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all the news i whitcfiurch i uxbridge markfiam i pickering une largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge vol 83 no 4 16 pages stouffvilleuhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday june 24 1971 phone 6402101 15 cents approve beer festival stouffville a beer festival in stouffville yes said town council at a meeting tuesday the proposed location is the stouffville arena the tentative date is august 14 the event similar to the one held in markham recently will be sponsored by the fire department with all proceeds for the muscular dystrophy association the application announced by mayor ken laushway won unanimous approval such affairs are becoming quite common said mr laushway all our neighbors are having them all organizational work will be done by the firemen however before a licence is granted confirmation must come from the liquor control board of ontario rescue bid fails musselmans lake a heroic rescue bid by a churchill drive resident proved un successful sunday at the scene of a double drowning near the south shore of musselmans lake brothers dennis and stanley mcewen pritchard avenue toronto were pronounced dead on arrival at york county hospital newmarket mrs jay horton earned the praise of eyewitnesses as she dove three times into about 12 feet of water in search of the second victim she has both st john ambulance and red cross lifesaving instruction when she located the body a man nearby assisted in carrying him ashore i thought there was a chance she said she assisted vance ambulance operators and police in providing artificial resuscitation and also aided the wife of the deceased a witness to the tragedy to improve hydro service stouffville if your television picture suddenly fades in the middle of a show or the oven cools while preparing dinner dont blame it on the set or the stove its called voltage fluc tuation a problem experienced mainly at the ends of lines a corrective program is now underway puc superin tendent gordon brown told the tribune when finalized mr brown said the service will be much improved however some power interruptions will occur he explained but shutoff period will be kept to a minimum a commuter train service on the cnr line between stouffville and toronto will commence operation monday morning june 28 departure time is 705 am arrival time on return is 620 pm a civic ceremony is planned monday evening when the dayliner pulls into the station jas thomas course family life education a parent student proposal york region a delegation appeared thursday before the york regional board of education and submitted a brief on family life education members all from richmond hill urged the board to in- trapped under car stouffville the first persons to arrive at the scene of a singlecar accident around 330 am june 16 felt certain a passenger in the vehicle was dead until a hand protruding from under the roof began to move reinhardt muehl was later pulled free after two tow trucks employed by wilson motors stouffville were required to raise the auto he suffered two broken legs and facial injuries the crash occurred on a county road curve east of the markhampickering townline the car eastbound towards claremont struck a section of loose gravel and overturned muehl was thrown through the windshield the first officer at the scene said one youth was attempting to lift the auto with an ordinary car jack a slip one way or another and the boy would have been crushed he said he was pinned there about thirty minutes troduce the program in all public schools within their area mrs pat bedford spokesman for the delegation suggested a need for such a program to fill a vacuum in relationships mrs bedford admitted to representing only the richmond hill district but expressed the hope that other groups in york region would lend support while her committee has not outlined a program she said they would be glad to work with the board in organizing a curriculum some trustees expressed concern about introducing family life education on a regional basis what about having a program in a school where the local community is opposed asked member john mckay it was pointed out that the course did not have to be in troduced in every school mrs bedford agreed that the feelings of everyone should be con sidered were not trying to be dogmatic she said were speaking for ourselves and 150 families who are supporting us after all its our children who will be involved member john honsberger suggested a survey be con ducted to determine which schools are now offering such a course chairman arthur starr agreed and indicated the board might ask mrs bedford and her committee to a future meeting after such survey was complete packed gormley the ac commodation at bruces mill conservation area was taxed to the limit sunday as an estimated 7380 persons poured into the park the car count totalled 1640 so great was the influx of visitors the gates had to be closed by 115 pm it was an unusual day said an mtrca spokesman instead of coming and going the people came and stayed cleanup campaign stouffville a town bylaw that forbids the dumping of refuse on private lots or the maintaining of lots containing refuse has been passed by council it is effective im mediately mayor ken laushway said that in his opinion the matter had received adequate publicity since its introduction april 7 markham strike ends more wnmeyles wrh markham more money for less work this is the end result of a 3- week strike involving 89 em ployees in the town of markham the walkout ended thursday the new agreementcalls for a 40hour week for outside workers rather than the previous 45 a general increase of ten cents an hour becomes effective jan 1 1972 with an identical wage hike jan 1 1973 the increase for inside em ployees amounts to a flat 500 this year 400 in 72and 200 in 1973 in addition the town will increase its payments