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all the news whitchurch t uxbridge markham j pickering of all 4 townships largest weekly markham stoufffville uxbridge 1 inthe district vol 78 no 49 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thurs may 4 1967 10 cents trustee chairman quits meeting request full report speed sign missing and saturday ssventyfive member cast of music mania plays to record crowd of 2000 one of the largest crowds to attend an entertainment function in stouftvilles history taxed the accommodation of the high school auditorium friday ay for the couples club music mania 67 the entire cast of 75 participants is shown here at the conclusion of the show cadieux studio proposed school site criticized musselmans lake keeping children out of school to prove a point is becoming a habit in whit church township mrs william mcadam new market rr 3 is keeping her daughter marcic at home to force an investi gation into alleged in competence of pine orch ard staff teacher mrs wayne mcneil at a stormy board meet ing monday night mel mcmillcn also of rr 3 newmarket charged that the trustees lacked fore sight in selecting a site for their new senior school near a proposed gravel pit he said that if the pit was developed he would refuse to allow his son to attend classes mi mcmillcn said that gravel truck traffic would prove an extreme hazard to children either walk ing on the road or riding in buses trustee chairman dr morris smith said that the offer on the land had been submitted three weeks be fore test hole drillings had been started the location of the 10- room school is at the in tersection of the vandorf sideroad and concession 7 pressed brake increased speed stouffville stouf f- ville police constable david hadden is still trying to figure out the revolution ary gimmick on a 1956 model dodge that caused the cars speed to increase when he pressed down on the brake the driver lames kennedy main street markham couldnt explain it either when he appeared before magis trate russell pearse in richmond hill court he was charged with operating an unsafe vehicle in addition to the accel erated braking system p c hadden said that the car had nor emergency brake no muffler two bald tires and faulty steering and doors convicted in kidnap case button ville a thrccday hearing in high court toronto was ended april 26 with a conviction on a charge of kidnapping laid by detective clifford cox of markham township police against two brothers and a male compan ion a oneyear suspended sentence was handed clown by judge waisbcrg against arthur mari- noff 33 of richmond hill roy marinoff 26 of newmarket and wayne gates 26 of toron to a further charge of assault was dismissed testimony revealed that dayton plattcn 41 of 18th avenue near victoria square was forcibly seized and placed in the trunk of a car belonging to one of the accused he was able to escape at gormlcy and took refuge in a service station beautification plan ciaremonf park stouffville mrs helen ross stouffvillc rr3 admitted in rich mond hill court that she had exceeded the 30 mile speed limit within the town but there was no sign to serve as a warning to drivers she explained that it had been knocked down by j snow plow and not replaced pc david hadden who charged mrs ross with do ing 58 miles per hour in a thirteen finalists in may queen prom charged stouffville a two- car accident sunday after noon at the intersection of tenth line and south street in stouffvillc has resulted in a charge against one of the drivers charged with having liquor in a place other than his residence is gary ushcrwood watson drive the other motorist was frascr brent wcldon main street damage was estimated at 5255 stouffv1llle the may prom has always been considered as stouff- ville district high schools most colorful social event on friday evening the gai ly of the occasion should surpass previous years since visitors arc being asked to wear oldtymc costumes in keeping with canadas centennial birth day students may wear semiformals thirteen pretty girls have been nominated and the final selection will be made by ballot on friday all the entries are from grades 11 12 and 13 they arc margaret birkett trudy cadieux linda da vis faye emmerson sue gibson dianne hamcrston jane harrop dcidra hilcs maureen padley nancy paul susan schell marg aret sheridan and janice smith music will be supplied by ellis mclintock and his orchestra admission couples only is 350 claremont jf im proved plans for tjic clare- mont community park during the next twenty years are carried out the playground will be one of the best in pickering township a start on the work is scheduled for this year it is clarcmonts centennial project recommendations in clude a wading and swiming pool two volley ball courts four tennis courts a horseshoe pit a clubhouse an improved softball diamond and park ing lot