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xlbnm vol 68 no 27 the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 5 1957 fourteen pages plan board confers with professional developer mr oliver crockford profes sional industrial developer and wellknown exreeve of scarbor ough twp appeared before stouffville planning board on thursday evening at the boards invitation to discuss the prob lem of promoting industrial de velopment in stouffville mr crockford who has shown himself to be an expert in mat ters of promotion and has been engaged to assist a number of municipalities in their develop ment expressed the view that stouffville was excellently sit uated to receive industry and should take immediate steps to publicize its name through var ious trade channels he said that if appeared that the municipality was in need of acquiring additional land for in- dustrial purposes but that some steps could be taken in the mean time to induce industry to locate on the few parcels of industrial land which remained in town mr crockford reviewed some of his experiences in the town ship of scarborough which re sulted in this municipality be coming one of the most indus trialized sections of the contin ent he said that no special in ducements were necessary if the industry was of the right calibre but on the other hand in dustry was not to be hoodwink ed into paying through the nose for land mr crockford spent several hours with the local board and after further study of the local situation he will be in contact with the board m burk returned as deputy in small poll with only about thirtyfive percent of the elector ate turning out to the polls on monday milton burk retained the deputyreeveship in stouffville for a third term mr burk who has seen five years on the local council polled the heaviest vote in his home poll where he piled up a lead of eightynine votes the westend poll went to ken iaushway by the slim majority of two and the centre south by five votes however mr burk held his lead in the centre north winning this poll so to 75 little interest was shown in the election due to the fact that there was only a contest for deputyreeve and resulted in one of the smallest turnouts in some years the following was the vote bv poll burk xo 1 centre south 61 no 2 centre north 80 no 3 westend 52 no 4 eastend 140 006 honour graduates alvin redshaw tops poll in uxbridge twp five girls were the recip ients of their honour gradua tion diplomas at the annual stouffville district high school commencement on friday eve ning they are left to right wanda olszevski isabelle den- nie barbara hewlett nancy harwood and helen nigh principal w e duxbury has attributed the small number of graduates to the attractive salaried jobs which tend to coax students away from school at an early age he noted also that further chan nels of learning existed today for the grade 12 graduate which were not available a few years ago teen town planned plans are in the formulative stage for a teen town organiza tion in stouffville which would provide supervised weekly rec reation for local teenagers the plan has been proposed by mr keith sutherland popular mem ber of stouffvilles public school staff mr sutherland has presented his plan to the public school board this week and received their wholehearted approval mr sutherland has agreed to head up the supervision and would be assisted by several other members of the staff the teen town sessions would be held in the school the report of mr sutherlands proposal is being received enthusiastically by the teenagers themselves and reaction of the parents to the idea is being sought john mcgillivray new reeve of scott township john mcgillivray wellknown resident of glasgow for many years was elected reeve of scott township on monday defeating francis hockley by 168 votes the mcgillivray fam ily moved from here about ten years ago he will replace mor- ley bain who was warden of ontario county this year mr mcgillivray has been a coun cillor for six years awards and diplomas presented at graduation more than four hundred perlilvy middle school and ronald sons attended the annual com- thomson upper school mencement exercises of stouff- mi hammond presented the ville district high school on r h murphy academic profi- friday evening ronald thorn- c award to margaret hoo- son president of the students v and the hendricks hard- council welcomed the gather- ware proficiency award went to ing and principal duxbury in- shirley fosdick traduced the various members the irs doube ttio two of the staff in the absence of numbers and the schoo band ag thomson chairman of the directed by m waite prov board c f edwards addressed some toe selections the visitors and gave some in- dication of the