Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), October 23, 1975, p. 1

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i service isbuglit for area 2 stouffvtlle council will push to have musselmans lake included in the go transit line proposed to link uxbridge claremont and stouffville to the ttc subway at warden ave councillor becky wedley introduced a resolution that garfield wright york regions representative on the toronto and area transit operating authority be contacted and advised that the municipality wishes the service to include the lake area vol 88 no 24 whitchurch stouffville october 23 1975 20 cents 16 pages bypass for downtown area stouffville a southerly bypass of stouffville appears to be a priority item for council this municipality is en titled to a bypass and it should be south of town commented mayor gordon ratcliff before introducing a resolution that council make representation to the ministry of transportation and communications the mayor said they had been waiting for the roads for the pickering airport so it could be determined what the road patterns would be around stouffville but he felt that since the airport has been shelved the town can wait no longer mr ratcliff said they had also been promised a new high way 47- but that it had never materialized businesses are losing out because people refuse to go down there to main st on weekends said councillor cathy joice adding well have to push them mr ratcliff said they should start by checking with the region to see if they have weekend traffic counts of stouffville we have to build a proper case he commented councillor june button suggested they join forces with the town of markham but this was rejected as it was felt each municipality had its own con- cerns a resolution was passed that a brief be prepared and presented to the ministry three seek vacant trustee position stouffville as nominations closed monday at 5 pm three candidates had been nominated for the whitchurch- stouffville trustee position- on the york county board of education rf all three had declared earlier their intentions to run previous trustee john mcmiirray is the only candidate of the three with experience on the board semiretired local businessman harry bowes is also a nominee along with 20year old jennie bangay a former student at stouffville dist secondary school the election is slated for monday nov 10 in order to present the candidates and their platforms the tribune is presenting an allcandidates meeting thursday oct 30 at latcham hall all three candidates will be present meeting is underway at 8 pm tribune editor don bernard will be moderator for the evening each candidate will make a short presentation and then questions will be taken from the public cottager favors plan limiting outside boats muss lake carl kirk has not given up his fight to keep motorboats on musselmans lake y wants to hear from cottagers on the lake on the province approves exiensionto ballantrae community centre ballantrae the proposed extension to the ballantrae community centre has been approved by the provincial government verbal approval has been obtained and a letter making it offical was to have been mailed out tuesday until the mail strike interfered these are some of the fortunate youngsters who were admitted for the film showing at the library last week a second showing had to be arranged for thursday because of the large crowd wednesday seated on the floor here are leslie and lisa eriksbn and teresa gisson all of stouffer st john montgomery 300 mob library for childrens film show motion defeated at region ort position york region york regional council refused again jast week to take a definite stand pn the pickering airport project i an engineering committee recommendation asking that the if airport be proceeded with most by a wide margin earlier this year the region turned down a request from anti- airport groups to ask for two- year delay- the recommendation also balled for abandonment of the inorth pickering project richmond hill mayor david schiller felt that the recom- mendation was backwards adding that it was pretty ludicrous for the region to request the airport after two senior levels of government have decided to cancel it no one has ever proven to me there is a need for another airport markham councillor alma walker said another markham coun cillor bob adams expressed his concern for the people in the area and felt that a decision has been made he has been against the airport richmond hill councillor gord rowe a staunch advocate of the airport pointed out that council had refused the earlier request for a delay in the project that implied that the region was in favor of the airport according to mr rowe he insisted that the province had made a mistake- in refusing to service the airport and chastised the province for coming out late against the project im quite sure in 10 years it will be built he added the vote revealed only three in favor of the recommendation stouffville librarian lynn robbins and her staff almost had a mob scene on their hands last wednesday for fthe first program inachildrens- iilnvseries at the whitchurch stouffville public library the library has capacity for 40 and over 300 children mobbed the building a repeat per formance thursday managed to satisfy 40 more youngsters mrs robbins sensing the need for some kind of afternoon program contacted the recreation committee and the community centre board arid has lined up a series of filni showings at latcham hall the programs- starting today oct 23 will run from 45 pm until dec 18 the library will supply the films and someone to operate the projector- the recreation departmentsarrangefor volunteers to keep order about 240 peoplecan be accommodated atlatcham hall admissions is free the movies- include walttdisney productions and suchtiold favorites as laurel and hardy councillor becky wedley who is hopeful work on the 90000 project can begin this fall said some arrangements may be- made to pick up the official notification the extension will be built on the front of the existing structure and a new auditorium will adjoin the present one the two auditoriums will be connected by a folding door and they will each have a capacity of 110 people the old structure will be renovated and redesigned to utilize a lot of presently wasted space -according- to mrs wedley- v