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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 30, 1965, p. 1

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5000 copies this week touffiritlc sxttmne classif ied ads on pages 6 and 7 vol 77 no 16 the tribune stouffvujle ontario thursday september 30 1965 twenty pages father of three killed in crash at hwy48 corner a 3t year od father of three that the warriner home at was killed instantly on mon- bloomington was destroyed by day evening when a tractor- fire bu trailer loaded with twenty tons ontario of od slammed into the front of his eastbound car at the intersection of hwy 43 and the bloomington sideroad ronald warriner of lincoln- ville was thrown out of his vehicle and crushed when the auto passed over his body the true veered into the ditch following the impact but re mained upright part of his load was scattered over a wide area the victim was returning home following work at the gormley sand and gravel co no one was injured provincial police from oak ridges conducted the investigation two stouffville officers pc david hadden and pc alvin thompson assisted in directing traffic through the area surviving besides his wife the former shirley sweet are his parents mr and mrs harold warriner victoria st stouffville and three children hrenda 9 linda 7 and ronald 6 there are two brothers ken neth of sudbury leonard of peterboro and one sister mrs still attracts attention coroner dr blair mitchell of evelyn frederiekson of stouff- stouffvilte was summoned to vlue the scene an inquest has been ordered the interior of the victims car suffered only minor dam age police said that the drivers life would likely have been spared if he had been wearing a seat belt home burned it was only two years ago rev douglas davis conduct ed the service on wednesday afternoon at 2 pm from the oneill funeral home with interment in the stouffville cemetery the pallbearers were roy prosser herbert frede riekson david white norman hollinger james brignall and george vaughan commend council for new lights on main street a completed lighting project on the south side of main street has prompted a town merchant to express his appreciation to council in a letter from mr ccc hendricks who also serves as chairman of stouffvilles in dustrial committee the mem bers were commended for their action he said that other mer chants in the towns business section were similarly impress ed with the improvement mr hendricks also complimented the puc employees who erec ted the new fixtures in closing he suggested that a study should be made of the main streets north side with the hope that new lights could also be erected there possibly next year all members agreed that the new lighting program should be expanded prior to the con tinuance of the project how ever a close check will be kept on the maintenance costs of the fixtures already erected this special passenger train drawn by a steam locomotive roared through stourivihe on sunday morning much to the delight of a great number of spectators locomotive cnr 6218 has an overall length of 94 feet 10 inches with an extreme height of 15 feet inches the tender will accommodate 18 tons of coal and 11600 gallons of water and the combined total weight is just under 339 tons covered wagon halts traffic on no 7 highway two men are travelling across canada from calgary to halifax this summer but theyre doing it the hard way by covered wagon cecil rivers 33 of calgary and bill stiff 36 of fort wil liam the two pioneers on the journey have been travelling since april the wagon drawn by two horses with a third tied on as a spare tire pulled into locust hill late monday afternoon amid the gapes and stares of local townsfolk the trip is being made in connection with centennial year in 1967 and the pair are compiling film of the country cecil also plans to obtain enough material to write a book 25 miles ter day averaging 25 miles a day the men sleep in the wagon and during travelling hours stick to the main highway they were on highway 7 to by pass toronto but will swing back onto highway 2 and con tinue cast a number of unexpected problems have cropped up along the way but nothing vr- ious enough to deter the men we were hit by a car in manitoba that wrecked the wagon we had to rebuild it said cecil one of the horses was sick holding us up for a month neither man has shaved since the trip started and both sport dense beards its all part of the tradition the twosome have been in ontario since may 29th and one commented as to the im mensity of the province any parts of the country that cannot be filmed this summer will be done next year by car suggest vote on 2yr term in markham although a suggested plebis cite on a twoyear term lor markham twp council was re jected on a tie vote of four members on monday councillor allan sumner gave advance notice that he would raise the question again deputyreeve stewart rum ble and councillor charles hoo ver voted against the motion reeve chas hooper was absent attending a convention in sask atoon feature bands at sat night fair program six bands the most colourful colour party of the pickering array of talent ever assembled at markham fair will perform on the track in front of the grandstand on saturday night the parade