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new years eve accident vol 76 no 31 thk tribune stouffvillk ontario thursday january 7 1965 fourteen pages father helps family escape through rear window as markham home completely destroyed by fire the wreckage of a latemodel ar is shown here after it went out of control on the 10th cone of mkhall twp near ifith ave on new years eve injuries to the two oceupants were not serif although the driver a searhoro vouth was pinned under the vehicle for over half an hour stair photo diver pinned ror half hour in a rfrr six persons are homeless as a result of a fire that destroyed their frame bungalow early monday morning the home of mr and mr edward thorne at the corner of hawkridge ave and robinson st was completely gutted mr and mrs thorne and their four children xeil 1 gary 13 lome 12 and brenda 5 were forced out of the bias ing home shortly before 1 am mr thorne told the tribune that he was watching television and apparently fell asleep when he awoke the living room was full of flames he said he tried to notify the fire department but upon finding the phone out of order he rou sed his family and escaped through a window at the back of the house mr thorne said he awakened his next door neighbour mr sidney garnish in an attempt to call the brigade however mr garnishs phone is connec ted to the same party line and was also dead mr thore lo cated a police officer who not ified buttonvihe to sound the alarm by the time the fire de partment arrived on the scene the house was a blazing infer no itlame space heater fire chief chas hoover said the fire started from a space heater he said he found severe burning in the floor directly under the stove with the exception of beds a dresser and a small amount o clothing everything was burn ed the clothing that was saved however suffered smoke and water damage fifteen men with two trucks battled the blaze for nearly 2 hours there were no injuries mr thorne works for bill hood an imperial oil dealer surveying the charred ruins monday morning he was still in a state of disbelief and shock it was a nightmare he said i lost everything but i have my family so im lucky he added the home and its contents arc insured friends of the family have united with the salvation army and the red cross in assisting the thorne family clothing and furniture are being sent in from as far away as uxbridge the family is staying with mr and mrs garnish and mr and mrs lloyd houghton until more permanent accommoda tion can be found gunman fired shot through own car window court told i have the gun and were going all the way was a statement produced in rich mond hill court on tuesday morning and attributed to 23 car stopped the getaway vehicle was spotted by pc ed grimshaw of stouffville at the ringwood intersection and he followed it year old barry palneau of lake into town and south on albeit rhoro driver pinned un- wrcckage of his latc- modiar for over thirty min utes reco cral ditch under wrecked car making in the ispitnl a satisfactory scarboro gen- eve he was thrown under the the driver was pinned by his vehicle after it rolled through a legs under the auto he said deep ditch and came to a stop j that his head was pressed ag in a grove of trees ainst the ground but the pres- a passenger in the car ray- sure was not sufficient to cause mond francisco 19 also of serious injury he said that the scarboro was able to make his youth was conscious throughout way back onto the road and call j the entire rescue ordeal he for assistance he was released j praised the work of two tow froii hospital the next day j truck operators bob riddell p c barry mcwhirter of the and oliver harding of williams do la arthur knapp 21 lost iitrol of the auto as it rouni a curve at the corner of c 10 and 16th ave in j markfiri twp on new years markham twp police said that j ksso station in markham music festival deadline dale is jan 15th malistrafe rejects peifentiary request loin marshman who plead- j rd gilty to three charges of breakanri entry was sentenced tuesjy to 18 months definite find months indefinite by ma- xesusson rrom fiistr o s hollinrake ma hman who resides in stouf ille requested that he be cnt i kingston to learn the moto mechanics trade he claim that while he spent i nine months in jail at guelph he d nt learn anything thf youth added that he wanto a sentence of 3 years so that heri he was released he wouly be capable of carrying out atrade malsfrate hollinrake levied 18 mrjitbs on the three charges which falls short by a year and fi hathe time requested by the accustrl i mafljtratic hollinrake stated that although the youth has been in considerable trouble he sill feels there is some good in hip deputyreeve mrs jean mc- pherson has been replaced as a representative on the pickering twp planning board and the shift in positions touched off verbal fireworks at the inaug ural meeting in brougham on monday night reeve clifford laycox had appointed ward 5 councillor herb wank to take the post in a vote on the rather ticklish is sue councillor wanks name was favoured mrs mcpherson said she had served on planning board in ijfi4 and in a twoyear term she could see no reason for changing horses in the middle of the stream the deputyreeve agreed that planning board work was time- consuming with 35 meetings plus site inspections last year my time is my own my work is solely council work i am at a loss to know why the change she said peoples choice why does one member of this council have to have all the important positions question ed the reeve with obvious re ference to the deputyreeves complaint the remark was followed by a tirade of accusations that was finally interrupted by council lor