r lye hundred homes i- is signed stouffville fifteen years of delays and discussions concluded friday with the signing of the 500home dulver- ton subdivision agreement by mayor eldred king the property immediately north of the towns builtup area extends from the ninth line through to hwy 47 the document as prepared remains in effect for two years following registration should the company default the muni cipality could claim ownership to the lands since it holds the first mortgage while admitting such an arrangement is unusual for whitchurchstouffville mayor king sees no risk involved dul- verton already has a sizeable investment here he explained pointing to the fact the firm has contributed 325000 to the downtown rechannelization project and 1360000 to the re building of stouffvilles sewage disposal plant mayor king said his main de- sire is to see a start in construc tion id like building to begin tomorrowhe said but in these economic times one can only push a company so far may change hearing site stouffville mayor eldred king has formally re quested that the appeal filed by waste management inc with respect to the hwy 48 landfill site should not be heard in whitchurchstouffville our town cant stand furth er harassment he told the tribune weve been hurt enough while the mayor didnt sug gest an alternate location the paper has learned that mar kham is a possibility the tenta tive commencement date is june 29 the appeal will mean addi- four st escape stouffville four grade 7 orchard park stu- dents on a classtrip to quebec city- and montreal last week had a harrow escape from serious injury when struck by a garbage truck on a narrow street at the citadel headquarters for the royal 22nd reg iment principal john hincks said the boys and girlswere walking in single file along a laneway with steep walls on both sides he said the driver stopped to let some of the pupils through then started up squeezing four of the chil- dren against the ledge requiring treatment for cuts scrapes and bruises werejane anderson cynth- ia gleave craig thompson and darren montgomery first- aid was provided at a clinic in the citadel the young peoplerec6vered quickly mr hincks said arid soon rejoined their class mates on the tour if he the driver had waited another thirty seconds everyone would have been clear the prin cipal stated he has re- quested a full accident re port from police mr hincks described as absolutely marvellous the assistance provided by citadel personnel it helped too he said that two of the parents accompanying the class maris anderson and earl thompson were avail able to look after their own jane and craig as well as assist with others mr hincks said he hoped the unfortunate accident wouldnt act as a deterrent to future trips he called it an excellent learning experi- ence a metroland community newspaper vol 95 no 6 whitchurchstouffville june 2 1 982 25 cents 16 pages tional legal expense for the municipality mayor king said with the possibility of it going all the way to the supreme court of canada he indicated the appointment of legal counsel for the town would be left in the hands of mingay associates of mar- kham fran sainsbury of the con cerned citizens committee said she wouldnt argue the mayors request for a neutral hearing site as for hiring their own lawyer she said this possi bility was still under considera tion schoolfaii a success a p -li- stouffville with some expenses still outstanding and a few receipts still to come in net proceeds from the stouffville christian schools country fair saturday will be close to 4000 board chair man david ianuzzo told the tribune- monday most hed talked to consi dered the event very success ful he said he praised the work of many dedicated people who had put in long hours over the past two months in prepara tion for the fair mr ianuzzoin reflecting on the schools progress during the past year described as almost unbelievable what had been accomplished he paid tribute to principal bob stover for his enthusiasm and devotion and to members of staff for the quality of their in struction the chairman recalled that it was only april 23 of last year that- an information dinner was held at emmanuel interna tional now were working to wards expansionhe said five hurt unionville five per sons were injured but none seriously in a twocar collision saturday at the intersection of warden avenue and major mackenzie drive admitted to york central hospital at richmond hill were the two drivers madeline dut- field 49 of kennedy road un- ionville and stewart cum- ming r of toronto and three passengers- albert dutfield 53 of unionville roy and edith deyman both of toronto all were released following treat- ment and observation fire attributed to lightning destroyed a 130 year old sawmill friday morning at century mill industrial lumber rr 4 stouffville property damage including 35000 board feet of a little late l stouffville latethan never a former stouffville resident now living in fenelon falls has returned two books to the town library overdue by 16 years the party enclosed a cheque for 15 to cover fines in an accompanying letter to chief librarian george schlukbier the lady better- explaihedishejivas reminded of her tardiness by her son who said- he was returning several books to the school where he attended last year in a postscript the unnamed person told how shes still interested in ac tivities here and keeps in touch through the tribune each week hardwood is estimated at 50000 the blaze was the second at the site in less than two years the business is coowned by howard ratcliff and jack wilkinson jj thomas struck by lightning century deadlines beginning next week the tribune will be publishedby office computers in stouff ville and printed at the metroland plant 10 tempo avenue north york so that intown subscri bers can receive their news- paper pn wednesday an ear- lierpress time hasbeen arranged- v meet