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all the news whitchurch uxbridge markham pickering of all 4 townships larg weekly markham stouffville uxbridge in the district vol 79 no 15 stouffvillkmarkhamuxbridge ont t sept 7 1 967 10 cents arthur latcham buys 100000 sile for general hospital 50 acres 100000 stouffville arthur latcham a man whose generosity over the years has contributed much to the welfare of this community has once again ex tended a helping hand this time through the dona tion of a 50 acre hospital site the land on the former walter gould property cone 9 markham township can be easily serviced by both water and sewers from markham village the purchase price was 100000 the yorkmarkham hospital association that will receive the land when a charter is obtained have been working toward the establishment of a general hospital in the stouftvillemarkhamunionville area for the past two years its a dream- come true said one member of the executive in commenting on the gift mr latcham has shown an interest in such a project for some time but the finalization of the sale was announced only this week the site is located directly east of church street and is sufficiently large to accommodate both a hospital and an adjoining nurses residence it has a 1320 foot frontage on concession 9 mr latcham said that he was very pleased with the location since it was central in an area that would require more adequate hospital facilities in the im mediate future he said he had learned too that the ninth line would eventually become a 120 foot wide arterial route extending from stouffville to morn- ingside avenue thus making acctss to the property even more convenient wm national aware campaign speaker evangelist ken camp- bell is heading two weeks of evening worship in the stouffville arena- spon sored by the united miss ionary churches in the district on saturday night his address will be directed to the young people of the community and a large congregation is expected the services conclude sept 17 stouffville the tribune a winner of two awards in provincial competition earlier this year has been selected for yet another prize this time in the canadian weekly field the tribune has placed second in allcanada for best front page in circulation class 3000 to 6000 the publisher c h nolan is attending the cwna convention in ottawa this week and will receive the plaque on behalf of the paper the 1st prize went to the renfrew ont advance and third to the courtney bc free press in notifying the tribune of its most recent accomplishment mr val baltkalns cwna assist ant general manager writes congratulations are in order you can be justifiably proud that your newspaper is among the best in canada in februarythe tribune topped its class in ontario for best front page and general ex cellence youth faces robbery charge high school even the name is changed stouffville a first time visitor to the new stouffville high school will require a sketch plan of the interior to find his way in and out every things changed even the name it is now known as stouffville secondary school the enlarged structure that includes a second sto rey opened its doors to 626 students tuesday mor ning an increase of 54 ov er the same period last year the teaching staff numbers 36 principal w e diixbury kept the sludcnls in the building no longer than possible there was confu sion enough without them as workers tried despar- yatcly to meet contract deadlines routine disrupted the cause of it all is a new ii million dollar ad dition that although on schedule tends to disrupt the general routine in oth er areas for instance car penters were climbing all over the main office walls while clerktypists worked amid the din of saws ham mers and drills in one iorlhsoulh corridor a 25 fool maple tree roots and nil lay prostrate on ihc floor ii was destined for the openair courtyard but workmen had difficulty in squeezing it through a railway door a breakdown by grades that includes several dif ferent courses shows 20s in grade nine 145 in grade ten 34 in grade ele ven s9 in grade 12 and 50 in grade 13 school attendance stouffville pub lic school attendance fig ures as provided by prin cipals lome boadway of summitview and keith sutherland of orchard park show very little change from enrollment figures of one year ago at orchard park the at tendance shows a surpris ing drop of nine it was 492 in september 1966 on tucsdav the figure was 483 this decrease is more than compensated by a 20 student increase at sum mitview the enrollment is now 385 up from 365 primary grades from 1 to 3 have been eliminated through the inclusion of a level system summitview classes go onlv as high as grade 6 all grade 7 and 8 students attend orchard park byer honey in short supply bronze medal stouffville four teen year old beverley bell daughter of mr and mrs alex bell claremont rr 3 has added still another award to her list of accom plishments in vocal and in strumental competitions in a vocal class of 24 beverley placed third for a bronze medal her teach er is mrs peggy clark of markham markham ontario- made honey is in short supply this year and no one is more aware of this fact than bycr brothers rr 2 markham the shortage is so ser ious at the bycr apiary that the owners have re moved the prominent hon ey sale sign from the front of their premises the same situation is prevalent across the en- lire province walter byer told the tribune their production that usually exceeds 100000 pounds in a season has been reduc ed to onetenth of that fi gure they have over 1000 colonics mr bycr attributed the problem to the continuous wet weather the clover never bloomed properly he said and what did flo wer contained no nectar lie said that in south eastern ontario the hon ey crop was better but certainly below normal in the good land area theres nothing at all the byers have several hives in the area of 17th avenue and cone 6 mark ham that produced only 50 pounds at cashel one mile to the north there was none at present sales of bycr honey arc continuing as long as the supply lasts its a case of first come first served he said holiday extended dicksons hill on tuesday morning 319 children from grades 1 to 6 were enrolled at dick sons hill school on wednesday there were none the board of markham tsa 2 ruled that the 12- room slructurc was not ready to accommodate the students and that clean up operations would lake ihc balance of the week boys and girls will not re turn until monday the trustees met in em ergency session on labor day to discuss the prob lem inspector maynard hall- man agreed to ask the de partment of education for special grants to cover the cost lombardo date sept 24 markham guy lom bardo and his royal can adians will be a feature at traction at the markham arena sunday evening sept 24 the date has been verified by mr jack mor ris amember on the exec utive of the markham cen tennial committee advance ticket sales will be 250 admission at the door is 300 the cost involved in the onenight stand has been estimated at 4200 the orchestra charge is 3000 markham an 18 year old dicksons hill youth has been