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tdiitfwlk vol 74 no 33 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday march 7 1963 fourteen pages the good old days recalled a good deal of school his tory was recalled on friday evening when residents of ss no 4 uxbridge twp turned out in large numbers for the official opening of a a tworoom addition on webb public school a former teacher back in the early 1930s mr melville moase standing instructs three of his former students left to right ivan norton john maye and norman dickin son mr norton is secretary- treasurer of the trustee board and mr dickinson is a mem ber this year and trustee chairman in 1962 when the building project was started grade 12 education a opens webb addition the importance of a sound public and high school educa tion was stressed by hon m li dymond minister of health a the official opening of a new 2room addition on webb public school ss no 4 uxbridge on friday evening the basement auditorium was filled to capa city for the occasion dr dymond the guest speak er criticized the thinking of many persons towards educa tion to some it is merely an assembly line where young lives are moulded like ma chines he said to others it is a place for parents to send their children and teachers are regarded as parttime baby sitters hon m b dymond the speaker agreed that stag gering sums of money are spent on education annually i be lieve that if education is doing a real job and doing it well it is not too costly he said he suggested that a boy with less than grade 12 schooling today has a difficult time to acquire a job good old days many people long for the good old days said dr dym ond i agree that the horse and buggy had its advantages if for nothing else than to throw the reins over the dashboard and use two hands to better ad vantage he joked he com mended the board and the rate payers for their sense of duty in providing uptodate facilities in a rural community we are living in difficult but wonderful times he said let us be sure that the world we turn over to our children is just a little bit better because we had some thing to do with moulding it in addition to dr dymond other platform guests included hon michael starr minister of labor miss l mcneill in spector of public schools j sherman scott warden of on tario county mr norm hogg reeve of uxbridge twp mr alvin redshaw deputyreeve of uxbridge twp and members of the school board jack mor gan chairman norman dickin son ralph norton and ivan norton secretary treasurer the school principal is mr john paxton miss elizabeth gates is the other member of the teaching staff rev nelson pro nounced the prayer of dedica tion the president of the home and school assoc is mrs gor don jones taught in homes educational instruction was started in the section in 1816 according to records revealed by staff teacher miss gates dis trict homes were replaced by a log school a second frame structure was followed by a brick building that was erected by mr john ashenhurst of goodwood in 1924 and still stands it cost 7000 one of the past teachers mr melville moase now of little britain was in attendance he conduct ed classes at webb from 1931 to 1935 his salary was 700 grade s pupil larry fergu son delivered the address of welcome and his remarks were commended by hon dymond the school choir provided three selections the present student enrollment is 57 3065 phones in use stouffville and gormey settle water problem with duck farm a deputation of boggartown ratepayers led by mr melvin mcmillan appeared before whitchurch twp council on monday night and advised that an amicable settlement had been reached with the king cole duck farms concerning the nsc of water from the stream which is used by miny farmers in the area the longstanding dispute has concerned the tak ing of a groat deal of water by the duck company and deplet ing the stream at the last meet ing a representative of the fed eration of agriculture suggest ed that an amicable settlement was in the best interests of all concerned under the new arrangement mr morby of the duck farms permits inspection at any time by the association members he also agrees to build a dam for the retention of a water supply which will permit operation of pumps without depleting the stream ashed about the future of the company mr mcmillan raid that he understood that the firm had been reorganized and intended to operate again full scale which meant the produc tion of soma hundred thousand another year of expansion in telephone facilities in stouffville and gormley reflected a similar situation throughout the terri- tory of the bell telephone com pany of canada during 1962 it was revealed in the companys 83rd annual report issued this week expansion of facilities and improvement of basic service required expenditures of 219 400000 in its operating territory of quebec ontario and labra dor it is the largest amount ever spent on construction dur ing any year in the companys history telephones in service at the end of 1962 totalled 3890630 an increase of 195523 during the year this widescale expansion was also present in stouffville and gormley with the addition of 295 telephones w c barnes bell manager for this region said totalling 3065 in service here as of december 31 net income in 1962 totalled 65285000 equivalent to 266 per share or a return of 63 per cent on invested capital as of december 31 bell em- ployeed 35086 men and women the companys payroll for the year was 170470796 more than 90 per cent of the products used by the company are now being manufactured in canada using canadianmade materials