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vol 73 so 24 the tribune stouffvtixe ontario thursday november 16 961 fourteen pages impressive ceremony members of eight local or ganizations took part in an impressive dedication ceremo ny on sunday afternoon at the base of the new cenotaph hhjgfaasb mrs fiwl paqtlp thp t- erected recently by the stouff- wagg also spoke briefly other and mrs fred castle the ded- ville legion and ladies aux- participants shown here are ication followed the remem- iliary in the memorial park left to right bernie tunney n f- rev douglas davis right y steeie roy dymond in the st james presbyterian was in charge reeve kenneth church staff photo boards and council agree on plans for annexation stouffville municipal council met in special session n thurs day evening with the planning board school boaiu and public utilities commission to discuss the proposed brief covering the forthcoming annexatio presen tation to the ontario municipal board the proposals for annexation as presented found reasonable favor with all boards only ma jor change was a smail one in staging which would add ap proximately 25 acres of land ad jacent to the high school to the residential area being al lowed in the first stage the proposed annexation of 1200 acres is planned for de velopment in two stages the first up to 5000 population plus industrial land and the second 5000 to 7500 stage 1 development will be contained to a great degree within the town limits as they presently exist plus industrial land along the highway west of town about 29 acres of residen tial land in this area as well there were some questions concerning the expansion of the municipal water system but this was referred to as a matter for later engineering some new figures on the projected school population will be prepared be fore the final draft of the pres entation a fourroom addition is plan ned for the orchard pk public school next year and the ulti mate population of 7500 by 19s0 is expected to require four public schools in all one more in the northwest corner and one in the northeast the question was raised as to the assumption that the present central park of about is acres was sufficiently large but it was pointed out that additions in other parts of the towns con templated residential sections would satisfy any openspace problem commercially it was consider ed that the commercial area at the centre of town plus an ex pansion along the highway west would be sufficient to fill the commercial needs reeve ken wagg was chair man of the meeting assisted by chairman cec hendricks of the public school board and chair man reg mckay of the plan ning board balsam farmer killed under heavy tractor in tragic accident will not on trailer a wellknown and highly res pected pickering township far mer charles fiss of balsam was instantly killed last week when pinned under his heavy tractor when it overturned on a steep embankment a mobile crane from oshawa had to be i mployed to lift the machine off the victim mr fiss was 61 mr donald jamieson a neigh bour was the first to reach the scene he decided to investigate after he saw the plow but no tractor at the end of the field the machine had failed to neg otiate a turn and toppled into a wooded area the deceased was born at mount eagle near bancroft he had farmed north of balsam for the past 14 years he was iden tified with mt zion church besides his wife the former leola jones he is survived by one son fred at home and two daughters mrs bert third bet ty of almira and mrs bill wilson june of victoria sq there are six grandchildren a brother edgar resides at glen major and a sister mrs ed jones lives in newmarket the funeral service was con ducted from the parlours of mcguire and lowe uxbridge on saturday afternoon rev t flcetham of mt zion united church was in charge assisted by dr f binnington of victoria square interment was in salem cemetery the pallbearers were messrs burnett jamieson glen manderson orr graham tom risebrough edgar ward and alfred fisher three hurt when car hits pole three persons were hospital ized two in serious condition after a small austin car went out of control on con 6 mark- ham near cashel on sunday afternoon and crashed into a hydro pole most seriously injured was the driver violet taylor 57 of scarboro and a frontseat pas senger leonard f woods 62 of oak ridges violet woods a passenger in the rear was ad mitted to hospital but later re leased mr and mrs harvey ilouck and daughter marilyn were a- mong the first to reach the accident scene a temporary first aid centre was establish ed on the houck lawn mrs tay lor and mr woods were released with difficulty and part of their clothing had to be cut away dr john button of stouttville trea ted the injured ambulances were summoned from markham and richmond hill pc clifford cox of markham twp conduct ed the investigation a further extension of time requested by an uxbridge twp trailer resident has been turn ed down by the council rich ard colwell lot 2 con 5 was given until nov 11th to move from his temporary living quar ters on the russell albright farm mr colwell informed the members that he had not com pleted the harvest of a sizeable turnip crop he said he had too much invested and could not afford to leave them in the field he said that without the financial return from the crop he might be forced to apply for relief reeve earl dowswell said un der the enforcement of the twp trailer bylaw the council could not make any exceptions councillor john angell sug gested that mr colwell had attended for the purpose of pre senting council with an ultimat um rather than engage in dis cussion he contended that mr colwell was interested in an extension of time in order that court might be more lenient in its decision mr colwell said he could not move his family into the farm residence since he had no fur niture he said he was unable to move the trailer since it re quired a license that cost 60 on a recorded vote council unanimously agreed to enter in to proceedings against mr col well and notices to this effect should be sent to both the trail er resident and mr albright the property owner leaving