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e fottttmqe tottrane vol 67 no 30 the tribune stouffytlle ont thursday december 20 1956 sixteen pages help this player launch benefit fund for local player injured in clipper hockey game an allout drive is being launched this week in aid of gordon lewis who was so seriously hurt during a clipper hockey game with aurora on thursday night last the player had his leg broken in two places he il now in a cast which will confine him for some six months and it is expected to be nearly a years time before he will be able to resume his normal occupation doctors reported the break to be the most serious that could have occurred gordon lewis who drives a milk truck is married and has two small children and his injury and subsequent layoff is a serious blow to the family gord has played hockey for stouffville since he was quite a young lad he has always been one of the most popular members of the clippers and has contributed substantially to local hockey victories in the past a committee has been set up including l e oneill reg button gar lehman and ken laushway representa tives of the arena and hockey club to conduct this campaign which opens officially this thursday night the new arena programs will be distributed at the arena on thursday night for the first time at the clipperbradford game and fans will be asked to contribute to the benefit fund contributions will be received daily at the arena l e oneills ken laushways and the tribune office as well as by gar lehman secretarytreasurer of the clippers while these boys like to play hockey and take certain risks by doing so local hockey fans are annually enter tained by the fellows who race up and down the ice lanes in providing this entertainment one of their number has been seriously injured and it is up to us to rally to his assistance with all the means we can muster gord lewis has always been a real sport for stouffville let us be good sports and contribute generously to this fund just a little from every hockey fan would mean so much 15year0ld boy thwarts ringwood turkey thieves fifteen year old lome avery i inquire about the prices of the son of mr and mrs noel avery birds two hours later the of ringwood frightened off thieves entered the properly three turkey thieves who in- mr avery raises more than 500 vaded his fathers ranch during turkeys on his ranch sgt art the late hours of monday night harrison of the vandorf opp lome was working alone in the commended the youth for his cellar weighing turkeys in pre- courage the shotgun was taken paration for the christmas mar- i to the vandorf office for finger- ket when he heard suspicious printing noises outside the house he grabbed a 12 gauge shotgun and went into the yard he saw two men loading turkeys into a truck while another handed the birds out the cellar window pointing the gun fnto the air the youth exploded one shell catching the intruders by com plete surprise lome immediately herded two of the robbers into the resi dence of his grandparents who live nearby the third man how- lawson by big majority in william g lawson was swept into the office of reeve by a ever emerged from the cellar i landslide majority in the pick- and wrested the gun from the ering township election held on hands of the youth the three i saturday mr lawson polled a seek permission for bus service on 8th con from sutton to toronto a request is before the board councillor wallwork stated of transport commissioners that residents along the sth from the newmarket bus lines concession had wished for such represented by lawrence need- a service for a long time mr ler to permit a bus line to be needier said that while plans operated from sutton to toron- had not yet been finalized pend- to via highway is sth con ing the outcome of the petition whitchurch i to ringwood west- it was hoped to establish term- erly on the townline to bayvievv inal facilities near the subway and south into the city the deputyreeve richardson said plan was placed before whit- that he could see where the ac- church township council at commodation would be a good their final meeting of the year thing daily service both ways on saturday afternoon this bus was proposed with additional company is presently operating service when traffic demanded between newmarket and sutton council favored the proposal mr needier stated that strong and will support the companys opposition was being put for- petition beloe the transport ward by the gray coach lines j board thieves then jumped into their truck and fled they escaped with sixteen turkeys valued at s14000 two additional birds were later found on the ground lome informed the tribune that he first became suspicious that something was wrong when a stranger came to the door earlier in the evening to miss jessie lemon enjoyed a visit one day last week from her niece miss delia lemon of winnipeg miss lemon was en- route to montreal where she will spend christmas it has been many years since she was in the stouffville district miss lemon is a daughter of the late i mr and mrs joe lemon of winnipeg measured assessment