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tot ijltf tx s efforts to keep towiis cn station continue x brad wideman 12 and richard harper 12 complete the final few yards of last weeks claremont walkathon in a dead run the event f4kmas sponsored by the claremont lions and the late september date is being blamed for the poorest turnout to date only 21 walkers entered with total pledges amounting to si 200 keith bolender stouffville efforts to save stouffvilles cn station have continued with a meeting held yesterday wednesday at the town municipal offices the meeting was held after the tribunes press deadline for this week so a complete report will appear in the next issue the movement to save the station is being spearheaded by denis sainsbury and ivan harris who arranged the meeting for last night a meeting was held mon day sept 12 at mr harris main street home but although a good number of active local people were invited to attend the tur nout was very poor the station which is over 100 years old was slated for demolition after the end of october but the metropolitan toronto conservation authority which has given tentative ap proval to locate the station on authority property north of town has requested a stay of execution messrs harris and sain sbury were to have gone on a tour of the prospective site wednesday morning with an authority official to determine a suitable location there are two options as the authority owns the land surrounding the flood control dam and a smaller piece of property east of the railway tracks and opposite the high school the small portion of land t is located south of the laneway that runs off the north end of church st the group interested in saving the station are hoping to see it transferred to the location nearer the former village it was felt the building would then be more access ible and easier and cheaper to service for yesterdays meeting a large number of local people were invited and organizers were optimistic the response would be better the meeting was to be organizational in nature and a charter conipany was to have been formed once a legal organization exists it can then raise money apply for grants the and make plans tor relocation of the structure i feel weve got to save the j thing commented mr harris t with the station we are all connected the problem has been that nobody with real leadership ability has been willingto get involved i dont know which way to turn admitted mr harris eventually you can get all the money you desire he feels but the project is currently having some problems getting off the ground tentative plans call for the building to be used as a natural 1 history museum which would j operate in conjunction with the conservation area some dogs destroyed case to supreme court stouffville ethel blaedowji lawyer will take her caste to the supreme court monday although it appears the ontario humane society has already sold or destroyed a number of the 31 dogs they seized from her the toronto star published a story tuesday saying 28 of the animals had already been disposed of the information came from don kimura counsel for miss blaedow who said a highly placed official of the ontario supreme court had spoken to chief inspector don hepworth about the matter the tribune contacted mr hepworth wednesday morning he said the star story was inaccurate adding the star may be in court as might any other paper that ran the in formation mr hepworth acknowledged that some of the dogs have been destroyed and that others have been put out for adoption but refused to give any figures saying it would come out in court inspector richard parry who led the seizure and is in charge of the case denied knowing the exact figures of dogs adopted or destroyed he said the dogs had been sent to three different shelters making it difficult to keep track of them three people hurt by freak cycle mishap a motorcyclist his passenger and a roadside pedestrian were all seriously injured about 5 pm friday afternoon when a motorcycle east bound on 14th avenue in markham was forced to veer and went out of control york regional police 28 division said donald rodych 25 of kennedy road milliken was eastbound on 14th avenue about twotenths of a mile west of the 7th concession when a car driven by robert macdougall 77 of 125 parkway forest drive don mills allegedly pulled out into the road in his path the motorcycle swerved went out of control and hurled the passenger douglas paterson 16 of lot 16 cone 7 uxbridge against pedestrian donna artymko 19 of 14th avenue rodych paterson and miss artymko were all taken to scarborough centenary with major injuries robert mac dougall has been charged with failing to yield from a driveway suspects escort aug 9 the humane society raided a barn rented by miss blaedow on the 9th cone directly south of the stouffville cemetery and seized 31 dogs they found there society of ficials have laid criminal charges against miss blaedow for neglect and a court date has been set for oct 3 although the plaintiff has not been served with a summons miss blaedow through her lawyer local attorney don kimura applied to the animal care review board to appeal the seizure of the animals the review board which is part of the ministry of agriculture ruled last thursday the appeal was beyond their jurisdiction as the request for an appeal had been filed too late an appeal must be requested within five days of the seizure or order of seizure and miss blaedows telegram was judged to be one day late mr kimura argued to the board that the legislation is ambiguous and suggested sinee property had been seized the ambiguity should be decided in favour of his client the appeal was ruled one day late as it had been sent sept 16 sunday was not counted as a day although saturday was miss blaedow received the order of seizure the day of the raid sept 9 there was also some discussion revolving around a modified order that was dated sept 12 mr kimura said his client should have the right to answer the amended version mr hepworth who represented the ontario humane society before the board said the modified notice was necessary because two dogs escaped one at point of capture and one at the societys shelter at aurora one of the dogs was reported recaptured mr hepworth would not agree to the appeal saying miss blaedow was out of time he also complained about sunday not being counted as a day dogs dont recognize sundays he maintained commenting on the disposal of some of the animals wed nesday morning mr hepworth said the society had acted lawfully a supreme court injunction see dog lady page 16 srffiutte vol 90 no 21 whitchurch stouffville september 29 1977 24 pages 20 cents town plaque in library a plaque commemorating the founding of stouffville will be unveiled on thursday oc tober 6 at 7 pm at the new library the event is sponsored by the centennial committee and mayor gord ratcliff regional chairman garfield wright mpp bill hodgson and mp sinclair stevens are expected to attend the plaque reads in 180506 abraham stouffer 17801851 a pennsylvania mennonite acquired 400 acres of land in this area by 1824 he had built a saw and gristmill on duffins creek near which a hamlet developed and in 1832 a postoffice named stouffville was established the com munity grew steadily and in 1852 a village plot was laid out by 1864 