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offmcrl road opening fbedhy vol 73 no 14 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday september 7 1s61 twelve pages swank new club house nears completion uxbridge twp lady 108 sept 18 on monday sept isth mrs celia baker of uxbridge town ship will mark her losth birtn- day she lives with her daugh ter mrs mearle phillips on the south side of no 47 hvvy east of the fifth concession mrs baker is ontario countys old est resident in spite of her many years her eyesight is still keen she is active and takes a morning stroll in the yard when the wea ther is fine although no special birthday celebration is planned it is expected that a number of longtime friends and family relatives will be present mrs baker was born at new market the former celia ann dennie she worked out in dis trict homes to assist in support ing her eleven brothers and sisters she earned 5100 per month open investigation into property transfer to american evangelist construction work on the stouftville is nearing comple- tario the project was started ultramodern club house lo- tion it will be officially opened in april no details have been rated at the sleepy hollow later this month the rustic left unfinished the structure and a dining lounge to accom modate 200 people the pri vate membership has already golf course on the outskirts of chalet design is unique in on- has a fullyequipped kitchen reached 155 persons nonmem bers are invited to view the scenic surroundings at their leisure staff photo markham twp police halt stolen car in 95 mph chase pc bruce findlay of the markham twp police depart ment halted 3 teenage youths in a stolen car following a wild chase on no 48 hwy during the early hours of tuesday mor ning at speeds up to 95 miles per hour turned over to the vandorf detachment of the o- pp were two toronto boys alvin mullen 16 and joseph kdgcworth 18 and a scarboro jad ross ward 16 mullen and edgeworth were recent escap ees from the brampton train ing school the auto was stolen from the premises of stephen yowney at ballantrae it was spotted by pc findlay in markham vill age where the chase was start ed the vehicle was finally halt ed at finch avenue in scarboro one youth was found in the car and another attempted to hide under the auto a third at tempted to escape on foot but was halted after the officer fired n warning shot into the air the trio has also been charg ed with break entry and theft at glendale pavilion at mussel- mans lake revival noisy 677 ps pupils the total enrollment of stu dents at stouffvilles two pub lic schools has climbed to 677 pupils this is an increase of 59 over the term end in june orchard park school has an attendance of 255 or an increase of 4 summitview is up by 55 with an enrollment of 422 there were 91 beginners in kin dergarten residents in the bayview avenue of markham township have filed a complaint with council concerning the noise from a nearby revival tent meeting which has operated in the district for the past three weeks the services are in charge of kentucky evangelist e g gagain complainants charged that the noise was continuous night ly until after eleven oclock and their children were unable to sleep council members sug gested that they could revoke electric power privileges that had been granted to the organ ization township solicitor j d lu cas said that the township could not ban such services but could legislate to govern the use of loudspeakers mr gagain had earlier in formed the council that he in tended to hold meetings in the bayview area for a three week period no extension of the time was ever granted to hold north york plowing match near sutton the wm sellers farm one- half mile south of sutton on highway 48 will be the scene of this years north york plow ing match on friday sept 29 the prize list will be published next week the presentation of awards will be made at the plowmans banquet to be held in sutton the junior match will be con ducted on the grant wells farm at lemonville on saturday sept 23rd a team of boys will be selected to represent the dist rict in international competi tion 9 kennels in builtup area criticized in court mrs w percy markham marks 90th birthday mrs walter percy a well- known and highly respected resident of markham village quietly celebrated her ninetieth birthday at her main street resi dence on sunday a number of friends relatives and neighbors called to enjoy a cup of tea and extend birthday greetings mrs percy was born in ux bridge the former jemima dew- hurst eldest daughter of thos dewhurst and henrietta will- son during the early years of their marriage they resided in western ontario mr percy passed away two years ago in his 98th year mrs percy leads an active life she still loves to entertain with the zest of a much younger person she is the mother of eight living children she has 24 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren miss judy irmcn had a mis fortune to break her log while playing on the teetertotter mrs j c alder victoria hc visited her uncle mr and mis chris armstrong on hcr return from a tour of the euro pean countries parade route members of the stouftville air cadet squadron the boy scouts and cubs will take part in a colourful main street par ade commencing on saturday morning at 11 oclock the pro cession will be headed by the rcaf band from camp bor den the parade will form up at giles and patrick motors in the west end of town and proceed eastward through the business section to the summitview pub lic school it will return to take the salute in front of the fire hall at home mr and mrs george todd of goodwood will be at iiome lo their friends and relatives on the occasion of their 50th wed ding anniversary saturday sept 16th 1961 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm once termed the doggiest neighbourhood 1 n markham township a former resident on sussex avenue mrs rose libertus was fined s500 and 1250 costs in buttonville court on friday morning on a charge of permitting animals to make unnecessary noise mr and mrs libertus have moved their kennels to property in pickering township the for mer peter barron premises at lot 29 cone 7 