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crash at green miwer bridge miaeks traffic an ivo 7 f traftic on no 7 hwy- at green river had to be rerouted for two hours on thursday afternoon following a collision be tween two gravel trucks on a narrow bridge damage to the vehicles both nearly new was estimated at 16000 staff photo this is the scene of the crash looking west one driver a ntonio piaralll of downsview suffered only minor cut to his lip the other domcnicc lusuno of toronto escaped injury jim mcquhae 17 of green river witnessed the collision staff photo 5000 copies this week classified vol 77 no 15 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday september 16 1965 sixteen pages nomination three parties a wideopen race is shaping up for the progressive conservatives in york north as no less than four and possibly six candidates plan to enter the nomination ring on saturday the contest possibly the most excit ing for pc promoters in several years will be held in the auditorium of the aurora high school at 2 oclock candidates already named include william curran of king city norman barnard rr 3 new market donald martyn sutton and john perry of maple also mentioned have been the names of eric baker rr 2 gormlcy and dick blue rr 2 aurora markham twp reeve charles hooper of button ville was the conservative standardbearer in the last federal election in 1963 the pcs plan to open com mittee rooms in stouftvillc also something new here in several years idersy lady is victim of fraud no liberal doubls the liberal nomination is slated tor wednesday evening sept 22nd at 8 pm in the audi torium of the g w williams secondary school dunning st aurora there is little doubt concerning their candidate he will be john addison the sitting member for the riding the guest speaker at the gathering will be hon arthur laing mp for vancouver south sleet tonight although the candidate for the new democratic party in york north remains in doubt up to press time the decision will be more certain after to night the ndp nomination meeting will be held on thurs day evening sept 16th at 8 pm in the legion hall richmond hill stanley hall the nominee in 1963 had earlier indicated that he would not run in this campaign there has been no word from the social credit camp where their candidate mustered a mere 315 votes in the last election deer and pheasants damage crops in markham township an 84yearold main street lady was defrauded out of 105 on tuesday afternoon by two men who posed as bank em ployees the woman whose name was not revealed told police that after she identified the serial numbers of bills in her posses sion to a telephone caller she was assured that they were counterfeit and should be ex changed at the bank a second man then arrived and took the money later when he failed to return she phoned police chief orland keating told the tribune that the racket known as the bank messenger fraud flourished in toronto about one year ago he said under no circumstances docs the bank ever send an em ployee to private homes to pick up money he urged local residents to phone the office immediately should they ever be approached in this manner the police are continuing their investigation ok heavier planes for buttonville sales of nonresident pheas ant licences will be limited to 300 in markham twp this year according to a decision of coun cil on monday the season will open on oct 20th and extend to oct 30th game officer j e harper re ported that both pheasants and deer were causing considerable crop damage pheasants are pro tected in the area south of no 7 hwy and in that district a sizeable acreage of tomatoes was almost completely ruined mr harper also advocated an open deer hunt in the township he said that grain damage was extensive in some areas and he reported seeing a group of nine animals in one location council declined to take any action on this recommendation no holiday the council has decided not to declare friday oct loth as a school holiday in the town ship in order that children in area 1 and area 2 might attend the international plowing match the board of area 2 had requested the council to consider such a proposal the members agreed that the trustees could arrange official school tours and visits to the match site if they so desired scl salary- it was agreed last week that mr paul mingay of markham should act as solicitor lor the township succeeding mr doug lucas who resigned recently the council approved a salary figure of s1000 for mr min- gays services the air transport board has approved an application by toronto airways ltd at but tonville for a new charter that would permit the use of heavier planes at their port the decision was revealed on wednesday of this week initial approval requested from markham twp council by the airport vice president michael c sifton aroused con siderable opposition from resi dents in the buttonville area the council however voted in favour oi the expanded service an official of the transport board denied that the larger craft increased the danger fac tor in the community or the noise nuisance in the district assault case dismissed who pulled the switch john baker lifelong resident of markham john baker a lifelong resi dent of markham village died suddenly on wednesday after noon sept 8th when stricken with a heart attack he was bowling at the time and all attempts to revive him proved unsuccessful he was 73 born in markham the son of charles and susan baker he was employed at the old milnes mill and later reesors marmill and the longworth milling co toronto he is the last of a family of four boys mr baker had suffered a heart attack one year ago and was hospitalized for a time he enjoyed alley bowling with his many friends and had recov ered sufficiently to play again he was a member of the mark ham senior citizens organiza tion and identified with the united church besides his wife the former gertrude shackel he is sur vived by four daughters helen mrs l r hand isobcl mrs