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5000 copies this week t rtfrant classified ads on pages 6 and 7 ol 76 no 51 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday may 27 1965 fourteen pages plan shopping plaza for west end of stouffville tlie corner of tjucen and bay hnsv truck route in the centre of problem they attended a meeting sts has nothing on the intersection at bloomington in whitchurch tup the crossroads a busy grave pit district the residents in the area are urging council action to curb tlie with a 50name petition on tuesday night staff photo legation asks whitchurch council o place load limit on class a delegation of bloomington listrict residents supported by 50name petition urged whit- hurch twp council on tues- iay night to make some move improve conditions caused by leavy gravel truck traffic in heir community the spokes- nan for the group was mr ed- vard sheppard who resides at he corner of the bloomington toad and the 9th cone mr sheppard said that the ouncil had trie right to limit oad weights to 22000 pounds a class b road and he ask- d that such action be taken it vas observed that the names of everal truck drivers were con- ained ln the petition and it vas noted that they too were a- vare of the problem to make check reeve ross farquharson ad- nitted that the residents had a ogical complaint he said that a hwys dept offiicial had pro mised to visit the site on thurs day today and he hoped that some additional government as sistance might result from this inspection if not then he said that the township would have no alternative but to limit the weights of gravel loads with reference to the recom mended change in the roadle vel near the bloomington school as requested in a coro ners inquest reeve farquhar son said he hoped this work could be completed this year on a question posed by coun cillor alvin farmer one truck driver said that licence costs for the vehicles ranged from 350 to 600 another noted that they paid a gas tax and it was not unusual for a truck to burn 50 gallons of gasoline in a single day boy suffers broken leg guilty of dangerous riving is verdict n gormley case john charles robertson 23 richmond hill was found uilty by a 12man jury on vednesday on a charge of dan- terous driving laid by mark- 1am twp police following the raffic death on dec 24th of jormley postmaster charles lilsted the case was heard before udge robert forsythe in the lily hall toronto robertson vas given a two year suspend- d sentence his licence to drive vas suspended for 4 months le was required to post a 1000 ond both the investigating officer c clifford con and two wit- icsses told of the hazardous vcather conditions on the after- loon of the accident visibility vas measured at 300 feet due o dense fog that blanketed the rca the robertson and mil ted autos collided headon af- the accused turned out to ass a truck on 18th avenue west of victoria square difficult case four persons including ro bertsons mother told of the young mans fine character and good standing in the communi ty following the death of his father the accused had taken over as head of the house wor king at two jobs to support the family its a very sad case and a very difficult one to handle said judge forsythe in his re marks to the jury no one in tended to kill anyone else it was a mater of carelessness solicitor john lawlor of richmond hill represented the accused the jury returned with its verdict after 30 minutes of de liberation a r year old mill st boy is in the uxbridge cottage hospital with a broken leg after he was hit by a car near kirkfield on the weekend randy wood son of mr and mrs ted wood was holidaying with his parents when the ac cident occurred he was knock ed onto the road by the im pact he was rushed into kirkfield for medical treatment but the doctor there was away on vaca tion he was then taken to woodville for xrays and later admitted to hospital in ux bridge he will be unable to walk for two months randy is a kindergarten pil at summitview school pu- allan tellers youngest son of mr and mrs ken zellers park drive n had the misfor tune to cut his right arm on some glass on monday mrs ken watson passes after long illness on thursday may 20th mrs hilda watson a resident of un- ionville for the past 2b years passed away at newmarket fol lowing a lengthy illness she was 66 born in england she was rai sed in toronto and later was married to ken watson who predeceased her five years ago surviving are two sons jack of stouffville robert bud of markham and three daughters helen mrs john bagg of thornhill jeanne mrs jack watson of barrie and bette mrs chas balfour of don mills service was held from the dixon funeral home markham on saturday afternoon with rev john ball of st philips anglican church unionville in charge interment was in the lutheran cemetery unionville the pall bearers were bob ban- gay nick bangay bill herron bob lawrie tom burns and don darby claremonf folk plagued by fake phone calls during the past few weeks several residents in olareniont have been bothered by anony mous telephone