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in good hands a little halv hoy found abandoned in a parked car in markham on monday is presently in the protective custody of constable and mrs rod iunkin ic lunkin is an officer on the village force with a family of six children ranginjr in age from 7 month loll years staff 1hoto rilraiit vol 77 no 6 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday july s 1965 fourteen pages markham ponce officer takes custody of abandoned baby fire destroys stablest- benefit day planned a full program of cntertain- tainment is planned for sunday afternoon july 18th at the pogue boarding stables on the townlinc west of ringwood in aid of mr allan blackie saunders main st markham his premises located at shep- pard avenue and markham road was destroyed in a disas trous fire on thursday july 1st in addition to harness and equipment valued in the many hundreds of dollars one horse a pony a steer and a nearly- new truck were lost twenty- five horses were saved due mainly to the heroic action of two men douglas reeves nor man pickett and a lady sandy rosco the program on july 18th will take the form of a garden party and admission tickets priced at 10 are now on sale the show will begin at 2 pm on saturday july 24th a second benefit show will be held at the ross martin stables no 2 hwy at rouge hills over 200 attend grove reunion at youth centre the surname has been chang ed from groif to grove but the christian way of life that has marked each preceding genera tion over the past 157 years has not been altered this theme was evident on saturday afternoon as more than 200 grove family descen dants gathered for a reunion at the parkside youth centre west of stouffville the getto gether the first in many years was promoted by mr wm grove of dicksons hill the history of the clan was prepared and read by mrs l taylor of cedar grove the original grove homestead is located on the present ezra grove property lot 33 cone 7 markham abraham grove came to markham twp from lancaster pennsylvania in 1808 the oldest person present at the reunion was mrs sophia cooner 84 of stouffville mr and mrs hilliard dean and family of elkhart indiana tra velled the farthest distance to attend other longdistance visitors included mrs norman kaster petersburg mrs ed furtney and brian londondavid hall- man new dundee rev and mrs l r pipher kitchener wilfred reesor utica mrs menno copeland wychwood mr and mrs aaron weber elmira mr and mrs earl sni der kitchener mrs john tim bers joy and julie ann cooks- town miss marion honsberger waterloo miss ina burkholder vineland edwin jewitt flor ence and shirley kitchener mr and mrs elmer grove and family petersburg mrs dor othy grove and family scar- boro mr and mrs gordon rognvaldson acton mr and mrs roy overland and robert toronto and gary and maureen sicesor toronto local cyclist suffers bad leg break john willis 18 maytree ave stouffville suffered a compound fracture of his right lee on tuesday evening when his motorbike collided with a west bound car on main street he was treated at the scene by drs john button and donald smith and taken in the mark ham ambulance to the scarboro hospital no blame was attached to the motorist james t hodgeman of danville illinois both the car and the bike suffered only minor damage the local youth a grade 13 student at stouffville dist high school has been most ac tive in town sports especially hockey where he has tended goal for minor teams both here and at markham pc david hadden of stouft- ville police conducted the in vestigation at the scene happy to be unhappy protest shufdown of cpr station at locust hill passengers who use the cpr station at locust hill have raised a strong protest over any move that would close the depot at a meeting of markham twp council on monday night councillor charles hoover re ported that commuter residents in the community were very disturbed over the matter council were informed of the proposed shutdown in a letter from mr j f crate supt of the trenton division because of the negligible amount of business which the caretaker is called on to look after the letter read station facilities are no longer justified from an economical stand point mr crate told the coun cil that he planned to make ap plication to the board of trans port commissioners for author ity to close the depot the council declined to com ment officially to the cpr tin til further information is ob tained child found in parked car when police constable rod iunkin of markham vill age left his bungalow home for his regular daytime shift on monday morning he waved goodbye to his wife and six children by monday afternoon the junkin family circle had increased to seven through the unexpected arrival of a glb bouncing baby boy the child was found abandoned in the front seat of a car at the rear of clarks ladies wear store on main street it was crying and hungry but otherwise according to dr robt seaver quite well its age has been estimated at from 7 to 10 days wrapped in blanket mrs mary geverink who resides with her husband in an apartment above the assinck bros ltd factory on no 48 hwy made the surprising discovery when she returned from the village laundramat the baby was wearing only a nightie and wrapped in a woollen blanket she took it directly to the village police station at first i thought someone had made a mistake and put- it in the wrong car she said but i asked around and no one knew anything about it all news media in the area were contacted by police in an effort to locate the childs mother but so far without success meanwhile dale valerie bradford patricia jeffrey and rodger junkin are enjoying the company of their newfound friend they have named it little fuzz because of a tiny patch of hair on its head the childrens aid society has agreed that mr and mrs junkin should care for the baby until further arrange ments are made left accident scene driver jailed 30 days a 21 year om toronto man whose auto was involved in a hitandrun collision near gorm- ley on june 19th was sent to jail for 30 days marcel dcmasson was charg ed by pc glyn forrester of markham twp police with fail ing to remain at the scene of an accident after his vehicle struck one driven by carol steckley