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i tttte i stolffillkuhitchurchmarkhamuxbrldgk thursday april 27 1972 vol 88 no 48 phone 402101 16 pages 15 cents suburban mail service soon in stouffville locate group boxes haf mile from office looking ahead thirty miles by saturday may i an anticipated 500 cyclists will have registered for the stouffville lions- i sponsored bikeathon covering a distance of l thirty miles one of the participants will be 7 year old jane unviable daughter of iluxtablc fairview avenue th dale is april 2 mr and e final re mrs don i gistratiohl las thomas retain cnr station roberts stouffville three months ago the council town of whitchurch stouffville received correspondence from the cnr requesting an two break ins too many stouffville for the second time in three weeks the office premises of les wilson motor sales main street west has been entered and ransacked by thieves for the proprietors it is two times too many a spokesman for the firm was critical over the police handling of the report the dispatcher he said had never heard of us and had to be told how to get here he also criticized the lack of results all they the police knftw is how to write out parking tickets and drive customers out of town he said regional inspector wally harkness said the department was plagued by similar offenses throughout the area he promised to check into the stouffville breakin personally and see if matters could be speeded up in the first entry about 50 was taken the loss in the second has not been estimated opinion on the possible shut down of the village station members were informed that such an application had been submitted by the railroad to the canadian transport com mission the council declined to take an immediate stand but rather agreed to consider it and reply later this newspaper however was definite in an editorial of the same week it advocated the maintenance of this landmark structure and the continuation of present service at the same time the publisher appealed to john roberts mp york- simcoe to look into the matter and add his weight to the tribunes appeal this mr roberts did at a transport commission meeting april 20 the member posed this very question a transcript of the reply reads in part there has been no such application but this does not mean there will not be however under the law no railway station can be closed without our authority where passenger service operates we have always prescribed that the stations must be kept open cleaned heated lighted and available for the use of passengers also other arrangements for the purchase of tickets would have to be made the chairman repeated that to his knowledge no such ap plication related to the stouff ville station had been received mr roberts was assured by the commission that the matter would be looked into more closely and the confirmation placed in writing splash uxbridge a target date of mav 31 has been set for com pletion of a new 262000 cen tennial indoor swimming pool in uxbridge town bctz pools ltd of stouffville has the contract stouffville a con venient new postal delivery service will be introduced soon to a section of stouffville to accommodate up to 600 householders presently receiving mail downtown eleven individual group boxes will be located in areas onehalf mile or more from the central post office the sections are stouffer street east and fair- view avenue west mail will he delivered to these boxes daily monday through saturday by 11 am mail posted at these locations will be picked up at the same time no fee is charged but each boxholder must purchase his own padlock no mail will be placed in a box that does not contain a per manent lock notification of the new plan has already been sent out to persons affected and replies to date have been favorable by 10 to 1 stouffville postmaster jack sanders said the service was given serious consideration after town council sent a letter to federal authorities requesting a change he said the group boxes would serve as a stopgap until the village warrants doortodoor delivery for this 2000 drops are required at present stouffville has about 1500 mr sanders said that while no one is obligated to obtain mail through this method the low cost and convenience should make it worthwhile for most it will also release several hun- music mania april 2829 stouffville music mania 72 the years top community entertainment program is all set to go this friday and saturday in the auditorium of stouffville dist secondary school at 8 pm proceeds will be used to assist in equipping the new latcham hall in the stouffville park sellout crowds are anticipated both nights among the originals since the show was in troduced twelve years ago are lome and marion boadway bud sanderson wally lee percy schell lloyd and bea jennings kay dowswell molly mumford ken and priscilla gamble bill and marg murphy les and audrey clarke don and helen unviable glenn and pat byer and ivan harris shot in head lives stouffville twentyone year old wayne barber for merly of rr3 stouffville remains in fair condition following surgery to remove a bullet from his head the young man according to reports was struck down in a nanaimo bc restaurant during a shooting spree that killed a 16 year old girl two other persons were injured witnesses said a man brandishing a 22 calibre pistol entered the premises and with little warning started shooting wayne was hit when he at tempted to disarm the gunman a family relative told the tribune that wayne had left only last week on a holiday trip to the coast he had arrived in nanaimn and planned to visit his uncle there his father glenn barber left immediately for victoria on hearing the news one man has been arrested in connection with the tragedy dred boxes in the main post office to persons whose names have been on a waiting list for some time coupled with the convenience of the group box plan a subpost office has been arranged for widdifields drug store in the stouffville plaza where stamps and money orders may be ob tained alterations are