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5 ou vol 72 no 16 the tribune stoukfvujji ontario thursday september 22 i960 fourteen pages oxbridge trailer residents stand firm against twp councils eviction bylaw ask permission to stay winter this luxurious mobile home the municipality within a per- once could constitute a sor- cis is situated on the herb located in the township oi-ux- iod of sixty days although ious financial burden on school uill property east of cone 6 bridge is one of a number valued in excess of s7000 the sections this trailer owned that have teen ordered out of council fears that their pies- by mr and mrs john fran malt 1 nolo to begin widening biooitsiiiqton corner mrs peggy francis and son paul 3 are pictured here in their clean compact trailer kitchen the owners plan to appeal to council for an ex tension of time in order that they might remain in the township until spring the survey has been complet ed by whitchurch township with the assistance of highway dept engineers on the bloom- ington corner this particular in tersection has been a death trap now for some years because of the blind corners and has al ready taken a number of lives work is to begin this year on reducing the banks which ob scure the view and the fill pro vided by cutting down the corn ers will be used to fill the valley in the road some five hundred feet to the north of the intersect ion cars in this short valley are not visible by motorists proceed ing east and west on the side- road a number of trees are also to be removed at the corners work will ik done on all corners with the exception of the south east lions club stouflville lions club are asking for a big turnout this thursday night in support of their service work in town the club is holding a monster bingo in the stouflville ar ena starting at 830 pm admission will be si which will entitle customers to 20 bingo games in addition there will be three sliarethc- wealtli games and a free game as well as a 100 jack pot hydro gives out council approves third officer for police force 4- yeaoid a drop in voltage and a blown fuse caused a stoppage in the stouffville reservoir pumping system on saturday night re sulting in the serious pressure drop by sunday morning the break could not have occurred at a worse time since the town is depending on the one reservoir while the new one is being con structed so great is ihe draw on the water supply due to the towns growth that the one reservoir was virtually emptied over night with the pump not operating commission secretary elmer daniels and his workmen were on the scene early sunday morn ing and were able to put the pump in operation immediately however the amount of air which had been allowed to enter the mains was so great that it required all day to work this air lock out of the iincs various hydrants were opened in town in order to flush out the air which had accumulated the reservoir was soon refilled once the pump was again in operation barring had weather the new reservoir which will hold a half million gallons should be ready in a couple of weeks once this new storage capacity is ready it is estimated that a water supply can be maintained for forty- eight hours without pumping 25 for speeding mr dennis davies fairvie ave has been acquired as 1 j third officer on the stoultviile police department the appoint- 1 ment was approved by council j at a regular meeting on thurs day night the issue was intro- j duced by councillor wra par sons chairman of the police committee pc havies will be employed on a trial basis for t three month period he will be i on regular duty during week- ends and on special occasions his status will be reviewed by the ipil council constable da- 1 v 1 had previously served in a dct ichment with the ontario provincial police councillor kenneth laushway j suggested that it was unjus- 1 siblc to ep tvv 0 t ei s to be on call for z hours a day seven days 1 week he contended that the village of markham had a total of five men en their force lint was not too much las ret days coming to them he noted that they were often on duty during all hours of the night and then attended court the fol lowing morning he suggested that one policeman for every 1000 residents was usually con sidered to be a proper balance in supporting the motion he pointed out that the matter could be reviewed again by the council of 19fl at least they will have something to act on lie said i feel he should be given a fair trial agreed reeve leh man i councillor parsons p out that the chi is approaching and the two per marcnt officers still had noli- council has agreed that mr walter smith should retain the towns snowplowing contract if his price rcas nawe the members praised mi smiths work last wintorin spite of an extremely difficult season the matter was discussed brief ly at a regular meeting thurs day night a new wing will be instance on the sanding operations will be handled by the towns road department em ployees lie escapes injury a four year old boy suffered only cuts and bruises when he darted across the don mills rd into the midst of heavy sunday afternoon traffic and was knock ed to the pavement when hit by a slowmoving ear andre tooley son of mr and mrs bruce tooley milliken rr 1 was removed to the scaihoro general hospital by pc ciif- ford cox in a markham town- i ship cruiser the auto was driven by brian wesley waid 26 of scuboro a scarboro physician was one of the first on the scene and he 1 rendered medical treatment to the injured lad xo bones were broken the accident was inves tigated by pc doug tribbhrg stoultviile girls will play bar- rie on friday night at s oclock in the third game of the group playoffs a downsview driver lost out in a verbal debate with a markham township police sergeant in buttonville