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i vol 87 fc 31 the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 18 1956 twelve pages y u p local men take plowing honours in their classes local boy wins three championships at international match grant wells of whitchurch township performed an excep- tional feat last week when he walked off with no less than three championships at the in ternational plowing match at- brooklin grant plowed his way to top place over 17 other contestants on thursday to win the essoi championship in the tractor class this championship car- ries with it a gold medal and the esso trip to another province which grant will take next spring or fall in the company of karl watson 37 a carpenter from forest who won the esso championship class ior horses mr wilkins of simcoe will ac company the winners and act as manager grant also was fortu nate in having the esso land he plowed considered the best plowed land of the entire match kor this honour he received the general motors products of can ada ltd trophy a beautiful sil ver tea service grant is not only a champion at plowing but he is also a champion at welding he won the arcwelding championship which was awarded to the per son doing the best work in are welding in the lour days of competition he obtained 141 points out of a possible 150 for the prize work and receives a bonus cheque and a welding course at lincoln electric co of canada ltd leaskle mr grant wells of stouffville left as one of the most successful local participants at the international plowing match held near brooklin last week grant was the winner of three individual championships including the esso championship in the tractor class the esso award for the nest plowed land at the match and the arcwelding championship john push 31 right also of stouffville handles his twofurrow tractor plow with the accuracy of a scientist to win his class on the opening day of the match john gained his skill as a plowman by working on his fathers farm he is the son of mr harry pugh 6th concession of whitchurch twp local teams rate high at international match heber downs fine clydesdale ken team won top honours in the horse show on the first day of the international pi ow i n g match twelve teams of horses right from the task of plowing their lands in the horse classes were lined up for the judges some of fhem were teams loaned by local farmers as was the case with mr downs team while others in a class for horse teams judged while plowing with the awards going to the bestgoing plow teams the winners were as follows 1 i bell kirkfield 2 b wylie oakwodd 3h r jarvis agincourt 4 g bell woodville 5 r k smith gorm- iey 6 r h miller sunderland 7 s ball uxbridge 8 g ben nett goodwood 9 a feather- stone millikcn 10 m jarvis were brought to the match by plowmen from the neighboring blackwater district wellmatched teams j welding competition drew the admiration of the another competition which at- crowd as they stood in the judg- j tracted attention was a competi- ing ring i tion in farm welding open to the winners in the first class j lesidents of ontario and the markham twp council to crackdown on sub standard housing markham township council bring substandard houses up to of the horse show were as fol lows 1 heber down brooklin 2 b wylie oakwood 3 ed timbers claremont 4 william holder manilla 5 h thaxter beaverton 6 william alsop uxbridgc 7 i bell kirkfield 8 h r jarvis agincourt s w jarvis agincourt 10 r smith mount albert 11 w hill ux- bridge a featherstone millihill neighboring counties in the two classes held yesterday the fol lowing were the winners oxy acetylene welding 1 floyd forsyth stouffville 2 everson norton locust hill arc welding 1 floyd for syth stouffville 2 grant wells stouftville 3 j e hamer myr tle 4 everson norton locust canadians make good showing at shillingford while they failed to capture great horse lovers and there top honours in last weeks ere a considerable number of world ploughing match held at cn in the horsedrawn classes a cairn of peace shillingford about fifty mdes commemo site of thc outside of london thev created 1th world ploughing contest was unveiled by hrh thc duke of gloucester and the fes tivities were climaxed with a banquet the presentation of the golden plough and other trophies in carfax assembly rooms at oxford considerable interest and showed good form among the 26 com petitors the two c representatives were bob tim bers of stouffville and ed dem- man of portage la prairie man bob timbers won the canadian championship in 1053 and represented the dominion at the first world match held at obourg his teammate jim eccles went on to win the world championship in 1d51 he qual ified for thc world match in ireland and again in 1935 bob was canadian champ giving him rccvp alfred- lemasuner of the right to compete at england markham township announced this year last week that a million dollar winner of this years world industrial plant will shortly be match was high baiv irish rep resentative 15 years experience last monday night ordered a crackdown on substandard housing in the township reeve alfred lemasurier told council that the need for such action had been brought forcibly to his attention by the recent tragic fire in vaughan township which resulted in the death of two teen agers the reeve said that the fire which had occurred in a converted chicken coop had caused strong public opinion judging from newspaper and ra dio reports and he added that he felt that it was the responsibility of municipalities to bear