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4500 copies this week vol 75 no 22 classified adv pages 6 1 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday november 7 1963 twelve pages twentv panes of glass een night one stone pictur- were broken in the windows ed here was imbedded deeply of ss no 11 public school in a blackboard on the far in markham twp on hallow- skeof the classroom this is only one of several windows that were damaged by vandals at the oneroom school two miles north of unionville police have ques tioned several persons but no arrests have been made classes from grades 1 to 6 were resumed on friday aft er the debris had been clean ed up staff photo vandals smash twenty windows in centuryosd markham twp school only one act of vandalism of a serious nature was reported to police in this area on hal loween night the incident oc curred in markham twp where 20 windows were broken in the colty corners public school ss no 11 at cone 6 two miles north of unionville the damage was discovered by the school caretaker mr sid merchant on friday morn- i n g rocks were thrown through a north window and broke a pane on the south side of the room sgt evan kelley and pc barry mcwhirter of markham twp police were summoned to the scene of the vandalism and several youths in the area have been questioned the opening of the school on friday had to be delayed until temporary repairs could be completed but the twentysix pupils from grades 1 to g were not permitted to return home the teacher is mr leo dillon damage to the centuryold school building was estimated at 50 last year a similar act of vandalism was committed at i else hill school tss no 7i markham quietest on record police chief harvey con of markham township said that it was one of the quietest hal loweens on record i le said that complaints prior to mid night were fewer than on many regular nights in the week sim ilar reports came from the on tario provincial police at van- dorf and whitby perhaps the rain dampened their spirits commented one officer a con stable at vandorf said that sev eral mail boxes were broken off on cone 7 whitchurch and an abandoned church building was destroyed by fire in king twp in stouffville two carloads of youths were stopped by local police authorities and ushered out of town many children were out collecting candy lor themselves and unicef pen nies but due to weather con dition their numbers were less than last year if a prize had been donated for jackolantern artistry it would have to go to mr wm dedlow on main st who perfected a giant specimen for the familys living room window tile village of claremont was illuminated by its usual bonfires but property damage was reported to be all of a minor nature stouffville firemen had one call to musselmans lake where the cottage home of mr and mrs kunig was threaten ed by overheated stove pipes mr kunig had the blaze under control when the brigade mem bers arrived on the scene hunters head north for deer season the annual migration of hun ters into the wilds of northern ontario was started this week with more than twenty local marksmen taking part in the fall deer shoot one group consists of mur ray daniels bruce harper elgin wagg harry madden ceo wilson and ivan daniels they are at maple island near parry sound another contingent has s members murray noble and aylmcr carter of stouffville john wilson and arnold bur ton of claremont geo shields of markham tommy bullock of agincourt jack milne of weston and jack broad of tor onto at lake st norah are mor- ley symesr ken reesor roy- mcdonald geo alsop ted hail boh white and their cook art brown ringwood residents lome morgason and ed brownsber- ger will be joined later this week by jim gibson cone 5 whitchurch and glenn shad- lock of stouffviile in the ottawa valley near renfrew are mickey hunt and john foulds both of stouff ville the deerhunting season officially opened on monday nov 4th i suspended iefenceman ron harper of the markham flyers has been suspended for three games by the oha following a tight in a sunday game against neil mcneil maroons former bethesda resident killed in car accident a tragic accident near sim- coe on friday took the life of a former bethesda farmer don ald m brown a father of two children mr brown who with his mother operated the farm where the rolling hills golf course is now located moved to woodstock several years ago following the sale of the prop erty he was a member of the sales staff of the woodstock cooperative his car was in collision with a truck at an intersection where a stop sign had been re moved by halloween prank sters the driver of the truck was also seriously injured the deceased was a highly successful farmer and the brown holstein herd was rec ognized throughout the prov ince he later sold the cattle and raised thousands of broil ers on the same premises at bethesda his father the late capt a roy brown was a famous world war i air ace surviving besides his moth er in toronto are his wife the former barbara davidson of woodstock and two daughters frances and catherine there are two sisters mrs a g har mon margaret of appleton wisconsin and mrs p v bro- deur i barbara of dawson creek british columbia tile funeral service was con ducted on monday afternoon from the morley s bedford chapel toronto fined for supplying liquor to minors a markham village man was fined and severely repri manded by magistrate o s hollinrake in court on tuesday following a conviction on a charge of supplying liquor to minors james h allan was fined 5100 and costs according to previous evi dence he had purchased a quantity of liquor for three teenage boys all of whom were later arrested by markham twp police magistrate hollinrake point ed out that the minimum sen tence for a first offense on such a charge was one month in jail he noted however that since the accused had no pre vious record and was consider ed by police and his employer to be a good citizen in the com munity he would be lenient allan had already spent one week in custody this is a very serious mat ter said the magistrate a good number of our young peo ple are before the courts every day due to the drinking of beer the charge against allan