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mr and mrs wm a fockler married 65 years weddinjr photo 1898 anniversary photo 1963 rilwitt on saturday dec 28th mr and mrs wm a fockler of bloomington reached a coveted milestone in a long and rewarding life together when they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary the distinguished couple in excellent health received more than 75 friends and relatives at their bloomington home decor ated with dozens of cards telegrams and beautiful bouquets of flowers mr fockler is 94 mrs fockler is 91 their three daughters were present for the occa sion mrs geo mccormack of sudbury mrs harold tomlinson of weston and mrs robt leask of green- bank there are seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren a giant 3tier anniversary cake enhanced the centre of the dining room table the longstanding friendship between the two actually dates back farther than 65 years since as children they attended school together at bloomington when mrs fockler then alberta forsyth took up residence in the section at the home of her grandparents mr and mrs robt stapleton still attend church the- couple were united in marriage by rev c h hainer in 1898 and their honeymoon trip included a journey by both sleigh and train to oakwood and lindsay the bloomington christian church has formed a strong link in their marriage union and the couple still attend regularly mrs fockler was the sunday school organist at the age of 13 and the church organist for many years she still plays at ladies aid meetings mr fockler is an honorary member of the board of elders and was sunday school superintendent for 20 years he has two brothers rev c e fockler in markham and hilliard of toronto among the many messages of congratulations was included telegrams from queen elizabeth prime min ister lester pearson hon john diefenbaker and mr john addison mp york north vol 75 no 30 the tribunk stouffville ontario thursday january 2 1964 fourteen pages dont burden rural areas of pickering township education costs pang councillor harvey span gave notice at the yearend meeting of pickering twp council on monday night that although he sympathized with the school cost burden present ly shouldered by urban- resi dents in the municipality it would be foolish to expect the rural ratepayers to share this expenditure councillor harvey spang mr spang replied to a charge iy john williams ofbay kid- es that both he and councillor milton mowbray had closed their eyes to taxation prob lems in the south that for the most part had been due to ed ucation costs the situation is fantastic said mr williams many persons will soon be taxed oul of their homes i dont want the people in the south to think that were not interested but we shouldnt move too fast said councillor spang he suggested that the small schools in the rural com munities were serving the chil drens needs if the taxes in the north are to be effected by the education costs of the south we might just as well all throw up our hands and quit he said mr williams suggested that rural pickering would not be happy if the urban area with drew from the municipality and merged with metro toronto you must share all our prob lems or none of them he said reeve sherman scott conten ded that in due time south- pickering pickering village a jax and perhaps the entire township would become part of metro its inevitable he said its only a question of lime too tmltcreiit councillor mowbray said that at the present time he would be opposed to the inclusion of the entire township within the metro boundaries it might be feasible in the near future for the southwest portion of pick ering to become part of metro because their problems are si milar he said he noted that north of cone 2 or cone 3 the problems were much different it would not be advantageous to anyone outside of public school area no 2 to be unified with metro said mr mowbray councillor hubert wank said he was disappointed that no re port for the goldcnberg com mission had been prepared by the 196263 council the dead line is jan 30 1964 reeve scott said that many issues in addition to educational matters would have to be in cluded in the brief he sugges ted that its contents should be outlined by the new council when it takes office drag strip approval to pass taff too small to ertake shovelling parsons rsiswalks n o k iie only two men slea- e works department jin they so declared parsons when the t keeping walks shov- up for discussion at municipal council igoing to discriminate jig patches on main lot in the residential raid councillor par- he believed somecil- unable both phys- financially to keep clean ecve reminded the t there was a bylaw jnowshovclling we n per clean all the bad cave them all alone t make any diffcr- vhcr its residential or iay said the deputy- v ilso said he knew of j- jpie who could clean t l wouldnt ar parsons said he v from a fellow who ii office about keep- iks shovelled and i hei he- doesnt even live in town he said the deputyreeve said not to worry about the shortage of manpower on the works staff we can soon get more men he said i reeve timbers said that the matter should be reviewed at the beginning of the year the longdebated drag strip issue in markham township council did not quite reach fi nality in 1963 it was stalled on friday morning in the final reading of the bylaw amend ment and will be passed over to the 1964 council councillor rumble moved for the bylaws third reading to be held upand- iri this motion he was supported by councillor hoover with on ly a fourman council the mat ter was at an impasse and reeve hooper stated that- the third reading would not be la- ken this year at the beginning of the dis cussion in the years final meet ing councillor hoover staled he was opposed to the motion calling for the revision of i the bylaw and would now oppose the bylaw amendment itself clerk harry crisp advised council that solicitor j d lu cas had expressed the opinion that the bylaw might be subject to attack as it singled out a par ticular parcel of land on which drag strip races could be held any bylaw can be subject