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possessions lost in fire gormley ronald turner and his family of five children have lost everything they own in a fire which destroyed their rented home on leslie st richmond hill fire department fought the blaze but the house and contents were completely destroyed no at tempt was made to remove possessions from the house the family was not home when the blaze erupted early last week the total value of the building and property is estimated by police at 20000 a space heater is believed to have caused the fire the house was owned by lloyd terryman of cachet country club in markham vol 87 no 30 whitchurch stouffville markhamapril 17 1975 20 cents 20 pages police budget cut totals 1 00000 york region a full budget cut of 300000 would render the force inoperational for part of the year- york regional police chief bruce crawford said at a police commission meeting last week the commission decided to cut the 7 million budget by 100000 instead of the 300000 requested by york regional council the chief presented a budget chopped by over 300000 but said it would be cutting through the bone to- the marrow cuts made by the chief included salary cuts of 163000 and reductions in court expenses pension plan con tributions workmans com pensation allowances criminal investigation expenses con ference expenses public relations safety bureau training etc he said the cuts would cause great harm to the force in all frankness i would be reluctant to assume responsibility for the management of the force for the year he added he said that more realistic cuts could be made in planned expenditures for com munications equipment and plans to create a community relations bureau and reduction of extra manpower those cuts would total 102093 the chief said demand for police services in the region has increased by 484 per cent since the first quarter of 1972 so long as the demand for- police service continues to in crease the force must be provided with the extra ability to meet that increased demand the chief said after discussion of possible provincial grants the police commission decided to send the budget back to the region with the 102093 cuts recommended by the chief cemetery lane name change draws residents anger stouffville cemetery lane will remain council tuesday passed a resolution that the street name change request advertised in this weeks tribune be with drawn that follows a rather bizarre turn of events which saw all eight families on the street sign a petition objecting to the name change cemetery lane was to become davis ave a hearing may 12 before county court judge bw grossberg has been called to hear objections to the change council which initiated the namechange will withdraw that request at that time the problem arose when mrs marsha vautier who has lived on cemetery lane since last summer read about the proposed change after talking to her neighbors she contacted mayor gordon ratcliff protesting the change she then circulated a petition to the eight families on the street objecting to the change the original change was requested last summer when carriage park investments builder of five new homes on cemetery lane approached council the developers felt- the name would hinder sale of the homes ah the homes were sold and the namechange was allowed to lapsea letter by someone on the street last fall got the ball rolling again and council authorized the solicitor to put the legal machinery in motion to affect the change the proposed name refers to an undertaker by the name of davis wholived on cemetery lane speed limit change blocked by region gormley in spite of vocal pressure from ratepayers and a request from the town of whitchurchstouffville the speed limits on don mills rd and gormley road will not be lowered a residents petition had called for a 40 mph speed limit along don mills rd between ljth ave and a point of one half mile north of bethesda rd and also along gormley rd between leslie st and bruces mill conservation area a regional engineering committee report recom mending the speed limits remain as they are was ac cepted by regional council the current speed limit on don mills rd is set at 50 mph south of gormley and at go mph north of the hamlet a small portion of the road east of leslie street is posted at 35 mph and the remainder over to bruces mill is set at 50 mph mayor gordon ratcliff argued against the speed limit north of gormley being left at 60 mph and he introduced a motion that the limit be reduced to 50 mph up to the bethesda sideroad the motion was lost mr ratcliff said he would like to see the entire region come under a 50 mph limit and he argued the limit on that portion of don mills north of gormley should be lowered because there are nine com mercial and seven farm en trances there commissioner of engineering bob hodgson conceded there have been 30 accidents on that portion of road in the past year but he main- region moves on musselmans lake problem trucks banned on 9th bine u musselmans lake according to york regional engineering department of ficials truck traffic will be banned on the 9th concession from hillsdale road to aurora road regional council last week approved of the heavy traffic ban which will go into effect as soon as the bylaw is signed and the road is posted the ban was requested by the town of whitchurch- stouffville after council received numerous complaints from lake area residents the regional engineering committee judged the road not conducive to the movement of heavy trucks because the road is narrow curvy hilly has sight distance problems a large number of pedestrians who walk breakout attempt foiled fey police alongside the road or cross it and the road surface is of poor quality and is twisted and warped the committee report concluded heavy vehicles should be prohibited as other routings are better able to accept this type of traffic and the primary function of the musselmans lake road is to serve- recreational traffic mayor gordon ratcliff strenuously objected to a further recommendation in the report that the town assume jurisdiction and control of the road the report states that since the road provides strictly a local recreational traffic service to the lake area it should be removed from the regional road system the recommendation called for the portion south of hillsdale road to be retained as a regional road mayor ratcliff argued the road has more than a local function as there are some 400 trailers in there during the summer months which come from all over north america mr ratcliff asked the recommendation be deleted and regional council voted in favor of the deletion taincd only two of these were caused by excessive speed speaking in favor of maintaining the present speed limits richmond hill councillor gordon rowe commented we have to be concerned with the guy who pounds that road to toronto every day he said if the limit keeps getting lowered eventually it would take two hours to drive into toronto the report did however recommend increased en forcement of the speed limit particularly in the 35 mph zones through buttonville and victoria square and the 50 mph zones north of victoria square and between warden ave and bruces mill on gormley rd lowering the speed limit will not