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a frisky young fellov rtktitt vol 76 no 34 the tribune stouffyilxk ontario thursday january 2s 1965 fourteen pages plan fiveroom addition to orchard park school stouffville a fiveroom addition is proposed for the orchard park public school in stouffville at a cost estimated at 120000 representatives of the school board outlined their plans before a meeting of town council on thursday night trustee ian chapman was the spokesman for the delega tion that included mrs barbara hambly mrs elsie san ders secretary and the two principals lome boadway 2nd keith sutherland tentative approval on the project has been received from the dept of education a portion of this additional accommodation will include a multi purpose room that can be used as an auditorium or con verted into two classrooms if increased attendance war rants such a move it was revealed that a minimum of two extra rooms would be required by september and two additional teachers would be added to the staff expansion will be to the east on a portion of the site between the present building and the anglican church not informed reeve win timbers criticized j the board for their failure to i inform the council of their con- j struction plans at an earlier dale the council and the school board should work in closer cooperation he said clerk ralph corner said that j the ontario municipal board now demands an annual 5year forecast of capital expenditures and without this information the school application would not be approved mr chapman ad mitted that the project had been discussed back in septem ber if you knew three months ago you should have told council said the reeve urged action deputyreeve ken laush- way said that he had talked to a member of the board earlier and had warned him that the 5year expenditure program would have to be submitted councillor wm parsons said that approval from the omb held precedent over any appro val from the dept of educa tion clerk corner informed the trustees that the omb keeps a close check on municipal dc- benture debts were pretty j well at our limit right now he said he said that neither the public school high school or puc had submitted its 5year forecast and he had placed a feb 1st deadline on the sub mission- he said that no deben ture applications would be ap proved without it principal sutherland estimat ed that with the present trend of enrollment the proposed ex panded facilities would prove adequate for the next five years the next stage of school construction will then necessi tate a new building on a new site since neither summitview nor orchard park can accom modate any further develop ment although less than two weeks old this frisky young- colt owned by mr jack graham of locust hill is a lively lad his mother is of registered stock and his grandsire is adios of ex cellent qualities eleven year old kenneth graham is shown here with his pet staff photo armed robbery trio sentenced to 5 years three men charged with the armed robbery on dec 16th of the markham boat and car sa les co no 7 hwy markham village were each sentenced to live years in the penitentiary on wednesday afternoon they appeared before magistrate o s hollinrake in newmarket court frank payne 34 and barry palneau 23 of lake wilcox and wayne king 21 of new tor onto refused to speak although magistrate hollinrake said he would listen to any comment prior to passing sentence ev erything has been said com mented palneau in speaking on paynes behalf chief fred white of markham said that when sober the ac cused was a good provider for his wife and six children when he is drunk his family is for gotten he said more serious magistrate hollinrake infor med the men that theft accom panied by an offensive weapon made it one of the most serious of crimes wives and several friends of the men broke down in the courtroom as the accused were handcufted and taken out by security guards mother and son win speed skating medals janice smith 15 senior winner in lions oratorical janice smith 15 grade 11 and herbert otto 17 grade 12 will represent stouffville in the senior division of the lions club oratorical competition janice placed first and herbert second in the initial contest conducted at a meeting of the stouffville lions club on mon day night in the junior class jewel stoyan 16 of grade 10 was jud ged best runnersup included caroline adams 15 grade 11 joanne hendricks 16 grade 10 and ruth parsons 15 grade 9 the panel of judges included- mrs reg button rev allan borland and wm sherwood funeral thursday for agric leader late professor j c steckley funeral services will be held on thursday jan 28th today at 2 pm at the l e oneill chapel in stouffville for prof j c jack steckley one of this dist most noted agricultu ral authorities he passed away on monday jan 25th following several months of declining health born at bcthesda prof steckley was born at bcthesda in whitchurch twp following his graduation from the ontario agricultural col lege at guelph he became the agric representative for york county and held this office for ten years in 1922 he returned to the oac to serve as pro fessor of animal husbandry un til 1934 for twenty years from 1937 to 1957 he was the direc tor of the ontario experimen tal farm at ridgetown and also chairman of the prov farm loan board he was one of the founders and a keen promoter of the junior farmers organi zation in ontario never lost touch in spite of his keen mind that made him a noted agricultural educator he never lost touch with the layman farmer he liked nothing better than to mix with his farmer friends ei ther in a conversation over the line fence or from a platform at a public meeting although un able to attend the 50th anniver sary of the york county jr farmers assoc at markham in august his efforts in promoting this club were not forgotten surviving are two sons har old of don mills douglas of caigary and one daughter dor is mrs j miers of australia his wife the former eva march passed away sept 30 1964 there are nine grandchildren rev w a young chaplain at the university of guelph will conduct the funeral