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its and misses at ringwood intersection swn within period of less than 21 hours this week two separate accidents at the ringwood intersection of no 4 and 48 llwvs took one life and caused an estimated 13000 in property damage the driver of tins car miss jeaielte kara n i las principal of glasgow public school in lxbridge twp was killed on monday afternoon staff photo the driver of this car kobt roy troughton or searboro missed death by only inches but suffered only minor iniurie when his auto was crushed by a transport truck loaded with ten tons of potatoes thus accident also occurred at the kinniiwi comer on tuesday afternoon opp from bond lake investigated both collisions staff photo lady school principal killed when car hits ringwood home a young senior room teacher at glasgow public school in ux bridge twp 22 year old jean- ette karantjas died in the tan gled wreckage of her 19g3 mo del car on monday afternoon after it roared out of control through the intersection at ringwood and rammed into the side of a vacant house the firstyear teacher and principal was westbound on no 47 hwy apparently return ing to her home in north york the vehicle veered slightly to the north mounted a cement- curbed boulevard cut across hwy 48 and sliced through a fence before hitting the house using a cutting torch ron wil son of stouffville was able to free the driver but she was pronounced dead at the scene by coroner dr blair mitchell dr mitchell praised the effic iency of wilson and the short time required to release the victim still a mystery the cause of the crash may never be determined eyewit nesses suggested that the girls foot may have slipped from the brake pedal onto the accelera tor as she approached the red light pupils examination pap ers were scattered about the area ordinarily the junior room teacher miss tea worang rides with miss karantjas but on monday morning she became ill and had to leave her classes early parents and pupils were shocked by the tragic news and those contacted by the tribune were loud in their praise of her work area board trustee har ry noble said she was an ex cellent teacher no inquest will be held debbi wilkes here at carnival april 10 pride and joy of the unionville blonde debbi wilkes the skating club and a star in both world and olympic competi tions will be the guest soloist in the springtime ice revue sat urday april 10th in the stouff ville arena reserve seats for this colourful show are now on sale debbi whose skating accom plishments need no introduction teamed up with partner guy rcvell for several seasons and captured the olympic bronze medal in 1964 and placed third in the world championships a gold dance medalist she is presently working on her 7th figure test more than 100 local skaters will take pari in the carnival from the firstyear beginners to the more accomplished senior members stouffvilles skating professional is mrs jean bar clay the club president is don huxtable rtlmne vol 76 no 43 the trd3une stouffville ontario thursday april 1 1965 eighteen pages debbi wilkes committee favours park entrance project drop plans for museum order hearings for division of land under sub control after may 3rd any divisions of land currently under sub division control within the vil lage of stouffville will require notification to adjoining owners and a hearing before a 3man committee of adjustment the act was passed in 1964 and the ruling comes under the jurisdiction of the dept of mu nicipal affairs members of the committee of adjustment in stouffville in clude henry slack edward logan and vvm sanders previ ously such applications were handled entirely by the plan ning board will cost money councillor bud spang con tended that the new ruling would not only cost the munici pality more money but would delay the final approval of land separation requests in the fin al analysis no one benefits he said i feel that we are being pushed into this continued councillor spang anyone can sit in an office and dream these things up land has been chang ing hands around here for years and nothing serious has ever happened clerk ralph corner informed the council that the act would have no effect on the builtup areas of the town persons residing within 200 feet of the affected property will be given the right to register their objections at a prearrang ed hearing the clerk said that it was not unusual to make a charge for the splitting of lots he said that in whitchurch twp the fee was 500 fire marshals office investigates blaze in church street home a minor explosion in the basement of the bungalow home owned by mr and mrs douglas bacon church st stouffville on saturday after noon has prompted fire chief walter smith to call in officials of the ontario fire marshals dept a report on their investi gation has not yet been disclos ed the house was serviced by natural gas mr and mrs bacon were ab sent from their residence when the fire started they were visi ting with relatives in port hope on the occasion of their wed ding anniversary damage to both the building and its con tents has been estimated at 10- 500 the loss is only partially covered by insurance praise for firemen chief smith praised his men for their bravery in entering the house that was filled with smoke their actions were also commended by representatives of the fire marshals office and an inspector with the gas and energy commission