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east york match at ringivood saturday oct 21 unt markham section pages 11 14 this issue vol 89 xo 21 stouffvillevhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday october 19 1972 68 pages 15 cents residents say thank you for gift of community hail the hamlet of goodwood and the township of uxbridge said thankyou friday for a new community hall and park floodlights donated to the municipality by native resident arthur latcham in return reeve bob nesbitt right presented mr latcham with a fullcolor portrait and an engraved bronze plaque both of which will be retained in the building jim thomas absentee roberts is roasted by rival stouffville an all- candidates meeting before a student assembly at stouffville dist secondary school oct 12 found john roberts liberal mp yorksimcoe among the missing and as a result he bore the brunt of a scathing verbal attack levelled mainly by his progressive conservative opponent sinclair stevens mr stevens charged that the real reason for mr roberts absence was his fear of facing the electorate on the con troversial airport issue theres no proof that a second airport is needed said the pc speaker but the liberal candidate is not prepared to come before you with the an swers on it we have reached the crossroads continued stevens there are really only two parties in canada one of these is represented before you and one is not the conservative spokesman admitted that land acquisition had reached such a stage that its purchase should proceed but he suggested the site could be put to better use he recom mended a park area with fringe industrial and urban develop- b ment describing mr roberts as an ambassador from the court of trudeau mr stevens said that with respect to the airport the riding had been terribly forgotten stevens said he had attended a public meeting in stouffville last spring and heard the liberal mp admit to having no prior knowledge of the airport sites locationand did not want to know i would suggest to you that that is the reason he is not here today mr stevens said later that roberts as the riding member was undoubtedly a very busy man he noted however that he had missed three other similar meetings since the campaign started wally gustar of the ndp was more tolerant he agreed however that it was difficult to present an alternative platform when the sitting member was not available to defend the governments record he also voiced opposition to the airport plan terming it a 2 billion gift to the construction industry on the question of legalization of marijuana both candidates were opposed claiming more research and information was required they also took a negative stand on the issue of abortion on demand the assembly that included a 15 minute question and answer period was efficiently handled by reta prospero student council president later the two candidates retired to the cafeteria where discussions with those of voting age continued parkland for airport pickering twp frank mcgee progressive con servative candidate ontario riding has voiced strong objection to a statement at tributed to him and an ac companying tribune editorial that indicated his support for an industrial park on the proposed international airport site mr mcgee said the tribune and two toronto dailies had drawn incorrect conclusions from his recent remarks he pointed out that while industry should be encouraged to locate in the area the centres for such buildup would need to be in regions where services were readily available such as oshawa whitby and ajax as for the airport lands this area should remain greenbelt he suggests with those anxious to sell being permitted to do so and those desiring to stay having this privilege also mr mcgee said such a proposal had the support of pc leader robt stanfield i dont mind being cut up said the riding candidate ive been too long in the game for that i just want to set the record straight cattle herd stampede uxbridge twp shades of the wild west a crosscountry stampede involving 27 beef cattle came to an almost successful conclusion sunday when 14 of the animals were herded into a corral on the property of elmer burnett rr2 stouffville the livestock owned by don jackson cone 2 uxbridge and ron james rri goodwood escaped from a township ranch va weeks ago at present four are still missing and believed to be in the altona area one dropped dead from exhaustion mr jackson said the cattle went wild when pursued by people in cars eight year old girl killed by school bus meeting date changed vandorf a public meeting planned for the vandorf hall oct 19 tonight has been can celled by town council the reason the date was omitted from the advertisement published in the oct 12 issue of the tribune prior notification is mandatory in such cases the new date is thur sday nov 2 at 8 pm the municipality proposes to alter the zoning of the former vandorf school site and some 12 acres to the north to accommodate industrial buildup before doing this however council is anxious to obtain a cross- section of opinion on the proposal from residents in the area candidate stouffville jim wong cherry street vivian will allow his name to stand for a coun cillor post in ward 2 town of whitchurch stouffville the seat is currently held by herb simpson ballantrae mr wong married and father of three is a teacher on the staff of yorkhumber high school block development extension ballantrae the minister of finance economics and intergovernmental affairs has reaffirmed an earlier decision that land required for the second phase of the felray vla development cannot be con sidered for a zoning amend ment until final alignment of runways related to the proposed pickering airport have been determined the letter dated oct 6 was sent