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nbttne vol 67 no 19 the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 4 1953 fourteen pages police lose race with stork baby born in township cruiser sgt geo clayton and con- stable don dukes of the mark- ham township police dept 7ad mrs jas mccreight a race vvjtn the stork on v ed- sday of last week and lost heads cancer soc mrs albert dutfield of union- 1 viile cave birth to a seven and onehalf pound baby girl in the rear of the cruiser markham police received the urgent tall to the dutfield home when mr dutfield discovered that his car wouldnt start his wife was placed in the cruiser and with constable dukes at the wheel the party sped to the york county hospital at new- j market about halfway to their j destination around vandorf on the don mills road the baby j was born in spite of the unus ual circumstances the mother and baby are both fine the new j arrival has been named dawn j victoria it is mr and mrs dut- fields first child j stouffville blanch of the can adian cancer society was organ ized on wednesday evening sept 26th at a gathering at the home of mrs harry schell mrs gordon purvis of union- ville vicepresident of the rich mond hill branch was present to set up the organization a number of officers and com mittees were appointed and a full list will be published later when appointmeps are com plete further details of the aims of the society may be ob tained from the president mrs james mccreight or the secre tary mrs waller vague car wrecked driver injured in crash car topples down 30ft bank at devils elbow truck more than an hour to pull the wrecked car from the water the driver was taken by cruiser to dr j s porter in unionville and treated for cuts and bruises he has been charged with oper- ating a car without a license ballantrae board calls meeting of ratepayers chairman would quit the members of the ballan- sary to add on two more rooms irae public school board messrs i as basement classrooms are re- vern davies chairman henry garded by the dept of eduea- crowhurst and thos phillips lion as only temporary mcaa- summoned a meeting of the ures ratepayers in the school on j chairman vern davies point- thursday evening of last week ed out that parents collectively to discuss the problem of over- 1 werent fair to the board when a new 1956 station wagon driven by bruce putnam son of mr and mrs gilbert djutnam buttonville went out ofcontrol on the 5th concession of mark- ham and toppled down a30 foot embankment into a creek the accident occurred around 10 o j clock on wednesday night of i births last week the vehicle rolled kerr gordon and vera kerr over three or four times before j announce the birth of corrine coming to a rest on its roof in patricia 7 lbs j ozs on sept i the water the driver was 30 1956 at york county hos- 1 thrown clear of the car and pital newmarket a sister for landed in the river j debbie dazed the youth struggled manley tom and noreen flagged the accident total around the stouffville district con tinues to climb the most recent collision occurred on the 9th concession of picker ing two miles west of clare- mont on friday afternoon the car pictured above i collided with the rear of a tow- truck driven by mr robert mcleod of claremont and rolled over three times before bouncing off a tree and com ing to a halt on the laneway of the former walter baker property the driver robert charles bud thomas 10th concession of whitchurch was thrown out of his vehicle he was rushed by ambulance to the toronto western hospi tal and is reported to be recovering part of the wreck age inset is seen suspended from a nearby tree 30 feet in the air police believe thomas lost control of his auto when he attempted to pass the truck while mr mcleod was negoti ating a left hand turn the car careened almost 200 feet be fore landing on its side mr mcleod was shaken up but otherwise not injured bud was returning home from the general motors plant at oshawa when the accident occurred he is well- knovvn locally having tended goal for minor hockey teams here for a number of years dr blair mitchell of stouff ville administered first aid to the injured youth at the scene constable ws casey milliard of the whitby opp investigated jiin thomas crowding which now exists in the present quarters recently a number of parents expressed concern when their children were told they could not attend school this year because space was limited the board set a they were asked to register all new pupils in june we receiv ed only 16 names and yet 3s chil dren enrolled they didnt fall out of the sky he said chairman davies stated that if the ratepayers werent satisfied deadline of sept 1st for six-year- 1 he was ready to resign old pupils chairman davies told his list eners that what the board had decided was for the good of both the pupils and the staff it is not our intention to keep boys and girls out of school stated mr davies but the teachers can only handle a certain num ber in a proper manner mr im not a quitter in mid stream he said but im tired of the namecalling over the telephone