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vol 89 no 21 whitchurch stouffville september 30 1974 20 cents 20 pages ma ss new stouffville council is considering buying the old library building in order to get construction started on the new library the library board requested tuesday night that the town contribute 41500 towards library but council members indicated that no more money should be taken from taxpayers for the library recent tendering had resulted in a base bid that was more than 120000 over budget for the library through changing the kind of lighting in the new library as well as other reductions the cost overrun was reduced by the board to 41500 while the sale of the old library for 35000 had been included as one of the income sources for furnishings under the new arrangement that money would go into the initial construction fees leaving the board to raise the full amount through private fundraising council postponed action on purchasing the library on tuesday when it was pointed out multitude of events that the old building is now listed with a realtor it was decided council would postpone voting on- the purchase until after the library boards contract with the realtor expires oct 4 sothe town will not have to pay the realty fee said councillor art starr if we vote on the motion now while still listed wed be in big trouble in the revised budget the greatest reduction was for electrical fixtures resulting in a savings of 86600 markham fair this weekend markham no less than ten different contests for every age and interest group are planned for the markham fair- starting on thursday sept 30 and continuing to sunday oct 3 on thursday at 7 pm will be hula hoop and yoyo contests for those twelve and under and on friday youngsters will be george doolittle is sentenced to prison newmarket a 21 year old musselmans lake man was sent to prison for a total of 18 months following his conviction in newmarket court last week on 21 counts ranging from break entry and theft to wilful damage possession of stolen goods and auto theft george edward doolittle pleaded guilty on all counts when he appeared before provincial judge ha rice doolittle broke into several homes and cottages in the haliburton area and stole quantities of clothing bedding after escaping fromthe adult training centre where he had been sent following a conviction for break andentrylastmay 6 he served only a month before making his escape doolittle after jumping the fence at brampton stole atruck to make a getaway abandoned it after a while and then stole another in the haliburton region here he went to avoid detec tion doolittle broke into homes and cottages and stole several more trucks to tour the area aa- well as tackle boxes fishing gear and ski doo helmets other items were taken from homes in the colt lake area he left a trail of abandoned vehicles behind in the same area doolittle angry because a friend had failed to meet him there went on a spree which left over 1000 in damage to cars which he vandalized by denting fenders and headlights slashing the roof of one car bending bumpersarid scratching paint- in 0 one i cottage doolittle walked away with a 500 coin collection plus other items and in another hetook another coin collection and jewelry to the amount of 621 according to testimony a number of rifles were also stolen by the man i counsel for the accused told v the court that doolittle had been orphaned at the age of 11 and had been required tolive very much on his own devices he had no family to tunrtocounsel told the court in seeking leniency counsel also told judge rice that at brampton he had made his escape after falling from grace- with the chief custodian who had stopped doolittles mail and visitors privileges the court was told doolittle took things as he needed them and after making his escapehe knew hed be caught perhaps the accused should serve time where he can get some psychiatric help crown attorney ian cun- ingham told the court on hearing defence counsels submissions he has no respect for the law the judicial system or the prison system it would appear that he led a crimefree life until he was 21 observed r judge rice he x appears- to be the classical product of a broken home as is often found in our courts its quite a crime wave he created- x judge- rice told doolittle that the penalty for escaping custody- must be served before ony other sentence begins in handing out 18 months in other penalties the judge said i feel that a provincial institution rather than a penitentiary will be better for him i hope he can change his attitude towards society motion is filed against report pickering five land agents have filed a motion in divisional court asking that ontario ombudsman arthur jmaloneyis report- on north pickering project land acquisition be restrained from use theagents claim thereport was improperly prepared under the ombudsmans act in that they were notgiven a chance to reply to charges made in the report mr maloneys report which is being examined by an ontario legislative committee said