before registering a convic tion mr archie fleming jp charged that markham town ship council had in the past tended to be too free with their kennel permits kennels have been allowed anywhere in the township which is a sorry thing he said he pointed out that a total of nine kennels had been approved for one builtup area and the courts were ex pected to rule on the definition of unnecessary noise the present bylaw still in use by markham township was drawn up 18 years ago mr donald hindson solicitor for the defendant contended that dog kennels could be pro hibited in a particular area through a properly approved zoning bylaw and not under the guise of an ancient anti- noise bylaw he pointed out that his clients had decided lo move out of the municipality only to keep peace in the town ship two witnesses mr ken neth stiver and mr douglas richardson had earlier testified that dogs had created a hard ship on adjacent residents sgt harvey cox speakiri ther the noise came from the inside or outside of the pen i feel that the libertus dogs did not make unnecessary noise he concludd hold private service for late jas cole a private funeral service was conducted from the parlors of l e oneill stouffville on sunday afternoon at 3 oclock for the late james cole of goodwood rev douglas da vis was in charge with inter ment in goodwood cemetery besides his wife the former gwen saunders he is survived by a son and a daughter also his mother mrs wm rise- brough of dicksons hill three sisters ethel mrs ron wil son of toronto anna mrs bruce fockler of ringwood mary mrs michael fitzgerald of toronto and a brother bill of scarboro he was in his 24th year the pallbearers included six friends of the deceased messrs bob paisley mickey hunt robt windsor kenneth pilkey ken neth roberts and geo wilson goodwood shorthorn exhibitor scores at exhibition in a strong showing at the cne several relatively new shorthorn herds made an ex cellent showing jas daly goodwood showing at the cne for the first time had the reserve junior cham pion bull this was sandoon ringleader winner in the sum mer yearling bull class other daly wins were third prize sen ior yearling bull second prize junior bull calf and first prize junior heifer calf the herd of n d hogg uxbridge placed second in the summer yearling heifer class mf farms milli- ken had a third prize entry n the group of three calves the transfer of a property deed that would give a travell ing us tent evangelist a legal title to 15 acres of property in the twp of whitchurch has aroused the indignation of resi dents in the area harold a jones lot 16 cone 7 whit church agreed to the land trans fer after he attended a religious meeting near goodwood in ux bridge township last summer an aurora solicitor completed the transaction it was signed by both mr and mrs jcnes and the evangelist mr e g gagain of kentucky usa the ontario provincial police were asked to look- into the matter when a neighbour sug gested that the jones family might be forced to vacate their premises mr gagain returned to the stouffville district again this summer and erected his portable tent on the jones farm it was later moved to a sitt on bayview avenue in mark ham township north of rich mond hill to de mr gagain has re fused to release his claim to the land mr jones is alleged to have offered the evangelist a rear tenacre portion of his pro perty to settle the issue but this too was turned down mr jones a deeply religious man is reported to have offered the property to evangelist ga gain to further his concept of a new jerusalem program for the district the family have engaged the services of stouff ville solicitor david a coon to delve into the matter further organize no voters in whitchurch township council favours highway dept to look at devils elbow the famed devils elbow on the 5th concession of mark ham township which has been a source of road trouble for many years came up again at markham township council this time reeve dean asked council to refer the subject to the department of highways for advice on the situation v whltrhtirvh tvp council has for the crown staled that the i siven its approval to the legal- ycr hnlnmjr n z hhimi hc mrs reta laushway wins golf title at sleepy hollow mrs reta laushway of stouff ville captured the ladies club championship at the sleepy hollow golf course on monday afternoon in a thrilling seesaw competition withanother stou ffville member mrs peggy top ping mrs laushway was ex tended to the 19th hole to win mrs topping was plagued by a sand trap on the extra hole there were more than twenty entries in the qualifying round that started five weeks ago it is the first ladies championship tournament at the new course the mens final will be staged on sunday the two finalists are jim johnstone and fred stone both of toronto the two stouffville ladies staged a close battle through out the entire 18 holes they were separated by no more than one hole during regulation play mrs laushway will be present ed with a club trophy a rep lica of which will be retained by the winner a vote no committee has been organized in the township of wjiitchurch to voice opposi tion to the introduction of liquor lounges within the muni cipality the plebiscite will be held on oct 25th one public meeting has al ready been conducted in the township and another is plan ned for monday sept 18th in the community hall at van dorf a committee of nine mem bers has been formed headed by mr alvin farmer of gorm- ley and mr merlin baker other persons include mr arthur starr vice president mrs clif ford burkholder recording sec retary rev gordon winch cor responding secretary mr stu art starr treasurer prof er nest smith organizing chair man mr ed mccrae publicity chairman and mr lloyd grose finance chairman at coop a breakin at the office of the stouffville cooperative netted a lone thief 41900 during the early hours of thursday morn ing in the thiefs haste to leave the building 80000 in cash was left behind in addition to a quantity of burglars tools a number of cheques taken art not negotiable entry was gained through a small window the safe door was pried open with a crowbar and- drill the thief tripped the burglar alarm and pc