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m m- vil ss m 5000 copies week ribwit two pages of classifieds 6 and 7 vol 76 no 46 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 22 1965 eighteen pages scene of fire where young boy died an eleven year old whitchurch twp boy died in a fire last friday that destroyed this ham cone 6 douglas hisey son of mr and sirs bruce hisey was found by stoiiffville firemen when of the frame structure on the farm of douglas clarke they searched through the ruins staff photo eleven year old boy loses life as tragic fire razes whitchurch barn public school chums and sun day school classmates were among the many who attended the funeral service on monday for 11 year old douglas hisey cone 6 whitchurch twp who died on friday afternoon in a tragic barn fire not far from his home douglas hisey in attendance at the service were his parents mr and mrs bruce hisey whose courage throughout the entire ordeal has inspired the residents of all the community the young lad a grade 6 pupil at hillcrest school was trapped among bales of hay in a fort that had been con structed in an upstairs loft of a barn owned by douglas clarke an uncle of the victim it is believed that one of the boys lit a match and in minutes the entire structure was ablaze a younger brother paul 9 escaped along with a companion timmy leonard paul suffered burns to his face back and legs but is making a good recovery in the york county hospital at newmarket beautiful flowers the oneill chapel in stouff- ville contained more than sev enteen beautiful floral bouquets and more than seventy gideon bibles were presented by friends of the family on the coffin at the graveside were 3 floral sprays one from the fam ily one from the school and one from his closest friend charles ramsay who also acted as a flowerbearer along with broth ers paul and bruce rodin rev bruce hisey was in charge of the service in second markham baptist church where the family are members and where douglas attended sunday school rev fred kreick of the sunday school mission spoke in a personal way of dougies fine qualities that made him a real friend of young and old an un cle rev murray a heron of noranda quebec brought the message the cemetery service was in charge of another uncle rev lome heron of val dore quebec mrs keith hutchinson was the soloist interment was made in the adjoining cemete ry the pall bearers all uncles were ross heron harold he ron arnold heron earl heron douglas clarke and herb hisey mr and mrs hisey have six other children paul peter stephen joyceanne david and karen consider 1day permit for cyclists meet the nortown motorcycle club of toronto has requested permission to hold an openair competition on the property of joseph herold lot 16 cone 9 whitchurch twp- the date de sired is july 18th at a meeting of council on tuesday night it was suggested that a oneday permit be issued to the organization this li cence carries a fee of 100 the clerk will contact the club to obtain their feelings on such a move crown attorney instructs police to ignore pickering twp overloads when p twp truck driver lloyd pascoc of clarcmont was stopped recently by a constable of the ontario provincial police for a routine check of his load weight he produced a special permit that entitled him to carry extra tonnage the incident was reported back to crown attorney bruce affleck in oshawa and result ed in an order from his office that all future overload cases in pickering be ignored the edict has aroused the concern of township engineer poul poulsson and his feelings were expressed in a letter to mr affleck that was read at a meeting of council on monday night he said that special permits arc issued in cases of emergency only and any township driver discovered with an overload without such ap proval would be reprimanded the crown attorney charged that halfload laws arc enacted to protect the highways during the spring breakup period and it was embarrassing to a police officer to be faced with special situations a false picture mr poulsson said that the crown attorney had been giv en an entirely false picture and the situation could have been clarified through a telephone call he said it was now obvi ous that mr afflecks ruling was common knowledge aince fully- loaded gravel trucks were now using the altona road he said he was shocked by the c as decision the engineer said he was aware of the need for the half- load limit and the special per mit was for emergencies only it would be ridiculous to dam age some roads while attempt ing to repair others he said on stage next week reeve clifford laycox term ed the matter a rather nasty mess other members called the crown attorneys actions disgraceful childish and arib- disgraceful childish and arbi- councillor wm newman said that mr affleck was an em ployee of the provincial gov ernment and hs job was to pro secute in court not to tell the opp what to do in pickering hes setting a precedent thats not justifiable he said it was agreed that copies of both let ters should be sent to both provincial members in two local ridings dr m