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onffrfllc sxttnttie vol 74 no 5 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday july 5 1962 twelve pages driver jailed alter fatality at goodwood james fred bartley 24 of stouffvhie pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving be fore magistrate crawford guest in whitby court last week and was sent to jail for 3 months bartley was the driver of a southbound car that was in volved in a fatal collision at goodwood on april 21st john perry teele 23 and his wife phyllis anne 22 of rexdale were killed in the crash the accused admitted driving through a stop sign at the in tersection of cone 3 uxbridge and hwy no 47 he estimated his speed at 35 miles per hour although a witness had told po lice that he was going 60 m ph the teele auto a small foreign car was thrown 60 feet from the point of impact local firm working in nild nearly a dozen men of the betz construction co stouff- ville arrived in st johns new foundland this week where they will begin construction of a large municipal swimming pool the pool is oeing built for the city of st johns this is the sec ond pool mr betz and his men have built in the atlantic prov ince several men and machines passed through montreal on their way last weekend and mr betz and another half dozen workers left by plane on wed nesday morning announce academic awards at stouffvhie high school convictions for setting fires bad a in june the silver fifty and sixty foot silos on the boyingtoii farm no 48 hwy south of dicksons hill in markham twp were elected lecently at a cost of nearly 16000 more than 1700 blocks of cement are required and each unit has a feed capacity of oer 600 tons donald boying- ton lower light is dwarfed by the towering landmarks country skyscrapers skyscrapers previously link ed only to big city construc tion are becoming quite com mon throughout the rural coun tryside in the form of fifty and sixty foot high cement block silos four of these silver tow ers pictured here are located otnth donald boyington larm no 48 hwy and 18th avenue markham twp a sixty foot silo weighs about 70 tons and will hold close to 700 tons of feed the cost is 4000 more than 1700 blocks of ce ment are required and these are supported by sixty hoops around the outside fiftysix bags of cement are needed to complete the interior one silo can be erected in one week these structures were built by the canada silo co of inger- sol two others are shown on page s a ratio of 3 to 1 is considered tp beflyite safirothecwprds a silo 20 feet in diameter can be extended to 60 feet in height in the united states it is not uncommon to stretch them as high as 70 and 80 feet but some have also been known to topple over in a strong wind similar structures are currently under construction on the farms of edgar ward claremont and jas burrows cone 10 mark ham markham township total of another 15 fife and six moie residents were convicted under the township bylaw one case was dismissed and six of the fires had no known origin biggest month of all was the month previous when there were 62 fiie calls the heaviest on recoid seven persons were convicted and the report showed that 20 of the fires were caused by persons burning gaibage police nab teenagers for service station breakin local student faifedby computer in u of l exams an automatic computer em ployed by the stak of the uni versity of toronto to tabulate percentages of students final examination results last week failed 19 year old jocelyn but ton daughter of dr and mrs john button obrien avenue stouffvhie on thursday she was informed by the chief reg istrar that the machine had erred and she would be able to continue her second year honour course to major in histoiy following day we are very much relieved but somewhat disturbed she said jocelyn was an honour student at the stouffvhie dist high school and also a prom inent athlete markham police have busy month markham township police officers recorded one of their busiest months in june they answered a total of 726 calls and travelled a total of 11503 miles there were eight cases of break and entry and eight arrests were made in all the police made sixteen arrests in cluding five for impaiiment one for assault one for false pretences there were also 11 liquor seizures made university staff personnel ad mitted that similar errors had been discovered in connection with other students marks the results are all doublechecked but this was not done until af ter miss button had been in formed by letter that she had failed she was told of the mistake only after she returned to the university to seek advice on what other course she might follow a spokesman said that she should have received an other letter by mall o explain the error mrs june button told the tribune that her daughters name was not listed in the paper on june 22nd and a letter of recent guests with mrs frank i osterdahl were mr and mrs ig j myers of sudbury the i myers were former neighbours of the osterdahls in halifax janls osterdahl is presently ion the office staff of the manu facturers life insurance com pany toronto jas ogilvy heads lions club for 63 lion jim ogilvy has been elected president of the stouff vhie lions club for 196263 and will take the chair when the club reconvenes for fall activities in september immediate past president is neil patrick the vice presidents are ross giles walton todd and lome boad- way other officers elected are directors geo williams norm hill jim couse and roy dows- well tail twister bun sellers with assistant don huxtable lion tamer howard christie with assistant ken hamm sec retary bill murphy and treas cliff aiken two markham twp officers pc john mccagueand pc evan kelley intercepted a south bound car on the don mills rd during the early hours of sat urday morning and arrested 6 teenagers five boys and one girl patrick ohagan j9 chas fraser 19 gary delorme 18 bany mullowney 19 douglas stevens 17 and beinice berg 16 all of toronto have been charged wttlfbfeafe f entry and theft at mcquays service sta tion near buttonville a private citizen spotted sev eral young people leaving the gaiage at 6 am and called the buttonville police station offi cers mccague and kelley were on routine patrol and the mess age was radioed to their cruiser they took the call at a