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fouffirine 3rtbtute vol 73 no 13 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday august 31 1965 ten pages wins 2000 rcaf band scholarship to coming here mcmaster university sat sept 9fh still holding their own a fine matched team of horses once the pride and joy of every district farmer is slowly losing out in its battle for survival against todays mechanized farming methods one alaikham township far mer mr cline burr of but- fonville has kept abreast of all uptodate methods but still refuses to part with his fine team of dapple grays he is pictured here while cutting a second crop of alfalfa hay fronting on the don mills rd staff photo james andrew mcdowell r r 3 stouffville a graduate of uxbridge high school has been awarded the union carbid can ada scholarship at mcmaster university cwjh linton reg istrar mcmaster university has announced this scholarship is awarded annually for high standing a- mong students intending to ent er business industry or the teaching profession and has a value of 52000 mr mcdowell was chosen j from among 210 students who i applied for entrance scholar- 1 ships this year at mcmaster un- 1 iversity the total scholarship fund of almost s50000 was dis tributed to twentyone success ful students stouffville and the many visitors who are expected to visit the town daring the forthcoming celebration will be in for a real treat on sat urday morning sept 9tli the koyal canadian air force band from camp borden will be here inns with the local squadron of the air cadets will form part of the saturday morning parade a feature of the sec ond day program marking the opening of the new high way through town celebration begins big road opening next thursday night ehaffey bros win public school awards jim and bruce mehafley stu dents at the ringwood public school have been presented with special awards for aca demic standing during the past teim bruce mehaffey 11 has received the general proficiency prize he will enter grade 7 in september jim mehaffey 14 was judged as the student who showed the greatest improve ment during his past years work he will enter grade 9 at the stouffville disl high school this fall the completed promo tion list released only last week for publication is as follows promotions promoted to grade jx james mchaftey donna lee donna hisey barry hilts arthur nich olson maxine williams francis hay low to grade vii linda mehaf fey gay kronsko ricky mc- kenny david oldham to grade vii bruce mehaf fey nancy paul harry hilts david beckette tom phillips david baker to grade vi elaine clenden- ning daniel hilts ian wight- man peggy dennis karen williams carl painter mina mehaffey to grade v mary lou baker floyd fockler rickie ferguson kenneth leonard nancy hay- low carol ann mckenny san dra paul lawrence woolley to grade iv brian baker dorothy h a y 1 o w jacquline wightman to grade iii shirley corf arlene fockler donald harman bradley hilts dianne leitch larry leonard to grade ii linda ferguson kenneth harman daniel har man paul hilts wayne mal colm joan mehaffey tony paul larry phillips kathleen wool- ley jennifer johnstone second whitevale landmark burned in two weeks unionville home builder must have permitsolicitor despite the fact that mark- ham township council consider that ralph l lovell lot 11 6th con is building his house too close to the bank of the rouge river he will receive a building permit the house to be built in unionville was considered by council members to be on dan gerous ground however council has been ad vised by solicitor j d lucas that thorp is no alternative than to issue the permit if all legal requirements are complied with it does not matter what coun cils opinion is with regard to the site he said a building per mit he said was nothing more than a certificate that the neces sary requirements as to building and zoning were being complied with as far as i know this application conforms with re quirements if mr lovell shows plans and they conform thats that said mr lucas if the permit is refused and fhotifd not have been refused it could cost the municipality a considerable amount in costs if n appeal was made to the court and was successful the solicitor said council approved issue of the permit with deputy reeve mumberson insisting that an agreement given by mr lovell holding the township blameless in case of damage be registered so that possible future owners of the property would he warned had stolen goods remanded on 2000 bail percy phillips and robert simper both of whitchurch township appeared in newmar ket court on monday charged with having possession of stolen goods they were remanded by magistrate o s hollinrake at the request of the crown attor ney until september 5 bail was set at s2000 cash or s5000 prop erty vandorf opp say other charges may be pending for the second time in less than two weeks a whitevale landmark has been destroyed by fire on friday morning a 3- family residence and an adjoin ing garage were badly damaged the centuryold structure had once served as a hotel in the hamlet the families of the owner mr and mrs frank cody and mrs juanita beaucage were forced to leave the dwelling although a portion of their living quarters was saved by firemen from brougham markham village and southwest pickering on aug 12th wilsons mill was al so burned to the ground the fire started in the garage a building that had once served as the livery stable the cause has not been determined six children in the two apartments were asleep when the outbreak was noticed but all were able to escape without injury arkham ins title council moves to protect home owners on the arrival of a second- stouffville building by law was hand dwelling from searboroi being contravened in stouffville the local muni- the municipal council met in cipal council moved quickly to emergency session on tuesday jet up some protection for home evening and with the aid of the owners who were justifiably in- town solicitor mr j d lucs dignant at a lower class struc- a bylaw was drafted and turc being moved onto a lot sur- passed to prohibit any further l on tided by fine wellkept