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l rtlmitt ssli vol 69 no 27 the tribune stouffvilije ont thursday december u 195s fourteen pages markham twp constable cd cab of a huge fourteenton no 48 highway on friday tte ehide snipped don dukes inspects the wreck- transport that careened off morning and rolled over load- 0 a hydro pole cutting pow er over a wide area the driver was only slightly in jured to complete sewers in 1959 seek gov t winter work grant fourteen ton transport rolls over at markham carl ritchie 40 of oshawa was pulled fromthe cab of his fourteen ton transport on fri day morning after it went out of control on no 48 highway near markham village and roll- ed over the vehicle en route to the gorraley block co car ried a sixteen ton load of bulk cement contents from the trail er was scattered over a wide area two nearby residents wal ter young 37 and wm byers 18 were awakened by the crash disregarding the danger of tangled hydro wires and spilled gasoline the men mounted the cab and freed the driver he buffered only a seven stitch gash on his head and a jcut on his arm damage to the truck was estimated at 22000 an area extending from scar- boro to ballantrae was com pletely blacked out by the acci dent hydro crews replaced a broken pole andtpower was re stored within an hour the huge fourteen wheel tractor- trailer was owned by powell transport co of oshawa the truck came to rest on walter youngs front lawn he told the tribune that he could feel his house vibrate from the force of the impact he said that there was a shower of sparks from the tangled hydro lines he noted that the driver was lying in one side of the crumpled cab fully conscious he was able to assist his help ers in getting out of the wreck after receiving medical treat ment he was taken home markham twp police praised the efficient work of the hydro repairmen they also commend ed walter young and wm by ers for their promptness in as sisting the driver from his over- tucned truck p c dukes- in vestigated it took two tow truck crews more than an hour to haul the big transport out of the ditch whitchurch declines to jake over private road chas ratcliff appeared be fore whitchurch twp council on thursday evening suggest ing that the township council purchase the road he had built through his property and assess half the cost to the property of dr morningstar the neighbor ing owner he was advised that council would have no authority for such action the road in question runs along near the property line with dr morningstar but it was pointed out that it was mr ratcliff who was developing his land for homes and dr morn ingstar had no interest in the road mr ratcliff contended that dr morningstar had intentions of development on his own pro perty council replied that when such time arrived it would be dealt with then thos kerr acting as clerk advised mr ratcliff that he had decided to build the road without consulting council in any way and so far as council knew his neighbor dr morn ingstar had no intention of sub dividing his property the road is your responsi bility said mr kerr mr ratcliff pointed out that a onefoot reserve was left against the morningstar prop erty and he sought backing to prevent anyone crossing this re serve however council express ed the opinion that they could only be interested in roads built to dept of highways specifica tions and any costs would have to be arranged by the owners on a private agreement the matter was later referred to solicitor lucas delay paving until spring mr k beamish and h g mccann president and vice pre sident of the beamish construc tion co advised council that weather conditions made it diffi cult to complete the paving pro gram on the wilcox lake road in 1958 however they said that the delay would be a benefit as a dept of highways representa tive on inspecting the road had decided that another 5000 tons of gravel was required they said that doubtless the addition would make a better and more lasting road council agreed that it would be advisable to leave the plac ing of gravel and hardtopping over until spring extend store hours here stouftvllie merchants will extend their store hours be ginning dec 18th remaining open every night until 10 oclock with the exception of christmas eve when they will close at 6 pm the local business places arcjolso open during the clay on monday dec 15th and monday dec 22nd they will be closed on christmas day and boxing day reopcning on saturday whitchurch favours grant to retarded children campaign a deputation of bud gilbert and chas geddy attended the regular rieeting of whitchurch twp council on thursday night on behalf of the erection of a building in newmarket for in struction of retarded children they stated that a survey show ed some thirty children in the area required attention newmarket was reported to have contributed 500 it was expected that aurora would give a similar amount and they requested that whitchurch con sider a donation to the fund on discussing the matter later in the meeting a resolu tion was passed instructing the clerk to advise the delegation that while council favored sup port no money was provided in the 1958 budget to care for such contingencies and the mat ter- would be referred to- the- 1959 council i willow beach all clear dr king of the county health unit advised council that the unit had inspected willow beach at wilcox lake and found the place in a sanitary condi tion council had received com plaints concerning this beach he stated that the property was privately owned and the unit could not force the owner to ar range toilet facilities no charge is made for the use of this beach council discussed the matter at some