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ripttue u vol 72 noj thk tribune stou ffville ontario thursday august 4 1960 twelve pages sign brings release a help sign written in while shoe polish on the side of a black car was spotted by a markham twp police of- walter porter 34 formerly of second day this week before ficer and led to the release of lake wilcox was charged magistrate os hollinrakc in two teenage toronto girls with indecent assault the pre- newmarket court last week the driver gordon liminary hearing went into its staff photo fouryear0d drowns in musselmans lake unlicensed dogs cost ovners 42 in fines a four year old scarboro boy drowned in the waters of mus sulmans lake on saturday ev ening in spite of emergency treatment rendered by local doc tors firemen and police gary fudge son of mr and mrs ray mond fudge fell off the edge of a wooden dock west of glen- dale beach ii is believed he was in the water for at least fifteen minutes there were no eye wit- nessos to the accident it is the first drowning in the lake this summer dr donald smith of stouff- ville was on the scene within minutes and applied mouth-to- mouth artificial respiration he was later relieved by dr petrie also of stouffville firemen were on hand but the little lad failed to respond to resuscitator treatment a station wagon was made available or an eighty- mile per hour trip to the york county hospital at newmarket a police escort was provided by pc hugh vankoughnet of the stouffville dept mouth-to- mouth respiration was contin ued over the distance by local fireman donald doner on ar rival at the hospital heart mas sage was administered without response the boy was later pro nounced dead musselmans lake pollution denied by the newmarket office of the york county health unit has flatly denied the ret cut rumour that the waters of mussclmans lake are unlit fur bathing lasl week reports were circulated that the lake had become pol luted in a telephone conversa tion with the tribune mi j a park an inspector with the unit slated that good samples of water had been taken from mussclmans and the tests had proven satisfactory he said that frequent checks were made throughout the summer season he noted however that it was not unusual to discover a minor source of bacterial development in any lake but to rlate all had proven to be of a local nature and virtually harmless to the a tea if there was any reason to fear a pollution danger we would be he first to issue the warning he said at the pres ent time the holland river is the only point where bathing has been banned it has been placarded in spite of this some children still swim there he said he described the river as quite similar to the stream that flowed through stouftyilfc prior to the installation of sew ers in the town hie health unit works closer with the ontario water resources com mission unit rush oxygen to victim of heart attack an eighty mile per hour emer gency trip was completed to the home of mr robt geer cone 5 uxbridge on saturday evening lo administer oxygen to a heart attack victim spending the holi day weekend at the geer resi dence mr walter voxall 27 a brother of mrs geer was strick en with a severe seizure a call was put through to the stouff ville fire department for aid resuscitator equipment was at the same time in use at mussel- mans lake where local doctors worked over the unconscious body of a four year old drown ing victim after the boy was admitted to the york county hospital at newmarket the police cruiser returned to town only t he dispatched again to claremont due to a serious drain on the oxygen supply mr voxall had to be admitted to the uxbridge cottage hospital where he was immediately placed in an oxygen tent his condition was much improved by sunday the vic tim had only recently leen re- leased from hospital after tinder- going treatment for a previous attack the owners of unlieenced dogs paid out a total of 342 in fines and costs in buttonville court on friday morning before magistrate robert hirtle nine individual charges were laid by markham township police one resident david webster of unionville was given a sus pended sentence he pleaded not guilty to the charge mr webster in his defence stated that he had only recently moved from the township of uxbridge he said he thought his previous licence would be satisfactory in markham and could be renewed on its expiry date he said he did not realize that each municipality had its own licencing requirements un til he was told by the clerk in uxbridge magistrate hirtle staled lhat since he was a new resident in the township he would receive the consideration of the court he said he now hoped lhat the defendant was familiar with the regulations wheat competition nelson boynton gormley has placed first with 92 points in the field crop competition for wheat as sponsored by the markham agricultural society a very close second was donald brodie with 9144 points the complete entry list placed in the follow ing order nelson boynton gormley 92 donald brodie gormley 91 44 kenneth russell gormley 90 stuart watson markham 89 boadway gayman unionville ssi eugene lemon stouff ville sti gordon sellers agin- rourl s7 master feeds farm thornhill s3 m h tapscott agiricourt 8444 r w buchan an unionville 84 davidson bros agincourt s3 