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i i i k farmers wife dairy princess fouffiriut vol 77 no 5 thk tribune stouffville ontario wednesday june 30 1965 twelve pages mrs donna rarkcy claremont kr 3 has retained the dairy princess title in ontario county the competition was held in oshawa last week donna has now won the honour three times and will advance to the finals to he held at the cne staff rhoto susan nigh wins at st lambert jumps 56 seventeen year old susan nih cone 7 markham broke her own personal record and susan nigh came within reach of the world mark when she posted a high jump mark of 5 ft fi inches on saturday in the canadian national track field cham pionships held at st lambert quebec prior to attaining this feat her best height has been 5 ft 4 inches- in an effort to pick up additi onal points for the don mills track club her coach lloyd pcrcival also entered susan in the broad jump although un prepared for this competition she placed third don mills won the team title with an aggregate total of 134 points the next big meet for susan will come in august when she enters the eastern canada fin als to be held at st john new brunswick bill crothers continued his winning ways taking the 440 on friday and the 880 on satur day markham school area office in new location xev administration offices for markham tup public school area no 2 have been shifted from richmond kill to the nowvacant xo 11 school building north of uii- loriville on the fith concession beginning lulv 1st mr wilfred mortey of stouftville assumes the position of ad ministrator succeeding mr donald beer of brougham his office secretary is miss karen dean of mnrkham a business college graduate duo to the pressure of ap pointments all delegations wishing to meet in future with the board must present their request in writing one week in advance adjacent farm land valued at 400000 by real estate co valuable farm land bordering on the builtup area of stouffville has been placed in the hands of the a e lepage real estate co toronto in total the harper brillinjrer and ferguson proper ties comprise 194 acres with an estimated value of s2000 per acre or approximately 100000 realtors basket and pegg have the listing both the harper and brillinger farms have frontage on the cxr line and represent a potential industrial zone the ferguson premises on the south side of main street at the west end of town includes about 30 acres within the municipality and the remainder in markham twp a portion of the harper farm is also in markham reeve win timbers and mr cec hendricks accom panied by a representative of the baskett and pcgg firm hope to arrange an appointment with the lepage realtors in toronto to discuss the sale promotion of sites located within stouffville mr hendricks is chairman of the stouffville industrial committee pickering recreation chairman resigns post in protest linda sargent has top h s average mark with 871 herb otto wins proficiency award fifteen year old linda sargent a grade 10 student has re corded the best june average at stouffville diss high school with a mark of 871 per cent the list of award winners from grade 9 to 12 was presented to the tribune this week grade 13 awards will be announced in august all will be formally recognized at the annual com mencement exercises on nov 12th refusal by the pickering twp recreation committee to pro vide financial assistance to teams in the claremont com munity softball league who do not compromise 100 per cent resident players has brought a strong protest from the com mittee chairman and later his resignation dogs keep barking but owner silent court is told residents on 16th avenue in markham twp who were com plaining about dogs barking brought their accusations into court friday the dogs on the property of mr anthony monk have been according to two next door neighbours barking constantly mr monk was subsequently charged with having care of dogs disturbing the peace un der bylaw 1115 of markham township after hearing both compon ents magistrate russell pcarce found monk guilty and fined htm 15 and costs mrs gwcn farrcll who lives in the house immediately west of monks property told the court that her children cant sleep pt night because of the constant noise xo answer i dont care if theres 50 dogs over there just as long as they are quiet she said mrs farrell added she tried phoning mr monk but couldnt get an answer meanwhile on the cast side of the monk residence mrs marie cogar was having the same problem she said that her family has put up with the dogs for al most three years we just cant stand it any longer she added mr monk in defending him self said that the only time his dogs bark is when some strang er crosses his land he admitted that other persons have com plained about the noise also court costs of si 8 brought monks total payment to 33 three killed near vivian three persons died on sun day when their car swerved in to a deep ditch beside hwy 48 near vivian killed were carol carcfoote 19 her brother thomas 12 both of scarborough and paul mayer 19 of toronto driver of the car witnesses said the north bound auto pulled out to pass another swerved on the the west shoulder across the high way on to the cast shoulder and then down an embankment into the ditch the girl and mayer were kill ed instantly the younger boy died a few hours later in the hospital for sick children main street store sold whitchurch child pulled from well in heroic rescue the carload groceteria store on main st in stouffville has been sold the building has been sold to mr peter kwong of unionville mr and mrs john mathew- son have operated the business for the past 18 years when they acquired the premises back in 