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man dies after fall down stairs stouffville a fall down the basement stairs earlier last month has resulted in the death of a 52 year old stouffville man police said harold thorn returned to his residence at 585 rupert avenue around 215 am sept 20 a short time later he fell down the steps striking his head on the floor below the victim was admitted to scarborough centenary hospital then transferred to st michaels toronto where brain surgery was performed he died oct 1 surviving besides his wife the former dorothy swain are two sons brian and harold and a daughter deborah service was held from the oneill funeral home stouff ville thursday afternoon with interment stouffville cemetery fewer students stouffville declining student enrolment is an issue that must be faced by york county board of education trustee harry bowes agrees although the problem isnt as serious here as in some areas mr bowes believes 1978 and 1979 will be low years in york with attendance figures picking up again in 1980 weve been lucky he said enrolment in the region is down about 900 from 1977 harry bowes explained with respect to an overload of teachers he makes the following recommendations l leave of absence 2 a re training program 3 staff transfers to other schools in addition the standing committee on planning and building has put forward the following recommendation every secondary school with an enrolment under 500 students every elementary school with an enrolment under 250 students and every larger secondary and elementary school with an enrolment less than 66 22 per cent of the capacity calculated at the ministry loading factors 35 students per classroom shall be identified for possible closing this position a staff employee pointed out is to be taken only as a guide for the board and does not authorize the automatic closing of schools that do not meet the above requirements f -r-j-ih- builder groiip 4 to regulate trades york region douglas sheldrake president of york builders association has issued a warning that some contractors who have lost their licences for undisclosed reasons are moving into this area seeking jobs there is presently no licencing of any of the trades here he noted explaining theres nothing to protect local residents from bad business practices the builders association established in january and encompassing 300 members will benefit the homeowner in that it can provide residents with names of good reputable trades people fully screened mr sheldrake said members of the association pay a registration fee and have access to bookkeeping and credit agency services wlte wrthunt thursday october 12 1978 save lady overcome by smoke by ed schroeter markham if it hadnt been for les and lome thaw and joe brooker lord knows how many might have been killed said a grateful ruth kobe mrs kobe was treated for smoke inhalation after she was found in a smokefilled hallway of the wellington arms apartment hwy 7 west as soon as the blaze was discovered by the superin tendents husband les thaw he and son lome and joe brooker his soninlaw combed the entire apartment complex to make sure all residents had left the building they found mrskobe jn the hall i couldnt even see the red exit sign she exclaimed the fire assumed to have been caused by faulty wiring began in apartment 505 the home of john beaudreau the smoke penetrated the sixth floor 1 just above the blaze was quite easily contained according to chief brochures dolled up stouffville stouff ville residents shouldnt be surprised to find paper dolls in their mailboxes beginning oct 16 theyre not toys but unique brochures related to the york region united way campaign over 60000 of these in formation packages as well as pledge cards are being distributed to homes across the region by local volunteers of all ages these people will pick up the pledge cards several days later contributions to the united way help to support 14 human care agencies including the red cross the canadian national institute for the blind and other organizations for the han dicapped myrl smith but the smoke was so bad firemen were forced to use portable air packs mr thaw without this equipment spent two hours in the structures smokefilled halls searching the rooms he was planning to turn off the alarmassuming it was just another prank by mischievious children when he heard the call fire he knew what to do i wasnt afraid what i did was an instinctive reaction he explained the first thing that came to mind was there could be kids in the apartment he went to 505 to check but found it empty there was a sudden explosion throwing him against the door in spite of the smoke and the injury he con tinued to look for tenants mr thaw lome and joe are all suffering from exposure to fumes however mr thaw said in an emergency id do it again dies at 106 caroline carrie peirce believed to be canadas oldest resident is dead at age 106 mrs peirce formerly of main street markham passed away in her sleep sunday at hyland crest sr citizens home minden this amazing lady enjoyed her first plane ride out of but- tonville airport at age 101 and visited the canadian national exhibition at 105 service was held from the funeral home of john welsh and son minden monday evening with interment eyre cemetery sudbury on tuesday prowler strikes car demolished in crash orvhwy 48 near ballantrae this car a latemodel