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v whitchurchstouffville mayor to quit ward member bids for post stouffville eldred kings moving up gordon ratcliff s moving out thats the situation following a press statement friday by mayor ratcliff and an announcement monday by councillor king related to arthcoming municipal elec tions nov 13 its been six rewarding years i gave it the best i had mayor ratcliff told the tribune the mayor recalled saying back in 1976 he wished to serve only one more term in office just over three months remain the towns been good to me centennial year ill never forget it he stated it was after serving many years on public and high school boards that gordon ratcliff entered municipal politics as a councillor in the twp of whitchurch when regional government was introduced and i whitchurch and stouffville became one he continued on as a councillor in ward 4 he was acclaimed mayor in 1973 and has held the position ever since the job has had its rewards not the least of these the challenge of drawing the urban and rural communities together to this end i think ive been successful he said other accomplishments he likes to look back on include the building of a new public library the coming of mcneil gordon ratcliff laboratories and the development of the thicket- wood baycrest and felray subdivisions weve welcomed a lot of new people to town he said mayor ratcliff declined comment on whether he would want to hold a lesser position close to the municipal scene he admitted however that politics tends to get in the blood in going for the top post eldrvd king said he had talked first to the mayor before reaching his decision i feel ive accomplished everything i can as a councillor he stated the ward 6 member ad mitted i didnt want to beat him the mayor and i didnt want to be beaten to date no other names have been men tioned councillors seeking re election include jim doble ward 1 becky wedley ward 2 bill kamps ward 4 and june button ward 5 bill mcnalley ward 3 was non committal when contacted by the tribune therell be a vacancy to fill in ward 6 stouffville puc office facelift said long overdue stouffville the stouffville public utilities commission will soon receive a complete facelift the operation to be called the whitchurchstouffville hydro electric cbmmissionist planning to spend an additional 15000 this year for new equipment and building renovations chairman ken laushway said these extra expenditures while not included in the 1978 budget would have no effect on 78 hydro rates he explained the utility had accumulated a surplus of about 40000 that could be used for this work the money will be spent on tontrucka copying machine and repairs outside and inside the office mr laushway said the time had come to upgrade the facility the building he stated was constructed in 1962 and was badly in need of repair abduction charges against two women stouffville two stouffville women have been charged with abduction following the disappearance of a 4 month old child from childrens aid society headquarters at newmarket the baby police said had been removed from a residence st 167 main street west aug 31 after a social worker visited the people there later it was made a temporary ward of the society n orders by the family court on sept 7 visitation privileges were granted the accused it is alleged the child was taken from the premises at that time a warrant was issued and the women were arrested two days later geraldine mildred mongrain 22 and audrea trudel 41 were scheduled to appear in court this week nineteen detectives and several society workers in vestigated the case death saddens town stouffville this community was saddened saturday when word was received on the passing of mrs donald ferguson frederick street stouffville mrs ferguson thej former margaretlewis died in scarborough centenary hospital following an illness of four months born on the 7th con cession of markham the daughter of mr and mrs allin lewis she moved only across the road following her marriage then to stouffville about ten years ago margaret loved to curl and more recently had taken up the sport of golf she was devoted member of the melville united church choir and served as treasurer of the ucw for several years mrs ferguson took great pride in her family that in cludes husband don three sons jim of sunderland david at barrie kenneth at home and an only grand daughter heather three brothers also survive gordon at rri unionville murray and harry at rr2 markham i teacher evaluation no svitchhunt 9 stouffville a teacher evaluation program whereby a staff supervisory officer sits in classes conducted by first and second year staff members is not a witchhunt trustee harry bowes of whitchurch stouff ville told the tribune this week rather he stressed its purpose is to help individuals who could be experiencing problems in certain areas the local board representative said every teacher serving his or her probationary period two years is evaluated at least once he said the school is made fully aware of the day an officer will call and the teacher in question receives a full ap praisal report once its prepared nothings hidden the trustee stressed t in total 711 reports were filed in 197778 but not on 711 r different teachers mr bowes said he admitted that some dismissals had occurred but always following close con sultation between the in spector the school principal and the area superintendent in york county the three supervisory officers are dr peter ross tim roebuck and terry gray mr gray is the former principal at whitchurch highlands the system isnt new the trustee explained the idea he said is to point out areas of strength as well as weaknesses seeks reelection harry bowes board of education member for whit churchstouffville will seek re election for another twoyear term hell also