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ritmnt vol 67 no 14 the tribune stouffville thursday august 23 1956 ten pages police form honour guard for markham officer island lake claims life of toronto youth sunday island lake located north of about four oclock friends stouflville on the uxbridge-whit- missed him when his parked church townline claimed the life car and clothes were noticed jof lsvearold ronald good of near the beach opp officers 505 sherbourne st toronto on jas stewart and roy macdonald the fourth stouffville sunday afternoon the droun- conducted dragging operation trade fair will be staged in the ing occurred it is believed about and located the body in shal- 2 oclock in the afternoon but i low weedy water the young mans body was not j the unfortunate victim was recovered until s30 in the eve- the son of mr and mrs john r ning i good of rr 1 claremont preparing for trade fair here sept 2729 plan new entertainment no water from lake markham twp must develop own supply the funeral service for mark ham twp p61ice constable lewis durant was conducted from grace anglican church markham tuesday afternoon more than 130 officers from ten departments were in attend ance it was one of the largest funerals ever held in markham many were unable to enter the toronto the driver has been hoover carl holden ted scays- j ships more important cases he charged with criminal negli of the markham twp police york last year and was held in gence following the service the two- mile long funeral procession moved slowly to the highland memory gardens on the don mills road where interment was made rev r a wigby con ducted a short service at the church but stood on the steps i graveside the pallbearers were throughout the service pc du- constables don dukes and bob rant was instantly killed on the i hood of markham twp chief dept were honourary pallbear ers the deceased was a member ot the markham village fire bri gade constable durant was a resi dent of markham he attended high school there and in april 1954 he joined the markham twp police force in the little more than two years in which 4th concession early saturday fred white of markham village j he served on the department morning when struck by a car and three members of the mark- j pc durant assisted in the in- driven by ernest webster of ham fire brigade messrs chas j vestigation of some of the town- high regard by both the mem bers on the markham force and surrounding detachments in spector wally maynes and fifty members of the north york po lice department formed a police guard of honour at the church and at the cemetery he was one of our finest officers said police chief clarence wideman surviving are his parents mr and mrs lewis durant and a brother david chums of drowning victim are pallbearers six friends and sunday school mr and mrs eric priestley classmates of ann priestley 8- and family came to canada yearold daughter of mr and about two years ago mr priest- mrs eric priestley 7th con of ley is an engineer the couple whitchurch acted as pallbearers j have two other girls carol and on monday afternoon when this susan and the trio were in- victim of a tragic accidental drowning was borne to stouff ville cemetery for burial the girls were lois hutchinson patsy harwood rosemary mc- leary carol ann ratcliff dar- lene watson and linda ratclift the service was conducted from the oneill funeral chapel by rev douglas davis the tragedy occurred on fri day when ann drowned in but four ft of water in a pond on the dr s s crouch property near lemonville the little girl who had been playing with her friends by the water was pulled i separable playmates assessment boosted on local land early this spring local asses sor lloyd turner and assess ment commissioner gar brown consulted with york county as sessor ed jones regarding the low value being placed on land in this municipality with a view to equalizing the assess ment figures on a footage basis this changeover has now been out by dr crouch who gave ar- compiete an1 values as tificial respraton and then rush- tl m ed her to the office of dr r b ou u i assessment notices are based on a footage rate this rate varies mitchell in stouffville however all means failed to i revive her accordin t0 location various opp from vandorf detachment i s and assessed investigating the accident de- dared the death accidental according to value health unit to survey dumping in whitchurch a special meeting is being held one cottager keeping two hun- this week at vandorf with thedred hens on his small lake lot york county health unit con- and creating a distasteful situa- cerning the various dumping iion grounds presently in use in the i now cement plants township it was revealed at two men appeared at differ- the regular meeting of council cnt intervals on thursday even- on thursday evening such ing seeking permission to man- grounds have proved a vexing ufacture cement septic tanks problem for the township on several occasions in the past and only recently a concern was refused permission to dump sep- tic tank waste on a whitchurch farm 78 years in same home miss mae urquhart dead sitting calmly in a rocking chair as she has done so many times miss mae urquhart was suddenly stricken on wednes day and passed away within minutes miss urquhart died in the same home on main street stouffville in which she was born 78 years ago she was very well known in town and was a familiar figure to many eastend residents who passed her home many times each day and who regretted her failing health the past couple of years miss urquhart was a daughter of a former town clerk her par ents being margaret jane leany and her father john urquhart during world war i shewas an active member of the janey canucks and during world war ii she knitted more than a hundred pairs of socks and was a most enthusiastic worker in war work deceased was identi fied with the methodist and later the united church she is survived by three sis tersinlaw mrs flora urquhart of stouffville mrs mabel urqu hart owen sound and mrs charles urquhart of toronto there were three brothers john charles and will all predeceas ed the funeral on saturday after noon was conducted from the oneill