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choral programs highlight good friday observances l stouffville two concerts are scheduled for good friday evening in stouffville the emmanuel bible college choir will give a sacred concert at the missionary church while the stouffville singers will present john staihers crucifixion at stouffville united church both concerts begin at 8 pm other good friday and easter services around town include the following at the memorial christian church the weekend begins thursday night at 8 pm when mr and mrs e mclean and family will speak about their work among the indians in northern saskatchewan at 11 am on good griday a special congregational conference service will take place with pastor mike boys from keswick ministering i musical items by the church choir will be offered on easter sunday at h amrva special musical presentation of john w petersens easter cantata hallelujah what a savior will be given by the choir followed by a message from rev david barker the memorial christian churchs choir will again present the cantata at 730 pm at altona missionary church the local united presbyterian and anglican churches will join together for a joint service on good friday at 11 ani at the christ church anglican the st james presbyterian church pastor rev ted creen will be the preacher at christ church the ser vice will be followed by a three- hour vigil of prayer lay in dividual members of the congregation holy communion will be held 10 am on easter day with rev canon puxley preaching regular midweek communion is wednesday at 730 pm the regular services are planned for easter sunday at the stouffville pentecostal stouffville baptist and bethe assembly of god churches stouffville singers under the direction of barbara sibbicki present john stainers the crucifixion good friday at 8 pm at stouffville united church the group is seen here during rehearsal sunday for thr program don bernard harassment charges made by ohc tenant vol 87 no 47 whitchurch stouffville markham mar 27 1975 20 cents 20 pages tt tvmo renovations made easier stouffville relief is in sight for homeowners who have insufficient funds to make necessary renovations to their homes the municipality has ap plied to the ministry of housing for funds under the ontario home renewal program this program which is to run for three years provides three dollars per capita per year to municipalities to loan out to homeowners in lower income brackets this year the town will receive approximately 35000 with a slightly higher figure in the next two years dependingon the population the most attractive part pf the scheme is that up to 4000 is forgiveable on the maximum loan of 7500 the interest rates are geared to income with a maximum ofeight per cent and the term of the loan is 15 years but in special cases can be ex tended to 20 years this is really a good program and we shouldnt pass trustee pushes hard iokiiejeddjoiions if p ttfzx-iy- r vv stouffville trustee colin barrett is continuing his fjght to havemajor renovations approved for summitview publicschool to that end he has appeared before the york county board of educations planning and building committee in order to get some action he told the committee that the capital expendituregranted by the proviriciapgovernment was inadequate the total grant t is 698000 only20 per cent of what the board felt was needed for capital expenditures in 1975 the iboardwhadaskedfor 3872do6vhe also told k the committeethaithe summitview renovationsshould be given top priority the committee iis to approach jhemihistry of education on thetpoints raised by mr barrett it up commented councillor becky wedley when she in troduced the resolution to apply for the program a ministry of housing of ficial connected with the program told the tribune the scheme is designed to bring housing up to reasonable safety and living standards and could not be used for anything cosmetic the main purpose of the plan according to the official is to stop the loss of housing at the other end of the scale due to its falling into disrepair and being abandoned thus further aggravating the housing crisis any less than loan- but ween 11 have to repay at the maximum interest anyone earning under 6000 could receiveup to 4000 forgiveable not repayable and a family earning under 3000 would pay jio interest at all on the loan portion the plan is to be ad ministered by the municipality which would hold a mortgage on the home which would come due if the house was sold the town building inspector would estimate the cost of renovations and contractors would then bid on the job the contractor closest to the estimate gets the job by ted wilcox stouffville all is not peace at the governmentrun senior citizens apartments on elm road- rev clifford woodbury a retired minister told the tribune last week that he is being harassed by the buildings caretaker and a few tenants because of the young friends he has to visit him the side given by mr smythson the caretaker was that he received complaints from tenants who are a little worried by the longhaired youths who visit with mr woodbury one young man mr charged in ohs inspect ion gormley twogormley womenhave been charged with cruelty to animals after an ontario humane society in- smythson claims has stayed all night for the past 14 days which is against building policy rev woodbury who is age 78 denies it saying the young man has stayed only on those