expansion pro- the valedictory address was grm facing the board in the given by barbara hewlett corn- next few years me diplomas p bv mr langdale went to robt ben- the program consisted of a nett ann burgin mary cole number of musical and ivocal shirley fosdick cecelia leh- selections as well as a oneact man gaye rennie and patricia play the various awards and white presentations of diplomas the presentation of second mr waite of the staff andl graduation diplomas was mrs june button and mr aly sjl marfmr bert king of the board pre sented the intermediate certifi- whitchurch council to have first lady in hundred yrs whitchurch township coun cil will have their first lady councillor in the townships 107year existence mrs elsie gibbs of oak ridges was a suc cessful candidate in mondays munity particularly in the wo mens institute and bowling club cliff wallwork topped the polls on monday with a total of 626 votes followed closely municipal election winning byi by frank williams with 611 a scant 23 votes over councillor mr wylie polled 377 votes and jack wylie who was seeking his mrs gibbs 400 the new coun- third term cillors main strength came mrs gibbs came to oak ridg- from her home polls at oak es several years ago from york ridges and wilcox lake where mills mr and mrs gibbs have she ran in 274 votes one daughter mrs gibbs is an the following is the vote by energetic worker in the com- poll seven teams in league seven teams have filed entries in the local intermediate b hockey group the latest entry is dehaviland they will play their home games at aurora other clubs are lefroy brad ford milton orangeville bee- ton and stouffville lefroy will use bradfords ice mr l e tim oneill has been named convener of the local intermediate league it has been rumoured that he may also convene a junior d group which hasnt as yet been organized it is thought that the majority of teams in that league will use natural ice cates to twenty students they were marilyn beach john corner patricia davies dianne diamond joan elson michael epworth kenneth ferguson al vin grove mary harwood dar- lene jackson murray miller charles montgomery jean mowder doris nesbitt louise payne elizabeth rae bruce rose bettymarie sproxton and maxwell vague the girls choir under the di rection of mr mercer entertain ed with several selections and david stouffer gave a euphon ium solo in the academic award depart ment mrs vcrna austin pre sented the stouffville business and professional womens club bursary of s100 to helen nigh the stouffville machine tool works bursary of 75 went to wanda olszevski and the whit church twp bursary of 50 pre sented by reeve p s legge i went to mary harwood mr h r button presented the mr and mrs button eng lish bursary to margaret hoo ver lower school caroline og- returned mr harold spofford is pres ently ill at his home on mill st and confined to bed for a time friends will regret to learn skating club concert this friday nights feature attraction in town will be the stouffville skating clubs annual pop concert in the local arena this attractive ice show gets underway at 8 pm present ing many new faces four somes and tho old smoothies therell be hilarious broom- ball and public skating at the conclusion of the how edwards and mr williams and the certificates went to patricia barry lauramae brubaeher donald bruce edward buchan i an muriel byer margaret cur tis sheila dane william dan iels lynne foord colin hath away paul hisey murray hi- sey paul hoover judith john stone john little graydon man uel kenneth milroy ross pat- tenden nelly zwier mr s a stouffer presented the stouffer family valedictor ian award to barbara hewlett the student council award went to ronald thomson and was presented by murray pi pher ronald thomson also re ceived the lions club public speaking award presented by president jas austin laura mae brubaeher received the wagg proficiency award the secondary honour grad uation diplomas went to five students isabelle dennie nancy harwood barbara hewlett hel en nigh and wanda olszevski highlight of the evenings en tertainment was the one act play sunday costs five pe sos directed by miss david son those in the cast were graydon manuel laura mae brubaeher diane ratcliff eliza beth rae and caroline ogilvy polling subdivision gibbs wallwork williams wylie 1 oak ridges 60 27 25 13 2 wilcox lake 132 30 29 11 2a wilcox lake 82 10 6 7 3 gormley 7 39 36 16 4 bethesda 10 53 53 34 5 lemonville 6 29 26 22 6 bloomingtpn 8 52 52 42 7 musselmans lake 48 84 68 51 8 bogartovvn 4 35 37 19 9 pleasantville 15 120 145 74 10 cedar valley 17 58 3 36 11 vivian 1 89 71 52 400 526 611 377 alvin redshaw farm resident on the fifth concession topped the polls in the election for council in the township