the company made good pro gress on its section of the sage airdefence network and provided numerous circuits for the bmews earlywarning sys tem bell also cooperated with various government agencies in developing communications for the national survival program there were important addi tions made to bells microwave system during the year new links were completed between septiles and gagnon in north ern quebec and between fort william ontario and duluth minnesota construction was be gun on a second microwave route between montreal and quebec city via sherbrooke whitchurch set final salary scale whitchurch township coun cil has passed the final salary figures for employees of the township for 1963 these salari es will be retroactive to jan 1st of this year clerktreasurer 6000 deputy clerk 5000 as sessment commissioner 4800 building inspector 4200 wel fare officer 4000 office staff 2600 to 3200 road supt s5500 road foremen 150 per hour plus car allowance 150 grader operators 165 an hour truck drivers and loader opera tors 150 an hour labourers 140 an hour janitor 140 an hour in addition the clerktreas urer will be paid 10 for each meeting of council or commit tee meeting he is called upon to attend and which is held aft er regular office hours a resignation was received from mrs minnie pattenden who asked that she be paid 80 rather than 75 a month for janitor work in the police office council accepted the re signation and is preparing to engage a janitor firm to do the work town to have at a special meeting of stouf fville council this week author ization was given to advertise for applications for the position of police chief for the village of stouffville the position will carry a starting salary of 5000 a pension plan is provided and other fringe benefits applicants will require at least a minimum of five years experience with a recognized po lice force and must apply not later than 12 noon on march 20 1963 police arrest pair alter street scuffle driver still unconscious during the early morning hours of friday jan 11th a 26 year old stoultville man suf fered severe head injuries when thrown from his north bound car after it collided with a bridge abutment near cashcl in markham twp nearly eight weeks later david garfield prentice fairview ave still lies unconscious in the scarboro general hospital on tuesday night the tribune learned from hospital authorities that his condition was unchanged in addition to a fractured skull and a brain injury the driver suffered a broken jaw and collarbone several opera tions have been performed and the victim is given a 5030 chance of recovery in the eight weeks that have elapsed he has spoken only cne audible word but nothing more his condition worsened over the past wekend but he i rallitd csala oa monday i a meleo that erupted in a stouffville restaurant on thurs day night and continued out on the main street resulted in the arrest of two youths and a free ride out of town for another constable hugh vankoughnet and dennis davies were called to the premises of harolds grill to quell a disturbance caused by several inebriated customers the trouble was the aftermath of a junior hockey playoff game in the stouffville arena charged with being intoxicat ed in a public place was 20 year old ted beaumont of stouffville and21 year old glenn norton of claremont both were lodged over night in buttonville jail in markham twp and released on friday morning they appeared in magistrates court richmond hill on tuesday both beaumont and norton were picked up by the officers of the markham village dept who were called in to assist the stouffville police they were la ter transferred to the stouffvillo cruiser and taken to buttonville there was no outbreak of vio lence during the hockey game although several patrons had to be psoortod off the ice during mid rvriod intermissions closo to 600 fans were in attendance tho largest crowd of the season jailed 7 days for disturbance a fracas in a stouffville res taurant on thursday night has landed two local youths in the don jail for seven days glenn norton 21 of clare mont and ted beaumont 20 of stouffville were convicted by magistrate o s hollinrake in richmond hill court on tuesday on separate charges of creating a disturbance they had origin ally been charged with being in toxicated in a public place but this was later altered by stouff ville police liquor offences magistrate hollinrake has re quested a presentence report on paul graham of stouffville ho was convicted on tuesday on a charge of having liquor in an il legal place the accused was remanded until march 12th for sentence two other stouffville district youths were fined on similar li quor offenses norman tindall was required to pay 15 plus s1750 costs and robt budd was fined 50 and 1750 costs or ten days in jail the latter charge was laid by markham twp po lice parents ten children homeless n house fire at bioomington two families including ten children were made homeless on monday afternoon when fire roared through their century- old insulbrick home at bioom ington in whitchurch twp mrs max sooley and three children allan 3 rickey 2 and audrey 1 were visiting at a neighbours when the blaze started four other children david 10 ida 9 gregory 7 and curtis 6 were at school mrs ronald warriner was home with linda5 and ronnie 3 six year old brenda was also in school no one was injured but all the personal belongings of both families was lost includ ing a purse the property of mrs sooley it contained a sum of money the house a onetime store and post office in the communi ty was destroyed in thirty min utes the structure