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easy does it vol 75 no 16 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday september 26 1963 fourteen faces sunday operation of 9th conc drag strip meets opposition in markham if some members of mark- ham township council appear ed rather lukewarm to a pro posed dragstrip operation on the 9th concession north of 16th ave their feelings were accentuated by a suggestion on monday that major events would be held on sunday after noons mr ernest chapman presi dent of the national hot rod association of north america presented his plans in person at a regular council meeting this week he said that his choice of times would be from 11 am to 6 pm on sunday and an admission fee would be charged at the gate he con tended that few persons would be free to attend such meets on other days of the week both councillors charles hoover and stewart rumble criticized the spokesmans pro- i posal to conduct such a pro gram on the sabbath deputyreeve charles hoop er acting in the unavoidable absence of reeve dean said that no finalized reply would come from the council until all members were able to be present mr chapman said that the association intended to pur chase the property he said that when the strip was not in operation the gate would be locked and no one would be allowed to use the track councillor allan sumner pointed out that the area had been zoned as rural agricultu ral he noted that since this venture was a commercial en lerprize it should be referred to the planning board mr chapman indicated a willing ness to meet with this board later this week i t wajuj h2aai on saturday a total of 98 local golfers took part in the mongolia open golf tourna ment held at the willows course and promoted by mr ted topping of stouffville pictured here hal dafoe centre of stouffville is framed between uie well pro portioned pinions of one len buckland also of stouff ville as he provides a few close coaching tips in a pro- tee off practise session ross giles wins mongolia open golf tournament for second straight year poison pellets missing warn school children ross giles considered to be a topflight athlete in his high school heyday proved to 97 rival golfers on saturday after noon that he can swing a pretty accurate club in tournament competition for the second year in a row he topped the field in the annu al mongolia open to win the dr jim stevens memorial tro phy he finished the 18 hole willows course with a low gross score of 77 two better than runnerup larry chown who carded a 79 ted topping the sponsor and promoter of the tourney finished third with an 81 with lome boadway fourth at so a rather unusual aspect of the tournament pointed to the fact that messrs giles chown and topping started off the meet in thal order at 11 am and finished one two three on the tally sheet harry bourne was the low net winner and received the jas ryan trophy the runner- up in this department was mo halsted near perfect weather condi tions greeted the golf enthusi asts who broke from the tee in sets of four at seven minute intervals a luncheon presen tations of awards and a dance in the clubhouse rounded out a full day of recreation and entertainment other low gross scores were counted by the following ken laushway 86 ernie abra ham sr 87 walt smith s9 jim wagg 89 les clarke 89 brian wilkes 90 geo stark 91 bob ban- gay 91 ralph corner 92 bvid lehman 92 and reg button 92 3 seek share of signal costs where two died the council of the township of markham has asked the council of pickering township to share in the costs of erect ing automatic warning signals at the cpr level crossing on the townline road north of green river the request was aired briefly at a regular meet ing in brougham on monday night the crossing site was the scene of a double fatality on aug 11th when two goodwood men roland morris 10 and joseph lorefice were killed their northbound auto was hit by a torontobound oayliner councillor harvey spang contended that the visibility at the crossing was better than at some other locations in the township and suggested that the blame could be attributed to a lack of caution on the part of the motorist it would appear that the crossings where the visibility is best are the ones where the most accidents occur noted councillor milton mowbray its a poor policy to wait until a person is killed before precautionary measures are taken said reeve sherman scott councillor mowbray suggest rd that in considering protect ive measures for the townline crossing site the council should also consider the possibility of erecting warning signals at the audley line where two others died within a oneyear period owrc claims drain on wells not due to lemonville project a three year old stouffville boy was run over by a car near his home on friday after noon and taken to the york county hospital at newmarket michael curtis son of mr and mrs alfred curtis loretta cresc suffered lacerations to his head arms and legs but his condition was not considered to be serious he was treated at the office of drs mitchell and smith prior to admittance to hospital the car involved in the acci dent was driven by john allan weir 17 of unionville no charges were laid in connection with the mishap new cars new 1961 automobile models are arriving in showrooms at the various local car dealers keyson motors announced new chrysler models last week along with dodge and valiant and these can be seen at the showrooms main and tenth sts this week the chevrolet cars and trucks will be shown at giles showroom on main st west and display ads on these models appear in this wceki issue announcements concerning other makes and models will appear in this newspaper in the next few weeks watch for them to algeria the ontario water rcsoun es commission has all but par dotted a lemonville resident mervin turner for creating a suggested drain on several farm wells and ponds in the twp of whitchurch in a li pase icport to council aired before a regular meeting on monday night an investigating committee of the owrc said t lat in only one instance could t icy find that a 1 inch pipe on t ic turner property had redue- rl the level of a well and even i ich they said the flow was a equate to serve the neigh