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l vol 72 no 8 the tribune stouffville ontario tkursday july 2s 1960 twelve page rescue workman from sewer cavein dies en hospital junior swimmers pass tests another successful swim ming program sponsored by the claremont recreation com mittee was concluded on mon day afternoon thirty boys and girls took part in the tests under the watchful eye of a red cross examiner pictured here he offers a few words of advice to ten members of the junior group a complete list of the individual entries is published on page eight of this issue the facilities of an openair pool are donated to the committee by mr and mrs r c baker of clare mont staff photo driver of 1929 relic criticized by magistrate a markham youth we ar thur mason main street was sharply criticized by magis trate robt hiitle in buttonville traffic court on friday morn ing for operating a 1929 motor ized booby trap within the limits of markham village two charges were laid against the young driver by sgt chester jilliatt after he stopped the castbound vehicle on robinson street the officer described the ear as a 1929 model a ford iton pickup sgt gilliatt told the court that he became suspicious of the auto when he noticed that it carried irregular licence plates on closer examination of the vehicle he noticed that it had weak headlight beams defective brakes no tire on right rear wheel a faulty tail light and excessive play in the steering wheel i considered the vehicle unsafe for highway operation said the officer mr mason in his defense stated that he had taken the license plates off a car and at tached them to the model a i didnt realize it was a serious ottense he said he contended that the brakes were sufficient for a maximum speed of thirty miles per hour he said that the rear tire came off the rim while he was driving the vehicle home he contended that he had had no trouble with the steering and that the tail light was visible referring to ihe headlights he noted that they were the same type used when the car was manufactured they were all- right when the truck was made why not now he asked magistrate hirtle criticized ihe youth for operating a vehicle that was not properly registered with the dept of transport you shouldnt have had it- on the road he noted you should have purchased licence plates first he firmly suggested that the standard equipment used in 1929 did not necessarily meet the requirements of today dont you realize that highway and traffic conditions have changed a great deal in the last thirty years he said referring to the time of night when the driver was apprehend ed 1155 pm the magistrate questioned the youth on the time of purchase it was a rather unusual hour to conclude a deal on any motor vehicle he suggested the defendant explained that he had walked to the place where the purchase was made he said he drove the truck along the back streets to escape any heavy highway traffic he contended that the auto would be stored and sold as an an tique make sure the purchaser tows it home concluded the magistrate he fined the driver s22 and costs ringwood store sold mr and mrs lome arm strong of hespeler have pur chased tile store and restaurant at ringwood owned and oper ated for the past six years by- mr and mrs archie reid the transaction will be completed at the end of this month mr and mrs reid will leave on august 9th aboard the em press of england on an extend ed trip to the british isles and ireland mr reid has three brothers and one sister in nor thern ireland whom he has not seen for the past 31 years it is his birthplace mr and mrs reid bought the ringwood property in 1954 from the late eric allan on their return from a wellearned over seas vacation they will take up residence in stouffville fire alarm system will be shifted representatives of the bell telephone co attended the reg ular meeting of stouffville mu nicipal council thursday even ing to discuss the relocating of the fire alarm system presently handled through the telephone office while there are operat ors on duty at present the time is approaching when dial phones will be installed and there will no longer be oper ators to take the calls the telephone representative slated that there was no immediate hurry and the company would be glad to carry on till the end of the year on the existing ar rangement the proposed new system would place six special fire alarm telephones in separate rule sign illegal toss cases out of court selena atkinson oldest at reunion the fifteenth atkinson re union was held on wednesday luly 20th at glendale park musselmans lake there were 125 in attendance visitors came from michigan chalk river newcastle slayner oshawa guelph as well as locally the oldest atkinson present was miss selena atkinson of bothesda mr and mrs chas atkinson of stouffville were the longestmart ied couple present mr and mrs ernest hunt of bethcsda were the most recently married couple attending nine- teenmonthold myrtle walker of stayner daughter of mr and mrs allan walker was the youngest person in attendance mr and mrs herb atkinson of waterford michigan came the farthest to attend the gath ering mrs herb grimshaw of aurora was celebrating her birthday and a beautifully dec orated