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ltf esq tief ib former mountie killed in crash with his familiar riding hat lying on the front seat ben ewen former instructor with the r c m p musical ride died nov 23 in the wreckage of this car after it veered off the stouffville gormley road and struck a hydro pole and tree since coming to the stouffville area mr ewen operated bayview farms riding school west of ringwood jim thomas industrial plans are unveiled for towns main street west stouffville local developer gino testa presented two alternative proposals to planning com mittee nov 24 on the site 30 acres at the west end of stouffville opposite chas richards and son mr testa proposes an industrial development of 25 one acre lots or 18 such industrial lots with commercial frontage on hwy 47 members agreed that the town would welcome industrial growth that might be stimulated by either plan mayor ken laushway in dicated that interest shown by industries wishing to locate here in the past had been dampened because no price had been set on serviced land are you going to be in a position to state the cost per acre of your land he enquired mr testa estimated that though he didnt know what it would cost to service the area the selling price per acre could be close to 530000 an initial objection to the plans as presented was that lots fronting on no 47 had in dividual driveways to the high way the committee was em phatic that there should be only one service road into the development to provide access to factories planning chairman tom lonergan said he was pleased with the versatility of the presentation and expressed a preference for industrial over highway commercial if we could agree on a service road we could possibly go ahead and work on this further councillor gordon ratcliff suggested that as an incentive for industry to locate in the area the town should be lenient in its charges for hooking up services he also pointed out that the ml zoning of the site would restrict it to desirable enterprises members agreed to study the proposals and indicate preferences in layout in order to guide the developer in pursuing future plans fire bug strikes again stouffville in vestigators from the ontario fire marshals department probed through the remains of a barn monday on the property of lloyd bros tenth line north after the structure was destroyed friday night it is the fourth such building to go up in flames within a week on nov 12 a vacant house west of hwy 48 on the bloomington road was also burned to the ground fire chief walter smith is certain an arsonist is respon sible the loss in the second blaze friday included two tractor trailers a station wagon and a quantity of garden equipment valued at 30000 a few hours earlier a barn belonging to john aschwanden lot 6 cone 7 whitchurch- stouffville was destroyed its value has been placed at 5000 the fire at the lloyd property site was fed by gasoline from the tanks of the station wagon and trucks a foamtype liquid had to be used to quell the inferno just before press time staff inspector wally harkness called this newspaper to express his personal concern the pattern is not consistent with coin cidence he said he is ap pealing to persons with any information related to these fires to contact him 8875877 before someone is seriously injured or killed all information will be treated in the strictest of confidence he promised at is best in parade stouffville for the second straight year the odd fellows and rebekah lodge won the approving eye of judges in the stouffville santa claus parade in perhaps the toughest competition yet the entry en titled the teddy bears christmas was acclaimed best over all in a main street procession that included 40 floats 7 bands and 3 mar ching groups summitviews hansel and gretel was selected as no 1 in the school section with tne stouffville lions mary and joseph depicting the christ mas theme best the teddy bear idea was conceived by glenn edmunds a lodge member the float was put together at his place with up to eighteen persons working on it mostly on weekends the entry was given double ex posure saturday participating in the parade at markham in the morning and stouffville in the afternoon at summitview the entire teaching staff and 200 students contributed to their entrys success an ice ashing hut was e modelled into the witchs house taking about two weeks to complete it was a real effort by everyone said mr boad- way the principal the lions float depiciting mary and joseph three kings and two shepherds won the admiration of everyone par ticipants included john foulds martha d snow steven kettle paul roney don caudle tom yeomans and john emdin the judges were mrs ken laushway bill murphy and alex fox parade organizer armand english of the stouffville kin smen club said he was very pleased with the success of the event and the co operation he had received from everyone involved his tribute singled out officers of the york regional police department stationed all along the parade route they did an excellent job he said tom lonergan eldred king posite stands on airport issue stouffville it had to come but it almost didnt the controversial air port issue the centre of so many council and streetcorner discussions within the last ten months very nearly skipped