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foiifff tile otftntne vol 73 no 52 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday may 31 1962 eighteen pages recover 1500 in golf equipment stolen from willows club proficiency award fit sgt wm bui keep ing no 94 squadron stouff- ville and district air cadets was the recipient of the fliglit proficiency award at a spe cial presentation ceremony during the annual inspection stouffville pictured heie re conducted in the memorial viewing officer wing corn- park on saturday evening mander e a smith rcaf the engraved plaque was pre- station camp borden offers sented to the cadet by the his congratulations donor mr k n wagg of staff photo killed when car missed turn on no 7 highway a twentyone year old glen major man was killed during the early hours of saturday morning when his eastbound car missed a curve on no 7 ilwy west of cone 9 in the lim its of markham village and rolled over in the ditch dennis nokes cone 7 uxbridge town ship suffeied fatal head in juries when he was thrown out of the auto he was pronounced dead at the scene by coroner john fleming of markham hydro service in the area was cut off when the vehicle snap ped off a transformer pole hyd- 10 employees woiked through out the night to restore power to the district only one weckjpiior to the accident markham village po lice had impounded the car af ter they discovered it parked in a local cemetery with 1961 lie ensc markers still on it they also contended that the auto was in an unsafe condition four days later the car was icmoved from the parking lot without police permission and it had been the subject of an extensive seaich by local au thorities police have suggested that faulty steering or brakes could have caused the collision they also suggested that the victim might have fallen asleep at the wheel photo on page 8 given sedative the family was told of the fatality by pc douglas robin son of the ontario provincial police whitby detachment the victims mother was placed un der sedation about fifteen years ago her husband mr frank nokes was killed in an ah plane crash at glen major the investigation was con ducted by sgt chester gilhatt of markham village assisted by chief fred white and pc gordon bull two markham twp officers pc doug tnb- bling and pc ai hudson di rected traffic around the acci dent scene that was temporar ily menaced by fallen hydro wires an inquest has been ord ered the funeral service was con ducted from the mceachnie par lors pickering on tuesday af ternoon at 2 oclock with inter ment in the claremont union cemetei y former warden heads mental health campaign mr joseph fry former war den of the county of york un der whose jurisdiction the york county mental health clinic was finally achieved is helping with the campaign for funds which the york county branch of the canadian mental health association is holding on june the first and second mr fry has undei taken to act as area chairman for the markham stouffville union- ville area where he is assisted by mr wm l clark also a former warden mr j j dorey formerly with the bank of nova scotia and mr kenneth wagg who owns a jewellry business in stouffville mr william sel lers warden and reeve of sut ton is honourary chairman of the 1962 campaign want sunday dancing in pickering parks the rather ticklish question of legalized dancing in picker ing township parks on sun days was raised by a 7man dele gation at a meeting in broug ham on monday night one charge under the lords day act is currently before the courts as the result of a ballot vote in december the electorate fa voured both sunday sports and sunday theatre by almost 2 to 1 the question of sunday danc ing has been turned over to the township solicitors in an ef fort to ascertain if it meets with the provisions of either by law at mondays meeting spokes men represented the ferguson and graham parks in west rouge heberts park valley farm road and pauline park south of greenwood theoperatdtbfthe park on valley farm road was charged recently by the pickering twp police department with permit ting sunday dancing in contra vention of the lords day act the hearing has not been final ized to buy loader four tenders were leceived for the purchase of a frontend loader the lowest bid was ac cepted from the firm of geo w carruthers at a price of 51085208 plus tax an alert caretaker at the wil lows golf and country club cone 10 markham at mongolia and swift action by district po lice departments led to the re covery of stolen equipment val ued in excess of 1500 follow ing an earlymorning theft on tuesday in their haste to es cape a police dragnet that quickly encircled the area the culprits left a trail of golf clubs and miscellaneous materials across a farm field to the south of the course site one piece of equipment was said to include a 5700 club set owned by local golf pro john hendrick night watchman arnold pat terson of markham saw two men leave the clubhouse build ing he called the markham twp police other district departments from stouffville markham vil lage