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wht wrihum vol 90 no 39 whitchurch stouffville february 2 1978 20 cents 20 pages covers all public places antiloitering bylaw passed stouffville have you started your halloween planning yet well if you havent youve still got time to slip this little gem into your budget it may have been the egg splattered police cruisers the m blood splattered street in front p of the local iga or the beer consumed from time to time in the town park that brought on the new antiloitering bylaw passed last tuesday at stouff ville council these illicit activities were the only examples given of where this bylaw might be useful despite councils protests this particular law appears to be directed at the young people in the community section 1 of the bylaw stipulates that no person shall loiter on any street or public places within the town of whitchurchstouffville in any manner that obstructs any person and no person shall swear or use insulting or ob scene language or cause a disturbance in such places section 3 says that any person shall be deemed to be causing a disturbance within the meaning of this bylaw who is tired cats cats are noted for their idiosyncratic choice of lounging spots but this is the first time weve ever encountered three of them perched on one tire the trio was spotted on the 6th line in unionville annegret lamure willis wideman resigns town post stouffville after six years of public service willis wideman has decided to resign his post as chief building in spector and bylaw enforcement officer in his six years with the town mr wideman missed only onehalf day of work and is youth loses right hand stouffville a town youth lost his right hand and two friends received injuries to face and hands wednesday jan 26 when they experimented with gunpowder york regional police said james douglas blizzard 17 second street stouffville thomas henry miller 16 cone 6 markham and william murdock jennings 17 glad park stouffville were at the jennings residence at 840 pm and were attempting to make a with a length of cast iron pipe gunpowder and a primer they took the makeshift weapon to the garden and while blizzard and miller placed their hands around the pipe to hold it jennings stood behind placed a nail against the primer and i struck it with a hammer a massive explosion resulted and james blizzard lost his right hand thomas miller received lacerations and burns to his hands and blizzard suffered facial lacerations all three were taken by ambulance to scarborough centenary hospital and ad- miyed thankful for his good health mr widemans first duties when hired by the town were those of building inspection and bylaw enforcement and with some background in the building industry and time spent taking courses from queens univer sity he rose to his present position although he feels that there is a future in working for the town he now wants to move into a completely different line of work mr wideman was born in the area and with his wife of five years kathy intends to live and continue to work locally he will raise some livestock and con tinue on with his hobby of woodworking he built much of his own furniture and finds that it gives him satisfaction to see a job well done he started his job with the town in february 1972 and his resignation takes effect february 10 1978 the town is beginning to grow and many of the farms are being split up and new people are coming to the town he replied when asked what he saw as the most significant development in the area bruce arrowsmith after resigning his post as a building inspector with the town of whitchurch stouffville and being appointed chief building inspector and bylaw en forcement officer for the township of uxbridge has now been appointed chief building inspector for the town of whitchurch stouffville and will not be accepting the uxbridge position screaming shouting swearing or singing or by being drunk or impeding or incommoding peaceable persons although one councillor mentioned that the police had asked for a bylaw of this sort a telephone interview with york regional police revealed that all segments of the bylaw are covered by either federal or provincial statutes however the officer did point out that anyone charged under the towns bylaw would not suffer the penalty of having a criminal record as they would if charged under a federal statute the new bylaw specifies that a person deemed to be violating this law must first receive a warning and then if the individual fails to comply see biav page 9 board of education requests budget input newmarket the trustees on the york county board of education shouldnt have to ask for help to form a budget said whitchurch- stouffville mayor gordon ratcliff in response to a request from the school board that each municipality in the region send an elected member to attend a finance meeting during february mayor gordon ratcliff said theyre elected the same as we are and they should be responsible to the public for what they do although he later admitted that whitchurchstouffville will probably send someone he said the final say is up to council richmond hill mayor david schiller said the board asked them the same thing last year and they sent someone the person we sent suggested to the board that they limit budget increases to 10 per cent but the board convoluted that and thought if they limited the mill rate increase to 10 per cent that would be good enough when we offered further suggestions they the school board told us to stuff it said the mayor on the other hand aurora mayor george timpson thinks it would be a good idea to send someone to the meeting wed like to learn about the problems