of gormley in addi tion to the jail sentence the ac cused was also fined s200 and his licence was suspended for nine months police said that following the collision a private citizen gave chase and was able to take note of the licence number demasson testified in a writ ten statement that his brakes failed prior to the impact he said that he then panicked arid sped away at speeds approach ing 90 miles per hour he ad mitted that he turned oft don mills road at vandorf and drove to toronto on the back roads so that his car would not be rec ognized the case was heard by magis trate o s hollinrake ward petition goes before mun board cycle club alters plan under protest linda smith daughter of mr and mrs ross smith main st has joined the staff at sleepy hollow golf and coun try club a reversed decision by whit church twp council over a planned motorcycle rally on the herold property east of mussel- mans lake has been criticized by solicitors for the club in a recent letter the council were informed however that a new site had been located and the competition would be held in another municipality the meet had originally been scheduled for july 18th whitchurch council had given its consent to the rally and then after receiving the clubs 100 licence fee they had second thoughts on the matter and re turned the money the letter charged that the cycle organization had been put to much inconvenience and con siderable expense the writer suggested that in future such applications should be given more consideration so that a change would not be necessary after all arrangements had been completed youth ordered by magistrate to return home a 19 year old stouffville district youth was ordered to return to his foster parents home following his appearance before magistrate o s hollin rake in richmond hill court on tuesday brian oprey of musselmans lake had been charged by stouffville police with consum ing liquor while under the age of 21 and careless driving in evidence it was revealed that oprey had left home about is months ago and was living on his own in the lake area his foster father mr h peach said that he had asked the boy to return on several occasions pc edward grimshaw spoke on the youths hehalf stating that he had taken up with the wrong kind of friends he said that following the driving inci dent he had appeared to settle down magistrate hollinrake hand ed down a six month suspended sentence on the liquor offense on the careless driving charge he was fined 75 and costs patrick cashman of mussel- mans lake is anxious that the ward system of government should apply in the twp of whitchurch although his propo sal has received no encourage ment from members of the pres ent council although a petition contain ing iso signatures favouring the wardplan was presented to a meeting several weeks ago by mr cashman the members re fused to act en it at a regular council meeting last week mr cashman was in formed of the councils decision he said he proposed to submit the petition before the ontario municipal board he asked that the councils decision on his re quest be placed in writing by the clerk reeve ross farqii- harson agreed that this would be done mr cashman contended earl ier that representation by wards would give individual councillors closer contact with defined areas and its ratepayers he also suggested that election candidates would not have to canvass the whole township but rather one ward with the ex ception of the reeve and deputy- reeve distant visitors attend walker family reunion relatives from near and far gathered in the stouffville park on sunday afternoon june 27th for the annual walk er family reunion for some of the visitors it was their first time in attendance while others were reunited after a separa tion of over 20 years mr and mrs eldred turner of minneapolis minnesota and mr and mrs wm walker and family of north bay came from the farthest distance the oldest person present was mr fred mortson of beav- erton at 75 six month old elaine timbers daughter of mr and mrs carl timbers cone 7 whitchurch was the youngest v it was agreed that the re union should be held once again next year at the same location the committee lor 1966 includes mr and mrs murray emmer- son mr and mrs ron conner mr and mrs mel brooks and mr and mrs lome mortson pickering deputy claims reeve held illegal meeting cruiser rammed from the rear an accident involving a whit church twp police cruiser last week resulted in damage of over 600 chief fred mason told council on tuesday night the unidentified motorist hit the police car from behind on the don mills road his auto insurance had expired on june 21st chief mason reported that with the year onehalf complet ed expenses were slightly over 50000 he felt that the 1965 budget would be adequate new principal i mctaggarf reunion held at claremonf conservation area on sunday afternoon 70 des cendants of the late mr and mrs wm mctaggart of gore bay held their annual reunion in the claremont conservation area it was unique that eight of the nine living sons and daugh ters could attend the gathering including mrs wm pcgg bes sie of stouffville mrs gordon beange delia of sudbury mrs harry monk may of willowdale mrs jack herbert earla and mrs lawrence wismer evelyn both of tor onto mr chas mctaggart of greenwood mr john mctagg art of west toronto and mr leslie mctaggart of duluth minn another brother jim mctaggart of chatworth was unable to be present mr and mrs leslie mctag gart of duluth minn and mr and mrs gordon beange and daughter dianne of sudbury travelled the farthest distance it is expected that the gath ering in 1986 will be held at the same location ladies of the community at tended a miscellaneous shower on monday evening for miss judy grove daughter of mr and mrs frank grove 16th ave markham who will be married on thursday evening lo mr sidney john saunders son of mr and mrs clare o saunders of milliken the cere mony will be held in the mark ham united missionary church press attendants at council meetings in pickering township have come to the obvious con clusion that there is no love lost between the reeve clifford lay- cox and his deputy mrs jean mcpherson on monday evening a flare- up occurred again one of many during the