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inconscious dr robt scaer of maik ham is shown here as he lenders firstaid treatment to a badly beaten man on the premises of a service station lot in buttonville this rather unique photo was taken only minutes after markham twp police discoveied the body of peter kmita 33 lying in a pool of blood the victim suf fered a bioken nose a broken jaw and a possible skull frac ture one man was taken into custody for questioning staff photo rae estate totals over one of towns largest antique items prized by bidders auction 4300 in an auction sale that equal- jed any previous furniture dis persal in the history of stouff ville an estimated ciowd of more than 1000 persons were attracted to the premises of the estate of the late frank e rae church street on j thursday afternoon v in less than five hours the gavels of local auctioneers walter atkinson and sylvester pollard had hammered out com pleted bids to the tune of 54300 three clerks art wood ralph and norm faulkner kept a written record of sales more than 500 individual items passed over the auction block between the hours of 1245 and 530 pm bidders including a large in flux of longdistance buyers concentrated their efforts on ac quiring ai tides of their choice and in many instances refused to be beaten one piece of meichandise went as far west as vancouver many others wcic bought by american visi tors from across the border its just like markham fair commented one interested by stander as he watched the mil ling crowd press close to the auctioneer one man viewed the proceedings from a safer dis tance through the use of high- powered binoculars excellent qunllty the quality of the items was excellent and in the majority o cases the pi ice obtained were comparable a bcdioom suite topped the pi ice list at 523000 the piano brought 5220 and a dining room suite sold for 5187 50 the grandfathers clock went to a toronto buyer for s100 other individual purchases included television set 5117 electric stove 5100 washing machine ssi rugs 575 a cabinet 555 set of dishes sol a tea service 510 a jug 525 a house plant 520 two chairs 20 each a club bag 521 a toy train 1750 an oil lamp 516 pictures 11 and a disli 510 the dishes and glass ware sold exceptionally well auctioneer atkinson was sur rounded by a sea of bidders throughout the entire afternoon as he waded through hundreds of miscellaneous items aucti oneer pollard concentrated his efforts on the larger articles of furnishings bench for museum one of the oldest items in the auction included an original pinewood bench from stou fr olics first public school its existence is said to date back to 1s40 or 122 years this prize relic was purchased by john lunau of markham for 517 and will be placed on exhibit in markhams recently opened museum the late frank rae had requested that this item would be preserved in such a way mr rae a stouffville tailor for over a halfcentury passed away on may 14th of this year another antique that was re tained locally was 115 year old fireside bench it was pur chased by mrs beit jackson and has been placed on display in the stouffville antique shop on main st mrs walter reesor of cedar grove bought a beau tifully preserved victrola com plete with volumes of records many of which could not be obtained on the market to day for any price her top bid was 31 for many the setting and the perfect weather made it an ideal occasion for a social gettogeth er others attended with only one purpose in mind to obtain the item of their choice with the ultimate cost of secondrate importance local cadet wins wings eighteen year old w o wayne taylor of goodwood a member of the stouffville and dist air cadet squadron has been awarded his private pilots licence he was awarded a flying scholaiship and successfully completed an extensive training course conducted this summer at the oshawa flying club warrant officer taylor was one of seventeen other cadets enrolled in the training program he passed all tests as prepared by the dept of trans port he will be presented with his wings at a special wings parade to bo held in the fall t mmffmut rtbnne vol 74 no 10 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday august 16 1962 fourteen pages work on new commercial building on main st halted by municipal council no building permit work on stouffvilles new permit but ou hae failed to posh bowling alley building on main st just east of park dr has been halted by town council since it was found that the building was proceeding with out a peimit there was indica- lion at the meeting of council that the building could be going up partly on town property and a resolution was passed having constiuction stopped councillor parsons bi ought the matter up befoie the regu lar meeting of council and ac cused reeve timbeis of being lax in not halting the work eai her reeve timbeis told council that heniy ogden building in spector had advised him that he was leaving on vacation he said that the necessary survey lor the property had not been leceived as of july 27 th he said he could not issue a permit under the circumstances but he anticipated the survey would be forthcoming and thought every thing would be satisfactory reeve timbeis further stated that he had contacted femson the owner in agincourt and he had agreed to come to town aug 1 but had not shown up the reeve said he considered he had done all he could then you have known since july 27th that a building was being constructed without a take any action to halt the con struction councillor parsons declared i knew it when the building inspector advised me and i did act by calling the owner for a meeting replied reeve timbers id like to know what in- stiuctions the clerk gave the contractor asked councillor parsons i told him not togo ahead without a permit leplied clerk ralph corner in view of the survey we have now leceived it appears the building is on the street said councillor parsons have you any financial in- leiest in