down on this type of dwelling we dont want this to happen in markham township stated mr lemasurier emphatically to members of the council and the building inspector fred fudge who had been requested to at tend in reply to the reeves question as to what was being done to combat substandard dwellings mr fudge said that township specifications mr le masurier emphasized that the municipality was not attempt ing to persecute anyone but was cracking down for the ultimate protection of markham town ship he suggested that if there was no building bylaw to cover some dangerous situations the building inspector might call in the fire marshall for action final days of press tour prove most interesting sgt clayton speaks at gormey home school the gormley home school gerous in ontario as here the association ss no 7 markdriver often feels he is now in ham presented a most varied country and so opens up i people can work changes if and interesting program for its l t togethcr on what is oct loth meetn a warm wel- ncccicd jn qwn d come was extended to the many tn h channels new and old members present mr sa p supervisor lake many htte red school- t area 1markham vaughan houses in markham lownship then ke on ncedies tou ss no is once again begin- j 0 nighwavs it has rung to bulge a the seams become as this coupled with its location at the foot of heise hill on the were in competition trying to see if they could better the don mills road is the cause of itraflic accidem tol o lhe pre much anxiety to the parents i vious weekcnd he warned the who are aware of the many dan gers faced by their children daily on a 50 mile zone highway thus the subject of the pro gramme was very aptly taken- the parents of their responsibility in practising safety while driv- i ing as well as talking safety to their children he directed an i amusing but safety conscious by c h nolan the final days of the canadian a l7 r tv weekly newspapers press toumlpple lfcly overseas were some of the most interesting of the entire trip we travelled to paris from nice by train and spent four days in the french capital viewing the many wonders of france the eiffel tower arch de triomphe walking the champselysees and seeing napoleons tomb there are no less than 32 bridges over the seine river one of the most famous streams in europe notre dame cathedral and the concluding the discussion mem- 1 site of the guillotine beheadings bers of council asked mr fudge at other wellknown historical to check a number of buildings in the township for fire escapes adequate fire facilities etc over 1000 damages in auto collision a twocar collision at the cor ner of main and edward streets west end of stouffville resulted in damages to two cars in excess some forty buildings had been condemned in the township and si 000- the accident occurred had since been rectified in i on saturday morning lot 40 area he said that a castbo car driven by n story war regulations were points of interest paris was the first city where horse meat was officially adver tised for human consumption a butcher selling horse meat has his shop identified by a horse- head sign in front of his store there is practically no war dam age in paris as hitler took over the french capital as an open- city early in the war however there are marks on one night 142 metal statues were removed from their stone pedestals throughout the city and shipped off to feed hitlers munition fac tories today special placards on each denuded stone base tell this saturday will be apple day in stouitvillo conducted by the local cubs and boy scouts this is an annual event conducted by the scouts and their major fundraising project scout work is recog nized the world over ns one of the finest help your local boys by buying an apple from them this saturday safety rules and regulations i alk t h children as well three very excellent films were teaching them a new version o shown by sergeant clayton of the jack ho rhyme the markham township police another highlight of the eve- assisted by mr colvm principal ni was the formai presenta s jhe nlm tion of a piano to the junior cham reactioij ou andl miss shciia henderson yourbicycleand the talking sgnior student pleased all with car while of great amuse- ner daim and jmricate finger ment to the children neverthe- ing 0 a light and ai less presented a very forceful i p warning to stop look and j the evenin cosed th many listen sgt clayton spoke on the new resldents enro the new speed laws now grad- 1 ually coming into force the fact not often realized that the mr and mrs bill ford who police do not make the traffic contemplated a holiday trip to laws but they must enforce the states during mr fords them not all drivers use good i two week vacation hadtoreturn judgment and it is often the i home from buffalo after only local resident who is the worst a few days due to illness offender not the visitor pass- j ing through the area from steeles avenue mr and mrs reg button have north on the don mills road to heen enjoying a vacation cruise gormley is one 6f the most dan- 1 to south american waters beekeeper downs large bear- 5 r y of the building bylaws had been very successful adding that the number of converted dwellings j had been considerably reduced i duncan road and carrville rd i are possibly the most difficult areas to control he said councillor donald deacon tion and here and there those who disobeyed were shot on the spof wherever such an occur- new industrial plant for markham gormley man receives award te won trie international title tn 1953 competed in thc 2nd