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hge 12 the stourtville tribw1e tfany sept p 1962 welding partlyfilled fuel tank most dangerous inquest jury is told a coroners jury at whitby has ruled that the death of pickering township road superintendent jack chapman burned while welding a fuel tank on a grader was accident al but included six recommend ations in its verdict chapman died in a toronto hospital on aug 8 from burns received when the tank blew up as he wplded it in the pickering town- snip garage at brougham on july 27 the inquest was conducted last week by dr w w tomlin- son of pickering the jurys recommendations wtre as follows vrhc jury found that the explo sion occurred as a result of fail ure to observe the recommen ea safety practices of which the deceased and other employees wfre ignorant after the acci dent occurred said the verdict every effort was made by all pocsent to extinguish the flames o the clothing of the deceased and prevent further damage to the building and people in the buhding fuel storage the jury recommended that a proper fuel storage room should be provided at the municipal ga rage at brougham a room sep arate from the storage and re- flair area and that proper con tainers should be provided for handling fuel and other flam- fnable liquids r was further recommended that bulletin boards be provided at the garage and posters or notices be posted thereon refer ring to safety procedures to be jtollowcd for the usual opera tions carried on in the building tne further recommendation jvas made that regulations should be brought into effect controlling the manufacture of kuel tanks and they should be made of heavy enough metal to stand up to the wear and tear 4o which they are subjected j the jury further added that fwe feel that the lightness of the tank which was being re paired and possible flaws in con struction of the tank were con- factors to this acci- 1 wiping rags which were in the garage was not afbaid tributing dent a final recommendation of the jury stated as the accident seems to have resulted from a lack of information on safety precaution we recommend that all organizations dealing with industrial safety get this information into the hands of those people who can benefit by it as easily and quickly as pos sible in the absence of pathologist dr roderick ross dr tomlin- son told the jury that chapman had died at noon on aug 8 with a post mortem revealing three possible causes of death he said that chapman had suffer ed deep thermal burns to 45 per cent of his body from the waist up he had suffered an obstruc tion of the lungs and a failure of the left kidney all attributed to his death one of the two witnesses to the blast fred hicks pickering roads foreman said that he and ivan booth grader operator had been with chapman in the township garage at brougham on the afternoon of july 27 he said that booths grader had de veloped a leak in a fuel tank and chapman undertook to weld the small hole in the end of the 50gallon tank with an acetylene torch fuel ix tank he said that there was enough fuel in the tank at that time that some was running through the leak he and booth he said raised one side of the grader by means of the hydraulic- powered blade and let the diesel fuel run over to the opposite end of the tank he said that it was necessary to siphon about eight gallons out of the tank to stop the flow through the hole he estimated that as much as 15 gallons would still be in the tank when chapman applied the torch to start welding hicks said that there was an explosion and he saw chapman jump off the chair where he had been standing to do the welding his shirt afhe he and booth he in reply to questions by arleigh hillman acting crown attorney and the two coroners hicks said that he did not know whether or not it was dangerous to weld a tank containing diesel fuel he said that he was aware that gasoline would have ignited much more quickly he said that he was not afraid of any explosion when he saw chap men welding although he knew that chapman was road super intendent and not a welder the tank he said had been welded on two previous occa sions on at least one of those occasions he said the tank was steamed out first in reply to further questions he said the grader was only three years old and added that other graders one 11 years old had had no fuel trouble ivan booth the opeartor of the grader said that chapman had welded metals before espe cially when he operated his own construction business he too said that he did not at that time think it dangerous to weld a fuel tank containing diesel fuel booth told of hearing a loud bang and turning to see chap mans shirt on fire the torch dropped he said and after put ting out the fire on chapman he turned the torch off i never gave a thought to fire or explosion he told the juiy he told the jury that he felt the tank was too light for a road