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a liberal appetite toufftriuc sribnne vol 74 no 43 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 4 1963 eighteen pages cigarette cost toronto driver 500 an attempt to light a cigar ette while westbound on the townllne road west of ring- wood sunday evening cost a toronto driver 500 gerald maxwell gray 55 lost control of his 1960 model lontiac station wagon and it rammed into a ditch and lane- way culvert in front of the stewart wideman premises the motorist suffered only minor cuts to his face dam age to his vehicle was esti mated at five hundred dollars heavy sunday night traffic was delayed for a tune until the auto could be pulled free from the ditch excavation p c david saunders of the vandorf detachment ontario provincial police in vestigated two teenage boys escape through upstairs window of flaming farm house if 8 year old bruce grove main st stouffville could vote on monday april sth he would no doubt cast his ballot in favour of york north candidate john addi son after all anyone who gives away free hot dogs and pop is worthy of a boys sup port on friday night in the stouffville arena an estimat ed 3000 soft drinks and hot- dogs were consumed in the first pre election skating party ever held here the hosts mr and mrs john ad dison were both present for the occasion assessment hearing june 10 not hopeful of converts at meeting n d p candidate mr stan hall ndp candi date in york north told a pub lic meeting in markham on thursday evening of last week that he was not confident of acquiring too many converts out of a gathering where indi viduals were likely already committed to a party of their choosing mr hall along with liberal mp john addison chas hooper progressive con servative and john obrien so cial credit attended a banquet organized by the markham jun ior chamber of commerce in the united church hall a ques tion and answer period followed the dinner mr hall supported his con tention by asking for a show of hands as an indication of per sons who were still undecided as to their political leanings only three hands went up you see what i mean he said i have only three to work on the ndp standard bearer charged that both old parties were in difficulty and he con tended that a switch from dief enbaker to pearson would not likely solve the nations prob lems he said that if either the i conservatives or liberals were the countrys financial standing crisis lie charged that the prime minister was attempting to float back into power on a sympathy vote he said that the diefenbaker buy in cana da slogan was not the answer to canadas economic problems since this country was already producing more than the coun try could use liberal blockade mr hooper conservative charged that the government had introduced 31 bills in the last parliament but owing to a liberal blockade they could not be dealt with he said that the liberals were anxious that the conservatives should not im prove their record as it would effect the pending election he said that the diefenbaker gov ernment had increased the old age pensions export trade programs and financial assist ance to technical school pro jects he predicted that the conservatives would form the next government with 159 seats debt increased mr obrien social credit said his party was opposed to the continued increase in canadas national debt he suggested that want help for heavy truck routes reeve frank williams of whitchurch township council advised council on monday that major lex mckenzie provincial member of parliament was ar ranging a meeting of the town ship council with the minister of highways in an effort to gain some subsidy assistance on the roads being heavily used by gravel trucks the upkeep of these roads has been an expensive proposi tion for whitchurch and the cost is expected to jump when the construction of highway 401 begins elected to form the next govern ment his party would be will ing to work in cooperatoin with the party that held the most seats sympathy vole mr addison liberal sug gested that another minority government would be unfortu nate for canada recalling prime minister diefenbakers statement prior to the june election of 1962 things were never better he noted that mr diefenbaker was back before the people ten days after his return to office relating a story of a countrywide financial should be completely overhaul ed in order that every dollar spent would return a dollar in value he pointed to the pension plan system that had been adopted in british columbia and said that a similar program would be adopted throughout the whole of canada if the gov ernment of robt thompson was voted into power he said that his party had only 600 to spend in the riding mr wm champion of union- ville was chairman of the meet ing and all questions to the candidates were submitted in writing three injured three persons were admitted to hospital following a twocar accident on no 4s hvy north of markham on tuesday after noon injured were mrs mil dred snow and her daughter gail of valley road mussel- mans lake and the driver of the other auto wm nichol of toronto the car driven by mrs snow came to a stop on the east shoulder of the highway the nichol auto veered off the pave ment and came to a halt in the east