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touffiriue vol 67 no 39 the tribune stouffville ont thursday february 21 1957 twelve pages high school board preparing for larger classes in september considerable time was given miss m cunningham whose at the regular meeting of the home is in st catharines wasj stouffville district high school en re i who is leaving the local staff board wednesday evening to a a fastcr this miss cun discussion with principal duxj who ls an inexper bury on the preparations for j ienced teacher presently at mc- enlarged classes anticipated for i donald college will receive a this fall the principal present- j salary of s3200 she is required j ed the board with a most com- to take summer courses during i prchensive estimate chart on j 1957 and 58 to qualify as an ex- likply attendance and staff re- perieneed teacher quired the nineteacher staff j overseas teacher will be increased to ten a male some consideration was given teacher being required who will to engaging one of the teachers be a specialist in physical train- 1 to be brought out this summer ing the estimated attendance i from britain by the dept of for the school is 260 students education but board members necessitating three grade nine were skeptical of their qualifica- more than eighty new students lions for physical training the are expected to begin their high department plans to bring out school careers twenty new some two hundred teachers but desks were ordered on yvodnes- j once a board makes application day night with a view to the they are bound to accept what- coming increase ever teacher they are sent set up civil defence committee in pickering plane was missing since friday t reeve v g lawson will head the new civil defence commit tee set up recently in pickering township dep reeve sherman scott has been named vice chairman and councillor sid pugh is a member mr harry ashton of pickering beach will act as a township coordinator mr ashton recently completed a course in civil defence at arn- prior ont reeve lawson recom mended that 500 be directed to this promotion from the annual budget a government grant of 1500 or 75 percent of the total expenditure will be forth coming a complete civil de fence organization will be set up at a later date dogs mr gerig pickering twps newly appointed dog catcher has been kept very busy during the past month in a period from jan 15th to feb 15th a total of 65 dogs have been picked up and 30 destroyed tags sold to dog owners totalled 138 in a letter to council on monday eve ning mr gerig noted that a request had been received from the town of ajax that he handle whitchurch assessor resigns mr fred cummings assessor and building inspector for the township of whitchurch for a number of years has resigned his position his resignation was accepted at a special meet ing of council last week to take effect march 15th to fill the vacancy clerk john crawford was instructed by council to advertise for two men one for the position of township assessor and the other for building inspector ratepayers turn down public school addition by vote of 97 to 34 voting 97 to 34 ratepayers of for the ballantrae section was school section no 11 at ballan- 95 mills to build a s50000 addi- trae rejected plans to enlarge tion it would increase the rate the present facilities the vote by 4s mills a three room addi- was held following a public i tion at musselmans lake would meeting on tuesday night a increase the mill rate in hat j total of 132 votes were cast j section by 1785 mills without there was one spoiled ballot j the government grant more than 150 persons at j one ratepayer from the mus- tended mr jack wylie acted as selmans lake section stated chairman of the meeting mr that she favoured a school there henry crowhurst was the sec- since the children from that retary i area had to walk too far to the chairman of the school board ballantrae school whitchurch mr vent davies outlined the j township councillor clifford various problems that confront- wallwork outlined the preced ed the members including a ur necessary in petitioning skyrocketing budget for salar- j council for the erection of a ies and maintenance mr davies j school at musselmans lake mr pointed out that a survey show- stuart patrick interrupted conn ed that an additional attendance cillor wallwork stating that he of 150 pupils could be expected was opposed to the building of in the next four years two a school at the lake additions have already been m henry crowhurst a mem- the wreckage of the light private plane which crashed on a farm three miles north of ringwood is pictured above the pilot and two passengers were instantly killed cadlbux studio private plane crashes in whitchurch field three men were instantly i of fuel but this was later dis- killed on friday afternoon when counted when a quantity of gas- j 19989887 was presented by itioit- mcrht fpnn nlano orachprl i nlinp wns fnnnd in nrti lank m t y road budget down 62621200 the toronto and york roads commission budget for 1957 for made to the present building as had been previously suggested mr davies stated that he had no personal objection to another ber of the ballantrae board told the meeting that the school board would be willing to turn over their prepared plans if f mans lake but felt that the cost would be too heavy chairman davies said that in the boards opinion the only feasible plan was to enlarge the present school building one of the board members tevealed that the 1956 mill rate building at musselmans lake it would now be necessary for a petition to be presented to whitchurch twp council con- i taining the names of 25 percent i of the landowners in the school section for a division of the area need liaison between planning education council also dealt with the their light cessna plane crashed j oline was found in one tank qjj llj v i i to ascertain what enlarge th p ps i irr went could be made to the pres- of s2o000 per year plus 50c for approxi- each tag sold and s100 for each 6 rr licence this tiein with ajax was not discussed by council pipe lino mr goldby a representative of the transcanada pipe line company attended the special meeting of council on monday evening and requested permis sion to tunnel under the cross roads lying in the path of the line the pipes will be enclosed in a casing in order to protect them should the road be torn up at a later date mr goldby pointed out that a 60 foot case