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a reindeer but santa claus was besieged with many and varied re quests on saturday as more than one thousand boys and skills greeted their favourite friend in his chalet on main street in stouffville the childrens suggestions con tained eveiything from talk ing dolls to reindeer pictured dean returned hooper new dep in markham twp reeve wilfred dean vill con tinue to head markham town ship council in 1963 the ding- dong election battle was con cluded on monday night when reeve dean rolled up a 383 vote majority over his oppon ent deputyreeve lawson mum- berson mr deans final count was 1614 mr mumberson had a- vote of 1231 although the fight for the leeveship was a sibling two- way encounter the feature of the election was the photo fin ish for the position of deputy reeve charles hooper with 30 years of council experience was fighting for his life all night to take the post from newcomer forest dullege on at ieast two occasions during the poll by poll count councillor hooper was railing the final figure was not available until tuesday morning in ward 1 councillor allan sumner defeated geoffry walker 752 to 530- tt similar trend for the most part throughout the township the same support that rallied behind reeve dean was also on the bandwagon for mr hooper the same trend showed up for mr mumberson and mr dullege councillor hooper edged mr dullege by 23 votes the count was 1350 p 1327 no recount has been requested it was a weird turn of events that saw mr dean defeat mr mumberson in his home polls ot buttonville and victoria sq the same switch occurred in mr deans territory of high land park and langstaff where mr mumberson was accorded strong support in the majority of rural areas reeve dean held an edge f at councillor hoopers home poll in buttonville the veteran campaigner held a huge lead of 183 to 69 mr mumberson and mr dullege both polled heavily in highland park and henderson ave the 3963 council in markham township will be as follows reeve wilfred dean deputy- reeve chas hooper council lors ward 1 allan sumner in waid 2 stewart rumble and in ward 3 chas hoover in an election in school aiea no 2 the successful trustees were howard fairty and elson miles turnout small despite the preelection bat tle that raged on the public platform the turnout at the polls was poor considering the thousands of eligible voters inr the township only about 25 per cent cast a ballot voters favour obtaining land stouffville voters gave over whelming support monday to the proposal that the municipal council should obtain some land which could be made available to mdustiy at a reasonable figure the vote was moie than two to one in favour of the question the actual count was 705 yes and 297 no this suppoit for the indust rial question came as the big surprise to many quite a num ber were skeptical of the out come even though they support ed the question themselves fiom the very first poll tho question appeared to be on tho way to success nol poll on main st south side gave a 61 majority in favour in no 2 this majority climbed to 100 and in here 5 year old jackie wat son son of mr and mis jack watson main st w discus ses his christmas gift list with st nick santas schedule bring your family to santas chalet next to the bank of nova scotia to meet jolly st nick his schedule is as fol lows thurs dec 6130 to 330 pm fri dec 7130 to 330 pm and 730 to 900 pm sat dec 8 10 am to 12 noon and 130 to 330 p m tues dec 11130 to 330 pm wed dec 32 130 to 330 pm thuis dec 13130 to 330 pm fri dec 14130 to 330 pm and 730 to 9 pm sat dec 35 10 am to 32 noon and 130 to 330 pm fri dec 21130 to 330 pm and 730 to 900 pm sat dec 2210 am to 12 noon and 130 to 900 p m favours for the children from santa in person jiolls 3 and 4 the majority in favour was 126 and 121 this substantial mandate will undoubtedly prove a pow erful argument in any dealings whicii the municipality should have with the ontario municip al board on financing with an nexation to be completed this january and council being ask ed by thevoters to line up some land for industry council members weie expressing the view election night that 1963 might be the year that stouff ville would finally break into the industrial picture two yr old mongolia boy seriously injured by truck in laneway a two year old mongolia boy is recovering in the york coun ty hospital at newmarket fol lowing a serious accident in the driveway of his home cone 10 markham on saturday after noon nov 24th david dart son of mr and mrs robt dart was dragged about ten feet when struck by a 3ton truck he suffered a bioken right leg fractured libs and head injuries most of his clothing was torn off the little lad was lushed to the offices of dr mitchell and smith in stouftville by his mother and her sisterinlaw mrs jean dart he was imme diately transferred to hospital in newmaikct by receptionist joan little he will be confined there for at least four weeks but his parents are hoping he will be home in time for christ mas mr and mrs dart have a daughter lori 4v4 yeras old rtbttnt vol 74 no 26 the tribune aiouffvtttk ontario thursday december 6 1962 twenty pages win timbers returned as reeve ken betz new council member reeve win