service with interment in melville cemet ery vagabond members jam r hill courtroom mrs betty acton burkholder rt stouffville a prominent peed skater with several aw ards to her record came out of retirement on saturday to win a silver medal in a 220 yard openair race at rumble pond near maple to add more laurels to the family scrapbook her son kev in ii took two silver medals one in the 220 and another in the 440 a younger brother keith 6 was also prepared to compete but there was no op position in his class both boys now plan to enter events at barric on feb 13 and 14 and possibly the canadian indoor meet in toronto in march weather conditions on satur day were at their worst and road conditions were blamed for a reduced number of ent ries in spite of this eight pro vincial records were broken seven year old blair bangay son of mr and mrs boh bangay 9th conr south suffered a brok en collarbone on monday when lie slipped on a piece of ire in he yard at orchard park school phillip prentice albert st s was the winner of the s10 door prize in a draw made at the arena on tuesday night lloyd turner selected the ticket youths disinterest in church concerns s s association panel the majority of children at tend sunday school but how do you keep them in church once they reach their teen years a panel of four persons includ ing mrs don ratcliff second markham baptist mrs howard stiver unionvillc lutherin mr harold heise heisc hill breth ren in christ and mr jack shoudy cedar grove united discussed this problem at length as part of the morning program at the 96th annual markham twp sunday school assoc convention on thursday it was held in the united church it victoria square the panel moderator mrs emily marquis ontario coun cil of christian education told the gathering that in canada kb per cent of the rijjfriitlk fsatjovi oiysir people do not attend church parental problem mr shoudy charged that the finger of failure could for the most part be pointed to the pa rent he said that they refuse to stress the importance of church attendance on their children mr shoudy also charged that the church was losing its young people because it was not using them turning lo the audience i he asked how many congrega- lions had teenagers as members i of laymens associations or board of stewards there was no reply and we wonder why the kids arent interested in church he said were not in ttrested in them if they janice smith miss smith centred her speech around the word peace her topic was well prepared and clearly presented she used no notes her two mi nute impromptu was entitled why i am proud to be a can adian miss sloyan the junior win ner spoke on telephone op erators her impromptu was on going steady herbert ottos subject was on theory of relativity his im promptu was entitled cost of space flights catholic ratepayers approve erection of separate school catholic ratepayers present at a meeting in the veterans hall stouffville on tuesday ev ening indicated their desire to proceed with the erection of a separate school in town it will be located on property at the westend entrance fronting on no 47 hwy the selected site has been retained for over ten years with this plan in mind about 35 persons attended the gathering the chairman was dr r d oconnor the new separate school board comprises six trustees they are robert carey fair- view ave donald j gibson rupert ave c w kamps ru pert ave jack j mcdermott fairvicw ave dr r d ocon nor elm road and dr a t clippers uxbridge in semifinals it would he an unusual season of junior hockey here if stouftville did not meet up with uxbridge somewhere along the playoff trail group playoff arrangements this year have matched ux bridge and the clippers in the semifinal round while canningtonsutf bit will baftle bobcaygcon the series opener is here in stouffville on tuesday night feb 2nd witli the return con test on uxbridge ice feb 8th it will be a best 1 out of 7 frames in the 9tcam league stand ing comprising both junior c and d clubs stouffville finished in third place while uxbridge were in sixth chas hooper is first commissioner in york county reeve chas hooper of mark ham twp was elected to the 1st commissioners post in york county in a single ballot vote last wednesday he defeated reeve win timbers of stouft ville by a count of 16 to 12 ray jennings reeve of king was nominated as the second commissioner and was not op posed oconnor glad park ave the trustee members will select their own chairman at a later time council hesitant to act against owner of fish and chip truck suggest university to serve r markham twp greed mrs ratcliff lets admit it she said the church has fallen down somewhere we must develop the physical soc ial and spiritual aspect in our children want incitement the youth of today is look ing for excitement and this is where the church fails aid mr shoudy councillor palmer of mark- mrs ratclift noted that young ham township calling for spe- pcople enjoy doing things toge- ria attention at the regular ther in this way she iaid rnec of coundi on m christian teeners could do propowd lhat council rolsidor much to reach out to their lhe establishing of a university friends who do net attend of markham township with church regularly standing for the conferring of mr heise noted that the cgroos he said that council parkside youth centre had p m f a j stfisbl rowt an interview done much in thjs tzpart wjuhne minister of education bring them out to activities me told council thai many stu- not connected with the church dents of the nunicipality wore and let them mingle among nm hoin accepted in university teens who arc attending ag- dup lark of marks red mrs stiver council r sumner seconded the proposal although he said he mrs stiver also contended had doubts about the plan due that young people were attrac- to the close proximity of yoik ted to the media of television university but that many programs were too big for township not fit for teenagers we deputy-re- ve rumble stated should let our protests be felt that this was a question far too bu1 spang she said big for markham township he mr shoudy said that televis- mncmt f far as