Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 2, 1976, p. 3

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the tribune thursday september 2 29k 3 hail storm hits area -3- i within minutes after a twister hit the yard of frank bolton the mess was being cleared up at left is brian bolton adolph bianchi with chain saw and mr bolton also helping to clean up was karl winterstein another slightly smaller tree was uprooted john montgomery said buttonvuxe a hail and wind storm here saturday caused damage to cars homes and crops in the area windows in homes were broken trees blown down and corn was cut to ribbons by the storm at the markham town off ices cars parked there were pocked and dented drojtopfe not available stouffville a draft of the official plan probably will not be available for the public until prior to public meetings in late sep tember according to mayor gordon ratcliff a story in last weeks tribune stated a draft copy of the official plan is available however j more revisions must take place before copies can be obtained by the general public the copy that has been drawn together is for the use of council and the press still to be included in the draft before it is complete are maps of the municipality land to be designated for development and a study of the approach to stouffville the mayor by the ice and mark ham economist and sun editor jim thomas reports the paint job on his car was ruined other cars had windshields broken holes torn in the roofs of coo- vertibles and plastic grills broken the hail also broke windshields on i training planes at toronto airways flower and vegetable wardens were reported damaged by the on slaught and knob hill farms food store was closed for two and a half hours due to flooding the force of the wind damaged the roofs of most homes in the area and was even powerful enough to blow the manhole covers from their places at steeles and leslie streets barn walls had strips blown from them as well mabxhah guu sf vuage crafts 140 mas sl markka v fall craft lifciniction classes registration monday sept 13th from 200 till 400pm 730 till 930 pjtl cratti offered fun with design ceramics macrame creative canvas embroidery patchwork and quilting copper enameling crochet knitting rug hooking beginners and advanced oh loom weaving vegetable dyes spinning leather work and dried flower arranging batik for more information call 2941712 2942829 sorry folks but you must save buying at toromarks we must sell our stock from our warehouse 2 stores w o discount toronto calling needs majority vote stouffville a sizeable majority of people in the local telephone exchange would have to approve making toronto part of the exchange before bell canada would likely attempt to institute it council was told last week don crossley bell manager for this area said that wed be hesitant to go with anything less than 60 per cent of all customers before making toronto calls toll free bell canada will soon be sending out a customer survey to gauge reaction to the proposal included in it will be a map showing the areas that would become toll free and their telephone number prefixes the proposed changeover which would result in a substantial monthly fare increase for future estate areas considered stouffville planning committee in discussing revisions to the towns official plan draft monday reviewed the areas available in whitchurchstouffville for estate residential development town planner max showed the n committee amaphehad prepared with various parcels in whitchurch- stouffville designated as being possible areas for estate residential sub divisions the discussion was held in camera without the press present ap parently so as not to encourage speculation on the lands being con sidered partly at issue is whether or how to slow down growth in the area between vivian and faulkner avenue on the north fringe of ballan- trae mr sherman told planning committee recently that the area has the potential of becoming a sprawling hamlet because of population already located there and the potential there for future estate residential growth the tack the com mittee may take is to try to discourage further new development on the 1000 acres in question by a special section in the official plan local callers would enable them to phone metropolitan toronto unionville and thornhill toll free mr crossley told council however that fringe areas such as mississauga and west hill would not be included in the exchange the western boundary would be etobicokehe said if response to the survey was positive it probably would then take until late 1978 before the changeover could be instituted according to mr crossley fares for the im proved service would increase from 520 the current monthly rate up to 930 for individual phdnesand from1135 up to 2755 for businesses bell canada- public relations officer ken gilmourcommented that failure to answer uie survey might be in terpreted as- a positive response if people are that indifferent then they might at least be willing- to accept the change he said mr gilmour added that in making the proposal bell is responding to questions that have been raised by customers even if we get 60 per cent or 61 per cent were going to give council a chance to comment were not anxious to spend 945900 we would have to borrow it on the capital markets were certainly not going to ride this thing through the change also would be subject to ap proval by- the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission before taking effect council was told on 5 year term guaranteed investment certificates standard trust company 8 wellington st w markham ontario telephone 2946865 a i out ot ton call collect i member canada deposit insurance corporation brand names chesterfield suites bedroom suites bedsofasothairso roxton vilas colonial furniture enlarging our stores weneed space 4 monthly payments no extra charge come down and save open 9 9 daily sherwood plaza fore aa amm 2942581 markham plaza 2942060 30 p i stouffville submarine j 143 mail st w formerly eatons order office welcome back to school were your 6405331 0 s- e ev sg3 m tchool one stop lunihshop submarines assorted cold cuts cheese ham italian salami spiced loaf super subs hot submarines roast beef corned beef cold drffaks coffee 25 k k k r

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