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senior citizens night uvmmlk ftrttran kti k vol 76 no 42 the tribune stoukfvrlle ontario thursday march 25 1955 fourteen pages thirteen year old wins citation for his bravery in rescue of pet dog iast week more than 40 senior citizens of stotiftvillo and district attended an evening of entertainment in the veterans mall promoted hy the ladies auxiliary and memhers of the legion one of the guests mr bert ijckorish 71 of main st studies his euchre hand staff photo propose ban on swillfed piggeries in pickering crawls out on ice saves drowning boxer a prized boxer dog known as peter is alive and well today thanks to the bravery of a 13 year old unionville boy who risked his life last spring to save the drowning animal after it had fallen through thin ice into ten feet of water richard rick blundel son of mr and mrs errol blundell main st unionville is one of six persons to be named by the ontario humane society for citation awards for bravery in 1964 a bronze medal and certificate will be presented to him at a special ceremony in kitchener kepi going under top dog pickering twp council will consider a bylaw that would prohibit the operation of fu ture swillfed piggeries any where in the municipality councillor wm newman sug gested the action at t meeting on monday night councillor newman said that another piggery was proposed for the area and he felt that their numbers should be con trolled the bylaw would not affect other businesses of this type already established mr newman said that swill- fed pigs often produced obnox ious odours and created a hard ship on adjacent residents to twp encourage any more a mistake he said not the most desirable for the township he would be they are things noted that these piggeries were being forced out of scarboro and could very well move into pic kering councillor harvey spang spoke in favour of the ban now is the time to make the change and include the whole township he said councillor newman said that piggeries already located in the municipality were for the most part quite respectable opera tions but this was not a guar antee for the future rick recalled how on the day of the rescue he heard a dog barking and from the window of his home he could see ano ther dog floundering helplessly in the water of the unionville pond both he and his brother bui 15 ran to the edge of the ice that had become thin due to continued mild weather rick lay down flat and inched himself within arms length of the dog that had already gone under several times he was able to grab its forepaws and pull it to safety he did not know until later that the boxer belonged to mr and mrs car men stiver also of unionville mrs stiver told the tribune that had it not been for ricks instant action their dog would have drowned she said she was very pleased that his bra very was to be recognized rick is a grade 9 student at markham dist high school wolf tracked by helicopter after attack on cattle salary scale se in markham school area no 2 the teacher salary schedule for markham twp public school area no 2 has been fin alized hy the board and the fol lowing scale is now in effect category 1 gr 13 plus teach ers college 3500 to 5100 category 2 plus 5 summer 3800 to s6500 plus 10 summer 1100 to 7200 bachelor of arts 1800 to ss400 principals are still 3 courses category courses category 4 degree salaries of mrs plifz dies mrs marie elizabeth plitz mother of mr douglas plitz clerk of pickering township passed away on sunday in the ajaxpickering hospital she was 68 mrs plitz a native of austria resided on the sandy beach road in pickering she had been in ill health for the past two weeks surviving arc 11 children in cluding 4 sons and 7 daughters local dog breeders win top awards at sportsmans a 5 year old male samoycd owned hy mr and sirs l r cozens kb 2 stouftvillc captured this beautiful challenge trophy presented hy mrs k w brcmner of gormlcy at the sportsmans show toronto last week staff photo stouftvillc and district dog breeders enjoyed excellent suc cess with their entries in the toronto sportsmans show that concluded last week competi tion was extremely keen with more than 900 dogs in all clas ses a 5 year old male samoycd champion questors kristoff owned by l p cozens r r 2 stouffville was judged best of breed and received the beauti ful challenge trophy present ed by airs r w brcmner of gormlcy he also took the best canadian bred samoycd there were 30 entries an 8 year old female champion tosca snow a sister of kristoff went best of opposite sex she is owned by mr brcmner of gormlcy best boxers a 7 v month old boxer male puppy gaymitz jersey joe owned by mr and mrs jack northover of ringwood was the best of opposite sex out of 32 entries he was the youngest boxer to achieve this award he was also judged best puppy in the working group jandas boxers rr 2 stouffville were also in the winers circle they won a best of breed with one entry and a best of breed on two days with a large wolf made good his escape in markham twp on tuesday afternoon although pursued by search parties from both ground and air the hunt was organized by game warden wayne denby and markham police after heli copter pilot bon arnold of willowdale spotted the animal attacking a herd of cattle on a farm near 17th ave and don mills rd he landed his craft at romandale farms and called the police office at buttonville sgt don dukes armed with n 20 gauge shotgun caught a glimpse of the wolf from the air and rolled it over in the snow with a single blast from about 300 feet