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fair attraction theres nothing like a lnd anil a highstepping majorette to add a little colour to a fall fair and prrtty 18 year old sharon johnson headed the markham collcgcttcs at markliani- fair last week sharon is the daughter ot mr and mrs jack johnson kri stouffvillc start rhoto school escapees are trouble for police juvenile escapees from the st johns training school near uv bridge are providing officers o the stouffvillc police depart- ment with a real problem chief orland keating told the council on thursday night orfjiis c- commendation the members supported a resolution jrommhe twp requesting the attorney- generals depart- mpnt to investigate the security measures presently in force at this institution chief keating said that during the past year four cars had been stolen in town and each theft had been traced to an es capee from the school he said that he had personally visited the premises and seen little sign of control apparently they can leave any time they wish he saldhc said that their crimes ranged from incorrigibil ity to armed robbery councillor ken bet said that the runaway lads had given res idents in the town of uxbridge a good deal of trouble- in the past 380 paid for heifer at consignment sale a consignment sale of quality springer cattle at the stouffvillc sales arena on thursday eve ning resulted in an average bid of s225 for the livestock entered the auction was conducted bv frank bennett and norm faulkner the top cow a first calf heir- cr brought s3s0 her bull call sold for s22 one cow went to a buyer in vermont usa a second similar sale will bo held on thursday evening nov 5th- at eight oclock suggest centennial park pfoject at musselmanslake mr philstone from the dept of municipal affairs acting for municipal centennial projects attended the whitchurch twp council meeting on monday night council has given little thought to a project due to the heavy increases in expenditures with the establishment of the new township police depart ment however it was pointed out that council has already agreed to the purchase of land at musselmans lake as a pub lie park and this was suggested rs a centennial project under such a plan the township would have much more money available for the purchase- and members agreed to consider the suggestion mr chal wilton glad pk ave was called home from a moosehunting trip when his father was taken quite ill birth hodgins professor and mrs larry hodgins nee nancy rcid of saskatoon happily announce the birth of a daugh ter on october 61964 a little sister for danny and jacquc- lyn population 3722 assessment over 4450000 stouffville population has climbed to 3122 an increseof 199 over last year according to figures submitted to town council on thursday night by assessor lloyd turner ft was interesting to note that there arc 313 persons in town 0 years of age and over the largest age group is from 20 to 59 numbering 159 persons mr turner also gave the total assessment of the town now as 445086200 this is an increase or 211239 over last years figure girl saves life of brother caught in swing a 12 year old uxbridge twp irl has been credited with sa- ing her brothers life when she found him dangling from the end of a rope that had twis ted tightly around his neck scott stewart 8 son of mr and mrs gordon stewart no 47 hwy north of goodwood was attempting to erect a swing in a tree when he fell from the limb his sister susan heard the screams of his companions and ran from the house to the scene of the neartragedy she lifted him up to relieve the pressure and her father untied the rope he then applied mouth to mouth respiration rnd the boy began breathing a- gain dr d j pctrie of stouffville was called and the lad was rushed still unconcious to the scarboro general hospital by the uxbridge ambulance through a process known as antithermodynamics the boys body temperature was lowered to aid his recovery his condi tion this week is reported to be satisfactory scott is a grade 3 pupil at the fifth line public school his sister susan is in grade c funeral thursday for late d mcdowell funeral services will be held on thursday afternoon today in the altona united missionary church for the late david h mcdowell cone 8 pickering who passed away suddenly on monday oct 5th mr mcdowell suffered a heart attack on his farm near atha he was in his 5sth year the deceased had resided on the tth cone ot markham be fore moving to his late residence several years ago ho was most activeinthe community and served on the trustee board of atha public school for a num ber of years he is survived by his wife the former gertrude jarvis and four sons bruce murray gordon and keith one son carl is deceased he has3 brothers walter of peacan iii stanley of tillsonburg and percy of calgary alberta mr mcdowell willrest at the dixon funeral home markham until thursday noonthe service in the