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centennial mb 18l7 wht wrihtxm 1917 vol 90 no 7 whitchurchstouffville june 23 1977 20 cents 9 pages black powder shoot at conservation dam stouffville pioneer days will come alive again with a bang at the stouffville con servation dam site on sunday july 3 thanks to the whitchurch stouffville conservation club in the afternoon from 25 pm there will be demon strations of old fashioned out door skills in which the audience can participate the most spectacular not to largest issue ever this commemorative issue of the tribune to mark the one hundredth birthday of stouffville is the largest single issue ever produced comprising a total of 96 pages it is the culmination of several months work by the regular staff in the ad vertising and editorial departments ten thousand copies have been produced to handle an expected increased demand for this special number all newsstand outlets have been supplied with additional copies the tribune was first published in the year 1888 just 10 years after the in corporation of stouffville over 100 professional hockey players were at the recently held golf tournament at sleepy hollow which was held for the par ticipation house in markham at the tournament even the referees who are overshadowed by the players drew a big crowd of autograph seekers ron wicks above a referee in the national hockey league for a number of years is shown patiently signing his name for the youngsters for more pictures see page 11 keith bolender west end subdivision plans rejected by board stouffville planning board again rejected a proposal to build a large subdivision in the west end of town milton hess and g courey presented a plan to build 700 units of housing the company owns almost 100 acres on the south side of stouffville rd behind the canadian tirestore proposed was the building of 159 single family houses 86 semidetached homes 28 link houses 78 units of town houses and 372 apartment units as well as a 46 acre industrial area the proposal would have housed in excess of 2200 people more than 33 people per gross acre planning chairman eldred king explained why the town would not consider such an extensive plan why should your i client be permitted 30 persons per acre when the official plan calls for 13 per acre he asked mr king explained that the town was looking for something that would fit in with the official plan this is something way beyond plans for the area he said the temson representative pointed out that there was a pressing need for the kind of accommodation that the company planned to build but this did not seem to impress the councillors were not going to correct all the problems of humanity by cramming everybody on a 30 foot lot was mr kings response he was backed bycouncillor bill kamps who said that people move out of toronto to get away from crowding they want a country atmosphere con cluded mr kamps your plan calls for moving a piece of toronto to stouffville mr king then pointed out that the development was totally premature since the official plan has not yet been finalized mention noisiest event will probably be the black powder shoot the tecumseh ridge runners will bring their muzzle loaders both rifles and hand guns and give the public a chance to actually fire these old fashioned weapons however a cloth wad instead of a lead ball will be used for ammunition the club will also demon strate and teach the finer points of axe and knife throwing and the york county bowmen will be on hand to give an archery demonstration the bowmen- will also coach the spectators in how to shoot and give the public a chance to fire good high quality bows crosscut saws and the use of the hand axe and long axe will also be taught as a change of pace there will be canoeing on the lake conservation club coordinator ed macdonald expects about 20 canoes complete with in structors will be available to teach the public the finer points of paddling a small motor boat will also cruise the lake in the interest of safety less energetic pursuits have also been scheduled for the fainthearted john clark of tottenham will teach firelighting both by con ventional methods and flint and steel and there will be demonstrations of outdoor cookery several conservation club members will bake sourdough biscuits in front of an open fire and make hickory coffee sourdough biscuits and beans will be an interesting snack in the afternoon com mented ed macdonald all these activities will of course be available free of charge our only object is to demonstrate as many outdoor skills as possible and have the public fully participate said mr macdonald sizing up the competition here are six of the 89 entries in the centennial beard growing competition each face was closely shaved at the start and will be judged on friday july 1 at 330 for the fullest and most original beard from left to right cliff aiken ed macdonald paul roney ed macaloney george ross and jim rae annegret la mure swimming pool inquest chain link fence unacceptable newmarket chain link is not acceptable as a means of safely fencing backyard pools a coroners jury here has recommended the inquest held last week examined the circumstances surrounding the death of marcus gerstung a twoyearold who drowned in a backyard pool in stouffville on march 15 the boy was the only child of manfred and regina gerstung of 81 fairview avenue stouff ville other recommendations by the jury included yearly spotchecks by municipalities to see that fencing regulations are being adhered to distribution of water safety information along with pool construction ap plications pool preparations for winter involving the laying of boards across the pool and stretching netting across them enactment of the red cross proposed water safety bylaw on a provincewide basis and fencing of pools in accordance with