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canadian tire store main st spp stouffville o ci h stouffville midgets vs oak ridges playoffs aug 11 vol 86 no 10 whitchurchstouffvillema thursday aug 2 1973 28 pages live fox in family pool stouffville mrs fred leblonc 391 loretta crescent was startled monday night when she heard a splash and looked out to see a fox swimming in their aboveground pool the animal she believes had jumped up on the patio then leaped into the water a height of about twelve inches it was making the strangest kind of noise she said it swam close to the sides of the pool as if trying to get out mrs leblonc said the fox carried a strong odor and authorities suspect it was rabid neighbors fished the animal out with nets york regional police and the humane society were called welfare takes drop in york york region there were only k employable persons on welfare in the region of york as of may 1973 william lazenby mayor of richmond hill informed regional council july 26 last year at the same time the figure stood at 642 the breakdown follows heads of families 83 depen dents 223 singles 37 those classed as unem ployable total 934 the total number of persons not working in all classifications and receiving welfare assistance is 1372 in may of 1972 it was 1932 this represents a reduction from 121 per cent down to 76 wheat price uncertain stouffville wheat harvest is well underway on area farms and while the moisture content has been quite low at about 13 per cent the sample has been small the coop and master feeds are the two major buyers in this district the price delivered to the mill is 150 per bushel set by the wheat board two ad ditional payments have been promised coop manager george timbers told the tribune so this could amount to another fifty or sixty cents a bushel the problem right now is the farmer doesnt know what hell receivehe said last year the price per bushel at the mill was 162 teenage cyclist killed ringwood a young cyclist thought to be about 16 was struck and killed monday night while northbound on hwy 48 north of ringwood the boys belongings con tained no identification and at press time his name and residence were not known to ontario provincial police he is described as 56 in height weighing 110 pounds shoulderlength blond hair and wearing blue jeans he was riding a white 10speed bicycle the motorist was edward wasiuta of toronto note on wednesday morning the victim was learned to be frank tropiano age 13 of 73 magnolia avem scarboro workman electrocuted supervision criticized by inspector the two are compatible stouffvilles mansion house hotel and a 1920 mclaughlin buick the antique auto owned and driven by ross elliott of port hope was one of several to pass through town thursday en route to brighton ont jim thomas stouffville a 21 year old apprentice electrician might be alive today if additional precautionary measures had been taken at the site of the stouffville sewage disposal plant dennis reed con struction safety inspector for the region of york reported to regional council july 26 his recommendations were related to the death by elec trocution june 26 of paul wacker of scarboro the victim came in contact with a high voltage wire and plummeted 21 feet to the ground mr reed stated that too much manual labor was ex pected from the project foreman thus restricting him from making observations as is required by a person in that capacity the deceased was an em ployee of aero electric limited of weston the regional inspector noted further that according to gordon brown of the puc if the apprentice had been wearing hydroapproved gloves he would definitely be alive today and had he been working on a wooden ladder rather than an aluminum one he would have suffered severe burns but would have survived paul tanel the project foreman told how he observed wacker on top of the pole with sparks flashing all around him sold out lake lady killed in twoear crash douglas chapman of peterboro was at the wheel of this nifty 1929 ford 4door eastbound on main street the rail iiad its start from london 0nt jim thomas 73 cadillac snubbed classic car parade brief stop in town stouffville a section of main street west in stouff ville thursday morning looked like a silent rerun of an old movie there was a 1920 mclaughlin parked opposite the mansion house hotel the two appeared compatible minutes later the mclaughlin was joined by a 1928 model a ford then two more fords one a 29 and another a 31 the reunion was expanded to include a 32 willys overland while parked aloof from all the rest was a gleaming black 1940 ford deluxe convertible traffic slowed to a crawl as drivers looked then looked again yes they were real forty and fifty years old but very real the relics from the past were part of a london to brighton rally ross elliott of port hope owner of the mclaughlin explained how drivers like to travel in groups so if one runs into any kind of mechanical trouble the others can assist other participants included mr and mrs m h jeffery trenton lavern chapman pontypool douglas chapman and bill dunford both of peterboro and roy solmes springbrook ont as the antique autos moved