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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 23, 1954, p. 1

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dkiite fuh page of classified advts on page twelve ttel as xo i the tribune stouffyilue thwssoat september 38 1054 twelve pages stouffville red sox tricounty league champions intersection accidents heard in local court its just one more intersec tion accident that need no have happened stated judge shea at a court hearing held in stouffville on thursday morn ing the accident which oc curred in markham village at loaded gravel truck overturns driver injured mr kilo begiacomo 74 cres cent drive xewtonbrook suff ered a fifteen stitch gash in his forehead a bruised back and a scraped arm when his loaded grave truck overturned on the sth concession of markham on the corner of main street and tuesday morning the vehicle wilson street on june 18 1953 went out o control when it involved miss alia zellers of skidded on the slippery pave- siourtville the plaintiff and mem the driver was taken to mr murray patterson 19 ofjdr scott of markham and on monday night stouff ville red sox retained the tricounty league cham pionship by beating sutton 82 they took the series three games to one pictured above are members of the club back row left to right ted cadieux mgr lloyd jen nings derek chadwick bud lehman ken schell les clark front row lome schell allan edgar lou raxlin hal gibson and walt smith coach bob hassard and ken wagg are missing youth is accidentally shot in freak accident donald goudie 19 son of mr and mrs fletcher goudie of altona was rushed to the to ronto east general hospital by boat truck and automobile following a hunting mishap near sturgeon falls on mon day goudie was hunting with a friend ron dinel of stouff ville when the latters gun acci dentally discharged and fired eighteen pellets into goudies legs unable to walk dunnell carried the injured youth for a considerable distance then took- him by boat and truck to a hospital in sturgeon falls due to a power failure doctors could not provide xray services dunnell then drove his hunting partner over 200 milesto stou ffville by truck where he was taken to the toronto east gen eral hospital by car according to doctors at the hospital the pellets were quite deeply embedded in the youths legs the gun discharged at elose range recent visitors with mrs ohas tindall harold street were mr and mrs merle mintz and joan of toronto mr and mrs cecil tindall of oshawa and miss elda kennedy of ux- bridge births grainger mr and mrs john grainger of stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their daughter pa tricia louise a baby sister for barbara and drow on sept is 1954 at the brierbush hospital mills imr and mrs howard mills nee joyce mccullough of stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their son donald george on sept 19 191 at the brierbush hospital a baby brother for sandra ballantrae corner collision brings fine lambert peterson charged in york county court at new market with making a left- hand turn without giving pro per signals paid a 1000 fine going south on highway 48 at ballantrae at 640 pm on aug 9th he it is alleged made an improper left hand turn in front of a gravel truck driven by morris morton of mount albert morton said he was re turning with an empty truck when peterson without any signal turned into the ballan trae road he made the turn without coming to a stop i was doing about ten miles an hour when i hit him police testi fied that the truck made a skid mark of 63 ft when he applied his brakes in an effort to stop a passenger in the peterson car mr a chase of stouffville testified that mr peterson did come to a stop before making the turn mr chase suffered bruises and lacerations in the acoident and was unconscious magistrate hpllinrake commen ted seventy percent of ontario drivers have r idea 5f how to make a left hvnd turn regu lations say a 10ft turn may be made only vvnen oncoming traffic has a cuance to stop on this highwajj at ballantrae trucks travel constantly speed limit is fifty miles an hour it is time the authorities took some action to reduce the speed limit on the sth concession be fore some one is killed rev douglas davis wtll be the guest speaker at the regu lar meeting of the stouffville lions club at the public sohool wm dougherty was keep markham tinsmith 46 years william dougherty long standing resident of stouffville and tinsmith here for fortysix years passed away at his home here on monday he was in his 85th year and had not been in the best of health since june born in whitchurch township william dougherty moved to stouffville fortyseven years ago his long period of service at the tinsmith trade was pent in the silvester brathwaite and agnew hardwares mr dougherty was 84 when he fin ally laid down his tools he was a son of the late john and el len dougherty in addition to being practi cally a lifelong tinsmith the late mr dougherty led the stouffville band for many years he was very musically inclined and played the cornet he was a member of the odd fellows lodge here since 1909 and was identified with the christian church his wife the former alleda russell whom he married 11 years ago survives him as well as one brother james of fort francis the funeral on wednesday afternoon was conducted from oneills funeral chapel by rev gibson brown and rev e morton pallbearers were reg stouffer f l button guy rutledge walter davis walter pipher and aubrey spang in terment was made in the stou ffville cemetery mr bruce winterstein re turned home late last week from a business trip to de- moines iowa he left malum by tca and later travelled by united air lines to cedar rapids iowa where he visited a huge steel plant in that city during the trip he travelled 2400 miles by air building this coming monday night at 730 heading for world plowing match oui of metro warns scarboro reeve were losing our shirt stated scarboro reeve oliver crockford be sure and keep markham township out these were the closing words directed to markham twp reeve alf lemasurier in ref erence to the metropolitan government and its influence in scarboro reeve crockford spoke at a meeting of the markham twp property own ers association held at cherry hill farm unionville on tues day night i reeve crockford pointed out various instances where the