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ritmne casslfle3 ads on page twelve vol 85 no 26 the tribune stouffville thursday november 11 164 twelve pages widening of townline m f pinned in car east by county postponed lover two hours the reduction of our subc sidlabie budget by the depart- i men of highways and the high standard of maintenance uni jtosed by the heavy volume of traffic throughout the county has compelled the commission to forgo rno5t of the construe- lion projects planned for this year and to concentrate on maintenance work instead this curtailment has also re sulted in the postponement of acquiring properties for the eventual widening of uch roads as the stouftville roadj east of yonge street and duff- eriu street north of the king road the estimated damage in the county of york to roals and bridges is now 230000 a copy of the rejxrt of damage and cost of repairs has been sent to the ontario dept of highways we are not as yet able to report what financial assistance will be forthcoming from the government the re port slates meanwhile all steps necessary to put the high ways back into service have been taken and all roads are open to traffic answering a question from reeve lemasurier of mark- liam township as to what could be expected by way of financial assistance on cost of repairs mr fred lundy chairman of the road com mission said the county ex pects to gel 100 reimburse ment on our roads and bridges c e toole vicechairman of the commission congratulated the engineer and his staff they worked continuously for 3j hours after the flood we cannot too highly commend them for their work warden john rye added his words of thanks to the staff and the road commission for their elfdrts in getting the roads back into service i hoy recommend that steeles ave from yonge street to the fourth concession a distance o i and miles and v4 mile from the kennedy road to milliken be taken over by york county and the metro poiitan toronto on an equal cost basis they recommended that the road committee and the engineer be given a free hand to negotiate with the roads commission of metro toronto this was carried by county council he installation of two flash signals as warnings at the ivnerlaw crossing of the cnr has been agreed to by the board of transport com missioners costiiol to exceed 2300 the cost will be borne by the railway level crossing fund up to 10 and the re mainder and the cost of main tenance will be borne by the toronto and york roads com mission and the cnr in equal amounts new high school to open officially november 26th announcement has lieen made by the stouftville high school hoard thai the new school will officially open on friday evening nov 261 h the official opening ceremo ny will he conducted by lr c a brown kegilrar of the ontario department of edu cation we know that the sel ling of the date for this long- awaited function will be re ceived with keen interest by the local public who are ex pected to trun out in large numbers to view this beauti ful new building for the first time kenneth burkholder and bunt lewis two stouffville boys were guests at the sat urday night jamboree at radio station cfor orillia and sang fceveral numbers ross middleton of the mark- ham township road depart ment has been forced to leave his work for a few weeks due to illness commence repairs to markham bridges work is expected to com mence within a few days to re pair and reconstruct nine brid ges in markham township which were destroyed or dam aged during the recent hurri cane first bridge to be re placed will be a span on john st on the outskirts of thorn- hill a communication read to council by engineer jack how ard of markham township on monday evening asked 87000 to jack up and repair the ce ment arch bridge on the 10th con near cedar grove how ever consulting engineers mar- gison babcock had advised some more temporary repairs at less cost and the township engineer was requested by council to renegotiate with the ontario bridge company a bailey bridge is presently serv ing on the 10th con near wood land park where the steel span was completely washed away in the flood after some discussion on the removal of trees on the town ship road lines a resolution passed council which results as follows where the removal of trees on township property is in dispute the township en gineer is authorized to get ad vice of a tree expert before taking action announcement was made of a ratepayers election meeting for those in ward one on tuesday nov 16th at the hen derson ave school a grant of 50 was extended to the unionville swimming club for more than two hours jerry hooker 23 of stouffville was pinned in his wrecked car following an accident on no 47 highway early thursday morning he was found by mr wilmot hamm a nearby resident who hailed a passing motorist the injured man was rushed to the stouffville brier- buh hospital where he was treated by dr r b mitchell he was then taken by ambu lance to the toronto western hospital he suffered a thirty- stitch gash on his forehead three broken ribs and a fracj tured left leg the