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to honor towns benefactor v stouffville while the town of whitchurch stouffville is not celebrating a centennial as in the neighboring muni cipalities of ux- bridge and markham an event is planned here july l of suf ficient importance to occupy the attention of everyie its the communitys second annual sports day in the stouffville park at which time the town will honor its benefactor arthur latcham a highlight of the program will be the dedication of latcham hall set for 830 pm ross hetherington and the stouffville kinsmen club working in co operation with town council are in charge of this phase of activity other scheduled events include a horseshoe pitching tournament a lawn bowling tournament tennis tournament childrens rides judo demonstration a pet show an invitational swim meet a lions- sponsored barbecue peewee softball games girls and boys a hardball game a tug-of- war bingo lucky draws claremont band rock concert and dance latcham hall a square dance arena sports personality of tiie year senior citizens display equestrian club show and a glasgow school display the new intermediate swimming pool will be officially opened at 1 pm with public swimming from 2 to 7 pm as a leadup to the big day a community euchre is planned for the evening of june 30 in latcham hall detailed times when each event will take place will be published prior to the holiday weekend rm stoulfvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgr thursday junk 8 1972 vol 89 no 2 phone 6402101 14 pages 15 cents airport will not adversely affect town of stouffville transport minister assures j ken laushway left mayor of whitchurch stouffville welcomes mayor hay newton of uxbriclge at the c n it station the uxbridge centennial train stopped half an hour in slouffville last week returning an estimated 1 010 townsfolk from a reception in toronto gala station weico oxbridge no 1 stouffville uxpo 72 came to stouffville june 1 and the people of uxbridge left no doubt concerning that sometimes elusive quality called community pride and a portion of it rubbed off on residents here the 12coach centennial train hauled by three diesel locomotives was greeted by an estimated 500 mayor ken laushway chief organizer of the local reception was on hand to greet his compatriot mayor ray newton and other uxpo officials the stouffville dist secondary school band resplendent in full parade dress and led by staff in structor ted ilawley played jjwith such enthusiasm the fear v of rain from darkening skies was quickly dispelled the uxbridge vips were accompanied by the equally colorful legion highlanders mayor newton in period costume expressed his towns appreciation for the welcome that he described as far beyond anything he had expected he cited the neighborly relations and friendly rivalry that had always existed between the two communities and extended a warm invitation to stouffville folk to participate in their centennial week june 4 to u he pinned a centennial button on street brawl stouffville a distur bance on main street west near the c n it crossing friday night brought york regional police to the scene charged with being drunk in a public place are gregory ferguson 20 and keith fockler 16 both of main street east stouffville town landmark to close mayor laushway s lapel and personally invited him to attend his mayors night june 9 the train carried an estimated 1000 passengers fortunately for them and their hosts they declined the op portunity to disembark discretion is the better part of valor explained one man wending his way through the crowd while uxpo week includes a program crammed full of at tractions a highlight will be the centennial parade com mencing at 11 am saturday from a point on toronto street south and concluding on the grounds of elgin park on sunday an interchurch cen tennial service is planned for 3 pm the presentation of centennial medals by governor general roland michener and mayor newton at 345 a homecoming picnic at 5 en tertainment from 530 to 9 and a fireworks display at 930 stouffville nineteen year old larrv spiece rr 3 stouffville topped the senior shot put class saturday in the ontario secondary school association track and field meet centennial park etobicoke his mark was 52 feet 3 j inches duncan macdonald also 19 of cherry street did exceptionally well in the senior high jump placing fourth he has his sights set on 1st in 1973 larry is a grade 13 student at sdss duncan is in grade 12 answers are sought by york centre m p reject offer ont cty by an over whelming majority of 972 percent the secondary school teachers of ontario county have voted to reject the boards latest salary offer gary mcconnell chairman of the salary negotiating team osstf district 17 said that the stand taken by the teachers confirms the councils belief that the beard has failed to meet what he terms a reasonable request stouffville refusing a request to give up the floor and allow other members an op portunity to speak john roberts mp yorksimcoe won the assurance of transport minister donald jamieson that with respect to noise stouffville would not be adversely affected bvjhe proposed- international airport in pickering twp persisting in his questioning despite a rebuke from the chairman mr roberts said anticipated noise nuisance had created some concern among a segment of stouffvilles