ditch the ontario municipal board has set 10 am on june 10th as the date for hearing the ap peal of preston leggett against the decision of the whitchurch township court of revision and that of county judge weav er mr leggett purchased a farm quite near the notorious buchanan dump and has at tended a number of council meetings to complain of the odour from the dump the court of revision took the position that the dump was in its present location at the time mr leggett purchased the property and judge weaver took the same stand refusing consideration mr and mrs morgan durraih and two sons bruce it and richard 16 were forced to ilee from their brick farm home no 4s hwy north of 18th ave markham township late mon day night when fire broke out in an adjoining frame sun- porch and spread to the main structure firemen from stouffville were able to save the house but damage to the interior was extensive the brigade was aid ed by an additional supply of water brought in by tank truck from unionville an auxiliary pump was also set up in a stream that flows through the front of the property mrs joan durrant was the only one still up when the fire was first observed the blaze was then centred in a side wing addition that was built to the home only last year she awak ened her husband and aroused the two boys asleep upstairs due to the thickness of the smoke that filled the hall and stairway the lads were forced to climb oui through second storey wimw and slide down a television aerial tower to the ground mrs durrant attempted to summon the firemen by phone but the line was dead she drove up the end of the lane in the family truck and the call was put through from the res idence of mr goo low two dogs escaped lrom the house but a cat and three kit tens died in the blaze mr and mrs durrant purchased the farm from mr joseph ewing twelve years ago they raise valuable arabian show horses that have won awards through out ontario cedar grove farmer geo w can stricken a taste of spring huge crowd at albert allen farm auction the farm auction sale on the property of mr albert allen lot 25 cone 7 markham twp on tuesday march 26th at tracted one of the largest crowds of the season buyers came from as far west as lis- towel and fro mas far cast as peterboro the farm has been purchased by mr harold boy- ington of markham it is under stood that he plans to grow the entire one hundred acres in corn some of the sales prices were as follows one tractor s2 775 second tractor 2125 baler 1275 side rake 410 rubber tired wagon no ack 230 tractor plow 370 truck 530 hay 61c per bale bulk cooler 525 veal calves 80 to s90 each the sale was started at 1 pm and was completed by four oclock mr and mrs allen have taken up residence in the new home erected by mr henry ogden on fairview ave stouff ville asks same law apply to all k a rodgers of ballantrae appeared before whitchurch township council on monday evening at councils request and asked that the same treat ment be given to all dog offend ers regarding the issuing of summonses dog control officer ollie pel- latt explained that the sum mons was served on mr rod gers on the demand of stan hall he said that he could not act as the dog was not running on the highway and he is re stricted from going into private property however he said any owner can enter a complaint on which he must act mr rodgers said he had no comment on the fact of the dog running at large but he asked that council deal out the same justice for all he said he had paid 11 licence for his dogs and asked why mr hall had not purchased licences for his dogs rodgers also asked why a warrant was not served against mr hall for not purchasing a permit in 1962 officer geo crittendon said the court took a dim view of jailing husbands and dividing families for petty infractions that only increases the num ber of persons breaking the law said mr rodgers he sought to inject the matter of const orland keating engaged as new town police chief constable orland keating was engaged this week as police chief for the village of stouffville constable keating who has nearly eight years police experience has been a member of the seventeenman orillia police force he comes well recommended both from his home force as well as from ontario provincial police constable keating was one of more than thirty officers who applied for the position of po lice chief this large number was narrowed down to about a half dozen men and council spent many hours and travelled a good many miles in investi gating the several applicants who appeared most qualified constable keating who is 6 ft two is a married man with two young sons he is expected to commence his duties in stouff ville as of may 1st receive safety awards seventyfive boys and girls at the summitview public school in stouffville were the recipients of individual safety awards on monday morning the membership cards and lapel pins were earned by the students last summer as part of a campaign among pupils at both schools a similar pre sentation program will be eon- ducted at orchard park next week mr harry heatherington for mer officer with the stouffville police department and chief organizer of the safety pro gram made the presentations assisted by mr jan falkowski of uxbridge a special student the community