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oiiffullle vol 70 no 50 tiie tribune stouffville ontario thursday may 19 1960 sixteen pages bell telephone company to clear overhead wires from main st business area friendly reunion virtually all overhead tele phone cable now running thro ugh the main streets of down town stouffville will disappear over the next two years v c barnes local manager of the bell telephone company an nounced this week it will be rerouted along the rear of property when the com pany increases cable facilities in the district in preparation for the anticipated introduction of dial telephones in stouffville in 19g2 the area affected extends to the towns north and south limits from just east of the 10th line to west lawn boulevard mr barnes explained that the bell is anxious to avoid trim ming the trees along stouff- villes streets and this would be necessary if cable facilities were increased along existing pole lines for this reason the bell in tends rerouting much of its cable and company employees will soon approach property owners along whose property lines the bell either wishes to bury new hle or erect new poles about so percent of existing cable will either be buried or rerouted said mr barnes we plan to visit all householders who will be affected he added and explain exactly what we wish to do we hope that with their coopera on increased ca ble facilities will be installed to handle the larger number of telephone calls which always follow the voduction of dial facilities and direct distance di aling some 52000 feet of new cable will be either buried or rerouted mr barnes explained that with the introduction of direct distance dialing customers in both gormley and stouffville will be able to dial some 50 million long distance numbers in canada and the united states without placing the call through an operator the good old days were dis- claremont mr jim hanna a owner is recovering from a cussed at great length last former barber in stouffville recent operation mr frank week when two stouflville left the town in 1922 he is rae seated is one of the natives were reunited for a presently substituting in por- towns senior citizens the brief visit in the village of ters barber shop while the hands of time were turned back many years to when a shave and a haircut cost only 25c mr hanna is now living in hampton north of bow- manville staff photo high school board ranks high with teaching staff here the stouffville high school board has polled an exceedingly high popularity rating with the members of the local teaching staff according to a recent sur vey conducted in 231 schools throughout the province the complete result of the compari son test was revealed by the ontario secondary school tea chers federation a number of other findings have been kept strictly confidential ninety per cent of the teachers polled turn ed in their answers the published breakdown was divided into three separate cate gories 1 attitude toward educational improvement 2 relations between board and staff 3 conditions of work working on a basis of a 400 total score the stouffville rat ing was as follows 1 335 2303 3375 in respect to conditions of work stouffville ranked 17th out of 231 schools canvassed the stouffville rat ing bettered that of markham pickering aurora and newmar- ketsutton begin to double funeral for former residents of lemonville a double funeral service was conducted in the christian bap tist church at newmarket on tuesday afternoon for the late mrs milton cook and iter sister- inlaw miss stella cook both of newmarket both passed away on saturday two pastors rev f breckon and rev whit- combe wore in charge mrs cook was the former laura baker daughter of mr and mrs seneca baker of baker hill she was in her 7sth year in 1907 she was married to mil ton cook she passed away at the home of her daughter in weston she leaves to mourn her loss her husband milton cook one son seneca of newmarket and two daughters zillah paul ine mrs w hannah of tor onto and mrs b c lepage of weston there are also four surviving brothers oscar of welland bert of baker hill morgan of king eugene of ba ker hill and two sisters mrs tom simpson of newmarket and mrs gilbert of stouffville the deceased had resided in newmarket for the past forty years she was a nvimber of the baker hill baptist church interment was made in baker hill cemetery miss stella cook passed away in newmarket in her 77th year she was born in lemonville in 1ss3 the daughter of the late mr and mrs hamilton cook the permanent fate of the old goodwood station has been seal ed last week workmen and demolition crews commenced to pull down the frame structure and by wednesday the inter ior and front of the building had been removed the decision to remove the station from the ninety-year- old site has ended a lengthy de bate between the township of uxbridge the cnr and the board of transport commis sioners in march 1959 the railroad refused to alter its stand on the issue reeve earl dowswell was one of the main opponents to the shutdown