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e toulfuille vol 74 no 28 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday december 20 1962 eighteen pages nearly 2000 see santa santa clans continues to be the most popular man in stouffville and an estimated 2000 childicn have visited his main street chalet linda durbin of goodwood is shown here presenting her gift list to santa his helpeis are gail nelson left and gale cos- sey st nick will continue to greet little boys and girls on friday and saturday both afternoon and evening staff photo announce christmas honour list at stouffville high school the following students ob taincd an avciage of 75 or higher on the chiistmas exami nationsheld at the end of no vember the pei outage for the top three students in each giade is given studentsare ar- langed in order of meiit grade 13 students finished christmas examinations this week and re- milts will not be available until after chiistmas the threehighest students in the school were herbert otto giadc10 janet button grade 11 and alan lee giade9 tied grade alan lce 8s4 imihe smith 878 bert paisley 876 randy moip nelda booth neil wagg cathy bacon john har- iis nancy stover william len nox bonnie oneill paul schlieter norccn powell shir ley wagg raymond rioux david glover keneth harri son and sheila ash tied jona than lemon john lang and sharon bruce edward wide- man david yakc paul middle- ton mai gat et sheridan lloyd kerswill gradk 10 jlerbcrl oltn 916 margaret stiller 851 michael reed 811 betty marshman linda smith arlan galbrailh ilowaid wide- man dianne stony and lany moxham tied jeanelle lang and stephen barker tied ken neth walsh donald smith lin- da snmmei feldt peter hambly sharon wideman lynn sher wood and gale grose tied da vid colbum joyce mckean percy wagg mary otter linda clendcnning judy vardon and donna lee and sheryl mckean fed wayne bacon james me- laffey betty cornelisse donna knox and peter gibblns tied harold biillinger darlene wat- sonjames wylic maiy miller john willis lvnne boyd gradk 11 janet button ss1 barbara howard 878 klinore shirk 864 john riddle ian montgomery kathleen hall mary foote heather smith bernadine ter- woerds ken aida frances farr ingrld schncll barbara davi son anna mae sanders james hill mark bramham gradk 12 kaibara button 872 robert mole 864 karen kennedy 812 andiew watson robeit mc- nair jamie ogilvy gaiy gall special commercial eleanor little 848 markham man given 10 months in reformatpry a markham district man fathei of two was sentenced to ten months definite and six indeterminate in the ontario reformatoiy last week when he appeared before judge alex c winners of prechristmas draw prizes the lucky draws lor 20 500 merchandise vouchers were made on saturday eve ning from the big barrel located in front oi the santa claus chalet on main street in stouff ville mrs evelyn jackson president of the business and professional womens club selected the twenty winning entries assisted by ken wagg and cec hendricks the winners are mts tru man baxter rupert ave stouffville mrs harvey swain rr3 stouffville mrs c smurthwaite rr2 stouffville mrs geo miller church st stouffville mrs chas mallett rr2 markham mrs dave crozier stouffville mrs r l dinel rr2 stouffville miss bertha winn church st stouffville mrs ella hamm park dr n stouffville mrs e b thomas cone 9 n stouff ville mrs walter pjpher sun set blvd stouffville mrs joe housser park dr s stouff ville charles tmdall harold st stouffville mrs jack willi ams maytree ave stouffville jimmie lloyd hamm lloyd ave stouffville leo egbert park drive s stouffville gor don bell harold road sharon rri mrs fred doust gorm- ley alma burkholder second st stouffville miss sandra baker rr 2 stouffville the prizewinning vouchers may be picked up at hendricks hardware store main street pickering township farmers to fight assessment increases before court pickering twp farmers have united in a solid front to fight their 1962 landassessment increases in the courts in a standingroom show of force that jammed the confines of the brougham hall on tuesday night rural residents unanimously agreed to rally in support of a standing executive headed by president elliott harrington the pickering committee will in clude joe tran chairman reg hoskins fred puckrin harold hornshaw john pesters grant burkholder and mrs lloyd mckean secretary a total of 456 appeals have been filed or approx imately 95 of all farm assessments in the municipality the swiftness of the farmers action in this matter was pointed out by mr joe tran who said that the assessment notices were received on friday nov 30th and on monday dec 3rd the campaign to appeal was already in motion solicitor james mccallum has been retained to act on the farmers behalf keswick man is 63 pres of north york plowmens assoc a keswick man will be the new president of s the north york plowmans