The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

gormley home destroyed rum vol 75 no 19 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday october 17 1963 twelve pages six yr old ringwood girl killed jon way to school trustees to ask speed limit be reduced the insulbrick home of mr and mrs james quinn of gormley was destroyed by fire last week one of several costly outbreaks that have occurrefl in this area within the last month nothing was saved no one was home when the blaze started mr and mrs quinn purchased the property four years ago staff photo driver of beer truck fined 100 pius costs a goodwood man was fined 100 plus s2350 costs by mag istrate o s hollinrake in rich mond hill court on tuesday for purchasing a quantity of beer under a false name griffith reuben ford 43 en tered a plea of guilty to the charge filed by markham twp police the accused had a load of 12 cases of beer and 13 bottles of liquor in the rear of his truck but unfortunately for him the vehicle went off the road and a portion of his cargo was smashed to add further tq his troubles the accident brought markham twp police on the- scene a charge of keeping liquor ior sale was withdrawn in ad dition to the fine on the first offense the entire load of spi rits was confiscated crown attorney arleigh armstrong noted the serious ness of the charge and said that a conviction could bring a fine of from s100 to 1000 or three months in jail markham reeve opens new vic square restaurant reeve charles hooper of markham township officiated at the opening on wednesday of one of this areas most mod ern restaurants located on the don mills road at victoria square the scenic centre costing in excess of 50000 is owned by mr zoli berta the open house program will be extend ed from thursday oct 17th through jo saturdayoct 19th and the public will have an op portunity to win some of the fine lucky draws and door prizes it is a dream come true for zoli and reta berta who pur chased a small frame snack bar near the present site in 1956 this structure was re moved with the widening of hie highway and lias been re placed by an ultramodern serv ice- station eating establish ment and permanent residence apple butter bee e york plowing match oct 23 on jas mckean farm the annual east york plowing match will come close to stoultville next week when rulerstraight furrows are turned on the farm of las mckciui lol 28 cone 10 markham near mongolia this area has produced many of canadas top plow men and the majority will enter the competition on wed nesday oct 23rd the auxiliary of the rcbc- kali lodge stoultville will serve al the plowmans ban quet in the legion hall stoultville from 530 to 700 pm the presentation of awards will follow jack warrincr cone 7 markham is the j903 presi dent the trustees of dicksons hill public school iss no 17 markham twp will apjieal to department officials for imme diate action to reduce the maxi mum speed limit below 60 miles per hour in a partially builtup area of no 4s highway lome morgason chairman of the board suggested that hoth trustees at ringwood and dick sons mill should combine their efforts to add more weight to their request tiiis pending action followed the tragic death on tuesday morning of six year old louise taylor daughter of mr and mrs bruce taylor rr 2 mark ham she was struck and in- slsitsit wsmrnm luiuise taylor wf stantly killed as she crossed the road no charges have been laid against the driver of a northbound car smart hick son 29 of west hill tile little girl was a grade 1 pupil at dicksons hill her three sisters judy 8 karen 9 and bonnie 11 attended the same school sandra 13 is in high school and john 4 and mary 1 are at home the funeral service will be conducted on thursday after noon i today i at two oclock from the dixon chapel mark ham with interment in st mar garets cemetery west hill both her grade teacher mrs mary elson and tile principal mr jas irwin will attend along with former classmates ac companied by their parents the school will not be closed suggest 15 lllph mr morgason suggested that the speed limit through the en tire school zones of ringwood and dicksons hill should be reduced to 15 miles per hour its a wonder it hasnt hap pened before he said he not ed that school warning signs had never been posted at either site since the new road was constructed the department is at fault he said they shouldnt wait for us to holler he said that he personally did not feel that a bus or crossing guards was the complete an swer to the problem he said he had not been able to dis cuss the mailer fully with oth er board members eldred king and stuart watson hay grain burned blaze in mobile chopper threatens barn a fire in the truck motor of a mobile chopping mill threat ened the barn on the farm of murray dunkeld cone 8 pick ering on thursday morning mr dunkeld was absent al the time attending the internation