Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 13, 1972, p. 1

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car flips driver dazed markham a stouffvule area man was admitted to scarboro centenary hospital thursday after his northbound car flipped over on its roof trapping the driver inside adrien john nibbs cone 5 whitchurch stouffvule was freed by several men who happened on the scene they lifted the car up so that the passenger side door could be opened the accident occurred on the 7th concession of markham north of 18th avenue charged with failing to yield the rightofway at a private drive is albert w smith 51 of rr2 markham damage to the nibbs vehicle was estimated at 2000 ticket spree sparks protest stouffville a lady motorist stopped for ten minutes in front of the bakery to pur chase a thirty cent loaf of bread on her return she found a 3 ticket at tached to the wind shield the offense she had vacated the vehicle and left the motor running a bookkeeper at stouffvule printing was tagged for parking her car more than six inches from the curb how much more seven inches from the curb and so it goes a sudden ticketing spree that has taken stouff vule and other york centres by storm and aroused a storm with protest echoing all the way to chief crawfords office in newmarket while reaction varies with individuals most have paid the fines voluntarily although some have vowed never to return to town again others have reacted violently with one chap tearing his tag into a thousand pieces another threw his to the road stomped on it then picked it up and stuffed it in his pocket the question most people are asking is why why without warning are musty bylaws now being en forced so stringently and strangely enough no one seems to know but take heart relief may be in sight at last report the supply of tickets was running low so there may be a temporary lapse while a new batch goes to press all set for big show on friday evening dozens of little guys and dolls will make their annual debut as the 1972 sluuf f villc figure skating club carnival opens in i the arena at 8 pm a typical doll is 7 year old michell symes daughter of mr and mrs kichard symes rrs stouffvule there are two performances saturday a matinee at 2 pm and an evening show at eight jas thomas airport cannot be ignored warns planner stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday april 13 1972 vol 88 no 46 phone 6402101 16 pages 15 cents overall stouffville plan is granted top priority over single residential project community of 10000 stouffville the probable impact that an in ternational airport could have on the village of stouffville i cannot be ignored regional planning commissioner murray pound told a committee of town council april 7 he touched on the subject during discussion of a proposed 1000 lot development suggested for an area extending from hwy 47 to west of cone 9 the official said both growth and traffic patterns would be affected greatly by a port project of such magnitude mr pound said that com muter orientation could change away from toronto and extend instead to the airport site he urged careful study of this reveal secret report pickering twp that secret government study the second toronto airport site evaluation a technical report completed in september 1970 by the toronto airport planning team canadian air tran s sportation administration has been made public through the persistence of uxbridge twp councillor clark muirhead a member of the people over planes organization site evaluation the report r reveals was completed in stages first forecasts were made of the aviation requirements for the region and the airport over a 30 year span a large number of potential airport sites were then checked out and selection was made by assessing distance from the regions demographic centre forecasted limits of urban development existing major airspace and prohibitive physiography various areas stood out as being unaffected by site selection restraints out of 59 sites originally considered the choice was whittled down to 4 the pickering site was not one of the 4 it was not one of the 59 the bulk of the study deals with detailed evaluation based on costs social and en vironmental effects and technical aviation requirements of the 4 choice sites north just south of lake simcoe east just south of lake scugog west between guelph and milton and north west near orangeville transport minister jamiesons aide in commenting on the report termed it old stuff since superseded but the pop organization is now asking where is the new stuff it believes the govern ment hasnt completed it yet port meeting possibility mayor ken laushway agreed i feel the airport will change our whole planning picture he slated you just cant ignore it summed up the planner if you try to the province will in tervene councillor tom lonergan sharply criticized the lack of information from senior levels of government until someone comes up with the facts i cant honestly say whether things should change or not he said they the government have been very evasive we have to obtain factual information which we just dont have at present councillor gordon ratcliff said in his opinion the main desire was to keep the village out of the intense noise zone we must assume the airport is going there until its stop ped conceded councillor june button the regional planning department will prepare a report assessing the airport and other factors as they relate to stouffvilles future lions bikeathon registrations pour in may 1 stouffville whitchurch stouffvilles second annual bikeathon sponsored by the lions club has completed only one day of registration and already its success is assured a total of 107 entries were received saturday more names will be accepted april 15 with the municipal building open from 9 am to 1 pm the committee chairman is dr bill murphy there is an urgent need for volunteer help along the route in addition to the honda escort to be provided by altona feed and supplies b day is may 6 host 28000 stouffville sap- gathering and syrupmaking at bruces mill