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fourteen pages two sections famffttille 3150 copies vol 62 no 9 the tribune stouffville ont june 23 isiol gormley man killed in motor crash son of weilknown auctioneer seriously in ured in same crash on whitchurch road douglas steckley 23 son of mr and mrs clarence steckley gorm- ley was instantly killed early mon day evening on the whitchurch sideroad near gormley village a headon collision between a car and a light truck was responsible for the fatality and sent four others to hospital one of them being paul farmer 17 son of a s farmer wellknown auctioneer steckley was thrown clear of the wreckage his body being found on the side of the road his neck was broken police using crowbars pried the driver of the car ross leitch 25 of toronto from the twisted wreck and he was removed to newmarket hospital in serious condition two hitchhikers riding in the leitch car were thrown into a ditch and were also removed to hospital in a dazed condition they were raymond vanmook and mur ray phillips of newmarket and they were both released after treat ment paul farmer driver of the truck was rushed to the brierbush hos pital stouffville by his father he is suffering from badly cut knees abrasions and concussion provincial constable houlds worth was told by leitch that he failed to see the oncoming truck as he and steckley were driving to wilcox lake for a swim the crash occurred only a short distance from the steckley home first aid at the scene was given by pc swinghammer dr d hutchins of aurora attended the injured at the scene dr g w williams coroner pronounced steckley dead lions spent over 1400 on young peoples work here stouffville lions club which is sponsoring their annual street carnival and dance next wednes day night here june 27th have expended some 1400 in work of various kinds among local young people in the past year for boys and girls work such as sponsoring of minor hockey teams work in the community centre and camp nearly 1100 was spent welfare work such as eye glasses and hospital care required another 250 in addition to these an incubator was placed in the local hospital and prizes were pro vided for an oratorical contest for local high school students it is for such work that the lions are seeking support for their big carnival night here on wed nesday no changes in charges for local mennonite ministers the three ministers at present serving the pastorates of the united missionary church in alt joy gormley and stouffville will all remain on their charges for another term according to the report from the annual ontario united missionary church confer ence held last week at stayner rev h s hallman is entering his sixth term in stouffville officers elected at the conference included rev p g lehman district super intendent rev l k sideri vice supt of interest to stouffville resi dents is the report that rev h boadway who has been serving a mennonite congregation in lis- towel will go to toronto to the grace chapel church rev harold boadway is a son of mr and mrs paul boadway of stouffville outstanding at the conference was the discussion on extension work which is being pushed to the fullest extent in many new fields of interest locally is the purchase of a new site for a church in the lansing area and a new sunday school at wilson heights all churches in the conference reported an alltime high in offer ings both in church and sunday school the largest increase in church membership in more than 20 years was also recorded at this 68th annual convention actual net increase after making all deduc tions for death and other removals was almost three percent of the total membership rev p g lehman reelected superintendent expressed gratitude for the spirit of evangelism and expansion pervading the church lie challenged the denomination to live up to its name and be both united and missionary during the coming year ordained at the services were rev howard shantz petrolia for merly of kitchener and rev don ald pugh aylmer rev henry good was elected provincial superintendent of young peoples societies with rev frank huson toronto director of sun day schools sunday schools recorded an 11 per cent gain in attendance over the past year new mower keeps park in fine shape here is the new tractor- driven mower recently put into service in the town park by the stouffville community centre board the massey- harris tractor drives three mowers mounted just back of the front wheels they are hydraulically controlled and the entire three can be easily raised by the operator with the touch of a levei mr bert batt park caretaker who operates the machine is seen here pre paring to go to work on the parks ten acres of lawns the photo by cadieux new outfit is also used by the stouffville cemetery commis sion and it is planned to do some snowplowing with the tractor in the winter months the cost of the tractor and mowers was 1450 mr and mrs chadwick of stouff ville have left on an extended trip to england mr jack smits mr chadwicks partner in business here is already in europe on holi day and the two couples plan to meet in england before returning beautiful flower display in local societys june show over one hundred entries of iris peony and lily blooms along with many other varieties of summer flowers made a beautjfully coloured display in the united church base ment last