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vol 88 no 25 whitchurch stouffville october 30 1975 20 cents 40 pages ers remains open 800 limit in uxbridge uxbridge uxbridge council would like to see this municipality grow to a population of about 8000 ac cording to a written presen- tation sent to durham region tuesday council met in a special session monday to determine the townships position with regard to future growth in uxbridge the information will be taken into account in the formulation of an official plan for the region stouffville picketers were outside the stouffville post office tuesday morning but the building was still open for business ac cording to post master gary fisher mr fisher said that four of the six employees decided to strike two reported for work as usual he closed the doors at 330 when their shift ended meanwhile four picketed the buildings for most of the day although the local post office has been open since the strike began there has been little or no mail to handle during the time due to strikes in other centres the situation tuesday revealed a real split amongst the stouffville workers they are against going on strike mr fisher said of the two who remained on the job picketer dale glover said that to him the strike is not over money he agreed that the government offer was ac ceptable he said that the issue was one of working conditions and fringe benefits he said that despite the salary increase the government wanted to reduce fringe benefits including fewer paid holidays job security was also an issue he maintained during the strike tribune readers in stouffville may pick up their papers at the newspapers office 54 main st w subscribers on the stouffville rural routes should receive their copies in the usual way comprehensive survey will determine day care need this mother and son were surrounded by ducks that werent a bit shy last friday at the entrance to the claremont conservation area the spot is frequentedoften by visitors who enjoy the closeup con tact with the animal kingdom while handing out scraps of bread to the ducks geese and swans assembled there ted wilcox omb asks firms for amicable agreement stouffville the ontario municipal board hearing on the dispute between mcneil laboratories and vorelco volkswagen- was adjourned after one days sit ting monday the companies plan to develop adjacent industrial lands on main st w- and they are fighting over a request from mcneil that vorelco- keep a setback of 400 feet on thte easterly boundary and 200 feet on the western edge while the town bylaw requires only a 50 foot setback the omb requested the town carry out a study and lay down a setback policy and they asked the two companies to try to come to an amicable solution omb officials indicated they felt the additional setback is discriminatory to vorelco as mcneils are not adhering to the candidates setback they are requesting vorelco to keep council will have to come up with a definite policy that both would agree to and this policy would have to apply to future development mayor gordon ratcliff told the tribune v mr ratcliff was one of the principal witnesses at the hearing and he told the board the strip between ringwobd and stouffville is very critical and it has been a hodgepodge which council is now hoping to improve aesthetically stouffville last week mayor gordon ratcliff announced there will be a comprehensive survey financed by the region to determine the day care needs in whitchurch- stouffville there was a great response last year to a proposal that the old post office building be renovated and used for this purpose the whitchurchstouffville day care committee was for med and although they in the spring gathered approximately 100 names of interested people the proposal was scrapped because of expected v renovation costs and lack of playground facilitiesat the post office allen wells a regional- health and social services ofr- fical whose responsibility it is to determine the location of day care centres will conduct the survey mayor ratcliff expressed concern about the day care policy that rates must ac curately reflect the cost of the service the fee is now 40 per week and applications in other parts of the region have dropped sharply he ex plained stouffville nursery school supervisor norah mcelroy is acting as- a voluntary coor dinator along with sue mc- cammon in an effort to ex pedite the facility for this area mrs mcelroy told the tribune it is essential that at least 50 people commit them selves to using a centre before the region will allow one to be built here you dont have to be poor to qualify for assistance she pointed out if you have a high debt or second mortgage it is deducted from youre income assistance is available on a sliding scale from a minimum payment of 250 per week to the full rate if we dont get people who will commit themselves we wont get the centre she emphasized what mrs mcelroy referred to as tentative ap- plication forms should be available today at the municipal building library and stouffville nursery school for further information call mrs mcelroy at 6405990 or mrs mccammon at 6404392 council turns do wii motorcycle racing stevens to run in pc leadership race to stouffville in an effort to bring the issues of the current trustee election to the people of whitchurch stouff ville the tribune is sponsoring an- allcandidates meeting- tonight- oct 30- at latcham hall the three candidates- john mcmurray harry bowes and jennie bangay will be on hand each will give a short speech and questions will be entertained from the public it is underway at 8 pm york simcoe york simcoe- mp sinclair stevens made it