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rtfmne vol 80 no 39 stouffyillemarkhamuxbridgh ont- thursday feb 27 1969 15 cents toll char remains at home on the slopes a future nancy greene for stouffville its still too early to say for sure but if enthusiasm means anything then 6 year old maryjo sutherland is headed in that direction her parents mr and mrs keith sutherland lloyd avenue stouffville took out a seasons membership for maryjo at dagmar this winter and the im provement under professional instruction has been most encouraging staff photo queens park hearing for village reeve clerk stouffville stouffvilles position as it may apply within the new status of regional govern ment was discussed by reeve ken laushway and clerk ralph corner at a meeting this week in the office of hon darcy mc- keough ontario minister of municipal affairs at the conclusion reeve laushway would say only that the hearing was very friendly he declined to elaborate on what exactly was discussed or what de cisions if any had been reached he would say only that the discussions were of a private nature but quite informal the appointment arranged for 330 pm monday lasted about 45 minutes with a population of just over 4000 it had been feared that stouffvilles status as a viable unit of lower tier government might not be considered practical under the pend ing regional system reeve laushway and mr corner presented mr mckeough with a prepared brief out lining reasons why the vil lage as a selfcontained municipality should be preserved the information in the 4page document touched on facilities now available plus services that could easily be expanded as re quired these included good highway access to metropolitan toronto and adjoining towns a cnr line that could accommo date a future commuter service a balanced growth and sound financial stand ing a prosperous agricul ture area productive arte sian wells to serve a popu lation of 13000 a sewage system designed to permit enlargement good ele mentary and secondary schools excellent com mercial outlets and recre ation areas the brief in its conclu sion requested the minis ters assurance that the village would be granted a further opportunity to sub mit recommendations in depth at a later date close ones dont count musselmans lk close ones dont count as the saying goes but for five year old tracy jordon of hillsdale drive mussel- mans lake it was a bit too close while tobogganing down a hill at high speed near her home the little lass misjudg ed her distance she went crashing through a tiny basement win dow landing on the cement floor five feet below without a scratch and still sitting on her sleigh area extension prematurebell stouffville no extension of stouff villes present freetoll calling area is contemplat ed for at least two years this w as the conclusion of village council feb 20 followinp a meeting with representatives of the bell telephone company the spokesman was dist manager gordon b wansbrough mr wansbrough said that a surve for stouff ville had been completed at the request of a group of local businessmen and following a meeting with members of the lions club he said that a similar request had been receiv ed from the council of the twp of whitchurch mr wansbrough noted that for stouffville- subscribers to be placed in a freecall zone with oak ridges aurora mt albert and newmarket would cost an additional 50c per month on a pri vate line and 250 for business for a direct connection between stouffville and toronto the additional monthly cost would be 275 private and 1250 business mr wansbrough said that the demand for the added service had to be such as to warrant the hookup he pointed out that a onemonth survey show ed that 128 percent of stouffville subscribers called aurora but only 86 percent called from aurora to stouffville from stouffville to mt albert it was 155 percent and from mt albert to stouffville 313 percent from stouffville to newmarket 212 percent and from newmarket to stouffville 85 percent from stouffville to ux bridge 22 percent and from uxbridge to stouff ville 324 percent from stouffville to agincourt 333 percent and from agincourt to stouffville 64 percent he said that the 2463 subscribers in the stouff ville exchange placed 5446 calls to toronto in a onemonth period its not a oneway street said mr wans brough you may wish an extended service to other areas but do the other areas wish to call you he said that in his opinion the expanded freetoll system was still two years away we would be pleased to proceed if this is what the people want but we wish to accommodate the majority reeve ken laushway said that the cost of the improved service would represent an increase of close to 60 percent to the average homeowner deputyreeve bill parsons said he would be hesitant to force the issue he noted that under the present system those who use the longdistance call service are the ones who pay for the privilege missing bob timbers president th i ontario plowmens association stouffville a 16 year old boyer street boy is reported missing from his home and a descriptive report has been broadcast across the province mart jaago was last seen feb 21 the family moved to stouffville only recently from udora the youth is described as 5 ft 8 inches in height 140 pounds blond hair and blue eyes he was wearing a blue threequarter wool jacket blue jeans dark pullover shirt and tan boots any person with infor mation on the whereabouts of mart jaago is asked to contact the stouffville po lice department at 640- 1300 site unsightly hands tied councillor whitchurch twp the council of the town ship of whitchurch expres sed concern several weeks ago over an industry in the process of locating on a site near the west bound ary of stouffville north of highway 47 near ring- wood it was agreed at that time to learn what control if any the municipality might have over such an operation once established what was feared is now a fact councillor bob lewis in formed council feb 18 that according to their so licitor the township has no power whatever to inter fere at stouffville council feb 20 it was agreed that a copy of the proposed of ficial plan for whitchurch should be returned without any requested change reeve ken laushway with obvious reference to future buildup on stouffvilles borders said he hoped the two municipalities might endeavor to work in closer cooperation one with the other bob timbers rr 3 mt albert president of the 1969 plowmens association cadieux studio mt albert bob timbers mt albert rr 3 a number one plowman in match competition has advan ced to the number one position in the ontario association he was elected presi dent at the annual meeting in toronto feb 17 succeeding cameron mitchell of simcoe the site of the 1969 international is near paris ontario in the county of brant bob has been an on- tario champion three times in world com- petition he has plowed at cobourg in 1953 rome in 1959 and eng- land in 1963 mr and mrs tim- bers have two sons barry 19 and gregory 12 and one daughter i karen 21 barry is maintaining the family tradition with many awards to his credit planning board debates pending development