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grand lodge appointment pictured here on the right is wor bro morley symes stouffville as he received an appointment as grand stew ard making the grand lodge appointment official is m wor bro c m pitts grand mas ter who was in attendance for the centennial ceremonies of richardson masonic lodge stouffville ontario provincial police of the vandorf detachment are in tensifying their efforts to track down the persons involved in the theft of furniture and ap pliances from the store operated by mr bruce mclean cone 8 whitchurch south of bailan- trae the robbery one of the largest of its kind in the muni cipality was staged on sunday night or during the early hours of monday morning a number of suspects have been ques tioned the theft included articles ranging from s2s900 television sets to electric frying pans and toasters it is believed that a truck was used to transport the items from the building the total loss has been estimated in excess of 150000 entry was gained by forcing the front door scene robbery twin lambs in october an oddity in nature occurred on tiie property of dr f d mulholland 18th ave at cashel in markham township on tues day night when a suffolk type sheep gave birth to twin lambs the ewe had already given birth to twins in the spring the dorse breed is noted for its two and three family crops in a year but such an occur rence is most uncommon among the suffolk variety mother and babies are all well according to the owner turkeys to be given away this friday night shoppers to stouffville this friday evening are going to be in for an extra treat in addition to some snappy band music as entertainment they will have a charee to win a thanksgiving turkey each of the stores whose advertising has been appearing on the special yellow section of this newspaper is giving away a turkey on friday night if you havent already got a draw ticket in the drum at one of these stores get in today mike a purchase and you may have your thanksgiving fowl for free draws will take place from 7 to 9 pm friday night will be the last big shopping night before the thanksgiving holiday and the j main st merchants aic going to adrl a bit of real hoopdoedo to the evening there is abund- ant parking space to the rear of midtown garage rear of houstons block just a little fur- j their up church st at the iga mill st lot and the rear of the municipal bldg the cnr lot j is also open for parking negotiate for cashel block negotiations are nearing com pletion on the sale of 200 acres of farm land extending from peachs corners on cone 7 to cashel corners on cone 6 markham township included in the proposed purchase is the property of cameron kennedy and alfred smith the suggest ed new owner is a native of germany it is reported that he presently retains a large acre age in europe the kennedy family purchas ed the property seven years ago it was previously owned by the late geo hoover mr and mrs smitli have been residents of cashel for a number of years the farms have always been considered to be two of the best properties in the area although the purchase price has not been revealed it is considered to be well above the going rate of to days farm market offers mr earl lehman local shoe merchant is attending the can adian shoe retailers convention which is being held in montreal death galloway nellie elizabeth at the toronto east general hospital on sunday oct 2 i9 60 nellie elizabeth kelly in her 7sth year beloved wife of da vid a galloway dear mother of david toronto bert of whit by edward of scarborough mary and nellie galloway of toronto dear grandmother of darla mrs 1 milne of sear- borough resting at the sherrin funeral home s73 kingston rd at beech ave toronto service in the chapei tuesday at 130 pm interment stouff ville cemetery peakers advocate strengthening county planning and control the majority of speakers who addressed the planning work shop held it the york county building newmarket last week favored the strengthening of the countys hand in planning as well as in other fields of muni cipal government prof milner advocated that all areas le planned in order to prevent building in remote areas where services would be later requested he advocated greatly enlarged powers for county council in the field cf planning l j bucknell ward en of lincoln county also ad vocated the need for a county planning board he considered it would lead to a more uni form use of land mr pearson of the burling ton planning board advocated that county council should be the main control body fm- oil phases of municipal govcro- asked why the provincial gov- i ernment didnt produce a plan for the whole province he an- i swered tiiat such a plan would be considered too advanced for the present one of mr pearsons main points in support of county planning control was that at the county level industry com mercial and residential assess ment could be controlled panel speakers at the evening session also favored the county planning system anthony ad- amson of the university of to ronto would place all industry in the country away from resi dential areas j r sams reeve of waterdown advocated the county council system as an advisory board with the local boards continuing he suggested that development would not be as rapid for the next few years as has been- professor grant crawford of queen university put county council in about the same posi tion as the united nations he said that the county coun cil system was supposed to be finished twenty years ago but had continued and in his opin ion was doing a good job west ern canada he said had done away with the county system some 50 years ago but were re turning on a stronger basis he suggested that the county take over all municipal councils and all services except educa tion mr brenan of markham twp said that he thought any planning board adopting any such plan would be committing harikari it appeared that while there was some support for the coun ty planning system any taking over with wide powers was quite