to attack declared reeve hoop er if the solicitor was giving an opinion for direction to council he should have supplied us with a letter stating his op inion in writing councillor rumble said that in view of the doubts expressed as to the legality the matter should have more considcra- lion i puc workers get pay raise two members of jthe stouffr ville public utilities staff were given pay boosts at a closed meeting of- the commission held a couple of rweeks ago the members agreed at that time that lineman gordon brown should receive an additional 300 arid lineman chas lintner 200 for weekend work which they might be called on to do at the final meeting of the commission last week secre tary elmer daniels advised the members that they must put such a move in writing in order to give it proper authorization there was no secretary at the special meeting- chairman ed neville had opposed the pay change when it was originally suggested but went along with the approval in the final adop tion of the motion new years day dinner guests at the home of mr arid mrs fred alsop and family in cluded mr alsops parents mr and mrs roy alsop and his three sisters mr and mrs john macko and family of scarboro mr and mrs ray rines and family and mr and mrs karlo mustpnen all of toronto miss donna hisey was also a visitor for the holiday make presentation to reeve sherman scott nine years of continuous service in the council of the twp of pickering came to an end on monday evening when reeve sherman scott attended his final meeting in a brief but impressive ceremony in the brougharn chambers- deputy- reeve mrs jean mcpherson on behalf of the council presented mr scott with a black leather briefcase councillor milton mowbray spoke on behalf of the members all of us are a good deal bet ter for having knownhim he said and the township is a good deal better for having be nefitted from his service mr scott rose to the position of warden of ontario county in 1963 v- reeve scott in reply thanked the council r the generous gift i have enjoyed working with the council of 196263 and i can honestly say it has been the best council group i have ever been associated withhe said he predicted that picker ing due to its geographic loca tion could not forever remain a rural municipality in referring to local govern ment mr scott suggested that it was duefor drastic changes we are operating on the bas is of the baldwin act of 1349 which may be sound but should be revised to meet 20th century requirements later in the evening mem bers of couricii the clerk and the press were guests of mr and mrs milton mowbray at their country home near kin- sale councillor says residents should help with rinks in the opinion of councillor wm parsons stouftville resi dents should turn a hand to as sisting the town in providing outdoor skating rinks where needed mr parsons voiced his opinion during a discussion on outdoor rinks at the final meet ing of council one such rink has been operating successfully on west lawn cres for a cou ple of years and another is in process of building on stouffer st at the east end of town deputyreve laushwayf be lieved that the town works de- partmerit staff which is not as heavily occupied in the winter could do most of the work reeve timbers said that some citizens were already helping with the west end rink and he knew where aid could be called on in case of a heavy snowfall councillor parsons said that he thought if the town wbrk- menstarted the rink this should be sufficient and the cit izens should carry it on from there it was pointed out that arrangements have been made both for water and lighting to reopen victoria square school jan 6 for primary class the oneroom public school at- education span reduced by one victoria square ss no 6 year markham township will be re opened on monday jan 6th the decision was announced this week by the chairman of school area no 3 arnold mort- son children in a special age group whose 6th birthday is marked between jan 1st and july 1st 1964 will be permitted to attend ordinarily they would not be allowed to enter school until next september the area board conducted a survey last month to deter mine the number of preschool ers in the district and their ages working on the level system the t trustees believe that chil dren starting in this new grade could have their elementary mr and mrs robt dickey and f amily joanne and lome of scarboro were- new years dayvistors at the home of mr and mrs cliff aiken and family glad park ave mrs aiken and mrs dickey are sisters horace pete wajsh was town electrician death hardy rercy c entered into rest at ajax and pickering general hospital on saturday dec 28 1063 percy c hardy beloved husband of ivy pearson of rr 1 claremont dear father of clifford of oshawa gordon of claremont and keith of claremont and dear brother of walter of claremont edgar of whitby klwood of toronto and edith mrs clifford barrett of pickering funeral service in the chapel on tuesday dec 31 at 2 pm interment claremont union cemetery -mr- and mrs tom wedseltoft kk and tommy spent thr holi day week at a ski resort in the laurcnians y- on sunday dec 29th hor ace pete walsh an electric ian by trade and a onetime town employee passed away in the stouftville nursing homein his 76th year the deceased had resided in stouftville for the past 25 years and was a familiar figure on the street even after he suffered a stroke some time ago that left him partially paralyzed he was identified with the slouff- ville united church mr walsh was born in ux- bridge the son of the late wm walsh and mary whitney in 1913 he was married to the for mer hazel forsyth who prede ceased him in january 1960 surviving are four daughters corinne mrs robt gowe of toronto audrey mrs donald macgregor of los angeles calif rac mrs bert nott of islington betty mirs grant turner of slouffville- and one son ronald of lancaster ont- a brother clifford walsh and a sister mrs roy malyon live in toronto there are 13 grand children and 3 great grandchil dren rev douglas davis conduct ed the funeral service from the oneill chapel in stouftville on tuesday aftemon dec 3iit