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tettflwlk ftribmie vol 74 no 35 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday february 7 1963 twelve pages stolen cadillac hits the skids four teenage boys escaped from under a 1961 cadillac convertible uninjured after it flipped over on its root and skidded more than 200 feet in the snow south of ballan- trae last week the car was stolen in toronto a second auto was taken in stouffville but was recovered on tues day two youths were arrest ed by vandorf o p p near gormlev marks in the snow- filled ditch showed that the cadillac had travelled more than 25 feet in midair before landing on its top staff photo reject deer season for pickering township markham or whitchurch there will not be an open season on deer in the twp of pickering in 1963 according to a decision of council at a reg ular meeting on monday night councillor harvey spang noted that crop damage by deer had been quite extensive in the northeast corner of the town ship but he did not think the time had come to declare an open season on the animals he said that uxbrldge twp had experienced some problems with deer in the past reeve sherman scott said that the matter had been dis cussed at a county level but it was the feeling that the hunters posed more of a prop- lem than the deer it becomes a question of comparison between the dis advantages of the deer and the disadvantages of the hunters said councillor milton mow bray deputyreeve mrs jean mc pherson said that the numbers of deer in the township was made plain to her when one came up to the house and look ed in the window perhaps we had better hire a deercatcher commented councillor hubert wank no complaints a similar stand was taken by the councils in the twp of whitchurch and twp of mark- ham whitchurch members said that they had received no complaints of damage it would be ridiculous said reeve wilfred dean of markham twp comment on the matter was suggested by the wildlife sec tion of the dept of lands and forests pet dog cause of 300 accident a dog jumping from the back seat into the front caused the driver of a stouffville car to lose control of his auto east of the town on saturday roy zellcrs park drive n suffered a cut over his right eye when the vehicle snapped off a mailbox and crashed into a hydro pole mrs tellers a passenger in the car suffered a cut on her right knee the collision occurred near the roy tindall premises on county road 11 mrs k james quits area school board mrs kathleen james promi nent figure in markham town ship politics for some years has resigned her position on the york central high school board mrs james who was a member of township council several years ago is an ap- polnttee to the board of mark ham council councillor stuart rumble ex pressed the view that whoever is named to fill the vacancy should be from the headford buttonville area other council members concurred in this view and the reeve asked that re commendations for a successor to mrs james be ready for next weeks meeting liberal convention john neufeld maple presi dent of the york north liberal association announced today that a federal nomination con vention will be held on wednes day feb 20th at richmond hill high school auditorium york north riding has been represented in the house of commons since last june by john addison mp the party is also giving con sideration to holding a provin cial nomination convention on the same date a keynote speak er for the convention will be an nounced shortly uxbridge jrs will be the hockey visitors on stouffville ice next tuesday night feb 12th at 830 pm suggest clean up of wilcox lakeshore mr w fry of lake wilcox attended whitchurch township council meeting on monday evening to suggest a cleanup of the shore line around the lake he requested that the lake level be reduced so that all the debris that has been collecting there for a long time can be collected he said that he realized the land was for the most part privately owned but if council was willing he would petition the owners reeve frank williams said he doubted if council would have any authority to do a job like this on private lands three government depart ments would be concerned in such an effort metro wild life metro conservation and ontario water resources council agreed that clerk craw ford should contact these bodies for their views on the sugges tion expect whitchurch police force ready by 1964 whitchurch township coun cil has so far taken no action to establish a township police force but it was indicated at mondays council meeting that such a force would likely be established by jan 1st 196 in the meantime the town ship clerk contacted the prov incial department requesting the supplying of two officers for special duty at wilcox and musselmans likes from june 15th to sept 15th a communi cation agreeing to the request was presented to council mon day with the indication that this would be the final year such service would be suppiied cant work gravel pit near mount joy markham township police will be given instructions to carry out implementation of the township bylaw forbidding the operation of a gravel pit on the mt joy sideroad east of highway 48 the pit which has been extinct for many years was to be reopened by messrs roy and lome grove mr d e whetter represent ing the ratepayers in the area appeared before markham twp council on monday night to protest the operation of the pit deputyreeve hooper comment ed that it was sometimes hard to tell when some of these smaller pits were open or closed a resolution by councillors sumner and hoover called upon the police department to enforce the bylaw the resolu tion was supported unanimous ly- dog no deterrent to garage break- in a sensitive police dog proved no deterrent to