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three champions were crown- als in the stouffville minor captain of the black hawks phy emblematic of the squirt presentation captain randy aif mole memorial trophy the jim austin trophy was pions the presentation was ed on thursday night at the hockey association eight- was presented with the wal- league championship mr mole centre of the maple by mrs ethel mole his team presented to 13 year old ricky made by mr cec hendricks conclusion i the playoff fin- year old timmy herbert left ter brillinger memorial tro- gerald brillinger made the leafs was presented with the captured the peewee title thompson right captain of chairman of the lions club the maple leaf bantam cham- sports committee ouffuidc urifwue vol 72 no 45 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 13 1961 fourteen pages resume work on highway next week stouffville works dept has been advised that beamish con struction co will resume work on highway 47 through town next week this information was announced at the regular meetitng of stouffville munici pal council thursday it is up derstood that when the time arrives for paving this work will proceed east from ring- wood to church st in down town stouffville all the under ground work has been com pleted but the further widening and filling will be continued right away deputyreeve ken laushway mated that a number of local men some of them unemployed had been working on the main st pavement sweeping he urged that this work be allowed io continue as much as possible right now since the govern ment pays a 50 subsidy on such work up until the 15th of this month he also advised council that the property com mittee had completed the cut ting of a number of trees and that the installation of the new street fixtures on poles at the westend had been completed tenders tenders are being called this week for the supply of 1500 tons of gravel for town streets as well as 15000 gallons of tar or asphalt prime and 300 tons of sand dogcatcher in action stouffvilles newly engaged dogcatcher has been in town and councillor parsons reported to council thursday that he un derstood a half dozen dogs had been picked up on the first two visits most of those in the ini tial catch were believed to be strays and were unclaimed when a dog has a collar and lag the dogcatcher makes an effort to find the owner before he time elapses for the dog to be destroyed although the times of the dog- catchers visits are unannounc ed councillor parsons said the dogs have some rights and were not arbitrarily trying to be here just when we think we can pick up the most family pets mr and mrs oran fretz vis ited their son dr norman fretz and family including a month old grandson in windsor also friends in london over the weekend ask permission for wreckers 5th con whitchurch mr cappe owner of 20 acres of land at lot 26 con 5 whit church twp appeared before council on monday requesting permission to dismantle cars on his property the suggestion of a wrecking yard at this point has been mentioned several times previously since 1958 but was opposed by other resi dents mr cappe advised council that he would employ several men he said that his firm cole man motors toronto would be trucking away the old bodies and not burning them on the property reeve wallwork stated that council had doubts about allow ing any wrecking yards as they had had some sad experiences along this line council did agree however to visit the property and advise on a decision at a later date relief still up the number on relief in the township has continued to climb and the expenditure for the month of march reached the figure of 441930 the town ship pays 20 of this account proclamation council agreed to a canvass on may 3rd and 4th for the bene fit of the mental health asso ciation april 30th to may 6th has been set aside as mental health week served twp for 12 years whitchurch township road dept has received the resigna tion of william lundy who has served the municipality as a road foreman for over twelve years the resignation was ne cessitated through ill health no chance ix massey- ferguson business we wish to correct a report which appeared in this news paper last week regarding the len haylow masseyforguson agency mr haylow has not disposed of his business is still the masseyfcrguson agent and is prepared to provide nevy ma chines and parts for farmers throughout the district the real estate business in which mr haylow is engaged is in addi tion to his present implement business mr mrs chas tindall mark 50th anniversary on saturday evening mr and mrs charles tindall harold st stouffville celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary they were hosts to more than 100 friends and relatives at a buffet lunch- con in the masonic hall mr tindall was born in scott township near mount albert the son of mr and mrs john o tindall his parents later took up residence in the gooder- ham district where he became acquainted with his bridetobe mrs tindall the former ida switier was the daughter of mr and mrs wm h switzer on april 5th 1911 they were united in marriage at the metho