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5100 copies this week classified ads on pages 6 and 7 vol 77 no 22 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday november 4 1963 fourteen pages prechristmas dinner john koulris chairman of the stouftville lions club special activities committee won himself a prechristmas dinner on saturday at a turkey shoot held at lazy lake north of town ho is pictured here with his prize staff photo fire strikes twice on same property house barn burn headford the markham twp fire department had no trouble locating a blaze in a barn on the third concession near here on monday evening they wore on the same pro perty only two nights before extinguishing a house fire both buildings were destroy ed the house unoccupied at the time went up in flames short ly after midnight on saturday it was out of control when fire men arrived the second blaze broke out at the supper hour on monday total damage was estimated at close to 10000 it was just one year ago on halloween night that a third building at the same site was burned to the ground several from stouffville at tended a tupperware demon stration at the home of mrs murray meek at sandford on thursday evening those pres ent from here included mrs wm dyck mrs r l mercer miss linda summerfeldt mrs gordon tarr mrs elmer dan iels mrs wilbur irwin and mrs jim thomas coop petroleum sales pass 1 million gals consider mobile mill petroleum sales at the stoiiff- as compared with 1961 a large ville cooperative passed the one million gallon mark in losri the 22nd annual meeting of as sociation members was told on thursday night manager geo timbers said that the income in this particular department had totalled s2n0ll the gath ering was held in the stouffville masonic hall mgr geo timbers although sales of petroleum products under the management of ross wideman continued to climb total sales of combined products in the past year show ed a decrease of about 33000 portion of the drop included decline in feed sales of about 21000 manager timbers attributed he decrease in feed sales to a tightening of the firms credit policy and the use of mobile feed mills he suggested that the coop directors should con sider the purchase of such a unit we are in a period of rapid change he said perhaps this is one area where we should become competitive mr tim bers expressed appreciation to the members of his staff for their work and cooperation employees include wilbur ir win ross wideman willis wideman jim mccreight wm rae shirley doner john houek elmer burkholder elmer bent- ley and bernard reesor new executive the purchase of a new truck and a grain dryer were two major expenditures described by the president leslie meyers he said that some thought had already been given to the ac quiring of a mobile feed mill but the decision had not been fina lized he saiil that a survey of the area was required to deter mine the need of such a unit two new members were add ed to the executive including harry woodland and clarence mcdowell the president for 16 will be named at the first directors meeting the vice town nominations nov 25 election date is dec 6th its been two years since the stouffville electorate attended a nomination meeting they will be afforded this opportunity on thursday evening nov 25th when nominations will be ac cepted for the positions of reeve deputyreeve three coun cillors six public school trustees and two public utilities commis sioners between the hour of 730 and s30 pm in the veterans hall an election if necessary will be held on monday dec 6th five polling subdivisions have been established in town includ ing a double poll at the masonic hall the locations and officials are as follows no 1 munici pal bldg harold gibson dro a h williams poll clerk no 2 k koss davis store k r davis dro mrs olive dani els poll clerk no 3 summit- view school mrs grace norton dro mrs rita mclean poll clerk no 4 licence bureau oflice mrs marion murphy d ro mrs margaret emmcrson poll clerk no 5 masonic hall a a g thompson dro mrs vera mekeller poll clerk b mrs joyce bramham dro mrs lorraine steckley poll clerk let 12600 contract for new town well library board for markham twp following submissions of both the unionville and thorn- hill library boards markham township council has agreed to prepare a bylaw to establish a library board to serve the entire township the two local boards placed before council members their problems in location of build ings and the use of mobile lib raries both urged that council establish a new overall board quiet halloween in this area with the exception of a single fire call stouffville experienc- j ed a relatively quiet halloween on saturday night on the vivian property a wagonload of straw was burned a loss valued at s150 a 12 ft boat was lifted onto the roof of the high school but recovered the i next day children from the two public schools collected over 200 for unicef the stouftville public utilities commission has accepted a tendered bid from the faulkner well dril ling co of petcrboro to locate a secondary source of supply at lot 8 cone 8 whitchurch twp the price the lowest of four received was 1 2600 the tender called for a production capacity of not less than 350 gallons of water per minute the matter was dealt with at a special meeting of the puc on monday morning engineer murray barrington informed the mem bers that the lowest price was still 600 more than the maximum he had anticipated it is expected that a drill hole of about 70 feet in depth will be required the commission hopes that labour costs of more than 5000 may be assumed under the government winter works program reduce mun bidg cost by 43000 in pickering