in whitchurch township find little hardship l p evans chairman of the independent court of revision of the township of whitchurch reported to council on saturday that little trouble had been ex perienced in handling the 91 appeals following the introduc tion this year of measured as sessment he said that it was much fewer appeals than had st to make this a 66 roadway ratepayers had previously ag reed to the widening by letter c e toole was reappointed as whitchurch representative on the newmarketsutton high school board the rate of re muneration for members of the court of revision was increased from s8 a day to 10 with 8c a mile for travel the court had been anticipated the ninetyone asked a rate of 12 a day date appeals included 207 individual for the meeting of council in assessments 1 1957 was set by bylaw for jan the total net reduction affect- 9th ed by the court of revision miscellaneous amounted to 6924 mftch of weslcy eves 4th corlv was which was made up of calcula- id ggo xor a baby becf kllied hon corrections of fifteen prop- by d relief accounts for the erties viewed by the court only three were changed the total assessment of the township has been increased from 3591411 to 6339000 mr court wished to commend as sessor fred cummings for the excellent job he had done and expressed the opinion that the work had been handled more efficiently and economically than could have been done with so- called assessment experts some parts of the assessment had yet hs boards appointments appointments to the district high school boards were made by york county council at its session on tuesday dec 11 they include for a oneyear j term dr g williams aurora william spears markham and h h williams stouffville the appointment to the rich mond hill district high school board was deferred until the january session mrs lloyd kay of belhaven was appointed for a threeyear term to the new marketsutton board turkeys suffocated more than forty turkeys died from suffocation on the farm of mr henry miller 7th concession of markham late sunday after noon the birds part of the flock soon to be readied for the christmas market were placed in an enclosed stall in the miller york county council is considering new building the fact finding committee of building and an addition at the past month totalled 8580 and general accounts 361542 accounts for remuneration for i barn unknown to the owner council members for the past i the family dog entered the en- i year were paid as follows reeve i closure through a small open- evans stated that the legre 500 deputy rlch ing and became excited when he ardson councillors wallwork couldnt get out the turkeys and williams 450 each and crowded into one corner of the councillor wylie who served stall where many suffocated parti of a term 250 a cheque the loss was discovered around to be smoothed out but on the for 200 will be forwarded to mrs graham to cover service given by her late husband cou ncillor delos graham j the oak ridges lions club whole the change had made with little trouble been the which has assisted the township on various occasions with needy families in that area was grant- five oclock sunday afternoon dell willis violin and warren hendricks cornet it was the annual white gift service and the nursery department of the sunday school after presenting their white gifts sang two christmas numbers it is always a delight to have the children take their part in the church services and this was a most impressive service n t jaiiuiies 111 uiai area was gram court spent five days and one p 100 for chl bas night on the appeals this year j fund both mr evans and members i j of council expressed the vicwl- that an independent conrt of special music for the sunday revision was by far the best morning service last week at and fairest type of court rather stouffville united church was than placing the burden on provided by the newly formed council junior choir of 35 voices under i stores open in stouffville bylaws the leadership of miss mona every night this week closed at a bylaw was passed for ex- armstrong instrumental -num- 1 6 pm on monday night christ- propriation of land on shrigley bcrs were also provided by mar- mas eve new government liquor store the controversial brewers retail store localcd on the north de of no 7 highway jr mrkhm village opened us doors to the public on ibuncuy of wis week the 65000 structure is of cement block construction with a modern plate glass front the erection of the store caused quite a stir in markham vill age council last june and the members expresed divided opinions over the issue a number of church groups ai objected strongly to the con struction of the building york county council under the chairmanship of reeveelect william sellers of sutton will present a report at the january session of county council on the new site for the proposed county buildings a recommendation by the committee at the fall session that a 35 acre lot on davis drive be purchased was post poned reeve fred armstrong of woodbridge introduced a reso lution that the county purchase the site in east gwillimbury township