grader which endures much vibrations and many bumps capt h o taylor of the osh- awa fire department a welder for 13 years before he joined the department 18 years ago said that the torch would gen erate 3000 degrees to fuse the metal he said that the tank should first have been cleansed with a strong cleaner or with low presure steam or some inerting gas which would not support combustion in no event he said should it be welded in fact he said no welding should be done in a building which contained ignitable fuel- to do so he said would be very dangerous he told the jury that no li cense is required to operate welding equipment carrying less than 750 pounds of acetylene he said that he would like to see licensing extended to all welding operators no welding he said should be permitted in a building not equipped for welding particularly he said he would uke to see an educational pro gram instigated concerning the danger of all inflammable l capt w r murray of the same brigade a fire inspector said that there is a movement to have welders included in new licensing on a municipal basis the same as garage operators albert cotgrave an inspector of the department of labour said that he saw no welding when he inspected the shop at brougham earlier in the year he also said that it appeared that the tank which exploded had an unusual baffle plate closed at the top with only a v opening at the bottom he said that under the fac tories act he would be able to close down any operation he deemed unsafe although he ad mitted there was no legislation spelling out what was consider ed unsafe he said that it appeared that the welding safety code had not been followed by mr chapman he said that he would consider it very dangerous to weld in that building and most certainly to weld a tank containing diesel fuel rural school construction said extinguished the fire with with inflammable fuel inside it atha mr and mrs arthur foster from richmond hill visited with his brother mr and mrs albert foster one day last week mr allan lehman returned to school on monday at variety village where he is attending the technical school uxbridge pickering tp news claremont the 196263 season for the tgirl guides and brownies will begintm thursday sept 13th onmonday evening sept jloth a shower was held at the jhonw of mrs grant taylor for jmfss porter of dunbar- ton- whose marriage to mr vvil- gf red gliddon will take place on saturday sept 15th in the iclaremont united church the bridetobe received many useful and pretty gifts s a number of persons from both claremont and brougham travelled by bus to innerkip on friday evening to see the or is a midget playoff contest brougham were the winners by ja score of 117 to take the se- jries in two straight grimes p on thursday evening mr and ilrs grant taylor will leave on a jioliday trip to florida they will travel to new york by train and then to miami mr taylor tis a delgate to the international convention of the steelworkers of america they will return jon sept 23rd by plane i mr and mrs roger brown of mimico spent the weekend with mr and mrs jack norton mr keith norton has taken ijup residence in oshawa he is a member of the teaching staff tof the whitby high school mr and mrs tom davis spent the weekend at their new cot- jtage on kenisis lake i i mr and mrs a samarillo held htheir annual corn roast at val- jmar farm on saturday eve- jning mpre than fifty friends iard relatives were present for jthc occasion among those ir attendance were mr and mrs c chapman of the barbados mr and mrs t mclaughlin formerly of oshawa and recent ly of the barbados mr and mrs j c j williams of scarboro and j others from toronto scarboro land claremont 1 master kim stcckley of stouffville visited over the week- tend with mr and mrs al robert- json the l a of the guides and brownies will hold their first i meeting of the fall season on tuesday sept isth at 815 pm at the home of mrs jack ren- nie one of the features of the program will be a hat auction each member is asked to bring j a hat of any description in a paper bag j t there was a good attendance at the claremont united i church for the sunday morning worship mr robt miller of brougham accompanied by mrs howard plaxton was the guest iisololst he sang how great thou art mr and mrs frank hollings- j head left on saturday for a weeks vacation mr and mrs gordon taylor tage on hawk lake the legion bowling league will begin on friday sept 28th at 9 pm at the markham centre a meeting on the com mittee and captains was held lecently at the home bfmr alvin redshaw this is a mixed adult league and eight teams are expected anyone interested in filling a few vacancies should contact mrs rene ronnie at claremont 175 mrs bruce harton and heath- er of willowdale visited on the weekend with mr and mrs earl cook and family mr and mrs ken jones and tom benson motored to niaga ra for the weekend friends will