the building coun cillor parsons asked the reeve i certainly have he replied ah the more reason why you should have taken some action leplied councillor parsons i did take some action i have told you but you apparent ly dont listen declared reeve timbers as tempers warmed in the argument following the passing of the lesolution which was proposed by councillors parsons and spang and passed without op position reeve timbers stated in my opinion councillor par sons has accused me of some thing for which i am not to blame masked pair steal 800 from markham man auction sale action two masked men one holding a small black automatic revol ver forced their way into the home of mr aubrey a brooks rri markham last week and stole 800 in cash after tying the owner to a chair the robbery currently under investigation by pc bruce fmdlay of markham twp police was- committed about 930 pm on the night of mon day aug 6th a number of suspects have been questioned but to date no arrests have been made mr brooks a former store keeper and realtor resides at the corner of cone 10 mark ham and no 7 hwy he was alone at the time of the theft he told police that he heard a commotion at a rear door and upon investigating the noise he was confronted by the masked pair they wore hoods over their heads that came down over their shoulders they said they were in a desparate need of money mr brooks was tied up hand and foot in the living room while one of the men held a gun on the victim the other searched the inteiior of the premises the 800 represented a legacy left to the couple and a portion ol mrs brooks lifesavings their daughter betty 25 ar- lived home about twenty min utes after the thieves had left she untied her father and drove to cedar grove where mrs brooks was attending a com munity euchre party a call to markham twp police bi ought officers bruce findlay dan denby and donald dukes to the scene youths charged with racing on conc drag strip using a one mile paved por tion of cone 9 for a drag strip between no 7 hwy and box grove in markham towrf ship has led to an immediate crackdown on speeders in the area by police on thursday night two 17 year old district drivers were charged with rac ing after they were apprehend ed by p c bruce findlay in a markham twp cruiser james middleton of box grove and ian hiscocks of markham will appear in magis trates- couit richmond hill on friday sept 14th constable findlay spotted the two southbound autos a 1953 meteor and a 1954 chevrolet travelling side by side in a neck and neck wide open race the officer gave chase and bypas sed middleton to overtake his cocks who held a slight lead the wailing siren on the ciuiser brought residents of the box grove hamlet to their front lawns and bedroom windows hiscocks was taken to the but tonville office and middleton later reported in on his own accord the charge of racing on a highway is a seldom used clause in the highway traffic act but the penalties that may be- imposed at the discretion of the magistrate can be very severe according to police the aiea where last weeks infraction the auction sale of house- church st stouffville last province and the united hold furnishings on the prem- week attracted buyers from states a small portion of the ises of the late frank e rae many distant points in the crowd is pictured here as auc tioneer sylvester pollard calls for bids from the safer con fines of the rae verandah hint court action coming on goodwood go kart project the suggested noise nuisance connected with the goodwood gokart project cone 2 ux- bridge may be finalized in the courts this information was outlined at a regular meeting of uxbridge twp council on monday night councillor don- pld jackson said that one party was contemplating further ac tion unless the council would tighten its tegulations if some thing could be done it might occurred has been the scene of numerous similar incidents on pievious occasions a number of complaints have been filed by local residents and an all- out drive will be staged by the markham twp police depart ment to halt the speeding pract ice local man missing reject proposal for county police force graduatk miss margaret smith dau ghter of mr and mrs alfred smith of stouffville graduat ed recently as a transcanada air lines stewardess a form er student of the stouffville district high school she is a graduate of the toronto east general hospital she joined tca in may and is now bas ed in toronto with the air line while many county council lors in york agreed that a coun ty police force which would amalgamate all the small forces now being operated by the vari- ous municipalities would be more efficient they opposed its formation on the grounds that it was too costly when the matter was pre sented at a special meeting of york county council last week it was evident from the begin ning that the proposal would get a rough ride since the com mittee members did not submit n written report not being able to agree among themselves deputyreeve mumberson of markham township supporter cf the plan moved a resolution that county council go on re cord as endorsing the establish ment of such a police force bell telephone advised that under the present limited system the county bill was 19500 but un der the proposed plan this would increase to 33500 sav ing on office help was estimated at ss000 whitchurch and king town ships accounted for four of the nine votes polled in favor of the resolution but there were 19 op posed including stouffviue reeve hodgson of king said his municipality would soon have to set up a force of its own they are presently policed by the provincial police as is whit church deputyreeve mumberson put up a strong plea for support but it was evident the strong southern vote would go against the resolution immediately on defeat of his motion mr mumberson moved that the present police commit tee be dissolved and the security guards presently on duty for the county be the responsibility of the warden and commission ers