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largest weekly serving stouffville and markham most news most pictures and most spons voi 77 no 29 the tribune stoukfviixe ontario thursday december 23 i9s5 eighteen pages whitchurch ward system rejected vaxdorf a request to have the twp of whitchurch divided into a system of wards aired before a hearing of the ontario municipal board here on dec- sth was rejected by chairman a 0 mecrea in a written decision revealed on monday the letter was received by the clerk thos kerr the application submitted by patrick cashman of mussel- mans lake was supported by a 180 name petition but only mr cashman appeared in per- on before the omb the reply to the clerk made no meniion of costs or how they would be assessed mag commends father for support of son markham on nov 21st a 19 year old markham boy was charged by township police constable daniel denby with consuming liquor while under the age of 21 on tuesday edwin holly ap peared before magistrate o s ilollinrake in richmond hill court he was accompanied by his father you are n very lucky boy commented the magistrate many fathers dont care enough about their children to appear in court for them the lad was fined 23 and costs pc denby said he observed the youth near a unionville drivein restaurant where he was acting in a boisterous man ner the boy entered a guilty plea yearend council meeting blows up stolffvillk jt was- the year end council meeting on thuisday evening that started out with a luncheon and piechristmas presentation to the town employees and their wives it ended in a shambles of charges and attempted countercharges far removed from the friendly atmos phere that had prevailed only a few hours earlier reeve win timbers in his farewell address said that he had received the best of cooperation from the most of council but with direct reference to councillor avm parsons he charged that he had failed to co- operate why i dont know he said 1 have violated i nothing and i leave the council with a clear conscience fifty voice candlelight choir at cgit service a cgit choir of fifty voices took pari in the annual candlelight vesper service in the stoutfville 1iiifed church on sunday evening a large congregation attended tilling both the auditorium and the balcony their leader is mrs bert taylor staff photo press blamed turning to the press and with direct reference to the editor he attributed the news paper coverage he had received i to his defeat at the recent elec tion he then suggested that if there was no other business a motion to adjourn would be in order this action quickly fol lowed but councillor parsons was already on his feet there is other business he voiced pointing his linger at the reeve im only telling the truth replied mr timbers and so am i answered the councillor deputyreeve ken laushway then intervened and criticized both members for their conduct this is no place for either o you to bring this up there is nothing to be gained by it the motion to adjourn holds pre cedence over any further dis cussion 1 only want to clear my name concluded the reeve the motion was passed and as inaudible comment continued councillor parsons stormed out of the chambers fred lynn passes at claremont in 84th year claremont tills com munity lost a wellknown local resident on wednesday dec 15 in the death of mr frederick b lynn he passed away at the home of his daughter mrs charles redshaw mr lynn was 83 born in uxbridge township in 1882 the son of the late dani el lynn and sarah wilson he was employed for a time on the r c baker farm and in the h g mclntyre factory surviving are two sons gor don of claremont murray of oshawa and two daughters mrs bernice douglas of woodville and mrs irene redshaw of claremont a brother robert also resides in claremont there are six grandchildren the service was conducted on saturday dec 18 by rev a e crcsswell from the mceachnie funeral home pickering with interment in the claremont union cemetery the pall bearers were malcolm and george middleton ervvin car- ruthers clifford reynolds fred moore and gregory douglas pickering board split on senior school in 66 greenwood although the no 1 public schrol area board of 1965 in pickering twp has a recommendation on the books that a new 12room senior school be erected in the next year the issue could run into solid opposition when re introduced in 1966 two of the main advocates of the program chairman donald gibson and member roland simons will not be back when the board convenes in january mr gibson did not seek re election and mr simons was defeated at the polls new trustees austin pearse and ellis britton are believed to be opposed to the oneschool senior system and sitting mem ber chas mctaggart has voiced objection to the idea from the start he believes that the plan has merit but is still pre mature trustee gordon pearce is strongly in favour of grouping all grades 7 and 8 students in one school and stated so in a preelection letter to the rate payers garbage complaints in whitchurch twp before 66 council plowing snow snow plowing in december is not an unusual sight but when it occurs in a corn field its sure to attract attention allan meyer and son paul of claremont had twp tractors working on saturday the ground is solid enough on top to give the machines traction but there is no frost under the surface the meyers have ninety acres of corn witli about thirty still left to pick due to the lateness of the season vandorf garbage com plaints a problem for whit church twp council in 1965 will be carried over for further discussion in 1906 the oper ator oliver pellett of ballan- trae will be invited to attend a meeting in january the issue was raised again last week when mrs mildred holmes