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titifff ttle ftrtbttne vol 74 no 29 the tribune stouffvttte ontario friday december 2s 1962 ten pages goodwood postmaster assaulted arrest thugs in markham village his head swathed in band- hours after he was assaulted ages goodwood postmaster and robbed last week four and storekeeper charles wat- men were later arrested in son is shown here a few markham village claremont community honours retiring telephone operators seven members of the former claremont telephone switch board staff were honoured on sunday afternoon by the village of claremont with special pre sentations at the home of mrs luella robertson each lady re ceived an engraved leather wal let and change purse the gift were presented by mr chas cooper a photo appears on page 8 of this issue altogether the years of ser vice totalled by the operators is 89 mrs margaret wilker has the longest record with 20 years followed closely by mrs minnie evans with 19 others include mrs louella robertson 13 years mrs maude middleton 13 years miss doris dolphin 9 years mrs hazel sanderson 8 years and mrs hazel carruth- ers 7 years prize dog is killed by car on wednesday afternoon a prize german shepherd dog the property of mrs walter becker cone 7 whitchurch was instantly killed when hit by a car king as it was called had only four more points to go in a quest for a canadian cham pionship it was 22 months old last summer the beautiful dog toped its class in several shows in ontario as an entry in st catharines king plac ed first in three individual class es on wednesday mrs becker had taken her prize pet out for an afternoon walk when the accident occurred at approximately 1045 pm on wednesday of last week two men forced their way into the residence of mr charles wat son 63 year old general store keeper and postmaster at good wood before leaving the prem ises with an estimated s200 one of the thieves struck mr watson on the side of the head with a gun butt and left him lying on the floor twenty minutes later a man meeting the description of one of the assailants was spotted by markham village police at the intersection of no 7 and 48 hwys the southbound car was stopped and its four occupants were arrested and handcuffed they were taken to the buitonville station in mark ham twp and later turned over to the whitby detachment of the ontario provincial police charged with robbery with an offensive weapon were spen cer duquesne 20 james white 23 donald beattie 24 and allan modesty 19 all of toronto fix flat tire when the two men first ap peared at mr watsons home they said that their car had a flat tire they were told to go next door to a garage operated by a son claude he was then pulled outside then shoved back into the premises while one stood guard the other went up stairs it was then that mr watson ran for the door a scuffle ensued and the victim was hit over the head with a gun it was only recently that mr watson returned home from hospital after undergoing an operation he fell to the floor and played unconscious and the two mon left he ran to hii sons home nearby and the police were notified the telephone call was re ceived at the buttonville depot in markham twp by pc clifford cox two cruisers were immed iately dispatched to cutoff points at gormley and ringwood markham village was also alert ed the officers had no descrip tion of any vehicle but concen trated their efforts on spotting the two men who were involved in the assault at about 11j0 pm constables wm vance and wm gunn of markham village noticed a possible suspect and gave chase at the same time pc al hudson and pc bruce findlay of markham twp were instructed to converge on the area the four men three negro and one while offered no resis tance when arrested a coin box was found on the rear seat a revolver was recovered the next morning by sgt robt hood and pc allan chadwick in a ditch near the scene of the arrest local driver involved in 2900 accident south of gormley no change expected in north york riding the provincial riding of york north is likely to be left the same size and shape for the next provincial election expected some time during 1963 an interim report has been made by the redistribution com mission based on the 1961 cen sus but itmvlll affect only the ridings within the suburban areas of metro toronto it does not affect the city proper nor does it extend beyond the north ern boundary of metro which is steeles ave and the southern boundary of york county and of the provincial riding of york north hon mr justice e a rich ardson is commission chairman york north is held iii the legislature by maj lex mac kenzie mc progressive con servative whose home is wood- bridge the interim report acceptable to the leaders of the three pro vincial parties will carve 10 new ridings out of the metro area york north for provincial purposes runs from steeles ave north to lake simcoe but for dominion purposes starts at highway 7 at thornhill and ex cludes the village of woodbridge which is north of the highway population of the riding lis ap proximately 115000 so some slicing up is likely but tills will not take place before the next provincial election mr justice richardsons com mission has set a population of 25000 to 50000 as ideal for rural ridings and of 60000 to 75000 for urban ridings john brillinger lifelong farmer in whitchurch following a short illness john b brillinger lifelong farmer in whitchurch town ship passed away at his home on dec 22nd he was born in the township on april isth 1876 in 1905 the deceased mar ried ada hare who survives him and together the couple has lived retired for some time mr brillinger was identified with the second markham bap tist church besides his wife he is survived by two sons earl and wesley both of whit church and two daughters ian mrs fred giliham and gladys at home there is also one sister minnie mrs ralph atkinson the funeral on wednesday was conducted by rev bruce hisey from second markham baptist church the pallbearers were frank white ronnie brillinger