presently underway and should be com- pleted by early may mr san ders said all parcels and registered mail must be picked up down town a single carrier will be required to take care of intown pickups and deliveries the contract has not been let in addition to mailing cards and letters at a group box the ten red boxes scattered about the town will also be main tained the more personalized ser vice to the 11 group box sites will begin early this summer silence breeds concern stouffville contrary to reports of suggested apathy concerning the proposed airport in pickering twp bill hodgson mpp yorknorth claims the airport facts may 1 stouffville factual information related to the proposed international airport in pickering twp has been promised for a public meeting may 1 the gathering organized by the council town of whitchurch stouffville will be held in the auditorium of stouff ville dist secondary school edward street the time is 8 pm officials representing the federal dept of transport and the ontario dept of municipal affairs will attend along with yorksimcoe mp john roberts and yorknorth mpp bill hodgson area residents par ticularly those directly affected by the planned project are urged to at tend project has aroused con siderable concern in the stouffville area in a report from queens park submitted to the tribune this week mr hodgson pin points the reason for concern to a lack of adequate information people ask if there is a real need for the airport am i in the noise zone will i be compensated for devaluation of my property why is my property frozen id like to be able to answer these questions but this pertinent information has not been released he said mr hodgson noted that mp john roberts at the federal level was encountering the same problem he said he was hopeful some facts would be made known at an airport information meeting in stouffville dist secondary school may 1 popped stouffville the stouffville branch of pop people or planes was pop ped tuesday when delegates appeared before town council their request to have a spokesman accompany government officials on the platform at the high school may 1 was rejected the decision was protested without success thirteen year old gymnast displays her ski student queen seventeen year old vicki aldred grade 12 is the centennial queen of uxbridge secondary school she was selected at a semi- formal spring prom april 21 her attendants were jill doble grade ii and wendy kesler grade 11 vicki is the daughter of mr and mrs bernard aldred mill street uxbridge jas thomas halt bootleg garbage stouffville acting on an eyewilness report mayor ken laushway went to the highest authority in the province to have a stop order issued on garbage disposal at a gravel pit site on the bloomington road east of hwy 48 tuesday the location is a halfmile from stouffvilles water reservoirs mayor laushway told council that on visiting the property he found several truckloads of refuse freshly dumped evidence was supported by marshall miller bylaw en forcement officer when first attempts to halt the flow ran into legal red tape the mayor contacted member bill hodgson yorknorth and the minister of environment hon james auld the decree soon followed when questioned by councillor tom lonergan concerning the towns failure to lay charges mayor laushway said his im mediate desire was to get the dumping stopped it would have taken weeks under the bylaw he said the mayor was commended on his success in warding off v what could have been a serious c situation a letter in this connection a copy of which was sent to mayor laushway is published on page uxbridge demands airport answers a very successful athletic night was held april 20 ai stouffville dist secondary school with dozens nf students participating in a twohour program one of these was is year old jennifer smith of grade s a promising the daughter of dr and mrs itussell avenue gymnast she is donald smith las thomas goodwood the senior governments have made township council obsolete according to mrs eleanor todd of goodwood mrs todds letter was discussed at a meeting apr 17 she stated her objection to the airport and asked whether council could provide additional details about the site clerk don kennedy revealed he has been unable to arrange a meeting between council and the project representatives and added they cant answer the question you want answered anyway reeve bob nesbitt did not appear pleased concerning this i want to know how theyre going to protect people from problems like noise and pollution he stated i cant take a stand one way or the other until we get some an swers what about compensation for our loss in assessment asked the reeve tell them to get off their backsides suggested coun cillor frank hendy a period of heated discussion followed at one point coun cillor clark muirhead suggested that in some instances there might be a sound case for legal action against the federal or provincial governments a resolution was put forward by mr muirhead seconded by mr hendy to seek some an swers specific questions are 1 who will be responsible for the health safety and welfare of residents in the expropriated area 2 who is to be responsible for maintenance of roads in the expropriated area 3 what grants will be paid to the municipality in lieu of taxes and how will the amounts be determined and 4 how will people in the land freeze areas be compensated woman still missing markham the mysterious disappearance of a 68 year old markham area lady has so far baffled york regional police mrs aubrey brooks hwy 7 rri markham was last seen march 4 all relatives and friends of the missing woman have been checked with no results inspector wally harkness has expressed concern over the womans prolonged absence and has assigned two detectives bruce findlay and bob smallbone to work full- time on the case mrs brooks is described as 41 tall 115 pounds short wavy hair and hazel eyes when last seen she was wearing a black or dark blue coat anyone with information on this matter is urged to call 8875877 immediately