calls the ma jority corning through during the earlymorning hours the incidents have been re ported lo the bell telephone co the calls have been attribut ed to young boys who may not realize the seriousness of their prank in uxbridge a rash of fake phone calls later led to the arrest of an is year old youth he was convicted in whitby court last week and sentenced to five months in jail tuesday a shopping plaza is proposed for thr west end of stouffville that according to plans will include an a p supermarket and several other stores the site is located on the north side of main street across from coffey and rartley motors it will be bounded by winona drive on the east rupert avenue on the north and wcstlawn crcsc on the west the centre will be developed in four separate stages stage 1 will include the supermarket of 8300 square feet and adjacent stores of 5100 square feet there will be parking for 165 cars the total building area proposed for the site is 34910 square feet with a parking area for 364 cars the site plan viewed by members of council on thursday night was accompanied by a letter from southwick investment ltd of avillowdalc approval was requested for both an exit and entrance to the plaza off main street offer ambulance service to town for 300 a year traffic hazard clerk ralph corner informed the council that the proposed location was properly zoned to accommodate a commercial de velopment he said that the on ly question concerned the ent rance to and from the highway deputyreeve ken laushway suggested that an entrance to the plaza off main street would i be satisfactory but an exit at the same point would prove a traffic hazard he was support ed by councillor wm parsons the deputyreeve said that pro per exits could be established at westlawn cresc and winona drive councillor parsons said that the width of the main street pavement was sufficient to al low traffic into the shopping centre from either direction there was no information in the correspondence to indicate how many stores might be er ected on the site or how soon construction on the project would be started stouffville has been offered the services of an ambulance at a cost of s300 per year the ve hicle owned by mr john vance would be based in mark ham village it is fully equip ped and all drivers hold st john ambulance certificates the request for the retainer fee was contained in a letter placed before council on thurs day night it was agreed that mr vance should appear in person at the next regular meeting reeve win timbers spoke in favour of the service i feel it it needed in fact every town should have one he said dcputyrceve ken laushway said that most ambulance op erators now find it necessary to be subsidized he said that the practice was quite common throughout the county markham village council has approved its standby agreement and a similar request is up for discussion this week in mark ham twp death sentence commuted on lofty elm tree kids high little brothers meet after 47 years the home of mr and mrs dick jones of buttonville was the scene of a unique reunion this week when three brothers were brought together follow ing an absence of 47 years mr harold jones of lanca shire england was the first to arrive and he was later joined by mr william jones of river side california dick and william jones camo to canada as children but har old remained in england har old will remain here for a time but william plans to return on the weekend a stay of execution has been ordered by stouffville council in the case of a lofty elm tree that has towered over a corner of the town lawnbowling green for more years than most people here can remember the bowling club who use the premises requested that the tree be removed claiming that much of it was dead and it represent ed a hazard to both persons and property on thursday night the council agreed that the tree should remain but that its dead branches should be cut off its 90 per cent alive said deputyreeve ken laushway dont lets get sawhappy ar ound here its good for another ten years commented reeve win timbers ill give it one year said road foreman elgin wagg councillor bud spang said that at one time markham twp was going to cut down a histor ic elm near mongolia but were persuaded not to they left it and now its okay he said councillor wm parsons said that he personally had no de sire to see the tree removed but was only following the rec ommendations of the bowling club members two students qualify for ailontario meet life begins at 40 mph gormley girl in contest for dairy princess linda ellis 18 of gormley rr i will be one of four girls who will compete in the york county dairy princess contest on saturday at schomberg fair other entries include carolyn shropshire and donna green wood both of queensville and lois livingston of woodbridge the winner will advance to the ontario dairy queen finals to be held at the canadian na tional exhibition two students from stouffville district high school will com pete in the allontario champ ionships this saturday t the east york stadium in toronto bruce mehaffey