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5000 copies this week rtbttne plowing match see pages 1417 vol 77 no is tiik tribune stouffville ontario thursday october 7 1965 twentytwo pages a consistent winner no name is more familiar in he winners circle af markham fair than komandale farms nf markham twp their performance was repeal etl arain this year as their ilolslein entries carried off many awards mr anllionv roman is pictured hero with komandale argus mae and the r r dennis trophy for the jr champion holste female staff imiolo show new cars three stouffville dealers will unveil their new 1966 model cars at special public showings this week open house gath erings will be held from thurs day through saturday at pat rick motors giles chevolds and gordon page motors the public is invited to see them markham board commended on staff choice inspector maynard hallman has commended the township school area board no 2 in markham for their choice of taf personnel lor the new ichool year speaking before a board meeting on thursday mr hallman said that he had been in touch with all teachers and was quite pleased with their capabilities we are more fortunate than usual he laid although everything is runn ing quite smoothly in the schools a student transporta tion problem still exists in the area members are hopeful however that all difficulties will be solved this month three separate bus compan ies are involved and in some cases the distances travelled are long making it difficult to maintain a strict time schedule last week the board agreed to close one room at hagerman school and transport thirteen grade 2 children to unionvillc further adjustments are also planned for box grove and cedar grove official opening a formal opening of the new 4room addition at unionville will he held in november the exact date will be announced when finalized with respect to religious edu cation in area 2 the board has unanimously agreed not to permit any lay persons to pro vide this kind of instruction inspector hallman said that unless other arrangements are made the class teachers are expected to provide religious training how many teachers provide religious education asked board members stuart watson im assuming they all do replied the inspector kinsmens show another western styled jam boree will be sponsored by the stouffville kinsmens club on thursday oct 21st in the sales arena hwy 47 the show will feature cousin zeke plus several local entertainers at a similar program held earlier a crowd of about 300 attended takes the cake grew from 15 acres to 1194 in 20 years following several months of negotiations the stouffville sand and gravel ltd has been sold the new- owner who acquires the business immediately is stan dard paving and materials ltd of toronto the trans action was completed this week the origin of the stouffville firm dates back to august 1945 when ross wintcrstein purchased fifteen acres of gravel property part of lot 16 cone 1 ux- bridge twp previously owned and operated by the late russell stony mr wintcrstein and patrick haley formed a partnership known as stouffville sand and gravel the winter of 1 9451 6 was spent in setting up equipment and in the spring of 1946 they commenced operation they had no trucks of their own but hired trucks to take care of all deliveries of material a short time later a limited company was incorporated establishing washing riant stouffville sand and gravel lim has been sold part of tent city destroyed by fire soon the demand for washed material had to be met ross and his son bruce visited plants in cleveland chicago milwau kee cedar rapids des moines and florida to obtain ideas to put into operation here in 1932 the first washing plant or wet mill was located on the ross winterstein farm at lot 11 cone 6 whitchurch twp using the 2 small lakes there as the source of water supply the plant has since been rebuilt with larger and more modern equipment material is trucked from the various pits to the w mill where it is washed processed and shipped to block plants readymix plants and other lo cations where washed materials are required in the busy season the plant operates around-the- clock material is proceseu at the dry mills for the building of roads and construction continued on page lii traffic hazard af orchard pk concerns board a recommendation made by the stouffville public school board on monday night to post a crossing guard in front of orchard park school has been submitted to police committee chairman bud spang lor con sideration principal keith sutherland said that a serious traffic situ ation was occurring twice daily during dismissal periods at the present time guards are locat ed only at main st and orch ard park and on the ninth line north mr sunderland suggest ed that rather than post a full- time guard at this location it would be better to have a police officer present until the area is cleared the principal said that where student cyclists were disobey ing safety rules he had sent notes to their parents ordering their children to leave their bikes at home for two days the board suggested that bicycle rodeos discontinued last year should be reorgan ized in the spring bicycle safety program to be operated here the stouffville police de partment will organize a bi cycle safety program in town through the eoopcratioii of the principals in the three schools and the parents chief orland keating has named p c david hadden as the officer lo head up the cam paign the initial plan is to check all cyclists lor riding infrac tions each boy or girl that is slopped will he given