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4 r- i cnjfc r it 18 gormleyhwy404will cut the hamlet of gormley in half thats bad enough but to slice it in three is more than some residents can stand theyll fight it to the end trisecting the community will occur if the cnr is allowed to block off the stouff- villegormley road at the level crossing a hearing into this and other issues affecting the area will be held at york regions engineering office woodbine avenue jan 8 at 2 pni torn apart theyd be tearing the village apart and for no- reason stated sidney gold smith member of a recently organized committee established to oppose the railways plan the fact that 542000 will be made available to relocate an overpass to the north isnt compensation enough for the damage that will be done he describes it as selling us down the drain for a half- million dollars disrupt service mr goldsmith feels local residents shouldnt be penalized because a bypass is being constructed noting that emergency police and fire service will be disrupted he points out too that folks living east of the tracks will find it inconvenient to get to church particularly those living in a nearby nursing home up until three months ago the community had been assured by the region that the stouffvillegormley road would not be closed at the crossing goldsmith said then all of a sudden were told it will be no ifs ands or buts the committee member black weekend four people killed 1 v 6 york region last weekends accident report has been described by york regional police as the blackest on record between friday morning and sunday afternoon four people were killed and eight injured in three separate collisions fouf of the injured are in critical condition on friday daniel taylor 20 of newmarket and sharon lavender 30 ofkeswick died when their vehicles collided at uie intersectionofkeele street and the kirby sideifoacl in hospital are hilda lett 46 of keswick thomas taylor 21 and paul wilson 20 both of newmarket about four hours later four persons were injured in a two- car crash at the corner of bayview and 19th avenues hospitalized were both drivers neil mcfadden 72 of whitby and lloyd james 45 of port perry also one passenger in each of the vehicles helen villaneuve 66 of whitby and donna james 45 of port perry on saturday at 815 am bloomington sideroad was struck by a york disposal services truck travelling south on bayview avenue the simmond auto was pushed over an embankment and crushed when the truck came down on top of it a derrick had to be brought in to release the victim domineco lecce 54 of king city has been charged with criminal negligence causing death at 205 pm sunday four year old cindy clark of at latcham hall ta bramaleawas killedwhen acar downsview waslrilled when his driven by her father skidded car eastbound on the outof control and was struck h broadside on 17th avenue near w concert stouffville a christmas special is the way leader david howard describes the upcoming town band concert in latcham hall mon dec 17 at 8 pm in latcham hall the vh hour program will include twenty selections plus a school board trumpet duet by kent wideman and george baxter for the 30member band its their first public per formance since june theyve been preparing forimondays event since september theres no admission at the door but a collection will be received leslie street injured and ad mitted to york central hospital richmond hill were the little girls parents ronald and sylvia clark and their seven year old son jamie occupants in the other car were mavis nutter 49 of cone 9 rr 1 stouffville and kitty nutter 30 of lawrence avenue east scarborough they too were hospitalized icy roads were said to be contributing factors in three of the four collisions federation a forced settlement york region out standing differences between the york- county board of education and district 11 of the ontario secondary school teachers federation have been resolved the board of arbitration set down its findings this week that are binding on both sides effective septur 1978 teachers receivea sixpef cent increase across the board an additional six per cent is retro active to sept 1 1979 as of sept 11979 an- ex tended health planand a group life irisuranceplan will be paid in full by thee board respon sibility allowances will permit a further six per cent increase as of sept 1 79 the artibration award was greeted with no great joy in the federation camp the salary settlement is grossly unfair in relation to presentday inflation and pay increments elsewhere in the work force said dist 11 president tony bolson vc n no 33 whitchurch stouffville december 13 1919 cents 22 pages claims its difficult to get ones point across when dealing with a higher level of government such as the region the engineering committee doesnt seem to realize what the impact will be on our village of the 26 who attended a recent meeting twentyfive registered op- position he said 7 we dont intend to lay down he stressed were going to fight it too confusing rev cecil rosenberger reiterated mr goldsmiths argument that persons living east of the tracks would have no direct access to the missionary church mail delivery and hydro service would also be affected he said he noted also that two gormleys one separated from the other by hwy404 would be confusing enough but to divide it in three would be unacceptable happiness is a five year old on santas knee santa was in stouffville saturday at bargain world in he bowling alley block55 main street east the first child on hand to t was pretty fiveyear old amanda robertson daughter of i art and