bours needs the report stated t lit the well on the earl cook property had not been affected nor had others in that area statistics were presented to suggest that wells belonging to farmers who had registered complaints were not drawing from the same source of sup ply that served the turner farm a copy of the report will be forwarded to the farmers com mittee who had earlier at tended a meeting with the min ister of municipal affairs birth clarke bruce and norma wish to announce the birth of a son james arthur on thursday september 19 1963 in woodstock hospital the 221 pupils of the ballan- trae public school in whit church township have been warned of the dangers of five bags of poisoned rat pellets re moved on sunday from the barn of mr charles montgom ery near musselmans lake principal carl grove and his staff are working in coopera tion with pc robt hart of the ontario provincial police vandorf in an effort to locate the plastic containers two boys told police that they noticed two bags meeting the description on the road while walking to school but a check of the area failed to turn up any new clues mr montgomery is quite sure that the poison was re moved from his barn by chil dren because a pile of hay in the stable had been strewn around as if they had been playing in it the owner was absent from his property for a few hours on sunday after noon and noticed that the pel lets were missing when he re turned 1300 feet of sidewalk rebuilt deputyreeve ken laushway chairman of the stouffville councils loads and walks com mittee advised council on thursday night that 1300 feet of sidewalk had been rebuilt this fall lie said there was considerable more walk to do but due to frost danger it was not expected work would be extended jast tiie present month he also reported that in the area of albert st to past the surnmitviey school the 30- mile speed limit signs had been removed and would be replaced witli 25mileanhour signs to coincide with the towns new speed limit bylaw steam locomotive expected here at 10 am on sat the steampowered excur sion train no 6167 spon sored by the upper canada railway society will leave toronto at 9 am on satur day morning sept msi li anil should arrive ill stouflville about one hour later at 10 nan the locomotive is not scheduled to stop at the stoultville station but follow ing the uphill climb from markham its speed at this point should not be excessive the steam engine will haul the excursion special as far as lindsay where it will be replaced by a diesel unit for the extended journey on to llaliburtoii the time of the trains ar rival at the local depot will depend on the number of slops between toronto and stouflville and the passenger ear load that the emrine will be required to draw prices soar at leary auction at gormley some of the most fantastic prices seen in several years featured a public auction con ducted by alvin farmer on sat urday afternoon at the premis es of mrs geo leary in gorm ley a huge crowd attended the sale and bidding was brisk from its opening at 1 pm until the finish at 615 pm the clerk was lloyd turner of stouffville some of the prices paid inclu ded s38 for a frosted piece of glassware 41 for a mirror and sll for a pair of mustard crocks one pine chest sold for s35 and another brought s26 a piano sold for s260 and the bench brought an additional s16 the property has been sold and mrs leary will take up residence in aurora name court there will be several new members this year on the stouffville court of revision and council on thursday night passed the annual bylaw ap pointing the jive members the men who will sit on this years court are donald doner gor don colburn william sanders erie lehman and edward lo gan the fee will be 10 a day as in former years it is under stood that there are few ap peals on this years docket mrs ray fleury had host of friends in town was born here hire two new police officers two new police constables have been hired on the stouff ville department and their duties will commence oct 1st david hadden 21 of box grove will replace pc dennis davies who submitted his resignation earlier this month edward grimshaw 28 of weston will fill a vacancy caused through the resignation of pc hugh vankoughnet the council learned of constable van- koughnets decision to quit the force at a regular meeting on thursday evening of last week he has taken a position with the frigidaire co as a security guard at their eglinton avenue plant both constables hadden and grimshaw were acquired from a list of twentyfour applica tions that were reviewed by members of council on thurs day both officers are married constable grimshaw has three children family honours mrs annie st john active at ninety mr and mrs bruce e stouf- fer rr 2 cannington out wish to announce the engage ment of their second daughter a recent graduate of toronto bible college lynda joyce stoulfer to alexander james macdonell son of mr and mrs john a macdonell of mo- ab utah usa the wedding to take place at ringwood christian church on saturday october 5 1963 at 230 pm dr david van der bent on wednesday sept isth dr david van der bent em barked from new york to spend two years of voluntary service in algeria under the mennonite central committee his orientation program will take him to germany and switzerland following a three month period of language stu dy he will begin to practice medicine in constantme alge ria dr van der bent is the son of rev and mrs win van der bent of richmond hill and a member of the heise hill brethern in christ church stouffville lost one of its fin est and most highly respected lady residents on monday in the passing of mrs raymond fleury at her home on war riner street she had been in declining health for the past six months mrs fleury was an active participant in both church and social activities in the town and her genial goodnatured per sonality iiad won her a wide circle of friends she was extremely gifted in the field of drama and her elo cution works had highlighted many a local program as witii this talent she was extremely generous and her assistance in the stouffville united church knew no bounds she was ac tive in the sunday school the womens missionary society and the united church wom ens organization