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fortyone years ago tiffi i lottfffti ritttint vol 75 no 1 the tribune stouffvitte ontario thursday june 6 1963 fourteen pages pastor criticizes going steady in early teens the custom of going steady steady dating was merely a fortyone years ago this could have been a typical scene in the old glasgow school ss no 6 oxbridge twp on friday evening the hands of time were tempora rily turned back when a for mer teacher mrs cliff winn elsie lemon took charge over two former pupils har ry noble and gertie drew- ery it marked the occasion of the opening of a new two- room school in the glasgow community a history that dates back 128 years staff photo local drummer with fort henry guard on london tour on wednesday june 5th the famed fort henry redcoats left canada to attend by invita tion the royal tournament in london england norman hen dricks a recent graduate of mc- master university and son of mr and mrs cec hendricks william st stouffville is a drummer with the guard the precision squad is com posed entirely of university students many of them from queens at kingston they last attended the overseas tourna ment in 1956 and their presence proved so popular that they were invited back this year it is the only unit outside of eng land ever to receive a second invitation and is the only group outside of britain to ap pear in the 1963 contest they will appear twice daily at the tournament from june 12 to 29 returning to canada in time for dominion day ceremonies at he fort every wednesday evening commencing july 3rd the guard will hold weekly retreats at the 120 year old kingston bastion last year 1s000 per sons attended this colourful ceremony throughout the sum mer and thousands of others were turned away this year the guard will hold a joint sunset ceremony with the us marine corps presidential guard at the fort on aug 29th police nab breakin suspects two markham township police officers raced in their cruiser from richvale to but- tonville in a matter of minutes during the early hours of wed nesday morning to arrest two breakin suspects as they left the parking lot of the button- ville service station on the don mills road david johnson rr 3 claremont graduated recent ly from the ryerson institute toronto with honours in civil technology convoca tion was held on friday may 17th he is the son of mr and mrs melvin johnson press barred from school board meeting on a vote of the stouftville public school board and at the initial request of the negotiators of the teachers federation the tribune was barred from the regular meet ing of the board on monday night mr bishop of the on tario trustees association al so concurred in asking the press to leave the stoiiffville public school board lias been at an impasse with the twenty odd teachers of the staff since negotiations for salary increases broke down some weeks ago the assumption of the press was that the teachers union representatives did not want to pressure stouffvilles elected board in the open for fear of public opinion board chairman ted topping call ed on the board members to vote when the visitors made their point and only two members voiced the opinion that the press should not be expelled the press repre sentative said he objected since this was public busi ness and public funds were involved but left the meeting wiien he was voted out three to two as practiced by so many young people between the ages of 13 and 16 years was severely cri ticized by gordon t gooder- ham pastor of the stouffville baptist church at a special series of sermons that started on sunday evening the theme love and marriage will be continued throughout the month of june mr gooderham charged that young couples often steady date with no thought of marri age in mind but wish to take advantage of all its privileges he pointed out that contrary j to many newspaper reports the majority of teenagers are clean and wholesome he noted how ever that in 1961 out of 40000 births in metro toronto 41 per cent were to unwed moth ers i have seen read and heard things that makes me weep for the young people in stouffville and this commu nity he said he said that many of the boys and girls in trouble were from respectable homes he said that many were kids with top grades in high school they would allow their emotions and passions to rule their life for one hour and spend an entire lifetime in re gret he said he charged that j convenience and not built on love one for another in a month or two he or she is dropped for someone else he said everyone doing it the pastor noted that one of the prime reasons for steady dating was attributed to the fact that everyone else is doing it everyone else is not doing it and even if they were it doesnt make it right he said he noted that today a fellow has the keys to his dads car or even owns his own the girl wears a ring that is worth the price of a piece of adhesive tape its unhealthy and its dangerous he said he pointed out that by couples keeping such close company in their early teen years they are faced with temptations that they cannot control it too often leads to trouble and dis aster he said mr gooderham said he was not opposed to going steady for young people prior to for mal engagements and marriage but he was opposed to the practise for the sake of social convenience the stirring address held the attention of the congregation throughout the service public school teachers fail to gain salary increases requested agreement was reached at i the regular meeting of stouti young husband 24 dies of heart failure the men barry lee dyson 22 and joseph leblanc 21 had entered the garage premises and rifled the cash register of about s400 tiie noise awaken ed the night attendant and the pair led matthew taylor 34 called the buttonville police