exact cause of the acci dent is not known it is believ ed the driver fell asleep at the wheel the car crossed the highway hit a culvert and tur ned over some large boulders on the edge of ihe culvert were thrown nearly twenty feet by the force of the impact the auto a 1051 model was completely demolished jerry hooker is a salesman for mole motors ltd in stouffville markham township reeve announces vast housing and factory development local man escaped death in this wreck births johnson mr and mrs j e johnson of stouffville rr 2 wish to announce the birth of their daughter janice el- nora on november 0 1954 at brierbush hospital hunt mr and mrs edward hunt of markham are happy to announce the birth of their daughter edna lorraine on november 6 1951 at brier- bush hospital i dodson mr and mrs ver non dodson of stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their son allan william cleaver on nov 7 1954 at brierbush hospital local ladies on wi executive conveners of standing com mittees were named at the closing annual sessions of the central area federated wo mens institutes held at the royal york hotel they include agriculture and canadian industries mrs m ackroyd brampton citi zenship and education mrs garnet francey gormley pub lic relations mrs gormley foster creemore historial re search mrs r baycroft gorm ley home economics mrs h mann havelock resolutions mrs donald carmichael bog- nor junior activities mrs g wardlow woodbridge provincial directors are mrs b birrell claremont eight mrs sam wilson mono road six mrs w h burns beaverton nine mrs fred ritchie shallow lake ssk v r -x- ifanfj 4 111 v- isk liii ittii m 1 this is jerry hookers car following early morning crash on no 47 highway near here son of former storekeeper dead following a heart attack the death occurred on friday morning of r a baker 355 cleveland ave toronto son of a former bethesda store keeper seventy years of age mr baker had never been ill and his death came with shock ing suddenness ralph abraham baker was a son of the late jesse baker and melinda eyer mr baser oper ated the bethesda store more than sixty years ago his wife who survives him was the for mer laura connor daughter of will connor 6th con of whit church the deceased was employed for many years as foreman at the cober elevator co besides his wife he is sur vived by a sister mrs beula jones and a brother george baker both of gormley the funeral on monday was con ducted by rev wesley hunni- sett with interment in the mt pleasant cemetery rare antiques find ready sale at ringwood auction believe toronto should help maintain park the chairman of the special parks committee reeve geo lamont of sutton reported to york county council that he and his committee had met five times since the june session of county council a survey was made of the cars entering the park and on sunday july 25th from 10 am to 6 pm 1178 cars came in checking registrations showed that 62 of cars came from metropolitan toronto from the county of york 22 and from other points 16 554 permits to erect tents were issued 78 were issued to metro residents 258 to york county people 155 to residents of ontario and 365 to residents of usa 6935 at tended picnics a breakdown shows that 48 of these were from york county 283 from metro toronto and 237 from the province of ontario these figures sparked a live ly discussion from county councillors many feel that the park should be continued as a york county park other mem bers agreed with reeve m mc- murchy of vaughan township who is a commissioner of york county this year that since a large portion of the cars com ing into the park are from met ro toronto they should con tribute to its upkeep reeve jos dales of newmarket spoke of the large debenture debt against the park these figures have been sent to chairman of the metro parks committee we should ask fora grant to wards the upkeep of this park reeve a cook of aurora leans to the opinion that a parking fee should perhaps be charged to help defray expenses i would like to see it kept as a york county park park roads have been re surfaced with 444 yards of crushed gravel 156 yards have been stockpiled for use in the spring a driveway has been constructed through the tent ing area a road is under con struction to the beach east of the picnic grounds 1300 gals of oil was used to lay dust and conserve the gravel topped roadsj a 60foot dock has been constructed to permit boats to land and to act as a breakwater for the east shore twentyfive sixfoot tables and ten 12foot tables have been constructed 2 barbecues 2 toilets and a ball diamond have been built by park employees for the con venience of picnickers ray ward breaks collar bone in hiking accident ray ward son ken ward claremont suffered a broken collarbone on saturday after noon during a hiking trip with the cub pack he was treated by dr n f tomlinson of cla remont ray is a member of the toronto maple leafs of the lions peemee league he will be unable to join his team for at least five weeks the accident occurred while the pack were out on a trip east of claremont while at the camping