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all the news whifchiirch uxbridge markham i pickering of all 4 townships largest weekly markham stouffvihe uxbridge in the district vol 78 no 45 stouffvillemarkhamuxbr1dge oxt thurs april 6 1967 10 cents boy 16 beaten and robbed on way to teentown dance no its not the outer regions of island falls junction its the rear fifty acres on the gordon cox farm cone 9 markham township and this cow in full flight is not the domesticated kind smitten by spring fever its a female moose the first of its kind ever to venture so far south this photo was taken sunday morning on monday it was headed north and ambled through the cast end of stouffville much to the amazement of both motorists and residents in the area staff photo moose on the loose charges cameraman two youths arrested yandorf a sixteen year old whitchurch township boy was beaten and robbed by two youths last week as he walked along a lonely stretch of the third concession on his way to a tccntown dance at newmarket alan govier rr 1 gormlcy was knocked to the ground kicked and robbed of five dollars arrested one hour later were peter james jobin and john thomas bachlcy both 18 of scarboro they were picked up at the dance held in the new market town hall it is allagcd that the accused lads had parked their car on the concession road and waited for the boy to walk past charged by whitchurch police with theft by violence the two were remanded in magistrates court until april 17 for trial bail was set at 3000 pc darwin paradis suffered a fractured leg while recapturing one of the youths following the initial arrest in spite of his injury he was able to hold the accused until help arrived bachlcy faces an additional charge of attempting to escape legal custody markham a trib une cameraman came face to face with a charging moose sunday but lived to tell the tale and take the animals picture editor jim thomas rc- ceived an earlymorning tip that the ungainly beast was in the 17th avenue area of markham town ship a crosscountry trek followed and finally he was able to corner it in a hay field on the gordon cox farm between conces sions 8 and 9 that was his mistake the moose couldnt re treat because of a six foot fence the photographer couldnt move for he was mired in six inches of mud the moose charged with in thirty feet of its human target it stopped short turned and vaulted the barbedwire barricade with case it disappeared into a bush find calf on monday a small calf moose was seen by mrs william morris on their property northcast of stouffville at the same time the cow heading in that direction ambled through the east end of town it startled house wives hanging out their morning wash and sur prised motorists on high way 47 officials of the maple branch department of lands and forests said that it was the first time on record that a moose had ventured so far south centennial choir practise april 1 stouffville the first choir practice in pre paration for the openair centennial church service in the stouffville park july 2 will be held april 11 at parksidc youth cen tre the time is 8 pm reprcscnta t ives f rohrall religious denominations are invited to take part choir experience is not necessary only a willing ness to participate in this onccinalifetime religious event mr lome boadway and music directors of com munity church congrega tions formulated plans at a recent meeting and much enthusiasm was expressed only one practice is scheduled for this month two in may and three in june members are asked to bring a church hymn book if one is available a choir of 200 voices is hop ed for petition council to protect crossing vandorf the coun cil of the township of whitchurch has approved the erection of automatic warning lights at a level cnr crossing on the 6th concession south of cedar valley the action was taken following the receipt of a 40namc petition submit ted to road superintend ent ernest davis residents in the area had filed a similar request in 1966 but learned that in sufficient funds had been set aside in the budget to cover the cost the cros sing is located close to the bosworth potato plant and the road is quite heav ily travelled by both cars and trucks the expenditure has been estimated at about 512000 the- townships share will be about 1500 reeve ross farquharson said that it was councils policy to safeguard one level crossing each year in the municipality parsons goes to oratorical finals fund over 12 stoultvillcs centennial civic square fund has pas sed the 12000 mark the old firchall has been practi- cally demolished and work is proceeding to support the tower preparatory to erecting its new modern base the final contract will be awarded next week leav ing approximately two and a half months to complete the work contributions previous total si 152600 stouffville coop 10000 mr and mrs harry warriner 1000 mrs florence miller 1000 anonymous 2000 anonymous 1 000 robert neil 500 john k marshall 2500 dr and mrs h b frccl 10000 h c lcman 2500 herb kring ltd 10000 roy dickson 1500 bessie dickson 1500 j murray wagg 2500 stouflvillc district stamp club 2234 smith-munroe- jackson assoc ltd 400 si20i234 and mrs bill parsons ninth line south the winner of two pre vious contests she defeat ed the best from toronto schools at thornhill mon day night lions represent atives in attendance from stouffville included walter piphcr bill dux- bury ccc hendricks and norm hill only three other stouff ville students have ever attained this distinction they were ron thompson in 1957 norman hen dricks in 1959 and bill ratcliff in 1961 prior to their speaking engagements in st johns the finalists will be treated to a tour of expo 67 tragic accident funeral service was held march 30 for 2 year old dwayne jollymore son of mr and mrs richard i jollymore burkholder st stouffville killed on main street march 28 he was struck by a car and died four hours later in hos pital driver charged stouffville the stouffville motorist in volved in a fatal accident on main street march 28 has been charged