1947 they looked after the store entirely by themselves prior to the completion of the sale their staff numbered five although their plans are not definite mr and mrs mathew- son hope to remain as residents here the type of business to be operated by the new owner has not yet been announced donald beer donald beer long an ardent sports promoter in the brough am area and an active worker in the claremont league walk ed out of the meeting when the majority of members refused to alter their stand on the issue mr terry ryan was appointed to fill the post on a temporary basis until mr beers resigna tion is dealt with by council excessive costs earl rowe spokesman for the delegation informed the committee that for a single night it cost the league be tween 18 and 20 to operate he said thai the township grant last year did not cover the um pires fees he said that each player had to pay to play and in addition a 15 team entry fee was charged ke said that under the new ruling not a single team in the league could qualify lor the grant he said that coaches were forced to fill out their lineups with a few imports since there were not enough resident ball players in the township for eight clubs mr rowe presented a peti tion signed by nine men includ ing earl goslin brougham bill mcdonald bay ridges earl rowe pickering les wilson greenwood maurice binsted claremont d a beer league pres howard malcolm lg sec grant pas- coe and jack britain execu tive motion upheld the discussion that became rather heated at times was fol lowed by a motion from donald hopkins and terry ryan that the petition request be not ac cepted it was carried mr beer who had put up a rigorous fight against the com mittees decision submitted his resignation and left the meet ing for her academic accomp lishments linda will receive no less than five individual aw ards and bursaries including the high school staff award highest standing in the school the lower school english bur sary the village of stouftvilie academic proficiency bursary the chesebroughponds aca demic proficiency award gr 10 and the grade 10 home ec onomics prize rita busato the top student resident from the twp of mar kham will receive a 50 acade mic bursary presented annual ly by the municipality her per centage was 8377 no newcomer to the awards lis is herbert otto of grade 12 he has been selected for th co veted wagg general proficien cy prize that includes a 75 wrist watch the award goes to the student in either grades 12 or 13 who has contributed most to the school during the year academic standing character sportsmanship extracurricular activities and cooperation ar considered his average was 813 per cent a complete list of awards and bursaries is publi shed elsewhere in this issue old schools not for sale in markham twp area 2 linda sarpent blood donor clinic july 5th magistrate alters plea of youth the second blood donor clinic of this year will be held on monday july 5th in the stouftville legion hall the time schedule is 2 fo 430 pm and fi30 to 0 pm on ian i8fh a total of 12fi pints were collected it is hoped thai this figure may he bettered this time anyone who jrave blood at the last clinic will be accepted again as the threemonth waiting- period has expired old public school buildings in markham twp school area no 2 are not for sale at least not at the present time this was a decision of the trustees at a recent meeting after a letter was received from the community club at cedar grove the members of that organ ization are anxious to retain their school as a centennial pro ject they would like to pur chase the building and rent it back to the board as long as its usefulness as a classroom is maintained cedar grove residents feel strongly about preserving the schoolhouse the letter read it was the centre of communi ty activity for many years and we wish to keep it this way the board following a dis cussion on the matter decided that neither the school at cedar grove nor any other in tha area would be sold at present the trustees agreed however to review the issue again in the fall over one attend boyd reunion death abell caroline e at the cottage hospital ux- bridge on monday june 28 1965 caroline r nowack dear ly beloved wife of john l ab- ell of 100 albert street north stouffville and loving mother of john c of chicago seldon f of toronto george w of king ston dr helen c of macdonald college guelph dr robert w of chicago and james e of stouffville survived also by nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren resting at the oneill funeral home stouffville service in the cha pel on wednesday at 1 30 pm committal service at park lawn cemetery toronto at 330 pm a 19 year old aurora youth was credited with saving the life of a 2i year old boy sat urday in whitchurch township john orourke 15 mary st responded to pleas from mrs millie preston after her son allen had fallen into a 33 foot deep well the accident occurred on the preston property cast of the 5th concession whitchurch township police told the tribune that the well was covered by a slab of wood and weighted by two cement blocks somehow the boy re moved the blocks and tumbled in there was three feet of wa ter in the bottom mrs preston flagged down mr orourke as he drove by the residence the teenager wrapped a length of rope ar ound his waist and lowered himself down allen was returned in the i county hospital in newmarket for treatment whitchurch police praised the teenager for his heroic ac tions sgt neil raven and pc wil liam nelson investigated man sciz- heart attack fatal to golfer a 47 year old toronto was stricken with a heart ure on sunday and died at the willows golf course near mon golia mr neil mcphail was attend ed by dr