location on no 48 highway and 14th avenue and five minutes later they had covered a distance of five miles and had the party under arrest since they were provided with no license num ber they had only a description of the auto to act upon a quan- tity of spark plugs oil and cig arettes was recovered at home mr bert wilson balsam on tario will be at home to his neighbours friends and rela tives on monday july 9th 1962 from 2 to 4 oclock in the after noon and from 7 to 9 oclock in the evening on the occasion of his 85th birthdays marriage mr and mrs geo smith wish to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter georgina carol to mr walter h smith of vivian the cere mony to be conducted in the ballantrae united church on saturday july 14 at 4 pm formers to pocking plant merlyn baker stouffvhie area farmer on behalf of york coun ty farm committee announced this week plans for a farmer- owned meat processing plant mr baker is york county chair man of farmers allied meat enterprises the organization building the plant many local farmers are fame members the processing plant the first of a proposed scries of seven will be located on a 100 acre property near gait the proper ty fronts on highway 403 just cast of the cloverleaf with no97 arrangements have also been made for the purchase of the property from the owner arnold rife the plant will be the largest of the seven and will perform complete processing curing and canning operation all the fac tories will be located in ontario to preach farewell at openair service this sunday will mark the conclusion of the ministry of rev and mrs alfred rees at the markham and dicksons hill u m churches the farewell hervicewiube unique in that- it will take place on the plaza of the markham shopping cen tre mr rees will preach on the subject why are we going to india the rees family ex pect to sail from new york on august 15th rev grant sioss will assume his duties as pastor on sunday july 15th the congregation will be pleased to welcome this missionary from nigeria de tails will appear in next weeks paper the plaza services will continue as usual last sunday around 600 at tended the final service of the indoor camp meeting the week night services were well attend ed the evening drive in serv ices proved to be a real source of interest and attraction i billy and kim hassard child ren of mr and mrs bob hass ard spent a holiday m toronto with their grandmother mrs rita hassard council favors liquor vote in pickering twp a pickering twp ratepayer has asked for a liquor plebiscite in the municipality mr andrew dand pioprietor of the west rouge golf club piesented his request at a legular meeting of council on tuesday night the last liquor vote in the township i was held 53 years ago in 1909 its time we had a vote to see what the will of the people is he said mr dand pointed out that banquet liquor licenses could be obtained at his club for wed ding leception occasions only but thousands of dollars of business had to be turned away annually because liquor could not legally be seived to other visiting organizations i dont like the position of being lic ensed qne day and not the next he said reeve sherman scott inform ed the ratepayer that the coun cil could institute a vote or a promoter could foice a vote by submitting a petition contain ing a 25 poll of the electorate it would ease the minds of our customers to know that the premises is legally licensed said mr dand its quite a strain having police officers come in continually insulting both me and my guests there is only one answer he contin ued lets have a vote and allow the people to bathe in it if they wisll vji sr55r i the reeve pointed out that considerable relaxation of on- 1 taiios liquor laws had been pro posed by the premier the coun cil was not certain when these changes would be finalized mr dan said he was aware that changes in liquor restric tions had been suggested in gov ernment circles i know of one club that has already erected a bar right in pickering twp he concluded on a split vote the council agreed to arrange a liquor plebescite in the municipality the questions will be outlined in a prepared bylaw the decision reached in the early hours of wednesday morning was 4 to 3 with deputyreeve mrs jean mc pherson and councillors har vey spang and milton mow bray voting against the mo tion student awards for academic proficiency during the lecently completed 196162 ear of the stouffvhie dist high school weie announced this week by the principal mr w e dux- bury the formal presentations will be made at the annual com mencement exercises in novem ber athletic honours announc ed previously will also be pre sented at the same time grade 13 awards will be an nounced in august when the upper school results are re ceived warren hendricks general proficiency the wagg general proficien cy award has been granted to warren hendricks of grade 12 this is a s75 engraved wrist watch awarded to the student of grades 12 or 13 who contrib uted most to the school during the previous school year aca demic standing character sportsmanship extra curricular activities and cooperation are considered the r h murphy academic proficiency award highest standing in the school book and name engraved on plaque herbert otto the village of stouffvhie ac- adejnjc 50 to student of stouffvhie with highest standing elinore shirk trie township of whitchurch academic proficiency bursary 50 to student of whitchurch township with highest standing herbert otto the township of markham academic proficiency bursary 50 to student of markham twp with highest standing janet button the mr and mrs h r but ton english bursaries of 25 each presented to students who have shown most enthusiasm and ability in english herbert otto lower school timothy wees middle school the -thurston- store award- grade 12 girl showing greatest ability and interest in sewing marilyn pattenden the stouffviue womens in stitute award grade 12 girl showing greatest ability and in terest in home economics helen busato high school buisaries pait or the pioceeds fiom the oper etta will be used to make the awards listed no student may obtain more than two awaids including the english and home economics awards ten dollais is awarded to each grade 12 student having the highest diploma mark in each of the following subjects