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rlteut classified ads on page twelve vol 65 xo 24 the tribune stouffville thursday october 2s 1054 twelve pages hundreds watch as 130ton engine raised from the mud gov hurricane aid too small says markham township council stores to open fri and sat nights starting nov 5 on sunday afternoon the huge 130ton cnr locomo tive derailed north of mark- ham during hurricane of two weeks ago was raised back on the tracks and towed to toronto hundreds of people lined the tracks to watch the operation dozens of cars parked on both sides of no 4s highway created a seri ous traffic hazard constables of the markham twp force and provincial police warn- the drivers to clear the road many parking tickets were handed out the locomotive was raised out of the mud by two large derricks one weighing 75 tons the other 100 tons it will be repaired in the rail way shops the engine did not appear to be seriously damaged jos iran is the new canadian plowing champion joseph tran 37yearold cla- remont dairy farmer was de clared champion plowman of canada wednesday he won the esso silver plow trophy the match at which six com petitors entered was held in conjunction with the north york township plowing match at the farm of clifford wall- work at ballantrae runnerup was ivan mc laughlin reeve of whitchurch twp who last wednesday was declared ontario champion at the international plowing llatch at breslau the cana dian championship was to have been decided there too but was postponed three times be cause of adverse weather con ditions mclaughlins defeat was par allel to that of ontario and can adian champion robt timbers of stouffville last year when timbers was defeated for the world title by runnerup james eciles of brampton judge george hostrawsor rk 1 kitchener said tran plowed a little better all the way through his plowing was evener straighter and had a more uniform furrow but he gained extra points for his ex cellent start and better finish however the two top men fin ished very close tran with 83 points and mclaughlin si other judge was george holmes of the agricultural en gineering department of the university of manitoba tran and mclaughlin will represent canada in sweden next year at the world match their team manager will be w c mr plowing barrie rr 7 gait 41year director of the ontario plowmens asso ciation it was announced by secretarymanager f a laih- ley third in the canadian com petition was gerald lyttle 14- yearold portage la prairie farm boy and western canada champion he won his title last spring but in 1952 was mani toba champion his coachishis father doug las who said gerald began plowing at age 10 plowing is different here at home he uses 14inch bottom plows and there is no handling of fur rows in the matches he assists his father a plow man of 20 years standing oper ate a 320acre livestock farm manitoba matches are held in the spring as the land is used for summer fallow fourth prize winner was alan werbiski also of portage la prairie who farms a half- section about three miles from gerald lyttle he was runner- up western canada champion he has been plowing at mat ches only about four years werbiski drew the worst piece of plowing land the field was a rolling one and he was on a fairly sharp slope scottishborn henry thom son of sardis bc a hop grow er was fourth he is bc champion and plowed last year at cbbourg he said there is little inter est in match plowing in his province and he is champion by virtue of the fact that their local match has been the only one in the district for the last 10 years he understands plow men from vancouver island will put up plowmen next year thompson has been plowing 25 years and taught the rudi ments to tom hickman of chil- liwack who was the second bc contender and who came in last neither mr hickman nor mr thomson had coaches as there were none available who knew more about plowing than they plowing on the west coast is done differently as no handling is allowed mr hickman is a dairy far mer with a 25cow holstein her1 he has never been east before matches in his province are also held in april as the wea ther is better maybe this would be a good idea for your international he said contestants from both out side provinces had seen hoods such as stirred up by hurricane hazel last week however the manitobans did not consider the winnipeg floods as serious because they were in spring and gave more warning the fniser valley floods were as bad because of the deep drop of the river the bc men said plowing runs in joe traits family he is the third genera- lion match plower his coach is his father david who started him off with horses 15 years ago his grandfather george used to compete with the old iron plows he attended all the local matches until his death at 99 last year joe uses a special plow which was lost when a high school competitor picked it up by mis take at breslau tuesday he went to breslau and found it the governments generos ity which has received so much publicity in toronto pa pers is only the normal