of ux bridge on monday mr red shaw collected a total of 313 votes 33 more than his closest rival mr norman hogg coun cillor hogg reelected for an other term polled 280 votes a third successful candidate mr charles forsythe counted 245 votes mrs ellen buzek collected 231 votes in placing fourth and mr fred townsend trailed the field with 87 earl dowswell received an acclamation to the reeve- ship robt nesbitt is the new dep reeve also by acclamation mr redshaw drew strong support throughout the entire township he headed three of the seven polls leading the field at glasgow pine grove and webb in addition he polled a strong vote at goodwood and glen major councillor norman hogg like mr redshaw received fine sup port across the township he topped the polls at quaker hill goodwood and siloam he also fared well at pine grove and glasgow mr charles forsythe a new comer to municipal politics gain ed a 14 vote majority over the fourth place lady candidate mrs ellen buzek he equalled coun cillor hoggs total at siloam with 27 votes he was well sup ported at quaker hill his home poll mrs buzek one of the few lady candidates to qualify in uxbridge township did sur prisingly well although a com parative stranger to the major ity of ratepayers she collected 45 votes at glen major to head that poll and counted an addi tional 30 votes at pine grove runnerup to mr redshaw she slipped slightly at glasgow and quaker hill mr fred townsend trailed the field in everv noil to collect only 87 votes girl revived by firemen in near drowning carol vague three and half year old daughter of mr and mrs stewart vague east drive unionville was saved from drowning through the co operative efforts of neighbours and members of the markham and unionville fire brigades the little girl fell into a stream near her home on mon day afternoon she was noticed by miss margaret dillman who summoned a neighbour mr hartnell powers to the scene he pulled her from the water mr carman boadway a mem ber of the unionville fire bri gade revived the girl by apply ing artificial respiration dr john fleming of rendered first aid charles hoover chief of the markham brigade supplied an inhalator and accompanied the girl to the toronto sick child rens hospital in a markham twp police cruiser with con stables cliff cox and bob hood mr myrl smith chief of the unionville brigade praised the efficiency of the volunteers for their quick response to the em ergency the members are cur rently taking a course in first aid treatment the little girls father is the son of mr and mrs ross vague of ringwood shoppers are reminded that stores in stouffville will be markham open every monday during de- treatment comber they will also be open park theatre opens saturday messrs harold spofford and ted topping have announced in a large display advertisement on the back page the opening of the park theatre stouffvilles show house has been completely renovated and redecorated and brings to town the great new cinemascope giant screen mov ies the redecorating which has been in progress for some weeks has now been completed mod ern washroom facilities have been installed the acoustical facilities have been modernized as well as the projection equip ment and screen patrons are also reminded that there is ample parking accom modation at the rear of the theatre the doors will open this sat urday night at 645 for the showing of the first texan starring joel mccrea and felicia farr for one night only pro grams will change three times a week except in the case of special pictures an official opening is planned for a later date until 10 pm on december 18 19 20 21 and 23 and to 6 pm on december 24th christmas eve fatally injured miss bertha brillinger a for mer resident in the east- end of stouffville for over 30 years and more recently of unionville was fatally injured near her home on sunday nov 24lh she was struck by a car driven by mr frank brown of unionville r r 1 she passed away in the sear- boro general hospital oh tues day nov 26th she was 70 years old the deceased took up resi dence north of unionville nearly six years ago she was return ing home from church when the accident occurred she was iden- hundreds line street for santa the chilj november windf failed to dampen ttie spirit and the enthusiasm of young and old alike who turned out to wel come santa back to town on saturday excitement ran high as the procession of gaily coloured floats made its way along main street leading the santa claus parade wss the queens own rifles band in their natty uni forms and the town fire bri gade equipment there were more than twenty floats in the parade depicting everything from the cow jump ing over the moon to the nativ ity scene there was the new and the old scenes