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gee kids this is fun last week children of the stouffville nursery of questions and with the aid of his assistant olga school visited theofficeof town dentist dr wm dykstra above examined the teeth of about 20 zeck main street west and believe it or not en- kiddies including four year old elizabeth groves joyed the experience dr zeck answered dozens ed schroeter new lightsroad gas stouffville the installation of traffic lights at the intersection of ninth line north and main street may benefit pedestrians and traffic but not les wilson proprietor of jfes wilson motors at that corner mr wilson appealed his assessment of 32000 on the grounds the automatic signals plus the wider road had reduced his gasoline sales he and staff employee ernie bevan attended a hearing in latcham hall april 19 cars have a great deal of difficulty getting in the owner music mania 79 curtain goes up on show tonight stouffville the curtain goes up thursday to night for the community show of the year music mania 79 starting time is 830 pm an stage at stouffville dist secondary school good seats are still available at all three performances with tickets available at the door the producer is elva newmarch the director is marguerite murphy the production involves 170 people including 59 in the chorus and 14 dancers proceeds will go towards the development of an adventure playground in the thicketwood subdivision south of summitview school plus a theatre arts award presented annually at the high school commencement on tuesday evening the cast went through the entire performance much to the delight of folks from area nursing homes as well as residents of participation house high point lodge and children from local nursery schools and kindergarten- classes explained he said he could support his argument with figures although the assessment was upheld by the court the chairman agreed the issue could be reopened once an official notice is sent out and mr wilson provides the necessary statistics inflated value mary duncalfe of 105 church street- stouffville completed certain im provements to her house however she didnt think the improvements were such that the valuation should go up by almost 70 per cent she presented her case before the assessment court thursday she explained that while the floors had been sanded and the house rewired and re- decorated the work didnt constitute rebuilding a regional assessment officer said the property had been valued at 105000 the scale of assessment in stouff ville he said was normally 36 per cent of value but the dun calfe house had been assessed at around 27 percent on being advised that an aboveground swimming pool had been removed the chair man ordered the figure reduced by 700 support resolution water 59 town tells york stouffville local councillors have unanimously supported a resolution from the town of aurora calling on the region of york to return control of water distribution back to t itrea municipalities aurora and whitchurch- stouf fville are two towns which have their own independent water systems which the region maintains now j- the aurora resolution noted the operating cost has risen 166382 since the region took over the system in 1970 some of that increase can be eliminated with local supervision aurora councillors claim i remember there was quite a big jump in our own bill when the region took over said councillor becky wedley the costs are escalating rapidly mayor eldred king agreed v councillor june button made her position clear ex- plaining i never did like the jtideaw theres no saving councillor bill mcnalley said the region chargesusthe full cost and we lack control y r v whitchurch stouffville road superintendent ron gibson told councillors if- the municipality took over the plant his staff could man it with the addition of one technician mayor king noted ministry experts were available in the event the town encountered major difficulties adding he had many recent complaints about the odor and taste of local water mayor king said we could correct these problems more satisfactorily with our local forces stouffville faced with the possibility of being unable to ban a pinball arcade from stouffville councillors are preparing another line of defence against problems they believe will occur if the business is approved on the verge of turning down an application from domenico martino to locate a shop in the stouffville bowling centre building main street east they were told by mr martinos lawyer douglas crane that its not within their power to prohibit the establish ment on the advice of a municipal staff report councillors while sitting in committee prepared a recommendation that town council adopt another bylaw to regulate business hours method of supervision the number of machines maintenance and age limits for clientele in pinball arcades councillors fear the parlor will become a hangout and incidents of vandalism drunkeness and disorderly conduct will occur s turn clocks ahead apr 29 youll lose sixty minutes sleep saturday night yes its daylight saving time again officially at 2 a jp sunday move clock hands forward one hour should you forget all wont be lost you might still make it to church in time to catch the sermon vol 91 no 52 whitchurch stouffville april 24 1979 20 cents 22 pages stouffville a lot of work for nothing thats the way gary fisher summed up the futile attempt by wouldbe thieves to smash their way into the vault at the stouffville post office saturday- night they left emptyhanded even left their tools