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wins point scoring title ifouffiriot srttmne vol 76 no 3s the tribune stouffv1lle ontario thursday february 25 1965 for he third year in a row matt kinnari of ririrwood has captured the comm leagues pointscoring title this season he counted 18 coals and 20 assists for 38 points the group play offs begin on friday march 5th staff photo propose 35000 for town road budget the road and walks commit tee of stouffville council has proposed to set up a budget of 535000 to take care of construc tion and maintenance work in town for 1965 the figure last year was 27000 total construction was set at 15000 and maintenance at 20000 a break down establi shes the amounts as follows roads and walkss31900 brid ges and culverts1100 engin eering and overhead2000 committee chairman coun cillor wm parsons said that just because a 35000 figure had been established there was no indication that it all would be used he said that he hoped most of the work could be com pleted by the towns own em ployees he proposed that an early start be made on con struction projects with respect to iceclogged culverts he said that it would be impractical to clear them out so early in the year he said he had received some complaints councillor parsons said he hoped to acquire the services of road maintenance man gordon crowder again this summer as his work on the main street was commendable town by- law to crack down on careless fires open house the annual open house programs will be held at both orchard park and summitview public schools in stouffville next week parents are invited to summitview on tuesday ev ening march 2nd and to orch ard park on wednesday march 3rd between the hours of 7 and 830 pm members of the staff will be in attendance and stu dents work will be placed on display new separate school building alters plans for five room addition at orchard park sixteen pages could lose 60 children a decision by the newlyformed separate school board to proceed with the construction of a 6room build ing on a site in the village of stouftville has prompted the public school trustees to reconsider their plans for a 5room addition at orchard park chairman dr it d oconnor of the separate school board outlined the trustees tentative proposal at a joint meeting of the two bodies before council on thursday night he said that in total the board contemplated an en rollment of about 140 children in the separate school in september he estimated that between 50 and 60 pupils of this number would be residents of stouffville he said that barring any unforseen delays it was hoped that the new structure would be completed in time for the start of the september term he said that if not it would be the responsibility of their board to provide emergency accommodation until the building was finished stouffville town council has approved the preparation of a bylaw that would regulate the letting of fires within the mun icipality a recommendation for such action has been proposed by both fire chief walter smith and police chief oriahirkeal- ing after what could have been costly blaze occurred at the rear of the former raxlin store now under renovation the submission in writing was- pre sented to the council on thurs day night by deputyreeve ken laushway deputyreeve laushway said that a fire in that particular lo cation could have been serious and a number of persons were disturbed over the apparent carelessness reeve win timbers noted that grass fires in markham twp had prompted a similar bylaw in that municipality and he felt that the ruling had ser ved a good purpose ringwood sfudeni tops whitchurch speaking contest a thirteen year old grade 8 student at ringwood public school topped four other con testants in the annual whit church twp public speaking competitions held at lloyd school last week resident holds town liable for sewer damage to his house mrs lorna button public school trustee mrs lorna button said she had been anxious for the two boards to get together so we know where were going she said that she had been in contact with the inspector mr d d adams and was told that a 4- room addition was unnecessary i want to be fair about this she said the inspector sugges ted that we hold off for another year until things become more settled she npted that 24 rooms and 725 children would mean aniaverageof30 pupils in a class she said that mr ad ams had recommended 33 to 35 children per room trustee david coon said he favoured a reduction in the project by possibly two rooms rather than shelve the program completely he suggested that a tworoom cutback could mean a cost reduction ot 40000 a debenture application for 150- 000 was not considered by the council deputyreeve ken laushway observed that 50000 of the de benture was not covered by go vernment grant its not good economics to build too many rooms ahead if they are not go ing to be used he said no exact figure dr oconnor said that it would be impossible to obtain an exact enrollment figure for the separate school until the start of the term in september he noted that at markham 98 per cent of all catholic famil ies in the area were now atten ding their own school he said that no firm approval had been received from the dept of edu cation but he expected it would come through in