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page 2 the tribux2 thursday december 30 1971 doimlb established 1888 hables u solas publisher james thomas associate publisher and- editor kobebt mccausland advertising manager c e i b inund publishing co limited at 51 main st stouffville ont tel 6w2101 single copies 15c subscriptions 500 per year in canada 900 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers associauon and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editorial looking back at 71 the year 1971 is all but over for the town of whitchurch- stouffville the past twelve months cannot be looked on as a period of out standing progress but rather one of re alignment reorganization as part of a new area under a new system of regional government the council like the people it was attempting to serve often found itself bogged down by bigness frustrated by problems created through total amalgamation of two distinct kinds of communities urban and rural and often impaired by impersonal contact one with the other with the exception of lot fillins residential development was nonexistent in the former village of stouffville finally with demands for services too costly for one developer to absorb five firms formed a syndicate and revealed plans for 1000 homes between ninth line north and hwy 47 the one development that did move ahead was at ballantrae with a vla subdivision covering 57 lots to the east the muchtouted century city project came to a rather inglorious end there were protests with residents asking for extended freecall telephone service to toronto farm relief from police and fire costs removal of gravel truck traffic from south road musselmans lake improved police service in stouffville reduction of throughtraffic on main street op position to hydros proposed tower line across whitchurch some disapproval of the salary rates for whitchurch- stouffville councillors and opposition to any plan that would utilize the once- infamous bremner disposal site as a town garbage dump the latter is a carryover into 1972 there were accomplishments the completion of a second mediumrise apartment and a start on a third ap proval of a second senior citizens apartment opening of a museum in the former bogarttown school erection of traffic lights at hwy 48 and the bloomington road completion of whitchurchstouffvilles new zoning bylaw inauguration of a stouffville- toronto rail commuter service con struction start on a new community hall in the stouffville park successful purchase of the former lemonville school as a community centre a bylaw to control truck traffic on the south lake road tax decrease in most areas of whitchurchstouffville recognition of hazards in school bus areas where safety flashers ruled illegal and a decrease in school taxes with whitchurchstouffville trustee art starr the boards 1971 chairman while municipal elections must wait until 1972 a provincial election attracted considerable interest in york north and ontario ridings bill hodgson bill newman and matt dymond were easy winners for the progressive conserv atives in yorkcentre don deacon held on for the liberals against a determined tony roman mayor of markham that was the year that was looking ahead for 72 despite the general economic slowdown throughout the country in general the holdups in development and a disastrous fire which wiped out a major business block there is enthusiasm about 1972 for whitchurchstouffville with fingers crossed the economists believe the federal government has weathered the worst of the economic slump and things are looking up the turmoil of changing to a regional form of local government is smoothing out particularly in the planning field and there are ample signs that the town will be a prime target for new and renewed development in the year ahead both in the commercial and housing fields however more and more people are coming to realize that the idea if its bigger its better born out of en thusiastic affluence can be false these people must also be brought to realize that a certain amount of growth is ab solutely essential those who love the rural scene are going to see it infringed upon more and more efforts to preserve it must be reasonable but firm several important commercial developments are on the drawing board for next year redevelopment of the downtown fire site being a major one there are dozens of plans before the planning board the major proportion of which are for housing projects the largest takes in the area between the 10th con and the 9th con and including the lehman and stouffer farms on the north boundary of the present stouffville builtup area the third apartment house is under construction a fourth is being considered in addition plans are un derway for the erection of additional senior citizens apartment units pressure will continue to be exerted as an overflow from metro with the large estate area of the municipality near lemonville and the urban area of stouffville receiving the most attention undoubtedly the gradual buildup of apartment population will prove most attractive to wouldbe plaza and other commercial developers keep in mind this new years the social drinker is one of the leading causes of auto accidents in the country statistics show that alcohol is involved in nearly 50 percent of the fatal accidents there are some 5000 deaths and 175000 reported injuries every year alcohol is not a stimulant it depresses and the first area of the brain it hits is the area of higher function including social restraint and judgement those enjoying a drinking evening might be surprised to know that it takes more than an hour to eliminate each 12 ounce bottle of beer or ounce and a half drink or three ounces of nonfortified wine there is only one thing that can sober a person time editor 3ait dear mr editor being one member of the deputation which appeared before council a couple of weeks ago i can agree with your lead editorial in the following edition when you say on the surface it would appear illogical not to use the bremner dump for local garbage but on the surface is not necessarily where the garbage runoff will necessarily stay the phrase water recharge area would seem to indicate to me at least that such an area is not suitable for any kind of garbage disposal no complaints appear to have been received regarding the operation of the dump near aurora but surely the delegation already mentioned would indicate unhappiness with the site on hwy 48 it seems strange that some members of council and the mayor can so soon forget the 1200 person demonstration which forced into being the bylaws which the local people in the area of the site now claim are being disregarded especially since an agreement with yoric sanitation appears to have been bypassed in favor new years resolutions seem rather pointless when one looks back over the past year and realizes what a mess one made of it but hope springs eternal in the human beast note to ed thats beast not breast and most of the time i feel as though im still animal though i have a lot of calcium in the wrong places not teeth but elbows knees and shoulders and there are moments when i feel pure vegetable maybe a withered turnip so here goes the very first thing im going to do in 72 is get my rake and lawn chairs out of the backyard and into the basement provided i can find them under the snow same goes for my woodpile