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touffiriue ftrttraiiit vol 73 no 32 the tribune stouffveule ontario thursday january 1l 1362 twelve page stock stolen from stable of pickering twp farmer opp is investigating family forward line the sport of hockey is a prime attraction with the fam ily of mr and mrs don har- man ringwood the three boys left to right donald 9 danny 8 and kenneth 7 aie members of the stouffville minor house leagues their mother and small sister re becca are faithful fans with minor hockey week to be marked here on june 22 23 and 25 all three lads will see action staff photo twp division would require much study claims reeve scott reeve sherman scott informed a packed chambers at the inaug ural meeting of the pickering township council on monday night that there had been some pressure by ratepayers within the municipality to divide the rural areas in the north from the urban areas in the south the reeve suggested that such a proposal would require consid erable study mr scott said that he hoped tor sec a reduction in taxes for 3082 he also contemplated the completion of the officak plan and the study of a public utilities to assuie the operation of municipal ser- vices mr scott did not predict a psiiod of rapid progress in 62 that would compare with the era of 1960 61 but rather the council should endeavor to con sohdate the programs that al ready had been put into operat ion the members of the newly elected council including dep uty- reeve mrs jean mcpherson and councillois harvey spang milton mowbray w j greening ross deakin and hubert wank nil speke briefly the oath of office was administered to each member by the clerk mr l t johnston webb ss talk about new school holdup men to be sentenced three armed men ai rested recently by markham tw po lice after they forced their way into a grandview avenue home and stole three guns items of jcwelery and liquor will be sentenced on thuisday today by magistrate o s hollinrake in richmond hill court jiuan kinsella 20 of rich- vale and two toronto men tho mas davidson 21 and richard davidson 23 pleaded guilty when they appeared on jan 2nd they forced their way into the residence of cyril greenland and tied both the owner and his housekeeper up in the recrea tion room they were held at gunpoint while the home was ransacked the suspects were arrested on the following day sgt bill shearn pc evan kel- ley and pc john mccague took part in the investigation an important ratepayers meeting has been called by the ti ustces of school section no 4 uxbridge township webb for thursday evening jan isth at c oclock interested residents in the area are urged to attend the erection of a new school or v additional accommodation will be the main subject of dis cussion according to reports the present enrollment is moie than fifty pupils one teacher presides over a single class- loom the trustees messis jack morgan ralph norton and nor man dickinson arc anxious that a good representation of rate payers in the section should at tend in an effort to air all as pects of the proposed building program altona district was without hydro for several hours on sun day morning sporfs car noses info stream driver uninjured a small german spoits car driven by mrs june button o brien ave stouffville clashed through the side of a wooden bridge on somcrvilie street on wednesday morning and nosed into a small stream below the driver was not injuicd the auto a kai man ghia was not extensively damaged a tow ti uck operated by ron wil son was able to extricate the vehicle from the water without difficulty the tribune although on the scene a few minutes after the accident was prevented from taking any pictures when ob structed by a local resident mr wm malloy eyewitnesses at the scene said that mr malloy had taken some pictures with his own personal camera it marked the first time in more than a decade of newspaper pho tography that the tribune had been faced with outside inter ference new council makes annual appointments stouffville municipal council meeting in inaugural session on thursday evening passed by laws making the annual officer appointments in town for 1962 the recommendation from the stouffville fire brigade was ac cepted reappointing walter smith chief at a salary of 200 fred castle deputy chief at 100 geo wilson caretaker at 100 and everton smith iecre- larytreas at 50 rev douglas davis was re appointed to the stouffville lib rary board elgin wagg v as named weed inspector and hen ry ogden building inspector these appointments were all made by bylaw a bylaw was also passed re appointing a g thompson and c h nolan as mcmbeis of the planning board for a threeyear term a pickering township farmer has called in the ontario pro vincial police from the whitby detachment to investigate the theft of three head of livestock from his stable last week lloyd taylor rr 2 pickering dis covered the loss on wednesday morning their tieropes appear ed to have been cut with a knife mr taylor lives on the mark- hampickering townline south west of whitevale the farm premises of mr g todd were also entered but nothing was stolen ft was re ported that a car was observed near the todd barn with its headlights shining through the stable windows mr todd noted that his cattle appeared very nervous the next morning mr taylor lost two bulls and one heifer they were too young to be tagged making it difficult to trace their present where abouts a number of livestock sales arenas and auctions have been checked mr taylor fears that his animals may have been marketed he suggested that through the tribune district farmeis would be wise to keep a close eye on their livestock and keep their shotguns loaded last summer a number of ranchers in the uxbridgereach township areas were plagued by rustlers but on each occasion the ani mals were taken out of the own ers fields it is the first time to this newspapers knowledge that the cattle have been remov ed from the stable preparing now for music festival 62 preparations are now under way for stouffvilles 1962 mu sic festival sponsored by the lions club dates for the festi val will be from