let his name stand for the chairmans post in 1979 hes currently the boards vicechairman on occasions he noted one of the three officers will visit a school at the principals request and sometimes to do an ap praisal on teachers with more than two years experience at a recent meeting of the board the supervisory program was discussed at length at the conclusion sam chapman director of education stressed the fact that it is not the job of the supervisory team to weed out poor teachers but to eliminate poor teaching by identifying where it is and helping him or her to either improve or leave the profession rather than being too tough on teacher personnel trustee don cameron considered the program not tough enough it bothers me he said that within our schools the per sonnel system isnt as tight as in the business world in outlining the supervisory process it was explained that if a teachers performance is deemed unacceptable the principal may request the of ficer to make a return visit at a later date the principal the report read is responsible for making every effort to help the teacher improve and for writing reports showing the degree of improvement gruff goat stouffville to take a billy goat to market is one thing to keep him there is another staff employees at the stouffville stockyards discovered this recently when they attempted to coax such an animal into the ring billy broke free crashing horns first through two glass doors wiley cliff harper skillful in the art of goatroping was able to corral the headstrong beast following a merry chase stouffville cooperative sales up by 75000 stouffville during a year when many businesses found it difficult to make ends meet the stouffville co operative association has shown an overall sales increase of almost 75000 figures revealed at a members meeting sept 14 showed retail sales of 1879362 in 1978 as compared to 1804680 in 77 the largest increase manager george timbers said was in the feed department where sales were up by 40846 v petroleum sales also showed a gain of about 25000 fertilizer and seed by 13407 the profit increase overall was close to 30000 board president grant drewery credited the success of the years operation to the local manager for holding costs in line new officers elected for 1979 include lome smith rr 2 markham bev beach rr 3 stouffville and paul hulshof rr 4 stouffville others remaining in office are don miller claude kerr jim rae lloyd grose theo vanderburgt and stuart watson wrtbum vol 91 no 20 whitchurchstouffville september 21 1978 20 cents 20 pages six vehicles including two trucks and four cars wpreuixoived pronounced dead on airivatachospitaiand four others were in in a grinding crash thursday at the intersection of woodbine jured three seriously a tanker truckand the wreckage of two cars avenue and the stouffvillegormley road a keswick man was are shown here total property damage was estimated at 21500 one dead four hurt t r actortrailer crashes four cars gormley a 26 year old tractortrailer driver stands charged with criminal negligence causing death following a spectacular multi- vehicle crash thursday mor ning at the intersection of woodbine avenue and the stouffvillegormley road police said the northbound transport driven by randall john corless of agincourt failed to stop for a red light and collided with an eastbound gravel truck driven by kenneth duncan 29 of downsview it then veered out of control and slammed into four cars all stopped in two southbound lanes killed in the collision was wilson trowbridge 36 of keswick seriously injured was faye lowe 52 also of keswick a passenger in the trowbridge auto others hurt included robert petick 31 of newmarket and his passenger kenneth madsen 32 also of newmarket petick suffered a fractured neck a broken jaw and internal injuries madsen suffered a broken pelvis and a crushed chest kenneth duncan was treated for a fractured shoulder and back injuries the tractortrailer carried a full load of tar oil and although it jackknif ed into the west ditch it remained upright and there was no fire total damage has been estimated at 21500 car sliced in half driver shaken up stouffville an accident last week on kennedy road north of 19th avenue had witnesses shaking their heads in disbelief melba francis 29 of 245 north street stouffville emerged from her fullsize dodge polara virtually un scathed despite the fact the car was cut in half police said the northbound car veered off the pavement struck a telephone pole flipped over and landed on its wheels the impact sliced the vehicle in two immediately behind the front seat the driver was taken to hospital for observation and released oppositon to hamlet vivian residents in the vivian area of whit churchstouffville are op posing a planned 17home estate subdivision in their neighborhood on the grounds that the development is too large finley macdonald told the tribune that a project that large creates a hamlet out in the country and this he said poses a potential problem with respect to water wildlife and traffic an ontario municipal board hearing is set for oct 10 at 10 am in latch am hall stouffville were prepared to go the limit mr macdonald said we mean business to accommodate a build up of that size he said another room would have to be added to ballantrae school he said too that the road leading to the site would have to be widened by 27 feet while not opposed to new neighbors mr macdonald expressed the fear other speculators would move in if this development wins approval i have an investment here and i intend to protect it he concluded a stouffville woman was shaken up but otherwise uninjured last week despite the fact her fullsize car was sliced in half melba francis of north street was admitted to hospital for observation and released the accident occurred on kennedy road north of 19th atenue jim thomas