a childrens play ground picnic benches flowers and trees plans were discussed at a centennial events meet ing april 26 a main street parade and fun day is scheduled forjune 24 the chairman is ray ward other events planned include a fash ion show may 10 centen nial ball may 27 red rose movie june 10 and a drumhead service june 25 a fund goal of 3500 has been established and a doorlodoor canvass will be conducted this month deny dance hall permit in finals ruth parsons grade 1 1 stouffvillc district high school student will leave this week for st johns quebec to speak in the lions club oratorical competition prior to the ontarioquebec finals of contest may she and ihe other finalists will he taken on a tour of expo parade july 1st stouffville a centennial year parade will be held on main street in stouffvillc july i the lime has been set for 10 am chairman lome boad- way of the centennial events committee inform ed a meeting april 27 that mrs waller smith rose avenue would serve as chief organizer assisted by mrs marion murphy and mrs edith sanders a program of activities will follow in the park dur ing the afternoon with a public dance in the arena at night whitchurch the council has rejected a li cence application from a toronto man who wishes to reopen the dance hall at sunny valley mussel- mans lake the request was discus sed briefly at a meeting in vandorf tuesday night police chief fred mason described the condition of the building as deplorable and said that income would not warrant the amount of money that would have to be spent on the structure the appli cant said he wished to op erate a juke box for mid week dances with a band on saturday nights rebekah dance stouffville the rebekah and oddfellows lodge will hold a centen nial dance saturday may 13 at glcndale pavilion mussclmans lake the event is one of many on stouffvillcs centennial calendar for 1967 tickets arc now on sale shot by brother uxbridge a 10 year old sandford district ooy died in sick childrens hospital toronto thurs day after he was shot in the head near his home jack richard eng son of mr and mrs chong eng was playing with a 22 calibre rifle held by his brother when the gun dis charged the victim was rushed to uxbridge hospital and then transferred to toron to where he died in spite of an emergency opera tion there arc 18 children in the eng family gormley boy beaten assailant is jailed i fcrifcune l remember ihc baltics music mania 67 3 quill for retarded 4 open museum 5 classified s 9 mdt in jjpjn golden annivcrsarv 10 track and field mcctl2 scaforth champions 13 drocr 40 years 16 gormley an 18 year old gormlcy boy de scribed in newmarket courl april 2s how he was knocked lo the ground punched and kicked by two youths he had never seen before as he stood outside a newmarket teen town dance on the night of march is donald matthews gorm lcy rr 2 a former picker ing college student suffer ed facial cuts and bruises when his head was repeat edly pounded on the pave ment two of his teeth were broken robert allan hopkins 19 of uxbridge was con- tictcd of assault causing bodily harm and remanded lo the don jail until may 12 for sentence a com panion david smith 19 of rr 3 uxbridge faces a similar charge and will appear in newmarket may 12 for trial newmarket police who arrived on the scene and made the arrests describ ed ihc assault as vicious constable clare penrose said that he saw hopkins holding matthews down and punching him in the lace and stomach consta ble tom young testified that a second man was kicking matthews while he lay on the pavement the victim said he was leaving the dance with friends and knew of no reason for the attack farm sales stouffville the sales arc reported this week two wellknown stouffvillc area farms the reg gibbins proper ly that includes 92 acres near lcmonville has been sold the george francis farm highway 47 has also changed hands lots har been purchased by earl brillingcr piclro mangi- onc ana s a stouffcr mr and mrs francis have purchased the stimson home on highway 4s south of ringwood red shield appeal stouffville this week marks the beginning of the red shield cam paign across canada the district director for the uxbridge corps that cov ers this area is captain lorraine luxford the ob jective is 319400 in stouffvillc donations may be left with mr george williams manager of the bank of nova sco tia or mr and mrs how ard mills 286 main street west during the last week of may the west end residen tial section will be canvas sed by members of the ladies auxiliary of the canadian legion branch 459 if musselmans lake a problem be tween several parents and a staff teacher at pine orchard school reached the boiling point mon day night when a delegation attended a whit church area board meeting and demanded open discussion on the issue mr william mcadam has charged that teach er mrs wayne mcneil is incompetent