin we would like to tell you about it for your free copy of our new booklet behold your king write to the secretary canadian britishisrael association in ontario po bo 744 station b ottovo ontario buy your office supplies at the tribune tablerite fresh canada grade a eviscerated covrfeovs ftiendlf wrntt is something twi jurt foltn fer groplej et ca fron lh time jou wriv to th lint yoo jwte f ill try to twlo fovt chopping iwi mjoramt cool find on item not vt how ti a reoit yow need for sunday dinn niiosomowp putting yovrgtccciits in th cw he ere m hand io oie y ony eisuiont ovr fnmdly employee ore atiizolti to mt ring your ntedittiprora joir fcovmeck wt really cert if yea owt get a 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