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e ritntnt vol 73 no 46 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 19 1962 fouitteen pages a silent snapper it may be a case of spring fever or a sudden loss of appe tite but this twenty pound snapping turtle has lost its snap it was pulled out of a farm pond on the property of reuben may cone 4 uxbndge and is held here by 18 year old ken it tipped the scales at an even twenty pounds it was the subject of a nature study lesson at the webb pub lic school on friday and later freed staff photo survey on pickering twp split turned down by council a survey that would evaluate the economic stability of a di vided municipality was i ejected by a majority vote of pickering township council at a special meeting on monday night only councillor ross deakin who in troduced the proposal favoured the plan im not saying if im for it or against it but i feel a survey should be made said councillor deakin mr deakin suggested that certain monies should be set aside in the 1962 budget to take care of any expense in volved the line as tentatively laid out by the councillor was drawn at the 3rd concession councillor deakins suggestion was met with a volley of verbal protests its premature coun tered councillor harvey spang im opposed interjected coun cillor john greening it should be put to a vote of the people stated deputyreeve mrs jean mcpherson lets explore it ourselves first suggested coun cillor milton mowbray reeve sherman scott cau tioned the council against mak ing any major move in such a direction where is the town ship going if its split or if it isnt split questioned the reeve he contended thatsno particular area was kurt as long as the people who desired the services were required to pay for them it boils down to a case of dollars and cents he said wish to investigate i only wish to investigate the issue argued councillor deakin deputyreeve mrs mcpher son remaiked that the matter had been given some thought before but was never consider ed feasible i dont like the term north and south she continued to me we are all one people councillor mowbray agreed that there were persons in both the urban and rural areas of the township who would favour a division he contended that from a planning and economic standpoint the township was in a stronger position as a solid unit rather than two divided sec tions there are advantages in having the township the way it is that cannot be measured in dollars and cents he concluded reeve scott while not lend ing support to councillor deak ins proposal advocated serious consideration to the acquiring of a planning director good friday cantata on good friday evening at 815 the choir of the stouffville united church will present in the church auditorium the sac red cantata by stainer the crucifixion a meditation on the passion of the holy redeemer the public is invited to atend this good friday presentation county turned down in bid for court house the attorneygeneral of ont ario has turned down the appli cation of york county to set up their own department of just ice and possibly use county buildings now in existence metro toronto is anxious that york share in the cost of a multi million dollar court house to be erected on university avenue the matter will be placed be fore the county council at a meeting next week april 26th and it is known that all munici palities aie adverse to sharing in the extensive metro cost regulate fireworks in markhum twp discussion on the proposal to pass a bylaw regulating the set ting off of fireworks in mark- ham township reached its con clusion in markham council on monday night and resulted in the bylaw being passed and in structions given that it be pub lished for the benefit of the rate payers councillor sumner who has been the strongest proponent of the bylaw again presented the matter to council and won the support of deputyreeve mum- berson councillors hoover and hooper while not presenting strong opposition have contin ually expressed the view that such a bylaw was most difficult to enforce deputyreeve mumberson said that in his past experience he had viewed many caes of disas ter from explosion of fireworks resulting in loss of eyesight he considered that some control was desireable and would agree to the bylaw since it required an adult to be in charge when any fireworks were being set off paving here soon beamish construction co will be moving into this area in a- bout a month to complete sever al paving contracts the comp any has work to finish in the extensive new intersection at dorljmius rd and aurora rd notfltof vandorfthey have a 2170 contract to pave the front and parking lot for the town ship of whitchurch municipal building and at the same time put the final coat and level up the residential streets rebuilt in stouffville last fall this inform ation was received during the monday meeting of whitchurch township council 112th plowing match on kennedy farm the east york plowmans association has been organized for 117 years and on oct 24th the oragnization will mark its 112th season of active operation with a match on the farm of cam kennedy and sons cone 7 markham only during the five year period during world war ii was the competition withdrawn mr anthony featherstone of milliken is the 1962 president other officers includejack wa- rriner vice president markham rr2 trevor watson secret ary rr2 markham and norm jarvis ringwood treasurer york county will be the host for the 1965 international plow ing match the site of the com petition