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the proof of the cake is in the eating and reg button obrien ave shows no fear as he prepares to sample a piece of his own product this colourful masterpiece of kitchen confectionary was a pi irewinner in an allmale cakebaking contest on satur day in the basement of the united church staff photo twenty six in mens cake fejkinjgcqntest twentysix men were kings of the kitchen for a day last week in a cakebaking competi tion that attracted much inter est at the stouffville united church womens christmas fair bazaar on saturday after noon the contest was sponsor ed by maple leaf mills and each entry used a monarch cake mix the judge was mrs win packer william street a noted cooking authority and column ist dr neil smith obrien ave won out over twentyfive other rivals with his cake that com memorated the 70th annivers ary off the church that was marked on sunday nohm bak er rose aye used vivid imagi nation to improvise a green- topped golf course it was awarded second prize reg but- toris colourful candycahe cake was a unanimous third hon- oiirable mention went- to entri es by ron mercer rupert ave andjim hill church st above- average comment also went out to entries from ross giles ru pert ave moe jeffrey glad park ave and don huxtable fairvicw aye other men who displayed their cakebaking artistry in- eluded norm hill jerry clarke dr bill murphy lome boadvyay bill duxbury fred williams rev cruikshank ja mie pgllvy cec hendricks howard davis stan smith bun sellers dr john button jim ogilvy danny oboyle ross hethcrlngton walt todd and roy dowswcll the promoter of the contest was mrs ross heth erington receipts from the ba- 7aar totalled over 5so000 grads receive diplomas friday seven graduates of the stouff ville dist high school will re ceive their grade 13 honour graduation diplomas at the an nual commencement exercises on friday night the spotlight of attention will be focussed on daphne chewins dawn grose lome grove james hill ernie miller donna pattenden and lois stouffer daphne chewins will deliver the valedictory address in ad dition she will receive the wat erman foundation award the business and professional womens club 100 bursary and the ladies auxiliary 100 busary the valedictorian auto matically receives the stouffer farhily- award which on this occasion will be presented by mr lambert stouffer three municipal bursaries each of 50 will go to elinore shirk village of stouffville herbert otto twp of whit church and janet button twp of markham herbert otto will also receive the 25 it r but ton english bursary and the r h murphy academic proficien cy award altogether a total of 37 academic bursaries and awards will be presented to students of good standing on behalf of the late robt cook- a grade 13 student who died only this summer a me morial award has been estab lished by the paisley family of stouffville and will be presented to the vicechairman of the high school board mr mcrlyn baker by mr eert paisley vol 74 no 22 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday november s 1962 twelve pages police get radio service council approves local radio hookup with markham twp stouffville the last police outpost in york county without radio communications will acquire this service according to the unanimous approval of council at a regular meeting on thursday night the total monthly cost for 1962 has been estimated at 150 but this figure will be revised slightly for 1963 dispatcher headquarters will be located in the markham twp police office at buttonville markham village forms another link in the communication councillor gar lehman chairman of the police committee presented his report following a discussion last week with the markham twp council and police department reeve timbers councillor spang and pc hugh vahkoughnet were also present the rental cost of the radio will be refunded if the council decides to purchase the unit it was indicated that an additional employee would be added to the markham force to handle the calls markham made it very clear that they do not wish to make money out of the deal said reeve win timbers we are expected to pay our fair share if were hooked up with markham im confident that we will receive good service said councillor leh man dials force change deputyreeve kenneth laush- way pointed out that the change- oyer to the telephone dial system had made the move necessary prior to this the switchboard operators would flash a main street red light or attempt to contact an officer if outside the police office we spend sixteen or seventeen thousand dollars per year for police protection but this service is absolutely useless if an officer cannot be reached he suggested that a check should be made into the types of radio sets that would best serve this area councillor lehman said that a company representative would be willing to explain the workings of his product at councils request councillor lehman charged that the present arrangement was not fair to the officers he said that during the night time one constable iwais often out andwas little protection first we awaited a move by the county then whit church nowwe have an oppor tunity to go with markham continued councillor lehman in advocating the plan whatever we do its going to cost us money no member voiced any objection to the proposal i local dentist drills to music you con lose your worries and your teeth all in one soothing