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r rttrant the tribune stouffvtlle ontario thursday may 25 1380 twelve pages foster family a holstein cow has become markham twp the adoption the foster mother to a two was made necessary when its month old lamb on the farm true mother failed to provide of mr roy wideman cone 5 sufficient nourishment until recently the cow was provid ing milk for both its young calf and the lamb the off spring has become so accus tomed to its new source of supply that it needs only to be called for both its breakfast and supper it is pictured here in the midst of its evening meal staff photo dial phone system coming here in 62 the bell telephone company of canada which last week as sumed the responsibility of pro viding telephone service to former customers of the beth- csda and stouffville telephone company plans to introduce dial service to stouffville by the fall of 1962 this was announced this week by wc barnes local bell man ager who said that at that time both gormley and stouffville customers will also receive di rect distance dialing enabling them to dial direct to some 50- 000000 telephones in canada and the united states explaining the companys present operations mr barnes said that the bell provides tel ephone service throughout on tario and quebec at the present time it has some 33 million tel ephones in service growth of the industry since the end of the last war has been at a phenominal rate he said and today there are nearly as many telephones in toronto and its suburbs as there were in the entire companys territory in 1945 at that time there were 300000 telephones locally as compared with more than sos- 000 in toronto and its surround ing communities today mr barnes added that toron to has the highest density of telephone per head of populat ion of any city in canada45 per 100 population the number of telephone calls too has risen rapidly 6250000 a day now as opposed to only 2000000 then in addition long distance calls have increased from a daily average of 15000 to greater than 112000 such expansions mr barnes continued is a continuing pro cess and if present estimates for the fiveyear period 1959- 1963 prove correct the bell will in its toronto area spend some 200000000 on construction and extensions by the end of 1963 we expect to build eight new switching centres build ex tensions to 24 existing build ings and provide toronto and its suburbs with an additional 270000 telephones making more than a million in all comment ed mr barnes since the introduction of di rect distance dialing to toronto in may 195s this additional ser vice lias led to nearly 46000 long distance calls being placed in this way every day but mr barnes pointed out that despite such capital ex penditure which has been nec essary to provide increased mechanization and automation in company operations bell still requires some 9000 people to provide and maintain tele phone service in the toronto ar cs l would course hear gormley mr arthur latcham appeared before whitchurch twp council on friday evening and request ed permission to build a golf course on the farm of mrs roy brown 5th concession there are 150 acres of land available mr latcham stated that the main access would be from the don mills rd and he proposed to build an ishole course and a nine mrs brown he said would retain her home on the property in answer to a question by reeve richardson lie stated that the building to be used for a club house would be com pletely fireproof reeve richardson advised mr latcham that council would con fer on the matter with the plan ning board and advise him later no decision on industry mr ka rodgers who appear ed before council with regard to establishing an industry on the borders of stouffville was told that he wo ild have to go bafore planning board he stated he had already boon to planning board but reeve richardson said there would be no more dis cussion on the matter before council mr rodgers also ashed on what action council was tak ing on the matter of zoning the property at the gormley comer in particular the stcckley farm if council thinks it should be i lored why was the action not i proposed before the owner had a chance to sell asked mr rod gers reeve richardson said the zoning was being considered but it was possible the land would be frozen for six months in or der that proper plans might be worked out bulb sale to help refugees a housetohouse sale of elec tric light bulbs will be conduct ed by the hic club of the stouffville united church this friday evening may 27th pro ceeds from the sale will go to the world refugee year fun the bulbs will be sold in bags each containing four 60watt size for s100 every householder can use light bulbs and this special drive gives you an opportunity to lay in a supply and at the same time help a worthy cause tenders building sai after calling tenders for the second time for the proposed new public utilities commis sion building in stouffville nine bids were received but all were rejected by the commission on saturday as being too high chief opponent to the tender ing on the project was com missioner neville he stated em phatically that he had not chan ged his mind and that if any building was to be erected it should be on a cost plus basis as far as the nine