will be selected very soon the directors of the east york association are endeavor ing to make the event a success 14000 mileage ace i prompts pickering bid for small car fleet mileage accounts estimated at close to 314000 per year attrib uted to employees on the staff of pickering township has prompted the council to pur chase a fleet of six standard volkswagen cars the clerk mr l t johnston was instructed to order the vehicles from a sales outlet on danforth ave toronto following a lengthy dis cussion on the matter monday night the firm the lowest of three volkswagen bids sub mitted a price of 163515 per unit only councillor ross dea kin registered a negative reply on a recorded vote widespread publicity concern ing the proposed purchase of the volkswagen fleet prompted the attendance of district auto sales representatives and interested ratepayers at mondays meet ing prices were submitted on renault anglia vauxhall aus tin and morris cars they ranged from a low of 130346 to a high of 1802 50 products are imports the canadian economy should be supported argued mr al cane one member of a delega tion speaking in protest of the council move imported prod ucts should not be considered he contended that a 10c pr mile rate for the travelling staff of the township was the most economical method he suggest ed further that employee com fort should also be considered i wonder if the finance com mute has gone into the matter fully before they jumped into the idea of purchasing the cars questioned a ratepayer mr r e sproule a lot of pickering taxpayers work at general motors and this fact should be taken into consideration by council said frank wonnacutt a representa tive of cliff mills motors osh- awa im a little disturbed that the council has made up its mind on volkswagens said william lawrence a taxpayer and an employee at general motors he suggested that tenders should have been called speaking on behalf of the vauxhall mr gordon repre senting hunt motor sales of pickering compared the two vehicles according to size horse power wheelbase etc the volkswagen is a very line auto mobile and i do not intend to criticize a competitor he said the council should purchase the most efficient automobile for the least price advised john campbell a taxpayer and chair man of pickerings industrial promotion committee most for the least we want to get the most out of a car at the least possible cost said councillor hubert wank he contended that pies- tige was not a prime factor in the issue countering a claim of a previous speaker councillor wank charged that a lack of comfort presented no argument to say that the cars comfort is not good enough for the indi vidual is going a little too far he said in addition to the acquir ing of four volkswagens for the heads of welfare engineering bylaw enforcement and road departments the council also agreed to purchase two more ve hicles for the plumbing inspec tor and the assistant building inspector not comparable councillor milton mowbray suggested that only three small cars were worthy of considera tion the volkswagen the vaux hall and the renault from the standpoint of long range cost and durability no small car can compare with the volkswagen he said when its costing us 14000 per year we cannot avoid going into this thing stated council lor wank councillor ross deakin charg ed that on paper the proposal looked good but suggested that in reality it would not work out school board wants share of tot fees members of the school board of markham jtownship schgol area nortrfappearedbeibre markham township council on monday evening seeking some adjustments the lot fees which they requested be shared with the board by council mr l s frost chairman of the board in presenting the case for the board explained that the funds were derived from areas which when built up caused the board to move in and purchase a school site in many cases he said the board had been able to move in early prior to the subdivision being develop ed and in this way they saved paying the high development price for land however he re vealed that in the case of the wycliffe subdivision the price of the school site was 34000 and the government grant was only 910 reeve dean gave the board some hope of heln when he stat ed that the council had discussed the matter in committee and the figure of 35 had been suggest ed as a share for the board he said that council would study the matter further and the board would be advised the members asked that they receive a decision within a month mrs joseph hoover mrs joseph hoover mill st passed away at her home on tuesday night beloved mother of mabel and louie resting at the oneill funeral home with service on friday at 2 pm in the united missionary church horsepower still used on bunker farm a team of horses still holds mr harvey bunker brushes an important place on the down his 1800 lb black per form of bunker bros cone 9 cheron before going out to the mrkhaxn twp pictured here field staff photo a team of horses once a proudharvey possession of every dedicated canadian farmer is rapidly be coming obsolete and almost ex tinct on the country scene the stable stalls are empty its oc cupants having bowed the the more modern facilities of dlesel and gasoline power the revolut ion to mechanized equipment has been so silent and swift that few persons have taken the time to study the possible future of the gray marc era this has not been the case on the 150 acre farm of bunker bros cone 9 markham township for the past 44 years horses have play ed