cake was placed on the table in her honour it was also the birthday of margaret bolen- dr daughter of mr and mrs lloyd bolender the following officers were elected for 1961 president clif ford gordon vice pre alsin smith sectytrea jean mor- ley asst treas mrs norman atkinson snorts committee allan of vandorf the secretary was mrs fred yakc of unionville storm lifts barn roof a brief but vicious wind and rain storm that lashed this area on friday afternoon caused con siderable damage especially in the atha district of pickering township the steel roof and one side of the klroy clodd i barn was badly damaged a a thirty mile per hour high way sign erected by the- tor onto and york roads commis sion at buttonville on the don mills road was the centre of contention in traffic court on friday morning magistrate robt hirtle con tended that the sign if erected in 195s did not comply with regulations as laid down by the highway traffic act and there fore was illegal the letters and numerals are black on a yellow background the act specifies a white background magistrate hirtle stated that all signs erect ed by york county prior to i95fi are valid until august 1961 three speeding cases in but tonville were dismissed the drivers were each present in court and pleaded not guilty to the charge pc allan chadwick ot the markham twp dept stated that the 30 mile speed limit in buttonville had been ex tended in 1958 he admitted that the county had erected an old- type sign in the area in a similar case one week ago magistrate n p kelley ad journed his decision until a thorough check could be made with ihe dept of highways traffic act the solicitors for both defendants suggested that the sign was illegal due to its yellow background locations in town including ihe home of the fire chief and dep uty chief ah fire calls would be relayed to the fire hall through these phones and at these phones a siren button would be provided the cost of maintaining the service would be 3245 a month it was thought that this was the best system for the present when there was no 24hour answering service available in town it this system was installed next year no change would be necessary when dial phones come into use the bell company representa tive stated that the system as proposed was in use in a num ber of municipalities and was working satisfactorily a fortyfour year old father of three died in the scarboro general hospital on saturday three days after he was almost totally buried in a sewer excavation cave- in on kdward street near the site of the stouffville dist high school russell george brown a workman with the brockton construction co lake wilcox suff ered severe back neck and chest injuries when he was temporarily entombed in a fifteen foot deep trench on thursday morning the deceased had been employed by the brockton firm for only one week he was pinned in the excavation by a large mound of earth and momentarily buried alive by the rush of loose dirt that followed the foreman mr alex brockton was one of the first on the scene he cleared the debris from his head he was later freed by fellow workmen using their hands and shovels dr john button of stouffville rendered first aid until the victim was removed to hospital the accident was never reported to the vandorf detachment of the ontario provincial police until mon day afternoon their office expressed much concern of the delay pc harry heatherington of the stouff ville department conducted a routine investigation and reported his findings to vandorf it has not been re vealed whether an inquest will be held the location of the accident is outside the stouffville boundary and comes under the jurisdiction of the opp at vandorf the foreman denied an earlier report that insuffi cient shoring had been installed in the trench during the excavation operation i took every precaution he said he also denied that he was attempting to hide any details concerning the mishap through his failure to notify the police the sewer line will serve a new addition now under construction at the high school the deceased had formerly resided at glasgow in the township of uxbridge he has lived at lake wilcox for the past seven years he is survived by his wife the former edna whitty and three children james larry and margaret there are also seven brothers and five sisters the funeral service was conducted on tues day morning by rev dow sargent from the chapel of l e oneill stouffville with interment in the glasgow cemetery the pall bearers were messrs everett ham mond willis mcnair roy zeller joe laface jim rus sell and walter pugh many lots sold at preston s lake not usable for building remember the draw for the main st merchants 50 mer chandise voucher this saturday at 5 pm births mcneil wayne and marian mcneil nee betz are happy to announce the arrival of a daughter at scarboro general hospital on july 16 1960 sabean mr and mrs walter sabcan stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their son july 18th i960 at brier- bush hospital walters jim and margaret are pleased to announce the safe arrival of their daughter barbara jean born sunday july 24 1960 at the scarboro general hospital a baby sis ter for bobby billy and bev erly at least 17 persons have pur chased lots on