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draft approval sou development plan stouffville the massive dulverton subdivision stretching from the 9th to the 10th concessions on the north side ofjtown took a significant step closer to becoming reality last week council last week forwarded recommendations to the at ministry of housing for ap proval of a draft plan of sub division the draft plan sets out the day care survey set for dec 46 stouffville health and social services staff of the region will be in stouffville dec 4 5 and 6 to discuss the need for day care facilities in the municipality questionnaires will be available for those wishing to apply for day care regional staff will be at the whitchurchstouffville library and at the office of dr wm zeck on thursday dec 4 from 6 pm until 8 pm friday from 6 to 8 pm and on saturday from 9 am until 4 pm those interested but unable to attend can write ad ministration branch depart- ment of health and social services 22 prospect st- newmarket or telephone 898- 1551 application forms are available at the library stouffville nursery and the municipal building general conditions of the sub- division which will later be worked out in detail in the actual subdivision agreement planning board secretary ken aida called the move a significant step it appears we are going to have an agreement in the near future mayor gordon ratcliff told the tribune adding that if the negotiations go well there is a possibility construction could begin in the summer of 1976 the proposed 135 acre development which has been on the boards since the late 1960s is currently projected as con taining 473 single family homes 68 semidetached units and four parks with a total area of 764 acres of which the largest would be the present lehmans bush and pond with an area of nearly four and a half acres council submitted a list of 15 conditions they wish to see imposed before draft approval is granted many of the conditions are standard requests but some list financial obligations theseare the developer must pay- for construction of an eastwest road 86 feet across to run from the 9th to the 10th concessions they must pay a portion of the costs for an extension to the sewage treatment plant and they must pay the town for the cost of relocating or enlarging the victoria st pumping station r ratcliff estimated these projects plus the cost of rechannelizationof duf fins creek would cost the developer in excess of 2 million the subdivision is expected to be built over a four year period work to begin on re cycl stouffville con struction of t new recycling depot building in i town could gs begin anytime the tender submitted by claude kerr ringwbod for construction of the building has been accepted 1 the permanent depot is to be located on the public works property southof thetown park council received four bids for the 24 by 80 foot structure theywere 9930 from r martin structures ltd of aurora 7700 from m enterprises of newmarket ot from claude kerr a bid of 7967 and a s construction v gormleyskvdt127879 the bid from mr kerf was accepted but the cost rose to 8435 because some extras were requested the building will have steel siding and will be green in color -the- cost of installing electricity and a cement or asphalt floor should bring the- totai price over the 10000 mark s mayor gordon ratcliff said the work was to begin im mediately- mooo lip grant jforadult craf t group stouffville recreation committee has received a 9000 local initiatives program grant to start an adult arts and crafts program in the old library building recreation committee chairman jack watson predicted the course will be operational by the first of december the xmmitteekasa two year lease on thewjlibrary building at a minimal rent of 125 per month exclusive of heat arid light the bulk of the grant 7000 will go to pay the salaries of two fulltime instructors such crafts as quilting weaving spinning macrame or ceramics are expected to be offered seneca college may be setting up some classes in the building as well sdss awards presented at luation vol 88 no 26 whitchurch stouffville november 6 1975 20 cents 16 pages canvassing fchpttcal cnib facilities r j5 mr and mrs michael arinurs are thankful people this week despite uhe fact that the lip- stairs of their house is biackeried from a fire fki tpopdwflojthe upstairs 6fme mickaelar- thurs home nearjliere is charredand blackened with t snioke today butmrar- thurs is a very thankfullmanr his wife and two children narrrowly escaped tragedy last week after firejncaused 15000 in damageitp their j home on concmjuxbridge before being extuigiiisliediby claremont firefighters l t in a harrowingplexf perience- darlaiarthurs rescued their lmonthld- son from the upstairsand- led their daughterutfofthej house before phoning tbe fire department from aneighf bors home mrs arthurs recalls that she had been talking op the r phone that nphtvwhpniskp r heard coming from the upstairs which apparently were the bathroom windows ex ploding if it hadnt been for the explosion i wouldnt have known it was on fire she said on hearing the sounds mrs arthurs ran upstairs where she found thick smoke and r intense heat and made her way to the bedroom where her son was sleeping finding her way back to the stairs as she carried the baby was frightening as she couldnt breath when i jwas up there she said i fell a t is couple of times i was rethinking this is ridiculous