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u star in town rtbwit vol 77 no 1 the tribune stoufkytlle ontario thursday june 3 1965 eighteen pages open sr citizens home to public this weekend dedication service to be held on sunday at 2 pm carney henley loft star halfback of the hamilton tiger cats was flip guest speaker on friday evening at hie athletic banquet and awards night at stouftviile nisi high school shown here ho adds his congratulations to jim hill grade 13 selected as the top male stu dent athlete of lflfil-fi- staff photo fuiitime ambulance service markham tp two privately operated am bulances will provide a 24- hour service to the whole of markham twp according to an agreement approved by the council on monday the program was discussed in a committee meeting on may 19th with both owners john i vance of markham village and david holt of richmond hill in attendance mr vance will receive a re- on thursday evening to- tainer of 400 per year and will night mr vance will appear serve the east half of the mun- before a meeting of stouffville icipality mr holt will be paid council to offer a similar ser- nbout 350 or 146 per cent of i vice to the town he is asking a onehalf the total fee rich- retainer fee of 300 but this mond hill and vaughan twp does not include individual will also share in the cost ac- call charges that will be paid cording to the number of calls by the patient made in 1064 i mr vance informed the com mittee he had i fulltime driver and ten others on standby duty mr holt has three vehicles and till emnloy two men fulltime plus additional parttime men i he will serve the west side of the township all employees hold st john ambulance certi- ficates lome boadway lion president lion lome boadwaj- was of ficially installed on monday evening as president of the istouftville lions club for 1965- 66 mr boadway who is princi pal of summit view public school has filled a number of offices in the club and has been one of its most energetic work ers for a number of years the installation ceremony was conducted by past presi dent lion ross giles this weekend will be open hour at the new 275011 parkview senior citizens home in stouffville as work on the one storey structure enters its final stage the public is invited to view the interior of the new building from 2 to 9 pm the service of dedication will be held on sunday at two oclock it was just ten months ago that the first sod was turned to mark the beginning of the project and al though hampered by some adverse weaher conditions during the winter months the contractor c i martin of iloradale near kitchener maintained a close pro gress schedule the home has 46 single and 8 double rooms and occupancies will be allowed in about one weeks time the administrator is mr allan wideman he expressed satisfaction with the work done on the building and the co operation he had received from both the contractor and the board including newton gingrich chair man maurice eby roy nigh cecil reesor and joseph wideman plenty to talk about father r trapped escues dog n thirty ft gravel test hole while his wife and three mall children watched a young whitchurch twp father climbed down into a 30 foot deep hole north of the old western sand and gravel pit north of lincolnville and rescued the familys black labrador retriever on sunday morning arthur thompson spotted the dog at the bottom of the excavation after a lengthy search of the property duke had been missing for two days a ladder was lowered into the hole and mr thompson secured a rope around the dogs body the animal was hauled to the surface by friends and neighbours at the scene aside from a couple of sore front paws the dog appeared to suf fer no other ill effects it was extremely hungry and thirsty almost gave ip mr thompson said that the area had been thoroughly searched on saturday but with out success there are an estimated 50 test drill holes on the property he said that dur ing the night he thought he could hear a dog barking in the distance and the following morning he went out alone to look again i had almost giv en up he said but decided to take a closer look down the last hole thats where he found duke in spite of a warning by whitchurch twp police not to descend into the excavation mr thompson took the chance and went down deputy fire chief fred castle also sum moned to the site said that sides could have caved in in and buried the man alive residents in the area ex pressed concern that no barri cades had been erected around the drill holes they said that the victim could just as easily have been a child rath er than a dog local donations many of the rooms in the home have been furnished by stouffville and district residents and organizations including stouftville lions club mark- hamuninnville lions club geo cober mr and mrs geo bo- dan eva hoover dr r b mitchell and dr d 11 smith mr and mrs herb kring glen ratclift aikens pharmacy lehmans shoes coffey and hartley motors alfona w i stouffville veterinary clinic mr and mrs w d atkinson stiver bros cedar grove and wiileman youth fellowship cedar grove community club wideman mennonite church henry ogden and family and dr and mrs win a murphy to furnish a single room the cost is 26250 a double room s55000 the per resident rate is s145 per month this includes all meals and laundry medical services of course are extra dedication service the dedication service on sunday afternoon will be in charge of the board chairman newton gringrieh mr emmer- son mcdowell will address the assembly others who will par ticipate will include rev arthur walsh rev l k sider and reeve win timbers words of greetings wiii be brought by a representative of the menno nite home association for york county and an official of the contracting firm the jones boys harold left of iancashire england dick centre of bultonville and bill right of riverside california had plenty to talk about last week when they were reunited again for the first time in 47 years the brothers were separated when dick and bill came to canada nearly a half century ago the story appears on page 5 of this issue staff photo receives degree police to charge parents to curb acts of vandalism lome boadway other officers who will com mence their duties this fall are 1st vice pres frank brock 2nd vice pres bun sellers 3rd vice pres bill murphy directors one year don huxtable ralph corner two years norman harris don hiles secy howard christie assist jerome delaurier treas cliff aiken assist tat aida tail twister jack northover assist john foulds lion tamer norm hill assist geo baker hit pastors car fled driver jailed two months a 21 year old man was sent enced to two months in jail on monday when convicted in newmarket court on a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident wade brown of stouffville was charged by ontario pro vincial police following an ac cident at ringwood on april 30th according to evidence a ve hicle driven by brown collided with one driven by rev bruce hisey pastor at second mark- ham baptist church police said that brown left the scene but was later arrested by pc edward grimshaw of stouff ville a charge of assaulting a po lice officer was withdrawn by the crown attorney in addition to the jail sen tence browns licence was sus pended for 18 months the case was heard by mag istrate o s hollinrake work started on h school addition work has been