march 5th to 9th last years initial festival drew 2000 entries in fifty sep arate classes the committee in charge this year is planning to have ninety classes including both piano and voice which is expected to draw more than 2500 entries mr roy dowswell who is in charge has asked that entries be placed with him next week copies of the entry list have already been mailed out ent ries can be mailed to box 970 in stouffville or by phoning roy dowswell 789 stouffville police committee is not a popular post to return holiday shooting brings charge t samolczyk of whitchurch township north townline will appear in couit in newmarket next week to answer a charge of criminal negligence in the use of firearms the charge was laid by the provincial police of the vandorf detachment according to police mr samol czyk is alleged to have taken pot shots at several local town ship hunters who were on or near his property during the chiistmas weekend the hunt ers said the accused shouted at them to put down their guns but they did not take him ser- ously until the bullets began popping around their feet they were returning to their car after being out on a rabbit shoot unionvilie businessman killed as car hits train near vandorf roland wynn unionvilie im plement agent was killed on friday when the car he was driving collided with a cnr freight train near vandorf the accident occurred near the sla ter lumber yard andcmployccs said they heard the crash an other car proceeding just ahead of mr wynn just barely cleared the track ahead of the oncoming train provincial police officers said the wynn car was hurled 100 feet down the track the en gineer eidnt realize his train had hit the car which it was believed struck the side of the freight the train was flagged down at sutton mr wynn who was 56 leaves a wife the for- mer catherine inglis and three children wayne gary and ar- lene the deceased was a case dealer on no highway for many years he has been assist ant secretary of markham un- ln lodge where a masonic ser vice was held on sunday night may rlave puc for markham twp reeve wilf dean in his in augural remarks to maikham townships 1962 council stated that the present assessment of the municipality was climbing month by month he said he ex pected that in the near future it would be necessary to set up a public utilities commission to lift this problem from council some thirty ratepayers attend ed the first meeting and wit nessed the swearing in of the new council by clerk harry crisp rev a w rccs of the united missionary chuich mt joy and dicksons hill gave the prayer of dedication and pointed out the responsibility of the men holding council scats the road committee will be composed of all members of council police and fire commit tee will be headed by councillor chas hooper with a sumner and c hoover water and sani tation committee a sumner l mumbcrson chas hooper finance all members property and parks chas hoover and a sumner council agreed to meet with metro conservation authority on jan 15th in regard to de veloping the new park land ac- markham 5s convention here next week the 93rd annual markham township sunday school con vention willbe heldnext thurs day jan 18th in stouffville sessions will be held in the baptist and united churches commencing at 10 am the-ses- sion in the morning will be in the baptist church and the af ternoon and evening sessions in the united church a special childrens service will be held in the baptist church at 115 the special speakers at the afternoon meeting will be mrs horwood of brampton and the rev newton gingrich from the wideman mennonite church vocal music win be provided by mrs jas oldham the evening meeting will be in the form of a workshop with the guest speaker being rev wm vanderbent of the heise hill church the stouffville united church choir will pro vide the special music ted topping new school board chairman mr t e topping is the new chairman of the stouffville public school board the ap pointment was finalized last week at the inaugural meeting conducted in summit view school the vice chairman is harry schell the committee chairmen are as follows finajice david coon management lorna button property wm mal loy the board will hold its regu lar meetings on the first monday of each month the position of police com mittee chairman in stouffville appears to be an unpapjularvb appears to be an upopular post durisg the appointment of the asnual standing committees for council on thursday the rou tine struck a snag when coun cillor parsons declined under any circumstances to accept the osition he had held is 1961 ive got good and sufficient reasons for sot accepting this position and ill tell you what they are if you wish but i dont think this would be in the best public interest said coun cillor parsons cojncil appeared stymied os this move as no one appeared anxious to accept the position couscillor parsons agreed that he would be glad to cany on as chairman of bylaws administra tion and finance and council agreed to split the committee making police a separate depart ment reeve timbeis said he thought something could be worked out and asked that coun cil leave the matter with him until sext meeting which was agreed new building in markham twp over six million new building in markham township during 1961 totalled 608313500 the highest figure ever recorded for a single year and ahead of 1960 by nearly two million new homes formed by far the greater proportion of the total 311 new houses in all be ing erected for a total value of 4448300 there was also 125- 000 approximately composed of additions and accessory build ings nineteen new commercial and industrial buildings were erect ed valued at s7ss24000 and 88000 in additions public buildings amounted to 607500 tees are as follows roads and walks deputyreeve laushway councillor spang property councillor spang deputyreeve laushway sewers councillors the other standing commit- lehman and parsons official opening anglican church on jan 17fh over 200 boys to take part in big minor hockey show the offical opening of the new christ church anglican par ish hall sunset blvd stouf