grounds they enjoyed chocolate and later were treat ed to refreshment at the home of mr jack mansell the pack were under the supervision of bob green and bill glidden some rare antiques uny owing prices hanging lamp which was moved outside pic- over ico yea high prices at suction sae h on friday v a-kn- in ave tales n hour tque articles ars old brought i 1700- chest of drawers 2500 chairs s1000 the entire sale wall aed over ninety was completed in jy- over 3 some of 1- in- hours the auction was con- brought the fo- 1 ducted over the om hotel bar lured above is auctioneer w d atkinson taking bids on an old but styilsh top hat which he holds aloft with hy cane one of the antique hanging lamps maj be pen at the rear of the auctioneer refute council meeting impression mr ross winterstein wishes to correct an impression made public at a recent council meet ing of whitchurch township j that he had proceeded with cer tain road work at gravel hill without permission or against the wishes of the council of the township of uxbridge a statement was made at that meeting that he had not re ceived permission from ux bridge to go ahead i definitely understood from uxbridge township council that it was okay to proceed mr winterstein stated to the tribune he further stated that he was only asking for permis sion to change the method of doing the job in order to place the hi which his trucks could not dump elsewhere because os wet weather santas annual visit coming close christmas believe it or not is just around the corner at least the stouffville santa claus parade is the date is saturday dec 4th the local chamber of commerce is again sponsoring the parade and plans are al ready going forward if you as a businessman have not al ready been canvassed for your contribution to this big event you can look forward to this caller very shortly a prominent toronto band will be on hand to lead the big flotilla of floats and as usual every boy and girl in town will receive a gift bag from old st nick if the merchants prove as energetic with their christ mas floats as they did with their booths at the trade fair the parade should be a real sen sation however the whole affair costs money in fact it is cost ing more money each year ap proximately 500 was spent last year on the parade and this bill will be even greater this christmas more and more people attend the parade each year from far and near and while here do a tremendous amount of shopping in local stores if you think this parade is worthwhile for the wee tots and as a real promotion piece for the community will you send along your donation to the chamber of commerce san ta claus parade fund you may pass it along personally to nor man oboyle committee chair man to lloyd weldon ken laushway cec hendricks or harold dixon local men among 100000 in bush more than a dozen stouff ville hunters left town last weekend to join an estimated one hundred thousand hunters expected in ontario woodlands this month hunting deer elk and moose among those who have gone from town are bob snowball elgin wagg elmer daniels geo allison walter pipher e a button a g thompson morley symes lome morgason keith mal colm bud spang geo wilson dr j as stevenson and walter smith hunting opened for deer north of the french and mat- tawa nov 1 moose hunting has been open almost a month with hunter success according to reports being high last season 91000 ontario residents purchased deer hunt ing licenses almost 11000 nonresidents came from unit ed states in search of moose or venison this year the to tal may be lower among resi dents because of a tightening in the labor situation and pos sibility of strikes in some large manufacturing plants this condition has apparently en couraged several hunters to stay on the jobs rather than take their annual jaunt to the woods for the past two seasons bluebird weather has prevail ed during the first week of the hunt and while it was pleasant it was far from what is considered deer hunting wea ther this year snow has fall en in most of the hunting ter ritory south of the french most has melted but indica tions point to good deer hunt ing weather in the next two weeks heavy precipitation has fill ed swamps and flooded streams and rivers this means hunt ers may have to work hard to get their quota reeve alf lemasurier an nounced to markham township council and the press on mon day night plans for vast new- housing and industrial develop ment in the township reeve lemasurier announced i am pleased that mr rex heslop developer of rexdale i in etobicoke who in my opin ion is one of the greatest indus trial and residential developers i has recently purchased a larg i tract of land in the township of markham it is my under- standing that he plans to help our lack of industrial asses ment in relationship to the residential assessment and is j planning to bring several indus- tries in to markham town ship i he further assures me that i before he starts bringing in these industries he will install j at his own expense complete services such as water and sewers i believe mr heslop is the man who has done