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4100 copies this week rtbntie classified ads pages 6 7 vol 74 no 11 the tribune stouefvuxe ontario thursday august 23 1962 twelve pages halt work on main street building construction work on the re novation of the former bell man building on main street was halted last week alter it was learned that the project was proceding without a per mit the issue first question- n ed by councillor parsons stir red up considerable controver sy among the members the council has agreed to take court action to settle the mat ter staff photo council prepared to take legal action regarding new bowling alley tribune wins best sports page award the stouffville tribune has been presented with the printer publisher award for the best sports page in canadian news papers competition the exeter times advocate took second place and the burlington gazet te third the presentation in the vari ous competitions are being made this week at the 43rd annual convention of the canadian weekly newspapers association in winnipeg c h nolan local publisher who is 2nd vice pres ident of the association and mis nolan are in attendance more than 400 delegates aie expected to attend the sessions which will be presided over by j r mclaughlan of virden man the convention is being held in the royal alexanara hotel farmer rescues 2yrold daughter from inside selfpropelled combine rush child to york comity hospital stouffville municipal council gave notice thuimlay night that it was prepared to take legal ac tion if the new bowling alley building on main st failed to comply with the town bylaw action should be taken to- moirow to stop this building un til such time as a satisfactory survey is produced on which a permit can be issued declaied deputyeave laushway clerjj ralph corner was in structed to prepare a notice to the contractor to cease opera tions at once or council would lay a charge this notice was to be delivered in person by the building inspector councillor lehman sjggested that the town solicitor should b contacted and council thought this advisable reeve timbers asked if council wished a meet ing if and when the survey was pi oduced or was the decision to be left to the building inspector council agreed that if the build ing inspector found the survey to be satisfactory council would be satisfied the discussion stemmed from the revelation at the last coun cil meeting that the building was going up without a peimit still no rcrniit on questioning by councillor parsons clerk corner stated that no building permit had yet been issued but a copy of the lesolution passed at the last meeting had been served on the owners by registered mail ber of council so id suggest you direct your inquiry to the town solicitor replied council- loi parsons mr femson the owner in forms me that the building inspector has given verbal con sent for the construction said reeve timbers he was told in the clerks office that he was going contrary to the bylaw as he was building without a per mit and h admitted it no consent says inspector four local youths fined on liquor charges councillor war farsons stirs up argument i understand the building inspector has now returned from his holidays and id like to know what action is being taken as the contractor is con tinuing to build stated coun cillor parsons what action would you sug gest asked deputy reeve lsushway im only a mem- rtcve laushway safe- crackers foiled in two break- ins at claremont blbg inspector ogden issued no rermit building inspector henry og- den was summoned by phone to the meeting and asked by coun cillor parsons if and why he had not issued a permit mr ogden stated femson had come to him about one month before beginning construction with an incomplete plan and no survey i have never had any further contact with mr femson since this interview but the con tractor told me they would have a survey in a few days said mr ogden i visited the property and advised the contractor that he was breaking the bylaw in building without a permit he continued at no time did i ever give permission either ver bally or in writing said mr ogden can you issue a permit now asked councilor parsons no replied the building in spector i still have no com plete plan and no survey what would your recommenda tion be asked councillor par sons since the contractor con tinues to break the bylaw after repeated notice i consider coun cil should lay a charge said mr ogden it seems strange to me that the building has been allowed to proceed so far said deputy- four stouffville district youths were fined a total of 540 and costs in richmond hill court on tuesday on charges of having liquor in an illegal place gerald dyck 19 rr3 stouffville joseph dart 19 rr2 stouffville ronald bo- ake is south st stouffville and robt budd rr1 stouff ville were arrested by mark- ham village police in a parked car at 1230 am on saturday morning at 16th ave and main street constables wm gunn and gordon bull checked the auto that was paiked in a service station lot to be sentenced james and ernest friers of no fixed address were convicted in richmond hill court on tues day on a charge of possession of stolen goods they will be sentenced on thursday the merchandise is alleged to have been stolen from a premise at myrtle station markham vil lage police chief fred white and constable gordon bull dis covered the goods in a car driv