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the mansion house main st stmifrville o wned and operated for the past eight years hy mr harold dixon has been sold nearly 100 years old the structure was considered at one time to he one of the linest hotels north of toronto jt was erected in the mid1800s hy the late klijah miller staff photo main street mansion house ss sold buiii by elijah miller 100 years ago fouffiriuc srumtit vol 75 xo 48 the tribune stouffviiik ontario thursday may 7 1961 sixteen pages ten girls vie for may queen crown a highlight of the high school j ear in stouffxille will be enjoyed on friday evening when the student may ijueen will be selected at the annual semiformal spring prom the public is invited to at tend this colourful event music will be supplied by the noted art ilallman and his orchestra ten pretty girls are entered in the competition they are lanet button karen hamil ton barbara howard judy landa mary kae bernadine terwoerds pat toole darlene watson linda wright and marian yusko the new queen will be offici ally crowned by last years winner miss lanet devlin to ballet school signs posted on the mansion house property west of the cnr tracks in stouftville would indicate that the century- old premises has been sold rep- lesentatives of the thos n shea real estate have not le- leased the name of the new owner the details of the trans action will be revealed when available the thrcestoicy stiuctuic was purchased by mr harold dixon in 1916 in addition to se veral apai tments the building has contained a barber shop and an order office for t eaton co the slouffville illustiated press of 1805 describes the mod ern facilities that were incorp- oiatcd into the building of the hotel including clectiic lights and electiic bell service in each loom all the comforts the mansion house was built hy the late elijah miller in the midlsoos his son fiank mil ler cairied on the business fol lowing his fathers death in 1887 mo pains wcie spaicd to minister to the comfoits of those who pationie the house to enable them to feel at home writes the newspaper of that day the buildings convenient location near the railioad sta tion made it an even more pop ular place it could accommo date between 75 and 100 guests community saddened by untimely death of late lome dickinson the communities of both stouffville and goodwood were saddened last week when word was recived on tuesday of the untimely death of william lome dickinson in the uxbridge cot tage hospital a comparatively young man the deceased was taken seriously ill about three weeks piioi to his passing he was in his 39th year born on his parents farm at cone 4 ubiidge twp he had operated his own gravel truck for the past ten years he was highly respected by his truck driver companions and many at tended the funeral on friday afternoon from the oneill par- louis in stouffville at 2 oclock only a skeleton crew was re tained at the stouffville sand gravel co pit to peimit work men to pay their respects the floral tributes were most beau tiful mr dickinson had been mar- lied a little more than a year and icsided on tenth street s since that time he is siiivived by his wife the former helen burious and 3 month old daugh ter joyce he leaves also his seat belts save couple in weird gormley crash a weitd two ir accident on the don mills road south of gormley friday night sent 3 men to hospital and left an other couple suspended from seat belts in their overturned auto most seriously injured was john lillis 26 of don mills a passenger in a southbound car driven by edwatd antaya 20 also of don mills lillis suffered a fractured jaw and multiple lacerations a thiid man brian walton was also injuied this trio was liding in a 3954 packard that went out of con trol and struck a smaller car travelling in the same direction mr and mrs john ttawston of richmond hill were according to police saved fiom injury by the seat belts they were wear- ingtheir- vehigleai2eplvya was damaged beyond repair pc robfc haddcn of mark- ham twp police had to untangle the events that led up to the crash andehaigcs may be laid whitchurch police dept to start with staff of 15 council debates number the shuting- staff of the new whitchurch twp police deportment will be held at fifteen this was the decision of council on monday niht the personnel will include a chief 9 officers 4 cadets and 1 lady sec retary councillor stewart burnett opened debate on the issue earlier in the evening and charged that whit church should be able to operate with the same number of police personnel as the adjoining municipalities of king and east cwillimbury he said that they each had 7 men mr burnett agreed that during peak periods of the summer months a larger force might be required but suggested too that during the winter the demand for service would fall off he argued that if the whit church force of seven should become overloaded with work on special occasions they could always call on the assistance of the opp cooperation among police departments is essential he said reeve frank williams said he could see no reason why whitchurch could not operate a force on a similar basis to adjoining townships police chief fred mason contended that 7 officers