traffic court on fri day morning and was fined s25 plus costs or seven days david brown was charged with driv ing 75 miles per hour in a so mile zone on no 7 highway evidence was presented by sgt boh hood sgt hood informed the court that he followed the accused for a distance of 1 2 miles at speeds reaching 82 miles per hour the incident occurred al 1010 pm on the evening of aug 17th the officer stated that there was ap proximately 100 feet between his cruiser and the defendants car when he look a speedometer reading on the stand brown denied that he had attained such speeds he contended that at over 80 miles per hour both he and the officer would have cov ered a greater distance on the highway its just not feas ible he said he produced a signed statement as to a correct speedometer reading magistrate a d barron of kitchener suggested that in hearing conflicting evidence he was prone to accept the state ment of an unbiased police offi cer hut im under oath inter rupted the defendant so is the officer declared the magistrate magistrate bar ron informed the accused that he could appeal the sentence if he so wished he advised the de fendant to acquire the services of a lawyer couple win husimndwiie tourney mr and mrs ernie abraham of stouffville captured the roy bainbridge married couples trophy in a successful husband and vvife golf tournament held at the mongolia course on sat- urday they lopped more than thirty entries with a nine hole j net score of 3s two other stouffville couples were runncrsup mr and mrs i the receipt of sixtyday evic- tion notices sent out from the clerks office at goodwood by i order of uxbridge township council in accordance with j their bylaw has aroused mixed feelings among trailer residents living within the municipality three of the parties were con tacted personally by the tribune last week one other had al ready taken steps to vacate their temporary premises the council has threatened the pro perty owners with possiblecourt action if they fail to adhere to the conditions of their bylaw two of the trailers are mobile homes one on the property of j mr herb hill southwest of uxbridge town another is lo cated on the russell albright farm between concessions 5 and g a less costly trailer dwelling is on the site of jones wrecking yard cone 4 a simi lar structure is situated near the uxbridge towntownship boundary should pay our way i feel it is wrong for us lo send children to school and ex pect the rest of the community to shoulder the cost agreed mr john francis a mobile home resident under the town ships present taxation system the structure is not assessable and therefore pays nothing to ward school expenditures mr francis told the tribune that they would gladly pay a set fee on a monthly basis if the council were favourable mr and mrs francis have one child paul 3 they are expecting an other in october i dont want to stay where im not wanted he said un employed after a mass layoff at the elliott lake mines mr francis has been searching for work since that time he is a qualified electrician by trade he and his vvife peggy express ed hope that they might be per mitted to reside in their trailer through the winter months they plan to present their re quest in person at a meeting of council nol fil for dogs mr francis suggested that they could possibly move to a trailer camp at whitby or cooksville but the sites were presently booked solid both shunned the idea i wouldnt want to raise a dog under those conditions he said he noted that their home equalled or bettered the majority of per manent residences in the area ho pointed out that recent ad verse publicity concerning trail ers in the town of uxbridge had not helped their plight most people have the idea that we live like gypsies like animals said mrs francis but its not true mr francis said that he had invited the members of council to inspect the premises hut none had ac cepted the majority are sur prised when they see the in terior he said the mobile home carries a price tag in ex cess of 37000 they are quite popular in the united states according to the owner eight million people live in them he noted over a barrel the council has us over a barrel mr francis admitted the trailer was placed on the herb hill property in october the couple md heir son have j made it a permanent dwelling since may of this year mr francis and mr hill became ac- j quainted while they both were employed at elliott lake he advised that it was ridiculous for individuals to become anger- 1 ed with lla- councils action on i the matter they only gel their j backs up he said mr and mrs francis are still paying foi their trailer it has been winterized id like to have an opportunity to get back on my feet he stated he pointed out that he had once believed the council members would favour a set monthly fee j i dont know why they changed their minds he said their home is served by elec tricity and hot and cold water it has met the approval of the sanitary inspector kecd letter fri the letter from the clerks office was received by mrs hill on friday the sixtyday dead line would fall due in the mid dle of november id like to stay uhtifipring said mrs francis she said that she had already marie arrangements at the uxbridge cottage hospital for the birth of their second child im hoping for a girl she said the owners readily consented to an informal in spection of their mobile resi dence it was spotlessly clean and surprisingly compact can make first move mr russell albright a prop erty owner between concessions 5 and 6 expressed extreme re sentment at councils trailer ban a luxurious mobile home is located on the albright farm it is the residence of their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs richard colwell mr and mrs colwell have three chil dren