en by one of the accused impaired driver a toronto man was arrested by constables gordon bull and wm gunn in markham village after a motorist reported fol lowing a car between mount albert and markham that was proceeding in an erratic man ner walter terlikowsky age 40 was charged with driving while impaired he was fined 50 and costs in richmond hill court on tuesday n jail couldnt appear in richmond hill court on tuesday to face a theft charge because he was al ready confined to a cell in the don jail toronto on a driving offence the case was adjourn ed until sept 4th plan shift system at glasgow school a shift system is proposed for pupilsofssnoi6- ux- bridge glasgow when the new school term opens in septem ber one teacher has been added to the staff the program proposed by the trustees after considerable dis cussion will continue until the new 2room structure is erected on a 2acre site purchased from mr mervyn brethour the board is hopeful that the build ing will be completed by jan 1st 1963 five tenders were submitted for the job one of these has been selected by the trustees al though it has not been finalized by the dept of education more definite word on the contract is expected this week the cost of the new school will definitely be in excess of the initial 40000 estimate according to a spokes man for the board due to the short period of time in which the shift system will be employed in the old building the trustees did not feel that a partition that would split the one classroom was warranted a schedule will be drawn up and parents will be informed of the program of robt galbraiutof markham ins p 4 the school opening in september council asks holdup on hunting ban a markham township coun cillor has asked for oneweek holdup in the passing of a by law that would ban the dis charge of firearms in an entire section of the municipality south of no 7 hwy and east from cone 1 to the pickering boundary councillor charles hooper suggested that the coun cil should give the residents in the defined district a chance to voice their opinion i any on the proposed ruling the bylaw if passed without any exemptions would also in clude farmers who wish to hunt on their own properties the by law was given two readings at a regular meeting of council on monday night but its com pletion was held up on council lor hoopers request a pretty twoyear old stouff ville district girl was rescued from the inside of a 12foot selfpropelled combine on her fathers farm cone 9 mark ham friday afternoon and rush ed to the york county hospital at newmarket yvonne jones daughter of mr and mrs allan jones rri stouffville apparently lost her balance after she climbed up on the rubbertired wheel she fell into the grounddrive mecha nism that was in motion al though the big machine was stationary in the yard mr jones seated at the con trols heard his daughters screams and pulled her free seconds after the accident oc curred she was rushed by car to the office of drs mitchell and smith stouffville and then transferred to the york county hospital at newmarket a mem ber of the hospital staff re- portcd the childs condition to be satisfactory the rotation of the drive- wheel on the combine tore the little girls clothes to shreds she suffered a nasty gash in her neck and severe burns to her back moie than fifty stitches were required to close the wounds under the supervi sion of dr mitchell and dr w b mcclintock skin graft opera tions will be performed it is expected that she will be con fined to hospital for about three weeks mr and mis jones have one son lany 5 father of smallpox boy visited local bible campm0h rev james- robert orr the father of a 14 year old boy cur s j d lucas contend- uy n isolation in rwerdale hospital toronto suffering ed that the inclusion of exemp tions in the bylaw would only tend to weaken the act and make it more difficult for the police to secure convictions in court oat crop tops 95 bu per acre a turnout of more than 95 bushels to the acre was the run of oats on the farm of mr jas hawthorne cone 7 pickering twp mr hawthorne recently completed the harvest of his oat crop that topped fifteen other competitors in the annual markham fair competition the stand of rodney oats one of the heaviest in the dis trict in spite of an exception ally dry summer counted a total of 92 points on the judges scale in the wheat class competi tion mr clarke prentice of markham topped the poll his harvest turnout was 45 bushels per acre car driven by 14yrold crashes bulldozer in 100 mph chase a 34 year old toronto boy behind the wheel of his fathers 1958 edsel led markham twp police on a 100 mile per hour chase west from markham vil lage andsouth on the don mills road during the early hours of friday morning the race ended when the toronto car rammed into a bulldozer on a detour at the cnr bypass construction site a 17 year old youth was taken safecrackers spent a few voary weekend houis in the village of claremont but didnt realize a single penny for their efforts entry was gained to the store of the claremont cooper ative and to the post office but the steel safes in each location could not be openxl it is be lieved that the same persons were responsible for both break- ins in claremont and also the entry into the office of cashway lumber at brooklin cd was badly battered with an axe and crowbars it was not opened the thieves then took an estimated 