its only a few feet away the baby sustained only a that rightvwhenjghe minor burn in the ex- a popping sound perienced and was released mrs arthurs managed to rescue her son from an upstairs bedroom and lead her daughter to safety ted wilcox to safiety a after obseryatipn thelnexuv morning- from uxbridge cottage hospitalr the fire v apparently started from a candle that v was burning in the bathroom since strong winds had cut off the hydro to the home in the opinion of one fireman the kindof fireproof insulation tthat had been recently installed in the bathroom snuffed the fire and kept it from being more extensivethan itwasyl apart from the bathroom and hallway damage was mainly due to smoke fortunately at thetime of thefireat about9pmthe- daughter shauna j4 was downstairs otherwise 1 dont know if they would have i both been all right said mrs arthurs- blpomington rd speeding jwt v 40 rimh limit approved a york iregion vtherdecision by regional council speed limit on broomlngton-rd- thursday will be lowered tb40 niph the full distance from woodbine ave ho the 5th cone followingfva trusl eek try to 4 the liiie i york cty the first step in limiting theyork county board of education to an overall budget increase of 10 per cent next year isexpected to receive approval from trustees here monday night- iff i the proposal is contained in a recommendation accepted during a finance committee meeting here thursday under the recommendation board staff will be instructed to prepare a preliminary draft budget 10 per cent higher than the current 595 million figure in drafting the budget for a report back to trustees staff will define areas where cuts can be made and areas where the 10 per cent restriction will create difficulty while some trustees have admitted privately that the figure should and likely will f climb higher than 10 per cent a tribune poll of the board in- dicates the motion will be ap proved monday night2j v to pass the motion needs majority approval among trustees attending the meeting 1 during weekend interviews 1 1 trustees said they will support the motion although three others have said they are op posed at least one will be unable to attend the meeting of the remaining six two are undecided and three were not available for comment previously the matter had referred frohthe council meeting of octf- 16 the engineering committee on the suggestion of engineering commissioner bob hodgson recommended that the speed limit be maintained at 50 mph mayor gordon ratcliff in speaking on the matter em phasized that the major traffic on the road is gravel trucks travelling at high speeds the average speed for cars was 64 mph while trucks averaged 61 mph in a regional survey mr ratcliff called those speeds excessive f- he maintained that the- overrun of speed is a hazard for school buses turning- from the 5th cone whitchurch- highlands public school is at the corner of bloorhington rd and the 5th it is reduced for a con siderable area along there now the mayor added- mr hodgson maintained that more enforcement was needed of the present speed limit not a lowering of the limit the original recom mendation was defeated and markham councillor bob adams presented a motion reducjng the speed limit to 40 mph after some discussion during which some councillors wanted the matter referred back to committee regional j council voted to lower the speed limit stouffville the local branch of the lions club are now engaged in a fundraising drive to initiate a canadian national institute for the blind program in whitchurchstouffville v canvassing began last saturday and will continue until nov 15 according to cliff aiken chairman of the cnib cam paign the stouffville lions were approached by the institutes administrator in barrie and were asked to raise money for a local facility mr aiken and cochairman dr bill murphy have set a target ifigure of 2500 which they estimate will be enough to get the project started the money will go towards paying staff to work locally and to buy some equipment one service that would be provided is recording of books so blind people can keep up on current affairs the recreational needs of the blind would also be looked after there are at ieasta half a dozen blind people here and they arent getting proper care mr aiken told- the tribune stouffville friday nov 14 is the big day for graduates and award winners at stouffville dist secondary school the annual commencement starts at 8 pm valedictorian for the graduates is david harris sdss principal desmond mc cartney will address- the graduates the school band will provide a musical interlude for the evening nineteen ontario scholarships will be presented during the commencement plus academic awards for various subjects s contest held for centennial year logo stouffville stouff- villes centennial year is fast approaching and the co ordinating committee is sponsoring a logo contest a logo committee has been established first prize for the top design will be 100 second prize is 50 and third will be 25 john roberts art teacher at stouffville dist secondary school is serving on the logo committee amateurs or professionals may submit logo designs they must be in by dec 10 1975 the committee is also looking for a centennial theme song to be used during 1977 that contest will not be underway until january of next year there again amateurs or professionals are invited to submit songs for consideration meritous certificate