stouffville resi dential development is pending on three sides of stouffville but the ques tion currently before plan ning board is which area should develop first reeve ken laushway feels that with a new pub lic school already proposed for a site north of elm road it might prove best to allow expansion in that area of the village he sug gests that further residen tial buildup in that section would be a boon to the shopping plaza and also humane society cars crash headon clare mont a headon crash between two cars on cone 7 ux bridge twp north of bal sam saturday caused an estimated 4700 damage and sent eight persons to hospital most seriously injured was 20 year old penny bluiulell a passenger in an auto driven by larry norton 19 of claremont she suffered a fractured skull a fractured right leg and facial lacerations she was rushed to picker- ingajax hospital and later transferred to tor onto general also hurt in the nor ton vehicle was danny blundell 16 and gary brown 15 all of the claremont area the driver charged with failing to yield one- half the roadway suffered lacerations to his face and a fractured rib the second car a 1969 oldsmobilc had b e e n driven only 100 miles the driver was robert miller 41 of west rouge mr miller and three of his live passengers required hospital treatment a second accident north of allona sunday involved cars driven bv dennis smith 21 of clare mont and ronald mason is of stouffville rr 3 most seriously injured was 17 year old christine mcconkey of claremont she was rushed by vance ambulance to scarboro hospital vocal scholarship stouffville fif teen year old beverley bell agrade 10 student of stouffville dist secondary school has been awarded 100 vocal scholarship at the recently concluded ki- wanis music festival tor onto beverley who topped her class with an 87 per cent also scored a first in accordian with 89 percent the scholarship presen tation from loblaws com pany limited was made saturday evening in the awards class for junior and senior choirs st andrews united church markham won s50 stouffville centennial 1977 stouffville although 1977 is still eight years away mr h j waite chairman of the public library board feels that the time is right to begin prepara tions for stouffvilles 100th anniversary of in corporation addressing a meeting of council feb 20 mr waite suggested that the library could serve as a headquarters for the ac cumulation of informa tion on the history of the village he noted that it would probably be cor rect to assume that a cel ebration would be held to mark the occasion we just wanted to start the ball rolling he said reeve ken laushway said he was pleased that the library board had expressed a willingness to take the initiative on the subject of the library building itself mr waite said that with accommodation taxed to the limit some thought would have to be given to larger quarters for the future he said that the board had been in touch with an architect but no thing in any official way had been approved he submitted a budget re quest for 1969 of 6000 reeve laushway obser ved that with regional government now pending it would not be practical to proceed with a major construction project at the present time i 22 municipalities involved stouffville the ontario hu- society has threatened to cancel contracts with 22 municipalities including stouffville if bill 73 proposed by the provincial legislature is approved a prepared state ment by tom hughes society supt reads in part the constitution of the ontario humane society clearly and spe cifically prohibits the release of live animals from its shelters for use in scientific exper imentation or research the shelters have been built with voluntary funds given by private donors on the assur ance that animals would not suffer any unnecessary pain or distress to release an imals alive for experi mental use would therefore be a breach of faith imposed on the society and its mem bers and supporters and accepted by the officers of the society as a trust in addition to stoult- ville other municipal ities in that area that would be affected by a contract cancellation include uxbridge whitchurch twp newmarket aurora scarboro whitby ajax pickering and east gwillimburv reduce the necessity of erecting a fourth school at a location elsewhere the reeves plan was not shared by board member reg mackay he contended that regions to either the north or south should first be considered member ken wagg agreed but pointed out that both plans appeared dead we cant force it he said were jumping around too much stated mr mac- kay its not our fault but i feel we should establish a policy where the next stage of development should take place he re called how certain de velopers had indicated their desire to proceed im mediately but had never followed it up we should tie them down and after six months if nothing goes ahead the agreement should be wiped out clerk ralph corner sug gested that certain areas could be placed in a resi dential holding plan to be dealt with later when ap plications are received reeve laushway noted that the servicing of lands to the north could prove costly he said too that the development of the harper farm could not proceed un til a proper entrance onto main street is finalized tribune wins five newspaper awards stouffville the tribune the winner of twentyfive provincial and national newspaper awards in 30 years established an alltime record in 1968 with five of the top prizes in its class the presentations were made feb 21 at the on tario weekly newspaper association convention in ottawa the paper was rep resented by its publisher c h nolan awards include gen eral excellence best gra phic design best column best spot news photo and best new idea for 1968 in addition mr nolan was personally recognized through the presentation of a plaque in recognition of distinguished service as a president of the associa tion and contribution in the weekly newspaper pro fession it is of interest to note that the tribune won its first trophy back in 1939 it was also presented at a convention in ottawa by gregory clark still recog nized as a top writer in the field of news journalism the ontario association president for 1969 is peter hvidsten publisher of the port perry starr county council rejects century city warden frank corcoran of the ontario humane society holds two refugee pups to be put up for adoption to some happy home staff photo i j ontario cty on tario county council by a unanimous vote has lurned thumbs down on a proposal by revenue properties ltd to estab lish a satellite city in the southwest comer of ux bridge township adjac ent to the east boundary of slouffville the resolution was in troduced feb 19 copies will be forwarded to four government departments without beinc specific reeve john williams of pickerini- twp the spon sor of the resolution said that there were many as pects of the development that would prove detri mental reeve williams d i d point out that to con struct trunk mains from lake ontario to the citv site would cost an esti mated 7500000 he con tended that properties north and south of the proposed development would be adversely effec ted