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rtbnne vol 69 no 6 the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 10 195s twelve pages ratepayers association claims beach out of control at wilcox lake communications were received i 1 bv whitchurch township coun- cil on thursday night from the president of the wilcox lake ratepayers association stat ing that willow beach was out of control parties were said to come to the lake early sunday tojft market agricultural represent and remain until late at night prese ntl has two new for york countv said that there are no toilet facilities pro- tpe street lgh s on trial on mm videdand the adjoining property aisrtfs to feci hay to their cattle more street lights to go on trial here markham twp police to be equipped with latest radar equipment markham township council ger other property in any way hfsiftriiflnhhmeeung on monday afternoon and that only five gallons of the majority of wheat and oat d police gasoline were kept on the pro- 52 z j tha the tsri- chw clareice wideman that petty and that in a sealed can si aw tic saia mat tne lain niovide a radii- svstem would also help the pasture see u ncer icwtraf ll had bccome rlils w- town to sell cemetery lane corner property allday rain ends serious dist drought the rain was a real life- saver said mr f lynn fair of uxbridge agricultural rep resentative for ontario county mr fair told the tribune that with exception of first crop hay the allday downpour on friday would benefit every- scarce mr w m cockburn of new- mrs jacob hummel ninth concession whitchurch twp is justly proud of her straw berry patch in spite of a dry season mrs hummel has pro duced the largest species of the fruit ever grown in this district some of the berries measured more than six inches around she informed the tri bune that she raised the ber ries with a minimum of care and attention owners find that their places are b appeared before court- bein- used c on thursday night in stouff- cr smith president stated i ville in his letters that durirlg the last the two lights presently bc- two months two large parties ing tested are the fluorescent had been held and drinking was j type and are the same as to he excessive he requested that installed on the new burling- council take over the approach- ton skyway 300 cords of vivian forest pulpwood ready for thorold paper mill the work program was step- point provincial park this was ped up considerably this year at york county forest county council was informed when the reforestation committee report ed at the june session chair man is deputy reeve holder of sutton the ontario department of lands and forests sponsored a great deal of unemployment re lief work throughout the prov ince during the peak period of unemployment at vivian forest selected crop tree pruning was carried out under this plan fiftyfour men were employed at the forest during february with only a slightly lower num ber on the payroll the following month these men pruned ap proximately 10000 trees ready for shipment to the on lario paper co thorold is 300 cords of pulpwood cut during the early part of the winter a similar quantity of pulpwood will be cut next year two large orders were receiv ed for red pine poles rondeau and sibbalds point provincial parks required 21300 and 25000 lineal feet respectively these orders were divided equally be tween york and ontario forests the poles are being used in the construction of log buildings at rondeau park and guard rails at sibbalds point park as recently as june 11 an or der was received to supply can ada creosoting co trenton with 11000 lineal feet of red pine barn poles a portion of this order will be filled by mater ial thinned from stands in viv ian forest tree planting while not too many trees were planted in the county forests this year some of the staff at vivian forest planted abproxi- mately 50000 trees in sibbalds done as a crown land planting project the majority of these trees were four feet high and balled in burlap zone foreman f c hollidge supervised the planting of sev eral thousand white pine seed lings in vivian forest this was done by a local boy scout troop as a special conservation pro ject a busy summer program has been planned it will include the cutting of the additional order of barn poles which must be ship ped by the end of august culti vating the fireguards pruning christmas trees and conducting plantation improvement cuttings on some of the blow sand sites the report concluded two trucks and car collide at dixon hill two gravel trucks and a car were involved in a weird collis ion on the 8th concession of markham township at dicksons hill on monday afternoon ac cording to markham twp pol ice a southbound car driven by chas e doran rr2 stouff- ville attempted to pass a load ed tractortrailer driven by w mcneil of the same address a northbound gravel truck own ed by western sand gravel co and driven by giulio viscar- di 41 main st stoufrville in attempting to avoid collision with dorans car careened into the ditch and rolled over vis- cardis vehicle was practically new although property damage was quite extensive the drivers j escaped serious injury doran suffered a cut mouth his car i evan kelley and bruce findlay was badly