funeral chapel by rev douglas davis pallbearers were william urquhart and douglas kilgour nephews ross davis wm sanders sr henry slack and everton smith interment was made in the stouffville cemetery teacher 36 years born in markham a teacher at annette street public school for 36 years miss lela m forsythe died sunday at her havelock st home born in markham she was the daughter of the lat edwirtnd emma forsythe she attended the toronto normal school and after teaching for four years near home joined the staff of the annette street school she retired eight years ago an active member of high park united church miss for sythe served as secretary of emily jackson auxiliary of the wms she was also a member of the rendezvous club a niece georgina forsythe and two nephews donald and william forsythe all of to ronto survive mr a toffoli wished to open op erations at lemonville on the former store property and mr lloyd king applied to use a wilcox like lot 50 x 150 ft for the same purpose both were council has taken the view in referred to the planning board were also present mrs chapell the past that the township childrens camp was formerly miss anna klees should not lie called upon to an appeal was made to whit- fortyfive relatives were present take the refuse from other mu- church council to ease the taxes for this family gathering on the former applebaum prop- 1 erty just north of vivian on the couple wed here 5 let subdividers provide high schools wr dean chairman w r dean of the richmond hill district high school board declared at the boards monday night meeting any new subdivisions being built in the surrounding muni cipalities of markham and vau- ghan townships and the vill ages of woodbridge and rich mond hill which create the need for further high school accommodation should have these schools built by the sub- divider the present taxpayers should not have to subsidize any more million dollar high schools in the district the developers should pay for the site and the building required for the new residents i believe the- munici palities should give this problem their earnest thought and dis- baker now of newmarket on i cuss it thoroughly before pro- saturday the bakers oldest cecding with any more subdivi- granddaughtor mrs cecil cha- sions mr dean stated emphat pell mr chappell and their three children of edmonton hold family reunion mr and mrs clarence doner of gormley held a reunion of the family of mr and mrs geo ically markham township can ex pect no water from metropolitan toronto for the next five years this dramatic announcement was made by reeve a lema- surier in a report tabled at mon days meeting of markham twp council reeve lemasurier made his report on dehalf of the water and finance committees which had met with officials of the metropolitan works dept previous to monday the decis ion by metro is the final end to determined efforts by the water committee to secure an ade quate supply of lake ontario water for markham at one stage in the proceedings metro chairman fred gardiner had promised markham a large vol ume of lake water beginning this september reeve lemasurier stated met ro had blamed the delay on a serious shortage of steel pipe used in the construction of the feeder lines north from toronto to north york township and in to markham that being the case your committee recommends that this council take immediate steps to develop its own water supply stated reeve lemasurier mr r scrivener of the firm of consulting engineers of bab- cock and scrivener then pre sented a detailed report for the development of the township well located on the fourth con cession and a distribution sys tem for water area no 1 high land park doncaster thornhill and langstaff mr scrivener recommended that any development be car ried out in two stages he esti mated it would cost 5300000 to institute a distribution system for stage 1 which would include higlfland park doncaster and thornhill stage no 2 will cost an estimated 110000 and will serve the area on bayview north of john street and langstaff these expenditures would bring water to the borders of the con suming area the actual distri bution of the water to the house holder would have to be borne as a local improvement the to tal cost of 410000 will have to be financed by debenture inter est the whole scheme is sub ject to the approval of the on- tario municipal board and the provincial dept of health operating costs to the area would be borne by a general levy on the water area plus an adequate system of water rates mr scrivener estimated it would cost 44000 to operate the system annually this figure would be made up of the deben ture payment of 24000 plus 20000 for maintenance and ac tual operating costs reeve lemasurier stated he would only vote acceptance of the scheme provided there was no reservation regarding the completion of stage 2 he dis agreed with councillor d grif fin regarding certain wording in the report reeve lemasurier in sisted that the completion of the langstaff portion of the plan which is included in stage 2 i must not be hedged with any i ifs or huts local arena on sept 272s29 and promises to be the usual gala affair it has grown to be in the past years a large percent age of booth space has already been allotted to various local business concerns and those wishing to purchase the remain ing space should contact telf rennie arena manager entertainment of a new and sparkling nature will be an nounced early next month and the usual large quota of fine prizes will be given away each evening plans are underway for the arena to be attractively decorated for the affair which it is hoped this year will draw near to the ten thousand mark jiicipalitles who it believes should provide dumping grounds of their own councillor vvylie newly-elect- rd commented on thursday eve ning that he believed an inciner ator provided the only answer east side of the sth concession which has been turned into a childrens camp the camp it was reported was operated by bulgarian an expert at such mr scrivener will now confer this saturday night will see j with solicitor j d lucas in the big wrestling show at the preparation of a brief for pres- local arena with some of the