was laid by pc douglas trib- bling seven tenders for sand whitchurch township coun cil has received seven tenders for the supply of 3000 tons of sand the successful bidder was garry logan rr 3 new market whose prices were 75c a ton delivered to the munici pal ground at vandorf or 35c a ton loaded on township trucks at the pit highest price was 95c a ton the price accepted will be subject to the approval of the road superintendent enters election mr forrest dullege cone 3 markham twp will con test the position of deputy- reeve at the forthcoming municipal elections on mon day dec 2nd mr dullege announced his intentions this week in a bid for the same post in 1962 he was defeated by mr charles hooper in a close race 1350 to 1327 nominations in markham twp will be on friday nov 22nd boars tusk severs cord of farmers hand a farmer at cone 9 mark ham suffered a painful injury to his left hand on saturday when a cord near the thumb was severed by the sharp tusk of a boar pig arthur hoover a resident near 17th avenue attempted to jump clear of the animal but a quick thrust of its head caused the tooth to sever his hand first aid treatment was ren dered by dr f j button at the stouffville medical centre and an operation was later per formed at the scarboro gen eral hospital mr hoovers arm will be confined to a sling for at least six weeks and it may be two months before he will have the normal use of his hand again locomotive is derailed at switch a multitonned cnr diesel locomotive was derailed north of main street in stouffville on monday afternoon when it apparently hit an open switch on a siding line although all wheels jumped the track the unit no 3003 remained upright no one was injured the engine was left running throughout the night and local police authorities kept a close check on it to keep curious children away on tuesday wooden blocks were placed under the wheels and two other diesels hauled it back on the tracks with com parative ease um church marks 60th anniversary to place 150000 pickering twp arena project to vote december 7th the congregation of the stouffville united missionary church will mark their 60th anniversary with special serv ices of worship on sunday morning and evening nov 10 the guest pastor will be rev h g boadway the period from 1903 to 1963 has been one of continuous ex pansion with the erection of the original church building sixty years ago an addition at the rear in 1918 a front exten sion completed in 1962 and the purchase of adjoining proper ties this year seventeen ministers have served this charge since 1903 including r kltherington 19031906 w brown 1906- 1909f r j mclaren 1 190911 m bricker 19111915 1 e sievenpiper 19151918 j bol- well 191s1921 m mcguiie 1921192 i a g warder 192 11927 s s sham 1927- 1931 w b mover 193132 s cressman 19321935 i b brubacher 1935193s h the s150000 question con cerning an artificial ice arena for the twp of pickering will be placed before a ballot vote of the people in the form of a plebiscite on saturday dec th the project if approved will be paid on a mill rate basis covering the entire municipal ity the proposed site for the structure has not been selected councillor hubert wank a promoter of the plebiscite said that it was most unfair for any council or committee of coun cil to say whether such an is sue should be endorsed or re jected its the people that should decide he said councillor wank said he was sure that service clubs in the township would lend their sup port he pointed out also that the project if approved could be done under a winter works program and would be aided by government grants reeve sherman scott warned that if an arena was to be erect ed on a mill rate charge basis it would hardly be logical to expect individual ratepayers to support the venture financially in other ways with reference to location councillor wank suggested that he did not regard the site as an important factor i would favour it no matter where it is situated he said will ask for recreation help whitchurch township coun cil was advised on monday night that former reeve cliff wallwork would appear at the next meeting with a request for funds to aid the ballantrae recreational association the association is presently using land owned by the erie manu facturing co but has an op portunity to purchase ten acres adjacent to the ballantrae school it was pointed out that the acquiring of this particular parcel would increase the gov ernment grant councillor farmer would like lot size revision councillor a s farmer voic ed the opinion at the meeting of whitchurch township coun cil monday that planning board should give considera tion to revising their restric tion on building reducing the lot size requirement from ten acres to two acres mr farmer claimed that the township was losing many peo ple through promoting the ten- acre lot deputyreeve farquharson stated it had been the practice of planning board to refuse applications for anything smal ler and he admitted that some people may have bypassed the municipality for this reason the suggestion of councillor farmer indicates some of the questioning which may arise at the forthcoming zoning hear ing at ballantrae on nov 12th over 300 collected for unicef pupils of orchard park and summitview public schools in stouffville collected a total of s30s03 during their door-to- door canvass on halloween night orchard park children rais ed s18580 and summilview students collected s12223 staff members arc extremely appreciative of the generous response accorded this annual campaign sham 19381913 e mover 19131916 h s hallman i 19461952 f g huson 1952- j 1958 and the present pastor j rev arthur walsh it is interesting to note that j the first deacon of the church was abraham stouffer the first trustees were joseph nighswander w g barkey and a s stouffer rev r el- therington was the first class j leader and a s stouffer was the first sunday school super intendent the original church structure was built at a cost of s5000 almost all the labour compris- ed voluntary help by members of the congregation united missionary church members of today who attended the de dication service in 1903 include fred pugh isaac lehman oliver madill and