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vol 88 no 48 whitchurch stouffville april 8 1976 20 cents 28 pages stouffville mayor gordon ratcliff this week ac cused the ministry of the en vironment of stalling off making a decision on the york sanitation dump on highway 48 he said he wishes they would make a decision oneway or the other- although he still insists the dump should be closed right down there is no sense in not facing the facts as the way it is going now the dump is wide open he commented k in the mayors opinion even a decision to continue with the dump is better than no decision at all because at least if ap proval is granted the ministry will have to move to put controls on the operation mr ratcliff said that councils efforts to get the water resources branch of the ministry to conduct the well testing has been unsuccessful water resources officials have refused to become involved as they say it is under the jurisdiction of the waste management branch council does not want the testing carried out by waste management because they feel that branch is biased in favor of the dumping operation bell reassessing toronto hookup easter seal campaign the east end plaza at the 10th line and main st should be under construction in about two weeks a spokesman for the developers harding gate development ltd told the tribune this week the first phase will have 12 stores including a convenience store beauty and barbershop drug store and variety store as well as a restaurant and professional offices negotiations are also proceeding to include a twin theatre the eventual hope according to the spokesman is to have a food store locate there don bernard music mania 76 of f ers f mi for all stouffville stouff- villes annual- musicalcomedy s variety showmusic mania features a cast of overioo in the 1976 production be presented april 2224 vat stouffville dist secondary school v- j the production sponsored bythecouples club ofthe united church includes musical numbers comedy skits v and dance routines tickets are on sale now at cards hardware on main st elton john i stouffville in ternational rock star elton john was a surprise visitor to stouffville tuesday night where he attended an exhibition hockey game between christ church squad and the cfgm biillshooters the star was in toronto and just came to town for the game he was recognized and signed a number of autographs for local fans adult admission is 225 and 175 with children admitted for v75 cents v at the april 22 performance v senior citizens and adultsjmay be admitted for 1 show time is 830 pm all three nights stouffville by november of this year telephone calls from the bethesda area to toronto will no longer carry a long distance charge according to a bell canada spokesman the stouffville exchange meanwhile is being reassessed by bell to see if the toronto hookup would be financially feasible in stouffville bell public relations officer gord bleasdell said the assessment should be completed by the end of april he said mr bleasdell explained that instituting the extended area service results in a higher- monthly rate for subscribers before the new system would be put into effect 60 per cent of subscribers in an area must approve it he added the lions club easter seal- campaign is underway this week as the club mailed out 3500 pamphlets soliciting funds here lions health and welfare committee chairman verb davies left helps ed macaloney stuff envelopes the 1976 objective is 2200 the money goes to sup- plying artificial legs for sevenyear old wayne carrof victoria square about so per cent of the money remains to be spent in the local area cheques maybe made payable to the easter seal fund stouffville lions club don bernard social service grants cut family centres closing i tom sawyer lives in school operetta york region a 45 per cent cut in regional funding to local social service agencies has caused some concern among family life centre officials family life coordinator william sparling- has circulated a letter see editorial page urging continued support through 1976 of the centres york- region last year provided 85000 funding to the centres but thisyear the total allocation to allsocial agencies was cut by 45 per cent to 100000 according to mr sparlings letter all centres in york 1 region will be closed by the end of june if no funding is made available health- and social services committee has not yet decided where the money will be allocated mayor gordon ratcliff a member of the committee told the tribune he would like to see the centres receive funding for stouffville tom sawyer and his friends will come to life this coming monday and tuesday with the presen tation of second annual sum- mitview public school operetta timhoey is tom sawyer teresa e wing dlavs aunt poll v kevin savoia portrays huck finn and ken elson is rev walters in the summitview production tom sawyery grades 1 6 are involved in the show with about 60 children helping out in various ways director is kindergarten teacher mary ernstzen the show is about one hour in length and tells the classic adventures of tom sawyer on the banks of the mississippi river the show is presented april 12 and 13 at latcham hall showtime is 730 pm with admission 1 for adults and 50 cents for children godfrey says pop will continue fight skeleton found after 3 years whitchurch v t police have not yet been able to positively identify ia skeleton i found saturday in the northwest corner of whitchurch stouff ville j the skeleton was discovered under water in a stream be tween the 5th and j 6th con cessions and south of davis dr by three youths who were out looking for hawks nests police believe the body to be that ofa man who disappeared in the area three years agothe mans vehicle was found near there at the time but searches were unsuccessful the body had completely decomposed and all- that remained were bones police did find the mans wrist watch and ring and they are hopeful that these articles will aid in iden tification p there has been some dhv ficultyin contacting relativesbf the deceased police hope jto