Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), October 30, 1996, p. 1

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buy any tuna chicken or egg sandwich and a soup and receive a free small coffee or pop 435 plus tax dainty donuts deli 18 rmgwood drive uy r r f rifi stouffvitte carol l clements monct conceits 6424540 lcllf4f vol 108 no 44 ametroland community newspaper wednesday october 30 1996 50 1 rw0 tragedy for stouf fville family todd francis by joan ransberky staff reporter a fatherandson outing turned into a tragedy in stouffville on sunday todd joseph francis 4 of ballantrae was killed instantly after being crushed beneath the tracks of a small bulldozer driven by his father joseph francis the accident took place at francis work place villa excavating grading and sod ding located on bethesda sideroad south and ninth line property coowner frank mauro told the tribune that joe francis a 10year employee brought the boy along when he came to do some grading on the property mauro explained that fran cis gave the boy a bulldozer ride before parking the machine beside a sand pile on the edge of the driveway the father told the child to stay put while he parked the bull dozer on the other side of the driveway joe said hed moved the bulldozer backwards only four or five feet when he looked at the sand pile he didnt see the little child said mauro when he didnt see him he got right off the machine it was then that the father discovered that his son had been run over the child was pronounced dead at the scene mean while francis was taken to hospital and treated for severe emotional trauma the 33yearold man was released from hospital mon day morning to join his wife wanetta and their two-year- old daughter amy at home on aurora sideroad there the grieving family was being supported by todds grand mother and aunt funeral services for the tod dler will be held in stouffville later this week trust fund set up for francis family a trust fund has been set up at the markhamstouffville credit union to help the family of a child killed on the weekend todd joseph francis 4 of ballantrae was killed after being run over by a bulldozer at villa excavating grading and sodding the todd francis memorial trust fund was set up by the excavating company ito help off set funeral costs the childs father worked for the bethesda road firm the credit union is located at 6245 main street west stouffville donations can be madeduring office hours bradley calls for public hearing on new town hall by joan ransberry staff reporter whitchurchstouffvilles new town halllibraryart gallery complex will be the subject of a public hearing if a councillor gets her way on nov 12 ward 1 council lor ivanka bradley will ask council colleagues to support a motion calling for a public hearing to deal with the pro posed complex its a critical issue said bradley it involves a great deal of money and deserves to be the subject of a public hear ing local council agreed in prin ciple to build a new town hall adjacent to the library in the main streetduffins creek area while final details of the complex have yet to be ironed out its expected to cost about 25 million the plan calls for the council chambers to be housed in the art gallery under a shared- spare scheme santa coming to town everybodys favorite fellow is coming to town on dec 7 official word of santa clauss visit came to stouffville on tues day take note santa will be given a stouffville welcome by way of a parade local council agreed to close main street from 1 to 3 pm to accommodate the parade eranfclin visits franklin the turtle the popular character from childrens books of the same name paid a visit to the stouffville library on saturday pmosjoerd wittevebn auto centre hours monday friday 800 am 800 pm saturday 800 am 500 pm sunday closed service manager bruce mackenzie 6405050 spring brace raki r store vvvm vmi fc wa 5340 retail hours monday friday 830 am 900 pm saturday 830 am 600 pm sunday 1 1 00 am 400 pm store manager robert van bemmel 5945 main street stouffville 6405800

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