and wayne wrijrht both finished second in their classes at the georgian bay finals last week in king city mehaffey competing for the junior pole vault actually jumped as high as the winner but had missed on a prior at tempt and was given second spot his height was 93 work bee in park tonight mrs iily booth galswnrt tie she k the proud owner of n tffair she is pictured here with tnd shopping the story nppeara hy drive markham is pns x hut still very much in love with new honda motor bike and he machine ha become a family her a year old son harvey as they start out to do the week- oil pk 5 of this issue staff fhoto on thursday evening to night a community work bee will he held in the south field of he stouffville park beginning at 7 oclock the clean up campaign has been organized in an etor o repair he damage caused hy he circus rucks hree weeks ago members of he lions club and park board will head he drive and assistance from privnte residents would be appreciated workers are asked in bring along heir own pieces of equipment like rakes spades etc lo fill in he holes several wheelbarrows will also be re quired vniir cooperalion in his projeol will be appreciated mr w k faulkner of toron to and formerly of stouffville will leave on monday by plane for a 2 month holidav in van couver and nelson bc fire marshals department checks uxbridge blaze the ontario fire marshals dept has been called in to in vestigate the cause of a blaze that destroyed most of the main restaurant premises at the ma ples park uxbridge twp early thursday morning the building had been closed over the winter season and much of the contents had been removed equipment contained in the basement was saved firemen from uxbridge were the first on the scene and ad ditional water supplies were brought in by the tank truck from stouffville the loss has been estimated at 7000 wayne wright finished a close second in the junior 120 yard hurdles with a time of 17 seconds flat markham winners from markham district high school three boys qualified for the allontario allan baker qualified for his efforts in the intermediate 120 yard hurdles while paul wons- borough placed in the junior javelin throw and john pren tice scored in the senior 880 markham placed fifth in the day long meet that challenged 250 entries from 30 schools complaint over the back fence before council what is he regulation height of a backyard fence some people build them low- enough to keep out dogs and the neighbours others build them enough o permit a privacy mrs chas tindall of har old st claims that her neighbours fence is so high that its blocking he light from coming in her windows she wanls he town council to do something about it councillor ken bclz said that a bylaw would be re quired to solve such problems he said hat the usual height is about 5 feet it was recommended hat he properly committee should check further into the mauor and bring in a report driver fined 300 licence suspended for six months an uxbridge twp motorist was fined s300 and costs or 30 days in jail last week follow ing a conviction on a charge of dangerous driving ross allard 33 of r r 1 uxbridge was charged by on tario provincial police follow ing the death on april 21st of jan juralewicz of scarboro two cars met headon in dense fog on the brock road south of claremont allard was said to be the driver of the southbound auto in addition to the fine his licence was suspended for six months banquet guest first drunk charged here in two years david j ulrich of whitby who was arrested may 1st and charged with being intoxicated in a public place was convict ed tuesday in magistrates court the 26 year old man was the first person in two years to be arrested in stouffville and charged as a common drunk pc edward grimshaw of the stouffville police told the court that he observed the accused staggering down main street a- bout 845 pm the officer testi fied that ulrich was weaving from the curb across the side walk to store fronts he added that ulrich was nearly struck by cars on two occasions explaining the accused mans condition pc grimshaw said he staggered had blood shot eyes and a slurred voice magistrate hollinrake regis tered the conviction and fined ulrich 20 and costs garney henley 180 ih star halfback with he hamil- on tiger cas will be tho guest speaker al he athletic banquet of sfnultville district high school on friday even ing rars and trophies will ha awarded o local competitors in rack and field markham athlete in great comeback 19 tons of paper more than is tons of waste paper was collected by the stouffville boy scouts and cubs in a doortodoor canvass ar ound town on may 15th on saturday may 29th the annual cuborce of the south lake simcoe district will be held in the mount albert com munity park six years ago geo prentice of markham was critically injured when struck down by a tiitan run driver near unionville xow 18 and a grade 13 student at markham district high school he topped his class in the senior pole vaujt at the eckardt track meet in aurora last week he reached helkht of 11 ft 3i inches staff rhoto