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kinette dance fri feb 15 markham arena wht wribum whipper watson telethon february 16 17 vol 86 no 37 phone 6402101 toronto 3611480 wh1tchurchstouffville markhamuxbridge thursday feb 7 1974 16 pages v p u mardi gras saturday stouffville saturday at 2 pm the stouffville lions club mardi gras will get un derway as sleighs and cutters load up in the park to give youngsters and grownups alike the thrill of an oldfashioned winters afternoon snowmobile rides will be offered for senior citizens while roads surrounding the site will be blocked off to through traffic the main event in the evening begins at 8 pm with a program offered by the stouffville figure skating club adult skating costumes op tional is at 830 with music by the east york concert band a teen dance at lat- chum hall will get un derway at 830 and will continue to 1130 music for the occasion will be sup plied by john brunke of stouffville council t says plaza plan premature stouffville a shopping plaza proposed for the northeast corner of hwy 47 and main street east has not been recommended for development at the present time the plans for the site were originally submitted to planning board jan 15 along with the prospect that thelocal lga store might relocate in the plaza iga owner and manager jack chambers later reported he had never been approached on the matter and had no intention of leaving his present premises councillor cathy joice was the only member to speak in favor of the plan when it was reviewed in committee last thursday theres a need for a plaza in theeast end of town she argued people who live there deserve it mrs joice said she also believed that if a super market was necessary to make the plaza development viable a third grocery chain could be accommodated in town although mayor gordon ratcliff supported development in stages it was generally decided that until recent traffic study recommendations were discussed and a downtown criteria established the proposal for the east end site was premature inquiry dates are set pickering the airport inquiry commission has an nounced dates for three public hearings the first is monday march 18 at 6 pm in the howard johnson hotel dixon road and hwy 27 the second is monday april 8 at 6 pm in pickering dist high school the third is monday april 22 at 6 pm in the old city hall toronto justice hugh f gibson is the inquiry chairman teacher situation schools open but markham all but empty temporary shutdown at apartment site truckers blamed the town and the town blamed the police but regardless of who was responsible construction work on the new parkview home apartment north of rupert avenue- was temporarily closed down it is understood that complaints were renovations phone call needed so work can start received concerning conditions of nearby streets leading to and from the site the ground surrounding the excavation was soft at the time the shutdown lasted only half a day jim thomas uxbridge after a hasty phone call thursday jan 31 fred ballinger agreed to go through with renovations to the uxbridge municipal offices mayor carl puterbough had previously read a letter from mr ballinger withdrawing his bid the letter stated that the bid was withdrawn until public tenders were let for the renovations council had previously received two in vitational bids and mr ballingers was the lowest the letter added that rumors and comment in the local press had prompted his decision to withdraw the bid his brother is regional councillor bill ballinger councillor ballinger declared his interest and left the council chambers both times the matter was discussed fred ballinger submitted a bid of 3155 to do the urgently needed renovations that would provide more office space for the township staff the work had previously been approved jan 17 after reading the letter mayor puterbough expressed dismay that the renovations would be delayed and we are starting at square one again a number of councillors agreed that the situation was unfair and that fred ballinger should not be discriminated against because his brother is a councillor councillor joe esmonde said he had made every attempt to contact all local building contractors in the yellow pages he told council that he had talked to three of them and received bids from two fred ballinger and bob davis the other contractor was scott hockling i have no qualms what soever about this councillor esmonde said thursday a suggestion to put the job up for tender was opposed by councillor fred kelland who said the project would be delayed another month by re- tendering this council has the perogative to get any bloody builder we please the mayor said if we tender it will take another month mr ballinger was scheduled to start the renovations this week million dollar tag on dadson farms stouffville one million dollars thats the reported price paid for dadson farms hwy 48 north of rmgwood the purchaser is said to be the owner of brookwood golf and country club north of steeles avenue in scarboro the sale of that property is rumored at around 4 million it is anticipated that the 18hole course at brookwood will be shifted to the ringwood site some time in the future stouffville stouff ville dist secondary school has not been as hardhit by the teacher resignations as others in york county but markham dist high school is virtually