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lady dies in bloomington crash daughter first at scene bloomington a wrecked car an overturn ed truck and a distraught daughter kneeling beside the still form of her mo ther such was the sick ening sight as police ar rived at the scene of a tra gic twovehicle crash on cone 9 whitchurch at bloomington killed almost instantly was mrs alvin cowie 78 of rr 2 stouffville she was a passenger in a north bound 1953 model car dri ven by her husband mr cowie 79 was admitted to york county hospital at newmarket with a broken right shoulder head and face lacerations both were thrown from the au to that was hit broadside by a nearlynew gravel truck owned and driven by george harvie rr 1 goodwood the truck westbound and fully load ed overturned as the driver cramped the wheels sharply in an effort to avoid the car mr harvie suffered only minor injur ies but his transport was wrecked three eyewit nesses were able to pro vide police with an accur ate description of what happened mrs cowie was well known and highly respect ed in the community and only recently the couple celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary sur viving are three sons fred of hearst walter of rr 3 newmarket clarence of hanover and two daugh ters hazel mrs ernest canning of agincourt and norma mrs robert her bert of bloomington service was conducted from the oneill funeral home stouffville on mon day afternoon with rev r l langford in charge interment was in stouff ville cemetery the pall bearers were kenneth tranmer murray ramer max sooley donald bur rows maitland burrows and vernon davies auto centre markham an area on the north side of no 7 highway in markham village is rapidly develop ing into a golden mile of auto service centres a permit has been is sued for the erection of a 13000 square foot build ing for volkswagen sales and service others al ready there are mark- ham chryslerdodge con- lin motors and talpark motors parkview home addition stoijffvtllf with nnnrovnl from the ontario diminrtrwnf of health construction will be start ed on a now lobed winn lo the parkview sr citi zens home in stouffville the added accommoda tion will be for bed pa tients and will extend to the north of the main buildinc- the nrojecl has been ap proved bv the executive committee a distraught daughter cries over the still form of her mother while another lady offers sympathy at the scene of tragic cartruck accident at bloomington in whit church township killed was mrs alvin cowie of musseimans lake her daughter mrs norma herbert resides close to the intersection where the crash occurred staff photo markham township petition urges end to liquor drought markham twp markham township coun cil has received a petition signed by eight business men in the municipality calling for a plebiscite to permit the serving of bev erages in both cocktail and dining lounges the local option bylaw has been in force in the township for 62 years the applicants include the copper kettle thorn- hill bert turcottes flyin golf course buttonville c q mcquillan of golf leaseholders limited buttonwood golf club summitview gardens res taurant unionville fair ways hengran develop ment limited unionville and the halfway house victoria square the petition points out that neighboring munici palities have such out lets and businesses in markham have suffered because this service can not be provided a liquor plebiscite was held in the township six years ago but failed to gain the required 60 per cent to repeal the bylaw urge action on museum markham mark ham village councillor douglas allison has called for immediate action on the purchase of the form er mt joy public school so that it may be preserv ed for a future museum site councillor allison is in agreement that the village should cooperate with markham township and split the s25000 purchase price if we dont buy it someone else will he said councillor lloyd aber- nethy argued that the ex isting school boards should acquire the proper ty and not the municipal ity reeve alma walker re commended that represen tatives of the markham- unionville lions club the village and township councils meet jointly to discuss the project the meeting will be held at buttonville monday fire chief resigns markham fire chief charles hoover of markham village has re signed the resignation was contained in a letter to council but no reasons were given it was accept ed with regret mr hoover a member of the brigade for 17 years was appointed markhams first fulltime chief jan 1 1968 councillor rod stewart chairman of the fire com mittee said that a meet ing had been held to dis cuss a replacement but nothing definite had been finalized one interoffice position has been filled mr rich ard black has been hired as deputyclerk at a start ing salary of 5500 he will serve as an assistant to the present clerk mr howard graham free concert cedar beach the awakeners choir of