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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), November 25, 1965, p. 1

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room for new blood on town council as members plan moves stouffville there will be at least two new members on the town council here in 196667 this much has been indicated through the recent announcement that councillor bud spang will not seek reelection and councillor wm parsons will make a bid for the deputyrecves post nominations will be accepted on thursday evening tonight between 730 and 830 pm in the veterans hall stouffville names of prospective candidates will be required to fill the offices on council public utilities commission and public school board a public meeting will follow run for reeie ken laushway the deputy- reeve on council for the past five years indicated that he would seek the reeveship on monday dec tith he will like ly be opposed by the present reeve win timbers i feel that the time has come to make a move said mr laushway and let some of the younger men move in its either up or out he said councillor parsons made it quite clear that if the deputy- reeve declined to make a bid for the reeves post he would no all the way he agreed how ever not to oppose mr laush way but would settle for the deputyreeves office i believe in a continuing council he said is undecided councillor kenneth betz said that he had not yet made up his mind on whether or not he would seek reelection im undecided on whether to run or fall by the wayside he said he admitted that if he does allow his name to stand it will again be for a councillors post it keeps me busy down on the lo wer bracket he said both robt lewis maytree avenue and tom lonergan lo- retta crescent have declared publicly that they will accept nominations as councillors and jim mckellars name has also been mentioned as a wouldbe candidate clerk ralph corner has ruled that any persons nominated for more than one position must declare their intentions by 930 pm on thursday evening failing this the candidate will be obliged to run for the ofrice for which he or she was first named grant drewery new councillor in uxbridge twp goodwood there will be one new member on the council and three new trustees on the public school area board for the next two years in uxbridge twp a total of twenty persons in cluding prospective candidates attended a nomination meeting in the community hall here on wednesday night although several were stormstayed all positions were adequately fill ed there will be no election the new councillor is grant dreivery of glasgow he fills the post made vacant through the withdrawal of councillor t h akerman other positions are unchanged with alvin red- shaw returned as reeve robt nesbitt deputyreeve and chas forsythe and arthur knight the councillors only two of the original school board trustees will be back harry noble and harry harper agreed to remain new members include donald jack son donald kennedy and walter todd with reference to the weather reeve redshaw termed the meeting as the stormiest on record chairman elwood foskett ex pressed regret for the incon venience caused both the cand idates and the ratepayers but explained that there was no provision in the act to alter the nomination date once it is established by bylaw its possible up or out win slake move shu undecided not in bunnlnjf reeve win timbers bepkeeve ken laushway councillor win parsons councillor ken betx councillor bud spang vol 77 no 25 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday november 25 1965 eighteen pages foot mangled when caught in power takeoff mt albert a unionville man had his right foot badly mangled on saturday morning in the power takeoff of a farm tractor that was operating a feed mixer threeway bid for reeveship in pickering brougham a threeway bid for the position of reeve in the twp of pickering will high light the nomination meeting here on friday evening the election is saturday dec 4th reeve clifford laycox will iteek reelection for another two- year term opposition will come from exreeve and county war den sherman scott and former councillor and municipal em ployee harry ashton for deputyreeve mrs jean mcpherson could receive an ac clamation it has been reported however that donald hopkins may toss his hat in the ring and even harvey spang longtime councillor in ward 1 ward 2 councillor bill new man will not be back park oper ator geo hodgson is a definite candidate roger conant and henry westney have also been mentioned in ward 5 councillor hubert wank will not seek reelection the withdrawal of donald gibson from a position on the no 1 area board will leave this position open mr gibson serv ed as the chairman in 1965 reopen school at victoria square unionville two jan- tiary classes will be operated in school area no 2 markham twp immediately following the christmas vacation period one will be located in the no 6 school south of victoria square on the don mills road it will serve those children whose sixth birthdays fall be tween jan 1 and june 30 19g6 transportation will be pro vided by both the mortson and heise buses depending on their residence a second class will be estab lished in the southcentral sec tion for those children residing in the unionville hagcrman milliken marklee box grove locust hill and cedar grove areas the midterm classes will enable many pupils to enter grade 2 in september registration will be conduct ed on nov 29th at no 4 school and marklee school from 930 to 1130 am or at the dicksons hill school from 115 to 315 pm on nov 30th registration will take place at unionville school from 930 to 1130 am birth certificates will be re quired the decision to hold special january classes was approved at an area board meeting on nov 16th harry boadway harry boadway wellknown service station operator at unionville for many years and recently retired from this