thenorthwest corner of the building which presently houses a lounge and storage rooms will be turned into a banquet hall with a seating capacity of 80 people subject already 200 have signed a petition to ban outside boats and expects to have 500 signatures by the spring he contends that if one launching area at the east end of the lake is closed the outside boats could be kept off the lake nobody from around the lake is causing the problem he said we respect the safety and rights of others and obey the rules of the water those wishing to express views on the matter are asked to call him collect after 6 pm in the evening at 4162524002 or write to carl kirk 66 41st street etobicoke ont m8w 3n9 share costs pickering asks brougham pickering council was to request that the federal government share the cost of supplying five fulltime firefighters to be located here the move came as a result 6f having so many i volunteers move away as a result of airport expropriation the feeling of council is that since federal airport land is protected by the town fire department that they should help pay for it speed limit decision deferred 415 am sunday taxi driver sought stevens to announce leadership candidacy york simcoe more than 2000 people are expected to attend the yorksimcoe riding party to j be held at three locations in newmarket v tomorrow evening oct 24 when mpsinclair stevens is expected to announce that he will seek the national leadership jof progressive conservative party b last week indicated he was mr stevens 90 per cent sure that he will seek the national leadership the constituency night was to be held in the newmarket community centre but a larger than expected demand for tickets has meant that the veterans hall and the newmarket legion will also be used mr stevens is expected to address crowds in the three halls supporters hope that he will announce his candidacy in the leadership race to succeed robert stanfield the leadership convention is to be held feb 22 1976 gormley york regional police are seeking a toronto- taxi driver in con nection with a fatal accident on don mills rd oct 12 twentythree year old susan meldrum of toronto was killed when she ran in front of a car- waving her hands fran tically at 415 am police have learned she was last seen by a sister and her mother hailing a taxi about four hours earlier in front of the canada house at queen and sherborne streets in the city she had 5 on her person when she hailed the cab the 5 was in her pocket when she was killed 30 miles from her jamieson ave destination police are trying to find out why she was stranded in the gormley area in the rain and lost dog found at home bethesda shandy a sixmonthold miniature collie was returned to her owners as mysteriously as she had disappeared last week the dog was discovered missing sunday oct 12 and for mr and mrs john r holliday r r 4 stouffville and- their nineyearold daughter roslyn a desperate search began an advertisement offering a 50 reward was placed in the tribune and the hollidays spent much of thanksgiving sunday and monday combing the area around their bethesda rd home the search continued tuesday still no sign of shandy roslyn upset at the loss of her pet walked about 15 miles in one day searching for the dog rain and woody areas did not deter the sear chers then after searching for most of the day the family returned about 7 pm tuesday shandy was waiting for them at home it was just as if he had never been away mr holliday told the tribune he said that shandy was not dirty or wet and must have been picked up by somebody he speculated that someone had picked up the dog sunday morning with the intention of keeping it but then decided to return the animal the fact that shandy was found in the house with the door shut pointed to that conclusion although the mystery remains unsolved shandy and roslyn are happily united again have not ruled out that she was fleeing an abductorrapist or robber when she was killed she was wearing a brown suede coat brown slacks black leather shoes and an offwhite multicolored blouse she was four feet 11 inches tall weighed 90 pounds and had shoulder- length blonde hair nine bands in annual parade stouffville nine bands have been lined up and now only the floats are needed for the stouffville santa claus parade slated for saturday nov 29 at 2 pm groups or organizations wishing to have a float in the parade may contact bob lemotte at 6401088 there are cash prizes for the best floats in the different categories deadline for booking floats is nov 14 lions draw stouffville lions club car draw is slated for saturday oct 25 at the am bassador lodge at preston lake a buffet and dance will be held admission is 3 for non- ticket holders york region the- absence of whitchurch stbuffvillemayor gordon ratcliff thursday caused york regional council to defer action on an engineering committee recommendation that- would have refused a request for a lower speed limit ona section of the bloomington rd whitchurch stouffville council had requested the region lower the speed limit on bloomington rd west of the 5th cone from 50 mph to 40 mph the engineering committee in its report turned down the request the report states that there are only three field en trances along the 2300 stretch of road in question the entrance to the school whitchurch highlands public school is the only one that generates traffic of any con sequence the report notes it disturbs me that there is no one here representing whitchurch stouffville markham councillor bob- adams said mayor ratcliff told the tribune that he had a previously scheduled meeting and could not attend the regional council meeting engineering commissioner bob hodgson told council that the traffic is minimal along that road when -the- children are entering or leaving the school arid most school children are bused to the school- councillor adams favored lowering the speed limit adding that some of the trucks have clocked at 62 mph on that stretch of road king township mayor margaret britnell moved that it be deferred until- mayor ratcliff is here to defend it it was deferred by a close 7- 5 vote musselmans lake is quiet on a saturday afternoon in the fall but there is great beauty in i t the lake as it prepares for winter the leaves fall off the trees but a stark dignity remains j v y

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