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for a good cause stouflville reeve win timbers doffs hls fengallon hat purchased last week by members of yorkcounty council all proceeds from such sales will be donated to the thornhaven school or retarded chhdren the project is sponsored by the markham rotary club in conjunction with the international plowing match n0 father charged by son after family row an argument that resulted in an alleged attack by a father on his son brought a markham village family into richmond hill court on tuesday glen hamill of joseph st was convicted of common assault against his son paul and fined 25 and costs by magistrate o s hollinrake the accused represented by solicitor donald h in d s 0 n entered a plea of not guilty the complainant in the case testified that he went to his parents home and during the evening a dispute arose he said that his father attacked him with a hammer but admitt ed that he was not struck he said that mr hamill had been drinking when mrs hamill went to the phone to call police the boy managed to gain possession of the weapon pc thomas matheson answ ered the call to the hamill home solicitor hindson acting for the defendant said that the son was actually trespassing since he had previously been warned to stay out of the premises he said that the fath er had every right to evict his son and use whatever force was necessary magistrate hollinrake after hearing all of the evidence registered the conviction and levied the fine the accused was given time to make pay ment unionville man ndp candidate mr jim norton an economist and a resident at rri union ville will carry the banner for the new democratic party in york north he was acclaimed the federal candidate at a nom ination meeting held at rich mond hill on thursday stan hall the candidate in both 1962 and 63 declined to run again 16 yr old golfer wins mongolia open sixteen year old robt slack obrien ave stouffville sur prised a field of more than 100 golfers and perhaps even him self on saturday when he cap tured the 7th annual mongolia open with a low gross score of 78 a parttime employee in the pro shop at sleepy hollow he was a firsttime entry in tour nament play he counted a 40 on the front nine and a 38 on the back the tourney was held at the willows and sponsored by ted topping of teds mens and boys wear stouffville the tournament champion was presented with the dr jim stevens memorial trophy at a program that followed the banquet in the clubhouse runnersup included doug harris 81 ted topping 82 ross giles 84 and jim forbes 86 low net winner in the low net class hal gibson led with a 59 followed by john marshall ken wagg and ian chapman each with a 61 visitors in the competition that won prires included bill smith 84 low gross gord ainscough 92 low gross and murray mcmullen 66 low net heavy fog hampered golfers on the starting tee but gave way to clear skies later on a mans world vssk f i b m v jim norton in his acceptance speech mr norton noted that liberal member john addison faced two disadvantages in the forth coming campaign first he said that he would have to run on the mediocre record of the pearson government and his second problem was his appar ent ineffectiveness in halting the shift of the forestry lab from maple to sault ste marie the guest speaker was mr andrew brewin mp he touched on the disclosures of the dorion report and called for legislation placing limits on campaign expenditures and the full disclosure of the source of campaign funds dont ever ell 18 year nlil linda ellas of gormley that plowing match competitions are meant only for men and boys she was the lone girl entry in the york county jr contest on saturday and plans to compete at the international next month start photo jr plow team york cfy entry in international two young plowmen were selected on saturday to repre sent york county at the inter national match on the massey- ferguson farm next month jim ferguson 18 markham rr2 and ken diceman 16 of rr2 woodbridge were the pick from eleven junior entries in competition held on the roy brillingcr farm at gormley the official judge was fred timbers international match work is nothing new for jim ferguson he has been a york county representative for the past two years for ken diceman it will be a first experience in this class although the family name is wellknown in plowing circles his father stewart diceman is the president of the king vaughan plowmens association good conditions mr timbers in a pep talk to the boys stressed the impor tance of a creditable showing at the international with the match so close to home the lads will be able to- use their own tractors and plows the junior entries were down from 16 to 11 this year and this was blamed partly on a late harvest and unsettled weather conditions the land however was in excellent shape linda ellas 18 of gormley rri the lone girl competitor turned in a very creditable job according to judge tim bers she even finished ahead of some of the boys she will likely represent york county in the furrow queen contest at the international ribiine vol 77 no 16 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday september 23 1965 sixteen pages exreeve elmer daniels stricken suddenly puc secretary for 7 years it was with profound shock i again he put his work and extreme sadness that of his own heolth stouffville residents learned early on saturday morning of the sudden death of mr elmer daniels mr daniels suffered a severe heart seizure at his home on rupert avenue and although all measures of emergency treatment were applied he never rallied he was only 50 