prestons lake in whitchurch twp which are less titan half the size on which the township allows a residence or cottage to be erected the pur chasers claim they purchased the lots in good faith and were ignorant of the fact that they were too small to build on a deputation from the area attended friday nights council meeting and presented a peti tion asking for special consider ation councillor ross farquharson advised mr bell the spokes man that while council sympa thized with the owners council could have 17 similar cases there next year if the owner kept selling off land without any consideration of the regulation size reeve richardson suggested that the owners make a test ease in an effort to obtain vheir money back however the spokesman said that solicitors had advised that the land was sold according to description even though it had no regard for township bylaws thesales it was said were legal and the owners were stuck with lots on which they could not build council referred the question to the solicitor and planning consultant for an opinion survey bloomington corner as a first step to improving the dangerous bloomington in tersection which has claimed so many lives whitchurch town ship council on friday author ized that a survey be made of the entire corner area to a dis tance of 40 rods road supt davis reported that he had attended a meet ing with dept of highways offi cials on the corner it was sug gested that the entire corner be cut back on till four corners in order to improve the vision it was also suggested that the rise approaching the corner from the north be reduced and the fill removed into the hollow- to the north this would place cars coming from that direction in view of those using the cross road markham twp being asked for gocart track whitchurch approves race track by a recorded vote in the ear ly hours of saturday morning whitchurch township council approved the granting of a li cense to the heather association to operate a gocart race track just south of ballantrae the heather association was repre sented at the meeting by mr daniels along with five col leagues he operates the track on the montgomery farm they have been operating up until now on a dirt track council has had a number of previous meetings regarding these tracks but were apparent ly unaware that one was already in operation at this location mr daniels stated that the owners had noticed the recent bylaw requiring a license and as they wished to build a tarvia topped track they were making application deputyreeve wallwork stated that he resided in the area and this was his first intimation of the existence of the races there cant be much noise or we would have had some com plaints he said councillor farquharson asked about buildings but mr daniels stated tiiat at present there would be the track only the final vote was taken about 2 am and resulted in three fa- bruce property likely for conservation new engineers outline extensive oad program to village council the engineering firm of chry- j cost s5000 to repair the many gram should be done first was far from satisfactory dcr davis joigenson recent- j soft spots properly and do the j mr chrysler also reported on representative of one of ditching required montreal and the completion of the paving building firms attended ly engaged by stouffville muni cipal council to survey a num ber of streets in town with a view to future paving reported to council thursday evening mr chrysler presented a most portion of the house roof was extensive program covering also torn off and the tv aerial was blown down mr clodd and son bob had just closed the barn doors when the roof began to lift they lay down on the j ground but were not injured i the roof was tossed into a nearby orchard a number of trees were blown down throughout the district and hydro service was cut off on the 9th concession of markham j south of stouffville hailstones i were common in the area but crop damage was not etcnivc an estimated one inch of rain i fell in a period of five minutes about a dozen streets in town the work which was outlined in detail covered ditching scari fying excavating and refilling and amounted to an estimated total of s2s25000 the program did not include the actual pav ing the streets on which work a the the fairview were also major con- 1 in the stylerite homes sub- j meeting and complained of the tracts where it was estimated j division he said that most of condition of the roads we five to six thousand dollars the work was satisfactory but i cant expect to sell the houses would have to hespent to place one stretch of pavement approx- j as we cant xi t the people in to these streets in conditioi to imatoly one hundred feet long see them he said pave ion manitoba st was sg mr ghrysprirfipqrttngtq mr chrysler advised council to oversee subdivision that his firm would lecommcnd council passed a resolution that some streets be completed engaging the firm of chrysler rather than a small amount of davis and lorgenon to oversee work on all reeve lehman i eompletion of services in sump holes were provided in the thanked mr chrysler for the ration subdivision by cc- storm sewer manholes to pre- council for the engineers stated that the material- being used in the road