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three people died and two others were seriously injured in a twoear crash at ring- wood on saturday morning dr donald smith of stouff- ville is pictured here left applying bandages to the head ol harold c harlow one of the injured he suffered a fractured skull mr harlow was placed in a markham am bulance right and rushed to the toronto general hospital assisting with the stretcher are left to right ora uamer wilton dixon pc lizotte and dr donald smith staff photo c vol li no 7 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday july 21 1960 twelve pages stolen car rams auto at 70 m p h dead injured litter highway at 615 on saturday mom- frg a stolen auto travelling at an estimated speed of 70 miles per hour streaked through the intersection at ringwood and rammed headlong into a north bound car on no 48 highway fifteen year old richard har low willingdon ave toronto was instantly killed james ba ker 28 red deer ave tor onto and paul jelterey 21 briar hill road toronto died en route to hospital harold c harlow 47 of toronto and stephen mitchell 19 of lake wilcox are still unconscious and in critical condition in hospital the bodies of the victims were scattered over a wide area and police were unable to establish the driver of either vehicle dr donald smith and dr douglas brodie both of stouffville at tended the dying and injured four ambulances from mount albert markham and richmond hill were summoned to the scene the stolen car was the property of rev francis mc- goey a toronto parish priest a number of stolen ear acces sories were found in the trunk the impact tossed both cars over 70 feet they landed on their wheels in the ditch the entire one side of the north bound 1958 ford was torn apart the front end of the westbound vehicle a 1957 chev was badly buckled there were no visible skid marks on the pavement cpl pettigrew pc lizotte and pc hart conducted the inves tigation they are officers of the vandorf detachment ontario provincial police mr and mrs archie reid nearby storekeepers were awakened by the noise of the crash at first they believed someone had collided with the front of their building mr fred stephenson told the tribune that his home was shaken by the impact it sounded like an explosion he said mr jim cole was one of the first on the scene a foreman with the beamish construction co was an eyewitness to the accident hunting licenses the number of pheasant hunt ing licenses is to be reduced from 1200 the figure last year down to 00 this was agreed on by council on monday of this week the fee is s3 dep utyreeve dean suggested that in view of the area available in the township for hunting being continually reduced the num ber of permits should be more limited posses in egg- throwing youths break up main st service an evangelistic service on the main street in stouffville on friday evening was brought to a rather abrupt halt when a group of youths pelted the as sembly with eggs two ladies in the group were hit the worshippers who origin ate from headquarters at the corner of elmhurst ave and beecroft street in lansing con duct their weekly meetings in stouffville every friday night the hourlong service features gospel hymns one member us ually delivers a brief message they are organized under the banner christians gathered in the name of the lord jesus it is regrettable that two of the lady members were hit said one local resident he sug gested that the incident would not discourage their future ga therings pc harry heatherincton of the stouffville police dopt was on the scene within minutes but the boys had vanished he believes the youths remained hidden behind some buildings and lobbed the eggs over the roof onto the sidewalk plowman to rome the world plowing compe titions in rome italy will be the next longdistance trip for bob timbers formerly of stou ffville and now ol mount al bert he will leave late in sep tember accompanied by mr allan hammond of quebec and mr hubert avery the trip man ager on saturday afternoon local judges and other outstanding district plowmen gathered at the timbers mount albert farm to discuss matters pertaining to the forthcoming match var ious types of plows were tested judges present were w l clark fred timbers win tim bers clark young and george hawst raser the powder puff beauty salon will be pleased to have their patrons avail themselves of our new service in bleaching and tinting xs ww wm mr russell r storry a life long resident of goodwood pass ed away wednesday july 13 at the york county hospital new market as the result of an ac cident at the bloomington cor ner mr storry was born at brougham in 1883 son of mr and mrs frank storry and in 1911 married frances morgan- son who survives him along with a son howard of ballan- trae and a daughter irene mrs c pattenden of gormley and 6 grandchildren mr storry spent most of his lifetime in the gravel hill and goodwood district the funeral service was held on saturday july 16 at 2 oclock at the unit ed church at goodwood with rev douglas davis in charge assisted by mr cook the pall bearers were wm hewlitt al lan hoover elmer hood willis taylor hoyle brethour and los mitchell interment was in the goodwood cemetery mr gordon mainland of rome michigan called on mr frank rae and other former acquaintances on tuesday the mainlands were residents on the 9th line south a number of years ago planning bd oks zoning proposed annexation area stouffville planning board has agreed on the zoning of about half of the land which is pro posed to be asked for in the up coming annexation with whit church and markham town ships only part of the area has bem zoned leaving a buffer farm land area around the town two