owned by mrs alvin cowie of mussel- mans lake was partially cover ed by insurance there was no insurance on the contents the last embers of the fire had not cooled out before the pickering branch of the red cross society was inquiring in to the wellare of the parents and children s gerald all man qf claremont a member of the executive and mrs david crichton of pickering had al ready contacted both families and by tuesday they had been outfitted with clothing additi onal furniture dishes stoves and cooking utensils are requir ed shelter has been provided by neighbours stouffville firemen were at the scene within minutes after the call was recieved but even then the blaze was- out of con trol additional water was sup plied by a tank from uxbridge music festival program next wednesday night this years lions club music festival competitions commenced on monday of this week and will continue all week except saturday the competitions are open to the public who are urged to attend and give encourage ment to the hundreds of young people taking part there are evening sessions both wednes day and thursday the competitions are conduc ted in the united church auditor ium and the winners festival will be held wed march 13 at 730 pm this years adjudi cators are mr eldon brethour in voice mr john weatherseed conservatory in piano and mrs florence aymong university of toronto in choral speaking the chairman of the committee is lion ken hamm and thj vico chairman is lion howard chris tie they are assisted by lions roy dowswell charlie taylor and douglas widdifield there will be twentythree tro phies awarded on wednesday ev ening in addition to a large num ber of certificates air cadet dance friday stouffville air cadet squad- ron no 94 will stage a st pat ricks dance in the legion hall on friday evening of this week on this occasion the grand draw for the hi fi combination will be made along with a second prize draw for sn fm radio the canadian nutria co were the generous donors of the big prize which has been on display in tho iga window admission to the dance for o- ther than the cadets will be 50c the proceeds from the draw and the dance is to aid the civilian committee to maintain the squadron between fifty and sixty boys are taking advantage of the training in addition to tickets being on sale for the hi fi there will also be a 48 piece set of dishes given away as a lucky door prize lefore crash jury told a 47 year old thornhill man was dead behind the wheel of his westbound car before it crashed into a tree on the north side of no 7 highway in markham vil lage on the afternoon of feb 2 a coroners jury learned last week pathologist rj mackay of the scarboro general hospi tal said that mr frederick hen ry died instantly when stricken with a coronary attack the in quest was conducted by coroner john fleming of markham members of the jury included peter hajduck foreman david hammersley gordon praskey cecil pike and gordon marshall minor injury dr robt seaver of markham said that he arrived at the acci dent scene at 430 pm he stated that the driver was dead and slumped over the steering wheel he observed a slight scalp lacer ation but noted that the injury was of a minor nature and was not the cause of death mr alex wood lunar cresc rr2 gormley was following the henry auto when it veered oft the pavement and hit a tree he stopped and attempted to re vive tho victim but he failed to respond another passing motor ist summoned the police and a physician pc wm gunn of markham village said that the car travelled a distance of 160 ft in a north westerly direction pri or to the impact he said thero were no visible skid marks on tho road important finding dr fleming noted that the pathologists report and the fin dings of the jury were very im portant he pointed out that ac cidents are often attributed to mechanical failure or even sui cide when actually they are duo to natural causes there is no doubt whatsoever as to the causo of this collision he said dr mackay said the autopsy showed that the victim had suf fered symptoms of a heart condi tion for several days prior to the coronary attack that took his life birth fiss fred and gladys dis ney wish to announce the safe arrival of their daughter cynthia andrea 8 pounds 3 ounces on monday march 4 1963 county council gets pay boost york county councillors will receive 18 per day plus mileage as this years stipend in addition members voted that 6 of tho 18 should be considered as tho expense and not subject to in come tax two members from king twp voted against the rai se along with four others the max allowed councillors per day is 20 and it appears that in some counties this amount is paid the total county budget will be about vi mil above that of 1962 so that county council kept reasonably well to the line county ass ed jones was in creased from 6500 to 6900 clerk jack smith advised coun cil that he estimated the county staff was now handling about s9 million in a year mr robt ver non was appointed as deputy for mr smith the emo director mr pres ton who has been in hospital with a broken leg failed to recei ve a 200 increase in salary only ten members favoring the chan ce nothing as sure as death taxes teachers salaries to discuss arena for pickering township at public meeting plans for a new artificial ice arena and recreation centre for the twp of pickering will be discussed at a public meeting at brougham possibly next month an exact date for the gathering has not been finaliz ed the subject was introduced several weeks ago by deputy- reeve mrs jean mcpherson a member of the township parks and recreation commit