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o this dogs a backseat driver when don piche and anne maddocks of rr 3 claremont snowmobile into stouffville to pick up their weeks supply of groceries jasmond a 114 year old english sheepdog always tags along jasmond rides in a pup sled a kind of 4legged backseat driver jim thomas town man big winner cash over car in lions draw stouffville ted tindall lloyd avenue stouff ville was presented with a problem saturday a nice problem he had the difficult task of choosing between a 1979 pontiac acadian hatchback of 3500 in cash it didnt take him long he selected the money and will put it in the bank however as a sign of ap preciation he gave a sizeable sum back to the stouffville lions club sponsors of the event the buffet dance and lucky draws were held at rolling hills bethesda with several town nonagenarian lived rewarding lif e v stouffville frank wagg s touf f villes nonagenarian who hardly knew a sick day in his life is dead at age 97 mr wagg passed away feb 21 in scarborough cen tenary hospital where hed been a patient five days he was admitted there after suffering a broken hip in a fall then pneumonia set in born oct 14 1881 near sandford in uxbridge the son of mr and mrs george wagg he grew up in the uxbridge are and later married alice lamb in 1903 together they farmed at roseville for 14 years then in 1918 moved to altona where they remained another 24 years moving to stouffville in 1941 frank wagg knew hard work and enjoyed it his garden on edward street now the site of the villa bakery produced some of the finest potatoes in town following the sale of his home in 1976 he took up residence at the home of his daughter verna mrs fred draper at raglan where he celebrated his 97th birthday with an open house oct 15 besides his daughter three sons survive lome of udora arthur mt albert and elgin of stouffville also two brothers jack in scarborough bill of haliburton and one sister ada mrs oliver yakeley of rr 3 stouffville he was predeceased by one sister elsie mrs murray dunkeld and a brother roy rev jacob small of the memorial christian church conducted the service friday from the oneill funeral chapel stouffville with spring interment stouffville cemetery ulsic frank wagg driver dies a tragic singlecar ac cident tuesday took the life of one of this areas most talented musicians ed wideman 30 of rich mond hill and formerly of dicksons hill died when ms westbound car skidded off the stouffviliegormley road and rolled over several times erie reesor 29 of rr 2 markham a passenger in the vehicle was seriously in jured hundred people in attendance gary hoy stuart street stouffville was in charge an amusing sidelight to the show was ticket no 507 held by mrs danika ovcaric of toronto she received it from her friend mrs nina campbell of stouff ville who purchased two mrs campbell kept no 508 for herself and passed the other on to mrs ovcaric to the latters complete surprise she won a seven day trip for two to the bahamas ironically mr and mrs ovcaric had just purchased a new automobile because of the expense involved they had decided to forego a holiday this year other prize recipients were jim spang stouffville a ladys diamond ring stan durward sunderland a microwave oven and mrs allan connor rr 1 stouffville an automatic dish washer safeguard crossing whitchurch the last unguarded level crossing in the rural area of whitchurch- stouffville will soon be protected by automatic warning lights the cnr has approved the installation of flashers on st johns sideroad between concessions 5 and 6 the towns net share of this expense will be 292500 the total road appropriation for 1979 is 490000 of which 245000 will be returned in subsidy however this does not mean whitchurchstouffville will spend this much mayor eldred king told the tribune no capital works projects are planned this year to be completed however is re construction of commercial street george street duchess street and park street all in the former village of stouffville the intersection at st johns sideroad and the 6th concession was improved in 78 with the town to absorb 30000 of this cost less subsidy sno wmobiler larry van pyke american champ whitchurch twentytwo year old larry van dyke bethesda road rr 4 stouffville is the toast of snowmobilere everywhere this week following a 1st and 2nd place finish in the world series of snowmobile racing feb 2325 at fulton new york larry became the first canadian ever two sweep the 440 mod class competing against top drivers from all across the united states and canada he was a runnerup in the 250 mod division piloting an arctic cat but switching engines larry flashed around the halfmile oval track at blinding speed the crowd attending the finals sunday was estimated at 5000 racing conditions were anything but good the track was extremely rough a witness to the feat told the tribune given much of the credit for larrys weekend success were super mechanics john bolender and bill rising among other things they were kept busy shifting motors back and forth from the single chassis on hand for the trophy presentations were larrys girlfriend katrina hannan his sister bonnie and her boyfriend jim saltys christian school stouffville a bid to establish a christian day school in stouffville introduced in 1978 is not dead very much alive in fact in response to concerns expressed by some members of the stouffville missionary church a steering committee has been formed to studv the feasibility of such a project members are harold knights chairman ruth herbert george timbers bob stover and the