remote for the present stouftville planning board was represented by a g thom pson foiiffufl vol 72 no is the tribune stouffville ontario thursday octobkr 6 i960 kightekn pages a dogs life- officer display tooth marks of his trade businessmens association reorganized on tuesday mr harry ashton pickering townships bylaw enforcement officer displayed the tooth marks of his trade at a regular meeting of council at broug ham on monday night lifting his right foot he produced con vincing evidence of a wellgnaw ed pantleg he informed the members that the incident had occurred while he was attempt ing to convince a lady resident ratepayer that her dog was il legally running at large all the while the animal was chew ing on my ankle he said the council sought the ad vice of the officer concerning the operation of the dog pound after a complaint was received from mrs jean l mcpherson former township councillor and deputyreeve we have only two problems with dogs stated mr ashton the ones you pick up and the ones you dont driver fined 200 one of the heaviest fines ever handed down in newmarket court on an impaired driving charge was levied against a 47 year old aurora man by magis trate o s hollinrakc- on mon day wm ross avis arrested by p c hugh vankoughnet of stouftville was fined s200 plus costs of 1110 in addition he was also fined 1000 and costs for having beer in an illegal place pc vankoughnet spotted the car on main street he later halted the auto on 9th cone north avis was taken to but- tonville and lodged in the mark ham township jail he appear ed before magistrate hollinrakc on monday morning shoot race horse on track at markham fair at a dinner meeting on tues day evening attended by some fifty businessmen in stouffville the local businessmens asso ciation was reborn a commit tee of fifteen was named by the meeting to act as the executive body and r indicated that they would be glad to act at a meet ing of this committee following the dinner function harold thurston was elected as chair man len wilkes as secretary and lloyd weldon as treasurer the dinner meeting was chair- ed by harold thurston and the speaker col f j picking pres ident of the yonge st business professional mens associa tion richmond hill was intro duced by c h nolan col picking who is a former newspaper man now in the re tail business sioke of shopping centres and how a town such as stouffville can meet this opposi tion he also touched on other aspects of bringing and holding trade in town chairman harold thurston spoke on the need for a business organization for businessmen to act together and he urged those present to act in forming an organization it s n ail i two riders were taken to the scarboro hospital and one horse had to be destroyed following a wild pileup during the second heat of the freeforall race at markham fair on saturday af ternoon a prize mare owned by wallace west of scarboro was ordered shot on the track both front legs were broken sgt chester gilliatt of mark ham village police dept was one of hundreds of spectators who witnessed the accident stouffville veterinarian dr ron smith was also on the grounds he administered shots to deaden the pain the horses were rounding the back stretch when two riders were suddenly tossed from their mounts and one animal went down in the melee that followed a third horse became involved and it too plummetted to the track it had to be de stroyed but its rider escaped in jury two other jockeys suf fered only superficial cuts and bruises brake blowout does not impress court magistrate magistrate n p kelley was unimpressed by a toronto truck drivers story that a blowout in the master cylinder of his loaded vehicle had been respon sible for a serious accident on the don mills road vincenzo cappana 31 was fined 20 and 18 costs in buttonville traffic court on friday morning markham twp police con stable john mecague stated that the cappana vehicle had appar ently rammed into the roar of a stationary truck driven by morley john peters of agin- court no skid marks were vis ible on the pavement cappana in his defence said that his brake pedal was push ed down to the floor boards he said that he would have tried to avoid the crash but a car was theft brings suspended sentence magistrate o s hollinrakc placed two teenage youths on six months suspended sentence when they appeared in new market court on friday on a charge of theft of hub caps allister james gordon 19 and john clapham 18 were charged by pc doug tribhling of mar kham twp with the theft of automobile hub caps from un- ionville pc trihbling stated that the youths were arrested four min utes after the theft had occur red gordon presented the po lice with a signed statement re vealing that he went out for a drive to see what he could steal gordons father testified that the two boys had been in no previous trouble magistrate hollinrakc said he would place the youths on a suspended sentence to see if you young men can prove that this was just a foolish prank he warned them that if they were brought back within the six month period they would be sentenced fined 2000 camon titus of rr 3 wood- bridge was fined 20 and costs when he appeared in newmar ket court on monday to answer a charge of disturbing the peace at victoria square on sept 13 ellas elliott of gormley rr 1 testified that titus had followed his truck down the don mills road on several occasions ei liott said he pulled over to the side of the road to let him pass finally i puled off on the shoulder and titus mopped be hind me he said he yelled and used obscene language and i thought he was going to strike me he concluded pinked on the shoulder of the road i thought it best to hit the truck because it was lar ger he said no man in his right mind would hit another truck with out just cause stated the soli citor for the accused mr a c finklestine he look his life in his own hands he said sgt wm siiearn stated that the defendant had plenty of time in which to avoid the collision i feel that he was not watch ing he said in registering the