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given up for dead pet cat reunited with family hi katharine purrs its appreciation as it rests on a sofa in the home of mr and mrs allan wideman bcthesda missing since aug 14 the pet was returned to its rightful owners mr and mrs james lauster of lakewood ohio saturday bethesda it was a kind of family reunion at the home of mr and mrs allan wideman rr 4 stouffville saturday evening a cat named katharine missing since august 14 and presumed dead was reunited with its owners mr and mrs james lauster lakewood ohio the couple parents of two girls penney 4 and patricia 7 travelled 350 miles to pick up their pet the story un believable but true had its beginning when mr and mrs lauster stopped off at cedar beach park musselmans lake to spend the night in the morning katharine was gone and a 4hour search of the area failed to find her mrs lauster placed a lost ad in the tribune that was 17 weeks ago last week a cat meeting katharines description wandered onto the wideman family property thin and hungry mrs wideman coaxed it into the cellar with tempting morsels of food then called the number listed in the advertisement there was no doubt katharine was safe and sound a tiny bell still fastened around its neck was all the assurance necessary we had almost given up hope said mrs lauster cradling the cat in her arms katharine just purred pinned under tractor stouffville stouffville machinist earl hoover obrien avenue suffered rib and internal injuries friday when run over by a farm tractor he was attempting to back into his main street welding shop admitted to york county hospital at newmarket for treatment he was retained there until monday noon for observation stouffville anglican church teen drop hi 9 centre assistance is being provided by represen tatives of a similar venture established in scarboro by the ymca areas of interest will be music games and discussion something along this same line had been discussed for the high school last summer but never materialized local organizers will meet again this week to finalize their plans stouffville an experimental dropin centre for stouffville area young people will be established in the anglican church sunset boulevard during the schools christmas vacation period if successful the organizers hope to expand the program and operate it throughout july and august the centre is a project introduced by- several parents working in close cooperation with a committee of young people vol 82 no 29 stouitvillk-markham-uxbridgi- thursday dhckmblr 17 1970 15 cfnts claremont community rallies to aid family of fire victims mayorelect laushway protests 6000 regional council salary absent from chamber vote ruled in favor york region a flat wage rate of 6000 thats what members of york regional council will receive in 1971 a decision reached dec 10 following a hectic and sometimes heated fortyfive minute debate the figure is 1000 over the scale agreed upon in the two other ontario regions niagara falls and ottawacarleton there the members receive 5000 that was the amount recommended by mayor- elect ken laushway of whitchurchstouffville in fact he stated from the floor he would not support payment of one more nickel above what the other two regions are getting however when the vote was taken on the 6000 stipend mr laushway was absent from the chambers the chairman considered his abstention as a decision for the af firmative side m a r k h a m town representatives mayor anthony roman and councillor jim jongeneel were opposed so were mayor illingworth aurora and dr burrows sutton the initial motion by aurora mayor dick illingworth called for a figure of 4800 plus car allowance amounting in total to about 5000 it was defeated mayor- elect explains absence stouffville did mayorelect ken laush way vacate the regional council chambers to avoid taking a stand on the controversial salary question thursday this was the feeling of some press members who saw mr laushway leave and then return following the vote mayor laushway told the tribune he slipped out to the washroom during a lull in proceedings not knowing the legislation would be put through so quickly he said he wasnt gone more than two minutes they all knew my feelings on the issue i was opposed to the 6000 from the start and my opinion never changed he said however for the record the no response reply to the call of his name was ruled as a ves vote markham councillor jim jongeneel recommended a flat 6000 for 1971 adding that the issue should come under review in 1972 in anticipation of a cutback to 4000 once the system becomes more properly organized it too was lost a third motion put forward by dr burrows sutton supported by ken kindergarten child is struck by car green river a 5 year old green river boy- is showing signs of im provement following an accident on hwy 7 when struck down by a car richard maltinson was rushed by vance am bulance to scarboro centenary hospital where he remained unconscious 4 hours he suffered a depressed skull fracture the little lad apparently left the school bus at a wrong location and was walking to the laneway entrance at wilsons park near where his parents reside police said he ran directly into the path of an auto driven by constance wonnacott rri locust hill mr and mrs mattinson have four other children mark ii steven 9 terry 7 and dorric lyn 2 councils farewell stouffville members of stouffville village council will say their farewells thursday tonight while two will be back in 1971 the status of the municipality will be changed under the system of regional government the identity politically speaking will be the town of whitchurchstouffville invited as guests thursday evening are members of planning board committee of adjustment park board library board cemetery board public utilities commission and the recreation commission young by comparison stouffville it was the meeting to end all meetings for stouffville planning board thur sday each member was at tempting to recall their years of service with one ken wagg going back to about 1956 reg mackay another veteran on the board said he had served on two separate occasions as chairman and jim richards since 1965 and what about you asked reeve ken laush way of 1970 chairman bill kamps just three years replied mr kamps hesitatingly by com parison with ycu guys i feel like a new years baby in wet diapers laushway called for a flat 5000 with no car allowance that was rejected also the fourth and final motion recommending the straight 6000 salary with no strings attached was placed before the meeting by councillor ray twinney and mayor bob forhan of newmarket it passed mr twinney in speaking to the motion said he had personally attended more meetings in the last three months than for the whole of 1970 as a county councillor mayor gladys rolling east gwillimbury noted that time spent by