fville will be held on wednes day evening jan 17th the event will be opened with off game this will include the in cooperation with minor hockey week in canada a full- scale threenight program has been planned for the stouffville arena for the evenihgs of mon day jan 22nd tuesday jan 23rd and thursday jan 25th a total of twentytwo stouff ville teams will take part right from the ranks of atom up to midget lucky draw admission tickets are now on sale it is possibly the largest minor hoc key program ever held in stouff ville close to 300 players coach es managers and officials will take part at least one of the contests will be an omha play- joyce dewitt returned to on tario ladies college tuesday evening after vacationing with relatives here and in toronto and huntsvillc congregational dinner at 6 30pm more than 200 people are ex pected to attend the offical ceremony will be in chaige of the right reverend f h wilkinson lord bishop of the diocese of toronto in vitations have been extended to former rectors of christ church members of the stouffville mun icipal council representatives of st phillips church union vilie and members of the con- geregation the memorable occasion will mark the culmination of several years of cooperative planning by christ church members annexation to be big move in new year stouffville bantam entry and a yet unnamed opponent for mon day jan 22nd at 730 pm on tuesday jan 23 the clippers of oha jr d calibre will meet uxbridge the public is urged to attend all or at least some of these games the complete 3night pro gram will be as follows monday jan 22nd 600 pm stouffville pccwee allstars vs port perry 730 pm stouffville bantam allstars omha playoff game 900 pm stouffville midget allstars vs uxbridge tuesday jan 23rd 700 pm stouffville atom house league canadiens vs leafs boston vs chicago 800 pm stouffville bantam house league mole motors vs chicago 830 pm oha junior c stouffville vs uxbridge thursday jan 25th 700 pm stouffville squirt ifouse league chicago vs canadiens rangers vs detroit 800 pm stouffville pecyvee house league chicago vs pittsburg buffalo vs crest hdwe canadiens vs detroit 930 pm stouffville bantam house league detroit vs boston births wallwork cliff and baib are happy to announce the birth of a son born january 3rd 1962 at the york county hospital newmarket a bro ther for danny susan and peggy warriner mr and mrs jack warriner wish to an nounce the safe arrival of their son charles andrew on tuesday jan 9 at the york county hospital a brother for valerie michael and eddie joe carpentier a former jietminder with the stouffville clippers will return to the stouffville arena orijfriday feb 16th when he guards the goal for the uxbridge black hawksin an exhibition bene fit game a picked team of all- stars from the stouffville com munity league will provide the opposition the proceeds will go to cover bills incurred through player injuries dur ing the current season staff photo i merlyn baker new highschool vice chairman merlin baker is the new vice chairman of the stouffville dist high school board he succeeds mr a g thompson to the post the board held its inaugural meeting on tuesday night mrs june button will head the board as chairman for a second year she is the first lady to ever hold the position the chairmen of other depart ments will be as follows prop erty gordon ratcliff trans portation merlin baker man agement bruce davidson fin ancea g thompson the public funeral ser was conducted from the dixon quired in the township council funeral home markham on i rcnamed messrs harper and monday with interment in pine i clifford as township rcprcscnta- hills cemetery lives the big move municipally for stouffville in 1962 will be annex ation reeve win timbers told council and visitors when speak ing at the inaugural meeting of stouffville municipal coun cil thursday night he said that a municipal board hearing was anticipated for spring or sum mer which would make the changeover effective in january of 1963 mr timbers reiterated what he had said at nomination con cerning bringing some industry to town we must do some thing about getting our people some places to work here at home he maintained and i think we can the reeve also touched on the addition which is to be built this summer to the sewage dis posal plant he said that both members of council former reeve wagg and members of the public utilities had been most cooperative in bringing both himself and mr spang a new councillor uptodate on town business and plans for the fu ture reeve timbers spoke follow ing a few words from rev d davis who offered a prayer of dedication for the new council mr timbers called on the other members of his council to say a few words as well as the town clerk representatives of the puc the banks and press park board is revamped stouffville park board has been revamped for 1962 with a reduction in numbers and a change in members deputy reeve laushway suggested that five members was quite suffi cient for the operation and coun cil agreed in the passing of the bylaw two new members were named being wilf mcwhinney and jas thomas only remaining out side board member will be mrs lesfwilson mr cadieux and mr hassard having resigned the council appointments were councillor gar lehman and dep utyreeve ken laushway while no new park projects are forecast there is consider able business looming for the boards attention additional at tention will be required for the westend park now that it has been properly seeded carctak- ing help may be needed and the board may be called on to assume some of the financial load of operating park facili ties all of which is now carried by outside agencies the horticultural society will be having another tree planting project this spring active at ninetyfive on saturday jan 6th mr george middleton of clare- mont celebrated his 95th birth day he resides at the home of mr and mrs mercer mr middleton was born in a log cabin near roscvillc in ux bridge township he was em ployed for many years on the local cpr line three years ago he was injured in an auto accident but has since made a complete recovery staff photo