she was a member of the eastern star lodge and helped out in many phases of red cross work mrs eleury the former cora edria warriner was born in stouffville the daughter of the late mr and mrs sm warrin er in 1913 she was married to raymond john fleury and thirtyfive years of their mar ried life together was spent in wclwyn saskatchewan they have resided in stouffville for the past forty years besides her husband she leaves one son kenneth in port credit and three daugh ters miss glenna fleury wel- wyn saskatchewan miss f margaret fleury of toronto and phyllis mrs m dixon of westbrook ont there are five grandchildren sharon fleury of port credit tommy linda terry and erin dixon of westbrook a sister mrs jo totton maude resides in richmond hill there are two brothers dr fred e warriner of sandy hook manitoba and harold warriner of stouffville the funeral service was con ducted by rev alan borland and rev douglas davis from the oneill chapel in stouffville on wednesday afternoon with interment in the stouffville cemetery the pall bearers were harry warriner erie lehman jack warriner har old spofford leonard warrin er and charles vanzant shift students to sunny side of uxbridge school an estimated 300 grade 3 and 10 students of the ux- bridge dist high school were granted parttime vacations this week in order that the senior rooms of grades 11 12 and 13 might be shifted to the sunny side of the structure the reshuffle was made ne cessary when a break occurred in the heating unit that serves both the high school and the technical school extension on the same site rather than permit students in the upper grades to miss valuable time they about 260 in number were moved to rooms with a southerly expos ure and therefore heated more quickly by the morning sun by contrast the tempera tures in some classes had dip ped down to 60 degrees on monday and registered a cool 62 degrees on tuesday morn ing grades 9 and 10 were given a full holiday on monday but classes were resumed at 11 em on tuesday and wednesday it ir expected that the heating problem will be corrected by the end of this week tiie farm home of mr and mrs howard st john was the scene of a pleasant gathering of family friends and relatives on sunday afternoon on the oc casion of a 90th birthday party lor mrs annie st john amazingly active and with a keen mind and memory mrs st john received the many vis itors and treated them to a cup of coffee and a piece of her gaily decorated birthday cake mrs st john the former annie ferricr was born at green river the daughter of the late obadiah ferrier and emma anderson she attended public school in the old build ing that has since been replac ed by a new 3room structure she is the sole surviving mem ber of a family of eight her husband william passed away in 1911 mrs st john shares a por tion of the house on the home farm located northeast of stouffville on the uxbridge- whitchurch townline siie still does her own housework and although she wears glasses she is able to read without them she was the recipient of many cards and several beauti- ful bouquets of flowers mrs st john has one eon howard and one daughter velma mrs robt rawson of st thomas there are six grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren a longtime friend and a bridesmaid at her wedding mrs nellie hoover of green river was able to be present for the birthday occasion history in stone at tenth concession cemetery there is a lesson in local pio neer life to be learned at any one of several abandoned bury ing grounds located throughout the twp of markham and tak en over within recent years by hi appointed cemetery board one of these is located on the former brownsberger farm cone 10 markham south of mongolia here scattered and broken grave markers have been re paired and inserted in a huge horizontal cement slab posit- ioned at one side of a fenced uit area a photo appears on page 5 of this issue the plot neatly reseeded is known as boyles cemetery the oldest stone is dated at 1816 and retains the name of sarah boyles who died as a baby at i year and 8 months by contrast another marker contains the name of magda lena boyles who passed on in 1886 at the age of 91 years 10 months and 20 days her hus band john boyles died one year earlier in 1885 at 91 years and 25 days the oldest pioneer plot belongs to the late garrett van zant who died in 1838 at the age of 98 years 7 months and 11 days many of the slabs were made by the late lc wideman of stouffville the cement cairn holds fifty grave stones other familiar names include that of forsyth johnson atkinson conner holden miller kester badger- ow and hall several markers contain lines of poetry some composed by the deceased in more activ times one reads nipped in the bud to bloom in heaven another says death is a debt to nature due which i have paid and so must you markham twp reeve offers heart attack stouffville lions club big annual car draw is being stag ed this year at the lions hall richmond hill on nov 16th the limited number of 10 tickets are now on sale from members of the club and the winner will receive his choice of a new 1961 chevrolet or pontiac an option of s2300 in cash is offered as well as 375 in addi tional cash prizes the proceeds from this big event form one of the main stays of the clubs financing for the nvny charitable works carried on throughout the year on sunday mr wilfred dean reeve of markham township suffered a serious heart attack while vacationing his summer cottage resi dence on balsam lake he is presently confined to an oxy gen tent in the lindsay memo rial hospital and doctors re port that it is unlikely that he will be moved for at least two weeks reeve deans condition was revealed to members of the township council on monday afternoon and deputyreeve charles hooper took over in the reeves absence a physician was summoned o the dean cottage following the seizure and he administered thiee hypo shots to ease the pain he was then rushed six teen miles by ambulance to the hospital in lindsay mr dean a longtime mem ber ol the markham twp coun- i cii and reeve of the municipal- roeve w r dean ity for several years 13 well- known in the rural areas through the operation of a feed business at thornhlll he now resides at langstaff