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away on honeymoon couples home fire vol 92 no 10 whitchurchstouffville july 5 1979 20 cents 24 pages stouffville newlyweds frank and sandra hill had a home waiting for them at 295 main street east following their honeymoon r unfortunately on their return they discovered part of the residence destroyed by fire a knife threat muss lake the ordeal lasted only a few minutes but the victim will remember it the rest of her life during the evening of june 27 a young girl was riding her bicycle along connor drive at musselmans lake when she was approached by two persons in a car one pulled her off the bike and when she tried to run she was grabbed thrown into a nearby ditch and beaten then one of the suspects pulled a knife held it at her throat and threatened to kill her time of the attack was placed at about 930 pm gaping hole in the roof and the kitchen flooded with water not until they arrived on the scene did they leam of their misfortune sparks from a blaze in a barn some distance away had apparently been carried by the wind and ignited the shingles brigade volunteers concentrating their efforts on stopping the flames spread closer to the original fire site were not aware it had spread across the road total damage is expected to exceed 23000 the barn was a raging in ferno when firemen arrived destroyed too were buildings owned by hugh helliwell 296 main east and cliff wagg 20 cemetery lane their value was placed at 1000 and 2000 respectively the house owned by ed ward freibaur accommodated mr and mrs bryan seeney and family and mr and mrs hill as tenants it was five year old shelly seeney who first spotted the blaze in the roof she told a neighbor june vliek and she warned mrs seeney carol watters another neighbor told firemen chief walter smith said that while he was concerned that high winds might carry sparks that far he couldnt be certain as to the cause of the house blaze every piece of equipment was pressed into service making it necessary for markham to send a truck in as backup without a permanent home frank and sandra hill found a friend in paul carruthers paul had reserved an apartment at testa villa on albert street south prior to his marriage later this summer he agreed the couple could have it until their own place is fixed up or they can find something else fortunately most of their wedding gifts had not been moved over from claremont so escaped damage it is not known if an electric stove and refrigerator can be repaired dissolve airport plan councillor stouffville through a resolution introduced by councillor jim sanders town council has asked local member of parliament sinclair stevens and the federal government to put an end to the misuse of land expropriated for the air port and suspend further work on the project once and for all councillor sanders said the conservatives had opposed the airport adding now that theyre in power this is an appropriate time to have it closed down entirely the land needs to be looked after if its going to be productive in the future the councillor stressed he feels shortterm tenants and share croppers arent doing- this because they have no vested f interest in it councillor sanders urged the property be turned back into agricultural land and the once thriving agricultural community be recreated pressing for strict controls on the land he feels the government should either sell the property back to young people and establish a special regulatoiyauthority over enter into a 99 year lease he says dissolution of the airport plans is one place for the conservatives to start cutting costs as they say they will councillor sanders added with inflation we cant afford to make the capital investment in another airport according to him the energy shortage will turn the airport into an unnecessary and unneeded liability mr sanders has been fighting the airport many years he recalls attending a meeting in claremont with councillor jim doble when the project was first announced back in 1972 familys 1 936 auburn is the envy of every carowner in town whenever dennis and donna alsop and son scott take a spin through stouffville in their classic 1936 auburn heads turn for seldom if ever is a car comparable to this one seen in town to obtain this beautiful automobile dennis traded in guess what a 1936 cord also a rarety on the road today dennis is a memberof the auburnduesenbergcord automobile association jim thomas richardson award three students share bursary eleven graduates to j iioigoes stouffville eleven grade 13 graduates of stouffville dist secondary school have been recom mended for ontario scholarships each is subject to approval by the ministry of education obtaining an average of 80 percent or over on a minimum of six subjects are- andrew barnett rr 2 markham katharine cash- man rr 2 stouffville john christie elm road stouff ville sandra eby fairview avenue stouffville douglas heard maystone court stouffville malcolm macleod watson drive stouffville anthony mangionirr 2 stouffville angelo monopoli rr 4 stouffville judy schell edward street stouffville esther wideman rr 2 markham and elizabeth wilson rose avenue stouffville beth wilson topped the list with an average mark of 90 percent her best subject mark was 95 percent in geography shell attend the university of guelph in a bachelor of science course this fall close behind were an thony mangioni 897 per cent and judy schell 892 percent with approval of the ministry each of these on tario scholars will be honored at commencement exercises in november canada d ay flop irritates mayor stouffville three grade 8 graduates of stouffville dist secondary school have been named to share the coveted richardson