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largest weekly markham stouffville uxfarjdge all the news whitchurch- 1 uxbridge markham i pickering vol 83 no 12 14 pages stouffy1llewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgf thursday august 19 1971 phone 6402101 15 cents pinecrest auto racer hits jackpot stouffville a trophy and 2400 that was the earnings of 26 year old barry stather elm road stouffville at pinecrest speedway saturday its a track record competing in a 75iap international class barry propelled his 1965 chevelle from a pole position to hold the lead all the way the car is powered by a 350 cubic inch engine re worked by the owner barry has been racing successfully for three years sardine special cpr wants oneunit dayliner claremont the cpr is submitting an application to the transport commission requesting permission to rerun the sardine special on the havelocktoronto line this information is revealed by john medcof mt albert wellknown area rail commuter booster if successful mr medcof points out it would mean the dropping of the trains second car and crowding an estimated 100 passenters into an 88 seat coach on july 11 mr medcof reveals a single westbound dayliner was filled to capacity with passengers standing in the aisle from myrtle to agincourt on august 6 he says the eastbound train had two full coaches the 176 seats were filled 35 stood in the aisles two sat on the floor and one elderly lady tried to sit on an armrest but the cpr still wants to drop its second car he said a return to sardine con ditions combined with higher fares might just discourage passengers enough to cause a drop in business the cpr might then use this as an excuse for obtaining permission to discontinue i hope this is not what they have in mind he concluded barn blaze stouffville a spark from a tractor lodged in a wagon load of baled straw is believed responsible for a blaze aug 12 that destroyed a large barn on the property of gino testa bethesda sideroad northwest of stouffville so fierce was the fire that at one point it was feared the house might be burned too its brick construction and asphalt shingles saved it chief walter smith said in addition to the barn a nearlynew tractor valued at about 6000 was destroyed there was no livestock in the structure every man on the stouffville volunteer brigade attended the scene utilizing both the pumper and tank truck mustache cup sells for 55 bloom1ngton mustache cups are valuable so valuable in fact one sold for 55 at an auction on the property of the late wm fockler bloomington satur day other prices included 20 for a shaving mug brushholder and mirror six arrowback chairs 40 each a wooden butterbowl 20 a 100 year old couch 110 and an antique dresser 90 the crowd was tremendous in spite of intermittent showers the auctioneer was alvin farmer gormley mm- ti mc alii mhijipippnn tiny tim is king of the miniature horse corral meet tiny tim hes king of the corral although he staht only 29 inches high and weighs just over 200 pounds hes a miniature a kind of exhibition piece that has appeared in shows across canada and the united states his owner is miss alma king 17th avenue markham a foal named monty born june 3 1971 tipped the scales at twenty pounds jas thomas diver drowns searching for missing man swept under dam gormley for mr and mrs leonardo lerario and family northcliffe blvd north york sunday afternoon was meant to be an enjoyable picnic outing at bruces mill con servation area east of gor mley but fate intervened taking not one but two lives and marring the parks perfect deathfree record established since its opening eight years ago the body of mr lerario was found shortly after 10 pm six hours from the time he was reported missing earlier a volunteer scuba diver michael robertson 23 of richmond hill lost his life when sucked through the siuceway of the flood control dam he had entered the water at the base of the dam to assist in the search the force of the outgoing stream that passes through a 30 inch pipe ripped off the divers face mask and fins he was dead when pulled ashore chief lifeguard frank zechner of unionville told the tribune that no one had observed mr lerario in dif ficulty or had seen him disap pear below the surface when an appeal over the public ad dress system failed to bring a response the lake was cleared and a search started from two sides on request from inspector joseph rainey buttonville division york regional police a helicopter from cftr with eddie luther at the controls skirted the lake and bush area until darkness closed in the afternoon according to lifeguard zechner had been a normal one with attendance down from the sunday before everything was going real well he said right up to 430- and then this until the missing mans body was found it was not known if he had drowned or vandered off into the bush a language barrier added to the problem an inquest will likely be held town mayor snubbed stouffville when two politicians meet face to face in public confrontation somethings got to give it occurred aug 10 at a meeting of whitchurch-stouff- ville council the political combatants were mayor ken laushway and the exreeve of aurora stu patrick mr patrick operator of glendale beach wanted to know why gravel pit operator ron lee had received an advance copy of the towns proposed south lake road truckcontrol bylaw