by without a comment friday at an all- candidates meeting in latcham hall stouffville it was jim sanders obrien avenue who raised the question requesting replies from ward 6 candidates in cumbent tom lonergan and eldred king mr king said he hadnt found the airport to be a local issue but since the subject was raised he wasnt adverse to making public his stand on the project i cant see any more suitable location where it would affect the smallest number of people he said he ob served that a new site in pickering would alleviate pollution discomfort for the people of malton and bring economic benefit to stouffville show me the industry on the backside of malton questioned mr lonergan long an op ponent of the airport plan you cant convince me mr king argued that in his opinion the opposing factions comprised people who didnt want another single person to come into the area he concluded that such an attitude would not help build a municipality nor make a community viable and selfsufficient mr king advocated highcalibre growth which he felt could be attained without burdening the taxpayers with increased payments for adequate services he also spoke in favor of town ownership of the arena increased recreation facilities and a move to solve traffic congestion on main street councillor lonergan stated that planning is for people and that council could fulfill any of these demands but will you pay for it he asked if you want all the conveniences of the city then live in the city he asserted with controlled growth we can obtain the services we require he pointed out in rebuttal that private ownership of an arena often proves less costly to the public that plans for an industrial park were under consideration and negotiations for a complete traffic study in stouffville were underway whitchurchstouffville uxbridge markham thursday november 30 1972 vol 89 no 27 phone 6402101 52 pages 15 cents sinclair stevens calls for airport hearing in whitchurch stouffville sheep flocks ravaged stouffville twelve sheep are dead 13 injured and four missing following separate attacks on two flocks in the seventh concession area of whitchurch stouffville three sheep including a purebred ram valued at 75 were killed on the property of p a courage r r 4 stouffville three others were badly bitten later eight others were found slaughtered on the farm of james rae stouffville r r 2 this total was raised to nine when a small lamb likely at tempting to escape drowned in a farm pond ten others were injured on monday the owner spotted two labrador type dogs standing over one of his dead sheep he killed both with two rifle shots neither dog had a tag while the valuation is not yet complete the loss could exceed 1100 stouffville york- simcoe mp sinclair stevens has personally requested that all aspects of the proposed in ternational airport project be aired in full at a public hearing in stouffville possibly early in december the recommendation presented to the hearing of ficer jw swackhamer nov 23 was well received mr stevens said although nothing definite was confirmed it would give area residents an opportunity to appear and to testify if they so wish without going to toronto he said the official hearing opened monday in the four seasons sheraton hotel queen street the people or planes sub mission occupied the first three days their counsel is jj robinette on thursday today the whitchurchstouffville sub mission will be made acting for the town is solicitor paul mingay of markham mr stevens has been invited to participate in the presentation i feel it is important that everyone in the area be they for or against the proposed airport take an active interest in these hearings he said there has not been a more important development to touch on this region since it was first settled the whitchurchstouffville submission will be followed by the town of markham liquor vote dec 4 stouffville a liquor plebiscite facing the electorate of whit church stouffville dec 4 has prompted no con troversy and little ap parent interest the question concerns the serving of alcholic beverages with meals in local restaurants residents 18 years and over are entitled to vote on the issue this portion of the ballot will read are you in favor of the sale cf liquor under a dining lounge licence for consumption on licenced premises with food available to carry a 60 percent majority is required who stole santas house stouffville when jolly old santa claus arrived to set up house in stouffville saturday lo and behold his house was missing and a thorough search the whole town over failed to find even a sliver so st nick determined not to disappoint any of the little children did the next best thing he talked to them under the arch of the civic square clock however the investigation into the sudden disappearance of santas chalet continues some feel its only chance of recovery is when the ice fishing season ends on lake simcoe next spring the stouffville lions float rated a 1st prize in the kinsmen sponsored santa claus parade satsriay the part of mary was portrayed by pretty 18 year old martha d snow obrien avenue the procession included 40 entries plus several bands and marching groups j thomas inside the tribune editorials page 4 womans page 6 churches page 7 sports news page 15 classified pages 202122