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ribtme vol 68 no 29 the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 19 1957 twelve pages miss eileen mcgready 7th cone of markham holds a 25pound loon which she found in the middle of the road last lucky loon week although numb with cold the water bird was soon revived in the warmth of the mcgready home miss mc gready is a grade 5 teacher at the james robinson public school markham j thomas rare bird found half frozen by teacher a 25pound loon owes its lifellumsden said that it was pos- to miss eileen mcgready 7th sible that the bird might have concession of markham miss mcgready a grade five teacher at the james robinson public school markham village spot ted the bird lying in the middle of a gravel road although numb with cold it was rapidly revived when inside the warm confines of the mcgready home harry lumsden biologist at the maple office of the dept of lands and forests informed the tribune that the loon is seldom seen so far inland he noted that although the major ity of them migrate in th late fall a number remain the year round the loon is an expert swimmer and diver but is not mobile on land it spears fish become exhausted while flying between lake simcoe and lake ontario they are well known for their bloodcurdling cries although the bird remained on a hunger strike for one day following its rescue it later con sumed large quantities of sar dines and bread it has now been turned over to prof h g hedges of the toronto teach ers college miss mcgreadys grade five pupils gave the bird an enthus- iastic welcome when it was brought to school on friday the loon did not appreciate its ad mirers however and thwarted their affection with sharp jabs of its long bill the class is with a long spikelike bill mr currently studying bird life claremont garage operator passes while at work robert mcleod wellknown garage operator of claremont passed away suddenly on fri day evening while answering a call mr mcleod resident of claremont for more than a quarter century had gone out in answer to a call near balsam and was in the act of aiding a stranded motorist when he was stricken he had been enjoying comparatively good health robert mcleod was a son of the late mr and mrs alex mc leod of orillia and was in his 63rd year thirtyfive years ago he married deloss bone and the couple lived for a time at rich mond hill coming to claremont in 1930 mr mcleod had been engaged in the garage business for over thirty years deceased was president of the claremont businessmens classified advs for next weeks association and an executive issue shouldbe left at the trib- member of the ontario county une office not later than noon garage operators association on monday next weeks christ he was a member of the legion mas issue will be delivered on besides his wife the deceased is survided by one son roy of claremont and a sister viola mrs stewart brillinger of timmins the funeral on monday after noon was conducted by rev h lackey from the united church and was largely attended local business places remained closed during the service pallbearers were messrs c harman h guscott jack lehman hugh gregg frank barkley and reg hoskins interment was made in the union cemetery and le gion members conducted a short service at the graveside earl brethour wins sweepstake earl brethour of blackwater was the sweepstake winner on saturday at the dressed poultry and egg show at the stouffville sales arena mr brethour cap tured the most prizes in the en tire show the judges were highly pleased with the quality of the produce brought in by the ten exhibitors the prize poultry was sold after the show by auction giving everyone a chance to take home a prize bird for christmas canada packers ltd held a pork cutting demonstration along with the show which has brought favorable comment it is the first demonstration of its kind to be held in the district first prize winners were as follows turkey young hen earl brethour blackwater tur key tom dressed ben cox sharon geese young dressed 912 lbs earl brethour geese young dressed 12 lbs and over earl brethour ducks pair dressed earl brethour capon pair dressed garfield bennett goodwood cockerel pair dressed garfield ben nett aov pair dressed earl brethour 5 doz white eggs earl brethour 5 doz brown eggs garfield bennett cham pion bird in show garfield ben nett proposes industry for vandorf mr trechikoff land develop er appeared before whitchurch township council at their final meeting on monday evening and revealed his desire to locate an industry just south of vandorf in the laley subdivision he said that the industry would employ 40 persons council was quite in accord with the pro posed industry but found that no subdivision plan had been presented to the planning board the question of increased school costs in the vandorf sec tion was cited and deputyreeve richardson stated that some thing more than the developers verbal assurance would be re quired in connection with schools mr trechikoff stated that he had located industry in brighton and in bowmanville but it was disclosed that he was only in consultation with the authori ties