ahead elmer daniels mr daniels was a selfmade man whose every achievement was gained through honest and diligent work as a father he had an intense devotion to his family as a municipal servant he was energetic and fair as a friend he was wellknown and liked by everyone in total mr daniels held positions on school board and council for a period of 14 years including the post of reeve from 1955 to 1959 he had been sec retary of the public utilities commission for the past 7 years and still retained this office until his recent death here over the years he held posi tions with almost every organ ization in town including the united church where he was a member richardson masonic lodge the lions club and the fire brigade e enjoyed sports and while his health permitted he was an active member of the stouffville lawn bowling club he joined the markham hunt club 26 years ago when the membership stood at 35 now only five remain there was nothing he enjoyed more than a hunting or fishing trip with his friends a family man mr daniels was a great fam ily man he was justly proud of his wife the foimer dorothy mcpherscr his two sons bill and jim and one daughter nancy lee there are also three brothers ivan in aurora burton of markham murray in stouff ville and four sisters mrs gordon tyte jean of mark ham mrs karl hagglund ruth of regmia mrs bob scott mary of vancouver and mrs donald perry 11a of cornwall evidence of his vide circle of friends was revealed in the many beautiful floral tributes in the oneill funeral home and by the hundreds who attended the chapel and later the united church where the service was conducted on monday after noon with rev douglas davis and rev alan borland in charge pall bearers included dr blair mitchell ralph cor ner wilf mcwhinnie les wil son hilliard beare and wm parsons the flower bearers were ross davis elgin wagg glenn shadlock kenneth wagg bruce harper and bob snowball interment was made in the stouffville cemetery teenage dance hall on main st is rejected by town council martyn of georgina is pc candidate york n donald r martyn an in structor in history at the university of toronto and a resident of rr2 sutton in georgina twp will carry the progressive conservative ban ner in york north the 28 year old teacher with both a ba and ma degree entered the nomination meeting at aurora on saturday prepar ed to win and win he did as an unofficial 250 voters jumped on his bandwagon in the fourth ballot to defeat john w perry of kleinburg in the voting earlier wm curran of king twp went out on the first ballot and he was followed by whitchurch twp candidate norman barnard the nomination one of the most exciting and colourful in several years attracted an audience of 600 mr martyn in an impressive address pointed to the corrup tion within the liberal party do you as canadian citizens approve of such immorality in government he asked he charged that the liberals had lost all sense of direction and were just wandering he sug- donald r martyn gested that by cailing an elec tion at this time the prime minister was giving the people of canada an opportunity to elect a strong conservative government the guest speaker at the meeting was the hon michael starr mp jacob mcmullen was longtime farmer at town s east end farmer for over half a cent ury on the 10th concession of markham immediately south of stouffville jacob mcmullen passed away quietly at the brierbush hospital on friday sept 17th mr mcmullen was eightyfive years of age he had enjoyed good health until the last couple of years and was only recently removed to hospital being so closely situated to stouffville the mcmullen farm was one of the best known in the immediate locality the de ceased was a familiar figure in town and during his later years of retirement he served for a number of years on the stouff ville school board during the time that both schools were operated in the present sum- mitview building and he attended the united missionary church family of eight in 1907 jacob mcmullen j married bertha barkey who predeceased him in 1960 to i this union were born eight j children five sons and three j daughters they arc joseph uxbridge ross and lome clifford toronto margaret mrs albert boake vivian dora mrs wm reaman glasgow and luella mrs gordon fuller stouffville two brothers are predeceased robert and theophilis mcmul len the funeral service on mon day afternoon was conducted from the oneill funeral chapel by rev arthur walsh the pallbearers were wm mc mullen larry mcmullen lynn mcaiulien ted boake stanley mcmulien and neal mcmullen interment was made in the stouffville cemetery public skating begins at the stouffville arena on saturday oct 2 birth hadden bob and marilyn nee fenny are pleased to announce the birth of a son kevin alexander n septem ber 19 1965 at the scar borough general hospital the kind of music that teen agers enjoy today is not exact ly what youd call soothing commented councillor wm parsons on thursday night when it was learned that a gormley district resident wish ed to open a dance hall on main street in stouffville george martin gormley rri revealed that he wished to rent a nowvacant store in the towns business section and promote weekly dances that would attract mainly a teenage audience the location is the former carload groceteria all members expressed oppo sition to the plan councillor parsons suggested that upstairs tenants would find the noise timbers contended that such a friday night program would only worsen the main street parking problem he suggested that entertainment of this type should be held at the high school nothing to ilo mr martin said