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every spectator a judge at miaving mateh every spectator at every plowing match is a type of self- bppointed judge and the east york match on the farm of jas mckean cone 10 markham last week was no exception shown here mr joe tran foreground keeps a cose eye on the land plowed by his son bob one of the youngest plowmen in the match was 15 year old ronald mcguckin of mount albert he was placed in a class with three other teenage entries including peter gibbins of lemonville who came first ron is shown here with his assistant morley haynes of goodwood shirtsleeve temperature for east york match 37 entries in sharp contrast to last years east york plowing match when the entries worked through a heavy afternoon snow storm last weeks compe tition on the farm of jas mc kean cone 10 markham en joyed warm 75 degrees temper atures a total of 37 shirtsleeved plowmen including seven in the horse team class completed some good lands in spite of the dryness of the soil jimmy lee the veteran from giecnbank who he followed many a furrow over the years had the best plowed land in the horse class lemonvilles peter gibbins had the best land in the mounted plow class of en tries from 12 to 17 years herb jarvis of agincourt captured the esso tractor special david ferguson markham rr 2 won the eaton jr championship trophy of special interest at the match was the active participa tion of elisabeth barker the reigning queen of the fur row site also assisted in the presentation of awards at the banquet in the veterans hall stoultville on wednesday eve ning the site of the 19g1 east york match has not been final ized the new president will be floyd steckley stouffville rr 1 the president this year was jack warriner markham rr results of individual entries are listed as follows class i horses sod 1 har- ley timbers 2 byrnell wvlie 3 gerald boll 4 eugene timbers finish byrnell wylie class 2 horses stubble 1 jimmy lee 2 anthony feath- eistone 31 murray grove finish jimmy lee class 3 tractors stubble hoys and girls 1211 years 1 david ferguson 2 bobby tran 3 john devins 4 norman dennie 5 earl lewis stanley kerswill 7 jim mckean finish david fer guson class 4 tractors sod or stub ble boysgirls 15 to 17 yrs 1 peter gibbins 2 jimfer- guson 3 wayne webster 1 ron mcguckin finish peter gibbins class s tractors sod or stub ble hoysgirls 18 to 20 yrs ii roy lewis 2 john wil son 3 keith leslie 4 vaug- han parkin finish roy lewis class 6 tractors sod open to all 1 jack couperth- waite 2 keith robinson 3 don dunkeld 4 carl timbers finish jack couperthwaite class 7 tractors stubble open to all l ross kenne dy 21 bill thomas 3 elis abeth barker finish bill thom as class 8 mounted plows open to all 1 ivan degeer 2 floyd forsyth 31 lee wilkinson 4 bert robertson finish bert robertson class 9 mounted or trailer plows 3 or more furrows 1 herb jarvis 2 leslie smith 31 nick aland 4 geo timbers finish herb jar vis class 10 tractors stubble utility trailer plows n keith robinson 2t carl tim bers 3 don dunkeld finish keith robinson class 11 tractors stubble utility mounted l leslie smith 21 ivan degeer 3 bill thomas il floyd for syth 51 len wellman 16 lee wilkinson 7 neil mc kean s nick aland d geo timbers class 12 tractors stubble boysgirls 12 to 20 years li jim ferguson 2 john wilson 3 wayne webster 4i peter gibbins 51 bob tran 6 david ferguson 7 keith leslie s vaughan par kin 9 jim mckean 10 john devins not finished best finish jim ferguson best mowed land with horses jimmy leo remembrance day service the local remembrance day service will be held in the vet erans memorial hall stouff ville on sunday nov 10th at 230 pm rev a l borland pastor of the stouffville united church will deliver the address he will be assisted by rev j l ball rev arthur walsh and rev geo davison the memo rial parade will be led by the caledonia pipe band at the conclusion of the seivice a brief ceremony will be held at the cenotaph in the park wreaths will be placed by mrs j hoover ladies auxili ary ross giles lions club mr bert lickorish royal ca nadian legion reeve win timbers village of stouff ville and mrs otto tranmer prov government iarkham twp council ili undecided on dragway approva markham township council after a lengthy discussion mon day on whether or not to ap prove of a dragway for the township on the 9th conces sion tossed the contentious question back into committee for further study councillor stuart rumble clerk harry crisp and reeve chas hooper all reported at mondays council meeting on a sunday trip to st thomas where they viewed the opera tion of a raceway similar to that proposed for markham councillor rumble said the operation was quite orderly there was no rowdyism and he had no fault to find other than that it was operated on sunday councillor hoover asked if there had been complaints from 8th concession residents since the proposal was made he was told that there had only been a few and these were all concern ing possible noise it was re ported that the lords day alli ance had brought suit against the opeiators at st thomas but the case had been thrown out as there was no admission charge councillor rumble said that regardless of what the opera tion was called it was definite ly racing we wouldnt ap prove of hoiseracing here on sunday why are we even dis cussing it markham has a by law prohibiting the racing of motor vehicles outmoded bylaw that bylaw should never have been passed in the first place its obsolete i move the bylaw be rescinded said coun cillor sumner were not just going to wipe out a bylaw like that without consideration commented councillor rumble and there was no seconder reeve hooper questioned mr e chapman the operator of the proposed dragway if he would be satisfied to operate any day but sunday mr chap man replied that this would be satisfactory but added that eventually sunday sports would come to markham councillor hoover said he was not very warm to the pro posal in view of the complaints reeve hooper commented that there were always some com plaints to everything new