stouffville with a still another development proposal at ringwood stouffville at various times in the last year or two different plans have been brought forward for developing the south east corner in ringwood at first developers proposed building a high class restaurant and tavern on the five acre site but a few weeks later they changed their minds and suggested a fast food place would be more likely to show a profit planning board vetoed that proposal next a motel and go- cart complex was brought forward but this also was voted down by planning board the latest idea for utilizing the land is to build a series of automotive service type shops joseph barna appeared before planning board last week to explain that the site would be an ideal one to cater to the motoring public he suggested diverting the creek which get two teenagers who disappeared from knob hill farms ltd at highway 7 and woodbine avenue sept 7 at the same time as 1290 from a cash register were arrested by metro i police and escorted back to york region september 19- one of the suspects was employed as a cashier at the store the pair met at lunchtime september 7 and disappeared allegedly with the cash from the cash drawer ronald hoinkes 18 63 pittfield drive scarborough and loretta markovitch 16 of 1860 queen ste toronto were ordered appear at newmarket court september 27 bisects the land and building commercial space on one third of the available acreage establishments might include an auto glass shop parts shop service centre motor boat sales and perhaps x a restaurant and steak house council was something less than enthusiastic over this latest scheme im very disappointed i understand youve done away with our motel exclaimed mayor gord ratcliff mr barna explained that a motel would prove impractical on the site it would be financial suicide to put a motel there he said however planning board did not arrive at a definite decision because the proposal was too vague its sort of acquiring a pig in a poke commented planning board chairman eldred king he also felt that another gas station on thai particular in tersection was superfluous population of about 700 inhabitants contained several prosperous industries in cluding carriageworks har- nessworks and the mills of edward wheeler a prominent merchant the construction of the toronto and nipissing railway completed in 1871 and growing agricultural prosperity stimulated the communitys growth as an important milling and commercial centre stouffville was incorporated as a village by a county bylaw of 1876 erected by the ontario heritage foundation ministry of cultureand recreation centennial activities include a gospel sing on october 22 bridal fashions on october 24 skating club bursary dance on november 19 and the centennial christmas dinner on december 4 the ministry also released the following historical background on the town the stouffville area lot 1 concession 9 whitchurch and lot 35 concession 9 markham was first settled in 1803 when russell hoag a spirited new york quaker recommended by the colonizer timothy rogers located on lot l hoag leased adjoining lot 2 a clergy reserve and probably sublet it in late 1804 to abraham stouffer a mennonite farmer from near chambersburg pennsylvania stouffer 17801851 came to york county with some 55 other pennsylvania mennonite families he took the oath of allegiance on 28 december 1804 at york stouffer affirmed hoags settlement certificate for lot 1 on 13 february 1805 by which time hoag had cleared a farm and built a house and on march 11 stouffer purchased the lot from hoag early in 1806 lot 35 in markham was patented by see townpage 16 alliance continues development push jane hachey of the united church couples club discovered friday night that when you want a policemans signature you cant get it although conversely most of us do get a policemans signature usually on a summons when we dont want it mrs hachey flagged the officer down as he drove along main st in order to fulfill a stipulation of the clubs second annual scavenger hunt when the picture was taken mrs hachey was berating the photographer as the officer refused to give the signature on the grounds he didnt like having his picture taken as well as the signature the teams in the hunt were required to accumulate such items as a live worm a flower from jim sanders front garden count the number of bleachers in the park and last but not least return with a lock of dr bill murphys hair a reasonably scarce commodity after the hunt the club members adjourned for hot dogs and com on the cob john montgomery stouffville alliance developments continued its persistent campaign to get members of planning board to change their minds and allow further development in the northeast sector of town david greenspan the lawyer representing alliance asked the board for permission to consult the town planner norm faulknerarid have him give his opinion as to the merits of rezoning the alliance holdings im not suggesting any trickery im merely suggesting a method at the lowest level at which council can offer succor explained mr greenspan its a nolose situation for council planning board chairman eldred king told mr greenspan that the lands in question had been discussed previously with mr faulkner and that there was little point in bringing the matter up again our position has not changed said mr king and added that the town planner agreed fully with jhe official plan however planning board decided to let mr greenspan consult with the planner provided it was at alliances not the towns expense mr greenspan has ap peared before the board in the past charging that the dulverton subdivision which is taking up most of the sewage capacity allocated for new development should not have been approved the matter is presently before the omb since alliance developments alleged that there was a conflict of interest when the towns previous planner approved the dulverton sub- divison the planner max sherman who has since resigned worked for alliance building corp ltd a company which had a part interest in dulverton holdings v sexy terry salb a boy was far and away the biggest hit at the sdss initiation for more pictures see page 13 safecrackers unsuccessful an attempt to rob the safe at the coop general store ed ward st stouffville last weekend failed according to a york regional police report the store was entered sometime between 5 pm saturday and 9 am sunday and an un successful attempt was made to open the safe authorities are investigating to discover whether anything else was missing area fair under way 1 today marks thestart of a new era for fair sa they unveil their new location to the awaiting public the fair on 18th ave and the 7th concession offers both a wide range of new activities and sights along with many of the old exhibits the fair is known for the activities got underway this morning and will continue till late sunday afternoonthe fairgrounds features a new racetrack general exhibit and livestock buildings and three smaller buildings for poultry commercial and womens exhibits the grounds also sport much more narking facilities more outdoor concessions and 30 per ccntrnore exhibiting room quarter horse racing will be featured for the first time this year running on thursday and saturday nights for a complete list of fair activities see last weeks tribune i