to the grounds will begin from the shopping plaza at 7 pm included in the competitions will be the scarboro fire fighters the pickering blue notes the richmond hill hill- toppers and the markham col- icgcttes in addition special demon stration will be provided by the scarboro sea cadets and the blue notes the feature of the program will be the appearance of the golden monarchs from tor onto the winners of several firstprize awards fireworks will concluda the nights program a public dance will be held on the parking lot of the plaza with music by art celsie and his orchestra mr and mrs harry stover have been visiting with relatives in trenton kj the couple travelled to new york by air and by train to their destination beginners misfortune jury recommends age limit for child cyclists a fiveman coroners jury recommended on tuesday night that the dept of hwys establish an agelimit lor child ren who ride bicycles on any road the request followed a hear ing at butlonville into the death of 8 year old johnny morrison of victoria square he was struck down by a car on august 20th while riding his bicycle on the don mills road not far from his home he died one day later in the sick child rens hospital toronto no blame was attached to the motorist inge fowlie of wil- lowdale the inquest was conducted by coroner r p johns of wil- lowdale assisted by deputy chief robt hood of markham twp jury members were stanley defoe foreman wil bur brumwell marcus jarvis don hunter and earl empring- ham don dunkeld plows in world match october 8th and 9th atha plowman donald dun keld accompanied by his wife shirley will leave on thursday don dunkeld loday by air for oslo nor way where he will compete in the world plowing match the current holder of the canadian title won at charlettown prince edward island last year he will represent all of canada in overseas competition along with dr carl willis the runnerup from pei their coach is ken bawden of st thomas equipment arrangements have all been finalized don will use a masseyferguson tractor and a kvernelands plow he is scheduled to com pete on oct 8 and 9 but will not be back in lime to take part in the international he and his wife plan to do a little travel ling in europe and england and will be away one month the community and all of canada will be wishing don the best of luck as he attempts to add the world title to his list of prizes and awards over 18000 for dog control service mr jas ryan has submitted a price of 18690 plus other financial benefits to provide a dog control service for an area that includes the towns of aurora and newmarket and the twps of east gwillimbury and whitchurch in addition to this figure he has also asked 100 for each licence sold plus 150 per day for each dog placed in quaran tine the contract would cover a fiveyear period it was agreed that the matter should be given further con sideration by the councils in volved before a definite deci sion could be reached only representatives of the municipalities concerned atten ded a meeting at vandorf last week police find woman dead in home dog is victim of rabies on friday evening the grade f student of sloiiffvllle pisf high school were required to nay the price of entry into the field of higher learning as they submitted to initiation rite one of tlnso vs 11 joar old stephen taylor falrvlew ave stall photo a four year old collie dog owned by mr and mrs frank bolton no 47 hwy north of stouffville has died the victim of rabies it was attacked by a rabid fox several weeks ago near the bolton home and later taken to the stouffville veterinary cli nic for observation mr bolon shot the fox and buried it immediately fully realizing that it was diseased the coliie appeared to be doing fine but suddenly be came ill and died dr r d oconnor identified symptons as positive rabies and the re mains were sent into toronto or a further examination fortunately the two bolton children mary 8 and brian 6 were in the house at the time of the attack and were not in jured sgt wm vance and pc richard robertson of markham village had to lorce their way through a basement window of a home on hawkridge avenue only to find an elderly lady dead upstairs miss j mceidon had appar ently suffered a heart attack and had been dead for about ten hours police were called when a neighbour miss elizabeth wal- len became concerned dead in car pc richard robertson arri ved at the markham village station on saturday morning to find a man unconscious in his car parked in the lot dr john theft of 5158 from legion hali the theft of s15845 was re ported on friday from the basement of the legion hall in stouffville mr wm malloy market st made the discovery and noti fied police entry to the building was gain ed through a rear window a number of cigarettes may also have been taken but a larger quantity was leffbehind p c david hadden is con ducting the investigation the south ontario plowing match will be held on the tran farm cone 8 pickering on wednesday october 6th move students to auditorium of rc school on monday morning about 72 catholic students were mov ed from their makeshift quart ers in the legion hail to the new 170000 separate school located on the northerly exten sion of glad park ave in stouffville classes including grades 4 lo 8 were set up