station and a cruiser on patrol in the richvale area was dis patched constables bruce findlay and al hudson made the arrests in richmond hill court this week magistrate o s hollin- rake registered a conviction but will await a report on the ac cused before passing sentence markham twp assessment up markham township ratepay ers will pay tax bills totalling s1s797s181 for 1963 it was revealed at a regular meeting of council on monday night the total assessment for the year is 1993623400 a breakdown of the general rate is as follows york coun ty 19993061 twp general purposes s1s660s62 roads and bridges s22550000 and police s9363300 the levy for high school boards is york central s315 02275 markham s9697113 and stouffville s27s913s the husband of a former al- tona girl was stricken with a heart seizure on sunday at gormley while en route to the home of his wifes parents jack cyril brass a resident of richvale had encountered car trouble on the don mills road and stopped to check the motor death was instantaneous the deceased married only nine months to patricia wai ters of altona was a young man of only 24 years besides his wife he is survived by his parents mr and mrs richard brass a sister irene mrs a hinde and a brother jimmy the service was conducted from the pipher funeral home richmond hill on wednesday afternoon at 330 pm with interment in the richmond hill cemetery want speed limit reduced whitchurch township coun cil is in receipt of a petition bearing 49 signatures request ing that the speed limit on the rorth lake wilcox rd be re duced from 40 to 30 miles an hour the petition is believed to be the result of a fatal acci dent there last week road supt davis reported that the road was a 30mile limit at one time but as the area did not qualify for this regulation it was impossible to enforce council will receive a report on traffic conditions on the road before making any da cision ville public school board and teachers federation represent atives on monday night in re gard to salary increases re quested negotiations had pro- ceeded for several months with the teachers refusing the boards final offer which would raise the minimum salary from 3100 to s3200 and the maxi mum in this category from s5500 to 5600 at monday nights meeting negotiator agreed to accept the boards offer on behalf of the staff the federation representatives were mrs h butlin and mr jack fisher of toronto and the ontario public school trustees association by mr d m bishop of woodstock the four salary categories to be paid starting this september which are according to experi ence and qualifications will be 3200 3600 4000 and 4500 the board made one conces sion by increasing the annual increment from 200 to 300 a year beginning at the end of the first year up until now the 300 has not been paid until the end of the second year an allowance of 250 per year will also be paid to the staff adminis trative advisor i whitchurch duck farm resumes operation markham cyclist is charged in gang spree promoted to sergeant evan kelley 35 a member of the markham twp police department for almost eight years has been promoted to the rank of sergeant the pro motion became effective on june 1st according to the chief harvey cox sgt kelley joined the township force in 1955 he is the son of magis trate n p kelley a sixteen year old markham youth was one of seven charged by metro police authorities over the weekend following a rash of gang war violence among two motorcycle gangs bail was set at 2000 for jas wideman a suggested member of the canadian lanc er motorcycle club he along with four of his friends all 20 years old and over were charg ed with wounding and posses- ing an offensive weapon three memebrs of the black diamond riders were also arrested in cluding their bearded leader harry barnes of toronto the lancers headquarters is located on the former couper- thwaite farm on no 48 hwy in scarboro a barn located on the same property was destroy ed by fire saturday night and arson is suspected a quantity of fertilizer stored in the struc ture went up in flames and the total loss has been estimated at 15000 prior to the blaze one member of the black diamond club was wounded with a shot from a 22 rifle a number of their motorcycles were damag ed locally police report very little trouble with visiting cyc lists a number of the lan cers roared into markham vil lage recently but were kept un der close surveillance by police in stouffville members of the same club were spotted by chief keating but left without incident similar groups are al so active in oshawa whitby and highland creek whitchurch township coun cil was advised on monday night that mr vance ot the ontario water resources com mission had recently inspected the king cole duck farm with regard to the disposal and use of water from the nearby creek it was reported that the company had now spent con siderable money in providing lagoons in order to perfect a system in which to dispose of the waste material mr vance reported that at tile time of the visit the system was working satisfactorily the company has secured a supply of water from bogarts creek at the rate of 60 gallons a minute on a 24hour basis the total is s6400 gallons a day but to date there has been no objection from the farmers living along the stream this system will operate for seven months of the year when the farm will be in full operation donkey baseball in the park here this friday night i i m miss carleen dopking daughter of mr and mrs carl dopking park st dun das and formerly of clare mont graduated on may 22nd from st josephs school ot nursing hamilton ont ross giles new president lions club for 1964 dr ronald g golden son of mr and mrs harry golden of toronto and formerly of stouffville graduated recent ly from the faculty of dentis try dr golden