i movement of lower class dwcll- jiomcs i ings onto lots located in a class the mover was immediately one residential zone it is also advised that no further action expected that the minimum couldnt admit markham robbery was in us jail john edward haigh aged 29 of toronto pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering before magistrate o s hollin rake in newmarket court on monday and was remanded for sentence to sept 5th markham township police told the court that haigh had given himself up and confessed to a crime he committed in aug ust 1959 when he broke into the house of a markham township resident he admitted to theft of 75 cash jewellery a camera and some shinplasters when asked by the crown attorney why it had taken two years to admit his guilt he said the theft had been on his conscience for some time but he hadnt been able to do anything about it as he had been serving a twoyear term in a united states prison haigh has convictions dating back to 195s on charges of big amy break and enter and auto markham aces captured the southern ontario softball leag ue championship blanking mt zion 60 to win the bestoffive final 30 lefthander bob ellis went the distance in recording the shut out ellis earned the victories in the other two games both on shutouts ron jones was tagged with the defeat al tidsbury hit a solo home run for markham in the sixth inning and bob johnson collect ed two hits the presentation of the leag ue championship trophy was made by jack bond of the mt zion team to markham aces coach jack watson new travel agency opened by cnr agent stouffville is to have its first travel agency for arranging of railway airline and steamship tickets arrangements can also be made for steamship cruises hotel accommodation and tours you can travel relaxed and confidently by making your ar rangements with mr w r gurney your canadian national railways ticket agent he can help you plan and complete all your travel arrangements with ease in addition to the aforemen tioned ticket services you can also make your arrangements for your overseas trip as well ip making the announcement regarding the new agency it is stressed that this is an allinclu sive service covering every mode of transportation stouffvilles big roadopening celebration will have its initial festivities next thursday even ing various events are being i planned right up until saturday tins famous band a- 1 g 16t addition the decorating which will be com pleted by thursday the town will be alive with music and the silver dollar contest will begin therell be rides for the kiddies in the park and the lions club balloonarama contest will also be underway this balloonarama contest is a unique stunt being staged by the local lions club contest cards will be on sale on the street this friday night prepar atory to the first balloon launch ing the card you purchase will be attached to a balloon and the return card which comes back to stouffville from the farthest sought 5 mos on markham charges arrested saturday robert marcottc 22 a truck driver ssught for 5 months on charges of raping two girls in markham township 15 and 17 in march was arrested by metro police saturday he had assault ed a man and dragged his 18yr old girl friend from a parked ear assaulting her in a jewish cemetery he was apprehended by police when the girls young man re covering from a hammer blow through the window of the ear staggered for help marcotte now faces five char ges he was caught hiding in a side alley by a house and ar rested with the hammer still in his possession theft he told the court drink ing was the source of all his trouble altona family injured in motor smashup town girls meet indian team next in a game played on friday stouffville girls intermediate b softball team eliminated whitby 15 to 13 to advance into the pwsu semifinal colleen cain led the parade in hitting driving in eight runs she had a basesloaded homer in the 6th and a homer in the lth with one on joan raymer went the full nine innings on the mound for stouffville with b nicholson the losing pitcher other stouffville hitters who aided the win were helen watt joyce nesbitt audrey murison marg smith doreen alexander and joan raymer all indian team coming the next opposition for the stouffville nine will be an all indian girls team who originate from oshegan an indian reser vation near brantford the oshegan mohawks will be the toughest competition the stouffville team has had meet to date having won the provincial title in 1960 the second game will be play ed in this series in stouffville park saturday sept 2 at 8 pm jailed 3 weeks on impaired charge earl stewart 53 of gormley was sentenced to 21 days on an impaired driving charge when he appeared before magistrate bartrem it was his second offense barbara lowndes 12 of mai- ton was praised for helping catch the impaired driver she saw his car hit a parked vehicle and wrote down the license number she turned it over to the first policeman she saw a radio slert was put out and the car stopped after it had smashed into the back of a second vehicle police testified that stewart smelled of liquor had a stagger ing gait and slurred speech when questioned premier awards go to unionville romandale farms of union ville showed the grand and re serve grand champion cows in carrying off the premier exhibit ors award at the holstein judg ing friday at the cne j m eraser of bing was pre mier breeder for the 10th time at the cne and was runner up for premier exhibitor rr dennis of oak ridges showed the grand champion bull sheffield crown prince both the junior and reserve junior champion bulls were pro vided by the senior yearling class with the top award going to romandale comet and the reserve to the joint entry of r a marriage of burford and m logan of woodstock distant point will win 100 for the purchaser a lucky drawing will also be made of those who return the cards from the great est distance and one of them will receive 25 on friday in addition to the official ceremony when the dep uty minister will cut the ribbon therell be a monster chicken barbq in the park and the brooklin junior farmers square dancing