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arthur gray untroubled by home loss musselmans lake talking with arthur gray youd never know that be bad been the victim of a disaster when the tribune went to see him recently the 66 year old musselmans lake resident wascbeerfully carting piles of ashes about in a wheelbarrow and making plans to rebuild his firegutted home mr grays small frame bungalow was struck by lightning two weeks ago and jp totally burned to the ground leaving him with only the pants and slippers he was wearing when he escaped the blaze however the community rallied around to hdp mr gray people have been just won derful he said councillor becky wedley launched an appeal last week and a stream of shirts suits coats- and even brand new sheets and pillowslips have been coming in for mr gray ever since as well the united church women in markham have undertaken to outfit him anew from head to toe neighbours have also g dropped around to help mr v gray dear away the charred remains of his home and several have offered to give him a hand when he is ready to build agairii have the best neigh bours there ever was said mr gray j he is planning to put up a small prefab building on his homesite and plans to help mm equip and furnish it are already underway the response has been overwhelming said councillor wedley i- vol 89 no k whitchurch stouffville july 29 1976 20 cents 16 pages by ted wilcox stouffville the gravel truckers strike in the area has turned ugly as 18 truck radiators were punctured monday night at don anderson haulage on hwy 47 other rumors have it that two trucks were forced off the road on hwy 48 and their windshields and headlights smashed and other trucks had the air let out of their tires york regional police confirmed that they received a complaint of a smashed truck windshield last friday don anderson general manager dennis forsythe estimated that the cost of repairing the trucks could be as high as 8500 the company is offering a 1000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprit or culprits many area gravd pits have ground to a standstill with as c ouncil lukewarm 1 61 lots proposed art gray carts away all that is left of bis house a few wheel barrows of ashes however with a little help from his neighbours the musselmans lake man is quite undaunted by his misfortune and plans to rebuild on the same site annegret lamure power boat limits stouffville motor boats on musselmans lake will be restricted to 10 horsepower and under if councils proposal fire doused at emerald isle tdn wednesday v stouffville if it werent for the prompt action of iihe police and fire departments f wed all be looking for new jobs jihis morning emerald isle rotors general manager- alichard jackson told the tribune yesterday the smouldering back seat 4of a car in the emerald isle garage easily could have gotten to the gasoline tank and burned down the establishment he said- the fire was reported 3 am wednesday by bryan uens a tenant living above the garage the stouffville fire brigade responded immediatdy and had doused the blaze in a matter of minutes one factor in the brigade swift response was that when the call came through two guys at the fireball were just ready to go home according to fire chief walt smith mr smith- estimated the iw damage to be about 200 for changes to the whitchurch- stouffville official plan is ap proved in a letter to marilyn bergman of the ministry of housing council suggested one section amendment 11 read it is- the intention of this plan that lakes not bang part of the connected chainof water areas shall be restricted jto boats wimouttriotors orwith motors of 10 horsepower orless ward 2 councillor becky wedley objected to the section on the grounds that the problem of- mussdmans lake motor boats has been effectivdy dealt with through the ratepayers groups she told council that the section would cause public hearings on the amendment to be hdd slowing down the ap proval process mrs wedley said she knows of people who are waiting for the amendment to- pass so they can build on their land in the view of mayor gordon ratcliff the present method of limiting high powered boats will not work in the long run in a year or two the town or- con- servation authority may buy land and there could be public ownership ihope there is this would then give access to the lake at present ratepayers are limiting access to the lake by renting and restricting a launching site formerly owned by shalimar the only public launching place at the suggestion of councillor merlyn baker the section in question was amended to allow 10 horsepower and under boats- rather than those under five horsepower- gohservationistel cant issue rodent shooting licences stouffville a july 22 tribune article that said the whitchurch stouffville con- servation club opposes property owners being allowed to shoot firearms on their own land doesnt tell the whole story according to club president jim doble his reason for appearing before council he explained was tosaythatthe club could not legally enforce a proposed section of the towns discharge of firearms bylaw that section would have had the club issue licences to property owners who wish to use firearms for rodent control mr doble said he told council that the dub has no authority to issue such licences see president p2 stouffville the largest single development scheme ever to come before planning board was presented last week for the femson property located south of the canadian tire store planning board refused to set a date for consideration of i the plan which included a population increase of about 2700 with that much population mayor gordon ratcliff told the ddegation theres no way we could see it entertained the plan drawn up by marshall macklin monaghan ltd of whitby proposed that the 118 acre site be divided into residential industrial and commercial land mr ratcliff said the site was a prime one for future in- f the p devdopment the planner ex- pr h plained was that the sewage 7his yiif fr- treatment plant in stouffville be eodie eklurid speaking for- the developer said a pumping station would be necessary which would pump waste over to the existing sewer on sunset blvd v the consultants said they in the view of mr ratdiff before residential lots on the femson site would be developed several small subdivisions in the village should be allowed to go forward councillor june button noted that the population density in the plan was 40 persons per acre more than twice the figure suggested by planning beard planner leon ken tridge replied that if they halved the population the proposed school would then house only 230 rather than 470 children and would not be a viable school site by board of education standards mr kentridge also said that to make the industrial development financially feasible wed have to devdop the whole