the question of erecting a portable arose during the leng thy discussion mr clifford wallvvork a member on whit church twp council and a for mer trustee on the ballantrae davies said that a basement board told the gathering that room could possibly he put in portables were nothing but a order but not overnight he waste of money discounted the report that any j i two years time theyre teacher had refused to teach j worth nothing and no one wants more than 35 pupils mr crowhurst the back to the road and down a passing motorist walter hill a resident near the devils elbow mr hill summoned markham twp police sgt bill shcarn investigated putnam told police he was southbound when an animal j crossed the road in front of the car in swerving to avoid it the j vehicle left the road and plunged into the river it took a tow nee epvvorth manley are happy to announce the birth of their son john charles thomas on saturday sept 29th 1956 at the east general hospital both well wright arnold and florence wright nee betzl are happy to announce the birth of their son on sept 24th 1956 at york county hospital new market notice next weeks issue of the tribune will be published on friday to permit the staff to enjoy a holiday on monday it will also enable our country correspondents to collect the names of visitors in the area over the thanksgiving week end 7 sons air one of stouffvilles most harvest finally completed in county ag rep harvest in york county has finally been completed mr w m cockburn of the york county dept of agriculture told the tribune this week mr cock- burn said that although it had been one of- the latest seasons on record last weeks break in the weather allowed farmers a chance to get the last of their grain crop harvested the de partment head said that al though it was thought for a time that only 50 percent of the fall wheat crop would be sowed the outlook is now much brighter he said that corn harvest was very late the potato farmers have two children bitten hy dogs in westend of town four year old jacqueline ep- worth daughter of mr and i mrs jack epvvorth albert st stouffville was badly bitten on the arm late tuesday after noon the little girl was playing on the sidewalk hear her home une that the bite was one of the worst of that type he had ever seen the girl was given lock jaw shots a second such attack occurred on wednesday morning on vic- meeting in order that all the toria street when six year old member of the board stated that the inspector had suggest ed either staggered hours a new building or a basement classroom to relieve the situa tion he said the board believed there would be only 16 new- reg istrations in september but when the term opened 38 new children enrolled the total en rollment at the school is iso pupils we would have made plans to handle the extra children if we had known the present sit uation earlier he said last year 156 students registered and the average attendance was 121 mr crowhurst stated that the board was attempting to keep expenses down he pointed out that the area is now paying on a 50000 debenture acquired when the two new classrooms were erected two years ago mr phillips said that the board had decided to call a them he said one ratepayer senior i suggested transporting some of the pupils to another school as a means of relieving the situa tion mr wallvvork pointed out that if anyone desired to send a pupil to a nearby school they could do so and the area would pay the fee mr wallvvork stated that he was not sure about who would bear the transportation costs mr wallvvork when question ed by chairman davies to ex plain his remarks that appeared in the press following a recent council meeting said the basements all right ive been in lots of schools where the rooms were much worse than our basement classes let the people complain continued mr wallvvork when a new school is built and the taxes go up then theyll holler to high heaven mr wallvvork contended that the basement room had been opened in order to ease the situation if over- when one of a group of dogs p bernard jr son of mr jumped on her her sister six j ann mrs p bernard sr was year old lillis and another play- bitten on the hand while on his mate saw the attack and ranj to school his sister ann home mrs epvvorth arrived g an eric 5 notified their quickly on the scene and rush- 1 mot and the wound was ed the injured girl to dr brodie j treated where stitches were necessary to close the severe gash mrs epvvorth said her daughter lost a considerable amount of blood before first aid treatment could successful trade fairs was held probably been hardest hit due c tne wound on thursday friday and satin- to thc continued cool wet wea ther that has persisted through- dr brodie informed the trib- miss ruth walls is presently residing in toronto where she will remain through the winter months day evenings of last week close to 8000 people attended the colourful show and local busi nessmen are more than pleased with the results one of the highlights of the entertainment was the presence of kathleen stokes at the console of the heintzman electric