newman acting in the roll of a peacemaker you didnt put me in here charged the deputyreeve i was elected by the people i didnt ill assure you of that shot back the reeve this is the start of a new year and we might just as well get things straight and above board replied the lady depu ty if youre implying that any thing was done below board you could find yourself in court countered reeve lay cox councillor newman said that the matter had already been settled and if any change in voting privileges was being considered it would have to come at another meeting the annual stonftville lions club jmusie festival will he held this year from feb 22nd to 26th the closing date for entries is friday jan 15th applications should be sub mitted to box 970 slniiftvilic jktitrv forms or additional information may be obtained by writing to box 070 or by calling 103119 or 6102016 in lofil 165 entries were filed and it is hoped that this number may be exceeded this year know this man ope to reeve charles hooper said in their efforts to attract more in- mr it mi- staff i earlier at stoultvilh- district i high school and past presi- i dent of dm m of the ontario j secondary school teachers federation was among the 100 i delegates who attended the annual meiitiun at the j royal vrk hold toronto inst monlh mrs 1 mcdonald of marmum dni high school wa a3 present at the assembly his inaugural address before markham twp council on monday that he hoped through added assessments to be able to hold the mill rate in 1965 at the same level as in 1964 rev grant sloss of the uni ted missionary church of markham and dicksons hill j conducted the prayer of invo cation and spoke briefly to those in attendance mr hooper said that the new council would welcome sug- j gestions and advice that would tend to improve the operation of a township business and ad- i ministration he urged the ap- j proval of a discount for pre- j payment of taxes he said that the members should driver abandons burning truck markham village firemen were called out monday morn ing to extinguish a fire burning in a truck on hwy no 7 it was the second time in less than 10 hours that the brigade was called to duty the true ovncd by the pre- i mium form company scar boro and driven by edgar too- lev of miliikcn caught fire just i wet of tht town limits mr toofcy stated that he fcmellcd lomcthinj burning dustry to the municipality must hold tax line deputyreeve stewart rum ble said that it was most nec essary to hold the tax line i 1 65 in spite of increases in ex penditures that he could alrea dy foresee he spoke out in opposition to 10 residential lots i would sooner see a person buy an acre and use it than create a weed patch he said more cooperation councillor charles hoover said he hoped there would be more cooperation within the council in 65 and not a division that he likened to the govern ment side and the official op- oiomie position councillor cleary palmer ad vocated the purchase of a new- fire engine for the unlonville brigade the hiring of a plan ning director testing the leg ality of the lot fee charge and the possibility of purchasing the tail farm property councillor allan sumner also favoured the hiring of a plan- and the appoint- members to the planning board brigade answered 76 calls n 1964 the stouffville fire brigade responded to a total of 76 calls in 1964 exceeding the record figure set in 1963 by three the twp of whitchurch once again led the list wjth 26 two more than in the town of stouffville there were 18 calls into markham twp 6 to ux bridge and 2 into pickering twp the annual meeting of the slouffville brigade was held last month and waller smith was reappointed chief for an other term he has completed six years at this post the dep uty chief is fred castle also a reappointment firechicf walt smith price increase has effect on stamp saks wilcox one of the three charg ed in the armed robbery on dec 16th of the markham boat and car sales co no 7 hwy markham village the driver wayne king 21 of new toronto said that pal neau waved the gun at him and fired a shot through the car window barely missing his face this pair and a third com panion frank payne 34 also of lake wilcox entered pleas of guilty to the charge and were convicted by magistrate o s hollinrake the sentence will be handed down on jan 19th two entered police chief fred white of markham testified that both palneau and payne entered the building leaving king in the car he said that one shot from a 22 cal revolver was fired in to the ceiling and the night watchman sam mckuen was forced to lie down on the floor a sum of 58 was taken from the till the chief said that pc wm gunn arrived quickly on the scene and immediately ra dioed a description of a car that he had seen earlier in the area he then took up the chase north along hwy 48 street the trio were cornered on the property of the gold fish supply co plant the driv er escaped on foot but both patneau and payne were arres ted king was later picked up in toronto chief white said that before additional police help could arrive at the scene palneau jumped from the ve hicle but returned after p c grimshaw fired a warning shot in the air the loaded revolver was thrown out on the ground the gun was produced as evi dence in court had been drinking in a statement palneau said that he and his two compan ions had been drinking and la ter decided to obtain some fast money payne said that he had taken the money from the till constable grimshaw endors ed the testimony of chief whita and said that extra cartridges for the revolver were later found inside the getaway car solicitor paul mingay re quested that sentence for ths three men should be adjourned for two weeks in order