a resident on the for mer paisley property at the 7th cone charged that she was badly treated by personnel at the dump site and was forced to bring a portion of the load back home her letter to council was read by the clerk thos kerr mr kerr said that it was only one of several complaints received councillor alvin farmer ral lied to the support of the com- plainent i dont blame her a bit for writing the letter any one of us would do the same he said he agreed that mr pel lett should appear in person we have every right to tell him how the ratepayers are to be treated thats what were here for he continued must change it reeve ross farquharson claimed that it shouldnt be necessary for a party to back their car or truck to the edge of the dump over debris that wasnt covered they have the machinery there to move it he said they dont have to use a wheelbarrow as for the type of refuse that should be accept ed the reeve contended that it was up to the council to make the decision if you want it changed then its up to us to change it the reeve said that mr pellett was hesitant to accept any kinds of wire for fear that it would get caught in the tracks of his bulldozer mrs holmes said that in backing over uncovered garb age she had run a nail into a tire she termed the attitude of an employee at the site as ugly two accidents stouffville two acci dents in town within the last week caused property damage estimated at 303 there were no injuries tiie first occurred on friday dec 17th involving autos driven by james hill 19 of church st and egbert keuken 31 of baker avenue the colli sion was at the corner of church and manitoba sts on tuesday dee 21st an ac cident occurred at the intersec tion of main and church sts involving vehicles driven by ro ger leo bailey of rri uxbridge and alma mae johnson of mill st stouffville no charges were laid in either mishap county to assume 9 th concession to musselman s lake ont county milk meeting on jan 7th present reeve with engraved wrist watch stouffville reeve win timbers was honoured for past services on thursday night in the presentation of an engraved wrist watch at the yearend meeting of the town council in his remarks deputyreeve ken laushway said that he hart enjoyed working with the reeve and in spite of disagreements from time to time no griev ances ever went beyond the council room clerk ralph corner present ed mr timbers with the gavel of office that he had used since taking the position in 1962 reeve timbers in expressing his appreciation for the gifts said he had enjoyed his work and had benefitted from the experience he noted that in the past four years he had only missed part of one meeting ok utility cutoffs if notice is given hymns by candlelight a member of the siouffville cgit choir that presented n inspiring candlelight service in the lulled church on sunday evening was 13 year old arlene vakeley harold st fifty girls participated stan photo stouffville an exten sive 10ycar road study pro gram has been completed and approved by york county coun cil that could if completed cost 536000000 three reconstruction jobs that will have a direct affect on stouffville were discussed at the yearend meeting of the town council on thursday night deputyreeve ken laushway reported that work on the bloomington sideroad between hwys 47 and 4s would be startred in 1966 and completed in 1968 in addition the town- line road between the counties of york and ontario from the east boundary of stouffville down to hwy no 7 will be re built and paved this contract will begin in 1968 and be finish cd in 1971 even closer to town is the road from main street up the 9th cone to musselmans lake this work is scheduled to start in 1971 and be completed in 1973 no debentures mr laushway noted that the program would be handled on a payasyougo basis witli no debentures the cost is split three ways 50 by the dept of hwys 25 by metro and 25 by the county the plan is considered necessary to cope with the ever increasing flow of traffic out of metro toronto reeve win timbers noted that the schedule of projects could be changed depending on the finances available the amount of money required to construct and maintain roads has become big said business he the inaugural meeting stouffville town council will held on thursday evening j glli uxbridge an important meeting of all milk producers in ontario county will be held in the town hall at uxbridge on friday jan 7th at 130 pm the purpose of the gathering is to establish a milk com mittee to work in close co operation with a provincial milk marketing board such an executive has already been established in york county all producers of whole milk are eligible to vote and there will be one vote per farm separated cream producers do not qualify there are 400 whole milk shippers in ontario county mr geo mclaughlin chair man of the provincial milk marketing board will be pre sent at uxbridge on jan 7th to explain the new milk market ing act all dairy farmers in the county are urged to attend stouffville the pub- blic utilities commission can not be held liable for any hard ship caused to delinquent cus tomers through hydro and water cutoffs providing the persons affected are given prior notice this information was revealed by the insurance firm of the p u c and discussed at a meeting last week three warnings will be issued prior to any shutdown of water or power two by mail and one by an employee in a personal house call last week a total of 21 un paid accounts were written off the books ranging from 200 to 8000 in the majority of cases the persons had left town and could not be located stroke is fatal to j crawford rose ave stouffville mr john d crawford a resident on rose avenue in stouffville for the past nine