nights- he has been feeling poorly mr woodbury is being treated for a heart ailment lee terry community relations officer of the ontario housing corporation which operates the building said that certainly mr woodburys tenancy isnt in jeopardyits a personality thing if he wants to live in a fashion that we think is wrong there is nothing we can do about it mrs terry is beginning to investigate the affair mr woodbury says a few tenants are making rumors to the effect that he and the young men are doing something immoral when they meet were not up here for bad purposes were up here because we love this says mr woodbury holding up his bible- thats our issue the church7going young menthat he meets with mr woodburyaddebhavebeenpsr caretaker smythson however says his enforcement of building rules is evenhanded mr woodbury replies that on a sleepless night he per- sonally viewed three visitors cars that werent forced to move from the tenants only places one didnt go out until 3 am and the other didnt go out until 730 am he said mr smythson admits he keeps closer tabs on- mr woodburys guests than most tenants because with the others he doesnt have to hes the only one he knows hes breaking the rules and i havent men tioned itfto him said mr smythson according to mr woodbury the caretaker has informed him repeatedly about minor of- fenses the great majority of tenants fully approve of x his activities he said- one night though he opened his apartment door to find woodbury is a murderer painted across it he said if at other times his apart- he found one dead ponywhich had been leftin the same stallwith two liveones thirteen other horses and one pig were i found to be suffering from malnutrition the next day mr lawtins returned with a veterinarian and the animals were taken to the humane society pound the two women were served with summonses on march 21- charged are elaine jessie maxwell 24 and wilma me fisher29 both of r rvl gormleytheywiifappear in newmarket provinciar court april 15 i jf haassabdutvmvuirding apart- rulesbyvthe caretaker- andhii f door has been opened to- find eavesdroppers outside said mr he wifewheneverhis visitors park their cars even momentarily in i front of thebuildingcinthe mr woodbury said he has tenants only vareajtheij contacted- his mpp and his caretaker immediately informs i lawyer about the them he said harassment 1 alleged pickering airport j sought v 4 uxbridge with little real hopelof success uxbridge townshipcouhcil has requested a delay in constriictionbf the pickering airport 5 the gesture was prompted by councillor todd when council received a list of expropriated properties ob- serving that some township lands have been expropriated mrs todd was concerned about noise zones she reminded her colleagues that three different versions of the projected noise zones have been circulating and said this has caused uncertaintyfor council and residents alike until we know where the noise zones are how can we plan ahead- she asked -v- she suggested that council ask the ministry of transport to supply filial accurate noisezone maps and to delay the start of construction until these maps are available during a brief discussion other councillors agreed with mrs todd but appeared to have doubts abouthow effective such a resolution might be- mayor dr carl puterbough said he i couldnt see anything wrong with it but would not commit himself further s the resolution carried and a copy will be sent to the federal ministry lowilyiiij jets dicksons hill jet aircraft taking off and landing over this hamlet will be relatively low when they pass highway 48 according to figures released by the ministry of transport last wgfik outgoing jetswill be at altitudes between 2000 and 3000 feet as they pass the highway incoming aircraft will skim the housetops at 1100 feet airport rejected stouffville a recent poll conducted in toronto and the area surrounding malton airport shows a majority oppose construction of the pickering airport v the survey by elliot research co on behalf of the metropolitan toronto airport review committee shows that t 517 percent of malton residents who have formed an opinion on the pickering airport are against it on the other hand 483 per fcent of those who have made up their minds favor a second international airport for toronto v results from a second poll covering all of metropolitan i toronto revealed that 614 per cent of those who have an opinion are opposed tothe proposed pickering airport while 386 per cent are in favor j t t were very encouraged by the polls particularly the one in tmaitonjim nevins told the tribune malton residents are f supposedly the people for whom the pickering airport is planned now it turns out they dont want it bounty hunters police riot told char gesinithdr awn uxbridge bounty- huntersin uxbridge township the possibility of this seemed to bother some coiih- cillors at the last township council meeting when thev discussed a proposed bylaw connected with dog control the bylavwbuld pay compensation of 10 which councillors were carefultosay was not abounty to anyone who killed a dog molesting- or interfering with livestock councillor v planners reject lowpost proposal stouffville area services- branch r turned thumbs down on a proposal by clay clouter and gino testa to build a ruralresidential sub division to consist of onethird low cost housing the proposed development concern mounts on dump date stouffville council is sending