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rikiiit vol 73 no 34 the tribune stouffviixe ontario thursday january 25 1962 twelve pages want police chief named for next council meeting stouffville municipal council theres too much friction be- police committee councillors oar lehman and bud spang have been requested to bring forward their recommendation for the naming of a police chief at the next meeting of council this decision arose out of a long discussion at thursday nights meeting when councillor parsons repealed various reas ons why he would not stand as a member of the police commit tee for 1962 councillor lehman who has accepted the chairmanship of the committee said he agreed vith many of councillor par sons complaints but would like the matter of the cruiser going to fires to be settled whats the good of dealing with one little item on police when there must be a doen raid deputyreeve ken laush- way lets either have a spe cial meeting to discuss the whole situation or do it now he said questioned by public councillor parsons said that when it was revealed in the press that he would not stand as a member of the committee this year people in town wanted to know why he said that for one thing he didnt think stouffville officers should be required to police out side of town there are other forces there for that purpose ill admit officers must use a certain amount of discretion but as far as im concerned this matter of going out of town has been abused as well as the use of force he said theres got to be some administration to this police force whose orders aie going to be observed said mr parsons i dont think the ratepayers are getting value for their money constable vankoughnet is the senior officer and should be sergeant although this is rather a debatable title and the author ity of the police committee is dubious too continued coun cillor parsons there needs to be somebody to lay down some rules that are going to be ob served easy job this is one of the easiest places in the country to police tween the officers its the old story of too many chiefs and not enough indians he said i didnt know there was any trouble until i got in here said reeve timbers theres got to be a cause for everything and were going to find out what it is and try and correct it se said as far as im concerned the town has been well policed for the last two years but ill agiee its time one of the men was made sergeant said councillor lehman do you think a couple of tripes is going to make any difference replied councillor parsons certainly there has to be a boss in a police department and our senior officer is the logical man said councillor spang the trouble is wee got 3 chiefs said deputyieeve lau- shway im going to lecom- mend to the committee that they come to the next meeting piepaied to recommend who is to be chief or sergeant but one boss whatever the recommen dations we want to wipe the slate clean of these police mat ters once and for all he con cluded well i think its entiiely wrong to tell the men they have to stop chasing a robber at the edge of town i dont care if they have to go 20 miles to catch him its foolish too to say they cant go to an accident just out side of town it might be one of our own citizens who is hurt these are silly things and they shouldnt even be discussed here commented reeve tim bers will go to fires council did settle the matter of the police going with the bri gade to outside fires with dep utyreeve laushway demanding that the decision be placed in writing councillor lehman said the fire chief says its an asset to have the police go along and if doesnt matter to them he said council agreed that the cruis er should accompany the bri gade and that if there was no emergency at the scfne they should then return home growing community making big demands on local library the last roundup next tuesday jan 30th will cancellation will maik the end mark the conclusion of all of an era that has extended cnr passenger train service over a peiiod of moie than 75 to and fiom stouffville the years as of this date a night passenger train will come only as far as maikham and will leturn on the same eve ning pictured heie a diesel passenger unit piepares to pull out of the stouffville de pot after jan 30th none will letcrn staff photo driver halted by shots fined 115 and loses license a police chase that started on the main street in stouffville and was finally ended after the officer fired four warning shots into the air and one bullet into the trunk was revealed before magistrate r a pearse in rich mond hill court on fi iday mor ning pc harry heatherington of stouffville said that he pur sued an castbound auto at 1 am on dec 10th at speeds up to 65 miles per hour within the village limits then clocked the car at 75 to 80 miles per hour on no 47 highway clement jack frazer toronto street ux- biidge was charged with speed ing at 45 mph in a 30 mile zone and with careless driving the driver was fined s1500 and costs on the first count and s10000 and cost on the second charge in addition his license was sus pended for six months the accused drew a rather sharp rebuttal from the magis- tiate when he suggested that the stouffville officer had no au thority to chase his car outside the boundary of the town mag istrate peixse informed the ac cused that an officers jurisdic tion covered the entire province he contended that the drivers action could have warranted an even more serious charge pc heatherington said that it was snowing on the night in question and visibility was poor he said that the highway was slippery and frazcrs car sway rd badly while rounding a sharp curve at lincolnville he said that the dome light was flash ing on the cruiser he described how he fired four warning shots into the air and finally lodged one bullet in the key lock of the trunk he said that a girl friend passenger was asleep in the front seat of the auto magistrate pcarsc indicated that the officer had done every thing in his power to stop the speeding car and that the driver had shown little concern