conviction magistrate kelley said that the driver of a loaded vehicle must realize the importance of his position b9i grant wells of stouffville was one of the two top plowmen in the annual canadian champion ship contest held last thursday and friday at macdonald college st anne de bellevue quebec in first place was wil liam dixon ot brampton who will become eligible for the esso worldwide plan for an ex pensepaid trip to the 9th world ploughing match in france in 1961 this was the first time this canadian championship match had been held outside of ontario only one winner from a province is eligible for the overseas trip competing were two contest ants from each of the provinces of british columbia manitoba ontario quebec new bruns wick prince edward island and nova scotia they represented the best from the atlantic to the pacific the canadian contest is or ganized by the canadian plow ing council the council was formed in 1955 when it became obvious that a national organi zation was needed to ensure the canadian entrants in the world plowing matches were truly representative and were the best that canada could send the council was also estab lished to stimulate interest in the proper adjustment and effi cient use of plows and other implements it also works to keep before the people of can ada the fact that the plow is the basic instrument in food production and as such is a sym bol of peace and goodwill left for koine bob timbers of stouffville and allen hammond of lachute que left by air from montreal on saturday night to compete ion in this years world match out side rome italy coach hubert avery of brockville was also along n york plowing match the annual north york plow ing match will be held this fri day on the farm of harry walk er lot 1 con 3 east gwillim- bury 2 miles east of newmark et in addition to the regular list of competitions a queen of the furrow will be chosen to represent north york at the international match coming up next week south of london president of the north york association is harold botham with art mitchel and bob tim- bers 1st and 2nd vice the sec retary is allin balsdon santa claus parade it may still be indian sum mer but stouffville business mens association has set sat urday dec 3 as the date for this years santa claus par ade the reorganization of the businessmen on tuesday night bids fair to promoting this years parade in the big gest and best display ever staged the executive committee is meeting next week to map out committees and plan this christmas promotion birth wins latcham trophy len haylow of stouffville was awarded the arthur latch am trophy in a recent 36 hole tournament staged at the mark ham golf and country club the majority of members took part including the club cham pion mr roy bainbridgc he placed second mr haylow counted a 73 on the first eighteen holes and a 70 on the second eighteen the official presentation will be made on saturday oct 15th the yakeley shoot steer ravaged by dog pack at aaiiliken an officer of the markham twp police dept was forced to shoot a 500 pound holstein steer monday night after it had been ravaged by a pack of marauding dogs on the property of howard fairly steeles ave eleven other steers in the fairly herd crazed from fright had fled from the pasture field but were recovered on tuesday some three miles distant from the farm mr fairly told the tribune that the injured animal had been viciously hitten and torn although still alive it had to be destroyed dog tracks were plainly visible at the scene using the dead steer as bait the owner and some neighbours armed with shot guns stood watch over the area on wednes day night but the dogs failed to return windsor bob and terry are happy to announce the ar rival of their daughter on sep tember 27 1960 a sister for michael special thanks to dr mitchel ninetieth birthday on sunday october family of mr chris gathered to honour him on the occasion of his ninetieth birth day those attending included mr and mrs albert yakeley and darryl of osiiawa mr and mrs norman yakeley of whit by mr and mrs gordon yake ley and paul mr and mrs herb yakeley richard and ar- lene miss elva yakeley and mr mcrvyn degeer mr wm broad and mr alfred yakeley who will celebrate his eightyninth birthday shortly three other grandchildren were not present glenn and neil of osiiawa road flagmen often incompetent solicitor solicitor t a m ilulse of aurora charged in buttonville traffic court on friday morn ing that highway construction flagmen were often incompetent to handle traffic he suggested that such personnel would tend to confuse rather than assist the drivers of loaded gravel trucks mr hulse spoke in de- icnse of his client mr elvie gourley of zephyr on july 8th a truck driven by mr gourley and owned by the stouffville sand and gravel co backed in to the front of a southbound car driven by mr allan ross harper of mount albert the solicitor pointed out that the truck driver was only following the signals of a flagman locat ed on a new portion of no 18 highway two miles north of markham village these flagmen are some times very confusing stated mr hulse what is a driver to do asked the solicitor he questioned under what authori zation the signalmen were em powered to direct highway traf fic we must soon decide what authority these flagmen have he continued at the present time a driver must obey them or face a charge under the traffic act sgt wm shearn of the mark ham twp police stated that the truck driver had not used suffi cient care he must use cau tion even if the signal was giv en by a police officer he said pc donald dukes told the court that the defendant had a good driving record he recom mended that mr gourleys lic ense should not be suspended magistrate n p kelley levied a fine of 1500 plus 1100 costs new parish hal the congregation of christ villc have pledged wjq new parish hall on sunset of sfouffvute has the con- jl tract work on the project is cnurch anglican of stouff- towards the construction of a boulevard bctz construction expected to begin this fall