deserted the sdss has been operating at about 30 per cent of capacity this week on monday talent show provides 70910 stouffville the towns proposed new public library received a financial boost in the amount of 70910 monday receipts from a two- night variety show at stouffville dist secondary school in december salvador bevan the programs director presented the cheque to jim sanders chairman of the board mr sanders commented on the quality of the performance and the talent displayed by the performers on behalf of the members he thanked the students for their generous donation present werestaff representative mrs dianne stewart salvador bevan david harris pauline foulds kathy richardson and denise kamps whirlyfeircl eome honie to roost stouffville what stouffville to toronto commuter has time to return for lunch none if they drive a car however eddie luther mill street has the solution for both the shortage of time and the hazards of traffic he pilots a helicopter as the crow flies eddie can whirl out from the city to the suburbs in about twenty minutes and parking is never a problem he merely locates a section of level ground and plop hes home eddies silver bird is a familiar sight over stouffville particularly on sunday evenings during the summer hes the genial trafficspotter with chfi on saturday evening however his roving eye will be looking over models of a dif ferent kind hes a judge in the costume class at the lions- sponsored skating carnival in the arena beginning at 830 pm his assistants are renowned golfer marlene streit and the morning man on cfgm bob mcadorey house of memories goes up in flames bethesda clifford burkholder watched helplessly tuesday as the house he had lived in most of his life was completely gutted whitchurchstouffville firefighters fought the blaze for more than five hours the house built in 1921 by mr burkholders father was located on the 5th concession and made up part of the 18hole course owned by rolling hills golf and country club it was vacant at the time of the fire mr burkholder who now lives a short distance away said he saw smoke coming out of the house at 9 am and while he went to investigate his wife phoned in the alarm the brick house had eight rooms only a burntout shell remained after the fire eddie luther mill street stouffville is the wellknown chfi trafficspotter on occasions he brings his whirlybird home to roost landing within a few steps of his residence jim thomas 10 high school teachers were present and 260 students the grade 8 section of the school was operating normally with all teachers present friday 300 students at tended and were told they could stay or go home at 930 am the buses took most of the students home this week special help for those who want it has been of fered in mathematics science french german latin history drafting woodworking art and music the guidance centre and resource centre has been opened for general study principal desmond mc cartney said students are getting individual help in those subjects and a number of students are completing in dividual projects so far teachers have been able to cope with anybody coming in for help he said tuesday afternoon markham high school is virtually deserted this week v with only six teachers out of 100 attending friday about 1000 students showed up for school and were told they could stay if they wished there are 1750 students in the school about 125 stayed and the rest went home at 930 am monday 140 high school students showed up for classes and tuesday morning the number was 120 by tuesday afternoon only 60 remained r principal william duxbury said that various activities were beingcarried on but mostly in lower school subjects there are activities in the gymnasium and the school band practice tuesday afternoon mr duxbury said the school was scheduled to be closed thursday today and friday for professional development days the students have those days off anyway in other areas of the county some schools are operating at near normal levels according to information from a board spokesman don head secondary school is operating normally with 38 out of 47 teachers present board spokesman margaret mclean said that negotiations have been put under a news blackout and she could not say where the meetings are being held pedestrian light to go on main st stouffville a pedestrianoperated courtesy light has been recommended for a location on main street midway between market street and civic avenue the crossing would if approved be positioned directly across from the iga and between cards hardware and bings restaurant the present crosswalk at civic and main would be abandoned discussion on the subject was held at a committee meeting of council jan 25 present weremayor gordon ratcliff and councillors cathy joice and eldred king approval is required from the ministry of transport a further onsite check by the department is planned mayor ratcliff admitted that automatic signals at this location could create a traffic block at mill market and civic streets he suggested that such problems should they occur could be dealt with at that time theres no use approving a traffic study if we dont proceed with its recom mendations said the mayor he said traffic backups on side streets in the downtown could lead to making them one way similar to the system at church joseph robinson and main streets in markham