in the large auditorium construction work is still continuing in other parts of the building the move was made neces sary since the main floor of the legion hall had been reserved by the credit union for a pub lic banquet on monday and by the anglican church for hydro showtime on tuesday board secretary wm kamps said that he hoped the students would be able to remain in their new quarters he said that washroom facilities had been completed and a portion of the playground had been levelled junior grade classes will re main for a time in the base ment of the legion building and in the masonic hall at the start of the septem ber term the total enrollment was 132 while was called but the victim was beyond help douglas cas- san of weston was pronounced dead by coroner dr john fleming the driver was stric ken with a heart seizure near markham and his passenger attempted to obtain medical aid he failed to respond to treatment mil by car a three year old boy had a narrow escape on main street in markham on saturday after noon when hit by a car near his home douglas shaw son ot constable and mrs morris shaw was taken to the scar boro general hospiial by amb ulance and released after treat ment police chief fred white praised the driver rolf roxin- ger of markham for his efforts in attempting to avoid the col lision the child was not seri ously hurt markham youth fined 5100 for disturbance a rri markham youth charged with creating a disturb ance friday night was fined 100 in richmond hill tuesday wayne connor 18 was arrested by markham village police following a complaint from mings restaurant on hwy 7 pc william vance told the court that connor had for no reason at all arose from his own seat walked across to a booth and hit a second youth in the face spilling coffee and upsetting dishes the officer added that connor was shout ing and swearing at the time when asked by magistrate o s hollinrake why he had done it connor replied i was in a bad mood i guess the magistrate levied the fine and made the accused sign a bond for 500 to keep the peace and in particular stay out of mings restaurant for a period of one year advertise to fill vacant puc post the stouffville public utili ties commission held two emergent meetings last week to finalize plans for the hiring of qualified personnel to fill the position of secretarytreasur er the post was made vacant due to the sudden death of mr elmer daniels who held the office for a period of seven years applications will be received up until noonhour on tuesday oct 5th an advertisement appears in this issue of the tribune puc chairman walter at kinson is working in the offica on a temporary basis until a permanent employee is acquir ed douglas barry and leon smith two officials of ontario hydro are also assisting with clerical duties 2000 fire damages pump and greenhouse mr bill sanders albert st s is making excellent progress following surgery in the ux- bridgc cottage hospital and is expected home this week had my husband not had to get up early to go to toronto we would have lost every thing said mrs peter obdam of rri goodwood after fire destroyed a pumphouse and part of two greenhouses on their properly early monday morning the blaze which broke out around 5 am was believed caused by a faulty space heater damage was estimated at 2000 mrs obdam told tha tribune that her husband was up prior lo the blaze and relit the ipaca heater that had gone out soma time during the night she aaid he returned to bed and awoka shortly after because he had to go to toronto it was then that he noticed 1he fire and um- moned stouffville fire depart ment because the pumphouse wu engulfed in flame the obdams were unable to get any water pressure to fight the blaze firemen fought the blaze for about half an hour before bringing it under control na one was injured hits school bus driver fined 50 john r sherratt charged passed another vehicle on main with careless driving following an accident on main street stouffville was fined 50 and costs in traffic court friday sherratt 17 of rr4 stouff ville pleaded guilty to the charge police chief orland keating told the court that he investi gated an accident on september 9th and found a rearend colli sion involving an empty school bus and a light truck the chief said that the bus was turning north on fairview when sher- ratts vehicle hit it from behind damage was estimated at 550 sherratt said that he had street keeping within the speed limit but slid on the wet pavement magistrate russell pears heard the case start fund a trust fund has been start ed for the family of the late ronald warriner of lincolnville mr warriner was killed in a cartruck collision on monday evening and leaves a wife and three children donations may be left with mr geo williams mgr of the bank of nova scotia the fund chairman is rev douglas davis the tworoom addition at the stouffville dist high school is now being used new ambulance now in service the vance anibnlancn service of markham hat placed a newer and lanjer vehicle in operation to morn adequately servo the area of markham village markham twp and stouffville t bo 1959 oldsmobua is equipped to handle four patients and would cost 17000 new tbo number to call is 2mm36 slaft photo

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