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fg three stouffville boys have a business that never stops growing and with every epring rain their chances of enjoying a prosperous season becomes that much brighter left to right craig schell 12 peter harris 14 and ian jeffrey 12 have formed a lawn and garden care com pany that they will operate after school hours and dur ing the summer vacation pe riod they are shown here giving their power mower a preseason checkup prior to embarking on a busy grass- cutting schedule growing business keeps local boys busy fourteen year old peter har- rls glad park ave stouffville is the chief promoter of a local business that never stops gro wing the ambilious teenager holds the controlling interest in a lawncutting operation that includes properties from west- lawn cresc on the west to ed ward street on the east peter embarked on his seas onable profession during the summer of 1960 one year after his parents mr and mrs doug las harris moved to stouffville from willowdale last summer he expanded his district but soon discovered that he could not cope with the demand for his services he now has two lulltime partners craig schell and ian marfan both 12 in addition they have two assist ants in john delaney and gor don jeffrey the firm has been named the stouffville lawn and garden care association work guaranteed the company will swing into fulltime afterschool and week end operation in about two weeks their fee is set accord ing to the size of the individual lawn or garden and all work is guaranteed to please they use their own power mowers unless otherwise instructed by the ow ners the cost usually runs at about 150 per lawn twelve per cent of their income is re tained for purchases of gas oil and repairs the remainder is placed in a special fund and di vided evenly at the end of the season its a cooperative effort said 14 year old peter he said that the majority of his custom ers are standing weekly con tracts throughout the summer this spring 200 printed bro chures were distributed in the westend of town outlining the boys program peter is also a senior patrol member in the stouffville boy scouts and does not find much time for any other activities cutting grass is more profitable than playing ball he said the summer lawncutting scheme has mr harris whole hearted support although he insists that his own grass must be kept cut and his mower maintained in good repair my father is my best cus tomer but the pay is a little lo wer admitted his son formed at locust hi thos gregg dies at 92 served as court clerk on friday april 26th mr robt armstrong a lifelong farm resident at locust hill passed away at his home in his ssth year he had been ill for only one week the deceased was born on the wellknown armstrong farm the son of the late mr and mrs wm armstrong in 1916 he married the for mer wilhemina norris who survives along with three sons fred john and william all of locust hill ml armstrong was a past president of the markham fair board he was also a director of the maple leaf insurance co with headquarters at columbus he was a member of grace an glican church in markham the funeral service was con ducted by rev ra wigby from grace church on monday afternoon at two oclock with interment in the anglican cem etery the pall bearers were carson armstrong lloyd arm strong jack armstrong garnet francey frank reesor and john torrance extra constables whitchurch township coun cil has engaged ronald ash and john d murray as special duty constables from may 4th to oct 15th it has been annual policy for the township to as sist the opp eacli summer in policing the two lake areas i 1 diiffwlk 2frilraiie vol 74 no the tribune stouffville ontario thursday may 2 1963 sixteen pages general tax rate in whitchurch township gets boost of 44 mills when education costs added increase may exceed ten like so many of the municipalities throughout the area whitchurch township has found it necessary to increase taxss this year and for township residents it will be 44 mills this increase covers the general budget figures so that with the rise in education costs the tax boost may exceed ten mills while there are a number of small increases along the line biggest increase comes in the budgeting for police and law enforcement police costs which have normally been a 2100 expenditure by virtue of the job being handled by the ontario provincial police will be budgeted in 19g3 at 1271698 and law enforcement will be tipped from 57500 to 89500 during the latter part of 1963 the township council expects it will have to engage its own township force twenty thousand dollars has been added to the road budget and there have been some increases in such departments as fire protection printing and postage sanitation and conservation the total estimated budget for the year is 39785993 which is an increase of 55325170 over 1962 these figures do not include any school costs the tax rate for farm and residential property will be 1991 mills levied on an assessment of 8871089700 and the commercial rate will be 2275 mills levied on an assessment of 97713514 crown to may queen or snow queen on friday evening the 1963 may jiuen oi tne stouftville dm high school will be of ficially crowned at the annual semi formal dance in the school auditorium after looking out on knee- dcep