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vol 79 no s stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday july 20 1967 10 cents whitchurch tsa school board all confusion all dressed up for centennial occasion july 15 was centennial day in the hamlet of greenwood and many persons both adults and children came dressed in keeping with the occasion one dapper couple on the grounds was mr and mrs percy clarke shown here other pic tures on pages 3 8 and 12 staff photo sickening scene four die in car crash accident cause unknown victoria square its seldom that an acci- dent scene tends to turn away the curious it did last week as bystanders arrived at the location of a headon cartruck crash one mile north of victoria square on don mills road j one man sickened by the sight of broken and twisted bodies was forced to leave others just star ed from a distance as po lice studied the position of the vehicles and victims in an effort to determine the cause an inquest will be held killed instantly was mrs edith flaherty 67 and her three grandchild ren sharon 19- colleen 6 and patrick 2 all of to ronto their nearlynew au to driven only 2000 miles was northbound when it slammed into a south bound truck loaded with sod the small car a vaux- hall viva was drivenback- wards into a pasture field the driver and one little girl were found in the wreckage the grandmoth er and the little boy were hurled onto the pavement stouffville firemen were called but no blaze devel oped there were three witnes ses to the impact but none could provide police with a reason for the acci dent excessive damage to the auto made mechani cal checks difficult it is believed that the family was on its way to enjoy an afternoon at the lake since the trunk of the car contained beach balls and lawn chairs it is the second worst accident of its kind on markham township police donald lewis new arena manager defends bowling title stouffville mrs eleanor crossen of stouff ville provincial lawn bowl ing singles champion in 1966 has won the first round in defence of her title she captured the district 14 honors tues day in competition with ten other ladies from markham agincourt osh- awa and stouffville the contest staged in stouffville was extremely keen mrs crossen defeat ed her own club mate mrs winnie elson in the playoff final other slouff- ille entries included lucl- ia lemon doroljiy wagg hazel wilson and doris farthing from markham were ethel shaw and bet ty mclean agincourt alctha frcwn and phyllis freeman and oshawa rca mann too few trustees musselmans lake call it touch tag hide- andgoseek or ring-around- arosie but whatever the name of the game no one- seems to agree on the rules it was a scene of confusion at a meeting of whitchurch township public school area board monday night at 730 pm a delega tion of six parents mem bers of the press and two trustees wesley brilling- er and norman focklcr were gathered outside the board office only the trustees were allowed in since the secretary jack wylie ruled there was not sufficient room later he informed reporters and ratepayers that the meet ing would be held at bal- lantrac school three miles to the northwest at 8 pm three trustees six parents and two mem bers of the press were ready to begin but mr brillinger couldnt get his car to go and mr fockler indicated he had to leave early vice chairman mel- vin baker ruled that with out a quorum no business could be conducted mr baker then left with mr wylie at 835 pm the chair man dr morris smith arrived he stopped spoke briefly with mr flockler and a couple of parents and drove off at 845 pm allthat re mained were two disgust ed newsmen and six irrit ated ratepayers at 9 pm mr brillinger returned but by then the meeting that had never officially begun was of ficially over pastor returns rev t h fleetham uniipd church pastor at greenwood mt zion and kinsale will be in charge of an openair service in the claremont conserva tion area sunday at 11 am with a congregation al picric to follow at 1 pm it will mark the return of rev fleetham after a threemonth absence for two major operations and a period of convalescence reject lot stouffville stouffville planning board turned down an applica tion monday submitted by mrs harry stover re questing permission to er ect a house on a lot owned by mr lambert stouffcr adjoining the property owned by dr donald pet- rie north of the high school board members fclmhat the land should be proper ly serviced before any fur ther buildup could be per mitted ratepayers in uproar musselmans lake a member of the whit church township school area board criticized the actions of the other trus tees and the conduct of past meetings in a tele phone conversation with the tribune monday night wesley brillinger charg ed that members had at tempted to pull a fast one by rescheduling mondays meeting for 730 pm rather than the usual eight oclock time he indicated that some ratepayers were in an up roar over the location of the proposed new senior public school and they wished to make their views known they want to know whats going on and they have a right to be heard he said he charged that the 5member board was often deadlock ed on motions but the chairman always goes along with the other two he did not name them mr brillinger further charged that minutes of previous meetings were seldom read and that items of importance were often dealt with and finalized without motions support ed by a mover or seconder mr brillinger said that to his knowledge the meet ing july 24 would be held at the ballantrae school at the hour of 8 pm unless they decide to pull another fast one and switch it to 730 he said markham murder or stouffville don ald lewis rupert avenue has been hired as manag er of the stouffville arena succeeding w t tell rennie who held the post since 1953 the annual shareholders meeting was held thursday night mr rennie only the sec ond manager to run the rink since its opening in 1949 found it necessary to give up the position due to pressures of a growing trucking business he nw has six vehicles on the road his resignation sub mitted to the directors several weeks ago is not effective until august 1 mr lewis plans to take over at that time directors for i9676s in clude ken roberts president gar lehman vice president bob i las- sard secretarytreasurer lesvilson dr ron smith ken schcll and don har- man in appreciation of mr rcnnies services over tbc past 14 years presi dent lehman presented him with an engraved wrist watch each mem ber of the executive spoke highly of his work 54500 profit the financial statement for the year ending april 30 1967 showed a net pro fit of 454739 the rental of ice was the big money maker at s2954s10 the refreshment booth took in over 20000 and showed a profit of 827342 public skating earned 222735 and the skate grinder pro duced an income of 178950 on the expense side of the ledger salaries total led 1s000 including full and parttime wages maintenance and repairs to the equipment and