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classified ads pages 6 7 rttmne 4500 copies week vol 73 ko 11 the tribune stouffvti t h ontario thursday august 22 1963 sixteen pages two goodwood men were killed one instantly when their northbound 1959 model car was hit by a speeding cpr dayliner on the mark- hampickcring townline road north of green river wed nesday evening of last week roland morris 40 and joseph lorefice 36 were returning home from toronto where they were employed by the dayliner strikes car on townline crossing 2 goodwood men killed two goodwood men return ing home from their work in toronto were killed on wed nesday evening of last week when their northbound car was rammed by a cpr dayliner et a level crossing on the mark- hampickering townline north of green river roland morris 40 died instantly while his pas senger joseph lorefice 3b succumbed en route to the scarboro general hospital in an ambulance both were em ployees of the toronto postal department and shared the same home in goodwood that they purchased about two years ago mr lorefice leaves his wife and five children mr mor ris is survived by his wife and k family of three the impact was so violent that the front portion of the 1959 model pontiac was sliced in two and the motor was hurl ed 300 feet down the track pieces of wreckage were trewn over a wide area mr ernest segriff and his non john were two of the first on the scene farm residents near the crossing they assisted dr robt seaver of markham the harry carters of port william aie visiting mrs car ters sister mrs a grubin church st for a few days also the clendennings on the whit- churchmarkham townline mr harve clendenning is captain carters brotherinlaw mr carter will attend a pro vincial council meeting of the new democratic party in toron- lo over the weekend and will leave for home net monday in caring for the injured until the ambulance arrived mr se griff recognized mr lorefice as a friend and neighbour he had known while living at wexford in scarboro several years ago ontario provincial police of the whitby detachment had some difficulty in notifying mrs morris of the tragedy since she was holidaying with her family at a cottage on pine lake in the haliburton district creek ok near refuse a report from the ontario water resources commission has apparently given a clean- sheet to the operators of the dumping ground on the 3rd concession of whitchurch where the refuse from auroras collis leather plant is disposed of some weeks ago members of the township conservation club requested that council call a special meeting with collis leather members of council members of the conservation club the owrc and other interested parties who live near the dump the meeting was held up pending this report from the government the report stated that no drainage was entering the near by stream from the dump and the water in the wells was not being affected a test showed the water to the grade a collecting more than garbage mr ollie pellett operator of the whitchurch twp garbage truck which collects refuse at musselmans lake advised council on monday night that he is being called upon to col lect much more than just garb age in his last nine collections he had tabulated the following 13s bushels of grass 23 miscel laneous beds refrigerators and chairs 13 wagons and 122 stoves car parts and tires mr pellett said that if he was going to be called on to remove this type of garbage lie would like to have an extra 10 a week the discussion arose when mrs i florence wade mussel- mans lake complained to council that her garbage was not being picked up she re sides on a lane where it is not possible for the garbage truck to turn around other residents bring their garbage to a cen tral point council agreed to rebate the lady the garbage tax and let her arrange her own disposal tei postal department the im pact sliced the auto in two and pieces of wreckage were strewn along the track detour hard on whitchurch roads road supt ernest davis re ported to whitchurch town ship council monday that the diversion of traffic from don mills road during rebuilding there was doing considerable damage to township roads he said the local gravel roads were not built lor these kind of loads council members agreed that the county should be asked to make repairs the road supt presented a monthly paysheet amounting to 218525 and general road expenditures of 1102714 he told council that as of july 31st road costs this year had amounted to si 1196363 the total budget is s200000 reformatory sentence a 17 year old whitchurch twp youth has been sentenced to two years less one day in the reformatory john angliss rr 3 newmarket entered a plea of guilty to several charges of break and entry and one of dangerous driving he was arrested by markham twp police last month jehovahs witnesses erect new church at east end of town the congregation of jeho vahs witness have commenced construction of a new 8000 church in stouffville the site is located at the corner of mon treal and stoufter streets in the east end of town church officials hope to have their new structure completed this fall when the congregation was first formed in stouffville