the school board is having and maybe we could avoid the same kind of problem here said the mayor chris cotter and george wallen are obviously enjoying themselves at the square dance spon sored by the melville church choir at the victoria square community centre last friday the chap in the background is floyd forsythe annegret lamure markham library leaking one more chaplin film at library stouffville last thursdays storm forced the cancellation of the charlie chaplin movie city lights to have been shown at the stouff ville library unfortunately the library was unable to get a repeat booking of the film this thursday feb 1 the last movie in the series modern times will be shown at 730 pm admission is free compliments of the library and the stouffville centennial committee markham the 10-year- old 400000 volume markham centennial library has spiling a leak yvonne kotin tlic head librarian arrived at work last thursday to find water pouring through the roof and 15 books damaged staff members brought buckets from home to help keep the floondry she said that the wooden laminated beams appear not to be able to take the load and that the town has closed the library to install steel posts to support the roof markham mayor tony roman was made aware of the library situation on friday and took normal precautions in the interest of public safetyhe felt that the ice load on the roof might have caused some damage although he is not sure at this time what the cause of the problem is rv anderson and associates a toronto engineering consulting firm is preparing a report for the town on the roof problem and mr roman hopes that the report will provide the answers to the roofing question i dont visualize faulty construction problems said the mayor but the roof has had problems in the past this last statement was corroborated by joan fairfield chief librarian for the town of markham public libraries who said that the roof always had a leaking problem until up to three years ago when it was last repaired when asked if this was not an odd circumstance for a structure so new she replied its funny all right she also commented that a report on the problems of the library roof written eight to ten years ago was not acted on as it was felt at the time that the problem was not very serious mr brook of brook- carruthersshaw the toronto architectural firm which designed the building said that the roofing has a limited life but that the structure should last longer mr7 brook did not wish to comment further until his firms engineers have an op portunity examine the situation joe pickard clerk for the town of markham felt it was a bit late to be going back to the original designers and con tractors the staff of the library are working in the thornhill and unionville branches and local residents accustomed to using the centennial library are encouraged to use the unionville branch it is hoped that the building will be reopened by the weekend legion response magnificent in emergency storm crises stouffville area residents responded magnificently to the emergency conditions brought about as a result of last thursdays raging blizzard at the height of the storm thursday afternoon and evening police closed highways 48 and 47 at stouffville and all sideroads would have been closed by york regional police if they had had enough man power for this task stranded motorists were housed fed and in some cases were driven home after t the worst of the storm had passed local druggist cliff aiken told the tribune that late thursday afternoon several people came into his store and stood around aimlessly in the front after the stouffville legion was opened last thursday as a temporary hostel for motorists stranded by the storm legion ladies auxiliary members doreen goodie left and betty turner right went into action shopping for groceries and later making htiiiiaiilllilliiriiiii sandwiches and coffee the lady in the centre claire mcintosh a don mills resident was one of the motorists stranded by the storm mrs mcintosh and her husband had been en route to beaverton t j john montgomery on conversing with them he learned the people were on their way to uxbridge when they were turned back by ontario provincial police at the east end of town as it seemed there was little likelihood of the road being re opened for some time mr aiken phoned legion president louis hertle to find out if ac commodation could be provided at the legion hall he didnt hesitate a minute recalled mr aiken he made the decision to open up the legion in a hurry legion steward jim huard was contacted and he called the legion ladies auxiliary auxiliary members doreen goudie and betty turner im mediately went into action they were contacted around 5 oclock and by 7 pm they had gone shopping for bread and cold cuts and had food on hand at the legion mr aiken to ensure that people would be aware the legion was open called cfrb radio and the announcement was made as a public service there were an estimated 50 see stranded page 9 durhams hamlet growth set in report uxbridge goodwood residents will now have a better understanding of where their hamlet is going following a report on hamlet districts handed into uxbridge council last week the report presented by the planning board was received and adopted as amended by council goodwood will be allowed to grow by approximately 45 lots with the industrial section to be included in the hamlet vest of the cnr tracks and south of highway 47 however preliminary engineering reports on drainage will have to be submitted prior to subdivision presentation other hamlets involved in the report included siloam sandford with 65 lots permitted ahs zephyr with 50 more lots