this resolution was carried mrs n daniel from ayr scotland is visiting her son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs james mckellar 100 ninth line north this past week she has been visiting in canada since may save a lot of money and hard feelings he said he said that he personally had no complaint but he could readily sympathize with persons who had to endure the noise almost every day a further restrictive bylaw found no support with other members ol council deputyreeve nor man hogg was not present as long as the mufflers meet with our specifications there is very little we can do stated reeve earl dowswell we cant change directions at mid stream councillor jackson suggested that the use of karts should be confined to regulated races he contended that although the mufflers used met with the spe cifications of the township agreement the machines were still too noisy if the karts are muffled down completely we might just as well hang a sign up on the premises said the reeve councillor jackson agreed that both noise and number of karts in use was less than last year if we aie going to thange our bylaws with every com plaint we dont need a council but only a clerk said reeve dowswell mr jan falkowski chief flying instructor at good wood airways ltd and a dis tinguished world war ii air ace is missing on a flight be tween calgary arid vancouver he is accompanied by his wife alma a stepson tom my and a friend grant mc gregor of oshawa a search was started on tuesday in hopes of locating the singio- cngincd aircraft staff photo 1174 account for fires in abridge twp the twp of uxbridge has re ceived a bill for 117400 for fire services rendered by the uxbridge town brigade from jan 2nd to april 25th of this year the account included a tcial of 14 calls to properties within the municipality members of council expressed concern over the matter at a regular meeting on monday night the account only included a four month period and other bills will be forthcoming from stouffville the largest individual fire ac count was for two calls to the thomas seeley home north of uxbridge that totalled 21400 daphne chewins three awards as grade 13 results announced the giade 13 examination re sults of the stouffville dist high school were announced this week by the principal mr w eduxbury nineteen year old daphne che wins topped her class and will receive thiee individual awards daphne chewins she will be presented with the 100 buisary from the stouff ville business and professional womens club a 100 bursary from the ladies auxiliary of the canadian legion stouffville and an engraved pen and pencil set from the canadian water man foundation daphne plans to enter the toronto teachers college in the fall the 25 english award pres ented annually by mr and mrs h r button has been won by michael paul the official pres entation of these awards will be made at the commencement exercises in november the letter d has been placed after the name of each student who will receive the secondary school honour graduation dl ploma the number of papers written by each student is in dicated ina bracket after each name barkey glenn s alg 77 geom 58 trig 60 chem 52 bass donald 6 engcomp 55 englit 60 geom 54 chem 64 bakcwcll samuel 2 eng comp 54 englit 50 boyd allan 8 engcomp 57 alg 58 geom 55 trig 58 chem 62 chewins daphno d 9 eng comp 60 englit 53 hist 78 alg 50 geom 63 bot 81 zool 84 frauth 61 frcomp 54 cook robert 5 trig 58 for- syth elaine 8 engcomp 54 englit 52 hist 56 geom 54 bot 65 fosdick marilyn 9 alg 55 geoml 64 trig 68 bot 7c zool 76 grose dawn d 9 engcom 70 englit 60 alg 56 geom 53 trig 56 phys 56 chem 55 frauth 50 grovo i lorno d 8 eng comp 61 engxit 64 alg 65 i geom 73 trig 66 zool 70 65 geom 73 trig 66 zool 70 phys- 58 chem 68 hill james d 9 engcomp 54 eng lit 53 alg 64 geom 73 trig 91 phys 60 chem 51 frauth 52 frcomp 50 krelck karln 5 engcomp 60 englit 57 hist 76 bot 76 miller ernlo d 9 engcomp 55 englit 52 alg 62 geom 59 trig 70 phys 67 chem 74 frauth 50 frcomp 520connor riley 9 englit 58 paul michael 5 engcomp 64 englit 82 hist 59 bot 60 zool 73 rnttcnilcn donna d 9 engcomp 78 englit 68 geom 51 trig 57 bot 76 zool 68 chem 55 frauth 50 smurthwaitc ronald 8 eng comp 64 engxit 80 hist 81 geom 62 phys 60 chem 59 sfouftcr lois d 8 engcomp 65 englit 63 alg 57 geom 66 trig 61 physics 63 frauth 50 stover roger 6 englit 53 hist 51 bot 56 zool 57 impaired driver is fined a stouffville driver was fined 100 and 1150 costs by magis trate o s hollinrake in rich mond hiil court on tuesday on a charge of being impaired roy zcllers park drive was arrested by p c dennis davics and p c harry heatherington of the stouffville police department oti saturday night and lodged in richmond hill jail he was re leased on sunday on s200 per sonal bail always drive as if your chil dren were in the other car opp to cease policing whitchurch whitchurch township coun cil was advised by the ontario provincial police this week that beginning january 1963 the de partment would no longer pro vide police service for the town ship clerk crawford was ad vised of the cancellation of con tract by staff sgt ramorof headquarters and sgt harrison oi the vandorf detachment and a communication was to follow the opp will also be giving ur the property they occupy which is owned by the township part of the detachment will be going to bond lake and the balance further north council members have expect ed some change in the arrange ment sooner or later but con sidered the time rather short and with king township which is faced with a similar problem request that the service be ex tended to april 1st 1963 how ever it was pointed out that whitchurch must now give at tention to securing a chief of police who can organize a po lice force jf or the township clerk jack crawford told council that in looking over po lice costs in other municipalities it appeared that the range was from 6 to 10 per capita which would at least mean a new an nual expenditure of a minimum of 40000 a year