could not do a satisfactory job eleven year old danny sandiford son of mr and mrs marry sandifnid kit lsloult- ville has been accepted as a student in a fulltime course at the national ballet school toronto he will cm nil in sep tember he will receive a complete grade 7 course as set up by the toronto board of education and in addition will receive training in ballet and related arts his dance teacher has been airs mollv mumford of stouirvlllc win lome dickinson parents one hi other norman goodwood rr 1 and a sister helen mrs erie lehman of stouftvillc itie deceased was identified with the united church and the funeral scivice was conducted birth dunkeld mr and mrs don ald dunkeld are happy to announce the birth of a baby boy apr 27th a little broth er for douglas and bernicc at the brierbush hospital stouffville miss betty lee daughter of mr and mrs james lee mill st has taken a position in van couver and is making her home with mr and mrs lawrence bet by rev douglas davis inter ment was in the stouffville cemetci y the pall bearers were bruce winterstein donald wright grant hill wm sanders ted wood and stan lcgeer flower hearers were dave ratcliu rae holden elgin hastings ralph boyd james trusscl and basil mcgriskin no golf ball mrs cliff wallwork hif by car at home near ballanlrae mrs cliffoid wallwork of ballantrae remains in the in tensive care ward of the york county hospital at newmarket following an accident on thuis- day of last week on no 18 hwy near her home she suffered a broken pelvis on two sides and a fractured kneecap when struck down by a southbound car diiven by beth wheeler of etobicoke mrs wallwoik had crossed the road to get the mail when the accident occurred foitu- rately a physician ai lived on the scene a few minutes later and rendered first aid a make shift stretcher was used to carry the victim into the house pc a r mcdonald of the ontario provincial police van- doif conducted the investiga tion want service deputyreeve ross farqu- harson said he did not wish to acquire more men than were needed but he wanted the peo ple of whitchurch to receive the service and protection they deserved i believe that the public wants a service and they expect this council to hire a sufficient staff to do the job said coun cillor alvin farmer councillor burnett argued that the force could begin with seven officers and more could be added as needed its easier to increase but impossible to decrease he said he inform ed the members that he had his own personal views on the po lice question and he wished on ly to make his opinions known new cruiscis the township has purchased two new 1964 dodge police cruisers from the firm of e j farr motors ltd newmarket the total price with equipment as specified was s544046 both vehicles will be black in colour with the whitchurch nameplate on the door furniture for the police office has been purchas ed fiom grand and toy ltd at a tendered price of 242112 1025 acre lots graduation time its graduation time each year a number of local stu dents arc so honoured the tribune would be pleas ed to publish individual photos of district graduates who have completed this stage of higher learning the pictures complete willi identification and information should he submitted in this of fice by not later than satur day for publication in the is sue of the following week there is no charge for this service photos may be picked up later by the sender or can be mailed to a vctiirn address for further information call the tribune 6102100 a landuse bylaw passed by whitchurch twp council on aug 8th 1963 and aiied befoic a hearing of the ontario muni cipal board last week will if appioved prohibit the erection of future homes on lots of from jc to 25 acics in sie the re- stiiction will not include parcels of land under registered owner ship prior to the passing of the bylaw the bylaw would also rule illegal the opening of gravel pits in the municipality where entrance or exit was available ony from a gravel road officials harold roberts and vivian millburn of the omb weie in charge of the hearing their decision on the bylaw was lescrved services too costly deputyreeve ross foiquhar- son said that building lots of 0 acies or moie constituted- in his cpimoiawaste of jandanda file hazaid he noted also that the restriction would discourage persons fiom building homes m isolated ateas wheie sei vices proved too costly whitchurch planning diiector j r bousfield said that pit exca vations adjacent to gravel roads had proved to be a costly item in road lepairsand maintenance for the municipality speaking in regard to lotsio controls solicitor lachlan cat- tanach of markham suggested that the council would have been better advised to place le- strictions on the sie of homes lather than lots solicitor owen shiie of tor onto suggested that the council was attempting to assume the duties of parliament and through the bylaw would if appioved accomplish power of contiol by devious means depreeve and engineer go before dept of trans deputyreeve mrs jean mc- pherson and engineer paul poullson of the twp of picker ing will appear in person be fore officials of the ncpt of transport in an effort to ac quire reduced speed limits on a section of cone 2 the