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ouffuillc sritntne vol 6s no 52 thk tribune stouffville oxt thursday may 29 195s fourteen pages kcv douglas davis united church aainisfe marks forty years in ministry on sunday a unique and memorable ser vice is planned for the stouff- ville united church this coming sunday when rev douglas da vis minister here for the past seventeen years will mark forty years in the ministry he will v takeas his subject his exper iences over these forty years this june 195s is further in june 1918 mr davis mar ried macil boyce of palgrave and the couple came to toronto where he completed his studies at victoria college he received special ordination in june 191s and was received into full con nection in 1921 rev douglas davis has com pleted a very full forty years in unique in the history of this the ministry he has been con- local minister since on june 25th rev and mrs davis will celebrate their 40th wedding an niversary a brief message will be ex pressed on behalf of the congre gation on sunday by mr fred campbell and the choir will render special musical selec tions the service will also be an eventful one for the local choir as on this occasion they will have new gowns dedicated rev douglas davis was born at southsea portsmouth eng land in 1891 and came to can ada in august of 1907 he re ceived his early education at st johns church school in eng land after several years farm ing in the bolton district mr davis was recommended as a candidate for the ministry by the official board of the bolton united church and entered al bert college belleville in 1914 he spent two years as a proba tioner in the parry sound dis trict with nine appointments and later to the trout creek circuit with three appointments nected with four presbyteries during this time and in each case has served as chairman his latest appointment to this high office came only last week when he was elected chairman of the new york presbytery in addition to his many church duties he fownd tune to act as business manager of the north york camp ahshunyoong and continued to give leadership to the camp for fyentythree years prior to coming to stouffville in 1941 rev mr davis served the pastorates of smooth rock falls and king city he was a commissioner to general coun cil in 1927 and again in 1946 during his seventeen years in stouffville rev mr davis has experienced a great growth in his congregation in 1950 a cam paign for an addition to the church was successfully carried through providing church par lours vestry choir rooms and nursery downstairs he has been active in service club work and many other community better ment projects stores open at night next tuesday stores in stouffville will be open next tuesday evening until 10 oclock they will also be open as usual until 10 on friday evening and will con tinue to provide night shop ping two evenings per week through the summer months until september magistrate frees home operators indignant at patients treatment law covers cruelty to animals but not humans magistrate states j ringivood holstein sells for 2900 local police depts present hospital beds on friday afternoon sgt win hill of the newmarket police dept presented the york coun ty hospital with six beds valued at 50000 the gift was made through the york police asso ciation all police departments in york county with the ex ception of richmond hill and vaughan are members of the association and contributed to the purchase markham twp markham village and stouffville departments are members of the association a cbc film production which has been made on the archie little farm at cedar grove will form the basis for the weekly country calendar program on cbc television next sunday af ternoon june 1st merchants committee to report on parking facilities a committee of the local businessmens association com posed of messrs john mathew- son glenn ratcliff and harold spoftord has been named by the association to bring in a report on all the lands presently available for down town park ing to present the cost of pav ing such sites to provide electric lights and signs mr ted topping president of the local association told the recent merchants meeting of his findings regarding nearby shopping centres and parking in other communities mr raxlin voiced the opinion that shoppers could not be induced to walk too far but mr topping stated that shoppers in oshawa walk far ther than those using present parking facilities in stouffville if they happen to park on the outside at the motor city cen tre mr topping said that he be lieved the council would be im proving matters when their new parking bylaw comes into force the lots should be properly laid out for parking added miss simons employers and employees are some of the biggest offend ers in taking up the good park ing space said mr hendricks weve got to have the parking to attract business and we might help our lots at the arena and church by paving and light ing he added mr ken wagg suggested that the space behind the local thea tre might be levelled up and surfaced theres no use direct ing them into mud fields said miss simons the merchants were advised by mr wagg that council is pre paring to install two of the new- type fluorescent lights on main street