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r tonne vol 70 no 15 the tribune stouffvhae ont- thursday september 17 1959 fourteen pages temperature drops 35 degrees in 5 hours present new flags for public schools through the courtesy of the stouffville legion branch 159 two new flags have been pre sented to the stouftville public school board and will be un filled on the two new flagpoles which have been erected at the local public schools the flags were presented to the school board on wednesday evening by tom johnson repre senting the legion branch the new flag staffs were creeled by the board during the summer holidays one at each school they are 3v feet high it is expected that a special ceremony will mark the initial raising of the flags during the course of the boards meeting it was agreed to raise the remuneration for supply teachers from 512 a day to 513 a day the salary of miss m armstrong music tea cher was also increased from s150 a month to s1s0 due to the increased number of classes which she will now be called upon to instruct the new name of the original main st public school summit view will be installed in mod- the teachers and the number of pupils in each grade is now as follows summit ievv school mrs simmons kindergarten 33 mrs hazenberg grade 1 33 mrs poarse grade 2 34 miss stouffer grade 3 32 miss brooks grade 4 25 mrs gordon grade 5 26 mr grundy grade 6 28 mr kingsley grade 7 28 mrs woodcock gr 7 8 30 mr morley grade s 3s miss hosie special 12 orchard park school mrs brillinger kndrgtn 32 miss griffiths grade 1 30 miss carpentier grade 2 27 miss ford grade 3 31 mrs mccowan grade 4 25 mrs wideman grade 5 33 mr sutherland grade 6 31 deaths percy thomas walter at his residence main st mark- ham on saturday sept 12 1959 thomas walter percy in his 98th year beloved husband of jemima dewhurst and dear fa ther of louise mrs clarence eastman arkona harry of bright howard thedford and anna henrietta dean of mark- ham joseph agincourt helen mrs joe boyak of rainy riv er resting at the dixon funer al home markham for service on tuesday at 330 pm inter ment brougham cemeterv offen george w at tren ton out on sunday sept 13 1959 george w often beloved husband of mina often bareo- van beach carrying place ont fafher of cerne glenn dianne and wendy brother of john offen maikham age 4sth year resting at the weaver funeral home trenton service in the funeral home on wednesday sept 16 at 2 pm cremation toronto crematorium on thursday mmning of last week stouffville residents were sweltering in over ninety degree temperatures during the afternoon however the mercury plunged below the sixty degree mark it has con tinued to sink since that time and this week earlymorning risers viewed the seasons first white frost the thermometer located on the houston drug store build ing at the corner of main end church sts has baen the sub ject of much discussion by local shoppers on two occa sions the needle bypassed the 110 degree mark and reached an estimated 115 in order to substantiate the claim pretty linda mathewson of stouft ville top holds a rapidly melting ice cream cone and points to the hand that is hovering on 100 degrees tbis photo was snapped on wed nesday afternoon sept 9th at five oclock in direct contrast on the fol lowing thursday afternoon cute little wendy wilkes 3 year old daughter of mr and mrs len wilkes rupert st sits in front of the family fire place holding her stuffed dog cindy wendy is bundled up in iter warm fall togs a change from a light sunsuit she had worn only a few hours before the cold wave that hit town last week produced one of the most rapid temperature drops ever experienced here congregations congregations of st james presbyterian church stouftville and st andrews markham held special farewell presenta tions for their pastor and his wife rev and mrs d r mckil- lican recently rev mckillican delivered his farewell address on sunday after eleven years of service to both pastoral char ges he lias accepted an appoint ment at knox college toronto as dean of students and lectur er in church administration their new home is presently under construction and they will continue to live in markham village stouffville youths plead guilty to theft charges in newmarket court adjourn case till monday markham twp police believe they have cracked a juvenile theft ring that has been operat ing out of stouffville for the past six months hariand mills and john hector blair bateman both of stouffville joseph her- old of mussulmans lake and roy wm smee dawes road north york and formerly of stouffville appeared before magistrate o s hollinrake in newmarket court on monday morning the case has been ad journed until monday spt 21 list of charges a long list of charges filed by markham township and richmond hill police depart ments were read to the court i the thefts of automobile acces sories and gasoline are alleged to have taken place in stouff ville markham village mark ham township and richmond hill over a period extending from february to june of this year additional charges by the richmond hill department will be heard on monday all four youths elected trial by the mag istrate mills smee and herold pleaded guilty to each charge as read bateman pleaded not guil ty to a charge of stealing auto accessories in richmond hill i parents present the parents cf each of the de- fencents were present in the court room charges by the mar kham twp department were laid by pc doug tribbling he was assisted in the case by pc cliff cox the stouffville thefts included gasoline from the prop erties of keyson motors norm an oboyle and truman baxter the remand was requested by the crown attorney mr harold sanders surprise move officers tribbling and cox moved into stouffville on wed nesday evening aug 19th and took the seventeen year old mills into custody at button- ville smee and herold were ar rested on the same day all were released after being quest ioned the surprise arrests came following two weeks of intense investigation by the markham twp constables twentyone