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cedar valley fire family homeless cedar valley ralph elms of vivian road cedar valley can recall little of what happened sept 18 he remembers eating lunch on the grounds of st andrews college aurora when the call caaie through his house was on fse my little old truck it doesnt look like much but i had it doing 70 miles per hour he said in recounting the drive to the scene of the blaze despite his haste there was little he could do his part of the two- family residence was com pletely destroyed but no one was injured the alarm sounded at 1230 pm george green chief of the mount albert brigade told the tribune units responded im mediately he said but the in terior of the home was already burning out of control aided by departments from newmarket md queensville they managed to stop the flames from spreading to living quarters next door while the loss is extensive mr elms is less concerned with items that can be replaced its the personal effects that worry him most like photographs of the children to us theyre worth a fortune be said theyd lived there almost 34 years while no one was injured in the fire itself the owner suf fered smoke inhalation rum maging through the rubble looking for things to salvage his wife joyce a school board employee was stricken with a kidney infection brought on by fatigue and a drenching received standing out in the pouring rain shes currently a patient in hospital at lindsay strangely enough the only things saved were a new testament and a container holding 130 in ballantrae venturer funds their youngest son tom is the treasurer the people have been fantastic ralph elms said describing the donations of clothing and other essentials received his son malcolms business partner gave them 200 id never seen him before he exclaimed although downhearted over the sudden turn of events hes not giving up theres nothing to do but get over it and get back on my feet he said hes returned to work again and presently staying at the home of a son jack in aurora seek hockey girls stouffville in terest in girls hockey that at one time reached 110 players has suddenly waned to such an extent organizers are concerned prior to sundays registration only 53 had signed a minimum of 100 is needed for two workable leagues the tribune was told in an effort to interest more juniors in the sport the age classification has been dropped to eight years as of jan l 1978 the senior category is from is up registration dates have been extended to include fri sept 29 from 7 to 9 pm sat sept 30 from 8 am to 12 noon and sunday oct l from 430 to 830 pm at the arena all games are played sunday evenings although obtaining ad ditional players is a priority theres also a need for more involvement by the parents including executive coaching and managerial roles treasurer cliff dunkeld said that while some girls had improved their hockey skills considerably over the years the two groups were still basically fun leagues to keep it this way its been generally agreed that players will be paired on the ice ac cording to ability report ready towns entrance subject of study stouffville town council is concerned for the future of- the westend entrance to stouffville proper development of lands fronting on hwy 47 is essential mem bers claim to accomplish this plan ning consultants faulkner and associates of midland were asked to do an indepth study of the area and make recom- wht wribum vol 91 no 21 whitchurch stouffville september 28 1978 20 cents 22 pages full program for 78 m ark ha m fair markham markham fair starts today the event x extending through sunday is expected to draw m excess of 100000 people the president is alma walker a continuous program has been planned a few of the highlights follow thursday ontario provincial police i golden helmets 11 am and 630 pm sheep dog display 10 i am 1230 p m and 4 pm jding dong show 7 pm j quarter horse racing 730 i driver i charged j stouffville on sept 12 a 29 year old stouffville motorist had a miraculous escape from serious injury when her car veered off kennedy road northof 19th avenue and struck a telephone pole the impacjsliced the car in half but melda francis of 245 north street was only shaken up police investigations have 1 since led to a charge of changing k lanes unsafely laid against douglas alfred bull of 65 stuart street stouffville p m gunner and john rae 945 am 1130 am 1 pm and 3 pm friday ontario provincial police golden helmets 10 a m and 630 pm heavy horse show 10 am jr horse show 1030 a m official opening of the horse building 1230 p m pet show 5 pm western horse show 630 pm farm tractor pull 715 pm markham high school band 130 pm and 330 pm markham melodymakers 9 pm saturday baby show 10 am official opening of fair 12 noon standard bred horse racing 130 pm chip off theold block contest 130 pm steer auction 4 pm official opening of old mac- donalds farm building 530 pm horsedrawing com petition 7 pm fiddling contest 730 pm quarter horse racing 730 pm markham citizens concert band 12 noon and 415 pm almar musical ride 1030 am 115 pm 3 pm and 530 pm nailhammering contest 3 jo pm sunday spelling bee 1 pm greyhound racing 130 pm markham men of har mony 130 pm apple sale 5 pm motorcyclist dies in tragic accident 1 a tragic accident thursday evening took the life of 18 year old kenneth brillinger son of arnold and barbara brillinger timmins ont and grandson of mr and mrs wesley brillinger stouffville and mr and mrs harold dixon oshawa according to reports the motorcycle driven by the deceased was in collision with a pickup truck on hwy 7 eight miles west of madoc the victim was a resident of harwood north of cobourg i the funeral service held monday was largely attended interment was made at ban croft cemetery surviving besides his parents and grandparents is one brother john and a sister anna both at home jim sanders bids for council stouffville jim sanders chairman of the whitchurch stouffville library board for the past six years will be a candidate for town council in the nov 13 municipal elections hell let his name stand in ward 6 a post currently held by eldred king mr king however has announced his intention to seek the mayors chair jim sanders 29 obrien avenue says his main con cern is