be pleased to learn that mr fred lynn has returned home after a confin- ment in the ajax hospital for two months his health is now much improved members of the legion auxi liary ladies are reminded of their first meeting on thursday sept 13th tonight at 830 p m in the legion debbie ann lewis spent the past week with her grandpar ents mr and mrs clare keevil or sunday sept 16th their new grandchild catherine gail will be christened in st cle ments anglican church toron to the claremont public library will hold its meeting in the library on monday evening sept 17th at 8 pm the ontario and yoik film council now have their new films available persons wishing to acquire them should contact mrs clare keevil the september meeting of the claremont womens institute will take the form of a bus trip to collingwood and a tour through the georgian china factory anyone in the commu nity interested in this excursion should contact cither mrs robt torrance or mrs melvin john son the bus will leave the four corners on wednesday sept 19th at 915 am lunch will be eaten in the park but supper will be obtained at a restaurant miss grace middleton of to ronto spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs mac middleton mr keith carson of wood- bridge visited with his parents mr and mrs frank carson on the weekend keith is a teacher on the staff of the king city high school and head of the science dcpt valerie and leo samarillo entertained a group of their friends at a corn roast on sun day afternoon its bingo night at the legion every monday evening at 815 pm there arc sharcthewcalth jackpot and cash prizes mr hugh pugh has loaned an old tin plate photograph of rfr jim curtis the present pro prietor it was a possession of the late win palmer mr curtis is having it copied at the stouff- ville studio of mr ted cadieux uownews on thursday sept 27th at2 pm the afternoon unit of the claremont united church wo men will meet at the home of mrs mait anderson the roll call will be answered by nam ing a disciple the program will be in charge of mrs elwood carruthers and mrs frank car son lunch will be served by mrs jim peddie and mrs olive vine the 141st anniversary of the baptist church will be marked en sunday morning and evening at 11 am and 730 pm with special services the guest pastor will be rev m f mor- din director of evangelism of the baptist convention onta rio and quebec the guest solo ist will be mr cyril redford on monday the baptist wo mens mission circle will cele brate their 75th anniversary this open meeting will begin at 8 pm the guest speaker for this occasion will be mrs c w dengate of toronto executive secretary of the baptist wo mens missionary society on tario and quebec special music wi be provided by the joseph family of gormley and a bap tist male quartet rev and mrs carnegie re turned home on friday ftom an extended holiday trip to the british isles an agincourt trio skipped by lou ross was the winner of a mixed trebles bowling tourna ment on saturday ben gay- mans markham entry was sec ond and stouffville led by el mer farthing placed third every member in the tourney was presented with a chicken miss glonnys crcswcll has returned home following the completion of summer employ ment at a lodge near bancroft one of the top grade 13 gradu ates of pickering dist high school she will enroll at the university of toronto this month ctt trophy mr and mrs john paton re turned home recently from a twowek trip to the maritimes while in new brunswick mr paton wasa judge at the mari time circus an annual dog show and competition in st john and fredericton the paton entri es also carried off a number of prizes mr and mrs norman wil- loughby and family of toronto were sunday visitpis at the home of mr and mrs l d almack and family mr and mrs anonby and 13 year old daughter ingrid are presently enjoying an extended vacation in norway pleasant opens twenty pupils the 104 year old mt pleasant public school cone 7 picker ing township opened its doors to is boys and girls on tuesday morning of last week but this figure had increased to 20 stu dents by friday the teacher is mrs j kanis the mt pleasant school closed for one full year while sixteen pupils were transported by bus to claremont was clean ed up spic and span for the opening of the september term the largest class is grade 5 with five students thcie are two pupils in grade 8 many rural public schools throughout the area are in the midst of construction con tracts one of these is the fourth line school s s no 4 uxbridge twp in spite of some problems regular clas ses were opened last week on a shift system although an emergency classioom may be pressed into service in the basement it is expected that the new oneroom addition will be completed by the end of october staff photo dept of education withholds grants on school shift system government education grants are not payable to public schools