april weve been assured that we are on a financially sound basis he said reee win timbers suggested that the two boards should meet at their earliest conven ience jnaaefiprt to work outa satisfactory solution town council sends letter to jr skier clerk kalph corner of stouffville has on behalf of the town council sent a tele gram of encouragement and congratulations to 14 year old iinda couse fairview ave presently in kimberley brit ish columbia to compete in the canadian junior ski championships she ls the daughter of mr and mrs las couse and a grade 10 student at stoult- ville dist high school the congratulatory mes sage was suggested by deputy- reeve ken laushway at a council meeting on thursday night and all members sup ported the proposal the competitions will be held on feb 26 and 27 a fast time could stand her in well for a position on canadas olympic team down 200 feet rupert avenue residents mr and mrs donald gibson have notified the council through their solicitor that they are holding the town responsible for damage caused to their home due to a backup of sani tary sewerage on feb 9th and 10th the problem was discus sed by the members at a regu lar meeting on thursday night the claim charges that the town was aware that the pum ping station on wcstlawn crcsc was not working properly or at all prior to the mentioned date the estimate of the damage was not described the letter will be referred to the towns liability insurance co pump was flooded councillor ken bctz said he was called to the scene at an earlymorning hour and found the whole section flooded out he said that the wiring had shorted on the pump and the unit had stopped we had a real problem on our hands he said he said that a fire pump er and three brigade members were called in to relieve the si tuation tney put in a total of 22 hours at a cost of 69 it was agreed that a new 20 horsepower pump should be purchased for the westlawn station at a cost of 2000 two accidents there were two traffic acci dents in stouffville on tuesday with damage in total amounting to s700 one collision at obrien ave involved cars driven by geo storey charles st and mrs olive reed unionvillc rr 1 the other involved egbert i moore boyer st and brent weldon rose ave to date this year there have i been 10 major accidents in town 1 far ahead of the rate in 1961 sandra paul sandra paul placed 1st with christena bcintma ot lloyd school the runnerup lloyd school principal harry r hunt was chairman of the oratorical program the judges included dr s s crouch of lemonville and prof e a smith of gormley princi pal carl hall of lake wilcox school thanked the judges for their excellent work miss paul will now advance into the next round of competi tion at the york county level on tuesday march 9th the final date to obtain car licence plates for 1965 is sat urday feb 27th local issuer mrs marion murphy main st e will remain open on friday evening and all day saturday from 9 am to 5 pm youths caught drinking fined 55 in court three youths stopped by p c edward grimshaw of the stouffville police department on february 4th were fined a total of 55 in richmond hill court tuesday driver of the car kenneth storry 24 of r r 2 stouff ville was fined 15 and costs for consuming liquor in a place other than his residence john legresley 18 of rr 3 newmarket and edward hall 18 of r r 2 stouffville were each fined 20 for consuming under the age of 21 one light out pc grimshaw said he check ed the auto at the corner of hwy 47 and main st in the east end of stouffville when he noticed one light burned out he testified that he saw one of them place a bottle of beer un der the seat as he approached storry who also goes by the name of lintner said the con stable must be mistaken be cause he wasnt drinking in the car however magistrate rus sell pcarse accepted the officers testimony and found the three men guilty neither of the two youths un der 21 could pay the fine and were placed in custody discuss police salaries at meeting salary schedules as establish ed for police departments in 6 separate municipalities in york county were discussed at a committee meeting held at but- tonville last week stouffville was represented by the committee chairman councillor bud spang repre sentatives were also present from markham village mark ham twp richmond hlli woodbridge and vaughan twp councillor spang said that by overall comparison police salaries in stouftviile were low but not the lowest he said that there was no discussion on the amalgamation of police forces in the area altona dealer has open house friday feb 26 friday feb 26th will be a big day at fred lewis altona feed and supplies when a giant open house program is plan ned to announce the arrival of the new 1965 model ford trac tors to mark this occasion hund reds of dollars worth of free merchandise prizes will be gi ven away including six brand- new electric floor polishers for the children there will be clowns and balloons and all vi sitors will be treated to free coftee doughnuts and soft drinks to round out this big event there will be dancing on the premises in the evening from 9 to midnight to the music of the popular art celsie and his singing plainsmen there is no admission charge for the bargain buyer hun dreds of items will be on sale at reduced prices