eldon yake arnold brillinger paul and john gill- ham interment was made in heise hill cemetery warden dowswell asks protection for farms from assess hikes earl dowswell warden of ontario county and reeve of uxbridge twp said that assessment employees would be risking their lives if they attempted to in crease farm assessments in his municipality on a similar scale to the hikes in pickering warden dowswell urged county council to take some measures to protect legitimate farmers from such practises when he addressed the assembly at a yearend gathering we have to knew where this thing is going to stop he said i dont see the point in beating the brains out of the formers when they are working the land its time the county council put its foot down he continued mr dowswell charged that some farmers were finding it impossible to pay their taxes the farmers cannot take it agreed reeve heber down of whitby twp its ridiculous and entirely out of line to keep increasing the assessment on farm land rc wm vance pc wm gunn the arrest has been termed one of the finest pieces of police efficiency and cooperation ever put into practice in this area since the offense occurred in goodwood the investigation was turned over to cpl john grubb of the ontario provincial police assisted by pc w s hilliard metro detectives also want the suspects for questioning the four youths appeared in whitby court on wednesday and weie remanded each on 10000 bail none was able to post the money a stouffville man was in volved in an accident at heise hill south of gormley on fri day night and the violent colli sion caused damage estimated at 2900 wm devries of stouffville was the driver of a 1962 lark owned by mr tom momgomei y maytree ave he was treated bv dr blair mitchell stouff ville the car suffered 1400 damage two persons in a second auto a 1962 ford were taken to york county hospital at new market most seriously injured was mrs donna mcmahon of scarboro twentyfive stitcnes nn mr fredrick wright one of the oldest residents of dicker ing township passed away at fairvuew lodge whitby on monday dec 24th he was in his 96th year and had been ill lor only a short time the late mr wright was born in wales in 1867 and came to canada at the age of nine with his parents mr and mis rob ert wright the family settled were required to close severe facial lacerations mr mcmahon the driver was also injured his car was damaged to the extent of 1500 pc al hudson of markham twp police conducted the in vestigation at the scene on a farm in pickering town ship deceased married marga ret lawson in 1695 and mis wright predeceased her hus band in 1923 mr wright spent his entire lifetime in the township enjoy ing lemarkably good health for one of his years he was iden tified with the methodist church surviving are four sons ha rold of stouffville clifford rob ert and frank all of green river and two daughters ger trude mrs carl devitt of claremont and jean mrs gco- lge gray on the home farm there are eleven grandchildren and fifteen gieat grandchildren as well as two brothers walter in alberta and will in toionto the funeral on thursday was conducted by rev cresswell of brougham from the dixon fun eral home markham the pall bearers were jack mitchell harold mitchell charlie hutch- ings cecil phillips aylmer car ter and alfred michell inter ment was made in elmwood cemetry markham rash of accidents kept police busy over the weekend eetsng with premier robarts expect new at glasgow read in the new 2room glasgow public school ss no 6 ux- bridge twp will be completed early in february according to contractor mervin bunker speaking before the sections annual meeting on wednesday night it will be all ready in a month or six weeks he said the orderly meeting conduc ted by chairman grant drewery was completed in less than thirty minutes mr lloyd wide- man was elected to the trustee board and succeeds mr ron ross other members include mr harry noble and mr drew ery a vote of confidence was tendered the board for their work in 1962 and their efforts were heartily applauded mr drewery outlined the ac complishments of the board in 62 which saw the first sod turned toward the erection of a new 52000 structure in the community future plans for the old school building have not been finalized to be driver of motorless car is charged the owner of a motor ve hicle with no motor no head lights no transmission and no front fenders has been charged by markham twp police after it was involved in an accident on cone 9 markham south of no 7 hwy last week the 1938 chevrolet was left unattended near box grove and was hit by a northbound truck driven by douglas dart of scar boro the makeshift auto was owned by kenneth bell of scar boro bell has been charged with leaving an unattended ve hicle on a highway according to police the motor- less car was being towed to a wreckers for some reason it was left on the road without warning flares pc robt- had- den investigated the collision land assessment problems currently facing farmers in pick ering scarboro markham and vaughan townships will be dis cussed at a specialmeeting with premier john robarts in queens park on wednesday jan 16th a local committee has been appointed to attend it will in clude mr elliott harrington mr joe tran mrs lloyd mc- kean and their solicitor mr jim mccallum several cabinet ministers will sit in on the conference includ ing hon j w spooner minis ter of municipal affairs hon w a- stewart minister of ag riculture hon wm goodfellow dr m b dymond ontario rid ing and mr dick sutton york east it is expected that the regular pickering twp court of re vision scheduled to convene in january will be postponed until after the queens park hearing raby girls birth ioree mr and mrs james h loree nee dunkeld are hap py to announce the arrival of their daughter kelly anne dec 18 1962 at toronto western hospital is the stork was riding on santas sleigh but arrived one day too early for two stouffville lamilies and one day late for another his bundles of joy con tained fine baby girls the