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letter to santa on saturday more than 300 ehilden lined up to see santa claus in his chalet residence on main street in stouffville one of his many admirers was 3 year old barbie williams daughter of mr and mrs fred williams rose ave she presented santa with a letter containing a list of goodies to fill her stocking on christmas morning staff photo oak ridges resident lone new candidate fn whitchurch election contrary to predictions whit church township is to have an election next monday one of the smallest turnouts in years was on hand at the vandorf hall on friday night for the an nual nomination meeting while the weather was not good it was thought by most council mem bers that some of the issues fa cing the municipality would be sufficient to bring out more in terest george r windsor oak rid ges will be the lone candidate opposing the present council members for a seat on the 1964 council reeve frank williams and deputyreeve ross farqu- harson were both returned by acclamation mr williams in addressing the gathering said he fully rea lized that the tax rale had in creased but he said that with the present costs of education it took a good house to meet the cost alone without anything for the township services fie poin- j ted out that whitchurch had to j bear a share of the cost of ad- ditions to both the newmarket and stouffville high schools the township he said had had a deficit of s12000 in 1962 that had to be taken care of in the current year and in addition road costs continued to climb reeve williams said he opposed any takeover of the assessment field by the county deputyreeve farquharson told the ratepayers that a spec ial committee would be set up early in the new year to study the police project since policing by the oopp was due to end in king and whitchurch town ships on june 1st 1964 this committee he said would in vestigate the possibilities of having a joint force for the two townships he said that whitchurch had got off lightly for palice costs in the past with 10000 in the budget this year if the town ship had to operate its own force he warned that the public could expect a considerable in crease in taxes such a town- continued on page 9 rob local veterinary office of 107 the stouffville veterinary of fice in the westend of town was the scene of a noonhour theft on friday when cash receipts of 107 was removed from the premises the firm is operated by drs ron smith dennis oconnor and torrance ocon nor entry to the building was gained through a rear door the robbery was discovered by mrs laviria madden office secretary it marked the second similar breakin here within live days the dental office of dr neil smith was entered earlier in the week and s120 was removed from a cash drawer police chief orland keating believes that there is a connection b tween the two incidents 200 damage two accidents in stouffville on friday aftcrnon and monday morning caused an estimated s200 damage on friday a vehicle driven by leonard hob- chaud of toronto was in colli sion with another driven by hugh kidd rr 3 claremont at the intersection of obrien ave and main street on monday a truck driven by harry madden maytree ave collided with a car driven by victor john little of stoultvilie rr 3 no one was injured in either mishap aremont school staff is excellent eeting is told touffmut dtotiitt vol 75 no 26 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday december 5 19s3 fourteen pages reformatory sentence for 1000 theft at local country club a widelytravelled former employee at the meadowbrook golf and country club cone 5 markham was sentenced to 1 year in the reformatory on friday for stealing s1022 back on may 27th 1962 layton eugene gordon carter 26 of no fixed address pleaded guilty to the charge markham twp police had never closed their files on the need closer restrictions on dog kennels whitchurch township coun cil members agreed on monday that there should be closer re strictions on the opening of dog kennels throughout the town ship mr ed parr 4th conces sion appeared before council and claimed hat the opening of kennels was getting out of hand he said there was a non- operating kennel close to his home the owner had died but he feared it would begin again once the premises were sold there must be some way to stop these kennels opening up all over there are nine within a few miles around me he said reeve frank williams said council appreciated what mr parr was up against he said council was considering the passing of a separate bylaw to cover dog kennels but it would require municipal board ap proval which would take some time clerk jack crawford sugges ted the health unit be notified if there was a sanitary problem to contend with the late miss ball who oper ated the kennel on the 4th con cession kept 80 dogs the ken nel fee is s10 it was stated that many people were moving into whitchurch with their dogs as they were being forced out of scarborough twp accused and although they were fully aware that he had moved down to the east coast they could not receive permission to travel that distance to bring him back carter later crossed the bor der and was employed on a kentucky tobacco farm he then joined the united states navy but a check on his background activities by naval officials re vealed that markham police had a warrant out for his arrest he was then deported from the country and two markham of ficers sgt evan kelley and p c john mccague picked him up in windsor although the theft occurred on the meadowbrook golf course premises the loss was suffered by theatre confec tions ltd concession operators at the club boy 4 may be in hospital for christmas an unfortunate accident on no 7 hwy in markham may force a 4 year old stouffville boy to spend christmas day in the scarboro general hospital bobby colburn son of mr and mrs gordon colburn glad park ave ran into the side of a westbound car on sunday mor ning and suffered a broken left leg and lacerations to his face no blame was attached to the driver mrs mary blanche slater of rr 1 agincourt the little lad was treated at the scene by dr robt seaver of markham his leg was placed in a set