b dymond and albert walker bylaw to prohibit careless fires passed 3 the name of at least one adult person other than the applicant who will remain in attendance until the fire has been completely extinguished 4 the means of extinguishing the fire these provisions do not ap ply where leaves or other waste is placed in a properly covered incinerator leaves shall not be burned on the pav ed portion of any highway or sidewalk a conviction registered against any person guilty of contravening this bylaw shall bring a fine not exceeding the sum of 30 for each offense exclusive of costs a new bylaw has been pas sed by stouffville council to halt carelessness in the setting of outside fires within the lim its of the town the ruling was prompted after a fire was dis covered at the rear of a main street business premises sever al weeks ago and the brigade had to be called to extinguish it under the new regulations no person will be allowed to set a fire for the burning of grass or other debris until he first ob tains a permit signed by the fire chief or a member of the police department to obtain a permit the following infor mation must be made known 1 the day and hour when the fire is to be set 2 the tickets are still available for place where the fire is to be set music mania 65 late thomas henderson farmed on ninth cone of markham township man killed in 2car crash wed morning one man was killed and 3 others were injured in a two- car crash on the brock road south of claremont wednes day morning dead is jan turalewira 60 of 32 bcnorama cresc scar borough he died behind the wheel of his northbound auto near the th concession injured and taken to ajax general hospital were ross allard 33 rr 1 uxbridge driver of the southbound vehi cle and two passengers war ren thompson 29 rr 1 uxbridge and lloyd jones 38 of clarcmont a heavy fog blanketed the area at the time of the acci dent the collision occurred shortly after 6 am new kring store opens today the store designed with the modern woman in mind opens its doors to the public today herb krings new furniture store on main street formerly raxlins furniture will feature brand name goods such as sklar krug kilgour reliance wcstinghouse frigidaire tap- pangurney and emerson the store consisting of 4650 feet of floor space will be set up in group furniture to appeal to the customers comfort and relaxation in the lower level section a new addition of colonial furni ture will be displayed to meet customer demands mr kring said he would carry the same grade of furniture as he has done since first open ing a store in stouffville hundreds of dollars in lucky draw prizes will be offered on opening day with the draw tak ing place may 1st at 1 and 4 pm to the first one hundred la dies in the store on thursday friday and saturday mr kring will give a rose or per fume draws will also take place for a 5piece chrome suite a westinghouse amfm radio and a ductless hood for an electric range krings store will be open every night including monday until 9 pm the old store will be kept open for used furniture and tradeins govt control over police is predicted councillor bud spang chair man of the stouffville police committtee predicted that it wouldnt be too long before all municipal police departments were placed under provincial government control discussion on the issue arose at a meeting of council on thursday night when a request was received from the twp of saltfleet recommending gov ernment grants toward munici pal police forces councillor bud spang councillor spang spoke in favour of the request if the government can pay out money for centennial projects why not for police service he said deputyreeve ken laushway was opposed it would be just another step closer to complete government control over police departments he said i feel that there are a few local things that we should operate and support ourselves mr spang were not going to be spang were not going to be running police forces very much longer government con trol is coming whether we like it or not mr spang said that the groundwork had already been laid in preparation for such a move it might be a good thing too he said if a body was organized to level out the current wage scale councillor ken betz said that he had heard unofficially that the move toward regional gov ernments would be adopted by 1967 on the vote that followed the request was turned down the auditorium of the stouffville dist high school will ba the scene of the united church couples club annual music mania program on friday and saturday evenings april 30th and may 1st included in the colourful performance will be several numbers by local dancers such as pretty sharon brazier shown here tickets are now on sale staff photo markham township police promotions are approved take option on substation site the stouffville public utili ties commission is contemplat ing the erection of a second hydro power sub station in town an option has been taken out on a site in the east end of town north of the fred castle residence a final decision on the pur chase will not be made until after a meeting is held