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stouffville vs wallisellen sunday at 1 pm stouffville lions mardi gras saturday feb 9 vol 86 no 34 phone 6402101 toronto 3611680 whitchurchstouffville markham uxbridge thursday jan 17 1974 24 pages 0 tower mystery solved stouffville the case of the mysterious tower of whitchurchstouffville has been solved without the aid of the hardy boys readers may recall a 200- foot metal structure caused more than a ripple of surprise among planning committee members when it suddenly soared into sight at the corner of cone 6 and the aurora road the dec 20 tribune featured a photograph of the stairway to the sky and added the provocative question what is it the question was answered and the case neatly sewnup at last weeks council meeting following an investigation of the ward 4 mystery by councillor art starr- the tower it was revealed was erected by douglas s peckhover r r 3 newmarket to provide automatic twoway radio repeater or relay service in the uhf band between businesses in the stouffville aurora and newmarket areas and vehicles operating in the district airport stops bloomington development bloomington the proposed pickering airport has cast its indeterminate shadow overa small- subdivision planned for the hamlet of bloomington approval of a i6lot residential development at the southwest corner of ninth line and bloomington road is being witheld by the ministry of treasury the site whitchurch- stouffville council was informed last week is within the critical noise envelope of the proposed toronto airport in north pickering and until runway alignments are finalized the subdivision could not be con sidered for approval on receiving the news mayor gordon ratcliff once again echoed councils frustration over the reversals to local residential development plans caused through the air port project the ministrys refusal to implement the bloomington proposal which local planning board approved in principle last june was particularly hard to understand the mayor claimed since the site is not within the ministers freeze zone small account has long trip stouffville on oct 30 1973 a statement in the amount of just over 9 was mailed out from stouffville by charles richards and sons ltd to george wilson stouffville rr 1 a distance of about three miles seven weeks and 6000 miles later the bill arrived on the back of the envelope was a printed explanation it read delivered in error to the plough and arrow inn litlington polegate sussex england contacting the police durham region the bigness of durham region that includes the expanded twp of uxbridge and the new town of pickering can present a problem in communications like contacting the police under the present regional system all police calls go through a main switchboard in oshawa information and orders are then dispatched to detach ments across the area residents within the telephone exchange districts of 294 640 and 649 must dial 649- 2203 persons in the 852 ex change must call 8523366 parkview home site apartment plan ed grimshaw left president of the stouffville minor hockey association was presented wjth a swissmade alpine horn prior to the stouffville- wallisellen game friday night while accepting the gift was pleasant blowing it proved difficult in fact up until saturday noon he had failed to toot a single note here wallisellen club manager hans- jorg huber provides firsthand instruction without success jim thomas stouffville con struction is scheduled to begin this month oh a 36unit 208 by 60 foot apartment building on parkview home property the units will be designed especially for older persons and will include twentyeight one- bedroom and eight- bachelor apartments in two storeys above ground the full basement will provide space for craft and recreational facilities as well as laundry mechanical and storage rooms an elevator will provide access to the three levels basic appliances such as an electric stove refrigerator and kitchen facilities will be provided construction will be entirely of masonry and steel with architecture designed to blend with the present building swiss team farewell on sunday stouffville the town of whitchurchstouffviue will bid farewell to a contingent of newfound friends sunday when the team from wallisellen switzerland leaves for malton airport and home the clubs departure will foiiow the sixth and final game of an ontario tour that began here jan 11 game time sunday is 1 pm it will be taped and carried later on richmond hills tv 10 another large crowd is anticipated a betweenperiod feature will include the antics of a professional clown act called the slaphappy chappies its something the children and adults too are sure to enjoy a special presentation by the stouffville lions club will come at the contests con clusion during the swiss teams stay in stouffville the wallisellen players are being accommodated in homes around town sixteen year old rolf graf left is pleased to be billeted at the farm residence of councillor and mrs eldred king r r 2 markham not only does he like the fresh country air but also the com panionship of jan and rodney king ages 9 and 11 crashes lake pier stouffville eddie grimas sr 296 stouffer street is a patient in scarboro cenenary hospital following a snowmobile accident saturday on lake simcoe mr grimas suffered three- broken ribs a broken finger and a fractured nose when his machine slammed into a par- tially hidden pier and a pile of rocks near port bolster the snowmobile overturned pinning the operator beneath the injured man was in shock by the time he reached home a doctor and ambulance were called classmates help boys rescued from dam stouffville a 14 year old grade 8 student at stouffville dist secondary