asa byers rev henry goudie officiated at the ceremony the special services on sun day will be conducted at 11 am and 130 pm fire truck called hockey game continues when atom hockey action begins in the stouftvile arena every monday evening it takes more than a fire call to the rink to detract the boys interest from their game such an incident occurred this week but all contests were continued in spite of the confusion and were complet ed on schedule an overheated motor on he circulating fan in the furnace was blamed for the trouble firemen were sum moned when smoke began to seep out of the ventilators in the hot air pipes one dressing room was temporar ily evacuated until the source of the blaze could be located mr r s dick ward to retire this month from the office of accountant at rccsors marmill co ltd in markham a position he has held for the past 34 years staff photo richard dick ward to retire on marmill staff thirtyfour yrs the markham village firm of reesors marmill co will lose the services of its most senior employee this month in the retirement of richard dick ward a faithful mem ber of the office staff for the past 34 years mr ward has been as much a part of the marmill company as the volumes of files and re cords that have passed across his busy desk during a period that extends over more than three decades few men are better known in markham and his longtime connection with the local feed firm has also made him a familiar figure to dozens of rural residents in the community came in 1929 it was by coincidence that mr ward was brought into a close connection with marmill back in the late 20s an as sistant surveyor he came to markham from agincourt to check the site of a proposed new building to be erected ad jacent to the original structure with the completion of this project he joined the staff as an accountant and has remain ed in this capacity since 1929 length of service has failed to alter his goodnatured per sonality whether puffing me thodically on his pipe in the marmill office or walking brisk ly down the main street side walk in markliam mr ward will always take the time to wave a greeting to his many friends what will a man possessed of such energies do in retire ment it will take a little ad justing he admits he hopes to take in a few more fishing trips in the summer and work a little longer in his garden at the rear of his home on mark ham street he retains a close connection with the markham- unionville lions club and will continue his association with this service organization a charter member and a past president he enjoys a 20 year record of perfect attendance family ties although for the past 34 yrs his ollice desk has been a sec ond home mr ward and his wife have retained close fam ily ties with their daughter margaret mr s norman brown of niagara falls and their son robert a corporal in charge of a rcmp detach ment at fort simpson on the mckcnzie river they have six grandchildren the retirement of dick ward will not only complete a chapter in the life of one mar mill employee but also con clude an era in the life of the company itself the position will be filled but th man will never be replaced request development road to bear traffic load to cons parks the council in the twp of pickering has unanimously en dorsed a resolution that would have the provincial govern ment construct a development road leading to conservation areas at greenwood claremont and a future similar site at glen major tile proposed link would ex tend north from hwy no 2 girls captain marlene malloy winner of the team queen award last year on the stouffville girls hockey club has been select ed captain of the entry this season her assistants are hillary weldon and yvette malloy the team will meet humberside girls in the stouffville arena on friday night at 915 pm to the goodwoodmanchester county road 1a reeve sherman scott in pre senting the recommendation to the members at a regular meet ing on monday night charg ed that patrons using the two pickering conservation parks were mainly residents of metro toronto and the rural roads in the municipality were not designed or built to accom modate such volumes of traffic the burden that is created on the local township is out of all proportions to the benfits de rived through the establish ment of conservation areas within the municipality the motion read the greenwood conserva tion area contains 581 acres the claremont area includes an acreage of 398 copies of the resolution have been submitted to the prov dept of travel and publicity prov dept of lands and for ests county of ontario twp of uxbridge hon dr dvmond mpp mr a walker mpp and the metro toronto and region conservation authority six bids for snow plow job whitchurch township coun cil received six bids for the supply of a truck for snow plowing this winter the con tract was awarded to mervin degeer whose pi ice was 475 an hour for plowing and 600 a day for standby time highest price asked for plowing was 575 and for standby lime s800 a day grant licence for second hand store omar hason of lake wilcox made a second request to the council of whitchurch this week for a permit to operate a secondhand furniture store at bogartown council made no decision following the first re quest pending a report from the township bylaw officer at monday nights meeting deputyreeve farquharson told hason that if he continued to operate a snack bar as he was doing at present he would op pose the new request he said the place presently operated by hason was merely a hangout for an undesirable element in the township i cant see mov ing this type of thing from one part of the township to an other he said hason assured council that only furniture would be sold and he wished to conduct the business to proide for his fam ily of five children council agreed that the per mit should be issued but warn ed that it could be revoked if complaints about the operation were received tho location is lot 31 in concession 3 ballantrae school debentures sold debentures to finance the s5o0o0 ballantrae school addi tion have been sold by whit church township through bell gounilock co there were two bids for the issue with the bell gounilock price being 9865