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father and son citation for civilian arrest stouffville a stouffville father and son will be honored nov 7 when the york regional police commission meets at newmarket jim rehill 141 manitoba street a physical education instructor on the staff of stouffville dist secondary school and 19 year old david his son will receive a civilian citation for what chief bruce crawford has described as an outstanding example of citizen participation in the main tenance of law and order in a community the presentation will be made by commission chairman judge donald couture the order is the result of action aug 24 that led to the arrest of a 17 year old purse- snatcher on main street east of park drive chief crawford told how a stouffville woman margaret meakes was wajuring home with a bundle of groceries when the youth a resident of uxbridge sneaked up behind her and grabbed her purse with such force it broke the strap at that moment jim and david rehill happened by they saw the culprit running east on manitoba with mrs meakes some distance behind they immediately sensed something was wrong and gave chase apprehending him near the presbyterian church he was turned over to an opp officer and transferred to a york regional cruiser summoned to the scene on sept 20 nicholas eugene soles was convicted when he appeared before judge fd white in newmarket provincial court and sentenced to sixty days in jail old thresher finds a home box grove six weeks ago bob hagerman returned home from a weekend at the cottage to find a twoton allsteel threshing machine parked across his front lawn and driveway neighbors didnt hear it conie or see anyone leave it was like the forty year old an tique had dropped down out of the sky bob and his wife werent upset amused if anything they felt sure someone would come and claim it but no one did so on saturday they hauled it off to markham a gift to the towns museum while a threshing machine is not your typical lawn or nament bob admits a growing attachment towards it so much so he plans to put it in tiptop working order hes already given it the onceover and says its in ex cellent shape its value has been placed at something like 2000 what intrigues bob most is where did it come from and how did it get there without someone knowing certainly when it left the noise was enough to wake the dead in recalling the incident jim said the speed at which the youth was running attracted their attention maybe we should sign him up he remembers his son saying seconds later they spotted mrs meakes she was in a bad state jim said close to collapse from trying to catch up the two families are neighbors david he said jumped out of the car so fast he was almost run over as jim attempted to turn around in the foot race that followed david hurdled backyard fences with ease as he closed in on the thief the youth tossed the purse to the ground and kept on running he disappeared in the area of the former lehman farm jim said he took mrs meakes home then resumed the search as a family wed often talked about the public not responding in an emergency situation he said never thinking wed be facing one ourselves on park drive they saw the suspect again but he also saw them and hid behind a house they then parked their car and waited thats when it became a real starsky and hutch af fair jim said david ran south to maytree while jim doubled around to main street and waited near the firehall the youth came down the laneway from behind the presbyterian church and jim confronted him he offered no resistance i was angry jim recalled i was determined no one would pull a stunt like that and get away with it i told him he owed the lady an apology and he agreed at that moment an opp cruiser pulled up and the youth was arrested lincoln ville corner accident toll on increase lincolnville dorothy caranci lives at lin- colnvilfe in the past ten years shes seen more wrecked vehicles and injured people than she wants to remember however being a patient person she was hopeful a new intersection linking hwy 47 with the bloomington road would resolve the problem instead she says its worse mrs caranci claims westbound drivers come on the new corner so quickly they become confused often she says they overshoot the in tersection completely but have time to turn down the old road and head into stouffville she beat his son father wept markham a 29 year old markham man who according to his solicitor cried after beating his young son has gone through hell judge fd white was told when gordon sparks appeared before him for sentencing last week according to evidence the accused hit the boy so violently he required treatment in hospital and is now in a foster home the defence lawyer described sparks actions as out of character he is not a violent man or one who gains pleasure from punishing his son he said judge white claimed that despite the mans remorse over what hed done the act must be regarded as part of his character if it wasnt he wouldnt be before me today he said adding sometimes in such cases the accused finds himself weeping over a corpse sparks was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation for eighteen months wants this exitentrance blocked off claiming three so close together serve no useful purpose there have been three serious collisions within recent months mrs caranci told the tribune on oct 8 a toronto man died and his wife was badly hurt while warning lights might help she feels the new cutoff is only temporary anyway she suggests that- eventually the northsouth townline road will be a main thoroughfare and the hwy 47 realignment will be altered again the old route south from the bloomington road is ex tremely busy on saturdays as folks make their way to the stouffville sales barn she wont even let her two sons ages four and seven play outside during this period after the fatal crash thanksgiving day mrs caranci said this is enough she contacted town councillor june button and was promised by mrs button that the municipality would make the problem known to both the regionof york and queens park three students lights whitchurch automatic traffic lights will be installed at the in tersections of warden avenue 5th concession and mccowan road 7th con cession where they cross the stouffvillegormley road but not at the corner of kennedy road 6th con cession traffic counts taken at the kennedy road site do not support the need for signals at this time mayor eldred king told the tribune hit by car pedestrian killed stouffville a 71 year old stouffville man was killed early sunday morning when struck by a car as he walked along the stouffvillegormley road near the 6th concession joseph hands 45 albert street south was pronounced dead at the scene the deceased police said was on the right hand edge of the pavement facing east the motorist bruce rennie of 435 elm road stouffville was travelling in the same direction the accident