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high school variety show december 67 ij christmas parade markham stouf fville saturday dec 8 vol m no a phone 6402101 toronto 3611680 whitchurch stouffville markham uxbridge thursday nov 29 1973 52 pages petition stouffville town council has endorsed a 500- name citizens petition calling for the installation of two per manent crosswalks one at main and orchard park boulevard and the other in front of sum- mitview school the application indicating support within an area west of the c n r tracks was presented to members nov 20 by michael parr victoria street mr parr said he was per sonally concerned for the safety of children using both crossings after witnessing an accident in which a little girl was struck down oct 3 and seriously in jured solicitor wants fair shake stouffville lets have a fair shake for the little people commented solicitor bill parsons the stouffville lawyer was appearing before planning committee to request rezoning of a lot 100 by 200 to ac commodate the operation of stouffville sales and service the property it was learn ed is directly east of the com- panys present premises on main st west and part of a 20- acre parcel next to the site of the proposed mcneil laboratories development a simlar application made earlier this year was rejected because the lot size did not comply with zoning regulations mr parsons requested an ml zoning claiming the firm to be light industry requiring no open storage councillor eldred king observed that this particular light industry sold equip ment i also think that the small man should get a fair deal he told mr parsons but im not in favor of lining our highways with small com mercial developments of this type the solicitor cuttingly replied that he had heard no objections over the canadian tire store going in across from the plaza of course he concluded that was a fair bit of assessment committee recommended the application be turned down honesty the best policy stouffville finders keepers not according to a policy practiced by 8 year old andrew jeffries church street stouffville on nov 13 while walking to summitview school andrew spotted a sizeable sum of money on the road near the intersection of hawthorne and maytree avenues he picked it up and and turned it over to his prinicpal lome boadway a notice was placed in the tribune the very next day allan gresham called at the school office and identified the amount it had fallen out of his pocket he said while getting into a friends car the night before andrew and mr gresham never met the little lad was absent on a class field trip when the rightful owner arrived but a reward for his honesty was waiting when he returned former stouffville boy spends weekend in old home town jesse gall 78 now of west bloomfield michigan is a native of stouffville he was born on tenth line south and raised by his grandparents mr and mrs george boadway on the weekend he returned to town and visited many of the places he once knew as a boy including the c n r station a busy train terminal in his day jim thomas helicopter drops in near sdss andrew stouffville the energy crisis became a reality for an armed forces helicopter pilot last week when he noticed the gas needle nudging zero while over stouffville en route from petawawa to bouttonville so he did what any en terprising pilot would do landed his bird in the nearest field he could find the property he picked was west of edward street near the high school he merely walked a few steps to the secretaries office and requested permission from viceprincipal r l mercer to use the phone once clearance was established and the distance factor verified he was off again straight up deanne makes big come back stouffville at noon- hour oct 3 ten year old deanne howard daughter of mr and mrs bob howard fairview avenue was struck down by a van on the guardprotected crosswalk main street and orchard park boulevard she was seriously injured on monday deanne returned to her grade 5 class at orchard park school seven weeks and five days following the near tragedy although still on crutches her recovery has been described as excellent mr howard praised the efforts of physicians and nurses on the staff at sick childrens hospital toronto theyve got to be the best he said more hearings on hydro route stouffville the solandt commission continuing public hearings following bruce howletts recommendations on the hydro transmission corridor will hold a meeting at parkview public school union ville nov 29 tonight at 8 pm representatives of whit churchstouffville council ex pect to attend the discussions which will concentrate on the alignment of the corridor from woodbridge to cherrywood stouffville the ontario housing commission has been asked to consider the construction of further senior citizens accommodation in whitchurchstouffville twentynine new apartments should be ready for oc cupancy on elm road by early in 1974 but the application list contains 60 names mayor gordon ratcliff informed council that it could take up to two years to gain further approval therefore he recommended the request be filed immediately the ohc apartments he noted represented no financial burden to the town and provided a valuable service to the municipality highway crosswalk lad struck by ear chilliwack bc five year old robbie sargeant son of john and louise sargeant chilliwack bc has been released from hospital following an accident near his home the little lad was seriously injured when struck by a car on a pedestrian crosswalk his grandparents are mrs blanche gordon of stouffville and rev and mrs dow sargeant formerly of altona and now of wasaga beach babysitters lacking here stouffville what is