sev eral years ago it numbered less than 10 worshippers it has since increased to more than forty and the accommodation above snowballs barber shop building on main street was not sufficient bethesda p s stalemate may force action by york county health unit fifteen board meetings and three public gatherings have failed to produce any concrete proposals to solve the present sanitary problems at the bethesda public school ss no 12 whitchurch township on thursday evening the stalemate that has plagued the trustees on previous occasions was extended as two motions put to a vole were both de feated the one recommended that the lowest tender for new washroom facilities be accepted and that a sum of 13500 be provided to cover this expendi ture thirtysix ballots were cast with 16 in favour and 20 opposed a second motion proposed that outside toilets should be erected as a temporary meas ure until it could be definitely learned if additional classroom accommodation would be re quired this suggestion was al so rejected by a vote of 13 to 10 views differ the future buildup of homes in the bethesda section brought contrasting views from several latepayers mr frank curtis said that he had learned on good authority from a member of the whitchurch planning board that a tight rein would be held on subdivision develop ment in the community mr harvey wideman chairman of the trustee board and in charge of the meeting advised that according to the inspector the construction of new hwy 401 and the t edevelopment of the don mills road could mean increased building activ ity in the area architect stefan w shcrbo- wich said that he had also been in contact with the inspector and suggested that one or per haps two new rooms would be required ill the near future he noted that he could arrange a cutback in the plans but could not promise that the tendered continued on page 6 stouffville to get woogal tank truck jennie boyd passes suddenly at mill st home in 83rd year mrs carleton smith of ober- lin ohio and her father mr frank baker of woodville are visiting relatives here for sev eral days the sudden passing of jen nie boyd in her 83rd year at her mill st home stouffville on august loth was a shock to her many relatives and friends she was the last remaining member of her family and a fifth generation descendant of the original scarborough set tlers david and mary thom son born janet mae hope on april 26 1881 and named after the first white child born in scarborough she was the daughter of daniel hope and mary sellers of goodwood her childhood was spent on the farm west of goodwood pres ently owned by don kennedy in 1901 she married fred john son and together they farmed on the 9th concession of pick ering land that was in the johnson family for at least generations and is presently owned by joe nighswander they were both very fond of horses and always had a fine driving horse after mr john sons death in 1937 she carried on the farm for a season with the help of norman neal who had been with them a number of years she then moved to her home on mill st and in 1916 married hugh boyd well known stouffville resident he predeceased her in 1951 although she had no chil dren of her own she was aunt and grandmother to many a familiar figure in stouffville she was seen almost daily on main st and she had a friendly greeting for all she took great pride in caring for tier own home and flower gar den and did so until the time of her death of recent years a member of st james presby- terian church she was throughout her life a faithful church worker mrs boyd was predeceased by brothers william of milli- ken and robert of goodwood and one sister in childhood she is survived by stepdaughters mrs wilmot stover hazel of stouffville and mrs arnold henesey gertrude of oshawa nine stepgrandchildren and two greatgrandchildren and nephews fred bert harry and walter hope and niece mrs arthur hall ruth and four great nephews and nieces and their families the funeral service on satur day was conducted by the rev douglas davis from oneills funeral home and interment was in stouffville cemetery pallbearers were grandsons david henesey and peter stov er nephews walter and donald hope and bruce davidson and clifton morris a thousandgallon tank truck provided by whitchurch town ship council in conjunction with the township federation of agriculture is being added to the stouffville firefighting equipment stouffville has un dertaken to provide storage for the truck and to man the ap paratus when it is required at fires while whitchurch is provid ing the equipment for the bene fit of its residents the tanker ivay go into the other three municipalities served by the local fire brigade at which time a charge of 20 will be made plus the regular hourly rate for firemen the truck fire chief walter smith told council on thursday is an excellent addition to the local equipment and gives the brigade water carrying capaci ty of approximately 1s0o gal lons both chief smith and his deputy fred castle commented that the tank truck was good insurance to have at any fire whether it was needed or not councillor parsons said that storage space was being con sidered in the rear of the muni cipal