with hydro officials sgt robt hood an officer with the markham twp police department for the past ten years has been promoted to the position of deputychief ef fective sept 1st 1965 in addi tion two constables c clif ford cox and pc douglas tribbling will serve as detec tives on the force as of the same date two probationary officers will be hired and will commence duties on june 1st 1965 these were only three of sev eral recommendations that were introduced following a police committee meeting in march all were approved by council on monday police committee chairman stewart rumble praised the ef ficiency of the markham force after councillor allan sumner questioned the cost involved through promotions and addi tions of men reeve chas hooper said that increased costs had been taken into consideration when the 65 police budget was submitted councillor sumner argued that two extra officers were not required and detective person nel was not necessary on a split recorded vote to delete these recommendations the mo tion was lost with councillori sumner and chas hoover vot ing together councillor sumner also con tended that the force was not ready for a deputychief but he failed to gain any support on this stand on a motion to approve the police committees report coun cillor hoover declined to vote at all this would be a fine council if everyone adopted that procedure charged reeve hooper i dont feel that this coun cil is exactly known as a mutu al admiration society replied mr hoover sketch of new 20000 firehall on thursday april 15th mr thomas tom henderson a former farm resident on the 9lh cone of markham twp passed away in the toronto western hospital a comparatively young man at 52 he had been in declining health for the past five months mr henderson was born near holstein ont son of the late mr and mrs alex henderson in 1940 he was married to the former ethel hill and six years later took up residence south of stouffville on the well- known batt farm the family moved into the queensville area in 1961 where mr hcnder- on operated a very successful farm until stricken with lung disease besides his wife he is sur vived by a son bruce and two daughters patricia and dale all at home he has four broth ers murray of markham ruth erford of stoney creek gor don of lindsay lome of wawa and two sisters mrs ervine gcddes marion of hamilton and mrs alden roberts lau ra of truro nova scotia rev norman rowan conduct ed the funeral service on satur day from the chapel of road- house and rose newmarket with interment in the new market cemetery the floral tributes were most beautiful and donations to both the cana dian cancer society and the gideons showed the respect in which the deceased was held in the community the pall bearers were m j lewis gordon lunau carl boyd cecil mortson geo evanj and dan van dyk 1l w it 1 fi llifepilii i gravel co operators oppose extension of halfload restriction pr r l m s m mork will bocin this summer on he cnnstniction of a new 20000 firelall in stouffville plans for the prepared by local draftsman charles jones of elm road it is i 3bay building and will bo located on the street next to the bowline centre- building have been north side of main the weather will play an im portant part in the operations of whitchurch township gravel companies according to town ship council due to the late spring whit church twp members last week considered the idea of ex tending the halfload regula tions into the month of may the halfload period usually expires at the end of april council decided that by hav ing a bylaw reserving their right to enforce the extension would keep the roads in fair condition if the frost was still there on some roads in the township there is still 30 inches of frost with this bylaw passed we will have it if we need it said reeve ross farquharson it will be enforced depending on the road conditions however the reeve added that no permits would be issued to carry full loads offer solutions two gravel companies were represented at the council meeting seeking some agree ment concerning the regula tions mr mcarthur of campbell- ville gravel co said that he didnt feel the weight of his trucks damaged the roads but added that extended restrictions would cost him thousands of dollars we have three alternatives the official stated we obtain permission to fix the road we buy a rightofway and build our own road or we move our plant to a nonrestricted zone ross and bruce winterstein of the stouffville sand gravel co said the halfload regula tions prevent the company from meeting competition in toronto they said that the rail road is not restricted and they receive a subsidy from the gov ernment mr mcarthur said that he and his men would repair the road as it needed it if they were allowed full loads the spring is the time to fix these roads he added not in the middle of summer if they are fixed now the roads would be better when the halfload restriction is lifted mr mcarthur requested a permit to haul fullloads in re turn for keeping the roads in shape he said that other oper ators would have to get a per mit to do the same