history by reversion to wayne hamilton fiench by reversion to baid stephens latin helen busato commer cial ann barkey geography lloyd groves science by rever sion to david stephens indus trial arts wayne hamilton mathematics gary yates five dollars is awarded to each grade 10 student having the highest promotion mark in each of the following subjects history geography elinore shirk french barbara how- ard latin barbara howard mathematics by reversion to john riddle science elinore shirk typing ingrid schnell industiial arts ian montgom ery home economics kosaljn kreick business practice lin da woohen and barbara sand ers j the high school board aca demic awards books are pre sented to students obtaining the highest standing in each class untessthe other award in which case the next highest student receives the award grade 9 by reversion to mar garet miller grade 10 by rever sion to joyce rose grade 11 robert mole grade 12 by re version to joy wooller 23 cadets away to summer camp twentythree members of the stouffvhie and district air ca det sqd no94 have enroued in a twoweek summer training course at trenton rcaf station the most specialized course is to be taken by w02 wayne tay lor of goodwood and sgt john wyhe of musselmans lake ca det taylor leported to the osh- awa flying club on monday for flying scholarship training cadet wylie will be given sen ior leaders training at camp boiden the cadets left oshawa by train sunday morning in charge of local fl harry d heather- ington co and fo w a king ston adj the cadets in the group were f sgt w keeping corporals c a morley r l srankum w p koblensky and h p baxter lacs b c bour don j c t campbell d c for syth j w hardle j c nolan j d hope w e taylofd g hensler r f smith r p hor- ton r w kirby e g thom son j m clubine d r jack son and ac1 j g wylie and k m morton cut fish hook 01 boatman san ii shooting mrs arthur carruth has been correspondent for tribune 40 years markham township council is still contemplating further restrictions on the use of fire arms in the township previous plans suggested a ban on firing gns in the area south of no 7 highway and east to highway 48 on tuesday evening coun cil heard a suggestion that the ban be extended east to the townline councillor sumner asked what exceptions there would be in lice officers would be exempt and persons would be permitted to destroy vermin on their own property such as groundhogs coons crows etc to further reduce shooting in the township the number of pheasant licenses this year has been reduced to 200 for outside hunters a fishing accident at mussel mans lake on sunday after noon embedded a threepronged hook in the neck of a toionto manthe victim was rushed to stouffvhie by a companion when he arrived at the polic station the wound was bleed- steprpfusejhewastak en to the office of dr donald smith where the hook was re moved constable davies ob tained a i pair of wire cutters fiom west end resident howard mills to assist in the operation the one man was attempting to cast his line into the water when the hook accidentally lodged in his companions throat a doctor at the scene re fused to remove it due to its proximity to the jugular vein rude awakening a sleeping picnicker suffered arude awakening in the stouf- ville park on sunday afternoon when an uxbridge motorist consultation with solicitor lui cas it was pointed out that porejildpontiae over his legs robt schurek 30 avenue road toronto was taken to the office of dr donald smith for treatment ted cioxall the driver told pc dennis davies of the stouff vhie police department that he failed to see the sleeping man until after his auto had passed over the victims body summer closing the office of the stoultvillc tribune will be closed on sat- nrday afternoons dnrinc the months of july and august in the year 1922 mr a v nolan then the publisher of the tribune handed mrs ar thur carruthers a pad of paper and a sharp pencil and asked her to submit a weekly report on the local happenings in and around the rural community of atha that was forty years ago today mrs carruthers is still filing her news budgets on so cial activities in the atha area and seldom misses with her w eekly correspondence the telephone is conveniently located in the carrutheis kit chen and mrs carruthers uses i to good advantage mainly on monday afternoons to obtain a roundup of weekend visitations a longtime resident in the district mrs carruthers has lived at her present farm home for the past 5s years she was born in whitchurch twp south of lemonville the daughter of the late james and phoeheann howitt she was one of five girls in the family only one sister survives mrs edith so- dtn lives southeast of broug ham mr carruthers passed away 18 years ago she resides with her son ernie and has one granddaughter ruthann 15 mrs carruthers has been ex ceptionally faithful in her work and in spite of ill health last winter she continued to file her soda notes i was neer so sick that i couldnt get the news she said mrs carruthers is aided in her work by the switchboard operators at claremont who have come to know her well over the years theyre wonder fully accommodating she said forty years ago mr and mrs carruthers would drive to stou ffviue in the horse and buggy every tuesday evening and drop the atha news off at the trib une later they travelled the distance in their ford car nearly everybody had a ford she recalled for her efforts mr nolan presented her with a new alarm clock which still runs smoothly although a few of the farm folk in the community will call in with their news the major ity must be contacted personally by phone i would appreciate their calls but many seem to forget she said a rural area is much different than a town she noted local happenings here are not so numerous mrs carruthers is a fifty year charter member of the altona womens institute and p goldplated tray a gift from the organization is one of her proudest possessions country correspondence still remains the lifeblood of any weekly newspaper and it is the dedicated servants like mrs ar thur carruthers that keep rural communities like aha on tha map rural correspondent pad irfwe a pad a pencil and a tele- ments of mrs arthur car- in the atha area for the trib- phonwe the main require- ruthers rural correspondent une during the past 40 yirs