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wht 1 a an inland community newspaper vol n no 8 whitchurchstouffvtlle june 19 1980 25 cents 18 pages jim rehill manitoba street is whitchurchstouffviltes citizen of the year the 45 year old sportsman musician and sponsor of programs for the elderly will be honored at the towns canada day celebrations tuesday july 1 at 7 pm in the park jim thomas iu- jim rehill sjps staff tiur m-hfr- citizen of the year by jim thomas stouffville jim rehill is whitchurch- stouffvilles citizen of the year i the selection made public this week will be recognized officially at the towns canada day celebrations july 1 presentations of awards will take place at 7 pm in the stouffville park the event one of many activities planned here beginning june 27 is being sponsored by the tribune in cooperation with town council the chamber of commerce local service clubs and organizations while many names were placed before the committee the final choice was unanimous mr rehill is a teacher on the staff of stouffville district secondary school and resides at 141 manitoba street jim renins con tributions within the town have touched every area of community life heading the list is his work with senior citizens establishing programs that are a first in ontario hes a keynote speaker at countless seminars on aging and recognized by queens park as a leader in this field out of this has emerged the stouffville organization called hand in hand in which students help and in turn are helped by residents of senior years his assistant is jan mcbride also a staff teacher at sd ss plus senior students like dave dart in 79 and richard bartley this year the initial idea was mine he says but without the cooperation of many people it wouldnt work in the field of sports jim renins energy and en thusiasm knows no bounds through his guidance many honors have been won by student teams his choirs are renowned throughout the community having sung in many local churches the choral concert each june held in co operation with ron robbins park much- choir from orchard school is a appreciated event a fine musician himself jims a regular in music mama both as a chorus member and soloist hes served as organist and choirmaster in christ church anglican stouffville as well as pianist for the sunday school born in collingwood he came to stouffville in 1957 following graduation from mcmaster university hamilton with the exception of one year on sabbatical leave to oregon hes con tinued to live here jim and shirley rehill have three sons david 20 michael 17 and scott 11 folice chief reports- on increase stouffville in spite of a report by york regional police chief bruce crawford that vandalism in town has increased during the first four months of this year mayor eldred king says he wouldnt like to think its worse here than anywhere else the mayor made his comment following presentation of a report by chief crawford at a meeting of council june 10 it had been promted by a query from members in april as to how the municipality stood in this regard the police survey covered the period from jan l to april 21 of the years 1979 and 1980 it showed what was described as a substantial increase fifteen occurrences were reported this year compared to only five in 79 the acts as detailed included broken windows advertising signs car radio antennaes and store awnings the majority of in cidents occurred after dark the chief said he admitted there was absolutely no explanation for the upsurge either locally or across the province crawford said that ideally he would like to be able to detail a police officer to walk the beat in stouffville but due to staff limitations this cant be done he agreed to do it whenever possible mayor king contended that whitchurchstouffville should perhaps count itself lucky since a report on crime showed toronto near the bottom of the list as far as major cities were concerned the same he said would likely apply to adjacent areas i wouldnt like to think its worse here thananywhere else 7 councillor bill kamps suggested improved lighting would tend to reduce vandalism better illumination he said was planned for the stouffville park councillor jim sanders claimed no single solution to the problem there has to be a cooperative effort i think we have that here crime only occurs when the culprits can remain anonymous thats difficult in stouffville chief crawford in his report said he wasnt at all sure there is any solution other than harsher penalities for offenders i think there is if we work together concluded councillor sanders theft victims ridicule court york region an angry group of homeowners whose residences had been ransacked and their possessions stolen assembled outside the court building in newmarket and vehemently denounced the conduct of crown attorney kenneth murray after the case involving four men and two women had been heard the witnesses were livid as they heard judge george carter hand out fines of 400 and one day in jail to albert solomon 41 of toronto 300 or one month in jail to brian precious 33 of richmond hill and 500 or two months in jail to wayne taylor 28 of aurora linda caldwell 25 of thornhillahd susan jean thornhill 29 of richmond hill each received a suspended sentence and a one year term of probation charges against two other women were withdrawn the trial was scheduled to proceed at 10 am but didnt begin until 1130 at that time crown attorney murray an nounced to judge carter that the accused would plead guilty with the exception of solomon he asked for probation or fines leading the verbal assault was margaret britnell mayor of king township she charted that lenient sentences and plea bargaining by the crawronly gives offenders a licence to go out and steal again they come to court in their big cars and expensive clothes tell the judge theyre on welfare and get away with fines after people have been robbed of their personal possessions she claimed action of this kind only prompts innocent folk to take the law into their own hands mrs britnell said her house had beep entered and rancacked she said momentos precious