sub sidy its not enough the bal- nce would have to be lorne by the local taxpayers de clared reeve lemasurier on monday evening when the mat ter of markham townships half million dollar storm dam age bill was surveyed mr lemasurier told council chat he had been in touch with hon geo dunbar who had stated that the dept of high ways would pay eighty percent of the cost of repairing all bridges and fifty percent of repairing all roads he stated that he had gone to the depart ment and they had stated they would send out an engineer to see if markham had extraordi nary damage which warranted greater government aid whats left for markham taxpayers could amount to 150000 stated councillor len- nie it would have to be de- bentured said the reeve write prime minister after various opinions had been voiced by council it was agreed that the clerk should write directly to prime minis ter st laurent to ask if the same principles used in the winnipeg flood relief were to be applied in ontarios case and what compensation would be forthcoming for roads and bridges asks damages a communication was receiv ed from dr shoukiice opera tor of a private hospital near john st east of thornhill who claimed flood damage for his pump house and land and at tributed the damage to an in sufficiently large culvert on the markham twp road the letter received from lester russell fraser solicitors stated that the total amount of the dam ages which the doctor was claiming was not yet known councillor kathleen james commented that the pump house was sitting on very low land directly in the path of any overflow water coming that way council agreed to pass the letter along to their solicitor pickering damage abot 20000 since the hurricane nearly two weeks ago estimates of private property damage thro ughout pickering twp are still being received it is ex pected that the total will reach nearly 20000 mr ernie bak er in discussing the situation with council at a special meet ing on monday evening stated that the majority of residents were fine aside from damage to property he said that help had been promised from the province reeve geo todd in- fprmed council that a consid erable amount of money had been donated by residents in the municipality to the hurri cane flood relief fund on monday evening the picker ing rotary club donated s100 road superintendent roy ward hos reported damage to roads due to the storm as light when compared to conditions in other municipalities it is believed that damage will not run much over 1000 coop members hear financial report at meeting a large turnout was on hand thursday evening for the an nual meeting of the stouffville cooperative association held at the stouffville sales arena the association dispensed with the usual banquet but enjoyed a brief lunch following the business session the program chairman was president gordon ratcliff and the guest speaker for the eve ning a k musgrave director of united cooperatives of on tario the financial picture re vealed net savings for the year in excess of 5000 and total assets of more than 130000 the election of directors re sulted in fred shadlock being returned to the board as well as charles james james bar ry who was retiring from the board this year was replaced by clarence mcdowell donald timbers fatally injured in hammer mill on thursday morning don ald timbers 16yeajroid son of mr and mrs gordon timbers aurora passed away in the to ronto general hospital as the result of injuries received when he became entangled in a hammer mill early last week his father was busy checking the tractor when he suddenly noticed the belt jerk he raced back into the barn and pulled his son free from the machine he was rushed to hospital but failed to recover hls one arm was broken in seven places and he received other head and body injuries funeral service was held on sunday afternoon at 230 with interment in the free metho- roy mears passes in 61st year on wednesday oct 20th mr roy mears a resident of north markham for the past ten years passed away suddenly in the toronto east general hospital in his 61st year the deceased suffered a heart at tack on monday and never re covered the late roy mears was born in aurora on the farm of his parents mi and mrs f h mears he later lived at locust hill v before signing up for overseas service with the 127th battalion following the war he was married to the former irene thomas and took up res idence in utica ssew york where he farmed for a number of years besides his wife he is sur vived by two daughters mrs bruce lehman joy of mark ham and mrs lloyd ham helen 9th concession mark ham there are also two sur viving brothers fred in sas- katchewan frank of mark ham and one sister mrs earl seaton of aurora funeral service was held in the dixon funeral chapel markham on friday afternoon at 230 conducted by rev g h thomas of st andrews un ited church markham with interment in elmwood cem etery the pallbearers were alex mcintosh mervin watts fred mcnair lome grove frank grove and murray wil son apple day the stouffville bov scout