that 44 land owners were misled and unduly pressured into selling by government officials- sixteen of the land owners interviewed last week by a toronto newspaper supported mr baloneys charges all 16 said the project negotiators misleduiem into believing that prices offered them in 1972 or 1973 were at least as high as could be obtained by delaying or waiting for expropriation theyalso said they were not informed of a provision in the ontario expropriation act which states that a seller to the government must be able to buy entering their animals in a childrens pet show this will be followed by the selection of the markham fair queen which will take place at 9 pm on the in door stage saturday at 10 am senior citizens can try their luck in the rocking chair contest on the entertainment stage outside and then go to watch the baby contest in the auditorium at 1230 the baby contest is open to infants between the ages of 3 and 15 months on saturday at 7 pm husbands and wives can fight it out irk the couples egg throwing contest this event to beheld in the north show ring involves throwing a raw egg back and forth at ever increasing distances s also on at the same time in the north ring will be a gen tlemens rubber boot throwing contest and a rock heaving event then at 8 pm on the indoor stage the chip off the old block contest for family lookalikes -will- taksplacer sunday at 130 grade six classes will compete in a spelling bee on the outdoor stage and throughout the fair women can try their hand in the buttonhole contest in the womens building of course these contests are in addition to myriad other events there will be greyhound racing cattle judging puppet shows highland dancing the north american canine frisbee champion a motorcycle precision riding team horse races log sawing and many other happenings too numerous to mention l-is- architect eugene jariiss said that while the aesthetics suffer a little bit with the new lighting system that the light density is comparable in opposing the boards request for an outright donation of 41500 from council coun cillor cathy joice said from my point of view council has already met you more than halfwaypersonally i dont see how we can come up with an additional 41500 s the motion on purchasing the old library states that then funds for the purchase would come from the lot fee account the money would be returned to the account on the sale of the building by the town councillor merlyn baker expressed confidence that this being centennial year there will be a lot of people who will contribute to the newbrary the building is the towns of ficial centennial project another item deleted from the original plans are a concrete stone walkway and curbs using asphalt instead two sloped skylights on the roof wihvbe axed as will a temporary porch library board chairman jim sanders iold the council that the sooner we can start fundraising the better and that the drive could not commence until they had a commitment on the budget v one hundred pies were baked by the ladies of the stouffville missionary church the pastries were later sold at the black creek pioneer village to aid themennonite central committees world relief fund the bakers are from left to right vera brown may spence and eva burland annegret lamure truck terminal opposed by neighbour companies stouffville final approval of a don anderson haulage truck terminal on the west entrance to stouffville on highway 47 has not been legiorisea or veterans survivors stouffvilfesoctoberhas been declared- legion monthby iwhitchurchstouffville mayor gordon ratcliff the local branch of the royal canadian legion will carry out operation service which is a program to contactveterans and their survivors to determine if theyare entitled to any benefits during the month of october s we feel that there may be many people in this area who are suffering financial hardship and may well be entitled to monetary assistance by way of veterans claims said legionnaire art dixon wewouldliketohelpthemheadded it is estimated that there are thousands of canadians entitled to benefits they are not receiving legion volunteers will be canvassing door to door throughout the month operation service chairman for this area is lou hertle branch 459 president for further information call 6402408 or 640- 1714 granted yet a delegation op posed to the terminal was told in planning board last week board chairman eldred king admitted the board had given approval to a verbal presentation which i dont think is too much he pointed out that there has yet to be a formal application made for the terminal opposing the terminal were solicitors for cable tech mc neil laboratories and vorelco among others in the delegation in the words of mcneil and cable tech solicitor paul burke were j basically opposed in jtprinciplet0tt6tinatruc1p planned for the screening he said regarding the other com- panies nearby mr hindson said we hope our entrance and landscaping will be as nice as- theirs were cleaning up the existing site said mr hindson to keep it clean keepit neat