church at 2 oclock will be in charge of rev f g huson and rev dow sargeant inter ment will be in the stouffville cemetery vol 76 no 18 the tribune stouffyilie ontario thursday october s 1964 sixteen pages dog dies of rabies after attack on two children at altona a collie dog stricken with rabies died in the stouffville veterinary clinic on tuesday four days after it had bitten a 3 year old boy on the ear and scratched his 9 year old sister in the face marion and reginald kcrswill children of mr and mrs charl es kcrswill ot altona are now receiving antirabies shots ad ministered- by dr d j pctrie of- the stouffville medical cen tre a rabid fox has been blamed for carrying the disease since it was seen on the kcrswill farm about four weeks ago it is thought that it must have at tacked the family collie at that time it was later shot by mr fred draper of atha following a fight with two of his dogs dr petrie told the tribune that fourteen daily injections would be required to assure immunity lor the children he noted that although the girl was not bitten by the dog there was a definite abrasion and the risk of infection was too great to ignore veterinarian dr a t ocon nor stressed the urgency in re cognizing the symptoms of ra bies in wild animals he suggest ed that any that appeared to act in a strange manner should be destioycd immediately he sug gested too that domestic pets mainly farm dogs should be vaccinated as a preventative measure record 71 entries at north york plowing avecord of 71 entries one of the largest in the 41 year history of the north york plowing match turned out for competi tion on monday on the farm of fred timbers cone 7 whit church twp in addition to ex cellent work turned in by both horse and tractor classes the match produced a fine display of farm machinery as well as 1965 model cars the banciuet held in the evening at the veterans hall in stouffville served 129 although the total list of class winners is published elsewhere in this issue 1st prize and speci al awards went to the following plowmen class 1 bernard wylic oakwood class 2 grant wells lemonville class 4 leslie smith black water class 5 herb jarvis agincourt class 6 carl timbers stouffville i class 7 barry timbers mt albert class 8 stan kcrswill stouffville class 0 joe forsyth stouffville class 10 grant wells lemonville class 11 barry timbers mount albert walter atkinson was the win ner in the novelty class with horses out of seven entries the best team award went to ber nard wylie of oakwood peter gibbins took the bank of nova scotia special and jim fergu son won the bank of commerce trophy grant wells had the best finish and jim ferguson captured the t eaton co award roy lewis of altona received the international harvester prize geo timbers of stouff ville won the esso tractor plow special withdrawal brings protest the planned withdrawal or the clk ilaylincr service between toronto and pctcrboro has touched off a wave of protest from residents in the area the deadline date has been set for oct 21th representatives from the council of the twp of pickcrlnjr will apply in person to tho board of transport commissioners to have the service maintained the passenger unit is shown hero as it approaches the station in clarcmont staff photo protest any dayliner s halt in council members urged to proceed centennial project fair pictures ox p 12 this week- the tribune has featured a total of ten pic tures on events of interest at markham fair two photos appear on page one and the remainder on pace 12 suggest manager for town works deputyreeve ken laushway has stressed the need for the ap pointment of a manager or an administrator to organize the operation of the works depart ment in stouffvillc he made the comment at a regular meeting of council on thursdaynight thedcputyrccve said that the present twoman department couldnt cope with the work and too much of the responsibility was then forced back oh mem bers of council the employees havent the time and im sure the councillors havent cither he said he suggested that the hiring of a supervisor would in many instances save the town money there is always room for improvement agreed reeve win timbers extra tolicc councillor bud spang suggest ed that the time had come to add a fourth man to the towns police department mr spans is chairman of the police com mittee he commended the local offi cers or the job they were doing but recommended that one more constable was required he agre ed to discuss the matter further in committee and bring in re port v boy bitten by dog 8 stitches are needed a nine year old stouffville boy was bitten on the left arm and clawed in the face on fri day by a dog in the rear yard of the bullock home on albert st south reid wcldon son of mr and mrs lloyd weldon rose ave required eight stitches to close the wound in his cheek the dog was tied up at the time the animal a german shep herd pup has been impounded