operation in the of fice of local dentist dr win murphy main st w at a patients request tap ed stereo music is provided through earphones and the person adult or child simply relaxes in complete comfort the new scientific develop ment has proven itself suc cessful especially with chil dren the dentist has a portable microphone at his command which enables him to speak to his patient above the sound of the music if he so desires 260000 addition to high school gets town council ok building fund offering 1900 at um church the congregation of the stouffville united missionary church contributed total offer ings on sunday in the amount of 1900 at the dedication and anniversary services this is in addition to the 9000 previous ly collected the cost of the new church building extension has been estimated at 24000 the out standing amount of 6000 has all been forthcoming in the form of loans from the people rev ward m sharitz of kit chener ontario dist supt was in icharge qf ithe jnbriiingidedj- cationf and also- spoke in the evening the congregation swel led out into the vestibule ad dition at both services special music in song was providedby tenor soloist mr fred lehman also of kitchener sunday school attendance in the morn ing totalled 251 boys and girls 15 year old boy struck by car a fifteen year old boy suffer ed a fractured right arm head cuts and body bruises on mon day night when he crossed hwy 48 and ran into the side of a car geo low son of mr and mrs geo c low rr2 mark ham wasadmitted to the scar- boro general hospital for treat ment the accident occurred near byers bridge two miles north of markham village the auto was driven by mr geo chong of don mills he was not charged pc a hudson of markham twp police con ducted the investigation santa to arrive by helicopter over 300 honor couple on diamond anniversary the cozy bungalow home of mr and mrs walter a thom son main st markham was the scene of a gathering on sunday of more than 300 relatives friends and neighbours on the occasion of the couples dia- mond wedding anniversary over the years mr and mrs thomson have gained a wide circle of friends and the respect held for them in the community was reflected in the beautiful flowers and cards that decorat ed the living room of their residence mr thomson a perfectionist at many trades was a black smith a farmer a baker and a builder his own is a prime example of his carpentry skill he also owns four others the son of the late harry h thomson mrs thomson the former sablna tran was born at mongolia the daughter of the late mr and mrs geo tran they are members of st an drews united church mark ham they were married in 1902 at the home of his wifes parents they travelled by horse and buggy to the cpr station at locust hill and left by train for a honeymoon trip to buffa lo although ia blacksmith by profession he later owned and operated the markham bakery he sold the business to mr fred gowland and purchased a dry land farm in montana he returned to buy back the bakery from mr gowland mr and mrs thomson have continu ed to reside in markham vil lage for thepast 40 years to the couple were born five children four daughters nore- cn mrs fred todds of mont real muriel mrs russell burkholder of belleville doris mrs arthur fry of new market mrs marion rennie of toronto and one son george of sheridan wyoming they have nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren a photo appears on page 8 of this is sue on saturday morning dec 1st santa claus will make his official visit to stouffville lie will arrive by helicopter a committee has been or ganized by the stouffville businessmens association to complete arrangements for santas prechristmas arrival a main street workshop will be erected where st nick will meet all his little friends further- details arid the exact time of santas arrival will be revealed at a later date stouffville council has given its approval to a 260000 ad dition for the high school the extension to the present struct ture will accommodate 160 stu dents a 50 government grant will be received on an uncon firmed s200000 leaving an esti mate 160000 to be borne by stouffville markham twp and whitchurch twp stouffvjlles share of this figure will be ap proximately 42 whitchurch 39 and markham 19 the debenture issue will be handled through the county mr a g thompson stouff- villes representative on the high school board presented the recommendations at a reg ular meeting of the council on x nursday night he said that the enrollment had now reach ed 446 students although the building was erected to accom modate only 400 he said that a surveyhad estimated an at tendance of 611 by 1968 the addition if approved by all three municipalities and the ontario municipal board will contain two classrooms a libra ry a lab a general shop a home economics room a guid ance area a staff room and a gymnasium councillor bud spang ques tioned the need for a gymnasi um of 3150 square feet do we have to go for one of that size he asked mr thompson said that the board had been guided to a great extent by the recommen dations of the inspector he noted that the door that would separate the new gymnasium from the present auditorium would cost an estimated 8000 he said that tentative approval oh the project had been receiv ed for the dept of education halloween vandalism at gormley ps totals 175 air cadet promotions the folio wing promotions and appointments have been finaliz ed in the