year old smee faces seven sep arate charges bateman is charged solely by richmond hill setting up flat rate heater program in town stouffville public utilities commission has drawn up a special service program cover ing customers of hydro with flat rate water heaters the pro gram covers replacement of ele ments in such cases the charge is against the customer if the element is of equal strength but if a larger element is asked for no charge for re placement is made testing gas lines the consumers gas co spoke to the commission regarding a supply of water to test their new line laid to uxbridge they said that about 55000 gallons would be required commission members expressed surprise that the water was already in tlie line as no employee had been authorized to open the hyd rant on the tenth line the amount set for the water was 525 members discussed the sup plying of town water for the use of private swimming pools chairman dr ball said as long as the residents of the east end are short of water the mat ter of supplying swimming pools can wait members agreed that they were becoming popular in the country and if many were in stalled a special rate would have to be instituted or the water would have to be metered to the customer at a rate per thousand gallons wilson lumber co to build township garage the t a wilson lumber co of cannington has been award ed the contract for the erection of the new uxbridge township garage the contract price is 51599500 there will be an ad ditional charge of 530 for rock face block making a total of 1604500 the contract- will be subject to the approval of the highways dept there were five tenders re ceived for the project with the lop price asked being 2767400 council instructed the clerk to request the payment of in terim subsidy from the dept of highways up to aug 31st on an expenditure of 42000 road expenditures this year are expected to exceed 50000 council has purchased a new truck costing over 10000 and the garage contract of approx imately 16000 pay sheet for the road dept amounted to 870807 and the general accounts passed for pay ment totalled 1722126 this latter amount included 15000 payment for school debentures building setbacks council after some discuss ion instructed the clerk to pre pare an amendment for the township building bylaw which will keep all buildings back 68 feet from the centre of the road allowance or 25 feet from the real lot line some discussions have taken place with the dept of high ways which indicate that wider road allowances are expected to be asked for in future wrong lane driver fined 50 fell asleep final finns for mew puc bldg commissioner neville of the public utilities commission advised the commission mem bers on wednesday that final drawings for the new com mission office should be ready for approval this week mark ham rural hydro is being en gaged to assist in removing tlie large tree on the corner of blake main sts which obstructs the site of tlie new building the commission expressed tlie hope that a start could be made on the building very shortly beer at wiener roast brings fine for two men two toronto men were ar rested recently by markham twp police and fined 10 and costs in newmarket court on monday morning for having beer and liquor in their posses sion at a wiener roast james patrick wells and david rob erts admitted ownership of the alcohol they pleaded guilty to the charge pc john mccague stated that he investigated a wiener roast on cone 3 markham twp he said that there were three boys to make special water supply test at reservoir mr rutledge of xobleton has been engaged under a contract a aluminum letters on the of s 100 to make a special well front of the school the board icsl at the stouffville reservoirs members agreed fuel tenders two tenders were received by the board for the supply of coal and fuel oil at the orchard park and summit view schools the contract for coal was awar ded to taylor fuels stouffville at s16s0 per ton and the fuel oil contract was given to stiver bros at 161c per gallon attendance report both principal lome bond- way and principal keith suther land repotted to the board on the latest attendance figures mr k w betz appeared be fore the commission to find out if it was the intention of the puc to proceed with the con struction of the proposed new reservoir commissioner nev ille advised the members that he had discussed the project with mr bcta requesting con struction cost data mr betz stated that he would rit in a firm contract tlie priced on the project for consideration by the commission the secretary was requested to place before the water re- sources commission the con- supply was cancelled pending j struction plans of xhe pto results of the tests to be made j reservoir as presented by the by mr rutledge betz company to ascertain the water supply the information gained is also expected to be used in the pro posal to drill a new 12 inch well there will be a test on each of the present wells for a ten hour period thtfre are presently four wells in operation and the maximum flow test will supply a graph of pipedown depths a meeting previously arrang ed with the international water members of the stouffville congregation presented rev and mrs mckillican with a purse of money at a social gathering on thursday evening of last week the presentation was made by mrs a battlsby an additional gift waspcnt- ed to mrs mckillican by clar ion hood on behalf of the sun day school on sunday evening mr f m adair officiated at a similar pres entation following the farewell service in st andrews presby terian church markham rev and mrs mckillican have been held in high esteem by both congregations in markham and stouffville during the past eleven years and three girls in the group he said no member of the party objected when he confiscated a quantity of liquor and beer fined 1500 pc doug tribbling of mark ham twp police dept told the court that he received a com plaint of a disturbance in the vicinity of don mills road and no 7 highway on investigating the incident he