richmond hill and ontario provincial police at whitby and bond lake were summoned to the scene to aid in the search for the thieves one man was picked up for questioning he was discovered in a parked car nearby entry was gained to the build ing through a rear door golf clubs and bags were removed from wall racks fngerprints were plainly visible around the lock and their trail through a fence towards isth avenue the names of two prime suspects have been turned over to metro police authorities pc donald dukes and pc bruce findlay are handling the investigation for markham township pc harry heatherington and pc dennis davies of the stouff ville department were also call ed into the case the breakin occurred about 2 am second theft the robbery at the willows club on tuesday marked the second theft in two days at dis trict golf courses on the week end a sum of 5102000 was re moved from the office of mead- owbrook golf and country club cone 5 markham both prem ises are owned by mr arthur latcham of downsview it has been suggested that the latter theft may be an inside job it is not thought that the two breakins are related in any way prince philip rides horse trained by local girl markham township police report not endorsed wholly a typewritten 18page police report covering in detail the activities of the markham twp folice department for the year 1961 failed to gain the complete endorsement of deputyreeve lawson mumberson at a regu lar meeting on monday night sgt harvey cov acting for chief clarence widcman ap peared in support of the infor mation chief widcman is pres ently confined to hospital deputy reeve mumberson the main promoter of a report to cover the past year charged that at least two portions had been omitted although pressed by councillor allan sumner to air his complaint at the meet ing the deputy refused i will ask the questions of the chief constable he replied his name is signed to it its his re- iponslblllty sgt cox suggested that he would be plcajcd to explain any thing to the best of his ability but this still failed to clear the air i doubt very much if this re port was even prepared by the chief questioned the deputy- reeve sgt cox stated that the re port had been started while the chief was in the office but had been completed after he entered the hospital t agree that there is room for improvement he said there always is replied the deputy one can never stand still sgt cox noted that both the break and entries had been cut in half in 1962 as compared with 1961 he said that a simi lar trend was noticeable with regard to thefts he said that the opening of a criminal court in richmond hill was of consid erable convenience to the mark ham department and overtime hours had been reduced suggest survey of markham crossings councillor allan sumner has suggested that the council should plan a tour of markham township to inspect all railroad level crossings he claimed that the present piecemeal arrange ment of dealing with crossing sites on an individual basis was not satisfactory councillor sumner expressed his views on the matter at a regular meeting on monday night the council gave its approval to the installation of an auto matic warning signal on the el gin mills road where a young agincourt doctor was killed re cently the township will pay its share of the cost involved officer recognized acting on a recommendation of the police committee the council has recognized p c douglas tribbling for his action in arresting two armed men singlehanded following a 100 mile per hour chase south on the don mills road officer trib bling will be granted merit rccogntion of three months ser vice xcw fire chief the trustees of the police vil lage of unionvillc have given their approval to a retainer of 200 per year for their newly appointed fire chief ben gay- man mr gayman succeeds mr meryl smith to the post the chief will also receive the sum of 5750 for each fire attended weed cutting propertyowners will pay 5 per hour for any weedcutting on their premises under town ship recommendations the rate for a man mower and tractor to do the job has been raised to s100 per hour miss janet hathaway 19 year old daughter of mr and mrs harry hathaway cone 7 mark ham was accorded the honour of meeting and talking with prince philip during his recent visit in the toronto area the prince took an unannounced side trip to the j a brown estate rr 1 markham where miss hathaway is employed for a game of polo he selected a horse that had been trained by janet polo is one of prince philips favourite sports and miss hathaway herself has be come very accomplished at the art houstons mark tenth birthday a giant anniversary sale ad vertisement in this issue marks the tenth year in business for john and sybil houston the stouffville rexall drug store this corner has been occupied by a drug store for more than seventy years prior to the sale to mr and mrs houston the business was operated under the boadway name for fortyeight years first by jacob boadway and later by his son wesley prior to 1904 a drug business was conducted on