Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), June 3, 1976, p. 9

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v -j- j th te fsports second section news district news classified section province opposes speed reduction ballantrae the provincial ministry of transportation and communications has decided that a lowering of the speed limit on high way 48 through ballan- trae is not necessary 7 a letter to council from mot district engineer h greenland last week stated that we do not feel the collisions mentioned in the towns correspondence can justify a reduction in speed limit earlier council had asked the speed through the hamlet be lowered citing various accidents on the road mr greenland said that in response the mot- had undertaken a study of the intersection vw want pollution control it is hard to believe that no one was tjserisjyhurt in this accident which took place around noon oh monday at the corner of hwy48 and stbuffvilie rd the hornet driven by carlton archibald of fenelon falls was almost demolished but both he and his eighty i year old mother suffered only minor injuries gladys mccaulley the driver of the other car was taken to hospital for observation all persons involved were wearing seatbeits witnesses say that mr archibald was proceeding eastbouhd on stouffville rd when the northbound car struck going through a red light him allegedly boxer pushes es claremont boxing liumpion clyde graywill set out from his farm north of here monday morning on his way to oshawa by bicycle he will stop on the way to give progress reports on harry browns metro morning show on cbc radio gray is among several celebrities taking part in bike jaunts designed to promote bicycle use for recreation and transportation f- gormley eleven rr 1 gormley residents petitioned council last week asking that any noise or pollution from a proposed in dustrial development on lot 4 concession 3 be regulated by the town the land in question is owned by dorbank investments and en terprises the residents said they were not opposed to the development but asked that council prohibit the discharge of industrial waste and to regulate any obnoxious odour or any noise as well as any outside storage councillor merlyn baker said such concerns would be taken care of in a site plan agreement with the company as to the matter of outside storage- coun- cillokjeldred king said that it would have to be controlled through mtarc request for funds nixed durham region durham council rejected a request for an annual 151000 a year made by the metro and region conservation authority last week the region had been housekeeping and screening councillor june button pointed out that requiring companies to plant trees as screening has been very hard to enforce in the past mr king said that we might have to have them put up a greater bond and well do it ourselves he added that due to the lowering of speeds on 60 mph- roads a review of the speed zoning will be made at all such intersections in due course ward 2 councillor becky wedley com mented that theyre almost saying that a couple of children will have to be killed before theyll do anything mrs wedley added should be exceptions t6 gun bylaws cliib stouffville a bylaw banning the discharge of firearms in certain parts of the york to store documents in town building vandorf the building on lot 17 con cession 3 formerly used by the york regional police is being turned over to the town of whitchurchstouffville council learned last week that the york regional engineering department has requested permission to continue using the basement of the building for the storage of documents councillor merlyn baker said we should state they have to bear municipality should have certain exceptions to it council was told last week appearing last week whitchurch conservation club president jim doble said that game control officers should be allowed to use guns under the by law and that private landowners should not he said the club would not favor for example a farmer being allowed to shoot ground hogs on his own property that sort of situation is very hard to police mr doble said and the farmer may be hunting varmints or it might be pheasants and if you allow a could be town plots pickering farmer to hunt it is a private game reserve he said the means of con trolling varmints he said should be to contact game wardens who would destroy the animals with high- powered rifles the powerful rifles would actually be safer since the bullets we use dont ricochet like 22s that i really dont think we ought to let this stop there mayor gordon ratcliff suggested she ought to take it up with your member of parliament as well say no to severance on sunset stouffville council voted not to support an application by forsite homes ltd to sever a lot from their holdings on the south side of sunset blvd j a look into the records revealedthe company had already been granted three previous severances v said mayor gordon ratcliff i believe an owners entitled to two or threeseverances but any more- than that and u think yourre going into a subdivision v councillor merlyn baker said we should not favor any more development in that area except through a regular plan of subdivision responsibility for thecouncil will consider township of uxbridge notice to ratepayers the municipal office hours for the month i ofjune july and