public municipal nomination day is only a week away and already it appears that some new can didates will have to be found for next years boards mr cec hendricks who is chairman of the stouffville pub lic school board and has been a member of the board for nine years has declared that he will not be a candidate for reelection this year mrs ethel mole who is also up for reelection to the board has also stated her in tention of retiring from the position this year mr ted top ping is the other school board member whose term expires but he has stated that he will be prepared to stand again only new possible member to declare his intentions at the moment is mr david coon soli citor mr coon states that he is interested in school board work and intends to seek nomination next week lew curling club to m house illtons issslas seventeen new tractor sales in a three month period that is the amazing record establish ed by mr fred lewis of altona feed and supplies the firm is one of 330 dealers that were en tered in a canadawide compe tition during the months of aug ust september and october listed in group b the local agency was the only ontario winner two others were from the new rolling hills curl ing club cone 5 whitchurch near bethesda will open its doors to the public on friday nov 17th the spacious struc ture erected by mr arthur lateham will offer three days of free curling from friday to sunday four rinks are now available in addition to lounge and snack bar facilities the official grand opening will be held later this year the cost of the project has been estimated at more than s165000 it is located on the former donald brown farm the remainder of the 160 acres contains a nine and an eighteen hole golf course construction was started on the curling arena back in sep tember 1960 reservations are now being taken a time sched ule is listed in an advertisement on page 14 of this issue free instruction for newcom ers to the sport will be avail able participants must wear curling shoes or rubbers a pay- asyouplay program will be in stituted after nov 19th friday saturday and sunday is all for free for further information interested parties should phone gonnley 5811 missionary the stouffville united mis sionary church gave official ap proval during the past week to the building of a s22000 addit- ion to the present structure the addition will constitute a new front to the present church build iiig besides enhancing the ap pearance of the church the ad dition will be of practical value as well it will provide room for a complete department of the sunday school better wash room facilities a cloak room and enlarged vestibule and a small auditorium for midweek meetings last sunday the congicgation observed its 5sth anniversary an offering of sg 10000 was re ceived in cash and pledges to wards the new addition prev iously some s1600 had been re ceived toward the project which means the church now has 8000 in cash and pledges for the addition in recent weeks attendance at sunday school has been av eraging around the 200 mark making the building a real nec essity rev arthur walsh the pastor said constructkm is ex pected to begin as soon as the halfway mark s11000 is reached a building committee will be named this week diss teacher convention teachers of york ontario dis trict 20 of the ontario secon dary school teachers federa tion held their annual business meeting on wednesday evening november s in markham dist high school some 250 teachers from the 16 secondary schools of the area which extends from oshawa to sutton and from newmarket to port perry were welcomed by mr newell prin cipal of the school mr r l mercer of the staff of stouffville dist high school as district president was in the chair in his remarks to the assembly he emphasized the fact that teaching is an import ant public service mr b robb field secretary of the osstf briefly ad dressed the meeting the fu ture of our society he said rests on the competence and dedication of the teaching pro fession mr pobb highly com mended mr mercer for an ex peditious handling of the meet ing the incoming president mr j d lee of sutton district high school thanked mr mer cer for his efficient conduct of business during his years ten ure of office it was announced that the an nual educational conference of district 20 would take place in pickering district high school early in february at which time the teachers of the area would meet in study groups to ex change information and to dis cuss questions of concern in their individual classroom sub jects the stouffville 1st cub pack which meets at the united church sunday school has a long waiting list and i now- forming a b pack who will meet in the new christ church parish hall the first meeting to be tuesday nov 21st at 730 the leaders for the stouffvihe packs are george bridges and frank bramham assisted by pat white norma brillinger k patrick keith eurkholder and jerry acton jury calls for signals at crossing a coroners jury comprising five markham township resi dents has recommended that warning signal lights should be installed at a level crossing on ilillsview drive the scene of a fatal traintruck accident on oct 10th alfred warr an em ployee with consumers gas co was instantly killed in the crash he was a resident of bay- view ave richmond hill the inquest was conducted at buttonville on friday evening nov 3rd presiding were cor oner dr j p wilson sgt robt hood and pc dan denby dr wilson revealed that the drivers death was the result of severe brain damage and a fractured skull in addition to warning lights the jury also suggested that the road to the ast of the cnr racks should be kept in a belte snte of repair quebec mr and mrs lewis will leave by jet flight from malton on dec 3rd for a one- week all expense paid trip to london and paris four new tractor sales were completed on the final day of the contest buyers included f grove son north markliam clare boleiuler con 5 whit church reg gihbins lemon- ville and les morganson glas gow during the past year mr lewis has sold a total of 23 new machines exclusive of oth er implements and attachments two presidents in generation for the second time