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ifist l as true stouffville thomas leroy benson was killed instantly early sunday morning when the half ton truck he was driving left the road struck a culvert and flipped over he was driving home to stouffville along the 9th concession- near the markhampickering town line when the tragedy occurred durham regional police report there were no skid marks and the vehicle was found upside down with the cab roof crushed flat at the bottom of an embankment south of the road the unexpected and tragic death of the well known young man has cast a shadow of gloom and sadness in claremont where he was born on nov 9 1947 the son of mr and mrs gordon benson he lived in the village until he and linda walley were married in the united church in stouffville on july 12 1969 they made their first home in pickering and later moved to stouffville he was an employee of pickering township over tom received his education in claremont public school and pickering high school he was active in sports mainly hockey and baseball he played minor hockey for claremont and minor and junior hockey for stouffville as well as baseball for claremont bay ridges and stouffville besides his wife linda and his parents tom leaves one brother robert benson of beaverton and two sisters grace mrs james hopkins of stouffville and blanche mrs william postill of newmarket funeral services were held in oneills funeral home in stouffville tuesday sept 23 at 2 pm with rev douglas davis officiating interment was in claremont union cemetery pallbearers were his brotherinlaw john walley his life long friends ted redshaw gordon mcdowell george redshaw jack redshaw and ron evans vol 88 no 21 whitchurch stouffville september 25 1975 20 cents 44 pages no decision on ai start but 1 r local delegates caught in suspense at royal york hotel stouffville seven local delegates to the order of the eastern stars diamond jubilee convention were caught up in events surrounding the tragic triple shooting at the royal york hotel thursday they were among 2000 attending the convention when the murder of the credit manager and the wounding of two police officers took place they included mr and mrs william wallace mill st mrs lucy sanderson main st mrs and mrs sid jenkins musselmans lake and mr and mrs wilmot hill of claremont ballantrae homes to get phones this year ballantrae the felray subdivision in ballantrae will -receive- telephone service seven r earlier than previously estimated don huntsman bell canada public relations manager for this area this week told the tribune the service will be in stalled at the end of october rather than next may- mr huntsman said the date was advanced because some funds are how available as subcontracted work had come in jdheapef thanexpectedandas result of an austerityiprogram including a hiring freeze paring of operating expenses and a partial freeze oh capital ex penditures the estates of ballantrae subdivision was advanced in stead of the college park sub division in stouffville because it is much smaller and is expected to cost only about onefifth as much as the work in town we are also taking a close look at the college park sub division mr huntsman said and we have some hopes well beable to advanceit as well mr huntsman declined to speculate as to how much shorter the waiting time might be the date previously an nounced by bell is march 15 the scene from our win dow overlooking union station was frightening mrs jenkins told the tribune monday almost immediately the hotel was surrounded by police cars armored trucks and am bulances armed police and a task force with dogs closed all the meeting rooms and evacuated the lower half of the hotel mrs jenkins said guests in the rest of the building locked them selves into their rooms for five hours while police searched the hotel for the murderer one guest who did not speak english- did not respond to the police request to search his room mrs jenkins said they the police knocked the doorin our roomswere searched systematically and after five hours the hotel was declared safe she added claremont no decision has been reached as to when construction on the first runway at the pickering airport will begin according to mot spokesman paul roach he told the tribune monday that word of the tendering for constructing the first runway had been leaked by the company with the lowest bid but that bid had not been approved yet however some observers are expecting a confrontation to shape up shortly between 1300 women and construction workers atop earthmoving equipment at the airport site the women have vowed to sit in front of the first bulldozers to begin work about 350 demonstrators rallied at the farmhouse owned by ernie carruthers before expropriation on saturday in preparation for the impending showdown pop member clark muirhead said that government planned to install fences and gates to ward off the con frontation but that the demonstrators would climb the fences and walk across fields to get there following a rally at the farmhouse demonstrators drove to the brougham airport information office to request information after cries of we want gallagher failed to produce airport manager ed gallagher from the office protesters created a bonfire outside out of glossy government pamphlets on the proposed airport at the farmhouse rally newly elected members alf stong l of york centre and ndp david warner for scar borough ellesmere called for a halt to the airport as did mayor gordon ratcliff trees were planted by demonstrators hear the pile of rubble where airport houses had been dumped near the farm house so that our children and grandchildren might enjoy the landscape in the future according to mr muirhead the trees and shrubs were the idea of save stouffville member kathy tyrer the three women occupying the farmhouse brenda davies anne howes and frances moore also made an appearance at the rally and were roundly cheered by the crowds part of the information wanted by pop according to mr muirhead was when the airport will be stopped and barring that when the bulldozers will start work on the airport winner of the bidding for construction of the first runway was mbl alberta ltd a sub- sidiary of marentette bros ltd of windsor ontario they weighed in with a 3268726 contract pl some legals fees not being paid anderson 1 2 durham of ficers charged aftstqg mans car pliiriges into lake stouffville a local man was charged after a car ended up in the drink last week j following a liverpool road pickering accident durham regional police reported that the car went off the end of the road and plunged into 20 to 30 feet pi water in lake ontario charged was matin valleau 20 of line south with im paired driving refusing to take a breathalizer test and having liquor in a place other than in his residence valleau is to make anap- peararice in court in ajax on november 18 at about 1245 am sep tember 10 apparently the car passed through