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e ribttne vol 73 no 9 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday august 3 1961 ten page3 beginning of the end after almost five years of permanent paving project in continuous upheavel main st stouffville when the first layer merchants motorists and resi- of asphalt was applied last dents welcomed the start of a week reeve kenneth wagg foreground lowers the starl ing flag to officially open the muchanticipated paving pro gram the new road will ex tend from church street west to ringwood staff photo death of baf boy halts game the accident dsih of a 13 year old port perry boy on sunday resulted in the cancellation of a south on tario county league softball kame in markham on tues day night gary jackson the bat boy for port perry jr- was dis covered suspeiiutj by a rope from a beam in a barn on the village fairgrounds the vic tim was himself a promising young athlete and his father j kenneth jackson was one of the teams sponsors monte iloiman manager of the markham aces readily agreed to the postponement the funeral service was con ducted on wednesday after noon of another american industry reported for whitchurch the stouffville tribune through reliable sources has been given to understand that another american industry is preparing to locate in whit church township it is under stood that the new firm is con templating amalgamation with the erie manufacturing co now located at ballantrae the latest concern slated to come here will manufacture fiber glass tanks for use in canada reeve cliff wallwork who has taken an active part in promot ing industry in the township has confirmed the tribune re port having had a part in inter esting this second us industry to come north the present erie plant is to be extended this fall to three times its present size and the manufacture of the fibreglass tanks will take place in the new building when it is completed mr k rogers vice president and general manager of the erie company told the trib une that the new firm expects to be in production this fall mr rogers said that he has had contacts with a number of am erican firms wishing to open subsidiary plants away from the large american cities many he said are interested in coming to such smaller centres as ballan trae gormley and stouffville mr and mrs leo wagg and family mill st are spending a vacation at a cottage near bre chin mrs joe cayman of ridge- town has been renewing ac quaintances in town w a burrows fatally stricken by heart attack mr william arnold burrows of tenth line south stouffville passed away suddenly on mon day july 31st 1961 from a heart attack he was a son of the late james and agnes bur rows born in scarborough town ship in 1896 in 1923 he married helm ester michel who pre deceased him in 1954 and was a resident of this district for the past 20 years previous to that time he had lived in scar borough and markham town ship surviving are a daughter helen at home and 2 sons donald and maitland both of stouffville rr2 and 9 grand children also three sisters miss marion burrows of markham mrs archie fleming jean of unionville and mrs webster knowles agnes of toronto four brothers russell lloyd ernest and roy predeceased him mr burrows was identified with the united church rev douglas davis was in charge of the funeral service held on thursday aug 3 at 2 oclock at the l e oneill funeral chapel stouffville the pall bearers all nephews of the de ceased were james and arthur burrows allison fleming mor- ley ryan allen and william michell interment was in the stouffville cemetery protests decrease in load limit the suggestion last week by whitchurch township council that loads on certain roads should be restricted to 22000 lbs brought a response this week from delbert baker wil cox lake gravel pit operator mr baker resides at gormley mr baker stated that with the weight of the truck and equipment deducted only a very small load could be hauled if such a restriction was enforced he said he didnt believe that he should be so restricted in his business reeve wallwork assured mr baker that it was not councils wish to work a hardship on anyone but it would be a means of controlling some trucks that carry excessive loads and use all the township roads heavy dust layer expense with an account of some 24- 000 this year for dust layer whitchurch twp council finds that even with a supplementary road bylaw of s50000 there will be little left for additional construction work in the muni cipality the road department is presently employing a gradeall for eight hours a day cleaning out ditches road supt davis advised the machine is work ing on the 7th concession this week rabid fox killed in fight with dog a rabid fox was killed on the premises of mike dorion cone 10 three miles north of stouffville during the early hours of tuesday morning the crazed animal attacked the dor- ions family dog rex and died in the ensuing fight the dog although quite badly bitten on the leg had earlier received vaccine shots and will not have to be destroyed mr dorion told the tribune that both he and his wife were awakened by sounds of a scuf fle at 5 am their three boys discovered the dead fox two hours later they buried it on tuesday afternoon about four weeks ago a rab id fox was the object of an in tensive search in the area of the western sand and gravel pit at that time the animal was believed to have been hit by shotgun pellets fired by pc dennis davies of the stouffville police department although the immediate district was combed by local residents po lice and game and fisheries officials the fox escaped the dead animal is believed to be the same one famous sisters quintette to attend altona service the eppley sisters of york penna will attend the altona united missionary church to provide vocal and instrumental selections at a special gospel service on friday evening aug 11th at 745 oclock the talented quintette is known from coast to coast they have presented their spiri tual programs in churches throughout the 48 states of the usa in addition to mexico the british isles south america and europe instrumental numbers will be presented on the piano the vibraharp the violin electric hawaiian guitar saxophone ac- cordioncathedral chimes musi cal saw and organ the girls are graduates from four well- established u s colleges their names are sara mary lor raine verna and pauline cases of causing recently reported cases i cattle rustling are causing some concern