foundation award for 1979 thirteen year old stacey lintner was presented with a cheque for 50 at a yearend ceremony june 27 she had an academic average of 865 percent twentyfive dollars each was received by ginny eby and karen smith both fourteen bill mcvicar superintendent for area 2 made the presentations recipients of school letters 4 werescott sutherland michael glenn karen harris ginny eby and stacey lintner f individual subject awards were presented todavid lar- stone english howard parent mathematics karen smith science lynn barry history stacey lintner french ginny eby suspects arrested stouffville last reek breakins were reported at several premises in the success square a plaza at the corner of main and stouffer streets the properties included the success steak and seafood blouse irenes laundromat and ceramics 100 liquor food and cash were stolen later goods valued at 500 itere removed from a vehicle owned by robert timbers and parked at 19a george street markham investigations by york regional police led them to a campsite north of stouffville where several suspects were arrested geography karen harris home economics raffaela degliangeli art carrie armitage music scott lonergan industrial arts stacey lintner highest average stacey lintner delivered the valedictory address the program chairman was david payne girl athlete of the year was elaine howie and boy athlete of the yearscott sutherland like a tornado stouffville like a tornado was the way a york regional police constable described the disarray inside the home of mr and mrs norm farr rr 4 stouffville monday night the residence had been entered by cutting through the screen in a rear window the majority of rooms were ran sacked with articles scattered about the floors items stolen included two stereo speakers and a portable television set it is believed the breakin occurred at night since several lights were left on mr and mrs farr and family were absent from the property over the holiday weekend stouffville it wont happen again that was mayor eldred kings reaction to a decision by the town recreation committee not to proceed with any organized canada day celebrations in whitchurch- stouffville over the past weekend i was really disappointed in future well just have to take the bull by the horns and do it ourselves he stated dejec tedly the committee he said seemed to feel that with sr citizens week and world child day there were too many things going on to try and put together something else in addition he said some members were of the opinion too many would be out of town on the holiday to make it a success to make it a real celebration mayor king feels all organizations should be asked to participate two or three months in advance the schools too could play a part he suggested the mayor considers the recentlyorganized town band a real asset to the municipality they also should be involved he said its important at this time in history to place emphasis on our country and what it means to each one of us he stated this can be accomplished here even by making it a more localized event and calling it by some other name such as is the case in uxbndge he noted i regret what happened it wont happen again he promised volkswagen plant town awaits firms move stouffville several years x ago volkswagen canada limited acquired twenty acres of property on the south side of main street west of mcneil laboratories there were great ex pectations at the time that whitchurchstouffville hand landed another industrial plum however littles been heard since prompting the tribune to enquire of mayor eldred king what if anything is proposed for the site i the next moves up to them mayor king replied the town has approved their every request the ontario municipal board okayed the property for industrial use but no zoning change has been finalized because council isnt sure what the firm has in mind theres a question of adequate sewage capacity also mayor king explained however if a specific proposal is presented perhaps sufficient capacity can be allocated he said on the question of the town financing municipal water service to the site the mayor declined comment saying that decision would rest with council duf fin creek channelization is set to start three grade 8 graduates at stouffville dist secondary school were selected to share the coveted richardson foundation award for academic proficiency at a ceremony jane 27 sucey lintner right received iso karen smith left and ginny eby each received 12s sacey completed her year with an average of 865 per x jim thomas stouffville all land purchases are complete and work should begin soon on the rechannelization of duffin creek mayor eldred king informed the tribune this week the project will extend from a point north of the public library to the south end of the park with new bridges at market somerville and burkholder streets cost of construction has been placed at 718000 with the dulverton development firm paying half fto originally the expenditure was to have been close- to one million dollars but the metro- toronto and region con servation authority decided to cut back the mayor said the flood control plan has been designed to protect existing development and not necessarily the buildup that could occur in the future he explained while there may be some disruption of traffic on main street two lanes will be kept open at all times maximum width of the channel will be 25 feet the sides will be lined with stone with aberm to be con structed on the channels west side- south of somerville and burkholder streets the stream through the parkiwill be straightenedand the banks will be levelled off but little else is planned for this area- mayor king said