for cither the constable or his ac companying occupant the ve hicle did not belong to the ac cused convicted on charge of concealed weapon a stouffville man was convict ed in magistrates court rich mond hill on tuesday on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon and was lemanded one week in custody for sentence harry hilts main street the father of six was charged by the stouffville police depait- ment last week after they an swered a call on a domestic com plaint two other charges including resisting arrest and escaping custody were withdrawn the accused will reappear in court on jan 31st magistrate r a pearse heard the ease prescntcncc report cecil hackney of markham was remanded in custody for one week to await a pre sentence report when he pleaded guilty before magistrate r a pearse to a charge of theft a sum of 10 was taken from the home of wm dedlow main street stouffville while the owner was absent from the premises council to consider employee pension plan mr colbourn representing the london life assurance co ap peared before stouffville muni cipal council thursday evening and requested councils consid eration of a pension plan for the employees councillor lehman said such a plan had been considered a couple of years ago but no fur ther action had been taken deputyreeve laushway stat ed that while he was not eligible to participate in any business with the municipality he thought it advisable to request similar plans from the other life insurance agents in town if jou dont he said theyll be in here at the next meeting and will only prolong the matte- council agreed to this sugges- more information asked on firemen requisition chaiiman bud spang of the stouffville municipal council pioperty committee must meet with the local fue bngade in order to get more mfoimation regarding a requisition which he presented to council thurs day night for over 1100 in new equipment council did not act on the requisition as the committee did not lecommend approval and councillor parsons voiced immediate objection as he con tended we have no proof that these items are really needed i think this report should be gone oexverycaref ully i thought wed bought all the hose we needed has it deteriorated he said deputyreeve laushway the other member of the committee stated that the firemen wanted the additional hose so that they would have another set of hose ready immediately when they returned fiom a country fire with their hose lines frozen up they have had to go out on a second call before any time elapsed to thaw out hose lines the list of requirements in cluded hose a blower to assist in entering smokefilled prem ises a saw for cutting through walls or roofs and a number of other items i want to know if these things are to be an asset or just put away and little used gentlemen we dont just pass requests from committees like this its still a third of a mill and is it necessary councillor spang said he had been informed by the firemen that the additional hose would bring the supply up to 1200 feet as lequiied by the fire under writers councillor laushway stated that council had lifted the fire equipment from practically nothing a few years ago and the brigade was only trying to improve their equipment stan dard by the request reeve timbers agieed that the proper procedure was for the committee to meet the bri gade and ascertain definitely what was actually needed coun cil agreed that the committee should report further at the next meeting service appreciated council was in receipt of a cheque for 196 from the town of uxbridgc- for the services of the fire brigade in fighting a recent fue there on the main st attached was a letter from ux- bridge council expressing appre ciation for the excellent service rendered by the stoufrville bri gade in this instance young man badly burned when gas poured into stove a young marknam man suf fered severe burns over 40 per cent of his body on wednesday night of last week when he mistakenly poured a quantity of naphtha gas into a stove at cedarena in cedar grove mr john reesor markham rri was enveloped by the flash fiie and explosion that followed two companions john anthony and fred carter helped beat out the flames as the victim ran from the frame rink en closure and threw himself in thesnowrhe was takentjycar to the maikham medical centre for first aid treatment and later rushed to the scarboro gen eral hospital he is reported to be making good progress markham minister going to newmarket rev norman pick who has been the minister at st and rews united church markham for the past five years has ac cepted a call to trinity united church xcwmarkct and will be leaving in june he was chairman of york presbytery last year at the present time trinity united has a temporary minister rev fred smith who was also at markham at one time the victim an enthusiastic hockey player had aquired the ice at cedarena for an open air practice session with a few of his friends in the community before leaving the building to join his companions outside he decided to sprinkle some coaloil on the slowburning stove fire he picked up the wrong can that contained naph tha a highly inflammable liquid he was able to protect his face with his hands but his legs and back were badly burned damage to the enclou- suie was slight in his more active years of hockey competition he played with peachs in thl king clancy and community league ranks only recently he moved into a new bungalow residence on no 7 highway near cone 10 markham he is married and the father of one son for a number of years he has been emploved as a truck driver with bill hood imperial agent at buttonvillc mr reesors progress is expected to be more rapid now that he can contain some nour ishment on tuesday he was granted permission by hospital authorities to read in bed he is still confined to an isolation ward but will be transferred in a few days as his recovery trend continues 20000 budget authorized for town streets the department of highways has advised stouffville munici- pal council that they are pre paied to