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e riuiue vol 73 no 47 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 26 1962 fourteen pages ontario municipal beard reserves decision on stouffville annexation would be effective in january 1963 twisted wreckage the warped interior of this small foreign car tells the story of an accident in good- r on saturday night that took the lives of a young rex- dale married couple phyllis anne teel 22 died almost in- stantly and her husband 23 year old john perry teel suc cumbed while en route to hos pital both front seats were torn from the vehicle and wreckage was strewn over a wide area additional pictures on- page 8 staff photo twocar crash at goodwood takes lives of husband and wife the worst highway accident in the history of goodwood hamlet snuffed out the lives of a young rexdale married cou ple saturday night and scatter ed the wreckage of their small foreign car over a wide area killed almost instantly was phyllis anne teel 22 her hus- band john perry teel 23 died en route to hospital james frederick bartley of sutton has been charged with dangerous driving the victims were eastbound on no 47 highway they had planned to visit with family rel atives in the woodville area over the easter weekend their auto rammed into the side of a southbound vehicle that em erged from the cone 3 sideroad none of this cars occupants were seriously injured one eyewitness to the col lision said that the smaller auto literally exploded on impact the rearengincd import was tossed about 75 feet to the south and both front seats were clean ed completely out of the car the driver was thrown onto the road and his wife was pulled from the wreckage minutes later doctor donald smith of stouffville rendered first aid at the scene the coroner was dr t e lennox of uxbridge fined 150 for obstruction a charge of obstructing jus tice filed by pc douglas trib- bling of markham township against jack ronald vernon is of osriawa resulted in a fine of s150 and costs in newmarket court on tuesday the case history dated back to january when constable trlbbllng discovered a quantity of liquor in a car on isth ave nuc near victoria square the driver provided police with a name that was later proven false after numerous summons failed to reach the accuscdpc tribbling and pc barry mc- whirter travelled to oshawa to conduct a personal search for the youth he was arrested and charged in addition to the 130 fine magistrate hollinrake also im posed a fine of 10 and costs for having liquor feature tractor demonstration on atha farm the atha farm of norman lehman lot 29 cone 7 will be the scene of a mammoth tractorplow demonstration on friday from 1 to 4 pm the display of equipment under actual everyday work ing conditions is being pro moted by local ford agent fred lewis of altona feed and supplies tractors and plows of two ihree and four furrows will be featured in botli gasoline and ilicscl models there will be free refreshments and lucky draws brougham april fire calls exceed all 61 fireweary members of the brougham brigade have an swered a total of 29 calls to date during the month of april a possible alltime record during the entire 12 months of 1961 brougham firemen were called out only 28 times working on a shift system the volunteers were summoned to the scenes of twelve fires on the holiday weekend and an swered two more on monday to the south pickering village had 13 calls on friday the ma jority in pickering township its ridiculous stated brou gham fire chief ross knox in conversation with the tribune he said that h- had attempted to set up a budget for the units 1962 operation but the recent rash of calls had already taxed it to the limit mr knox said that one rather extensive grass fire on the aud- ley road had burned around two barns and had come only a short distance from a house and driving shed five other calls were to the valley farm road district one fire wel the ontario municipal board has reserved its decision in an application by the village of stouffville to annex a total of 1472 acres from the townships of markham and whitchurch chairman a l mccrae and his associate h e roberts pie- sided at a 5 hour hearing in the council chambers stouffville on thursday the boards de cision to be presented in writ ing to the three municipalities concerned will not be effective until january 1963 four individuals spoke in op position to the annexation bid mrs percy mckay and w d atkinson both landowners in whitchurch and messrs mcin tosh and femson representa tives in granger street hold ings ltd markham twp the township of whitchurch was represented by solicitor joseph vale of newmarket solicitor j d lucas acted in the inter ests of stouffville reeve wilf red dean and councillor chas hoover were present from mar kham twp but filed no opposi tion expect 7500 people metro planning commission er murray jones in a lengthy summary of developments ic- lated to stouffvilles request for annexation stated that the towns anticipated population by 1980 was 7500 people he suggested that in the interests of good planning the village should be surrounded by a bor der of agricultural land it is a developing village within a rural setting the quality of which i will say is very high he noted he said that there was a desire to attain controlled growth at an estimated rate of 225 persons per year