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hmrfsmm d never seen anything like it stouffville flooding described as the worst in 18 years caused extensive damage in several homes and had town employees working roundtheclock in an effort to cope with the problem most seriously af fected were residences on stouffer street where water in one basement rose to a height of 26 inches mrs donald sneddon said the motors in their freezer furnace washer and drier were burned out she said the water rose at a rate of 6 inches an hour mayor ken laush- way commenting on the situation in council said he had not seen its equal since hurricane hazel while puzzled concerning the cause he said later that the proposed addition to the sewer plant might prevent a similar oc currence councillor gordon ratcliff pointed to the need of a check on the towns emergency pumping equipment should the problem arise again several portable pumps plus a heavyduty unit had to be pressed into service works department superintendent ron gibson rejected the suggestion that the overflow was related to an inadequate sewage plant he denied too that the problem was caused by a blocked main he said a com bination of many things loose weeping tiles leading into the sewers a heavy overnight rainfall and sudden emission of frost had created the trouble all the frost came out of the ground at once he explained and heavy rains only made things worse st0uffv1llewhitchurchmarkham thursday april 20 1972 vol 88 no 47 phone 6402101 16 pages 15 cents musselmans lake res repudiate power boat outsiders safety stouffville proposed restrictions on powerboats at musselmans lake was the subject of heated debate at whitchurch stouffville council april 11 four letters were received from residents all objecting to the planned 10 hp limit con- tained in a prepared bylaw lending support was a delegation of 12 persons with jack cox ninth line the spokesman he wanted to know why the people had not been contacted and warned of the pending legislation mayor ken laushway explained that the bylaw had been delayed for that reason to give the people an opportunity to speak either for or against it mayor laushway described present circumstances as a very dangerous situation i believe motors will have to be eliminated from the lake eventually or therell be no lake left he said he said council was well aware that outsiders were getting in and he hoped this could be cured a suggestion by mr cox that the bylaw might contain some economic discrimination brought a sharp rebuttal from councillor tom lonergan it doesnt deal with personalities he said do you think the lake can accommodate twin 75s all over the place i could say i dont care if they kill each fear york land grab uxbridge twp is york region trying for a 150000 acre land grab under cover of the airport this suspicion was aroused according to uxbridge township reeve bob nesbitt at a joint meeting of york region and ontario county engineering committees held march 28 at township council apr 17 reeve nesbitt warned members that york might try to take over scott uxbridge and pickering their attitude was since the airport is partly in markham anyway well take over these three townships i dont go along with that said the reeve ive had an association with ontario county for a long time and im not about to give it up aurora mayor dick illingworth a member of the york region committee said this matter was not discussed officially it may have been informally mentioned he admitted we were projecting our thoughts into the future we didnt feel it would be feasible for the airport to be in two municipalities mayor illingworth outlined difficulties in supplying the site with roads and other services if two jurisdictions were involved there was no firm suggestion or proposal he concluded blamed for problems other he continued but we have received complaints so must try and control it mr cox charged that his right to water ski was being infringed upon and predicted that it could be the start of a ban on water skiing everywhere councillor herb simpson said it wasnt the towns idea to push the legislation down anyones throat mr laushway said some council members had toured the lake area and had spoken to residents concerning the problem he cited difficulty in establishing ownership of some vacant land where many non residents launch their boats he said a search of titles at the newmarket registry office had accomplished nothing the delegation left after being assured the bylaws second reading would be held up pending the receipt of fur ther recommendations and submissions reject vla extension ballantrae an ap plication to expand on the present vla subdivision at ballantrae died on the floor of the york regional council chambers april 13 in a technical report sub mitted by the planning com mittee the development ex tension was rejected for the following reasons 1 a con flict with the government- imposed freezing order 2 non compliance with a whit church stouffville bylaw 3 the development is premature mayor ken laushway said in reply that council agreed with the committees recom mendation the report was adopted without further discussion goodwood during his recent trip to canada us president richard nixon introduced one of his speeches with a quotation from the pen of authoress r ranees shelley wees rr3 stouffville it read canada is bounded on the north by gold on the west by the east on the east by history and on the south by friends mrs wees recalled writing the lines back in 1936 for use in a geography textbook which her husband dr wilfred r wees was about to publish im very pleased she said it was interesting to note that president nixon tactfully