with no definite settlements to date council requested that he put forth definite proposals and the deputyreeve suggested that they be put on paper and that these proposals be put before planning board dump to close jacob m grove notified coun cil that the garbage dump on his property would be closed on dec 31st the annual rental is 150 a year it is understood that council has another prop erty in view interest reduced the canadian bank of com merce advised council that ef fective dec 1st the rate of in terest on loans would be re duced from 5z to 5u police costs in county are reported near 300000 police protection for the fourj fingerprinted and photograph- teen municipalities comprising ed forty prisoners were found the county of york is costing to be repeaters there were ss these municipalities close to fingerprint examinations con- 300000 and this figure is exj ducted in various parts of the pected to be higher in 195s j county these were required chairman of the police com- j following breakins nine fraud- mittee william sellers of sut- ulent cheque cases were sub- ton has asked the municipali- milled to the rcmp at ottawa ties for an estimate on their one hundred and sixty records next years costs the figures copies of photographs requests do not include the township of j for dispositions and finger- whitchurch which is policed by prints of prisoners were sup- the ontario provincial police i plied to other police depart- by municipalities the cost of ments in the province there court- of revisior for whitchurch extended to monday whitchurch township court of revision sittings will go into their second week next monday at which time the 1957 hearings and decisions are expected to be completed there are ninety- two appeals against this years assessment in addition to a number of assessment changes chairman of the revision court is r c baycroft and the other members are fred tim bers c e toole a marsh and herb simpson also in attend ance at the court was ed jones york county assessor and r m kennedy whitchurch twp assessor police protection to the rate payers is as follows aurora 1 chief 3 men 19561 e gwilimbury 1 chief 2 men 15089 georgina 1 chief 1 man and 2 parttime men 7237 king twp 2 men opp 4002 markham tp 1 chief 13 men 54001 markham village 1 chief 1 man 14271 newmarket 1 chief 10 men 1 policewoman 33031 n gwillimbury 1 chief 3 men 18512 richmond hill 1 chief 5 men 21790 stouffville 1 chief 1 man 10304 sutton 1 chief 2 men 12267 vaughan 1 chief 12 men 57305 woodbridge 1 chief 1 man 10273 satisfaction has been express ed to county council by the various chiefs of police regard ing the efficiency of the new market force in carrying out the agreement with the county regarding the transportation of prisoners a report on the service from january 1 to september 30 1957 to the 14 county munici palities was presented it had been prepared by chief byron burbidge of newmarket fingerprinted 240 there were 240 prisoners were four requests for photog raphy work there were 220 trips made to the don jail with prisoners 12 trips to the ontario hospital whitby one trip to the- gait training school regarding a fe male prisoner one trip to nap- anee and 11 trips to york county municipalities of the 647 criminal cases that have passed through the county magistrates court at newmar ket 310 were county prisoners 257 metropolitan toronto and 80 other municipalities there were 50 female prisoners during the first nine months of 1957 there were 469 prisoners transported in the police wagon one hundred and eleven prison ers were taken to and from the don jail to the magistrates court at newmarket 86 breakins in county there were 86 break and en ters investigated in the county they included break ins of stores offices warehouses gar ages and places of business they were divided into muni cipalities as follows aurora three georgina twp seven e gwillimbury twp nine mark ham twp 21 markham village three newmarket 13 north gwillimbury twp 11 stouff ville two sutton four vandorf opp detachment five vaughan twp two and richmond hill six retiring puc chairman presented with chair at a special meeting of the i congenial to work with he stouffville public utilities com mission on monday morning a e weldon retiring chairman of the puc was presented with a handsome chair in recogni tion of his long years ol serv ice to the municipality and to the commission mr reg stouffer who has been acting chairman since mr weldons retirement stated in his remarks that mr weldon would be missed and that the commission was most anxious to show their appreciation for his work reeve elmer daniels express ed further regret at mr wel dons retirement and extended the appreciation of the com munity on behalf of the rate payers for the chairmans long service mr weldon in receiving the chair stated in reply that he had witnessed many similar presentations and he had reach ed the close of his municipal career with regrets however he said that it was necessary that he retire to preserve his health he said that he had found the other members most said he realized that the town was growing and there must be no hindrance to progress he expressed