stouffville is seeking 909 acres of land from whitchurch and 548 acres from markham he informed the board that the areas to be annexed would not pay anything toward the sewer services unless they would gain a direct benefit he estimated the capital expenditures to be assumed bythevillage over the next twenty years to be about 1414000 the present eco nomic situation of the village is very healthy he said solici tor vale argued that mr jones capital works estimate over a 20 year period was extremely low the present standard is now high replied mr jones they do not intend to goldplate the curbs the evidence acquired on an annexation proposal is the most complete i have ever seen he said estimate ridiculous i have been a resident in the area for more than fifty years and i feel that the cost of services estimate over twenty years as provided by mr jones is nothing short of ridiculous stated clifford wallwork reeve of whitchurch he estimated the total at about 3000000 he argued that in schools alone the costs would be extensive to cope with a population of over 7000 one million dollars does not go very far in schooling to day he said ho noted further that with an increase in area and population many different types of services would also have to be expanded thomas keir deputy clerk- treasurer and secretary of the whitchurch planning board said that five properties were located in lot 3 a portion of the area within the stouffville an nexation plan the owners messrs jickay green bar tholomew atkinson and for syth represented between 350 1 out of courtesy whitchurch will have liquor vote only on petition of ratepayers and 400 acres the opposition filed by whit church was concerned only with the strip of land contained with in lot 3 no formal council mo tion to this effect was submit ted to the board stouffville engineer murray barrington and clerktreasurer ralph corner spoke on behalf of the village mr barrington said that the sewage treatment plant would be enlarged to han dle a population of 7500 he considered that the towns wa ter supply was adequate fear tax increase mrs percy mckay the owner of a 51 acre hogfeeding farm west of cone 9 said that she feared a tax increase would occur with the annexation to stouffville im afraid the same thing will happen here as in scarboro the mckays moved to their present property in 1953 i speak fiom three different angles said walter atkinson as a stouffville taxpayer as a propertyowner in the annexa tion area and as a member of the stouffville puc i object to the amount of land in the an nexation plan he said i feel that the town requires land but the proposal is too large he contended that it would be eco nomically impossible for the stouffville public utilities com mission to provide hydrant ser vices in an agricultural area those who pay taxes into the village of stouffville should be afforded the same services he said mr atkinson owns about 78 acres of land portions of which are in lot 3 a town wa ter service is piped to the atkin son sales barns but the owner was required to pay for this privilege i wasnt on the puc then either he said mr lucas replied that there was never any intention to install hydrants on land used for farm ing messrs e s mcintosh and ronald femson charged that a fifty acre parcel v their land had beenexcluded- and would be landlocked if the annexa tion boundary were not extend ed southwest of concession 9 in markham twp they elected to stand opposed to annexation un less their entire 100 acre hold ings could be included good neighbour policy solicitor vale contended that to include lot 3 in the twp of whitchurch was being too much of a good neighbour and would go beyond the re quirements of stouffville solicitor lucas pointed out that stouffville was inteiested in the prevention of indiscrim inate development in the fringe areas one shouldnt wait until things are there before they are stopped lie said in my ex perience i have never seen an application for annexation where so much thought has been given to the subject he continued councils and plan ning boards change from year to year and no municipality can depend continually op the good will of its neighbours o m b chairman a l mccrae in reference to the ten acre holdings of the roman ca tholic diocese suggested that since the site was in a proposed industrial zone it would be bet ter relocated mr r c white representing the church said that he was not opposed to the annexation of land but was con cerned over the suggested zon ing regulations it is not our policy to oppose progiess he said i am merely appearing brigade is called to 17 fires in 4 days stouffville firemen aided by brigades from mt albert and aurora battled a 10 acre fire in a government reforestation area on cone 7 whitchurch on tuesday afternoon to mark the seventeenth call answered by the local unit ina fourday pe riod to date this jear local fire men have been called out 42 times during 1961 they an swered 50 calls and that was an alltime record were fed up said chief walter smith in conversation with the tribune the rash of outbreaks started on friday with 4 on saturday there were 7 mondays total dropped off to 2 but shot up again on tues day to 4 only for amid-after- noon shower on sunday and the total would have been even higher its the same story at claremont pickering mark ham unionville uxbridge and other district fire stations