to clayton clouter of felray investments limited the ministry repeated its caution that the ballantrae area may be subject to highlevel noise due to aircraft operations town planning committee agreed oct 13 that in view of the departments stand it would be futile to pursue for the timebeing at least any development in the assigned freeze zones driver loved joanne stouffville colleen jo- anne coughlan eight year old daughter of thomas and jean coughlan vandorf road rr4 stouffville died under the wheel of a school bus oct 11 only a few feet from the laneway en trance to her home but despite the sadness of their loss the little girls parents expressed more personal concern for the feelings of the bus driver than for themselves mollie mcmanningwell loved joanne just as we did said mr coughlan in discussing the tragedy from the quiet of the family living room he pointed to a brownie beret hanging on a coatstand nearby and told of the pleasure his daughter had gained through association with leaders and members at lemonville he recalled all about joannes love of flowers and animals and remembered how on several occasions she would return with a stray dog or cat joanne was a happy girl with a sunshine smile that endeared her to everyone she would have marked her 9th birthday nov 26 while reports related to the accident conflict it is un derstood that the victim and her 10 year old brother michael both stepped off the bus but jo- anne was not completely clear of the vehicle when it moved a second brother kevin 16 was selling vegetables from a roadside stand others in the family include patrick margaret and pauline service was i held saturday from the oneill funeral home stouffville with interment holy cross cemetery the pallbearers were douglas weese glen humphrey david stuart nicholas wilcox danny gladwin and terry coughlan mass was conducted friday morning at st marks school stouffville where joanne was a joanne coughlan pupil in grade 3 the student choir was led by mr duplessis a staff teacher life is not ended for jo- anne said father doran only changed record issue the tribune issue this week contains 68 pages a record the press run is 9500 papers- also an all- time high for warden uxbridge twp if suc- cessful in the dec 4 election uxbridge twp reeve bob nesbitt will let his name stand for warden of ontario county in 1973 mr nesbitt made the an nouncement near the conclusion of a council meeting oct 16 reeve nesbitts experience in municipal politics extends over a period of 17 years cpr train derailed six cattle killed claremont six cattle were killed and several more injured when a toronto- peterboro dayliner plowed into part of the holstein herd the property of ralph perc lome and murray jones the accident occured about 9 am saturday on a section of cpr track that runs through bushland east of claremont over 50 cattle were in the field on the jones ranch which abuts the line and a number wan dered unnoticed through an undetected break in the fence the engine of the 2car dayliner was derailed by the impact and according to reports a crane and 40men workcrew was employed to replace 132 ties and get the train back in service again none of the passengers was injured and cp dispatched a bus to take them the remaining distance a similar accident occured seven years ago in the same general area the dead holsteins are valued at over 2400 stouffville for the past 20 years dr r blair mitchell has been looked on as a dedicated family physician one of the few of his kind still practicing in semirural communities like whit church stouffville this era will end oct 27 when doc blair leaves his office at 154 main street west to assume medical administrative duties with the dept of veterans affairs at sunnybrook hospital toronto he will continue to live in stouff ville the change in positions while occurring on rather short notice should not be looked on with undue concern by longtime patients doc blair has agreed to stick with them until he is certain they can be adequately cared for through other arrangements blair mitchell considers himself from the old mmmi wilyj phffsieian school where a personal relationship between physician and patient was of prime importance but a trend towards the im personal is obvious and while blair is the first to admit he doesnt like it he can see no solution to it the demand on doctors today is far greater than time permits he said im not happy over the trend i have to live with myself blair mitchell is the son of a physician dr henry mitchell his father was in the same 1915 graduation class as dr ss ball well- known to many here dr mitchell came to stouffville in june 1953 working in the office with dr john button for a year then taking over an office of his own above houstons drug store from 1954 to 1961 he was joined by dr donald smith in 1954 and the two have been together ever since alorfg with dr glenn graham they practice out of a medical centre on main west their location for the past eleven years he has served as a coroner for york county and the region since 1955 the position at sun nybrook became available in september his ap plication was accepted oct 2 with duties to commence oct 30 the senior administrative officer is dr george mcpherson formerly of mount albert dr mcpherson and dr mitchell are responsible for treatment provided all veterans throughout the toronto area a district that extends over many hundreds of miles its a sad thing leaving he said ive become attached to many people the feeling is mutual a house call just completed dr blair mitchell arrives at his home on orchard park boulevard stouffville the end of a busy day this routine will end oct 27 when he assumes senior ad ministrative duties for the dept of veterans affairs sunnybrook hospital toronto jim thomas