the dead end at liverpool road and into the j lake way clear for arena takeover stouffville the way is open for the town to complete the deal to purchase the arena the rtribune haslearned attlie shareholders meeting of stouffville arena ltd- mon- day evening approval was given the purchase and negotiationsare to be conducted by the board of directors one concern was that if the town buys the outstanding shares what taxes will have to be paid and whether it is better to purchase the assets the agreed price is 125000 durhamregion one durham regional police officer has been charged with gross indecency and 11 others have been charged with offences under the police act following a sept 3 stag party at a hotel const dennis simcock a second class constable was charged with gross indecency and has been suspended by chief- jon jenkins mr- simcock tendered his resignation which has been accepted the day the charges were laid chief jenkins ordered an internal investigation after a private citizen who had attended liberal calls for recount durham north liberal candidate clare morrison said monday that he will ask for a recount in durham north following his defeat by 111 votes in last weeks election final totals show william newman the winner by that marginmr morrison said that quite a number of spoiled ballots showed up for other election results in york north durham north and york centre seepage 9 the stag mformed him of various illegal activities which had taken place at ihe party ten police j officers have been charged with neglect of duty and discreditable conduct under the police act and an 11th has been charged with damage to equipment claremont the federal government has been refusing to pay the legal fees as promised for some expropriated landowners according to pickering councillor jack anderson he told the tribune monday that he has been contacted by some 30 or 40 people and that as each day goes by i getmore complaints ly 3 mfandersbn said that originally former public works department minister jean eudesdube had said all legal costs for expropriated owners would be covered by the government now however some senior staff members are setting limits and refusing to pay the fees of some lawyers he said the public works depart ment was contacted but failed to reply to the tribunes query about the matter vandals damage 38 tombstones cedar grove vandals caused 7500 to the reesor cemetery attached to the old mennonite church on steeles ave last friday night police say a total of 50 tombstones were knocked over and 38 of these were damaged a bonfire outside the airport information off ice in brougham was used to destroy government pamphlets about the pickering airport the scene was part of a rally saturday held to confirm op position to the airport ted wilcox rmanent likely for depot stouffville the only thing now holding up con struction of a recycling depot in a permanent location oh the public works property is final approval from council that approval would almost certainly have comethis week but the council meeting was postponed until next tuesday the project has been approved by public works committee and finance committee the present temporary location in a garage on market st is inadequate as it is too small has no electrictyand the roof leaks the main thing is to get the shell up mayor gordon ratcliff told the tribune mr ratcliff said that judging from- councils reaction to a delegation from the recycling com- mittee there would be no obstacle to final approval j he estimated the building could be constructed this fall as it is a very simple structure costing around 6000 finance committee has recommended tenders becalled for the work the town will supply the basic structure with electricity and the recycling committee will later install a heated office it is expected that local people will contribute the necessary muscle for this work mobile home proposal i no decision ori plan stouffville planning board deferred action on a mobile home subdivision proposal when it was presented last week it would include 150 mobile homes on a 97acre site north ofgorrhley conroy dowson appeared for developer bill corcoran and explained the proposal the first phase would include 150 twin- type units on individual lots he said it would be an adult only subdivision the proposal would put the homes on- septic tanks with a central water system he said the plan has been approved by the regional health authorities he said the density would be about 3 units to the acre we are endeavoring to d4 keep the costs tow to provide alternative housinghe said the planner suggested the minimum income to the town would be- 36000 but new provincial guidelines allow local municipalities to tax them the same as permanent homes he estimated the cost of mobile homes at 1824000 and land- rental of about 65 per month mayor gordon ratcliff disputed mr dowsons con tention that population allocations are no longer en- forceable mobile home development will take part of our population allocation the mayor said he added that the regional official plan will place population limits on whit church stouffville i have people asking me all the time when council will allow this kind of development councillor cathy joice said it is the only way for some people z to afford a home the matter will be discussed at the next planning board meeting elderly man hit crossing highway 48 markham an 80-year- old markham man was killed saturday attempting to cross highway 48 near 17th ave ontario provincial police said that emmanuel vertolli was struck about 815 pm by a southbound car driven by earl prince 18- of uxbridge mr vertolli who was wearing dark clothing was dead on arrival at scarboro centenary hospital grant wells left provides some words of advice to his son ken 13 daring the north york plowing match saturday special participants in the event included british columbia representative charles thompson and united states champions james nolan of odell illinois and roger neate of van wert ohio they are taking part in the international canadian and world plowing matches this week in oshawa don bernard t v 1 v 1800 approved for santa parade stouffville the 1975 stouffville santa claus parade will take place saturday nov 29 it was revealed at a recent council meeting murray ferguson of the stouffville kinsmen club organizers of the event asked council for 1800 grant for the parade mr ferguson said the price of bands has increased by 25 per cent over last year total cost for the 1974 parade was 3100 the town paid 1200 and the businessmen were canvased for the remainder mr ferguson said that it was only fair for the town to pay a larger portion of the costs because theparade is very wor thwhile to the town- vi he added that the merchants are contributing toward christmas lights and were unable to fully support the parade the kinsmen he said are considering a 5050 draw to raise funds for the parade council approved the full 1800 request t