canadian tire store main st pt stouffville open labour day wrtbun mongolia open golf tournament sat sept 8 vol 84 no 14 phone 6402101 toronto 3611680 whitchurch stouffville markham uxbridge thursday aug 30 1973 36 pages trade fair stouffville the legionsponsored trade fair held each fall in the stouffville arena js set for sept 20 21 and 22 the chief organizer this year is jim mckellar ninth line north in addition to at tractive displays by local and area businessmen several stage events are planned including a fashion show for the ladies further details will be announced when finalized farm land valuable for fanning stouffville a king township resolution proposing compensation for farmers whose lands are frozen to an agricultural zoning under the toronto centred region plan was not endorsed by whit- churchstouffville termed silly by one member the resolution was given an unsympathetic reception by all in cluding farmers on council councillor cathy joice wondered why a farmer would need compensation for his agricultural land when his purpose is farming in the first place who is qualified to say that land is not worth as much when zoned for aguiculture com mented merlyn baker a councillor and farmer referring to soaring food prices councillor art starr concluded it may be worth more than industrial land present plan for 332lot subdivision at corner of main street and hwy 47 company is prepared to finance all extra service facilities the interior of the stouffville masonic hall was transformed into a floral beautyspot aug 23 when the horticultural society held its annual fall flower show but even the fairest of blooms could not match the radiance of 9 year old dale jackson daughter of mr and mrs sherwood jackson 466 elm road jim thomas candidate uxbridge joe esmonde a councillor in the town of uxbridge will seek election in ward 5 of the new uxbridge twp area while the opening date for nominations is only a week away few current members in uxbridge town uxbridge twp or scott twp have revealed their intentions the election date is oct 1 councillor esmonde will have opposition in ward 5 councillor fred kelland has tossed his hat in the ring for the same position 400 damage stouffville damage has been estimated at 400 to constriicton machinery parked at a site near north street five gauges on a cater pillar owned by arnold paving of pickering were smashed and a champion road grader the property of kbm con struction also of pickering was vandalized consistent winner stouffville mrs cliff burkholder of bethesda is a lady with a perennial green thumb her skill in growing things is apparent in the flower gar dens around her own home it was apparent too at the stouffville horticultural flower show in the masonic hall thursday her entries gained the greatest number of points best entry in the cultured class was submitted by mrs delia paisley and the best arrangement decorative by mrs grace pugh dianne vague captured most points in the childrens section linda vague was second the award for the best year book cover design was won by beth housser there were 293 entries in the show down considerably from 1972 the decrease has been attributed to the hot dry summer plastic cemetery flowers stouffville while there is legislation to control noxious weeds in the municipality there is no ruling as yet against plastic flowers in stouffville cemetery the unlikely subject was discussed by council last week after a citizens complaint over faded unsightly synthetic flora at the local burial grounds was presented by councillor june button although many cemetery authorities do not permit plastic arrangements on plots because they add to upkeep problems ron gibson works superin- tendant informed council he had sufficient men on his staff to handle maintenance on stouff ville grounds the real problem with the plastic flowers is that some of the arragnements are quite expensive and you just dont feel you can throw them away even when they become discolored he explained town administrator ralph corner said that there had only been seven complaints about the cemetery in the past 15 years and that it was very well maintained mayor gordon ratcliff concluded that before nipping plastic flowers in the bud you would have to weigh public opinion and find out who wants them in the cemetery and who does not bodies all over the place 99 ringwood the first york regional police officer to arrive at the scene of a twocar crash here early wednesday morning found bodies lying all over the place he radioed for three am bulances at least seven persons were injured including the drivers 23 year old john edward cham bers and nicholas kabak 19 both of scarboro they along with their passengers were admitted to scarboro centenary hospital stouffvile an ap pendage of land at the south east boundary of whitchurch- stouffville partly in pickering and uxbridge townships became the focal point of a presentation made to planning board last week representatives of win- dland associates suggested that the board move to annex the section which is landlocked from its own municipalities by the configuration of the airport site because it would function more in conjunction with stouffville the suggestion stemmed from windlands request for an official plan ammendment a preparatory step to devel oping a 332 lot subdivision on 116 acres between hwy 47 and the county line bounded on the north by the sales barn property and on the south by main street