base were entirely un satisfactory he said that no amount of clay in tne gravel ilhcn r1tdv or lnc which the engineers stated was following year u i not suitable road base material i rev arthur walsh the v i council accepted the report empringham murray allin r united missionary church min- j wa b land agreed that the road com- scott grant morley fred allin ister here was guest speaker r tenth st wa one of mittee should meet with the presiding at th jears get- tat the bethany rm church at hr mot immediate works and engineering firm to plan exactly tvihcr was mr herb olivcri kitchener on sunday j u ws etunaled uwt it would what portion of the large pro- wellprepared otuline of the pnos development ltd vent plugging with silt the work required and slated that j councillor laushway opposed j curbs mr chrysler said had it was his opinion that this work j np motion on the grounds that been iain in short sections was outlined included tenth st i would le spread over two or c rould s no provision which i many were damaged and others south street boycr stouffer three years i would make the developer pay were out of line he said that north montreal harold elm i mr chrysler said that his ch pn fees he said he would rertainlv recommend lf7 9lh une an1 sunsc recommendation would be to do i hc arrccrt hat th fho be blvd while test holes revealed tenth st harold and fairview mor upcr bm wanjcd t0 good base on a number of nry at a iolai r nn that the developer paid for of si5000 these streets would the hc markham township council has been asked for a permit to operate a gocarl race track in the township this is the first such application received by this z am ana resultea lnree la municipality and came from vorabe and uvo 0 for heather association ltd the lne granting of the license same firm which is presentlj operating noar ballantrae in whitchurch the markham track would be operated on seven acres of va cant land on highway 48 below no 7 highway and owned by mr patterson the owners stated that they were also oper ating in pickering township reeve clark said ttuiv ce this was the first such rv lion of such a track council would make careful ihquio it would require a revision of bylaw deputyreeve dean requested to know what was proposed in the way of conveniences for the public and was told that only the enclosed track was being considered right now the oper ations would be mostly on the weekends the owner of the property said he was willing to lease the land he said hc had watched the races and could find no objection a demonstration is to be ar ranged for council before any de cision is made markham township council was advised this week that the bruce property on the 6th con cession was now clear in title and could be offered for sale the metro conservation author ity has been interested in the property for some time and it is expected they will now com plete the purchase reeve clark stated the au thority was also interested in the harry kennedy farm which would give the authority an outlet on the townline however it was understood that mr ken nedy wished to retain the build ings and there were also differ ences in price magistrate rules that trailer contravenes bylaw owner fined streets others showed great i the town would have to foot the bill council was advised lhat work in the subdivision was not pro ceeding satisfactorily as re quired by the subdivision agree- that consulting engineers be re quired by the town of the sub- divider in future to prevent cost ly repair work council agreed that cedar pines development should be officially notified of the condi tions and mr chrysler agreed to meet with the road commit tee and ceoar pines before cnt- ment with cedar pines andjering the property to lay out that the work already done j the necessary repair work the owner of an 8300 mo bile home was fined 2500 in buttonville court on friday morning when magistrate robt hirtle ruled that the structure would be classified as a trailer and therefore contravened a markham township bylaw miss minnie jane mckay of rr 1 milliken was defended by her brother louis if mckay he suggested he would appeal the decision sgt wm shearn of the mark ham twp police dept said thai the owner had continued to live in the trailer for a period of 18 months he noted that their home had been destroyed by fire mis mckay explained that she had lost everything when her frame bungalow was burn- rd to the ground in november 5938 i didnt know what to do and i thought the trailar nlr ii1 i she contended that ihe sur rounding properties were en hanced by its presence mr mckay suggested that some al lowance should be made by the township for persons whose homes have been destroyed by fire i feel that it is completely unfair he said sgt shearn pointed out that there were no collectable taxes on a trailer home its a bad thing for ihe township hc said magistrate hirtle contended that the township had shown considerable sympathy towards the accused in permitting them to live in the trailer for an ex tended period it cannot be al lowed to continue he said he suggested that the trailer occu- pints were taking a longrange bufinct viow of the entire mat ter and hoped to ptoflt at th was the best solution she said expense ol the towmhlp