he charged that the municipality granted the company a largo sum of money a number of years ago and it still had some obligation to the ratepayers although a decline in passenger traffic within recent years has forced a minimum of stopover service the goodwood depot is one of the first to be totally re moved from existence win a bike you have a chance to win a new bicycle the end of this month with a dollar purchase from any of the advertisers in the yellow section of this issue pages 7 8 or 9 you will re ceive a coupon good for a chance on the new bike be sure you read the adver tisements in this special section and shop at these stores for your chance at this prize public school staff complete the teaching staffs of both the summit view and orchard park public schools are now complete for the new term in september three new staff members have been acquired for the summit view school they are mrs doreen brown mrs joy widdifield and mrs patric ia byer the staff at orchard park is unchanged three of the teachers will work on a parttime basis in cluding mrs kay dowswell mrs isobel emmerson and mrs doreen brown aprile co in dispute with markham twp announce easter honor list at stouffville h school fiss science she was identified with the christian baptist church in newmarket she is survived by one brother milton and a sis ter mrs bert wallace both of newmarket interment was made in the lemonville ceme tery three men were given jail terms and one other was placed on a two year probation when they appeared in magistrates court newmarket on monday to answer charges of break and entry in both markham village and markham township james friars 18 douglas ferguson 22 and john ferguson 21 were each given terms of one year definite and one year indefinite janles ferguson 23 was given a suspended sentence and placed on a two year probation a fifth party in the case carl buck appeared in court on wednes day the sentences brought to a conclusion a lengthy investiga tion by markham township and village police depts mr tremble of aprile con struction co appeared before a regular meeting of markham township council on monday night to defend the companys claim to an account for 2377- 94 for extra work in connection with repairs etc to sunken spots in side of pavement and curb repairs on roads on which they had worked the twp council at a meet ing some two months ago off ered a settlement for the am ount of 500 mr tremble did not consider the offer sufficient and proceeded to defend his claim he stated the recommen dation of his company had not been carried out which resulted in the pavement sinking with damage to the curb mr jorgenson of crysler 11 sky may 25 may 25th is a red letter day in the history of york county for on that day all the friends of moff cockburn and the peo ple of york county are invited to attend moff cockburn day on the farm of jack fraser south of no 7 highway on dufferin street in vaughan township starting with a basket picnic lunch at 12 oclock noon may 25 is the day tribute will be paid to moff cockburn as he retires from 37 years as an ag ricultural representative moff cockburn who has crept into the hearts of farmers and those associated with agriculture with his work in the counties of york north simcoe and carle- ton for mr cockburn is known provincewide for his leadership in everything from sing songs to his leadership in competitive agricultural activities and bet ter larm practices may 25 ring the calendar and make it a date to salute that man among men who put cul ture in agriculture jorgenson davis was request ed to give his report and he stated that the contractor had not submitted sufficient tests on the cement work he suggested the deficiency was sufficient to place the twp in the position of demanding a complete re placement of the cement work but- the company had been al lowed to make repairs he con sidered the township offer as fair but he said mr tremble had not been oh the job in the fall after he took over in the spring the quality of the work improved dep r dean stated that many contractors caused con siderable inconvenience to- resi dents by not cleaning up the work as they went along with the result they had to return in many cases he stated the work of the bell telephone onc of the bell telephone co and consumers gas co did not show such neglect reeve clark said that council would be guided by the report of the twp engineer the following students ob tained an average of 75 or higher on the easter examina tions held recently at the stouff ville dist high school they are arranged in order of merit the three highest students in the school were robert mole of grade 9c with an average of 90hr marjory sobil of grade 9c with an average of s9irc helen busato of grade 10a with an average of ss79c grade 9 robert mole mar jory sobil barbara button rob ert mcnair florence yake shir ley taber joan foote eric but ton karen kennedy andrew watson noreen burkholder and garry gall tied robert lee eleanor little patrick middle- miss tied carolyn tindall fern doner christine