Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 11, 1982, p. 1

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wp sk6k a metroland community newsrapeir i a j y 1 vol95 n015 wednesday august 11 1982 1 j lipagess ax vfrjtft krtaoaga esaiblish fund to aid faittily stouffville while the father held her hand and the distraught mother stood near by firefighters and ambulance operators provided emergency assistance at the scene of a bicyclecar collision on main street friday night to no avail fourteen year old judy fock ler of 373 stbuffer street north died sundaymorning in st michaels hospital toronto judy described as the kind of girl whoddo anything for anybody vhad worked later than usual friday evening at the stouffville nursing home where she held a parttime summer job fin route home she wheeled from the driveway at summitview school into the path of an eastbound auto driven by 19 year old debbie piche of rr 3 stouffville no charges have been laid the young girl was taken first to scarborough centenafyhos- pital then transferred to st michaels when the seriousness of her condition was learned both parents were present tjrge help stouffville a health survey involving fifty families is currently underway in whitchurchstouffville the program is being con ducted by queens university graduates sheri robinson and beverley koskiin cooperation with the regional department of health and social services its purpose is to learn if re ported health problems in the area are related in any way to water contamination a com- pareable survey is also being done in eastgwillimbury if warranted a major study will follow dr john hodgkinson york regions asst medical health officer is urging local resi- dents to cooperate otherwise no satisfactory conclusions can be reached ah information is strictly confidential he said the 50 households were selected at random dr hodg kinson explained replace- ments are nctallowed cooperation is criticalthe asst moh stressed he admit ted that initially there had been some refusals its going much better now he stated the province he said has appropriated sufficient funds to complete an indepth study if the present survey proves a need when news of her passing was revealedthey agreed that their daughters kidneys and cornea should be donated to others in need thats what judy would have wanted her mother said for ed and anne fockler its the third break in the immedi- ate family circle one daugh ter debbie died at age four weeks in 1956 and a second daughter denise was fatally injured in a fall at the town swimming pool in 1967 she was seven surviving sons and daughters aresusannoble rr 2 stouffville gordon randy and tracy fockler all at- home first on the scene of fridays tragedy was joy barker main street east a graduate in st john ambulance training she provided emergency firstaid until firemen and ambulance crews arrived later she arranged for assistance funds to be set up at the bank of nova scotiastouffville branch and oneills funeral home she also collected close to 200 door todoor chamber of commerce president graydon card is can vassing the business section rev jacob small of stouffvil le memorial christian church will conduct the service wednesday todayat 2 pm with interment stouffville cemetery the pallbearers arejohnny fockler gordon k fockler wm fockler david wilson mark mccready and ronny elson stouffville driver seriously injured in ninth line crash olive murphy william street stouffville is making a good larbone as well as a severe gash on the head driver of the truck recovery in scarborough centenary hospital following a serious was bruce leach of agincourt assistance at the scene was pro accident last week at the intersection of ninth line nortli and vided by susan noble an rna on the staff of stouffville nursing rupert avenue mrs murphy suffered a fractured pelvis and col- home jim thomas go up stouffville despite the fact the ministry of educa tion has withdrawn grants for interestcourses night school coordinator wayne predicts this falls program will be bigger arid better than ever reg istration dates are sept 20 and 22 atstouffvilledist secon dary school- with nofinancial assistance from the province courses will r morehowcver additional courses will be offered includ- ingcompuler instruction be- ginners breadmaking ismockingglasssagging cook- ing for men beginners chor alsinging yoga mini- workshops in law fitness for over 50s and personal invest ments the fee schedule follows tenweek course two hours per night33 twentyweek course two hours per night44 ten- week course three hours per night40 twentyweek course three hours per night55 despite the increase mrnii- gerit feels the rate when consi dered on an hourly basis is very reasonable last year close to 1100 ap plications were received he hopes to equalor better thisfi- gure in 198283 prior to the start of classes pamphlets will be distributed listing all general interest and credit courses these will also be published in the tribune mr nugent is anxiousto hear from anyone with special skills to share the number to call is 6405712 j sightinsjlepbjrjed s- vsr dump demon creature of the black la- goon remember the movie its still being shown on latenight reruns whitchurchstouffville it seems has the real thing a frightful looking monster that oozes out of the land- fill site east of hwy 48 therehave been several confirmed sightings an in formant told the tribune its appearance has been de scribed as frightening- while no ones taking the- report seriously the tri bune despatched a camera man to the property late monday night but nothing for better or for worse was observed jim sanders stouffville a land deal of historic and major sig- nificance to whitchurch- stouffville residentshas been given administrative clearance by council if negotiations reach comple tion a 3 acre parcel of land owned by the roman catholic episcopal corporation oppo site stouffville dist secondary school will be transferred to town ownership while a cor responding acreage abutting st marks school will be ac