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3 e stonuvtlle ftrtlmiie vol 73 no 2 toe tribune stouffviixe ontario thursday june 15 1961 fourteen pages public school trustee committee to study area program for markham an overseas visitor forking hay to a holstein wales she was a recent vist- arrived in canada on may 23 200 head of cattle on the cow is not an unfamiliar tor at the murray dunkeld in exchange for four cana- cookson property that pro- chore for 20 year old beryl farm cone s pickering twp dians currently on tour in duce 2000 pounds of milk cookson of montgomery near atha four young people the british isles there are per day no 94 cadet squadron has initial inspection the stouffville and district air cadet squadron no 94 un derwent its first official inspec tion in a colourful fulldress ceremony conducted in the stouffville arena on tuesday night the young men their uniforms neatly pressed and their shoes sporting a mirror shine were commended by wing commander a h moody of the rcaf station at aylmer mu sic was supplied by the rcaf band from camp borden the squadron split into two flights displayed precision abil ity in response to every com mand on the march past the salute was taken by w c moods mr a r cousins chairman of the ontario pro vincial committee spoke brief ly the inspection chairman was mr john piatt a member of the local sponsoring com mittee from markham pilot officer w kingston ac cepted the presentation of the colours made by mr stan burk- holder president of the stouff ville legion and mrs wm mal- oy president of the legion auxiliary padre douglas da vis pronounced the prayer of dedication officers in charge of the stouff ville and district squadron in cluded commanding officer fit lieut j falkowski adju tant flying officer harry hea- thcrington chief instructor pilot officer hugh vankough- net supply officer pilot officer w kingston drill instructor w o b shaw rcaf and liaison officer fit lieut w strathy 36 pigs burned in barn fire thirtysix pigs were destroyed in a barn fire on the property of mr aylmer gray cone 3 whitchurch township on mon day morning the frame struct ure was burned to the ground in less than one hour the stouffville brigade was summoned to the scene but the blaze was out of control when firemen arrived in addition to charge against auto wrecker is dismissed a charge of operating a wrecking yard contrary to a markham township landuse bylaw was dismissed in button- ville court by magistrate n p kelley on friday morning when his worship agreed that the de fendant had been in business prior to the passing of the or der david stewart lot 20 cone 2 was represented by counsel markham township planning director mr ron forrest rep resented the crown sgt wm shearn of the mark ham township police depart ment said that he had visited the stewart premises prior to 1955 and could see only two or three wrecked vehicles he said that on may 17 1961 the lot contained 15 cars 2 tractors and 2 trucks he suggested that the scrap would cover approximate ly one acre of land the solicitor for the accused contended that the township by law was not passed until 1954 and did not receive ontario municipal board approval until aug 15 1955 he charged that his client had commenced his operation prior to the initial date i submit that there is a dif ference between wrecking one oar from time to time and enter ing into the wrecking yard busi ness argued mr forrest i can appreciate the town ships position said magistrate kelley but i am not satisfied that the land had not been used prior to the passing of the by law the charge was dismissed broken neck caused death near cashel james edward hickson 20 of cone 2 whitchurch town ship died as the result of a broken neck according to a re port presented by dr r j mac- kay pathologist at the scar- boro general hospital at a coro ners inquest held at button- ville on wednesday night the victim was killed almost instant ly when his northbound car crashed into a bridge abutment at cone 6 markham north of cashel on may 13th he was the lone occupant of the auto richard strootman of aurora was the first witness to arrive at the accident scene he pre sented evidence along with pc john mccague who took charge of the investigation for the markham twp police depart ment the jury consisted of the fol lowing men leslie zimmer man herbert guardhouse har vey houck harry forrester richard roxborough no rec ommendations were presented driver claims 25 mph limit not realistic the pigs a threshing machine a fanning mill and a quantity of hay and straw were consum ed faulty wiring has been blamed for the outbreak the owner has occupied the prem ises for the past 37 years the loss is only partially covered by high school board seeks vocational training for stouffville members of the stouffville district high school board are anxious to provide vocational training here at a regular meeting on tuesday evening it was agreed that the chairman and the secretary should com prise a committee to contact major a a mckcnzie mpp in an effort to arrange an inter view with the minister of edu cation an addition to the pres ent high school structure would be required to provide technical instruction the provincial government has given the green light to a number of vocational centres in the area including uxbridgc thornhill and dunbarton mrs marcia brown of willow- dale a former staff teacher at ajax has been hired to fill a position left vacant recently in the home economics depart ment she will begin in septem ber at a salarv of 4700 mr gordon ratclift said that he had contacted the beamish construction co with regard to trucking clean fill to level off one end of the playing