although woun ded the animal scrambled to its feet and escaped a posse of nearly a dozen men tracked the wolf more than two miles it was bleeding badly and will not likely sur vive game warden dcnby dis counted the report that the wolf might be rabid he said j that it had attacked the cattle because of hunger whitchurch officers commended after breakin arrest two officers of lie whil- rhurcli police department have been commended for heir efficiency following he arrest of a suspect in a cosi ly theft case recently sgt noil raven and p c donald hillock were praised hy mr frank mceachcrn rk 1 gormlcy whose spaci ous home on he don mills rnail was robbed of about 1000 in contents twentyfour hours aflor hip robbery was discovered a toronto man was charged with lhef the slolen proper ly was all returned lo he owner mr mclcachorns npprecia ion was included in a idler lo he whitchurch twp police chief fred mason to be discussed the yearly increment is 300 and new teachers coming on staff are allowed 100 per year xor up to five years experience if that experience has been with in the past seven years a s300 allowance is made if that expe rience is in the year previous the schedule provides for 20 days accumulative sick leave plus half payment of ontario hospital and medical insurance premiums the board established their salary scale to compare with that of neighbouring municipal ities after their figures had been finalized however they learned that metro had raised heir minimum in category 1 from 3500 to 3700 seven cattle killed by cpr dayliner near claremont seven holstein heifers were killed and another had to be destroyed last week when a westbound cpr dayliner rammed through part of a herd belonging to lome ralh and percy jones near claremont five of the cows were killed instantly and two had to be shot one suffered a broken leg and was later butchered the loss has been estimated at 1- 400 in all 44 cattle were loose but only eight were on the track when the dayliner came through damage to the engine was estimated at 1200 but it continued on to toronto after a brief stop at the claremont station the ranch where the cattle are kept is located in pickering twp north of cedar creek the accident occurred last wednesday afternoon and the farmers had the tedious chore of carting out the dead and in jured animals during the wind and snow storm that hit the area in the evening juvenile theft spree under investigation students questioned legion members raise new flag at municipal bldg two memhers of the stouff ville branch of the canadian legion raised the new maple loaf flag at he entrance to the municipal building in town on saturday morning veterans ivan goudie and gordon smith unfurled the new canadian emblem in a brief ceremony legion president las mekellar was also in at tendance along wilh members of he ladies auxiliary reeve win timbers and dep- utyrccvc ken laushway ad dressed the gathering rev allan borland pronounced the prayer of dedicalion the clerk mr ralph corner was the master of ceremonies budget over 450000 for tsa no 2 markham include 4000 in town budget for cent project another a 10 month old bitch was a winner on thursday and a best of winners on friday jandaires exquisite model was also judged the best puppy in its breed on saturday champion standfast of blos- somlea was named sire of tha year a repeat win from 1964 highest scoring fordcncs gigi a beagla hound and canadian champion owned by mr and mrs doug oneill of stouftvillc was the highest scoring in its class of twelve it also obtained its first obedience degree a figure of 4000 has been i spang included- in- stouffvilles- 1965 budget estimates for a centen nial project the subject was discussed briefly by council at a meeting on thursday after noon deputyreeve ken laushway said that he felt the centennial committee headed by chair man ross giles should be cal led together again for further discussions do you think we should have a centennial project questioned councillor bud replied the depu- yest do tyreeve in name only or in sub stance asked mr spang councillor wm parsons said that many persons were inter ested in such a program and he felt the application should be kept alive mr parsons said he would be pleased to know if the centennial committee had anything new in mind or if they favoured the continuance of the original park entrance plan two men injured when freight hits truck the 1965 budget for public school no 2 in imarkham twp has been set at 453564 gov ernment grants will reduce this figure by 220000 leaving a ba lance of s233564 to be collected through taxation rates in individual sections will vary according to the am ount of surplus retained prior to the changeover to the area system in 1964 some sections had no school rate at all and their funds were completely used up instruction most cosily the latest figure in the bud get is for instruction there are a total of 42 teachers and prin cipals in the area plus one tra velling teacher a parttime french teacher and three mu sic supervisors a total of 248- 000 has been estimated to cover this service a further break down is as follovscaretakcr salaries and maintenance 60- 000 transportation 50000 supplies 22000 and- books 20400 the total enrolment is approximately 1203 children four juvenile boys have been questioned and merchandise valued at over 75 has been re covered following an investi gation by stouffville police that began last week acting on a telephone tip lo cal officers stopped a group of lads on main street and found a quantity of stolen articles hidden in