of splints and he was taken to hospital in the rear of a station wagon driven by john foulds of stouffville he may be confined there for a period of six weeks bobby is a kindergarten pupil at orchard park public school councillors all reelected ken wagg new on puc only 39 out for vote the stouffville town council for 196465 is un changed three former members councillors ken betz wm parsons and bud spang were returned to office on monday for a twoyear term robt levis a fourth candidate in the field failed in his initial bid for a council position although a newcomer to the political scene he did exceptionally well and rolled up a total cf 358 votes at the five polls reeve win timbers and deputyreeve ken laushway were returned by accla mation there will be one change in the public utilities commission ken wagg a former reeve was elected and will replace ed neville the chairman walter atkinson was accorded strong support at every poll in town and was returned to office with 460 votes tommv farr trailed the field with 210 oniy 391s of the electorate exercised their franchise holds lead bud spang retained his popularity at the polls and headed the candidates with a vote total of 551 ken betz followed with 489 and bill parsons with 406 ken wagg the runnerup to commissioner atkin son counted 345 votes mr neville had 224 the vote in stouffville reeve chas hooper reelected in markham for council 3 elected betz lewis parsons spang municipal building 111 60 96 126 ross davis store s3 49 66 89 summitview school 15 62 32 72 murphy residence 4s 34 41 66 masonic hall 202 153 171 199 total 189 35s 40g 551 public utilities commission 2 elected atkinson farr neville wagg municipal building no 36 63 73 ross davis store 67 30 36 51 summitview school 62 2s 20 37 murphy residence 54 34 21 24 masonic hall 167 82 84 157 total 460 210 224 345 markham family hurt in crash a markham family ot three was seriously injured in a two- car headon accident on no 7 hwy in markham village on saturday morning and all are still confined to the scarboro general hospital bruce med- land his wife grace and their 4a year old daughter jacque line were westbound when their auto a 1963 acadian was in collision with an eastbound car driven by gino dalla rosa of willowdale mr medland suf fered two broken ankles and will be unable to return to work for at least four months his wife and child suffered lace rations from broken glass they reside on grenfell cresc in markham both vehicles were completely wrecked by the severity of the impact slippery roads have been blamed for the crash suggest registration fee for tractors to promote farm safety ken wags v d atkinson was reelected to the stouffville puc mon day for a twoyear term ken wagg has returned to municipal politics as the new member of the commission wm gliddon chairman of the claremont public school board termed the capabilities of the teachers on the staff as very excellent when he report ed to the ratepayers at the an nual meeting on monday night he criticized the residents in the section for not taking a more active interest in school affairs only fifteen persons wore present the chairman said that the board had been fortunate to retain the services of the same statf for a second year the principal is miss delia johnson mr gliddon said that the trustees had high regard for all 4 teachers miss johnson miss gordon mrs hopkins ard mr sexton and noted that the in spectors report supported this confidence the present enrollment is 13s pupils a decrease of 19 from the previous year the withdrawal of students from the mt pleas ant section would account for much of the reduction it was estimated that 19 chil dren would enrol in 19g4 and 17 in 65 although these figures could change the population in the section is 605 the three trustees were re turned including wm glid- j don ellis britton and lorne almack karle cook chairman of the meeting was nominated for one position but declined to accept recommend 38000 improvement for rr crossings whitchurch township coun cil approved plans on monday night for the road improvement on the approaches to railway crossings on the 1st concession and the 5th concession the plans were drawn up by chrys ler davis it jorgcnson engin eers council members expres sed the view that these were the two most dangerous level crossings in the township to improve the situation on the 1st concession would cost 25000 and on the 5th concession 13- 000 engineers estimated the township share of these costs would be 12r their share of the maintenance of warning signals is 25tr council agreed that the plans were satisfactory and they will be forwarded to the board of transport commissioners for approval j publishing days there will be four issues of the tribune prior lo christ mas the dates are dee 4 ii 18 and 24 the tribune will be out the day before christ mas with its annual greeting issue which will be the last issue for 1963 the first issue in the new year will be on thursday january 2nd a corners jury attending an inquest at buttonville last week recommended that all farm tractors in the province should be registered and that a fee of 100 per unit or a maxi mum of 200 per farm should be paid into the farm safety council cf that county to pro mote a farm accident preven tion program in that area the recommendation was brought in at the conclusion of a hearing into the death of 14- ycar old marlin steiner cone 9 markham twp the victim was pinned under a 3 ton row- crop tractor on the morning of oct 14th and died later in the scarboro general hospital the accident occurred on the farm of andrew steiner three miles south of stouffville the jury included messrs fred wicks foreman robt dart albert brown edwin by- cr and clarence green coroner dr john fleming of markham was in charge assisted by sgt robt hood of the markham twp police department praise instant action dr dj petrie of stouffville said that every possible meas ure was taken to save the boys life he praised the instant ac tion of the victims parents and brother glenn they showed great presence of mind he said the tractor owned by a neighbour maurice hoover was lifted off the lad by a jack dr petrie said that ogdens ambu