stu- i hj 1- i v j ocnts being ahe to get into uni- ion had on the other hand pre- v he had no difficulty get- scnted some good religious pro- tj his famliv in and he didnt grams including billy graham consider that they had any out- and bishop sheen standing records in high school mr lewis heise was return- reeve hooper said he couldnt cd as president of the assocla- support the motion and said lhat proposal so large should tion for 1965 the only change an 1 i have trid a notice of mot on n positions on the executive is thr w onw mcmbcrs in the secretary post where 0 council present jrr with mrs kenneth bacon replaces jht motiep was lost on the nothing to do they ii leave i- mr stanley tattcrson u that xollowed i would want to think very carefully about changing a by law that would discriminate a- gainst one individual com mented councillor wm parsons at a meeting of town council on thursday night the discussion arose over the operation of a mobile fish and chip truck from a lot at the corner of park and main sts under the present transient traders bylaw the collectible fee is 50 per year deputyreeve ken laush- way referred to the unit as a store on wheels and sugges ted that under the present by law there was nothing to stop a person from selling merchan dise out of a tractortrailer i fear for what might happen in the future he said councillor ken beu notefr5v that tbe oneri hsjturrhased the lot where his truck is loca ted he said that the vehicle was parked well off the main street snd was creating no traffic hazard clerk ralph cor ner said that plans had been prepared for a building on the property and it could possibly be erected this year create illwill what good will it do to stop him questioned councillor t could create en ough illwill that he will never build give the man a chance to get on his feet commented councillor parsons deputyreeve laushway ag reed that mobile coffee vendors did service the town they arc not the same they stop at the garages then move on he said this man does move arg ued councillor parsons only to obtain a refiu iaid reeve win timbers reeve timbers said he did not wish to cause the vendor any hardship but he feared tnat others might follow lets cither change the by law or give the man a licence concluded the deputyreeve the details of the bylaw will be studied in full at the next meeting of council twentyfour members of the vagabond motorcycle club in cluding 15 boys and 9 girls tax ed the accommodation of rich mond hill court on tuesday following a raid by markham twp police on their yonge st hangout six persons four boys and two girls each face charges of illegal possession of liquor keep ing liquor for sale and supply ing liquor to minors the cases will be heard next month eigh teen others have been charged as foundins on the property they include 11 boys and 7 girls receive complaints acting on the receipt of se veral complaints twelve mark ham twp officers headed by sgt robt hood and assisted by three constables from vaughan twp converged on the rented house late friday night the youths oltercd no resistance but three ran from the premises and were arrested outside in their cars the boys were brought in the paddy wagon to the police officer at buttonville the girls were transported in township cruisers their ages ranged from 16 to 26 years more than 100 beer containers were seized by officers includ ing 75 full and 12 part bottles parents present the parents of one young girl were present in the court room on tuesday she had been crying several of the boys had long hair that hung almost down to their shoulders and some wore dark sideburns and beards fifteen of the group had been lodged in the don jail while nine others were out on bail silent tribute to uxbridge hockey star chas hooper reeve hooper a former war den of the county was nomina ted by reeve wright of east gwillimbury gordon cook de putyreeve of king twp sup ported the motion reeve timbers was nominat ed by deputyreeve ken laush way of stouftville with reeve e j norris of georgina as his on tuesday evening players spectators and officials stood for two minutes in silent tribute to a fine young district athlete robert bob campbell of brooklin who died on monday night following a tragic two- car accident near manchester the tribute prior to a sched uled oha junior d game between the clippers and woodville was requested by the management of the stouft ville club the victim was a prominent member of the ux bridge jr team and was retur ning home following a game with bobcaygeon when the col lision occurred george mac- neal of ncstleton the driver of the other car was killed in stantly the brooklin boy died later in the toronto general hospital in addition to his hockey ab- iity bob was a renowned soft- ball pitcher and played an im portant role in bringing the in termediate c title to brook lin last fall he was only 20 surviving besides his parents mr and mrs archie campbell of brooklin rr 1 are two sis ters mrs neil pascoe sharon of myrtle suzanne and two brothers brett and brian all at home the funeral service will b held from the w c town fun eral chapel whitby on thurs day afternoon at 330 pm with interment in the brooklin cem etery seconder both nominators spoke on their candidates be half son draws fathers ticket three lucky during he past weeks hundreds of draw admission tickets iiavo been sold in connection with flic minor hockey league program at he arena on monday evening 9 year old bradley nigh a member of the taylors fuels team in lie squirt group was asked to pick the nights winner from he big- drum bradley dug- down deeply into he pile after they had been thoroughly mixed and pulled mil no 731 it belong ed to mr norman nigh charles st stouffville ills father in a gesture of appreciated generosity norniie turned the 10 prize back into tile minor hockey association didnt lose a single seed in spite of he rather precarious position of thi truck on the 9th cone county mad in pickering twp not a single part of it load wa lost- the transport wned by smiths feed and seed ltd of queensvllle was not badly damaged and ho driver escaped injury staff photo