which has been sitting there drying out since august the second thing ill do is stop listening to my wife and make her start listening to me she is eternally getting into jams because she wont listen to me sugar and spice how to save a girl from love by bill smiley because she never has because she thinks she knows more than i about practically anything you can name and she is forever getting me into jams because i listen to her because she thinks etc that will clear a lot of the fog in our domestic air i know you think thats like a mouse bragging that hes going to straighten out an elephant and it is but its also a fact that we mice have been known to panic a whole herd of elephants anyway itll be fun trying that old spirit of adventure you know even if it does cost me a broken nose or a couple of thick ears another thing im going to do is stop worrying im a terrible worry wart some weeks i worry a total of twenty- seven minutes about something i cant do a thing about im going to cut that down to twentyseven seconds do it once a week and get it over with im going to give up late nights they take a terrible toll on a fellow when he must work next day no more of those except on exceptional cases such as friday and saturday nights and anytime we go to a party or have one or anytime i really feel like staying up im going to put a stop to my daughter falling in love this will be one of the trickier assignments i just get nicely adjusted to the fact that shes deeply in love and settling down when i get word that its off with the old and on with the new and this time its real in the past year shes been in love with an english professor an american imagine student twice engaged to the same guy name of joe and is currently headoverheels with a sculptor how much does a struggling sculptor make i dont really care but i dont fancy the old idea that two can live as cheaply as one if im paying the bills i dont know what technique ill use to stop her but ill come up with something fiendish that will guarantee her a long spinsterhood im going back into the arms of the church for a longawaited on her part embrace i am steadily growing more sinful just like the rest of you but its time to start straightening the accounts well thats enough to keep me going for the year a nice mixture of physical and psychological problems in closing thanks to all those who have written during the year forgive me if i havent answered yet have a good year and a special wish to all those in trouble western farmers the unem ployed the old the mentally ill keep yot chin up things can only get better and remember somebody is thinking about you maybe edgar benson wont but i will of considering the bremner site it is also incomprehensible that our local government should prefer to pay attention to remote civil servants in the employ of a government situated in what was known in my grandfathers day as hog town and at the same time practically tell the people who appeared in that deputation and they are supposed to be acting on behalf of these con stituents as well as the rest of the municipality that they really dont believe their eyewitness accounts of flagrant dylaw infractions if council agrees to consider and ac cept a tender from the owners of this site they will hardly be able to protest it and when toronto decides they are desperate enough to resume dumping their garbage here also but if council honors their prior commitment to york sanitation then i understand local governments will in fluence queens park to some extent when renewal of licensing arrives clarion baker r r 2 stouffville peeping toms ontario hydro employs eleven helicopters for varying duties including tower line patrol these flights are not conducted indiscriminately however the craft stay clear of turkey and mink ranches penitentiaries and missile in stallations a hydro spokesman said nudist camps are left to the pilots discretion he concluded 3whjnt in 1972 i resolve by jim thomas over the weekend the tribune con ducted an opinion poll among shoppers on main street to learn the popularity of new years resolutions one in every five persons approached admitted to making certain promises to themselves the others well if they do they arent prepared to tell the world about it but not me no siree ive concocted a whole raft of resolutions some ill keep some i wont here are a few ill never complain when my wife asks me to pick up two jugs of milk on a saturday night halfway through the third period of a game between toronto and boston after ive already driven past the store six times earlier the same- day ill put aside at least one sunday a month to take my wife and family somewhere besides church ill sit down for a normal breakfast instead of taking two morning coffee breaks at bings ill invest in a pair of snow tires next winter ill have all the storm windows on before dec 21 ill always remember to replace the cover over top the basement sump pump hole that sudden drop in the dark is hard on the nerves t ill never delay the start on my christmas shopping to dec 24 ill always remember to turn off the car headlights on a foggy day after its parked the power drain is hard on the j battery ill never utter another critical word concerning the airconditioned toilet in the uxbridge twp hall at goodwood instead ill just grin and bare it i wont say a thing when son barry wakes me up at 630 on a saturday and asks dad will you drive me to the rink i have to play hockey at seven ill always remember to take the ignition keys out of my car even when its left on the parking lot at church ill never go downstairs to watch television with the kitchen taps turned on ill weatherproof the kids rabbit pen instead of letting their pets have the run of the basement all winter ill never again attempt to convince a york regional police officer that doing 50 miles an hour in a 30 zone on main street in stouffville at 2 am doesnt necessarily constititute a charge of dangerous driving ill never stop for a haircut at the a p plaza and leave my car parked in front of the brewers retail ill never go on talking to myself after an irate reader slams the receiver down in my ear ill explain to all prospective brides the chance that the writeup of their wedding may not appear in print until nine months following the ceremony ill religiously check all birth an- i nouncements prior to publication so that the two occasions do not conflict ill appease my kids by taking a deathdefying plunge from the high board at the stouffville pool july 1 feet first ill attempt to convince postmaster jack sanders to vote liberal at the next federal election ill try and persuade eldred king to run as a councillor instead of for mayor at the next whitchurchstouffville municipal election ill attempt to impress on chief walter smith the necessity of installing a fire phone in my home or a second siren on rupert avenue ill send pickering reeve john 4 williams a road map of the township indicating in bold type the locations of altona atha claremont cedar creek balsam and mt zion ill cut back on my usual diet of six chocolate bars a day to only three ill arrive at work sharp at nine every morning and leave on the stroke of six never staying on past midnight except when attending the occasional i j meeting of uxbridge twp council ill reorganize my schedule and write this column sometime other than sunday afternoons happy new year