councillor sumner tried for a motion to endorse the race way subject to whatever re strictions council might lay down youve got the cart be fore the horse weve already got a bylaw to prohibit racing replied councillor rumble i think such a motion pre mature added councillor hoov er at this point the reeve stated with council agreement that the matter would go back to com mittee for further considera tion a girl at the controls of a tractor and plow is a real oddity in local match competition combine this talent with a furrow queen title and it was little wonder that elisabeth barker cone 3 markham attracted so much attention she was the lone girl entry leslie smith of blackwater finished second in a class of four entries al least some credit for his showing would have to go to his wife who kept a close check on her husbands progress all afternoon mr smith was entered in the tractor plow class of three or more furrows a cordial welcome will await you at the village fair on sat urday afternoon in the united church basement there will be delicious home baking and candy articles of sewing and knitting for all ages and many suggestions for prechristmas shoppers the cgit girls will supervise the children while you shop and visit the tea room doors open at 130 official opening of mew high school addition on nov 8th the commencement exer cises in the auditorium of the stoultville dist high school on friday evening nov sth will serve a twofold purpose this year it will honour a large group of students for their accomplishments in aca demic and athletic endeavours and also permit the board to officially unveil their new s22s 000 addition completed early in the september term the guest speaker for the oc casion will be mr t o w fowler the dist inspector of secondary schools he will be introduced by mrs f j button board chairman nest plowed ijind 12 to 17 yrs peter giboins esso tractor special 1 herb jarvis 2 1 elisabeth barker eaton jr champship trophy 1 david ferguson 2 jim ferguson the address of welcome will be made by robt mole presi dent of the students council the principal mr w e dux- bury will also address the gath ering the valedictorian this year is wayne hamilton twentyone students will re ceive their secondary school honour graduation diplomas they are ann barkey donald bass helen busato gerrard dawson evelyn doner mari lyn fosdick paul glover lloyd graves joanne greer dawn grose wayne hamilton marilynn haylow warren hendricks karen kreick pa tricia oconnor marilyn pat- tenden paul petrie david stephens fred watson joy wooller and gary yates the many academic awards that will be presented to deserv ing students will include this year a s100 ontario scholar ship certificate won by grade 13 graduate helen busato vol 75 no 21 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday october 31 1963 fourteen pages whitchurch council has doubts about trailer industry whitchurch township coun cil expressed grave doubts on monday concerning a proposal for a trailerbuilding industry which would permit establish ment of a trailer site they con sidered a school question might develop m j lewis and geo knox described the mobile homes stating the units sold from s5000 to s7000 they said a 50- acre site would be required a portion to be used for the estab lishment of trailer sites the people who lived in trailers on these sites would not own the land which would remain in the name of the company wheels would be removed from the trailers and foundations placed under them council members were inter ested in the industrial part of the proposal but could see a definite school problem devel oped the matter was left with clerk jack crawford for furth er investigation united church to mark 110th birthday next sunday nov 3rd the stouffville united church will celebrate the 110th anniversary of the methodist church in this community as far back as 1841 rev edward sallows a young methodist minister occasional ly preached in the old school house in stouffville but not un til twelve years later was a re gular church organized rev james m finlay dd formerly of carlton street un ited church in toronto will be the guest preacher at both ser vices 11 am and 730 pm dr finlay is wellknow for his ra dio broadcasts over a long per iod of years capacity congregations are expected at both services to hear this outstanding speaker as well as the special musical program being prepared mrs holdeii was lifelong on wednesday oct 23rd mrs gertrude holden park dr north passed away suddenly at her stouffville home she was in her 75th year born near stouffville she spent her entire life in this community her husband the late delbert holden predeceas ed her 17 years ago mrs holden was identified with the stouffville united church and was a member of the united church womens organization surviving are two sons har ry and murray of stoultville one daughter eima mrs john todds of montreal and a sis ter miss jessie grice of stouff ville there are eight grand children and two great grand children the service on saturday aft ernoon oct 6th was conduct ed by rev a l borland of the stouffville united church from oneill funeral home rev douglas davis assisted interment was made in the stouffville cemetery the pall bearers were grandson mur ray holden and nephews har old robert and fred lewis and carl holden an allmale jury of five local residents has recommended that he speed limit from a dist ance 500 feet north of the ring- wood public school to the junc tion of cone s formerly hwy 4s be reduced from 00 to 45 miles per hours their written request was submitted follow ing an inquest on tuesday night at vandorf into the acci dental death of six year old louise evelyn taylor of rr 2 markham the little girl was killed instantly when struck by a northbound car near her home on the morning of oct 15th the jury headed by mr john mehaffey sr and including lome morgason clarence fockler stewart wideman and murray summerfeldt also ask ed that identifiable markings be located on provincial high ways that pass near any school site to serve as a wran- ing to