bel fast ireland will present a free openair concert at cedar beach musseimans lake saturday pickering grader toppled by gravel truck vol 80 no 7 stouffvillkmarkhamuxbridge oxt thursday july 18 1968 1c cents recommend gravel companies assist in road maintenance check on tax return j beer raid whitchurch twp increased main tenance costs on the bloomington sideroad west of highway 48 has prompted whitchurch coun cillor norman barnard to suggest that gravel companies located within the township assist in the upkeep of routes heavily travelled by trucks the recommendation by no means new in whitchurch was reintroduced by councillor bar nard at a meeting july 9 he urged that repre sentatives of council and the gravel firms meet to establish a cooperative maintenance program the discussion occurred after councillor bar nard said he had received a letter from a resident at rr 2 stouffville complaining about the con dition of the bloomington road the man said that his car had been damaged to the extent of 200 and both he and his wife had lost their jobs in toronto for failing to arrive at work on time the letter was in reply to an earlier recommen dation by councillor barnard suggesting that only limited work be done on the bloomington road since it was used extensively by gravel trucks and was soon slated for reconstruction by the county reeve stewart burnett spoke in defence of the gravel companies saying that many loads of fill had been supplied by these firms in an effort to improve conditions he said too that an earlier appeal by council to the department of high ways has resulted in the toronto and york roads commission assuming the bloomington road from lincolnville west he noted that further work west from highwav 48 would not be started until 1969 councillor bob lewis urged a closer check into the operation of the gravel industry in whitchurch to learn the amount of tax gain to the township the number of trucks hauling from township pits and the amount of the license paid by each pickering twp to thirsty beerlovers the con fiscation of a mans total suds supply during the current brewery strike would be like draining a travellers last thermos of water onto the desert such was the fate of lloyd mar co station road picker ing pickering township po lice raided the marco resi dence and seized 200 pints and 12 quarts of various brands the alleged owner has been charged with trans porting beer from quebec into ontario collect 3000 whitchurch twp more than 3000 was rais ed for the wife and fam ily of whitchurch police constable gerry mills killed while investigating an accident on don mills road mr gerald pegg 23 baker avenue stouffville has been appointed sec retarytreasurer of the public utilities commis sion- a graduate of the university of toronto he fills the position made vacant following the resig nation of norman baker bell prepared to give added service sets style trend york centre while prime minister trudeau may be a style- setter in the federal field hes got nothing on the provincial mem ber from york centre donald deacon o i unionville mr deacon apeared in the ontario legis lature recently wearing his customary pair of plaid bermuda shorts it created a stir in the house and sent the speaker delving into the dusty bylaw books on appropriate apparel it is now apparent that mr deacon has proved his point- for not only are bermuda shorts ac ceptable but shirt sleeves as well horse bolts ring markham in spite of efforts by its drivers to hold on one of four horses in the english pleasure class bolted from the show ring saturday as spectators scattered for safety in all directions badu owned by laurie mcculloch of rr 3 osh- awa and driven by harvey ambrose had completed a near flawless performance when it became frightened and broke free of its hand- lers the horse raced into an open area of the fair grounds shattered a shaft on the buggy and stripped its harness the animal was finally corraled by its owner but not before the man was knocked to the ground as he clung to the halter aside from a kick in the shins and damaged pride the driver escaped injury his only comment as he surveyed the remains of his fourwheeled rig i think weve been disquali fied it was the only incident to mar an otherwise very successful seventh annual markham all arabian show the president for 1968 is mrs jocelyn nu gent rr 1 peterboro cool off stouffville attendance at the stouff ville community swim ming pool sunday set an alltime record according to manager a h williams art contest stouffville your attention is drawn to the 2color advertisement on the back page of this issue announcing a childrens drawing contest being sponsored by the merch ants in the stouffville plaza all entries will be displayed in the store win dows and the judging will take place on july 27 wins 1000 stouffville a stouffville man hit the jackpot friday night in the kinvestment lucky draw sponsored by the kinsmen