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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), October 2, 1958, p. 1

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vl l xlhunt the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 2 1958 vol 69 no 17 fourteen pages over 450 dogs and cats receive free rabies vaccination laddie a fine collie dog owned by mr jack palmer of musselmans lake shows lit tle fear of the large vaccina- more than 450 dogs and cats were presented for rabies shots at the stouffville clinic conduct ed in the fire hall on thursday morning anaddit4onal 700 ani mals were vaccinated at mark- ham on thursday afternoon three veterinarians were in charge dr dennis oconnor of stouffville dr tom dales and dr t h spence of toronto handled the influx of pets a number of dogs were towed into town on the end of ropes that would capably anchor the queen mary a few rabbits were also presented one pet thum per escaped from its pen and vaulted down the main street it was retrieved by its owner after a number of close calls from passing cars dr dales re ceived a nasty cut on his right hand when one persian cat ob jected to the injection there were no other incidents the vaccination is not a li cense that permits dogs to run at large dr dales informed the tribune its the best pro tection we have but it isnt guar anteed one hundred percent dr dales stressed the reality of the rabies epidemic he noted that the disease showed a mark ed increase in domestic animals during the past summer he ex plained however thatthe main source of infection was in the foxes he contended that hunt ers should make every effort to destroy foxes in the district in an attempt to stamp out the dis- tion needle held by dr dennis oconnor of stouffville dr oconnor assisted by two de partment veterinarians han dled more than 450 dogs and cats at the rabies clinic con ducted in stouffville on thurs day city firm to build swank apartment house here the sale has been completed of the large lot immediately across from les wilson motor sales on main st to the born construction co who will build a modern apartment block on this site the sale was completed by mr harry lee local realtor and work will be commenced on the building this fall the pro perty was purchased from dr ease he noted that there was a 500 bounty on the animals organized fox hunts should be arranged by the dept of lands and forests suggested dr dales so far they have been just sitting on their hands and have done nothing he not ed discussing the matter further dr dales pointed out that dogs were still the main source of in fection to humans he stressed the need for pets to be kept tied up by their owners the disease spreads rapidly and it may be even worse next year he said he pointed out that if the epidemic should in fect the urban areas it would be even more serious he sug gested that pets should be vac cinated yearly john button the new building will be com posed of two blocks each con- taining five suites the buildings will be of brick construction and modern in every detail the up per floor apartments will have balcony facilities and there will be ample parking for all ten ants suites will each have two bedrooms and will be equipped with electric stoves and refrig erators the born company specialize in apartment building and have erected a number of large blocks in toronto the stouffville build ing will be ultra modern and promises to be an attractive ad dition to the main thoroughfare death hoover norman at the residence of his sister mrs levi grove concession 7 markham township on tuesday sept 30 norman hoover in his 67th year dear brother of fanny mrs levi grove and annie mrs willis reesor resting at the chapel of l e oneill until thursday noon funeral service in widemans church on thurs day at 2 pm interment wide- man cemetery please omit flowers jr c final at pt dover the third same of the oba jr c championship finals between stouffville and wheat- ley will be played at port dover on saturday afternoon oct 4th at 2 oclock both teams have won one jrame wheatley took the op ener here in stouffville 20 in twelve innings the cards squared the series crushing wheatley 161 last saturday it was agreed that the third contest should be staged on neutral grounds goodwoods flood project officially open on friday 65 to 85 mph brings fine at vandorf court marvin compeau was fined s36 or five days in jail when he appeared in traffic court at van dorf tuesday charged with driv ing at speeds of 65 to s5 miles an hour on the don mills road the officer testified that he had followed the car for four miles compeau pleaded guilty but stated that his speedometer was broken and he didnt know how fast he was going magistrate pearse advised the defendant that he shouldnt have been operating the car under the circumstances but since he chose to do so he should have been able to judge the speed by a side view tail light improper term five charges laid against motorists for operating cars without tail lights the mag istrate advised that there is no such term in the act in one case where a motorist had already paid the fine the officer was or dered to refund the money 50 miles in 30 mile zone james johnston of toronto charged with driving 50 miles in a 30 mile zone was fined 21 when his case came up this week for the second time mr johns ton arrived in court after his case had been heard stating that he had been held up by a detour on the 4th concession the number of cases heard on tuesday was small being 38 in number the majority for speed ing n sorotuck of toronto was assessed 10 and costs for fish ing with more than one line the first water control scheme to have been undertaken by the metropolitan toronto and re gion conservation authority is to be officially opened oct 3 known simply as vvc1 by the authority it is the 35000 pro ject in goodwood village ux- bridge township it is designed to drain accumulated runoff water