monday evening at the local horticultural societys annual june flower show mrs win tim bers vicepresident was in charge of the meeting which was opened with the theme song followed by a duet by mrs storey and mrs nigh mr jos tiffon district director explained the reasons for the judge- decision mrs storey and mrs nigh offered another duet after which mr geo lumis of tor onto showed pictures on colour in the garden the list of prize winners is as follows iris one spike miss jean pipher mrs harold dixon mrs win timbers iris thre spikes mrs a farthing mrs timbers miss pipher lily one stem no first mrs percy stover mrs tim bers peony one pink or white mrs timbers miss pipher mrs f osterdahl peony three pink or white miss eva hoover mrs herb wideman mrs timbers mrs rid- out peony one rose or red mrs timbers miss pipher mrs stover peony three rose or red mrs timbers mrs wideman mrs dixon peony aov three mrs stover miss m mertens lupins bouquet or basket mrs wideman pyrethrum bouquet or basket mrs timbers mrs farthing lupins basket aov miss pipher basket mixed flowers mrs farthing miss pipher mrs timbers basket shrubs mrs archie campbell mrs timbers bouquet for childs room mrs g thomas miss mertens mrs d middleton pansy arrangement mrs thomas mrs e baker miss mertens arrangement of white flowers in a white container mrs farthing mrs stover mrs dixon mantle arrangement mrs camp bell mrs osterdahl miss mertens arrangement with oriental poppies mrs timbers mrs j ridout mrs alex ratclift bouquet in vase 2colour miss mertens mrs f wagg mrs ratclift arrangement with yellow roses mrs roy mover dining table centre mrs campbell miss pipher mrs stover miniature bouquet mrs farthing mrs campbell mr m dunkeld miniature arrangement mrs campbell mixed bouquets for new comers petra osterdahl will check indiscriminate shooting in markham township as the second clause in a brief presented by the four ratepayers association in the 1st concession of markham township residents deplored the dangerous shooting which is said to go on weekly particularly on sundays in this area that should certainly be stopped before somebody gets killed theres too many houses getting in there now commented councillor hooper we might establish a game preserve there or make it a restricted area other clauses in the brief from the ratepayers included enforce ment of the bylaw governing the setting out of grass fires explana tion of the expenditure of monies received from the sale of retired equipment of the north york rail way they also asked for thirty mile an hour speed zones on cer tain subdivisions faye rusnell a consistent winner faye rusnell daughter of mr and mrs ken rusnell and grand daughter of ira rusnell stouft- ville and herb ferriei lincoln- ville is a consistent winner in horse show competitions at the gait show on saturday faye won first prize in the junior riding competition second in saddle pony second in childrens harness pony class and third in single shetland harness pony class recently at the aurora show she stood first in the junior equitation class on aghavrin owned by mrs h a robinson newmarket and was awarded the mrs sam jarvis trophy four escape as car crashes freight at fatal gormley crossing movement underway to peti tion for wigwag or signal lights four toronto young people narrowly escaped fatal injury on saturday night when their car was struck by a freight train at the gormley crossing where only a few weeks ago rev a t good ing postman was killed we understand that a movement is on foot to petition the transport board for the erection of warning lights at this crossing karl markle 20 told the press that ho twisted the wheel in a desperate effort to avoid hitting the train but found himself too close and the car was flung aside with a terrific crash however the machine remained upright and no one was seriously injured save for a bad shaking up norma hill is arlene ellis 15 and lois noble 17 were the other passengers in the car markle told police he was return ing from a swimming party at musselmans lake engagement mr and mrs edgar 1 stickley announce the engagement of their eldest daughter dorothy pearl to mr paul james bossert son of mr and mrs- e c bossert of buffalo marriage to take place july 11 in brethren in christ church gorm- iev at 12 oclock victim of 8th cone crash died on sunday robert calaback 18 of toronto victim of a motor crash on the 8th eon of markham on may 19th passed away in hospital on sunday the accident occurred opposite the wm risebrough farm just south of dicksons hill the car in which calaback was a passenger swerved to avoid hitting a parked truck and careened into the ditch the parked truck involved in the accident had been stolen and aban doned on the sth harry brown driver of the car received severe head and chest injuries but is on the road to recovery mrs s craig of detroit has been visiting her aunt and uncle mr and mrs leslie hodgson i pop obrien native son honored on 90th birthday a dinner party was held at the j home of mr and mrs theodore jnickerson mill hill road east j harvviek in honor of mrs nicker- i sons father e a obrien on his 90th birthday mr obrien is better known as pop to the townfolks he is well known for his home made chicken pies and also for his paintings mr obrien was the recipient of two birthday cakes made by his daughters mrs george nickerson presented him with a