an inportant part in the oper ation of their progressive prem ises and for harvey and tom bunker a sturdy team of steeds will always occupy a place on their property on the bunker farm it is a balanced proportion of mech anical and horsepower they have three horses two percher- ons and one clydesdale they have three tractors two inter nationals a model a a w6 and a john deere 60 keep one team we dont use the horses as much as we used to bunker he su that they would be willing to sell one of them we will al ways keep a team around he said the two percherons were raised by the bunkers from colts the one a gleaming black would tip the scales at over 1800 pounds they are used on the seed drill the drag harrows and the hay rake theyare esp ecially useful in the winter in deep snow or ice harvey bun ker told the tribune that it would not be unlikely for a far mer to pay s700 for a good horse team now you cant hardly get ahold of a good horse anymore around these parts he said he suggested that they might be more readily available in the kitchener district mr bunker contends that the actual dollars and cents costs of keeping a team of horses is not too great they eat hay agreed he said youve got to get rid of it anyway he feels that there might be a moderate trend back to horsepower and pointed to one neighbour who only recently purchased a team for sentimental reasons if no thing else there will always be room for a pair of hardy horses admits on the bunker farm consideraltering whitchurch ss whitchurch township council met in special session last week with representatives from school sections 6 and 13 regard ing the transfer of land from no 6 to no 13 mr wallace chairman of no 6 section told council that his board was pay ing to no 13 section the sum of 5000 annually for the education of 19 pupils twelve of these pupil were from property own ed by mrs p ash who has a number of tenants he further stated that since the new provin cial grant structure was imple mented ss no 6 had lost their two room status and the percent age of their grant had fallen to 54 other representatives from this section were metro sudeko roy smith and geo j smith m c vandervoort attended rep resenting mrs ash and inspec tor d d adams was also pres ent the reluctance on the part of those in the no 13 section to be moved to no 6 stems from the fact that the latter is carrying a much higher school tax mr wallace stated that he was in receipt of a notice from the no 13 board that after june of this year they could no longer accommodate additional pupils mrs cole from no 13 stated that her section was losing mon ey and that the board only net ted 19 of the 5000 or 950 ss no 13 representatives press ed for an alteration of the school boundaries sufficient to com pensate the board to the full cost mr vandervoort objected to the property of mrs ash being the only one considered for transfer council took no action and will meet again to study the prob lem porker fails in freedom bid a foilgrown pig made an heroic but unsuccessful bid for freedom on slain street in stouffville on tuesday morn- ins when it jumped from the rear a a pickup truck the animal landed feetfirst on the pavement and romped onto the parking lot area at the rear of the bank of nova scotia tho driver murray lewis cone 7 markliam aided by three spectators at the scene stewart stoutter john mark and chris haining coralled the elusive porker after a brief chase the pig suffered no notice able injury from its midtown escapade eight tenders for disposal plant eight firms tendered on the contract for the addition to the stoujville sewage disposal plant and the decision of council is expected shortly when the low est bid is investigated there was a spread of 12000 between the lowest and highest bidder buy tractor stouffville council has com pleted the purchase of an inter national tractor from chas coo per equipment ltd clarcmont for the price of 2000 in addi tion the works department will be provided with a bucket blade and mower for the tractor council has debated for some time the advisability of having some equipment in town for the many jobs which arise and which require a tractor very often equipment cannot be rent ed just when required and rental rates are conisderable local canine a winner at st catharines king a 14 month old ger man shepard dog the property of mr and mrs walter becker cone 7 whitchurch township was awarded four points and placed first in the three indiv idual classes at a show in st catharines on saturday april 7th the entry one of seven teen was a first prize winner a best of winners and a best of opposite sex a total of 10 points i required to become a recog nized champion this week mr and mrs bec ker will take their prize pet to peterborough as an entry in an other show after two years of intensive training the owners will turn their dog over to the army as part of the canine corps two brigades fight big grass fire a fire possibly started by a lighted cigarette burned over more than 100 acres of grass land in markham twp on tues day afternoon and required the services of fire brigades from unionville and richmond hill before it was finally extinguish ed the blaze broke out on 17th avenue east of cone 3 and spread in a southerly direction toward the don mills road at one time during the afternoon it was feared that the buildings on the carruthers farm might be destroyedpolice and neigh bours joined brigade members on the fire linejn a battle that lasted almost two hours stouffville will ask omb for original annexation