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the tribune thursday jan 31 1j74 i i i i i i i i i i i 53na 0 established 188s charles ii nolan publisher james thomas associate puwlshrr and editor robert mccaisland advertising director published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 51 main st stouffville ont tel 6402101 toronto phone 3611680 single copies 15c sub scriptions 1700 per year in canada 1600 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian community newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editorials every dollar helps whipper billy watson requires no in troduction to residents of whitchurch- stouffville he appeared here on several occasions always the hero no 1 however outside the wrestling ring his accomplishments have been even more outstanding hes a hero no 1 in the eyes of every crippled child across ontario his work his achievements in this regard cannot be overemphasized through the years whipper watson has given much of himself for others now hes asking others to do something for him his goal is the installation of a therapeutic pool at york county hospital in newmarket his target is 230000 heres how you can help beginning 12 noon saturday feb 16 a fundraising telethon will cover york region via channel 3 ckvr the campaign will last 30 hours concluding sunday feb 17 at 6 pm the phonein quarters for whitchurch- stouffville has been established at the office of birkett and hassard insurance 159 main street west the number to call is 6402000 pledges both personal and company will be flashed on the screen and tabulated as they come in whipper billy watson cares lets show him we care too and push the campaign total well over the top salary spread too great i said we were one of the lucky ones not expropriated for airport expansion the mayor of pickering has been granted a 20 percent pay increase for 1974 he will receive 12000 the mayor of uxbridge will be paid 7000 and the mayor of brock 6500 in whitchurchstouffville the mayor currently receives 7000 but subject to change the mayor of markham will be paid 11000 in our opinion theres something very wrong here is pickering council suggesting- that george ashe is worth 5000 a year more than carl puterbough of uxbridge or 5500 more than allan mcphail of brock it would seem so is the work load in markham so much greater than in whitchurchstouffville to warrant a 4000 spread between tony roman and gordon ratcliff one must assume so but hardly to that extent in the new region of durham the initial salary scale should have been set by the province the mistake that was made in york has been repeated in the region of york all council stipends should be established prior to nominations and remain at that level for the duration of the term such a plan would reduce criticism on the outside and halt bickering from within s sugar and spice my grandchilds birth a 3ring circus by bill smiley editors mail dishonest and misleading to the editor the announcement that work should start no later than july 1975 on the pickering air port was made by ministry of transport planners the release stated in part that only 4000 people will be bothered by noise in the immediate area the planning team is being dishonest and misleading this project will cover a much larger section and they know it for almost 2 years i have sought answers as to just how disruptive airport 11 would be the onsite information issued by transport conveniently show noise cones that skirt every populated area and are only full size in the open country ministry officials would not tell me how they arrived at these contours since i am a commercial pilot and could get no data to back up these maps i was left with the opinion that they were drawn by a public relations agency to keep the truth from us just a few days ago my suspicions were confirmed when i discovered that there is a formula used by the federal aeronautics administration in the usa for planning the flight pattern of new jet ports these findings were substantiated by an air traffic the outline is as follows the noise cone is actually in reverse to the transport maps arid acts like a funnel directing planes to the end of the runway the area covered by approaching aircraft is in the shape of a triangle the point of which is placed at point of touchdown with each side extending out 10 miles and being 3 miles across the base this triangle is then raised at the outer end to 1200 ft and that is the floor of the approach funnel put this one a map and you can readily see the number of communities that will be affected along with pickering it is safe to say that most people in the south of the region of durham wili find their lifestyle changed dramatically by noise and pollution while there is a curfew at malton we will not be afforded this luxury and the planes will fly 24 hours a day unless the residents in surrounding municipalities become conscious of the very real threatthey to may be kept awake by jets tail dragging over them all night long ken spratley councillor ward 3 pickering youd think the smileys could have one tiny grandchild with no more than the usual anxiety and expectancy not a chance they had to turn it into a threering circus just about the time the wee lad was due to arrive i provided the first ring i racked up my car not seriously just enough so it couldnt be driven it was during the holidays and between these and relentless storms day after day the repairs took t twice as long as they would havenormallyr no transport but we had to be there when his nibs arrived its a hundred miles away result was a nightmare of taxis arid buses theres nothing more dismal than riding a bus in midwinter its either a supermodern one with the heat turned up so that you are gasping for breath and sweating like a wrestler or its an oldtimer with no heat and a draft that would freeze the brains of a brass monkey coming in around the window theres nothing more frustrating than waiting for a cab its no problem downtown in the city you can flag one down on the street but when you are in a remote suburb youd be better off with a dog team we waited 55 minutes for a cab one night after five phone calls on each of which i was assured hes on the way a pure and downright lie my daughter true to family form provided ring two of the circus im only glad i wasnt there or youd be reading my obituary instead of a column this week she began getting signs that the little stranger was developing claustrophobia and wanted to see the light of day nothing violent but enough to send my wife into action with all guns hang on