official friday he will seek the national leadership of the progressive conservative party- he is the sixth declared candidate he announced his decision at a constituency night held in newmarket mr stevens has been the pc finance critic in the house of commons he stressed that the governments price and income control program would not work without other antiinflationary measures and said the pcs will oppose the bill if the controls are not accompanied by monetary and fiscal restraint at a press conference following his address the mp denied he is a rightwing tory he described himself as a mainstream conservative he would not comment on his chances of gaining the leadership but felt we have the greatest strength of any of the announced candidates leadership convention is in ottawa feb 22 1976 the present leader robert stanfield is resigning stouffville council went through a stormy session tuesday night when dealing with john buga manager of olympia park council refused to issue a permit to allow a motorcross race at the park this sunday the race was expected to draw about 300 competitors and with spectators the number of people on the property could have been around 600 mr buga said he has in vested 18000 in upgrading the park and in installing a track and when the permit was refused he threatened to get an injunction and sue mayor gordon ratcliff or the tribune for alleged libels he said ap peared in the paper attributed to mr ratcliff he threatened to get an injunction so that all com petition sports in whitchurch stouffville will cease gormley a car was dragged 50 feet and a man was killed thursday afternoon when a gravel truck crashed into a car at the corner of don mills and stouffville roads william edward cushing of 1 havelock was eastbound on the stouffville rd as he entered the intersection his car was struck by a southbound gravel truck which allegedly went through a red light business hit for 810 markham police are seeking a man after six markham businesses were defrauded of 810 by someone claiming to be selling ad vertising space according to police a man entered fernandos restaurant in markham on july 14 he made a verbal agreement to supply menus for the restaurant if he could sell advertising space the owner agreed and the suspect approached several businesses in markham those buying the mythical advertising space were wellington way travel markham optical markham mens and boys wear comtech electric and marylyn shops ltd the investigation continues rash of accidents closes highway 48 ringwood a fog highway 48 proved to be extremely treacherous tuesday morning especially the area from ringwood to the bloomington rd at four possibly six separate accidents took place in the interval between 7 am and 9 am police estimate that visibility was less than 50 feet due to fog two gravel trucks collided au ringwood corner snarling traffic further north gravel trucks were involved in another mishap near the bloomington rd for over an hour highway 48 was closed north of ringwood three different accidents involving cars also took place in that stretch in a separate accident two people were injured pulling out of their driveway on the markhampickering town line christopher mercer 28 of rr 3 claremont was coming out of his driveway on the west side of the road about 830 am when his car struck by a southbound vehicle driven by april dawn evans of stouffer st stouffville mr mercenand his wife lorraine were taken to york central hospital in richmond hill poor visibility is blamed for the crash there were no reported injuries in the highway 48 mishaps this spectacular blaze at mussel ns lake started innocently enough leif larson was burning papers in a garbage can behind his garage thursday afternoon he left the fire unattended for a moment and when he returned thegarage was ablaze damage was estimated at 7000 john montgomery peter sanderson coach of the stouffville dist secondary school senior volleyball team is beaming despite being thrown in the shower by members of the team the seniors juniors and midgets of sdss swept the york county volleyball championships for stories and pictures see page 16 ted wilcox have lock man dies as truck hits car mr cushing was rushed to york county hospital newmarket but was pronounced dead on arrival at 315 pm his car was totally demolished charges are pending against the truck driver eric smith 33 of summerset ave- toronto fake call y brings local firefighters stouffville stouff- villes voluntary fireman were called out needlessly last friday afternoon when a- prankster called in a frantic sounding fire alarm the caller who has not been identified told firemen the second house on the 9th- line south of main st was on fire- the call sounded genuine and as it was reported as a house fire the utility truck pumper and tanker truck were im- mediately dispatched to the scene the residents of the house in question were quite surprised when half the stouffville fire department came screeching into their driveway chief walt smith described it as a fairly urgent call and he said it is not known whether the joker was a child or an adult- york crime rate down york- region the crime rate in the region of york continues to dip and last week york regional police chief bruce crawford told regional police commissioners that criminal occurences are down 115 per cent compared to last year- v j chief crawford said it is early to be optimistic about the overall picture but one should- while one has the chance chief crawford also in formed the board that the clearance rate of 59 per cent has i also been maintained the commissioners ex- pressed satisfaction at the newa figures- r a i v