of cedar grove lost one of its most high ly respected farm residents on friday in the sudden passing of mr geo w carr con 10 markham twp the late mr carr was strick en with a coronary attack while working in the barn during the late afternoon he was discover ed unconscious by the hired man and although rushed to the scarboro general hospital he never recovered he passed away less than four hours later the deceased was born in islington following his marri age he resided on the kennedy road south of unionville and later moved to the 10th conces sion where he farmed for twen ty years he was identified with zion united church cedar grove mr carr was an active work er in the cedar grove commu nity club and took a real inter est in the euchre programs that have been so successful over tlie years besides his wife the former jean stonehouse he is survived by three daughters joyce mrs robt lapp of cedar grove lois mrs gordon lewis of cashel and diane mrs david winnltoy of markham he has two brothers albert of union ville and bruce of markham and one sister mrs paul ree- sor of pickering rr 2 the funeral service that was largely attended was conducted by rev a r wright on mon day afternoon at two oclock from the dixon parlours mark ham with interment in zion cemetery cedar grove the pall bearers were carl ramer carson armstrong geo ben nett jim crichton stan milroy and frank rcesor dirt farm values to be unaffected by speculative sales there is no surer sign of spring than the sight of sparkling sip flowing into a container from a maple tree pictured here marlcnc rec tor 9 tlcft and her sister elaine 7 daughters of mr and mrs john reesor no is hwy markham twp pro pose to take a sample straight from the spile staff photo car wrecking but was told that assembly was held at summit- all such action had been dis- view and the winners names continued were announced plan to open pickering country club on may 24th seventeen year old patri cia harwood a grade 12 stu dent at the stouffville dist high school was a runnerup in the four counties public speaking contest held at whitby on friday night al though not a winner she was acclaimed by the judges for her speech entitled twentieth century prob lems and benefits two male orators donald warren of port credit and douglas long of brooklin will now ad vance to the ontario finals in toronto on april 15th miss harwood was presented with an encyclopedia britannica year book donated by the ontario municipal electric association sales of farm properties for nonfarming purposes will have no affect on the values of land already under cultivation ac cording to an amendment to be included in a revised copy of the provincial assessment act the announcement of a revi sion of the act was revealed last week by hon w j spooner minister of municipal affairs it was this argument that solicitor jas mccallum and a committee of pickering and scarboro farmers had present ed to premier john robarts and members of his cabinet at an interview in queens park in february the new provision will be retroactive to jan 1st 1962 previously land sales were selected at varied locations throughout the municipality and all farm parcels within a fair share of the taxes but he shouldnt be overloaded said mr spooner many scarboro and pickering farmers had feared that they would be taxed off their proper ties because their lands were being assessed as speculative holdings this marks the sec ond change in the assessment act within a year in 1962 the section that separated the part time and full time farmer was withdrawn the new amendment specifies that the assessors in determin ing the sale value of farm lands used only for farm purposes by the owner or tenant con sideration shall be given to the sale value of such lands and buildings for farming purposet only and in determining such sale value consideration shall not be given to sales of land harvey cox an officer with the markham twp police department for the past twelve years has been ap pointed chief effective mar 2nd he succeeds the late clarence wideman chief cox- will receive a salary of s6300 plus 10c a mile car allowance the appointment was announced at a regular meeting of township council on monday night the four seasons country club to be located on the re cently purchased heron farm cone 7 pickering twp east of the brock road will be offici ally opened on the weekend of may 24th according to plans as presented to a regular meeting of the township council on mon day night mr j k brower the spokes man for a group of promoters said that although the family membership fee would be only s50 per year the facilities would be unmatched through out all of canada the premises will include the entire 100 acres the property is located next ot the cherry downs golf course the initial membership will be taken from employees asso ciations and union organiza tions the response to date has been terrific said mr brower the club will be open year- round it will promote such activities as swimming danc ing lawn bowling archery softball football tennis and many other sports programs when completely organized the club plans to make application for a dining lounge licence the farm residence will be transformed into the central club house there will be week end dances with free