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5100 copies this week toiiffnille ftribmie classified ads 8 and 9 vol 77 no 20 the tribune stouffv1ixe ontario thursday october 21 1963 eighteen pages estimated 51000 attend international plowing match attach no blame in drivers death at hwy 48 corner a fiveman jury has attached no blame lo the driver of a loaded 5od truck that was in volved in an accident on sept 27th that resulted in the death of ronald uarriner of lincoln- viliej coroner blair mitchell of stouffville was in charge of the inquest hearing conducted in the municipal chambers on tuesday evening the collision occurred at the intersection of the bloomington sideroad and hwy 48 truck driver mario lopez said he observed the warriner vehicle approaching the corner from the west and he sounded his horn while still about 30 feet away he said that he could not stop his tractor- trailer that went out of control after the impact a portion of the load was strewn over a wide area died instantly pathologist dr donald guthrie of richmond hill said that the victim had died in stantly as the result of a crushed chest there was no alcohol content in the blood sample taken the jury headed by bern- nard tunney foreman nor man anderson david white orville drewery and charles lintner recommended that signs be erected on hwy 48 indicating trucks turning and on the bloomington sideroad reading stop ahead many said opposed to sr public school in pickering area although is was publicly has shown a keen interest in revealed only on monday night that a senior public school was being considered by the board in pickering twp area no 1 the tribune has since learned that many ratepayers had full knowledge o the suggested plan some time ago it was touched on briefly by inspector j c mcclelland at a graduation gathering in the green river school mr mc clelland was the guest speaker h the plan should go ahead it would likely mean that a new school building would be erected in a central location and students o grades 7 and 8 would be transported to it by bus too cosily mr hugh miller cone 7 pickering who in the past township school matters told the tribune that an attempt had been made to obtain the feeling of area residents on the scheme he said that the majority of replies ranged from mildly opposing to wildly opposing he said that there would be a twoway increase in costs including the erection of a new building and the bussing of students from all corners of the area to one central point he noted too that several of the present schools would be left partially vacant i can see little advantage in the move he said the reasons are pure fantasy he said he under stood that the board was divid ed on the issue and a public meeting might be called when it comes to plowing- match competitions theres no closer team than floyd forsyth of stouffville and his 15 year old son wayne the two are pictured here discussing the results of a class at the international where mr forsyth placed second in a field of 32 entries plane clips power line crashes into farm field a 20 year old student pilot came within inches of instant death on saturday afternoon when his singleengincd plane clipped a high tension line and nosed into a farm field in whitchurch twp hugh campbell of downs- view walked away from the wreckage and was later re leased from york county hos pital at newmarket following treatment for minor head cuts the craft was based out of the airport at maple hydro officials said that if any part of the plane had touched both the ground and the live wires it would have immediately burst into flames the crash occurred on whit field farm cone 3 whitchurch police said that the pilot was practicing emergency landings when he ran into trouble plowing match photo pages 1 3 5 and 7 as n followup to the inler- nationnl plowing match one of the bljrfjest events ever held in york county the tribune this week features several pages of photos and news coverage lady injured at crosswalk the first casualty on stouff- villes main street crosswalk occurred on friday morning when a local lady was struck down by a car and injured mrs nellie davis of north street was admitted to the york county hospital at new market with a fractured pelvis the eastbound auto was driven by nestor paxinos of toronto police said that the car was travelling at a slow speed prior to the accident traffic lias the rightofway at such crossings and vehicles are not obliged to stop for pedes trians as is the case with legal crosswalks in toronto and some other urban centres car stolen on friday night a car be longing to stouffville veteri narian dr r d oconnor of elm road was stolen from the parking lot at the legion hall it was recovered in the ditch on the bloomington sideroad in whitchurch twp two stouff ville area juveniles were later arrested damage to the auto was estimated at 150 whitchurch twp nomination nov 26 the nomination meeting in the twp of whitchurch will be held on friday evening nov 6th at 7 oclock the election for a term of two years will be held on mon day dec 6th reeve ross farquharson said he favoured a saturday election but the other members felt it was too late to make such a change shopping centre likely the lull in the news concern ing a proposed shopping cen tre in the westend of stouff ville was broken at a meeting of the planning board on thursday night when the chairman jvir a g thompson questioned whether any more recent information had been received on proposed plans clerk ralph corner informed the members that promoters of the plaza had contacted his office with the suggestion that work could begin in the spring of 1966 the original plan call ed for an a and p supermarket and several other stores in a block bounded by main street winona drive rupert avenue and westlavvn crescent 0 damage two separate accidents on main street in stouffville in the past week caused an esti mated 3350 damage to the four vehicles involved on wednesday a collision at the intersection of main street and wesllawn cresc involved cars driven by sarah ann summerfeldt of elm road and wm vaughan of rr2 stouff ville there were no injuries but damage was estimated at 1350 mr vaughan has been charged with careless driving hils parked car total damage was estimated at 2000 in a collision between an eastbound car and a parked auto on main street near obrien avenue on monday afternoon treated for shock and minor injuries was robt smith al bert st s in stouffville the parked car owned by margaret stinson of scarboro was not occupied so violent was the impact that it was driven 19 feet ahead and onto the side walk lucky to be alive pickering area bd discusses sr school for grades 7 and 8 a id enr old povhsvvev student pilot llnh campbell walkrd r iy from ihe wreckage of thi piano after it hit 1 power line on saturday afternoon and nosed into a farm field in whitchurch twp staff phbfo inspector j c mcclelland of pickering twp school area no 1 revealed on monday night that the board had given some consideration to the establishment of a senior public school for students of grades 7 and 8 he was the guest speaker at a grade 8 graduation program at green river where thirteen pupils received diplo mas mr mcclelland