george hutchinson darlene mrs jas young of scarboro june mrs earl patcrson of markham and two sons walter of scarboro and william in toronto there arc 11 grand children the funeral service was con ducted by rev albion wright from the dixon chapel mark ham on friday afternoon at 2 pm with interment in st andrews cemetery the pall bearers included four nephews edward baker russell burton grant rclf and angus mow bray and four fellow employ ees albert mulligan alfred hogbcn james ritchie and patrick mercer where were you at 845 am on monday morning like most stouffville residents you were probably drinking your last cup of coffee or dusting off the welcome mat for a weeks bus iness that was when the towns three airraid sirens sounded the question still is who pulled the switch the stouffville police dont know nor does local emo representative brian goddard the tribune learned that the siren can only be sounded from the police station in new market phil wcstbury at the emergency measures head quarters there said he knew nothing about the alarm he suggested however that a short circuit in the wiring coqld have set it wailing who then turned it off this too remains a mystery a 16 year old stouffville youth who charged a 74 year old neighbour man with assault on june 23rd had his case thrown out of court on tues day brian davis of baker aven ue told magistrate o s hollin- rake that william hudson struck him on the arm while he walked up the street to his home he claimed that hudson came running towards him shouting and calling him names speaking on his fathers be half albert hudson said that davis was standing near a hedge on the hudson property he denied that the youth had even been touched magistrate hollinrake noted that there was a direct conflict of testimony and he termed the whole issue as frivolous the case was dismissed although some members of whitchurch twn council had earlier expressed opposition to a 20c hourly increase for koad dept employees the new wage rate was approved at a meeting last week the council had previously approved a hike of 10c per hour but the offer was later rejected by the workmen sev eral meetings were held over the issue and botii sides ap peared reluctant to give in the new rate is retroactive to july 1st 19g5 reeve boss farquharson who had earlier been quite outspoken on the subject re fused to vote in favour of the motion driver fined 500 john mcarthur 23 of union- ville was fined s500 or three months in jail in a sentence handed down by magistrate russell pearse on wednesday morning mcarthur was convicted on a charge of dangerous driving following an accident april 24 that took the life of mrs doug las allison of markham in addition to the fine the magistrate suspended mt- arthurs licence for a period of two years an additional six month suspension is mandatory by the dept of transport solicitor donald hindson of markham produced three cha racter witnesses who spoke on behalf of the accused the steckley auto was travelling east on main street and collided with the other car as it turned left mr steckley told the court that white had pulled out in front of him and that his ac tions were unexpected the ac cused man added that even though whites signal lights were on he thought it was just because of his turn onto main street from the service station man fined 25 for discharging gun in town a 34 year old stouffville man was fined 25 and costs in richmond hill court on friday for discharging a gun in town contrary to a municipal bylaw heinz schoppe church st north was charged by p c david hadden after the officer answered a complaint from a resident on manitoba street he said that he found the accused in possession of a 22 singleshot gun that had been fired schoppe admitted discharg ing two shots from the porch of his home he said he noticed something moving behind a cedar hedge and fired at it a dog was hit in the leg but only slightly injured pick junior team for int match on saturday the roy brillinger farm at gormley will be the location on saturday for the york county junior plowing match that should attract between 12 and 16 entries out of this number two boys will be selected to represent the county at the international next month last year ron botham of vandorf and jim ferguson of markham rr2 were picked for the competi tion the official judge on satur day will be fred timbers each lad regardless of his final position in the class is award ed a prize of 10 county entries in the queen of the furrow contest are still indefinite although it is thought that last years winner linda ellas of gormley will return to defend her title the ontario county junior match will be held on the joe tran farm near atha on satur day sept 25th njured damages in outbreak of town accidents wylie family of oakwood at markham fair markham fair that attracted an estimated 20000 visitors last year is expected to be even big ger and better this year in ad dition to the regular daytime attractions it will feature two colourful evening shows on fri day oct 1st and saturday oct 2nd five persons were treated for a variety of minor injuries last week following a rash of motor vehicle accidents on stouffville streets damage was estimated at close to 3000 the most serious collision occurred on saturday night at the intersection of second and charles st one driver carl painter 16 of rr 4 stouff ville received cuts to his head ear and three fingers also injured were william farthing 17 of rupert ave and barry zeller 16 of park drive dam age to both aulos was estimated at 1100 driver of the second car joseph forsyth of boyer st stouffville has been charged by police with failing to yield the rightofway there are no slop signs at cither corner hits truck james priestley of mill st stouffville suffered cuts to one hand and chest injuries on wednesday night when his eastbound car rammed into the rear of a parked truck owned by geo link of stouffville rr3 damage was estimated at 525 priestley has been charged with