length and there was a suggestion that metro conser vation authority be asked to purchase this beach and estab lish a park however some members thought the beach too small for this type of project and parking would be difficult to arrange the matter was refererred to the solicitor for advice on how public meeting slated for locust hill school on air field dispute a public meeting is being held in the locust hill school on thursday at 8 pm for dis cussion and information regard ing the proposed flying school to be opened at locust hill messrs parkinson gardiner roberts anderson and conlin solicitors advised markham township council on monday that they were engaged to pro tect the interests of the farm ers opposed to the flying school they requested that they be advised of any meeting of council at which this matter wouldbe discussed however council agreed to wait the out- omefof tftotsdajnights meet ing before discussing the matter further need metro appointee the resignation of mr all lemasurier from metro plan ning board has been received and since metro board meets on january 13th they have re quested that a new appoint ment be made this appoint ment concerns richmond hill markham twp markham vill age and stouffville election pay schedule council set up a new pay schedule for officials connected with municipal elections and the following amounts will ap ply if an election bylaw is passed at the i end of 1959 re turning officer s30 deputy re turning officers 12 poll clerks 9 polling booths 10 double booths 10 arid constables 9 it seems to bad that the aver age speeder doesnt wake up un- the beach might be controlled a p pinches him turn sod for 181000 church building project markham building over 100000 for november total value of new building in markham township during november was 103915 accord ing to the regular report of the building inspector placed be fore council on monday of this amount dwellings totalled 31- 600 industrial buildings 34600 and public buildings 35000 sgt clayton submitted his re port as fire protection officer showingthat- hehad inspected six- commercial buildings and 1 industrial plant police brief the police dept submitted a brief to council requesting cer tain changes in their organiza tion for 1959 as well as a re view of salaries the monthly report revealed 510 calls and the number of miles travelled by the cruisers 7592 there were 29 accidents investigated 47 summonses issued 6 liquor stouffville municipal council meeting on thursday night agreed to seek ontario municipal board approval to complete the balance of the local sewerage system through the governments winter works program where by the dominion government would pay 50 of the labor costs and the provincial government 25 a resolution was passed to this effect and council will try for an immediate decision so that the construction could begin sometime in january the municipal board had previously agreed to the entire sewerage program involving over 600000 but would not agree to the final stage beginning before 1959 the municipality stands to save an estimated 20000 if the board will sanction the approval of the work as part of the governments winter work program hisey barrington engineers attended the meet ing and presented council with an estimate of 118000 to complete the sewer system in town including one pumping station down tenth st council authorized the engineers to prepare plans and specifications for the balance of the sewer program in preparation to advertising for tenders subject to approval of the municipal board mr hisey pointed out to council the urgency of action on the matter if the municipality was going to be able to take advantage of the government offer to subsidize the labor costs he said that his firm could have the initial plans ready by dec 15th and it was essential that approval be sought immediately if the work was to start in midwinter deputyreeve lehman recalled that some of the work by malvern construction on the first stage had been carried on during the winter without too much trouble engineer hisey pointed out that granular back fill would be required in the trenches to insure better roads in the spring providing the municipal board approved proceed ing under the government plan it was expected that there would be no difficulty in obtaining a number of bids during this usual offseason members of stouffvilles newlyelected 1959 coun cil also sat in on the discussions fined 40 for speeding marine officer in race with winter freezeup chief engineer wes jack second st stouffville is aboard the norman p clement huge great lakes grain carrier caught in the ice at montreal mr jack has been aboard these vessels plying the great lakes for some thirty years and this is the first time that they have been caught by the freezeup the norman p clement re ported a rough time from port weller on the last trip down as heavy seas swamped the deck house on the present trip prog ress has been very slow due to the ice and storms with the result that many vessels have been late in clearing the lake canals ahead of the annual freezeup pioneer family william wallace charged with driving at 75 miles an hour in a 50mile an hour zone was fined 40 arid costs or eight days when he appeared in van- dorx court ontuesdayhe- re quested time to pay the fine and was given one week by magistrate kelly police testi fied that the pavement was wet at the time as it had been snow ing the officer said that he chased the accused for three miles bruce lee of toronto charg ed with going 70 miles an hour was fined 35 and costs or seven days the officer stated that two cars were returning from a dance and persisted in passing seizures and 18 dog complaints