field arrest seven in bingo raid the markham township po lice department working in co operation with the metro mor ality squad conducted a raid on a bingo at the farmers mar ket thornhill on monday night and arrested four men and three women they have been charg ed with keeping a common gam ing house released on their own per sonal bail were robt blay- lock 37 leslie anderson 24 ross israel 17 kathleen is rael 40 winnifred anderson 22 and elizabeth allan 35 all of toronto and alfred ham mond 31 of ajax they will appear in newmarket court on june 19th sgt harvev cox sgt robt hood and pc donald dukes of the markham department j took part in the raid about 3co persons in the building were a stouffville motorist charged with speeding within the lim its of the police village of un- ionviile submitted a letter to buttonville court on friday morning in which he criticized the 25 mile per hour speed zone joseph donald taylor 78 tin- dale road was charged with driving at 45 mph he was clocked on a new radar warn ing device operated by pc bruce findlay of the markham twp police department mr taylor was not present in court but his letter was aired by the magistrate he suggested that the present limit was un realistic pc findlay stated that the radar instrument was located in a school zone he said that the accuseds speed was the highest of any that were stopped that day magistrate n p kelley did not agree with the drivers views on the matter and levied a fine of s20 plus 150 costs it is in this mans own inter ests to know that the enforce ment of speed limits is being carried out in the district he home from africa on yr furlough the gormley community will welcome home mr and mrs allan doner and son dale 6 on monday evening the mis sionary family will spend a one year furlough in the dist rict before returning to ilorin nigeria for a third term they have completed a total of eight years in the african mission field the home of mr and mrs charles milsted of gormley will be the scene of fellowship and reunion on wednesday june 21st when neighbours and friends are invited to drop in from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm mr and mrs doner and family will reside in an apartment over the milsted store the missionary couple are wellknown to residents in the gormley area mrs doner had previously been in charge of victoria square public school and also did supply work at vandorf prior to their homecoming they will visit with mr and mrs ray hawkins stationed in la gos nigeria they will leave lagos at 9 am on sunday and will touch clown at malton at 550 pm on monday they will stopover in london on sunday night a commitee composed of representatives of the twenty- two school sections in mark ham township as well as the seven union sections is to be named shortly to study plans for the creation of a school area board for the township to administer the operations of all the small public schools mr f richardson vice chairman of township planning board will be the chairman the decision to set up this committee was arrived at dur ing a public meeting held last week at buttonville at which representatives of all the trus tee boards attended as well as members of council and school inspectors reeve wilf dean chairman said that the public school prob lem was a pressing one as the population in most areas con tinued to increase he paid tri bute to the pioneers who had built the oneroom schools but said that they were not ade quate today we a a council have no in tention of forcing the issue of a school area so long as the trustee take up the matter themselves and can report on some progress said reeve dean inspector reports insp maynard hallman pre pared a full brief for the meet ing covering the several ways in which a school area could be established for the township mr hallman advised his audi ence in his opening remarks that markham township was away behind the times in elim inating the small oneroom school he said that in the prov ince as a whole only 15 of all the pupils were still being edu cated in these small schools while in markham township 42 of all the pupils were still attending the little red school house losing money markham schools he said were losing money by not hav ing the area established the first year such an area is es tablished eah school section re ceives a grant of s3300 and this is increased to 500 each year thereafter as markham has over 20 sections it would mean some 10000 additional revenue to have the area boards some schools might face higher costs he said but this is no different from the situa- 1 tion they are facing now where their present building is not i ample mr hallman further stated that the oneroom school was not as simple an operation now as previously since many were i being called on to takepupilsi from neighboring schools due to overcrowding question period john weir of unionviile ask ed what an area board could do for unionviile where the unit is quite complete mr hall man replied that unionviile was an excellent school and operated efficiently and offer ed no suggestion of change mr richardson vice chair man of the planning board said his board did not like the proposed areas the question of debentures mr hallman stated would be handled by adjustment mr s parker of school area no 1 suggested a committee almost one year ago steph en mitchell of wilcox lake was involved in a triple fatal acci dent at the ringwood intersect ion he was a passenger in a westbound stolen auto that crashed into a northbound tor onto car three persons died but mitchell later recovered in the york county hospital at newmarket a short time later a brother was killed in a stolen vehicle near guelph