tenders were concerned he considered them all too high reeve lehman stated that if any tender was to be accepted it should be borne in mind that the prices did not include heat ing lighting or plumbing which could increase the cost by an other 56000 since the amount authorized by debentures was 25000 the reeve asked how the balance was to be raised commissioner neville said as he considered the tenders too high he would not be prepared to give his services for super vision of construction as origin ally suggested but he was will ing to interview any of the firms if the members so re quested chairman dr s s ball urged that a decision be made one way or the other we might as well forget the tenders said reeve lehman al though he commented that lie didnt consider them out of line when the demands of the specifi cations were considered a resolution was passed that the members of the commis sion consider the tenders too high and thoy not be considered at this time new coach york county council will con vene for the annual june session next tuesday may 31st lions hockey banquet the annual lions club hoc key banquet will be held in the masonic hall stouffville on monday may 30 a 645 it has been rumoured that harry watson of markham may be the new coach of the unionville jets for the 1960- 61 season a former hockey pro with the maple leafs and black hawks ft is likely that his services would be welcom ed by the jet management harrys son barry is one of the top minor prospects in the district the nine tenders received for the building ranged from 29- 400 to 33319 or a spread of 4000 in the meantime the commis sion has rented the lower floor of the old municipal building formerly occupied by council and will move there as soon as a few minor interior changes are made the commission agreed that the lot which was owned at the corner of blake main sts be cleaned up and no further ac tion will be taken on the build ing at present reservoirs cleaned construction work on the new power line to the town reser voir has just about been com pleted by the jay construction co cost of the new line which is to serve the new well pump is not to exceed 2000 the sec retary also reported that work is being completed on cleaning the two reservoirs ieeis mmml the stouffville lions club is having difficulty in securing an operator for their park booth for the summer the booth is a fine asset in the park and the lions would be most happy to have eitiier some individual or possibly a ladies organization take on the project for this sea son anyone who is interested should contact lion tommy farr of the special activities committee phone 243 ratepayers petition to save trees a petition signed by between forty and fifty ratepayers was filed with the stouffville muni cipal council on thursday eve ning requesting that the fine trees which border the main st residential area be spared dur ing the coming highway widen ing the petitioner pointed out that land values would be de preciated to say nothing of the denuding of the very pleasing entrance to town from the west which the trees have afforded for so many years deputyreeve wagg chairman of the road committee stated that in measuring the roadway it was not believed the trees would be directly affected al though some roots would be cut councillor parsons said that he didnt know how council could make any reply to the re quest at this time a decision he said might have to be made on each individual tree as work progresses the deputyreeve commented that he didnt think that many of those on the petition would suggest that the road be nar rowed both the deputyreeve and councillor parsons stated that there was no question that council and the highway depart ment were interested in preserv ing as many trees as possible reeve lehman said that the matter would be taken up in june when it was expected council would meet the minis ter of highways expect 200 for morse mere fh mm mi the grounds at the rear of the orchard park public school will be converted into a massive cub camp on saturday june 4th when over 200 boys from the south lake simcoe district will invade the town it will mark the first time a cuboree has been held in stouffville an allday program is planned in cluding competitions between various groups the stouffville cub pack will be represented miss doris little daughter of mr and mrs murray little rr 2 markham has gradu ated from the university of toronto in physical and occu pational therapy she was pre sented with her diploma on thursday may 19th at a spe cial graduation ceremony con ducted in convocation hall sprang seeding delay grave concern t district farmers farmers are deeply concerned over the long delay in seeding this year caused by wet weath er seeding is now about three weeks behind schedule and what is usually considered the dead line for sowing spring crops is rapidly approaching although the situation is serious there is still a chance that the 1960 crop will provide sufficient home grown feed for normal use the agricultural representat ive at newmarket suggests that in a year like this the supply of homegrown feed is very de pendent on the hay crop a bumper crop of hay is expected and every effort should be made to harvest it so that as high a percentage of feed value and specifically