the chief said that the pressure of heat within the structure was so great that the house could have exploded at any time the telephone was melted off the wall using air packs firemen har ry madden and don doner were able to enter the basement and mr madden closed the gas valve leading to the furnace police cleared the area of spec tators the brigade remained at the scene for 4 hours and chief smith spent most of sunday as sisting with the investigation that followed t in spite of smoke fire and water damage to the interior a quantity of money amounting to several hundreds of dollars was saved a rare coin collec tion was also found the bacon family are residing at present at the home of his brother don on park street south rambler agency opens here a new rambler agency has been opened in stouffville mr bill sanders tenth and main st east will handle both the sales and service of this popu lar automotive line the rambler series includes the compact american the mid dlesize classic and the luxur ious ambassador engines are available in both 6 cylinder and v8s with a wide range of po wer options and features sev eral models are now on public display car makes midair spin two injured a majority vote of a 6-mem- ber centennial committee plus the chairman agreed last week in favour of a park entrance project off main street but dropped plans for a museum building on the same property the finalized decision will be outlined to the town council at a regular meeting on thursday evening tonight the committee included the chairman ross giles mrs fvc- lvn jackson charles james feel that this sum of money could be better spent he ag reed that a new park entrance would be an asset to the town mr frank brock said that since twothirds of the project would be covered by govern ment grant he felt that it was a good deal for the community if the other onethird is spent wisely mr james said he also fav oured the museum but voted i for the park program rather frank brock rev douglas da- i than sec the whole plan drop- vis dcputyrccvc ken laush- j l way and councillor bud spang j cosily operation the vote was 52 in favour j deputyreeve ken laushway of the park program with mrs j an ardent promoter of the park jackson and councillor spang registering opposition to the plan mrs jackson felt that the museum should have been in cluded councillor spang con tended that the project should be practical i dont think that we as a body should sit here and dream up ways to spend money he said too costly to moc rev douglas davis said that i plan from the start suggested that the museum would not on- ly be costly to establish but would be costly to maintain lie said that 4000 had been set up in the towns 1965 budget for a centennial project the dead- line for the presentation of plans is aug 31st mr giles chaired the lively j discussion that lasted over hj hours in the motion that fol- council divided on raising salaries all the members knew when they accepted the office that the rate of pay was 18 a meeting the same as county council and im opposed to changing it now declared deputyreeve rumble at the regular meeting of mark- ham twp council on monday a recommendation from council which had met in com mittee was to raise the rate to 20 which is the limit the law- will allow in the case of the reeve the remuneration is s3500 and the recommendation in creased this amount to 3700 with an additional 300 for work on the industrial commit tee making a total of s4000 reeve hooper objected to the amount being divided but dep uty reeve rumble said the by law described what was agreed on in committee and should not be changed in supporting the increase for the reeve council lor palmer said that the reeves j duties had increased and he i was called on to perform many duties not asked of a councillor in the vote that followed reeve hooper had to break a tie and voted for the increases dcputyrccvc rumble and councillor chas hoover were opposed a 1965 model corvair driven by duncan giles of stouftville was tossed an estimated ten feet in the air and turned com pletely around following a two- car accident on no 48 hwy south of ringwood on tuesday afternoon the nearlynew giles auto rammed into the side of an f- 85 oldsmobilc driven by eld- red king markham rr 2 the collision occurred at the entrance to the king farm the giles car although southbound completed a mid air spin and landed on its wheels facing in a northerly direction the driver suffered concussion and a broken nose but was saved from more ser ious injury or even death by scat belts he was admitted to the searboro hospital and re tained overnight for treat ment and observation mr king suffered minor injuries but his auto was badly damaged two local residents ken laushway and david coon were eyewitnesses to the crash dr john button of stouffville was summoned to the scene and arrived within minutes stouffville veteiinarian dr a t oconner was involved in a car accident on main st w friday march 26th and total damage has been estimated at 550 his auto was struck from behind by one driven by mrs jean manchee rr 4 stouff ville her daughter jane 4 suffered minor head cuts 3 rabid skunks shot warn of danger markham twp canine con trol officer las ryan has issued a warning concerning the prevalence of rabies in the area the danger is espe cially real in rural areas mr ryan told the tribune that three rabid skunks were shot last week one of these in the town