tee it was aired again on mon day night at the regular meet ing of council mrs mcpherson said that hundreds of dollars was going out of the township to acquire ice time in neighbouring rinks for pickering young people she noted that transportation to and from these outside arenas was also a costly item its like paying rent she said when you walk out of a house all you take is your clothes councillor milton mowbray suggested that the area should be able to support such a pro ject he agreed that a public meeting might disclose the amount of interest in the pro posal concillor hubert wank said that all service clubs in the municipality in addition to pri vate groups and individuals would have to give the project their wholehearted support to make the campaign a success reeve sherman scott express ed a fear that different groups would embark on other pro grams and none would be com pleted in a satisfactory manner uxbridge goes wet with ninety per cent of the electorate turning out to tho polls uxbridge voters have en dorsed the establishment of liquor and beer outlets in town benefit fund tha ladies auxiliary of the canadian legion siouff- vllle branch has been re quested by the canadian red cross to spearhead a drive for household eltects to aid the bioomington families who were burned out this week there is a need for furni ture beds dishes cooking utensils and stoves as well as clothing anyone who can assist should contact mrs slan burkliomer at 6101501 or sirs gordon smith 6103601 pickering branch bed cross provided immediate assistance this week as well as other stouffvillo citizens and busi ness men new member for court of revision markham township accepted the resignation on monday of f d mulholland of unionville from the township court of revision mr archie fleming was named to fill the vacancy by bylaw clerk harry crisp advised council that it was ne cessary to deal with the matter immediately as there was work the court should be undertak ing 805 in favour and 455 opposed however mondays vote turned down the questions of dining lounges and lounge licenses the percentage in favour of the outlets was 632 the cam paign was vigorously contested by both sides with the town business men lending strong sup port to the wet faction this is tho second vote since 1957 chief for 17 years theres nothing as sure as death taxes and teachers salar ies declared william masters in commenting on the cxtenslvo budget of the york central high school board to which markham twp contributes a considerable sum markham council was stunned on monday night when the members were confronted with a maintenance increase in the high schools of s100000 mr masters is a mem ber of the board they just put a gun to our heads and what can we do he continued its time he province put some clamps on them set the scale and put a heavy penalty on anyone break ing it concluded mr masters last years maintenance was 157000 this year 257000 the mill rate for thc high schools last year in markham was 181 this year the clerk es timated tha figure would ba 273 for commercial properties and 215 for residential properties i wonder what would happen if council raised the township general rate this much com mented reeve lean its unfortunate here in ont ario where the school boards are appointed and not responsible to the people declared councillor rumble reeve dean said that undoubt edly council would have to ac cept the budget but id like to have some explanation first councillor chas hoover said that the board should have the picture put befep them so they would know what theyre doing to the taxes council agreed to withhold ap proval of the budget until tho townships representative could appear and give an accounting of the increases b the largest funeral over con ducted in melville united church paid silent tribute on tuesday afternoon to the late clarenco j widcman chief of the mark ham twp police department for the past 17 years all members of the force were in attendanco and formed an honour guard at the church and cemetery tho late mr wideman passed away in sunnybrook hospital toronto on saturday march 2nd follow lng an illness of almost three years he was 55 a lifelong resident of the township he was born at cone 7 markham the son of the late jacob wideman and sarah leh man his direct connection with the municipality dates back to 1933 when he held the position of road foreman in 1910 ho was one of the first markham township residents to volunteer for overseas duty and was assigned to the royal regiment of canada on his return in 1946 he was appointed to the position of police chief a re sponsibility he carried alone until 1918 while at the head of this important post he watched the force grow from a single officer to sixteen men chief wideman was a member and a past president of the york north police association ho was also a former director of the ontario chief constables association within recent years he has resided at melville and was identified with that church only one week prior to his death mr wideman was at home he was readmitled to hospital on monday feb 25th even during his period of failing health he would visit the ofllco at buttonville and keep in direct touch with police activities in the township besides his wife the former maybclle henry stewart two brothers henry and lome wide- man reside in toronto and a sister mrs edgar nigh lives in stouffville the funeral service was con ducted by rev geo davison of melville with interment in peachs cemetery the pall bearers were charles hooper vein griffin gordon reid tom hastings and two nephews wm nigh tnl glerm wideman