of oldfashioned christmascs and modern new automobiles were all blended into the procession in the novelty section wm reaman and his covered wag on took first prize with c reyn olds and his pony second still another rider turned up aboard a young steer in the commercial class the skating club collected first place money patrick motors second and oboyles meat market 3rd the prize for the best school float went to cedar creek sec ond altona third mf pleasant fourth stouffville public school i and fifth ballantrae a clown band with lively tunes heralded santa claus in the parade old st nick took up his stand in front of th municipal building and dispens ed some two thousand bags of candy ali provided by the busi nessmen of town both bands entertained during santas stay tificd with the stouffville united missionary church the late miss brillinger is sur vived by one brother charles brillinger of newmarket the funeral service was con ducted by rev f g huson of stouffville united missionary church from the l e oneill chapel stouffville on friday nov 29th at 2 pm interment was made at heise hill ceme tery pallbearers were messrs joe mcmuilen lloyd wideman gordon brown walter gray wilmot brown and norman car rington s mr geo s henry and miss mina summerville of markham were honoured last week by ths markham fair board for their long service mr alex david son made the presentations at a banquet held at buttonville election in pickering twp for reeve deputyreeve and one councillor milton b burk deputyreeve of stouffville who was return ed for a third term in the mu nicipal election here on mon day from a deluge of pre-nomina- tion predictions and rumours pickering townships election on saturday dec 7th will be centred around seven candi- dates a twoway contest will be waged for both the office of i reeve and deputyreeve three candidates have qualified from wxrd 3 the remaining positions have been iiiied by acclamations reeve wm lawson is being opposed by mr glenn julian councillor for ward 4 during the past term for the position of deputyreeve the present in cumbent mr j sherman scott will seek reelection against mr wm fairgriove a newcomer to municipal politics he is a resi- denf on spruce hill road dun- j barton a threeway fight has develop ed in ward 3 mr jack chap man the present officeholder will contest his seat against mrs jean mcpherson a former coun cillor in 1956 and mr david cri- chton of riverside drive the following candidates received ac clamations ward 1 sid pugh ward 2 edgar james ward 4 ross hawthorne and ward 5 robt stewart councillors sid i pugh edgar james and robt i stewart were reelected mr j ross hawthorne is a newcomer to the municipal field mr clarence crawford and mrs olive collins received ac clamations to the public school board area no 1 five candi dates are contesting the three seats in area no 2 mrs eileen edmonds rev wm mckay fred hunt robt duncombc and wm cooney reeve wm lawson in his address to a large crowd of rate payers at the annual nomina tion meeting in brougham on friday evening announced that if elected for another term he definitely planned to retire from the reeveship at the con elusion of 195s the reeve ex pressed confidence in the opera tion of the townships ward sys tem he noted that although each councillor was a represent ative from a particular ward he retained an interest in the over all affairs of the municipality he pointed out that council had taken a big step in obtaining muchneeded industrial assess- ment during the past year asj chairman of the newlyorgani ized county health unit reeve lawson said that he was very i pleased with its successful op- eration to date reeve lawson paid tribute to the township engineer and the office staff he also praised the work of the clerk mr lloyd johnston who had faithfully served the municipality for over 20 years touching on county matters the reeve said that road expen ditures were the townships greatest concern he noted how ever that he believed pickering received its fair share of county road construction and mainton- ance he agreed that the powers of county council were very limited and should be enlarged j reeve lawson warned that the next term would be an import ant year for the township he said he believed thac the outj continued on page 8 a real cowboy here is a real cowboy fourteen year old eldon wil son con 7 pickering brought a roar of laughter from the hundreds of children and ad ults at the stouffville santa claus parade on saturday afternoon when he pranced down the main street aboard a holstcin heifer his steed proved to be rather balky tran- sportation however and he found it necessary to pull it along much of the route it was one of many single cntric in the milelong procession 7 1