its going to cost some of these townships a fortune noted chief smith stouffvilles travelweary fire men have been so busy that some have found it almost im possible to tend to their own businesses every blaze has been a grass fire and the ma jority have been started through carelessness the cause of the whitchurch reforestation fire on tuesday is not known the brigades were aided by the dept of lands and forests at maple who rushed reserve water supplies in by truck lines drawn for big election battle the longawaited date has been set for the next federal election june isth and all can- didates have been named in the local riding of north york it is estimated that there will be ap proximately 50000 eligible vot ers in this riding to be contest ed by all three major parties sitting member ca cathers is seeking le election and oppos ing him will be john addison for the liberals and stanley hall for the new democrats for many years in the past north york stood as a liberal stronghold but more lecently the conservatives with their majority throughout the coun try have held sway in north yoik as well being a major riding it is expected that some of the big guns from each party will make appearances here before the campaign is over john addison the liberal stan dard bearer has been the first to campaign actively and tluou- gh paid announcements in the weekly pi ess has been placing his program before the people undoubtedly mr cathers and mr hall will be following suit in the near future mr warren bailie has been named returning officer for the riding and his office is loc ated at concord expectant mother one child die in tragic uxbridge house fire verbal battle the controversial liquor ques tion that aroused considerable discussion within the township of whitchurch during 1961 has teen reintroduced before coun cil again in 1962 at a regular meeting on tuesday afternoon a 3party delegation including messrs grant mccachen ridge inn keith ncsbitt westview golf course and stuart pat rick glendale appeared to ask the councils consideration in holding a vote to establish din ing and lounge liquor sales the majority members of council refused to alter their stand of last year and agreed that they should receive a peti tion containing 25 per cent of the eligible voters before they would give the matter any fur ther consideration councillor ross farquharson was the lone dissenter he favoured a vote without a petition mr mccachen of ridge inn less he was able to obtain some other source of revenue he would be forced to close his place of business keith ncsbitt stated that he could possibly obtain a liquor license for his golf course to serve members only but he favoured a permit to serve all customers he said that at the present time visitors brought their own liquor supplies and neither the club nor the town ship gained any revenue from this practice councillor mrs elsie gibb said she had no objection to the holding of a vote but con tended that a petition should be presented stating exactly what was desired dcpreevc frank williams said he was quite con tent to let the matter stand but would not oppose a vote on the issue supt salary the wage scale of employees within the municipal staff of the twp of pickering that had previously created some council controversy flared up anew at a special meeting on monday night at brougham under the threat of a resignation the cou ncil granted road superintend ent jack chapman a salary in crease to 6200 reeve sherman scott cast the deciding vote in favour of the new wage figure after the other members became deadlocked on the issue deputyreeve mrs jean mc- pherson who led the verbal op position to the suggested incre ase charged that the road sup erintendent had already been given a 250 salary hike and any additional money would re quire a break in the maximum wage scale we set a policy breathe twice and break it she said its a case of the employ ees squeezing the council like a handful of putty one increase for an employee should be sufficient agreed councillor harvey spang i dont get paid for every move i make councillor spang said he had no fault to find with the work mr chapman was doing these salaries come directly from the taxpayers pocket and we must realize vylio is paying for them wrong approach councillor spang charged that any employee was taking the wrong approach in asking for a salary increase under the threat of resignation they want more money or they will quit he said the sooner this attitude is changed the better it will be for everyone we are acting like school children remarked deputy- reeve mcpherson if you wont give me your marbles i wont give you mine she stated that as far as she was concerned there was nothing personal in volved when an employee threatens to resign we have no other al ternative but to accept the dec ision that the employee has made she concluded i dont think that the coun cil should approve of the in crease in wages when it is pre sented in this manner ob served councillor w j green ing shortsiglifed councillor ross dcakin con tended that the road superin tendent was worth more money to the township if he should resign i feel it will cost us a lot more to replace him he said we shouldnt take a short sighted attitude in this matter councillor milton mowbray suggested that there was no as surance that the road superin tendent would