200 worth of mer chandise off the shelves mainly electrical appliances after the inilia- robbery was discovered on saturday morn ing a double lock was placed on the back door of the build ing on saturday night the thieves broke in through a side entrance it marked the first theft at the new store since its the coop store was subject- 1 official opening almost seven m to visitations by thieves on j months ago both friday and saturday an old story nights the safe located nctr the breakin at the claremont the front window and well light- post office is an old story that h has been repeated on a total of six occasions since the struct ure was erected on five of these times the safe has been dam aged ontario provincial police from the whitby detachment on patrol in the village on sun day morning observed the in terior damage and notified the postmaster mr fred morlcy although the handle and out side lock on the safe had been blown off the door was not opened in both instances at the coop and the post office sate experts from toronto had to be called in to gain access to the vaults business on monday into custody for questioning by pc doug tribbling and pc allan chadwick he was locat ed in the boiler room of the primeau block plant he was a passenger in the getaway auto two others including the driver and a 15 year old companion escaped in the darkness and later returned to their homes charges of dangerous driving and operating a car without a license will likely be laid against the mycar old constables tribbling and chadwick observed the south bound vehicle on the markham main street at 3 am when they attempted to halt the auto on no 7 hwy it pulled away from the cruiser although the officers were travelling at 90 miles per hour the youth con tinued to widen the gap between them west of unlonville the driver turned out the cars head lights but the police were able to keep it in view due to the brightness of the moon police from richmond hill vaughan twp and metro joined in the search for the youths after they fled their wrecked auto but they were successful in locating only one of the trio the car taken without the workman stunned by lightning bolt a young uxbridge man was stunned and knocked to the ground by a bolt of lightning when a flash electric storm hit the vandorf area monday after noon keith tipton 18 was operat ing a gasdriven mortarmixer at the vandorf public school he was given medical treatment at the scene from smallpox was a recent visitor at the willow springs bible camp near lemonville according to a report to the tribune from dr r m king yorkxountymedicalofficer of health dr king has learned that rev orr a baptist missi onary spent an entire day at the sunday school mission cone 7 whitchurch twp and was in contact with the campers and the camp staff this was before his sons diagnosis of smallpox had been made the pastdr has been quarantined at the home of a friend on westlake ave toronto arrangements have been made to vaccinate all should not be taken for granted he recommends that in cases of doubt persons should be vacci nated or revaccinated unless they have received the shots within the last three years baptist petition objects to liquor vote a petition signed by 37 mem bers of the claremont baptist church congregation has re gistered an objection to the pro posed liquor plebescite in the twp of pickering the signed copy was presented to a special meeting of council on monday night it was not supported by a delegation the members took camp no action personnel who may have been i the date of the vote was set exposed to the disease i for saturday oct 27th 1962 through the tribune dr the bylaw passed on a split king is appealing to all persons recorded vote spelled out in de local swimmers receive awards fiftytwo swim pupils were presented with their red cross awards on wednesday aug 15th on the completion of swim ming and lifesaving tests at the stouffville community swim ming pool the classes includ ed boys and girls from the ranks of beginners through to seniors in addition fifteen others received special awards the instructors were tim wees lyn shaw and mardele willis the awardwinners are listed as follows beginners kevin willis david herbert john mc lean g hodgins ron ramer h kairies shar wright laurie ann dafoc robin macdonald bill hassard timothy herbert guy hunter roberta john diane deacon david christie ed smith blair smalley grace eddington donnie rennie jun ior peter sanderson linda dafoe susan britton carol corner arlene mcfadden con nie slack norman christie john mcfadden rex miller peter hambly susan chapman chas menard wayne miller anne duxbury intermediate tom mcfadden derek gresham coleen hisey nancy murphy joyce sinclair t margaret aida regina dams joyce williams john sanders jane thomas megan gurney senior dcnise holden carol lamoreaux nan cy wideman jim hill linda wright nancy stover special awards tim wees has received his royal life instructors certifi cate recipients of bronze me- dalions include darlene wat son donna knox barbara winn sharon wideman nancy wideman raymond rioux karen hamilton 1st bar carol lamoreaux 2nd bar awards of merit went to bob waggiken aida jim hill greta vanstorie allan meabry and bernadineterwoerds in york county who may have had either direct or indirect contact with the orr family to visit their family physician or the york county health unit immediately to