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a a jury attaches no blame in carbon monoxide death of csar claremont a jury of three men and two women has attached no blame in the tragic death by carbon monoxide poisoning of a 16 year old claremont girl whose body was discovered at about 11 am march 28 on a sideroad in pickering township gordon david dean 20 also of claremont told a coroners inquest in wh itby april 6 he could recall removing katherine joan macgregor his girlfriend for about one year from the front seat of his car but could not ex plain why he had acted in such a way i couldnt feel anything 1 wasnt worried about anything he said in a voice that was low and sometimes difficult to hear mr dean could recall little of what had happened on the night he left claremont drove to newmarket and then to the home of mr and mrs donald vale where kathy was babysitting for the evening mr vale said the two left together but couldnt testify as to who was driving the car the boys mother mrs margaret dean said her son arrived back at the house about 8 am she said he looked very pale and kept falling asleep she told of calling two physicians for advice but before she could get him to a hospital the police arrived paul dean 23 said his brother looked like hed just seen a ghost he was dazed he said and his voice was barely audible david dean told how he purchased a 1963 model chevrolet in february of this year and although given s10 to obtain a mechanical fitness cer tificate he had asked a friend to fill it out instead the companion was not a qualified mechanic he said he admitted that prior to driving to the vale home he had consumed about 6 pints of beer later he remembered coming to in their parked car and seeing kathy with her head leaning against the window on the drivers side he thought she was sleeping his next recollection he said was coming to a second time he said the victim was still in the same position it was then daylight he recalled it was then that he placed his ghfriends bodv on the road it was first noticed by walter murray rr2 claremont who called police john benning a licenced mechanic employed by the opp to inspect the dean auto described how the tail pipe was rusted away allowing fumes to blow directly into a hole in the trunk and then through the interior of the vehicle he said that to test the carbon monoxide intake it was necessary for the driver to open up a win dow a 45 percent carbon monoxide saturation was measured in a sample of the dead girls blood crown attorney bruce afleck in charge of the hearing with coroner ja patterson said that while gordon david dean might have attempted to evade certain responsibilities in connection with the car there was no indication he had done anything im proper he attributed his loss of memory to the affects of fumes the same fumes that had killed his companion i feel this young man has much to concern himself over the ioss of a friend and i question whether he should be punished for the rest of his life he related the case to a tragic chain of events the jurys findings ruled katherine joan macgregors death was due to an accidental lethal dose of carbon monoxide poisoning emitted by a faulty exhaust system on a 1963 chevrolet there were no recommendations jury members were hugh pugh foreman claremont rr2 bar bara pegg claremont rr2 alan price claremont rr2 doris perry locust hill rrl and arthur pollard of brougham whitchurch i uxbridge markham i pickering largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge vol 82 no 50 14 pages stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday may 13 1971 phone 6402101 15 cents uxbridge twp parents are billed for errant fire call uxbridge twp with the cooperation of brigade chiefs the twp of uxbridge is forcing its collection policy on persons who through negligence set fires and then call for c assistance a story with a new twist occurred recently when a group of four boys came upon the wreckage of an old car and set it ablaze brigade units from both stouffville and uxbridge were called one returning a second time resulting in a service charge of 600 each of the boys parents was subsequently sent a bill for 50 at a meeting of council may 10 david blackley cone 3 complained that while his son was in the party of youths he shouldnt be penalized for an act he didnt commit the bylaw officer argued however that by being there whet the offense was com mute made him as responsible as the other three he said it was difficult to prove which lad had actually struck the match clerk donald kennedy in formed council that one parent had already contributed his 50 share hagermans corners school for hostel rejected by board york cty the old hagerman school will not be used as a youth hostel this k summer the york county board of education decided may 10 despite an appeal from the representatives of morocco a scarboro youth group trustees rejected their request to use the two room country school with only three dissenting votes the york county board had originally- given the proposal a sympathetic hearing april 26 but interest in the project quickly evaporated when it was discovered 12000 would be needed to bring the building up to minimum standards in a report from the division of planning and development the hagerman school was described as sound but in need of some repairs if the building was to be used as a youth hostel the board estimated it would cost 5500 to increase the capacity of the septic tank 2000 to repair the well and 1500 to install a new electrical panel service the school which was built in 1872 is presently being used as a storage shed but trustees remained primarily concerned with the relationship between transient youth visiting the hostel and the community around hagermans corners in refusing to support the project until assurance of adequate supervision was given by the group trustee louise aimone told the board she had received several letters from home owners in the area ob jecting to the venture the community has to be solidly behind the project if it is to succeed we need youth hostels but without community support they are doomed to fail dicksons hill refuse to rezone town trailer site stouffville despite an appeal from two local businessmen planning com- mittee has once again declined to rezone the site of stouffville trailer sales lot 32 cone 8 from agricultural to highway com mercial appearing on behalf of kenneth jones and albert hudson solicitor larry sutton told committee members his clients wanted to make per manent improvements on the site but were hesitant unless the zoning was changed councillors were told the company was losing sales and might have to lay off some of its employees unless the committee reconsidered its decision of april 6 but committee members were not sympathetic councillor tom lonergan felt stouffville trailer sales deserved little consideration since the com pany had been arbitrarily