coffee house old anglican church july 2023 provincial playoffs stouffville vs aax monday s30 pm vol 39 no 8 phone 6402101 stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday july 20 1972 12 rages 15 cents farmer struck by 60 pound hay bale balsam you cant keep a good man down is what folks are saying about elmer wilson rri ashburn the well known area i farmer is home from hospital and back working again after a mishap in the barn last week a 60 pound hay bale tumbled out of the mow and struck him on the back of the neck the accident occurred his son said after the last bale in the load had been elevated to the top mr wilson was busying himself cleaning up around the base of the machine when without warning one of the bales came hurtling back large barns livestock and equipment loss estimated at 100000 in twoalarm bl dies suddenly stouffville service will be held thursday today at trenton for mrs marie campbell formerly of glad park avenue stouffville following her sudden passing july 17 in kingston general hospital mrs campbell 37 was an employee for a time at the tribune and later at guaranty trust main street surviving besides her husband jim at rri wooler ont are two sons david and peter also her mother mrs margaret kelly north york alert youths free animals help praised by farm manager flames burst through the front section of a barn on the property of schell bros cone 9 south of stouffville early sunday morning damage has been estimated at 100000 the cause of the blaze has not been determined jim thomas rash of breakins argaret kelly north york addition to two youths are arrested for garage entry sewage plant a step closer stouffville work on the longawaited addition to the whitchurch stouffville sewage plant has moved one step closer to reality at a meeting july 11 a cer tificate of approval was received from the dept of environment such action is required before construction can begin mayor ken laushway said that a request for approval of the necessary debentures is presently before the ontario municipal board the cost is estimated at 3350000 tenders on the project will be called soon possibly by august 10 the mavor said stouffville a rash of breakins over the weekend kept york regional police busy in one reported incident they council boosts sidewalk budget stouffville in an effort to improve on conditions of many sidewalks in town council has authorized an ex penditure of 3900 nine hundred dollars over the 1972 budget councillor gordon ratcliff in raising the subject described the state of some sidewalk areas as deplorable a committee headed by mr ratcliff will decide on the locations to be repaired canadian tire store o m b approval considered certain stouffville at an on tario municipal board hearing july 17 expected massive ob jections to the proposed canadian tire store did not materialize the meeting was held in the municipal offices to consider opposition to the towns bylaw rezoning a parcel of land on the south side of main street west letters of objection received by the town several weeks ago had already been forwarded to the omb john van every of the municipal board served as chairman among those present were representatives of canadian tire corp a solicitor for the town and donald knight director of york regions development branch terry goudie solicitor for the firm of mingay shibley ap peared for the town and ob tained confirmation from mr knight that the bylaw conforms with the official plan canadian tire officials described the proposed store and mr kirkegaard of the real estate division explained construction plans when all details had been fully explained chairman van every asked if anyone present wished lo object only graydon card of cards dominion hardware rose to speak mr card asked further ex planation of the design of the building and appeared satisfied by answers he registered no formal objection mr van every said the board would issue an order shortly he indicated the towns rezoning bylaw would be approved allowing work to begin acquitted in shooting goodwood two stouffville youths arrested march 11 following an alleged shooting spree in goodwood had charges of possessing a weapon dangerous to the public peace withdrawn by the crown in whitby provincial court richard sprague and norman kennedy appeared july u they were defended by solicitor gordon ness a third party robert brown of bloomington facing a similar charge plus assault and public mischief pleaded guilty he was given a suspended sentence shots were fired into three parked cars the court was told causing an estimated si 000 damage were successful arresting two persons jointly charged with break enter and theft at glen byers automotive service main streel7afe kenriethmcginty 16 of stouffer street and douglas mcdougall 18 stouffville rrl the patrol officer was sum moned to the scene at 1215 am july 15 he found one suspect hiding among bushes near the premises the second arrest was made a short time later in uxbridge twp the pair are also markham nine year old danette grove daughter of mr and mrs ivan grove 18th avenue rr2 markham is enjoying an almostnormal summer and with each passing day her recovery becomes more complete last week she went swimming and loved it it was june 15 little more than a month ago that danette was shot in the back while watching a ball game on the grounds at dicksons hill school the bullet fired from a 22 calibre rifle missed her spine by only a fraction of an inch i thought i had been hit with a bat danette said in recalling the neartragedy i tried to walk but it really hurt she was carried into the school by the principal allan mar- lindale and taken by car to stouffville for examinations from there she was admitted to scarboro centenary hospital for surgery for dannettes parents and sister it was a worrysome three days that followed joan her mother remained at her little girls bedside from 9 in the morning until 9 at night when home she kept in constant touch by telephone