among farmers in the townships of uxbridge and reach within the past three weeks no less than three sep arate incidents have been brought to the attention of the ontario provincial police at whitby since the thefts have occurred in a confined area east of uxbridge town police feel that it may be the work of one or two individuals the latest case includes the loss of eight lambs from a ranch owned by thomas luke in uxbridge township earlier three registered heifers were re moved from the farm of mal colm bailey at epsom and a whitefaced steer was found slaughtered on the property of thos carter truck tire impres sions were discovered near the bailey and carter properties cattle farmers rustling concern in spite of the farmers con- cern mrs luke informed the tribune that no organized at- rangement had been established in an effort to catch the rustlers there are more than one hund red sheep on the luke premises an officer with the provincial police said that investigations by their department were made more difficult since the thefts were often not reported until days or even weeks after they had occurred he said that the farmers were themselves par tially at fault since they neglect ed to watch their herds closely some put their cattle out to pasture in the spring and dont see them again until the fall he said he suggested that re ports of cattle rustling had not reached serious proportions he said that not every missing steer or lamb could be attrib- i uted to the work of rustlers three university students charged by police in bottlethrowing spree mr l e oneill is presently confined to room 612 private patients pavilion toronto gen eral hospital businessmen unite to plan celebration for opening of highway three hospitalized when car pinned under tractortrailer young motorist killed in cartruck crash f a nineteen year old richvale motorist died following admit tance to the scarboro general hospital on thursday evening after his small english car was involved in a collision with a tractor trailer gravel truck frank j brass was killed in an accident that occurred on no 7 highway east of cone 9 markham the truck was driven by hugh r grant of myrtle dr robt seaver of markham administered first aid to the vic tim at the scene dixons ambu lance was given a police escort by pc wm vance of mark ham village pc marchment of the ontario provincial police bond lake conducted the in vestigation stouffville businessmen have united to form plans to mark the reopening of the new high way through town with the big gest celebration held here in many years the date set for the official ribboncutting is sept sth the business people are not only celebrating the opening of the new road but an end to six years of upheaval caused by the installation of sewers gas mains and new tele phone lines during the time of the cele bration which is planned to run from sept 7th to the 16th a host of funpacked events arc being arranged including con tests a street dance and the giving away of prizes galore the carnival spirit will reign beginning sept 7th and the merchants ask that you keep an eye on your newspaper and your car to the radio on sept 141516 the gates will be down as the merchants go all out with bargains which are expected to attract hundreds to town their slogan will be its fun to shop in stouffville with a helping hand from the municipal council who are plan ning the official opening for the friday afternoon sept sth the town will be gaily decorated to enliven the carnival atmosphere not since the old boys re union of thirtyfive years ago hmfofh a bif time been births ague stewart and alice vague are happy to announce the birth of a daughter on july 31 1961 at scarborough hospital a sister for carol and marilvn farrow jim and shirley are happy to announce the arrival of their son james edward on july 2s 1961 a brother for ellen and kathy gibson mr and mrs donald gibson rupert ave are pleased to announce the birth of identical twin sons on sat urday july 29 1961 at the york county hospital new market brothers for donna joey ann and danny a special thank you to dr mit chell three persons were admitted to the scarboro general hos pital one in serious condition following a spectacular accident between two cars and a tractor- trailer transport at the inter section of the don mills road and no 7 highway on wednes day morning the collision occurred when the southbound truck crashed into an eastbound auto driven by kenneth goodwin lot 18 cone 9 pickering the trans port jackknifed and while the driver edward fontaine 35 of toronto was attempting to aid mr goodwin a northbound car rammed into the trailer the driver of this auto was badly in jured michael varsava of new toronto was listed as poor by hospital authorities his wife suffered head and face lacera tions it was raining at the time of the accident and the pavement was wet the force of the im pact between the varsava ve hicle and the transport com pletely wrecked the car a 1961 model chevrolet it nosed under the trailer and the front was impaled on the dolly wheels pc evan kclley of markham twp police conducted the in vestigation he was provided with information by an eyewit ness at the scene early morning traffic at the busy intersection had to be delayed for a time until the wreckage could be cleared refer case to high court the hearing into the fatal accident case that resulted in the death of mrs levi steckley of gormley on may 1 has been scheduled for high court in to ronto on thursday sept 7th mr floyd e housser church st stouffville has hecn charg ed with criminal negligence he was the driver of a loaded gra vel transport that crashed into the rear of the steckley auto on the don mills road he has elected trial by judge and jury fire causes concern stouffville fire chief walter smith and local police author ities were flooded with calls from both motorists and resi dents concerning a blaze at the whitchurch township garbage dump on no 48 highway south of ballantrae on tuesday night the brigade answered one call but could only allow the blaz ing debris to burn itsclf out smoke from the fire could be seen as far south as markham and north to bradford a bottlethrowing spree from a moving auto southbound on the don mills road has result ed in charges against three to ronto university students a complaint was filed with mark ham township police by a northbound motorist james hood after one of the contain ers smashed a side mirror on his car the incident occurred at 7 