dist church parsonage in ux bridge rev bedford performed the ceremony they took up xesidcree on coc 9 whitchurch but later sold their property and moved to toronto where mr tindall was employed with the cnr prior to coming to stouffville they lived at bloo- mington for a time they have resided in town for the past eleven years mr and mrs tindall have one daughter mrs orvan downer leffie in toronto they have two grandchildren and one great grandchild they are members of the associated gospel church at bloomington on the occa sion of their anniversary they received a telegram from their former church pastor and his jvvife mr and mrs ted sim- mons now of hamilton on st urday evening friends and rel- i atives were present from sarnia i lindsay toronto oshavva and parry sound r c baycroft a municipal leader in whitchurch tp on sunday april 9 mr rich ard c baycroft rr 1 gorm- ley passed away in the toronto western hospital following an illness of slightly more than seven weeks he was in his 59th year the late mr baycroft was born north of bond head he resided in the town of aurora for a number of years before taking up permanent residence on his gormley district farm where he lived for the past 24 years he is survived by his wife the former gertrude both- am one son robert at home and a daughter dorothy mrs ross smith in aurora he has one sister helen baycroft also of aurora mr baycroft could justly be regarded as one of whitchurch townships municipal leaders his interests were confined not only to council work but also to church and school affairs a member of mt pisgah united church he was treasurer on the board of stewards he was the trustee chairman of lloyd public school ss no 7 whit church township his interests in the municipality included a four year term on council three years on planning board and six years on the township court of revision he enjoyed his connections in promoting these varied municipal positions and often sacrificed his own per sonal welfare to carry out these duties his name will long be re membered in the annals of com munity advancement the service conducted from the thompson funeral home aurora on wednesday after noon at two oclock was largely attended a silent symbol of the respect held for the deceased by his many friends and associates the service was in charge of rev ivan e kennedy of the temperanceville charge assist ed by rev victor wood a ior- mer pastor and now at mal- ton interment was made in aurora cemetery the pallbear ers were messrs lambert wilson john maginn harry smith roy smith norman brown and wm ash find calf bound in field a bull calf its feet tied to gether with binder twine was discovered on monday in a field on the property of wesley yake cone 10 markham the discov ery was made by mr randall spofford pc dan denby of the markham township police de partment was called in to in vestigate police said that the calf had possibly been taken to the yake farm in a car or truck marks inthe snow indicated that it had been dragged into the field a distance of over seventyfive feet a conviction in such a case would carry a heavy court fine glen wilson pres of calf club glen wilson 7th cone of pick ering has been elected president of the brougham 4h dairy and beef calf club jim wilson bal sam is vicepresident and gloria mcgriskin cherrywood secre tary the organization meeting was addressed by alvin blades assistant agricultural represent ative he was assisted by club leaders bill boyes pickering and frank barkvjy claremont ille to have clu on town outskirts sleepy hollow golf coun try club located on the former burrows farm immediately north of stouffville on highway 17 will shortly open for mem bership the picturesque lay out described by the owners as a dream come true has been expertly planned over about one hundred acres with its spring- fed streams rolling hills and bushland the club will be strictly pri vate and this fact is expected to be an attraction to those who wish to enjoy the game in a lei surely fashion without the mad hurryup of a payasyouplay course the contract has been let for a new clubhouse designed to provide the maximum in com fort and relaxing environment the building will be of rustic splitlevel design with ample diningroom and pro shop ac commodation the official open ing of the club house is sched uled for the month of june completely watered sleepy hollow has been three years in construction and has a complete watering system from tee to green to provide the finest playing conditions the archi tects of the course have taken full advantage of the rolling ter rain to lay out an exciting is holes the course will play 6202 vhrrfs with the shortest hole bng 160 yards and the longest 495 advisory board the men behind thl dream and who will act as an advis ory board are james john stone bert turcotte and bill hamilton all with long and highranking golf experience jimmie johnstone learned his golf business as a professional and architect in scotland and was twentyfive years as pro fessional at the rosedale golf club in toronto bert turcotte a professional himself has earned a wide rep utation as a business adminis trator and has