association in 1963 mrm w connell will head the organization succeed ing mr bob timbers of mount albert to the post a yearend gathering was held at sharon hall in ontario county court on wednesday evening of fast robert lloyd wideman 23 had week about 70 persons were annexed home owners to get town water rate residential residents whose properties will be taken into town by annexation on jan 1st 3nd who are presently paying outoftown water rates will get a bonus in the new year their rates will now be reduced to coincide with the regular lates charged all home owners in town only exception will be in the case of barn services wheie in some cases large herds of cattle are being watered in such cases the bain seivice price will remain the same puc commissioners agieed last week that the water rate bylaw should be amended to include these new home owners earlier been convicted on a charge of possessing house breaking tools he was found not guilty on a second charge of attempted theft from a pay telephone in the west rouge shopping pjaza pickering twp a heavy steel bar a screw driv- ei and a tire non were located behind the front seat in wide- mans ear judge hall ihfoimed the ac cused that he had been convict- ed on a serious charge one that carried a maximum penalty of 14 years in a federal penitenti ary he said that he knew wide- mans family would be the ones who would suffer but because of the accuseds record he present other membeis of the execu tive will include 1st vice pres ident walter rate mt albert 2nd vice president ramsay weddell belhaven secretary frank marrittf keswick audi tor chas nolan stouffville treasurerfred timbers stouff ville t the 1963 direclors f 1 om whitchurch twp will include jack wood wm simpson win timbers grant wells harold botham ivan mclaughlin er nest davis floyd forsyth and cliff wallwork the townships of east gwillimbury and geor- gina are also represented goodwood dog owner charged with neglect mrs klsie bolinil cone 3 uvbriilge twp two miles north of goodwood has been charged with railing- to pro vide adequate food water and shelter for animals under her cure and control the charge was laid by chief inspector jack mo arthy of the ontario humane society after three dogs were picked up on the property last week the authority to take such action is contained i under section 387 of the cri- 1 could not consider a suspended in spite of poor weather the sentence you aie the one that north york match near holt has brought this hardship on your family he added two yeai s ago wideman was convicted of 26 charges of steal ing fiom pay telephones and sentenced to five months def inite at that time his honor said that apparently it was not sufficient to slop him fiom the same type of behaviour attracted a list of 65 entries three representatives from each of the plowmens associa tions will form a committee to make preliminary plans for the international match on the pro perty of con smythe mono mills in 1965 north yorks committee will comprise messrs sheldon walker of sharon fred timbers of stouffville and walter rate of mt albert stouffville hydro buys substation initial code the case has been schedul ed for magistrates court uv- h ridge on tuesday afternoon ian 8th at 3 pm it has been estimated that between 40 and 55 dogs are kept on the boland premises despite the obiections of chairman of the public utilities commission members proceed ed with a lesolution last week to put chase the hydro substation at the westend of stouffville for the sum of s26356 the local hydro commission is in a good financial position and will pay for the entire amount out of surplus funds the purchase of the silbsta- i tion is being made in prepara tion for the taking over of the recently annexed lands to the town chairman neville said that he considered the price much too high he said that the de preciation allowed over the years the station has been own ed by ontaiio hydro was much too small and suggested that an interview with the ontario hydro chairman should be asked for the original cost of the station to ontario hydro was 34863 commissioners atkinson and timbers considered it was ad visable to purchase since the rental charge was based on the current used and since this is constantly increasing the rent might also chairman neville said the local commission was presently paying hydro over 5000 a year rent and had paid in the aggregate over the ycais more than 50000 council takes action reeve sherman scott drop ped a bombshell into the gather ing when he announced on tues day night that the wheels were already in motion to acquire the services of county assessor gordon hepditch to take over the post now held by pickering commissioner delbert goslin he explained later that a closed committee meeting had been held on monday evening but its results could not be regarded as official one councillor describ ed the