new public school sites are proposed one in the northeast and one in the northwest the industrial area is enlarged on highway 47 tenth line north and to the west on the townlino west of west lawn cres it is expected that the applica tion for annexation will be pre pared this month by the solicitor co hat rearing before the municipal board can be held sometime this fall the munici pal board vacations during the montn of august the area being planned will accommodate a population of 500 people and surveys have i been made in connection with i sewers water and drainage if and when the annexation is ap proved the new zoning will be added to stouffvilles existing official plan the buffer zone will remain as farm land on the fringe but will be controlled by stouffville so far as future de velopment is concerned ask street allowance the purchase is being pro- dangerous home site a courageous meadowlark has raised a family of wee ones right in the middle of the 17th fairway at the mark ham golf v country club 10th concession of markham while these birds are often known to pick open exposed places for their nests this mother little real- ized when she made her nest in a small depression on the ground that she was in mor tal danger every hour of day light the spot was just about two hundred yards rrom the tee and more than two hun dred persons tramped the fairway every day during the weekends in addition the lawn mowers passed over the nest and caddy carts tra velled up and down despite the fact that a ball could have ended everything at any time not an egg was broken and the birds have hatched and are about ready to leave the precarious home behind we hope they make it posed of approximately three acres of land at the foot of clarke st and south of sunset blvd by the christ church an glican the anglican congrega tion plan to erect a new church and parsonage on this site planning board after inspect ing the site has asked that an allowance of 33 ft be provided for the extension of clarke st south if and when the remain- ing land to the east and south j is developed the remaining 33 ft will have to bo dedicated to provide a complete 66 ft street this decision wa conveyed to the solicitor for the vendor and j town ecu lcti 1 wafer far fires to be tendered keeping a tank truck full of water at all times in case of fire will be let by tender in markham twp at the present time mr clark who is a tank truck operator holds the key to the township water pump house in order that he can keep his truck full for fire fighting however another operator has complained that he can only ob tain water five days a week to sell as he has no key to the pump house mr clark is presently receiving 200 for keeping his truck filled at all times in the fire committee re port given by chairman mcneil it was recommended that the police department have the on ly key however other council members did not view this as a satisfactory arrangement and councillor watson failed to get a seconder to adopt the recom mendation it was finally ag reed that the standby time for water supply would be let by tender reeve wm clark who is the father of the present holder of the key to the pump house said that he believed this was the only fair way councillor mcneil stated as chairman of the committee he had received no complaints oh the work of mr clark reeve clark stated that the value of keeping a tank truck always tilled had been shown since two houses had been saved last year deputyreeve dean said he thought the service was satis factory but he could not sup port any resolution which was discriminatory against other ratepayers and a complaint of this fact had been made by mr b larkin he said that he thought he should be able to secure water to sell at all times the same as mr clark it was suggested that the committee might have a re quest to lend assistance to markham village in the buying of a new fire truck similar to the help given stouffvie cas ases uuesfion the legality of all signs erect ed by the toronto and york road commission will hinge on a decision to be handed down by magistrate n p kelley on september 9th in connection with a speeding charge laid by pc douglas tribbling of mark ham twp police dept the de fendant herbert a w plax- ton of toronto was clocked at 48 miles per hour in a 30 mile zone at buttonville on june 20th a radar device was used donald plaxton of richmond hill solicitor for the defendant and a nephew of the accused contended that the york coun ty road signs did not comply with the regulations as specified in the traffic act of the dept j of highways he suggested that the black lettering should ap pear on a white background the county signs carry a yeliow background being what i is they wished to use them up and hope for the best he charged that the don millsroad had been paved only one year but the old signs had been reerected again to discuss accident control at bloomington 125 attend there is a serious inefficiency in the makeup of signs point ed out solicitor plaxton a mot orist can become confused he noted that sign colours varied from yellow to green to white he suggested that the countys road department offices were probably overstocked with a present supply and economy we wont argue the point said sgt wm shearn of the markham police dept he ad mitted that the proper signs should have replaced the old ones when they were removed we have taken the matter up with the county tiefore he noted magistrate kelley contended that he did not wish to bring down a hasty decision on the matter unless he was positive that some amendments to the highway traffic act had not been overlooked much hinges on what authority ilio county has to retain the present signs he said he