churchs associate pastor jim clubine once sufficient information is obtained the committee will report back to the congregation on its findings um vol 91 no 44 whitchurchstouffville february 28 1979 20 cents h pages new town plaza supermarket plan attractive to board stouffville a two- man delegation of developers dangled a supermarket carrot in front of planners noses last week and while members didnt exactly bite some admitted it appeared rather tempting builder frank damico and town merchant graydon card informed the board of their desire to establish a small plaza on the north side of main street west at palmwood gate it would they said mclude a new home hardware store a bank several small stores and a supermarket mr damico said dominion stores ltd had completed a market survey in town and were definitely interested in locating at this site he told of receiving letters of interest from dominion as well as loblaws safeway and the bank of montreal he produced them at the meeting mr card said he had been prepared to go it alone on the hardware store but the ex panded proposal had come to the fore since he last addressed the board councillor becky wedley spoke of dominions popularity with many people herself in cluded going out of the com munity to shop there she pointed out however that developers of the proposed harding gate plaza in stouff- villes east end had indicated the towns population was not sufficient to support an ad ditional food store at this time- mayor eldred king said approval of the harding gate supermarket had been denied for that very reason after turning down one application i dont see how in good faith we could turn around and accept another councillor bill mcnalley stressed the importance of treating all developers fairly but noted the board was dealing with a different location the card property is close to a built- up residential area councillor bill kamps said hed rather see a project with a fighting chance go ahead rather than one that in his opinion had been doomed with the kiss of death since its inception mayor king suggested that if the west end plaza was allowed to proceed the harding gate project would undoubtedly be scrapped bury the hatchet stouffville wishing to preserve political harmony in council becky wedley has sidestepped further con frontation with mayor eldred king over a story published in the tribune issue of feb 8 in it councillor wedley took exception to the mayors description of water quality at the hwy 48 sanitary landfill site and was quoted as saying he the mayor could lull residents of whitchurch- stouffville into a false sense of security mayor king called for a retraction the ward 2 member said her letter to the editor used in the form of a news story was in no way meant to be an attack on the mayor her only purpose in contacting the paper was to put forward her own views she explained transport driver avert tragedy ringwood the quick actions of a 19 year old transport driver may have averted a tragedy at the rmgwood intersection of hwys 47 and 48 monday kevin bartlett of north bay rammed his tractor- trailer into deep snow and rolled it on its side after a leak in the line caused the trucks brakes to fail as he approached the lights no one was injured commercial sand and gravel co provided a front- end loader to remove lumber valued at 36000 from the trailer before the unit could be righted traffic was reduced to a single lane until the debris was cleared the last unprotected level crossing in whit churchstouffville will soon have warning lights installed the cnr and town council have approved the erection of flashers on st johns sideroad between concessions 5 and 6 jim thomas councillor wedley provided mayor king with the original copy of her letter and invited him to discuss its content fur ther but in privates in the past she said she and the mayor had enjoyed what she described as a good working relationship and she wished that spirit of cooperation to continue may widen 7th line lemonville residents opposed to the widening of the 7th concession of whitchurchstouffville from a point opposite the entrance to the lemonville community centre to the bloomington road a distance of about 2300 feet will be heard at an engineering committee meeting march 13 the hearing is set for 2 pm at the engineering building west side of woodbine avenue reconstruction through this area failed to hold up due to inadequate drainage mayor eldred king told the tribune the region wants to widen the 7th to a maximum of 100 feet at this location only and improve the road bed he explained four property owners are directly affected road design plans may be seen at the office of ronald gee woodbine avenue phone 364- 8731 growing stouffville were growing not rapidly but gradually population figures released this week by deputyclerk pat muir show whitchurch- stouffville at 13219 at the end of 1978 as compared to 13044 the year previous this is a gain of 175 stouffville alone stands at 5966 up 84 from 77 whitchurch has increased by 91 put squeeze on library stouffville the whitchurchstouffville library board isnt happy with financial restraints placed upon it by council but its prepared to get by chairperson marie adams told the tribune the proposed budget for 79 is 104222 up from last years figure of 99080 the total in cludes a 78 deficit of 4200 not that the board overspent said mrs adams but the town failed to come through with funds that had been promised marie adams said that while services j would suffer particularly if cutbacks are continued there was nothing to be gained by thinking negatively