charged by markham township police with robbery with violence and indecent assault on a male following his arrest early sunday morning richard boadway rr 2 markham is alleged to have kicked and punched a 15 year old boy in a fra cas on main street mark ham village then assault ed the lad a second time at the rear of mount joy public school the victim a holiday visitor in town told the police that he did not know his assailant a sum ofmoncy was taken from his pocket he said constables john cooper and donald tiffoli of markham village were called to the scene of the alleged attack and the ar rest followed the case has been turned over to sgt evan kclley of markham township boadway was taken into custody and lodged in the don jail toronto he ap peared in magistrates court richmond hill on tuesday on cone 5 will be auction ed at 130 pm and no 19 on cone 9 will be sold at three oclock the board holds reserve bids on both properties school is sold goodwood the public school at garibaldi cone 2 uxbridge town ship has been sold the owner is mr john hand of etobicokc the purchase price was s8s00 the saie was announced this week by chairman w h harper of the uxbridge area board it is under stood that the building will be made over into a private residence on saturday afternoon two schools in markham tsa 2 will be sold by pub lic auction no 12 school carl eugene boadway stouffville serv ice was conducted wed nesday from the oneill funeral home for mr carl eugene boadway who passed away monday in brierbush hospital he was 73 challenges critics ballantrae trus tee mclvin baker of the whitchurch township public school area board the subject of some criti cism within recent weeks for his handling of a well- drilling project on the grounds of armitagc school lashed back at his critics at a meeting aug ust 28 air baker said that his problem in connection with the armilage well was no different than trus tee wesley brillingers concern over an unsigned bus contract mr brilling- cr had stated earlier that it was difficult to finalize a contract until all routes were known and miles per day calculated i find this case very si milar said mr baker he told the meeting that in connection with the well it was difficult to arrange any contract with the dril ler when it was not known how deep he would have to go to get water i was criticized but i wish to state here and now that my work for this board is subject to any in vestigation for i know that no dishonesty on my part will be found he agreed that mileage estimates be obtained and the bus contract be prepa red nonresident permits buttonville ap plications arc being recei ved for nonresident hunt ing permits in markham township a maximum of 300 will be sold council agreed this week ballantrae mrs irene bacon the lone lady member on the whitchurch public school area board sitfkc out in opposition last week against proceeding with further plans for a new central school with out first acquiring the ap proval of the york county consultative committee mrs bacon said she had opposed the sue on cone 7 and ihc vandorf road from the very first and had since learned thai others shared her views she said that she expected the consulta tive committee would meet gain sept 17 board chairman dr morris smith argued that there was nothing wrong in learning the requirements of ihc proposed school re gardless of where it might be built he said that a speedup in work was needed if the building was to be ready for occupancy by september 1968 he noted that although the site had been questioned there had been little oppos ition to the central school idea mrs bacon said that both the consultative com mittee and the township council had questioned the proposed school site she recommended that the en tire matter be delayed un til a defnite decision on the location was revealed trustee wesley brillin- gcr noted that it the policy of one teacher per grade was continued transporta tion costs within the area would increase a pleasant surprise in color eleven year old reid wcldon son of mr and mrs lloyd weldon stouffville was the winner of a 25- inch electrohome television set friday evening in a lucky draw sponsored by the stouffville branch of the canadian legion he is congratulated here by frank steele legion member staff photo over 100000 ski resort sold glen major the skyloft ski resort near glen major in uxbridge township has been sold the 112 acre recreation centre and lodge has been purchased from mr how ard langcllc of scarboro for an amount in exess of 100000 the new owners arc said to be a group of 63 toronto businessmen the sale was completed through the baskctt and pcgg real estate company of brougham and the bun- garo real estate company of toronto although ihc sile is known to contain huge de posits of gravel the prop erty was not purchased for this purpose the tribune was told at one lime skyloft was one of the most popular ski centres within easy reach of toronto in rec ent years insufficient snow on the slopes prompted metro residents to travel further north or to resorts where snowmaking mach ines arc in operation burned bills worth money gormley the recent fire at the 135 year old farm home of mr and mrs roy brillingcr gormlcy was a costly one but the loss could have been even higher mrs brillingcr told the tribune she said that a consider able amount of money had been left in a pair of pants when found the trousers were burned to a crisp but the bills although badly charred still contained vis ible serial numbers and were negotiable at the bank ignored guard trucker fined 100000 stouffville cement plant to produce 50000 yards yearly country rcadymix a 100000 cement plant project located on hwy 17 west of slouffvillc will service construction sites within a radius of 15 miles the allstcel automatic unit will produc 50000 yards of cement yearly to be hauled by five new tandem- drive trucks of six yards capacity each staff photo 0 v stouffville a zephyr district truck driv er who according to evi dence ignored the posi tion of a lady crossing guard at a school safely zone on main street in stouffville was fined 25 plus 1750 costs in rich mond hill court friday mrs stephen thornhlll testified before magistrate russell pcarsc that she had escorted several chil dren across the highway at orchard park boule vard while others waited at ihc curb she said she saw the truck approaching and held up hcrstop sign but ihc signal was ignored unable to return because of the vehicles speed she said she had no alterna tive but to remain in the centre of the road the guard said that she called to the driver but he never slackened speed she jot ted down the licence num ber slowed down driver roydon lcitch of rr 2 zephyr argued that he did slow his vehicle down as he approached the crossing zone he said that there were no child ren on the walk and he saw no others waiting to cross he said he could see no necessity for bringing his truck to a complete stop magistrate pcarse repri manded the driver for con tinuing on with the guard in full view and her sign raised he registered a conviction on a charge of careless driving and lev ied the fine