timbers of stouffville was returned to office for a second term on monday as former reeve ken wagg failed in his bid to return to office mr timbers majority was 182 slightly higher than in 1961 when he first won the seat from mr wagg the reeve received his strongest support in the east end of town where his majority was an even hundred he was 21 ahead with the first returns from the south side down town poll and continued to gain as the other results were tallied there was no election for deputvreeve ken laushway having received an acclamation councillor bud spang again topped the polls for council as he did in his initial run last year he polled 877 votes which was 260 ahead of his nearest opponent and councils newest member ken betz mr betz made a creditable showing with 617 votes getting steadv support in every poll councillor parsons with 490 votes was approximately one hundred ahead of mr slack who was trying for a comeback this year the two unsuccessful candidates mr slack and mr wood were only separated by about fifty votes both bottom men fell off considerably in the voting at no 3 poll the west end of town slightly more than a thousand voters turned out which was ap roximately sixty per cent of the elec torate the amount of campaigning was about normal with all candidates but the voters appeared reasonably satisfied with the present administration and voted accordingly son reunited with parents after 12 years twelve yeais ago mr andpaients along with alexander mrs serge smirnov of mongolia 1 7 vladimir 9 mary 10 and left their native yugoslavia benje 13 were waiting at mal- and with one son benje came to canada to start life anew due to the haste in which the parents left the country their eldest son ivan then 2 years old had to lemain behind last week the family now five in number weie reunited the ton ail port when the big plane with ivan aboaid lunched down at 1230 p m we lecognued him light away said mrs smirnov she said that they had kept in con stant touch with their son and had received pictures of him from time to time while in yugoslavia he had lived at the home of mrs smirnovs mother the smirnov family have re sided at mongolia on the former brownsberger faim for the past 2vi years they had previously lived in toronto we like it here said mrs smirnov it was my idea jojnjoveoutlo the country mr smirnov is a painter by profession and any spare time is spent on his 25 acres of land the parents speak english well and have also mastered russian some italian and of course their na tive yugoslavian we have learned a lot from listening to the radio and watching tele vision said mrs smirnov the neighbours have also been very helpful ivan cannot speak english but will attend public school at mongolia new police radio the stouffville police de- equipment was installed in the local number is 6101300 paitment was piovided with the ciuiser despatcher head- p c hugh vankoughnet is twoway radio communication quarters aie located at but- shown heie at the controls service last week when new tonville in markham twp staff photo dairy sold business has tripled in 15 years the maple leaf daily main road and the area covered has youth fined 40 speeding a 20 year old driver was hit with a 40 fine plus costs in magistrates court rich mond hill on friday for speeding in town at 55 miles per hour in a 30 mile area gerald djck stouffville er3 was paced by p c har ry hcathcrington in the stouffville cruiser and was stopped on the outskiits of the milage it was levealed in evidence that on a previous occasion the same car had outdist anced local police at speeds approaching 100 miles per hour dyck drives a 1919 meteor housewife management of markham council irks reeve alma walker engagement mrs arthur buchanan an nounces the forthcoming mar riage of her daughter ann lynn to mr alan binnington ba son of dr and mrs a s binnintgon the wedding will take place saturday december 22nd at victoria square burnett farmer new whitchurch councillors lone lady is defeated tho council in the twp of whifchurch will have two new members in 1963 stewart bur nett and alvin farmer both longtime residents of the mu nicipality were accorded excel lent support at the polls on monday mr burnett rolled up x total of s54 votes while mr farmer was close behind with s45 ivan mclaughlin was re elected with 711 and will begin his fifteenth term in office mrs klsie gibbs the lone lady can didate was swept out of coun cil by the allmale tide she counted 595 votes and iwrcnce hennessey trailed with 126 reeve frank williams and dep- ujyrccvc ross farquharson received acclamations for messrs burnett and far mer the electorate gave them strong backing across the en tire township burnetts biggest vote ramc at plcasantvitlc h6 and bethesda 10s the poll at lcmonville threw its weight be hind farmer 115 councillor mclaughlins support was even more surprising since hfs acti vities during election week were curtailed due to ill health he listened to the election rcpoits from a hospital bed like his fellow 1963 councillors he also polled a good vote at pleasant- ville and bloomington the two polls at lake wil cox rallied to the support of mrs gibbs but they were not enough- to swing the count in her favour even in