it helped me to be there mrs grove said the staff were wonderful that hospital is just the greatest she praised the efficiency of surgeon dr wlodek the pediatrician dr wilson and the nurses who provided danette with so much personal care and attention she said too that dr blair mitchell of stouffville had made two calls to their home we all have our troubles from time to time said mrs grove but by comparison other things seem pretty minor were very thankful as for danette the road to recovery has been an ex perience in itself she received charged with possession of goods valued at over 50 at crest hardware main street a glass section of the front door was smashed the would be thief opened the cash register but it contained no money nothing else was taken the management at stouff ville coop edward street werent quite so fortunate there a window was broken and a door forced stolen were two socket sets a toaster and money from a softdrink machine the loss is dlaced at 85 ralph mccaugherty proprietor of the three bears variety main street east was the victim of a 50 robbery july 12 taken were ten cartons of cigarettes at guaranty trust main street west an attempted breakin at the rear of the building proved unsuccessful but thieves didnt leave emptyhanded from the ballantrae service station hwy 48 stolen from cars on the lot were three batteries and 17 gallons of gasoline stouffville quick action bv four voung men has been credited by floyd pat steckley with saving animals equipment and perhaps even some buildings when fire swept through the main barn sunday on the property of schell bros rrl stouffville mr steckley farm manager since 1945 described how david brown rrl stouffville keith barkey rr2 pickering and john byer rr2 markham first sighted the blaze from the main street of stouffville the boys drove to the home of bruce davidson a neighbor mr davidson turned in the alarm the lads then aroused mr and mrs steckley they saved the day mr steckley said one section of the barn was already ablaze i told them not to go in but they went in anyway in a few minutes they had most of the pigs out some of the animals ran back in mr steckley said about thirty were so badly burned they had to be destroyed the loss has been estimated at 100000 the cause has not been determined two owners are affected one tractor 3 wagons- a bale elevator and about 112 pigs belonged to ken and lome schell ten pigs 1 cow 2 bulls 2 heifers and 5 calves belonged to vernon hoover stouffville he also lost a tractor and wagon along with over 2000 bales of hay and straw many of mr hoovers pigs estimated at over 150 were found the next day a halfmile from the property temporary accommodation for the saved animals has been provided in a barn on the former george rodanz farm west of ringwood in addition to the three young men mr steckley also praised the efforts of 21 year old glenn harris rr3 claremont without thought for his own safety he moved a tractor and 125 individual cards in addition to a huge getwell wish from her school signed by 306 boys and girls two tables in her hospital room were filled with flowers i couldnt help but get better she said mrs grove said danettes greatest worry was the fear she might not pass she did and come september shell return to school again good as new sprayer from the fire area mr steckley also commended firemen from both stouffville and markham for their efforts they were able to save three nearby buildings although only a short distance from the main barn water was pumped from a farm pond to the south no decision has yet been made on plans to rebuild since the site is in the airport ex propriation area no valuation credit is allowed on new structures however if the barns are not replaced only half the insurance coverage is collectable bikeathon 1292335 stouffville total receipts now in from the lions sponsored bikeathon may 6 show a collected return of 1292315 out of this amount various organizations will receive 619234 top money winners were canadian cancer society stouffville branch 154420 stouffville minor hockey 63356 stouffville guides and brownies 53446 stouffville cubs and scouts 46708 ballantrae cubs 38968 association for the mentally retarded 30923 ontario crippled children 27363 participation house 19974 pioneer girls 17750 in all 38 organizations were involved after expenses 49389 and payment for construction of the new intermediate swimming pool 558900 the lions realized a profit of 64812 through the tribune colin barrett co chairman of the event expresses the com mittees appreciation to the participants for the success of the venture apartment almost ready stouffville prince albert manor stouffvilles first adultonly apartment albert street south is expected to be ready for partial occupancy this week keith mcdowell of mcdowell real estate stouffville said a holdup in hydro service due to the strike had delayed the projects completion the lshaped structure contains 62 suites ranging in rent from 159 to 189 the majority of units on the first and second floors are taken mr mcdowell said with others going fast the apartment has an un derground parking area for 44 cars with a lounge recreation room and sauna vandalism at the site has posed a problem mr mcdowell said on one occasion the loss was estimated at over 1000 he said the firm was currently negotiating for the services of a night watchman nine year old danelte grove shot in the back uh watching a ball game at dicksons hill school is making an excellent recovery- she holds snoopy a gift she received while a patient in scarboro centenary hospital jim thomas blood donor clinic stouffville a red crosssponsored blood donor clinic will be held in the stouffville legion hall monday july 24 from 230 to 430 and 630 to 9 pm at this time of year blood supplies are low and the need is urgent required immediately for an operation in toronto general hospital july 26 is group and type o- positive the communitys sup port of this project is requested