his willingness to assist in any way he could at any time consider rightofway the puc committee of dr ball and reg stouffer reported to the commission at the con clusion of the presentation that they had investigated the pos sible rightofway to the reser voirs and that alex ratcllff and frank roberts had each asked the sum of 1s00 for the former cnr rightofway pro perty for a new roadway while the town has a given rightofway through the rat- cliff property off the 9th con cession it is not easily acces sible and most difficult to main tain members have expressed the opinion that the town must have a proper roadway into the reservoirs property from the 9th concession particularly in view of the expected construction of a new reservoir there necessi tating the hauling of materials and equipment in thorny sabiston problem left for 58 council the thorny problem of the cillor cosburn on the matter stores will be open each eve ning from now until christmas and an ardent lawn bowler bob mcleod as he was familiarly known took a keen interest in all the activities of the village and won for himself a great host of friends over the years he was identified with the united church tuesday morning theres still time to give that wonderful gift a new smith- corona portable typewriter see the fine colored supers in their smart carrying cases today correspondents and advertisers due n christmas falling on wednesday his year he next issue of he tribune arid the one which will bring annual christmas greet itirs will be published on monday night dec 25rd correspondents arc asked to have their copy into the newspaper office on saturday the office will be open all day advertising copy should also be received not later than saturday the next issue following will be published on january 2nd 1 mrs wm slack passes in 68th year the death occurred in stouff ville nursing home on sunday dee 15th of mrs william slack mrs slack had been ill for a couple of months and had not enjoyed good health for the past two years she was the former grace eckardt arid was born at glasgow she was in her 68th year mr william slack predeceas- late mrs stapley came to canada 53 years aga mrs sarah stapley resident for the past 13 years on the 9th line markham township just south of town passed away at cedar lodge rest home queensville on satur day evening december 14 mrs stapley was in her 87th year and had been in frail health for many years she was the widow of the late mr percy stapley who predeceased her by four years she was born in udimore sussex england and canie to toronto canada with her husband and son rob ert in 1904 she was a sister of the late mr wm smith whose death occurred recently at the stouffville nursing home in his 92nd year besides her son robert mrs stapley leaves to mourn two grandchildren geo of vancouver bc and judy at home the funeral service was con ducted at oneills chapel in stouffville by the rev mr d a mckillican of the stouffville plan for pickering tp sunday school contion the annual convention of then neal boys mr p wellman pickering township sunday mr g cowan young people ed his wife in 1946 the couple spent their entire married lifei presbyterian church tuesday a farm near altona j dec 17 at 230 pm interment was made in stouffville come- time on mrs slack was an ardent work er in the womens institute and was only recently made a life member of the altona branch she was identified with the baptist church surviving are three sons stanley and walter in stouff ville and roy of oshawa also three daughters audry mrs harvey feasby ruth mrs fred lewis and merle mrs norman dickinson there is one brother william eckardt and a sister mrs l hancock tery pallbearers were mr chas mallion toronto mr harold briggs messrs frank howard and bruce gray pefferlaw and mr ken jarvis willowdale the funeral on wednesday afternoon was conducted from the oneill funeral chapel by rev flcisher former baptist church pastor and interment was made in the stouffville cemetery school association will be held in the altona united missionary church on wednesday janth the convention will be divid ed into morning afternoon and evening sessions rev d sar gent of altona will be in charge of the worship service at 10 am rev j s lowden of clare mont will introduce the new pastors the sunday school re port will be given by mr edgar james of pickering following an address by rev c p shap- ter of whitevale rev h s shepard of pickering will lead a discussion in the afternoon session rev h if lackey of claremont will be in charge of the worship ser vice rev m buttars of picker ing will install the new officers mrs f huson of stouffville will discuss the subject of vacation bible schools miss e west- gate of dunbarton will lead the afternoon discussion the guest speaker will be rev floyd honey secretary of the board of overseas missions united church rev f honey will also ad dress the gathering in the even ing a skit will be presented by the gormley sunday school group during the allday convention special music will be provided by mrs k drake and mr e ward of claremont the pick ering united sunday school the audley male choir and mr and mrs h