troop and wolf cub pack will hold their annual apple day on saturday oct 30th please help to empty the baskets the altona womens insti tute are holding a turkey sup- iper for the champion altona softball club on friday eve ning from 530 to 8 oclock the public are invited admission price adults 150 under 12 years 75c preschool children free dist church cemetery arma dale commencing next week nov 5th local business places in stouffville will remain open both friday and saturday eve nines according to a resolution parsed at a- public meeting of merchants called by the retail merchant committee of the lo cal chamber of commerce stores will remain open both evenings until 10 oclock while the vote to open fri day night as well as saturday was quite close those opposed or who did not vote stated gen erally that they would go along with the majority the move is being made to provide greater shopping serv ice for a growing population more parking space the matter or additional par king space for town shoppers came in for considerable dis cussion and a committee of harold spofford cec hend ricks and xorman oboyle was named to investigate the avail ability and price of the resi dent properties immediately east of harolds grill many voiced the opinion that this large site some eighty feet by 2s0 ft would make an ideal shopping centre parking area right in the centre of town if properly paved and lighted while it was acknowledged that the price would no doubt be considerable it was stated that the site was worth thous ands to the downtown ran- chants a further resolution directed a letter to the local community centre board requesting that parking space be made avail able at the north end of the park grounds christmas hours stouffvilles big christmas santa claus parade will be held on saturday dec 4th the store hours for christinas will le open every evening dec 20th to doc 21th until 10 pm and open on wednes- days until 0 pm on dec 15th and 22nd the santa clans parade com mittee is headed by norman oboyle and plans are under way for the annual canvas for funds and arrangement for floats and entertainment langsraff subdivider faces charges for forgery geo selkirk 31yearold lang- staff land developer is free on 5000 tail and will appear in newmarket court on friday to answer forgerv charges filed by dr samuel rogers of osh- awaone of three directors in the company a warrant was sworn out for selkirks arrest on sunday but when markham twp pc clar ence wideman and pc har vey cox tried to execute the warrant at the richvale gos pel chapel on sunday evening where selkirk preaches he was not present they later went to the selkirk home but were refused admittance by continued on chureh page local pickering govt dates back to year 1811 lloyd t johnston clerk on june 22nd and 23rd 1911 there was held east of the vil lage of brougham the cen tennial celebrations marking the 100th year after the found ing of the municipal council of the township of pickering there was a full programme consisting of many bands massed choirs and much speechmaking the most popu lar summer game football was played as it should be played by the green river shamrocks provincial cham pions most people came by buggy and democrat but there were a few cars but while 1s11 was indeed an important date in the town ships history we can look back still further to 1791 when pickering township em erged as a separate entity within the district of nassau in that year surveyor augus tus jones was commissioned to survey and lay boundaries of townships in nassau dist rict east from toronto to the mouth of the trent names to be given the nine townships do not correspond with those now applied and in some way not recorded the original name glasgow was changed to pick ering thus pickering town ship appears as a physical fact but we begin the story of pickering township as a self- governed municipality in 1811 when it became a separate mu nicipality under the county of york which then included the present counties of on tario york and peel township of pickering papulation in 1809 180 40 men 35 women and 105 children it was on maroh 4th 1811 that a town meeting w held when the following appoint ments were made town war dens john richard and james powell town clerk thomas hubbard assessors david crawford and john haight collector abraham townsend pathmasters noadiah wood ruff thomas matthews john lawrence and abraham town- send pound keepers joseph wixon and timothy rodgers the first bylaw dealt with rences and for forty years the bylaws passed mostly dealt with control of animals run ning at large roads and ap pointments as livestock ran at large there were over 100 different brand markings for livestock an interesting entry appears in the 1813 minutes and reads as follows our town assessors ware putin by the lastin assessors for the year ad 1813 by reason of the continued on page 2 these two plowmen will represent canada at the world plowing match in sweden in 1955 joe iran sen canadian ilouioz champion ivan mclaughlin of whitchurch a vjr close hccond