pay subsidy this year on an expenditure of 20000 for road work of this amount 5000 would be for construction and 15000 for maintenance last year stouffville had ap proved a supplementary budget for rebuilding and paving a number of streets in town the amount on which the depart ment will pay subsidy for 1961 part of which has already been paid is 79345 it is estimated that 17800 will finish the final coat of asphalt paving this spring this will bring the total cost of the project to very close to the actual figure estimated by the engineers reeve tim bers commented that the report timber treed then freed by firemen timber a 4monthoid kit ten had to be rescued from the top of a forty foot maple tree by two members of the stouffville fire brigade on sun day afternoon its ow ner mrs shirley han sen missed the house pet early in the morning several hours later she saw it cling ing to its lofty perch brigade member geo wil son had to employ the use of the units extension ladder in order to reach the animal he was assisted in his task by fred castle sirs hansen praised the prompt action by firemen timber appeared to suffer no ill effects from its lengthy exposure to the elements stouffville public library is feeling the pinch for accommo dation in trying to provide ser vice for this growing commun ity at the annual meeting of the 1962 library board the imper ative need for accommodation both for new books and a read ing room was thoroughly dis cussed the oiiginal committee which saw the great benefits of accept ing the start offeied by the car negie foundation to get the lib rary established here had great vision and courage the present building erected and equipped over 25 ears ago lias served the community well since that dav the population has trebled it was pointed out at the in augural meeting that the child ren of both public and high schools weie using the library extensively they required room where under supervision they can read and study the reference books which should not leave the library there are lequests for the foimation of a childiens hour devoted to the art of stoiy telling and volunteers have offered their services there are no adequate facilities for this type of service at the annual meeting rev douglas davis was elected the chaii man of the board and miss anne lehman secretarytreas the book committee is mrs g sisco mrs r stapley and mr g foord and the secretary property committee is mr e daniels and mr davis appreciation was expressed to mrs geo thomas librarian who has rendeied valuable service in this capacity many favorable comments have been received from the public who use the library facilities and benefit from her keen interest in sup plying the varied tequcsts the board purchased about 500 new books in 1961 and dis carded 314 the overall circula tion during the year was 15200 the juveniles used over 6000 books and students used 17s reference books every four months a supply of books is re ceived from the travelling lib rary books that are not stocked and these aie found to be in great demand the world book encyclopedia iccently purch ased has also proved very pop ular the library provides a wide variety of magazines besides a wealth of material sent in by government departments gifts of books were gratefully ac knowledged fiom the richard son century fund of winnipeg as well as from local citizens the list of new books that are procuied are reported periodic ally in the tribune christmas tree theft brings 100 fine the theft of two trees from the reforestation property jit cone 6 whitchurch township cost a toronto man 100 and costs before magistrate r a pearse in newmarket court gauy biooks 22 was caught redhanded by a township of ficer a chaige of theft was laid by the vandorf detach ment of the ontario provincial police the incident occured in dec ember and it was presumed that the accused wanted the trees for christmas showed exceptionally good fin ancing lot sale completed clerk ralph corner reported to council that he had received the final payment of the 6500 received by the town from st james presbyterian church for two park lots on maytree ave the minister of municipal af fairs had given permission to sell the property the money from which can only be used to buy additional or other park land mr and more than 200 attend official opening of anglican church hall tion and mr colbourn was ask ed to make his own contacts with the employees a to whe ther or not they would be inter ested in a pension stouffville not invited m a r k ha m and vaughan townships along with wood- bridge richmond hill and markham village are endea voring to establish a little metro to coordinate services and other facilities as much as possible fear has been express ed many times for the possible encroachment of metro toronto on these municipalities and the hope is that by standing to gether they may better combat such a move when the report of the latest meeting held by the group was submitted at mirkham town- ship council this week the ques tion was asked why stouff ville was not included but there was no reply a very special occasion in the life of the stouffville anglican church congregation was mark ed on wednesday evening jan 17th when the new 40000 christ church hall was official ly opened more thaii 200 mem bers municipal representatives and guests were in attendance the ceremony was in charge of right reverend f h wilkin son lord bishop of the diocese of toronto the event marked the culmin ation of a building project that was started with a sodturning in june 1961 among the hon oured guests was rev j d til ler one of the initial promoters of the building program and who during his pastorship in stouffville laid the ground work for the construction cam paign other guest visitors in cludedarchdeacon h d cle- vcrdon mrs j c stone daugh ter of rev a h wright the church rector in 1908 and miss elizabeth foote a former or ganist and a member of the congregation for more than 60 years reeve win timbers and plan tree planting fit the westend it will soon be budget time snd i think we