twp ill take second look at buttonville markham township council will take a second look at the deal for the rental of two cars from talpark motors which had caused a commotion among the members at the last meeting council on monday voted to reconsider the matter with only councillor sumner being opposed councillor hoover brought the matter before council al though he had supported the motion to rent the cars at last weeks meeting he said he had changed his mind in view of the slow development of subdivi sions in the township he said he couldnt see that the engi neering department had need of two cars at the present time and after the minutes were pe rused moved the motion for re consideration deputyreeve rumble support ed councillor hoover he point ed out that the former motion was not legal as it referred to renting two cars for 75 a month with no reference to each councillor sumner was most critical of the move he struck back at councillor hoover say ing youve been about as much use this year in regard to car selection as a wooden leg i had hoped for once you had made up your mind when you voted in favour last week life begins at 33 for 0d fire truck markhams antique rugby fire truck that had its beginning 33 years ago appears to be come more active with age it was a feature attraction in the international plowing match parade and will join the grey cup procession in tor onto on nov 27th at a meeting of markham village council on monday night a delegation of the junior chamber cf commerce headed by gordon finbow asked that committee be set up to take charge of the machine while on lour previously town historian john lunau had charge of the vehicle but it was often incon venient for him to drive it on a resolution approved by council it was agreed that the committee should include the fire chief chas hoover john lunau and the chairman of the fire committee of council the members will select their own driver and a mileage record will be maintained seven days advance notice will be required to obtain the truck the jaycees plan to use it for their get out and vote cam paign on nov 8th cres for twp dragstrip two properties totalling 102 acres have been purchased on the 9th cone of markham twp two miles north of no 7 hwy the site of the much- publicized dragstrip mr ernest chapman a i spokesman for the promoters i told the tribune this week that construction work on the pro ject will begin very soon both j the russell johnston and fred vachcr farms will be used one for the raceway and the other chairman walter atkinson commission chairman walt er atkinson questioned the cost of engineering on the project he noted that to date close to 3000 had been paid out with one account still owing in ad dition he said that the services of a professional hydrologist had cost the puc another 51000 mr barrington argued that stouffvilles engineering costs had been rather moderate as compared to the town of rich mond hill he said that for a sixth well in that municipality the commission had budgeted 25000 and the contract was ar ranged through the ontario water resources either we have the confi dence in the firm of engineers that we employ or we dont stated commission member ken wagg he said that such an opinion was necessary for plan ned expansion in the future the firm of hisey and har rington was authorized to con tinue with the work for parking accommodation an estimated 18000 scotch pine trees are located on the johnston premises and these are free for the taking about onethird are suitable for christmas trees on saturday morning con gregation members of grace anglican church markham will gather at the site to re move as many as they can handle claim more use as employee than reeve coloured ballots for markham twp for the first time markham township council will use multicolour ballots in tile forth coming municipal election the use of several colours for bal lots is for identification since in addition to the vote for candidates there are a num ber of questions to be ncked the electors including their prefer ence for sunday sports and for sunday movies the bylaw to cover the vot ing was not prepared for this weeks council meeting and members were asked to meet for this purpose on election night nov 8th remembrance service nov 7 in veterans hall five local ministers will fake part in the service of remembrance on sunday nov 71h at 230 pm in the veterans memorial hall stouftville rev f ii cromey of st james presbyterian church will deliver the address the parade to include le gion and ladies auxiliary members in addition to other youth groups will be led by the colourful caledonia pipe band of oshawa following the service wreaths will be laid at the memorial tark gates and the legion cenotaph district plowmen are honoured at banquet victoria square its been a long and successful sea son for prizewinning match plowmen in this area but it came to an official conclusion on saturday night organizers and competitors from three districts king and vaughan east york and north york gathered in the victoria square community hall for presentations of awards mr jack macklin was the chair man imperial esso awards went to leonard wellman roy smith and geo timbers t eaton co awards were presented to ron ald botham ken diceman and ken ferguson entertainment was provided by the wylie family of oak- wood the three presidents in the current year were returned for 66 including stewart diceman king and vaughan lloyd don er east york and ramsay wedell north york brougham councillor donald waring suggested here on monday night that exbylaw enforcement officer harry ashton should be encouraged to reconsider his decision to quit the municipal post and run