the same site by j l mac kenzie beginning in 1895 and before this early date drugs were handled there by dr row an this month mr harry stouf- fer who has served in this drug store for fifty years retired mr stouffer is one of the best- known clerks in stouffville and worked for the present proprie tors as well as the iboadway family before them the story of mr stouffers retirement ap pears elsewhere in this issue more stores to open thurs night commencing on thursday evening of this week addition al stores in stouffville will be open for shopping until 9 pm the question of thursday opening has been debated now for several months and at a meeting this week a number of the merchants agreed to give the new hours a try for the summer months of june july and august all stores will continue to open as usual on friday nights as well until 10 pm warns against leap- frog urban spread in markham township was former county warden and reeve former warden of york coun ty and reeve of whitchurch township earl toole passed away at york county hospital newmarket on monday mr toole who has not enjoyed the best of health over the past sev eral j ears was involved in a minor traffic mishap on sunday and though he was not injured the apparent shock resulted in his death the following day the funeral service will be conduct ed from the chapel of road- house and rose at newmarket on thursday with interment in pine orchard cemetery thurs day afternoon mr toole who was in his 62nd year had been prominent in municipal politics throughout his lifetime he also ran for member of parliament in one campaign he had served many years as councillor in whit church township had been reeve and warden of york county for some years now he has served on the toronto york road commission besides his wife the former ethel taylor deceased is sur vived by a daughter mrs wm hancock of oshawa and two sons stuart and elgin also one sister mrs allan forbes of oshawa miss carol skinner rn daughter of mr and mrs jack skinner stouffville graduated recently from the toronto general hospital the gradu ation ceremony was conducted at convocation hall on may 24th she is a former student of the stouffville district high school miss anne lintner daughter of mr and mrs harry lintner glad park ave has returned home after nursing in the king edward vii memorial hospital in hamilton bermuda since last july stouffville lions club are planning a giant barbecue and street dance on wed june 27 lehman shoes in business for 70 years the lehman name has been seventy years connected with the shoe business in stouffville and erie lehman the present proprietor and third generation is announcing along with a number of main street merch ants giant anniversary sales in this issue amos lehman first in the trade was a cobbler in town in 1s92 and six years later he branched into the retail trade with factorymade shoes he purchased the present business block in 1919 having operated his business in a building im mediately east of the firehall prior to that time amos lehman who was reeve of stouffville in 1922 passed away in february 1936 and the business passed to his son orm- sby ormsby lehman conducted the retail shoe business until his death in november 1949 when he was succeeded by his son erie and present owner we cant stop progress in the southwest corner of the township but we are opposed to any leapfrog development in to the rural areas that would create similar problems said mr donald deacon chairman of a newly organized commit tee formed to delve into such matters and present recommen dations to the council and plan ning board mr deacon address ed a regular meeting of mark ham twp council at button- ville on monday night we are all fearful that the existing tax payers will suffer continued mr deacon its often the boomerang that follows five years later that causes the trou ble the council gave its unani mous approval to the formation of the committee to comprise the following members donald deacon chairman forest dul- lege a b wilson g w cam- pey stanley patterson w w mason ray mctavish william champion william hood and frank williams this service will be performed without re muneration we are very fortunate to have persons within this town ship who are willing to offer us assistance stated acting reeve lawson mumberson reeve wil fred dean was not present mr deacon suggested that his committee might require addi tional members to assist with the program we want volun teers but not anyone who thinks he will get paid he said planning director ron for rest contended that such prob lems pertaining to urban build up in rural areas should be handled from a provincial level but had been placed on the shoulders of individual munici palities someone must tak the bull by the horns he said he noted that no handbook had ever been prepared on the sub ject of urbanization that would give direction to a planning board or council mr deacon said that his com mittee was anxious that any subdivision comprise not only a benefit for the developer but to the area as a whole we as a council