entation to the ontario munici- top maple leaf gardens stars pal board most contentious problem con- operation and was one of floating council in this connec- number of camps established in tlon is the use by the collis canada to counteract youth leather co of aurora of dump- camps operated in the country ing grounds on the buchanan by communists the sale of the farm in the 2nd concession the property took place too late for same concern had been turned an assessment appeal out of king twp where they were previously dumping the tannery waste it was said and had now turned into whit church ioirs and chickens xuivince mr davis of valley rd mus- selmans like complained strongly to council over dogs running at large on this private t arena meetings drew largest crowd in years 50 years ago mr and mrs william kenny tranby ave toronto celebrated 50 years of happily married life i friday at a reception to be held at their home both were born in ontario mr i tne of evangelistic appreciation of the committee kenny hailing from blackwater meetings just concluded drew to the many who had given of junction and his wife from eat hc iar attendance of any their time and efforts in making gwillimbury twp they were held in recent years with two the campaign such a success road which is heavily built up there are sixteen dogs on the street he said and the people wont pretend to look after them married in stouffville and have sunday gatherings numbering mr cyril redford and the annexation lived in toronto for the past nearly two thousand each night choir were singled out for spe- stouffville is very anxious to quartereenturv dr grady wilson of the billy jcial mention as well as the or- meet with whitchurch council i before his retirement mr graham association the evan- 1 ganist pianist and mrs james on the prdposed annexation of kenny was signalman with the j k speaking from the third oldham soloist a strip of land across the north grand trunk railway the cnr i chapter of mark urged his con- sunday evening closing saw a and the cpr his wifes main in- gregation with the full power of large attendance of visitors to terest today centres around the his energetic oratory to turn the service some from consider- work of the christian mission- lo god before it is too late what able distance rev mr wilson ary alliance church he termed the unpardonable sin also made the observation dur- their three children mrs c of refusing to heed gods call ing his sermon that the stouff- b suthons wm kenny new- once too often villc meetings saw the largest market and james i kenny will prioc to the evening address number of bibles carried by be on hand for the celebration rev douglas davis of the local members of the congregation of the couple hae 14 grardchil- ministerial association in charge any gathering the billy graham boundary of the village reeve logge reported and a date for such a meeting is expected to be set shortly council agreed to the annua grant of 50 to each of three high schools aurora newmar ket and stouffville to be award od for the student showing the ilr davis also complained of highest general proficiency idrcnand 11 greatgrandchildren of the meetings expressed the i organization had ever attended morrison family has ill fortune many residents of oak ridges lake wilcox area will remember mr and mrs stewart morrison now residing in markham mrs morrison known to many as rose worked as a clerk in hays grocery store last year their family has been the vic tim of ill fortune this past week on thursday of last week jackie who is nine fell from a tree and broke his wrist the same day brother david broke vacation travels phone this exhibition tickets any veterans or their families wishing warrior day tickets for the exhibition may obtain same from h j lee real estate office westend stouffville the tribune is most anxious to hear of your summer visi tors as well as to know of vour out in a bad case of poison ivy the following day friday david already bedecked with the poi son ivy fell from the same tree and broke the same wrist as his brother it is quite a coincidence when we recall exactly twelve months ago to the week that information to 152 or 153j2 itll be appreciated mr morrison broke his wrist too best wishes to them all we hope the boys will make a speedy recovery former school principal born in stouffville h grant karnes former prin cipal of meiriekville continua tion school from 1942 to 1951 died suddenly at his home bally- down beach lake simcoe i mr barnes was born at stouff- ville 59 years ago and was edu cated in stouffville and mark ham schools ami ontario facul- ty of education he taught school for 39 years for the past two years he had been teaching at lefroy he seived from 191 1 to 191s with the cana dian army during the first world war on april 19 1923 mr barnes was married at bradford to ca therine davey who survives him with their three children capt leslie barnes fredericton n b mrs lew holwell jean of toronto and william d barnes of ottawa also surviv ing are his father everett bar nes of stouffville one sister mrs vera burnett of stouffville two brothers murray barnes of stouffville and bruce barnes of halifax ns he was a member of the united church and also of the mount albeit onward lodge ioof and the masonic lodge merrickville the funeral was held at brad ford with burial in mt pleasant cemetery local girls dairy queen entrants miss gwen kennedy 16 daughter of mr and mrs cam eron kennedy 7th concession of markham will be among 50 girls entered in the miss dairy queen contest at the cne ance on monday aug 27th the girls will be judged on appearance and deportment assembling the machine and milking cleaning the utensils and general efficiency five gwen will make her appear- sirls each night of the exhibi tion win represent the flse breed associations jersey guernsey ayrshire shorthorn and holstein the kennedys are owners of a pure bred jersey herd miss bev burr 16 daughter of mr and mrs russell burr of buttonviiie is another ent rant in the contest she will v appear at the cne on mon day sept 3rd marjorie bar ber daughter of mr and mrs harry barber gormley is also a contestant marjorics pic ture appears on page 3 of this issue