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4300 copies this week rttrane classified ads pages 6 7 vol 74 no 18 the tribune stouffvittk ontario thursday october 11 1962 fourteen pages stouffville library board appeals to town council for new facilities members of the stouffville time of the present library a big boy lawrence richard gray son of mr and mrs robt gray rr2 stouffville en tered the world on sept 23th with a head start over the majority of newborn babies the sturdy boy weighed 12 lbs 9 oi a twenty year record at the brierbush hos pital in stouffville he is pic- tuied here with his proud mother and sister judy 8 mr and mrs gray have five other childien bobby 12 john 11 marion 7 betty- lou 3 and leonard lte tractor veered sharply before plunge down pit inquest told an eightton loader set an un steady course then weaved sharply several times before plunging down a ten foot em bankment at the markham sand and gravel pit an eyewitness told a coroners jury at an in quest conducted at buttonville on wednesday night a- willowdale truck driver raymond thwaites saw the ac cident on aug 29th that took the life of 33 year old clifford wallwork jr of baliantrae the father of four he said that the victim appeared to steer the machine in an irregular manner and the turns became sharper as he proceeded south along the wellpacked pit road it looked as if he was trying to miss the rough spots but i couldnt understand why be cause the road was smooth he said prior to the loaders plunge down the embankment the witness said he could not recall seeing the driver on the ecat a pencil was found in the hand of the deceased mr thwa ites suggested that the victim could have bent over to pick up the pencil and perhaps lost con trol in good condition mr robt purdham the reg ular operator of the loader told the hearing that the machine had a tendency to weave if it is driven too fast all loaders do he said he said that the loader was in good mechanical condition mr algio williams general supt of markham sand and gravel co was one of the first to reach the accident scene he testified that the road in the pit used by both company ma chines and customers trucks was well maintained p c douglas tribbling of markham twp police said that one leg of the deceased was pin ned under the heavy unit con stable tribbling conducted the investigation dr mackay pathologist at the scarboro general hospital said that death was almost instantaneous caused by a broken neck the inquest was attended by mr j m hughes engineer with the dept of mines the jury of five men headed by mr henry colenan brought in a verdict of accidental death they recommended that firms has gift of new comm centre building victoria square has a new community centre building through the courtesy of mr steve roman the new build ing 140 ft long and 40 ft wide was moved by seven tractor trailers from elliott lake to its new site in markham township deputy reeve mumberson ad vised the township council tues day that good progress was be ing made in completing the e- rcction and interior decorating of the building mr roman gave the commu nity group the choice of six buildings which are owned by dennison mines and nineteen victoria square residents spent a week in the north country dis mantling the building for mov- using machines of this type should stress on their drivers the importance of exercising caution at all times other members on the jury included messrs edgar fuller elmer leek adam brown and john buchanan all of rr2 gormley dr john fleming of mark ham was in charge of the in quest assisted by sgt robt hood of markham twp police dept marilyn beach has taken a position at diannes hair styl ists main st unionville arrest two for car theft p c wm vance of mark ham village arrested two teen agers on tuesday afternoon fol lowing a wild ride along steeles avenue and north on cone 7 markham their escapade in a companyowned 1962 chrysler ended when the auto rammed into a telephone pole the youth michael ellis 17 and frank kessler 1g both of toronto were nabbed by con stable vance when they- at tempted to escape on foot po lice departments from metro and markham twp were also involved in the hunt ing the men were all members of the victoria square lions club and in the past three months five of the men have put in more than four hundred hours on the project the build ing has a new concrete floor with kitchen facilities wash rooms and accommodation for two hundred and fifty at a ban quet library board appeared before stouffville council thursday to present plans and further dis cuss proposals for a new build ing rev d davis was the frz speaker for the board and said this time the board has pre pared some of the answers for the questions asked by council at a previous meeting mr george foord took the floor and presented the facia and figures as contemplated by the library board he stressed tne urgency for a larger libra ry building saying there was no accommodation for public school children to come in and study books after school he said there was a drastic floor and shelf shortage and pio- posed a representative of coun cil the planning board and a member of the library board get together to discuss what is needed and what can be done he submitted an architects sketch of a proposed building with an estimated cott of 60 000 caution needed councillor parsons cautioned that council had committed it self to various projects among them being the 50000 addi tion to the overworked disposal plant a large extension to the high school and 90000 for t recent road improvement pio- giam mr foord suggested an en largement of