drift mi wednesday morning one might wonder if the crowning of a snow queen might be more appro priate air cadet week is marked here by tag day church service national air cadet week was marked by stouffville squadron no 94 with their annual tag collection and a church parade on sunday the local air cadets were out in force on friday evening and all day saturday tagging in stouffville longtime residents in this j markham newmarket and ux- visiting gir friend at 3am fleet- footed prowler fined 50 four police officers from stouffville markham township and markham village engaged a 25 year old prowler in a backyard foot race during the early hours of sunday morning and lost the incident occurred near the james robinson public school in markham three police departments were alert ed on uie receipt of a telephone call and sgt robt hood and pc glyn forrester of mark ham twp p c gordon bull of markham village and p c hugh vankoughnet of stouff ville converged on the area although the man was spot ted on several occasions he out distanced his pursuers each time four warning shots were fired in the air but his speed i only increased almost three hours later at 6 am the ac cused was arrested south of no 7 hwy ronald gamier of he- ward ave toronto was charg ed with prowling he was fined s50 and costs in richmond hill court on tuesday morning garnier admitted that he had been drinking prior to making a call at the home of his girl friend in markham at three oclock in the morn ing questioned magistrate russell pearse when the amount of the fine was revealed the accused said that he had no money although he had earned 112 in the past week for an unmarried man your expenses are pretty heavy replied the magistrate area told the tribune that they could not recall seeing snow at such a depth on the ground on the 1st day of may although there were few accidents at the height of the storm on tuesday night driv ing was very hazardous dept of highways plows were out in force until the early hours of the morning scuffle in restaurant results in 25 fine the claremont district lost a wellknown native resident on wednesday april 24th in the passing of mr thomas gregg at fairview lodge whitby born on the homestead farm west of the village that has been in the gregg family name since 1s15 the deceased was the son of the late hugh gregg and noble lindsay in 1902 he moved into claremont where he lived for the past 61 years mr gregg was 02 mr greggs varied interests gained him a wide circle of friends although he spent all his life in the claremont area a onetime drover in the dis trict he would ship cattle out by train to both montreal and toronto he held the position of clerk in the second division court at brougham and prior to his retirement frcm this post he was one of the oldest to hold the position in the entire province he was active in ma sonic lodge circles and was master of brougham union in 1906 he was also a member of the shriners mr gregg was a director on the claremont union cemetery board and is the last of the original shareholders he is survived by his second wife the former ella bishop of uxbridge his first wife isabella palmer predeceased him in 1914 there are two nephews hugh of claremont gordon of whitby and two nieces isabel of claremont and jean in toronto a masonic service was con ducted from the mceachnle funeral home in pickering on friday evening followed by a public service on saturday afternoon at 2 oclock rev a e cresswell was in charge with interment in the clare mont union cemetery the pall bearers were hugh leask orville cox robt storry hugh pugh dick cooper and wes lehman collie missing 8 days spotted by student the safe return of a prized collie dog to the farm of mr wm coates claremont rr 3 iast week has been attributed to the sharp eyes of a clare mont district student who spot ted the animal from the window of the high school bus the owners had given the pet up for dead when it failed to return following an absence of two or three days list week while en route to the pickering dist high school 15 year old gail flanagan a resident near the coates property recogniz ed the collie in the atria area of pickering township it was standing in a held apparently lost she notified mrs coates and the owners concentrated their search in that district when all hopes of finding it ap peared at an end the dog laddie jumped through the open door of the truck as it stopped on a country road it had apparently been following the vehicle unnoticed by the driver mrs coates told the tribune that the pet was hungry and footsore but otherwise none the worse for its experience she suggested that the dog might possibly have been pick- a rummage sale will be held in st patricks parish hall rouge st markham on may 11 from 1 to 4 pm a cup of tea or coffee will be available births lee ron and marilyn an nounce the birth of their son william ralph on april 24 1963 a brother for debra brenda and ronda iovghurst clare and sheila are happy to announce the birth of a son murry west- ley 8 pounds s ounces april 17 1963 in uxbridge cottage hospital 3ukkelsen kay and vern are pleased to announce the birth of a son james kristian at the scaiboro general hos pital on saturday april 20th 1963 a brother for john soper leroy and delia are happy to announce the birth of a daughter ronda lee 7 pounds 