malcolm 8 murray 6 and marie 5 malcolm and murray attend thti pine grove public school the council has no right to say where a man can live charged mr albright t own the property he continued let them make the first move ill fight it in court if i have to he said the trailer stays he concluded he agreed that one or two trustees on the pine grove school board had taken exception to their grandchild rens attendance they cant stop them he said mrs al bright pointed out that the 40- foot trailer had cost consider able money she suggested that mr colwell would he unable to reclaim his investment temporary dwelling mr ralph ellig ihe tenant in a small trailer at the location of ihe jones auto wrecking yard cone 4 told the tribune that he hoped to remain in the temporary dwelling during the winter clifford jones sr the owner plans to erect a perma nent home on the site we wanted to see how our business would go said mr ellig the trailer is not served by either hydro or water facilities plan to move mr and mrs p henley resi dents in a small trailer on the properly of mr daniel obcirn west of the uxbridge town boun dary have already made plans to move they have acquired an apartment in the village st james presbyterians to mark 100 years the congregation of st james presbyterian church in stouff ville will mark the 100th anni versary this sunday taking part in the special services at 11 and 730 will be three former ministers rev james dickson dd kev w h fuller ba and rev d r mckillican ba bd the present presbyterian church building was erected in 1801 during the pastorate of the late rev h e reid however the beginning of the denomina tion in stoultviile goes back for one hundred years when rep resentations were first made to the presbytery in toronto and arrangements were made for students to supply in stouff ville for several years services were held at various times in two temperance halls and in 18g3 a frame building was erected on the present church site and dedicated in connec tion with the church of scot land in canada the names of the late messrs james johnson antl hector urquhart appear as prominent workers at that time as well as the late j j rae stoultviile with markham form ed one pastoral charge until 1878 and the late james car- michael was pastor from 1s70 to 187s during his pastorate the sun day school was organized and the free church and scotch church united after the union with markham was dissolved stouffville became a home mis sion station under student sup ply the late prof campbell of montreal prof bairri of winni peg and prof thomson of tor onto all gave service here in student days prominent among the pastors within the last fifty years wer the late rev john mutch rev jas wilson rev root youngp rev r barber and rev j wflv son very recently improvement have been made to the exterio of the building with the erefj tion of two new concrete ent rances and service announced ment calendar improvements have also been made to the in terior and a counle of years ago a new pipe organ was installed the present pastor is rev gor don hamill who came here from durham early this year j engagements mr and mrs walter down ing of oak ridges wish to an nounce the engagement of their daughter joyce patricia to earl frederick hoover son of mr george hoover and the late mr george hoover stoultviile the wedding to take place october 8 1960 mr and mrs vernon hamil ton r r 6 belleville wish to announce the engagement of their daughter sheila helen to mr grant frederick fafroj son of mr and mrs alfred par- rott ashburn wedding is to take place in bethany united church rr 6 belleville 05 saturday october s at 2 oelocfc mr and mrs marshall dennis aurora announce the engage ment of their daughter gwen- ith nannette to mr grant ed ward hill son of mr and mrs morgan hill rr 3 claremont the wedding to take place in aurora united church satur day october 15 1900 at 3 pm erchants launch big iday turkey draw nearly a dozen thanksgiving turkeys are 10 be given away by f the main st merchants whose ads appear in the special colored i section of this issue of the tri- j bune the draws for all the tur keys will take place on friday j oct 7th between 7 and 9 pm its easy to get a chance on your holiday fowl all you have lo do is to sign a coupon provid ed in one of the participating stores the more purchases you make in these stores in the next three weeks the more coupon chances you can have on the prizes therell be a lucky draw in each store follow the band to j the stores with the turkey draws and plan your shopping from the yellow pages of the trio- line ken laushway and mr and mrs ted topping had net scores of 3 mr and mrs laushway were runnersup in the tourney j last year it was won at that j urns by a toronto pair benefit gome sot night mount inn will meet clare- monl miller tin lights in the claremont park on saturday night at eight oclock in an ex hibition rrfit game the proceeds will he donated to tin coach of tin claremont club who suffered a serious accident in a recent contest mr dark ie wa- struck a severe hlov on the face by a uild pitch while standing in the first base coaching box a number of his teeth were cither loosened or broken off mr kemiir has brcn an en- thusjaslie promoter of sol ball in the community both as a coarh and as president of the eight team league honoured mr garnet markham was a special p week on ihe williamson of honoured with scntation last xxasion of his appointment to the office of grand steward of the grand lodge of canada he is pk- lured he beside a beautiful ly carved ionic column one ot three presented to th markham masonic lodge the product of mr williamsons own craftsmanship mr williamson is a past master of markham union ixlge has been a mason forty years and i a member ol the scottish rite