in a gen eration the stouffville area has been honoured by having one of its citizens as the president of the royal winter fair the late robert miller who lived on william st was president of the big winter show some thirty years ago and friday evening george rodanz president for 1961 welcomed the guests president and mrs rodanz were hosts friday evening at the royal york hotel as lord feversham was given a recep tion preparatory to officially op ening the show the opening was a dazzling formal occasion a tradition with the royal winter fair with spotlights picking out the for mally attired dignitaries includ ing president and mrs rodanz mayor nathan phillips and the earl of feversham the tribune takes distinct pleasure in being able to report the high honours bestowed on some of our local citizens from time to time as they fake their place in national and interna tionallyknown organizations friends will regret to learn of the passing of mr peter fer guson of ringwood on tuesday evening the fergusons had gone to the home of their son ray at wexford for a few days when he was suddenly stricken he was removed to scarborough hospital where he died mr and mrs leslie heath of toronto were visitors with mr and mrs bert lickorisli on saturday at catherwood to the annual nomination mfti ing in the township of ux bridge on friday evening nov 17th may precede one of the liveliest elections in the history of the municipality two candi dates have already declared their intentions of contesting positions on the 1962 council and others are rumoured to be giving the matter their serious consideration nominations will he accepted eevesnep isaac catherwood in the township hall goodwood between the hours of 7 pm and s pm the election if re quired will be held on monday nov 27th isaac catherwood a veteran campaigner in municipal poli tics over a period of more than twenty years will toss his hat in the ring as a candidate for the reeveship he will oppose the present reeve earl dows well mr catherwood has pre viously held the post for a span of eight years he confirmed his intentions to contest the office when contacted by the tribune earlier this week a newcomer to the uxbridge election scene will be mr don ald jackson a farm resident on cone 2 mr jackson purchased the degcer property compris ing 100 acres four years ago and has been a frequent attend ant at meetings of council dur ing the past term he also in formed the tribune of his in tentions when contacted this week it is expected that the entire 1961 council will seek reelec tion these members include reeve earl dowswell deputy- rceve robt nesbitt council lors john angell charles for syth and alvln redshaw santa cbaus parade plans plans for stouffville business mens annual santa claus par ade are well underway preparat ory to the big day saturday dec 2nd the royal canadian army ser vice corps band will lead off the big show assisted by a second band and lots of hi jinks from a host of clowns and cos tumed visitors the prize list appears in this weeks issue and several changes have been made which should make competition more inter esting rural two and one room schools will be judged as a sep arate class for floats with a range of cash prizes and decor ated doll buggies and bicycles will again be judged hundreds of candy gifts are being prepared so that santa claus can treat all the young fry who will visit town on this allimportant day mark the date now saturday dec 2nd 150 fine for assault a favourable presentence re port and good character refer ences prompted magistrate r g pearse to effect some len ience in the conclusion of an assault case finalized at new market court on thursday hil- yard manuel 18 of rr 1 un- ionville was fined 15000 evi dence showed that he had beat en up an 18 year old compan ion joseph dart of mussel- mans lake on sept 24th after the youth had given testimony in an earlier case involving a leonard jackson i can safely say that he is completely sorry that he ever became implicated in such an affair said mr harold man uel father of the accused this matter came as a complete sur prise to me he continued im sure it must have been a spur of the moment thing he said that his son had never given him any trouble and would lean over backwards to stay out of trouble he ad mitted that while residing in tlie musselmans lake area threat to wlz supply a new well recently drilled on the former wellington reid farm baker hill may pose a threat to the stouffville muni cipal water supply the 25ft well has proven to be a gusher and is spewing water out at the phenomenal rate of 25000 gal lons an hour the well was drilled by new market drillers for mervin tur ner who now occupies the prop erty at lot 7 con 8 a report on the situation was given to whitchurch township council on monday clerk jack crawford stated that neighbors reported a number of wells gone dry and an urgent call had been received from the stouffville puc the waterworks here re ported that it required 20 hours to refill a reservoir that nor mally filled in eight hours on tuesday evening the pub lic utilities called for a meet ing with the local municipal council whitchurch council and engineers of the ontario water resources commission the commission engineers have al ready been on the ground and viewed the well water is being released in such a flow that it is also bringing complaints from neighbors lower down the hill some of his companions were of questionable character both the solicitor for the ac cused and the crown attorney suggested that a substantial fine would be adequate justice magistrate pearse in comply ing with the request slated that the accused had received favour able recommendations one in a letter from stouffville district high school where he had at tended as a student theres an old saying about judging a person by the company he keeps remember that ill say no more he concluded tractor fatality a pickering twp farmer charles fiss of balsam was instantly killed last week when pinned under his heavy tractor that overturned on a steep embankment pictured here a mobile crane lifts the machine from a heavily wood ed area at one end of the field staff photo