this schedule the deadline for real estate ads has beennioyed forward to 5 pm monday and classified ads to 10 am tuesday we appreciate your co operation reduce speed stouffville the speed limit of 50 kilometers per hour on thicketwood boulevard is far too fast penny frederick of 149 booth drive stated in a let ter to town council last week mrs frederick expressed concern for the area between booth drive and stduffer street south where speeding is com- pageant to select queen monplace she said with children crossing the road on the way to school or walking to a nearby play ground the hazard is very real she claimed she recom mended the speedlimit be lo wered to 40 kmh arid that signs be posted the request was forwarded to the works committee for a re port whitchurch an early- morning fire friday on the property of century mill in dustrial lumber rr 4 stouff ville destroyed the remains of a once waterpowered sawmill believed to be 130 years old the blaze blamed on light ning is the second at the site in less than two years the loss is estimated at 50000 stouffville firefighters sum- moned to the scene around 130 am were able to contain the flames by pumping water from a nearby pond however about 35000 feet of hardwood lumber was lost the business under the co- ownership of howard ratcliff and jack wilkinson is one of the bestknown in the area operating through several family generations mr ratcliff was in huntsville at the time and couldnt be contacted until later while a landmark structure the mill had only seen limited use in recent years karen wil kinson jacks wife told the tribune she described the building as a shell with much of the interior given over to the markham museum fire chief walter smith said a motorist northbound on ken nedy road saw the lightning bolt strike and seconds later flames shoot into the sky a re port heard at the fire scene that a phone line leading to the ratcliff home had been inten tionally cut was untrue karen said mzm stouffville all spe cial occasions require a reign ing queen- whitchurclistouff villes canada week july 1 to 4 will have as its representative one of several young ladies entered in a pageant at the high school thursday evening july 1 the towns citizen of the year will be honored at the same event rebuild road yorkdurham a 34 million dollar reconstruction project to bring a section of hwy 7 up to provincial stan dards is currently underway the twolane contract extending over a distance of 12366 kilometers about 77 miles begins at the ninth line of markham and ends east of the brock road at brougham alirpa construction company of pickering sub mitted the successful bid work will be completed some time in 1983 a spokesperson for the ministry of transport told the tribune collide in fog drivers injured whitchurch a threecar collision in heavy fog at the intersection of hwy 48 and the bloomington road saturday morning injured two of the drivers and caused property damage estimated at sllook v the vehicles all south bound were driven by john maclnnis 54 of rr2 stouffville helmut kik 48 of sutton west and ernest kosanyi 18 of newmarket i the pageant chairperson is bunny burton rr 4 stouff ville committee members are- chris hodgson tracy broom pattie richards pauline whale and rhonda fockler to be eligible participants must be single sixteen years of age and over forms will be available at the high school bunnys flowers storiehouse travel and the tribune hock ey star keith acton will be one of the judges people parade the annual main street people parade at 10 am july 1 should be the largest and longest ever seen here leaders at robin hood camp on tenth line south want to enter their young people in the procession this could swell the parade ranks bynearly 800 chairman ged stonehouse has already sent them a formal invitation f team exchange as part of the canada week program two soccer teams arid two fastball teams from ste anne des plainest quebec will arrive here july 2 and partici pate in games july 3 and 4 whitchurchstouffville will re turn the favor july 10 and 11 tiitvs lieutgoverhorgiven royq i welcome bystqffstuderits the hon john b aird lieutgovernor of onurio was a guest of staff and students at dicksons i hdi school monday morning the occasion was a commonwealth assembly presented by the grade 8 class under the direction of harold knights here mr aird is welcomed by left to right barrie otter- jonatbon cole and dean otter ijlm holt mowers in demand j stouffville lawn- mowers are in demand york regiphalpolice report the theft i of two last week one a john deere riding unit valued at- 3175- was removed frorii the property of ted barry bethes- da road r r 2 stouffville another was taken from a gar age at the home of ross gar rett rr 4 stouffville a chain saw was also- stolen an esti mated loss of 600 at aikens pharmacy main street stouffville the glass in the front door was broken may 25 and entry gained to the pre mises a quantity of cough syrup was stolen valued at 140 police report a breakin at dicksons hill school satur day a part of the interior was ransacked but it wasnt im mediately known if anything of value was taken at the milne conservation area in markham a 15 year old girl was indecently assaulted around 8 pm students in band york region seventy elementary students including three from dicksons hill three from whitchurch- highlands and two from bal- lantrae will combine their ta lents in the presentation of a band concert june 17 at aurora high school time of the event is 730 pm local participants are- shirley grove jill keith and heather hoover dicksons hill wendy huisman tracy baranieski and john topping whitchurchhighlands laurie karlson and jeanne mcquaker ballantrae were really excited about it said keith profit principal of regency acres public school aurora mr profit is a chief organizer of this music enrichment program that be hopes will become an annual performance v