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classified ads pages 14 15 rikiie 4300 copies this week vol 74 no 14 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday september 13 1962 sixteen page3 claremont band 19051962 the claremont citizens band is a most active and unique group of musicians the average age of the twelve members is 70 years the in strumental organization was formed back in 1905 the oldest living member is mr ed evans 87 pictured here in this formal photograph are rear row left to right les gauslin 70 wm evans 57 milton pegg 67 walter davis 70 wm pegg 62 geo pegg 59 harold dick son 69 front row left to right leland johnston 73 wm coates 66 evans ward s3 ed evans 87 jim coates 79 cadieux studio town council will meet police over safety programme deputyreeve laushway plac ed before stouffville council thursday the matter of the safety program as proposed some time ago by local police officer harry heatherington at that time the constable was given to understand that the en tire force should be involved and the program presented to council with definite assurance of those organizations backing the project constable heatherington had advised council that he seemed to be the only offloer interested and the proposal was dropped councillor parsons said on wtjfursday night that all he had suggested was that the co-opera- tlon be sought from all the officers none of the rest of them are interested in it commented the deputyreeve councillor parsons said as far- as he knew nothing had ever come of it and he didnt know how far the program had advanced if at all i think the program should bt taken up again and the of- ficei s should co operate with each other the police commit tee should meet with them said reeve timbers councillor lehman said he knew the school principals want ed it we all know whats wrong the police need to get them selves organized first declared councillor spang well id suggest the police committee see the police and let someone get this thing started continued the deputyreeve theres too much jockeying all the time said councillor spang councillor lehman then agre ed as chairman of the police committee to setup a meeting for this week to discuss the matter with the police brougham girls enter finals in orsa the brougham intermediate girls have advanced to the on tario rural softball association finals they will meet wain- fleet for the title brougham earned the right to contest the provincial cham pionship by ousting greenwood in a hardfought series 17 home development for atha district two homes are already under construction and fifteen more will be elected on the pickering side of the markhampickering townline the scenic lots are the properties of messrs clif ford dunkeld and gordon pear- ce mr pearce is the builder of the two new burtgalows now be ing erected they will be com pleted in october nine lots front on the town- line road they will eventually retain homes of 1400 and 1500 square footage the eight lots at the rear will contain spaci ous premises of 2000 square feet they will be of both brick and cut stone construction the development is located in the atha school section the rural sudivision will com ply with the new regulations as laid down by pickering town ship council and planning board the homes will be suffi ciently large to support any school costs that might be creat ed through the influx of new pupils local pilot with un force in new guinea flight lieutenant bruce f stover was born in markham ont in august 1920 and re ceived his education in stouff vllle ont graduating from stouffville continuation school in 1937 he enlisted in the rcaf in 1941 in february 1942 he received his pilots wings as a sergeant pilot at yorkton sask he served with training command during world war ii as a pilot in structor at various stations across canada upon his re lease from the rcaf in au gust 1915 fl stover went back to civilian life and in 1951 rccnllsted in calgary alta he recommenced his service with n further tour with training command as an instructor at calgary and penhold in au gust 1954 he was transferred to rcaj station north bay ont where he flew cf100 jets and thence to no 440 squadron at bagotvllle pq in february 1955 he was then transferred with th squadron to zwel- bracken germany from 1957 to 1959 and remained with no 1 air division in europe until 1961 since his return to canada he has been serving with num ber 102 composite unit of rcaf station trenton fly ing dakota albatross and otter alrcratts and has now been selected for service with the rcaf amphibious otter force with the united nations in new guinea claremont citizens band new guidance service for high school students one of the important addi tions to the school programme at stouffviile district high this year is ah extended guid ance service the aim of the guidance service which will be under the direction of mrs g gresham is to help students to a better knowledge of their ca pabilities and to provide accu rate information about educati onal and career opportunities such as those offered by busi ness trade school the universi ties and the armed services guidance is concerned with the individual student mrs gresh am explained with the object of helping him or her to achieve the best result possible in school work and to make informed and intelligent decisions in choosing courses and selecting a caieer in his remarks to staff and stu dents at the opening of the new school term principal duxbury emphasized the importance of the guidance service and en couraged students to take full advantage of the help that it could provide parents will re ceive more information later about the guidance service and about the assistance which it may offer them organized in is still active it is unlikely that any other group of musicians in ontario can match the record establish ed by the citizens band of claremont organized in 1905 the group is still active although the average age of the mem bers is 70 years they continue to hold regular practice sessi ons at the members homes in the claremont district mr walter davis of altona an enthusiastic promoter of the groups activities told the trib une that in yesteryears it was not unusual for the band to march many miles in orange walks military parades and oth er promotions we were ready and willing to take anything that came along he said mr evans ward 83 played in the i original band but