the preservation of whitcliurchstouffville and while not opposed to progress he says the council must plan the towns growth properly a teacherlibrarian at sir john a macdonald high school in scarborough- be and his wife lovanna moved here twelve years ago they have two daughters shaunna ii and leanna eight jim and lovanna have been extremely active in many areas of community life including the united church couples club the re cycling depot the save stouffville organization andi a group called powr op posed to continuation of the landfill site north of baker hill jim sanders sixtythree lands were plowed saturday at the annual north york match on the farm of drury greenwood near queensville two competitors sharing a single tractor and plow were rod and jan king rr 4 stouffville eldred their father served as coach the father and son team enjoyed excellent success with jan winning the stouffville credit union trophy jim thomas mendations that report is now complete we- require an overall plan mayor gordon ratcliff told the tribune otherwise we could end up with a hodgepodge an addition to what we have now properties of particular concern the mayor said in cluded the highway corner at ringwood a proposed truck terminal west of country ready- mix and land near the fina station he declined to discuss the report in detail until all members had an opportunity to read it horse killed stouffville as late as tuesday night police had been unable to locate the owner of a horse struck and killed monday on main street east of the tenth line a witness said the dead animal was one of two running loose on the highway motorist craig moore 21 of rr 1 goodwood said he pulled his car to the left in an attempt to avoid one of the horses but struck the other killing it in stantly furrow queen claremont a 23 year old claremont girl is carrying the banner this week for the region of durham in the queen of the furrow contest at the international plowing match near wingham marion britton daughter of mr and mrs ellis britton will take her turn at the plow today then address the judges on friday she and other entries from across ontario will attend the awards banquet at gorrie ont friday night marion an honors graduate from pickering dist high school is in her final year of a chartered accountants course at waterloo lutheran univer sity she has a parttime position in a c a office at the toronto dominion centre ninth line noise disturbs homeowner stouffville drunkeness and dragracing have become such problems on ninth line south a resident there wants to build a second house farther back from the road the noise is so bad margaret todaro told a plan ning committee meeting i cant get a decent nights rest she filed a similar appeal one time before when it was suggested she consider selling her place mrs todaro saia she couldnt honestly do such a thing knowing the new owner would face similar hardships while sympathetic com mittee chairman eldred king said approval of one would undoubtedly bring similar applications from others councillor jim doble recommended the matter be referred to york regional police in the hope additional surveillance might be the solution volkswagen plant in company plans stouffville about five years ago volkswagen canada ltd purchased twenty acres of land on the south side of main street immediately west of mcneil laboratories limited 1 little has happened at the site since but the proposed building projects still very much alive according to town mayor gordon ratcliff whitchurch stouffville planning board has asked the company to prepare a plan of subdivision for the property due to the fact more thanone structure could be established there mayor ratcliff said the town sewage plant lacked the capacity to handle a major complex atthis time he suggested howeveri that an arrangement- might be worked out whereby septic tanks could be installed for temporary use a regular competitor at local matches is bob richards loretta crescent stouffville this week hes attending the international near wingham the tractor in the foreground belongs to ellis britton of claremont jim thomas north york match plow 63 lands brian mercer pledge leader york north sixty- three lands were plowed saturday when the north york branch of the ontario plowmans association held its miniinternational on the farm of drury greenwood two miles east of queensville shirtsleeve weather added to the enjoyment of the event headed up this year by president floyd forsyth of stouffville judges were les smith of blackwater and ed gray toronto top competitors in each class follow class 1 a tony featberstone ivan bell class ib howard timbers paul timbers class 2 gord bradfield carl timbers ted smith class 3 barry tim bers brian degeer kevin wells class 4 herb jarvis joyd grove bob campsall class s ken wells eric timbers lome britton class c steven dunkeld tom robinson jan king class 7 barry timbers keith robinson carl timbers class 8 lome 3ritton grg timbers kevin wells class 9 eric timbers ken wells kevin grose the novelty class for non- farmers was won by win timbers with fred timbers second and jim clark third winners of special awards were ken wells bank of nova scotia trophy jan king stouffville credit union trophy winners of special awards were ken wells bank of nova scotia trophy jan king stouffville credit union trophy ken wells wra simpson memorial trophy bob camp sall international harvester special and carl timbers guaranty trust co trophy winners of 1st and special prizes will be honored at an awards banquet later this fall stouffville a 17 year old stouffville boy a member of the markham aquatic club and a par ticipant last spring in swim- athon at thornlea pool has been declared 7th highest fundraiser in ontario brian mercer manitoba street had 350 sponsors and earned 1200 the top entry in the province raised 1600 brian completed 200 lengths of the 25 meter pool with pledges of 6 per length thirtytwo hundred people took part in the marathon an event spon sored by the canadian amateur swimming association brians a grade 12 stucent at stouffville dist secondary school in recognition of his accomplishment brian recently received persona congratulations from dave stirrup the national- provincial swimathon chairman brian mercer