baker of altona the officers for the past year have been president mr geo mcconnell 1st vice mr hugh michell 2nd vice mr edgar james and sectreasurer mrs elmer wilson the department superintend ents are as follows girls mrs miss b mclean children mrs k drake adults mr a elli- cott missionary mrs fred puckrin temperance mr l morley mr m pegg home and extension mrs f mc- nair teachers training rev d sargent rev h lackey vacation schools mrs h lac key and decision mr n leh man a 2 final markham debentures for hurricane hazel are sold the final debentures for ex- 1 given the required readings and those responsible dr noble critically injured in car crash lome keeso 35 of mussel- mans lake was critically in jured last week when hurled through the windshield of a car driven by melville boyle 30 also of valley road mussel- mans lake keeso was rushed by ambulance to hospital he suffered head and chest injur ies and a badly gashed throat mr boyle was thrown out of his car he suffered a frac tured skull and deep face cuts searboro police have credited mr vincent pierce of aglneourt sabiston gravel pit the question of who owns the enclosed road allowance and what is to be done in connection with the large amount of material re moved from this road allow ance is to be left over for the 1958 council to settle markham twp council had asked that mr sabiston and his solicitor appear before the coun cil to try and reach a settle ment but for the second time on monday night these gentle men did not appear however a letter was read by the clerk from mr sabistons solicitor which stated that he could see no necessity for his client to appear and that they had no krtowledge of the survey which council advised had been taken of the road allowance councillor kathleen james ex pressed herself most strongly over the situation and threw continual verbal barbs at coun- unionville and nobleton the class of the local juvenile group battled to a 11 deadlock on fri day evening of last week gra ham fired the tying unionville tally with only three seconds remaining in the game ross madill a star with last seasons stouffville juvenile club may be the latest recruit to line up with polly mintons unionviye jets pressed his thumbs into the in jured mans throat arteries to halt the flow of blood two persons in the other car were with saving mr keesos life he also injured the whole thing smells of col lusion declared mrs james as to sabiston not knowing about the survey that is just so much tripe she declared reeve clark agreed that ther was no doubt mr sabiston was aware of the survey and all council wanted was an amicabla settlement what id- like to know is how he could- enclose property which doesnt belong to him she said the reeve replied that this did not exclude it from tha ownership of the municipality he said that mr sabiston and his solicitor should have been present but since they werent there was little that could be done what is councillor cosburns opinion hes been carrying the ball for sabiston declared councillor james councillor cosburn said that it looked as if it was up to the township if they wanted to sue who said anything about suing anyone were trying to negotiate councillor james re plied reeve clark slated that the survey revealed that 31000 cu yards of material had been re moved from the road allowance councillor james asked coun cillor cosburn if he had said that she was trying to put the sabiston pit out of business but councillor cosburn replied that he had never heard mrs james make such a statement the debate concluded with the matter being left for the 1958 board to dtal with penditures on damaged bridges as a result of hurricane hazel have been taken up for mark ham twp council by dawson hannaford co council on mon day night accepted this com panys offer of s9s75 at 6iri for the s91000 in unsold deben tures this amount includes three debentures formerly ap proved but hitherto unsold ai bylaw consolidating the three complaining of the dumpin was also passed by council ii s appointments the annual bylaw appointing township representative was passed on york central or also complained of the lack of rnrrz richmond hill board was nam- snow fence and sanding ed eric axelson wm middle- reeve clark stated that most ton and stewart rumble forj of the rubbish being dumped markham nelson smith and on roadsides comes from out- bill bradley were appointed andj side of the township as to the for stouffville albert king was snowfence he said that mark- reappointed ham had twentyfive miles of complaints snowfence but now that the a communication was rej municipality had three large reived from dr e c xoble graders and two trucks the of j snow fence was not so ncces- had to go he said reward of s25 for information that they could cover the town- leading to the apprehension of ship in twentyfour hours rubbish on bayview and elgin psary as the plows mills sideroad he suggested aj up the roads anyhow a prize winner fifteen year payne rr 1 proudly displays old connie clockradio second prize in a claremont lucky draw held on saturday her new afternoon at claremonts san ta claus parade the radio in valued at 5200 j thomas