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ii largest weekly markham stouffvihe uxbridge i in the district vol 79 no 31 stouffvillemarkhamxfxbridge ont thursday december 27 1967 10 cents news whitchurch i uxbridge markham i pickering gift to senior citizens markham to all children santa claus is a very real and generous friend at markham this friendship was extended to include a number of the towns senior citizens the gift a cheque for 150 was donated by the employees of cheseboroughponds limited to the elderly folk at markhaven rest home on main street the money was used to pur chase a 19 inch black and white portable television set the cheque was receiv ed at markhaven dec 21 the tv was delivered on saturday we were to use the money for any worthwhile purpose said a member of the staff our old tele vision was on its last legs the gift couldnt have come at a better time the residents here were able to watch all the wonderful christmas programs pills lost stouffville a vial containing 30 sleeping pills may have been lost on main street in stouff vihe and police have is sued a warning to all schoolaged children of their danger if consumed physicians have also been notified a customer purchased the barbituates here last week but when he reached home they were missing the druggist from whom the pills were obtained admitted to their potency and said police were wise in taking every precau tion turkey takes flight markham consta ble george anderson of markham township is conducting a private in vestigation into a case of theft although the matter can hardly be considered as private it certainly is personal you see some one stole his christmas turkey pc anderson left the bird on the front porch of his home at 326 main north in markham when he returnedminutes later it was gone leaving nary a pin feather as evidence perhaps his need was greater than mine said officer anderson good na- turedly as he pried open a can of bacon and beans from australia mr and mrs chris has- sell and son antony of sydney australia were surprise visitors at the homes of their parents on christmas day mrs has- sell is the former joyce dewitt of stouffvihe christmas marred by tragedy fires accidents on weekend two performances of childrens show saturday the stouffvihe players christmas pantomime marvello and the magic that will be featured at three performances this week thursday and saturday even ings at 8 pjn and saturday afternoon at two oclock in the auditorium of stouff vihe district secondary school the part of spangle the colorful clown is play ed by frank barker falrvlew avenue staff photo driver killed stouffville the christmas holiday week end was a time of tragedy for several families in the stouffvihe area resulting in two serious fires and many accidents the most serious crash occurred at the intersec- t i o n of cone 6 whit church and the vandorf road friday afternoon a northbound bus from stouffvihe district secon dary school was in col lision with a westbound car the driver of the auto was killed and two pas sengers seriously injured none of the thirteen stu dents on the bus was hurt service was held tues day afternoon from the oneill funeral home stouffvihe for charles dorion 20 of vivian son of mr and mrs michael dorion main street west he died in hospital sev eral hours after the acci dent his brother john david 17 of stouffvihe remains in critical condi tion a companion robert benstead also 17 of bal- lantrae was less seriously injured married and the father of a ninemonth old baby girl the deceased had been employed as a mill operator at consolidated sand and gravel it is be lieved he was on his way to the plant when the ac cident occurred other members of the family in clude a brother ted in toronto and a halfbroth er george dorion of pick ering rev alan borland of stpuffville united conduc ted the service at 2 pm with interment stouffville cemetery crash in fog stouffville the worst driving conditions of the winter plagued motor ists dec 18 when dense fog reduced visibility to less than ten feet there were many acci dents in the area caused by the weather including one serious collision on highway 47 north of stouffville injured were both drivers leslie ben nett 71 of lindsay and joseph herman 47 of toronto mr bennett suffered in jury to his face mr her man suffered a fractured arm the cars hit headon the accident was inves tigated by constable ray buckland ontario provin cial police oak ridges aided injured police praise teen girl stouffville whit church township police have praised the first aid assistance rendered by a grade 13 student of stouff ville district secondary school at the scene of a buscar crash friday that took the life of one young man and seriously injured two others sgt fred crawford said that when the first officer arrived he found a teenage girl ap plying pressure bandages to the heads of the victims assisted by two boys m i saw the cat coming and i knew we were going to crash susan told the tribune she said that the bus driver donald