august will be 830 am to 430 pm monday to fnday plan- but responsible for records eluding rent water and a feltnat five times that they would have in- chain linkfence would be amount vwas excessive dicated so i 9500- rg kester vx clerk administrator f iff vn i a r 9i thompson of uxbridge wearing a romantic arab costume is riding her arabian stallion indian rajah in the costume class at l hill paddock party the event wasstaged by thvcomni unity association for riding for theidlsabled usually headquar- tered at ashmbunt farm in gormley despite eyehtsat pqddgck pjartyt the drizzle that fell off and on throughout the afternoon more thanj a thousand people gathered to watch the various events which ranged from western barrel racing- to the celebrity special and riding demonstrations by the handicapped- v 1 annegretlamure -s- optimistic durham region i negotiators on both sidesofcontract talks between durham board of education and secondary school teachers are optimistic that theirdifferences can be fettled the teachers initially have been asking for an increase that would raise the budget by i about 33 million while the board is offering anamount that would cause al million rise tfj j- at present teachers are paid between 11700 and 23000 per year the current contract runs out at the -end- of- this schoolyear- j editors mail j it removal of museum is brougham fatal blow dear sir 7- j j it was with some amazement that i read your article in last weeks paper on the new pickering museumand hie comments of coun cillor and museum board member ken spratley spratley writing a historical column in a small local paper recently assured us j fortunately much of what used to be has been preserved at the pickering museum closer to reality much of what usedtobe- has- been preserved in a federalvrgovernment dump on about ten acres across from v ernie larruthersrfarm bethel missed dear sir r iv ifil have been very disappointed to see the absence of the article voiceof bethel we are living in an hour when we need the vamid the rubble one artificial- site to the can find the bricks and east of greenwood within mortar from dozens of hailing distance of the houses barns silos and- new metro landfill miscellaneous buildings project dump there that were once our can be little doubt that the communities if you removal of the museum listen to our various will be the fatal blow to government officials this fragile village that they would have you has lost so much at the believe life on the 18000 hands of our politicians acres of federal land is the tragedy is that just not worth living and those voices that should they do much to ensure have been raised in fury this is the case even- at the wholesale our mayor pickering destruction ofinofonly has given up on villages some of our finest houses such as brougham ever- and barns but our very being viable communities communities and our way again and without of life are the very voices support- from- local we entrust with the politicians there is lituepreservation of our reason for the depart- history namely the ment of public works to spend- money restoring ourviliages there is much to be saved in brougham but museum board and historical society and our local politicians if we cannot expect these people to be in the not saved to puta chain forefront of our battle link fence around it call lnen where- can we turn- ita museum and tell us or leadership and sup- our heritage is safe the iport v townscapehas a numberij tons lords guidance more of architecturally and pickerings pastthat than ever before historically worthy are lying in a field off the- please reconsider buildings and sufficient eighthconcession and yourv decision and have open space for- the takeiyour children and voiceof bethel con- relocation of structures your childrens children aiwe a fromn the rf- museum and explain if you can stocererjr already in the village but waynemoore 0 mrs jack morgan nothemuseumunowto j icuremoot be moved to another y ciareinoot the corporation of the town notice it property owners to destroy under the provisions of the weed control act of the province- of 4 ontario public notice- is- hereby given to all owners and occupants of subdivided lands with the town of pickering the less the noxious weeds or weed seeds on anysuch subdivided lands inthe town of pickering are destroyed by friday- june18thl976 and throughoulthe season the council of the town of pickering has directed the weed inspectors for the region of durham to cause said noxious weeds or weed seeds to be destroyed in such a manner as they may deem proper and that the expenses incurred by the said weed inspectors in the discharge of their duties shall be placed on the collectors roll of ime town fof j pickering against the respective parcels concerned and that suchcamounts bhall be collected inthe same manner as taxes lf aaunlclparactpf i v- the cooperation of all citizens is earnestly soflcltedjr vi wz4rli again the most powerful fmatoi- atop tower chfi canadas 1st fm station v a pioneer in stereo and the 1st single station inthe world to broadcast djscrete quad now the most powecfulvm station atop the cn tower chfi will jntroduce the dolby system of noise reduction intorbnto r relax and be surrounded bybright beautiful music 1 1 if ood music good people stereofm r- iry s v v-

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