7 ounces a sister for dana and laurie born april 29 1963 at york county hos pital newmarket children are an heritage from the lord thomas don and doris are happy to announce the birth of a son donald herbert bradley on april 27 1963 at the scarborough general hospital thanks to dr f j button ed up and dropped off in the atha area since other residents in the district had experienced a similar occurrence gail will receive a token reward for aid- ins in the pets safe return a fracas in the restaurant of harolds grill main st stouffville on friday night re sulted in a fine of 25 and costs levied by magistrate russell pearce against gerald fenwick of stouffville he was charged witli assault the case was air ed in richmond hill court on tuesday mark sheung kuk an em ployee testified that fenwick demanded service while he was waiting on another customer he said that lie used profane language and twice threw him to the floor in a scuffle that fol lowed fenwick said he took excep tion to an additional charge of 10 cents for an extra helping of dressing on a 25c sandwich that he had ordered he did not deny the assault magistrate pearse ordered that tile accused should be bound over to keep the peace by a sum of 200 and that he must not again enter the res taurant premises fined 75 three stouffville district youths were fined 25 and costs for consuming liquor at a teenage dance in richmond hill hans de heus stouffville timothy kennedy stouffville rr 4 and kerry brock of lem- onville entered a plea of guilty they were represented by soli citor david coon magistrate pearse criticized the too frequent practice of drinking at dances i do not feel that parents who permit their daughters to attend these dances would appreciate them associating with persons under the influence of liquor he said a plea for a suspended sentence was denied liquor to minors blair bateman 23 of clare monl was fined 35 and costs on a charge of supplying liquor to minors the accused entered a plea of guilty a suggestion by crown attorney arleigh armstrong that bateman should be placed on probation was denied by magistrate pearse the liquor was confis cated in another case ross brown 17 of stouffville was fined 25 and costs for consuming liquor illegally he pleaded guilty to the charge granted remand a charge of assault filed against two markham village youths larry middieton and ian jeffrey was remanded for one week until may 7th the two are alleged to have assault ed james caldwell rr 2 mark ham on saturday night near stouffville caldwell required medical treatment at the office of dr blair mitchell ottawa minister to united church here the congregation of stouff ville united church has extend ed a call to rev alan l bor land of ottawa to take over the pastorate of the local church on juiy 1st rev alan borland is presently associate minister at westboro united church in ottawa the call was extended to the new minister on thursday eve ning at a special service attend ed by some two hundred mem bers and adherents of the church rev norman pick con vener of the york presbytery pastoral relations committee conducted the congregational meeting following the regular worship service rev alan borland was raised on a farm near peterborough and as a student minister he preached at ballantrae and lemonville he has served con gregations at flinton bancroft and downsview prior to going to ottawa bridge tile proceeds of the tag day will amount to approxi mately 60000 and will be used to carry on the work of the squadron on sunday afternoon the squadron paraded to the stouff ville united church for service the speaker was rev douglas davis and the last post was sounded by bugler jamie ogil- vy- national air cadet week was marked by 345 squadrons across canada tile air cadets are a voluntary public service organization engaged in bring ing an interest in aviation and citizenship training to canadian youth stouftvilles 50 to 60 boys are part of a great army of 27000 boys of high school age now receiving the training the civil ian committee for squadron no 94 is headed by jas ogilvy with harry baxter secretary- treasurer the half dozen mem bers of the committee are re sponsible for the administration and financing of the squadron as well as the general welfare of the cadets late mrs arthur lapp was born at bethesda butlonville cells filled on sunday bicycle raider goes through town local police are on the look- cut for a thief who made his way from uxbridge south by bicycle on sunday night he made his way down the high way stealing bicycles in ox bridge goodwood and stouff ville and may be linked with a breakin at the orchard park school the pedalling highwayman picked up a mans bicycle in uxbridge and made his way to goodwood here he dropped his the jail cells in the mark ham twp police station at butlonville could not accom modate the steady stream of persons who were brought in by local departments on sat urday night and early sunday morning several had lo be ransport- cd lo richmond hill for over night lodging thu arrests ranged from as sault to impaired driving and had local poiice authorities working around the clock to keep up with the calls stouffville constable hugh vankoughnet suffered a bad ly cut right hand when he fell while in hot pursuit of a prowler and his loaded gun was jammed against his thumb on