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oneida flatware sale from 6404646 24 main st w stouffville vol 98 no 37 loimtfye serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area souz oay some smart goveanment is goftlg to get the oa0f spenowq only what it can pay fow 6495090 6405090 a metroland community newspaper hydro gloves would have wednesday january 15 1986 40 pages 50 cents saved life dicksons hill land scape worker craig west died almost instantly aug 7 1985 af ter being struck by 16000 volts of electricity while standing in a tree dr michael su gai told an inquest jury monday night the chief intern on duty at york central hospital where mr west was taken after the accident said attempts to revive the victim were in vain for all intents and purposes he would have been dead in the tree the doctor said attendance was good stouffville while deci sions made by members of whitchurchstouffville council may not always please the electo rate meeting attendance for rhost is close to perfection in fact for fran sainsbury and jim rae it was perfect in 1985 in the past twelve months gold stars were earned by ward 4 councillor now mayor fran sainsbury and ward 3 councillor jim rae former mayor tom wood missed only one meeting ward 2 councillor ron robb was away on two occasions ward 6 councillor jim sanders was absent three times council lors margot marshall ward 1 and councillor wilf morley ward 5 four each there were 49 meetings in total plus many committee discussions vnbt tabulated here i 7 a breakdown follows out of 29 council meetings councillor sainsbury attended 29 councillor rae 29 mayor wood 28 councillor robb 28 council lor sanders 27 councillor mar shall 26 councillor morley 26 out of 20 planning meetings mayor wood attended 20 coun cillor sainsbury 20 councillor rae 20 councillor robb 19 councillor marshall 19 council- jor sanders 19 and councillor morley 19 his testimony was presented before coroner dr james outred at newmarket mr west was pronounced dead at 1 15 pm about 50 minutes af ter his arrival at hospital the 21yearold man was work ing for gary bouwmeister land scaping of ballantrae pruning a tree at 62 dicksons hill road rr 2 markham according to forensic scientist dr steve pausak a branch he was cutting hit a hydro wire conducting 16000 volts through mr wests left hand to the rest of his body dr pausak held the two pieces of branch where mr west was making the cut at the time of the accident and showed how the it fell touching the wire on one end and falling onto mr wests left hand at the other drhakfai chiu the pathologist who performed the autopsy on mr west reported burns on the back of his left hand which pene trated the full depth of the skin and on the outer part of his right heel where the current left his body as well as smaller burns on the insides of his calves and his back dr chiu told the inquest the vic tim died of acute heart failure and congested lungs dr pausek suggested the use of electricians gloves while work ing near high tension lines these gloves would have pre vented the current from entering his body he said he described the gloves as made of rubber about two to three millimetres thick he agreed however such gloves would be cumbersome for a landscape worker dr pausek was also asked whether the trimmed branch would have to have touched the wire to conduct the electricity the physician said it was possible the branch did not touch the wire but would have to be within a half- inch of the line for the electricity to arc from the wire to the branch the inquest was expected to conclude on tuesday homeowners reject boxes stouffville town coun cil is sold on the convenience of community mail boxes but resi dents on stuart street dont share members enthusiasm s in a letter to mayor fran sains bury and councillor jim sanders dated jan 7 1986 jerry sanford and doug hackert have requested the municipality halt further work on the project until this question is given proper and due consideration by town officials according to complainants the accompanying petition is signed by every resident on the street canada post plans to erect 85 boxes in town none more than 600 feet from any one home comple tion of the work is expected in march mr sanford claims home owners were never consulted they just started digging holes without saying a word he said he described their public rela tions as poor its typical of what weve reunion siloam siloam a quiet hamlet boasting only a tew dozen inhabitants will come alive one saturday this sum- mer when former ss no 8 uxbridge twp holds a reunion the community is located on durham road 8 the school is now a community hall betty mrs ivan degccr rr 3 mount albert has set the reunion wheels in motion the first organizational meet ing was held at her home monday night although plans arent final i mrs degcer sees no reason why the gathering cant be held on location the property should be adequate to accommodate everyone she says in an effort to publicize the event the tribune is seeking as many school pictures as possible interviews will also be conducted with former teachers and students come to expect from postal peo ple he stated while the system may be conve nient to folks who are house bound mr sanford says theres nothing inconvenient about park ing on main street and picking up mail at the post office its only 20 feet from the car he said its better too he said when the weathers inclement no one wants them mr san ford told the tribune referring to people living on stuart street he suggests others feel the same but were never given an opportunity to register an opinion mayor fran sainsbury doesnt share the petitioners views she describes it as an improved ser vice that people will appreciate once its available the boxes she says arc already in storage wait ing to be installed condemned stouffville tear it down the recommendation to council follows a business im provement area board meeting jan 8 the request relates to the muchdiscussed sanders block building on main street the board unanimous in its de cision said the centuryold struc ture is not only an eyesore to the downtown but a safety hazard a copy of the motion will be for warded to the chamber of com merce bi a member jack chambers suggested the town issue the own er a demolition permit then enter into a site plan agreement after the building is levelled the board is of the opinion council is deman- ding a site plan first before agreeing