building was 5400 while the heat light and water bill amounted to 5100 in property and business taxes the arena paid sj400 insurance coverage cost almost 1900 the company ended the fiscal vear with a balance on hand of 2697461 architect hcrshal b okun of toronto present ed sketch plans of im proved interior accommo dation at the rink that would provide enlarged dtcssing room and wash room facilities and also enhance the exterior ap pearance of the building the estimated cost of phase one was quoted at 544000 the new directors will give the proposal fur ther consideration new office stouffville work commenced this week on the construction of a new office on main street for the york county health unit the new building will be built and owned by mr ken wagg town business man the building is locat ed between mr waggs jewellery store and the canadian imperial bank of commerce it will con tain 550 square feet and be finished with a brick front the hctilth unit office is presently located oppo site obrien avenue and this premise is being tak en over by josephs beauty salon was button v i lle within recent years mark ham township police have had their share of baffling cases but none has been more steeped in mystery than the finding saturday night of a nude decom posed male body on 17th avenue between highway 48 and cone 9 the remains were dis covered by the property owner antonio dc friclas while cutting grass on a portion of his 17 acre lot it was lying in long grass near a fence that separates his land from a farm own- uaci cd by mr lloyd ham i just dropped my mower and ran he said he noti fied police and officers were on the scene in min utes no identification detective clifford cox in charge of the investiga tion said following the autopsy monday night that the cause of death had not been determined the mans age is thought to be about 40 the victim was heavily tatoocd on both aims detective cox said that the body had not been burned as first reported an attempt to identify the man is continuing there is no house on the dc friclas properly only a twocar garage the own er a toronto resident comes out usually on weekends it is believed that the victim had been there about seven days the autopsy was perform ed by dr frederick jaffe at the attorney generals laboratory first indications suggest ed a suicide but further in vestigations both by co roner ralph p johns of willowdale and detective cox are hinting that it could be murder u s entry in arabian horse show the sixth annual all arabian horse show was held at markham fair grounds saturday and attracted a large attendance of both spectators and ent ries one rider in colorful native costume was mr george foster of foster farms inc michigan usa staff photo permits first build later stouffville too many people both private contractors and doityour self enthusiasts are mak ing a habit of starting their projects first and obtaining permits later this practice must stop warned building inspec tor henry ogdcn or charges will be laid mr ogdcn admitted that many residents in stouff ville may not be aware of the requirements he not ed however that in sever al instances local build ers arc the worst offend ers he charged that they arc well aware ofithe regu lations i havent the lime to keep checking up on them and it shouldnt be neccsary a conviction on a charge under the by law carries a fine up lo 300 exclusive of costs a permit is required for changing adding to re pairing or moving a build ing out of the village a permit is also needed for the wrecking of any build ing the minimum fee is 500 and increases accord ing to the size of the structure dance hall closed before it opened circulation reaches new peak steadily increasing cir culation of the tribune has brought the newspap er to a new peak in weekly distribution this week production is being in creased to 6000 copies on a regular basis to cover an expanding population and readership musselmans lake an improvised dance hall on the cast side of mussclmans lake was closed last week even be fore it opened supporting a recom mendation from police chief fred mason whit church township ruled that a licence for this pur pose not be granted to the owners mr and mrs george villcmerc chief mason said that the build ing was originally opened as a bowling alley but had not operated as such for some lime he suggest ed that parking facilities on the premises were in adequate for a dance crowd in refusing the licence council requested the chief to present a further report on the business operation at this site it is the second dance hall application to be rejected at the lake this summer a request for a licence at sunny valley was also turned down prior to the councils de cision july ii the dance operator douglas royal of uxbridgc had advertised the opening of the hall scheduled for july 14 several groups of teen agers gathered at the lo- to germany stouffville miss jessie smith daughter of mr and mrs george smith church street stouffville left mallon airport by jet saturday to spend the summer in germany cation friday night but quickly dispersed- when there was no sign of activ ity inside seek permission to close depot locust hill for the second lime within two years officials of canadian pacific railway are requesting permission to shut down the station at locust hill the application was re jected by markham town ship council at a meet ing monday members ex pressed surprise that the request should be reintro duced so soon another hearing before the board of transport commissioners is antici pated joins police force buttonville ron ald rccsor 21 willowdale has been sworn in as a constable with the mark ham township police de partment he is the son of mr and mrs carl rcc sor constable rccsor fills a position made vacant through the resignation of pc barry mcwhirtcr in cluding the chief harvey cox the force numbers 22 men six sign contracts for animal control fatal crash that took four lives near gormley the second worst auto accident in markham township police files last week took the lives of four persons including two children on don mills road south of gormlcy the car almost new crashed headon into a loaded sod truck which drove the car backwards into a field the truck driver and passenger suffered only minor injuries staff photo stouffville stoffvillc is one of six municipalities to sign a contract with the ontario humane society effective january 1 1968 the so ciety will erect a new ani mal shelter at oak ridges other municipalities that have ntcrcd into a similar agreement arc townships of whitchurch king and west gwillim- bury and the towns of aurora and newmarket from july 15 to i m bcr 31 the society will provide an emergency ser vice for the town of new market only since they have terminated their pres ent arrangement entirely other municipalities will carry on with systems un til january 1 to provide an emergen cy service for newmarket the society has leased space in the garin ken nels on don mills road near vandorf