thieves who entered williamsons esso sta tion no 1 hwy east of don mills road in markham twp during the early hours of wednesday morning and stole a quantity of money from the cash register a car owned by mr w r kadwell of button ville was also taken the sta tion is operated by mr donald tribbling ordinarily the big german shepherd is an active watchdog in the garage he appeared un harmed when the first employee arrived on the scene in the morning entry was gained through a side window mrs geo richardson wife of former whitchurch reeve george e richardson has been elected president of the york manor womens association for 1963 mrs richardson ad dressed york county council on tuesday outlining the activi ties of the association in 62 and asking that council consider an enlarged grant in the cur rent year need more volunteers although about 100 canvas sers have been assigned to make personal doortodoor calls iii stouffville as part of the cur rent york county hospital building fund drive there is still an urgent need for more volunteer help the campaign will begin in town this month- local chairman reeve win timbers could use an additional fifty men and women in an ef fort to lighten the number of house calls per individual can vasser a meeting of all volun teers will be held in the vete rans hall stouffville on thurs day evening feb 14th at 8 pm any new volunteers who would like to assist in this worthwhile project should sub mit their names to rev douglas davis committee secretary students editorials coming soon the tribune will open ik columns to editorial comment by senior students f the stouffville dist high school the submissions will repre sent the thinking of indivi duals in grades 12 and 13 and will be published without alteration the principal mr w e duxbury has approved the project it will be further ad vanced by the english staff teacher mr smith it will be two or three weeks before the first editori als are submitted unless otherwise requested the stu dents name will be attached to each copy the choice of subject mat ter is open to selection al though issues of local im portance are suggested driver had heart attack before crash a 47 year old thornhill man suffered a heart attack on sat urday afternoon before his 1961 auto veered off no t hwy east of markham village and crashed into a tree coroner john fleming has ordered an inquest into the death of fred erick henry the father of two an autopsy showed that the victim suffered a coronary the deceased a salesman was westbound when stricken apparently returning home it is possible that the driver was dead even before the collision village police chief fred white and p c wm gunn took charge of the investigation the inquest has been scheduled for feb 27th in markham junior hockey jackpot prize creates interest the management of the stouffville clipper hockey club is attempting to give away a 50 jackpot prize but to date no one has earned the right to claim it the only requirement is for the holder of a lucky- draw program number to shoot the puck from centre ice and hit a target placed in front of the net so far this season only nick bangay ninth line s has come close and he missed the mark by about three inches on tuesday night harold hodgson lewis wells and stan feasby tried their luck but without success next week the 950 will once again he put on the line to test someones skill posta officials honour chas watson goodwood postmaster for bravery not to be candidate cathers tells party mr jim vankoughnet son of p c and mrs hugh van koughnet is home on 14 days leave from the canadian navy on his return to duty he will bt- stationed at ottawa black hawks here for allstar game oxbridge black hawks will be the visitors on stouff ville ice friday fob 22nd for the annual allstar bene fit game they will meet a picked team of players out of the stouffville community league in their last meetings here in 1962 the two clubs battled to a 5- tic before more than 1300 fans the contest scheduled for 830 pm will lie preceded by a girls game at 730 pm five uxbridge players arc also regulars in the commu nity ieaguc but will perform with the visitors they are hud uhiiun don llayncs bob atkinson murray jones and vern ferguson the allstar lineup will be published in next weeks lssuc c a tiny cathers mp for york north for five years until last junes election has an nounced that he will not seek the nomination of the progress ive conservative party when another election is called mr cathers in thanking the people of the riding for sending him to ottawa said he is sorry not to be a candidate for re election my doctor tells me that i am not to undertake the prolonged stress and tension of another election campaign and if re elected the pressure of com mittee work in ottawa he was york norths member of parliament for five years until the liberal win of last june mr cathers is 61 donald findlay qc presi dent cf york north progressive conservatives said that some time ago mr cathers had told the partys executive of his de cision i deeply regret that tiny will not be our candi date mr findley said he has done much for the people of york north and for canada many of his good deeds have been quietly done and do not show on the surface but peo ple in every corner of york county know this great mans kind and generous spirit with the field now officially open several names have been mentioned in regard to the can didacy mr findlay the associ ation president would not com ment on any discussions held but said that a convention will pick the candidate among the names mentioned among prominent conservatives have been those of henry bor den king township and presi dent of brazilian traction and a nephew of the late sir robert borden conservative prime minister of canada keith