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4300 copies this week classified ads pages 6 7 vol 74 no 16 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday september 27 1962 runaway car gets markham man in trouble fourteen pages a markham man wished only tc move his car out of the driveway but the trip extended further than the the driver had anticipated ronald charles pharant 50 was charged by p c wm gunn of markham vil lage police with operating an auto without a drivers permit he appeared before magistrate n p kelley on friday morning at richmond hill the path of the runaway car was traced over three laneway curbs across two lawns off two parked cars and up against one house mr pharant offered no argu ment with regard to the officers testimony i only wished to move the car out of the drive way he said in registering a fine of 10 magistrate kelley also disquali fied the driver from obtaining a permit for a period of three months fined 3500 john joseph garland 21 of markham was fined 35 in rich mond hill court for speeding at 70 miles per hour in a 30 mile zone p c wm vance of mark ham village police department said he paced the garland auto on a portion of no 48 hwy south of no 7 at speeds be tween 70 and so miles per hour the accused who registered a plea of not guilty to the charge said he didnt believe the police cruiser was close enough to his car to accurately clock the speed speeding at 70 miles per hour in a 30 mile zone is a very serious matter said magis- strate kelley it shows an ab solute disregard lor the rules of the road acting crown attorney fred white chief of markham vil lage said the accused had not caused his department any trouble on previous occasions he noted however that due to the present upheaval in the area due to highway construc tion the police were quite con cerned over any incidents of speeding in the district two youths hospitalized in separate outbreaks of teenage violence local air cadet presented with wings at special ceremony full steam ahead the presence of a gleaming steam engine at the museum demonstration in brougham on saturday afternoon at tracted the interest of the children and caught up the imagination of longtime res idents mr wmh westney pictured here is no stranger to the controls of such a machine staff photo north york plowing atch on holt farm the annual north york plow ing match will be held on fri day oct 5th the ray jackson farm onehalf mile south of holt in e gwillimbury twp will be the site of the competi tion plowmen from this district which include some of the best in canada will compete for prizes and prestige the local match which in recent years has been moved ahead several weeks acts as a sort of primer for the international scheduled for derby twp south of owen sound from oct 10 to 13 the president this year is mr bob timbers twelve indivi- dual classes have been lined up the plowmans banquet will be held in the mount albert com munity hall on kennedy farm the east york match will be held on the farm of mr cam kennedy and son cone 7 markham on oct 2lth the president this year is mr an thony featherstone the ban- auet will be held in st andrews presbyterian church markham warrant officer w a taylor a member of the stouffville and district air cadet squadron was presented with his wings at a special ceremony conducted in the legion hall on tuesday night wo taylor was one of seventeen other cadets enrolled in an extensive training course at the oshawa flying club last summer he successfully com pleted all tests as prepared by the dept of transport squadron leader geo moir made the wings presentation mr j b smith secretary mgr of the ontario provincial com mand air cadet league of canada offered his congratula tions to sgt john wylie also a member of the stouffville squadron wyue completed a 7week tfainingcourse at camp borden in august and received a diploma on gradua tion mr reg button head of the citizens committee spoke briefly new instructress for skating club the services of a new profes sional instructress have been acquired by the stouffville fig ure skating club for the coming activities this season miss isobel harper presently teaching at the weston fall school and last winter an in structress at the weston figure skating club has consented to come here night classes sgt h cox heads markham tp police in chiefs absence sgt harvey cox has- been named head of the markham twp police department in the absence of the chief mr clar ence wideman chief wideman underwent an operation recently and is still confined to sunny- brook hospital toronto the recommendation was in troduced by the police comvnit- tee and approved at a special meeting of council sgt cox will assume all the duties of the chief and will be in full charge of the township police department the mcmbf s agreed that mr wideman should receive a leave five hospitalized after accident at ballantrae five persons were removed to newmarket hospital on sunday evening following a motor ac cident near ballantrae e j mansikka of toronto was driver of a car which went out ot control on highway 48 the machine went into the ditch and struck a tree four passengers and the driver were rendered first aid by dr slinger of mt albert and removed to hospital officers of the opp vandorf investigated miss harper was a three year member of the ice follies the stouffville club will open its winter