current year when mrs mcpherson charged that mr laycox had arranged a hur ried meeting at brougham while she was out of the muni cipality she said that she did not learn of the meeting in time to attend she charged that such a session was illegal it was learned that both the reeve and the deputyreeve were in fact attending the may ors and reeves convention in kitchener but the reeve return ed early on monday to a coun cil meeting while his deputy re mained behind reeve laycox argued that he liad given the members 48 hours notice and the attendance was sufficient to make a quorum councillor harvey spang was also absent but he registered no protest the reeve said that immedi ate action was required to dis cuss the purchase of a parcel of land at lot 24 cone 1 as a pro posed township centennial park councillor wm newman said that action by council had been limited to a written recommen dation he said that the lormal decision on the purchase had been witheld until monday july 5th on tile recorded vote that fol lowed the discussion deputy- reeve mcpherson registered tha only opposition public meeting thursday re new subdivision mr paul gordon formerly of st thomas lias accepted he position of principal at the new st mark separate school in stouffville married with two daughters he is ex tremely interested in sports and an active executive mem ber in the kinsmen club markham twp terrier wins best of show award 283 entries huco a 0 month old bavset hound nml n entry in the ontario county kennel club dog show nt markham on saturday appears to be extremely sad ii could be heddinc rant of joy however since it placed 1st in its class the owner is mr f a- carter of cooksvllle staff photo there were great danes bulldogs st bernards and old english sheep dogs among 283 entries in the ontario county kennel club international championship show at mark ham on saturday but a small west highland white terrier was acclaimed king of the competition by judges at the conclusion of the canine prom enade dreamland cyclone owned by albert kaye no 7 hwy markham twp was named best of show by judge john devlm jr of toronto mrs joan morden of burling ton had the best canadian bred puppy in the show a miniature schnauzcr by the name of show stopper club president mercer mc taggart of rri brooklin expressed satisfaction with the program he said that the entry list exceeded last years number by twentyfive he said that the markham arena had al ready been booked for 1966 but the event would be staged on two days rather than one although entries were receiv ed from kennels across canada and centres in the united states local breeders from the stouffville claremont mark ham and pickering areas did extremely well and shared in many of the class awards death jfaylow mrs anne moylan beloved wife of leonard j haylow of brantford and formerly of stouffville who died in the toronto general hospital on thursday july 1st the funeral was held on monday with interment in st marys cemetery woodstock surviving are three daugh ters marilyn nancy and dor othy and two sons joseph and francis a public meeting will be con ducted by stouffville planning board on thursday evening of this week at 730 pm in the municipal offices to explain the proposal for a new residential development on the forty acres immediately west of westlawn cres at the west end of town the land is at present zoned on the towns official plan as agri culture and the planning board is recommending to council that this zoning be changed to resi dential the parcel of land presently contains the new parkview sen ior citizens home rupert st is being extended west and the subdivider proposes to erect homes on the south side of this street facing the home as well as on a new street to run north and south to main st and eventually on an extension west of elm rd the land front ing on main st and running west from westlawn is indus trial the proposal will be fully ex plained to those attending the meeting and the views will be heard of any interested parties adjacent to this land jane terwoerds main st accompanied by her aunt mrs joe assinck and family of markham will leave shortly to spend four weeks at a cottage on jacks lake near petcrboro jane and raymond rioux son and daughter of mr and mrs ray rioux 9th line n have joined the staff of swim- dogcatcher quits in whitchurch dogcatcher ollie pellett of whitchurch twp has sub mitted his resignation fo coun cil the post has been vacant since june 19th although mr pellett has allowed the pens on his property to be used th problem was discussed at a meeting on tuesday night although a replacement for mr pellett is the concern ot council it is not the most press ing problem at the moment they are seeking the where abouts of a labrador dog thai according to the owner mrs w e elliott of bogarttown wai picked up by the officer several weeks ago after it had bitten a child the animal according to mrs elliott cannot be found and tha result of rabies tests have not been determined police chief fred mason said that since the dog had received antirabies shots six months ago the chance that tha child would be infected wa very remote reeve ross farquharson pro mised the ratepayer that ha would attempt to obtain more information on her pet ming instructors with the unionville swimming club for the summer vacation period thirtysix years of service birth caterer shirl and glen are happy to announce the arrival of a son donald glen 7 lbs lli oz on july 4th 1963 at york county hospital newmarket a baby brother for davey and teresa many thanks to dr smith death hawthorne suddenly at the scarborough general hospital on saturday july 3rd 196 james hawhorne of rr 2 claremont in his 61st year beloved husband of sarah dixon dear father of david and bevely brother of thomas markham ontario robert samuel joseph john sarah mrs j mccaihhev albert nellie mrs t ham mond all of northern ire land and david deceased the service was held at the dixon funeral home mark ham monday at 2 pm inter ment at elmwood cemetery markham at the conrlnslon of iho jane term mrs mary woodcock rupert ave stouffville re- uvea from he public school teaching profession after 36 years ot faithful bervlce a dlory ap pears on pace 3 of uiis issue staff photo f