from the saucerlike area due to lack of natural drain age a section of the hamlet has been flooded periodically usu ally during the spring runoff the 3s0aere drainage area served by the scheme has 60 homes and a population of 250 during peak flooding conditions it is estimated that more than 22000000 gallons of water inun date the flood portion of the goodwood area residents have been plagued by flooded basements and flood ed and contaminated septic tanks and wells mtrca officials look upon the newlycompleted scheme as a health measure as well as a solution to the periodic flooding problem the scheme provides for the pumping of the surface waters over the height of land into a tributary of the duffln creek a system of ditches and cul verts were constructed to carry the water to a pumping station which lifts it over the height of land at a maximum rate of 40 cu ft per second some 1500 feet of main carries the water to a concrete spilling basin and then to a settling pond this is the first of a total of 14 water control schemes cur rently being undertaken by the authority to be completed work commenced on the con struction phase of wc1 last october half the cost of the scheme will be borne by ux- bridge township with the mt rca assuming the other 50 township and conservation au thority officials will attend a brief opening ceremony at 230 pm next friday york presbytery of the united church opened fall sessions here plan school for retarded children to serve this area hew cadieux studio open mr ted cadieux has opened his modern new photo studio on main st and in an announce ment in this weeks issue invites the public to visit the new prem ises mr cadieux who carried on a photographic business for some years above the ratcliff blk acquired the former miss urquhart property and has com pletely remodelled the house and erected a new store next to the street the new business place is at tractively lighted and finished with vitrolite front the studio offers adequate facilities for wedding parties and other groups as well as portrait photos a full line of photo graphic equipment is being car ried and the latest items are attractively displayed see the announcement on page three of this issue of the tribune mrs phyllis baker stricken suddenly the death occurred suddenly at donnacona que on monday of this week of mrs phyllis ba ker the former phyllis- vanzant daughter of mrs chas vanzant of stouffville mrs baker was taken without warning- by a heart attack she was in her 34th year besides her husband gordon baker formerly of stou ffville the deceased mother is survived by three sons robert harvey and john and one daughter janice the funeral will be conducted from the l e oneill funeral chapel thurs day afternoon of this week at 2 oclock with in trment in the stouffville cemetery york presbytery of the united church of canada met in session in stouffville united church this week the presbytery opened with the installation of the new chairman rev douglas davis by rev martin jenkinson past chairman a beautiful white stole was presented to the chair man by mr and mrs elgin ev ans of newmarket this stole is to be worn by the chairman of presbytery when on official duty a walnut gavel was presented to rev jenkinson in acknowledge ment of his leadership as the first chairman of york presby tery rev dr john line former ly professor of emmanuel col lege gave a devotional message followed by the sacrament of holy communion revwmajtjju jenkinson put- lined the highlights of the unit ed church general council in ottawa an expanding church has growing pains but its true spirit is seen in its growth of church members almost one million when that figure is reached the church anticipates a missionary budget of 10 mil lion dollars each church is chal lenged to produce a recruit for the full time ministry of the church in order that in five years this can be matched with an ordained minister the committee on evangelism stressed three points for empha sis this year antialcoholism family devotions and sabbath observance there has been an increase in missionary givings of 20 within the local presby tery a new cause will soon be op ened in the north end of new market under the leadership of rev e w jewett st matthews northeast of richmond hill has added one hundred new mem bers since its opening charter night one year ago several churches in the north end are engaged in the sector plan which means an everyfamily visitation of the community for the stewardship of life and tal ents summer boys and girls camps bible vacation schools and tea cher training courses for sun day school teachers were freely discussed two candidates for the min istry were received allen mc intosh of markham and clifford lacey of epsom there are six students attending college in preparation for the ministry rev william butt of union- ville notified presbytery of his intention to retire in june 1959 this presbytery now comprises 23 ministers in the active min istry and 15 retired ministers most of whom are preaching every sunday this entitles the court to an equal number of non- ministerial representatives these 38 were allocated to the vided the noon luncheon the next meeting of the presbytery will be at melville on october 28th motorists should note parking regulations the department of highways completed the erection last week of the new signs announcing the new parking hours recently passed by town bylaw the new signs call for two hour parking only from 8 am to 6 pm each day except friday when the two hour restriction is extended to 10 pm these signs have been erected on main st in the busi ness section additional signs restricting several side streets including mmahdchxtrch to tarkingon one side only are expected to be erected this week by town workmen the local police ask motor ists cooperation in observing the new regulations while warnings only are expected to be given out for a time until drivers become accustomed to