to her and her children had been stolen they the accused paid less in fines than they received for selling our goods she charged she said she had learned firsthand why citizens of york region have been complaining so bitterly about court delays and lenient sen tences ann willson vicepresident of theparkway hotel hwy 7 and leslie street markham claimed the accused left the courtroom laughing she said shed jiever again offer herself as a witness t mrs britnell said she wasnt finding fault with the police but with the crown we might just as well leave our doors open and let people come in and help themselves she said mr murray attempted to reason with angry victims outside the court without success he said that by shor tening the courts time the crown had saved costly trial expenses he claimed that even if the cases had gone to trial it would have been difficult to obtain convictions said fred warn of king if this is justice then theres something sadly wrong with our rlegal system i let anglers off the hook whitchurch three scarborough men charged with theft of nine trout from a pond east of hwy 48 near ringwood were given absolute discharges by judge sm harris in newmarket provincial court last week kenneth vasilevski 21 glenn chislett 20 and david sackett 19 had entered pleas of not guilty to stealing fish from a commercial site owned and operated by don burd of whitchurchstouffville although it was 4 am when the three entered the property they said they fully intended to school reunion great success claremont everyone attending the claremont public and continuation school had the privilege of growing up in a small community the hon keith norton minister of community and social ser vices told a reunion audience of former teachers and students saturday tne guest speaker in troduced by bruce lehman a member of the reunion com mittee mentioned the deep family roots established in the area this village is still very much a part of us he said he praised those people who through the years had volunteered their help he ex pressed the hope that this kind of cooperation might continue if we allow government to provide everything we lose something as citizens he said commitment to others is a lesson in life he stated the speaker commended the committee for setting the wheels in motion and organizing the event many of us suggested it but they did it he said the provincial minister paid tribute to dr nels tomlinson j identified by chairman jack wallace as mr claremont the good doctor played an important role in bringing me into the world in 1941 he said and probably most ofyou too the speaker referred to the weekend as an event filled with fond memories and nostalgia then he recalled the afternoon back in grade 1 when on the school skating rink he and an unidentified girl pledged our love for lifetime fifteen years later she married someone else but ive remained faithfulhe said much to the enjoyment of all tke guest of honor was presented with a framed class picture mrs delia moore his former teacher and principal made the presentation dr tomlinson was ac- corded a rousing ovation his memory sharp as ever allowed him to recall those who assisted him on staff and the names of several students he remem bered his two years as principal 19091911 as being particularly happy times and praised the committee for making it possible that those days and yearssince could be relived stouffville it was like a police chase on television but the end result could have been tragic t it started on main street when a ryorkj regional police constable spotted an eastbound motorcyclist travelling at an excessive rate of speed he took off in hot pursuit but un fortunately didnt realize the road turns sharply right and left at the uxbridge townline the biker turned but the cop car didnt after skidding close to 300 feet on dry pavement the cruiser snapped off a sign vaulted a ditch uprooted a post smashed through a fence bounced over a rock and came to rest in a nearby field despite all the obstacles in its path the car suffered only a punctured gas tank lions support towns treeplanting project the treeplanting project on stouffvilles main street has been sponsored by the town in co operation with the local lions club here president jim richards left and don candle centre present mayor eldred king with a cheque for 2600 the money to assist in the purchase of the trees jim thomas pay for their catch they said they hadnt realized that fishing from a trout pond was subject to the same rules as government- imposed regulations elsewhere mr burd said the men were fishing in the ponds spawning area where brood stock are maintained he said no fishing signs were in evidence also notices limiting the business hours to a period between 8 am and 8 pm the accused said they had gone to lake simcoe on a j fishing adventure and had come up emptyhanded on their return they decided to call in at the whitchurch pond to try their luck they said they had no intention of leaving without paying the regular fee judge harris said he found it hard to believe the trio in tended to enter the property and fish at four oclock in the morning then rouse the owner and pay for what they caught however he claimed he wasnt satisfied with the dollar estimate mr burd had placed on his loss that he said must be proven in another court memorial stouffville on monday evening members of stouffvilles richardson masonic lodge met at cashel to commemorate the 120th an- niversary of the organizations founding history records the first meeting as being held june 15 1860 above the livery stable of the hotel at what is now kennedy road and 18th avenue rr 1 unionville the worshipful master at the time was james bowman samuel mighton the hamlets innkeeper was the first initiated candidate the original structure stilly stands and was recently recognized as an historic site built about 1835 it was once called llandon hotel now its an antique shop operated by the owneranita bates kenneth petty worshipful master of richardsonlodge presented mrs bates with a plaque as a permanent memorial to the beginning of masonry in the stouffville area