suggested that the county might have obtained spe cial permission o use them if there is not definite legal au thority for this practice the charge will le withdrawn ag reed the magistrate cpl robt pettigrew of the vandorf detachment ontario provincial police will meet in special session with the whit church township council this week to discuss a possible so lution to the accident problem at bloomington corners within the past4 years four persons have been fatally injured at the intersection the latest victim was mr russell storry of good wood who died in the york county hospital newmarket after his westbound auto was rammed by a loaded south bound gravel truck mr and mrs clarence stafford and mr wallace blacklock also died from injuries at the same cor ner sgt arthur harrison inform ed the tribune that the council are fully aware of the prob lems he said that the issue has been discussed with his depart ment on numerous occasions he noted that both the north east and the southeast corners represented blind spots for the westbound motorist he also suggested that a knoll in the 9th concession road wors ened the danger he pointed out however that traffic lights would not com pletely solve the problem he contended that the individual driver must shoulder a certain responsibility referring to the intersection of the aurora side- road and don mills road he stated that the installation of traffic signals had not lessened the number of accidents ekgagement mr and mrs ernie smith wish to announce the engage ment of their daughter rhoda eli7abeth smith to mr wil liam nijdam of stouffville for merly of friesland holland floyd marlatt 107 main st w stouffville was judged blameless in an accident that occurred recently on no 7 high way between concessions 4 and 5 markham township the case was aired before magistrate n p kelley in buttonville traffic court on friday morning keith bernard rowley 32 the driver of a loaded sod truck and trailer was fined s10 and si costs according to the police report mr marians pickup truck was tossed 250 feet when it was rammed from behind the dri ver was knocked unconscious sgt wm shearn stated that rowley should have allowed suf ficient distance between his truck and the vehicle ahead pc clifford cox testified that there was no evidence on the pavement that indicated tire skid marks magistrate kelley ruled that the onus was on the accused to have his truck under control i cannot see from the evidence that the other party did any thing wrong he said he noted however that he would recom mend that rowleys license should not be suspended another 50 this month you still have a chance to get in on the 50 merchandise vou cher draw to be made this month july 30th the s50 in merchandise vouchers is given away by the main st merchants whose advs appear on pages 5 0 and 7 of this weeks issue all you have to do to get your frce coupon is make a purchase of at least si at any of these stores do it today reunion the stouffville memorial park was the setting on saturday for the fretz family reunion the majority were descendants of michael fretz and magdalena reesor the group numbered more than 125 outoftown visu tors came from kitchener vino land and selkirk districts as well as parry sound oshawa toronto springvale and can- nington the afternoon program was interrupted by a bulldozer that was operating nearby a portion of lie events had to be cancelled due to the noise mr vfes mcdowell church st stouffville was the oldest per son present the new president is mr merle hoover the vice president is mr ralph snyder the secretary is miss margaret fretz the officers are all from vinoland the reunion in 1961 will be held in the vineland dis trict presiding at this years gettogether was mr edward fretz of markham the secre tary was mrs eldon fretz of vineland accident during the past week mark- ham township police have in vestigated a total of 12 auto mobile collisions the property damage has been estimated at over 8000 the accidents have involved both cars and trucks in spile of the severity of num erous crashes only one person required medical treatment one auto and one gravel truck were totally demolished the majority of mishaps occurred on the don mills road mark ham township has yet to reg ister a highway fatality to date in i960 livestock ii claims list week markham twp council paid out 550 for geee claimed to have been killed by roaming dogs clerk crisp ad- vised council on monday that further claims were coming in one received was for a hog bitten by a dog and another for 0 for a cow also bitten these claims iiad been passed by the investigator for payment dont ral the nhl all- star game in stouffville park on monday night at 815 climbing in arkham township in presenting a comparative expenditure summary for the first six months of this year reeve clark told council that it was disappointing to see the relief charges climbing at this time of the year at this time last year relief costs amounted to 6133 while this year the figure has climbed to 8007 administration costs are also up from 19000 to s250o0 ap proximately as well as a num ber of other departments the amount of office equipment pur chased is down nearly 3000 the financial report revealed that over a half million dollars had ben collected this year to date or 5263sa3 as com pared with s3s6290 at this time in 150 white line on markham roads reeve clark drew the atten tion of council at mondays meeting to the fact that mark ham twp paved roads were not marked with centre white lines he considered this o great assistance to drivers es pecially in a fog and thought that the job should be under taken council agreed to con tact the toronto york road commixmon regarding doing th work