hunter made every effort to avoid the auto and still miss a hydro pole on one corner of the intersection as a member of the stouffville rangers susan completed her st john ambulance course and passed the tests provided by deputy police chief robert hood of markham township actually ive never done more than re move a sliver she admit ted modestly but it gave me a feeling of self con fidence she said that there was no panic among the thir teen passengers on the bus and most remained on board until another arriv ed to take them home leading lady a twonight presenta tion of the sound of music by students of st marks school stouffville was well attended the leading lady in the produc tion was 13 year old deb bie hunt of grade 8 stamp sales soar stouffville the practice of sending christ mas cards to family friends and relatives is an ageold custom and accor ding to stamp sales in stouffville there is no in dication that it is going out of style in fact the practice here appears to be gaining in popularity postmaster jack sand ers reported this week that sales of three cent stamps reached a record 142500 a seasonal in crease of 7000 at the stouffville office a peak day never really arrived but instead was spread over a longer per iod to cope with the distri bution of cards and par cels six additional em ployees were required in cluding mrs muriel tun- ney mrs mary geertsma mrs erla malloy sharon lintner john grimas and allan zeller stray parcel stouffville the stouffville post office has a christmas parcel in the found department that carries no address its only identification is con- tained in the two names to ada from tena the sender may claim the article from the post master jack sanders cottage destroyed musselmans lake for mr and mrs thomas forshaw and son tommy 3 of musselmans lake the future looked pretty bleak saturday afternoon when they returned to their rented cottage to find the interior and all its contents destroyed by fire with no home and no insurance they hardly knew which way to turn but the word of their loss soon spread the family soon learned the true mea ning of the christmas spi rit mr and mrs kim rog ers and mr and mrs vera davies sponsored a lucky draw among 200 dance pa trons at cedar beach and raised 155 whitchurch police accepted calls from dozens of people with of fers of toys and clothing radio station chum broadcast an appeal and donors responded by the hundreds neighbors mr and mrs walter pascoe opened their home to the family on christmas day and michael colford of oak ridges offered them a fullyfurnished cottage until they had time to find a more permanent resid ence service clubs in the area also came to the cou ples aid contacted sunday by the tribune tom and brenda were at a loss for words to express their ap preciation natives qf liv erpool england they came to the lake 1 years ago they were not home when the fire broke out only recently they had redecorated the cot tage and purchased new furniture it was an aw ful shock mr forshaw said but it could have been worse the fire might have started while we were asleep the cause of the blaze was not immediately known canada medal stouffville the council of the village of stouffville has been re quested by the secretary of the cabinet to recom mend the name of a local citizen who over the years has contributed to the bsnefit of the community the individual selected will be eligible for a can ada medal members will consider the request when council reconvenes in 1968 in night attire couple flee burning home stouffville an elderly whitchurch town ship couple was forced to flee from their burning home early tuesday mor ning when fire broke out in the basement of the brick bungalow mr and mrs joseph patterson clad only in their night attire and bare foot fled into ankledeep snow and nearzero tem peratures before leaving the house mrs patterson had only enough time to call the longdistance op erator and give the loca tion of the blaze one mile north of ringwood stouff ville firemen answered the alarm mrs patterson said that she awoke just before 6 am and smclled smoke she said that the upstairs floor was already quite hfit she called her hus band luckily he heard me she said if he had not i would never have found him the smoke was so thick mrs patterson ran to the home of neighbors ralph and joe marcclli to summon aid they re sponded quickly they took the couple in then returned but were forced back by the smoke the brigade was able to bring the blaze under control damage has been estima ted at 600000 due to a basement fire wall the blaze was con fined to one section of the house smoke damage was quite extensive and a por tion of the hallway floor was badly scorched mrs patterson praised the assistance of her nei ghbors ralph and joe marcclli without them we would have perished she said overseas trip for markham student writes susan sherwood the identity of the stud ents was later learned to be susan sherwood of dicksons hill thomas samolczyk and geoffrey prescott both of whit church charles