and when their improve ment has been viewed a com mittee will visit council to dis cuss the possibility of having the business section lighting im proved the question of house num bering was also introduced and this subject will also be brovight before council by the committee composed of messrs hendricks stouffer and middlemiss in a 3500 word statement magistrate o s hollinrake re viewed the trial of bernard mc- ginty 2g and his wife mary 24 of stouffville when he dis missed charges against them of having failed to provide the necessities of life for three resi dents of their nursing home he expressed his personal indigna tion at the treatment the old people had received the charges were laid follow ing the death on march 9 of mrs hetta mae willson 81 two other residents mrs barbara jacques 75 and charles wilson 75 were transferred to york county hospital the megintys entered a plea of not guilty their defense counsel david coon asked for dismissal of the three charges on the grounds that the crown had failed to establish its case crown attorney arleigh arm strong argued that a conviction should be brought against the pair on the charge of failing to provide the necessities of life for mrs barbara jacques he said she would have starved to death if the conditions at the mcginty home had been contin ued indefinitely cruelty to man there is a section of the criminal code making cruelty to animals a criminal offence said magistrate hollinrake but i have been unable to find any similar law protecting human beings except the present sec tion under which the accused are charged to warrant a con viction if death is not caused it must be shown that life has been endangered or that health is or likely to be permanently injured by the neglect the injury or danger to health must result directly from the failure to provide the ne cessities of life inability to provide has been recognized as a lawful excuse parliament did not in tend to punish a man for fail ing to do the impossible applying these principles to the present case the accused contracted to care foe these sen ile people knowing they were out of their minds physically helpless unable to control their bowels and bladders and too crippled to be capable of move ment they undertook this re sponsibility knowing that they could not carry out these du ties magistrate hollinrake contin ued the place i cannot call it a home they established in stouffville was broken down with paper and plaster falling from the walls there was in adequate heating improper toil et facilities no proper equip ment for the immense amount of laundering to be done and unsanitary conditions for- the preparation of food these senile people required hospital care constant attention in changing their bedding and clothes attendants to move them proper food and drugs to quiet their restless minds and alleviate their physical suffer ing dirt kooms a registered holstein cow apparently such care is not ferwood rag apple joan ex- available for the senile either icehent owned by mr eldred in general hospitals or nursing king of ringwood brought a homes and even in institutions bid of 2600 at the national according to dr howard ber- holstein sale held at oakville ry pathologist at the banting on mondav it ranked fifth institute toronto when these among the top sales her 10- people have reached this stage j monthold calf was purchased of mental and physical deterior- i f 1350 it topped all other ation they are put away in the- calf entries dirt rooms j the ringwood holstein was a were the accused in fact grand champion best uddered operating a dirt home for these female at the markham fair demented people where they black and white show in 1957 were not expected to provide j was purchased bv mr chas more in the way of care and cox of calgarv the calf was attention than they actually i purchased bv mr r r dennis did asked the magistrate is of oak ridges the sale aver- this why there is no licensing or i ago 1107 per head laws requiring supervision of i such places the deputy moii dr douglas hutchison of york county health unit knowing the conditions which existed in this place admitted that he had no authority to interfere other than to bring it to the attention of the municipality filthy and horrible as this place was it did not affect some of the medical doctors who are continued on page 7 a number of local lions club members and their ladies at tended the big lions baseball night at maple leaf stadium on wednesday night householders are reminded that excessive use of lawn hose will bring water restrictions to the entire community within a few weeks house to house canvass on monday for lions auction members of the stouffville lions club will make a house- tohouse canvas next monday afternoon and evening for goods for their white elephant auction sale to be held in the local arena on wednesday even ing june 4th residents of stouffville are asked to be sure to have their ii contributions set out at the roadside ready for the pickup which will be continued through the afternoon and evening to farmer friends outside of town the instructions are to phone to 98w1 270w2 or 153j2 and ar rangements will be made for i the pickup the lions will take anything of sale value furniture house- hold