he argued that neither he nor vern davies of cedar beach had been so favored were both businessmen in the area he complained mayor laushway said that since one group had requested the restrictions he felt it only fair that mr lee have full knowledge of what the bylaw was all about but mr patrick appeared dis interested in a full explanation he left the chambers before the mayor had finished century city plan scrapped by province end of the road for dream development uxbridge twp weve come to the end of the road that in summation was the feeling of george harvie following the announcement tuesday that century city had been officially axed from the zone 2 area of the toronto- centred region plan mr harvie chairman of a committee that supported the scheme attended the meeting and spoke personally with the minister hon darcy mckeough at its conclusion mr mckeough he said declined to suggest what possible use could be made of the 6000 acres of land or what steps could be taken by mor tgageholders to gain back their properties other than through foreclosures j doubt very much said mr harvie that premier davis will allow mr mckeough to abort his responsibility in this regard i feel the provincial government has an obligation to purchase these properties some of which could be used as park lands and the remainder still good for farming reverted back to agricultural purposes he said he was extremely appreciative of the support his committee had received while expressing disap pointment louis devor of century city developments limited declined to raise the white flag of capitulation he said his firm would consider a scaled down version of a similar plan with a population buildup far under the previously quoted 35000 figure he refused to elaborate ken laushway mayor of whitchurchstouffville said that in his opinion the rejection of century city would prove a benefit he suggested that a buildup of such magnitude so close to the municipality could eventually turn stouffville into a ghost town he said he still favored steady but controlled growth so that services as required would be paid for by the developers and not by the people already residing here he said the zone 2 restrictions as enacted in the plan supported this policy save gormley plea gormley engineering consultants will be employed by york region to study the proposed interchange for high way 404 at gormley council members voted approval of the measure aug 12 according to the engineering report studies will be done to examine alternative routes which would bypass the village construction of the interchange as presently proposed and a grade separation for the cnr tracks would affect almost every house in gormley many residences would have to be purchased and demolished studies undertaken will assess traffic conditions costs and possible alternate routes a special evaluation will be made to determine the economic tt4 environmental aspects of each option employee honored brougham ivan booth of brougham a 25year employee with the twp of pickering was honored monday by members of council deputyreeve george ashe presented mr booth with an engraved gold watch in recognition of long service sweet charity museum guest markham the markham museum hosted a distinguished visitor recently when juliet prowse lead star in the musical sweet charity stopped at the site along with several other members of the cast miss prowse was welcomed by curator john lunau and asked to sign the official guest register her address was in dicated as los angeles california miss prowse came to be in markham through a friend john bishop mr bishop was attempting to locate the hamlet of sparta now box grove where his grandfather george bishop once lived mr lunau whose knowledge of native family relationships is well known was able to provide his guest with all the necessary information even on his great grandfather the late warren bishop an only living relative in the area is mrs joe nobbs markham rr2 practice makes perfect for a first time a preteen instruction course was started this summer at the stouffville bowling centre with excellent results twenty- eight boys and girls were enrolled in a schedule that concluded aug 14 one of the participants was 10 year old andrea tuck claremont rri field crop champions markham when it comes to producing a top wheat crop charles hooper and sons of buttonville have the formula the same can be said for ellis britton of claremont in oats and stan watson and sons of markham with barley these three farmers headed their respective classes in the annual field crop competition sponsored by the markham fair board each scored an identical 99 points the breakdown follows wheat chas hooper and sons buttonville 99 masseyferguson farms milliken 98 michael larkin markham 975 davidson bros stouffville 965 leitchcroft farms gormley 96 stanley watson markham 95 hilliard beare agin court 93 jack warriner markham 92 oats ellis britton claremont 99 chas hooper and sons but tonville 985 bruce risebrough markham 98 hilliard beare agincourt 975 leitchcroft farms gormley 97 davidson bros stouffville 96 murray dunkeld claremont 955 stanley watson markham 95 masseyferguson farms milliken 945 barley stanley watson markham 99 michael larkin markham 97 jack warriner markham 96 davidson bros stouffville 95 chas hooper and sons but tonville 935 masseyferguson farms milliken 93