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suns glare blinds driver crashes train claremont glare from the sun has been blamed for a traintruck crash monday that killed two men en route home from their work at ontario hydros nuclear powered generating station in pickering peter bennett 43 of r r 1 gormley and maris paulens 24 of r r 2 stouffville died in stantly when their westbound pickup truck collided with a toronto to peterborough cpr dayliner the level crossing on regional road 5 about a mile from claremont is protected by red warning lights time of the t impact was placed at 603 pm police said the sun was extremely bright at that hour and possibly prevented the driver from seeing the signals the truck was torn apart and the occupants thrown from the front seat john waley of stouffville and byron tuck of uxbridge were two of the first at the scene byron drove back to claremont and called both the police and fire departments there was little anyone could do peter bennett moved from scarborough to a place on the bloomington road east of woodbine ten years ago besides his wife he is survived by a son and daughter peter 18 and kelly 16 service will be held thur sday today at 130 pm from the oneill funeral home stouffville with rev jim carder in charge interment will be made at the stouffville cemetery maris paulens an avjd outdoorsman was a steamfitter by trade he is survived by his parents mr and mrs robert paulens one sister inta butkevics of toronto and two brothers atis and robert at home service will be held at 11 am friday from the rose and morrison funeral home toronto with interment york cemetery estate development residents concern unfounded region by ed schroeter vivian a reasonably wellplanned subdivision was the way tony baggio a professional engineer and ar chitect described a proposed 17- home estate development when he addressed a hearing of the ontario municipal board in stouffville last week the buildup planned by grose bros and chickamauga investments ltd would be located on the south side of the vivian road west of the 9th concession if approved by the omb the hearing was ordered by the ministry of housing after a number of residents in the area registered objections mr baggio a property owner in the area was sup ported by wayne middleton also a landowner in the com munity he challenged concerns voiced over drainage erosion and traffic calling them un founded counsel for the residents ac cused mr baggio of talking through his hat he dismissed his testimony and that of mr middleton claiming they were based on visual evidence rather than technical reports opponents of the project listed environmental damage and eradication of wildlife as prime reasons for their ob jections inadequate fire protection and erosion were also mentioned ronald knight director of development for the region of york said the proposed sub division would not constitute an environmental problem due to its small size he stated too that other suggested hazards would not occur since these would be handled through a subdivision agreement mr knight stated that there would be fewer problems with 17 homes than if development occurred haphazardly one house at a time death crash driver is charged stouffville on the morning of oct 7 a twocar crash occurred on hwy 48 north of the vandorf road resulting in the death of one driver ian cuthbertson 25 of markham donald kimura legal ontario provincial police of the oak ridges detachment have since laid charges of careless driving and having liquor available in a motor vehicle against charles watson 21 of uxbridge watson was alone in his car ian cuthbertson was ac companied by his wife susan 21 she suffered a broken ankle and facial lacerations town may inspect 61 fireplaces ballantrae for the third time in six months a blaze has occurred in a fireplace at a home in the felray subdivision west of hwy 48 in ballantrae the latest was at the residence of ken and judy wood 38 iroquois drive firemen were called and quickly brought the outbreak under control the owner said i saw smoke coming out from the top of the bricks if i hadnt none of us would have survived he stated each fire has occurred in the same type of house ken wood told the tribune and while everyone with the ex ception of the builder says the units are defective theyve yet to be told exactly whats wrong wifh them he said town building inspector fred fudge claims theres in sufficient clearance for com- bustable materials or in laymans terms theres wood too close to theflametheres no provision for mandatory in spection of fireplaces he said all we can do is issue an order to correct the situation but thats usually after the fact he stated bruce arrowsmith a second town inspector agreed the municipality has limited authority its usually left to the owner to have the problem corrected with the builder he said in an effort to prevent further fires mr arrowsmith is requesting permission to check the fireplaces in all 61 homes to do this two or three bricks must be removed above each hearth noreen morrison of 9 high point drive said their fireplace had been condemned last april but only this week had some progress been made towards rectifying the problem the morrison house is a jmodel similar to the wood home mayor gordon ratcliff said residents can be assured of the towns full support in com pleting onsite inspections he is of the opinion however that corrective measures should be worked out between the owner and the builder pog called candy 99 family pet dies in trap stouffville on monday the tribune received a bandwritten letter it was signed leona jordan 70 burkhcider