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sacred song service heise hill church new years eve une junior b hockey stouffville arena new years day vol 89 no 31 phone 64021g1 wh1tchurchstouffville uxbridge markham thursday december 28 1972 12 pages 15 cents school bus is enveloped by gas fire claremont school bus t driver mrs shirley pilkey encountered an experience last week on the don valley park way shell not soon forget while southbound into toronto with a passenger list of 19 students ana two teachers from ajax high school she was met by a wall of flame when a pup trailer from a huge tanker broke loose struck the median and exploded except for the median it would have struck us mrs pilkey said the flames covered the whole bus the driver said that for tunately none of the side win dows were open she said the heat was intense luckily i kept going she s noted had i panicked and stopped it could have been tragic she said two cars were following they were the last to get through before police closed off the road trucks hit driver dies markham a fatal accident involving two pickup trucks occurred at the corner of cone 10 markham and hwy 7 dec 23 joseph dart 60 of can- nington lost his life in the d collision his vehicle travelling west struck the other broad side the impact carried both trucks to the northwest corner of the intersection the driver of the second vehicle terry edward moore 24 of rr 1 uxbridge was taken to scarboro centenary hospital for treatment and observation receipts350 stouffville school spirit at stouffville high said to be at its highest level in years shone out from the stage thursday and won the admiration of an appreciative audience the second annual variety show directed by jim brodie and produced by pauline foulds raised 350 exclusive of 52 contributed by the students of grade 13 the money has been allocated as follows green gables manor bloomington 152 crippled children 100 and student activities 150 a beautiful tapestry and painting completed by a resident of green gables was presented to hj waite chairman on the board of whitchurch stouffville public library and a teacher on the staff of sdss the shows staff advisor was mrs dianne stuart and the master of ceremonies julie bell arrest follows chase stouffville most of stouffville citizens were snugly behind doors celebrating christmas at about 10 pm monday when an opp cruiser careened through town in pursuit of a vehicle heading west along main street the 8590 mph chase followed an investigation by constable wm phillips of a breakin at dean watson motor sales ltd hwy 47 south of uxbridge once through town the fleeing driver turned north on hwy 48 and the pursuit finally ended when he lost control of his car and it ended in a ditch near pefferlaw assisting the whitby division were units from york region oak ridges and brechin kerry jack morden 17 of uxbridge has been arrested and charged with breaknter and theft whats so exulting n stage 9 traffic bypass would serve centre core main st congestion is priority problem happiness and anticipation are mirrored in the faces of sharon and katherine craig rri claremont attending the stouffville players pre christmas production of mother goose in latcham hall saturday mrs norman craig the former lynne foord of stouffville reflects her childrens interest in thehow the three performances were well sup ported and enthusiastically acclaimed by young and old alike no stouffville comedy production would be quite complete without john foulds second street in the cast fie gracefully portrayed the eldest daughter of the old lady who lived in the shoe and despite a couple of nosedives dway through his dance he completed his ballerina whirl without a hitch jim thomas a lead rc4 in the production was taken by frank mellon tindsle road as twinkle toes the good fairy but like his co actor john foulds he also took a tumble while tripping the light fantastic across the stage he is shown here about to make a one pdint landing jim thomas stouffville rather than concentrate on utilizing the bloomington road as a bypass route around stouffville town council will press for con struction of an alternate artery to the south linking hwy 48 with concession 10 with feeder roads leading onto main street mayor elect gordon ratcliff said such a recommendation now on paper would ease weekend traffic congestion in stouffville yet still allow people to enter the downtown core if they so desired mr ratcliff said a rough sketch plan had been prepared by mayor ken laushway and it looks real good he said traffic and parking problems in stouffville would be top priority issues in 1973 74 the mayor elect foresees the construction of 300 new homes in stouffville with the build up concentrated in areas north of stouffer street and on the for mer booth farm south of main he said two subdivisions would likely go ahead in the former twp of whitchurch one of these near lemonville he noted that the government imposed freeze on land in whitchurch was creating a serious problem mr ratcliff said he would like to see the hamlet areas expand to a maximum of 500 as provided for in the official plan he said consideration should also be given to additional growth in the pine orchard cedar valley district mr ratcliff favors a com mercial complex at hwys 47 and 48 ringwood and the creation of an industrial mall at wesley corners don mills and the aurora road further in dustrial build up should be considered too on main street west he feels the mayor elect said he appreciated the work of com mittees with many individuals giving freely of their time he mentioned particularly the whitchurch stouffville recreation committee theyve done a wonderful job he said on the question of a recreation co ordinator he said he didnt feel the town was yet ready to hire such an em ployee on a full time basis mr ratcliff said he was confident that much would be accomplished in the two years ahead i feel i have an ex cellent council he concluded new boundary plan shocks twp reeve uxbridge twp surprise commented uxbridge township reeve bob nesbitt was too mild a word to describe his reaction to the provinces restructuring proposals for the township and 21 municipalities south and east in establishing a 9 municipality regional area it was a shock he com mented the proposal amalgamates the township town of uxbridge and part of pickering twp north of the 7th cone which is excluded from airport and community lands the most startling aspect according to the reeve is the annexation of scott twp by york region through unification with east gwillimburv the prospect of region- alization had already prompted meetings between scott uxbridge town and township representatives before the proposal was revealed and as a result recommendations sent to the province had set down reasons for favoring their amal gamation the preference was disregarded and speculated the reeve apparently ordinary everyday councils dont count for anything he continued that he an ticipated ontario county would disappear it is the only county in the province that has no capital debt of any significance it is one of the many reasons for getting rid of us i was surprised they had to get rid of north pickering at the same time with feelings running high in the county submissions will be made to the province but cautioned the reeve they must be compatable representatives elected to 1973 councils are to appear at a meeting jan 5 although it is prior to some being officially sworn in to take a consensus of the situation we want to make sure that whatever we say we say it together concluded mr nesbitt seeking fire scoop reporters car burns stouffville a cfto cameraman and his lady assistant were all set for the scoop story of the year an on the spot photo of a friday night fire in stouffville with this thought in mind they left toronto early wended their way up through the fog and selected a location of con venience in a noparking zone on main street opposite the fireball there they patiently waited 9 oclock 10 oclock nothing then it happened the siren wailed volunteers raced to the scene and curious spectators milled about was it the firebug again no merely a shortcircuit in the motor of the cameramans car causing an estimated 3o0 damage i knew i should never have left the city said the disgruntled reporter family safe gormley rev and mrs walter kelly and family residents in the earthquake ravaged city of managua are reported safe although their home was destroyed rev kellys mother mrs marion kelly lives at r r 2 gormley meager reports coming out of the stricken area tell how the pastor his wife and two daughters were forced to flee in the night taking refuge in the countryside he was able to contact family relatives in the united states via ham radio the death toll has been estimated at between three and five thousand