red cross kidproofing suggestions the fiveman jury made the recommendations after hearing two hours of testimony about the childs and similar deaths across the province late in the afternoon of march 15 the child was allowed to cross the street to wait for older children returning from school testimony showed that the boy apparently crawled under an eightinch gap beneath the box grove tenders upset resident markham carl keffer of rr 1 markham is to say the least a little upset over the handling of the tenders for proposed renovation of the box grove public school which will be turned into a community centre in last weeks markham economist and sun a story on the project appeared it pointed out that the box grove com munity centre board in con travention of town policy had only accepted invited bids on the tenders for renovations it is town policy to have public tenders for bids over 10000 the renovations run in the 50 60000 price range mayor tony roman said he personally didnt agree with the way the project was handled but he felt the board acted in good faith however mr keffer had a different opinion he contacted the tribune last week and of fered his opinions on the matter mr keffer who has done contract work on a number of town jobs and has been in the construction business for 20 years commented on the part of the markham story that said the bids were accepted without having complete set of plans or specifications in the story board chairman paul raffensperger said members were anxious for work to start and that there was nothing unusual in accepting bids on an incomplete set of plans mr keffer who was asked to submit a bid but turned it down said he had asked to see the tender plans but was refused because the board ruled that the plans were not complete how could they have contract prices without complete plans or specifications mr keffer asked mr keffer claimed that the three bids handed in were by well known people that have board connections he felt the job should have been put out to public tenders because of the towns policy and also that companies are looking for work and bidding at cost to keep the firm going i cant figure it out why they wouldnt put it up for public tenders it should have been he said mr keffer claimed that because the plans had not been specified the cost could increase and there could also be extra costs tacked on later in fact after the bid was awarded a 5000 increase was added on forextra costs mr keffer also voiced the opinion that there are other examples of work of poor quality that have cost the town a lot of money the changing room at the milne damn is one example it cost the town 22000 to build it and it has already cost then an additional 14 to 15000 four years later to do repairs on it because it heaved and cracked in the winter months he also alleged that they will be heating the changing room in the winter months because of frost effects mr keffer claims that all his criticism and points can easily be proved and he is willing to do so at any time i can and will proved it mr keffer commented he charged that no master plan had been provided for contractors on the community centre project to follow he further claimed that the finalized plan fell short of requirements under the ontario building code town book on sale jean barkeys book on the history of stouffville called stouffville review will go on sale next tuesday june 28 at numerous locations throughtout the town the book selling for 1495 is available at john lords book store george ross studio morgan jewellers deer park inn the florist shop and the licence bureau it will also be sold on the july 1st homecoming weekend at the centennial committee booths in the park for story on the book and mrs barkey see page 2 kathrina tingley of toronto and stan bur- stein of kansas city yowl away for the north american wolf howling championship at the wolf league picnic held at the horton tree farm recently me tingley was declared the better howler for some real wolves tee page 15 gate in a fence surrounding the pool he is believed to have slipped and fallen into the pool where he was found face down in about a foot of icy water the child was located after a 30 minute search by neigh bours firemen and police efforts to revive him both on the scene and at scarborough centennial hospital failed the pools fence is about six feet high with an eyelatch hook on the gate it met the ground tightly in all places except for a drainage ditch that sloped back from the gate the gap caused by fallaway of land is believed to be the space under which the boy crawled pool owner ken schell of 76 fairview avenue testified that he had gone over a copy of the towns fencing bylaws and believed that he had met- the requirements the fence had been erected by a previous owner of the home whoihad had the pool installed v willis wideman one gf stouffvilles two bylaw in spectors testified that the pool satisfied all the towns requirements although stouffville has several fencing regulations mr wideman explained that he uses his discretion in making sure that the fences are safe often stretching the spirit of the rules see new standards pg3 homecoming registration at old po stouffville the silver jubilee club will have an information booth and registration for the centennial program on monday june 27 through to thursday june 30 930 am to 930 pm the volunteers will have souvenir programs name tags souvenirs and an ac commodation list on july 1 the information booth will move down into the park to help out stouffville residents who have moved out of town and are returning for the celebrations the jubilee club will be referred to as the old post office as it once was all town residents are requested to register early only those who sign up before the homecoming weekend will get the com plimentary souvenir program