club and held at the legion hall bill mceachern a driver for vachon cakes limited was the win ner of 1000 jerry foley fairview avenue sold him the ticket although not present to claim his prize he soon learned the good news mr mceachern resides at the home of mrs robert ratcliff lloyd avenue stouffville last fall a meeting was held in stouffville dist secondary school in which members of the public were invited to hear a bell telephone representative discuss the longdistance call system at the conclusion the bell co was requested to make a survey of long dis tance calls made r stouffville to specified areas since that time the company have been re cording these calls by com puter and last week re leased their findings the percent of stouff ville subscribers 640 call ing agincourt 33 ux- bridge 22 newmarket 212 mount albert 155 richmond hill 151 aurora 128 thornhill 125 oak ridges 51 and ajax- pickering 46 a sur vey was also made of these places calling subscribers in stouffville and their findings were agincourt 64 uxbridge 324 newmarket 85 mount albert 313 richmond hill 64 aurora 66 thornhill 44 oak rid ges 91 and ajax- pickering 27 this week the tribune was contacted by mr kim rogers president of erie manufacturing co ltd who stated that from the survey the bell telephone company felt that an ex tended area service was feasible gordon wans- brough manager of the commercial branch of the bethesda gormley mark- hamstouffville exchange reported that the next step would be to visit each municipality and make a survey with the subscrib ers this could only be done at the request of council- whitchurch town ship council has already expressed agreement what will its cost be to a subscriber to have the ex tended service by dec ember 1968 it is estimated that there will be 3424 phones on the 640 ex change having the ex tended service a subscrib er would be able to call 119860 subscribers in other areas mentioned in the survey the cost business line 1370 pri vate 530 twoparty line 410 and a multiple line 365 if this service was put in by 1970 a subscriber would be able to call 149- 118 phones in the same area want kennel court costs whitchurch twp the council of the town ship of whitchurch will press for payment of legal costs against mrs suzanne janda rr 2 stouffville following the success of an appeal in a kennel bylaw case heard in toronto the amount of the ac count is 657 township solicitor ian m rogers informed coun cil that payment had been refused on the understand ing that the municipality did not plan to collect the account members denied that the townships share of costs had been waived no rubber stamp for chiefcouncillor markham a recom mendation by police com mittee chairman lloyd ab- ernethy that a sixth officer be added to the markham village force met strong opposition from council lor douglas allison and was eventually rejected on a 32 recorded vote councillor allison said he had read the letter from police chief white but was not impressed with the suggestion that another man was needed we are not a rubber stamp for chief white we are not required to act on the chiefs whims if he can show me where his constables arc at various times of the day and that the radar is in operation for ten hours every day then i might agree councillor abernethy argued that on saturday an officer was called to an accident on highway 7 and had to lock the office door when the chief of a police department makes such a request and is turn ed down it is in effect a motion of nonconfidence in the department head said councillor rod stew art reeve alma walker sug gested that further consid eration be given to the hir ing of a police cadet a pickering township road grader lies upside down in a ditch following a collision with a gravel truck on the brock road north of brougham the grader operator gordon lynde of claremont escaped serious injury although the cab of his machine was badly crushed staff photo operator escapes from crushed cab claremont gordon hank lynde of claremont has been driving road graders for the township of pickering since 1948 with never a serious accident this record ran out on friday and hes lucky to be alive his big 15 ton dicscl- powcrcd champion was struck from the rear by a northbound ford 850 gravel truck at the intersection of the brock road and concession 7 one mile north of brougham the impact shunted the grader about twenty feet and it overturned in the ditch mr lynde although stunned was able to crawl out of the crushed cab and was taken by private car to the ajaxpickcring hospital he was released three hours later but will still require skin graft treatment for injuries suffered to one hand the truck driver richard puckrin of ajax was not hurt damage to his vehicle was estima ted at 1000 the area around the road grader was drenched with fuel oil and although fire broke out around the motor it was quickly extinguished the ma chine was purchased in may 1967