at the stouffville veterinary centre and will be destroyed the lad was treated at the stouffvillc medical centre fracas lands man in court charge hired hand threatened to burn down ownery barn an involved case in which a 22 year old exhired hand is al leged to have sent threatening letters to his former employer suggesting that his barn would be burned down and he would be shot was aired in magistrates court richmond hill on tues day john van hezcwyk cone 5 markham twp said that he re ceived two unsigned letters in his mailbox the first one de manded 25000 or his barn would be destroyed a second one asked lor the same amount of money or his barn would be burned and he might be shot it is alleged that robt w flem ing ofno fixed address was re sponsible for the threats mr van hezcwyk said that he took the letters tn the markham twp police station at button- the stouiivilic post office will ville the case will be continued be closed on monday thanks- on thursday civing a fracas following a worship sorvico at the home of willis rcesor rr 2 pickering on a sunday evening landed an alto na man in court on tuesday charged with assault john sta- ten 20 arcsident at the home of mr fred nighswander rr 3 stouffville was alleged to have struck dennis drudge 22 of 16th ave markham in the mouth loosening several of his tcethipc- allan chadwlckof markham twp police was sum moned to the scene and later charged statcn mr nighswander testified that he had attempted to help the accused but found him difficult to handle at times statcn admitted striking drudge but could provide magis trate hollinrake with no real reasonfor his action the court was told that the accused had been admitted to hospital for psychiatric observation follow ing the incident the i magistrate agreed to place statcn in the care of mr nighswander until oct 20ih when his sentence would be handed down members of stouffville mun icipal council meeting in spec ial session on monday were ur ged by mr philstorie field re presentative for the depart ment of municipal affairs on centennial projects to proceed with a cefiienriiai project for stouffville mr stone advised members that if stouftville does not mark canadas birthday in this way it would be the only municipality in the entire area not to do so there is a grant of approxi mately 6500 for stouffville and the municipality for its share could provide the municipally owned anglican church prop erty on main st since council has agreed to erect a new fire hall on property further cast on the north side the church prop- vrty which had previously been purchased is free to be used for some centennial project the centennial garden as a new pedestrian entrance to the town park was proposed some ime ago by deputyreeve ken laushway and an artists sketch prepared and viewed by coun cil the idea however failed to gain much support in council who voted several weeks ago to get rid of the proposed site funds for the stouffville share of the project could come with department permission from park funds which can only be used for the purchase of land in conjunction with the park there would be no capital out lay by the citizens out of taxes this situation was summar ized at vtgndays meeting and mr stone drew attention to the fact that nov 9th was the dead line for submission of plans it is- expected that council will discuss the question in detail at the next meeting on oct loth as only three members attend ed this weeks meeting coun cillors ken betz bud spang and deputyreeve laushway 32 properties under tax hammer township clerk thos kerr revealed to whitchurch coun cil on monday night that he was taking action on 32 prop erties for municipal lax ar rears he said that 27 of the properties were vacant land nd the remaining five built on council members expressed concern and the view that dras tic action would have to be ta ken in 1965 to keep taxes paid p honour presbyterian pastor late g l hamill the congregations of st james presbyterian church stouffville and st andrews markham paid a final tribute to their late pastor rev gordon louis hamill when funeral services were conducted on tuesday afternoon at his church in markham the auditorium was completely filled and many members were required to re main downstairs mr hamill passed away on sunday morn ing oct 4th in the scarborough general hospital he had been in ill health for a period of eight weeks rev hamill was born at ot tawa following graduation from knox college toronto he took over a pastoral charge at branfford where he remained for two years he then spent 10 years at durham coming to markham in the fall of 1959 during the five years that he served the congregations at both markham and stouffvillc so faithfully ho wasjhold in high regard by all members- he was very active in the promotion of young peoples work and liv ed to sec the completion of the new christian education centre building as an addition to st