still active at eighty seven tonffwlle r9nme vol 74 no 32 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday january 17 1963 fourteen pages dog farm conditions intolerable ordered open for inspection suspend sentence against owner whether he is conversing stouffville than with his many friends on pat malloy a main street or keeping in touch with backshop activi ties in the tribune there is no more familiar figure in howard veteran newspaperman with experi ence that dates back to 18s9 he marked his 87th birthday on tuesday although no stranger to the keyboard of a linotype he can vividly re call the va of a total hand set makeup with his father he published the tribune for a period of 25 years head of glassco com offered pc candidacy for north york riding j g glassco resident of maple has been offered the nomination of conservative candidate for york north in the next federal election mr glassco has been featured in the press across the country as hsad of the glassco royal com mission on government organi zation it is not known whether mr glassco will accept the nomina tion to contest the seat now held by john addison youthful liberal member who defeated c a cathers for the riding it is not expected that mr cathers will seek the nomination when the next federal election is held likely this year january sales continue stouffville merchants are continuing to offer big january sale bargains and advertise ments offering as much as fifty per cent off some items appear in this issue of the tribune plea for aid to save markham church landmark unless some individual or government body agrees to con tribute sufficient funds to com plete repairs to the nowvacant grace- anglican church no 7 hwy in markham village the landmark structure will be de molished within the next six months mr paul mingay church warden told the trib une that he had requested finan cial aid from both federal and provincial governments in ad dition to the metro conserva tion authority and historical committee but without success it would cost thousands of the onceproud steeple has been removed from the top of grace anglican church markham the landmark structure will be torn down unless some government agency provides sufficient funds to repair the now- vacant building staff photo dollars to repair it and our con gregation certainly does not have that kind of money he said mr mingay said that the building had been condemned as a place of public worship and the steeple had been removed a new parish hall was erected in the village in 1959 at a cost of s68000 take no chances when you are dealing with the public you cant afford to take chances continued mr mingay he said that the tower that waved back and forth in the wind represented a danger to traffic on the highway below jn a strong breeze the termi tes had to hold hands to keep it from falling apart he said he said that a whole year had passed by since the decision to remove the structure had been finalized in all that time no one ever came forward and of fered to pay for its repair lie noted that if anyone wished to take action to have the church preserved they could appeal under the historical sites act of the province of ontario and the structure would automaticaly be frozen prcty wobbly markham contractor geo wallen described the church tower as pretty wobbly you would have to see it to believe it he said he said that he re fused to climb into the steeple from the inside prior to its de molition he pointed out that the zinccoated roof looked fine from the outside but the wood en interior core had rotted away organist and choir leader mrs joyce miles said that pho tographs showed how one of the main supports under the organ was eaten away she said that from a distance one could see that the steeple was offcentre and the ceiling sup ports over the choir loft had started to sag mr robt gray who in a let ter had criticized church offici als for their action called it a shameful end to a pioneer church which in every way de served to be maintained for its beauty location structural soundness and its sacredness its a perfect example of what ran happen when one neglects to protect his rights he said mr gray a solicitor is no longer a member of the congre gation they kicked me out cf everything except my pew he said mrs john armstrong of lo cust hill suggested that it was unfortunate that the structure had bee allowed to deteriorate over the years she said it re presented one of the oldest buildings in the community and if at all possible should be preserved it was erected in about the year isto it was moved to its present site in 192a display advertising in order that each issue of the tribune may be complet ed in time for street sale wednesday evening and for mail subscribers not later than thursday morning no display advertising can be accepted for publication in the current week later than tuesday noon we would suggest that all copy be prepared on friday of the week preceding to be piekedup by our advertising man hat day or delivered to the newspaper office on satur day culls were record in 19g2 stouffville firemen answered a record 78 calls in 1962 ac cording to finalized figures pre sented for publication