stouffville and district air cadet squadron j h wy- lie promoted to fir sgt c t stewart promoted to sgt wm koblensky promoted- to sgt c a worley promoted to sgt two new officer appointments have been approved they are po j mckellar supply offi cer and po r mcgrogan chief instructor mr- g h williams manager of the bank of nova scotia has returned from a two day conference in toronto where he met with over 100 other scotia- bank managers mostly from eastern ontario discussing staff credit customerrelations international operations pro tection and other key aspects of banking telegrams were received from prime minister john diefenbaker hon lester pear son mr john addison mp york north and mr john yar- cmko provincial secretary although the halloween scene was one of the quietest in many years here in stouff ville other neighbouring muni cipalities were not quite so fortunate in markham twp the police department had an entire shift n patrol duty prior to themid- night hour on cone 7 a vacant house was set afire and burned o the ground on cone 3 a barn was ignited and destroyed markham village brigade ans wered the first call and rich mond hill attended the second blaze on the giounds of the gormley public school s s no 7 markham vandals smashed windows in both the original structure and the new addition the damage hasbeen estimated at 175 huge bould ers were thrown through the glass and were found inside the classroom it marked the second time this year that the school windows had been dam aged students attended classes as usual on thursday morning the caretaker mr harold tat- ton made temporary repairs but the panes will have to be acquir ed on special order from toron to the trustees had planned to purchase a floorwasher out of this years budget but this loss will set them back said mr tatton id like to make the persons responsible clean the floors with a toothbrush at the cpr level crossing in gormley the automatic signal lights were smashed by stones sectionmen were called to make hasty repairs fair building burned in markham village police arid auxiliary personnel kept a close watch on roving groups of young people and damage was negligible during the night at about 5 am on thursday morning however volunteer firernen were called to the markham fair grounds a frame structure a show build ing for poultry was burned to the ground in a matter of min utes police have some prime persons lined up as suspects and chief white informed the trib une that no stone would be left unturned in an effort to appre hend the parties responsible it was a quiet night the kids all behaved themselves commented an officer of the on tario provincial police at vah- dorf in stouffville -it- was a similar story the three stouff- ville police officers were on duty and the force was further bolstered through the auxiliary addition of messrs wm sand ers and ira brown uni cef benefits children were out by the hundreds but the majority of residents were ready and wait ing for them with candy apples and peanuts their motive was not a selfish one however since the two stouffville schools contributed over 33500 to the unicef program- remembrance service is this sunday stouflvlllcs service of re membrance will be held in the veterans memorial hall at 230 pm this sunday afternoon nov 11th rev j i ball rector or the christ church anglican will deliver the address and other local ministers will assist in the service v following the service meriv bers of stouffville legion branch no 459 and veterans as well as other local groups including the ladles auxili ary to the canadian legion the roaf cadet squadron scouts cubs girl guides brownie cgit and ex- plorers will parade to the cenotaph in the park wreaths wll be placed at the j cenotaph and memorial tark gates open air gym bestwallwork additional locals mr and mrs norman tap- scott and john of markham were sunday afternoon visitors with mr and mrs jas thomas and family rupert ave visitors with mr and mrs cliff lemon rupert ave on wednesday weie mr and mrs chester brumwell of roblin man and on saturday mrs ernie morgason of goodwood the proposed erection ota 3150 square foot gymnasium as part of a 260000 addition to the stouffville dist high school aroused some concern among members of whitchurch jtwp council at a regular meeting on monday night mr merlyn bak er the township representative on the board presented a break- down of costs of which whit church will pay an estimated 39 minus government grants the project will total close to 160000 the reeve criticized the trend towards more elaborate gymna sium facilities and noted that a large portion of the- stouffville building extension program in cluded such addition mother nature provided a very good gym right out on the playing field he said he contended that the physical condition of todays youth mightbe im- pioved if this openair gymna sium wasusedmoreoftenh9 charged that if a doublesized auditorium was so necessary then the department should be willing shoulde a larger por tion of the cost although the majority of council members agreed with the reeves stand on the issue they consented to assume their share of the building project the stouffville high school expenditure comes at a rather inopportune time for whit church since they are in th midst of organizing municipal police department that will seriously affect the level- of the 1963 tax bill officer gives first aid at two car collision a markham twp police offi