lance from agincourt arrived within 15 or 20 minutes he de scribed the service as prompt and efficient everything was done that could have been done he said he said that it was apparent that the boy was seriously injured evidence provided by the investigating officer bruce fin- dlay said that the tractor had collided with a tree in the stei ner laneway and a dent on the hood would indicate that the machine had started to roll ov er at that point there were no eyewitnesses to the accident continued on page 9 in the realm of municipal politics once you have surpass ed the summit of success its a difficult task to complete that climb again reeve charles hooper proved that it could be done in the twp of markham when he was reelected on monday in a tight race he and his closest competitor stanley patterson were engaged in a seesaw battle throughout the evening hours and only with the receipt of results from the final poll was the outcome decided reeve hooper counted 965 votes mr patterson 925 and a third candidate deputyreeve allan sumner 670 even all the way if any one poll tipped the scales heavily in reeve hoopers favour it was in his home con stituency of buttonville where he outcounted mr patterson 14199 in every other area from the urban front to the rural back it was anybodys battle mr sumner scored well in the west side of the township but this support was not enough to carry him through the hooperpatterson contest caught up the interest of the electorate on two counts both are nearneighbours in a central location of the municipality mr patterson is a complete new comer to municipal politics while mr hooper is a seasoned veteran with more than thirty years of experience behind him in his initial bid however mr patterson proved himself to be a worthy opponent rumble new deputy stewart rumble will serve as the townships new deputy- reeve in 64 he defeated forest dullege in a keenly contested match 1154 to 103s it marks the second time that mr dul lege has lost out in a bid for the post the ward 1 scat was won by robt j sloane with a 117 vote majority over his closest rival geoffrey walker ward 2 was taken by geary palmer he defeated robt rae of unionville by 71 votes and geo brands of gormley by 91 in ward 3 charles hoover was reelected quite handily with 314 votes to 1s5 by edward cotton cone 10 a complete breakdown of the poll result appears in this issue offers 50000 for pit in uxbridge the twp of pickering has submitted an offer of 50000 to purchase a gravel pit site at lots 2 and 3 cone 5 uxbridge twp the initial asking price was 54000 although the property con tains an estimated 70 acres the- gravel pit area covers about 40 acres and extends to a depth estimated at a minimum of 60 feet the location is milca east of claremont on monday night pickering council put through a request for an additional 20000 in the form of a supplementary road expenditure with a 30000 surplus in the 1963 road appro priation budget the council hopes to acquire the site on onepayment cash settlement 2 employees badly burned two employees working with a portable gravel crusher in the western pit north of stouff ville were bus rad one seriously on wednesday morning a container of hot fuel oil used in heating a gravel bin in winter weather apparently tipped spilling the mixture over the two men one employee keith scott is confined to the scarboro general hospital while the other receiv ed medical treatment and was released scott was rushed to hospital by douglas winch of markham a foreman with the western co redshaw upsets reeve in uxbridge election nesbitt new deputy alvin redshaws popularity at the polls in the twp of ux bridge was evident again on monday when he was swept into the office of reeve with a 242 vote majority over the incum bent candidate norman hogg in five previous elections mr redshaw has led the field he was acclaimed to the post of deputyreeve in 1962 robert nesbitt no stranger to the uxbridge electorate com pleted a successful return to the municipal scene to win the pos ition of deputyreeve unlike the race for reeve however mr nesbitt had a real fight on his hands against councillor donald jackson he won out by a ma jority of 54 votes but the result was in doubt until the final poll had reported charles forsythc headed tho councillors with 390 followed by arthur knight with 325 and newcomer terrence akerman with 301 michale kelly trailed the field with 153 the new council will hold office for a twoyear term never in doubt mr redshaw moved into an early lead in the returns and swept five of the seven polls reeve hogg held an 11 vote edge at quaker hill and each collected 16 votes at pine grove the reeveelect enjoyed a wide margin at glasgow goodwood siloam pine grove and webb the nesbitt jackson contest was a seesaw battle mr nes bitt was the strongest at the pino grove poll while mr jack son fared well at goodwood councillor forsythc received strong support throughout the township his runnerup coun cillor knight rolled up a total of 95 votes in goodwood and 74 at quaker hill mr akerman was not far behind the two experi enced members and topped the poll at pine grove he tied coun cillor knight for the lead at webb left behind in the coun cil race was mr kelly who col lected only 153 votes slightly more than half the number counted by mr akerman a breakdown of the return by poll is listed on page 8 of this issue peaches community ladies aid in welfare work about nine years ago the late elva kirk organized a group of ladies in the peachs community of maikham t to assist in overseas reilcf work at the conclusion of the korean war they have con tinued to remain active over this period and meet regularly in homes around the district they are now associated with the united chitrch women of the peachs church during the past year they have com pleted no less than 35 quilts for shipment to both local and longdistance points ten of the members are pictured here in the living room of the war- riner home cone 7 they are left to right mrs garnet mustard mrs stuart watson mrs dorothy miller mrs harry warrlnor mrs chas hlscy mrs gord lewis mrs don ferguson mrs jack warriner mrs geo hoover and mrs geo sale staff photo