admission on saturday nights a total of 200 picnic tables will be set up and there will be facilities for camping on the grounds local teams in the community will be permitted to use both the soft- ball diamond and the football field when completed we want the people of pick ering to know about it said mr bower he presented an airview sketch of the project to the council to hold classes in new glasgow school on monday monday april 8th will be a red letter day in the life of the students and staff of glasgow public school ss no 6 ux bridge twp the pupils will enter classes in the new two- room structure for the first time the project was started in october of last year and the final finishing touches were ap plied by contractors mervin and harvey bunker this week the school cost an estimated 50000 trustee chairman grant drewery told the tribune that the board plans to hold an of ficial opening some time after the easter vacation period he praised the work of the builders and said they had done an ex cellent job no definite decision has been made with regard to the old building present safety awards to markham schools the students of three mark ham township public schools were presented with safety awards on tuesday afternoon in recognition of their accident- free records during the past year the heise hill plaque has now been retained by ss no 7 school for three successive years it was received by dawn tatton and david cochrane two year awards were pre- santed to schools at victoria square and bilttonville peter vandcrkooy and linda sander son received the prize on be half of the pupils at ss no 6 gordon musselman and barba ra harrison represented the students at buttonville sgt donald dukes promoter of the markham twp safety program was ir ittendance at the plaque presentations he was accompanied by reeve wilfred dean and mr harvey collard of the victoria square lions club specified areas were affected re- and buildings to persons whose gardless of their use principal occupation is othef we want the farmer to pay i than farming free eats make liberal candidate idol of young fry change in council date the regular meeting of whit church township council will be held next week on tuesday evening april 9th at 730 pm rather than on monday evening due to the federal election if a ballot vote could be taken among the young fry of stouffville liberal mp john addison of york north would undoubtedly sweep this town by a landslide majority at a preelection skating parly in the stouffville arena on friday night the first of its kind ever held here hundreds of boys and girls helped to consume 1500 hotdogs 1200 bottles of pop and 300 cups of hot chocolate all for free in addition they were regaled with hats pins and placards it was a circus atmosphere mr and mrs addison the hosts greeted the estimated throng of 800 aboard a cutter that skirted the ice pulled by a sharpshod shetland pony they later joined in the public skat ing that followed and talked personally with adult spectators along the side boards the figure skaters both local and visiting talenl provided several numbers fourteen year old judy stapley a member of the stouffville club headed the program and her performance was given a rousing ovation by the audience a preview of one number from the spring ice carnival to be held in stouff ville on saturday april 6th was provided by a group of to personal conversations with both old and new friends stouffville once a tradition ally liberal stronghold went conservative in 1958 when c a tiny cathers rolled up a 400 vote majority here last june mr addison cut this pc lead to a mere 11 votes and took the york north riding by 842 cone 10 resident passes jacob adam diel 10th cone markham died at his home on saturday march 30th 1963 after a year of illness he was born in russia in 1905 and had been living in this community the past 12 years his first eight years in canada were spent with the late ray and mrs wood and family on cone 10 surviving is his wife the former e jane voronzowa the funeral was from the o neill funeral home on tuesday april 2 at 2 pm in charge of rev andrushenko toronto pall bearers were alex efi- mov percy brown otto dorge skaters to conclude the show i serge smirnov arthur wood mr addison addressed the and henry budd gathering only briefly and his interment was in stouffville remarks were confined mainly cemetery where to vote next monday on monday april sill an estimated 1400 voters will go to the polls in stouffville to cast their ballots in support of one of four candidates in the riding of york north john addison liberal charles hooper conservative stan ley hall new drocratic and john obrien social credit eight polling divisions have been established in stouffville they are as follows north side residents west of cone 9 masonic hall residents from cone 9 to railroad mansion house residents from the rail road to the east side of church street k it davis residents from the cast side of church street to baker ave cadieux studio residents from baker ave to east end aisopn in- surance office south side residents from the east end to church street summltvlew rublic school residents from church st to the railroad municipal office residents from the railroad west to the town limits leo real estate office 9