noted that the senior public school or jun ior high as it is sometimes called is not an entirely new idea he said that such a sys tem was now in operation in many urban communities although the statement by the inspector on the subject is the first to be made public the issue has already aroused some concern among resident rate payers in the area one meet ing has been held and it is apparent that many persons are opposed to this trend as an al ternative the board is also considering individual schools of 300 pupils it is unlikely that any action will be taken in the current year have made progress mr mcclelland praised the work of the new board and noted that the members had been fortunate in acquiring a qualified staff of teachers he said that a salary schedule had been established and approved and suggested that more and more teachers were working toward degrees the hours of instruction have been set at 9 to 12 noon and 1 to 330 pm continued on page 0 bylaw officer quits opposes twp reeve harry ashton a former coun cillor in the twp of pickering and later the bylaw enforce ment officer in the same mun icipality submitted his resigna tion at a meeting on tuesday night and at the same time announced that he would oppose the reeve at the forth coming municipal elections nominations have been set for friday evening nov 26lh with the election date on sat urday dec 4th a flareup threatened at the meeting when reeve clifford laycox noted that seme people had been electioneering on township time while others were electioneering ail of the time when mr ashton attempted to protest the obvious insinua tion he was ruled out order by the reeve deputyreeve mrs jnn mc pherson also entered the dis cussion and said that she would continue her own electioneer ing policy earlier the council had agreed to establish the bylaw officers position as a full- time job and place mr ashton in charge of weed and dog con trol and park maintenance gar lehman is now up and around again after suffering a painful bout of sciatica youth time services at parkside centre the tarkside youth centre west of stouffville and the peoples church willowdnle will be the location of special services his weekend lo mark ihe 15th anniversary of cana dian youth time services at the youlh cen tre will be held on saturday sunday and monday evenings with a special sunday after noon catherine at 3 pm in the peoples church the program of worship will include a 45voico youlh choir a male quartet and not ed radio personalities such as mel johnston dixie dean ken campbell and jim reese the young people ot this area are invited lo attend grant wells tops in tractor class many of the faces are different but the names are much the same this was a comment expressed by one of more than one thousand attendants at the inter national plowmans banquet at tamoshantcr near agincourt on friday night as the local awardwinners were called to the plat form to accept their trophies and prizes it was evident that the family tradition of plowing excellence had been handed down to still another generation the honours gained by district plowmen are listed on page 7 of this issue the students of james robin son public school in markham have completed ten accident- free years and will be recog nized at a presentation pro gram later this fall plan to attend the western- styled kinsmen club show at the stouffville sales arena hwy 47 on thursday evening tonight at eight oclock town council will hold a regular meeting on thursday evening tonight at 730 pm the stouffville clippers will make their home debut before local fans in an exhibi tion hockey game on tuesday night when they play host to aurora find avhat you want in the classifieds top ixcal award the most prominent award to come to this area was received by grant wells of lemonville certainly no stranger in the winners circle he was present ed with the british petroleum championship special for the best work done in tractor clas ses in addition he topped fif- lecn other entries to win the silverwood dairies ltd trophy bob trail of claremont rr 2 whose father and grandfather had their names written into the awards book on many oc casions kept the record intact he received the royal bank of canada shield and 25 cash for the best tractor plowed land for boys under 18 years in york and neighbouring counties other local award winners in cluded ivan degcer mt al bert barry timbers mt al bert carl timbers stouffville rr 1 ceo timbers stouffville and jim ferguson markham rr 2 51000 attend the paid attendance for the 4- day match totalled 3s315 the total number of persons admit ted to the grounds during this period was estimated at 51000 mr f a lashley secretary- manager of the ontario plow mens association termed the international as a huge success he admitted that the crowd was loss than had been expected and attributed this to a late fall sea son and inclement weather on friday daily attendance figures paid were as follows wednes day 6270 thursday 9931 friday 6728 and saturday 15386 the match next year will be held at seaforth in huron county ask movie vote petition from all of markham tp ward 3 councillor charles hoover has expressed opposi tion to a sunday movie vote in markham township unless a request for such a plebiscite is received in the form of a peti tion from all parts of the mun icipality mr barry allen the owner of property on the don mills road south of 14th avenue made the request at a meeting of council on monday he said that he had contacted 24 per sons and his petition had been signed by 20 councillor hoover contended that the signatures were from residents in one particular area and did not represent a cross- section of opinion in the town ship deputy reeve stuart rumble said he was opposed to the sunday movie question appearing on the december ballot regardless of a petition people should say reeve charles hooper said he felt it was only fair that the ratepayers should be given an opportunity to register an opin ion on the issue at the polls councillor allan sumner was prepared to place a motion be fore the meeting recommend ing that the bylaw be prepared lo place the question on the ballot but ha failed to gain a supporter councillor clcary palmer suggested that the matter be discussed further in committee with mr allen in attendance markham village residents will soon receive home mail delivery service according to reeve mrs alma walker its even possible that it could come before christmas due to recent legislation that has low ered the qualification figure to 2000 drops fail to save 7 yr old girl in spite of mouth to mouth respiration and heart massage applied by newmarket ambu lance operator wm brown a seven year old lake wilcox girl died on saturday afternoon after she was struck down by a car near her home joan davidge north road lake wilcox was thrown into a ditch by the impact police in whitchurch twp laid no charges against the driver norma fisher 28 of lake wilcox unofficial judge there no kroner judge of good plowing i n his area flian jt tran of ailia hes also an enthusiastic roach here he checks the land turned by his daughter bettyjeanne an entry on thursday in the furrow queen contest at the international staff photo