tax burden was becoming in creasingly heavy for scar boro iesidentssincethemetro council was organized he said the education costs alone had risen 15 mills since 1953 for primary and secondary schools while provincial govt grants had decreased 6 the situation is tragic ex claimed the scarboro reeve i wonder where this metro influence will end a few million dollars means nothing to them continued the reeve but the burden is falling on the taxpayers reeve crockford stated that the metro govt wanted to take over all policing and fire con trol as well as collecting lic ense fees we dont want any part of it he said reeve crockford said he be lieved that scarboros tax bur den would be a boon to devel opment in markham he said that industries would soon be unable to operate due to in creased land assessments and would seek other localities he iointed out however that wa ter and a sewerage disposal plant were necessary for indus trial development on the subject of water reeve crockford suggested that if water was not available from scarboro steps should be tak en to secure it from lake on tario it wont cost the taxpayers of markham a cent said the reeie just add the cost of the project to the price of the land and let the new industries and subdivisions pay for the service returning to the subject of metro influence the scarboro reeve stated that more privi leges must be given to indus tries were hanging ourselves summed up the reeve its markhams day of golden op portunity markham the defendant mis zellers car was proceeding south when it was in collision with pattersons auto as it pulled out of a side street the plaintiff stated that she heard a crash but didnt see the cars collide patterson said that he brought his car to a stop at the sidewalk and again as he moved out on the highway he said that he didnt see any cars approaching mr clare rainy the only witness to the acci dent also testified the plain tiff was represented by mr reg button of stouffville the defendant by mr lachlan cat- tanach of markham judge shea found patterson to be twothirds at fault and he was ordered to pay 11606 and costs miss zeller was ask ed to pay onethird amounting ed to pay onethird mrs thomas masters 9th concession of markham was ordered to pay 70 and costs to mrs frank burkholder of markham village following an accident which occurred on the markham main street on april 5th 1951 a counter claim by the defendant was dismissed given first aid treatment con stable don dukes of the mark ham twp police investigated trad to be new subdivision has over 100 lots stouffville planning board meeting in special session on thursday evening gave appro val to the final draft plan of the new subdivision being op ened up on the former earl keith farm by mr g hawtin the new plan calls for some fifty lots with two new streets running east and west enter ing on baker ave and park avenue approval of the draft plan for a second new subdivision on the win timbers farm was also given approval and con sists of more than one hundred lots the lots of large dimen sion fronting on highway 47 west of the fred byers proper ty are reserved for commercial and industrial sites these two plan approvals will now go before town council where when approved they will be forwarded to the de partment of planning and de velopment for the final okay a number of enquiries have come in concerning industrial possibilities on the highway frontage ot the- timbers prop erty and it is expected that once the new streets and water mains are laid it will be only a limited time before some in dustrial or commercial devel opment is located here the site is ideal and has caught the eye of a number of propertyseek- ers allowances are being made in both these new subdivisions for further expansion on the keith property to the north and on the timbers property to the west one large tract still remains undeveloped on the timbers property on the portion of land recently annex ed to stouffville seek plowing title amlaeh manager ot robert timber left of ecouftvtlie d r bulfccfc oi and land to compete in second ronton 5r world plow- preem world champion art een before leaving for ire- mg ohampionshtp oct s9 million dollar feed plant at milliken a now million dollar purina feed plant is under construction at milliken in scarboro twp the distribution centre is be ing erected on the property formerly owned by mr chris lamoreaux according to scar boro twp reeve oliver crock ford the purina company have requested that a water main be laid out to their new plant the stouffville arena has just been newly painted in prepara tion for the trade fair and got liquor illegally fined 10000 during the hearing of a pre vious charge of breaking and entering wijich was dismissed robert puk 16 years of age testified that he was in pos session of two bottles of wine not acquired legally the af fair took place in whitchurch township on a recent sunday afternoon when puk and some companions were seen loiter ing and finally emerging with a shotgun from a farm house defease evidence said puk was intoxicated he pleaded j guilty to the charge of having liquor illegally and was finedl 100 and costs or three months in jail this is the minimum i for having liquor not purchased legally said the magistrate everything from dogs to donuts at trade fair stouffvips annual fair this week promise a great show and unquestion ably the greatest yet sponsored by the local chamber of com merce there will be variety unlimited with everything from dogs to donuts on display mr harry stover of the stouffville bakery is installing a donut machine right on the spot so that the public can see how its done and an innovation this year on saturday afternoon will be a dog show for the children this mut show as its term ed is creating a lot of interest and a great lineup of kiddies and their canine pets is antici pated in connection with this part of the program mr john mathewson who is heading up this department reminds all children entering their dogs that they must be on a leash to be judged don fairbairn popular cbc broadcaster will be on hand to officially open the show on thursday night at s oclock in addition the ladies of the business professional wo mens club are presenting an other display of their fashion revue at 9 oclock and this will be a regular feature each eve ning at 730 on friday night the stouffville youth