a slip of paper telling of he childs riding error this paper is to bo signed by the parent and turned over to ihe class teach er at school this is only one of several promotions lo be implemented in an effort to make local cyclists more safely consci ous special issue this week the tribune presents a spe cial 2 in i issue this week that includes features on markham fair and the forthcoming international plowing match the edition contains 22 pages even before it could be erect ed a arge portion of the tent city that was to form the dis play centre cf activity at the international plowing match was destroyed by fire on mon day afternoon the blaze of unknown ori gin occurred on the massey- ferguson farm near milliken in markham twp the site of the international that opens oct 13th the loss has been estimated at 30000 in all 40 tents were lost in cluding a large enclosure to have been used by the cbc and valued at 53000 soper fabric products of hamilton propose to bring in replace ments from the united states and no delay is expected in the official opening of the big match firemen from unionville were on the scene for almost four hours and chief myrl smith was called back again in the evening when it broke out anew the brigades chore was made all the more difficult du to the weathcrproofing of tha material which repelled much of the water strong winds fan ned the flames and the fire was well advanced by the time the bridgade reached the scene ten applications for puc post the stouffville public utilities commission held a special meet ing on wednesday morning to discuss the hiring of a manager to fill the position made vacant through the sudden death of mr elmer daniels ten applications were receiv ed including nine men and one lady salaries requested ranged from 4900 to 6500 al though several declined to set a wage rate until the duties in volved could be described the commission agreed to interveiw six of the applicants at a closed meeting on friday night park board concerned by dutch elm disease fined 100 ernest j abraham ninth line north in stouffville was fined 100 and costs by magis trate o s hollinrake in rich mond hill court on tuesday on a charge of driving while im paired he had entered a plea of not guilty and was repre sented by solicitor donald hindson of markham testi mony by stouffville puiice re vealed that abraham had been involved in a collision with a parked car on albert street in addition lo the fine his drivers licence was suspended for three months claims stabbed with screwdriver in assault case at markham when it minrs lo kimnr fim pric rake yz year m ricky iipp of owlsr firmp knows the reclpr his entry in lh boys cums at markham fair earned a red ribbon start riioto approve vote on 2 yr term on a split vote of 32 mark ham tup council agreed on monday to plae the question of a twoyear term to a ballot vote of the people at the forth coming municipal elections reeve chas hooper was re quired to break a deadlock that had developed earlier on the issue during his absence dep utyreeve stuart rumble and councillor chas hoover were opposed to the 2year term of office while councillors alan sumner and cleary palmer favoured the extension councillor palmer was so emphatic in his support of the extended term that he suggest ed an ammendment to the mot ion that would make it legal without a vote of the electorate other members shunned this idea councillor sumner said that it was unfair for any member to become involved in a long- term project only to be re moved from office before he could see i completed deputyreeve rumble argu ed that if any members service to the township was satisfact ory he had little lo fear in seeking reelection on a once- aycar basis travis sugden 21 of rr4 stouffville testified at a pre liminary hearing on tuesday in richmond hill court that he was stabbed in the side with a screwdriver on the night of august 21st during a fight with another man on a service sta tion parking lot in markham village charged with causing bodily harm with intent to wound is robert galbraith 24 of wil- lowdale and formerly of mark ham he asked for trial by judge and jury sugden whose profession was said to be an actor admit ted that he and galbraith had traded nasty remarks prior to the scuffle he also admitted that he struck the first blow knocking the accused to the ground he charged that the wound caused by the screw driver required medical atten tion but the injury was not serious several witnesses the crown brought forward several witnesses but testimony was adjourned before all evid ence could be heard alfred hall of galsworthy drive markham said that he saw the screwdriver sugdens torn shirt and blood stair he called the police louis jensen operator of the service station testified that sugden was in the building when galbraith came to the premises he said that sugden hit galbraith first tames dean counsel for gal braith told the court that sug den was at one time the light heavyweight boxing champion of ontario and was still quite adept with his fists sugden admitted under questioning that he studied judo the case continues oct 26th reeve opposed by deputy in assessment vote it was several weeks ago thai mrs jean mcpherson deputy- reeve of pickering twp inform ed the council that she would op pose any move at the county level to include all municipali ties in the county assessment system her stand on the issue was critized by some members since pickering is one of ten towns and townships now oper ating under the county program last week reeve clifford lay- cox introduced a motion to make the