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service dropped york region ac cording to information officer tom henry gotransit is cutting back its bus service for stouffville oct 30 last may go introduced two round trips a day from stouffville to the richmond hill gotrain terminal the buses affected presently leave from stouffer street and main and edward streets at 620 am and 7 am departing from rich mond hill in the evening at 520 and 590 pm recalls years in markham health nurse retires gena stinson markham until about five years ago when she was transferred into the richmond hill area com munity health nurse gena stinson was a very familiar figure to markham area residents now shes retiring many teachers and people shed met during her 14 years in markham gathered at the york regional health unit offices in richmond hill to wish her well it wasnt miss stinsons choice to move into the rich mond hill area she ex plained i had been in markham so long i didnt want to leave she added she enjoyed her work in the schools and the community miss stinson remembers the days when markham was a much smaller community as a community health nurse she had a very close relationship with the people she visited mothers with newborn children im migrant families and con ducted immunization programs in the schools much of her time was spent in the country ill never lose interest in markham she noted ex plaining she plans to do volunteer work of some kind she also hopes to travel something she enjoys very much discuss program stouffville stouff- villes main street could un dergo a major change if local merchantts agree to participate in a governmentsponsored project offered by the ministry of housing the main street revitalization program provides communities of 30000 or less with low interest loans up to 150000 to help beautify downtown areas and municipallyowned buildings wht wrtbum thursday october 19 1978 the second section sports district news record gravel victory uxbridge twp a victory for the people was the way councillor john paxton described a decision thursday to defer further negotiations related to a rezoning ap plication on a proposed 500 acre gravel site south of regional road 21 between concessions 6 and 7 then he warned this is but one battle we havent yet won the war it was a surprise turnabout councillor paxton put forward a motion that no further action be taken on the issue until after dec 5 1978 and it received unanimous support this means the proposal will be dealt with by the new council since the municipal election date is nov 13 members agreed that because of public protest and possible governmental in vestigations it would be better to sort everything out before proceeding further speaking to his motion councillor paxton admitted concern over requests for in vestigations he noted that the hon thomas wells minister of intergovernmental affairs had refused to get involved because councillor gary herrema has said that mr regan contributed to mr wells last campaign which places him in an un comfortable position so mr wells will not personally handle an investigation but has referred it to the attorney general of canada mr paxton also pointed to the possibility of further litigation from a group of ux bridge citizens opposed to the re- zoning inquiries and allegations respected resident passes stouffville rev j john hamilton conducted the service oct 8 from the oneill funeral home for ann gibbins a longtime respected resident of this community mrs gibbins passed away oct 6 in scarborough centenary hospital after suffering a stroke nine days before she would have celebrated her 100th birth day feb 7 of next year the late mrs gibbins was born in wales coming to canada with her husband john in 1929 for a time they lived at milliken then moved to lemonville where they resided 30 years mr gibbins died in 1962 for the last 11 years she made her home with a son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs reg gibbins loretta crescent south stouffville she enjoyed it there taking full advantage of the proximity of the missionary church where she attended services regularly she also took a keen interest in activities around town as well as family members and friends surviving are three sons reg of stouffville glyn of scarborough ross in toronto eleven grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren she was predeceased by a son john and a daughter may mrs henry steel pall bearers were marsden and ray steel calvin sayers peter gibbins gordon gibbins and john gibbins t have gotten out of hand stated councillor norm lyons this type of politics isnt needed in uxbridge councillor herrema an nounced at the meeting that no further research on the governmental investigation would be requested on his part let someone else start it if they want this issue has divided council long enough members agreed to hear further comment from the people work closely with a township committee and lawyer and review the proposed agreement at the conclusion of discussion councillor paxton admitted he was satisfied with the result its now up to the people they should make their views known at the polls he said this is a worked out gravel pit good woodone of many will permit an extension of such scars across the landscape in the twpv of uxbridge due to this gravel pits and related problems kind of desecration residents are now wary of any rezoning that bridge over the next few weeks opwationsitsaycertaintythat wiii be an election issue in ux- keith bolender dies suddenly stouffville this community was saddened monday when word was received on the sudden passing pauline rae at her home 81 church street north mrs rae had complained of not feeling well before retiring sunday night she died in her sleep her interests centered mainly around the family that included husband garnet and children calvin and teresa her parents william and irene mckeown and a brother kenneth reside at newmarket rev john hamilton con ducted the funeral service wednesday from the stouffville missionary church with in terment churchill cemetery lady killed gormley an elderly resident of the gormley rest home was killed last week when struck by a car while attempting to cross the road in dense fog marie caswell 