are very concerned over the same thing replied mr mumberson to hold inquest into death of markham woman the whitby police depart ment have announced that an inquest will be held on the death of evelyn daniels which oc curred saturday afternoon a markham resident 51-year- old mrs daniels fell from a second storey window at fair- view lodge where she was em ployed police department officials said that she apparently slip ped from the window about 1250 pm falling 15 feet to th concrete below on the buildings east side the injured woman was taken to the oshawa general hospital where she died of internal in juries two hours later harry stouffer retires so yrs drug store clerk instal automatic equipment for direct dial service here miss catherine beach daughter of mr and mrs walter beach stouffville rr 3 and a graduate of uxbridge high school received her ba degree at mcmaster university on may 21st she earned sec ond class honours in nine papers with four first and five seconds following the com pletion of a summer course at the ontario college of educa tion catherine will teach eng lish and history at hagcrsvillc district high school in sep tember mr and mrs clarence sum- mcrfcldt of unionville rr 1 decoration day at stouffville have moved to their new home cemetery will be held on sun- on elm road this week day june 17 automatic switching equip ment is now being installed in the new bell telephone building in stouffville in preparation for the introduction of dial service direct distance dialing and wid er local calling in october equipment to provide more than 2000 terminals each one representing a telephone num ber are being installed initial ly in- the exchange building lo cated on the west side of west lawn crescent when the cutovcr to dial is made subscribers will be able to reach millions of telephones all over north america without the help of an operator in using direct distance dialing ddd- a customer will dial 1 then if applicable the area code fol lowed by the seven digit tele phone number of the person you wish to speak to before the called telephone rings an oper ator will ask what number you are calling from after giving your number the other phone will ring as an example if you wished to dial 8701511 in montreal you would dial 1-514- 8701511 to dial a number in toronto or any other centre in the 416 area of which stouffville will be a part no area code is required for example if you wished to dial 5152754 in toronto you will only dial 1 followed by 5152754 customers in the exchange will continue to have tollfree calling with gormley and clare mont after the change to dial service in addition however long distance charges will be eliminated on calls placed be tween stouffvillcmarkham and stouffvillcunionville all the equipment being in stalled was designed and manu factured to meet stouffvilles specific needs explained w c barnes local bell telephone manager the installation work and testing of the crossbar facilities which is the latest type of dial switching equipment is being carried out by craftsmen of the northern electric company referring to the many other activities surrounding the dial conversion mr barnes said all phases of the project are pro gressing according to schedule one of the biggest jobs is adapt ing the outside wire and cable network for use under the dial system for fifty years mr harry on the farm now owned by stouffer has been dispensing everything from klcenex to cough candies over the drug counter of the main street store now owned by mr and mrs john houston this personal service over a halfcentury that has made him one of stouff villes bestknown clerks has ended with mr stouffers de cision this month to retire mr stouffer has been either directly or indirectly connected with the present premises for so long that for many of the longtime patrons he is almost part of it as a young lad in his teens he worked on a parttime basis for mr jake boadway and later carried on when his son wcs boadway look over the business mr and mrs john houston purchased the store in 1952 and mr stouffer was ac quired as a fulltime employee he has been with them for the past ten years a lifelong resident of the stouffville district he was born 69 years ago south of the town maitland spcncc later he lived on r the present floyd forsyth farm and moved into the vill age 39 years ago he resided for a time at the residence now occupied by mrs geo peck main st west mr and mrs stouffer now live on second st mr stouffer is a fully quail- fled mortician and for twenty years assisted at the parlors of the late l e oneill will return mr and mrs houston are th first to admit to mr stouf fers qualities as a clerk wo couldnt have done without him said mrs houston look- ing back over the past decade the corner of church and main streets which must hold many pleasant memories will not be completely forgotten by mr stouffer he has agreed to help out in the store whenever his services arc required from what wc can learn mr and mrs houston are already mapping out a parttime schcdulefor the remainder of the year