each other endangering oncom ing traffic patrick choma the second car charged was fined 20 and costs as the officer con sidered lee the offender williams foxpitt toronto charged with doing 60 miles an hour through nobleton was fined 40 and costs or eight days accused had not paid any attention to the summons hut appeared on tuesday after a warrant had been issued the officer stated that in addition to the speed it was raining and the pavement was slippery foxpitt said he hadnt not iced the sign and thought he was still in the country he of fered no excuse for not appear ing when originally summoned word was received here this week of the passing of benja min f boothby in los angeles california he was 72 years of age the late benjamin boothby was a son of edwin and han nah boothby pioneer family of altona mr boothby sr oper ated a blacksmith shop just north of the four corners at al tona he leaves to mourn his pass ing his wife one son and three grandchildren in stouffville there is one sister mrs geo hughes lloyd ave and a bro ther charles boothby mission bc also survives only two remain of the former altona family of ten children another brother rev freeman boothby died at everett- wash a few years ago lions club selling trees stouffville lions club is selling christmas trees at fiyejlocal- locations raids store at rlrigwood hunts sunoco v station patrick mo tors sanders- service station and right in the heart ol town on the bank of nova scotia lot the price of all trees is 225 and there are attend ants at all lots to assist you in selecting your tree per- sons would be advised to pick their trees- as soon as possible for best selection all proceeds from the sals of trees is for lions club wel fare work miss mary robinson of mark ham and canon james t rhodes of newmarket turned the first sod to officially open a 187000 building project to be started immediately by grace anglican church in markham village the ceremony was con ducted on sunday morning the pastor rev r a wigby and members of the choir took part a large congregation was also present construction will start early in 1959 on a new 67000 parish hall a 20000 rectory will be added and in 1961 a new 100000 church is proposed to date the congregation has raised 67000 in a recent cam paign for funds the 24 acre site is located on the former robinson estate i relief reaches peak since depression relief payments in the town ship of whitchurch have reach ed their highest point since the depression days of the 30s the november relief account totalled 212183 the government is now pay ing 80 of this relief account which would other wise be a most difficult portion of the budget general accounts for the month totalled 101295 and road accounts 692928 ac counts for aurora fire brigade standby pay of 250 and mount albert of 150 were also paid delay approval of services in davis subdiv stouffville council gave much time and discussion on thurs day night to the approval of ser vices in the new davis sub division east of park drive a communication was received from mr davis solicitor re questing acceptance of the water and sewer services how ever a communication was also received at the same meeting from the public utilities com mission stating that the com mission could not accept the services as satisfactory as a number of the water shutoffs were buried in the ground i think the council must take some responsibility for this if builders are allowed to build out on the town property and cover up the shutoffs de clared reeve damiels it was suggested that pos sibly the services were installed too low you mean youre going to let people come in and alter the levels of town property con tinued the reeve i think we should refer the letter from the puc to mr da vis solicitor said councillor wagg i dont feel that the puc should have to put men in there to uncover these shutoffs when the town allowed builders to build up the lots and cover them up said reeve daniels were only dealing with mr davis said deputyreeve leh man not when the town issues building permits and allows thcra to build up the lots con tended the reeve once the plan is registered its the re sponsibility of the town if mr davis doesnt fix it the work will just come out of the bond and work would be done by the puc or council- said mr lehman sp resignation the resignation was received from stouffvilles representa tive on metro planning board mr alf lemasurier clerk ralph corner was advised to contact markham township re garding a new appointment fox bounty council was advised that the county would now pay a 5 fox bounty but stouffville j would be expected to pay for any of these animals shot with in the corporation limits statutory meeting council set thursday morn ing at 10 oclock as the date for the annual statutory meeting a grant of 250 was approved towards the building fund for the retarded childrens school and a proclamation will be is sued for boxing day dec 26th leaving with regrets councillor tommy farr ex pressed congratulations to the incoming council members as well as his regrets at leaving the council board he said that he had found it a real pleasure to work with council members in 1958 and publicly thanked the citizens who- did- support him at the polls vv vvvl- v yfe all i want is to sit on santas knee is old kathy ward- daughter of clutching her soli cinderella claremont parade attracted probably the dream of every mr and mrs robt ward of she cuddles close to santa hundreds of children and ad- little boy or girl at christmas caremont had her wish come after receiving a wellfilled ults in spite of extremely cold time four and onehalf year true on saturday afternoon bag ol candy the annual weather y