nis- bet aurora recently reelected as the towns centennial year mayor william curran king township councillor and a part ner in thf auditing firm of james dunwoody ard compa ny toronto gage love king township president ol w j gage and company limited ray marshall kettleby presi dent sky line farms limited and chairman of the county of york united hospital appeal chas hooper deputyreeve of markham township and former warden of york county on an informal basis it is also known that some conser vatives have talked with j grant glassco vaughan town ship and chairman of the royal commission on government re organization as well the name continued on page 7 four juveniles arrested after stealing two cars a stolen car escapade that should have ended when a 1961 cadillac convertible was over turned near ballantrae but was resumed with the theft of a 1962 comet in stoutrville came to a conclusion on tuesday when the second vehicle was re covered four juveniles two of them escapees from st johns train ing school uxbridge have been charged with car theft one lad has also admitted stealing s30 from the orchard park public school in stouffville in a break- in two weeks ago the cadillac was owned by eastern scale works ltd tor onto it went out of control while travelling at a high rate of speed on no 18 hwy in whitchurch twp on thursday afternoon before flipping over on its top the costly auto pro ceeded an estimated 23 feet in midair it skidded on its roof more than 200 feet by some miracle the boys escaped in jury they scrambled from un der the heavy vehicle and two were later arrested by the van dorf o p p near gormlev two others hitchhiked a ride into stouffville and took a rearly- goodwood postmaster charles watson was honoured on monday afternoon with a presentation of a cheque for 50 in recognition of his brav ery during an armed holdup of his premises on dec 19th the award was presented to mr waison by mr a d fizzell postal area superintendent mr h r mcknight public relations officer was also in attendance mr watson was twice struck on the head by one of the thugs brandishing a revolver when he battled the intruders following the attack he ran to the home of his son claude and police were notified a short time later four suspects were arrested by markham vil lage officers wm vance and wm gunn they have since been convicted and sentenced a sum of money was recovered in the getaway car the postal department re cognizes feats of bravery with rewards that vary according to the deed mr watson who was taken by complete surprise by the presentation on monday has now completely recovered from the injury that had his head swathed in bandages for several days ok year round housing for prestons lake the ontario municipal board convened for a public hearing in the whitchurch twp coun cil chambers on friday on the petition of residents of the shields subdivision prestons lake to have the township by law amended to allow perma nent residences the board ruled in favour of the petitioners that the clause forbidding yearround occupan cy of the homes there be delet ed the change will permit the erection of homes of better quality youths block tow truck a most unusual occurence brought ontario provincial police of the whitby detach ment to the altona area of pickering twp on saturday after two inebriated youths ex pressed vulgar resentment over a 200 towing charge the boys both strangers in the district were hauled out of the ditch by arnold elson of esons garage east of stouff ville when mr elson attempt- l ed to turn his tow truck around in a nearby lanevvay his exit was blocked by the youths car mr elson summoned the aid of a neighbour harvey nighs- wander and the pair left they later returned to the garage and mr elson called the police before vacating the premises the second time one of the youths apologized for his be havior opp officers searched the area but could not locate the car police arrest lake wilcox man for indecent assault a lake wilcox man was con victed by magistrate o s holl- inrake in newmarket court last week on a charge of indecent assault on a 21 year old lady motorist from mimico ernest wm johnson 23 entered a plea of guilty swift action by markham twp police led to the arrest after the accused jumped from the northbound auto on yonge street and fled into a nearby field the lady driver agreed to give the man a ride after he lagged her down and told her that her headlights were out when he assaulted her she swerved the car into a roadside snowbank pc al hudson of markham twp was in the area and ar rested the accused when he re turned on foot to no 11 hwy pc bob iladden and sgt wm shearn assisted in the case magistrate hollinrake with held sentence pending a back ground report united church offerings total 18500 for 1962 new car belonging to mr charl es atkinson obrien ave this car was recovered in scarboro this week the driver was asleep behind the wheel mr atkinsons carpenter toolbox was still intact in the auto the vehicle driven less than 800 miles suffered no noticeable damage altogether four police de partments were involved in the trackdown of the juveniles and the subsequent arrests includ ing the o p p at vandorf stouffville markham twp and metro the congregation of stouff ville united church heard re ports from the various organi zations and departments of the church at the annual meeting on wednesday and a treas urers report which revealed that givings for the year had totalled approximately 18500 ol this amount about 3900 was for the missionary and mainte nance fund of the church the church has been without a minister now for some time rev gordon cruikshank hav ing been given indefinite leave of absence due to ill health this years annual meeting was conducted by rev geo pick of newmarket