hugh vankoughnet was summoned to the scene but the man mad good his escape niici operator should have sons control over the opera tion of his business solicitor hindson argued that mrs libertus had obtained a kennel license from the town ship and had erected the shel ters in accordance with town ship regulations and specifica tions as required by the build ing inspector mr fieming in handing down his decision said he was not interested in the number of dogs involved whether it be only one or fifty he noted also that it made no difference whe- deputy minister to cut ribbon on new 400000 highway on friday ol national hos ha sweepstakes under gov- ciniiiurii jurisdiction aiiil con trol of the chartered bank of canada this action unanimous ly approved by all members followed the receipt of a reso lution submitted by peel coun ty council the peel county resolution pointed out that new hospital costs had in the past placed j heavy debenture charges on many municipalities it stated further that many existing hos pitals were presently operating with insufficient space and ac commodation to serve a grow ing population it noted tha davie gordon and marjorie nee barber manie on are happy to announce the birth of a boy george gordon 9 lbs 5 oz at grace hospital toronto on thursday august 31 1961 marg and goorgie both fine gilbert brad and norma nee white are happy to an nounce the birth of their son brent eugene born august 27 1961 weight 7 lbs 10 oz at newmarket hospital a baby brother for jimmy wilton dial and lois nee neville happily announce the arrival of a 9 lb 1 oz baby daughter sister for terese and teddy sept 1st 1961 at scarborough general hospital on friday sept 8th the villlthe roadopening ceremony wi age of stouffville will le the include reeve k n wagg of scene of the official opening of stouftville and major a a mc- a now portion of highway no kenzie mpp for north york 47 the opening ceremony will be performed by w j fulton deputy minister of highways acting for hon fred m cass qc highways minister the ribboncutting will touch off a colourful program of events to include a chicken bar becue on main street square dancing a public street dance a parade lucky draws and free gifts and candy for the child ren the grand prize draw a nip tor two to new york city or the equivalent in cash will be made on saturday sept 16th at four oclock the complete program appears on iye 3 of this issue other officials taking part 1u with dedication by bass rev c t the new section of highway extending from hwy no 48 at ringwood through the main business section of stouffville a total distance of 187 miles consists of two lanes 21foot pavement from the west end of the village to no 48 and four lanes on main street new- curbs and gutters have been constructed with new sidewalks installed through a large part of the business section the total cost of the projtvt is well in excess of s370000 the rihbon- 388 hs students an influx of new students into the five grade 9 classes at the stouffville dist high school has equalled the withdrawal of 62 aurora pupils who attended here during the 196061 term the total enrollment as recorded by the principal mr we dux- bury on tuesday morning was 3ss the same as in september of last year this figure is ex pected to increase slightly a hreakdown of the individu al grades shows 117 in grade 9 101 in grade 10 63 in grade 11 59 in grade 12 and is in grade 13 there are two grade 12 classes this year five classes have been required again to ruttinz cercmnnv will hecin at i v l gain io i dwiarj vie 3 om coremon vum bc ai cope wth the grade 9 cnrolll board were new dunbarton school for 450 students the doors of the new dun- bartot high school opened to 450 students on tuesday morn ing the 14cassroom school was completed in time for the sep tember term and will ease slight ly the load carried by the pick ering dist school it posted a firstday enrollment of 5s5 stud ents the construction cost of the dunbarton school was close to 5500000 members of the school in attendance on opening day new hospitals would be requiredj farrier grant and joyce in many sections of the country within the near future and the sweepstake venture would con stitute a source of financial sup port for such projects a copy has been forwarded to both the federal and provincial govern ments all councils have been asked to lend support to the request the resolution was placed before members of whit church township at their regu lar meeting on tuesday night markham twp council agreed to delay positive action on the issue for one week two mem bers depreeve lawson mum- berson and councillor allan sumner spoke favourably con j corning the matter mr mum- berson suggested that a large amount of money was being sent out of canada with little return councillor sumner con tended that he could sec no rea son why canadian money should go to ireland are happy to announce the birth of a daughter on sep tember 1 1961 at the brier- bush hospital life is like a game of tennis the player who serves well sel dom loses hockey meeting on sept 1 0th the organization meeting of the stouffville community hockey league will be held in the office of the stouff ville arena on sunday after noon sept 10th at 230 teams wishing to file ent ries in the group should have representatives in attendance there may lie openings for one or perhaps two new clubs the league will enter its fourth season claremont has taken two titles ringwood are the defending champions friday evenings have been tentatively booked and the league schedule will open late in october if sufficient entries are received i lively little leaguer throughout the pcewec sche- it is only his second as the dule of the pickering town- teams number one receiver ship softball league clare- he had previously played in monts entry recorded a string the outfield or at shortstop of victories unmatched in the with his battery mate geo entire group the clubs catch- redshaw they combine lo cr 12 year old eric jones has form a potent pair his fav- been a big factor in keeping ourite bigleague performer is the claremont win streak in- roger maris of the yankee tact although this is his staff photo 4th season in pecwee ranks