Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), November 8, 1979, p. 1

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wrar r- ob- if s t vs- liira vv k i4f i no iikx g woman vol m no 2 whitchurch stouffville novembers 1w9 20 cents 20 pages p v kfcvnn to till mravvta wi nlnavtt t will wlnnnmaon i 1 fwlfl in ftthifnrt7ac will tltf olvan 9wnv tfolc vrvtuvrtr- yppn saturday night alucky participant will win new 1980 acadianhatchbackcarfromawckjmotdrs ltd or 3s00cash when the stouffville lions club holds its elimination draw buffet dinner and dance at rolling hills bethesda in addition more than 1000 inotherprizes will begivenaway tickets at 25 each are available from committee chairman gary hoy shown here or at any one of eight locations in town the price admits a couple to the dance and also makes them eligible for the draw jim thomas stouffville f like the ground opened and swallowed her up is the way norm nigh of- charles street stouffville describes the disappearance of his wife helen nigh mother of two left home saturday morning and hasnt been heard from since the only definite clue is her familiar blue bicycle discovered near the con servation dam north of the high school because of this an ontario provincial police diving team headed by p c wayne mcgillivray of barrie along with constables dennis dore and wayne macpherson of alliston have searched the man made lake without a trace an opp helicopter based out of king city was also called in to cover a wooded region to the north and east in addition police and firemen equipped with drag lines patrolled much of the water but found nothing late monday the metro toronto and region con servation authority agreed to drain the lake but due to con struction downstream the release of water had to be slowed at one point sunday close to 100 citizens including members of the markham search and rescue unit the county breakers cb club private residents and family relatives offered assistance mr nigh with son brad had gone to brown hill south of sutton saturday to work on a reunited stouffville graduates of stouffville dist secondary school employed or studying in widely separated- areas will meet together for a last time friday night reason for the reunion is commencement a longawaited j iriomehtuhtheweyofeyery student program time is8 pm close to sixty bursaries and scholarships will be presented- during the evening with donors of awards staff teachers and board personnel taking part new house bradleys building there when they returned they discovered mrs nigh missing although the door was open the radio on and her purse still there after a short time when she failed to return police were notified they in turn called firemen helen nigh an extremely pleasant person was well known around town because of this news of her disappearance soon spread a description has since been broadcast across the province on at least two occasions people have reported seeing someone who looked like her but follow ups have proved fruitless on a disturbing note one call was received at the familys home on answering they found no one there a close friend reported the same the waiting and wondering has been hard even knowing the worst would be better than not knowing at all her distraught husband told the tribune teachers are u 99 york region the secondary school teachers rejection of a new contract by a narrow sixvote margin has been attributed to frustration by lin jones of stouffville an sdss staff teacher- and a provincial councillor on the federation the majority seemed to feel that because theyd waited eighteen months they might just as well stick it out a little longer and let it go to ar bitration he said in a telephone conversation with the tribune only about half the 1000 v teachers- attended the ratification meeting thursday- the final count was 251 in favor and 257 against mr jones said the poor turnout was unfortunate because now no one knows how they feel he said many on staff had prior commitments- such as sports events and music that couldnt be broken he admitted many teachers are angry oyer thewaytteyvelbeentreatedr and because of v he khewthe vote would be close- town board member harry bowes was incensed i cant figure out whats going on were right- back where we started he said he accused the federation of playing games trying to second guess the reason for the poor teacher turnout the trustee suggested that many may have considered it a formality so didnt show up lin jones said arbitration hearings should begin nov 19 with a decision likely about mid- december accused stouffville a 57 year old man said to be a catholic priest faces fourteen counts of fraud involving 250000 pius emmanuel finnin was arrested by york regional police at thornhill following an intensive investigation that extended over several weeks 4 it is alleged that finnin collected the money from in vestors promising a lucrative t return on a uranium ex ploration scheme several of thepeople reside in the stouff- jvillemarkham area although the accused is still a priest he is not assigned to a parish at the present time police said bloominton scantily clad woman is seductive but a naked woman is disastrous rev chris sorley of bloomington christian gospel church told his congregation at an evening service sunday v f speaking on the subject bare is bad rev sorley asked the question should we permit nude shows in whit church stouffville his an swer was a definite no and newspaper opinion ithat only those who had viewed the shows had a right to voice comment nor did he agree that each person should have the right to do his own thing no man liveth unto himself he said he said hes delighted to be classified as a do gooder and further claimed no respectable individual would enter such a place knowing that nude shows were being held swer was a detinue imo ana he supported this reply jsmtfss r quoting several j related passages