the most pressing family need in whitchurchstouffville responsible babysitters says a daycare study prepared by the health and social services department and the regional planning department of york in a response from residents 301 per cent cited babysitting as the no 1 request the need for a daycare centre was much lower at 146 per cent recreation programs and a nursery school ranked third and fourth on the list the acute need for babysitters here was reflected in the broader regional survey where whitchurchstouffville placed second highest in per cent response mayor gordon ratcliff in commenting on the result of the study as it pertains to the town feels some organization should take this problem on as a club project teachers reject offer resignations collected this week york negotiations have broken down between york county board of education and its 800 secondary school teachers both sides charged the other with failing to bargain in good faith at the board meeting monday night trustee ross joliffe detailed the costs of a salary proposal made to the ontario secondary school teachers federation negotiating team nov 20 that offer was rejected 676- 31 by the teachers at a mass meeting nov 21 in newmarket at that same meeting they voted 51715 to resign nov 30 if they all resign then york county will be without high school teachers in january 1974 a board press release criticizes the osstf negotiators for failing to bargain seriously it states that negotiations with provincial representatives did not take place until nov 9 and four subsequent meetings were held none of these lasted much more than two hours and on every occasion the teachers adjourned the meeting the statement reads according to another press release last week the board maintains that there is no im passe in negotiations because the board has agreed to accept resignations after nov 30 ef fective in 30 days until may 30 1974 the purpose of the boards motion was to ensure that the possibility of resignation was still available whenever an impasse was reached by the negotiation team that statement said in a further letter the latest board offer rejected by the teachers was set out it provides for a 200 raise in the lowest category and 900 in the top category for 197374 according to mr joliffe the offer represents an increase of 854 per cent in 197374 and a further addition of 75 per cent in 197475 increases for the current school year will add an extra 800700 to the boards teacher salary bill he said he added that individual raises for 197374 range from 850 to 1750 and 700 to 1850 for 197475 the total increase would be 165 per cent over the two years including benefits education director ron hall told the board mr joliffe added that a cost first phase of crosstown water main soon completed work is proceeding in the laying of a 12 inch waterman from blake street to park drive at a cost of 53000 when completed the line will extend north of main street to the baycrest subdivision now partially completed this phase of the project shown here will be finished by middecember iim thomas of living bonus is also provided for if the consumer price index goes up more than 5 per cent between august 1973 and august 1974 he maintained that provincial education ceilings will go up seven per cent in 1974 and the teacher increase of 854 per cent would mean cutbacks in other areas in the discussion that followed it was revealed that teacher salaries above the boards offer would mean an increase in the pupilteacher ration in the county osstf representative jim bethune told the tribune tuesday that the number of resignations collected will not be known before friday nov 30 the last day they can be legally submitted to become effective for the beginning of the year he said it would be illegal for the board to accept resignations on 30 days notice after nov 30 except by mutual consent of the board and each individual teacher he was upset that the board would make the negotiation public mr joliffe said the osstf demand was equivalent to a settlement made in metro toronto which would mean a salary increase of 12 per cent in 197374 he maintained that metro has higher ceilings and could afford to pay higher teacher salaries the board accepted mr joliffes report king says musselmans natural skating rink stouffville theres a huge natural ice rink less than six miles north of stouffville but no one uses it musselmans lake in the opinion of councillor eldred king could accommodate throngs of skaters if someone with the necessary equipment was assigned to maintain it councillor king speaking before a meeting of the whit churchstouffville ratepayers association nov 21 noted that early every season some at tempt is made to clean off an area there but after a snowfall or two the project is dropped he explained that since public access to the lake is now assured there should be no problem getting in or out regular maintenance he said would have to be provided by the town other openair rinks are contemplated for vandorf ballantrae the two parkettes in stouffville as well as orchard park and summitview schools bloomington intersection to be rebuilt stouffville the improved intersection at hwy 48 and the bloomington road will be improved again bill hodgson mpp york- north reveals this week that a contract in the amount of 21732440 has been awarded to rumble contracting limited dundas equipment limited of mississauga the information comes from the office of gordon carton ministry of trans portation and communications munica lions the work to cover a distance of onehalf mile will not begin until june 1974 reconstruction of the corner is considered necessary to lessen the number of collisions that have occurred there