quired by the municipality and signed over to the rce cor poration the transaction would ulti mately permit the addition of a church and rectory to the st marks grounds and open to door to a concentration of muni cipal recreation facilities oppo site the high school whitchurch planning board more attuned to facing protests against unwelcomed odors in the municipal air was- caught up in a reverse wind aug 3 when members of a ru- ral delegation spoke in support of farmbased operations whose emissions of ten tend to offend residential noses basic to their presentation was the argument that farms and farmrelated industry in digenous to agricultural land required greater protection through municipal zoning in order to survive at the core of the controversy was the proposal to create a 240- acre estateresidential subdivi- sion on agricultural land at cone 5 part of lots 2325 north of the regional forest members of the delegation opposed the plan and madc plea for the retention of agri cultural zoning on the site they pointed out that the property is surrounded by m- tensive farmoriented activity and they anticipate that should the subdivision become a real- i ity council would eventually be assailed with complaints concerning farm odors margaret murby of king cole ducks limited claimed such a situation wouldbe the death knell for farmbased industry in the area i know all about people- power and theprcssurcs it can create she said we de- veloped bur business here 31 years ago because it was an agricultural zone a residential classification next doorbells trouble mayor eldred king acknow ledged the delegations concern but said he believed agricultu ral and residential factions could coexist compatibly in the area at his suggestion however the board agreed to investigate the legal aspects ofregistering a cautionary note against land titles in the proposed subdivi sion so that purchasers would be aware of the farming opera- lions and the odifcrous nature of the neighboring agricultural zone games stouffville planning board or monopoly board an observer could be excused for pondering the question at- one point in the aug 3 planning agenda first chairman jim sanders stouffville council lor jim sanders will seek re flection nov 8the obrien avenue resident and member for ward 6 joins incumbants mayor eldred king bill kamps ward 4 and wilf mor- ley ward 5 in voicing intent to stand again still to be heard from arecharles warden wardl tom wood ward 2 and jim rae ward 3 an avid environmentalist sanders says hell continue to push for action in this area as well as social concerns y he expressed satisfaction with accomplishments related to the culture and recreation plan includingthe hiring of a programs coordinator and a facilities manager work he said is now proceeding withre- spect to a site for the proposed recreation complex as for the longstanding dul- vcrton development of 500 homes sanders explained the town has done its partthe landfill site issuehe noted isnt over yet we want the dump closed but closed prop erly he said harvest helper at age 86 k stouffville mrs ken jspiece of rr 3 stouffville hopes she never experiences ianother night in her lifelike ijuly29i i t v on that date her mother- ella clarke 81 of toronto was struck down and seriously in- jurjed bya car near the ihtersec- ition of brqadviewand dan- almost at the same time and onlyiayfcwiblocks riephewstevehmackay was badly hurt in a motorcycle acci- dent at pharmacy and st clair afijj theywere rushed to the same hospital one on a stretcher and the other in a wheelchair arriv- ing only minutes apart mrs clarke suffered concus- sion cuts and bruises stevens clothes were completely burned off the helmet saved him mrs spiece said hardly had police finished telling herof jer acci- dent when hews came through of kcrnephews collision- js said both persons are making good recoveries r of grain into a threshing machine during a bee t last week on the farm of ted kral5ykcohc9 marlcbam markham for two hours friday history was repeated on the farm of ted krainyk cone 9 markham an oldfashioned threshing bee was held on the properly prompting workers and spectators to attend from a wide area the events most senior participant was 86 yearold andy grant of unionvillc he helped in both the loading and unloading of the wagon whenit comes to threshing hes forgotten more than well ever know commentedallan murray of stouffvillev- not far behind in years was fred bearc church street markham mr bearc is 84 others in a working role includcdwilf ferguson vicwilson ashmore rcesor and murray grove a team vof belgians owned by mur- iray grove were used on the wagon they were driven by liz- french of unionvillc about two acres had been hcutin advance by binder the threshing machine was powered by mr krainyks farmall h tractor a fti v and mayor eldred king moved out of the council chambersaf- ter having declared a conflict of interest then councillor charles warden moved over symbolically toassumeuhe chair with two memberson vaca tion and two ensconced inthe antiroom it was left tothe new s chairman councillors wilf morley and toni wood and four empty seats to deal with a sca thing leftcr from tom marshall of cedafvalley marshall castigated coop representatives for their con- tradictory evidence flagrant lies and abuse of town bylaws he gave notice he would re serve the right to request- an ontario municipal board hear ing on the matter if certain statements he alleged weri made at an earlier meeting were not withdrawn the letter- although addres sed to the town was received without comment from the threeman board who discrete ly moved on to the next item on the agenda try again vandorf the historical societys annual antique and classic car show postponed aug 8 due to inclement weatfr er will be held this sunday aug 15 from 12 noon to 4 pnc the location is the whitch urchstouffville museum grounds woodbine averiin vandorf admission is 2 adults 100 senior citizens and students children under12 free t 1

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