from scripture m ir the pastor- a resident- of stouffville said the time had come for ministers and laymen alike to voice concern over reported nude stage shows at the kings inn- ballantrae particularly he said when money is the prime motive rev sorleyquoted from recent stories published in the tribune and took the editor to guarded rev sorley said and he placed this responsibility on the jiome and family the church and sunday school public libraries the news 2mt xjl xjlx media the government and the police hitting hard at nudity the pastor said he would defy any redblooded man including himself to sit in on such shows and not be passionately moved then in a light hearted aside he described as ab solutely ridiculous the fact some men gain gratification at seeing breasts bouncing up and down the minister commended town council for its con demnation of such per formances predicting that unless stopped the community could become another street of sin as experienced in toronto e scene ten year old honest policy stouffville honestys the best policy richard and pat turcotte of south street stouffville have stressed this with their children and ten year old jeffery has obviously learned his lesson well about two weeks ago while walking along the road he spotted what appeared to be a sum of money it was a sizeable sum of money partly submerged in a pool of water jeffery could have slipped it in his pocket and no one would have been the wiser but he didnt instead he took it home and told his mother announcements were made at summitview school where jeffery attends and stouffville high a notice was placed on the bulletin board at the iga but- the person who lost it hasnt been located mrs turcotte said theyre concerned the money may belong to someone in need perhaps a senior citizen r at museum site fire damages centuryiiome markham a blaze friday described by chief myrl smith as malicious in cendiarism caused an estimated 8000 damage to the centuryold burkholder house at the markham museum the frame residence partially restored had been moved by the markham historical society to- the museum site from its original location on the east side of hwy verbal abuse a muss lake as if the lot b i ofavolunteer fireman isnt task for a personal comment krsa5w ki zla ikofhaavisna iiw tough enough members of the prior to coming to town the fabuse saturday at the scene of injstersaid hed heard rfarf earlymorning blaze stouffvdls fine reputation as a y3lthe location was the former devout chrisban community shalimaf restaurant owned by however after reading reports of- lawlessness and now nudity he was beginning to have second thoughts rev sorley criticized a- 5 a- cedar beach park limited and while the building itself was saved the interior was destrdyeddamage has been estimated at 10000 fire chief walter smith was hesitant to comment on the conduct of some in the crowd he attributed the problem to a few with too much to drink adding my men are trained on how to handle themselves in such situations chief smith said one party later apologized it was the chiefs opinion that some wanted to see the structure burn to the ground stouffville aoiustreets then the police cmlar a dozen eggs should have amoved in splitting up the one been in short supply for halloween v j ino such luck the road was shelled from both sides during a twohour barrage turning portions of uie pavement into a giant omelet- jiat- the height of 4the assault an estimated- three hundred young people lined the downtown between mill and i large group into less volatile smaller ones the flavor of the event was enriched somewhat when someone unloaded a few fork- fulsof manure near the corner- of main and civic streets about the same time a storm window from an upstairs apartment was hurled onto the highway breaking into a million pieces y when the situation ap- peared to be going from bad to worse officers blocked- the street and began to search cars travelling in both directions at one point five cruisers and a van were stationed in the area i r out of the melee of milling spectators only one jwas charged robert fodder 18 of rr i unionville was arrested for causing a disturbance he is to appear in court this week f 48 the exterior had been repainted and interior work was nearing completion the front porch was burned and one side of the house badly scorched chief smith said evidence indicated the fire had been set you cant call it- arson he explained because no one stands to gain anything blaze next door the same evening a second blaze was spotted in the woodshed at the rear of the williamson property next door to the museum this fire also was set chief smith said damage was placed at 1000 halloween fire only one fire marred halloween in the markham- unionvillearea a vacant house on the former fred hope farm near milliken was destroyed there was no one living in it at the time veterans memorial stouffville with the cooperation of town council and the cemetery board the stouffville legion will establish a memorial plot just inside the grounds east entrance where comrades now deceased but not fiiinterred here can- be j recognized sy the proposal put forward by legion president ivan goudie sunday was accorded unanimous support by members present- about thirty veterans of two world wars are buried overseas or at other cemetery sites president goudie said each will r be identified bv means of a iiliii ii j j ii vwww i-r- single cross he explained world wanl veteran attended cenotaph serviced f- c the lesion hopes to we 1 rr- j 4 r memorial plot completed in he remembered world war 1 veteraa bert lickerish represented the stoaflvflle branch of thet itime for the dedication service royal canadian legion in a ceremony at the cenotaph sunday following the remembrance day v on decoration day next sum- service in the legion hall vv- v j jim thomas vners- fr vj-

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