reconsider his resignation even at the 6200 figure councillor mowbray agr eed that to many taxpayers the wages of municipal employees would appear high the tax payers expect services and this local skater at gardens revue miss karen lewis daughter of mr and mrs harold lewis of stouffville will be appearing this week in the rotary ice re vue at maple leaf gardens she was one of twentyfour girls chosen for the two mod ern numbers who are the ice cubettes of the revue karen who is a former mem ber of the stouffville skating club is this years holder oe the senior ladies trophy and with her partner anna shed- lowich the senior ladies dance trophy at her home club in newmarket she also skates at the upper canada club and unionville club under mr bruce hyland her teacher a tragic uxbiidge township house fire on thursday after noon of last week took the life of an expectant mother and her two year old son mrs alice seeley cone 7 uxbridge died in the inferno that levelled the familys twostoiey frame home on a marketgarden farm two miles north uxbridge town a son wallace succumbed later in the sick childiens hospital toionto a daughter donna 4 was also burned but on last le- port was progressing favour ably it is believed that mis seeley attempted to lescue her two children from an upstaiis bed room and was overcome by smoke her husband george entered the blazing structuie and was able to save his son and daughter but was driven out before he could rescue his wife uxbridge firemen jim martin and haivey acton later fieed mrs seeley but shi was alieady dead from asphyxiation it mar ked the first fatal fire on the records of the uxbridge brigade since 1912 an offical from the fire marshalls department toronto visited the scene on friday first on the scene swift action by two students and an instiuctor from st jchns training school uxbri dge has been credited with as sisting in the rescue of the 4 year old girl sixteen year old james swire fifteen year old fred coiey and instructor glenn fitzgerald noticed the flames and raced aciosscountry to help mr seeley handed the little girl out of the bedroom winaow to jim swire and he in turn handed her to mr fitz gerald he lendered mouth-to- mouth lespiration and lushed her to the uxbridge cottage hospital the alarm was turned in from the school the house was a mass of flames when the brigade arrived and only thro ugh the heioic efforts of fire men mai tin and acton weie they able to retrieve mrs se- eleys body before the upstairs story fell into the basement mr seeley suffeied slight bur ns but was released from the uxbridge hospital following ti eatment before the cmbeis of the tragedy had cooled out friends and neighbours had furnished a vacant house on the seeley tarm for the surviving members of the family mr geo seeleys parents mr and mrs tom seeley had also resided in tha burned out home costly fire burns over 200 acres of reforested land the township wage scale would have to be sufficiently lucrative in order to attract and keep ef ficient personnel he suggested that there was nothing wrong with an employee attempting to better his financial position councillor hubert wank said that if mr chapman was not willing to accept the finalized figure of 6200 the council would have no other choice but to look elsewhere for a person to fill the post two separate fires burned over 200 acres of valuable pri vate leforestation area in the glenjmajor district of uxbridge township during the weekend claremont firemen aided by private citizens battled the flames for two hours on friday and for two hours again on sat urday boy scouts from scaiboro have been blamed for the first outbreak that covered about 100 acres most of which was lo cated on the jim walker prem ises the second blaze in the same area of cone 6 uxbridge consumed about 125 acres supported by 2500 gallons of water in the claremont engine their tank truck and in port able containers the fireman spanned an aiea extending for a whole concession they had difficulty in getting their heavy equipment into the wooded sec tions and most of the work had to be done on foot brooms and watersoaked bags were used to smother tlie ground 4 fires damage is expected to runinto many thousands of dollars life saved by car belt markham twp police const evan kelley has credited the use of front seat safety belts with fhe saving of a lady dri vers life in an accident on 16th avenue near cone 10 on friday morning margarete elste 21 lot 16 cone 5 markham was forced off the road by an un known motorist and her small volkswagen car turned over in the ditch she would likely have been crushed sai4 constable kelley instead she suffered only minor injuries the auto was badly damaged early mermaids sever did find stated the chief oak ridges suggested that un- 4 t- you usually are sitting pretty is amplypart of the cost invol- when you axe in good standing i ved he said he contended that when the mercury soared into the midsixties over the holiday weekend four stouff ville girls ventured onto the sunsoaked sands of cedar beach mussclmans lake in i an effort to hasten the sum mer swimming season pic tured here left to right annamay sanders 15 hcaj dry land although the ice had completely disappeared from the lake the earliest on rec ord the girls did not enjoy ther heaton 15 pat tooic15 arcooidip in the water and frances farr 14 relax on vdstaff photo it