the protein can be saved early cutting is more im portant than ever this year and hay conditioning equipment will help to preserve a high percent age of the feed value the agricultural representa tive reports that garry oats is the safest spring crop in an ab normally late year its high de gree of rust resistance makes it a good bet for seeding as late as the 5th of june it is preferred over late crops like buckwheat even when it is seeded in june garry oats will likely outyield earlier varieties like shield and clintland farmers would also he well advised to save a field or two which were intended for spring crop and use them for winter wheat this fall this would be wiser than plowing sod this spring for winter wheat corn either for silage or for grain is the only sound alterna tive to garry oats this year one of the early maturing hybrids will likely do well if it is done before the 1st of june farm ers should plan to grow as much corn as torage capacity or picking equipment will allow this year according to the york county ag rep press report on school standards denounced by pickering principal pass average over 71 a ratepayers report on pass ing standards at the pickering district high school that ap pear in last weeks issue of the tribune and one other weekly has brought forth a flat denial from the principal mr j clarke richardson at a special meeting of council last week mr s osterhout con 4 charg ed that the school had recorded a 60 per cent failure rating and that student dropouts during the year had reached a sizeable figure he suggested that the board memlers should be re quired to stand for election ra ther than fill the positions by appointments in a scheduled interview be tween te principal and the tri bune on monday morning mr richardson presented examin ation statistics for 1959 that showed a passing average throughout the entire school of over 71per cent on all papers written the individual break down was as follows grade 9- 632 per cent grade 10s1s per cent grade 1179 per cent grade 12 s3 per cent grade 13- 863 per cent the grade 13 stan dard in 5u was above the pro vincial average in both the total and in individual subjects this is a school with remarkably high standards said princi pal richardson he noted that it was regrettable that incorrect figures had been provided for publication since it tended to put the school in a bad light this is not a school with 60 per cent failures he stated referring to student drop outs mr richardson pointed out that pickerings record was on a par with other schools a- cross the province wo could pass everyone all the way down the line but little would be ac complished lie said he noted that the highest dropout rating- was in grade 9 all principals are concerned over dropouts he agreed mr richardson pro duced records to prove that to date in the current term s7 per cent of the total september en rolment had left the school out of this number all but twelve have obtained positions or have entered apprenticeships referring to the ratepayers statement that some students had been told to quit mr richardson stated that only un der extreme circumstances was this true he said that if a stu dents conduct was detrimental to other members of his class then such steps should be taken we have even given them four or five chances but we must consider the body rather than the individual he said he agreed that it was not un common to advise a student a- gainst entering his grade 13 year he noted that a pupil who encountered considerable diffi culty in grade 12 would likely be unable to cope with grade 13 work i do not consider a stud ent a failure when he lias gone as for as he can go lie said industry goes to newmarket the promoter of us industry who was trying to locate a new plant on the borders of stouff ville has given up in disgust and expects to build in newmar ket finding they have an offer of another industry newmarket council held an emergency meet ing and while their land was slightly more expensive they offered to supply water mains to pave a road to the plant and to provide the cost of a septic tank until they could have their sewer line extended there was no quibbling no fussing around we will be wel comed there with open arms they were ready to provide the water lines or anything else just come on in and well look after you said mr rogers in reporting on his progress to the tribune mr rogers said that he could get nowhere with whitchurch even though all they had to do with the matter was to issue the building permit all i got there was a runaround from one body to another explained mr rogers i couldnt get anywhere just because we proposed to build on land they thought was going to be annexed mr rogers also said lie was not too popular with some mem bers of council as he had not always gone along with their thinking dwards appeals case in oni supreme court following an unsuccessful at tempt to appeal through a low er court some months ago for mer police chief of stouffville frank edwards had his appeal heard in supreme court on tuesday before justice stewart solicitors starr and rose ap peared on behalf of- edwards and solicitor lee for the cor poration of stouffville edwards did not appear in court and on ly solicitors starr and lee ad dressed the court solicitor