will take post graduate work in periodontry at the columbia medic centre in new york his wife the former anne t richmond will be completing her masters degree also at columbia university ross giles has been elected as president of the stouffville lions club for 196364 induc tion of the new officers just el ected will be conducted at the last regular summer meeting on june 10th lion ross giles will succeed lion jim ogilvy and will be ths clubs 23rd pres ident first vies president will be walton todd 2nd vice lome boadway and 3rd vice jim couse the other officers to be in ducted next week are as fol lows secretary bill murphy assist norm hill treasurer cliff aiken assist geo wil liams tail twister don huxta- ble assist howard christie lion tamer ken hamm assist ivan harris directors roy dowswell john foulds bob hammond and bun sellers mrs jack smits was popular lady in town residents in stouffville were shocked last weekend to learn of the sudden passing in north vancouver of mrs john w smits mrs smits had been vis iting with her sister in the west when she was suddenly stricken and died within a short time at north vancouver hospital mr smits who is ons of ths cdv owners of the stouffville ma chine tool works had only just returned from a trip to his native holland when he wa advised of his wifes sudden ill ness mrs smits who has been resident in town for mor thai twenty years was a populag lady with all who knew hef and her pleasant personality will be missed by the man friends who enjoyed frequent chats besides her husband john w smits she is survived by a 60it murray horton of cooksvill and a daughter mrs bert foun tain donelda of clarkson al so two stepdaughters mrs s a mckittrick of thornhlll ans mrs a forster of toronto there are two sisters mrs an nie demaw of toronto and mrs isobel wait of north van couver also thirteen grand children the funeral was conducted from the oneill funeral chap el with public service in th anglican church on wednes day afternoon and interment itt park lawn cemetery toronto gall is winner it was gail nelson who was awarded the hendricks trophy as the outstanding girl baskct ball player at the stouffville district high school and not hep sister diane as named in last weeks issue of the tribune cant get to first base glasgow schoo back hundred a an historical outline on the life of the glasgow community s s no uxbridge town ship prepared and presented by mrs donald hope was a stirring highlight of a program en friday evening that officially opened a modern tworoom public scnool in the section records revived by mrs hope revealed that facilities for a form of elementary education were first utilized in the district back in 1s33 or 12s years ago the fust schoolhouse was locat ed at lot 4 cone 2 uxbridge the firt teacher was miss el len tracy who later married wm henry mitchell the first reeve of the twp of pickering a second school building vacated on the completion of the new structure was erected in the year is60 the one acre site was purchased from the late james forsyth for 60 and the total contract including the furnishings cost s69160 ales ight years trustees of that day included timothy millard john pearson and jas forsyth dr dymond present hon m b dymond minister ot health for the province of ontario cut the red ribbon and opened the new building he was assisted by two members of the board harry noble and lloyd wideman education cm never go backwards he said and none of us can ever hope that it will stand still it must always keep ahead of the times in noting the perfection ot workmanship in the structure dr dymond spoke of the good fortunes ot pupils who are pro vided with such uptodate faci lities he reminded both the students and the parents how ever that a good building does not necessarily guarantee good graduates or good citizens it is what goes on inside the school that really counts he said he noted that due to the advance of automation the need for a higher school train ing was all the more essential a boy or girl should not stop school until education has given everything it can to them the speaker urged the resi dents to look upon their new school not as an expenditure in dollars and cents hut as an investment he congratulated 11 year old glenn wideman a grade 6 pupil for his fine ad dress of welcome mr earl dowswell a former reeve of the municipality and county warden was the master of ceremonies eour former teachers were in attendance mrs clifford winn walter foote miss isobel gregg and mrs douglas hoover four generations of the noble family were present mrs annie noble her son harry noble her grandson gerald noble and her great granddaughter cathy noble justly proud board chairman grant drewery speaking on behalf ot the oher trustees said that they were justly proud of the new school building it is through the cooperation of everyone in the section that has made this whole project pos sible he said greetings were brought from the dept of education by the inspector miss l mcneill on tario county warden j s scott and the twp of uxbridge reeve norman hogg rev d sargeant pronounced the pray er of dedication principal mrs vera francis introduced the platform guests and led the choir in three selections the keys to the school were present ed to the board chairman mr drewery by the contractor mcrvin bunker and the archi tect if legion president stan burkholdor enjoys a better fate than the majority of his mates or rivals on friday night in the game of donkey baseball it can be attributed to a prearranged practise held on sunday after ui his will to win was rather frustrated however since h couldnt get to first base with this animal president stan viil show off his prowess at the sport on friday when his town team meets th9 farmers in ths stouffvill memorial park at eight oclock staff photo