from norman sedore for 12000 the property is part of the watson farm east of newmarket the lot has a frontage of 396 feet and a depth of 370 feet the building will cost in the neighborhood of 4 or 5 hun dred thousand mr sellers told council our committee decided that such a building should be erected on a mam highway wa ter and sewers will be available to this lot from newmarket he added deputy reeve albert ruther- frd of vaughan township re minded council that at an ear lier session it had agreed to purchase three and onehalf acres from missmabel davis this lot is located north of the present site of the county ad ministrative building when it was learned that miss davis lot could not be obtained with out certain restrictions being placed on its use by miss davis the matter was shelved mr rutherford added he suggested that miss davis be consulted again before any action was taken this lot on davis drive was only 1000 an acre when we first heard of it added mr rutherford by the time we saw it the price had jumped to over 3000 an acre mr sellers said the property owned by miss davis could be purchased for 3600 but he added that it dropped away at the rear and was near the new market dump we have a setting here that is unique it is beautiful and quiet said reeve williamhod- gson of king township what will this property be used for if we build elsewhere if this were not considered as a per manent location the county should not have accepted it in the first place mr sellers told council that the committee had contacted all groups within the county to determine the amount of space each would require an esti mated 15970 square feet will be required exclusive of hall and service space to house the county administration york county health unit toronto york roads commission juven ile and family court childrens aid society assessment depart ment and probation officer sev eral new county buildings were visited by the committee it might be wiser to hold our decision mr sellers contin ued we dont know at present whether we will have to provide a court house within the county if space for the administration of justice is needed miss davis lot would be too small i am in favor of the present north if necessary said reeve elect william clark of mark ham township i dont think the county would make any mistake in purchasing miss davis lot to the north of this site mr clark reminded council that the county obtains 100 per cent grant on the health unit rent but added that if it were j in a county building the grant would not be available he ask ed if the present county build ing would be used to house the childrens aid society if a new one were erected mr sellers said there were certain restrictions on the use of the present county building placed there by miss davis when she made a gift of her family home to york county the building must be used for county administrative purposes he explained if these restric tions were not removed and the cas used the building it might mean that the county would lose it i see no need for any hurry in this matter said deputy reeve victor jones of aurora there has been no report on the undue burden or distribu tion of assets we have no idea what well have and until we do the county should not be look ing for property it should go easy taxes are high enough without adding to them he ar gued there is a need for hurry replied mr sellers the county office space is inadequate and the council chambers are crowded there is money for other things it is time we took care of our staff in december 1954 county council passed a bylaw to pur chase the property of miss da vis to the north of the present site clerk jack smith reported to council that bylaw still stands when this land and building were donated to the county of york by miss davis a restric tion was placed on the grant county solicitor douglas lucas added they had to be used for administrative purposes of the county of york if not used the land will revert to york county hospital before any change is made it will be neces sary to have this qualification varied or lifted the restriction attached to miss davis other lot north of this one is that it be used for governmental ad- 1 ministrative purposes he ex plained we dont know what shaie the province will carry in pro- 1 viding space for the administra- 1 tion of justice added warden marshal mcmurchy perhaps the time is ripe to press for bet ter court accommodation here within the county i feel it is important to have the county building where it is easily ac cessible to the public he said the matter was referred to the fact finding committee for the january session total of 1721 votes as compared with 746 for his opponent mr i wm h j thompson it was one of the largest majorities ever polled by a candidate for the reeveship in pickering township the other candidates elected were as follows ward 3 jack chapman ward 4 glenn julian and ward 5 robert stewart councillors for i ward 1 sidney fugh ward 2 edgar james and deputy- reeve sherman scott received i acclamations mr lawson topped every poll in the township with the excep tion of two at glen