with driving while impaired arnold harper 39 of william street also faces a charge of having liquor in a place other than his residence killed was two year old dwayne jollymore son or mr and mrs richard jol lymore burkholdcr street unionville on in structions from the onta rio water resources com mission no further build ing permits will be issued in the varley village sub division at unionville until the disposal plant is prop erly repaired an official of the owrc claimed that once a house is completed it is difficult to refuse posses sion they therefore want no homes started until the sewerage problem is remedied township engineer du- san miklas said that ma chinery required to repair the plant could not be moved onto the property until the land became more passable spring hats in the making everv thursdav evening more than 30 ladies gather at the home of mrs doris williams allona for a hatmaking bee next week the completed creations will be modelled at a showing in victoria square april 10 and uxbridge april 11 one of the participants is mrs marina butler stouffville rjr3 staff photo test township bylaw father of eight jailed 15 days gormley a 38 year old gormley father of eight was sent to jail for 15 days when convicted on a charge of driving while impaired joseph lamonday gorm lcy rri was arrested by stouffville police nov 20 three additional charges were withdrawn magistrate russell pcarse expressed sympathy for the accuseds wife and family but said he could not overlook a similar con viction in brampton court that resulted in cancella tion of his drivers permit disqualification for a fur ther two years was added on family of 7 in summer cottage musselmans lake a recently enacted bylaw that makes it unlawful for a family to reside on a permanent basis in a sum mer cottage at mussel- mans lake may be put to the test in whitchurch township it was learned this week that a family including six schoolaged children had moved into a cottage residence from the town ship of uxbridge the own er has designated that the taxes go to the separate school in spite of possible in- fractions of the bylaw the district inspector of pub lic schools ordered that ed ucation be provided he said that tax contributions could not be altered this year wrtbunt intern 51 t hunted turns- hunter2 folding fish hut 3 new restaurant 4 curling winners 5 classifieds s 9 corn champion 10 sex education 12 hockey tournament 14 stouffville seven teen year old ruth par sons a grade l i student of stouffville dist high school has advanced to the ontarioquebec finals of the lions club oratorical competition she will speak in st johns que bec may 6 ruth is the daughter of deputyreeve criticize police ejected by officer pickeringa pickering township ratepayer who came to a council meeting monday night to criticize the actions of the munici pal police department was forcibly removed from the chambers by an officer in attendance reeve clifford laycox asked police chief regi nald parker to escort charles morton from the building but mr parker was unable to work his way through the throng of people present detective grant hutchin son was standing close by and ushered the irate rate payer from the hall the meeting was temporarily adjourned by the reeve when the crowd became unruly reeve laycox informed mr morton that com plaints concerning police activities should be pre sented to the commission and not to council the u i speaker said that he had t been refused a proper hearing when this charge was denid by the reeve mr morton retaliated i with verbal insults later when order was restored the reeve allow- whitchurch township council has given its approval o the installation of warning signal lights al ed mr morton to address a level crossing on concession 6 south of the vivian road it is part of a council policy to establish signals al the council again one crossing in the municipality each yeas- staff photo trustees at a meeting monday night have ar ranged tliat two of the children be admitted to b a 1 1 a n t r a e three to bloomington and one to ringwood transportation chair man wesley brillinger said that time would be re quired to arrange trans portation but he hoped to have this problem solved by the end of the week crunch crunch richmond hill with the approval of an irritated magistrate the clerk of richmond hill traffic court stopped all proceedings to ask an at tending police constable to tell a lady witness to re frain from eating an order of fish and chips until all cases had been completed algae on tap stouffville if slimy globs of green goo have been seeping into your kitchen sink lately dont be too concerned its only algae gone wild thats the word from gordon brown foreman of the stouffville public util ities mr brown said that al gae growth in the town reservoirs occurs in the spring but never as rapid as this year fifteen gal lons of chlorine were used to dissolve the deposits the tanks will be thor oughly cleaned when weather permits mr brown said that algae did not represent a health haz ard sewage flood water o stouffville a flash flood of both water and sewage inundated the basements of several stouftvillc homes sunday night causing heavy dam age at the residence of frank rowc main street east near the fireball the water rose to a height of 415 feet flooding his fur nace and burning out the motor in the area of rose ave nue burkholdcr and rus sell streets it was a back up of sewerage that had basements and recreation rooms swimming in a sea of refuse one rose ave nue housewife said that a sump pump running con tinuously couldnt cope with the flow it came up through the floor like a fountain she said she said that only for emergency assistance pro vided by fireman george wilson the situation would have been even worse the smell was ter rible and we had no heat we thought the town had a warning system to pre vent this kind of thing mr rowc said that town employees responded quickly to his call for as sistance we feel they did their best but things were destroyed that can never be replaced