motorists to exercise proper caution during school hours the inquest was conducted by coroner blair mitchell of stouffville assisted by cpl s e forrester of the ontario provincial police vandorf the investigating officer was pc g d saunders 50g0 mpli mr stuart v hickson of west hill driver of the accident ear estimated his speed prior to impact at between 50 and 60 miles per hour he said that the victim ran into the path of his car only a few feet in front of the northbound auto he said that he had seen several chil dren walking down the east shoulder of the highway but his view of the west side had been obstructed by other southbound traffic charles louttet of ajax driver of a tractortrailer grav- driver four passengers hurt in car five stouffville residents were admitted to the scarboro general hospital on tuesday morning when their south bound auto was in collision with another car on no 48 hwy injured in the accident was the driver robt carey of fair- view avenue and his four pas sengers jean winterstein lin da mathewson mrs ronald wilson and donald haynes all of main street with the excep tion of mrs ronald wilson all were released from hospital following treatment and obser vation the carey car a stude- baker lark was quite badly da maged with the exception of miss mathewson all had seat belts and this probably saved them from more extensive injuries a large black purse carried by linda an employee at ontario hydro absorbed much of the impact she suffered a gash on her knee and bruises to her face and head two ambulances were sum moned to the accident scene to take care of the injured jiis sin months a 49 year old calendar sales man was given a six month jail sentence by magistrate o s hollinrake last week following a conviction of a charge of break and entry at a home in unionville stanley griffith jeffrey of no fixed address was arrested by pc douglas tribbling after a neighbour became suspicious of a man on the premises of mrs judson edwards kennedy road a window in the house had been broken and several rooms had been ransacked the ac cused entered a plea of guilty nothing was found to be miss ing from the home the owner was absent at the time el transport said that the little girl was standing in a laneway when he passed by he said he glanced in his rear view mir ror and saw the car strike the child no chance boris roeske of burnt river said he was following the gravel truck as soon as i saw the car approach i said to myself she has no chance he noted that mr hickson had attempted to avoid the colli sion but everything happened too fast two sisters of the deceased karen and bonnie jean taylor were present at the inquest with their parents but neither was called to give evidence also in attendance was mr john trew of richmond hill an official of the dept of hwys fall sale specials it will pay you to read the yellow pages in his weeks tribune here you will find a wonderful variety of fall spe cials being advertised by the stoultville merchants this is your opportunity to stock up to get that much needed appliance or those fall clothes dont miss this weeks yellow pages mrs vince wagg visited her daugliter eunice and wee grandson at trafalgar mem hospital oakville on tuesday and had lunch with her sister mrs lockie at burlington police urge caution on halloween police chief orland keat ing is requesting that motor ists observe extra caution while driving in stouffville on halloween night in appealing for a slow down of traffic chief keat ing is also asking that chil dren wear lightcoloured clothing and if possible be accompanied by a parent or an adult companion he has suggested that boys and girls using the back streets should carry flashlights the threeman police de partment will be on duty throughout the night and any acts of vandalism will be met with charges without further words of warning the pupils of both orchard park and summitview pub lic schools will he collecting for unicef while making their rounds doortodoor markham twp objects to speed increase markham township council will support police chief har vey cox in objecting to a pro posed increase in speed limit on the don mills rd from 50 to 60 miles an hour the new speed limit is contained in a by law being proposed in york- county markham police chief ex- presed the view that the area between steeles ave north t buttonville was built up ton extensively to permit the high er rate claremont coach car collides with fire truck 400 in damages damage was estimated at 400 on saturday night when a stouffville district motorist was in collision with the mark ham village fire truck on 48 hwy south of hwy 7 kerry brock 19 of rr 2 stouffville suffered lacerations to his face and a bruised right arm he was treated at the scene by dr robt seavcr his car a 1963 mercury was dam aged to an estimated extent of 25000 the fire engine was attend ing a blaze in a centuryold house owned by bernard betts of shanty bay it was unoccup ied and was burned to the ground one wheel was broken off the truck damage estimat ed at 15000 the blaze that could be seen as far north as ringwood at tracted hundreds of cars to the scene and police had a difficult time to untangle the major traffic jam that was created opp office for whitchurch whitchurch township coun cil has received confirmation from the attorneygeneral that the ontario provincial police will service the township until june 1961 he has called atten tion of council that they should make the necencary pre parations to take over all police duties at that time the attorneygeneral stated that the former vandorf school building which was converted into a police office for the op p would be available for the townships use saturday guests of anr mrs milliard degeer were mr and mrs lester houghton of lansing mich and mr and mrs wellington ostrom of rochester mich its been a long but suc cessful softball season for claremont coach earle pi- key shown here with the community league trophy his team finished the regular schedule in first place and went on to take the title in a thrilling 7game scries staff photo