smashed constables investigated ability impaired local man fined 50 markham township police re ceived a total of seven convic tions in magistrates court at newmarket recently on charges ranging from car theft to care less driving two stouffville men were among this number joseph cul- man of stouffville was arrested by pc donald dukes and pc bruce findlay on june 27th and charged with careless driving he appeared in court on july 7 and was fined s50 and costs robt reid also of stouffville was arrested by pc donald dukes on july 4th he appeared in court on monday and was fined 5000 he also lost his lic ense for 3 months on june 16th peter dyson 18 of camp borden was arrest ed by pc doug tribbling and pc bob hood and charged with car theft he received a 6month suspendedsentence three mont real youths were arrested by markham twp police consta bles doug tribbling and bob hood on july 4th and charged with car theft melvin claven 18 jos clouthier is and jos gauvin 19 were convicted on monday and remanded in the don jail until july 11th xor sentence errol percy wood 17 of to ronto was arrested on july 7th by sgt geo clayton and pc bruce findlay and charged with car theft he was placed on one year probation when he appear ed in court on monday one ju venile also included in the charge will appear in court at aurora on friday the auto was stolen from haggerman es to the lake in order that the situation might be controlled he said that the road allow ance on the end of bayview ave which runs to a dead end at the waters edge was useless xor any person who desired to ob tain water it was blocked by motorists and cars were being damaged in the congestion get ting out as mr smith could not appear in person mr w b hanson an association member attended he remarked on questioning by reeve legge that council did not lack for verification of the com plaints since councillor mrs gibb resided near the one beach mr hanson stated that when a call was placed to the opp they stated that all offi cers were on duty and they had no one to send out he said that this was not only one instance but was the reply on nearly all calls mr hanson pointed out that the township had a constable living about a half mile from willow beach and suggested that he make rounds on sunday council considered this a possi bility councillor gibb stated that she had already spoken to coun cil in regard to willow beach and since the grounds were littered with beer bottles every reeve daniels said that a competing firm also wished to install two lights on trial and no decision w be given until this had been done the two other lights to be tried out are of the gas type similar to those recently installed on highway 401 near ycfnge st and present ly in use in aurora file no objection stouffville municipal council will not go on record as filing any objection to the proposed increase in rates of the bell telephone co a communica tion from the board of trans port commissioners asked that council file any objections which they had reeve daniels pointed out that the company was providing a large amount of evidence to support their need for an in crease he said the company could throw hundreds out of work if their capital building program was halted the phones like a lot of other things said the reeve if its too dear you can do without it no ones forcing you to pay it due to a severe shortage of pas ture land mr cockburn told the trib- une that many farmers in the schomberg area had started to i cut ant feed their wheat because they felt it would not mature the farmers believed it had i been stunted by late spring frosts mr cockburn denied that frost had affected the wheat j he said that the kernels were small due to a lack of moisture he felt that the recent rain would greatly assist their de- 1 velopment he noted that the hay was only a 50 percent crop and farmers with any leftover feed from last year were for tunate by the police and the new radar equipment has proved by far the most efficient means of com- bating speeding council agreed to the chiefs request for the necessary equip ment which will cost 133700 kcceive 512 calls stouffville council agreed on thursday evening to sell the lot which is owned by the town at markham police department the southwest corner of the received a total of 512 calls dur- j cemeterv lane and instructed ing the past month they issued the clerk to advertise the pro- 10s summonses and investigated perty for sale 22 accidents the number of council purchased the lot complaints regarding dogs was some time ago and removed a 21 cruisers were driven s9q3 j main street cvesore an old gar- miles at a cost of s21693 age building located on the site unjustified complaint any new building must be kept fire protection officer clay- j back a sufficient distance to ton in his monthly report cited j allow clear vision and a wider five schools inspected one in- 1 corner for entering this narrow dustrial building and one com- cemeterv entrance mercial building drivers fined a complaint regarding a com- the regular monthly police re- mercial building on bayview i port revealed that five drivers monday morning she considered that some charges should be laid stouffville public school june promotion results friends will be pleased