chas ii hooper gormley s22 mrs w dale markham 7s r p arm strong locust hill 76 the judge was clark young of unionville suspect had record thirtyone year old harry st dennis sherbourne st toronto was convicted by magistrate o s hollinrakc of break and entry of the markham village posl office when he appeared in newmarket court on tuesday afternoon he was remanded in custody for sentence the 3 year old suspect was arrested by p c darrell dewar on friday morning at 1 am near the post office building on closer investigation he discover ed that some desks had been rilled and mail was scattered about the floor nothing was reported stolen st dennis a selfconfessed drug addict had a lengthy list of 31 previous convictions to his record he had previously serv ed tine in the kingston peniten tiary evidence in the case was presented by village chief fred white one good reason for hanging up the phone guess whos calling extend discussion on gocart bylaw in pickering the question of whether or not pickering township will permit the racing of gokails in the township which has in volved long discussions at a number of council meetings reached the bylaw stage on tuesday evening nd received two leadings the bylaw will now be held up pending councils decision as to what area will permit their operation reeve sherman scott sucgemod that the regulator- sholw rover the entire municipihv counchlor clifford laco requested that the bylaw should he held up pending a moie complete study in committee clauses in he bylaw stipulate that the gokan track should be constructed to the satisfaction of the township engineer only the taring of the harts would be permitted the track area j would be properly fenced and adequate fire protection facilities would have to be available at all times in addition the pro- 1 jeets saehajy services would have to pass township approval the permit fee was set at 2s i on a suggestion voiced by coun cillor laycox this figure was increased lo sjoooo the track would have to be built at least onehalf mile from any residence or hotel coun cillor laycox argued that a one mile limit should be specified if we make it a distance of one mite there is little ue hav ing a bylaw suggested the reeve he pointed out that there would not likely be a site avail able in the township ore mife from a home i dont like it said councillor edgar james he wheat price set 125 the present market price of fall wheat at the barn will be approximately 20c per bushel lower than in 1939 this is the uptodate information as pro vided by mr mervin watts of stiver bros in stouflyille the floor price will be s110 delivered to the elevator from this amount 10c will be deducted from each bushel for the mar keting board plus 5c for carl- age this leaves a floor price of si 25 per bushel at the bain the floor price will increase 2c per bushel per month rommene ing in october until in febru ary it is le per bushel higher after that it will drop until in june it will be back at si40 again it is expected that the opening price will be close to the floor farmers with good samples are advised to store their crop for a tinr the overall fall wheat crop in ontario is repotted to be good in addition there is an abundant supply in the united states which accounts for the rather low market price suggested that the tracks would be forced to locate in the lural areas of she municipality xo scaffolds will be pet miss- able for spectator accommoda tion the stands vvill be subject to the approval of the building inspector the exact area where uch tracks might be r-crmiss- abc was not settled rkham twp police lay indecent assault charge against lake wilcox man teenaged witness breaks down in court a sobbing- 16yearold toronto giri hesitatingly described the circumstances surrounding a three hour auto ride between her residence on boor street and wilcox lake when she appeared as a witness before magistrate 0 s hollinrake in newmarket court on tuesday afternoon it marked the opening of a prelim inary hearing on a charge of indecent assault laid by markham township police against 34 year old gordon walter porter formerly of lake wilcox and now a resident in downsview on two separate occasions the girls evidence was halted when she broke down while testifying on the stand the court was finally adjourned until wednesday morning according to police porter and another companion picked up two girls aged 14 and 16 years in toronto porter the driver was supposedly a friend of the one girls parents according to the evidence somewhere along the route between toronto and richmond hill the passengers asked to be taken horre when their request was refused one of the girls wrote the word help on the car door in white shoe polish in an effort to attract attention while southbound on yonge street the eralic move ments of the auto caught the attention of a ttc bus driver he informed pc robt hacldcn an officer on patrol in the area with the markham twp dept when he pulled the vehicle over to the side of the highway the two girls jumped out and related their story to the constable the car and its passengers were brought lo the buttonville station and the charge was laid by sgt bob hood porter has selected trial by judge and jury and will not testify at the preliminary hearing he was represented by counsel the court