wednesday april 24th mrs arthur lapp a longtime resident of cedar grove passed away in the brierbush hospital stouffville where she had been confined for the past two months the deceased was well- known and highly respected in her community where she had resided for the past forty years in 1951 she suffered a coro nary attack but recovered and remained active until november of last year when she was stricken for a second time she entered hospital in midfebru ary the late mrs lapp was bom at cone 5 whitchurch near bethesda the former ethel fern scott daughter of mr and mrs job scott following her marriage in 1923 she and mr lapp took up permanent residence at cedar grove her husband passed away in 1941 the deceased enjoyed a most rewarding life a service that was known to many over a wide area a graduate nurse from tiie toronto general hos pital in 1916 she would visit the sick in the privacy of their own homes and her patience and sympathy knew no bounds her efficiency was recognized by dr h b free of stouftville and he often called on her as sistance during world war ii she was an ardent worker in the red cross in the markham- unionville district mrs lapp was a member of ziou united church cedar grove she was connected for many years with the womens missionary society in the con gregation she was in her 71st year surviving is a son harold and a daughter evelyn mrs gilbert whittamore both of cedar grove there are also two brothers albert scott ot bethesda watson scott of tor onto and a sister mrs edgerton clubine stouffville rr 4 rev albion wright of st andrews united church mark ham conducted the funeral service on friday afternoon at 2 pm from the dixon chapel markham with interment in st andrews cemetery the pall bearers were roy scott charl es clubine leonard brillinger alex logan walter reesor and murray sewell- markham twp council finalizes extensive police agreement transportation for a girls cycle which he left on duchess street stouffville and picked up a bi cycle belonging io john nolan irom the home carport the same night someone broke into the orchard park school smashing a door a win- dow and some contents a small i clause amount of cash collected for i reeve dean said that the vote red cross purposes was stolen i would be taken on the entire markham township police committee met last week and on monday this week presented council witli an extensive agree ment covering hours wages and working arrangements the clause which provided for a constable offduty as the result of an accident or illness to be paid by the township the difference in wages between the compensation rate and his reg ular salary proved the chief snag in the agreement while it stated this clause would hold for 1963 only and then be delet ed councillor allan sumner voiced vigorous opposition youre only inviting thous ands of dollars in expense by this clause no other firm ive heard of agrees to such an ar rangement he said and called for a recorded vote on this agreement when this final vols was taken all council members voted favorably with the excep tion of councillor sumner the agreement provides for the following salaries recruits 3900 with an increase to 4100 after one year at the discretion of the police chief constables 4100 s1400 4700 5000 patrol sergt 5100 and sergeant 5800 the members of the force are required to be on duty a total of 40 hours a week not includ ing hours in court vacations will be one week after six months and two weeks annu ally thereafter other clauses covered the payment of 50 of the hospital fund and sick leave credits the motor vehicle licence bureau has moved from harold st to 363 main st e stouff ville farm holstein herd sase totals 19190 top cow 700 the purebred holslein herd of mr walter j gould no 7 hwy east of markham village was dispersed on tuesday apr 23rd at i lie hays sales arens oakville the 70 head totalled 19190 for an excellent average of s271 each twentyeight milking females averaged s326 seventeen bred heifers s277 fourteen open heifers s220 and eleven heifer calves sits ii a diet- ison of mount hope paid the fop price of 700 square liz texal duke mr dickenson purchased sixteen head for a total of s5660 in cluding in his purchases the top priced heifer at s525 he also acquired the third highest priced five yeu old at 560 classified as very good- and a good plus five vcar old at 130 the second highest price of the sale was 600 paid by victor crozier of coofcsvilie for an open heifer w e frascr of brampton paid 00 for a 5 ear old daughter of roeiand reflection sovereign hays farms ltd paid the top price for a bred heifer at 100 other good prices were 350 paid by oliver wcickcr of plattsville for a milking female 360 for a bred heifer lo the kleirburg ontario farm of a g walwyn who purchased six head 120 paid by w r chap man of qucensvilie 323 paid by hays farms ltd for a milk ing female 125 paid by don brodie gormley lor a milking female 360 paid by harry a gowan jarvis for a bred heif er dr a b sinclair sault ste marie paid 375 for a milk ing female doug hope and sons newmarket paid 410 for a milking female and russell rowntree of woodbridgc paid 425 for a five year old cow the sale brings lo a close nearly a halfcentury of dairy farming for the gould family a liige number of cattlemen from the stouffville markham area attended the auction