program on monday oct 15th flooding operations were started this week in the stouff ville arena and public skating will begin on saturday night sept 29th at 830 pm there will also be skating on monday oct 1st and wednesday- oct 3rd of absence for a period of three months and his salary should be continued on in full during this period when this time ex- pires the matter will once again be reviewed whitchurch twp liquor vote on november 21st the liquor vote in the twp of whitchurch will be held on saturday nov 21st according to an agreement reached by the members of council at a special meeting last week the date is subject to the approval of the liquor control board only one question will be placed on the ballot it will read are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a dining lounge licence for consumption with meals on a licenced premises action was taken by the council after a petition contain ing 1300 signatures was sub mitted in favour of a plebiscite 15yr01d beaten after school dance two youths were hospitalized and two others have been charged with assault following an outbreak of violence in stouffville and district last week the latest incident involved a 15yearold grade 9 student at the conclusion of a dance in the stouffville dist high school on friday night wayne keeler son of mr and mrs john keeler vandorf road whit church twp was walking a giri companion home after leaving the school bus on no 48 hwy he was beaten by a gang of seven youths who had apparently followed the bus from stouffville to the stopoff point in a car a neighbour notified the boys parents the lads injuries were so serious that he had to be carried into his house h was later admitted to the york county hospital at newmarket for treatment and observation and released on saturday he returned to regular classes on monday but was still feeling the effects of his injuries ontario provincial police of the vandorf detach ment are investigating the attack six local youths have been questioned and a charge of assault will be laid against donald harnden loreua cresc stouffville mrs keeler told the tribune that the family had been living on their present premises for only a short time were beginning to wonder if we came to the wrong place she said pc john lizotte is in charge of the case and the charge against harnden will be aired in court in october main st brawl one youth was admitted to the scarboro general hospital and another was charged with assault following a brawl on n a n main street in stouffville on sfflfff lfff 7i1fl wednesday night of last week t travis sugden 20 cone 5 beginning on tuesday eve- whitchurch twp suffered con- nm 2nd ni classes will be offered to the public in the stouffville dist high school registration will be conducted from 700 to 900 pm the pro gram of instruction will conti nue throughout the fall and winter for a total of 24 nights the classes and their instruc tors include the following jun ior art mrs caroline ogilvy senior art mr arnold hodg- kins leathercraft mrs mary baker junior sewing mrs patricia christie senior sewing mrs hazel peacock typing mrs viola wildenauer wood workingmr j r hammond physical fitness ladies mrs molly mumford physical re creation men mr j h re- hill a breakdown of the time schedule isadvertised on page 4 of this issue classes in other subjects will be considered if there is suffi cient demand and providing a suitable instructor can be ob tained persons interested in other courses should contact the high school at stouff 386 as soon as possible travis sugden beaten with bat cussion facial lacerations and body bruises when struck on the head with a weapon believ ed to have been a baseball bat ross wm apted 19 of 19th ave markham twp has been charged he was released from custody on thursday on 5200 bail and will appear in court on oct 4th the victim was permitted to leave the hospital on friday p c harry heatherington took sugden to the stouffville medical centre and later trans ferred him to the scarboro hds- pital constable heatherington told the tribune that the in- a township project the markham twp road dept is in the midst of a major construction project at the devils elbow cone 5 although the completion date of the work has not been determined much will be final ized before freezeup time pictured here a bulldozer is dwarfed by a huge sectional steel culvert that measures 16 feet in width by 140 feet in length staff photo agreement that a parade and a town santa claus would be more than the budget could stand if you are to compete with the plazas you must use some of tbr tactics mr ross giles stated sometimes you have to drop an old tradition and come up with a new idea mr ken wagg pointed out that the more agressive shop- i ping ed this town will not be turn ed into a battlefield he said cident would be fully investigat- 1 c j usin ed this tmvn in t h tt sant mcrrygoarounds and baoysitting services as at tractions to give christmas shoppers more benefits than could be obtained by a parade ive been giving the idea some serious consideration for the past three years he said cec hendricks the chairman asked for an adjournment until next week to consider what forms of entertainment could be lined up for christmas 62 fate of christmas parade not decided the stouffville merchants are seriously considering a curtail ment or sharp reduction in the sizeand scope