lee put forth the ob jection that in his opinion the hearing was for the sole pur pose of determining if judge forsyth had the right to hear the case and was not a hearing on the evidence formerly pre sented in which a decision fav orable to the village of stouff ville was rendered justice stewart replied that he would take note of the ob jection but vould hear solicitor starrs address starr took three points he claimed there was no proper charge that justice was denied and that edwards was denied his right he stated that in the former hearing solicitor rose had been denied the op portunity of producing evidence after august gth thus denying edwards a full hearing he claimed the resolution to sus pend if resignation not in by a certain date was announced in the press prior to the date starr also stated that charge was not in proper form and that no evidence was given that gar lehman was authorized to sign in finals roger stover a grade it student at the stouffville dlst high school advanced into the allontario track and field finals on friday when he top- ped his class in the hop step and jump his record of 41 feet was best in the int class the provincial competitions will be he- at the university of western ontario in london the charge justice stewart asked mr starr to supply any evidence that showed that anyone could not lay the charge justice stew art stated lie referred to the hearing by council and not the laying of the charge starr stat ed that a bylaw was necessary to authorize the laying of the charge starr referred to the notice of suspension but stated that ed wards was not served with cer tain papers justice stewart replied you claim that edwards should have been served with all these pa pers why star contended that he should have been served in accordance with the process book show me the part of the act on which you base this con tention replied justice stew art solicitor lee registered an ob jection at this point that the process book referred to was in edwards hands and he had re fused to hand it over to council if edwards appeared before the council and stated that van- koughnet was not making re ports i consider this was a complaint stated justice stew art but no time was stated for omission of reports replied mr starr how can you set a time for something that doesnt exist replied the judge solicitor starr referred to ed wards as a retired sgt of the liverpool police force he ex pressed the view that if the action to appeal was successful at least he could retire from the stouffville force with dig nity both solicitors continued for several hours with a volume of reference justice stewart stat ed that any decision he would make would be deferred pend ing such time as lie had an opportunity to study the refer ences as affecting the case in the currentdrive for funds for the cancer society this dis trict raised 1331169 and of this amount stouffville donated cruiser to tp police dept two new chevrolels 6 cyl automatics will be purchased for the markham township po lice department according to a split decision of council on tuesday night only one car will be traded in raising the number of vehicles in the fleet to three conlin motors of mark ham presented the successful tender councillor muniberson chair man of the police committee argued against the purchase he urged that council should buy two ford 8s the difference to be paid on the exchange is 4- 180 this is 200 over the am ount demanded by the ford agent p suggest drive in theatre near milliken markham township council received a proposal on tuesday night for the erection of a drivein theatre on steeles ave nue east of milliken the struc ture would be complete with a restaurant lunch room and swimming pool the owners suggested that the propose business would add desirable assessment to the township clerk harry crisp presented a draft bylaw to each member for study the project will be given further discussion next week councillor mcneil asked that figures on the amount of reve nue to be gained by the town ship should be made available before final approval could be granted iay grants council approved the follow ing grants crosby memorial fund unionville- 300 union ville swimming club 50 markham fair board 200 e york plowmens assoc 50 unionville hockey club 100 highland park doncaster assoc 50 doncaster ladies club 35 st johns ambu lance 25 unionville libra ry assoc 25 thornhill lib rary assoc 100 thorhavcn retarded childrens school 500 thornhill dist boys club 50 unionville skating club 25 next long weekend friday july 1st depreeve suggests engineer for markham tp deputyreeve wilfred dean has suggested that markham twp should seriously consider the acquiring of a resident en gineer on a fulltime salaried basis mr dean made the re quest at a meeting of council on tuesday night at the pres ent time the firm of crysler davis and jorgcnson is employ ed by the municipality council had decided that their assist ance should be obtained in the development of some eight dif ferent subdivision projects in the township depreeve dean contended that the amount of money ex pended on the outside firm in 1959 had been considerable he suggested that a resident engi neer might be a more practical arrangement other members ot council were not in accord wit the proposed move