to learn that jack green of mon golia who has been in the west ern hospital toronto is improv ing stouffville postoffice building is receiving a new exterior paint job kindergarten to level 1 david boham katharine boyd jerry egberts allan fuller shaun garrett glenn gibson lenore greig william grove margaret hoover eric johnson john lintner charles lynde brenda marshman angus mid- dlemiss harold murphy thom as ogar gary otter kathleen roper sally schell debra sel lers susan slack donald ste vens janis woolven alvin booth martin brown june car ter christine courtney mari lyn daniels ross holden tyr- ellann holden david housser randy lee roger lehman lome macarthur anne middle- ton richard neville marlene paisley patrick shaw daniel simpson david skinner geor- gina slade grace soloman rus- sel stover jayne work arlene yakely level 2 to 3 michael brillinger lynn for syth john hill jimmy lamor- oaux david hoover heather ogar stella mae pearson alan zeller level 3 to 4 evangeline adams barkey anne brown button bobby couse crowdec bobby forgie holden robbie houston brenda johnson ryan marshall chas msa h hec9muti1 and didn kn m h carole judith harold bobby gallamore bobby garnet beth garrett derek gresham diane gives way to progress this blacksmith shop owned and operated by david scott and located at lot 25 on the sth concession of markham township lias been torn down to make way for the new and much wider provincial high way the blacksmith shop was one of the oldest build ings in the municipality be ing well over the century mark as far back as living memory can recall it has been operat ed as a blacksmith shop a new and more modern structure has been erected for mr scott set well back from the busy highway at one time the blacksmith trade was a most important craft and there were many efficient smiths in the township of markham great changes are being made in the sth concession by the highway department in preparation for the 1959 high way program ringwood cor ner is being entirely revamp ed and the scene is vastly changed already between ringwood and ballantrae another extensive alteration is planned for dicksons hill here the highway will leave the present course and veer to the west skirting 300 ft a- round the school church and cemetery and rejoining the present sth through the herb wideman farm markham township council is being kept informed of the changes sideroads will be rai sed to make level approaches at the familiar jos rccsor sideroad where the side con cessions do not meet the side- road coming fromtflte east will be curved to approach the highway in a direct line with the sideroad running to the west to peaches there is to be a new and wider bridge at the byer settlement further south and a number of houses will be set back to make way xor this busy thoroughfare ter mumford gayle plaskitt arthur richardson dorothy sanders peter sanderson mar- cia wagg gregory winterfield level 4 to 5 allan bacon margaret birk- ett stephen boyd charlene brown trudy cadieux deloras crews anne duxbury lois farthing jody holden roy kennedy susan lee john mey- dam billy oneill carol priest ley janis quilty poppy rams- dim john sanders eddy smith susan st andrews jane thom as tommy wedseltoft jimmy wilkins delight winterstein level 5 to 6 karen jensen norma marsh- man brian mills paula tetre- ault david toole alan vague level 6 to 7 harry assinck larry beach robert brown earl carter car ol corner regina dams paul forsyth wayne forsyth col leen graham wayne jackson shirley mantle robert marsh- man rex miller douglas mor- den muriel murphy tanis mur phy sherrin watson donna wright leo zwegers level fi to 7 debra averylynne badge- row lois chambers linda da vis joyce fuller linda harper marianne malloy nancy mur phy jimmy ogar tilly oliver ray paisley brian robinson j susan schell donna skinner diane slater glenn smith mary symes joyce williams level 7 to s ruth parsons sandra pipher susan priestley gail smith neil smith norma brown drew grainger coleen hisey dar- lene lehman james lewis mi chael reed level 8 to 9 john heaton neil logan nor ma mantle ian marlatt teddy topping linda dafoe richard davis faye emmerson dennis forsyth joey forsyth jack harper mogens jensen harold reesor linda sargent craig schell joyce sinclair jessie smith paul tetreault barry zeller michael moore john otter jackie paisley larry plaskitt kent winterstein icvcl 9 to 10 peter courtney robbie ed- dington tommy pollard pat smith berna ward brian boyd susan brown carolyn brown carol clarkson linda couse robert daniels ronald galla more erie hamilton veronica heuser lois hisey christine jack robert mccreary jacque line mumford jill pape byron stevens firade i o 5 margaret aida catherine ba con david boyd debbie gar rett tommy hartman denise holden robbcrt housser jona than hyde bill lennox sharon lintner lome malloy yvette malloy sandra mills bill par sons dawn pollard sharon sin clair janice smith shirley wagg pam winterfield anne- marie zwegers susan abraham continued on page a appointments made to to arbitration board at the regular meeting of whitchurch twp council on thursday night a resolution was passed appointing clerk jack crawford to a board of arbitration in connection with the request of nick bangay who has asked