session as pretty rough appeals have cost the twp of pickering a considerable amount of money said the reeve but until the judge brought down his decisions i felt i should support the asses sor i for one now feel that a new basis for assessment is necessary he continued i also feel that a new system of assessment is necessary deputyreeve mrs jean mc pherson said she was 100 in support of the farmers in their protest she informed the meet ing that she too had filed an appeal on her own property harvey spang the first mem ber of council to take the plat form promised the farmers his support he like deputyreeve mcpherson will appeal it is very unfortunate that everything was going along fine until someone rocked the boat said councillor milton mowbray he spoke in favour of the county assessor assum- ing the pickering commission ers position councillor w j greening also supported the farmers in their anti assess ment campaign record attendance mr elliott harrington the guest speaker said that never in his experience had he ever been present at such a well- attended meeting you have made history here tonight on a scale that has never been done before he said f dont suppose there has ever been a protest meeting like this he urged the pickering farmers to unite with other neighbouring municiualities who are faced with similar problems its all the same fight he said it keeps breaking out in different places like an infection un less someone wakens up fast we are going to have an awful lot of country land with no country people on it first last and all the time we must be known as farmers continu ed the speaker we must fight as farmers think as farmers and go to court as farmers he urged balsam farmer mr donald sanderson suggested that the council should take immediate action to curb the misuse of authority by the assessment commissioner this man has cost the township a small for tune he said both in 196061 and again this year mr harry newman placed a portion of the blame on the shoulders of council for ap pointing incompetent members to the court of revision miss violet swan charged that she had appealed and re- appealed on several occasions but her assessment was always returned to its previous level the following year she said thai she had been undaunted by this action a lot of people dont know whats under a ladys skirt sometimes she d to the echo of laughter according to the act we must prove that the assessor is wrong stated mr harring ton he can stay home and go fishing if he pleases we must change the act and stop all this foolishness he continued and let us quietly go about our business of farming which is what we want to do ont humane society raids dog farm seizes three animals pleads guilty to charge of false pretenses t i a goodwood district man was convictedby magistrate russ ell g pearsejn richmond hill court on tuesday of falsei pre tenses arthur sheldrick 52 conc3 uxbridge twpjentered a plea of guilty the accused is alleged lo have attempted to pass a phony cheque last week in the rat- cliff i g a foodliner store on main street in stouffville he was arrested by p c harry heatherington sheldrick was released on bail but will reappear in court on thursday today for sen tence an inspector with the onta rio humane society accompani ed by a veterinarian raided the wellknown dog faim north of goodwood in ubridgc town ship on thursday morning and seized thiee animals chief in spector jack mcarthy of rich mond hill and dr donald davis of uxbridge visited the pie- mises after a tip off from an undisclosed caller told of un satisfactory conditions on the property inspector mcarthy told the tribune that he had warned the owner mrs elsie boland that her place did not comply with society standards when he checked the premises on a pie- vious occasion the official said he was most alarmed over the conditions of the three dogs that were picked up he said that there was no evidence of either food or drink ing water on the morning of the raid but said that boiled po tatoes and old bread had been given to the animals when he leturned later in the day he said one dog was chained inside an open kennel with neither food nor water in temperatures of eight degiees above zero the dog population on the boland farm was estimated at between 43 and 55 claims not neglected mrs boland was not home when inspector mcarthy arnv- cd but she returned a short time later she denied that her dogs were neglected she said she had been busy drawing hay to the cattle in the morning and vvould tend to the animals when this work was completed about two years ago uxbridge twp council terminated mrs bolands kennel license and ac cording to the clerk she now pays on a per dog basis the dogs that were seized will not be destroyed but will be housed and fed in the humane society kennels in toronto christmas tree cutting bee on saturday and sunday an estimated 