joined the young group when they re quired an experienced drummer the big base drum was made in england mr davis is quite proficient on the slide trombone it wouldnt be the first time that i would get up at 530 am or the farm at glasgow and give er a couple of toots he joked mrs davis remarked that at times the instrument still takes the place of an alarm clock in the davis home 1905 today cil about the control of rodents that weie known to inhabit such aieas will fill ditches reeve clifford wallwork in formed the deputation that the council would be forced to take some positive action on the prob- lfm or the township roadsides would soon be littered with de bris he explained that a piece of property had been leased from mr karl friedl gormley rrl and it was planned to cover the refuse daily with land fill he said that the york coun ty health unit had been asked to inspect the proposed site but no report from them had been received we must locate a dump in some area he said iwe public demands it read supu ernestdavis told the meeting that already several lots of garbage had been depos ited in the ditches delegation protests dump site whitchurch twp council con tinues to be flooded with pro tests concerning the proposed site of a municipal disposal area within the municipality on monday night a delegation of eighteen residents from cone 4 and 5 attended a regular meet ing to register objections against any dump location that would tend to lessen the values of properties in their district the deputation was headed by mr geo richaidson a former reeve the groups stand on the matter was supported by a 31 name petition their protests covered many and varied leasons ranging from a fire hazard to water pollution mrs robt kennedy saici that a bush on their pre mises would adjoin the dump site and a fire could wipe them out dr f h vannostrand based his ojections on matters of 1 fire hazard 2 water pollution 3 depreciation of property and 4 insufficient earth for sanitary fill wm devins asked the coun- convicted of theft robt galbraith of markham was convicted on a charge of theft when he appeared before magistrate o s hollinrake in richmond hill court on tues day the case had orginally been scheduled for aug 21 but the accused could not be present since he was confined to the don jail toronto on a driving offense galbraith was arrested by maikham village police follow ing a theft at the mam street laundromat sentence on the charge will not be handed down until next week mr joseph henry mann formerly of scarboro village passed away at the brierbush hospital stouffville ont on monday sept 10 1962 he was the husband of the late rhoda sexton and father of phyllis mrs reg busato and rhoda mrs tony busato both of malvein ont and john g mann rri stouffville leaves ireland at 430 here for council at 10 the age of modern travel was experienced by deputy- reeve norman hogg of ux- bridge township this week he left the shannon inter national airport in ireland at 430 pm on monday after noon and was seated in the council chambers at good wood at 1015 pjn between flights he spent two hours in montreal and ar rived at mallon at 810 pm deputyrcce hogg toured many points of interest throughout the british isles daring his overseas trip i frank barkey rr 3 claremont a member of the brooklin junior farmers has been awarded one of four provincial junior farmer travelling scholarships to at tend the 1962 rural youth conference in west virginia along with the other three delegates he will attend this conference september 11 to 16 frank is a past president of the ontario county junior farmers he is president of the junior farmer choir and a member of the editorial board of the junior farmer and 4h quarterly bargains galore in the yellow section of this weeks issue the stouffville main st merchants are offer ing bargains galore in a great fall sales announcement stores are stocked with the latest in fall styles for ward robe or home here on main st ou can see all thats new for fall and all within easy walking distance fifty per cent of local teachers in summer courses during the past summer more than half the teachers at stouffville district high school were busy taking courses for the improvement of their teaching qualifications while principal w e duxury together with other ontario secondary school principals was engaged in a course at london ontario mrs gresham mrs wildenauer miss swain and mr foldvary attend ed the ontario college of edu cation in toronto and mr re- hillmr maven and mr smith the university of toronto mrs gresham did an additional course sponsored by the onta rio secondary school teachers federation mr hammond com muted weeklyto buffalo for his summer course arid mr mercer after marking grade 13 geom etry papers for the ontario department of education in july joined mr waite on a course in guelph winners of corn crop competition the results of the 1962 mark ham fair corn crop competi tions aie announced this week the judge was mr clark young in spite of an exceptionally dry season there were some ex cellent entries shurgain farms of maple topped the list with 89 points followed by mr heber down of brooklin with 85 and davidson bros stouffville with 84 the top twelve are listed in order shurgain farms maple 89 heber down brooklin85 davidson bros stouffville 84 masseyferguson farms milli- ken 83 ken russell union- ville 8214 elson miles milli- ken 82 master feeds farm thornhill 8p4 floyd steckley stouffville 81 bruce rise- biough markham 80 v ellis bntton claremont 80 jack grove markham 79 jack harman todmorden 79 radio service here awaits whitchurch police organization stouffville municipal coun ci expects to meet with whit church township within the next few months to discuss what joint arrangements can be made to handle police radio com munication for the two muni cipalities whitchurch township will shortly be establishing its own police department due to the withdrawal of the provin cial police the local council has received a number of suggested con tracts with vaiious firms for several types of radio and tele phone communication for the police however the operation of all these systems rests upon the necessity for someone to the county of york emer gency measures organization will be conducting an orienta tion course in the hall of st patricks church markham commencing on tuesday sept 18 at 8 oclock major w i a preston coordinator will pre sent the