been associated with over six thousand golfers at his eglinton golf school in the past ten years bill hamilton has served as manager and tournament direc tor of the royal canadian golf association for seven years and has conducted all the national championships in canada he is currently vice president of the canadian pga professional team the promanager of the club will be fred swarbrick who has professional experience at toronto hunt club and marl borough club montreal the playing professional of sleepy hollow will be the colourful moc norman while the new- club is expect ed to draw a membership clien tele from a wide area local golf ers who are interested in join ing sleepy hollow golf coun try club stouffville should ad- 1 dress their enquiries to the pres ent city address 255 eglinton ave w toronto 8yr old killed returning from cub meeting an eight year old headford boy was instantly killed on fri day night near his home on con cession 3 markham when he darted into the path of a north bound auto ian calder son of mr and mrs douglas c calder was pronounced dead by coro ner j p wilson of richmond hill he was carried more than one hundred feet from the point of impact the victim was re turning home from a cub pack meeting in richmond hill witnesses at the scene said that the car driven by 16 year old david ralph bennett of rr 1 unionville was not travelling at excessive speed an inquest will be held pc evan kelley of the markham twp police department conducted the in vestigation green river driver jailed ten days arthur h mitchell age 24 of green river pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while un der suspension march 31st and was sent to jail for 10 days by magistrate o s hollinrake in newmarket court on monday april 10th mitchell was apprehended by markham township police after a routine check constable evan kelley told the court in testi mony that mitchell had been stopped on the markham road and at that time had been un able to produce his licence he had been driving his fathers car it was revealed that the youth had lost his licence after accumulating 15 demerit points he was also convicted in a willowdale court on a charge of failing to remain at the scone of an accident on feb 9 1961 the magistrate told the youth when your licence was sus pended it was done for the protection of the public and the law must be upheld mitch ell pleaded that a friend had driven the car for most of the evening but when the hour be came late he had driven it home himself rather than nave his friend inconvenienced mit chell will have a further sus pension of his licence due to the charge uxbridge considers fulltime dog catcher the township of uxbridge is giving favourable consideration to the hiring of a fulltime dog control officer to cover the en- lire municipality mr earl bell rr 3 uxbridge appeared be fore council at a regular meet ing on monday night reeve earl dowswcii pointed out that a dogcontrol bylaw- was on the books but there was no one to enforce it i feel that we should have one man that we can rely on he said the reeve suggested that the town ship could work in cooperation with uxbridge town in solving the problem he pointed out however that the officers serv ices could not be confined to any one particular area since everyone in the municipality would be supporting the pro gram reeve dowswell agreed however that the majority of complaints would come from the builtup areas goodwood is one of the trouble spots he said mr bell declined to give the council a direct consent on the matter he said he would at tempt to establish a workable j rate and would present his pro position at the next regular meeting chase car thieves over fields police cruisers from three dis trict departments converged on the ringwood area during the early hours of saturday morn ing when two impaired toronto teenagers attempted to outrace a markham village police car in a stolen 1959 chevrolet im- pala v8 convertible the chase possibly the wildest on local police files reached speeds up to 110 miles per hour from the husiness section of markham village to 16th avenue in mark ham township at this point the right front tire of the stolen auto blew out but its speed was slackened only to 95 miles per hour as it raced northward through ringwood warning shot sgt chester gilliatt told the tribune that following the blow out the car veered from one side of the highway to the other southbound traffic was forced off to the west shoulder of the road and in some miraculous manner no collision occurred north of ringwood the driver kenneth oster 18 of toronto lost complete control of the vehicle and it rammed headlong into the ditch striking a tree and landing upright against a fence a warning shot from sgt cilliatts gun halted the attempt ed escape of a passenger 16 year old wayne sherman also of toronto the driver ran into a nearby field but vvfs later arrested by pc s e forrester of vandorf opp they were temporarily locked up in the buttonville jail and later turned over to metro detectives of no 21 division 800 damage the stolen car the property of frank thornton toronto suffered 80000 damage in the crash