conservation area has attracted 28000 visitors to the site the event now in its fourth whine then squawk stouffville the jumbo jets arrived in stouffville and in markham saturday and while not visible they were audible the jet sound originated from the rear of a small van that proceeded at a snails pace along main street with the driver handing out anti- airport circulars along the way at one point traffic was held up for half a mile while the recorded whine was loud enough to generate more than a little curiosity in stouffville it accomplished more than that in markham angry motorists shoppers and storeoperators flooded police with calls demanding the noise- maker be stopped if it isnt one squawk its another commented an officer holding his hands to his ears year concludes april 16 hundreds of school children have viewed the demonstration their numbers are not included in the total attendance figure stouffville a proposed 1000lot residential develop ment to extend irom hwy 47 to west of cone 9 will take second place to an overall plan for stouffville this conclusion was reached during a discussion april 7 between planning committee and regional planning com missioner murray pound mayor ken laushway pointed out that the region was heavily involved in the project located on the north side of the village because of requirements for sewage water and other ser vices mr pound noted that some falls 25 feet balsam a balsam area farmer is in oshawa general hospital after falling a distance of about 25 feet from a barn beam to the floor jim wilson 28 son of mr and mrs elmer wilson r r 1 ashburn suffered a broken left shoulder and arm the accident occurred april 4 the young man had climbed a ladder to the top of a hay mow and was pulling himself over a roof brace when it broke under his weight his father was working in the stable below and went immediately to his aid bugged stouffville when mrs marie adams main street stouffville opened a box of powdered milk recently she discovered to her horror a species of larvae inside without bothering to learn the grubs identity she sent the mixture back to the company with a note attached the firm quickly apologized and attempted to explain how such a thing could occur they enclosed a slip good for a replacement purchase but the substitute proved even worse for inside it was the fullsize form of a dehydrated centipede stouffville a non partisan public meeting to obtain information on the controversial airport issue will be held in the auditorium of stouffville dist secondary school monday may 1 the gathering arranged by mayor ken laushway will hear speakers from two levels of government provincial and federal both mp john roberts yorksimcoe and mpp bill hodgson york north have promised to at tend following platform com ments the audience will be invited to pose questions from the floor utilizing the several microphones that will be set up for this purpose although the meetings chairman has not been named mayor laushway said he would be independent of local council any government authority or faction he said strict ground rules would be established and enforced in response to a survey conducted recently by mr roberts the replies for and against are evenly divided a large number of farmers and merchants welcome the airport development he said while newcomers to the area are understandably opposed the majority however mr roberts points out have adopted a wait and see attitude seeking more information before deciding whether it will be of benefit to the community or not lady found frozen in chicken coop home seventysix year old marika madjaroff was found dead saturday in this chicken coop home 16th avenue west of don mills road she occupied the small structure with a dozen chickens a pig a dog and a rabbit there was no heat in the structure and very little food a coroners report filed with police has attributed death to ex posure newmarket councillor kay twinney a member of the york itcgional police commission has called for a thorough investigation into the case jas thomas preliminary work had been done and discussions on a level crossing had been carried out with the c n r its up to us to carry the ball protested councillor gordon ratcliff this is the first firm proposal weve had mr pound stated that some of the developers presently in volved might well sell out at a later stage the firm of revenue properties ltd was suggested as a future participant in the plan the regional planner warned that regardless of councils decision rezoning and con struction would have to be staged to lessen the impact on services schools and other factors board chairman tom lonergan argued that to classify the entire acreage to single- family residences was not in his opinion facing up to social realities he felt some con sideration should be given the lowwage earner criticized too was the ab sence of commercial areas to serve the development and provisions for a bypass road mr pound said the town had two choices to consider the development on the basis of added subdivisions or as part of planning for a community of 10000 the committee favored the total community approach despite warnings that it would take much longer the regional planner agreed to prepare a report with this recom mendation in mind florist firm is sold stouffville the stouffville floral company ninth line south has been sold the new owners are name and frank young formerly of trinidad and partner bing soo formerly of vancouver acquiring the business and property from herb cossey april 3 mr and mrs cossey hope to remain in the area having purchased the oliver harding farm hwy 48 several years ago little change in the operation is expected with the coowners concentrating on the wholesale vegetable line it was back in 1956 that herb cossey purchased the stouffville floral from milton smith in 1966 a portion of the structure was destroyed by fire with a loss exceeding 100000 in spite of the setback mr cossey persevered at the time of sale he had 60000 square feet of greenhouse space under glass

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