cake made in the shape of a jiook happy birthday love to dad was written on one page and on the opposite page 90 edmund a obrien born in stouffville may 20 1861 a surprise birthday greenback card shower was given pop in the evening at his home in dennisport pop obrien is holding one of his many paintings at his home on division street in dennisport he has been painting for two years although he did several oils fifty years ago his collection is an interesting one and he feels that grandma moses has nothing on him he enjoys good health and during the summer months he will be seen at his stand selling his famous chicken pies in dennisport in his youth he worked as a prin ters devil on a weekly newspaper in uxbridge he likes meeting people and attributes his active life to his many interests and always keeping busy protests erection of abattoir before markham tp council mr roy switzer of london motored down on monday to spend a few days with mr and mrs charles tindall later they travell ed to oshawa to call on mr tin- cialls nephew mr cecil tindall olyaitkmont graduate well try to stop you if we can was the parting remark from s j gadsby owner of the former brodie property at the corner of the 2nd concession of markham and the wfiitchurchmarkham town line mr gadsby who appeared be fore markham township council on monday evening had reference to the erection of an abattoir on a lot purchased by mr newton from the chas hoover property which is some half mile east of the 2nd con dont you think you should have asked the people before you went ahead and allowed a thing like that to be built asked mr gadsby it appeared that a building per mit had been given by the building inspector ross norton and per mission to sell the one acre parcel of land had been given by council under certain provisions including consent of the health unit inspec tors and tenfoot power line strip however mr gadsby took grave exception to the fact that the approval had so far not been asked of the york county planning board which must pass on all such sales well we better send it off to morrow but i can tell you they wont turn it down they dont very often go against the recommenda tion of the municipality declared councillor chas hooper j we want industry in this town- 1 ship declared reeve win tim bers youll lose more by having this industry that youll ever gain from it replied mr gadsby this was a place for fine homes and we were there first mr gadsby continually repeated his claim that the sale of oneacre land parcels was not permissable under the town planning bylaw which he contended markham township had subscribed to we will consent to them under certain conditions replied deputy- reeve rumney ive got a slaughter house right across the road from my house and dont have any trouble stated councillor w l clark thats alright theres a place for such things and theres a place for homes continued mr gadsby none of my neighbors like it either but i had to be the goat and come here and i havent learned a thing he said its not too late to stop this thing yet and we will if we can concluded mr gadsby as he left the council chambers abruptly i c elliott was given permission for the sale of a parcel of land part of lot 15 on the sth con two new homes valued at approximately 16000 each are to be erected on the property mr and mrs richard eaton of buffalo and canfield were recent guests of mr and mrs john scott philip j dowling 21-year- old son of mr and mrs v c dowling claremont recent graduate in the faculty of applied science civil engi neer and winner of the public speaking prize given by the canadian contractors associa tion horse show promises to be a feature summer event the stouftville horse show scheduled for saturday july 7th is promising to he a feature event of this summer season prepara tions are continuing and a host of fine entries are being lined up a program of some thirty pages is now being prepared with nine classes concession space is being sold to local business people with harold morden in charge an added event will be a demonstration of the hounds working by members of the eglinton hunt club the entire show is being spon sored by the stouffville legion under the chairmanship of dr neil smith the event will be staged in the lower park just south of burk- holder st where some five acres of green afford a fine location another added attraction details of which are not yet complete will be a softball tournament provisioas are being made for seating accom modation at the show ring and for those who wish to bring their cars into the grounds and watch the events from that vantage point gormley wi sponsors free chest xray the gage institute chest clinic operated by the national sanitar ium association and sponsored by the gormley wi is providing free miniature chest xray to residents of gormley and the surrounding district here is an opportunity for all the members of your household 12 years and over to obtain an xray of their lungs for the purpose of general health and particu larly for the prevention of tuber culosis children may be admitted from 6 to 12 years if accompanied by an adult this mobile unit will be station ed near the gormley post office on june 2sth and will be operated from 2 to 9 pm please wear simple garments that are free from metallic objects over the chest a chest xray takes only a minute it may save your life