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tonffrtttc telilwe vol 67 no 13 the tribune stouffville ont thursday september 27 1956 twelve pages bloomington boy uninjured when live wire drops near kim high school students council for 195657 fourteen year old gary pren- lice was also called lice a grade 5 pupil at bloom- j one of the pupils notified mrs lngton public school had a nar- tai teach row escape on fridav after- noon while returning home for bloomington school and she lunch at noon hour while walk- assisted in keeping the children i lng along the road he noticed a back from the danger hydro branch of a tree burning brisk- crews working in the area j ly being curious he walked quickly arrived and cut off the closer to investigate and while power children who were on j standing on the edge of the road their way fibme for lunch when the hydro line suddenly snapped t the short circuit occurred were and fell to the ground immed- teddy dorion 10 bobby brown iately the area was showered 11 ruth xesbitt 14 anu shirley with sparks and the grass burst brown 14 morley petch of into flames gary jumped back markham one of the hydro line- out of danger and was not in- men said that quite often a line jured a nearby resident mrs j will snap when it comes in con- norma herbert noticed the fire tact with a large branch of a and summoned the stouffville tree if the limb is small usu- brigade to the scene chief wm ally the wire will burn through diamond of the stouffville poit attends church service in westminster i abbey by c ii nolan i gate and all but the senior scholars when leaving the field sept 18 1956 must climb the fence and in so on sunday evening along d the m fj with mrs nolan and several foes they are no allowed out other members of our party i s iw had the profound experience of the u5 i u in home of the starched collars and local girl killed in accident at brougham passenger recovering a tragic twocar crash one victim was also taken to hos mile east of brougham on no pila in oihavva but died three 7 highway early sunday morn- hours after admittance follow ing claimed the life of 18 yearling t impact the death cat- old deanna comeault of stouff- j swerved into the ditch and cut ville the accident victim was through a wire fence travelling the daughter of mrs john scott c to jooo feet before coming former operator of the sales t0 a sop m a rieldl a nura of arena restaurant north of town j p vvlth the krooklin jr the funeral service was held bi returning from a sat in the presbyterian church in ur night gsino near niagara midland ont on wednesday kalls wcrc first cm soene afternoon with interment in the crowbars were used to release lakeview cemetery injured from the wreck a passenger in the car bill ontario provincial police con- yakeley 21 son of mr and mrs j seymour of the whiibv oliver yakelcy near island lake is recovering in the toronto east general hospital an em ergency operation was perform ed on sunday to relieve a skull fracture he is a former em ployee at the local cooperative here the yakeley auto eastbound collided almost headon with a car driven by john laquerquist of brampton he and his wife velma were treated at the osh- awa general hospital for lacer ations and bruises the accident detachment investigated au inquest will be held miss comeault was a familiar figure around stouffville while her mother operated the sales arena restaurant she worked behind the counter and drove their delivery car on customer service when the business chan ged hands recently she contin ued to work for the new owners it was the 11th fatality in pick ering township within a few weeks attending church service in westminster abbey to sit in the dim light of this historic abbey beneath its great vaulted ceilings within sight of the high altar where queen eliza bcth was crowned and walk down the aisle where the great procession took place was an experience i shall never forget the preacher on this occasion was the rev p n gilliat vicar of holy trinity brompton the service also marked the anni versary of the battle of britain and a special offering was re ceived for the raf benevolent fund there is still a great deal of bomb damage in evidence in london if one visits the old or central part of the city the striped trousers windsor castle is a 20mile drive out of the city past the famous london airport which seems to stretch for miles we had along a miss nolan with us taking pictures for the british travel association like the writer she had an irish back ground like many of our read ers we had watched the funeral procession of king george vi on tv and scenes looked fa miliar at windsor castle the place is built fortressstyle and holds the burying place of the monarchs with the exception of queen victoria who desired to be buried in a special tomb near by the carving is magnificent particularly in st georges cha pel here hang the banners and the members of the 195657 stouffville district high school students council were officially sworn into office this week the election followed on enthusiastic parade through town on friday afternoon the newly elected group is pictur ed above headed by the presi dent colin rae the other members are left to right laura mae brubacher editor judy johnstone 1st vice dianne corbett press report er shirley fosdick treasurer and mary cole secretary the council held its first meeting of the term on tuesday after noon jim thomas germans made a strong bid to f a m knights knock out the financial heart churchill and eden of the city and we stood in an of a knight a area where block after block br t0 was razed and today there is only grasscovered emptiness and jagged walls of what was once a most heavily populated section of the downtown area three hundred thousand people died in the bombing die colos sal task of rebuilding is in full swing and new steel structures arc rising everywhere amid the ruins stands one untouched cot tage home of the lord mayors coachman in bright sunshine yesterday we watched the changing of the guard nt buckingham palace which takes place now once ev ery 48 hours rather than 24 due to the suez crisis tourists watched by the hundreds and must