behind the postmaster described the triplesecurity within the building that makes it almost burglar proof on the inside of a cement wall protected by steel rods is a walkin vault then a safe and beyond that a money chest had they been successful in breaking through there was nothing of any value there praised stouffville mayor eldred king says he sincerely appreciates the dedication shown the whitchurch stouffville historical society by its immediate past chairman wes brillinger- mr brillinger recently resigned from the chairmans post but i remains on the executive if it wasnt for him we wouldnt have a museum the mayor said anyway nickel and dime stuff he called it entry was gained by prying loose the latch on a main door at the rear they then tried to get into a storage room and when this failed they forced the lock on the managers office- total damage has been estimatedat close to 2000 jerry ratcliff a resident to the west heard a hammering noise during the evening hours and went out to investigate at first he thought it was the caretaker doing some repair work but when the pounding continued he checked further thats when he observed the debris on the floor behind the postmasters desk its believe i the wouldbe thieves escape 1 out the back and drove off in i car parked oh the other side of i fence near the grandstand tirr marks were visible in tin- ground jerry ratcliff called the postmaster and he in turn summoned police the interio- was dusted for fingerprints but no arrests have been made gary fisher told the tribune that in his twenty years on the job its the first breakin hes experienced yrfw ifi v via 3 j- 1 iy v j wouldbe thieves left thelr mark at the stouffville post office following a breakin saturday five are injured stouffville a collision between a car and a pickup truck- saturday night near the intersection of ninth line north and thebethesda sideroad sent five persons to hospital two with internal in juries occupants of the vehicles included the driver of the truck 21 year old bruce barlett of prohibited by chief outside burning stouffville until further notice outside burn ing has been banned in the area serviced by the stouff ville fire brigade chief walter smith issued the order friday after the brigade answered a call to hillsdale drive musselmans lake on arrival volunteers found it to be only a smudge from a pile of grass and leaves a nearby resident who turned in the alarm thought it was someones house chief smith said the grassburner had notified him earlier of his intentions but had failed to pass on the word to the head dispatcher at unionville as instructed three trucks responded for a charge to the municipality of 153 unionville and four in the car robert dales 61 and his wife catherine 64 of agincourt william lasseter 61 and his wife dorothy 58 of 29 wootten way north in markharh the impact hurled the truck driver into the -east- ditch and tossed the camper top into the ditch on the west- none in the car was thrown out george wilson a volunteer with the stouffville fire brigade said it was amazing the cars occupants werent more seriously- hurt there sure wasnt much space behind the steering wheel he said while none was pinned in the wreckage careshad to bei- taken in getting them out because of their injuries he explained three ambulances attended the scene board adds 27 teachers york region when it comes to hardline negotiations the secondary school teachers federation is in the forefront of all discussions on monday night the elementary teachers federation had its turn sup ported byan estimated 125staff members with buttons and banners they attended a session something tells me we were borntoo late the good old days were pretty good at that admit orchard park students brent brown left of rupertavenue and mike feasby of blake street stouffville as they whittle away on pieces of wood brent and mike along with55 other grade 6 pupils spent last week at black creek pioneer village in a learning experience known only to pioneer times in the background is roblins mill jim thomas of the board fresh from a mass meeting held earlier in the day what they wanted was a guarantee the pupilteacher ratio in york county would remain at about 28 students per classroom and thats what they received but not through pressure town trustee harry bowes told the tribune we didnt even know they were there until we opened the door mr bowes explained it was following an in- camera discussion that board vicechairman dorothy zajac announced that 27 additional teachers would be hired for the start of the september term these mr bowes said would be required mainly to handle special education classes the vote on the motion was 115 in favor there were two abstainers arid two were absent the federation feared that with no increase in staff classroom enrollment could exceed thirty pupils a trend they strongly oppose with a surplus of 225000 available the 27 teachers can be hired without hurting the budget they said lions clubs first year ballantrae one year ago the ballantrae lions club was born the charter was presented to the organizations- first president tom wood on friday evening lion members and their guests will meet to celebrate the first an niversary of that event the banquet will be held at cedar beach pavilion musselmans lake dignitaries on hand will include yorkpeel mp sin clair stevens york north mpp billhodgson ward 2 town councillor becky wedley along with lion representatives from the fmmediate area and beyond t- x i the presidentelect for 1979- 80 is verhdaviesi of musselmans lake 5 v