well be right up up meant up to the university apartment where she and her husband are living its right out in the country and a brute to get at unless you have a car my wife commandeered my brother-in- law and he drove her there naturally the young couple doesnt have a car potential granny dashed into the building and was just starting up on the elevator when she heard a disembodied voice asking is there anyone there she was more than a little startled it was the voice of her soninlaw and it seemed to be coming out of the walls it was he and my daughter the pregnant kid were stuck in the adjoining elevator between floors they werent stuck because she was pregnant but because the elevator had ceased to descend theyd been on their way down well how does that grab you as melodramaits like something youd see on one of those medical series on tv 1 if id been there jd have fainted dead away and been carted off my wife is made of sterner stuff she can get hysterical about a cat crapping on a carpet but when it comes down to real trouble shes right on and my brotherinlaw is a great man in a crisis he posted my wife where she could talk to the two kids trapped in the elevator then he rounded up the troops security guards superintendents and electrician they tried everything a half hour passed nothing an hour nothing worked they called the elevator company it was new years day a recorded message tension grew it was like a wake pregnant woman trapped in stalled elevator after nearly an hour and a half my son- inlaw one of the trappees had an idea there was a small space at the bottom of their elevator car but kim couldnt get through it there was a little more room at the top if they could get through from one elevator car to the other maybe the rescuers found a panel between the elevator cars it was removed the electrician was skinny he was hoisted up and crawled through the hole a ladder was hoisted and passed to him silence after a few minutes of this the rescuers- started pounding the wall and shouting no answer panic they were just about to call the fire departmerit- wheri the kids and the electrician walked down the stairs into the lobby using the ladder they had climbed out of the elevator and crawled through that just- bigenough hole onto the second floor needless to say joy reigned supreme laughing and hugging and kissing nobody had gone haywire in a nasty situation the kids had not panicked in fact kim sat on the floor and almost went to sleep my wife kept her head through an hour arid a half of mental anguish my brotherinlaw came out feeling like horatius at the bridge well all turned out fine but trie third ring of the circus was supplied to my wife first day the baby was home shewas going up to see him and her own child a young woman had thrown herself in front of a subway train and it took her three hours to get there why cant we have a grandchild without all this fooferaw oh well at least the first time he crosses the border into the states when hes about sixteen and one of those snarly us immigration officers says where were you born he wont have to answer duh in an elevator a roaming around well relive the good old days feb 9 i can spring be far behind can spring be far behind newly constructed canoes outside the plant of california glass marine near ringwood would indicate a change in seasons is soon at hand as a matter of fact march 21 is only seven weeks away jim thomas everyones on a nolstagic note these days were looking backtwenty thirty forty yearseven beyond its great ive retuned the car radio back on chum and added a few new records to the kids collection overnight ive become a popmusic hero around our house mind turning it up a little louder dad theyll call out in unison from the back seat that songs by the fossils and its no 1 i oblige for the same tune was also no 1 back in the 50s and how about the sonny and cher show a week ago sunday a real rousec had everyone bouncing around like rubber balls yet all the songs were reruns of yesteryears its hard to convince kids today that things so long ago could be so good only by being immersed in it like music do they acknowledge it and appreciate it the same goes for recreation i wonder how many stouffville boys and girls have ever enjoyed the thrill of a real honesttcgoodness cutter ride sure a sleighride maybe but im talking about a onehorse sleigha cutter cutters are rare most restricted to roles of lawn ornaments or worse still deteriorated beyond repair when i was a lad the horse and cutter surpassed all else in winter transportation regardless of how high the drifts wed get through even though on occasions it meant a sidetrip through the fields a cutter was fun like driving a volkswagen with positive steering you could turn on a dime around in circles if necessary the only acknowledge hazard was the upset theyd flip over at the slightest provocation spilling all and sundry into the snow however it wasnt far to fall and the landing was soft no single harness was complete without bells like a car without a horn and while the sound was sometimes silenced by the jet- throbs of the horse the need was considered comparable to the bridle the traces and the crooper ah yes those were the days and theyll be relived right here in stouffville on saturday feb 9 thats the date of the lions 1st annual mardigras all afternoon in the town park and in latcham hall teen dance and the arena skating at night if alls well with the weatherman i predict the event will host the largest crowd ever seen in stouffville there will be sleighrides for all the children snowmobile rides for senior citizens and yes cutter rides too by jim thomas bob parish that congenial man about clarke street has kindly consented to donate his cutter for the occasion and lady his prancing welsh pony and just to prove the fun that lies in store he took our youngest for a trial run on the weekend- neils been talking about it ever since however at the end of the ride he cried a littleboykindofcry that stops somewhere between large sobs and small tears quite naturally like any doting father i was concerned so patiently pressed for some kind of explanation at last after much waiting it all came out why he asked would that nice man want to hurt his pony r hes not going to hurt it i explained he likes it too much r but you said gulp gulp he was going to get his horse and cut er why would he do that cutter i said is what you rode in and what dozens of others will ride in a week next saturday the sobs subsided the tears disappeared a smile broke through thats differenchesaid can i go again tf