residents he said that if possible he wished to alleviate anxiety in this regard mr jamieson replied that in so far as stouffville is con cerned the design and orien tation of the runways would be such that the community would not be disturbed the minister qualified this however by saying that should anyone be adversely affected once a clearcut plan is established they would be dealt with on an individual basis to the best of our human intelligence and competence in planning continued the minister stouffville will not be affected if for any reason it is he went on or any portion of it or the area adjacent to it is then provisions will be made so that these people will not be left in a neutral zone without compensation and having to endure the hardships outlining his description of noise the minister said that with regard to stouffville it wouldbe comparable to what one might find in the normal buildup environment in other words he said you have to measure it in relation to automobiles passing by trucks or normal city or town noises mr jamieson promised that all municipalities adjacent to the airport site would be in volved in discussions in many respects we have to he ex plained because we must tie in with them for various essential and basic services cottage fire 15000 loss musslake a blaze may 31 in a cottage on the cedar beach side of musselmans lake destroyed the entire structure and its contents the owners joseph and audrey jefferies were away at the time the fire was first noticed about 030 pm but brigade volunteers could do little except prevent the flames from spreading to adjacent dwellings damage has been estimated at 815000 friends said that mr and mrs jefferies had only recently sold their home in the city and had moved almost all their furnishings to the lake the cause of the fire has not been determined markham theft spree a series of the town of the past week in losses ex- of greatest markham burglaries in markham over have resulted ceeding s1600 the theft significance occurred on the property of gordon macartney rr 2 gormley his residence stouffville the end is near for a business site con- sidered something of a land mark on the main street of stouffville on saturday june 10 k ross shine davis will turn the key in the lock of his tailortobacco shop concluding an operation that had its start back on nov 1 1910 mr davis now 83 plans to retire the premises through the years lias served as a daily meeting place for many of the towns native residents some of the interior furnishings are originals on one wall is a framed plaque under the heading civilian recruiting advisor is the following inscription this is to certify thai shine davis is making a meritorious con tribution to canadas war effort as a civilian advisor for army recruiting in military district no 2 signed and scaled at the city of ottawa on this 1st day of december 1012 in the ith year of the war with the axis powers a second certificate authorizing mr davis as a justice of the peace is ited 1952 and signed bv george he sixth multicar crash sends 5 to hospital dicksons hill five persons were injured and damage was estimated at s4500 in a 6vehicle pileup friday night on hwv 48 near dicksons hill the chainreaction crash occurred when brenda hoover rr 2 markham slowed to make a iefthand turn into a private drive the car following driven by- edward humphreys stopped police said but a third driven by ray cowl of keswick rammed the humphreys auto in the rear pushing it ahead into the hoover vehicle seconds later three others joined the fray drivers in cluded larry grove and lois stuart of stouffville and david thompson markham ray cowl has been charged with careless driving david thompson and lois stuart are charged with following too closely the vehicle ahead all the injured were admitted loscarboro centenary hospital but none appeared serious police said frisky twin colts enjoy romp on bloomington ranch twin colts a rarity were born may 26 at jim sabislons ranch near bloomington the mare named wicipe was purchased in maryland and although known to be in foal at the time the bonus baby birth was not expected jim thomas was entered during the night of june 3 or 4 and si 500 worth of goods stolen the loot included a color television set three watches silverware and other articles the night of june 2 or 3 was also bad for business places along hwy 7 at pinecrest motors an alternator was taken from one car and a carburetor from another the same date saw a brcakin at kent esso in unionville fifty dollars in cash was taken seven homes stouffville the stouffer street site once known as the stouffville wrecking yard is the proposed location for seven new homes if approval is received from ontario water resources commission nat arbeck a toronto developer has agreed to all requirements asked for by whitchurch stouffville plan ning committee including an extension of the water main from montreal street to his lot the homes are expected to sell at just under s30000 the land was purchased four years ago at a price of 59000 individual lots will have a frontage of 42 feet and a depth of 260 feet the towns fee per lot is 700 no sale goodwood an offer by ontario county board of education to sell the old goodwood school to the twp of uxbridge has been rejected by council the asking price was its assessed value 19000 the property will now be sold by public auction