organ on saturday night appreciative audiences thronged around the platform lo hear and see the famous organist the fair was officially opened on thursday evening by stouff ville reeve mr elmer daniels although the attendance was down somewhat on opening night saturday evenings crowds passed all previous records out the summer mr cockburn stated that the wet land ham- pered farmers from getting on their fields to apply sprays and dust to the plants hence blight was very bad this fall the weather has been disastrous for the potato farmer said the ag rep mr cockburn noted that the rhine river thriving european commerce t crowding arose mr crowhurst might be brought out j sa that the present basement classroom was to have new win dows and ventilation system in- i stalled very soon that would al low a complete change of air i continued on page 13 beefs into the open in an amiable manner he said that at the present time all children six years of age as of sept 1st are now attending the school he felt that it would be neces- h 0 klinck passes suddenly in hospital stouffville lost one of its fin- 1 board a number of years agoj est citizens on tuesday with the and was also a member of tha passing of mr harry osborne stouffville lions club by c ii nolan new city has fine modern stores switzerland sept 25 and the main avenues are wide we had the unique experience german women working in the damp weather had produced h j of staving in the potato fields were a common much rust especially on oats he pointed out however that rustresistant varieties have stood the test and he expected more of this type of seed would be used next season in addition to excess rain frost has hit many farmers es pecially the market gardeners mr cockburn stated that a largo percentage of the tomato crop had been destroyed hy the early freezeup mr a e sum mers agricultural representa tive in bowmanville said that the tomato crop in that area was a complete loss the tobacco crop in that area was also hard- hit a recent meeting of the on tario federation of agriculture directors was held to discuss the necessity for credit for farm ers this fall to tide them over until next spring it was agreed however that because of higher interest rates and a recent fed eral government policy of re stricting credit bank loans to farmers for operational pur poses were increasingly difficult to secure the board of direc tors instructed lloyd jasper president and h arburkle gen eralsecretary to review immed iately with provincial govern ment representatives the piob- lem of current crop failures and emergency farm credit rhine dressen hotel at bad sight along the 2lane highway godcsburg which hitler occu- 1 leading into the city pied when he met chamberlain i the many german midget cais before the war chamberlain are a novelty many have only stayed in another hotel across 3 wheels and plastic dome top the river hitler occupied room and are about the size of an 109 on the first floor we en- english baby carriage special joyed a room on the 3rd with a concrete strips are laid along in stouffville where balronv overlooking the rhine main highways to carry the hea- j he has rcs f the past 30 one has little idea of the tie- vy bicycle traffic motorcycles years he conducted a general mendous traffic carried up and too seem almost as plentiful as i insurance agency here dlspos- down the rhine travelling by cars j of this business a few years klinck in the toronto western hospital although in failing health for the past three weeks his death came as a shock to his relatives and many friends a mildmannered gentleman the late mr klinck was held in high regard by all who knew him born at victoria square on april 21 1885 the son of the late thomas klinck and sarah catharine woodard the de ceased moved to western can ada where he entered the teach ing profession- he later took up besides his wife the former ruby raymer he leaves ti mourn his passing one son kenneth of otlcrvillo and two daughters mrs hugh herbison agnes of nelson bc and mrs lewis bockner phyllis of st louis missouri he is also survived by two brothers dr l s klinck in vancouver mr ross klinck of newmarket and two sisters mrs f c row- botham of stouffville and mrs milton clark of peterhoro the former helen meggs wife by a first marriage in 1913 passed away four years later and the former isobel ratcliff wife by a second marriage in 1921 pre deceased him in 1927 resting at the l e oneill river launch from boppard to mannheim to lucerne over ag0i t0 rct at his home on chapel stouffville until friday bacharach is a real education the alps into switzerland was mam st west he attended the germany has built rail lines on a long drive and it was nightfall stouffville united church reeve elmer daniels offi cially opened the stouffville trade fair on thursday eve ning of last week the three rtaj show attracted more than 7000 people through the turn stiles reeve daniels is pic- lured top photo cutting the red ribbon three local gentle men who shared much of the work in promoting the fair arc pictured below from icft to right they are reeve el mer