for the office of pickering reeve he would be doing the township more of a service to come back on the job he said mr ashton submitted his resignation last month and announced that he would run termed tommy rot a statement by deputyreeve mrs jean mcphcrson that three em ployee resignations within a year looked bad for council ive never heard such tommy rot uttered in this council in a long time he said he termed the shift in employee personnel as a matter of economics its happening all the time he said the deputyreeve said she had discussed the matter with for reeve in the forthcoming president in 65 was donald j municipal elections or dec 4th i mr ashton and she doubted hunter councillor john campbell that he would change his mind police taken out of markham twp councils hands buttonville the admin istration of markham town ship police force has been taken out of the municipal councils hands and placed under the direction of a police commission established by the attorneygenerals department this announcement vss made at the regular meeting of town ship council on monday members of the commission will be judge garth h f moore magistrate hollinrakc with reeve chas helper the new commission was establish ed as of nov 1st but it was not expected that it would com mence administration duties until jan 1st 1966 reeve hooper stated that it was his understanding hat this procedure was to be followed with all police forces in the province in municipalities hav ing populations of 10000 or more pheasant survives crash landing through window a hen pheasant with a charmed life survived a crash landing through two windows of a house near island lake on the weekend and lived to fly again the bird shattered both the aluminum storm and the rcg ular window at the home of ics ogdcn it landed on the living room floor in a rather dazed condition but none the worse for its hazardous journey sir ogdcn gathered it up and when the shock of its experience had worn off it flew away minus a few of its feathers offices supplies tribune has scratch pads by the thou sand all sizes and prices the annual laymens ser vice was conducted at st james presbyterian church on sunday morning with the men of the congregation taking part including floyd marlatt john armstrong gary grundy jim mcdermott klass wassenaar alan powell and jim thomas the pastor rev f h cromey presided at the anniversary services in knox presbyterian church agincourt mr alex wilkins of rupert avenue was among the huge crowd at maple leaf gardens monday night for the george chuvalo- ernie terrell cham pion fight brougham pickering townships new municipal building will cost 348622 but this is 43164 less than the original estimate of the lowest bidder malan construction co architects craig zeidler and strong were able to reduce the initial figure by deleting cer tain items in the contract six tendered prices were submitted a representative of the malan firm estimated that it would take about eight months to complete the construction they plan to start work almost immediately reeve clifford laycox noted that although certain items had been dropped from the con tract the basic building would remain unchanged the finalized price was ap proved on a 43 split recorded vote with deputyreeve jean mcpherson and councillors harvey spang and bill new man voicing opposition mrs mcpherson said that she was not opposed to the building but only to its location rs annie si john passes in 93rd year death claimed one of stouff villes oldes district residents on sunday in the passing of mrs annie st john she was 92 born at green river in 1873 the daughter of the late oba- diah and emma ferrier she resided at the home of her son howard until failing health forced the family to remove her to hospital her husband the late wm st john died 20 years ago besides her one son she is also survived by a daughter velma mrs robt rawson of there are six and 14 great st thomas grandchildren grandchildren rev douglas davis conduct ed the funeral service from the oneill chapel stouffville on tuesday afternoon with inter ment in the stouffville ceme tery the pall bearers were cecil brown floyd fairies charles hodgson lloyd turner elward callendar and grant drewery the flower bearers all grandsons were gary st john ronald rawson herman horvath jack leverenz and al dummer roving dogs slaughter sheep claremont eight dogs roving in pairs have been blamed for the death and muti lation of fourteen sheep on the farm of hugh miller cone 7 pickering twp the attacks occurred within a period of ten days any of the animals that did not die immed iately had to be destroyed last week the owner trailed two of the dogs and later found them devouring one of his sheep east of the farm they fled when he discarged his gun but were later identified and destroyed three others have also been traced but two still remain at large one of these is described as extremely vic ious motorists driving east from the brock road along the 7th concession last week were able to see the ravaged bodies of the dead sheep lying in a field oa the miller property where to vote on monday eight polling divisions have been established in stouffville for the federal election vote on monday nov 8th their loca tions are as follows poll div 181 masonic hall poll div 182 mansion house poll div 183 k ross davis store poll div 184 cadieux studfo poll div 185 murphy licence bureau poll div 186 gordon smith residence poll div 187 muni cipal building poll div 188 summitvlew school first issue st marks separate school in stmiftville published fhclf first newspaper issue on friday holding a copy of the chronicle is the editor 13 year old roe insley of musselmans lake start fhoto