grove and one at rosebank even at these polls mr thompsons majority was very slim the reeveelect received exceptionally strong support at altona whitevale kinsale brougham mt zion brock road base line dunbar- ton and west rouge nterschool christian fellowship to organize i board this particular organiza tion operates throughout cana- t dian high schools universities in ward 3 mr jack chapman and colleges most high schools was successful in his first bid in this district have such groups for a council seat defeating his and favorable reports were re- opponent mr stanley mann 337 ceived on their conduct to 180 mr manns strong sup- the fellowship meetings are port in pickering beach didnt conducted once a week attcnd- offset mr chapmans majority ance in the group is completely at harwood drive base line voluntary and the organization permission was granted by the transportation committee the stouffville district high chairman should confer with school board on wednesday bus contracor as he had evening for the organization of an inter school christian fel- 1 granted increased rates on lowship group in the local j the understanding that improv- school the matter had been dis- ed transportation would be put cussed at the previous months i on t road various break- meeting but had been delayed 1 d been occwr xrom pending a full meeting of the time to time it was reported and glen grove the biggest upset occurred in ward 4 where councillor mrs jean mcpherson was defeated by mr glenn julian 371299 mr hilton nicholson trailed the field with 72 mrs mcpherson was well supported in four of the eight polls but lost ground at fairport beach where she col lected only 18 votes as compared to 132 for mr julian mr julian was a candidate for the reeve ship in 1956 but was defeated by wm newman in wardn 5 robert stewart more than tripled his majority over his opponent mr clifford is nondenominational the board was unanimous in its decision to permit the organi zation the board agreed to engage miss sharon marcus as english teacher to fill a vacancy in the staff that will occur after christmas her salary will be 3400 the remuneration for nursing home sold night class teachers has been s0 j increased from 8 to 10 in keep- 1 mr austin the stouffville nursing home operated by mr ernie austin has been sold to mr murray sinclair local real estate man according to a report from mr austin the sale price was ap proximately 50000 and is one of the largest real estate tran sactions to take place in town in ing with the rate paid in neigh boring schools travel there was some discussion on the financing of buses for stu- j dent trips outside of regular schwann mr stewart polled school attendance and itvas 401 votes to mr schwalms 115 the newly elected councillor topped his rival candidate at agreed that the board would finance the buses fpr grade ii to visit the ontario museum and purchased the large home at the corner of main st and obrien avenue a few years ago from dr s s ball and has since added a sub stantial wing to the west the home was built originally in 1891 by the late r j daley and was one of the finest homes in the community nearly thirty patients mostly eoirless- than 3olevcer as ot the electors exercised their franchise be in the large building mr aus tin who is an experienced nurse himself has been in the private nursing home business in both a vocational conference to held at the sutton school it was reported that on one the stouffville fire brigade i day recently both school busesjssnjsr th ere summoned to the farm of had b k d and th tu y dents had been transported by car and other means but had missed some school hours the board was of the opinion that were mr donald brown at bethesda on wednesday afternoon when sparks started a blaze in a grain elevator the outbreak caused little damage been signed and the new owner is slated to take over the busi ness on january 1st safety presentation at markham sssbsmm births rlmmenie to mr and mrs peter rummcnie of r p 2 port perry on saturday dec 8 a son the more than 600 pupils at the two public schools in markham village have enjoyed an accidentfree year for their efforts co o s hollinrake magistrate of york county presented the pupils with two bronze engraved plaques on behalf of the markhamunion- ville lions club the special ceremony was hem on mon day afternoon pictured above is col hollinrake left mak ing the presentation to miss janet hallman 1st lieutenant of the safety patrol richard conlin left patrol capt and billy johnston lieut also took part in the ceremony representatives from the school board the home and school association the lions and kiwanis clubs were also present magistrate hollin rake was introduced to the students by markham village police chief fred white through the cooperation 01 the markhamunlonvllle lions club the kiwanls club and police chief white a public school safety patrol was org anized this summer the boys and girls direct the pupils across he highway at various intersections in the village if the students can maintain their safety record through 1957 they will receive a sllvet plaque