so much to solve the problem that etobi coke twp had due to lack of industry and has contributed so much to make their town ship one of the greatest indus trialized centres in southern ontario 1 am looking forward to having this type of develop ment come into markham twp to relieve our tax problem mr and mrs s w hastings and elgin were sunday dinner guests with dr and mrs e r hastings of toronto stouffville municipal council will convene in special session this thursday evening the christian endeavour fall rally will be held at bloo- mington christian church on friday november 19th at 8 pm the program will include special music from keswick markham police to investigate erratic shootings markham twp police are concerned over the recent re ports received from local farm ers that their animals are be ing killed by gunwielding hun ters the first incident occurred on the property of mr tom ha stings 7th concession of mark ham where four tame ducks were shot on monday mr alfred smith atcashel report ed that one of his horses had been riddled with shotgun pell ets and was discovered dead on tuesday mr stewart bur nett a farm resident near au rora told markham police that one of his line steers had been killed on his property at vic toria square a bullet hole was plainly visible in the animals neck chief constable clarence wi- deman believes erratic hunters are responsible for the killings he does not think that one man committed the crimes since on one occasion a shotgun was used while a rifle bullet was re sponsible for the other death all killings are within three miles of each other lloyd turner is quite ill at home lloyd ave friends will t egret to learn town seeks dept help overspent road budget stouftville road budget which was reduced by the highways dept from 9000 to 8000 has been overspent by about 2500 the town clerk reported this week some of this over- expenditure covered extra gra vel and fill necessary for the washouts following the storm and other repairs clerk brown stated that there was still no definite assurance of the am ount of subsidy the depart ment would pay on the storm damage roads have been on the agenda at almost every coun cil meeting for some time councillor daniels stated at last weeks meeting that the roads in town had never been worse in his recollection councillor burk reported a truckload of asphalt patching had been bro ught in but stated that the en tire truck load could be used up on one street if a good job was to be made council made no recommendation to order more as the budget was al ready far overspent the new road to the high school is in little more than temporary condition and wet days find the road a rolling sea of mud councillor daniels stated in his opinion the road situation in town was not good he said that the system of oil and gra vel was only leading to con tinually increased expenditure without any permanent roads being established he told the press further that he did not believe one man was sufficient for both town and utility com mission work thieves abandon loot when truck mires in mud thieves were forced to aban don their stolen truck a large halfton safe and a number of typewriters and adding ma chines when their vehicle be came mired in the mud on the almira sideroad between the 6th and 7th concessions of markham the truck safe and business machines were stolen from the toronto wood mould ing plant in north york some time during the early hours of sunday morning apparently the robbers in attempting to unload their loot backed the 3ton truck into marshy ground and became stuck police chief clarence wideman of mark ham twp stated that another car was used in an unsuccess ful attempt to free the mired truck although burglar tools were found the safe was un opened about 120 was miss ing from one of the filing cab inets detectives bunn and mullett from north york were sum moned to the scene to make fingerprint checks mr ed wurm of markham was one of the first to see the stolen articles mr tom hast ings farm resident on the 7th of markham summoned police presentation made at yfc radio night mrs w e morden buried here the death occurred at co- bourg on friday nov 5th of mrs wilfred morden wife of a former reeve of stouffville the late mrs morden was the for mer gertrude patteron and spent her early years at bloom- ington her husband prede- ceased her eight years ago and two sons have also passed away there remains one sur viving sister mrs joseph winterstein of stouffville the funeral on monday nov sth was conducted from the oneill funeral chapel by rev douglas davis with inter ment in the stouffville ceme tery the stouffvihe creamey announces it will not be ouen on friday nights i on monday evening mem bers and officers of the stou ffville youth for chrt- gath ered at the summit view res taurant near richmond hill on the occasion of their an nual radio association night following the dinner pauline ratcliff loft made a presen tation to miss ruth kerr of ringwood ruth has complet ed her fifth year as secretary of siouftvile yfc on the right is rev norman rowan leader of the group e