andrews in markham due to declining health he could not attend the official dedication but he did view the interior of the structure prior to its opening rev hamill was an ardent sports an and an active curler with the east toronto ministeri al curling association his rink won the championship last win ter he was chairman of the assemblys board of evangelism and social action of the presby terian church in canada besides his wife the former anne elizabeth ryric he is sur vived by two daughters eliza beth and susan also his mother mrs jessie hamill the funeral service was con ducted by rev prof david hay of toronto- assisted by rev d r mckiilican of markham and rcvjohn forbes of agincourt rev robt kerr of toronto moderator of the synod of to ronto and kingston conducted the service atthe graveside in terment was in st andrews cemetery markham the pall bearers were his knox college classmates of 194 rev wm lawson of windsor rev o g locke of lindsay rev douglas scaton of leasidc revg v brett of oshawa rev geo cunningham and rev wm g moorhead both of to- ronto honorary pall bearers in cluded members of the sessions of both congregations wm morris leslie rowe allan pow ell clarence hood and bruce davidson of stouffville and john hiscocks tim lcish man rode rick macbride wm mceachern james rushton dr jas scott donald sine hart smith herb ert thomas kenneth thomas peter stewart and muir adair all of markham the council of the twp of pickering will register a perso nal protest before the board of transport commissioners over a recent announcement by the cpr to withdraw the toronto- peterborough dayliner car from service mr milton mowbray of kinsale who commutes daily to his law practice in toronto on the dayliner appealed to the council for support in an orga nized protest campaign in addi tion to a personal plea the coun cil will file a oblcction tothe president of the cpr the board of transport commis sioners and the minister of transport at ottawa mr mowbray said he was speaking for tho many commu- tors especially in the north end of pickering that relied on the dayliner to arrive in toiontbin the morning and home again at nighthc charged that the with- drawal of this service would be another move closer to the shut down of all intermediate sta tions between peterborough and toronto mr mowbray admitted that the mid-day- train could very well operate at a financial loss but it was not unusual to have a standingroomonly pas senger list at morning andeve- ning- periods he said that- he had obtained his figures by talk ing to passengers who utilised the service the cancellation deadline has been set for oct 24th surprised at move councillor herb wank said he very much favoured commuter service and was surprised at the suggested move by the cpr we should do allin our pow er to have the service maintain ed said councillor harvey spang milton mowbray this is a growing service agreed councillor wm newman deputyreeve mrs jean mc- pherson suggested that it was becoming increasingly difficult to drive a car to downtown to ronto during rushhour periods i think its a terrible thing said reeve clifford- laycox mr mowbray said thatathis station the commuter traffic had tripled in the past year he noted that apart from the day liner only the toronto to otta wa passenger trains were inuse on the line they are meaning less he said jviany irom nere wiii u al the apple butter festival at cedar grove sat and monday the holiday weekend 3000 required to service new church property representatives of the stouffi ville united church were ad vised by stouffvillc municipal council on thursday night that the sum of 3000 as a cash de- posit would be required to co- ver the services on edward st- to the proposed site of a new united church v the church is proposing to purchase approximately 3m acres of land on edward st immediately west of the high school at a cost of 512000 tho owner of the properly is bara- ven developments and the ow ner and purchaser had been advised earlier by the stouff ville planning board that they would have to satisfy the mun icipal council as to thecost of services before the transferof the land could be approved the church representatives ag reed with the owners to brine the services north on edward st a distance of 240 feet where they will have tobe picked up by anyone further developing this residential area the church board is expected to discuss the proposition and make further representation to planning board if members are agreed to shoulder this addi tional cost town employee eddie grim- as stouffcr st is presently in hospital at newmarket 4000 pounds of pull i this cam of oxrn owned by carman lyons of wallaectown onf presented s real attrac tion n he thousands who attended markham fair on friday and saturday- tipping the scale at nearly zflob pounds apiece they represented a priceless possession to mr- lyons right- and his trainer john bobier stall photo f