and has asked that both the trustees and the inspector in vestigate the situation mrs mcadam has with drawn her daughter from the grade class and says she will keep her at home even if it means goin to jail board chairman dr morris smith took ex ception to discussions of a personal nature in public and finally called for an adjournment when other members refused to support him he walked out of 30 zone sai lie i t at i- f swear that the sign was the meeting trustee norman locklcr took over for nropcr located at the the remainder of the session tj seek report magistrate russell one member of the board expressed resent- pearse changed the driv- ment over the report that a letter of complaint had er p l0 not s ad been sent to the chairman from parents of children dismiss the case attending the armitage school where mrs mcneil had taught the previous year he said that the con- v i a tent of the letter had not been revealed noel avry the remaining trustees called for a full report on mrs mcneils teaching qualifications one from xaac skilled the inspector douglas adams and another from the principal colin hathaway the decision followed the examination of note books report cards and test papers brought to the meeting by mrs mcadams and circulated among the members machinist lemonville pupils plant tree at new school site lemonville the stu dents of lemonville pub lic school performed the first official act on ihe site of whitchurch areas new senior school thursday af ternoon they planted a maple tree on the properjy in tribute to canadas 100th birthday it was donated to the pupils by mr and mrs harold van dyke of rich mond hill tree service co ltd the program was in charge of the staff princi pal mrs betty sanders its our way of saying happy birthday to cana da said mrs sanders in adrcssing the pupils and several ey their parents one hundred years from now it will be here lo ad mire and appreciate both the junior and sen ior grades sang approp riate numbers and the stu dents assisted in the actual planting the location of the pro posed new school is at the intersection of the van dorf sideroad and conces sion 7 you are the first official body to perform a function on this site said the principal the project was particu larly timely since april 27 has always been designated as arbour day or tree day ringwood death struck with sudden swift ness late friday afternoon as mr noel avery a resi dent near ringwood for the past 19 years collaps ed and died near his home he was 59 born in england he was employed at stouffvillc machine and tool and later dowty equipment ajax as a machinist he was skilled at his trade mr avery was an active worker in the baker hill baptist church where he served as a deacon for many years and also con ducted a sunday school cliss surviving besides his wife the former audrey lewis are two sons lome of bolder colorado glenn of stouffvillc and one daughter lois a register ed nurse in calgary there arc two brothers albert of montreal gordon of chatham and two sister mrs clarence pipher of brantford and mrs wil liam macnally of wallace- burg re biucc hiscy con ducted the service monday aftcrnodn from ihe baker hill baptist church as sisted by rev w w fleischer with interment bolton cemetery the pall bearers were norman yales mcrlyn baker jirii oldham jim lewis alex ratcliff and wellington rcid civic square fund stouffvillcs civic square fund was advanced an ad ditional 65 this week raising the total lo 12- 45734 receipts are mr and mrs walter winn s 1500 nellie and glenn thompson 2500 kiernan and crolhcrs ltd 2500 to a total 1245734 hospital addition uxbridge hon mathew b dymond min ister of health will offici ally open ihc new addition lo the uxbridge cottage hospital on thursday may 11 on friday may 12 conducted tours will be provided from 2 to 330 in ihc afternoon and 7 lo 830 in the evening driver admits took alcohol but externally plants tree in town park arbour day gone and almost forgotten in most public schools took on new meaning in stouffvillc thursday afternoon when a maple donated by rich mond hill tree service was donated jo the town reeve ken laushway turned ihc sod with a silver spade lo mark ihe occasion staff photo markham a sixteen year old markham youth admitted in richmond hill court friday that he had laken a quantity of alcohol but only externally ken neth boyle george strccl told magistrate russell pearse that he had awaken ed that morning with a stiff neck and on the advice of his physician had applied the liquid to case the pain he said that pc david hadden must have smcllcd it when he stopped his car in stouffvillc the officer however was strongly sus picious that the fumes orig inated from boyles breath rather than from his neck smiling magistrate pearse termed the accus eds story as very interest ing he said he would give him the benefit of thn doubt and dismissed tha case 4-