that operate on a shift system of classes according to miss lotta mcneill inspector for the northern district of ontario county this would apply to two schools in uxbridge town ship ss no 6 glasgow and ss no 4 4th line for the first week of the september term both glasgow and fourth line schools have been operat ing on a shift program although miss mcneill pointed out that the boards were attempting to acquire other accommodation the department has no regula tion that provides for twoses sion days she said she noted that separate morning and after noon classes would be a tempo rary measure only miss mcneill said she had already met with the trustees of no 4 school and further discussion was planned with glasgow board members they are both very good boards she said construction started the construction of an addi tion on the fourth line school is well underway and it is hoped that it may be completed by the end of october although this work tends to interrupt the general routine of instruc tion the staff and students are making the best of it its dif ficult for both the children and the contractor said the prin cipal mr john paxton he said that arrangements were being made to makeover the base ment into a temporary class room until the new room is finished there aie 53 pupils on the roll the inspector told the trib une that the department of education frowned on a shift system partly because some children were- required to at tend classes too early in the morning and others were forc ed to remain too late in the afternoon she pointed out how ever that where adequate ac comodation was not available the trustees have little alterna tive you cant hang them the chandeliers she said miss elizabeth gates is the other member of the twoteacher staff at ss no 4 to meet thursday the glasgow board is faced with the most serious problem their new tworoom structure has not yet been started and a shift system has been put into practicethe enrollment is about 48 students the trustees have called a meeting of the rate payers for thursday evening tonight at 8 t in the school the cost of the new building will be outlined at this time it will be somewhat higher than the original estimate rosicrucians to meet at whitby sept 18 on sept 23rd when the sun on its ecliptical journey cros ses the celestial equator for the autumnal equinox members of the rosicrucian order through- cut the world will commemorate the building of the great pyra mid the master of the local order is mis rodd appleby of ashburn the ceremony will be enact ed locally at whitby in the ptonaos quarters at 103 brock street n on tuesday sept 18th at 8 pm council oks debentures of 113000 pickering twp council has given two readings to a bylaw that would permit the borrow ing of 113600 on debenture to construct a new 5room pub lic school at ss no 9 green wood it replaces an original debenturebylaw that called for 100000 at a recent meeting of the ratepayers- in the section the trustees received approval to ac quire an added 13600 above the first estimate parents cant be held for childrens wrong doing says judge hall f pent the weekend at their cot- garcmonts corner store to mr chas redshaw was the winner of the 5050 lucky draw on saturday night sponsored by the greenwood sr softball ciub the current community league softball palyoffs have attracted some of the largest crowds to the claremont park in the ten year history of the group the championship finals will begin shortly possibly on thursday tonight messrs fred ward don hedges and bill evans played ir a lawn bowling tournament at stouffville on wednesday of last week this saturday a local entry will participate in a stouffville tourney for theblrk- grant carson wins trip to united nations grant carson a member of the brooklin junior farmers will represent ontario county on the provincial junior farmer united nations tour to wash ington and new york cities i september 23 to september 29 there will be thirtynine dele gates from various counties and two leaders on the trip grant has been active in many of the local club and county junior farmer activities ha is presently president of the brooklin junior farmers and was awarded this trip because of his interest and support of junior farmer and community activities delegates on the trip will visit niagara falls corning glass works gettysburg city of washington university of maryland the united nations headquarters and other places of interest in the city of new york a parent is not legally re sponsible for the wrongdoings of their children with certain exceptions stated judge alex c hall on monday at second division court held in brough am judge hall dismissed a claim of 452 filed by mr frank hay- ward against mrs bessie hall both of claremont the action was taken by mr hayward after a window was broken on proper ty affecting the plaintiff he said that two boys residing at the hall home later