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thursday may is r72 thfc tribune page 3 rabies control creates cost crisis itingwood public school built in 1887 was sold saturday for 11500 the purchaser rev howard minaker of searboro is pastor of the bethel assembly of god a congregation that now holds services in the stouffvile masonic hall mark niblett stouffville the ontario humane society may have to abandon its activities in the field of rabies control according to a letter received by council may 9 the bulk of the societys 50000 deficit last year was caused by a dramatic upswing in rabies cases and the need to quarantine suspected carriers councils support was requested for an approach to the federal department of agriculture when the health of animals branch will be asked to establish a central quarantine facility councillor tom lonergan indicated that such a central lockup would mean a vet could be available at all times the local society he said cannot afford to support a full time veterinarian ten minutes concludes 85 years of history by mark niblett ringwood it took auctioneer gordon orr i less than 10 minutes on saturday to sell 85 years of history the ringwood school the sale began shortly after 1100 and by 11 15 it was all over the school was sold to rev howard minaker of scarborough pastor of the bethel assembly of god the winning bid 41500 was the highest for any of the five schools sold that day half an hour before the sale began the school lot was crowded cars were parked along both sides of the highway potential buyers former students and the merely curious rubbed shoulders in the hall as they looked over the old building and its more recent addition out back on a weedgrown sports field a few children played soccer the ringwood school is one of a vanishing breed a few small signs show unmistakably what it once was a long- forgotten notice is tacked to a door mrs b wideman grade 1 2 the amputated stub of a crayon remains half- hidden in a chalktray a iwoinqh pencil still lies in the corner 4 where it was dropped years ago mrs lila campbell was a student at this school in the days when a picture of king edward vii greeted pupils each morning she spent her first schooldays beginning in 1906 at ringwood and those days are still vivid to her mrs campbell recalls the gallery at the back of the school she remembers the old wood stove i used to like the stormy days when we could sit around it and get warm she said she remembers arbor day may 1 when all the students worked together to scrub the wooden floors clean the desks and rake the yard later they would go across the fields at the back and return with wildflowers mrs campbell speculated on how much times have changed and demonstrated that she has changed with them have you read future shock she enquired its amazing how fast changes are coming all the old things are vanishing i hope i live a long time yet she concluded its all very exciting mrs campbell watched silently as gordon orr ran the bidding up from 12000 to 41000 in a matter of minutes rev minakers concluding bid was 41000 but upon opening the reserve mr orr had to tell him that this figure did not match or exceed it after some discussion the minister was of fered the chance to raise his bid he agreed to 41500 which was accepted the bethel assembly of god has been meeting in the stouffville masonic hall and will begin work as soon as possible to refurbish the school other school prices on saturday were hagerman 32000 hillcrest 32000 snowball 35000 and temperanceville 35750 the vandorf school was not sold by 1130 almost everyone had left the ringwood site and the old school was again sitting peacefully on its 32 acre lot union ss no 2 1887 is the faded legend on the cornerstone the mellow brick recalls the days of queen victoria king ed ward horses and cutters model t fords days that are gone forever the students who grew up who came to this building to learn readin ritin and rithmetic are gone too the days of the oneroom country schoolhouse are past lila campbell came to say goodbye question conflict of interest legal firm rapped on development plan stouffville a proposal by sidney homes ltd for a combined commercial apartment building on main st was rejected by planning committee may 15 at an earlier meeting may 12 lawyer jerry shibley described plans for the building to be located on an empty lot next to cadieuxs studio the ground floor would be occupied by 3 small stores and an office which would have above them 8 apart ments the smallness of the lot gave rise to some problems this was designed under the terms of your new bylaw mr shibley told the committee he ad mitted that there is not i room to put in a 20 foot driveway but wondered if a single driveway might be allowed such a driveway would be too narrow for two cars to pass one another mr shibley revealed he has attempted to purchase elgin waggs property on park dr to overcome the problems of parking and driveways but was unable to do so i offered him 25000 for his house said the lawyer i made a sincere effort to buy it but i just couldnt mayor ken laush- way was opposed to the project on the grounds of inadequate parking space i dont agree with what the bylaw says for the downtown area he stated the mayor was also concerned about the small stores which would be 800 square feet in area mr shibley suggested such accommodation would be suitable for a barber shop real estate office or similar business he requested a decision before may 16 unwilling to make an immediate ruling the committee met again may 15 mr shibley was not present at this session building inspector marshall miller said he had studied the plans and listed a number of objections among them were the gross floor area number of parking spaces and width of the driveway the crux of the matter said mr miller is that the towns bylaw defines such a development as an apartment building since it has more than 5 units the development falls short of several criteria for that type of building committee members seemed inclined to agree that the project is not a desirable one this would mean just more little stores along main street observed councillor june button hes trying to jam a whole town onto a little lot said councillor herb simpson only councillor betty vannostrand was dubious about refusing the project she pointed out that a builder is allowed two apartment units per commercial use in a commercial building and that this development comes very close to qualifying under that section of the zoning bylaw im not trying to convince you its a good proposal she- said but im worried that he might be able to go ahead whether we like it or not a possible conflict of interest also bothered several members it was pointed out that mr shibley is in partnership with the towns solicitor paul mingay it seems to me theres a conflict of interest here said councillor gordon ratcliff he urged that council obtain a clear understanding from the law firm do they want to be our lawyers or do they want the development business in town he demanded they are taking advantage of their position agreed councillor button we should have a meeting with mingay said councillor merjyn baker this cant go on it puts us in an awkward position observed mr ratcliff were not in an awkward position replied mrs button we can fire him any time mayor laushway summed up the position we should just tell them our in terpretation of the bylaw and let them prove we have to allow the development he said they should move wagg out at any price it would be a lot better to have a big apartment building there thats something thats needed downtown this suggestion met with general approval and mr baker suggested the town start proceedings to rezone that vacant lot for apartment development a resolution stating that the committee does not approve of the site plan because it conflicts with the zoning bylaw was carried unanimously use tribune classified ads the rotary club of markham proudly presents their 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