representing york presbytery and was preceded by a congregational supper mr stewart stouffer secreta ry of the official board reported that during the year 23 mem bers had been added to the church roll twenty funerals were conducted and there were thirty baptisms and seven wed dings first year for ucw the year 1962 was the inaug ural year of the united church womens organization an amal gamation of the former wom ans association and the wom ens missionary society the new organization had been di vided into seven units and 154 women had participated dur ing the initial year the women had supported the needy with goods valued at 900 they had made 376 visits to shutins and sick and sent out 167 cards and christmas baskets total re ceipts of the organization for the year were 360800 christian education committee the report of the christian education committee as pre pared by secretary stanley schmidt was highly commend ed by chairman rev geo pick he said that this was a new committee in the united church and the report of its initial ac tivities was most encouraging among other matters dealt with the report pointed out as one of its greatest achieve ments the establishment of a church library which had been started with an initial gift of 200 from the official board the report also laid out in con cise fashion some of the prob lems to be faced by the com mittee in the new year suggest properly expansion during the meeting a strong plea was made for added sun day school accomodation as well as renovation of the pres ent school rooms a suggestion was also made that steps be taken towards the acquiring of additional church property this latter suggestion is to be considered at an early date by the church board new officers members of the board of ses sion for the current year will ba a h williams albert king fred campbell harold spot- ford magnus mowat stewart stouffer hume macpherson dr s crouch william ford floyd forsyth and charle3 james harry sanders and fred winn are honorary mem bers the committee of stewards will be made up of lome boad- way walter lee alec logan jas ogilvy elmer daniels roy dowswell lloyd jennings donald hiels wilfred mcwhin- ncy norman fairies mrs w d atkinson walton todd cecil hendricks stanley schmidt and mrs ken campbell contentious buchanan dump area is sold whitchurch township coun cil was advised on monday night by mr dick buchanan that he has sold 80 acres of the 100 acres he owns to the york sanitation co ltd mr bucha nan has operated a large gar bage dump on the 2nd conces sion of the township for some time and the condition of the property has been a matter of unfavorable comment from time to time the new owners are messrs mccaffrey and sackhouse who were both present at the meet ing to file an application for a permit to operate the dump mr buchanan had already tak en out his permit for 1963 but it is not transferable the new owners indicated they would continue to collect garbage in richmond hill and aurora questioned regarding the dumping of the coiiis leather co industrial waste the own ers said this would contlnus but that much of the leather co waste was presently going on private farms the company representative asked an early decision as they intended to purchase closed col lection units which would im prove the service cupid more active in 1962 cupid was more active in stouffville in 1962 than in 196l with the result that clerk ralph corner who keeps such statistics recorded a total o 34 marriages last year as com pared to 29 the year previous stouffville was a healthy place all around in 62 since the stork also outdistanced the grim reaper by a margin of five the actual figures were 63 births and 58 deaths markham tp refuses share of cost of 9 th con warning lights markham township council has refused to pay any share of the railway warning lights suggested for the railway cross ing at box grove on the 9th concession a communication from the board of transport commissioners calls for the lights to be installed at a cost ol 10300 for installation and 635 a year maintenance mark- hams share of the cost would be 12 ire of the installation and 50 of the maintenance this whole thing has been caused by the railways them selves commented reeve dean i dont think we should go for that this dangerous situa tion has been caused by the bypass railway said deputy- reeve hooper this should really have been an overpass we only agreed to the lights as a compromise mr hooper continued clerk harry crisp reminded council that they had been ad vised previously that unless the council agreed to pay no lights would be installed council members were all strong in their determination to resist the transport boards decision and a resolution pass ed unanimously that they would approve of the installation of he lights only if the railways would pay the entire cost i markham p s trustees continue to press for portion of twp lot fees the annual meeting of mark ham township public school trustees brought forth further statements of determination to seek a portion of the subdivi sion lot fees being collected in ihc township it was stated that markham had collected 211000 in lot fees a great deal of which had been used to finance sewers and a water tower mr don mclennan associa tion secretary said he had re quested directions from the provincial government on the spending of lot fee money he gave notice that the association would be pressing council again in 1963 although they had been refused in 1902 nineteen trustees attended the annual meeting held at the unionville school presided over by president s r patterson mr patterson reviewed the history of the association since 1922 he said that after a start the organization had been dor mant for a number of years out had been revived in 1901 and 62