dorion 20 of vivian the driver of the car died later in hospital his brother john david 17 of stouffville remains in critical condition while a companion robert ben- stead also 17 of ballan- trae is reported to be out of danger she showed absolutely no thought of herself she had used her own coat to comfort one of the injured and was blue with cold she deserves a lot of cre dit said sgt crawford constable heppcll loaned her his jacket until am bulances arrived prize essay thirteen year old susan neely sherwood forest drive markham has won an expensepaid trip for two to great britain her entry in the telegrams after four essay contest was judged best of all received susan will be accompanied by her mother staff photo markham as a pu pil in grade 8 at franklin public school susan neely sherwood forest drive won awards in ora tory mow thirteen and in grade 9 susan has turned her talents to writing it has won her an even more enviable prize an ex pensepaid trip via boac to the british isles her travelling companion will be her mother mrs lois neely last fall the after four section of the telegram sponsored an essay con test the subject in 50 words or less was why id like to vacation in brit ain susan submitted an entry out of the hund reds received susans was judged the best the neely family enjoy travelling but for susan and her mother it will be their very first trip over seas they will leave mal- ton some time during the summer vacation period although still six months away both arc already very excited about it all and no wonder mr james coates dedicated member of baptist church claremont mrs james coates the former ethel may tindall passed away at the claremont villa dec 24 she was born at cone 3 uxbridge in 1883 the daughter of william h tindall and isabella e wallace mrs jim coates in 1911 she married j h coates mr and mrs coates farmed for thirty- nine years on the town- line in pickering town ship it was during this time that she kept spac ious lawns surrounded by beautiful flowers and shrubs they then retired in claremont in march 1961 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary mr coates predeceased his wife in 1962 she had one brother melvin who died in 1937 surviving mrs coates are a sisterinlaw mrs mable tindall of altona three nieces mrs stanley ree- sor of claremont mrs joe symes and mrs ayl- mer carter of stouffville and two nephews mr harry tindall of altona and mr murray tindall of sandford a third ne phew mr roy tindall of stouffville died in 1966 mrs coates was a mem ber of claremont baptist church for 51 years she was a choir member taught sunday school and was president and secre tary of the mission circle the funeral service was held in the claremont baptist church dec 27 at 2 pm conducted by dr h s hillyer the pallbearers were will coates dave coates bert tindall reuben tin dall cecil tindall and jimmy tindall interment was in clare mont union cemetery favor survey on almalgamation of police forces stouffville stouffville council of 1967 has endorsed a resolution in favor of a survey within the southern six munici palities to learn the ben efits if any of amalgama ting the police forces into one functional depart ment the recommendation approved by the police commission of the town ship of markham would confine the study to rich mond hill markham vil lage stouffville wood- bridge vaughan and markham townships the main object of the survey would be to learn if by combining the forces a cost reduction in overall operations could result at the present time each of these towns and town ships has its own police department and although they work closely together the cost is borne by the municipalities separately while not voicing any objection to the markham resolution deputyreeve bill parsons suggested that the survey should in clude all and not just part of the county similar to the proposals on educa tion praise for police vandorf the effi ciency of the whitchurch townshio police depart ment was noted by reeve ross farquharson at coun cils yearend meeting with all members present addressing the chief fred mason mr farquhar son said that he had shown the council excellent co- operation during 1967 and he was sure that it would continue he suggested that the entire force de served the respect of ev ery citizen chief mason said that the same kind of coopera tion had always been shown to him he noted that the morale of person nel within the force was high a new police agreement will be dealt with by the council of 1988 the pres ent contract expires dee 31 ss50sss05s5sw5sftwsbss055 jr hockey haliburton here new years day g stoufjk ville the largest hockey crowd of the season is expected for the jun- fi i ior game on new years day jan 1 hali- burton will be the visitors game time is 2 p pm ft p this contest an annual sports feature here g attracted more than 500 fans to the arena last g year a between the second and third periods a p draw will be made and some lucky ticket- holder will win a 12hp cadet snowmobile valued at over 800