occurred around 2 am the victim and his brother frank lived at buttonville for many years following the sale of their farm they purchased property on the 9th concession of markham and remained there until the site was ex propriated by the government for the proposed pickering airport frank then moved to an apartment on hwy 7 west in markham and joe came to live in stouffville wht 3ribun vol n no 25 whitchurch stouffville october 18 1979 20 cents 20 pages pothole on main street grows larger each day hows this for a pothole and right in the middle of main street in stouffville yes its a hole alright but made by men and machines as part of the conservation authoritys duffin creek re- channelization project the stream improvement program was initiated after hurricane hazel swept through the area oct 15 1954 just twentyfive years ago all work is expected to be completed by middecember jim thomas cool off verbal battle york region confusion led to chaos at a york county board of education meeting last week prompting the chairman don cousens to call a recess so members could cool off cause of the commotion centred around a motion put forward by the chairman that if passed would have established a committee to evaluate negotiating procedures involving a trustee committee and the various employee groups some felt the teachers should be represented while some others were opposed trustee dorothy zajac considered such a committee essential while craig cribar of newmarket suggested the idea be dropped dr john denison of east gwillimbury poured fuel on the fire when he said he would vote against any motion that suggested the committee should include any of the trustees who served on it before at this point the meeting turned into a verbal free-for- all then chairman cousens stepped in and called a time out on members return it was agreed that the whole matter should be shelved and reconsidered by a committee within the board two killed fiery crash claremont a fiery crash on the brock road south of claremont early saturday morning has left two people dead and another seriously injured in toronto general hospital killed were david foster sweeney 30 of pefferlaw and the driver of the second vehicle whose identity is still not known he was burned beyond recognition debbie sweeney 26 wife of one of the victims was badly hurt but is expected to recover the cars one a 1969 fullsize dodge and the other a 1974 astra hit headon police said the astra burst into flames time of the collision was 430 am an officer of durham regional police said iden tification of one driver could be determined only through dental records and this procedure would take several more days fire departments were summoned to the scene but the blaze was too far advanced to affect a rescue from one family hammer car youths pay nine top academic awards stouffville three members of one family will receive top academic awards when stouffville dist secon dary school holds its annual graduation exercises nov 9 michael ku 14 margaret ku 15 and nancy ku 19 topped their respective classes at the conclusion of the june term in years 1 3 and 4 they reside at f 26 main street east stouffville altogether the three students will receive nine awards exclusive of diplomas a feat never attained here before prizewinners follow ontario scholarships 100 andrew barnett katharine cashman john christie sandra eby doug heard malcolm mcleod tony mangione angelo monopoli judy schell esther widemanbeth wilson york county board of education awards year 1 michael ku jonathon how year 2 bettina rentsch marie couperthwaite year 3 margaret ku maryjo sutherland year 4 nancy ku christopher kamps year 5 elizabeth wilson elizabeth wilson had the highest standing in year 5 and will receive the york county board of education special award of 100 town of whitchurch- stouffville 50 awards nancy ku and michael ku the town of markham 50 award perry pettigrew gail johnston will receive the legion ladies auxiliary stouffville branch 150 award twentyfive dollar awards from the stouffville dist credit union will go to chris kamps year 4 and anthony mangione year 5 lois james will receive the stouffville womens institute 25 award proficiency awards by chesebroughponds canada limited will go to michael ku and jonathan how bettina rentsch and marie couper thwaite margaret ku and maryio sutherland nancy ku and chris kamps elizabeth wilson and anthony mangione ken benson will receive a 100 award from stouffville machine and tool works ltd sandra eby the 125 sfouffville kinette club award catherine sheppard the 200 robert mole memorial award patricia linley the 50 welcome rebekah lodge award paul jones the 100 chesebrough- ponds award ken benson the 50 ian carnegy memorial award marek kaczynski the bryce m sherren memorial award christine simons and susan thomas the em hawley memorial award sandy mcleod the 50 frank yake legion award olivia petrie the lions club art award kelly glenn the 100 legion poppy fund award sally cosrage he 50 veterans memorial award indie per- saud the 50 legion poppy fund award beth wilson the 200 elaine latcham award judy schell the 200 art lat cham award and david rehill the 200 staff general proficiency award fifty dollar awards to grade 12 graduates presented by the sdss staff will go to mary altomare business perry pettigrew technical kevin widdifield arts and nancy ku academic the valedictorian for the class of 79 will be ken benson the music mania award of 100 will not be presented this year since there was no eligible recipient in the category of performing arts markham pure and simple vandalism was the term used fay judge i u white to describe how four youths ranging in age from 21 to 24 took a sledgehammer to a vintage car and damaged it to the extent of 960 michael feinio glenn essen gary irving and robert nicol dented the antique auto for no known reason their solicitor said it was a foolish act not easily explained he pointed out however that none had been in trouble before they should not be stuck with a criminal record because of a prank he said judge white called it a wanton destructive and vicious act he ordered the men to make restitution in the amount of 240 each granted them a conditional discharge and placed them on a twelve month term of probation safety first stouffville cars parked too close to main street intersections has long been the concern of council in an effort to eliminate this problem two readings have been given to a bylaw that if passed will make it illegal to park in certain designated areas the locations are main and obrien avenue main and edward street main and ninth line north main and victoria street main and albert street main and market street main and william street main and park drive north and main and park drive south council is seekipg public opinion before approving the bylaw and sending it on to the ministry oftransport copies have been placed in the municipal office and the public library