world match at killarney win ning the world crown and com peted in the 3rd world match in built in markham township the menner co ltd manu facturers of a nationally adver tised line of cosmetics toiletries and baby supplies have pur chased a 62acre site in the ste phens subdivision in richvale sweden again taking top hon- the property fronts on yonge ours he has won outright 22 cups for competitive ploughing there were 13 countries repre sented in this affair last week with 26 ploughmen your writer travelled from street and runs back to the rail way line the new plant will be com pletely automatic and cover be tween 60000 and so00o square feet it is expected the plant london to shillingford for the will ho in operation within the match to see how the big show next two years township offi- is conducted away from home j dais have estimated municipal while not on as large a scale as taxes alone on the plant will diir local international the amount to s7000 annually the ploughing match is quite exton- firms main american operation live and spread over a very j lvatcd at mornstown ncw fctrw area bnuins ar suli jersey miss roely doldersum 17 of struck for the civilian popula- rr2 aurora collided with a parked auto owned by mr mor gan hill of rr3 claremont miss doldersum according to renee took place the french have police chief wm diamond was i marked the spot with a small attempting to make a left hand flower holder fastened to the turn up edward street when she j wall of the building in the street lost control of her vehicle and opposite remarked that the fact that resi 1 ciashcd int0 he hui car which traffic as in london and dents knew a stringent check was p damage to the hilljr is little short of terrific was to be marie would make 0 more than and hornhonking is forbidden them more aware of the prob- s the girl s car owned by the french are very excitable lems and encourage them to her fat damaged n and used to create bedlam with excess of snoooo she has been their hornhonking everything charged with operating a vehicle down to hotel dining room me- without a license miss dolder- nus follow a fixed pattern and sum required first aid treatment could create utter confusion j among the waiters if you order- i ed tomato soup when onipn was mr earl widcman operator towm tay dlftiirf what appeared on the menu of a garage on the don mills ha rl i the follies bergiere and lido road one mile south of gormvcdy rpight i he two bis paris night clubs ley has been presented an imivilll were also on our agenda the award in the amount of s10000 j close to so per cent of the programs were very good but by the dominion automobile towns tax roll has been return- ail to outshine american night association london ont ed according to collector k r spots mr widcman was credited bv davis and clerk garfield brown group was received by chief constable clarence wide- 1 to date 9cc0 has been pajd city of paris officials at the man of the markham twp police force with being instru mental in securing the appre hension and conviction of a hit- andrun driver following an accident south of buttonville on july 10th mr widcman was operating a tow truck at an accident when a ear driven by edward judge 21 of toronto crashed into his vehicle then glanced off another damaged car on the highway shoulder wideman gave chase in his own auto and assisted in apprehend ing the escapee the acirlcnt was investigated by p g evan kc- ley the total tax roll is slightly in f citys reception house we failed excess of s123000 the first installment of taxes was due by sept 1st with the last install- ment to be paid by dec 1st clerk brown pointed out that many residents had paid the full amount prior to sept 1st at a recent meeting of town council councillor kenneth laushway suggested that thc number of tax installments i should be increased in an effort to ease the burden on the tax payers such a plan was also suggested by the clerk the ides is to be grtcn further discussion with the collector i to meet the chief of state as the liberian president was ar riving at thc same time and the horse guards and hundreds of police were busy at the city hall the french tourist de partment favoured us with a re ception and evening boat trip on the seine paris like rome does not have what we think to be the most sanitary conditions and still provides open sidewalk toilets as both cities have done for years our group was particularly coctlcuvd oz page 3 mr edwin bycr local apiar ist is pictured above with a large 425 pound bear which he shot during the early hours of saturday morning 8 miles northeast of queensboro near madoc ont although the local beekeeper has bagged a total of seven hears in thc past three years this is by far the largest animal to fall victim to his 12 gauge shot gun mr byer and his brother walter visited the yard dur ing the weekend and noticed that some intruder had inflict ed considerable damage to the hivts in order to rid them selves of the invader he bar- racaded himself inside a wall of cases and waited for the bear to return after nearly seven hours of silent watch his patience was rewarded the bear came bark when the huge bruin came within a few feet of the barra- cade and begasi to devour the honey mr bycr switched on a nearby floodlight which iit up the entire area thc bear quickly attempted to escape but four shots brought him down he was loaded into a small truck and brought home to thc bycr apiary on thc 8th concession of markham his huge black form attracted many sunday sightseers to the bycr residence jim thomas