of a main street christmas parade this year at their first annual christmas planning meeting held in the municipal building wednesday morning fifteen merchants were in almost unanimous juvenile damage should be charged to parents arkham council agrees to cases of tax arrears markham council members agreed that they would favour any legislation that would tend to place a curb on acts of mali cious damage their affirmativa reply will be forwarded to tho dept of municipal affairs deputyreeve lawson mum- berson in the chair inthe ab sence of reeve dean said that he doubted that the department body would bow to the request since its approval could have farreaching effects in refer ence to the cnr train wreck in metro this week hepointed out that any back charge against the parents in a major matter could cost several such a move would be similar i families their homes markham twp council has given its approval to an oak- ville resolution that would ef fect a chargeback to paients for damage to property caused by juveniles proof of guilt would first have to be obtained in a recent ruling handed down by judge alex c hall in second division court at brougham he informed the plaintiff of a damage claim that with some exceptions a parent had no legal obligation to cover tne cost of their childrens wrongdoing the oakville decision would if necessary assess the damage costs against the parents prop erty if remuneration was not made in an amicable manner the fall bulbs for premiums have arrived for horticultural members and may be picked up at the home of the secretary mr c o james maytree ave confiscate over 4000 bottles of beer in raid on golf club pipelaying project o secret says owner hifchorch duck farm mr james murby operator of murby raises an estimated 60 whether the- tractor is pictured here behind the ment on the grounds of the w gaspowered mr wheel of an old rumley en- brougham museum saturday mac mlddleton of curcmont gine at the practical demon- afternoon mr mlddlmon is a capable operator he is stration of okttime equip- operated a threshing unit in the claremont area a quarter century ago staff photo vandorf ontario provincial police officers swooped in on the rolling hills golf club 5th concession of whitchurch at bethesda on sunday in a sur prise raid under the liquor control act the police seized more than four thousand bottles of beer and 100 bottles of liquor the largest haul to be made in such a raid locally in some years ten persons found on the premises consuming were charged under the act with con suming in a place other than a residence and a charge of keep ing for sale is also pending it had been rumoured during the weekend that raids had been carried out in at least four locations throughout whit church and markham town ships but the information proved erroneous only the one seizure being made 107th annual markham fair this weekend mr t r hilliard deputy minister of energy resources will officially open the 107th annual markham fair on fri day afternoon the three day exhibition commonly known as the show window of york county will be packed with exhibits enter tainment and a full card of horse racing the friday night program which has become one of the feature of the fair will have as its master of ceremonies the jovial tom hamilton for the boys thcr will be a greased the king cole duck farm cone 5 whitchurch twp has defend ed his pipelaying project that dally brings hundreds of gal lons of water from a community stream to his 92 acre premises almost one mile away mr murby was contacted by the tribune this week after a dele gation of farmers in the area complained that a stream that served their properties was be ing drained dry mr murby explained that the program was never at any time a secret to the township coun cil he said that he required approval to lay the pipe in the road allowance and some coun cil members had visited the duck farm when the water level be came dangerously low mr pig competition and entry forms are available from either bert paisley of stouffville or fred spring of markham for the girls there will be a cowmilk ing contest the york and onta rio county jr farmers will engage in a tugofwar and jack fraser stores will once again sponsor a calf scramble the fair will conclude its activities with a monster dance on saturday night the presi dent this year is maurice hamilx 000 birds on the ranch which ha lias operated since1951 i feel the neighbours are making a mountain out of a mole hill he said he- added that at the present time they were using about 75 gallons of water per minuto out of the stream that had a flow of be tween 300 and 350 gallons per minute he noted that the on tario water resources commis sion had been in touch with him smallest plpo mr murby said that the pipe- laying project had cost the firm about 12000 a six inch main is the smallest available according to the owner it re places a three inch plastic pipe that was laid in 1953 we keep a close check on tho water levels every day said mr murby he pointed out that a resident upstream had drain ed two of his ponds recently and they had taken advantage of this excess runoff these farmers are taxpay- crs in the township like our selves and we certainly wish to cooperate in every way vq can said the owner ho noted that the current summer sea son had been an exceptionally dry one which did not improve th ituationv