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theatre niqht community centre april 678 sbs utte ice revue stouffville arena april 1415 vol 88 no 45 phone 6402101 stouffyillevhitchlrchmarkhamuxbridge thursday april 6 1972 16 pages 15 cents passenger robbed stouffville york regional police have issued a warrant for one man and are searching for two more in connection with a robbery near musselmans lake the victim grant roach main street east stouffville told officers he accepted a ride home march 31 with three other men he said the driver stopped the car on a back road and demanded his money with threat of injury or death the thieves made off with about 20 on tuesday police arrested edward russell smith age 20 of stouffville he is charged with robbery pastor enters politics york north a willowdale pastor has announced his in tention to step out from behind the pulpit and into the political arena on the side of the progressive conservative party in the federal riding of york north rev elmer stanley mcvety 43 the associate minister of the peoples church will let his name stand for nomination at a meeting this month in thornlea secondary school bayview avenue the seat is currently held by liberal barney danson i am totally dedicated for a change in government mr mcvety said mr trudeau i believe is leading us in the wrong direction the york north riding in cludes such centres as willowdale thornhill rich mond hill woodbridge unionville and markham port opponents to ottawa pickering twp federal transport minister donald jamieson has agreed to host representatives of the anti- airport committee and outline reasons for the governments choice of the pickering site the meeting will be held in ottawa dr charles godfrey protest chairman will likely attend along with appointees of his own choosing the refusal by federal authorities to release the locations of other suggested areas has been up until now a main complaint of pickering airport opponents winter begins its slow retreat into spring its been a long winter and in protected areas its still hanging on the 7th concession of uxbridge the drifts have begun to recede on although the calendar says its spring but even at this location and soon snowmobile trails will give way to green grass airport project 63 opposed survey reveals stouffville sixtythree percent of stouffville residents replying to a questionnaire concerning the proposed airport project have stated their op position to it the result made public this week follows a survey con ducted by sinclair stevens federal progressive con servative candidate in the riding of yorksimcoe thirtyone percent said they favored the scheme while six percent had no opinion of the 2000 prepaid postcards provided stouffville householders only ten percent were returned the majority of opponents based their opinions on fear of noise and pollution a lesser number felt a second airport was not needed and that present facilities at malton could be expanded some considered it unwise to utilize good farmland for such a purpose while others felt the communitys ruraltype atmosphere would be destroyed those in favor argued that the project would produce employment create develop ment aid farm land sales and promote progress those with no opinions said they lacked sufficient knowledge to state a view one way or another a yes vote said i was born in this house 78 years ago and im ready to move a negative response stated we came to stouffville to get away from this kind of thing another proponent said airplane noise will be music to my ears compared to snowmobiles and gravel trucks an antiairport respondent stated send the men responsible away for the weekend like to north bay drive another said our home would never withstand the vibrations and we would never survive the noise mr stevens said his own personal views would reflect the opinions of the majority in the riding he suggested that a statement would follow when a full assessment of area feeling was known holiday inn for hwy 48 irimarkham markham although not confirmed the tribune has learned on fairly good authority that a modern holiday inn may be constructed at a site near hwy 48 south of the old town of markham the property is said to be close to the cnr over pass at a location near the intersection of the proposed hwy 407 a check with the building inspectors departmental buttonville revealed no permit for such a structure has yet been issued 4 police tag illegal parkers family sho w stouffville the stouffville figure skating clubs 22nd annual ice revue under the direction of pros jean barclay jacqui armitage and victor irving is all set to go april 14 and 15 described as a family show it will feature three performances friday and saturday evenings and a matinee saturday af ternoon the first half with all the little guys and dolls is entitled alice in won derland two skaters cindy wilson and marlene boyd will share the lead role the second half is en titled thats show biz featuring guest stars linda roe of toronto and michael bradley of unionville in competition this year linda and michael were rated among the top three dance pairs in canada the club president for 1972 is frank mellon stouffville acting on the receipt of private com plaints york regional police are enforcing parking regulations in all areas of town with a few exceptions the limit is two hours on main street and five hours elsewhere the fine payable at the municipal office is 300 within the past three weeks since the crack down started several motorists cars have been tagged twice mayor ken laushway said that while council had approved passage of the bylaw in 1971 no pressure had been exerted on police to enforce