donald smith of stouffville and artificial respi ration was applied immediately following his collapse without success a new ontario flag will be mrs fred woodward 4 main i i st v is presently a patient in ed fac and taken to york dpal building in stouflville ibrierbush hospital iurface suffering from a scrap- erected at the front of the mun- queen mother hears markham padre speak rev d r mckillican of markham former presbyterian church pastor at both markham and stouffville occupied the pulpit in knox presbyterian church toronto on sunday af ternoon among the many hundreds seated in the congregation was a very special and distinguished visitor her majesty queen mother elizabeth her majesty is the colonel- inchicf of the toronto scottish regiment and rev mckillican is the regiment chaplain mr mckillican received the queen mother at the church and escorted her to a front pew in a simple ceremony the old colours of the toronto scottish were retired they had been replaced by new ones at a for mal presentation on friday squealing tires on pavement is not considered unnecessary noise as far as section 42 sub section 3 of the highway traffic act is concerned david carson jones rr 1 stouffville who appeared in traffic court friday charged with making unnecessary noise had his case dismissed pc william gunn of the markham village police told the court that he observed jones squeal his tires as he went through the three gears of the transmission the officer said the tires squealed after each gear change he added that jones travelled south on galsworthy then east on wel lington before being appre hended not in act however checking the high way traffic act magistrate russell pcarce said that section 423 did not cover noise from the tires he explained that the section dealt with engine noise and fumes but said nothing of the exterior of the car the magistrate said that a law covering squealing tires may or may not be enforced by ihe township under a bylaw the magistrate changed jones guilty plea to not guilty and dismissed the charge fortysix attend watson reunion mrs colleen oconnor glad park ave attended the 50th anniversary of the nurses train ing school at st josephs hos pital guelph on the weekend it was also the 10th anniversary of her own graduating class perfect weather conditions swelled the attendance at the annual boyd reunion to more than 100 adults plus children in the memorial park at stouff ville on sunday afternoon the most senior member of the group was mrs hcssie hornshaw formerly of white- vale and now living in toronto she is 87 but could pass for a woman of 65 the youngest child in attend ance was 5 wk old clark gwil- liams son of mr and mrs gor don gwilliams of newmarket mr and mrs frank boyd and two daughters of lomand alta had travelled the farthest dist ance mr and mrs lloyd johns ton of niagara falls new york were also present it was a special occasion for mr and mrs stan dart of vic toria park avenue they mark ed their 49th wedding annivers ary on sunday the new president for 1968 is mr jack hornshaw of white vale succeeding mr gordon pool of agincourt he will select his own executive for the com ing term the members agreed to hold their reunion next year at the same location five year old girl dies in cottage fire a 5 year old girl died in her mothers cottage home at lake wilcox saturday after trying to hide in a clothes closet to es cape the flames dead is tammy morrison daughter of mrs jean morri- on firemen said the girl receiv ed burns only to one hand and apparently died of suffocation while huddled behind some clothing mrs morrison said she was awakened by her son james 6 shortly after the fire started she made her way out of th burning house and thought both children were with her when she got outside she could not find tammy she tried to go back in but the heat was too intense a neighbour kenneth em- merson broke a window and tried to find the girl but could neither see nor hear her mrs morrison is separated from her husband her mother mrs jean mills 46 escaped safely her brother ronald had left a short time earlier for work kids have the last laugh fortysix members of the watson clan met in the stouff ville memorial park on sunday for their annual reunion the 1966 executive was elect ed they are douglas bacon president arthur dowswem treasurer and lillian dowswell secretary relatives for the daylong event came from georgetown oshawa whitby toronto goodwood and scarborough all are descendents of willi am bolton watson who came to canada in the middle of the last century from yorkshire eng land and settled near good wood he married jane little of dumfries scotland in 1854 the youngsters enjoyed the swimming pool while the older cousins spent the afternoon re newing acquantances mr and mrs dudley jvilspn lined up a program of games during the afternoon while the supper hour was enlivened by some unique contests prepared by mrs eva watson next years gathering will be held in the stouffville park on june 19 the lions club has approved the purchase of two new wel come signs to be erected at the cast and ws entrance to the town the emblems of each of the local organizations and ser vice clubs will be attached the council has agreed to pay 32 in support of the project and assist in the erection knngs store main st will be open on thursday july 1st irom 12 noon to 9 pm on friday the staff and pupils of green river school held their yearend picnic at th clarrmont conservation area many of the children enjoyed paddlinc in ihe small stream that winds through the park not to be outdone the principal mr jack shepherd rolled up his pant less and waded into the water as grade 8 class members shouted encouragement staff photo