have shot several thou sand dollars worth of film the plumed household cavalry with their shining breastplates and black horses are really a picture yesterday afternoon we mo- toreu out to eton college wind sor castle and hampton court eton college a worldfamous boys school was in operation be fore the battle of waterloo one section received a bomb hit and notice i new hours at the stouffville public library will commence i2 1z l oct 9 the hours of the library the back of the seat which he occupied these are the knights of the order of the garter hampton court was built by cardinal wolsey and taken over by henry viii it contains 1500 rooms but is no longer used as a royal residence the gardens fountains and flowers are beauti ful weve had several trips on londons famous tubes one can travel miles for 8c there are 400 miles of these subways running down to three levels at picadilly circus london oper ates 10000 busses 6000 double deckers and 4000 regular to londoners travel is simple but a stranger like myself is to say the least confused by the hundreds of stops and the maze of streets running this way and that we leave london in the mor ning and must be on our way at 6 am to catch the channel ferry to calais kathleen stokes to play organ at trade fair the talented kathleen stokes wellknown for her connection i with radios happy gang pro- farmer pinned gramme will be the feature at traction at the stouffville trade fair on saturday evening she will preside at the console of a beautiful hammond electric or gan and will play both popular and old time selections local artists will preside at the key board on thursday and friday nights reeve elmer daniels will of ficially open the fair on thurs day evening at 830 mr ted topping will also take part in the opening ceremonies on be half of the businessmens asso ciation space has been com pletely sold out to more than 30 exhibitors and the iocal merch ants have been working tedious ly down at the arena in an ef fort to make their displays at tractive lucky draws will be held nightly at 915 pm aside from kathleen stokes and local organ artists the femnettes an allgirl band will attend the show the red rid ing hood doll dressed in fifty slbills sponsored by the stouff ville lions club will be given away on saturday night under tractor mr ted krainyk a farmer east of green river was pinned under his overturned tractor on tuesday afternoon he was drawing baled straw on the farm of mr earl shirk when the front wheels suddenly cram ped short and the implement turned over mr shirk working nearby managed to lift the trac tor enough to allow the trapped man to escape mr krainyk was rushed to the toronto western hospital for treatment lake residents want yearround garbage coll town population nears 1400 mark according to figures released recently by the dominion bur eau of statistics the population of the village of stouffville is now 2376 the dept stated how ever that this figure was subject to revision clerk garfield brown believes that the total may now be over the 2400 mark the recent count is an in crease of 211 over 1955 the last census taken in 1951 showed stouffvihes population at 1701 or an increase of 675 in the past five years in 1941 the popula tion here was 1219 arrest may have cracked local theft ring saturday afternoon saw an extra large crowd of shoppers in town the unusual sunny wea ther coaxed many window shop pers out of their homes the fa miliar figure of chief diamond directing traffic at the corner of main and mill streets eased the congestion considerably there were no casualties it has since been rebuilt onto the playing field there is but one i will be changed to tuesday fri day and saturday from 2 to 530 pm and 7 to 9 pm a surgeon extracted a nut and bolt from the brain of a man apparently mechanically minded on public school staff a delegation from mussel- mans lake appeared before the regular meeting of whitchurch township council on thursday evening to request yearround garbage collection in the area it was noted that there were close to 100 families who were permanent residents at the lake the spokesman for the group mr joseph brown stated that the district around the lake was becoming filthy due to a lack of regular garbage collection he said also that there was a defin ite fire hazard since the majority of homes are heated by oil and the refuse has to be burned out side mr brown stated that they have attempted to obtain a col lector but with little success regular summer collection is made at the lake but the agree ment terminated early in sep tember reeve p s lcgge informed the party that council would ad vertise for tenders for the job if the residents were desirous of extended collection services fast work by stouffville po lice chief wm diamond may have cracked an organized theft ring operating out of uxbridge two men floyd long 58 and john long 42 arrived here on monday and attempted to sell two portable radios at ridicu lously low prices one was pur chased by mr donald lehman of stouffville for 800 after the sale the buyer became suspi cious and turned the radio over to chief diamond following checks it was learned that the merchandise belonged to mr l e oneill of stouffville and had been stolen out of his cottage only recently another radio was taken from a cottage resi dence north of goodwood chief diamond attempted to apprehend the thieves but they had boarded the evening train for toronto a call to toronto city police arranged to have a detachment stand by at the dan- forth station and when the two men arrived they were nabbed by detective sgt galbraith the men were taken to new market and put in jail when they couldnt meet the 5000 cash bail they will appear in court on friday the where abouts of the second radio is still unknown injured in motorcycle crash harold burkholder son of mr and mrs walter burkholder east of cedar grove was ser iously injured while riding his motorcycle to work on no 7 highway wednesday morning the youth a mechanic at conlin motors markham qpllided with a light pickup truck and was thrown into the ditch by the im pact the eastbound truck was owned by mr l mccoy of brooklin the two vehicles