Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 17, 1972, p. 3

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bloomington i no name for a doghouse york region backed by 100 years of tradition mayor ken laushway has staved off an attempt to change the name of the bloomington road at a meeting of regional council aug 10 members con- sidered an engineering recom mendation to re- christen the eastwest artery pointing out that it bears different names in different parts of the region the committee suggested the entire length be known as blue hills drive mayor laushway was instantly on his feet to move that the report be amended to make the name bloomington road i cant see any reason for a change he stated its had that name for a century or more and its known far and wide mayor laushway added that the municipality was not consulted about the proposed change aurora mayor dick illingworth vice- chairman of the engineering com mittee revealed the request had originated with blue hills academy he suggested a com promise as the road will be broken by highway 404 name it bloomington road on the east and blue hills drive on the west mayor illingworth was opposed to making it bloomington road for the entire width of york region people in aurora would never adopt the name he said we wouldnt call a doghouse bloom ington richmond hill mayor bill lazenby suggested the report be referred back to committee to be discussed with the local municipalities involved vaughan mayor garnet williams however supported mayor laushway t h es e little hamlets are disap pearing too fast said mayor williams this is one way of preserving the name after considerable discussion confused further by uncertainty over what was being voted upon mayor laushway s amend ment carried a last- ditch attempt by mayor illingworth to impose two names was ruled out of order thursday augus- 17 1972 the tribune paje 3 york regional police recent promotions work is proceeding on a s2 million reconstruction project on hwy 7 between markham and unionville when completed in earlv august 17 the road will be widened to 4 lanes this location is east of kennedy road where a temporary bailey bridge has been erected to accommodate traffic jim thomas york region several recent promotions have been announced as part of the continuing re organization of the regional police department the police com mission at a meeting aug 14 approved the step up in rank recommended by chief bruce crawford promoted from patrol sergeant to sergeant are kvan kelley flair penrose ron dayton ted mcbrien gordon bacon harry diamond and david fellows in addition a number of constables have been advanced in rank to patrol sergeant they are doug davies jack hamilton lome s t e v e n s o n john morrison george lleppill and george mcquillan at the same meeting 18 new constables were sworn in chief crawford stated that advertising and interviewing for additional officers was still in progress the force was earlier authorized to add 30 men for a total strength of 220 ac cording to chief crawford the present compliment is 202 shareholders meeting the annual shareholders meeting of the stouffville arena ltd will be held aug 28 at 8 pm in the rink business arising from the financial statement will be discussed and directors elected for 197273 pump stolen the firm of chas richards and sons was the location of still another theft between aug 5 and 9 a pump from a spraying unit was stolen the loss is valued at s100 dogs for medical research oxbridge township council adjourns decision uxbridge twp uxbridge twp council will not commit any stray dogs for medical research until after mrs ann barrett the municipalitys canine control officer has viewed firsthand the laboratories at the york budget underspent 5 million york region at the half way point for 1972 the regions budget was underspent by more than 5 million this glad news was given to regional council aug 10 by treasurer john hlynski he detailed the surplus and deficit in each department adding comments for the major items the only significant over expenditure 20000 was in the budget allocated for reforestation mr hlynski noted that the entire years funds for land acquisition have already been spent the roadways budget in contrast has been underspent by 2800000 mr hlynski warned that this is not a realistic half year com parison as many construction projects are just beginning and debt charges are not payable until later in 1972 also well budget was the regional police force which showed a june surplus of almost 600000 not reflected in this figure are several items notably purchase of new vehicles and equip ment university of toronto while the issue was considered as con troversial when first raised members reported very little public response reeve bob nesbitt re introduced the subject aug 14 deputyreeve don jackson agreed that dogs were needed for research purposes and if left unclaimed he could see nothing wrong with disposing of them in this way councillor darcy higgins concurred but only if the animals were healthy councillor clark muirhead said he mr and mrs f plumber and girls age 3 and 2 weeks have purchased a home at 175 church street formerly of vivian within mr plumber is em- didnt feel qualified to come to a conclusion mrs barrett ad mitted her initial reaction was negative she said she would be willing to inspect a lab where experiments are carried out on the question of sharing the goodwood pound with the neigh boring township of scott council declined action pending a formal request foot web renovation plus corolla 1200 coupe corolla 1600 2 and 4door sedan coupe and station wagon starts at an economical plus tax freight yourself hundreds of pairs of childrens womens mens footwear reduced sale starts thursday august 17 ix the former shiners tobacco store lehmans shoes fine footwear for all the family 9 main west stouffville m0375s open thurs 4 fri till 9 pji- 218800 villa motors of markham hwy 48 just north of markham 2945555 ployed with ibm lyles cutrategas 1 mile south h wy 7 on kennedy rd- unionville first rate service no waiting we can handle 8 cars at once i three bears variety i next to the fire hall 67 main st east stouffville 9 i specials this weekend icr c r i quart of chocolate milk with every 3 qt jug or rktt bag ideal milk arthur lucas wieners 59c j hostess potato chips i i reg 69c bag only t 7c kitchenware 25 off while supply lasts were mm saturdays at these prices on new plymouths 1972 fury ii 2door hardtop sun flower yellow black vinyl roof v8 automatic power steering power brakes radio and rear speaker rear defogger automatic trunk release whitewall tires deluxe wheel discs tinted gass etc 378500 1972 fury iii 4door hardtop v8 automatic power steering power brakes radio rear speaker rear defogger bumper guards vinyl roof etc service parts open saturday am emerald isle motors service and parts invites you to drop in and say hello 2isei 409800 iompany reconditioned cars seals and c s319500 wheel 1971 satellite sebring plus in beautiful violet metalic white vinyl roof 3s3 vs automatic bucket 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