building and would only require the installation of a larger door and small altera tion in the floor roeve timbers agreed that the space here should be used theres a lot of heat being wasted there the place could possibly house the town tractor as well said the reeve coun cil agreed that the properly committee should proceed with the necessary alterations in the building as the fire chief indi cated the truck might be ready within a week kmo rescue course fire chief smith also asked council for permission to use the rear of the municipal build ing which has an extra high ceiling for use during the emergency measures rescue course the course will cover fifteen weeks council agreed to the suggestion expect 10000 at holiday gokart meet travelling tent three weeks when rev meno bertan ainsworth of peterboro hoisted his twopole tent in the stouff ville memorial park on satur day to commence a threeweek aeries of evangelistic services on sunday it was suggested by lome that the travelling pente costal pastor would electrify the cool falllike air with fire nd brimstone sermons this has not been so in fact the 1 1 year old minister is a quiet- spoken gentleman with little flair for penetrating oratory that has been so common with his predecessors in the past hev m b ainsworth stouffville has not been the scene of a tent revival for many years although similar gatherings have been held re cently at goodwood claremont and richmond hill rev ains worth arrived here last week from huntsville with his two sons david ii and john 11 mrs ainsworth did not accom pany her husband on the trip stouffville was selected as a central point in southern ont ario with the hope that a warm er climate might tend to en courage attendance at such services this has not heen the case however and worshippers have found the damp coolness of the evenings rather uncom fortable although the tent j could accommodate close to 200 persons less than forty were present on sunday and this iumber was reduced to about i fifteen on monday night the pastor is confident that the at tendance will increase if the j weather improves sleep at site tile rear of a twoton truck provides temporary sleeping j quarters for the minister while j ins hoys sleep in a curtained- off section of the tent a police j dog is retained at the site to keep an eye and ear open for unwanted callers- rev ainsworth has not had any personal contact with local pastors in town but his cam paign ii supported by members of the gospel chapel in clare mont music is a central theme in the services the organist is miss dorothy bradley of alto- na evening meetings are at eight oclock with a sunday afternoon gatheirng at 3 pm a large display sign on the front of the tent announces the powers of miracles and healing the pastor is quick lo point out that he alone cannot per form such works but healing powers are channeled through him by the lord he said that at previous services it has heen common for afflicted persons to i sll come seeking a cure salva- no covering necessary for reservoirs stouffville public utilities commission has acknowledged a recent report from the onta rio water resources commis- sion calling for a compete cov- j ering of the town water reser voirs but has advised the j owrc that it is the opinion of the local commission that cover is not necessary the report from the ontario tton is the biggest miracle he commission was read by chairman ed neville at last weeks meeting he pointed out whitchurch reducing m of conditions which tax arrears j he said in a semiannual report to recti would increase water rate to the arena were reported incor- whitchurch township council clerktreas jack crawford said that the tax demand of s62506326 would be subject to some minor adjustments he revealed the amount of tax ar rears still unpaid in 1962 as 71 11279 for 1961 the out the stouffville water supply the chairman said was quite satisfactory and the fence erected around the reservoir was quite ample to keep out animals hydro costs down the monthly bill from onta- standing amount is s3311656 j rio hydro for supph ing power i and the total for 1960 and prior is 3530917 mr crawford said that while the amount of the arrears was of some ebneet n progress was being made in the rolicction and it had exceeded the year before to the local commission will row be reduced approximately 500 a month due to the pur chase by the town of the sub station near the 9th concession the hydro account for june was s71ss77 and for july 626523 despite the fact that the stouffville public utilities is presently trying to sell additio nal hydro power to the stouff ville arena company commis sioner w d atkinson declared at last weeks commission meeting that the arena should be put on meter he advocated that such a policy be followed with all commercial accounts chairman neville said that this would be a most inoppor tune time to bring up such a point when the commission was trying to sell more power to the arena which is one of the largest customers however commissioner atkinson said that regardless of this he would put a metered rate on the company the arena company is pres ently considering the installa tion of a number of heaters