for christ boys band will play saturday night two of the famous mun- dinger accordionists who were prize winners at the recent cne will be on hand also miss dairy maid of ontario there will be a number of lucky prizes given away each evening all of them of consid erable value in all the show promises to be the years high light in local activity and should draw hundreds of visitors for miles around markham twp council to air grievances before local health unit board xo teeth in bylaws dr king moh kefues to bear down on law breakers claim of mark ham tup reeve markham township council will attend a meeting of the york county health unit board on sept 29th to air grievances which council has been voicin against the unit officials for some months we want some teeth put into the public health act and some action on the part of the health unit declared reeve lemasurier in speaking of the health unit head the reeve told the press that dr king would not bear down on vio lators and so complaints con tinued to come in of offences against the public health act and we are not the only mu nicipality dissatisfied declared the reeve reeve lemasurier stated that he had been in the fore front of those supporting the health unit since its inception but now that it was in opera tion he couid get little action on cases which his council brought to the various inspec tors attention only a few weeks ago the press was reminded an inspec tor of the health unit was brought before council for con sultation on several complaints of stream pollution and illegal drainage and reeve lemasu rier was unable to get any as surance from the health unit employee that the law would be carried out against the of fenders j reeve lemasurier told coun cil that he had questioned dr king at the last meeting of the unit board on his reluctance to enforce the act and got no sat- bishop burkholder pastor 41 years at the crcssman mennonlte church breslau sunday mor ning bishop oscar burkholder formally inducted rev carl rudy as pastor of the church bishop burkholder who is well known in mennonite cir cles in stouffville and through out the markham area having been raised in this section was pastor of the church for 41 years he preached his fare well sermon june 13 and had planned to have the induction service for rev rudy on the following sunday june 20 due to illness which hospitalized bishop burkholdor for many weeks the service was post poned deacon horace grossman read the scripure lesson and led in the evening prayer bishop burkholder spoke concerning his own pastorate of the church rev mr rudy accepting the pastorate promised as a chris tian minister to faithfully preach the word and to be a true pastor of the church mia lou murphy formerly of stouffville and now residing at oakville was shaken up re cently when their car crashed into the rear of a truck on no 2 highway the auto driven by kd murphy was quite badly damaged isfaction however he announ ced that the board had agreed to hear the entire council on sept 29th altona ss rally and anniversary on sunday morning sept 19 altona ss had its annual rally with a record attendance of 203 rev arthur lehman mrs lehman faith and rosa line and lawrence lehman were present from muncey in dian reserve near london ont a little indian girl donna snake accompanied them rev lehman gave the mes sage and the family provided the vocal numbers accompa nied by the pianist miss doro thy meyer of altona their se- lectioas were surely of great inspiration to all there was also a large attend ance at the evening annivers ary service rev arthur leh man gave the sermon based on james 4m the musical numbers were provided by the lehman quar tette again and the stouffville youth for christ band david symes goodwood farmer active at 82 at eightytwo years of age mr david symes farm resi dent on the 4th concession of uxibridge east of goodwood is still able to milk cows draw in hay and load oats in spite of his years the uxibridge twp octogenarian enjoys taking part in threshing bees around the community only recently he handled a team and wagon while threshing on the farm of his neighbor mr harry woodland mr symes was born on the lth of uxbridge near the town- line jn 1872 and attended the fifth line public school mr price pugh was the teacher at that time he recalls clearly the poor road conditions dur ing the winter with snowbanks piled up higher than his head mr symes was responsible for clearing many acres of land in the district and also helped to build many miles of road he operated a stumper and it is reported that he removed over seventyfive stumps in one day with his horsepowered ma chine since there were no wire fences the uprooted stu mps were dragged off the land and lined up along the edge of the fields he remembers when no 17 highway was nothing more than a wagon track the introduction of the steam engine was a remarkable ad vancement over the old horse power system the modern threshing machine and gaso linepowered tractor then was introduced only to toe replaced by the combine i wonder what the next cen tury will bring questioned mr symes the goodwood farmer re calls how the neighbors would commence threshing in the fall not to be completed until nearly christmas mr symes purchased his present farm in 1910 from dr horace bascomtoe now of whit by he and his son norton work the land another son john operates a farm on the fourth of uxbridge and arl ad opted son mr bill porter re sides in stouffville he has one sister mrs e wilson who lives with him and two brothers walt on the sth of uxbridge and william in port perry mr morley symes of stouffville is a nephew mr symes is a nondrinker and nonsmoker he can recall being ill only one day in hw life 1 never led such a wild life as some of the young folks do nowadays said the 82-year- old resident but ive done my share of hard work mr symes is a dyed-in-the- wool farmer and loves every inch of his 100 acres farming is the backbone of the world says mr syines engagement mr and mrs roy anger rr3 newmarket wish to announce the engagement of their daughter race bernicc to ronald roydon smith son of mr and mrs roy smith bethesda the wedding will take place in aurora on oct 1964 another hockey leadoo in ad- ers diiion the lighting has been augmented by colored tamj patu ttjmea h how at kighljtwo

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