Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), June 21, 1962, p. 1

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4100 copies this week rtbtwe classified ads pages 6 7 vol 74 no 3 the tribune stouffvtuk ontario thursday june 2i 1962 twelve pages scrambled eggs york north returned to liberals town is tory fiftynine thousand scram bled eggs littered the edge of highway 48 north of ring- wood on tuesday afternoon after a scarboro truck veered off the pavement and over turned the driver had just completed his final pick up and his transport carried 166 crates holding 30 dozen eggs apiece the newmodel tiuck was badly damaged the load loss alone has been estimated at 2000 staff photo nearly 62000 in york county take oral polio vaccine there weie 61908 peisons or 54 of the total population in yrk county who received a fust dose of sabin oral polio vaccine during may according to a report given to the board of health by the medical offi cer dr robert m king at the last meeting of the boaid almost all elementary and secondary school students ic- ceived vaccine or 93 of the enrollment in elementary schools and 83 of the enroll ment in secondary schools a total of 17328 infants and pie- school aged children received the cherryflavoured pleasant tasting vaccine or approximate ly 50 of the estimated um bers of this age group in the population the vaccine was well received by the younger generation and made available in every school in the county during school hours preschool children and adults were able to get the vac cine at any one of 41 evening clinics spread across the coun ty- the second dose of the oral vaccine will be made available during october and plans aie under way now for schools and clinics outstanding features of the new type of vaccine includ ed the case of taking the vac cine by mouth rather than needle speed with which large numbers of peisons could be served and the almost neglig ible effects reported by persons taking the vaccine swimming pools a seasonal repoit on seven teen public swimming pools in the county was given to the board of health indicating the nature of the equipment and the efficiency of operation of the various pools to which pub lic patronage is invited ap proval of the board of health was indicated for most of the pools while seven of the pools received inadequate lccommen- da tion the medical officer of health indicated that the spread of bac terial and virus diseases ic- mains a risk in use of swim ming pools and full co operation by pool operators to prevent disease spiead is essential at all times use of disinfecting compounds including water chloiination is lequirecl by the board of health where the pool is open to use by patronizing public piivately used homelocated swimming pools aie not sub ject to health unit inspection and do not come- within the jurisdiction of provincial tegu- lations on swimming pools balloonarama card found in n k state term engineers report on work as extravagant we just havent got that kind of money stated reeve cliff wallwork in outlining the basis of road construction work as laid down by engineers with the depl of highways at the con clusion of a stnvcy conducted lecently in the municipality if we do what they want us to do it will put a few moie mills on the taxes he said construction piojects are planned for con 3 6 and 9 the department engineer has asked for a 32 ft top a gravel surface of 24 to 26 ft with 44 feet from ditch to ditch if we aie going to do con struction work we must go by their ideas said road supt davis the matter was dlcus- sed at considerable length at a regular meeting of council mon day night are these ideas or just fads questioned councillor ross far- quhaison one would think we had millions to draw on to do this woik continued the icevc the council agiced that the engineering work should be completed on con 6 during the current year in order to cut down on costs in 63 late fred cole built many homes in district on friday june 15th mr frederick i cole a lifelong resident cone 9 markham passed away in ihe scaiboro general hospital after suffer ing a stroke a few days prior to admittance mr cole had been in declining health for several year but he remained active in spite of iinc the deceased gained a high imputation in two lines of vvoik as a builder he was a master ciafxman and many stouffville stiucliircs arc silent samples of his ability as a bneklajcr the fred button and sylvester pol lard homes arc onlv two of his finished products 1c also erect ed a school and a bank here and the probjtcrian church in markham as a farmer he was equally energetic his herds of jersey cattle sheep and goats gained a reputation across canada his entries at the cne and dist rict fall fairs won him a host of awards he built his own farm home across the road from vv here he was born in ap ril 1sts he was the son of the jte ambrox cole and annie tran his wife the former ros- ella moore survives the cou pie had been married 57 years on june 14th k v v f t ft 2 rev norman pick conducted the funeral service from the dixon chape markham on monday afternoon at 2 oclock interment was made in locust hill cemetery the pallbearers were messrs frank grove jack grove levi drudge tom i masters tom bunker and stei phen lancaster one of the postcards attached to a balloon which was releas ed nearly nine months ago by the stouffville lions club in connection with the new main st opening celebration has turned up about four miles out of aubmn ny and been re turned to the club the post- caid boie the name of gar leh man of