that should prove attractive for both home and farm remember its this friday it will pay you to drop in and look around a 4page advertisement appears in this issue of the tribune seven pupils in markham twp oratorical contest seven students four boys and three girls will compete in the markham twp public speaking competitions at the municipal bidg buttonville on monday evening the contest will begin at 8 pm and the winner will advance to the next oratorical round at the county level from school area no 2 there are three entries berber page of mt joy lynne hoadley of dicksons hill and ronald smith of unionvillc from school area no 1 there are also three contestants glenn smith of bayview glenn and frances bishop and tom robinson both of henderson ave school st lukes separate school at thornhill has one entry theresa bcrnadi a grade 8 stu dent 2900 damage when auto rams car parked on main street one of the most costly two- auto suffered minor injuries car collisions to occur in stouft- mrs mary gcertsma and her 11 ville in several years happen- i month old son suffered slight ed on main st west saturday head cuts the driver was not i wins awards at kiwanis music festival a hurt hits snowplow damage was estimated 270 on sunday morning when a 1160 model falcon driven by alfred veintenberg of toronto was involved in a collision with a dept of highways truck- afternoon when a westbound 1962 chevy ii driven by mrs wm white main t e crash ed into the rear of a 1964 model huick owned by mr claude brillinger of ridgetown and formerly of stoultvilie police have estimated the da mage in total at 2900 inciud- snowplow driven by rae hol ing 2400 to the brillinger car j den tindalc road stouffville the impact of the crash was the accident occured on mam o levere that the brillinger f st west near the entrance to auto was pushed a distance of j the hwys dept property 30 feet over the curb and into a i the driver of the car and his large tree the car was parked pascngcr attributed the ue of j with no one in it at the time iscat belts for saving them from two passengers in the white serious injuries j the test drill hole for an auxiliary water supply to serve the town of stouffville has now passed the 200 foot mark th location is on the wm davidson property cone 10 south of main street the faulkner co of pcterboro has the contract staff photo puc commissioner seeks hydro rate reduction commissioner ken wagg of i ors before taking any further the stouffville puc has called action for a reduction in hydro rates for town users due to the size able surplus built up in this ac count the probability of such a move was discussed by the members at a recent meeting commissioner wagg sugges ted that the puc had no rea son to increase the reserve hy dro account that now totals ov er 56000 the members agreed that al though a reduction had been approved earlier it had aftected few customers since it only ap plied to the third and fourth rates only a small number of ratepayers use sufficient power to qualify the commission agreed to a- wait a report from the audit- comm ken wage late frank h tunney saw overseas service with 18th battalion four world war ii veterans of the 18th canadian battalion served as a guard of honour at the funeral on monday after noon for the late frank h tunney peter st markham who passed away in sunny- brook hospital toronto on fri day feb 19th mr tunney a markham vil lage resident for the past 33 years signed up for overseas duty at the age of 17 and was subjected to some of the most severe frontline action of the war the effects of which re mained with him all his life he would have been 68 next month the late mr tunney was born a craigie lea in mnskoka he was a machinist by trade and was one of the markham districts first commuters in his 1929 model chrysler anient sportsman an ardent sportsman he en joyed nothing more than fish ing or hunting trips with a group of ongtun friends a- round the village he liked both hockey and bjball and serv ed as timekeeper for the old awards in the duet cornet class of the kiwanis music festival rmr harold banks loretta urer stouffville raptured 1st prize markham millionaires team heather and ray banks son and daughter of mr and ay also placed 1st in solo competition with a mark of 87 points or nny seaon hi activitie tain extent by a heart condition but he refused to give in to thin illness an aftermath of the war years he was identified with the anglican church he was a member of the markham veterans association and the president of this orga nization arthur underwood served as one of the pall bear ers others included geo greer wm france jack france wal- ly kiernan and chuck mccar thy rev r a wigby conduct ed the service from the dixon chapel markham with inter ment in elmwood cemetery besides his wife the former edith hedges he is survived by three sons wilfred and leslie of markham and etrnard ot stouffville there are also four brothers joe albert and cecil of toronto walter of scarboro and three sisters helen mary and marjorie one brother william is deceased there are 11 grandchildren the viluge council and rep resentatives of the fire brigade met with engineers hlsey and harrington in committee on tuesday to discuss plans fdr staff photo i were always curtailed to a cer- i the new town firehall