discovered a quantity of liquor in one car there were two boys aiid two girls in the party harvey thom as henry of toronto admitted ownership of the alcohol he was fined 15 and costs frank smith of scarboro was fined 3000 and costs and lost five demerit points in newmark et court on monday morning when convicted of careless driv ing on no 4s highway north of markham village pc darrell dewar of the markham village dept laid the charge the ac cused pleaded guilty constable dewar told the court that smiths car swerved across on the southbound lane and forced an oncoming auto to crash into a guard rail in order to avoid a headon collision mr talbot waterfield of highland creek was a witness on the scene the officer testified that he believed the defendent must have fallen asleep at the wheel the driver had no previous re cord fined 2000 wm johnston of markham was fined 20 and costs and five demerit points when he pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge in magistrates court newmarket on monday pc darrell dewar of the markham village dept said that he had driven his vehicle into another car on ramona blvd the prop erty of conlin motors mark ham the truck driven by john ston was owned by mr ted gough of markham mr gough speaking on john- stons behalf said that the de fendent had paid for the dam ages to his truck and the con lin car he said that he came from a fine family and could not be classed as a punk kid he said that he had been a member of his softball club for two years the defendent said he had no previous driving con victions my record has been first class he said infhleen stokes coming for trade fair the thousands who will be attending the annual stouffville trade fair next thursday fri day and saturday are in for a real musical treat in addition to enjoying the big show kath leen stokes famed canadian organist will be at the console of the large organ which is be ing brought in especially for the show kathleen stokes will be recalled by many who visited sheas theatre during its hey day and many thousands more have watched and listened to her wonderful music both on radio and television the 1959 edition of the stouff ville trade fair is all ready to be unveiled nexc thursday eve ning reeve gar lehman will officially open the show assist ed by deputyreeve ken wagg on behalf of the businessmens association stouffville was one of the first communities in this area to ini tiate a fall trade fair and it is looked forward to with interest by both residents and exhibitors be sure that you attend see the fine exhibits and enjoy the mus ic by one of the countrys top organists ija attention cgit will the girls report for reg istration on thursday sept 17 at 7 pm stouffville united church all girls 12 years to 17 years are welcome finds purse on main tree containing 400 stouffville municipal council will hold their regular meeting this thursday evening whit church township council has changed their meeting date this week from thursday to fri day evening a purse containing more than 400 in cash was found on the steps of tlie stouffville post office last week by mrs lloyd pugh of claremont it was turned over to pc hugh van- koughnet it was returned to its owner mrs wallace vaug- han main street stouffville constable vankoughnet said he believes the purse had been lying on the steps for about fifteen minutes the owners identification card was found in side as yet mrs pugh has not received any reward for her honesty its nice to know that there are still some people around like mrs pugh said tile officer youth fined in fight charge keith smith 18 of claremont was fined 10 and costs in mag istrates court uxbridge on tuesday afternoon he pleaded guilty to a charge of causing a disturbance by fighting two other youths ivan and leslie spears pleaded not guilty their case was adjourned until oct 13th the trio were involved in a fistic brawl on the main street in uxbridge about two weeks ago the fight was finally brok en up by police chief graham chatterley town planning board asks council for professional help on annexation stouffville planning board meeting on thursday night ag reed to recommend to council that solicitor j d lucas be asked to prepare presentation on annexation of township land and to be empowered to engage whatever engineering help was required council proposed that approx imately 1200 acres of land be annexed from whitchurch and markham twps in order that stouffville may have sufficient and suitable areas for industrial growth planning eoard has pre viously recommended that sub- dividers be required to provide forty percent industrlai ur com mercial for sixty percent resi dential however it has pointed out that there is little or no land of sufficient area within town boundaries for such de velopment what land still remains is suitable only for homes accord ing to metro planning eoard who must piss on any plans which stouffville wishes to ap prove the few small parcels of land which are zoned for industry have changed hands a number of times and their price has reached a point that little or no development can take place ask smaller lots cedar pines development rep resentative mr ron femson appeared before the planning board for the second time to ask that he be allowed to de velop homes on land north of stouffer street on lots of less than sixty feet frontage class two residential there are one hundred and eleven lott many of thern fortyfive and fifty ft frontages hitherto all new sub divisions have been required to have lots of not less than 60 ft frontage the board has been skeptical that smaller lots mean poorer grade homes mr femson took members of the board to scarboro and n york recently to show them good homes on the smaller lots chairman henry ogden said that some of the homes were quite good others were not too impressive tlie board did not feel pre pared to give a favorable decis ion on the smaller lots but ex pressed a willingness to hear councils opinion and ttac mat ter will be placed before this body on thursday evening of this week