it rather he said the requests had come from local residents theres no way the council could establish a bylaw and then request the police not to enforce it he admitted the mayor said the main problem was where drivers left their cars on streets for long periods im peding snow removal cyclists hurt unionville two of four cyclists were injured and ad mitted to scarboro centenary hospital monday when struck down by a car on kennedy road near unionville russell miller 15 and john grant 13 both of agincourt are reported in fair condition charged with careless driving is edward rivers 41 of robinson street markham for water sewerage four firms to guarantee million dollars envision 1000 homes population to 9000 stouffville four companies with property- holdings extending from hwy 47 to west of cone 9 including an estimated 300 acres have banded together and agreed to underwrite an amount of 1 million for services both water and sewage in the former village of stouffville the proposal explained by solicitor gary j smith before a special meeting of council march 29 would if approved create 1000 new residential lots and also allow homes to be built on fillin lots already available while the program would be phased over a period of several years it would when com pleted raise stouffvilles population to about 9000 the towns share of the ser vicing cost has been estimated at 300000 the channelization of duffins creek and an ad dition to the sewage disposal plant is included in the scheme the acquisition of some of this land dates back to 1968 mr smith recalled but only through a cooperative arrangement with four and possibly five firms could the payment on a per lot basis become practical he described the developers 1 million dollar offer as the breaking point the companies involved are dulverton holdings ltd fryn investments ltd stouffville developments ltd and sun- crest construction limited all land lies north of main street from the gar lehman farm to north of st marks separate school the plan at this point includes only singlefamily lots mayor ken laushway in formed the spokesman that the region of york would enter into the discussion also the metro toronto and region con servation authority he promised to acquaint all levels of government with the terms of the proposal so that an agreement might be drawn up as soon as possible councillor gordon ratcliff was favorably impressed its what weve been waiting for he said he questioned the solicitor however concerning what deteriorating effect if any the proposed airport might have on a development of such size mr smith replied that he retained no concern whatsoever were quite optimistic he said airport no stouffville a meeting of the stouffville branch people or planes committee will be held in the stouffville community centre april 13 at eight oclock a main item of business is to elect a local executive following remarks by several guest speakers general discussion on the airport issue will take place for further information contact jim sanders obrien avenue 6402014 at markham a public meeting is planned for the high school april 11 at 8 pm information related to land evaluations will be provided by noted canadian land economist wallace beaton of woodbridge engineer james crang will assess the impact of airport noise on area properties a period will be set aside for public discussion m p p donald deacon cedarwood mistake markham the creation of a city of 200000 people in a mainly rural area is one mistake mpp donald deacon yorkcentre told the tribune this week but to call it cedarwood is error number two i will do everything i can to stop it mr deacon said he said the location was based entirely on economics due to the proximity of lake ontario for sewer and water service as for the name the local member said that cedar grove with a proud past deserved a better fate call it cedar grove or whitevale or something that relates to the area that now is he said cedarwood means nothing mr deacon agreed with a recent tribune editorial that the airport site should also be shown the same consideration he said the name claremont or brougham would be far more appropriate than toronto wage increase stouffville york countys 267 custodians serving both elementary and secondary schools have won a 60 cent hourly wage increase retroactive to sept 1 1971 the agreement subject to several months of negotiations was approved by the board of education and the employees march 25 the workers members of local 1196 of cupe had originally asked for a wage hike of 87 cents per hour the new agreement is ef fective to sept 1 1973 an employee told the tribune that negotiations between the committees were carried out in a spirit of cooperation he said that had a settlement not been ratified a strike could have been called in 14 days visitors throng conservation area its sugaring off time at bruces mil con servation area and thecrowds this spring have broken all established records both the old and new methods of making maple syrup are practiced intrigued by it all is 7 year old cathy keid daughter of mr and mrs robt keid glad park avenue stouffville jas thomas claremont how do you mix oil with water you dont but the organizers of a public meeting at claremont tuesday obviously tried the purpose of the gathering was to obtain in formation pro and con on the proposed airport and its effect on the area unfortunately both the pros and the cons were out in force and information of a factual nature was not sufficient to satisfy either side the end result boos jeers insults near violence the crowd that jammed every nook and cranny of the community hall was estimated at over 300 for a full report see page 16