course the course will contain factu al information on the effects of nuclear weapons and steps to survival in a nuclear war as well as an introduction to v functions of the emergency welfare service anyone inter ested man or woman is in vited to attend this course to build sidewalk on 9 th con north stouffville municipal council agreed on thursday on the re commendation of the roads walks committee to build a sidewalk on the 9th cone from main st north to rupert ave nue it had previously been pointed out by deputyreeve laushway that some type of walk was needed here for the use of the many children who had to come down this road to school as well as others he said there had been several near accidents and the job should be done now before there was a fatality the chairman estimated that the cost of the materials would be in the neighborhood of 300 and the work would be done by the towns own maintenance staff the walk would be cement four feet wide a suggestion that at least gravel be placed down this fall was not favoured and it was expected that the work would be completed within the next couple of weeks the deputyreeve went on to advise council that about 1200 had been spent in new and re paired walks in town covering some 3600 feet some fine pie ces of walk have been laid down by our own men he said i think the chairman and workmen deserve credit for a good piece of work comment ed reeve timbers added road money clerk ralph corner told coun cil that approval had been re ceived from the department of highways for an additional 2000 in road funds for this year he said that to date 36 768 had been spent 21921 of this being capital expenditure through streets an amending bylaw as passed setting forth a number of streets in town as through thoroughfares and signs will be posted accordingly these streets which are now through streets are william st from main north rupert from the 9th cone to winona dr somer- ville from obrien to civic ave lloyd st from main to rose ave 10th st south from main over 100 entries in mongolia golf contest eightynine individual entries have been submitted for the 4th annual invitational golf tour nament to be held at the wil lows golf and country club mongolia on saturday by tee- off time it is expected that this number will exceed one hun dred the event is one of the areas top sports and social at tractions of the year it is pro moted by messrs hal gibson and ted topping of teds mens and boys wear in stouffville the dr jim stevens memorial trophy and the jack ryan trophy wiii be up for competi tion in last years tournament gord alnscough posted a low gross corc of 83 followed closely by lome boadway and geo stark ksn laushway carted a low net score of 74 ralph corner posted a 77 the first foursome of geo stark gord alnscough law rence chown and ken laush way will move out at 11 am to be followed by lome boad way chas nolan ralph corn er and reg button seven mi nute intervals will be allowed between teeoffs at the conclusion of the tour nament a buffet dinner will be held at 630 pm to be followed by the presentation of awards and dancing at 9 pm players still wishing to en roll in saturdays tourney should contact either messrs gibson or topping at the main street store a complete outline of the players time schedules is published on page 13 of this issue handle calls 24 hours a day the latest contract presented thurs day night was for 112 a month council members agreed that some type of system should be instituted but it appeared that to be most satisfactory and eco nomical for a small municipality it should be operated in con junction with a large centre nearby a lecommendation from the police department that cross walk and stop bars for parking dividers be painted on the high way will be held over until spring the cost would be 75 but it was felt it would serve little purpose to do the job now with winter approaching extend racing hours for gokart track on recorded vote councillor donald jackson re gistered opposition on a record ed vote to any extension of hours for the international races at the goodwood go- kart track cone 2 on sunday sept 30th the issue was dis cussed at some length at a reg ular meeting of uxbridge twp council on monday night the track owneis mr and mrs har old bell asked that the starting time for this one day only should be extended from 11 a m tc 7 pm instead of from 1pm to 7 pm as is now permitted councilor jackson voiced the lone negative reply the request was approved mr bell explained that the 3- day event would attract compe titors from both ontario and the united states he said that it would be impossible to com plete all tfie races during a six- hour period on sunday after noon- the timetrialsaiecori ducted on saturday reeve earl dowswell noted that the council had approved of a time extension last year and no complaints had been brought to his attention they complain all the time replied councillor jackson sneak in mr bell v admitted that they had encountered some trouble with kart owners who insisted in operating their machines dur ing off hours he said that such incidents had occurred on three or four occasions if the people would only phone us we would put them off its just as simple as that said mrs bell the reeve noted that if the township had a bylaw enforce ment officer such persons could be charged and taken to court he said that the ontario provin cial police would not enforce township bylaws you will get a few lawbreikers no matter what rules and regulations are established he said mr bell explained that kart owners pay 200 per day to use the track he said that a chain had been put up to keep kart- ers off the premises after reg ular hours but it was not un usual for drivers to lift their machines over the fence if theyre out to beat some- onetheywill get over a gate commented councillor alvin redshaw i students to stratford on september 19th approxi mately fifty students of stouff ville district high school will make the bus trip to stratford to attend an afternoon perfoim- ance of shakespeare s macbeth the students will be accompanied by two teach ers on wrong foot thirteen year old marilyn madill of claremont started her high school career off on the wrong foot last week when she entered her grade 9 class at pickering on crutches she suffered a nasty gash on her right foot while swimming in hawk lake she was treated by dr doug brodle at the stouffville mcdlcat centre s