the present build ing would at best be only a temporary measure and con sidered this the short tern point of view we must have enlarged faci lities if the library is to pio- vide the services the community should expect said mr fooid he told council the board con sidered they should have in mind facilities for a population of 10000 he said the actual style of the building would de pend upon the site the board estimated a new library should contain 7000 square feet and be situated on a lot with a min imum area of 80 x 200 feet with these facilities the public could expect the library tctcar- ry some forty thousand vol umes councillor parsons pointed out that the population of the town had tripled dining the life- building and it was only fair to assume that some increase in library facilities should be ex pected he supported deputy- reeve laushway who contend ed that it would be a waste of the tax payers money to spend further funds on the fortyyear old building voices objection councillor spang did not share this point of view and questioned the proposed plans as possibly being too grandiose for the present needs mr foord said he hoped coun- ci would realize the need was present this is not a luxury but a vital necessity he said mr foord continued we know that thousands of dollais ate being spent all over the coun- tiy for schools some of it is necessary but i think some of it is unnecessary many seem to think that education ends after high school but i dont think that people generally buy this idea reeve timbers questioned the possibility as to whether the rew library to be built at the high school could be of an as sistance in the piesent situation however mr foord explained that it was primarily public school pupils who use the pub lic library facilities reeve tim bers said that he would definite ly want more time to consider the matter support board deputy reeve laushway said that members of the library board had already been to coun cil several times and council had still given them no deci sion as to what move they were prepaied to make if any if we dont make a decision here tonight you better come to the next meeting picparcd to ic- ccivc a resolution on whether or not you intend to spend any more money on the old build ing the deputy reeve com mented further that he didnt see how board members could be out looking for a site when council had not made up its mind whether or not it favour ed the project i agree these people are en- titled to an answer said coun cillor parsons and i think we can surely come up with an answer by next council meet ing dr rm stewart was prominent markham dentist loaded truck rolls two times in weird collision a number of ladies from the united missionary church at tended the u ms fall rally last thursday at brcslau coming soon rexall fall one cent sale oct 18th to 27th houstons the rexall drug store phone 229 injuries caused by fists not bat defense pleads dismiss assault charge a charge of assault filed against a 19 year old markham township youth as the result of a fight on main street in stouff ville on sept 19th was dismis sed by magistrate o s hollin- rake in richmond hill court last week solicitor david coon of stouffville represented the ac cused ross apted 19th ave a grade 13 student at the stouff ville dist high school he was charged with assaulting 20 year- old travis sugden cone 5 whitchurch twp apted admitted in court that he had struck sugden with a sawedoff baseball bat but not on the head he said that he in flicted the damage to the plain tiffs face in a straight fight causing injury to his rivals one eye and nose he said that he anticipated trouble after the two became involved in an ar gument on the previous night i figured i was going to get beaten up he said wm pretty mad sugden the first to take the stand said that aptcds alleged criticism of his football team had aroused his anger he said that he confronted the accused with the alleged statement and he denied it i was really mad he said under examination by clidtor coon sugden denied that he had threatened apted on the night prior to the scuffle but admitted that he might have used the term ill drop you he admitted thut he had been required to post a 500 peace bond following an earlier fracas in a markham village restau rant i havent been in trouble since the bond was established lit- said most of the fellows know about the bond and no one is worth fighting for 500 the plaintiff said on the night of sept 19th he left a restau rant on the south side of main street in stouffville and walked across the highway he said he heard a car door open and shw the accused hit him with a bat or a stick of some kind he said that there were many witnesses to the incident saw fight begin robt hathaway a crown wit ness testified that he was seat ed in a car parked in front of apteds auto on the north side of the street he said that he saw the fight start and also saw the accused strike sugden on the ribs and shoulder with a short bat they were yelling back and forth and there was more fighting after that he continued he testified that sugden said im going to kill you hathaway said that he could see no marks on the plain tiffs face geo mckay stouffville rr4 said that he and not apted had voiced critical contents concern ing sugdens football team he said that on the previous eve ning he told sugden this but it had no effect on the plaintiff travis told him apted to step out of the car and hed drop him for nothing he said that as apted drove away from the curb sugden slapped him a couple of times mr gerald waite teacher on the staff of the stouffville dist high