busi ness is presently confined to the york county hospital at new market where he was taken by his son carman the accident occurred at his sons farm near mount albert the victims pant leg became en tangled in the rotating shaft and his clothes were torn to shreds fortunately mr boad way was able to hang on or his injuries could have been fatal the engine of the tractor stalled carman heard his father call for aid and he was on the scene immediately he cut him free and rushed him to hospital in his car he remained conscious through the entire ordeal both feet have been placed in casts and the full extent of the injury will not be known for several weeks reeve praises town library stouffville enthusi asm displayed by the board of the public library here and the work of the librarian were praised by reeve win timbers at a meeting of town council on thursday night reeve timbers said he had attended a recent meeting and was impressed with the efficiency of the lib rarys operation he said that there had been a sizeable in crease in circulation during the past year the members are interested in their work and doing a fine job said the reeve he noted too that improvements in the buildings interior had been completed without exceeding the budget mr timbers said that all space was now in use but he expected that accommodation would be adequate for at least two or three years its a real asset to the village he said c car draw some lucky ticketholder will win a new 1966 chevrolet or pontiac in the stouffville lions draw to be held at moose manor markham road on thursday evening tonight a second draw will give a pair of grey cup tickets and a din ner for two at the silver rail restaurant in toronto all pro ceeds go to the promotion of minor hockey in stouffville mrs carl boadway albert st n is making a successful recovery in the toronto welles- ley hospital following a recent operation lodge service for mrs lloyd greig brougham members of the joy rebekah lodge at brougham held a special ser vice at the dixon funeral home markham on tuesday evening for the late mrs lloyd greig rri locust hill mrs greig the former marjorie ellen patterson passed away on sunday in the scarboro gen eral hospital she had been in ill health for the past six weeks mrs greig was an ardent worker in the rebekah lodge and rose up through the ranks of the organization to the office of past noble grand mrs greig was born near brougham the daughter of the late mac patterson and mrs patterson who now lives in markham she attended mark ham high school besides her mother and hus band lloyd she is survived by one son kenneth and one sister mildred mrs garfield brown of port credit the public service was con ducted by rev a e cresswell of st johns united church brougham from the dixon funeral home markham on wednesday afternoon at 2 pm he was assisted by a former pastor rev kennedy inter ment was in elmwood ceme tery markham the pall bearers were ivan booth alvin wilson kenneth pascoe murray phil- lips and robt mcnaul candidate meeting dec 2 at clarement claremoxt a meet- thecandidates night has been arranged for the community hall at claremont on thurs day evening dec sail at pm nominees for the offices of reeve deputyreeve council lors ward 1 and 2 and board members of school area no i in the twp of pickering will be in attendance to rddress the ratepayers nominations for a twoyear term will be received on fri day evening nov 2sih from 7 to 8 pm the election is saturday dec 4th the puiic is urged to at tend the meeting in clare mont and hear the issues dis cussed junior player ejected from game following stick attack on referee fatal accident in 63 brings 30000 award stouffville a fatal ac cident in the west end of stouff ville on feb 9 1963 has resulted in a 30000 settlement in favour of an uxbridge truck driver in jured in the crash idris henry preece 40 receiv ed the award in a judgment handed down by the ontario supreme court last week larry alsop 18 of stouffville was killed in the headon collision it was revealed that mr preece had spent 21 months in hospital part of his right thigh bone was removed leaving one leg shorter than the other mr and mrs preece had originally claimed the sum of 151000 mr preece was westbound on hwy 47 when the crash occur red he was driving his wifes car the alsop boy was return ing home and police believed that he may have fallen asleep at the wheel stouffville a new market junior hockey player has been suspended indefinitely following a spearing attack with his stick on an official at a g i game in the arena here on tuesday night referee john pickett was knocked heavily to the ice by the blow and it was several minutes before he was revived by linesman barry mclean bill mortson who had earlier been called for a highsticking infraction was immediately handed a match misconduct penalty when the official gained his composure the details of the case will be heard by the executive of the oha the attack occurred with less than a minute remaining in the second period time was called and the leftover portion was added to the final frame in or- de that the referee might go to the dressing room he later re turned and finished the game in all 80 minutes in penalties were handed out to both clubs as tempers flared on several oc casions stouffville edged the visitors 32 road department policy debated by council sr citizens a ai hunting camp stouffville the b and p hunt club bagged a total of 13 deer at their camp near bob- caygeon among those present were 2 veteran hunters mr ernie but ton 89 of stouffville and mr frank bake- 87 of toronto mr baker marked his 87th birthday while at camp some other members of the club included neil patrick dr f j button norm baker all of stouffville vince baker of woodville art baker and son jim of lindsay dr k simmons of barrie and gerry hooker of whitby stouffville road de partment policy an almost con tinuous point of argument