this week by the brigade secretarytreas urer everton smith this num ber is far in excess of statis tics established in any previous year an individual breakdown of fires reported to the stouffville brigade unit is as follows whitchurch twp 32 mark ham twp 18 stouffville 17 uxbridge twp 11 and picker ing twp 0 conditions that were described as terrible and intolerable were outlined before magistrate crawford guest in uxbridge court on tuesday afternoon to support a charge of animal neglect filed by the ontario humane society against mrs eisie boland the operator of a dog farm north of good wood in uxbridge township three dogs out of an estimat ed 55 were removed from the premises by inspector john mc- arthy on dec 13th they were described as emaciated and suf fering from severe malnutri tion in suspending sentence mag istrate guest said that it was obvious that there were too many dogs on the properly with five children and 55 dogs you certainly cant afford to pay a heavy penalty he said he placed the owner on a one year probation and declared her premises to be open to pe riodic inspection by humane society authorities a noisy welcome inspector mcarthi said that he visited the property on dec 11th and was met by a host of dogs when he parked his car in the laneway they moved around so fast i couldnt get an exact count he said but there were from 12 to 14 on the loose he described the condi tions as he found them he said that mrs boland tossed two loaves of bread into a pen con taining twelve dogs and they gobbled it up in a flash he said one german shepherd i was chained in an outside pen with temperatures only a few degrees above zero he said an other enclosure was unheated and had no windows even dogs are entitled to a better deal than that he said he de scribed one of the animals a part labrador as being so rav enous that it brought up its food as fast as it bolted it its stomach couldnt handle it he said this incident occurred at the humane society kennels in toronto survival of fittest dr donald davis a veteri narian with a 14 year estab lished practice in uxbridge said that the dogs in the barn were reasonably warm but the out side kennels contained no heat at all it was terrible he said he said that no hay or straw was available for the animals to seek protection from the cold and the pens were too large to retain the heat from the dogs bodies he said that only three dogs showed signs ot malnutrition and he ordered them to be removed it was a case of survival of the fittest he said he suggested that food might have been made available but the other animals devoured it first its too bad he con tinued i think the owner could perhaps care for twelve or twenty at the most but not fiftyfive he charged that dogs running at large repre sented a definite health hazard in the area he noted that a case of positive rabies had been continued on page 7 sharp debate over plan bd appointee heads hospital drive reeve win timbers of stouffville has been named chairman of the current york county hospital build ing fund drive for this muni cipality and immediate area reeve timbers will select a special committee to orga nize the canvassers who will be visiting the individual home owners early in febru ary a meeting of the com mittee has been tentatively set for this friday evening there was a sharp debate at markham township council on monday when it was announced tnat vern griffin former reeve of the township and presently a real estate agent was approv ed by all municipalities as a representative for the township markham village richmond hill and stouffville on metro planning board if his appoint ment is approved he will re place mr cy laurin who has moved from the district the controversy arose when the minuses were read of a meeting held thursday at the township chambers to suggest a candidate for the position present at that meeting were representatives from the munic ipalities of richmond hill from markham village and township stouffville council did not at tend the minutes stated that the names of possible candidates presented for consideration to the meeting were vern grif fin john bradstock and wm spears reeve dean and dep utyreeve chas hooper indicat ed that reeve timbers of stouffville had agreed by tele phone that he concurred with the suggestion that mr grif fins name should be put for ward on monday of this week no written confirmation of this had been received clerk crisp reported councillor hoover said i put forward mr wm spears name and i should like to know if lie was considered the minutes recorded that mr spears name was presented by mr wm neal of richmond hill and mr dean deputyreeve hooper con tinued we were given a free hand id like the clerk to read the minutes said coun cillor hoover id like to ask mr hoover how old mr spears is said mr hooper hes old enough to be an eligible man replied councillor hoover the deputyreeve moved that mr griffin be recommended as a candidate by markham twp councillor councillor sumner protested i think this township is be- court c revision is adjourned the pickering twp- court of revision which was sche duled to convene this month to hear appeals on 1962 as sessments lias