scheme countywide it went down to defeat by a vote of 22 to 17 one of those op posed was mrs mcpherson 2 members were absent speaking in favour of the mo tion was irving boyd deputy- reeve of port perry reeve everett quantrill and deputyreeve george brooks of whitby town spoke against it supporters of the motion made it known that they intend ed to reintroduce the controver sial subject at a later time members of the stouffville park board are concerned over the number of trees that have already fallen victim to dutch elm disease the problem was discussed at a meeting on wed nesday night grounds committee chair man jas thomas reported that seven elms were now dead and other were dying it is feared that the entire grove may soon be wiped out unless something is done the board agreed that the dead elms should be cut down as soon as possible and where practical be replaced several have already been removed board secretary bob lewis agreed lo write letters to both the dcpt of lands and forests and the dept of agriculture to learn more about new methods of treatment that had recently been discovered when replies are received the members will meet to dis cuss what preventative meas ures should be taken to deal with the problem old fire bell to be moved to new hall whitchurch honey man killed in collision rr a headon collision last week on highway 11 south of the ckrb sideroad took the life of a 61 year old whitchurch man bernard kays of rri gorm- ley was pronounced dead on arrival at york county hospi tal he was the driver of a north bound vehicle that came in collision with a southbound bread delivery van driven by frank vincent of willowdale mr kays came to canada from lithuania in 192 he married the former olga smook in 1937 he had been a resident of whitchurch township for 35 years although they had no family of their own the kays raised eight foster children three boys and five girls all are manicd an avid sportsman mr kays was president of the whit church conservation authority for one year and for several years held the post of deputy game warden his profession was known as an apiarist or a beekeeper he was fond of the neighbourhood children and became wellknown to then as the honey man a fund has been set up in order that a movie projeclor screen and film strips may be purchased for the lloyd public school it will be known as the bernard kays memorial fund pickering board waives gifts for graduates the no 1- puhlic school area board in the twp of pickering will not become involved in the formal presentation of gifts to honour any of its graduates from grade 8 this decision was reached at a meeting on monday night aft er the subject was introduced by board member mrs kleanor mekean mrs mekean said that the shift of students from one school into another had increas ed the cost of providing gradua tion gifts she said that in most instances home and school as sociations had assumed this ex pense but some were hnding it excessive she said that there was no thought of excluding anyone but it had been suggest ed that the board might subsi dize the cost of the program inspector j c mcclelland ad vised the hoard not to become involved in such a project if they did he said all grade 8 graduates in the entire area would have to be included longtime residents of stouffville expressed some con cern on monday when they saw a huge construction crane lift the heavy iron bell from atop the firchall and lower it gently to the ground they felt sure that its end had surely come not so denied fire chief walter smith in response to a telephone call from the tri bune it will remain right here in stouffville where it belongs chief smith said that he and his deputy fred castle had on ly utilized the free services of the crane to remove the bell from the roof it is hoped that it can be either mounted on top of the new firehall building or built into a cairn near the entrance suhslitufe alarm the fire chief recalled how the bell had been used on sev eral occasions within recent years when a power failure had rendered the electric alarm useless many townsfolk will remem ber when it once hung in the old wooden tower on the pres ent firehall building it was first tolled by abe nighswan- der and then for many years by aiai pryne in addition to a fire alarm it was also sound ed at 7 am 12 noon 1 pm and 6 pm the same time a the whistle blew at isaac bar- keys foundry the town fath ers also used it to notify tha residents that there was to b an emergency water shutoff the bell was removed from the lower when the new percy memorial clock was installed about thirty years ago birth britton margaret and lloyd are proud to announce the birth of a son october 4 1965 reconstruction work was started this week on victoria st and albert st s in stouff ville the front exterior of th medical offices of drs mitchell smith and graham main st stouffville is being remodel led wins many awards death vvkare mary calherhie on monday oct 4th mrs oliver weale the former mary catherine mcrae pas sed away suddenly in the northwestern hospital tor onto mrs weale was the wife of the owner of marys fish and chip store on main st stouffville and is surviv ed by her husband two sons douglas of toronto jack of orillia and her parents mr and mrs wilfred beames the service will be held from the sherrin funeral home 873 kingston road toronto on thursday today at ii am with interment in rosthaven memorial gardens in hie various vegetable classes af markham fair stan knviliy nf goodwood itrl enjoyed excellent success with many entries jle is shown here with a prize squash stall photo