in town council was debated again on thursday night with the re turn of foreman elgin wagg from a weeks vacation both deputyreeve ken laush way and councillor wm par sons said they had received in formation that townowned equipment had been used on private jobs councillor parsons also charg ed that an employee on week end standby time should not be employed privately mr wagg replied that his de partment had a standing rule concerning the use of town equipment on private projects you should enforce it then said mr laushway with reference to an employee doing outside work while on standby mr wagg said he could see nothing wrong with the practice as long as he was avail able when needed councillor parsons suggested that a break in the weather had permitted several jobs to bs completed including the paving of albert and victoria sts the foreman replied that some projects had been started that should have been left until next year reeve win timbers agreed that it had been a poor season to get work done and he felt that tinder the circumstances the roads in town were in fairly good condition new master mr r blair mitchell is the new master of the richardson masonic lodge in stouffville installations were held on wednesday night he succeeds sir ted cadieux master in 1965 anniversary anemarie and wolfgang dams are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on satur day nov 27th from 2 to 10 pm friends are invited to drop in at their leisure mr bruce harpers party re turned from hunting with 11 deer to their credit bruce was successful in shooting 4 of them candidate anthony roman unionville rr 1 has announced that he will be a candidate in ward 2 markham ttvp at the forth- coming election pec 6fh 1ast year he lost out by only 20 votes to councillor clcary fainter fined 300 for damaging mailbox buttdnville three willowdalc youths were fined a total of 300 on tuesday in rich mond hill court when convicted on a charge of causing wilful damage to a mailbox charles brindley 16 robin baldwin 16 and gregory kamm 17 were arrested by pc ted mashlritcr of markham twp police the mailbox was the property of mr alf miller rr 2 gorm- ley the officer told the court that the boys threw it at a pass ing freight train you just cant go around des troying other peoples property said magistrate russell pearse he ordered that the youths pay their own fines and not their parents each was assessed 100 and made to sign a bond to keep the peace ior one year i didnt know it was opened case dismissed buttonville a little old lady from willowdale was stop ped on the 3rd of september by markham township police and relieved of a 26 ounce bottle of wine she was later charged with having liquor in a place other than her residence and her case came up tuesday in richmond hill sure i had the bottle in my purse she insisted but i did nt know it was open magistrate russell pearse wanted to know how she got the bottle a friend of mine gave it to me to give to my uncle who is 78 he enjoys a drink now and then i just put it in my purse thinking it was sealed there was only a bit out of the neck of the bottle muriel marks continued her defense ive been married 38 years to the same man i dont run around ive only been out of the hospital for a little while and i havent had a drink for 10 years magistrate pearse dismissed the charge and warned dont let this happen again sagging in the saddle mccul- lum was charged with impaired horse riding convicted and fined 50 and costs the accused man who has n fixed address was definitely in paired according to the police he was apparently trying t take the animal to the honey well riding stables on yong street the horse belonged t mccullum was the horse sober asked magistraterussell pearse mr pearse said that thii type of action mayhave been com mon fifty years ago but today there was no reason lor such antics impaired rider sagging in the saddle officer richmond hill william mccullum aged 53 decided to try out his horsemanship two weeks ago and chose as his bridle path yonge street in richmond hill he was trotting up and down the main thorough fare disrupting traffic when the police moved in pc peter gauslin described the man as he saw it he was for reeve stewart rumble deputy- reeve of markham twp an nounced on monday that ho will oppose reeve chas hooper on dec gth mr hooper intends to seek re election again nominations will be held at kuttonvllle on friday night served 25 years with whitchurch road dept no man is better known throughout the whole of whitchurch twp than ernest sandy davis a member of he town ship road department since 1940 and superintendent since 1945 he knows almost every bump and bend in the 135 miles he cover his story appeart on page is of this issue 5fofl photo young wife mother passes in 38th year stouffville this com- munity was saddened on sunday to learn of the death in york county hospital newmarket of mrs russell forfar a young wife and mother of three mrs forfar the former len- ore joan gray was taken ill about six months ago and ad mitted to hospital when her con dition worsened she was only 37 mrs forfar enjoyed a wide circle of friends but she will be remembered most for her un failing devotion to her home and family beside her husband she leaves two daughters jo anne margaret 11 mary eliza- 1 beta beth 2 and ont son rus sell brian 7 her parents mr and mrs arthur gray reside at musselmans lake and a brother george lives at rr i sharon she was a member of the bal- lantrae united church rev g roy inglis conducted the funeral service on wednes day afternoon at 2 pm from the oneill chapel stouffville with interment in the stouffville cemetery the pall bearers were tom card bill card george morton jack radford ernest smith and hal dafoe flower bearers were douglas card kenneth card larry spang gordon mcpherson da vid morton stanley legeer robt bruce and harry lee

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