stouffville the pui chas er and it was found by fred k leubner who sent back an in teresting letter concerning him self and finding the balloon mr leubner wrote in part i found the caid just over a fence line on one of our five farms it was in thick brush it seemed just like a mnacle im 27 years old a f aimer all my life and along with thiee bi oth ers woik about 560 acres we have about 140 milk cows and raise corn beans hay grain etc ive got a pilots license and along with my wife visited the canadian national exhibition last fall we also visited a large part of your wonderful country in may i960 on our wedding trip its wonderful that two countries can get along so well and i wish more people from other countiies could experience this feeling id like to hear all about the launching of the balloons and where they went when did they go up and how many may the lord bless you and all the peo ple of your town and country york north which up until 1957 had been tra ditionally liberal for more than half a century was returned in mondays federal election to the liberal fold with the election of john addison c a cathers big 58 majority of twelve thousand votes toppled along with many other conservative votes in ontario the vote was close considering that some 35000 voters cast ballots for the two major candidates mr addison polled 17912 vote and mr cathers 17070 a difference of 842 the ndp candidate mr hall showed surprising strength in the riding getting 7746 votes although is was not sufficient to prevent him from losing his deposit mr ford for the social credit re ceived 514 votes a total of 43242 votes were cast or almost 75 of the eligible voters the winning candidate put on a rousing campaign from the early beginning and despite the big tory lead of 1958 a close race had been predicted by many ob servers there was no great swing to mr addison in any one poll or section of the riding but small steady gains throughout most areas added up to his eight hundred majority stouffville slightly tory in stouffville where twentyfive years ago the con servatives could scarcely muster a corporals guard mr cathers came up with a majority of 11 votes in 195s he had a majority here of four hundred markham village too gave the conservatives a 56 majority the vote here was cathers 624 addison 613 ford 15 and hall 147 in stouffville the turnout at the polls was approximately 70 acid dump disgrace says reeve wallwork the vote in stouffville addison cathers ford lib pc so masonic hall 114 97 3 mansion house 81 96 1 davis store 68 88 3 52 56 0 alsop office 68 72 1 lee office 71 60 1 mun office 95 105 5 summitview 64 50 1 613 624 15 mall ndp 27 13 19 14 32 12 18 12 147 grant wells plows for canadian title carole anne j a k e m a n daughter of mr and mrs h a jakeman r r 3 clare- mont graduated lecently in medical lab technology from the ryerson institute tor onto and has joined the staff of wellesley hospital miss bell mitchell of london is spending a couple of weeks with her niece mrs ken camp bell at ringwood estimated 3000 fans see markham rout nhl softball stars the largest crowd ever to view a district softball game thronged into maikhams mor gan paik on satuiday night to see the nhl all stars battle the aces in a seveninning ex hibition contest the attendance was estimated at over 3000 fans maikham scored four runs in the first in ning and went on to win by a 71 count it was a perfect evening for the event a piegame program featured a precision drill by the markham high school girls band lucky draws were con ducted throughout the contest the rollicking eddie shack made a surpnse appearance in the lineup for the ahstais other hockey visitor included billy han is ed chidwick bob by baun carl brewer cal gardiner jerry foley and red sullivan bobby novin was not present and his place was filled by bairy watson harris count ed the only run for the nhl club at the conclusion of the game the allstais were mobbed by autographseekers a complete report of the contest appears on the sports page of this issue transport overturns at ringwood spilling nearly 5 000 doz eggs a drivers attempt to avoid a dog and a small girl was blamed for an accident on no is hwy north of ringwood on monday afternoon that spilled 166 crates containing 49s0 doz en eggs wm robt lies 29 of king ston road toronto had com pleted his final pickup at mount albert and was taking the load to the firm ofed ferguson ltd scarboro he said that as he approached he ringwood intersection he swerved hi truck to mi a dog then cut i sharply back when he spotted little girl in th path of the transport the truck rolled completely over snapping off the driveshaft and severing the real dual wheels from the chassis the crates slid off the plat form and temporarily blocked the driveway of ringwood icsi- dent jack mehaffey although the majority of the 59000 eggs were broken a number were salvaged the ferguson transport a 1962 model was quite badly damaged the driver was ad mitted to the stouffville medical centre for treatment of lacera tions to hl face it all happen ed so fast he told the trib une i just grabbed hold of the steering wheel and hung on grant wells a plowman motored to portage la prairie this past week to attend the -canadian- champion ship plowing match being held this year in manitoba he won the right to represent the prov- nce of ontario along with wil liam hostrawser of brampton last fall at the provincial match held near belleville eight of the ten provinces have entered contestants and the championship will take place thursday june 21 there is also a visitors