cer used his st johns ambu lance training to good advan tage on sunday afternoon at the scene of a twocar crash on the gth cone of markham twp south of 19th avenue sgt robt hood bandaged the head wounds of a 55 year old wil- lowdale man one of four pas sengers in a southbound volks wagen the roadside was transform ed into a temporary firstaid centre admitted to the scar- boro general hospital was the driver of the small auto robt thorns 26 of scarboro his wife linda 21 his father herbert thorns 55 of willow- dale and his mother mrs mary thorns 49 the driver of the north bound vehicle a volkswagen 1500 model was colin ernest tcckhovcr cone- 5- whitchurch twp he has been charged with improper passing ho was alone in the car that was equipped with safety belts he escaped injury dr robt seaverof markham was summoned to the scene according to police the tcck hovcr car had attempted to pass another northbound auto and crashed in to the side of the thorns auto the accuseds car left tire skid marks on the pave ment that measured over 200 feet the accident was investigat ed by p c dan denby of mark ham twp p c dennis davies assisted in directing heavy sunday afternoon traffic around the wrecked vehicles by an odd coincidence the ogden ambulance from agin- court was itself involved in a collision while northbound through unlonville on route to the accident it suffered minor damage vhen clipped by a rar driven by raymond douglas mcfadyon of unionvlllc it was delayed for only a few mikutes i trip to horse team all in days work for abe lehman retired eggs at eight cents a dozen butter at ten cents a pound overnight hotel room and board for 125 these things are vividly recalled by mr abe lehman main street in stouff ville at 81 and now retired from daily treks to toronto mr lehman recalls how as a young man and living at ring- wood he would purchase pro duce from district farmers and with a onehorse rig would make a 5hour trip into the city for 125 he would spend the night at the clyde hotel king arid jarvis sts this amount would provide a driver with his supper a bed his breakfast and a feed of hay for his horses mr lehman commenced his toronto trips in 1906 in the spring and fall he was often plagued by axledeep mud and in the winter waisthigh snow banks blocked the roads he re called that one load included 1600 dozen eggs and one ton of butter one day an entire slclghioad of produce upset in the snow the team was driven i by mr lehmans uncle the late i isaac grove she rolled over lickitysplit said mr lehman but only a few eggs were broken he recalled how a wagon driven by the late alex boyd was marooned in mud on the kingston road and was pul led free by a street car a lot of people wouldnt believe it said mr lehman the horses were up to their stomachs in mud and water lived here 46 years mr lehman has lived in stouffville for the past 46 years he was born on the old hoover farm cone 7 markham the son of ellas lehman and fanny grove he attended school at both dicksons hill and mongo lia at the age of only twelve years mr lehman rolled up his sleeves and went out to work i could handle a plow but i was still too small to put the harness on the horses he re called a salary of 600 a month was his starting wage mr lehman purchased his first truck a ford in 1918 in many ways it was an improve ment over the team and wagon but it was even more vulnerable to mud and snow than his trusty steeds on many occasions he was forced to leave it maroon ed in a snow drift and walk home i carried everything from pigs to cauliflower to fur niture he said mr lehman claims that during his many years of travelling to and from toronto he was only involved in one real accident in more recent times he has collected loads of paper throughout the village for delivery to ware houses at trinity and mil sts toronto even while driving the horses mr lehman was never the vic tim of a holdup along the way he would often give rides to strangers and transients i never met anyone worse than myself he joked he recalled that on one occasion he tucked a gun into his cart as a means of self defence but took it out the very next day i didnt know where to put it or how to use it he admitted he said it was not uncommon to hear stories of armed holdups but suggested that some could have been exaggerated known by whistle possibly no man in stouff ville is better known or has more friends than abe lehman with his announced retirement from doortodoor paper pickup no sound will ever replace his cheery whistle that could be heard a halfblock away his friendly disposition never chang ed but only radiated over his route he was always ready and willing to help out anyone at any time he was the sunday school superintendent at the stouffville christian church lor a period of 33 years mr3 lehman passed away on aug 6th of this year the couple had six children gordon deceased gar and donald of steuffvhle mervin of toronto nelda mrs john oineill of belleville and vi mrs w t rennlc of stouffville there are 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren twsidents here may come and go but it is people like abe lehman that make stouffville just a little bit better place in which to live mr abe lehman- main st stouffville now retired has been making dally trips to toronto for the past 56 years he started with a onehorse cart in 1906 and delivered market produce to city stores he later- purchased a team and then a truck in 1916 staff photo