ensure their pro tection with a smallpox vaccina tion every effort is being made to locate the persons who may have been passengers on the cpr train no 324 from new york to toronto arriving at the union station on sunday aug 12th at 10 am dst fourteen year old james orr was on this train and it is as sumed that a number of per sons were exposed to the dis ease dr king is hopeful that no secondary cases will occur he warned however that this tail the questions that will be put to the electorate in brief the people of pickering will be asked to vote either for or against the following are you in favour of 1 a retail liquor outlet 2 a brewers retail store 3 a wine store 4 mens beverage rooms 5 la dies beverage rooms 6 a dining room licence for the con sumption of beer and wine with meals 71 a dining room licen ce for the consumption of liquor with meals 8 sale of liquor undera lounge licence cocktail bar councillor w j greening sug gested that the vote should be put over until a later date councillor milton mowbray disagreed lets pass it now or forget about it he said thieves rifle office safe of browns bread co the district office headquart ers otthe browns bread co at buttonville in markham town ship was entered by thieves on the weekend and receipts esti mated at more than 1500 were stolen the steel safe was drilled and the receipts removed in a theft described by police as the work of professionals the building located at tho intersection of no 7 hwy and the don mills road has been burglarized on at least five other occasions entry was gained through a rear window the loss was discovered on i monday morning sgt robt hood and pc al lan chadwick of markham twp police are working on the case reeve sherman scott concur red in the recorded vote that followed deputy reeve mrs jean i mcpherson and council lors mowbray and spang regis tered a negative reply the mo tion was carried goodwood pilot to leave plane in british columbia bog till freezeup t both locations was somewhat curtailed until the safes could fathers consent suffered 500 be opened damage mr jan falkowski chief fly ing instructor at the goodwood airport has left his 15000 sin- glcengined fourseater aircraft in the wilds of a british colum bia muskeg swamp following a miraculous rescue last week about 300 miles north of van couver if anyone can get a plane over the mountains jan can said a spokesman at the good wood port following the re- port on tuesday that mr fal kowski his wife alma his stepson tom tanski and student flyer grant mcgregor of oshawa were long overdue on a flight from calgary to vancouver an american pilot flying north in search of caribou spot ted the downed plane late tues day afternoon the discovery has been termed as a one in a million chance mrs falkowski summed up the whole dramatic story in a few words flying skill and an awful lot of luck ony a great pilot could have landed the plane safely in that muskeg and only- a miracle could have made that american pilot spot us there she said mr falkowski plans to leave the craft in the bog until freeze- up time when he hopes to get i out one wing tip suffered slight damage not a scratch when the foursome left cal gary the weather was perfect on the last lap of the flight they ran into thick fog mr falkowski headed north hop ing that the mist might clear when unsuccessful and with their fuel almost gone he turn ed back we knew all we could do was find a good spot and try to set the plane down he picked out a clearing between two 13000 foot mountain peaks and glided in for a landing the rratl made a belly landing in the swamp and settled down only six inches below the sur face a less experienced pilot would have had us in up to the cabin windows said his step son tom not one person re- t ceived as much as a single scratch drank swamp water with thirtynine toffee can dies four bottles of pop and two halfpackages of cigarettes the party was prepared to hold out as long as possible we all pitched in to make the best of the situation said mrs falkow ski the men walked two miles to a swamp pond for water which the four drank diluted with ginger ale mrs falkowski made pillows and mattresses out of plastic bags filled with crumpled newspapers and maps calls were sent out over the planes radio every hour of the day they lit a fire in an effort to attract attention but nothing would burn they spent much of their time in the cabin of the aircraft as shelter from be- lowfrcczlng temperatures at night and the mosquitoes during the daytime near sundown on tuesday they heard the faint hum of an airplane motor they h waved and shouted frantically and were spotted the pilot said he was attracted to the scene by a red sweater that mrs fal kowski held in her hands he could not land in the rugged terrain but shouted to the stranded party to hold on un til he could find help the next morning a rescue helicopter picked up the group and took them to a nearby hunting camp they were later flown to van- couvcr and on thursday re turned by bus to calgary alvtays had hope we never gave up hope said mrs falkowski she said that the party planned to set out on foot they later learned that a village located forty miles was vacant and a forest ranger station not too far away was unattended mr and mrs falkowski returned home on sunday the couple still plans to fly over the rockies possibly in a year or two well make itnext time he said h