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police warning holidays over it was back to school for hundreds of whitchurchstouffville students tuesday for some like 4 year old christine watson it was a firsttime experience however brother graham a veteran scholar at 6v4 gave her a helping hand they are the children of gary and maryanne watson 61 glengall lane stouffville jim thomas elementary schools attendance drops stouffville all elementary stouffville schools showed- an at tendance drop on opening day summitview was down by 37 with 413 enrolled tuesday as compared with 450 at the end of june or chard park tailed off from 394 irijune to 362 this september last september the enrollment there was 413 st marks is down by only five from 291 to 286 and the high school has levelled off at 855 including 114 in grade 8 and 741 in grades 9 through 13 the attendance count at dicksons hill tuesday was 195 a decrease of 32 from june the enrollment at ballantrae is up slightly from 378 to 384 whitchurch- highlands is about the same at 268 markham dist high school reported 2006 students registered but this is expected to reach 2050 by the end of the week third stouffville which comes first the chicken or the egg whitchurch stouffville council must decide if a third supermarket in town will en courage additional business or if business should be sufficient here now to warrant a third store i last week charles debourbon informed members that a medium chain outlet would prove a major drawing card in attracting other businesses here the location in question is the harding f plaza on the northeast corner of hwy 47 and main street east mr debourbon v said jthe centre had been approved but the present owners were in financial difficulty and wanted to sell it a purchaser had been found he said but a super market is a prime requirement to get the plaza going an occupancy permit is all were waiting for he said several merchants have shown an in terest in going in proposed developers of the site want to be released from the restriction that no major food outlet is permissible until the proposed dulverton develop ment goes ahead mr tom wood debourbon said council had allowed a food store into the success square plaza he pointed out too that another developer had shown an interest in building homes in the area and the town of uxbridge would soon be served by another large supermarket stouffville will soon have to do something the speaker said he requested a firm date as to when the project might proceed mayor eldred king promised further discussion on the request he said the com pany would be notified of councils decision hats in the rin ballantrae the rumor is now a reality tom wood of ballantrae has tossed his hat in the election ring he will contest the ward 2 seat currently held by councillor becky wedley wellknown in the area tom has held several important positions including chairman of the whitchurchstouffville ratepayers association chairman of the preserve our water resources powr committee president of the ballantrae and distinct lions club cochairman of canada day celebrations in 1978 and a member of the whitchurch- stouffville recreation com mittee hes the 1st vicepresident of the york north provincial progressive conservation association i following his retirement from shell canada after 35 years he joined the staff of the rio algom corporation and now holds the position of office manager a family man tom and lorna wood have two children laurie and robert at home two married sons and a married daughter tom wood points to several areas of concern effecting not only the residents of ward 2 but g aft tom wood the town as a whole he sees a need for improved recreational facilities and feels this vacuum can be filled if the various service clubs and the private sector band together and take on such projects as a community challenge in this way he says the cost will not be reflected in rising taxes he sees a need for greater effort in attracting more light industry into the municipality- this he says will stabilize the towns tax base and provide additional jobs in ward 2 he objects to the higher rates paid by ballantrae residents through ontario hydro as compared to the cost to customers in stouffville if elected hes promised to do everything he can to rectify this situation tom wood admits that a councillors job is time con suming but says hes willing to forego other activities in order u do the job motorist killed stouffville police are warning residents to lock their doors at night after occupants of two homes had money taken while they slept at the residence of john redquest dorman drive cash was removed from a bedroom around 4 a jn thursday about the same time money was stolen from the libbyhonfe on stouffer street at the residence of william mfllc main street east a breakin was attempted but failed holes were cut in me screens at both the front and back doors i on august 27 money was removed from purses belonging to doris dembowski and shelley vauee at stouffville dist secondary school charged in connection with three of the four incidents are two juveniles one fourteen and the other fifteen they were arrested aug 28 and held at 311 jarvis street for court the next day gormley a 26 year old newmarket- man died thursday following a twocar crash