mr aiken said the plight of s blind has always been a major concern of the lions since the club was first formed in 1917 goodwood alex davidson of rr 1 stouffville received a certificate of meritous service to ahybftewhq is missed by the agriculture at the markham door- todoor canvasserjrand and jeast yqrkragricultural wisnesto makvatffonafion canvsbcleban6etsaturdaytn writect cliff aikenpobox goodwood v 790 stbuf f ville or droppf f their mr 5 davidson served as contribution to aiken sphar- macy mr aiken said there is now an effort to organize- a com munity appeal in thisarea which would in vol ve all charities and service clubs the cnib project would beincluded in this fund- raising markham fair president in 1956 v ivan norton made the presentation wally reesorjrr markham fair president in was to receive a similar award he was unable toattend the banquets about 250 people were present for the banquet at l goodwood community centre stouffville the- parking space on main st closest to the northwest corner of edward st will be a prohibited parking spot from 830 to 930 amand 330 to 430 pm in order to facilitate school buses council was strongly divided on thejssue and public works committee j recommended against removal of the parking space the feeling iof the com mittee was there are three streets the buses could pull out of explained works chairman merlyn baker school bus drivers have been complaining for some time about the difficulty of turning west onto main st off- edward st councillor becky wedley argued for removing the parking spot she said the buses are too hard to- manoeuver around corners for them i safely use the side streets and- she predicted there would be complaints from residents on those streets if all the buses started using them we should preserve what parking we canfor those stores there argued mayor gordon ratcliff v also opposed to removing the parking space was-couh- cillor eldred kinghe felt poor visibility at that intersection was one of the main problems and he felt removing one parking space or even three wouldnt make any difference if a large truck parked along there why should we change the situation when- there are alternatives he asked the motion to restrict parking in the one space was passed but there was some question whether it could be properly enforced 4 candidates nledee aetiois on sumiiiiiviow demanding action and made their demands known in no uncertain j at an all- candidatesmeeting in latcham hall oct 30 their pleas were acknowledged and each of the speakervjennie bangay harry bowes arid john mcmurray promised that- if elected theyd project i of seemingly higher bring pressure to bear on the priority i would tcome along board of education and queens pushing uie stouffville structure park to- have the program back to where it started 1 approved -j- j mr mcmurray referred to parents is wearing thin theyre certain sections of the building stouffville parents with children attending sum- mitview public school have for several years now been patiently i awaiting im- provements to the interior of the building- k and just whenit seemed likely some corrective measures would 1 commence r another as disgraceful and hi a decrepit state he described the downstairs gymnasium as a concrete tank mr bowes suggested ali- members of the board visit the site and see the schools con- dition for themselves to ac complish this however he said someone would have to pick them up and drag- them over he urged the formation of a parent action group that would exert pressure on the other nineteen members miss bangay said it seemed strange that a sizeable ex penditure should be approved at stbuffvilles orchard park school- yet summitview is ignored its time we got down to business and made our voice heard agreed mr mcmurray we must demand our rights mr mcmurray admitted however that since whitchurch- stouffville was outnumbered 20 to lthe trustee whoever he or she might be would require additional support sir with regard to over- crowding at summitview mr bowesrecommendeda change- in area boundaries torelieve the situation- he said the new whitchurchhighlands school on the 5th concession north of- the bloomington road was only about half filled the boards been passing the buck- on this thing forthe last five years he saidarid likely will for the next five years unless theyre pressured intoaction oh reply to a question from the floor as to why repairs see summitview pg 15v barrifirp disturbs quiet halloween vrt v j- markham although most halloween pranks around here fc m year were restricted to egg throwing anincident ofa more y 4 serious natureoccured on the 7th concof markham- i abarn owned by bruce risebrough ohthe former- mcdowell farm was setflretoand althoughboth unionvilleand markhani units attended the building was completely gutted not a very nice prarikwas mr- risebroughs comment he feels he was the victim of random vandalism and that it was not aimed particularly at him or his family zitjf t k the barn contained about 1000 balesof hay and straw and some lumber but no livestock were lost police estimate the loss at 2000 mrrisebrough feels the fire was set as there is ho hydro inthe barn and nobody in his family even smokes luckily the barn was not uie main one on the farm x- f when the fire broke out about 10 pm mr risebrough was away arid the rest of the family were working in the main barn he said he does not know who called in the alarm- v- i mm