to removal of the now- vacant store mr chambers said people com ing out of the bank of commerce the bank of nova scotia and the iga arc immediately con fronted by the ugliness of the structure situated directly across the street it was noted also that someone could be seriously in jured by falling debris as the building appears unsafe family receives ai cut hair j for clues i several days prior to the arrest of 26yearold guy morin charged with the murder of christine jessop of queensville police arranged for a student hairdresser to attend a band prac- tise in stouffville there on the- pretext of doing an experiment the girl obtained strands of the aci cuseds hair these were later matched with fibres found on the victims body j this information was revealed in evidence presented at the sup- reme court trial currently under- way in london ont morin a clarinet player with the whitchurchstouffville cprij cert band resided at queens ville next door to the jessop family j on the night of the experi- ment the student also obtained j hair samples from other musi- cians so as not to arouse suspi- cion the trial was told a few evenings later morin wast arrested by police at ballantrae he was on his way to a band prac tise in stouffville at the time the sevenman fivewomanr jury also heard testimony from undercover police officer gordonf hobbs sgt hobbs posed as a child killer to gain morins confif dence hobbs said the accused told him he had the mind of at monk enabling him to store things in the back so he wouldnt be tormented by the memory of the slaying j janet jessop mother of christ- irie testified that on the day her daughters body was found mrj and mrs morin visited their homej but were not accompanied byj their son the trial continues glasgow a plea for assist ance published in the jan 8 issue of the tribune for nine members of a glasgow area family has re sulted in unbelievable response office phones rang continuous ly thursday and friday- asresi- dents some calling from a dis tance offered assistance to be verley tustin husband charles sheffield and children made homeless following a fire at their rented home on the second con cession of uxbridge dec 26 mrs tustin sons eddie and don and emma croft a family friend have found temporary lodging in a house north of the the ogdcn funeral home located nearby the buses are heated by prop ane and lighted by an electrical hookup to the barn the goodwood and claremont lions club have provided clo thing the stouffville lions club is giving them food vouchers and firewood beds and mattresses have been donated the mar kham clothing centre has offered apparel free of charge present needs include woolen blankets towels drapes a rug and kitchen utensils tribune staff are making deliveries as items are brought in the tustin home has no telephone mrs tustin said she couldnt be lieve theresponse i never knew i had so many friends she stated a proud woman she said it bothered her greatly to request assistance well survive she said there are brighter days ahead prisoner of war stouffville a paint ing completed recently by talented artist jimbessey of 135 booths drive stouffville was presented by the province of ontario to japanesepjtihte minister yasubiro nakasone the presentation was made at a galafparty in mr nakaspnes honor sunday night the painting of a barn near manchester east of port perry is entitled winter morning in ontario an official of prime minister david petersons office made the selection hamlet daughter cindy husband allan vaughan and children george 6 and trudy 5 remain in one of two buses parked at the fire site mr sheffield and stephen tustin are living in a second bus agincourt was filled saturday as friends and relatives from a wide area paid their respects to the memory of bruce liritner of bracebridge and formerly of stouffville former teacher dies in blaze uxbridge township a retired schoolteacher died jan 8 in an earlymorning blaze that gutted a house on the uxbridgcscott townline kenneth taylor 64 was pronounced dead after flames en gulfed his cone 1 home shortly before 1am according to durham regional police mr taylor was the only occupant in the dwelling at the time of the fire police said the victims wife mary taylor was away teaching school at orillia firefighters from both the uxbridge and east gwillimbury departments responded to the call i the blaze is believed to have originated from a wood stove located in the basement police- report the ontario fire mar shalls office was called in to investigate damage to the threehedroom singlestorey dwelling is esti mated at 75000 a tractor and snowplow were also destroyed the taylor house is located on the south side of the uxbridge- scott townline wess mr lintner died suddenly jan 7 he was 63 one of those in attendance was fred castle formerly of stouff ville and now living at sutton fred along with mr lintner and wilf tunney of markham spent three years in a prisoner of war camp following their capture dur ing world war ii they were members of the royal regiment of canada private lintner and private castle joined up for over seas duty the same day the pow camp was known as stalag 8b rev pettipas a chaplain from scarborough general hospital spoke of mr lintners willingness to defend his country as his patrio tic duty he didnt ask much but he gave much he said besides his wife the former jean pasquino mr lintner is sur vived by two daughters ruth and antoinette four grandchildren jcanninc lisa robert and christopher three brothers ted of pictoh roy of kitchener george in toronto and one sister edna hass of elmira he was pre deceased by brothers charles harry and billy and a sister mar garet patients y come first stouffville the issue facing ontario physicians is not extrabilling in itself according to dr patrick wat but rather freedom of choice i probably will never extra- bill dr wat said in an interview this week but i think the choice should be ours the executive of the ontario medical association oma de cided to act against the new leg- islation three days after it was announced dec 19 the new rul ing makes it illegal for doctors to charge more than the rate paid by ohip the omas council members will vote saturday on what action if any will be taken to protest the new law the executive has prop osed a series of revolving strikes ohip permits doctors to charge 42 for a halfhour visit none of the physicians in stouffville charge more than whats allowed dr wat said