for health and welfare programs to three- quarters rather than twothirds as at present the contract extends over a period of 30 months clerk harry t c crisp said the new agreement contained substantially what was offered previously douglas flood president of local 1219 canadian union of public em ployees was inclined to agree but said some changes had been made mr flood said the major obstacle was the unions request for a oneyear contract the town he said held out for 30 months canadian national commuter begins monday service here leaves daily 705 am stouffville a new canadian national commuter train service will commence operations from toronto to stouffville next monday june 28 the unit which will use daylinertype equipment will leave stouffville each morning at 705 am arriving in toronto at 805 am it will return to stouffville each evening from toronto at 520 pm arriving here at 620 pm the extended service was announced this week by se spencer manager of cns toronto area canadian national has been operating an eveningonly rail service as far as markham for several years the service which will not operate on saturdays sundays or holidays will make stops at markham unionville milliken and agincourt and a schedule of the times and rates appears elsewhere in this newspaper oneway fares are as follows agincourt 65 cents milliken 80 cents unionville 95 cents markham 115 and stouff ville 145 ten ride tickets will also be available initially tickets may be purchased at cn stations on the route or cash fares paid to conductors however ticketing procedures are being studied and- a sim plified method is being worked out anticipate future expansion stuart spencer and jack menary representing the civic reception stouffville a civic reception will be accorded the arrival of cns rail commuter at the stouff ville station monday evening the anticipated time is 620 pm plans for the ceremonial welcome are now un derway mayor ken laushway said he ex pressed the hope that as many residents as possible would endeavor to attend canadian national railway met with mayor ken laushway and council to discuss the arrangements for the new commuter rail service and its future potential mayor laushway said there were over 400 persons leaving stouffville each day for jobs in the city he fully concurred with the railway that the new service would stimulate development questioned regarding the future of the present cnr depot railway representatives said no major changes were anticipated mayor laushway said the community and council were enthused over the new service and every effort would be made to encourage its use venereal disease case increases difficult to assess stouffville a pamphlet entitled facts about venereal disease has been sent out by district 11 of the ontario secondary school teachers association to all known organizations in the county of york the program is in the words of ralph magel public relations officer established to make the public more aware of the epidemic we face mr magels letter is published on page 2 of this issue is the term epidemic an overexaggeration in the united states the number of persons infected is york police commission york region the battle lines have been drawn and the fight is about to begin on the one side the york regional police com mission on the other the york regional police association the association charges as illegal the demotion of staff sergeants and sergeants to the ranks of acting patrol sergeants when it assumed control earlier this year it also opposes the inclusion of written examinations to determine promotions at a meeting monday the commission reaffirmed its stand and promotional procedures are their respon sibility the association has applied to the supreme court of ontario for an injunction barring written tests it has also requested the attorneygeneral of ontario to ap point an arbitrator the commission however feels that arbitration is not necessary and has instructed its solicitor to oppose this request as well as contest the proposed injunction according to figures released monday 31 sergeants and 33 constables have applied to write the promotion exams a meeting between the association and the com mission scheduled for this week has been cancelled public reception honors teacher of 42 years mrs delia moore a public school teacher and principal 12 years was honored june 17 at a public reception in the claremont com munity hall more than 400 attended including former students donna ncsbitt left and joyce fraser both of claremont mrs moores retirement becomes official at the conclusion of the term jas thomas estimated at 2500000 in on tario the estimate is one in seventyfive or about 100000 persons have any venereal disease cases been reported in stouff ville yes physicians confirm but not in numbers to cause serious concern dr glenn graham told the tribune that vd being the kind of disease it is tends to prompt carriers to seek medical treatment from a doctor other than their regular family physician this conclusion was supported by dr douglas brodie uxbridge kids come to stouffville and stouffville kids go to markham or uxbridge he said dr graham noted that as the community grows in numbers the number of cases would also increase in the published pamphlet dr george c thosteson states a frightful epidemic of venereal disease is raging and getting worse day by day and it will continue to get worse merchandise theft900 stouffville an early morning breakin at the stouff ville iga friday netted thieves an estimated 900 worth of cigarettes entry was gained by breaking off the lock on a rear door manager jack chambers told the tribune the theft was discovered by asst manager lome mcmullen in their haste to leave the premises a quantity of cigarettes were dropped in the parking lot an estimated 180 cartons were stolen nothing else in the store was touched officers of the whitchurch detachment york regional police are investigating