200 families the ma jority from metro toronto flocked to the farm of mr jack morris of goodwood to take pait in a doityourself christ mas tree cutting bee it was a similar scene on the property of mr les ogden ballantrae the freshair outing was espe cially appreciated by the chil dren and the adults took ad vantage of cutrate prices that ranged from 125 up to 200 per tree it is the second year that mr morris has opened his premises i to axewielding metro imen women and children last win ter only thirty families took advantage of the opportunity people have been coming to mr ogdensfarm for the past 25 years additional locals mr and mrs walt booth and family have taken upresidence in their new home tenth line s tne stouffville and dist air cadets will hold their annual prechristmas party at the legion hall on friday evening held without bail after shooting spree illegal pedestrian highway crossing criticized by inquest jury at buttonville a coroners jury meeting at buttonville on thurday night luggesied that white crosswalk markings on the kennedy road at hagermans corners may have provided an so year old man with a false sense of secu rity and led lo his death charles edward marks was kil led on nov 26lh when he step- led off a bus and walked into the path of a car driven by dr charles williams corc 7 markham the jury headed by fore man harold cowie recommend ed that the crosswalk be made legal by bylaw and be properly iluminafcd from both north and south directions they also urged that the 50 mile per hour speed limit be reduced and the crest of hagermans hill be levelled off to form an overpass over the proposed hwy 407 and the cnr bypass line other jury members all from the area of the accident includ ed wm sutherland geo couperthwalte frank rydik znd geo miller blinded by ijghtt dr williams a professor at the university of toronto said he was temporarily blinded by the headlights of a southbound ear as he approached the inter section he said that he saw some movement in front of his auto but did not realize he had struck a man until- the body appeared on the hood of his vehicle ke estimated his speed jt between 40 and 45 miles per hour he said that in his 33 years of driving it was his first serious accident he said that his car was in excellent mechanical ondltion dr r j mackay pathologist at the scarboro general hospital said that death could be attributed to a crushed chest kc said that both legs were fractured the de ceased was returning to the home of hi son on 14th ave delaurier of stouffville was one of the first on the accident scene victims pulse was very weak he said that he did not attempt any form of artificial respira tion due to the fear of bone fractures sgt wm shearn of markham twp police the in vestigating officer said that fourwheel skid marks were evident on the pavement he said he did not feel that the williams car was travelling at excessive speed the inquest waa conducted by sgt robt hood the coroner an uxbridqe township man has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting spree that saw eight bullets from a heavy calibre rifle pierce the service station and apartment residence of mr and mrs art stalcy and family ux bridge town geo miller 23 of uxbridge rr3 is being held with out bail in the county jail at whit by he currently faces two charges of assault and one of criminal negligence police from both uxbridge and whitbj have already spent many hours on the case and the incident is still under investiga tion the accused appeared in court on tuesday but was re manded in custody until friday the shootings occurred aiound 2 am in fie moining three bullets enteicd the sta lcy living room two went through a plate glass window in the garage and three others were fired through an upstairs bedroom window the family was all asleep at the time but were rudely awakened by the shots chief inspector jack mc arthy of the ontario humano society holds one of thiee dogs that were seized orj th boland farm north of good wood last week make presentation to librarian c oi ouv on tuesday evening i spe- he testified that the c presentation wasmade to markham twp after spending iwax dr john fleming of mark- a holiday in petcrboro dr j s i ham village retiring librarian mrs geo thomas at a committee gather ing held in the library building mrs thomas will conclude 17 years of faithful service at the end of the year a beautifully prepared ad dress of appreciation was de livered by mr geo foord rev douglas davis presented mrs thomas with a cheque reeve win timbers was in attendance and expressed the good wishes of the council other members of the library board spoke briefly this is another of the more than 50 dogs that are kept on the boland premises a charge under the cruelty to animals section of the crimi nal code has been laid and the case will be aired lit uxbrldgt court on jan 8th staff photd