their clothes addi tional merchandise was later found in a locker at the high school the goods varied from shotgun shells to cigarettes at least four stores in town have been victims of the theft spree that goes back as far as octob er 1964 good families police chief orland keating id that only one of the four lads questioned was a resident in town he said that all came from respected families their parents have been notified he said that none had been in any serious trouble before the chief said that further investigations into the case had i ly of clothing a vacuum cleaner been temporarily suspended j a camera and a valuable watch since easter examinations were j in total the loss has been esti- in progress weve only start- mated at over 1200 dogs valued at 300 stolen whitchurch twp police investigating the theft of silver grey poodles from basement of a home in gormley the property of mr michael karageorgish the dogs arc va lued at 150 apiece in addition the thieves also took a quanti- arc two the cd and we intend to get to the entry to the premises was bottom of it he said he said j gained through a rear door po ne had received the fullest co- j lice were notified of the theft operation from the school on march 15th and every eitort principal he said he could not s being made to trace the cul- tell to date how many might be involved or the full extent of the goods taken he said it was still too soon to say whe ther stolen merchandise was being sold at cut prices to other boys the identity of pnts pecw was not revealed mr r mercer and mrs a a gresham will accompany 10 pupils from grades 12 and 13 stouffville district high school to visit the university of water- the sus- on saturday march 27 to learn computer prosiimininj hire local draftsman to plan new town firehall save 2000 a 4 car diescl freight train and an empty livestock truck collided headon at a level crossing on the county road south of goodwood tuesday afternoon and the impact tos sed the heavy transport 38 feet from the tracks the driver john brown of little britain was thrown from the cab into a snowfilled ditch but his passenger remained in the truck both suffered head injuries and were treated at the scene by dr doug brodie of stouffville they were later admitted to he uxbridge cot- tagc hospital the train engineer old police that he saw he truck approa ch ing jtrom a distance and pulled on the emergency brake when it failed to slacken speed there is no automatic signal at the crossing but visi bility is good in all directions sectreas of markham area bd mr donald a beer of brou gham has been hired lo the po sition of fulltime secretary- treasurer for the new mark ham twp public school area board no 2 mr beer commenced his du ties on monday with office headquarters at richmond hill nab night prowler following chase ii wasnt too many months ago that a peeping torn led slouftville police on a merry chase before he was finally caught on monday nlghf several residents of greenwood in pickering twp joined force and nabbed a youthful prowl or following a crosscountry hike the intruder was first spoiled by mr frank finlay and armed willi a heavy fire- place poker look out after he eulpril he was joined by neighbours and laler ontario provincial police from f he whitby detachment the mans footprints ver plainly visible in the snow and he was soon tracked down there hava been a number of breakins recently in tho greenwood community and police are checking lo see if there is a connection between the incidents town doctor breaks leg in skiing accident dr donald j fclrle a physician at the slouftvills medical centre suffered a broken right leg in a skiing accident at beaver valley near orangeville dr fclrle is now home following a 36hour confine ment in the scarboro general hospital where he break was reset the injury occurred when lie twisted his leg iii a downhill run he was accom panied by mr jerry waltc russell st the beaver valley ski pa trol provided immediate aid at the lodge and he was later brought to the medical centre although ihc seriousness of the break has not been re vealed it may lake 2 months or a complete recovery mr charles w jones kim road stouffville has been re tained by stouffville council to prepare the plans for the new- town firehall to be located on main street next o the bowl ing alley the local draftsmans fee was set at a maximum of 350 or an approximate saving of 2000 over a firm pei viouslv considered sketch plans of he structure were viewed hy the council at a meeting on thursday councillor bud spang work ing closely with mr jones on the project said that the de sign could be altered the sta tion will be a 3bay hutldin with a brick front councillor ken betz said that the firemens committee had approved the design with a few minor exceptions the cost of ihe hall has been estimated at 1520000 mrs a carruthers passes suddenly suddenly at thr brierhush hush hospital siouffville on wednesday march 24 1965 alice alherla howift in her with year beloved wife of he late arthur carruthers dear mother of ernie rr 2 clare mont and loving grandmother of ruth ann resting at he oxcil funeral heme stouff ville for service in ihe chapel on friday at 230 pm inter ment stouffville cemetery mr alex wilkins rupert ave underwent n nperalion at scarboro general hospital on wednesday driver john brown of utile britain and hi pasvnger henry mason etcaped with onlj head injuries on tuesday when iheir tock truck collided wilh a lcar diescl freight train at the cv jr level crossing on the county road south ol goodwood stall photo