school aided in the rescue of three classmates after two of them broke through the ice at the base of the floodcontrol dam between church and edward streets v gary morgan victor drive musselmans lake ran back to the school and obtained enough rope to reach his friends richard peach 13 although up to his waist in water was able to pull himself to safety rescued also was gordon mayer 13 and stuart keeler 14 gary was aided by karl hutton a fifth boy in the group i gordon mayer said that one of the boys hats had fallen over the edge of the dam three of them ventured down to retrieve it but the ice cracked and gave way as soon as i saw what was happening i ran to the school to get a rope recalled gary police and firemen were soon on the scene but their assistance wasnt needed target date for completion is august 1974 financing has been arranged through a 50year mortgage from the central mortgage and housing cor poration loans and donations from interested persons in the community and a small grant from the ontario housing corporation as in the adjacent 112bed home for the aged the ability to pay will not be the criterion for tenancy although no govern- ment operational subsidies are available rent levels will be set by cmhc and will cover only the capital and operational costs the project will be operated under the nonprofit charter held by the mennonite home association of york county snomobile hits car two killed stouffville a double funeral was conducted here monday following a tragic carsnowmobile crash jan 11 that took the lives of 31 year old stouffville father of three and his 18 year old cousin from prince albert mother of one gerald dyck main street east was the operator of a snowmobile that according to durham regional police collided with a parked car on the 4th concession of uxbridge one mile north of the pickeringuxbridge townline pamela marie kiers rr 2 port perry was a passenger on the machine both died instantly police said the southbound snowmobile came over a hill and travelled 135 yards before striking the left rear of the auto the parked vehicle was owned by joesph strobel rr 1 goodwood mr dyck leaves his wife dorothy three children isaac gerald and lisa his parents mr and mrs isaac dyck stouffville rr 3 three sisters betty beverly and georgina and one brother norman mrs kiers is survived by her husband one daughter yvonne 17 months and her parents mr and mrs lome ham rr 1 goodwood no criticism estate development f welcome addition vandorf favorable comment not criticism was the reception accorded a proposal to establish a 13lot estate sub division south of the bethesda sideroad between concessions 4 and 5 a public hearing arranged by whitchurchstouffville planning board was held in the community hall at vandorf jan 9 land use at this site must be changed from rural to estate residential to ac commodate the plan the property heavily wooded and served by the black creek is owned by john daniel r r 1 gormley water and sewerage requirements will be provided by drilled wells and septic tanks the original application was made about one year ago board chairman merlyn baker told the meeting he said it could be another year before all ap provals came through before the zoning is am- mended all owners within 400 feet of the site are notified and no gas steal a horse gormley how serious is the current energy crisis serious enough if it leads to a rash of horse thievery york regional police report that person or persons unknown entered the premises of cum berland boarding stables r r 2 gormley and removed a 5 year old brown bay mare from its stall the animal is valued at 800 tractors stolen while garden tractors may be slightly out of season three such implements were stolen recently from the property of b e larkin equipment rr 1 unionville they are valued at 2169 one has since been recovered by police in metro forgery charge a 19 year old markham girl a resident on lincoln green drive has been charged with three counts of forgery and uttering following separated incidents at savex drug stores in unionville and markham catherine ann allison has been remanded to feb 4 to set a date for atrial following an ap pearance in richmond hill may register objections however from comments heard wednesday no one seemed concerned rather quite the opposite dali still missing claremont dali a partgerman shepherd part- labrador dog is missing from the residence of michael and janet robertson cone 7 pickering and the owners fear someone may have picked him up the pet described as black with white markings has been gone more than a week now- hes like one of the family said mrs robertson wed give anything to get him back a reward has been of- fered for his safe return a lost advertisement appears in this newspaper in addition mr and mrs robertson have sent out notices to residents in the area and visited all the dog pounds in the district without success anyone seeing a dog that meets dalis description is asked to call 2942536 criticize board statements york cty the council of district 11 ontario secondary i school teachers federation york county met jan 10 at which time the press reports originating from a york county board of education press conference dec 12 were considered the resulting statement i follows the district 11 council deplores the intemperate statements attributed to some administrators and some trustees of the york county board of education as reported from and following the york county board of education press conference of dec 12 1973 it is the opinion of this i council thatipublic utterances as reported serve only tooby scure and further complicate our joint efforts to secure an equitable agreement during a most difficult and critical period of negotiations