years passed away on sunday dec 12th in the brierbush hospital he suffered a stroke only three days earlier he was 77 born at camlachie ontario near sarnia the son of the late mr and mrs walter crawford he was emplocd with the mac- xamara construction co dur ing the war years working on the alaska highway for 10 years he was in the toronto branch of general motors and later at keyson motors in stouffville he was an expert hhank with a family of nine six sons harold of ashville manitoba william of alderwood andrew of port credit james of winni peg peter in etobicoke walter of toronto and three daughters florence of port credit edith in toronto and dorothy of mil ton there are 32 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren mr crawford was identified witli the baptist church and the pastor rev gordon gooderliam conducted the service from the oxeill funeral chapel on thursday dec 16th interment was at glendale memorial gardens the pall bearers all grandchildren were gary- crawford daniel dennison in 1919 he was married to j ronald gano robt smart and lily beech who survives along i frank smart praise for two retiring councillors stouffville the work of two retiring members of town council was praised by deputyreeve ken laushway at the yearend meeting on thurs day evening with personal reference 10 councillors ken betz and bud spang mr laushway said that it had been a distinct pleasure to work with them and during their years in office he had al ways found them most co operative he noted that councillor spang as chairman of the police committee could take some credit for the smooth operation of that department he said that his work had been made easier through the excel lent cooperation of the chief and his officers councillor betz he said had done an excellent job as head of the sewer committee and rather than the s300 he would receive for his services he was worth 1000 to the town he knew every nut and bolt in the sewer plant he said well certainly miss him police office generator to avert blackout vandorf the 1966 coun cil in the twp of whitchurch will consider the purchase of a power generating unit for the police office here it would be used on an emergency basis in case of another hydro black out chief fred mason said last week that during the previous hydro shutdown the force was practically inoperative it could happen again he said clerk thos kerr suggested that a generator to take care of every requirement during a blackout situation could cost 1000 chief mason contended that a unit of that size would not be necessary it was agreed to discuss the purchase at a meeting in jan- i uary death junior game here new years day stouffville the larg est crowd of the current hockey season is expected here on sat urday afternoon new years day when the stouffville clippers will host aurora tigers game time is 2 oclock the game that has become a holiday feature here in past years will have as an added attraction five lucky draw door prizes lions tree sale totals 450 stouffville the lions club has conducted a most successful christmas tree salo here this month with the total hearing the 450 mark last year 119 had to be thrown away committee chairman john foulds said that a doortodoor canvass throughout the town plus a single price of 200 per tree were contributing factors the club hopes to clear about 300 the initial shipment included 355 trees but the stock was al most entirely depleted by the weekend two additional loads were required and most of these will be sold by friday busato anno marie sud denly at her home rr 1 stouff ville on tuesday dec 21 1965 anne marie in her 2nd year dearly beloved daughter of louis and mary busato loving sister of helen francis rita robert and james rested at the oxeill funeral home stouffville requiem mass was held at st patricks church markham on wednesday dec 22nd at 9 am interment st josephs cemetery highland creek len greenwood and ronald wallace enjoyed an afternoon of skiing on sunday at the new blue bonnet resort near dag- mar new president veteran plowman jimmy lee of greenbank has been elected president of the south ontario plowmans association succeed ing murray dunkeld of clare mont rr 2 the meeting was held in brooklin on dec 15th pizza house opens tuesday dec 28th will mark the opening of guilios pizza house at 430 main st w in stouffville hours are from 10 am to 12 midnight a take out service is provided the employee and their chil dren enjoyed the annual christ- mas party on saturday sponsor- will spend christmas in jail whitevale a 23 year old father from here will spend christmas in jail david downs was convicted by magistrate o s ilollinrake in richmond hill court on tuesday on one charge of theft and another of break enter and theft he will be retained in custody until jan 11th when sentence will be passed detective douglas tribbling of markham twp testified that the accused had stolen a post- hole digger and a 12volt batt ery on nov 10th he was also charged with the theft of 300 worth of tools from the white- vale golf club downs admitted to financial problems at home he said that he had planned to sell the merchandise in uxbridge he entered a plea of guilty im not afraid to accept by punsh- ment he said the only losers are my wife and child magistrate ilollinrake asked for a presentence report on the accused irwin kerr rr4 stouffville was the lucky winner of a bicycle in the annual christmas ed by the chescbroughponds j draw held at len keepings ltd of markham barber shop last week top tree in town although many home in stouhviilc are beautifully decorated this christmas there is no more eyecatching sight in town than this tree in front of the residence of mr and mm boss hetlicrlngtou rupert avenue staff photo