utensils garden equipment 1 1 clothing jive stock anything from a canary to a screw driver already several stoves and a piano are listed j to add interest to the sale there will be fourteen lucky door prizes given away all do nated by members of the lions club and listed elsewhere in this issue this is a service club project and the proceeds are all in aid of the lions welfare work puc will ask council to price main st lot following a lengthy discus- necessary to finance by deben- sion at a special meeting of the ture 61500 and council would stouffville public utilities on be approached concerning this thursday evening the members agreed that stouffville munici pal council should be asked to place a price on the townowned lot on main street near the financing new hookup fee under the new subdivision agreement subdividers will be requjred to install all water cnr the local puc is propos- as wcll as take theneces- lng to erect a new office building j sflrv i to the property and storage accommodation in lin for each home in such the rear as recommended by cases tho reg f for hook- the ontario hydro commission i ine up to the town water supply mr ed neville member of j w be reduced from 65 to 25 the commission suggested that t applies to new subdivisions the lot might be obtained on through a 99year lease but some doubt was voiced as to whether or not the ontario hy dro would approve of such an arrangement all members agreed that the lot was suffi ciently large for the commis sions purpose and was adjacent to banks and post office and central enough for public ac commodation reeve daniels member of the commission was named to bring the matter before coun cil on friday and mr neville i was delegated by resolution to appear before council next thursday june 4th to launch the proposal and receive coun cils figure would debenture in order to cover the capital water report work has been going on pres ently cleaning one of the towns two reservoirs which together have a capacity for storage of approximately 700000 gallons the commission is presently awaiting delivery of a new chlo- rinator pump which will not re duce the pressure on the main line as is now the case the new pump has been on order since last fall and mr neville was delegated to contact the company for immediate deliv ery it was pointed out that many householders are using an ex cessive amount of water thro ugh lawn and garden watering and restrictions will be imposed if such watering brings a reduc- engagement mr and mrs kenneth william betz of stouffville announce the engagement of their eldest dau ghter sheila evonne to mr thomas william smith son of mr george e smith and the late mrs adah smith of clare- mont the wedding will take place saturday june 14th at 2 oclock in bloomington church buy land for victoria square community park receives degree lome r smith son of mrs nelson d smith cone 7 markham twp received the degree of bachelor of arts from the university of west ern ontario having graduated from waterloo college the annual spring convocation was conducted on saturday lome is a graduate of mark- hamdistrict high school and plans to enter the teaching profession following further study markham twp police seek to arbitrate wages with council the police association repre senting markham township po lice advised markham council on monday that they were plac ing the matter of their wage dis pute with the township before arbitration they requested that council appoint an arbitrator stating that they had already done so the police had asked for a s100 pay increase for each man in november 1957 at that time council had declared its inten tion on behalf of the taxpayers to hold the line in salaries of employees and no increases were made deputyreeve dean has met with the police several times and is presently preparing a re port on all salaries of township employees which he will pre sent at the next meeting of council in view of this reeve clark stated that council would take no action at present as they wished time for consideration it was understood that vaughan township council has begun ar bitration with the police in that municipality sellers to be licensed in order to control all sales within the borders of markham township council had instruct ed solicitor lucas to prepare a bylaw which would prohibit sales by nonresident or un licensed persons in the town ship in speaking to the bylaw the solicitor stated that it was a protection to the established merchants and controlled per sons desirous of entering and holding a sale of stocks secured from persons in distress council gave the bylaw two readings and held over until next meeting for consideration of the amount to be inserted as a fee council also gave two read ings to a bylaw making it neces sary for any persons- oiling goods in the township to hold a license as an auctioneer the amount of the fee suggested ranged from s5 to s25 but it too was left until next weeks meeting a deputation from victoria square appeared before council in connection with the proposed establishment of a community park for this hamlet to be oper ated as a community centre the group stated that they had arranged an option on five acres of land on the 4th concession at 1000 an acre the land has 400 ft frontage