careless driving an empty school bus driven by harold whetstone rupert ave was struck from the rear as it attempted a right turn from main street a careless driving charge has been laid against john sherratt of rr4 stouffville damage was esti mated at 530 more than 300 damage re sulted from a twocar crash at main st and obrien avenua on friday afternoon a car driven by aimer fockler ed ward st was in collision with one owned by robt wagg ot church st no one was injured donates sale funds to goodwood church a most unusual and gener ous donation amounting to about 1700 was received by the congregation of the good wood united church on sat urday the result of an auction sale on the property of the late jos forsythe in goodwood village a sister of the deceased mrs mary thompson of hamilton requested that the money earn ed through the auction sale of contents in the house be turned over to the church several of the local church members assisted in arranging the sale working in cooperation with auctioneer w d atkinson ot stouffville residents in the area describ ed it as one of the largest auc tions of its kind in the commun ity with a huge crowd in atten dance articles brought good prices especially the anitqua items a mustache cup sold for 30 and a hanging lamp brought 56 the house and lot was pur chased by mr allan jefferson of stouffville for 3100 acquit driver on careless charge clyde steckley 19 market st stouffville was acquitted friday in magistrates court on a charge of careless driving he pleaded not guilty steckley was charged july 7th by stouffville police following a minor accident on main street west pc david hadden told the court that he investigated the rear end collision between steckley and robert white 42 commercial street the officer said the white vehicle pulled out of a service station to main street drove 200 feet and began a left turn to wcstlawn crfsc visit plant site find no basis for residents complaints last week a delegation of residents in the area of the van dorf sideroad west of the 5th concession complained before whitchurch twp council over alleged unhealthy conditions caused by the nixon manufac turing co they requested ac tion to remedy the problem the complaint prompted clerk titos kerr and resident ratepayer michael vannostrand to visit the factory premises for a firsthand inspection of conditions their findings prov ed quite different from the or- ginal report mr vonnostrand appeared again before council on tuesday night clerk kerr said that he ob served no smoke from the plant and vibrations supposedly caus ed by heavy diesel motors were not apparent in a letter to council a com pany spokesman said that many thousands of dollars had been spent over the years in an ef fort to keep the factory as odor less and quiet as possible mr vannostrand said that after hearing both sides of the story he was now satisfied that there were no grounds for com plaint officials have been successful in bringing the wylie family of oakwood to the fair on friday and they will appear in front of the grandstand at 730 pm shaaryn wylie is the reigning furrow queen an honour she attained at the international plowing match in peterborough last year in addition there will be a tugofwar between mem bers of the jr farmer organi zations of york and ontario counties the greased pig com petition for boys under15 years will also be held there will be a calf scramble and an auction sale of four prime baby beefs band concert the band competition has been moved over to saturday night and fireworks will con clude the evenings activities there will he no dance in the arena this year due to the diffi culty in moving all the displays in time to make room the fair will be officially opened by major a a lex mackenzie mpp north yoik on friday afternoon following the school parade 1271 students at school markham town council will meet this thursday evening at 730 pm although attendance figures in markham twp school area no 2 may have changed slight ly from the opening day of the fall term the total enrollment as recorded on sept 7th was 1271 students in fourteen schools the figures were made available to the tribune by area 2 business administrator wilfred morley transportation is provided by three separate firms cm- ploying 11 buses three by al bert heise and four each by mrs arnold mortson and nor man rcid the service is now operating quite smoothly ac cording to mr morley unionville has by far the largest individual school enroll ment with 334 followed by dicksons hill with 143 others are as follows no 4 127 marklce 105 buttonville 90 no 7 77 mt joy 70 box grove 66 milliken 60 mel ville 60 hagerman 42 cedar grove 40 no 19 29 almira 23 four other schools in the area were closed at the end of the june term only two of tha 14 schools are of one classroom no 12 almira and no 19 at no 19 the 29 pupils are all in grade 4 retired cashel farmer dies here suddenly after a lengthy disability alfred gee smith passed away suddenly on thursday sept 9th at his home on victoria street in stouffville born at ringwood april 17 1899 the eldest son of the late charles and annie smith he grew up in the gormley vic toria square area following his marriage in 1926 he moved to cashel where he farmed successfully until 1960 on his retirement five years ago he moved to stouffville where he enjoyed the companionship of many close friends the late mr smith is surviv ed by his wife the former grace duncan two sons dr duncan smith of kcnlville nova scotia denton of stouff ville and two daughters mrs walter hill patricia of livo nia michigan margaret of tor onto and ten grandchildren the funeral service that was largely attended was conduct ed by rev george davison ot melville united church from the oneill chapel on saturday afternoon with interment in melville cemetery the pall bearers were earl applcton harold carruthcrs garnet franccy harvey houck gor don rcid and telfcr wcgg sec yclow pages for fall 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