located on land designated as agricultural we should stick by the decision we made earlier he said prior to boundary changes initiated under regional government the town of markham instituted court proceedings against the com pany for alleged contravention of municipal landuse bylaws councillor betty vannostrand agreed that planning com mittee was committed to uphold their earlier decision we cant consider this property until the time comes to consider the whole area she said new reigning queen of stouffville high this is kathy sheridan the new reigning selected from six finalists at the annual i queen of stouffville dist secondary may prom friday night las thomas school kathy 19 and in grade 13 was premier to open vla project ballantrae although the chickens may still outnumber the human inhabitants by 3 to 1 the hamlet of ballantrae is soon to become the centre of national interest in june premier wm davis and officials of the dept of municipal affairs will preside at the opening of the com munitys new vla subdivision mike flecher of highway 18 developments told the tribune located on the former simp son dairy farm the 150 acre subdivision will be built in stages the first phase to in clude 57 homes should be completed early this summer it is expected that thirty families will have moved in by the end of next month but three years from now when the entire project is completed ballantrae will be home to 1500 veterans unlike most subdivisions there is no selling job involved with this development mr flecher told the tribune wc- have far more people wanting to buy than we have property he said there are over 7000 people in the province eligible for benefits under the veterans land act and we only have 150 acres in a single day there have been more than 50 visitors to the site subdivision services include paved roads underground wiring street lighting and electric heat all the homes are custom built prospective buyers will be able to choose a home from one of seven models and select the type of stone brick and tile they want the smallest home a 3room bungalow of 1200 square feet sells for about 28000 the largest of 2100 square feet sells for 37000 most cf the homes have two washrooms and a fireplace mr flecher describes the development as designed with american ideas but built to canadian standards a three- acre shopping plaza and 7 acres of parkland will be included but all applications for home ownership must meet vla conditions a minimum down payment of 12000 cash on a 28000 home is required the balance is financed through a 6 percent mortgage which comes to approximately 8800 per month estates of ballantrae was designed to appeal to the veteran whose family is almost grown and through school said mr flecher ballantrae is the perfect place to retire the land is 1 1 000 feet above sea level so the atmosphere is always clear and the village is only 30 miles from toronto when asked what kind of impact the subdivision would have on the original residents of the village flecher replied it was probably the best thing that ever happened to ballantrae he described the kind of people who would be moving in as extremely responsible weve just concluded a trans action with a member of the canadian diplomatic corps who will be retiring soon he said the subdivision will incur few expenses for the town of whitchurchstouffville since all the services are provided he concluded century city govt approval by end of 71 or game over want answer yes or no uxbridge twp the next six months is a critical period for century city if the 7000 acre project is approved by queens park even in principal development manager roger cunnington told the tribune financial support would soon be forthcoming and the plan would move ahead we have to have an answer from the province this year or its game over he said mr cunnington ruled as impractical the suggestion that revenue properties limited should absorb the indebtedness of its branch firm he said this would only weaken the financial status of the parent company and impair its position on the stock market with respect to century city itself the magnitude of the venture has not been reduced anything less than 32000 people and you have a glorified subdivision said mr cun nington the company spokesman said he was sympathetic concerning the plight of some former owners who had invested their down payments in other properties he noted too that without their patience and consideration the project would already be dead in spite of apparent problems mr cunnington remains op timistic a year ago it was touch and go but now were re building he said were regaining a lot of the respect we lost through a program of consolidation many branch offices have been closed and the entire operation is handled from toronto revenue is also engaged in large residential projects on the outskirts of metro including etobicoke brampton orangeville and guelph he said mr cunnington was high in his praise of the new minister of municipal affairs hon dalton bales hes a fantastic man he said im sure hell come up with the answer soon he also commended the ef forts of uxbridge twp council and planning board by proving to the majority of members that century city would benefit the municipality weve vaulted the first hurdle he concluded dadson development rejected by planners stouffville the plan ning committee town of whitchurchstouffville has rejected an application that would have established a 315 acre estatetype development on the dadson farms hwy 48 near ringwood members explained that the proposal was contrary to provisions in the official plan and an amendment should not be considered at the present time they also argued that good farming land should be preserved for agricultural use the committee is now working on the consolidation of 21 existing bylaws from the former twp of whitchurch and village of stouffville the target date for completion is midjuly however a lapse of at least six months is anticipated before consideration can be given to proposals for estate sub divisions locations include lot 8 cone 6 lot 11 cone 4 and lot 35 cone 8 regional government a slap in the face markham the concept of regional government was given a backhanded slap in the face by markham town council monday when members by a vote of 4 1 supported a st catharines resolution calling for a holdup in further im plementation of the system the decision was even more surprising since it rejected the stand taken by councillor jim jongeneel in support of the scheme councillor jongeneel chaired the meeting in the ab sence of mayor anthony roman councillor murray henderson said he was concerned mainly with costs under the regional plan indicating there had been no sign of any decrease in ex penses since jan 1 while whitchurchstouffville refused support uxbridge township endorsed it unanimously uxbridge council want no part of a region that would include the city of oshawa