during the early hours of saturday morn ing another brother david f mitchell met his death in an un successful theft attempt of a car near clarcmont it marked the second fatality and a third serious auto aeci- to study mr hallmans outline dent that has befallen the fam- second brother killed in auto theft attempt mr richardson immediately ex pressed the fear of rural boards being ruled by urban centres possibly area no 1 would like to be a metro on the sub ject he replied mr mckay of area no 1 stated that his board had had to hold 60 meetings last year and he didnt think they would want to have any increases in this regard frank wolfe of area no 2 said he could see that trustees of the future were going to have a fulltime job deputyreeve mumberson said he was in favour of improved public schools he anticipated increased costs but said they could not be avoided if all pu pils were to have the same opportunity councillor sumner said he had two children in area no 1 and did not begrudge the cost he hoped the trustees would study the inspectors brief and soon bring in a report this is a big question it might take five years im op posed to council putting on any pressure for an early solution declared councillor hooper i dont like to see the thing forced but i think council will have to do something as many of the schools arent meeting the needs said councillor wat son ily within the year on each oc casion a stolen vehicle was in volved in the latest incident the driv er failed to negotiate a turn at the intersection of the brock rd and con 8 pickering and the auto overturned at least three times the car belonged to ste phen wideman of claremont the victim was hurled through the windshield and suffered a broken neck the vehicle was wrecked beyomcrepair two nearby residents earl pilkey and arnold burton were sum moned to the scene by a passing motorist ontario provincial po lice from the whitby detach ment conducted an investigat ion expect over 500 at ward reunion more than 500 members of the ward family are expected to at tend a reunion celebration in the claremont community park on saturday afternoon it will mark the first largescale get- together of the clan in more than seventy years the last re union was held in 1s90 at the home of grandmother ward now the residence of tom ham mond in claremont more than 230 invitations have been sent out to relatives in distant points of both the united states and canada it has been estimated that if every member of the ward family could be present their numbers would exceed one thousand the official chairman of the program is mr fred ward of claremont mrs will blrkett ot stouffville is the secretary treasurer belz co gets nearly 7000 eligible voters for liquor ballot in markham tp at school betz construction co has been awarded the contract for the renovation of the washroom fa cilities at the summitview pub lic school the local firm placed the lowest bid on the work at 9673 much of the cost of the work is involved in the replace ment of the plumbing which has been outmoded for some years said other fines john c houck 18 of rr 1 unionviile was fined 500 and costs for driving at 43 miles per hour in a 25 mile zone merle timbers rr 1 gormley had his speeding charge withdrawn when the magistrate could not read the writing on the sum mons although he had plead ed guilty it was not accepted the charge was laid by the stouffville department in br other charge filed by stoufl- ville walter wright of willow- dale was fined 10 and costs lion president installed lion neil patrick of the stouffville lions club was in stalled as president on monday evening by district deputy alf hill close to 7000 eligible voters may cast ballots at the polls on the forthcoming liquor question in markham township on wed nesday june 21st according to reports the issue has stirred up a high level of interest across the municipality according to the require ments of the liquor licence act the returning officer is not obliged to reveal the official re turns until the afternoon of the following day clerk harry t crisp suggested however that an unofficial tabulation would be recorded at his buttonville office on wednesday night it is no secret that a vote no committee headed by chair man hugh boyd has been most active public meetings have been held weekly during the past month the tribune has learned of only one wet meet ing to date that was conducted by the plebescite promoter mr f hugh brennan at henderson dog control is finalized the carefree life of wayward dogs is in jeopardy in the town ship of uxbridge mr earl bell has already picked up three an imals since the completion of the pound although the accom modation is still rather limited this will be remedied in the near future two trailer residents will he issued legal ultimatums since they have exceeded the deadline established by the council one is located on the dhl ranch cone 7 and the other on the russell albright farm between cone 5 and 6 it is owned by mr and mrs richard colwell these matters were dealt with by council at a regular meeting ave public school in highland on monday night park i 21 inch trout in local stream jim taylor 70 of claremont is flie envy of every amateur angler in the district on thurs day afternoon he hauled a 21- inch speckled trout out of a tiny stream that cuts through the westerly outskirts of the village the big beauty tipped the scales at four and a quarter pounds the fish gobbled up the worm hook and part of the line mr taylor stood his ground and finally mastered his catch twelve inch trout are quite common in the creek hut mr taylors find is by far the larg est ever recorded a smaller six inch fish was discovered