declined to quote the poems last line it is our country skaters share moral support to parade in public takes courage par ticularly when mom and dad are seated in the stands and watching every move skaters cindy croft 5 left winlane drive and lori thompson rupert avenue age 4 find strength and sup port in holding hands they like dozens of other little guys and dolls participated in three per formances of the 172 stouffville ice revue april 11 and 15 the largest crowds in years attended the show jas thomas alley operator bowled over by restrictive town bylaws stouffville two bylaws if enforced could put stouff- villes main street bowling centre out of business this was the complaint of alley operator chauncey tuck when he appeared before prominent realtor stouffville service was held from the stouffville missionary church wednesday at 2 pm for mr harold j wood westlawn crescent one of this communitys most prominent realtors mr wood a veteran of world war ii and active in many areas of town life died suddenly on monday at york county hospital newmarket surviving besides his wife the former margaret wideman are two sons donald and kenneth and a brother ernest of mississauga members of town council april 11 mr tuck said that cars parked in front of his premises over the 1hour limit were being tagged a practice that occurs mainly when the centre is open the police can tag every customer we have he com plained weve built up a clientele and now theyre driving them away on a suggestion by mayor ken laushway that customers use the space at the rear of the firehall mr tuck said the risk of vandalism was too great the mayor admitted the situation to be a little unreasonable- and explained that a committee had been set up to look into the problem in this and other areas but mr tuck was not through he charged that the bylaw covering the operation of the centre itself was such that the police could close it down any day of the week as an example he said regulations stipulate that no unaccompanied person under the age of 16 years can enter the premises i dont see why i should have to live under this he said ive been putting up with it for nine years now he asked that the local law be rescinded immediately but mayor laushway declined saying the change would require time sell schools stouffville four former public schools will be sold in cluding three in whitchurch stouffville the board of education informed area councils this week available at what the board describes as a fair market price are buildings at hillcrest cone 6 vandorf and ringwood also hagerman on 14th avenue markham the municipalities have been given the first chance to buy them if they so desire mayor avoids airport debate separations are sometimes sa nine months ago mr and mrs walter kraas harold avenue stouffville purchased a 6 week old pup for their son robert buster described as a miniature collie made an excellent pet for its ung master rut hes no longer as miniature as when the two were first in troduced so buster must go to a good home free we feel badly mrs rraas admitted but hes grown too big and we cant keep him tied up on a chain all summer as for robert hes going to miss his collie friend but he seems to understand ill still have my cat he said stouffville while agreeing to answer a question concerning his own personal stand on the airport issue mayor ken laushway refused to be drawn info a debate on the issue at a po p people or planes meeting in latcham hall april 13 mayor laushway said he had not been asked to be part of a panel but had attended only to listen in he said he was con vinced the airport if built at all would go on the preselected site in pickering twp if this organization can prove the airport isnt needed then its fine with me he continued thirtytwo years ago when i came to stouffville it was a country town and i would like to have seen it stay that way he went on but it has grown and will continue to grow nothing will stop it you talk about your golden horseshoe he said with reference to the development arc around toronto for stouffville the golden age is gone the mayor said he would concentrate his efforts on planning the community to gain whatever benefits the airport project might bring while the mayors stand was termed wishywashy by one speaker and jeered by others select pop chairman stouffville bob lewis rr2 stouffville has been named chairman of the local committee people or planes the announcement followed a public meeting april 13 the executive also in cludes john mcmurray vicechairman john garbutt secretary- treasurer bob cudlip area coordinator jim sanders promotion bob carder youth organizer gordon ness legal representative and louise 1atvnall information officer general inquiries and offers of assistance are directed to 6402014 or 640- 3973 the meetings chairman bob lewis of bloomington thanked him for taking the time to at tend clark muirhead of uxbridge a prominent leader in the anti- airport campaign said stouff- villes proximity to the proposed port site placed the town in a heavy noise area regardless of government statements to the contrary the township councillor argued that any anticipated industrial boom would occur in the serviced area to the south and stouffville would be left with secondclass type factories and cemeteries termed com patible with a project of this kind mr muirhead placed strong emphasis on the fact that in his opinion and the opinion of the organization a second in ternational airport is not needed stouffville councillor tom loncrgan urged residents to write their members of parliament and tromp on their toes lawyer gordon ness also of stouffville spoke on the legal aspects related to land ex propriations