apologized and admitted causing the dam age mr hayward called opp officer j c tullock to the stand as a witness mrs hall testified that a group of boys were congregated in the area at the time of the in cident some said that the win dow was already cracked before hand she said she criticized the plaintiff for charging an extra 200 as a collection fee when he submitted his bill this amount was crossed out by the judge you arc not a collect ing agency she said judge hall pointed out that there was perhaps some moral obligation on the part of the defendent to pay the bill but she could not be held legally j liable he noted that if children commit an offense on the in structions of their parents then the adults can be held respons iblc officer tullock said he had visited the hall home on other occasions and had always found the defendent most co operative he said that no charges were laid in the case mrs hall said that if she had received a bill from a hardware store or from a carpenter she would have been inclined to cever the cost but she felt she was not obligated to pay an account submitted to her by the plaintiff any parent runs into such matters and usually pays for damages- concluded judge hall i myself have covered such costs the witness fees amount ed to 1370 coop annual meeting oct 18 the annual meeting of the claremont cooperative will be held in the mt zion united church on thursday evening oct 18th the business session will be followed by a lunch the guest speaker for the oc casion will be mr joe mccann division manager with office headquarters at severn bridge this has been an important year in the life of the local co operative with the completion of the new store in the spring reappeals for sunday dancing a pickering township park opeiator has asked the council tmough his solicitor to recon sider their refusal to include dancing in a sunday sports and theatre bylaw mr fank hib- bert of grand valley park was represented by mr wetstcin who suggested that there was nothing immoral about dancing or sunday rather than any oth er day of the week we feel that it is harmless and bene ficial passtime he said he pointed out that mr hibbert had taken exticme pains to comply with all township regulations the discussion on the matter was reintroduced at a regular meeting in brougham last week reeve sherman scott stated that the council had to a cer tain extent been guided by the advice of their solicitor who claimed that dancing had no connection with either sport3 or theatrical performances how is it handled in otht municipalities asked the reeve it hasnt come up replied the solicitor i can see nothing wrong with adding it to the by law he continued reeve scott agreed that the matter was of considerable im portance to mr hibbert who wished his park project to be a paying proposition we may hcve to obtain more clarification from our solicitors he said councillor ross deakin sug gested that some attempt should be made to learn the policy adopted in other municipalities goodwood mrs bunker the goodwood ucw held their meeting on sept 5 at the home of mrs hewlett after a few words of welcome by the president mrs herb vvagg took charge of the devotion basing her thoughts on praise roll call was answeerd by seven teen ladies with a verse of scrip ture containing the word praise plans were made to have a hot fowl supper the early part of november mrs hall road several topics taken from the church and its mission provided by the united church of canada ques tions were asked and discussed a social half hour followed history in pickering township museum sept 22 the meeting a miscellaneous shower was held on friday evening in the basement of the united church for miss margaret salmon and mr hugh barry their marriage took place saturday at oshawa mrs les mitchell and her mother mrs rule from moose jaw visited on thursday after noon with mrs luther wilson also mrs wilsons father and sister spent monday at the wil sons home miss carolyne bunker and girl friend from leaside spent sunday with her parents mr and mrs claicnce bunker mr john clegg expects to leave for germany soon for three years miss irene salmon of scar boro spent the weekend with mr and mrs les mcyvrs and ted rally day will be observed at goodwood united church sun day school on september 16 at the regular hour of 1130 am miss jean linton a returned missionary from africa will show slides and tell about her work in southern nigeria everyone welcome a rosebud mouth is nice on a girl unless it pops open too often i aoi i0e30i anniversary service in he claremont baptist church i on sunday sept 16th al 11 am and 730 pm guest pastor rev m f mordcn guest soloist mr cyril redford monday sept 17th al 8 pm 75th anniversary baptist womens mission circle guest speaker mrs c w dengate toronto special music the joseph family of gormley baptist male quartet plan to worship with us 30e3q t iono xoe