chrysler cordoba was one of two vehicles involved in a crash early saturday morning on hwy 48 north of the vandorf road in whitchurchstouffville the driver charles watson 21 of uxbridge will recover ian cuthbertson of markham driver of the other auto died sunday in hospital jim thomas ballantrae if husbands and wives living in the felray subdivision at ballantrae are sleeping in shifts these nights its for good reason recent breakins have them concerned on saturday between midnight and 7 am someone entered the home of douglas wilson 43 iroquois drive went to the bedroom where the owners were sleeping and removed a purse from the dresser it contained six dollars personal papers and credit cards on sunday jill swanton of 44 iroquois drive was awakened around 1145 pm by a man who demanded money he took about twenty dollars and left by a rear door ignored fire to stay with pets by ed schroeter markham karl and terry henkel valleycrest avenue were on their way to have dinner with karls mother at her sixth floor apartment in the wellington arms wellington way west arriving at the building they were shocked to see thick black smoke pouring from the structure and lydia henkel still standing on her balcony i couldnt leave my animals mrs henkel ex plained theyre my family now over the years she has grown extremely fond of her three cats and her dog tiger they have become her children not a thought for her own safety entered her mind oh i cried but i was more worried about my animals she said adding im an old woman what could i lose describing the scene mrs henkels son karl noted everyone had been cleared from the building except his mother there she was standing on the balcony she had these darn cats in a pillow case and the dog under one arm mrs henkel had also gathered a few important papers and several keepsakes from her husband she held very dear they were hurredly packed into a small suitcase several men including les no one was seriously injured but damage was extensile in a blaze at the wellington arms apartment hwy 7 west in markham one tenant discoered in a hallway uas treated for smoke inhalation ed schroeter thaw and his son had tried earlier to coax mrs henkel from her room and carry her downstairs i got to the corner of the hall and i had to turn back she said the hallway was filled with smoke so black she couldnt see and it burned it burned like fire in my lungs she ex claimed escape was com plicated further by panic- stricken occupants running like the devil every which way mrs henkel realized she couldnt make it safely down stairs not with all her animals she was in no immediate danger from the fire but her son was so concerned he entered the building to get her down he made his way through the smoke the smell of which still lingers today according to mrs henkel i got to her door and pounded on it but there was no reply noted her son karl returned to the ground floor and motioned to her to go to her door returning to the sixth floor again karl found the smoke so severe he had to stay low to the ground to breath he knew he couldnt make it back to her door then he heard what he thought was the sound of breathing he called out thinking it was his mother it was a fireman with a scott freshair pack on karls request the firefighter went to mrs henkels apartment gave her oxygen and advised her she would be safe if she remained on the balcony lydia henkel never did make it downstairs its over and were still kicking she concluded hearings expensive stouffville on tario municipal board hearings are increasing each year and so are costs to the town so much so mayor gordon ratcliff feels a policy should be enacted to relieve the municipality of this ex pense mayor ratcliff estimates the towns share at 1000 a bay excluding advance preparation by lawyers and professional planners its a lot different than it vas a few years ago he said now almost every subdivision application jesuits in protest i the mayor stressed the tact he has no complaint with people voicing opposition thats their right he said he suggested however that the expense should be born by the developer who in the end is the main beneficiary harry bowes approves pa days during march break stouffville harry bowes board of education member of whitchurch- stouffville supports professional activity days for elementary teachers but not at the expense of student in struction the local trustee made this point clear during an interview with the tribune this week he suggested the march break as a good time the original request by the teachers mr bowes said was for twelve pa days but this had been reduced to eight by the board the arrangement adopted at tho secondary school level presents no problem he explained because time out of the classroom is postponed to the latter part of june when the years work is over i the town trustee said he had never attended a pa day program the only time i had an opportunity to go i discovered it had been cancelled when i arrived he said while loss of instructional time is of prime importance harry bowes feels such days off can also create problems in households where both parents work unionville jr farmers president marchia otter r r 2 markham presents participation house administrator anne pahl with a cheque for 440 the money raised atanexhibluon softball game in stouffville will be used to purchase a wheelchair for one of the residents ed schroeter