necessarily reduce vehicle speeds or result in fewer accidents the report states the majority of drivers in the absence of almost constant police enforcement travel at the speed they feel is most comfortable convenient and jsafe therefore lowering of the speed limit to a level below that acceptable to the majority of drivers only tends to increase the variation in speeds in the traffic stream which tends to increase accidents york region police have foiled an attempted hollywood style jailbreak from newmarket provincial court cells according to police reports information was received there would be an escape attempt and information detectives set up a stake out near the cells the officers overheard considerable conversation and then the sound of a saw bladcagainst the steel bars of the cell the policemen then saw two men sawing at the bars with a hacksaw blade from the inside the two were arrested ap- parenlly there was no problem in apprehending them and they were charged with conspiracy to escape lawful custody it was learned the blade had been taped to the crossbar of the cell with bandaids and three cuts penetrating about three- quarters of the way through the bars were discovered charged are peter monahan 28 of toronto and lee parson 19 of amherstburg goodwood tavern sought goodwood a tavern and licenserestaurant could be built in goodwood according to plans revealed at last weeks uxbridge council meeting councillor william ballinger said the tavern could go on the site of the former goodwood hotel on highway 47 at the 3rd cone he said that planning committee was studying the proposal which would present some drainage problems the application is being made by daniel barter two other applications for licensed restaurants have been made since a vote last fall en ding a 60year ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages both applications await liquor license board hearings psf fnyviprjti j if fthcwreckage of this seabee proved to be an added attraction for motorists on highway 48 earlier this week a toronto couple perished in the crash sunday afternoon the single engine am phibian had taken off from markham airport just minutes before the accident del jennings donned the fire chiefs hat that served him during his 20 years as chief to have his picture taken the hat itself with the sfb initials standing for stouffville fire brigade would appear to be a bit of an antique and is certainly valued by its owner john montgomery del jennings former chief looks at good old days by john montgomery stouffville del jennings memory of the whitchurchstouffville fire department known as the stouffville fire brigade when he joinedjn 1922 goes back to the time the most sophisticated equipment was reels in those days he explains if someone noticed a fire they ran down to the fire hall and rang the hand bell the eight or 10 firemen would all drop what they were doing and rush down to the hand reel the reel was a coil of fire hose mounted on two wheels andwilh a long tongue on it the men would grab hold of then theyd run as fast asthey could and hook up to the nearest hydrant mr jennings explainedif man dray hand they were lucky the delivering coal on the wagon would be close at and would hook his horses up to the reel and pull it for them mr jennings who was fire chief between 1934 and 1954 is now 80 years old and says the hardest thing about retiring from the department was restraining himself from run ning everylime the alarm sounded the departments first truck a 1927 ford had a crank start a lop speed of about 25 miles per hour and was simply equipped with a box jpjaythe hose in air packs and resus- eitators were unheard of and standard fire fighting equipment was a rubber coat helmet axe hook j seeoldtimer page 14 police town differ on dump bylaw enforcement stouffville there seems to be some confusion as to who will lay charges against york sanitation for continuing lo operate the highway 48 dump in defiance of a municipal by law prohibiting dumping after april 1 york regional police had attended the dump site and mayor gordon ratcliff told the tribune he was under the im- pression they would be laying charges deputy chief robert hood indicated the police are not laying charges but were in- vestigating it- to determine if an offence was taking place and they would wait- for the municipality to lay charges he indicated the police would merely act as witnesses if the matter is taken to court town solicitorpaul mingay was asked by the tribune if the bylaw enforcement officer would be issuing summonses he replied the police have been doing that so far on being informed of mr hoods statement that the police two killed in plane crash dicksons hill a toronto advertising executive and his wife were killed sunday when their single engine air craft dropped like a stone shortly after takeoff at markham airport the aircraft piloted by william straiton 48 was on route from peterboro and had stopped at markham to let off a couple before proceeding to the toronto island airport eileen straiton 42 a passenger was the other person killed in the crash the couple had three children aged 8 10 and 14 the straitons had picked up mr and mrs ted ranki of scarboro whose own aircraft developed engine trouble in peterboro the crash occurred onehalf mile south of markham airport about 20 feet from highway 48 witnesses said the plane dropped straight down after the engine stopped it was a single engine seabca amphibian the crash occurred at about 530 pm markham fire department and h the stouffville brigade were called to free the bodies from the wreckage they had to wait nearly three hours while ministry of transport officials examined the aircraft the downed plane was removed monday evening mot investigation of the cause continues will not lay charges mr mingay said if thats what they told you then im not free to com- nient mr mingay did say he would be meeting with york regional police officials to discuss thematter this week and that prosecution under the by- law will proceed against the owners of the land cows dead charges laid pleasaitville york regional police and ontario jiumane society officials discovered three cows dead of starvation when they executed a search warrant on a farm north of pleasantville a- fourth cow so weak it could not stand was destroyed by a veterinarian and 34 other cattle and one pony were removed from the property at lot 34 concession 3 avhit churchstouffville charged with cruelly to animals and failure to dispose of dead animals is ronald good- fellow women threatened in doctors office markham a doctors receptionist was threatened at i gunpoint in the wellington medical centre in markham last week v a man entered the centre carrying an acro gas pellet gun strapped to his leg approached the receptionist and drew the gun according to police he pointed it repeatedly at the recep tionist enies brown of box groveand then left the woman called police and they were on hand three- quarters of an hour later when the man returned yj rvi there were a number of patients in the building so police apprehanded the man outside and the weapon was seized from under his coat charged with pointing a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon is albert laidlaw 34 of george st in markham i