been adjourn ed until march the requesi io postpone the court was made by mr jas mccallum on monday night the solicitor for the scarboro and associated township farmers no member of council voic ed any objection and the motion was passed unani mously on a recorded vote turns down lady warden by 3 voles mrs caroline ion deputy- reeve of newmarket lost out by three votes in her bid to be the first woman warden of york county in more than one hundred years clarence davis reeve of auiora was the suc cessful candidate reeve win timbers of stouff ville nominated mrs ion at the county council inaugural meeting on tuesday and chas hooper of markham township nominated mr davis floyd perkins of richmond hill nom inated a h rutherford reeve cf vaughan who later with drew from the contest strong point in favour of the davis candidacy was the fact that aurora is celebrating its centennial year in 1963 a num ber spoke in favour of both candidates and there were a great many split votes through out the various municipalities the final count was 15 to 12 stouffville and markham town ship gave each candidate a vote in whitchurch reeve williams supported mrs ion deputy- reeve farquharson was absent both votes in markham village went to davis ratepayers association urges dismissal of assess commissioner tribune moving business offices on page five of this issue the 5touffville tribune announces that commencing next monday jan 21st the business offices will be moved to the south side of main st formerly simpson- sears the need which has ex isted for a long time for more office accommodation has ne cessitated the change hence forth the present building will be operated strictly as a pro duction plant complete editorial advertis ing and subscription depart ments cf the newspaper will be at the new location as well as the office supply store a com plete new telephone system has been installed with a total of six telephones in the two build ings there will be inter com munication between office and plart which can also give prompt advice in the matter of commercial printing orders expand office supplies the office supplies and stat ionery merchandise will be con siderably expanded and many more items will be carried and on display than heretofore the feature machine items will be typewriters adding machines nd cash registers and some furniture will also be displayed there will be no change in the telephone number being as before 6102100and two com plete lines will be continued which is of particular advant age for classified ad customers there will undoubtedly be some adjustments necessary for the first few weeks as occur in all changeovers however we would ask that you bear with us and drop in for a look around mr vern griffin ing put in a bad light i dont approve of putting a real estate man on a planning board said councillor sumner mr hooper again asked for mr spears age and was told mr spears is an eligible well qualified man who served witli the department of veterans af fairs the deputyreeve said mr spears had served in tho first world war a recorded vote was called by councillor sumner on mr hoopers motion those in fav our of mr griffin were dean hooper and rumble and oppos ed hoover and sumner were the other municipalit ies given the impression that mr griffin had the support of this council mr hooper ask ed mr sumner when the vote was taken you are entirely out of order i dont have to answer that question replied the dep utyreeve mr sumner spoke in a low voice and mr hooper remarked he coudnt hear what was said i said is that another election debt paid mr hooper replied mr sumner clearly ed neville puc chairman at the inaugural meeting of stouffville public utilities com mission last week commis sioner ed neville was returned to the office of chairman for 1963 mr neville said he would accept the office only on condi tion that commissioner atkin son be prepared to accept the chairmanship in 1964 mr at kinson was recently returned to the commission for another twoyear term five applications the commission received five applications for the job of jan itor and mr bert lickorish who tendered at 50 a month received the contract annexation bui a communication from onta rio hydro advised the commis sion of the prices of the vari ous equipment that would be required taken over in regard to the recent annexation the total cost will be 8819 and a resolution authorized payment of this amount- keep money at home two accounts were received for membership in the ontario municipal electrical assoc the one branch of the association brings in recommendations as to the policy and the other to rates the total amount of the hill was approximately 90 at kinson said he considered the funds could be used to better advantage at hsrse and his contention was supported by reeve timbers the executive head of the pickering township rural rate payers association appeared before a regular meeting of the council on monday at broug ham and in a multipage report called for the dismissal of the assessment commissioner mr d f goslin prof f eugene labrie said that a petition in support of the request would be circulated among ratepayers ii the municipality a similar petition