the parcel is owned by windlands parent company revenue properties the in formal plan for the site sub mitted by consultant michael brodigan defined 17 acres for single dwellings 29 for semi detached 3 acres each for commercial and school pur poses 17 acres open space 21 acres in a holding catagory the present zoning of the land is industrial with some agricultural and green belt the proposed subdivision would absorb the industrial area which the developers feel would not only be more com patible to stouffville if redesignated on the pickering- uxbridge parcel to the east but more compatible with airport noise anticipated at that location the subdivision area mr brodigan pointed out was not in the 95 cnr noise zone herb green who developed the ponderosa subdivision site at the west end of stouffville supported mr brodigans presentation he said there had been indications that the ministry of treasury and the two townships urge dumps be discouraged stouffville the use of the oak ridges moraine for waste disposal purposes is not desirable and should not be encouraged this definite opinion from the water quantity branch of the ministry of environment was oddly qualified however in a letter to local council last week while sympathizing with concerns over the ecological vulnerability of the moraine the agency retionalized we must be reasonable about the need for and the availability of waste disposal sites until such time as there is a policy designating land use in the area we should proceed with waste manage ment in the moraine the water quantity branch also reports that there are areas which can be safely used for properly engineered and operated landfill sites and that its policy is to deal with each site proposal on its own merits the environmental protection act does not give the ministry of environment the authority to designate areas in the province acceptable for landfill purposes but the ob servations from its water quantity section council was informed reflects the ministrys policy relating to the moraine no method the ministry submits has been found as a practical alternative to present disposal systems it puts the onus directly on the municipality to initiate its own plans for waste disposal through government loans specifically set up to implement recommendations of provincial waste planning studies the ministry also suggests that nhitchurchstouffville consult with associated councils to consider the advisability of a regional study based on the towns concern over waste disposal sites attracted attention in 1911 and in 1973 when the uxbridgescott historical sociey advertwed a display of antique enrs at their weekend show they meant it but few visitors expected to see and ride in an auto of this vintage its a 1911 motherinlaw ford roadster owned and 16th avenue markham hes had it 15 years driven by bill brown jim thomas were not opposed to annexation of the subject parcetby whit- churchstouffville planning board chair man merlyn baker attempted to veto further discussion on the subject if the ministry sees fit to put these acres in our municipality thats fine but i would not embarrass pickering or uxbridge by talking about taking an acre of their town ships it would be presumptious and not very neighborly and i dont think this presentation should take in planning in on tario county although mr green and some members of his board felt that the subject was relative to land use not planning discussion reverted to the residential aspect of the win- dland proposal mayor gordon ratcliff explained that although the plan might be well conceived council had already given consideration to proposals for expansion to the north of the village and was of the view that this was where the next phase of residential development should be you would have to come up with good reasons for growing to the east he added mr green informed the board that the developers were fully aware of the financial demands that would be made on them by the municipality to expand general sewage and water facilities in the village while the northern develop ment would require rechan- nelization of the water course the eastern site he said needed no such expensive preparatory work the substantial levy the windland project would pay into the general improvement fund would assist he suggested with the rechannelization program which had been eroded from the conservaion authoritys budget before the board accepted the plan for further study the windland delegation urged that ihe possibility of annexation be discussed with the neighboring municipalities if you do annex the land mr green concluded we are prepared to move ahead with a substantial industrial development on it should guard against slum pickering the 18000 acre site for the hew pickering airport could become a slum if the vacant properties are not maintained by the federal government warned ontario mp norman cafik monday mr cafik suggested that the federal department of public works maintain vacant or ex propriated properties even if they are rented on his travels through the area last week said the mp he received complaints that some properties were allowed to fall into disrepair particularly in the area of the pickeringuxbridge boundary or century city if they sit vacant theyre not going to be worth the paper their sale is written on cited mr cafik if the federal department decided to maintain the properties the cost would be added to the rent charged he said