dept of highways in a letter to council on monday night refuse to consider an earlier request that the speed limit between the vailey farm 3oad and the scarboro town- line be cut to below the pres ent 35 miles per hour it was in this area that a 16 year old pickering township girl was killed last month when her car veered off the road and rolled over in a ditch at an in quest hearing into the girls death the jury recommended that the speed limit should be lessened the road is like a roller- coaster said the deputyreeve the speed in the area is terri fic especially on weekends mrs mcphcrson contended that some thought should be gi ven to the children who are of ten not aware of traffic dangers the council gave its approval to the 2member delegation meeting with the transport de partment a transcript of the inquest recommendations will be presented at that time 500 lot fee stirs heated debate council divided on issue although his hall was foil ml by mr jo soph wmeman ronr 5 markham on he groim of the richmond hill fiolf course if rcrtainlr not the kind thai is used hv rliib members it has been identified a a rannnntvall and believed to be leftover relic from the war or isi2 ii was uncovered during excavations on ihe property sialt rhoto- the first open session of debate on the controversial sw lot fee charge in the twp of pickering occurred at a meeting in brougham on monday night if the initial round of argument is any indication of things to come then the item could be come the hottest issue of con troversy within the chambers this vear the council is obvi ously divided on the merits of the fee and there i some sug gestion lint members of the planning board are also pht over the issue future council discussion of the subject will be conducted in cloeridoor com- mittce hut t is likely that a joint meeting with tin- planning board will be arranged very soon and tlur public will be in vited to attend the 500 fee is charged against every individual land owner who breaks up his prop erty for the purpose of erecting a new home the money collect- ed is f be ued to cover adriiti- j onal erit required in the- jaiea of construction to date the fund now about 51000 in total has not been used inr and against reeve cliffoid lsycox and councillor harvey spang ex pressed opposition to the fee while councillors wm newman and hubert wank produced points in favour of the scheme other memheis suggested that they had definite feelings on the matter and would make their stand known whcn the issue was reintroduced at a future date the discussion was instigated hy mr wm waller of spruce hill roid pukenng who claim ed he had paid in the 300 but continued on page 11 markham chief and officer free baby caught sn crib spring police chief fred white and pc wm gunn of markham village answered an emergency call to a home on robinson st friday moining and freed a child that was trapped in its own crib the call for aid was picked up by the markhfim twp dis patcher at buttonville and re layed to chief white and offic er gunn in their cruiser within an estimated time of three minutes they were on the scene they were able to separ ate the steel strands of the spring and release the baby its face had ahcady started to turn blue from near suffoca tion the child was quickly re vived and hospital treatment was not necessary ordinarily both the chief and pc gunn would have been in attendance at weekly tiafiic court but foitunately for the family they were available and responded immediately chief fred white p c wm gunn late earl drewery was active fartnei the stouffville district i lost a wellknown and highly respec ted farm resident on monday april 27th in the sudden pass ing of mr earl bruce drewery in the uxbridge cottage hospi tal he was in his 73rd year born in uxbridge twp the son of the late william and maryann drewery he started farming near ringwood in markham twp in 1023 he mo ved to a farm at altona where he remained for 15 years and then to the present drewery premises near glasgow where he lived for 26 years in 1916 he was married to the former salome bean who pre deceased him in 1961 he is survived by thicc sons walter douglas and grant and two grandchildren donald and bonniemarie all of stouftvillc there are four sisters annie and-elizabethof- rcgina sask atchewan and mae and essieof stouflville two brothers ern est and george predeceased him the funeral service was con ducted from the oneill chapel stouffville by hcv douglas da vis on wednesday afternoon april 2th at 230 pm with in terment in the stouftvillc cem etery i katic at ihe brierbush hospital stouffville on wednesday may 6th 1964 sophia diller in her 93rd year beloved wife of thomas diller and sister of melissa mrs john valnat- ter of port huron resting at the dixon funeral home markham until friday noon then to the widcman men- nonite church for service at 2 pm interment in the adjoining cemetery markham may queen pretty ix year old bonnie jones a grade is mudenl win selected on friday nighl as flu- new may ltieen of markham disl high sflionl she was crowned by last years winner ilm karen madsen her attendants were ieslev carson is and fnanne george 17 both of grade 12 a group pholo appears on pace 12of this issue slaft fhoto