at 230 pm with interment in- the uxbridge cemetery the pall bearers were morley feasby charles lintner lloyd feasby bert nott bob gowe and grant turner mrs frank wagg funeral friday on wednesday jan 1st mrs frank wagg edward st stouftville passed away sudden ly in the brierbush hospital she was 81 it was only on sunday dec 15th- that mr and mrs wagg had celebrated their 60th wed ding anniversary the late mrs wagg the for mer alice lamb was born in reach twp the daughter of mr andmrs ira lamb besides her husband she is survived by two daughters mrs murray dunkoid elsie and mrs fred draper verna of atha and four sons lorhc of udora roy in toronto arthur of mt al bert and elgin of stouftville the funeral service will be conducted from the l f oneill chapel slouffville on friday afternoon at 2 pm with inter ment in ihe slouffville ceme tery narrow cashel bridge in there was a time not so many years ago when byers bridge- on no 48 hwy north of markham village was the scene of several serious accidents with the opening of the new road the structure was replac ed the current troublespot for motorists is now located north of cashel on cone 6 markham where periodically cars ram into the sidcrails or bounce off the abutment scars as the re sult of such collisions are plainly visible the bridge chalked up anoth er accident to its lengthy list on sunday af ternon when a tor onto driver david reid lost control of his vehicle it clipped the guardrail and plunged into the west ditch damage to the car a 1957 chevrolet was esti mated at 35000 the motorist wasnot injured pc glyn for rester of markham twp police investigated no raise in commission pay there was no pay increase adopted for the public utility commissioners at the final meeting of the commission last week chairman ed neville said he noted in the press that reeve timbers was suggesting an increase for members of council in 1964 reeve timbers said that he did not intend to make this suggestion chairman neville said that he thought the commissioners annual remun eration should be uppcd from 300 reeve timbers said he could not go along with any such change since members of coun cil received the same amount and had over twice as many meetings commissioner atkinson ad vised the meeting that he would like to see the regular monthly meetings of the com mission changed from wednes day night to monday night however it was agreed that it was a matter which should wait for the first meeting of the 1964 commission mrs ethel boyd an experi enced primary teacher and a resident in the victoria square community has been acquired to take charge of the class the pupils will travel by regular school bus but special arrange ments may be made to return them to their homes if the new program proves successful the school will close down at the end of june and re open again in january 1965 parents residing in township school area no 3 including gormley headfordbuttonville and victoria r square who have children in the prescribed age group should receive- special notice from the board if their names are listed otherwise they should make enquiry from any of the trustee members 19 stitches reeve timbers and mrs tim bers entertained members of stouftville council to dinner at the yangste pagoda richmond hill this week bill johnston fastskating winger with the now de funct uxbridge black hawks and a resident on hawkridge ave in markham village has now completely recovered from an inlury on dec 9th that required 19 stitches he was cut over the right eye in a scheduled in termediate a game against midland on uxbridge ice he was confined to the uxbridge hospital for a time and miss ed a weeks work at mclean- hunter publishing co due to a head concussion carl reesor residence scene of largest christmas gathering 37 at crowder home the stouftville district home of mr and mrs carl reesor cpncl 5 markham was the scene of the largest christmas holiday gathers of family relatives in this community du ring the vacation period a to tal of 47 adults and children many from distant points in ontario arid the united states sat down to an extended- table in the recreation room of the reesor farm residence on fri day dec 27th two turkeys each weighing 2v3 pounds were prepared ccmplctc with all the trimmings only one son in the family of ten could not be present mr and mrs harold reesor and five children reside at jolictte quebec and did not attend- sons present included mr and mrs cecil reesor arthur joyce norma and anne mr and mrs john reesor arlenc judith jay and susan mr and mrs elmreesor joanna jam es eugene edward and rich ard and mr and mrs ken ree sor and bonnie five daughters were present including mr and mrs norman wcnger of wak- arusa indiana and children phyllis herbert david nancy andrew douglas and patricia mr and mrs abner brubacker of elora and family pauline janet linda and lori mr and mrs arthur byer and carolyn of kitchener mr and mrs owen witmer elvin and rita of salem ohio and miss cath erine reesor of kitchener at crowder home mr and mrs ira rusnell of stouftville held their christ mas family gathering at the home of their daughter mrs earl crowder baker ave thirtyseven sat down to din ner those present were miss ev elyn rusnell of toronto mrs norma hayncs and debbie of stouftville mrs joan raymer and julie of scarboro mr and mrs ed hone and children of slouffville mr and mrs ken neth rusnell of newmarket their daughter faye of london and soi bryan of north surrey british columbia mr and mrs arthur rusnell diarnc irene and allan of port credit mr and mrs arnold may and children of goodwood mr and mrs bruce rusnell and family of scarboro and the hosts mr and mrs earl crowder and fa mily who opened their resid ence for the christmas family reunion all families were represented including the children grand children and great grandchild ren with one exception one grandson mr donald haynes his wife and daughters could not attend other large family gather ings at christmas reported to the tribune included 30 at the home of mr and mrs ed pas- coe of greenwood and 28 at the home of mr and mrs rj cooper and dr nt tomlinson of claremont