that he had received requests from local teenagers to organize dances in town theres nothing for young people to do in siouff- ville he said this statement was rejected by the reeve the spokesman said he had built up a good reputation in the dis trict and would see that all dances were orderly admis sions would be by membership only and an offduty officer objectionable and reeve win i would be employed on the premises he admitted that th is by 60 interior was a little on the small size with these new type dances you could crowd quite a few into a small space noted deputyreeve ken laushway councillor parsons stated that the noise nuisance would not only be disturbing to resi dent tenants but would likely be heard all over the downtown area there would be com plaints he said i hate to condemn every thing that teenagers do but its just not the proper place commented councillor bud spang councillor ken betz agreed noting that the dances would probably last until mid night on cn line we dont wish to keep any children out of sunday school or adults out of church but for those who can spare the time a steam locomotive will travel the local cn line on sunday morning the big engine no 6218 will leave toronto at 9 oclock and will arrive here in stouff ville around 10 am it will re turn through town about 7 pm in the evening the toronto haliburton excursion has been arranged by the upper canada briway society the train will not stop in stouffville but by the time it completes the long haul up the grade from markham its speed should not be excessive it should be a real sight for the kids both young and old new radar effective at 2000 feet a new improved radar unit with a beam extension of 2000 feet will be placed on the market within one month clerk ralph corner informed stouff ville council on thursday night the model to cost an estimated 1500 was recommended by police chief orland keating another type is available for 1300 but is more manual in its operation a company demonstration was provided and chief keat ing reported that the unit stationed at stouffer st could pick up a westbound auto near the intersection of tenth line and main he said that it was compulsory to erect a radar warning sign at the limits of town before the instrument could be put to practical use the council had earlier sug gested that one might be obtained on a rental basis but the clerk said that a company policy would not allow this the unit must be purchased but a timepayment plan can be arranged councillor wm parsons who had remained unusually silent during the discussion of the radar topic later admitted- that he had learned all about them from personal experience he said that he had been caught in the beam but de clined to mention the amount of the fine or whether he had been successful in pleading his own case liberals choice john addison mp york north will seek to hold the riding for the liberals in the forthcoming federal election he was the unanimous choice at a nomination meeting held at the g w willlanrs secon dary school aurora on wed nesday nlrht ering neeos road supt says depreeve deputyreeve mrs jean mc pherson of pickering twp urged the council on monday night to give serious consider ation to the hiring of a perma nent road superintendent at the present time the engineer mr paul poulsson is in complete charge of the road department the recommendation to cre ate two separate posts occurred after it was learned that there had been an overexpenditure on construction estimates the deputyreeve pointed to one project that was to cost 44000 and later totalled 86000 i think that the council should have been made aware of this instead of it being sprung on us after it was already done she said it certainly puts a bad taste in my mouth mrs mc pherson suggested that the engineer had more work than he could capably handle i think that the time is coming when we must have a road superintendent she said in a letter to council from the engineer mr poulson ex plained that it was often diffi cult to arrive at an exact figure when estimating a job of con siderable size with reference to the construction of a bridge he said that an estimate had been provided by an engineer ing consultant and it was 17000 below the finalized total cent park site in markham twp sold the council of the twp of markham may be fully aware of what has transpired with respect to the purchase of pro perty for a proposed centennial park site but 99 percent of the resident ratepayers must be totally confused by the sudden turn of events it was revealed on monday night that the land located at cone 5 near 17th avenue had been sold privately by the owner mr stan defoe the name of the purchaser was not identified the decision to proceed with the park project came after several months and many meet ings of discussion it also arous ed some illfeeling and prompt ed the organization of a protest group who voiced their objec tions to the plan in spite of the opposition the council elected to make application to the ontario municipal board for a 50000 debenture now the selected site has been sold no member voiced any comment on the land sale but mr defoe thanked the members for all the free advertising and pub licity councillor allan sumner suggested that he might pos sibly come up with some alter native project it was agreed to let the matter ride until it could once again be reopened for discussion wins tournament koht slack ib topped more than 100 entries on saturday to win the dr jim stevens memorial trophy at the mongolia open golf tournament he posted a low grosn core of 78 the tourney was held at the willows staff photo