street stouffville the content is self-explanatory- it reads dear jim our dog died oct 11 we had her ten years our whole family had come to love her very much and so did all the kids o the street last wednesday my father took candy for a walk down to harpers farm at the end of obrien avenue would you believe that there were traps set there this was a large one strong enough to take off a small childs arm the trap caught our dog around the neck she died almost instantly i have no idea who put it there but through your newspaper would you please warn all children to stay away thank you on receipt of the letter the tribune talked to fred jordan leonas brother he said the jaws were so heavy and strong he couldnt pull them apart they buried their pet with the trap still at tached suspect arrested ballantrae residents in the felray sub division at ballantrae are resting a little easier these nights following the arrest of a suspect believed responsible for a series of breakins and thefts stephen ross mapes 17 of rr 3 stouffville was picked up by york regional police oct 12 he will appear in newmarket provincial court homes entered included those of douglas wilson 43 iroquois drive jill swanton 44 iroquois drive and dorothy redshaw 49 felcher boulevard cash stolen is estimated at 77 wh wrtbum vol 91 no 24 whitchurch stouffville october 19 1978 20 cents 20 pages the crumpled remains of a pickup truck lies in the ditch west of claremont following collision with a cpr dayliner monday evening two men peter bennett of r r 1 gormley and maris fair board silent tribute markham two past presidents and a ladies section committee chairman will be honored posthumously saturday night when the markham and east york- agricultural society holds its annual awards banquet t howard cosbum dalt rumney and olive shadlock all passed away this year only a fewweeks apart two minutes of silence will be observed with respect to at tendance at this years fair secretarymanager gerald mann placed the fournday figure at around 100000 he said a committee would likely be set up to establish a policy on passes the type to be used and who should receive them he said one party had apparently printed up a batch of his own and was selling them in the parking lot for a dollar apiece its too loose he said well have to tighten things up a little paulens r r 2 stouffville died instantly in the crash they were returning from work at ontario hydros nuclear power station in pickering photo by gordon dale a basic religion needed in schools stouffville basic type religious instruction should be provided at the elementary level of public school education says whitchurchstouffville trustee harry bowes this teaching he feels should not be so rigid as to be considered a form of discrimination problems he said had occurred in metro where religions other than christian are prominent its unlikely this would happen here he conceded still he feels teachers should stick to what he described as good samaritan- type stories to get the point across certainly there should be something because children arent being exposed to it at home and in sunday school like they used to he stated at the secondary level a course on religion is already being offered he said mayor calls for improved lighting stouffville mayor gordon ratcliff says hes heard complaints from some elderly residents who claim theyre afraid to venture out at night because street lighting is so poor po to the fact close to 3000 had recently been authorized to update this ser vice mayor ratcliff admitted that in some sections of town illumination is less than adequate its particularly noticeable he said when you go from a new subdivision into an older area the difference is so great you wonder if there are any lights at all he stated as for locations where better lighting is needed he named as musselmans lake prestons lake lemonville and gormley as well as some areas of stouffville mayor ratcliff said stouffvilles main street is not a top priority at this time former councillor seeks ward 6 post ken wood 38 iroquois drive ballantrae stares at his dismantled fireplace following a sudden blaze that threatened his home the town may carry out inspections of all such units in an effort to rectify the problem keith bolender stouffville tom lonergan a member of council here through three successive terms will attempt a comeback nov 13 the loretta crescent south resident confirmed monday hell be a candidate in ward 6 his only opponent to date is jim sanders obrien avenue mr sanders chairman of the whitchurchstouffville public library board announced his candidacy last month mr lonergans in volvement in municipal politics goes back to 1965 when he was acclaimed to a councillor post he was reelected in 1967 and 1969 and acclaimed again in 1970 in december 1972 he went down to defeat at the hands of eldred king losing 464 to 234 hes remained on the sidelines ever since tom lonergan says he has no intentions of rocking the boat if its necessary to pick council apart to get elected you can keep it he said he claims he wants no part of what he described as political mumbo- jumbo i want to maintain things the way they are he stated while a councillor mr lonergan became intensely inlerested in planning he served as chairman of planning committee with the election less than four weeks away the sanders- lonergan clash is the only campaign thats a certainty so far unless other candidates come forward present ward incumbents will be acclaimed eldred king now the councillor in ward 6 is unopposed to date in his bid for the mayors chair gordon ratcliff plans to step down 7 tom lonergan