a warning to the ministry of -the- environment and sanitation that dumping on the former bremner dump site on highway 48 will be in contravention of the towns bylaw beginning april 1 councillor merlyn baker at last weeks planning board meeting introduced a resolution to have the town solicitor so wantthose parties it is for ourown protection that we send a- reminder remarked mr baker the- resolution further states the town of whit- churchstouffville expects- that our bylaw will be honored and upheld by all parties v of 75 homes was to be located on 94 acres the major portion of the testa family farm on the north side of given rd about 2500 feet west of highway 48 planning board received the report and deferred com ment until the next planning board meeting councillor cathy joice noted one inaccuracy- in the report the report stated a communal water supply was proposed for the subdivision but the intention had been to service it with individual wells- the report notes the sub- division would provide much neede iow cost housing but still recommends it not be ap- proved s according to the report it does not- implement the official planrthe compatibility of proposed residential and v surrounding agricultural uses would have to be established and the soils on the property have a class l rating for- agricultural crop purposes the report also states a municipal- piped water system would- appear necessary and the plan would require inclusion of a new land use category- within the official plan 1which could encourage a furtherance of this type of development in the stouffville areai i mcknight supported measure a farmer sits up half the night sometimes trying to protect his livestock- he said its to his advantage and to bur advantage ifhe can be com pensated for this some of the councillors were troubled by the wording which seemed to indicate that anybody could shoot a dog in such cir- cumstances and collect the moneyv there were suggestions that it be restricted to a farmer or his employees you cant shoot a dog on- somebody elses property said mayor dr carl puterbough you cando so on your own landbut not on your neigh bours farm councillor eleanor todd was worried that the com pensation might have the effect of encouraging people to shoot dogs this would mean people could shoot a poor little chihuahua that strayed onto their property shesaid the dog might just be lost and it couldnt do any harm to sheep stouffville recent- charges laid by the york regional police on two stouff- ville youths may be due to ignorance of the law on the part of the police k according to fred lewis of altona feed and supply who has sold over 200ofthe moped vehicles two of his recent customers had charges wrongly laid and later with drawn because of a misun derstanding on the part of the police i rc cent- provincial legislation provides that the halfpedaling halfmotorized vivian site abandoned stouffville the proposed garbage site at the jcorner of highway 48 and the vivian sideroad has been abandoned in a brieflyworded resolution council this week voted to discontinue its examination of the site the town had been investigating the property with a view to using it for a municipal dump but the site was rejected without debate vehicles no longer require in surance licence plates- helmets or drivers licences and can be driven by youths at age 14 and older y a stouffville youth on mill- street was one of those ap- prehended and charged onair five of the recentlychanged counts mr lewis said- york regional police deputy chief bob hood told the tribune that i dont know of any such charges he then added that weve never been provided with the provincial amendment were just going on what we hear in each case mr- lewis said the charges were with- drawn by the police as soon as they were apprised of the recent legislation on mopeds maple syrup demonstration borgarttown a maple syrup demonstration will take place at the whitchurch stouffville museum- on march 2931 and april 56 from noon to 5 pm pancakes and coffee will be served i school groups may come through the week by ap pointment man as ear hits bridge west hill a stouffville father of three died and one of his sons is in satisfactory con dition in hospital after their car hit a bridge and rolled over an embankment early friday morning robert ormsby meakes 50 of manitoba st was a passenger in the car driven by his son john 20 the car was northbound meadowvale ave about 330 amwhen it struck the side of a bridge over the rouge river north of finch ave and rolled over the embankment into the river the car was discovered nearly 30 minutes later by a metro policeman who was on routine patrol i v3w sy fv- robert meakes was dead on arrival at scarbpro centenary hospital john meakes was in intensive care with a number of brokenbones but is in satisfactory condition this week v-v- besides his son john mrv meakes is sur vived byhiswife margaret anderson and sons- james and william he also left behind a brother victor of vancouver b c andwas predeceased by a brother ralph v funeral service was at oneills- funeral home monday with spring burial in stouffville cemetery this past week was a black one for the people of stouffville as a number of wellknown members of the community died milt storey former town druggist died friday evening- a story pri his life appears pn page for obituary notices ori nighorvaldreweryand reginald rennie see the whats going on column on page6tc a