east on main street about a hundred yards apart pedestrians stopped what they wwe doing and stared yet parked in front of the bakery was a 73 cadillac but no one gave it a glance town to host swiss hockey club ballantrae one jjerson died and four others were injured in a tragic twocar crash sunday at the in tersection of hwy 48 and the aurora road in ballantrae lorraine lee 20 wife of wayne lee r r 2 stouffville at musselmans lake failed to respond to emergency treat ment and died monday night in hospital she was a passenger in an eastbound auto driven by 23 year old christine harasiewicz of toronto the second vehicle was driven by maureen hopper of scarboro her passengers were debbie grensted 15 of r r 2 stouffville and alma hoyer 22 of etobicoke little sign of army worm in region york region while army worms are prevalent in many areas of the province farms in the region of york have so far escaped alan wall agricultural representative at newmarket told the tribune this week mr wall said he had not personally inspected any fields in york but had received no word or complaints from far mers you can be sure there are some around he said mr wall explained how the worm lays dormant during the daylight hours and works at night 1 one of the first on the scene was bill trail of cedar beach a qualified st john ambulance volunteer he was accompanied by his son john i along with others did all we could both before and after the ambulance arrived he said two witnesses fainted at the sight of the carnage stouffville- construction will begin soon likely this month on 96 homes in the baycrest subdivision north of stouffer street but dont stampede to make a down payment all 96 houses are reported sold sheep ravaged stouffville farm livestock killed or injured by dogs in whitchurchstouffville has increased greatly this summer in a period of one month the value has been placed at 137000 mayor gordon ratcliff in reporting the loss said he was very concerned and ex pressed the hope the dogowners would cooperate and keep their animals under control the ravaged stock includes both sheep and goats and oc curred in the bethesda- lemonville area unique road plan stouffville a unique road plan that will eventually ring the former village of stouffville to the north and link up with westlawn crescent and stouffer street is in its initial stage of construction stouffer street now widened and curbed will be joined by hawthorne avenue and manitoba street with a new road named millard avenue extending north from stouffer shopper threatened stouffville a local man told york regional police he was threatened while shopping at boncheffs vegetable market on the stouffville gormley road harry p kennedy stouff ville r r 4 said he was ac costed by three men using loud language he was able to provide a good description of the trio along with the type of car they were driving the present stouffer street j will be extended south across i main after two homes on the j south side of main are removed the street will veer to the west behind summitview school and merge with park drive south of the arena another road will likely swing east to the tenth but this will be part of a later plan another entrance onto main opposite the presbyterian church had been contemplated but this has since been scrap ped fear rustlers active stouffville jan 10 1974 may seem like many months away but for the host committee in charge of the swiss hockey tour here its time to get the program lined up on paper the allstar swiss club plus a contingent of 80 supporters will be in ontario 11 days two games will be played in the stouffville arena jan 11 and 20 against a minermidget team other contests are scheduled for campbellford jan 13 oak ridges jan 14 port perry jaii 16 and at the ohsweken indian reserve near brantford jan 18 the visitors will attend a toronto st louis game at maple leaf gardens jan 12 jan 15 and 17 are open dates while in stouffville the swiss boys wiil be billeted in local homes stouffville within recent weeks the tribune has published many advertisements related to lost or strayed cattle in the area some owners fear however that the terms lost and strayed are oversimplifying a very serious problem they feel rustled would be more ap propriate one uxbridge farmer noted that with livestock grazing on rented pastureland sometimes far from any buildings it is a simple matter to load up a truck without being observed par ticularly at night he said that several weeks coufd go oy before the theft is discovered the current high price of beef is thought to be the reason police are suspicious that cattlerustlers are active in whitchurchstouffville and uxbridge but are finding it difficult to aoorehend the culprits one officer observed that often several days elapse before the thefts are reported police are asking farmers and ranchers to keep a close count on their stock even if it means a check of the herd every day to seek election george harvie r r 1 goodwood will seek election oct i in the new uxbridge area under regional govern ment mr harvie announced his decision this week he may let his name stand for a ward post or a regional councillor at large