the wester ly outpost of oak ridges she trailed her two-opponents- street stouffville has been sold the new owners are messrs frank hannah and roy jack son formerly of marmora the transaction was finalized on saturday dec 1st mr- hannah has literally grown up with the dairy bus iness in marmora he has pur chased a new home in the wat son heights subdivision mr jackson plans to take up permanent residence in stouff ville next summera daughter 15 is presently enrolled in the marmora dist high school the maple leaf dairy has been successfully operated un der the partnership of messrs guy rutledge and geo allison for the past fifteen years it was purchased from mr charlie webster in 1917 during this period the volume of milk handled has more than tripled the firm has six trucks on the been greatly extended much new interior equipment has also been added all members of the present staff will be retained including nine employees in the dairy and three clerks in the store all lines of dairy products will still be cairied and the servire will not be changed in any way get your entries in for 500 vouchers dont forget to fill in the coupon on the front page o the coloured section in this weeks tribune and drop it in the bar rel at santas house on main st stouftville there are twenty lucky 5 prizes to be drawn from this container on saturday dec 35th fined 50 for damage to gnr signals a 19 year old gormley youth was fined 50 and costs and re primanded by magistrate r a pearse when he pleaded guilty to a charge of malicious dam age on halloween night in markham twp wm volett edmitted in richmond hill court on monday of throwing a stone and breaking the auto matic signal light at the cnr level crossing in gormley a similar charge against an 18 yr old companion kenneth quinn of gormley rr2 was with drawn the two youths were appre hended by p c evan kelley of markham twp police after he spotted them loitering in the area on the night of the inci dent the matter was later turn- candidate for the rceveship in maikham village douglas meharg aroused the ire of in cumbent reeve mrs alma walker at a preelection gather ing on tuesday night in the markham shopping plaza this village needs leadership to acquire industry said mr meharg we need a planned and adequate pavingprogram my worthy opponent is ask ing you to select a housewife to manage your affairs i am asking you to support a busi nessman before a standing room crowd of interested electorate reeve mrs walker was quick to register a protest i would like to know what you have against housewives she ask ed i know of some who are much smarter than many peo ple in other professions she clarified her statement and said that she was not making refer ence to anyone in uie audience forty hour wcelc mrs walker told the meeting that she had- given fulltime service to the village over the past year equal to a 40hour week if ie elected she said she hoped the towns roadpav ing program would be continu ed in 1963 she contended that much ciedit for the past years reduction in taxes was due to good management she said that had been made available to the elec torate because the clerk did not have time to piepare it the books are always open at the office for anyone to see she said wagon roads reeve walkers lone oppo nent mr meharg attacked th continued on page 7 cd over to the railroad police in addition to paying the fine volett must also make restitu tion for the damage which has been estimated at 4700 if lie fails to comply with this court order he will be jailed bethesda goose stricken with spring fever a gooso on the property- of mr john wilks bethesda has been stricken with spring fever during the past week the bird has laid a total ot three eggs a real oddity for tliis time of year mr wilks is having som difficulty in locating tho goosa hat has been bitten by th lovebug since his flock num- bcrs more than fifty the nesting period- for geese extends from to lime although this schedule may vary by a few weckslt is believed that the unusually mild weather has upset th production program of this bethesda mother goose the vote in the village of stouffville no 1 town office no 2 k r davis no 3 masonic hall no 4 summit view reeve timbers wagg bet comic parsons slack ii spang wood question yes no 134 vl35 153 1s2 602 113 100 125 82 420 156 137 36ft 155 617 131 110 120 300 332 70 if 99 490 388 221 216 222 218 877 60 74 92 110 336 151 90 170 70 394 68 390 69 705 297 the vote in whitchurch township llenn 51c- burnett farmer gihlis cssey laughlin oak ridges 92 59 57 47 39 wilcox lake al 41 30 334 41 36 wilcox lake mz 20 38 s5 35 39 gormley 56 60 22 19 35 bethesda ins 93 43 3s s3 lcmonville ss 315 3s 22 69 bloomington 67 s9 26 21 92 musselmans lake 40 51 47 54 4s bogartown 60 13 13 5 is picasantville 316 142 46 66 326 cedar valley 65 67 26 42 61 vivian 68 78 5s 50 ss s3 sij 595 426 741 hundreds welcomed santa here on saturday hundreds of excited boys and girls ringed the confines of stouffvilles memorial pai k on saturday morning to the giant helicopter brought welcome santa claus to town sania in for a smooth and f safe landing st nick is pic tured here as he prepares to krcct the throng on the sidelines his main street of children and later in chalet