ment was being obtained from farmers owning property thro ugh which the pipe line would pass warble fly mr charles metaggart was re j they managed to free the two appointed warble fly inspector occupants of the vehicle for the township at 175 per hour plus 10c per mile sir ed matter of salaries the final into a field on the former mer- draft of new schedule to be baker farm ready for the regular meeting o oi ringwood in whit- this thursday night members church township dead are recognized that the growth of pot george falconer of water- the township would necessitate 0 and alfreti own and an enlargement of the staff astgeorgo cassci botli of kitch- well as the office accommodation cner the cxact cause of the and engineers are to be called i crash is not known and more wa spilled on the snow the bodies of the victims were placed ion a farm sleigh and brought more than a mile to no 48 highway they were then transferred to l e oneills fu neral parlours in stouffville the pilot geo falconer leaves a a very well attended general each area and to this ena we are meeting of all markham town- going to set up a series of meet- ship school trustees was held on ings with trustees of each area thursday night february 14 at or perhaps several areas to- the womens institute hall at j gether at which time they will buttonville- in spite of a heavy i be able to give us any recom- snowfall nearly 85 representa- 1 mendations they may have we tives from the various sections in turn will consolidate these were present i recommendations in a report l j r reeve w l clark of mark- to council which we hope will leadership i raining ham township emphasized in i not be anv later than june norma7yong to courses arranged by welcoming the trustees that he mr watkins a unionville 1 s j md not favour an overall town- j bank manager addressed the 1 mate cost local fishermen save two from lake simc0e roy heaton and cliff harper two stouffville fishermen pull ed an unidentified man and woman out of their car last and cassel each had three chil dren the plane took off from an wife and four children brown airport near deep river ont on friday morning a search was started when mrs fal coner the pilots wife became alarmed when he failed to re turn home that night a mem ber of the ontario county fly ing club at oshawa noticed the wreck on sunday afternoon stouffville photographer ted cadieux and corporal bob petti- grew of the vandorf opp were two of the first men to reach the actual accident scene it appear plans business additiom york county council on tues day feb 12 it was accepted and the required bylaws approv ing the countys share were passed the budget shows a decrease from last year of 626212 it includes 573388 for construc tion work on the don mills rd which was budgetted for last year but not done the countys share of this is 122796 and with a surplus for 1956 of 35522 reduces the countys to tal share of the 1957 budget from 191146 to 353827 the actual amount of the county levy or debenture for 1957 plans have been drafted by schells lumber ltd for an ex tensive addition to their edward roads commission are the prov st premises to take in much ince and metropolitan toronto of the land now occupied by i the provinces share is 1013- lumber piles the building will 796 and metro will provide 161- york simcoe h s i ship school area but that he j trustees on the subject oftight to further the aims and acilid think that cooperation be- 1 money the inspector of public tivities of the home school j tween sections in such matters j schools mr m hallman then associations the yorksimcoe j as transferring pupilsfrom one went over the budget night pro- council- has arranged to hold three leadership training cour ses for all interested members they will commence the week of february- 18 and be held one night a week for five consecu tive weeks these courses are being ar ranged by the area representa tives as follows north area- mrs caroline ion at the new market prince charles school west area mrs hilda lemasu sharing thtcosts with the a her home thornhill county for the toronto and york and east area wolfe at the unionville public week after the vehicle had bro- fl0m he niarks in thevnow j be extended south to add some j 046 for the 1957 budget ken through the ice and plunged into the waters of lake simcoe the two men were returning from ice fishing at dorset when they heard a call for help they quickly responded and found a car pavtly submerged in the lake risking their own lives ward pascoe was appointed asst inspector at 135 per hour in that the pilot attempted to land seven hundred square feet and his plane in the open field be- 1 provide a retail builders supply tween two small woodlots the store witli modern front facing light aircraft plunged into the edward st snow and turned over pinning the pilot under the wreckage and throwing the two passen gers clear coroner dr- h b mitchell of stouffville said that the three men were killed in stantly their frozen bodies were almost entirely covered with snow and were difficult to find a ballantrae resident said she had seen a lowflying plane in the area around 3 oclock on conservation mr wh westney and cbun- order to speed up the operation j cillor sid pugh will represent the farmers in the municipality will i township on the new metro con- be notified from the township servation authority councillor friday afternoon the aircraft office prior to the arrival of the pugh replaced mr hugh mit- was sonle lw rmles off sprayer chel who resigned coursc wa first believed that the plane might have run out toronto man is acquitted of oxbridge twp murder an all male supreme court setti to police he described a jury at whitby on saturday ac- j scuffle between himself and ma- quittcd mike crisctti 63 or thews in the latters home on queen street east toronto of nov i mathews was found that the knife murder of george same evening lying unconscious mathews 53 north of clare- on his front lawn by crisettis mont last nov 1 after dcliber- wife mrs gladys humphries ating for only 40 minutes crisctti was charged with ma- crown attorney alex c hall thews murder on nov 14 fol- qc prosecuted the case for the lowing an investigation by in- crown while russell d hum- 1 spector louis ncedham of the phreys and boychyn oshawa conducted the case for the ac cused may double fund for municipalities the local lumber cqmpany is nearing the completion of a large new storage warehouse on