class sched uled for wednesday june 20 the first day of the match the contestants who place first and second in the canadian compe tition provided thev dont both come from the same province will earn the right to represent canada and a chance for the esso golden plow trophy in the world match 1963 to be held on con smyth farms cal- edon they plow two lands on thursday one in sod and one in stubble there will be judges from each province scoring tne lands this is the first time in the history of the canadian cham pionship that the event has been held in western catiada the site is about seven miles west of portage and sixty miles west of winnipeg grant spent some time with mr cyril haynes of emmerson this years canadian champion he will leprescnt canada in holland uiis fall wellknown i some of the plowmen from this district planning to take in this match are bob timbers joetrantrfioydforsytluand jim eccles manning the polls stouffville voters recorded their ballots at eight polls in mondays federal election the largest number of polls ever used in town one of these that at k r davis store was a double poll those on duty were as follows at masonic hall mrs marion murphy mrs ida davis at mansion house mrs hazel stovei mis christie armstrong k r davis stole mrs joan cadieux mrs tillie smith mrs agnes lewis and mrs grace hoiden at fred al- sop office bernie tunney and mrs jean baker at lees real estate office mrs margaret campbell mrs beiyl sander son at municipal office mis amelia smith mrs lorraine steckley at the summit view school miss effie harding and mrs ella morden markham village voting addison lib 655 cathers pc 711 foid so 15 hall ndp 213 cathers majority 56 its the vvoist disgiace ive ever seen commented reeve clifford wallvvoik at a regular meeting of whitchurch twp council on monday night the smell would knock you down reeve wallwork was speaking of the dump at lot 13 con 2 for refuse from the collis lea ther co of am oi a the reeve said he visited the premises and had called at the residence of a home owner near the dump the odour would floor jou light in their living- room he said its been dump ed all over the place x reeve wallwork said he was accompanied by three other men to the site and one of the paity was sick after the inspection he ciiticized the ontaiio water resources commission for their laxity in not taking action on the matter im fed up he concluded the council recently leceived a 26 name petition from resid ents in the area complaining a- bout the i of use that they feaied might eventually destioy the water supply of the district next wednesday big entertainment day in town next wednesday june 27th the stouffville lions club will sponsor a giant barbq and stieet dance heie to help raise funds for their many charitable woiks in the community the barbq will be held on main st beginning at 530 and con tinue throughout the evening adults 150 children 75c in addition to the street dance therell be lucky draw prizes and games of chance bring along the family and enjoy this giant community picnic additional locals mrs agnes mackay albert st n is presently in the brier- bush hospital mrs ball of toronto is spend ing a few days with her daugh ter mrs harold dixon public school teachers in plentiful supply if there is any scarcity of public school teachers it cer tainly wasnt evident from the number of replies received by the trustee at green river to fill a oneroom vacancy for grades 4 5 and 6 a newspaper advertisement brought more than 225 appli cations for the position they ranged from all points across the province at ihe oneroom rural mount ricasant school ss no 12 rickerlng the board received nine applications this school has been closed for one year but will be reopened in sep tember miss ruthcullen daughter of mr and mrs gordon cul- len- rr 1 richmond hill is a third year graduate of emmanuel bible college kit chener and has taken a posi tion on the staff oi branson memorial hospital districts oldest resident dead was in 109th year funeral service will be con- with her daughter mrs mearle ducted on thursday afternoon phillips in uxbridge she was today at 2 pm from the chapel of mcguire and low uxbi idge for the late mrs celia ann baker who passed away on monday moining in the br- ierbush hospital stouffville the deceased a most remark able lady would have marked her 109th birthday in september mrs baker the former celia ann dennie was born near newmarket one of a family of twelve childien at age of 11 yrs she worked out in homes in the district for her efforts she received 5100 per month for moie than fifty years she resided west of stouffville m whitchurch township for the past 11 years she has lived admitted to the brierbush only last month a second daughter mrs sarah forsythe lesides in toronto her husband wm baker died 39 years ago the attention of- the press and public was directed tbward her when she bypassed the cent- ury mark and each year her birthday celebrated in a quiet country fashion only added to the achievement not only was she bright and active until the end but she retained the use of all her faculties and took full advantage of every day she was spared following the service inter ment will be made in heise hill cemetery a mans world fishing can no longer be thi uo was supported lt stouffville mnded thu fine ured 23 inches in length 1 classed as a sport only lor week when mrs clara tomp- ten pound pickerel t game- the brawny outdoorssan klnson burkhomer street bridge the big beauty meas- staff photo 4

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