boundary minstrel show the stouffville united church couples club will piesent their annual minstrel show in the high school auditorium next thursday friday and saturday evenings april 262728 this most popular local con cert will undoubtedly play to capacity houses each night at present only a few tickets still remain for the opening night thursday stores open thursday night for the convenience of shoppers business places in stouffville will remain open until 10 pm on thursday eve ning hi- week april 19th ah stores will be closed on april 20th good friday open again on saturday stouffville municipal council will go before the ontario muni cipal board at the public hear ing this thursday morning at 10 oclock to ask that stouffville be granted annexation of ap proximately 1200 acres of land from the townships of whit church and markham council and planning board meeting on thursday night agreed that the board should be asked to grant annexation on the original line as agreed upon more than a year ago that is taking all of lots 2 and 3 east to the townline and west halfway through from the 9th con to the sth concession of whitchurch and lots 34 and 35 in maikham reeve wallwork of whit church and councillors ivan mc laughlin and ross farquharson attended the meeting and said that they felt they would have to register some opposition to the taking of lot 3 since two of the five farmers in this lot had protested reeve wallwoik said that it was the opinion of his council that a buffer zone of farm land was not necessary around the town councillor lehman said that he was surprised that the coun cil stand had changed since the line had originally been suggest ed by the township whitchurch representatives expressed the view that they were dutybound to oppose since they had rate payers in opposition claik ralph corner advised that metro planning board who had approved the area requested for annexation and had spent much time in preparing plans and descriptions of the land was opposed to altering the plan now so close to the time of hearing c h nolan member of the planning board said that in his opinion the line should stand as originally planned each side to present its case and the munici pal board members to act as arbitrators i dont see any rea son to alter the plan at this lata date theres been a lot of work put on this plan and im quita willing to go before the boards with the proposal as is and a cept their decision he said councillor mclaughlin said he thought there might be some wisdom in allowing the two far- mers to stay out who did not wish to be annexed while the balance of lot 3 would be taken in reeve wallwork said unques- tionably there would be some protests wherever the- line was set v it was pointed out that so far as assessment was concerned the assessment on farm land in the township was slightly higher than in town reeve timbers said he thought the original plan was well laid out with an even boundary all around and not corner pockets of either municipality jutting in- to the other both council and planning board passed resolutions ap proving the plan in its originar state to be forwarded to metroj planning board the public hearing has been officially adveitised for thursday morning april 19th at 10 am- in the stouffvilla council chambers- high school first operetta delights capacity audiences the stouffville district high school students first operetta delighted a combined audience of nearly a thousand on the two- night performance last week this is the schools first attempt at a fuir length musical and gilbert and sullivans hms pinafore was rendered in admir able fashion by the students the stage direction was under the supervision of mr j smith and musical direction was hand led by mrs g gresham and mr r mercer mr j waite was the accompanist as well as band leader and was assisted at the piano by shirly taber the appreciation of the cast as well as the entire student body for the effort and time put into the production by these members of the staff took tan gible form at the conclusion of the show on saturday evening when a presentation was made to each teacher corsages were also given to the three leading ladies donna ratcliff lynda nolan and donna hisey hms pinafore is an operetta which has been presented for many many years by amateur and professional companies thr oughout the country none of them could have been more enj oyed than the performance given jby this local talent for a home town audience the directors had their cast and choruses well up for the and the spark ling music by the school r gave the musical portion of the performance a real lift leading characters were right hon sir joseph porter played by timothy wees capt- ian corcoran by eric button ralph rrackshaw by herbert otto dick deadeye by mike cadieux bill bobstay by gary yates bob becket by john hisey josephine by lynda nolan hebe by donna hisey and little but tercup by donna- ratcliff in addition there were more than fifty students in the chorus and sixteen in the band the aud ience responded with continuos rounds of applause for the var ious numbers and there were encores both evenings the scenery as well as pro gram cover i design were the work of michael paul who re ceived special mention for his fine contribution following the finale on satur day the cast and their parents were entertained with i lunch by a number of the ladies arena award arc stouffville they retained the title with faia harold hodgson fright a four grc sweep of their by eric lehman president o staff photo