martha robertson 533 rupert avenue stouffville st nick will be back at the same location this saturday from 12 noon to 5 jpm t jim thomas of recyclable waste stouffville after june of next year the whit- churchstouffville recycling depot will no longer operate as a strictly volunteer project as has been the case since its inception the executive instead wishes to initiate curbside pick up of recyclable materials but only in the former village however certain types of refuse such as glass tins and corrugated cardboard would still be taken to the depot with 1 the maintenance in charge of the works department according to information placed before council ralph spademan would be willing to accommodate curbside collections by putting a special vehicle on the road and hiring one extra man using a figure of 30 a- ton as waste newspapers worth today the following breakdown has been- recom mended ten dollars to spademan ten dollars towards the employees wages and ten dollars to the recycling depot although volunteer staffing of the facility is an in surmountable problem- the executive has agreed- to do the promotional work in getting the curbside pickup of newspapers underway members feel that through this method the cost of garbage disposal will decrease as more materials are recycled gifts stolen stouffville two weeks ago a lady suffered a heart attack at the stouffville sales barn and died later in hospital she had come here from keswick christmas shopping for her family while awaiting the arrival of an ambulance sneak thieves took most of her gifts and disappeared into the crowd- they were meant for her children and grandchildren a caller told the tribune theyre very upset family j needs help stouffville 4- three weeks ago rosann gallamore husband fred and daughter darlene were made homeless when fire destroyed their rented house on leslie street near gor mley while some help has been forthcoming the people have been very kind rosanns father bruce gallamore of stouffville told the tribune more assistance is needed to see this family through a very difficulttime their main requirement is clothing they have only what they were wearing fred is a size 40 and rosann a ten to twelve their little girl is three years old items can- be left at rosanns parents place 62 market street in stouffville or in the garage if theres no one home r truckers escape a miracle whitchurch any motorist who persists in not wearing a seat belt should v have attended the scene of a twovehicle accident mon day at the intersectionbf the bethesda sideroad and cone 7 whitchurchstouffville around j030am both roily scott 20 of rr 1 claremont and jim logan 83 of rr 3 stouff ville escaped with minor injuries despite the fact scotts truck a gmc tandem dump was demolished logan was driving a light pickup how the man in the tandem ever got out alive ill never know commented a york regional police con- stable investigating the crash both drivers he said had their seat belts fastened and this undoubtedly saved them froni more serious injuries or even death the gravel truck veered out of controlonimpact hit the ditch and flipped over on its side the cab literally blew apart scattering wreckage over a wide area vtwentyyearid roily scott of rr l claremont escaped from the cab of his wrecked gravel track- monday with only minor injuries the accident involving another vehicle occurred on the 7th concession of whitchnrchstooffville at the bethesda sideroad tjoann thompson i- just grabbed the passenger seat and hung on 20 year old roily scott of rr 1 claremont told the tribune following his miraculousl escape from death monday he was the driver of a 1976 gmc tandem gravel truck that clipped the front of a small pickup near the intersection of the bethesda sideroad and cone 7 whitchurchstouffville the front tire blew on impact causing the truck to flip over twice coming to rest on its side it was carrying nineteen tons of gravel at the time the driver was able to escape through a hole in the roof roily said the truck had been completely overhauled only recently ajta cost of 17000 why couldnt it have happened a couple of weeks earlier he asked he noted that had it not been dieselpowered it likely would have exploded trustee suggests absentee cut york region whit- churchstouffville board of education member harry bowes has suggested that perhaps deductions should be made on trustees salaries for meetings not attended bowes made the comment during discussions on trustees stipends hiked by twenty per cent to 7200 effective dec 1 l979he voted against the raise so did eight others at a meeting monday but the motion squeaked through 10 to 9 previously members received 6000 unchanged since 1975 bill laird of georgina called the increase immoral claiming each one is well aware of the honorarium paid when he or she iselected i didnt seek office for the- moriey stated richmond hills bev breslow i wanted only to contribute something to education a 20 per cent in- crease at this time is unrealistic no one else- is getting it and its the wrong time ijo vote n it- a r however dr hector massey of king said v he averaged fifteen hours a week on board of education business i feel im worth 7200 a year n dr john denison of east gwillimbury described the twenty per cent figure as misrepresenting the picture he pointed out that because no increases had been approved since 75 jhe hike was only five per cent over four years v i vwhitchurchstouffville trusteeolarfyi bowes has j beenrelected vlcehalrman v- of the 1980 york county board of education the new chairman is dorothy zajacof succeeding don consent of markham ijv v