group will perform later on in the evening the new street will be thrown open for a free street dance saturday is the day of the parade and the following week will begin the merchants giant promotion with super bargains all week long ending with that grand prize draw on sept 16th for the trip to new york for two whitchurch liquor vole oct 25 the date set for the liquor vote in whitchurch township is october 25th at the regular council meeting on monday ev ening clerk jack crawford ad vised that he was still awaiting word from the chief election officer queens park as to the appointment of enumerators and hours of polling the vote will be taken on the question of a liquor lounge license only e eliminated in third game by bowmanviile after forcing a third and rub- four safeties in five times at bat ber game in their best two-out- 1 he had three singles and a walk stouffville girl wins bike carole cook of stouffville was the winner of the new bicycle given away last weekend at the markham shopping centre as part of the backtoschool pro motion by the merchants there mr john shaw of the dominion store drew the winning ticket air cadets begin second term stouffville air cadet squad ron no 91 will hold the first parade of the fall term at 730 pm next tuesday at the legion hall ofthree playoff series stouffville bantams were eliminated on monday night by bowmanviile by the score of 8 to 5 torrents of rain fell in the latter innings of the third and deciding game monday night the stouffville team was at bat when rain forced the game to a halt mis erable playing conditions plagued the game almost from the outset and plate umpire don robinson was finally forced to give in to the elements and order play halted bowmanviile boys capitalized on a couple of second inning stouffville errors to get off to a 4 to 0 lead the margin proved too much for the home crew to overcome they had a golden opportunity in the 8th inning to come close as they had the bases loaded and only one out how ever they failed to come up with that allimportant hit and the rally died irwin colwell bowmanvilles starting pitcher sparked his team to the win in addition to pitching steady ball he clouted a double in the 5th inning and started his team into a com manding lead ken millers second inning double brought in two runs for stouffville and narrowed the visitors margin miller was thumbed out of the game in the sixth for letting his temper get out of hand after being called out on strikes mike cadieux who occupied the mound for stouffville from the second inning turned in a fine relief job he sent down thirteen bowmanviile players by the strikeout route and allowed only five hits jim hill turned in the best local effort at the plate with stouffville catcher al meabrey came through with the longest hit of the game a triple in the 6th inning slouftville 5 bownianville 3 behind a strong 6bit mound effort by stouffville vighhander jim daniels and a brilliant relief performance by southpaw mike cadieux the local bantams de feated bowmanviile 53 on sat urday afternoon to square their oba playoff series at one game apiece bowmanviile took the opener 86 daniels had a nohitter going for him until the fifth inning when the visitors clipped him for three hits and two runs he showed signs of tiring in the seventh and was lifted in favor of lefthander cadieux the young reliefer stopped a bow- manville rally dead he struck out 5 batters in one and two- thirds innings and left three men marooned on the sacks daniels was given a well- earned ovation when he left the mound it was possibly his finest effort of the entire season he was given solid support by his mates a towering triple by bowmanvilles jerry harness was the visitors only extrabase blow of the game gary akey started for bowmanviile with harness throwing in relief stouffvilles a 1 1 a n meabry came through with his teams big hit in the fifth with bill harman and wayne crowder parked on base he drilled a single into the outfield to push continued on page 9 to establish the dwelling on a pcrmqticnt bae would be al lowed until a full investigation by the local building inspector building requirements will be reviewed by the local planning board with subsequent recom mendations to council for a stiff- t ascertain whether or nol theicning of some clauses five members of one family were removed to hospital after a collision on the don mills road at the gormley side road on saturday driver of the car which was on the gormley side road har old bradley aged 56 of altona was injured and his wife dor othy aged 56 son wilfred aged 13 daughter dorothy aged 15 and son raymond aged 9 were involved a passenger carolyn brown aged 20 was also slight ly injured the bradley car collided with a southbound vehicle driven by george shanks aged 19 of frank dale ave toronto two of his passengers were unin jured vandorf opp arc inves tigating the accident mt zion wins opener 20 ron jones hurled a onehit ball game as mt zion came through in the final two innings of play to down colpoys bay 20 the game was a pitchers duel throughout with atkinson al- lowing four hits for the losers murray jones scored the first run in the eighth inning wcs evans hit a threebagger in the ninth inning scoring on a single by grant carson the second game of the oa- sa intermediate d softball engagements mr and mrs william benson of claremont wish to announce the engagement of their daught er mary enid to kenneth willis middleton son of mr and mrs malcolm middleton of clare mont the marriage to take place on saturday september 16 1961 mr and mrs george r smith of scarboro wish to announce the engagement of their daugh ter evelyn to mr murray era- morson son of mrs a emmor- son and the late arthur emraor son of ringwood the marriage to take place on saturday sep will be played in brooklin on tember 23 1961 at 360 ocuxk t monday night in the united church slouff viile a prize winner when it comes to producing kmitt dahlias mrs m storey main st la an expert every year her entries are kwsmicu prjzes at the annual horticultural society flower show tenyearold lois far- thing rupert ave holds a sample of one of the beauties