learrithe name of the mans dentist so they can obtain his dental charts to confirm iden tification the remains were for warded to the toronto city morgue for forensic testing brougham planning is- still going ahead for pickering airport durham west mpp charles godfrey said sunday as he addressed the fourth annual meeting of the people or planes organization l mr godfrey said that the project- would go ahead when it seems politically right to make the move but we will never give up our fight against it he vowed lome almack pop vice- president said that although the government has spent 200 million on the project stopping the airport has saved canadian taxpayers at least 1 billion- he insisted that the present internatiorialairportat malton- f could be developed toj meet- futufeair travel needs- pop legal advisor doug turner said that the organization will try to return the 18000 acres expropriated for the pickering airport to private ownership although the government vthebirketthassard peewee hockey team became provincial champions sunday as theydefeated delhi 41 to capture theseries the team won the game saturday also at home in stouffville by a 7- 3 tcore pictured in front from left are barry greenshlelds tony leger robert glerklnt paul barry daryl norton kevin perry mark boadway manager bob parish- jack postma bryan todd kevin bartley coach bob hassard davmmehaffey barry smith norm mckenzle mike rehlll and trainer jack greenshlelds shelved the project last year the land remains in government hands and the freeze is still in affect for land in the noise zones don mcclennan ijop treasurer reported that the group has a deficit of 3515 he said that pop is still active as the executive meets on a regular basis a color film on the airport- hassle has been shown across the country and- the office in the former cedar grove school contains archives for students doing research on the- airport controversy he said newjtaxi rrserw for town stouffville k new taxi service is now operating hi s stouffville northeast taxi of mark- ham has five cabs licenced in whitchurch stouffville and will be running their dispatch office out of the former shea real estate office on main st the office here will be open fulltime once telephones have been installed according to company manager carol freeman they have five cabs licenced in this municipality but only three in markham she said this is because licences are cheaper here and because markham has a freeze on the issuance of cab licences those requiring taxi service can contact the markham office recreation chairman v stouffville i jack watson recently resigned as chairman and member of the whitchurch t stouffville recreation committee kt the resignation e ac- cepted byplanning board with 1976 after this year financing will be unnecessary as the united way is expected to assume responsibility begin ning in 1977 mr ratcliff said it would be very difficult to give the centres the same amount of nioney they received year but he ex- pressed optimism a compromise could be reached that would still allow the centres to function i shouldnt prejudge them but there is a possibility the committee will recommend against giving money to the family life centres said the mayor thats the feeling i r get mr ratcliff added he is hopeful that regional council would- override any recom mendation not to fund the centres these agencies use volunteers for much of their service and they should receive support from the region- he said there are family life cen tres in markham richmond hill newmarket and georgina township perjury charge laid york region a former member of the whitchurch township police force con- stable douglasrmurray has been charged with perjury in connection with testimony he gave in a disciplinary hearing against another york region police officer last december const murray a 17 year veteran of the whitchurch and york regional forces gave testimony in the case involving constable gordon mason const mason was cleared of allegations that he used ex cessive force in questioning two jacksons point youths constable murray who retired as ah active policeman but remains as a civilian on the force willappear in newmarket provincial court may 11 on the charges registrations start for lions bikeathori stouffville the 1976 lions club bikeathon is planned for saturday may 8 irivuzv registrations for the bike-a- thon start saturday april 17 at the arena and continue each saturday morning until the event takes place registration forms are also available at aikens drug store i and cards hardware y l t threehundred people toofo i vpart ihthe1975 bikthonl j which covered a 30 mile courset- this year an added feature is a draw for two bicycles all- participants who start the bike- athon willbe eligible to win the bicycles one girls bike and one boys bike wiu be given away y cure found for telephoneitis 7 markham teenage use or overuse of telephones is a familiar source of annoyance in many homes but a markham family with five teenage daughters found the situation in tolerable i v mr and mrs john needham of glenbourne park dr finding the family phone all but inaccessible during the evening hours took extraordinary- measures j the family has two listings in the local telephone directory one for j e needham and beneath that a separate number listedas teenagers telephone- imrs needham said it nearly droveuscrazjtv before they gota separate phone for their daughters several years ago according to mrs needham there was no way her or her husband could use the telephone between 6 pm and midnight r by the time each had an hour on the phone v y -v- the situation had gottenso bad she said- that often when they were out the only way to phone home was to contact the operator and persuade her to cut into the line by insisting that there was an emergency- hi jgfflimh itheneedhams arenttakjngcredit forffiaeawrhey say they saw asiriiilar listing several years goyf vfthe problem has now eased off somewhatas one daughter has gotten married but there was no mention of takingoutthe extra phone inthe near future j tv u iw i b k