the signs the bylaw will be en forced following this prelimin ary period bourne hunter motors an nounce the showing of the new 1958 oldsmobile at their show rooms this friday plans to build a retarded chil drens school on the southern portion of york county were re vealed this week with the an nouncement of a building fund campaign donald m deacon of blen- burn farms unionville has been named chairman of the local campaign committee pres ent plans call for a preliminary educational campaign among the residents ot this area on the growing need for adequate fa cilities to look after the increas ing number of retarded children in this area at the present time the only place to train retarded children is the thornhaven school on bayview avenue south of no 7 highway the thornhaven school was started in september 1955 when the old thornlea school house was turned over to the thornhill association for retarded children since that time the facilities of the school have not been sufficient for the increasing number of people in this area it is proposed that the school serve the district encompassed by stouffville markham thorn- hill willowdale richmond hill maple king and oak ridges the association felt that- rich mond hill would provide a more central point than thornhill to facilitate the transporting of students to the school the local ljuilding campaign will begin the first week in de cember following retarded chit- drens week which will be held november 16th to nov 27th the campaign steering com mittee is composed of mr d mr deacon unionville campaign chairman mr a r michell- richmond hill local proposals chairman mr h c rogers thornhill local resources chair man and mr john graham richmond hill local public in formation chairman police nab thief at fenelon falls sgt geo clayton and pc don dukes of markham twp police journeyed to fenelon falls on sunday to- pick up a toronto man wanted for theft of a car on the don mills road william stanley smith 22 of east york was nabbed over the weekend he was found asleep in the sto- len car smith according to markham police took a car in toronto but was involved in an accident south of buttonville he walked five miles and took another ve hicle belonging to a member o the highway construction gang he used the owners credit card to purchase four tires gasoline etc he was en route to sudbury if you never have any luck at the race track youd be smart to cut out the horse play countys 20000 school children immunized m0h york countys 20000 school children have been completely immunized against polio said dr robert king medical health officer last week the program of immuniza tion against polio has been more popular among parents than that of any other he said with very few exceptions and these primarily for religious rea sons parents in york county have not resisted vaccination against polio for their children dr king said the health unit is now concentrating on basic immunization for preschool chil dren six months and older the average number of children vac cinated at our centers is about 25 a day he said the county has been free of hew polio cases for more thai two years said the medical health officer drvklng -greeted- as an im provement which will save botli time and labor a recent announ cement by deputy health minis ter dr brown that polio vaccina will be combined with vaccines for diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus the combined ser um is not expected to be in usa until early next year he said until now we have had to have two immunization pro grams he said one for poli and the other for diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus the latter three being already combined in one injection said dr king the fly one of the most talked about suspense movies of the year is coming to the 1 29tpastoral cnarge park theatre here next monday jg womans association pro- and tuesday see it stouffers crest hardware ready for grand opening double presentation rev m r jenkinson left is seenrecciving the gavel as retiring chairman of york united church presbytery rev douglas davis centre is receiving the new official tf stole as the incoming chair man the stole is being pre sented by mr elgin evans of newmarket the donor on october 9 10 and 11 stou ffville will witness the grand opening of reg stouffers crest hardware store stouffer hardware has been completely renovated nothing has been overlooked everything from the floor to the ceiling has been replaced or rebuilt with the most modern up to date count ers and glass shelving avail able and topped with fluorescent lighting throughout giving the store a bright cherry atmos phere the store from the begin ning has been planned with the customers convenience in mind the spacious aisles will enable you to browse around the com plete line of hardware applianl ccs housewares and plumbing supplies etc will be displayed in the open for easy viewing and examination the store has been set up on a semiselfserve basis with every item clearly priced the crest organization is a group of independently owned and operated hardware stores across ontario giving their cus tomers value plus economy through quantity buying there is also a thrifty payment plan enabling the individual to pur- chase merchandise on monthly i instalments reg stouffer invites everyone to be sure to join in his grand opening celebration next thurs day friday and saturday and read the advertisement in next weeks issue containing many opening sales features popular local couple wed a popular local couple were united in marriage in stouff ville united church on satur day evening mr and mrs eldred king are shown sign ing the register following the ceremony the bride is the former bculah juanita rut- ledge daughter of mr and mrs guy rutledgc stouffvllla the groom is the son of mr and mrs albert king mark ham rr2 the happy coupla will reside in stouffville j

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