park as a com prehensive scheme necessary for the many as 450 trucks affected as a result of the strike toronto york and durham region truckers president gerald wilkes says the haulers want the minimum rate formula suggested by the ministry of transportation and com munications for each load regarding the inddent at don anderson haulage mr wilkes said i certainly hope it wasnt any of our people i always told the fellows we dont want any violence i suggest people talk- to drivers and mention we are having a work stoppage but no threats however at least one operator said that he had not been approached by any representative from the truckers association said a spokesman from gormley sand and gravd its a really tough nut to crack when we dont know that they want the spokesman said drivers at the gormley pits have been intimidated to the extent that theyre afraid to work one trucker told the tribune that when he attempted to drive into a gravd pit a man with a rock in one hand jumped onto the running board and told him if you go in there youll get this through the windshidd of your truck damage done to the don anderson trucks had been repaired on dght of the vehides by tuesday morning said mr forsythe we just cant shut down i he said another company truck had two pieces of steel thrown at it from a passing truck causing damage to the truck body other drivers have received verbal threats he said truckers president wilkes said that haulers get 90 cents per ton for 10 mile trips at present while the mot suggests 108 plus seven cents per mile for each mile thereafter mr wilkes said the figures are the suggested minimums necessary toallow the truckers to make a profit mr wilkes added that the truckers association was in the process of contacting operators on tuesday and wednesday in orderto negotiate i people fa total of 161 residential lots were provided in the plan with single family semidetached apartment and townhousing included the board turned down a request by the devdoper that they begin negotiating with the town planner about the proposal said councillor merlyn baker dialogue wont gain whats impossible the residential proposal is im possible unless we look forward 25 years mr baker also said that he believed only prestige ml 1 industrial development should be permitted not the m2 variety inthe plan planning board chairman eldred king said council is in the midst of deciding what population density should be allowed in stouffville and that the devdoper should return after the official plan has been completed yrr see mammoth p2 expansion of hwy 48 dump still proposed stouffville ministry of environment officials presented a plan for devdoping the york sanitation hwy 48 dump for the next five to 10 years at a meeting with town council on tuesday but the town maintained a position of dose and cap the dump according to mayor gordon ratdiff part of the ministry plan was a compensation system for people whose water supplies might become polluted as a result of the dump that system would be entirdy administered by theministry weve taken the view were not going to enter the picture at all the mayor said we dont wish to enter into that kind of arrangement the amount of garbage being suggested for the site mr ratcliff said is not small really at council meeting tuesday council voted to wait two weeks before deciding on whether to contact ontario ombudsman arthur maloney about the dump issue jvvhen new playground equipment was being installed at ballahtrae ps dean hope was right there to try it but he was one of a score of enthusiastic children watching high school students create an adventure playground out of cedar logs and old tires see student job story p 9 y chicamauga investments estate density limited stouffville a proposed subdivision near vivian- by chickamauga in vestments lid will be limited by an official plan amendment to 17 lots despite objections from the devdoper appearing for the devdoper at planning board last week conroy dowson urged coundl not to include the limitation in the official plan but to pass a resolution to that effect instead he said the actual issue of lot density should be debated at the zoning bylaw subdivision first estate subdivision passed e passing an egg on a spoon while mounted on a moving horse is quite a tricky business as can be seen from the contortions of debbie smith right of stouffville who is handing over the egg to sally 4 moreland the two were practicing for the prince philip games to v be hdd august 21 and 22 at windsor castle in england the two riders are among five chosen for this part of the- country to represent the canadian pony club at the games more pictures and story page 9 r john montgomery stouffville york regional council has approved the first- estate residential subdivision for whitchurch stouffville the proposed subdivision by devdoper j e danid on the south side of bethesda side road east of woodbine ave still must gain approval by the province the plan was approved as part of amendment no 5 to the whitchurch official plan which specifically designates the danid land as estate residential as wdl as setting down polities for- future estate residential devdopment according to town planning secretary- ken aida future estate residential development on land categorized rural must meet the criteria laid down in the amendment another proposed estate residential subdivision on the west sideof woodbine north of bethesda sideroad by ruscica construction ltd has been approved by regional planning committee the danids subdivision will consist of 17 lots averaging two acres each the site which has bruce creek flowing through it currently has two dwdlings on it estate residential devdopment as set forth jn the amendment is to be located in scenic areas and will be premitted only if it maintains a semirural character at a proposed site level the official plan document is a general guideline- and to spdl out the details of a subdivision isnt proper ward 2 councillor becky wedley pointed out that ratepayers in the area had first become concerned when the devdoper had asked the figure of 27 lots be written into the official plan the number of lots in the subdivision said ward 3 councillor merlyn baker underwent a great deal of consideration both talking with the developer- and local residents mr dowson said the developer is prepared to discuss the number of lots andto negotiate with council and ratepayers he said the discussion should be done with the benefit of technical reports that would be forthcoming mayor gordon ratdiff said that if the devdoper is riot satisfied with the official plan- they can ask the ontario municipal board for a hearing summed up mr dowson as he sat down i think ive gotten the sentiment of planning board v the board voted to reaffirm thdr position that 17 lots be a condition of theroffldal plan amendment ji j