was organized last year but its recommendations were rejected by council in attendance at mondays meeting were representatives of the scarboro and associated tp farmers headed by elliott har rington joe tran and solicitor jas mccallum they did not address the council and vacated the chambers without comment armchair revaluation in a volley of charges prof labrie outlined the history of pickerings antiassessment bat tles which he insisted had all started almost from the first year of his mr goslins ap pointment it is our view that while the assessment act may contain some imperfections the main problem lies in the admin istration at the local level he said his conduct not only justi fies but requires that this ex treme action be taken against him he continued the spokes man stated that land valuation figures were based on sales ex tending back over a period of five years he termed the pract ice as armchair revaluation of properties in view of the present disorder and unrest we feel that the commissioner should be dismissed for incom petence money -wasted- prof labrie said that no fig ure had ben made public with regard to costs involved in the carrying of assessment appeals through the various courts this of course was public mon ey that was spent he said he charged that such repeated and useless waste of funds would not be tolerated in any private bus iness he denied that the coun cil would have any difficulty in filling the position he express ed surprise at some members support for the commissioner i dont know what the reasons are i dont know what the un derlying motives are but i beg of you to be candid with us he continued the assessors record is bad he said he has lost the confidence of a very important segment of rate payers in this municipality difficult job mr colin beal a private rate payer rose to the defence of mr goslin at the conclusion of professor labries address assessment commissioners are regarded as pretty friend less types he said of course when you hold such a post you dont make too many friends so far as i can see we have evidence here of a man who is trying to do a job under a very difficult situation he continued it is very difficult to perform duties of this type without losing the confidence of some people mr beal charged that there was not sufficient grounds for dismissal action there may be grounds however for the coun cil to take a closer look at assessment matters he sug gested he admitted that the farmer had a large taxation load to carry i feel that they should get a fair deal he con cluded humane society asks cure for roving dogs an official of the ontario humane society has jm- mended that uxbridge council take some steps to curb roving dogs currently located on the farm premises of mrs elsie boland north of goodwood in a report from mr thomas j hughes general manager it was suggested that the situa tion might be better controlled through the issuance of a ken nel licence at the present time the owner is charged on a per dog basis it was further recommended that all dogs with the excep tion of perhaps two pets should be kept tied up in addition it was suggested that the owner should not be allowed to keep more dogs on her property in excess of the number that could be properly accommodat ed the matter was dealt with by the council at their inaugural meeting on monday afternoon reeve norman hogg agreed that the present bylaw should be revised car hits bridge driver thrown 50 ft a stouffville driver was hurl ed an estimated 50 feet and his car a 1951 buick was torn apart after it tammed into the end of a bridge abutment north of cashel in markham twp during the early hours of fri day morning david garfield prentice 2g of fairview ave suffered multiple fractures to his jaw and a broken collar bone he was admitted to scar boro general hospital the auto skidded 229 feet from the point of impact and wteckage was jtrewn over a wide area the motor was rip ped from its mountings and the front wheels were found in a nearby field the hood and fenders sailed one hundred feet in different directions the ac cident occured on cone 6 near lh avenue first at scene mr stanley powell a nearby resident was one of the first at the scene he was joined by his brother cince powell and a neighbour mrs david bates who provided blankets to cover the injured man the driver was lying in the snow near the edge of an leecovered stream he was unconscious and bleeding badly from the nose and mouh dr robt seaver rendered first aid prior to the arrival of ogdens am bulance from agincourt sgt robt hood of markham twp police qualified in st johns first aid cleared the victims rasal passages to aid his breathing pc doug tribbl- ing conducted c investigation mr prentice is an employee ot international wax works in agircourt one of the most spectacular onecar collisions ever invest igated in this area occurred on cone 6 markham north of cashel during the early hours of friday morning a northbound auto driven by david prentice 26 of stouff ville crashed into a bridga abutment tcaing the motor completely off its mountings the engine is shown here in the centre of the pavement more pictures on page 3 of this issue staff photo