on woodbine avenue south of vandorf killed was michael main of curry crescent the lone occupant of a northbound vehicle that according to police- crossed over the centre line and struck one driven by spyridon synapis 42 of toronto the collision occurred at 230 ain an inland community newspaper vol 93 no 19 whitchurchstouffville september 4 1980 25 cents 20 pages stouffville while other towns are exploding all- around us were standing still even worse were backing up ged stonehouse president of the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce told the tribune this week describing the situation as desperate stonehouse said the time has come to get something going the chamber president said no significant development of any kind is occurring here and people particularly the business community are very concerned we may be slowgrowth but not nogrowth we can be bigger and still be beautiful he stated v v sfonelidusrinted rtother- months thathave gone by with nothing happening- he fears theres a breakdown in com munications between the town and wouldbe developers if this is so he thinks the chamber can tserve as a gobetween ifthey the town arent going to do anything maybe we the chamber can do something he feels the chamber of commerce can serve as a resource centre for industrial enquiries as for the proposed 500- home dulverton development on the hook now for several years ged stonehouse feels some of their most recent proposals are worthy of con sideration theyre taking away a few of the goodies he admitted just how tied are we to the dulverton scheme anyway and whafhappensifanotherproject comes along he asked he feels there are ways of side stepping- problem areas if negotiators are reallysincere the chamber hesaid is concerned not only from a dollars income standpoint but for a need to strengthen the towns tax base- whether we should or not we must make it our business he concluded tornado levels barn markham a tor nado with wind velocity up to 100 x an hour ripped through a section of markham tuesday after noon causing an un determined amount of damage on the west side of hwy 48 near 14th avenue a bam on the former tapscott bros farm was completely demolished norm and maurice tapscott were in the structure at the time but escaped unhurt maurice said he heard the storm coming and ran from the top floor into the basement seconds later the entire building was swept away kills pilot dulverton plan softer line a poss stouffville the construction of an elevated water tower arid an addition to the sewage plant has up until now been a main stumbling block in the path of the 500home dulverton development however the towns hard- line attitude in this regard may be softening mayor eldred king told the tribune that a proposal put forward by dulverton at a recent meeting would be considered bycouncil once replies are received from the crash of a singleengine piper cherokee plane satur- day in- a wooded area nearj uticanew yorktook the life of a 21 year old former r man t john thomas tommy hisey son of mr and mrs douglas hisey more recently of king city was killed in the accident along with his passenger mark wozniak 24 of toronto both were thrown from the craft that according to reports plowed through about- 300 feet of bush the cause of the crash wasnt immediately known but an airport in the area said a radio distress signal had been received just before the plane went down- ii t6m an employee at the downsview plant of de haviland aircraft of canada limited had been flying regularly since obtaining his licence 18 months ago he had hoped to embarkon a career as a commercial pilot and had purchased the 10500 plane in an effort to log more flying time the two left maple airport friday afternoon and arrived in syracuse before dark they were en route to marthas vineyard an island off the coast ofcapecod their engineers and solicitor the mayor said a hew agreement hadnt yet been discussed nor would it likely be until the information council needs is in members hands he described the requested con cessions as a mile from what had been agreed on before mayor king expressed the hope that a final decision wouldnt cost the town more but would allow the development to start without immediate remittance of funds taxi stouffville stouff ville taxi where are you thats what town residents keep asking after it was an nounced several months ago that a roundtheclock service would be offered here business wasnt as they expected mayor eldred king told the tribune theyve gone where the gravy is into the thornhill area mayor king said the company had requested a- reduction in the municipal licence fee and were turned down they also- wanted to charge a higher rate for short trips and this was refused also while no cars are based in whitchurchstouffville a cab can be contacted by calling 889- 2121 f newspaper copies dated 1 898 presented to visitors at town museum last week twentyfive senior citizen all members of stoeff- villes silver jubdee dob visited the town mnseom at vandorf one member in the group was mae symes n park drive north she was impressed wit the displays there and with the gift of an ageold stonffyule tribune dated feb 3 lsts copies of the paper were handed each of the gnesu in honor of the occasion jim thomas fk rf- itfi frs4wt- k t tvnltkflfy js