xor permission to al ter the boundaries of the ring- wood section in order that his children may attend the new stouffville public school which is quite close by stouffville council has named c h nolan as their representative to the arbitration board yearround cottagers the question of yearround cottagers came before council again last week through a letter from solicitors who are acting for a musselmans lake cottage resident who intends to enlarge his cottage and winterize it xor yearround occupancy building inspector smith attended the meeting and presented the case to council the solicitors contended that no law existed which could be enforced telling an owner at north of no 7 highway was considered to be unjustified by j the officer mr clayton reported that the i operations there did not endan- j had been fined recently for ex cessive speeding in the school zone on main street a number continued on page 7 jze tils property the building inspector stated that mr mcduffy who wished to enlarge was not in a financial position to buy more land it was pointed out that the former owner gave trouble last year and was xorbidden to enlarge without more land reeve legge stated that it was a difficult situation and that the court fine was about 25 and that following each fine it was necessary to proceed again he suggested that the build ing inspector work out the best solution and council would lend every assistance he will advise mr mcduffys solicitors of the township land use bylaw over two hundred cases on vandorf court docket in the third week since the vandorf traffic court has been in operation a record number of 230 cases appeared on tues days docket all for minor traf fic violations a total of four teen police officers were in at tendance the greater majority of the cases had been settled out of court david beaumont charged with operating a car with a faulty muffler pleaded not guil ty he presented a statement from a markham garage to the effect that the muffler was sat isfactory however the officer stated that the noise was ex cessive and beaumont was fined 5 and costs morris shankman was fined s8 and costs for driving in the passing lane on yonge street he said that he had driven up and down this highway xor eight mr ming mah of harolds grill main street stouffville was married in toronto last week and returned to town with his new bride on monday mr and mrs mah plan to reside in stouffville mrs mah arrived only recently from her native china was necessary to drive in the driving lane magistrate kelly stated that all drivers are ex pected to know the rules of the road and to continue to stay in the passing lane was a nuisance to traffic driving too close w d brett was given a sus pended sentence for driving too close to another vehicle for safety the charging officer said that brett had continued to drive close to him for more than a quarter mile brett said that he did not consider he was en dangering anyone bad luck on friday 13th daniel mcsweeney charged with driving 42 miles an hour in a 30mile zone told the mag istrate that possibly his trou ble was due to the fact that it was friday june 13th he ask ed if the court had read the re port in a toronto newspaper stating that much of the radar equipment was defective magis trate kelly told mr mcsweeney newspapers he said he was driving from penetang to toronto and had welcomed the 30mile limit sign after driving that long distance the traffic officer replied that it was a pity he had not welcomed it sooner as he was a hundred and fifty feet past it when he was clocked at 42 miles an hour he was fined 5 and costs 30 or 10 days joseph grcenham charged with driving too close to an other vehicle was fined 30 and costs with the alternative of 10 days evidence revealed that the motorcycle officer had warned the driver at the 20mile limit sign and grcenham had slowed down behind the officer but the magistrate suggested that he drove very close as a deliberate attempt to annoy him magistrate kelly said he con sidered the charge as serious and said that he had power tb suspend the license and that the maximum fine was 50 24 and costs miss j slaughtman charged with driving at 54 miles an hour in a 30mile an hour zone was fined 24 and costs she stated that she was not xamiltar with the road kenneth marshall was also fined 19 and costs for driv- ing 52 miles an hour in a 30mile area he claimed that there was no warning sign magistrate kelly said that there was a large school sign and informed mar shall that he might write the dept of highways regarding the sign he said that the police had nothing to do with signs miss vera harley charged with driving at 54 miles art hour in a 30mile an hour zone pleaded guilty she said that she earned a portion of her liv ing by driving she was fined not to believe all he read in the 24 and costs or five days 29 model and still going mr fred chessman well- known mail carrier for the past fifteen years is pictured here beside his 1929 ford the local resident who retired last week has driven his vehicle a quarter million miles he purchased the ancient fire truck from the corporation xor 130 in fifteen years he never missed a train mr chessman will continue to operate his farm near lin- colnvlllc north of town