members in the organizing of the regional system had been freegratis were only cheapening our selves she said i dont believe our constituents expect us to work for nothing total remuneration in 1971 excluding the chairmans salary will amount to 96000 stole 20 from doll stouffville the executive and members of stouffvilles drum and bugle corps are busy re organizing the band for competition and public appearances in 1971 to raise sufficient funds a lucky draw on a 50 money doll was arranged with the prize placed on display in the show window of aikens pharmacy main street on friday a wouldbe customer entered the store stole 20 from the doll and fled joyce timbers a clerk chased the man up a side laneway but he escaped she was able to give police an excellent description of the culprit chairman beginning jan 1 1971 all matters pertaining to local planning will be handled through the area council rather than a separate planning board councillor tom lonergan will serve as chairman board rejects 8 lot split stouffville a request for an 8lot residential development rather than six on the north side of manitoba street was turned down by stouffville planning board at a meeting dec 10 the application was made by owner michael chiovetti the board ruled that 8 lots with 45 foot frontage were too small mr chiovetti agreed to the original six he expressed the hope that the agreement might be finalized prior to jan 1 1971 the site lies east of church street and north of park drive have made mistakes planner stouffville beginning jan 1 1971 the duties of stouffville planning board will be assumed by the council town of whitchurch- stouffville the pre selected chairman is councillor tom lonergan member reg mackay in looking back over the boards work in recent years sees two main areas where mistakes were made he told the final meeting thursday that the board in his opinion erred when it allowed construction of the ponderosa apartment with no buffer zone between the rear of the building and homes on elm road he suggested too that no homes should have been allowed on lots of less than 60 foot frontage i dont like to see houses jam med together he said on the same subject mr mackay observed that if a 45 foot lot had permitted the erection of a lower cost house then someone would obviously benefit reeve ken laushway said stouffvilles growth could have proceeded on a par with markham and richmond hill if planning board and council had agreed to increased subdivision buildup who was to know ten years ago that regional government would come into effect in 1971 he noted that had the village boasted a greater population it might have remained a municipality unto itself within the region i still think we did the right thing he concluded town inaugural meeting jan 4 stouffville the inaugural meeting of the new area council town of whitchurchstouffville will be held in stouffville monday jan 4 1971 the time is 730 pm the public is invited to attend rent 31 units stouffville -thirty- one of the 51 suites at the winlane place apartment in the ponderosa sub division have now been rented according to gerry meharg ltd exclusive agents the scene of a tragic fire early saturday morning in peter white flaremonl that took the lives of dwayne and marlrnr destroyed white inset two children in the family of mr and mrs the house and ai its contents were jas thomas establish fund at commerce bank claremont the village of claremont has always been a closely knit community the problems of the individual are everyones concern so it was saturday when residents awakened by repeated wails of the fire siren learned the terrible truth concerning the plight of mr and mrs peter white and family the tragic toll two dead two seriously injured and all personal possessions destroyed marlene 12 and dwayne 11 lost their lives when trapped inside the blazing inferno of what was once their home mrs white and bonnie 14 forced to leap from a top storey twenty feet to the frozen ground below were taken by ambulance to ajax- pickering hospital and later transferred to oshawa general mr white and sons norman 20 gordon lfkand kenneth 10 escaped kenneth suffered burns to his feet when the ladder propped up against the house caught fire a wonderful girl marlene described by her closest friends as a wonderful girl was on the verge of rescue but turned back it is thought she might have made a final but futile attempt to reach her brother mrs white or pudge as she is known to a wide circle of friends suffered a broken hip and will be confined to hospital for at least three months she was operated on sunday bonnie suffered burns to her feet and spinal injuries she may be released by the weekend the cause of the blaze is still not known claremont brigade chief tom hammond said flames were shooting out the windows when he arrived although the firehall is only 400 feet away volunteers concentrated their efforts on saving the home of mrs allan fryer immediately to the west the interior had some smoke and water damage campaign organized the embers hadnt cooled before community organizations had moved in to assist the family a lions club committee headed by earle pilkey and curly knapp commenced a systematic collection of clothes food and furnishings members wives requested aid by phone the response was tremendous with items coming from many miles around financial contributions in the name of the peter white funtkhave surpassed the 2000 figure a special account has been opened at the claremont branch canadian imperial bank of commerce individual donations can be arranged also through the lions club by calling 6492843 the claremont legion has played its part along with the pickering branch of the red cross the salvation army outfitted the family in new clothes at a prechristmas gathering of drivers for brownwall bus lines a sum of 121 was collected one little boy donated fourteen cents temporary lodging has been provided the family at the home of ren lloyst later this week they will move into more permanent quarters at a residence offered by bill evans the lionettes are holding a work bee on thursday today to put everything in order solemn tribute on tuesday however all thought of material needs were set aside as the community paid its final respects to marlene and dwayne the caskets banked by beautiful bouquets of flowers were placed in the auditorium of claremont united church where the two had attended sunday school regularly all arrangements were handled by kent milroy funeral home assisted by the church pastor rev eldon linstead earlier principal allan ward and the senior pupils of claremont public school participated in a private service interment was made in claremont union cemetery the pallbearers were fred wright gecrge wright ronald hagerman jim powell robert slack allan lloyst brian norton donald norton glenn hammond haig dcrusha eddie ingram and dennis finch