am on saturday pc douglas tribbling on earlymorning patrol in the area of 14th avenue was alerted by pc bruce findlay from the buttonville office when the vehicle eluded his oneman road block pc tribbling gave chase and overtook the auto about one half mile further down the highway under initial crossquestion ing neither the driver nor his passengers four men and one woman were willing to co operate but they later provided police with sufficient informa tion danny mcconkey 23 of sunderland was charged with obstructing a police officer ro ger train 21 of st george st toronto was charged with hav ing liquor in an illegal place and wm doyle 19 of arling ton ave toronto was charged with littering witnesses told police that they had seen bottles being tossed out of the car and the broken remains were later discovered by police in the ditch another witness claimed that the auto had gone through a red light at the intersection of don mills road and no 7 highway police later learned that the students had been out on an allnight party although the exact loca tion of the gettogether was not revealed those charged will ap pear in magistrates court newmarket on aug 8th rush on twp taxes clerk jack crawford reported to whitchurch twp council on monday that as this was the last day for the receiving of the first instalment of munici pal taxes there had been a considerable rush and payments had been coming in at the rate of 6000 to 8000 a day he said that quite a number had enquired as to why no dis count was being allowed for full payment as in former years reeve wallwork commented that the discount was only tak en by a small number council he said allowed for this amount in making up the years budget and this savings along with others had helped to allow a de crease of over two mills in the rate which benefitted all the taxpayers suffers sunstroke bob cherry wellknown cla- rcmont district athlete suffered a partial sunstroke last week and was admitted to hospital he was later released on fri day afternoon and although not in al condition he played in the uxbridgegreenwood exhi bition softball game on friday night the hockey boys lost out by a score of 84 bob is a pt instructor at st johns train ing school near uxbridge conservation park attendance may pass million mark past years attendance rec ords at the conservation areas administered by the metropoli tan toronto and region con servation authority may ba shattered this year it current trends continue to date more than 45s00o persons have visited the seven areas in the 1000square mils watershed region and its pos sible that the million mark may be reached this year for the first time according to authority officials last weeks total attendance figures of 55s45 at the areas showed the following break down heart lake 16915 boyd 173ss albion hills 117s6 black creek 3023 greenwood fl317 clarcmont 387 and glen haffy 999 the clarcmont area the latest to be developed by the mtrca was opened to the public june 29 a total of 45000 have toured pioneer village the authoritys pre confederation crossroads community since it was opened for the 1961 season may 20 last year the authority esti mated that more than 800000 persons visited the conservation areas and the village the annual reunion of the family of the late james wagg was held in stouffville park on july 16 with sixtyeight pres ent after lunch races and con tests were held oldest gentle man present mr jacob wagg kinsale oldest lady mrs aus tin wagg toronto youngest child present stephen wagg baby son of mr and mrs mur ray wagg of stouffville presi dent kenneth wagg vice pros edna carruthers sectreas margaret wagg consider j improvements for devils elbow engineer mikalis of markham township appeared befora council monday afternoon re questing that the 5th concession be closed to traffic for a time while some repairs can be mada to the bridge at what is famil iarly known as the devils el bow the engineer reported that the bridge in question was in very poor condition and al ready some snow fence had been erected to protect the ap proaches council in discussing tha matter with the engineer con sidered that changes should ba made in the concession at this point to remove the dangerous curves and allow a widening of the bridge debenture tenders markham council is presently placing 247000 in debentures on the market and has accepted the bid of bell gouinlock co for their sale the amount of 175000 will be sold at fvto and s75000 at 6i all at 9960 eight bids were received from various bond houses mr and mrs bert gower of toronto spent tuesday in town renewing acquaintances with friends and relatives mrs j fawcett and son john of whitby were visitors on sat urday evening at the home of mr and mrs jas thomas rup ert ave herold joe and linda nee sanders are happy to an nounce the birth of their son mark steven 7 lbs 2s oz on july 26th 1961 at scarboro general hospital hathaway murna fnee da vis and allan are happy to announce the birth of their son on july 20 at the brier- bush hospital stouffville special thanks to dr button and the nurses first grand child for mr and mrs harry hathaway goodwood kartways opens to large crowd although goodwood kart ways may not be the first go- kait track in the area it is without doubt one of the finest situated on the west side of cone 2 uxbridge north of no 47 hwy the scenic centre wel comed a large gathering of spectators and entries at its official opening on sunday af ternoon reeve earl dowswcll officiated at the ribboncutting ceremony the two promoters of the project arc messrs wm bell of goodwood and gary hodgklns of leaskdale this is a wonderful track the best i have ever seen com mented the reeve it is a real credit to these gentlemen mr dowswcll said that the opera tion was covered by a township bylaw and would be properly regulated and controlled he admitted that the project had even surpassed the expectations of council in addition to the races mr jan falkowski instructor at goodwood airways ltd enter tained the crowd with amazing feats of acrobatics off to a flying start reeve earl dowswcll of ux bridge township has no in- of the midget racers for size at the official opening of good- nesbitt rear provides the and many entries some from manpower to get the machine th vnitta states the ajjribgr tontions of trading his car in wood kartways on sunday in motion the program at- track isonejof for a gokart but he tried one afternoon depreeve robt traded hundreds of spectators canada