81 was struck down by an eastbound vehicle after posting a letter she was dead on arrival at york central hospital richmond hill no charges have been laid against the driver austin chamberlain of nobleton s grav el pit operations despoil country side by keith bolender uxbridge twp buried within the hills of ux bridge twp is a commodity called gravel to the aggregate producer its gold to the private homeowner its hell caught in the middle of this verbal clash is the local council a battle that in all likelihood will be settled by the ballot box it now seems certain that gravel pits yes or no will be an election issue the antigravel feeling isnt new to uxbridge its been brewing for years however the latest application by aggregate entrepreneur john b regan has brought hostilities to the surface and threatened a full- scale war the site in question includes about 400 acres between con cessions 6 and 7 it is currently zoned agricultural mr regan has agreed to pay the municipality 6v4 cents for every ton of gravel extracted in addition hell pave a portion of the 7th north to regional road 1a over which his trucks will travel while the offer may appeal to some members of council the opposition isnt interested they dont want to see the township torn up any further regard less of financial return and they plan to fight it to the end if residents are fed up with what has been described as greedy gravel gougers its no wonder they need look less than five miles in almost any direction to see the effects a municipality scarred for life by unscrupulous companies who dug out their gold and left behind huge holes in the ground i visited such a site friday only a stonesthrow from the hamlet of goodwood and putting it mildly i was shocked at what i found the excavation com parable to the grand canyon extends close to 60 feet straight down yes its protected by a fence but nothing that secure that hin dered my entry at the bottom of this chasm is a large muddy pond across this abyss is a house inhabited or not im not sure the gravel has been extracted so close to the structure itself it appears on the brink of falling in as i stood there in absolute amazement and disgust i couldnt help but think what an appropriate setting it would have made for a science fiction movie involving a war between two planets except for one lonely house everything is complete devastation if this site is an example of what can and has happened in uxbridge twp then residents have every right to be con cerned with respect to the location i visited this concern has come several years too late this municipality once a virtuous maiden has been gang raped disemboweled and left to die a few self- respecting people arent about to stand idly by and see the act repeated foxhunter farms pony club to stouffville markham the markham and district pony club has a new home the location is the well- known foxhunter farms on the stouffvillegormley road west of cone 7 a membership meeting has been called for this friday at 7 pm the fee is 12 a year we try and keep the rate down so no one is barred sherry butcher asst district commissioner told the tribune the club can accommodate up to 40 young people ranging in age from six to 21 years the district com missioner is stan hatch of mount albert v the term pony is deceiving mrs butcher said the size of horse has nothing to do with it in fact she explained a member doesnt have to own a horse at all the executive wishes to acquaint more parents with the benefits of their sons and daughters belonging rallies are held throughout the year and competition is quite keen according to mrs butcher most top riders today at one time belonged to a pony club order ignored man wounded york region a quebec man shot in the shoulder by a york regional police constable when he disobeyed orders to drop what appeared to be a rifle has been sent to the ontario hospital at penetang for a mental examination the order was handed down after murray freedman 25 of cote st luc quebec appeared in newmarket court charged with robbery theft over 200 possession over 200 possession of an offensive weapon assault on police criminal negligence and prowl by night it all started at 310 am oct 11 when a newspaper truck was taken from in front of the royal york hotel in toronto the vehicle was spotted as it travelled north from metro into york region but the driver managed to elude his pursuers later it was found in a bush but there was no one around at 505 am residents reported shots in the area and officers were dispatched they found a man standing behind a pile of wood shouting get off my property or ill kill you he was ordered to come out with his hands up he did so but holding what looked like a gun he was twice told to drop it but refused when he continued to advance a warning shot was fired then a second with the bullet hitting the man in the shoulder the object he held turned out to be a piece of metal pipe the wound was only superficial freedman was treated in york county hospital at newmarket and released into police custody veteran gormley auctioneer in action like old man river himself veteran auc tioneer alvin fanner of gormley just keeps rolling along hes shown in action at a sale rice friday on the property of james a stouffvillegormley road keith bolender second chance markham despite the fact a 17 year old markham youth had a record for theft judge reid scott agreed to give him yet another chance after hearing the boy had a job and was trying to reform since youre making the effort i wont stand in your way he told stephen readhead after the lad entered a plea of guilty to taking a car without the owners consent according to evidence the youth broke into the vehicle then used the owners credit card to fill it up with gas cheque bounced stouffville a 27 year old man will be sentenced oct 25 after pleading guilty to a charge of false pretenses when he appeared before judge rdd scott in newmarket court according to evidence david sweet of rr 2 stouff ville purchased a 50 pair of boots from a store at the upper canada mall using a worthless cheque the court learned that not only did the accused write the cheque onan account that contained only 85 cents but he gave the clerk a false address and phone number as well