he told police that he had removed the keys from the ig nition but had neglected to lock it the two boys en route to sutton were not injured sgt gilliatt and pc wm vance spotted the theft car at the intersection of no 7 and 48 highways on the markham village main street they at tempted to stop it and the chase began they were all over the place said sgt gilliatt he said that on at least four occa sions the auto appeared headed for the ditch but aided by power steering they were able to keep it on the pavement search fields the two markham village officers were later joined by pc clifford cox of markham township and pc forrester of vandorf opp and an allout search of the area was conduct ed in an effort to locate the dri ver about one hour later the youth returned to the highway and was immediately arrested by the provincial police officer high school costs up uxbridge rate just at a time when the ux bridge township council had settled for a onemill decrease in their general rate the high school area board put in a requisition for s1090796 which will require a rate of 1681 mills in ii61 this is an increase of 481 mills over 1960 the hours spent in committee of council in an attempt to re duce the rate has been more than offset by the increased high school costs the total farm and residential rate is up frcm 41 mills to 44 mills the business and commercial rate is up from 445 mills to 474 mills reeve earl dowswell told the tribune at a regular meeting of council on monday night that the high school area board had encountered an operational deficit in 1960 this coupled with increased expenditures in 1951 had been responsible for mill rate hike the reeve ex pressed some concern over the cost of the high schools ope-a- tion the schools are located at uxbridge and port perry a breakdown of the 1961 budget is as follows 1961 i960 county rate 115 1096 high school rate 168 1297 township purposes farm residential 156 1705 business comm 1909 2055 total rate farm residential 440 410 business fccoram 471 445 special rales goodwood lights 17 30 federation of agric 5 5 a capacity crowd attended the cooking school held on monday night in the high school audi torium it was sponsored by consumers gas miss l vanzant buried here the death occurred at york county hospital newmarket on sunday april 9 1961 of laura luclla vanzant daughter of the late mr and mrs urlas vanzant stouffville miss van zant had been living at the home of her brother charles vanzant for the past five years and was in her eightyfifth year she is survived by two bro thers fred of edmonton and charles of stouffville funeral service was from the chapel of l e oneill on tuesday at 2 pm in charge of rev clarence bass pallbearers were lloyd turner harry stouffcr reg stouffcr dawson and earl davis and ray flcury inter ment was in the stouffville cemetery lions to host 218 hockey players every player in the stouff ville minor hockey association will be the guests of the stouff ville lions club at the annual sports celebrities banquet on monday evening april 21th a total of 218 boys will be invited from the ranks of squirt pee wee bantam midget and juven ile in addition to the players there will be the usual array of enthusiastic promoters who have given so generously of their time during the recently- concluded season the dinner will be held in the legion hall at 630 pm sharp two pro fessional hockey stars will be in attendance team crests will be presented joy ride over school lawn brings reprisal two teenage college students members of a boys school in port credit discovered last week that it doesnt pay to take an auto joyride over a newly landscaped lawn at the rear of the orchard park public school in stouffville a nearby resi dent mr gerald brillinger wit nessed the destruction and jol ted down a portion of the license number which with a good des cription of the auto was given to the stouffville police depart ment by board chairman mr c e hendricks an immediate check with to ronto by pc dennis davies identified the cars owner and the occupants readily admitted their part in the escapade they agreed to repair the damage and the work was completed over the weekend under th su pervision of mr hendricks and harry schell due to the youths cooperation no charges will be laid local lion dist deputy lion walter pipher a past president of stouffville lions club has been elected to the office of district deputy gover nor of region 18 lions inter national the new district dep uty will have 25 lions clubs under his supervision the elec tion was conducted in aurora on monday night of this week and the local member received the honours after a close election with a fellow lion from thorn- hill lion walter pipher is only the second stouffville lion to reach this high office during the more than twenty years the club has been in operation lion fred campbell was also district deputy a few years ago walter pipher hss been a member of the stouffville club for fifteen years and has served with vigor and enthusiasm in many capaci ties during this period to the house league chanv pions and the individual tro phies will be presented to the club captains