of richmond hill it was tracked through a res idential district and killed near the entrance to an apart ment building incidents of rabies are al ways more numerous in the spring and mr ryan has urged that dogowners should have their pels vaccinated or keep them lied up close school for principals funeral the glasgow public school in uxbridge twp will close at noonhour on thursday to day to permit the staff and students to attend the funeral service for miss jeanette kar antjas killed in a tragic car accident at ringwood on mon day afternoon miss karantjas was in her first year of teaching and was the principal at glasgow she was 22 members of the uxbridge area board will be present at the funeral along with pupils in the senior grades the serv ice will be held from st george s greek orthodox church 115 bond st toronto at 2 pm with interment in mt pleasant cemetery a breakin attempt at coffey and bartley motors last week was interrupted by pc david hadden of the stouffville police dept when he checked the pre mises the culprit escaped out a rear door but nothing was stolen spring sales an 8page section of the tri bune this week contains a host of spring bargains now being oftered by stouffville merch ants be sure and check each adv carefully for real money- saving values a coon is made dep magistrate stouffville solicitor david a coon has been appointed to the honoured position of deputy- magistrate for the province of ontario the announcement of although he was very much in i owed it was agreed by the ma- favour of the museum he fear- j jority that the original project ed that to move the former an- should be continued exeludin glican church buildini returns to date in the stouff- i ville lions club easier seal and the museum and that the brick campaign now totals 71050 place it on a new foundation j building on the site should be i the fund drive closes on april j would cost at least 5000 i demolished 1 18th j david a coon this promotion was made known on tuesday it will be come effective as of april 26th of this year the recommendation for mr coons appointment was put forward by tire attorney gen erals department he will se ver his business partnership with the local law firm n button and coon in stouffville but will continue to maintm his residence on church street he will retain his membership with the attorney generals committee on obscene litera ture until a replacement is na med graduated in 1956 a native of toronto david graduated from osgoode hall in 1956 he took up residence in gormley and later moved with his wife and family to stouff ville in 1960 he haj three sons jeremy 5 peter 3 and john 9 months he has been most ac tive in many phases of commu nity life in stouffville and cur rently is a trustee on the public school board girl hit by car in markham a 14 year old markham vil lage girl suffered a fractured collarbone on friday night when she ran into the side of an eastbound car on no 7 hwy wendy jean stubbs daugh ter of mr and mrs wm stubbs abercorn road was admitted to the searboro general hospital for treatment no blame was attached to the motorist lorrie norman mark 20 of unionville pc ray ward of the village police as sisted opp of the bond lake detachment at the scene mrs arthur carruthers was atha correspondent for tribune for 43 yrs mrs arthur carruthers a longtime and faithful corres pondent for the tribune in the atha area of pickering twp for the past 43 years passed a- way on wednesday march 24th in the brierbush hospital she was 89 granny as she was called by many of her neighbour friends began gathering up it ems of interest in the atha area back in 1922 it was then com mon practice for her to bring her news in by horse and bug gy and later in a model t ford she seldom missed a week even when her health was not up to par born at lemonville the late mrs carruthers was born at lemonville the former alice alberta howitt daughter of mr and mrs james howitt in 1903 she married arthur carruthers who died twenty years ago before taking up residence near the 8th cone of pickering the couple farmed at cashel until 1906 she was a member of the memorial christian church and a charter member of the altona womens insti tute she remained active until a few days prior to her death she is survived by one son ernie on the home farm and a granddaughter ruthann a sister mrs edith soden resides near brougham rev clarence bass conducted the funeral service from the oneill chapel stouffville on friday afternoon the pall bearers were gren draper fred draper murray dunkcld frank robb earl brillinger and ed macaloncy new wage scale in markham twp deputyreeve rumble object ed strenuously on monday night in markham township council as the report for a revised sala ry schedule was presented and passed without discussion this is a stupid motion de clared the deputyreeve coun cil should read and discuss the recommendation he said it is useless for a ratepayer to attend a council meeting if the business is to be conducted in this man ner the new schedule is as fol lows clerk harry crisp 9500 up s200 deputy clerk 6300 up 200 treas ss0o0 up s1000 twp engineer 11000 up siooo police chief 7200 up 100 building inspector 7000 up s300 increases ranging from 100 to 500 were also given to some members of the road staff in the police department staff sergeants will receive s6400 patrol sergeants s6o00 first class constables 1500 to s5600 mrs arthur carrathers 89 of atha