should be giving some consideration to replant ing some trees at the westend of town said councillor wil ham parsons chairman of fin ance at the regular meeting of stouffville municipal council last week councillor lehman said that council had agreed to this at the time the trees were removed for highway widening deputy- reeve laushway said he had talked to some of the home own ers who were willing to have trees planted on their properties the horticultural society has been planting new trees each james smith passes suddenly in 66th year on monday jan 22nd jim smith a well known highly respected lifelong resi dent of the stouffville commun ity passed away suddenly at his home on 42 park drive he was in his 66th year born in whitchurch township the son of the late frederick smith he opeiated a farm for many years at ringwood he had lived in stouffville for the past six months he was identi fied with the stouffville united missionaiy church besides his wife the former lillian pearl rye the deceased is survived by two sons ernest of mount albert russell stouff ville r r 4 and two daugh ters pauline mrs edward jones of bowmanville and lor raine mrs geo peagam of mount albert one brother roy lives at bethesda and a sister mrs roy nelson resides at gormley mr smith was stricken while visiting at his sons farm at ringwood although he was re turned home he failed to rally the funeral service will be held in the united missionary chu rch stouffville on thursday afternoon today at 2 pm with interment in heise hill cemetery rev a walsh and a critical of councils action on drainage councillor wm parsons was highly ciitical of councils ac tion of not closing a deal with the owners of the a e booth farm regarding the widening of the creek which comes south from the highway and crosses the booth property on college st the department of highways is giving consideration to the improvement of the water coutse which crosses under the highway and has asked that the town negotiate a wider course south on the booth property this is a small creek which has always traversed the property but which is very narrow and shallow in places i thought this matter was urgent i understood the own ers were to come to the clerks office between christmas and new years and i havent heard a thing about what happened said mr parsons clerk ralph corner advised that he was awaiting some word from the owners solicifor but had heard nothing and he did not know who the solicitor was it seems to me if this mat ter was so urgent something should have been moving on it before now council doesnt even know who the solicitor is it looks as if council is stalling contended councillor parsons deputyreeve laushway ex plained that it was considered more appropriate if the owhers came forward with their own proposal rather than to be pres sured by council now of owen sound will be in charge the pallbearers are messrs herbert nelson harry nelson jack hall david mcvie ronald smith and bruce kers- former pastor rev f huson will r last steam train excursion on sunday year one to a property for the mrs timbers and deputyreeve d of si its one way they have of beautifying the town kenneth laushway and mrs laushway were also present right rev wilkinson pointed with pride to the advancement of the anglican church in tune with the times he said that the new church hall in stouffville was a beautiful example of this trend the secretary and chair man of the building committee mr harry bourne and mr lio nel foord also spoke briefly reeve timbers praised the el and they should be commended for it commented reeve tim bers he suggested that a few trees should be placed around the westend park tax report of a total tax levy in stouff ville of more than three quart ers of a million dollars less than 12000 of the 1961 roll remains uncollected tax collector cor- fort5 of the congregation on the j ner reported to council in 1960 completion of their project the the outstanding taxes arc 3750 service of dedication was held land in 1959 only 552 remains on sunday outstanding i with the end of this month writing finis to passenger train service through stouffville a special steamdrawn excursion train from toronto will be com ing through this sunday jan 28th the run will mark the end of an era to conclude some 75 years of passenger railroading here sixty years ago the sta tion was known as stouffville junction and a second line branched off here and went to sutton this coming sunday morning the last of the steam engines no 6167 will be drawing a special 7car train north through town this engine was the last of a series of steam locomotives built in the 1930s dubbed the chillblain ex press it will leave toronto at 930 am will pass through stouffville about 1015 and ar rive in lindsay about 115 pm lunch will be served in lind say and the train will return in about two hours time the trip is sponsored by the upper canada railway society and will carry many historians steam engine fans and photog raphers the train can be board ed in toronto at the return fare rate of 950 for adults and 5 for children town water purity 100 despite an unpleasant odour which has recently occurred in our town water supply a gov ernment check on its bacteria count this week showed 100 purity all functions of the wa ter supply system have been checked and found to be quite in order ontario water resources in spectors who have been check ing on the recent problem have so far not come up with any definite answer the only poss ible cause which they have as certained at the moment is tne unusually low winter consump tion which has occurred the system is in al condition so far as pipe line leaks weather has been very mild for the most part with the result that people have not left taps open the new high producing wells are keeping the reservoirs con stantly filled and all these fac tors it is believed may have resulted in some stagnation department people arc still workingon the problem but as sure householders that despite the odour the water is perfectly pure and free ot contamination of any kind