that presentence reports could ba obtained luteal readers may not rec ognize this nifty looking gentleman nlllimigh hes pos sibly one of the best known residents in town lies sgl k knss davis of the 227ili battal ion men o the north in world war i i9miiiix then noticed smoke seeping through the floor boards he 1 mn sector abandoned the truck shortly i mpnt o capable before the cab burst into flam es the rig was carrying a full load of shavings but firemen prevented the blae from sprea ding earlier firemen were called to the home of mr and mrs edward thorne robinson st in markham to battle a blaze guests of mr ard mrs norm hat completely destroyed their ni charles st on new mr and mrs jos kockler ringwood had new years day dinner with mr and mrs morley cook armitage mr and mrs tom bullock and girls agincourt and mrs and mrs clarence foekler and family ringwood were dinner open winter wonderland sal nigh with a little cooperation from the weatherman the out door ie rink on the walter at kinson property north of the stouffville sales arena will be opened for public skating on saturday night appropriately named winter wonderland the arena has a large skating area and is pro tected from both wind and snow by a heavy growth of trees skating will be from 8 to 1030 pm admission is 50c the project this season is sponsored by the stouffville minor hockey association ice time will be rented out at a no minal rate in an effort to raise muchneeded funds executive president wilt morley and vice president gor don stewart are promoting the program mr atkinson himself has put in many hours of work in preparing the rink for win ter use it fakes more than an in crease in the price of stamps to bait the flow of greeting cards at christmas lime jn fact at the stouflville post office the sale of 3c stamps soared to a to tal of 135500 a higher figure than in 1963 dec 15th was the heaviest day of stamp sales when 864 worth passed through the wick et on dec 11th the staff sold 720 worth the cellopack sy stem of packaging has proved a real asset according to post master jack sanders there are fifty stamps in a pack at 150 a total of 1820 of these were sold the month of december was of course the busy period three cent stamp sales totalled 124100 and five cent stamp sales numbered 25000 because christmas day fell on a friday many people left their mailing to the final week and thus spread out the infiux of cards over a longer period the postal department put out a special issue of christmas stamps in both 3c and 5c deno minations and these will all be called in on jan 16th in spite of the increased bus iness the local post office s ff handled the mail in a very ef ficient manner and deliveries were completed without delay markham board inspects 18 schools the newly elected trustee hoard in public school area no 2 markham twp was fa- ken on a personal inspection tour of all 18 school buildings in their district on monday the members mrs mildred toogood arnold mortson eldred king elson miles and stuart watson were accompanied by inspector maynard hallman of richmond hill on wednesday evening the five trustees were sworn into office at the inaugural ceremo nies conducted at the inspect ors office 18 yonge st north twp reeve chas hooper was in attendance the only business conducted was the choosing of a chairman and naming of special commit tees the jos fockler family num bering twentyone held christ mas day altogether at the home of iheir parents fail to revive markham infant efforts to revive a 3 v4 month old markham village infant on tuesday morning failed al though both mouthtomouth and oxygen inhalator treatment was used michael john orleck son of mr and mrs m orleck ar- rowflight drive was pronoun ced dead by coroner dr john fleming of markham no in quest will be held respiration treatment was provided by fire chief chas hoover p c wm gunn and mr orleck but without success dr robt seaver of markham was also called to the home fails to block site a determined but unsuccessful bid by pickering twp council lor john campbell to relocate the site of the proposed new 300000 municipal building fail ed to gel enough sympathetic support on monday night at brougham the location decided earlier will remain at the intersection of the brock road and no 2 hwy the recorded vote was l3 against any change in the site plan councillor campbell had pre viously spoken out in favour of a location at the corner of liver pool road and no 2 hwy his opposition to the brock road site was based mainly on the exisfenre of a large wrecking yard in the immediate area gormley boys arm mangled in conveyor an unfortunate accident oc curred at gormicy last week when a 9 year old boy had his right arm badly mangled in a larm conveyor machine christopher johnston son of mr and mrs norman johnston jell into the implement and his arm became wedged in a wheel he also suffered a deep cut be hind his right ear presently confined to the york county hospital at newmarket he has already undergone one operation and a second will be performed this week appointed qc frame bungalow i ycai day the inaugural meeting of the stouffville municipal council will be held on thursday even ing at 730 pm first sign of activity fcturb sfts wmm cavctwuid ir nhra mr koll mcvey of mark ham was anion the several ontario barristers in he ap pointed as a queens counsel the honour list was revealed officially on new year day mr sfcvejs law office is in toronto c8mms fmst t safest allemsstp june 85 if the prediction on ennr of markham twp situated about two miles nor iii o i of n sign is correct ihr new dragsfrip prnjcrl li b- located on the olh pen for business jn june of thin year tho proposed site is o jlwy suit thoto j