their lot on harold st east near the high school and here much of the bulky material will be stored ville markham and whitchurch cib and constable w l smith of the whitbv opp detachment on saturday crown attorney i hav a necn ms j crisctti a second hand dealer j a c hall in his address said wlh a view 0 icing schools burst into tears when the vcr- 1 that crisctti had gone to the scwcrs north markham girl is spelling champion sponsored by the york simcoe home school council the students of york no 3 inspec torate held their finals of the annual spelling bee contest at the thornhill public school judges for the contest were mrs o jaques of holland land ing mrs e pope of newmarket and mr lawrence smith of gormley mr arthur spence education reporter for the to ronto telegram also on the board of trustees richmond hill acted as master of cere monies mr maynard hallman public school inspector intro- ontario plans to increase the i rfuced the panel to the parents amount of money available for assembled municipal loans through the mu- twentynine students from nicipal improvement corpora- grade s representing schools in tion premier frost told the t area started out and after legislature last week stouff- to give away 100 bond at game here the 10000 bond donated by mr neil patrick local buick- pontiac dealer will be given away to the holder of a lucky booster ticket at the intermed iate playoff hockey game here on thursday night the clip pers will play host to richmond hill in the first of a best of three series school all members are cordial ly invited to attend and for com plete details of the program are section to another could be mu- j gram explaining the meaning tually advantageous of such things as g15 items and an interim report from the equalizing factors for the bene- education committee of the fit of all trustees planning board was given to mr d h mcclennan trustee mr c j laurin mr laurin from school section no 20 ad- stated that it was essential that dressed a question from the planning and education move j floor to mr n l morton asking hand in hand we are right next door to the fastest growing metropolis in north america he said and whether we like why that part of the public schools act which requires the election of auditors at annual school meetings had not been it or not the next twentyfive rescinded since the municipal years will see many changes i act provides for auditing mr all we can do is try not to make morton was at a loss for a satis- mistakes or spend money fool ishly the biggest problem is how to cope with peak attendances requested to contact their areaj develop usually accom panying new subdivisions he from all the officials present said this committee does not feel that adding a brand new addition to an already obsolete building is any satisfactory solu tion to the problem study each area it was because of this appar- to celebrate 90th birthday mr fred wright of green river will celebrate his 90th birthday on saturday feb 23rd mr wright is quite a remark able man and enjoys good health in spite of jhis years the com bined ages of the family totals 323 years including a sister factory answer to this the trustees then adjourned to the nearby municipal offices to prepare their individual budg ets with assistance available fire destroys shed fire destroyed a garage and implement shed on the farm of mr ernie wilson west of at entneed fo7cooperation be- j 7 n tween planning and education j ust in the blaze was a sma11 that council established this truck a tractor and a snow committee composed of mr le- j blower a shortage of water masurier councillor mrs k i hampered the efforts of stouff- louise gostick of stouffville 83 i james and myself the first j vi firemen a booster pump rill of lakeview 76 and walter think we will have to do is exam- 1 was employed to bring water from alberta 73 ine the immediate situation in irom a nearby stream om3a executive entertained jby former constable six gruelling rounds one boy and one girl emerged as cham pions these were miss rose anne fincham of ss no 16 markham and master michael diet was read he had been on i home of mathews to have it out i the corporation lends money bowden of ss no 10 union- trial since last tuesday w jim 0 municipalities which have dif- ville prizes awarded to the mr justice j m king told u had often been asked by ficulty raising funds on orriin- winners wcro a lovely engraved crisctti after the verdict was an- mathews to meet him with guns a money markets present birks clockdesk set and to nounced you are now free to knives or fists mr hall said i legislation allows it to lend up their respective schools a fram go and i sincerely hope you and on nov t crisctti made up 1 50000000 at one time but cd certificate i never find yourself facing such his mind to take mathews up this ceiling may be doubled the of the winner an ordeal again crisctti hasi the invitation premier indicated these two beeninjailsincenovil crisctti dressed in a hrnwn i the federal cd certificate bearing the name will now go on crisctti dressed in a brown the federal governments to compete in the zone division evidence during the trial the i suit and a maroon tie sat during tight money policy has increased in toronto where further lion- 1 i s no hc cpovvn and i coun demands for loans from the ors await them sels addresses with his head fund in recent months he said i in one hand and for the first i time since the trial began here t the stouffville juvenile team last tuesday spectators flocked miss pat skinner market st will play uoodbndgc here on into the courtroom until nearly underwent an appendectomy op- thursday evening at 645 p m first murder case here since 19 ss disclosed that mathews a de partment of highways employee had died in toronto general hospital on nov 11 from a tab wound in the neck prscrilxsl scuffle in a statement sicn by di scontinued on page s oration in the york county hos- in the first round of llc ontario i pital newmarket this week plajdowns i constable and mrs w s hilliard were hosts to the members of the ontario minor hockey association who at tended the fifth annual mior hockey service held in wick presbyterian church sunday afternoon feb 10th pictured above discussing forthcoming playoff plans are left to right jim austin of stouff ville executive member frank dougherty of su cath arines second vice president bert hicks of lindsay past president w s hilliard and son george jim thomas