met on a curve near the 9th concession the front of the truck was quite badly damaged burkholder was treated at the scene by dr j r scott of markham and rushed by ambulance to the toronto east general hospital he was suffering a broken left leg and internal injuries children refused admission to ballantrae school parents up in arms tr midgets playoff final here thurs stouffvilles fine midget team coached by murray stewart and harold hodgson have battled back to square their series with caledonia at one game apiece the third and final game is scheduled for memorial park on thursday afternoon at 330 the winners of this series will meet delhi for the provincial c championship stouffville were edged in the opener 76 last week but fought back on tuesday to win 41 righthander harry barber hurl ed both games for the local squad the team hopes a large crowd of supporters will turn out for the allimportant rub ber game due to the high cost of operating in oba competi tion the club would appreciate your financial as well as vocal turned down he said that the a delegation of irate parents attended the regular meeting of whitchurch township council on thursday evening to protest the refusal by the ballantrae school board of admittance to the ballantrae school of some 14 children the majority of these pupils reside in homes around musselmans lake both councillors wallwork and wylie stated that the matter had caus ed much illfeeling among the parents affected reeve p s legge informed the group that the problem was strictly a school board matter over which council had no jurisdiction the clerk advised the parents to get in touch with the inspector one of the parents stated that two children had been sent home because he and his wife were not their legal parents but only guardians the clerk pointed out that according to the school act there was no difference be tween a parent and a guardian with regard to school attend ance the complainant said that the pupils were given a letter by the principal on behalf of the school board one of the parties present stated that over crowding was blamed for the dismissals theyre not crowded said councillor wallwork theres room in the basement coun cillor wallwork is a former member of ballantrae school board i understand that one or two teachers are refusing to teach more than a certain number of pupils in a class said mr wall- work councillor wallwork said he believed that there was an agreement by the teachers fed eration stating that a teacher could refuse to teach more than 35 students in a class another parent complained that some children although outside the age limit had been promised admittance at an ear lier meeting but now they were accidents down fatality rate up for august the accident rate for th month of august showed a con siderable decline as compared with the month of july accord ing to a report from sgt art harrison of the vandorf opp the fatality figure showed an increase however in august there were 2698 accidents compared with 2802 in july of this number 76 were fatal in august and 70 in july a total of 89 persons were killed 13 more than in the previous month the injury figure was down somewhat l202 to 1133 in august more than 84000 ve hicles were checked and 22000 warnings issued a total of 13643 charges were laid births moddle rev and mrs har old moddle are happy to an nounce the birth of their daughter colleen ruth on september 21 1956 at the brierbush hospital in stouff ville a sister for david and aylcen morgason mr and mr lome morgason are happy to announce the arrival of shir ley diane at the brierbush hospital stouffville on sep tember 24th 1956 smith denton and barbara nee hotchkiss are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on september 21 1956at york county hospital newmarket support boys and girls went to school to lay highway pavement next week to finish road in november meet mr wilf morley one of the seven new additions to the teaching staff of the stouffville public school mr morley who recently look up residence in stouffville was previously on the claremont staff where he taught for the past three years he presides ocr grade 7 here mr morley is an ardent sportsman and his athletic ability wil i be popular with the male mem bers of the student body jim thomttj paving operations will com mence next week on the new stretch of road extending from tenth st to church st in stouff ville the curranbriggs com pany are doing the entire job at no time during the work will traffic be completely detour- cd off the main street it is ex pected the entire contract will be completed in november prior to the paving operation the road will be built up with gravel the hot mix will be laid and rolled in one operation and traffic will be permitted to use the paved portion within one- half hour after application the highway will be 33 feet in width approximately j000 feet of road will be paved the foreman mr r h rich ards informed the tribune that the inclement weather had de layed the work somewhat he expects to run into some quick sand difficulty west of baker avenue but to date they have not encountered too much of this type of trouble mr rich ards said that traffic posed one of the biggest problems prior to the stouffville contract the men were working on the high way 401 extension the foreman said that the stouffville road will be exactly the same type as on 401 with identical pavement and curbs the stouffville residents are getting real value for their money said mr richards for one week and then the teachers refused to teach them theres going to be a battle over it said councillor wall- work the parents arc up in arms agreed councillor wylie cwna group on empress of britain a large group of the cana dian weekly newspaper asso ciation and their wives sailed for england recently on the canadian pacific liner emp- this group were the above left to right cam thompson the sentinel lucknow ontario frank mclntyre the herald dundalk ont mrs shearer rcss of britain included in mrs thompson r g shearer ont news tribune blenheim ont mrs ramagc harold ramage advertiser topic pctrolia ont mr and mrs c h no- ian the tribune stouffville cpr phou