school was called to the stand as a character witness for the accused he said that the student had never been in trouble in school mr ronald a apted the accuseds father at tested to his- sons good conduct he said that he had mentioned his earlier runin with the plain tiff i advised him to defend himself if he was attacked tried to reason speaking on his own behalf apted told the court that he had not criticized sugdens football team the tall well dressed youth said that sugden had con fronted him on the street prior to the fight i tried to reason with him he continued he said he could drop me just as well in the car as out when i drove away he hit me a cou ple of times apted said that on the next night he had words with sugd en i said are you still after me trav he testified that the plaintiff suggested that they should go out of town i hes itated then hit him sugden three times with a stick then a straight fight ensued he con tinued i hit him with my fist cut his eye and caused his nose to bleed sense of honour in a defense plea that at tracted the interest of the court solicitor coon suggested that the mick was acquired by the ac cused more as a protective measure than a weapon of as sault neither one was marked by it he pointed out the damage to the complainants face was done by this boys fists the fight was provoked bythe crown witness he con tinued the accused was blam ed by sugden and was later watched and beset theres nothing vvorse than a threat hanging over the head of anyone particularly a teen ager continued mr coon there is a certain sense of honour among boys which 1 feel has to be taken into con sideration it may be an un usual sense of honour but a very real one he said with the reputation of the complainant what it is i felt that the accused had every rea son to believe that something would happen he continued it is simply a case of a trouble maker getting the worst of a fight with a high school boy who has never been in trouble he concluded in dismissing the charge magistrate hollinrakc com mended solicitor coon for his defense presentation a small britishbuilt rylie auto tangled with two gravel trucks one loaded with 15 tons of sand in a weird threevehicle collision on no 47 huy west of goodwood tuesday morn ing the biggest truck a tandem ford750 rolled over twice i the centre of the pavement spilling its load on the road the driver mr a a kaake 56 of nobleton escaped with only a bump on the head most seriously injured was robt john loblaw 24 of main st stouffville the driver of the car his auto sideswiped the loaded tandem and although eastbound it ended up in th westbound lane another truck driven by jack williams may- tree ave stouffville was also involved according to p c bi- beau of the whitby detach ment ontario provincial police the accident occurred on the garibaldi hill west of cone 2 uxbridge mr kaake the driver of the loaded tandem was helped uul of the cab by two other truck men who arrived on the scene he had puchascd his vehicle in july and had driven it only- a few thousand miles donates pipe organ in memory of father a hew pipe organ will be in stalled in the stouffville bap tist church a gift to the con gregation from mr glenn rat- cliff it will be dedicated in memory of the donors father the latejas ratcliff the pipe organ will replace an electric organ now in use it will be installed later this month twp seeks county aid uxbridge twp council has agieed to acquire the sei vices of tile county assessment de partment in an effort to com plete the current role this ac tion was taken on tuesday night the township assessor mr fred clubine is confined to sunnybrook hospital toronto the emergency measure was advocated by county assess ment commissioner gordon hepditcli who attended tues days meeting in person nomination date the regular uxbridge twp nomination meeting will be held in the community hall goodwood on friday evening nov 30th at 7 pm if an elec tion is necessary it will be con ducted on monday dec 10th seven polling divisions have been established at glasgow siloam goodwood glen major pine grove quaker hill and webb the deputy returning officers are harry noble walt er todd walter beach edgar- johnston geo coppins john kyddand geo collins the poll clerks arcgrant drcwery al bert staley wendell alcock marshall sharrard gordon ewen and clayton hill markham village lost one of its most prominent and highly respected citizens on friday in the passing of dr r m stew art main street dentist for over a halfcentury he was in his 87th year born at whitby he graduat ed from dental college and established a practice in mark ham in 1904 he was a familiar figure to almost every family in the district and his professional services were often acquired long after tegular office hours dr stewarts activities were not confined to his professional practice only he was an active sportsman in his community an ardent tennis and hockey player in his younger years he later took iip the sport of bowl ing and was a charter member cf the markham lawn bowling club his community achievements extended even further than his athletic endeavors he was a member of the public school board and later served as sec retary for more than twenty- years he also served as a higli school trustee and a village councillor he was a member of the masonic order for almost sixty years and a past master ot markham union his mem bership in the ioof covered a similar period on oct 19th 1955 dr and mrs stewart celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at that time they were the re cipients of hundreds of cards and good wishes from a host of friends