for the arena and there is competi tion between the hydro com mission and the consumers gas company for this additio nal business the consumers gas company has made the in stallation at the aurora arena secretary daniels suggested that a study of the bylaw be made as it governed the rates and was passed by the town council chairman neville stat ed he would call a special meeting later in the month to review the bylaw 100000 gallons daily the secretary reported that the consumption of water in june averaged 100000 gallons a day he also said that the com mercial accounts were a benefit in the winter months in drain ing off sufficient water to keep the supply fresh and pur over 60000 voters in local riding there are 60000 to 65000 vo ters in the riding of north york for next months provin cial election the south bound ary for the riding ends at hwy 7 and excludes woodbridge donald m findlay qc king city lawyer nas been appointed returning officer for the provin cial riding of north york he has been in touch already with representatives of the progressive conservatives and liberal parlies on the appoint ment of the enumerators for the approximate 263 polls ex pected in the riding that runs from no 7 highway on the south to lake simcoe in the north mr findlay said on wednes day that the dominion polling subdivision boundaries will be used as far as possible for the provincial election there are 226 dominion polls and to this will be added 17 in markham south of highway 7 seven in vaughan south of highway 7 and five in woodbridge there are also ome changes contem plated particularly in rich mond hill and king city mr findlay is a former pres ident of the progressive con servative association a former chairman of king township planning board and of king city village trustees he has li ved in king city since 191s and has engaged in law practice there since 1953 an influx of close to 10000 people is expected for the giant labour day program to be staged on the site of tire good wood gokart track cone 2 uxbridge twp the show to include an openair dance folk- singing outdoor barbeque beauty pageant roller skating and a variety of other enter tainment features will begin at 830 pm on friday aug 31st and conclude on monday night sept 2nd a tent city will be set up to accommodate 2000 persons kart racing will be held from 2 to 6 pm on sunday after noon with the main events to begin at 11 am on monday morning the giant barbeque will commence at 630 pm on sunday evening the beauty contest to crown the gokart queen of carrada will be held at 730 pm on sunday and the winner will be escorted around the track in an open convertible at the conclu sion of the pageant the queen will assist in the pres entation of trophies at 530 pm on monday afternoon weekend rates for tent city accommodation will be 500 per person or 200 for one night persons are advised to bring their own blankets all tents will be auctioned off to conclude the programs activi ties open markham arena september 6 the finishing touches are be ing added to the new markham arena in markham village in preparation for its official op ening on friday sept 6th the ribboncutting ceremony will begin at 730 pm to ba followed by modern and old- time dancing at nine oclock a meeting of the arena exe cutive was held on wednesday evening and more detailed par ticulars will be available next week local man injures hand in mower a local employee at the wil lows golf course mongolia suffered a painful injury on monday morning when ills left hand was caught in the blades of a power mower walter baker albert st n was cutting grass on the par 3 course when the accident oc curred two men grant wideman and harold knights rushed him by car to the stouffville medical centre and then to the scarboro general hosptial parts of two fingers were cut off but doctors are confident that they can be saved late henry mingay of markham was noted educator henry george mingay died sunday august 18th 1963 at brier bush hospital stouffville he was well known in the edu cation field he was registrar of the department of education of manitoba and was with clarke irwin publishers toron to during the war he was educational officer at eastern air command and western air command and did much in connection with rehabilitation education later in the depart ment of immigration he super vised indian education in on tario he held his masters degree in arts from the university of manitoba and a bachelor of pedagogy from toronto uni versity in 1958 he retired to his faim at markham but con tinued to do relief teaching at district high schools until last christmas duiing the first war he serv ed with the engineers in france having joined at the outbreak of war while at vic toria college university o toronto he is survived by his wife the former maude hawkins markham his two daughters catherine shepherd of wind sor and maude connon of lucknow and a son paul markham his other son don ald mingay was killed in action in italy in 1914 the deceased had earlier re quested that his body should be donated to sclenre a memo rial service will be held at a date to be announced at a later lime a family service was con ducted on sunday august 18th