proud parents on mon day dec 24th are mr and mrs c w kamps rupert ave stouffville a sister for denise michael colleen maureen and christopher the baby was born in st michaels hospital toronto also on dec 24th an 8 lb 10 oz baby girl was born to mr and mrs walter pascoe rr2 stouffville she was born in the brierbush hospital stouffville her name is angela on thursday dec 27th a 6 lb 8 oz baby girl nancy ann was born to mr and mrs mau rice sheffield of altona in the brierbush hospital mr and mrs sheffield have one other daugh ter sherry lyn a rash of accidents that oc curred in stouffville between 520 pjn on thursday evening and noonhour on monday kept local police officers busy over the weekend in addition to these car collisions the depart ment also investigated other minor incident the first i cident involved two vehicles on main street near edward st on thursday one vehicle a 1956 pontiac was driven bv 20 year old harold harper of harold st stouff ville the other auto a 1957 plymouth was driven by arm- ede boivin of musselmans lake both cars were quite badly damaged pc harry heather- ington conducted the investiga tion no chaiges were laid roads slippery the pavement was wet and slippery on saturday when two cars collided on the outskiits of the village at the laneway entrance to the stouffville vet erinary office one driver mrs carol mcdermott fairview ave stouffville received minor head lacerations she was treat ed by dr mitchell the otlier auto was driven by edgar koks of toronto both vehicles were damaged no charges were laid on monday two cars were in collision on main street the cue was driven by 34 year old bruce tennyson markham rr 2 the other was driven by roger stover 20 of stouffville lights out all town lights were blacked cut during the early hours of tuesday morning when a car driven by sixteen year old jim harper harold st stouffville snapped off a hydio pole on blake street 52 ratepayers at ballantrae school meeting one of the largest turnouts of ratepaers in the history of the ballantrae public school section attended the annual meeting on wednesday evening fiftytwo ballots were cast to elect mr kim rodgers to tha trustee board succeeding mr howard storrv mr rodgers re ceived 30 votes mr storry 15 and a third nominee orval leitch 7 mr herb simpson was in charge of the orderly gather ing following the completion of regular business the meeting was thrown open to general questions from the floor one ratepayer suggested that the present speed limit in ballan trae should be reduced from 45 to 30 miles per hour township reeve clifford wallwork ex plained that the dept of high ways had been approached con cerning the hazard but tha hamlet did not qualify as a 30 mile zone globe readers take note commencing jan 1st sub scriptions to the globe mail will no longer be taken at the tribune office in addition the street coin box for the sale of papers will be operated hence forth by the globe oxbridge- brothers complet on monday jan 29th 1962 two brothers peter and wolf gang stoerchle left the maples park cone 5 uxbridge twp on horseback their destination los angeles californjq on saturday dec 22ndfheyfirially reached their journeys end ton months and tlnee weeks later braving the coldest day of the winter near zeio temperatures and thirty mile per hour winds the pair treked through stouff ville with sufficient provisions for only two weeks and 25 he tween them their crosscountry trip was covered by television crews newspaper and adio re porters only once did they turn back but they later return ed to their original route al though they expected to each los angeles by midsummer a portion of the extended time was spent in mexico the horses arrived in better shape than the men and gained about fifty pounds in spite of the overland ordeal stores open monday due to the new year day holiday on tuesday stores in stouftville will he open mon day dec 31st for the conve nience of the shopping public r7r4tfr retiring warden the1962 warden of ontario county mr earl dowswell was the recipient of a gold wrist watch at a special yearend cere mony conducted at the conclu sion of the december sessions last week mr cyril morley a former warden and reeve of pickering village addressed tha gathering the presentation was made by deputyreeve wm gould of uxbridge town mr dowswells term of office will end with the election of a new- warden on jan 15th additional local mr and mrs fred hamilton of brougham mr and mrs nor man banks of pickering mr and mrs don duncan of brook- lin mr and mrs john hamilton bryon and kenny of agincourt mr and mrs ron hamilton donna and dale of brougham spent christmas day with mr and mrs gord wagg gayle and wendy farmers to assessment increase interesting contest for the wardenship an interesting contest for the 1963 wardenship of york county is shaping up the issue is be tween mrs caroline ion deputy- reeve of newmarket and reeve clarence davis of aurora thr election by the 2sman council will take place early in january a possible third contender reeve harold anderson of georgina township was defeated in the recent municipal election there reeve davis has spent ten years on aurora council and seven in county council mrs ion has been deputyreeve of newmarket four years and re ceived an acclamation for her fifth term if elected mrs ion would be the first woman warden in over a hundred years if reeve davis should be elected he would have the honour of holding the office during auroras centennial year girls hockey game tonight richmond hill girls hockey team will be the visitors on stouffville ice on friday eve ning tonight at 915 pm in regular community league ac tivity ringwood will play greenwood at s pm and stouffville will battle ballan trae at 1015 pm resolved to fight their land assessment increases in the twp of pickering farm ers sign up their support at the conclusion of a protest meeting in brougham last week a standingroom crowd jammed the interior of the hall in a show of rural re- sontment never before teen in the municipality staff photo i