daniels mr ted ed- wards programme chairman and mr ted topping presi de of the stouffville busi nessmens association 1cjx sdo markham boy inmtjred by culvert sixteen year old jimmy young son of mr and mrs jack young of markham village was knock ed unconscious by an overhang ing culvert suspended from a dept of highways truck early wednesday morning the youth was on his way to high school and was standing on the side of no 7 highway waiting for the traffic to clear when the accident oceunvd the boy was treated by dr fleming and rushed to the scarboro general hospital where h is recover ing he will be detained for at least two days for observation were vsbie on every hand the both sides of the river as well as highways and the commer cial traffic hy truck train and river is unbelievable great bar ges were constantly passing on both sides of us and a train could be seen on one side or the other every five minutes thc rugged slopes stretching as far as the eye could sec are covered with vineyards every so often an old castle ruins could be seen perched iiigh on some rocky point some of these ancient fortifications were used in years- gone by to force river tollsvout of the boat traffic as one approaches boppard the highway winds through miles of cement blockmaking establishments germany like belgium is a hive of industry and the former is making great strides to regain her commerce and rebuild her wrecked cities at heidleberg our busses wound up narrow cobblestone streets to thc 17th century castle perched on the rocks 610 ft above the town housed below the cattle rooms is the ancient wine cellar with the largest beer barrel in the world holding over 3000 gallons the town has an american army establishment and many troops and their fam ilies reside here american cars are a common sight on the streets mannheim the next overnight v another important al lied bomb arge ard the resul before we reached our destina tion the next day swiss border guards inspected our passports jjust ahead of the border cross ing the highway wound through the famous black forest of ger many for over 50 miles hitler trained many of his troops in this area and it is said flew into a rage when the allies set fires by incendiaries at various points thc scenery is beauti ful mountainorfs and covered with giant pines i had my first taste of what we called german hot dogs at schaffhausen a short very 1 thick german sausage on a wedge of rye bread the saus ages are very greasy and very spicy and my canadian constitu tion couldnt go for very much of it we pulled up to the national hotel in lucerne after a 2-12- mile jaunt the hotel right on the lakefront among towering mountains is a tremendous place covering a city block in length the international roary are holding their convention hero in 58 most store proprie tors speak very good english as the place is a mecca for ameri can tourists the city can be called the watch centre of the world and almost every other store displays the emblem of some swiss watch manufac turer switzerland is just as one pic tures it quaint clean tidy and with noon the funeral service will be held from the stouffville united church at 2 pm con ducted by rev d davis assisted by rev elwood mitchell of kingston road united church and rev c j loney of hamil ton interment will be made in j the stouffville cemetery the re pallbearers will be messrs ellis cent death he was secretary of- bruce rowbothanr glen the stouffville public school ratcliff clifford loney donald raymer and james brennan lyrtpid boy hit by car nine ribs broken the late mr klinck was very interested in the promotion of the local horticultural society and was president of the organ ization for close to 15 years he continued to take an active part in the society and held a di rectors position until his two year old douglas bell man son of mr and mrs cy bellman stouffville was quite severely injured late tuesday- afternoon when struck by a car driven by mrs annie neal of claremont the accident oc curred at the corner of park and main streets the right front wheel of thc miss marion stouifej awarded bursary the regular monthly meeting of the business and professional womens club was held on mon day evening at the home of mrs las mccicight the prcsi- neal auto dent mrs lloyd jennings was passed over the boys chest in charge of thc meeting miss the accident victim was rush- marion stouffer was awarded ed by dr donald smith to the the annual bursary of the b toronto sick childrens hos- and p club other visitors pres- pital he suffered nine fractured cm were the girls of thc 1956 ribs mrs bellman witnessed thc grade 13 class of the stouffville accident and was one of the first district high school miss bar on the scene constable edwards hara hewlett miss lois nigh of the stouffville police dept f miss merle gray the mem- investigated and attached no bert and guests enjoyed slides blame to the driver dr smith shown by miss pat lehman and stated that the little boy was miss marg barry on their recent very lucky to escape perm- rip to europe and the british most hospiuble people anert injury ilslcs