in its stomach the local angler tossed the trout over his shoulder and hau led it home amid the admiring glances of all rod and reel art ists in the hamlet so great was the weight that the line red dened his hands it was preserv ed on ice for a time as positive proof of a fishermans good fortune j klna ircfa engagement mr and mrs john white rr 1 locust hill ontario wish to announce the engage ment of their daughter carol eva to john howard malcolm son of mr and mrs robert malcolm rr 1 locust hill ontario the wedding to take place on july 7th 1961 at 7 pm in the st johns united church brougham too late for tins week a considerable number of news budgets had to be omitted from this weeks issue as late ness of arrival made it im possible to produce prior to deadline time eileen frclz a rather unique graduation ceremony was conducted on saturday june 3rd when two sisters edna and eileen fretz daughters of mr and mrs ed fretz markham rr 2 re ceived their degrees in nurs ing from the kitchener and waterloo hospital both grad uates are former students of markham dlst high school local the fire brigade was sum moned to the home of mr fred smith montreal street on wednesday morning an over heated furnace prompted the call but no damage was caused permitted to leave without he said that although this work i question markham officers have had been promised rotiits tad had the operation under sur- bea iozt to di-t- jv lor scat tiae birth mcdowell mr and mrs john b mcdowell nee car ole lewis announce the birth of a son charles richard at the york county hospital newmarket on jus 9 1961 stepping down from the office this year is lion ted topping who was warmly thanked by the club membership for his fine work lion alf hill who is also leaving the district depu tys chair this year to be sur- ceeded by lion walter piphcr of stouffville conducted the in stallation of all the officers whose election was recently an- noucedi a cows a cow the world over says farmerette visitor from wales a cows a cow the world over whether it is contentedly munching grass on a hillside in germany grazing over a moor in england or loafing under a maple tree in canada this is the claim of twenty year old beryl cookson of mortgomery wales miss cookson currently on tour in ontario was selected along with throe other young people to represent england on an exchange program with four canadian junior farmers who set sail recently for the british isles while visiting in ontario county she received a first hand insight into the various methods employed on an aver age canadian farm when she spent six days on the murray dunkeld property cone 8 pick ering township sporting a sunny smile and a matching personality she rad iated a friendly feeling of good neighbourliness coupled with an accent known only to her native homeland she was interviewed by the tribune on saturday morning mists cookson displayed am ple proof of her ability as she wielded a forkfui of hay with extreme agility and manipulate ed a milking machine like a veteran she took over at the controls of the dunkelds farm tractor but expressed some fear of the machines frontend load er i dont think i could drive it with that tool on the front she said in the kitchen she looked equally adept at hand ling a dishcloth and towel care of poultry is her main hobby on her parents wales farm their herd boasts 200 head ol holsteins which average 2000 pounds of milk per day only recently they installed a milking parlor can collection has not been replaced by bulk storage as is the case on the majority of ontario farms al though the cookson property covers 250 acres the average farm includes only sixtynine canadian farms contain more waste land wales is also noted for its sheep farming beryl has been a member of a young farmers organiza tion for nearly five years the honorary president is prince philip queen elizabeth is their patron in addition to her in terest in agriculture she is an accomplished musician and an enthusiastic athlete since her arrival at montreal aboard the empress of canada on may 23 she has taken part in many sightseeing tours and speaking engagements she was inter viewed on radio and appeared on channel 9 tv on friday she spoke to a wideeyed group of students at the atha public school on thursday aug 3rd she will return home via the empress of england dealer charges discrimination in tenders neil patrick of stouffville local general motors dealer charged markham township council with discrimination in the letting of a tender for a water tank truck to be used for firefighting purposes the brief exchange was confined to mr patrick and councillor al lan sumner at a regular meet ing on monday night mr patrick said that specifi cations as defined in the tender were cot kandaxd with certain cmc lines and it was neces sary that a price be submitted on a higher range vehicle mr patrick suggested that council was aware of this fact the low bid was submitted by wm neal of richmond hill at 3100 for a fargo truck the low patrick tender was for 3935 a total of ten tenders were received one member is swaying the council and it is not fair said mr patrick who claimed that as one paying 6000 taxes into ihe township he should receive consideration committee rhair- man sumner said he had inter viewed gm dealers and had been told that the specification could be met in the same price range hockey star to wed boh cherry cone 7 picker ing former star clarcmont for ward in the community hoc key leagup 2nd last season with uxbridge will be married on saturday jure 17th his bridetobe is miss ann eleanor correll daughter of mr and mrs sidney conrell of whitby the wedding will take place ia the- whitby united church