grant grade 10 helen busato wayne hamilton joy wooller evelyn doner and joanne greer tied marilynn haylow fred erick watson marilyn mallet marilyn pattenden ann barkey ronald patrick marion byer joyce dewitt grade 11 daphne chewins marilyn fosdick beverley ir win louise dyck and donna pattenden tied ernest miller grade 12 jocelyn button grace dennie neil mcmullen gertrude baker william rat- cliff gary baston grade 13 mary harwood name manager fireworks monday the annual may 24th fire works display sponsored by the stouffville legion will get oft to a bang in memorial park on monday evening at 9 oclock the local legion has pro vided stouffville with this celebration display now for some years contributions to finance the bolide 6w will be gratefully re at the office of he sto j trib une and wcldons mens wear the bell telephone company has appointed w c bill barnes as manager of stouff ville and gormley which is to be served by the companys to ronto area claremont which will form part of the companys western area will be managed by j w lowry of oshawa mr barnes will assume the responsibility for this new dis trict in addition to his duties as manager of the willowdale don mills thornhill richmond hill maple markham and union- ville exchanges born in copper cliff ontario he received his education there and in sudbury before joining the royal canadian air force where he served as an observer with coastal command during the second world war he began his career with the bell in 1946 and held various po sitions in the companys com mercial and sales departments until 1956 when he was named supervisor of methods a year later he was appointed super visor of results of the toronto area commercial department in 1958 he became classified compilation supervisor in the directory department and held this position until his present appointment in october of last year engagement mr and mrs fred lewis of allona wish to announce the en gagement of their daughter jean evelyn to james edward harper son of mrs howard harper and the late mr how ard harper of goodwood the marriage will take place juno 11 3 pm at the altona chris tian united missionary church 60iail ures student dropout at pickering district high school criticized by ratepayer says students told to quit the operation of the picker ing district high school was ex posed to sharp criticism by mr s ostcrhout a south pickering raepayer at a special meeting of township council on monday night he suggested that the dis satisfaction was rather wide spread he contended that the entire organization should be changed in order that the board members coum stand for elec tion ne spokesman pointed out that the pickering school had a failure rating of over 60 per cent he noted that the student dropout each year was sizeable they have even been told to quit he said the ratepayer ad mitted that he had not brought the matter to the attention of the board reeve sherman scott agreed that there had been some prev ious suggestions that the whole pickering high school organi zation should be altered he said the town of ajax wished to-with- draw from the area and set up their own board of education i feel that many school sections in the township would not wish to lose their autonomy sug gested the reeve mr ostcrhout pointed out that he was not concerned with the operation of individual pub lic school boards but only in the high school area i have brought the problem to the attention of the board chairman said reeve scott he fiuggested that any ratepayer was privileged to take similar action i can assure you that if ajax withdraws from the area there will be some chan- j fics the reeve concluded i am pleased to see that the wheels are in motion tor some change said the spokesman i hope its for the best- phone bills monthly the bell telephone company has appointed houstons drug store on main st stouffville as collection agency for pay ment of bell telephone accounts w c barnes local manager an nounced this week however he added for those customers who do not find this location convenient accounts may be jent to the bell tele phone company enclosed in the special return envelopes which will be included each month with the gormley and stouff ville telephone accounts the bethcsda business office will remain open until late summer for bethesda business only norman baker manager of the bethesda stouffville telephone company will be at this location until that time to allow customers to make their final telephone payments for service rendered by the stouff ville company see main st merchants spe cial color display in this issue pages 7 8 and 9 final inspection the president of the stouff- villebethcsda telephone co- mr glenn ratcliff left and dr w h cruickshank a bell telephone official arc ihown here during a brief inspection of the local switchboard facili ties in stouffville last week dr cruickshank is the vice president general manager in the toronto area the vel firm was purchased by the bell co early in march and the automatic changeover was completed this week staff phou