had only to hear the evidence as presented by the 14 year old girl when if convened on wednesday morning youth now conscious after ringwood crash stephen mitchell 19 of wil cox lake is now conscious in the york county hospital at new market he was either the driv er or a passenger in a west bound stolen auto that rammed into the side of a northbound car at the ringwood intersection on saturday morning july 16th his condition following the ac cident was reported as critical but he has since made a rapid recovery cpl robt pettigrew of the ontario provincial police at vandorf stated that their of fice had been talking with the youth harold c harlow 17 of tor onto presumed to be the driver of the northbound vehicle re mains in poor condition in the toronto general hospital phys icians have informed police that the man will not be available for questioning for at least five months he suffered a fractured skull store not sold the restaurantstore owned and operated at ringwood by mr and mrs archie reid for the past six years has not teen sold the deal was not completed on schedule and has since fallen through a hespeler couple had planned to take over the busi ness owing to circumstances be yond our control the business will not be changing hands said mr reid they have oper ated the wellknown stand for the past six years and had planned an extended trip to the british isles and ireland follow ing the completion of the trans action we will continue to serve our customers as in the i past he concluded claremont lady 94 takes first airplane ride sunday a longtime dream was ful filled for 93 year old mrs emily benns cone 5 uxbridge on sunday afternoon site enjoyed her first plane ride from the airport al goodwood mrs benns will mark her 94th birthday in november she is the oldest passenger lo go aloft from the goodwood port she acted just like a veteran commented the pilot mr jerry avison the twentyfive minute trip skirted the areas of musscl mans l stouffville markham and claremont mrs benns was able to pin point various land marks along the route including her new home on the brock road she was accompanied by her daughter and grandson mrs benns was part of a family gathering that visited the goodwood airport on sunday when it was suggested thai she might embark on a sightseeing tour she readily accepted to travel by air had always been a longtime ambition lfsdy cyclist by motorist a scarboro lady northbound on the kennedy road near mil- liken was knocked from her bi cycle tuesday afternoon and re quired medical treatment mark ham twp police have charged wm porter 18 of oshawa with assault occasioning bodily harm according to officer pc clif ford cox porter is alleged lo have struck the cyclist a severe blow on the back when he reach ed out of the window from the passenger side uf the auto the accused has been released on his own bail he will appear in mag istrates court newmarket on aug 22nd markham twp girl wins dairy princess competition elizabeth barker 19 daught er of mr and mrs geo barker con 3 markham is the new dairy princess of york county the competition was held at the master feed farm no t high way last week she will now ad vance into further competition at the canadian national exhib ition miss barker is a denial nurse having completed a tenmonth course in toronto to graduate a year and a half ago she is em ployed in the town of richmond hill but resides on her parents farm west of victoria square mr barber is a breeder of pure bred ayrshires miss barker is a qualified holder of the honour since much of her life has been centred a- round junior farmer and jun ior institute work she has been a member of the unionville 1h club since the age of nine and holds a county and provincial honour pin she has completed fifteen units of club activities she is a member of the head- ford united church and sings in the choir in addition she teach es a primary sunday school class of fourteen children she was certainly thrilled with the award and were proud of her said mrs barker the winner was presented with a cheque for 52500 the runners- up each received 1500 the prize money was offered by the dairies of york county the or ganization expressed much ap- pteciation for the cooperation received at the master feed farm and for the work done by mr bob woolley of the surge milker co resignation denied markham twp council meet ing in regular session on tues day afternoon declined to ac cept the presented resignation of their assessor mr j a fleming in an accompanying lelter mr fleming informed the members that in accordance with a township bylaw it was automatic that an employee re tire on reaching 65 years the council passed a motion re questing the assesor retain his position at the same salary un til dec 31 st 1960 capt and mrs f oslerdahl and family rupert ave spent a few days at the cottage of mr and mrs clark smith graven- hurst regal beauty mr ida elson of stoufrvilie of her baker ave home al one stem alone ha- 22 woom wtty 1 was the subject of tn has reaon to be justly proua one point in the height of its a possible record although it many admiring glances fiom the beautiful rega liliy beauty the plant displayed a is now past i prime this loca townsfolk bloom that adorns the front total of 130 buds and flowers photograph would indicate x staff ihot