they received a tele gram from prime minister louisst laurent and the gov- cnor general of that day mrs stewart the former maud lo gan survives along with a daughter ruth marjorie mrs roy barnum of campbellford and a son logan of markham the funeral service from the dixon parlours markham was conducted by rev albion wright of st andrews united church on monday afternoon at 2 pm with interment in the cshawa union cemetery the pall bearers were messrs walter mccarthy frank burk- holder jack maynard percy wideman carman lewis and dr wm coleman well driller crushed in own machine a 45 year old aurora dis trict well dtiller was instantly killed on thursday afternoon when pinned inside the work ings of his own machine frank gerrits the father of five was apparently attempt ing to make some repairs at the rear of his portable driller when the hand clutch released dropping a heavy steel beam down on the victim the ac cident occurred on the foimer leslie wideman farm east of stouffville where mr v mrs stan burkholder now reside fire chief walter smith and dr john button both of stouff- vile were summoned to the scene but the man was dead on their arrival ontario provin cial police of the whitby de tachment conducted the investi gation the coroner was dr john fleming of markham the deceased was well known tin oughout- this area his wife is expecting a sixth child this month pet dog shot a female spaniel dog was shot through the head and kil led last week on the farm of mrs elsie boland cone 3 ux bridge twp north of good wood the family pet that only re cently gave birth to pups was tending a herd of cattle on the boland property when hit at fairly v range if managed to drag itself to the barn where it died mrs boland has blamed the incident on indiscriminate hunters who possibly may have mistaken the dog for a ground hog or some other animal she said that the petnevef strayed from the farm vivian district father rescues four children from burning home miss caroline ogilvy who is studying medicine at mcgill university montreal was home for the thanksgiving weekend with her family mr and mrs j ogilvy at ringwcod susan ogil vy who recently returned after spending the summer in scot land as well as a short while in holland germany and den mark has resumed studies in grade 13 stouffville high begin work on glasgow school construction work has been started on a new 52000 two- room public school at glasgow cone 3 uxbridge twp the con tractor is mr mervin bunker of altona the site of the structure is located on property purchased from the mcrvyn rrcthour farm almost directly across from the old building by a majority vote of 287 ratepayers gave the trustees the green light to proceed with the project at a special meeting on sept 13th a 30 year old father rescued his four children from a smoke- filled upstairs bedroom on fri day nighty only minutes before their twostorey frame home on the vivian road in whitchurch twp was enveloped by flames tom ferguson was prepar ing to retire for the evening when he smelled smoke in the living room he first carried the youngest child sandra aged 2 years outside and then returned for the three others randy 9 laurie 8 and tommy 6 he had to wrap a blanket around his head and face when he reach ed thctop of the stairs he cal led to the children they left their beds clad only in their py jamas grasped their fathers hand and escaped out a side door when i turned around after getting the children out the whole house was a mass of flames said mr ferguson everything inside the structure was destroyed mrs ferguson was returning home from a community baby shower at the home of mrs john crow when she saw the red glow in the sky she be came hysterical when she learn ed that the fire was locatedin her house and hadnt yet learn ed that the family was safe a neighbour mr and mrs ray lundy provided the children with temporary lodging until the parents were able to locate more permanent premises firemen from stouffville and aurora were summoned to the scene but the blaze was com pletely out of control when they arrived the ferguson family had lived or the property for almost three years i election date nomination and election dates in markham township will re main as at present since no move was made by council for any change when the 1962 dates were discussed on tuesday nomination date will be nov 23rd at 7 pm and election on monday dec 3rd elizabeth foote was active in anglican church on saturday oct 6th miss elizabeth foote a stalwart fig ure in christ anglican church stouffville passed away at her home cone 7 whitchurch in her 80th year the deceased played a prom inent part in the life of the anglican congregation in stouffville and was responsible in part for holding the church together during difficult times a church member for 68 years miss foote played the organ faithfully every sunday for a period of 35 years it was only fitting that she should be select ed as the one to turn the first sod on june r 12 1961 to start construction on the new church edifice located on the south side sunset blvd the de ceased was also a leader in tho womens association miss fobtc was born june 308831110 daughter of mr and mrs herbert foote she is survived by one brother septi mus at homci and a sister mrs pearl whittlesay of mission texas the funeral service was con ducted n by revi john bali christ church anglican stouff- n ville from- the oneill parlours stouffville on monday after noon oct 8th with interment in the stouffville cemetery the pall bearers were messrs howard barkcy elgin hast ings cecil banks clifford winger arthur paisley and fred harwood y