started on a tworoom addition to stouff ville dist high school that will provide occupational depart ments for both boys and girls plus limited technical space the estimated cost is 107000 beachell construction co ltd of scarboro has the contract council returns 100 fee to cycle club late marye sheehey was public school teacher for 25 years mr keith sutherland of stouftville received the de gree of bachelor of education from the university of toron to at its convocation on mon day may 31st he is now working towards his master of education degree in school supervision and administra tion from the ontario college of education toronto mr- sutherland is the principal of orchard park public school in the face of several com plaints whitchurch twp council has returned a 100 li cence fee that it had collected earlier from the nortown mot orcycle club of willowdale by rejecting the permit charge the members hope to discourage the cycle organiza tion from holding a scramble near musselmans lake on sunday july 18th two of the largest taxpayers in the lake area vern davies of cedar beach and stuart pat rick of glendale had notified the reeve by telephone and oiced their objections to the sunday competition it was admitted that by pay ing the fee the club was auto matically qualified lo receive the licence the council in its latest move however indicated that the date had been cancel led mrs innls nolan and mrs lil abraham competed in the annual ladies tournament at ihe oshawa golf club bogus cheques passed in stores a 17 year old brampton youth was convicted in new market court last week on a charge of false pretenses richard clifford hardy was arrested by stouffville police after several bad cheques were passed in local stores at least five business premises in town were victims of the attempted swindle sentence will be passed on june 4th following the receipt of a report on the accused har dy was picked up by constables edward grimshaw and david hadden on main street may 20th the goodwood community was saddened last week when news was received of the sud den passing of mrs marye sheehey wellknown resident in uxbridge twp she was stricken with a heart attack at her home and died prior to the arrival of medical aid she was 72 mrs sheehey established an amazing public school teaching record and only three weeks ago received her 25 year pin at a gathering held in sandford for 20 years she taught clas ses at the fifth line school on the brock road retiring at the end of the june term in 1964 she was honoured by the her board and community for faithful service she was also active in the work of the united church in goodwood where she held a membership in the uicw and the womens institute she had lived alone following the sud den death of her husband in 1962 paslor e r ingleby conduct ed the service on friday after noon in the goodwood united church with interment in tha uxbridge cemetery the pall bearers were roy cordingly walter cooper dean wagg austin mckay geo reid and carl priesey markham village police in tend to curb vandalism in the town and have orders to lay charges under provisions con tained in the child welfare act the act states that any child under the age of lfi years must be accompanied by a parent or responsible guardian between the hours of 9 pm and 6 am the ruling follows a rash of weekend damage that included smashed windows in the dom inion store and reesors mar- mill a broken guard rail fence at the robinson st bridge bro ken road standards street lumps and electric signs to date four youths all un der the age of 16 years have been arrested rgt wm vance told the tri bune that if a juvenile is caught he will be taken home and his parents will be warned if the youth is caught the sec ond time the parents will be charged and will be required to appear in court a conviction makes them lia ble to fines of 5 to 10 73 dogs destroyed markham twp dog control officer las ryan is an ex tremely busy man according to a twomonth report placed be fore council on monday in feb and march a total of 196 dogs were picked up and 73 of these were destroyed thirty were reclaimed and 30 were found new homes stray cats are also employ ing the officers time forty were picked up during the same twomonth period large dam erected at bruce cons area stouffville municipal council will meet on thursday evenmj tonight at 730 p rru death hoover jacob suddenly at the brierbush hospital on wednesdav june 2 1965 jacob hoover beloved husband of edith neshitt dear father of allan mrs alvin harper flossie gordon de ceased and charlie survived also by 17 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren resting at the oneill funeral home stouffville service in the chapel on friday at 230 pm driver charged after fatality a 22 year old unlonvllle man has been charged by markham twp police with criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving following a fatal accident in unlonville on april 24th john mcarthur was the driver of a northbound car that collided with one driven by douglas allison of mark ham mrs allison died two days later in hospital jtlcarthur was injured in the crash but was released from hospital two weeks ago and has since returned to work pc albert hudson lis in charge of the case to europe a miscellaneous shower was held on tuesday evening for marian byer and david barkey at the stouffville united mis sionary church they will be married on june 19th the home of mr and mrs jim couse and family fairview ave has been sold they will move later this month to take up residence at kettleby dr murray h miller son of mr and mrs henry miller kb 2 markham and a profes sor at the university of guclpli has been awarded a national research fellow ship he will spend one year in the united kingdom during which time he will visit soil research institutes in eiht western european countries dr miller a graduate oc sfoiiffvllle dlst high school received his master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees from purduct uni versity following graduation from the onlario agricultural college ills wife and three children will accompany him to europe present petition for ward system in whitchurch twp the landscape on the former bruce property in markhj m twp is undergoing a major change as he metro conscrvatlor authority prepares the area for its official opening this year jn the foreground is a large dam and in the rear can be seen thf old bruce mill a landmark in the community staff photo a petition requesting that a ward system be established in the twp of whitchurch was presented to the council at a meeting last week it contained 180 signatures mr pat cashman of mussel- mans lake spoke in favour of division by wards and read from the act pertaining to its formation reeve ross farquharson said that all names would be check ed by the clerk and if found correct an application would be made to the ontario munici pal board for consent in whitchurch a petition contain ing a minimum of 150 names is required councillor alvin farmer questioned mr cashman con cerning the benefits of a ward system the spokesman replied that it was easier for candidates lo cover a smaller area in their preelection campaigns rather than the whole township he said too that a councillor could provide more personal repre sentation for ratepayers in a single ward than attempt to work on everyones behalf ac ross the municipality