on the 4th and is 600 ft deep under the community centre acl the government grant of 25o would be forthcoming leav ing a balance of 3750 to be paid it was disclosed by clerk crisp that receipts from lot fees in the new cachet country club subdivision now amount ed to 7000 and the deputation suggested that these funds be used to pay the balance a resolution was carried auth orizing that the 3750 be paid from this fund which together with the government grant will provide the land for the park ok plan bidg changes council was presented with recommended changes from the planning board affecting var ious lands in the township as to their zoning a request for a drivein thea tre atrichvale just north of langsfaff would necessitate re- zoning of that area bossey hawks mfg of musical instru ments co ltd who wish to lo cate at the corner of no 7 highway and the 2nd concession were requesting the rezoning of this land as industrial cedar brae golf club has not taken up as much land as ex pected and it was recommended that the remainder be ioned as green belt residential council approved of all the recommendations and they will be forwarded to the minister of planning for his approval donlands deputation a deputation from donlands presented a series of complaints chiefly dealing with the installa tion of water mains in that area outlays required for present subjtio in the supply it was stated division lines plus the lot and dr s s ball chairman pre- new building commission mem- sided at thc meeting bers agreed that it would be 29400 total receipts markham cattle sale new dentist william murphy son of mr and- mrs l c murphy who graduated in toronto on wed nesday as a doctor of dental surgery dr murphy is return ing to stouffville to be located in the new medical centre on main st west eightysix head of cattle pass ed over the auction block within three hours at the annual on tario hospital holstein sale held in markham fair grounds on thursday afternoon the auc tion netted a total of 29400 the sale aserage was 34100 auctioneer lome franklin of braritford was in charge hugh coulson of toronto was in charge of p e d ig re e s john brown of brantford and tom hays of oakville assisted in the ring donald j metcalf of rr 2 bowmanville purchased the highest priced animal he paid 50000 another heifer carried a price tag of 48500 it was purchased by a us buyer the pure bred cattle are brought in from six ontario hospital farms in broekville kingston orillia penetang on saturday may 24th the students of the municipal and rural schools east of yonge st enjoyed a junior fishing day in the greenwood conservation area the event was sponsored by the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority in order to pick out represen tatives from the many who wanted to go each school held a conservation quiz with the high scorers attending the meet the winners from stouffville were bernard simpson jim miller clara mullen lynda no- ian and mardele willis to be sure that there were plenty of fish for the occasion the authority on the previous friday stocked the stream with approximately 500 to 600 trout in spite of all the preparations the only trout the stouffville anglers saw was a 17 beauty caught by someone else woodstock and whitby the sales had previously been held at langstaff the average prica in the 1957 auction was 30300 mr chas russell formerly of markham and now of richmond hill was present he is the su pervisor of farms for the on tario dept of health- in addressing the crowd auc tioneer franklin said that in his years of selling at provin cial cattle auctions only 15 ani mals had been returned- the ontario hospital farms have a total milking herd of 445 cows they produced more than four million pounds of milk punches file folders staplers staples pencil sharpenersmagie markers heavy duty scotch tape dispensers theyre all for sale at the office of the tribune local man has narrow escape in twocar crash paul barry of stouffville had a miraculous escape from ser ious injury when his car was in volved in a collision at the inter section of the don mills road and stceles avenue during the early hours of sunday morning the barry vehicle was complete ly wrecked the stouffville car was north bound on the don mills road it was hit broadside by an auto driven by joseph williams 101 northland ave toronto both vehicles were tossed almost one hundred feet from the point of impact barrys car came to rest on the doorstep of a house lo cated on the northeast corner of the intersection a passenger in the williams auto was the most seriously in jured he suffered a fractured jaw broken collarbone and back injuries both- he and the tw drivers were thrown out of their respective cars markham twp police constable bob wood and sgt harvey cox conducted the initial investigation it was later turned over to north york po lice since thc accident occurred in their district the men were rushed by am bulance to the branson hospital finch ave and bathurst street mr barry is expected to be rei leased later this week he suffer ed head and facial lacerations the car belonging to mr paul barry of stouffville was almost completely wrecked following a collision at ihc intersection of don mills road morning and sleelcs ave early sunday jm t