and have an overall good im pression to the people of stouffville regarding the trucks at the ijear of the building- he saidwe will do our utmost to cloud whatever activityc goes on there rjvmrykingsdddressingv terminal atfoejprpposjlqtvhjm concession 8 lqcafion the termirialsaid that while no reason he said was that they formal approval had been feel the terminalis inconsistent granted for it that he had made to other uses in the area statements earlier on the sub- the view of councillor june v ject i did say that as far as thej fnn mas that thf tprminni is anderson company isi concerned there are certainly official plan summary available stouffville copies of a condensed version of theof- ificial plan draft for whitchurch- stouffville will be available free of charge planning board voted last week -theboard- reversed a planning committee decision ward 1 councillor art starr toldthe board that we should make them available free in his home do everything we can to help after listening tomr starts ublicr be wellinformed t argument the aboard equivalentpropertywiththe 1 which wouhmiave charged one moneygiven him for his home dollarfor each copy the public prior to the public meetings on the official plant he said that if the earlier- motion- wasnt rescinded fie would feel obligated- to buy 50 copies of the documentand t unanimously approved the amotion if public meetings r are scheduled foroctl8 at- lat- cham hall oct 20 ballantrae and at vandorf oct2l7 hv jf d- button was that the terminal is still close to the intersections of highway 47 arid 48 and would create a traffic problem she said that before deciding on the terminal we should have the feeling of the majority of the mandowners on the way into the village of stouffville i still feel the traffic congestion there is insurmountable- councillor cathy joice said any decision on the terminal would have to wait until the official plan s completed mayor gordon ratcliff agreed saying the plan shouldbekept in abeyance since a report by the town planner on theentrance to stouffville has not been completed yet c atrthe request of vorelco solicitor rmf mcderment the v board jifctejito inform interested jandownerskin the area of any when presen- vhi taflons on the terminal would be m heardv mr mcdermott said that without knowing what had been many people who seek their employment- there- and i dont think we can forget that fact he added that moving the terminal from its current location on the stouffville east end could result in an im- provement of the appearance of that area as well were all here to protect each others interests said mr king 1 i v pismjsal j of sdhom v- director calledfqn-4- i v aurora the york countyboardof education r anthony featherstone a prize winning plowman b competing in the north york plowing championships his foil size percheron and belgian cross horses have no trouble palling the plow through rtht heavy soil slumagh some of the ponies found the going rather- heavyjsee story and more pictures on page 9 r v tv i annegret lamnre us at asughtdisadvantage mrs joice suggested the objectingcoitipanies get together with don anderson haulage to try to workout their differences before it would go to an ontario municipal board hearing mr hindson told the board that under their revised plans the service centre i would be located 500 feet back from the road and parking for 70 tractor trailors would be provided to the rear of the building j the front of the building would have parking for 77 cars the board was told and berming would be provided to screen the view of the trucks at the back of the building from the road vmrs joice commented that withall the additional truck traffic a collector lane would have to be added to the highway forthe terminal tbwhichmr hindson replied j that the ministry of transportation and communications- does have enough extra land to provide for 1 the lane v ijfjjif answering a question by lmr ratcliff mtn hindson said that the concrete block building now existing on the sitej would also be screened from view various evergreen trees are arid willfollow the procedures laid out in the ontario education act v- the act statesthat to dismiss a director he must be informed in advance jof his allegedmiscbriduct or-inef- ficienciesand given six months to reply to the charges before t the board z jv before the meeting went from public to private sessioiff monday mr v chapman was attacked for withholding in- formation from a trustee- aurora trustee norm weller asked why information bh guidance department research projects was not made available to himwhen he visited the board -office- v board chairman doug allen said no informationshouldbe- withheld- from- trustees but if each representative approached staff on a particular issue the pressure on staff time would be u greatly incteasedti cvv you fail to realize we are running this boardand not the- staff mr wellershot barckv rjiifthe aurora trustee said he attempted twicevtoysecurevuv formation otresch projects but was told education director i see boardpage fitijy m