al plowing match at caledon the blaze broke out after the job had been completed but the vehicle owned by stiver bros of slouffville was still parked close to the barn fire trucks from claremont and brougham responded to the call and damage was not ex tensive a pot luck supper was held at the lawn bowlers club house on thursday evening oct 10th at which time mr and mrs bob johnson were pre sented with a parting gift prior to the leaving for their new borne in orillia a barn filled with baled hay in addition to a quantity of grain lour pigs and several pieces of equipment was des troyed by fire on saturday af ternoon on the property of mr robt c mcdonald cone 8 pickering twp near atha it was the third barn to go up in flames in this area with in a period of two weeks firemen from stoultville claremont and brougham were summoned to the scene and prevented the outbreak from spreading to the farm home on the premises mr and mrs wm blundell and family are tenants in the house four pigs died in the inferno that levelled the frame struc ture in a matter of minutes penny blundell 14 and her bro ther danny 10 were able to free three bull calves three pigs were also loosed but one ran back into the blaze the owner also lost his totpick- up truck that was parked in a nearby shed neighbours ern ie carruthers and ross butler saw the smoke coming from the building but the in tense heat prevented their en try into the barn mr macdonald has operated the atha farm for several years but resides in markham lemonville plowman grant wells places third in world competition the community of lemonville received much favourable publi city last week when grant wells plowed his way to a 3rd place finish in the world matcn at caledon he received only one point less than the winner yngve mansson of sweden kero rautiainen of finland was second grant was the ontario champion in 1961 and a runner- up for the canadian title in 1962 two other local entries peter gibbins and carl timbers enjoyed good success in their classes peter topped a class of 26 and received 100 engagements posteraro take mr and mrs wellington yake of goodwood wish to an nounce the engagement of their second eldest daughter evelyn irene to mr ariamo posteraro son of mr and mrs luckino posteraro toronto the wed ding to take dace november 2 1963 at 230 pm at the stoult ville united missionary church sod truck rams twp road grader driver seriously injured 1 1 nn i nos r im a n mr m mrs peter reaman are happy to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter lillian marie to pe ter jennings son of mr and mrs fred jennings of picker ing wedding to take place on november 9 1963 at 230 pm in brethren in christ church at heise hill the driver of a northbound sot truck was seriously injur ed on wednesday afternoon of last week wrien the rear dual wheels of the vehicle clipped the blade edge of a markham twp road grader the accident occurred on cone 7 markham north of isth ave jams j newell 30 of tor onto suffered a broken right leg and multiple fractures lo his shoulder and ribs when the truck went out of control and overturned in a farm field the impact with the grader blade punctured the left rear tires of the vehicle the operator of the township machine was morley timbers he was not injured first aid was rendered at the scene by dr james outred of markham he was assisted by local residents mrs donald miller and mrs harry hatha way constables clifford cox and glynn forrester of mark ham twp police conducted the investigation the township is completing a ditching project on he conces sion road the unloaded trans port struck the maintainer as the driver attempted to pass it the victim was taken by ambu lance to the scarboro general hospital more than six hundred per sons attended the open house at coffey and bartley motors on friday evening oct 11th when their new models of com et meteor and mercury cars were placed on display is delayed markham township council lias delayed the decision on the request for a drag strip on the 9th cone until all members of council are present council lor rumble was absent from tuesdays meeting a resolution was presented to council from planning board recommending that the bylaw governing racing etc in the township not be amended to permit the drag strip councillor hoover told coun cil that residents in the area did not look favourably on the re quest and all members agreed to the suggestion that all coun cil members should be present to settle the contentious ques tion boy 14 pinned under heavy farm tractor dies in hospital markham township assessment up nearly million dollars over 62 car leaves dance crashes into house a ringwood driver attempt ed to take a shortcut home from a teentown dance in the unionville arena on satur day night and rammed his ve hicle into the front of a house charges are pending against 19 year old danny taylor the vehicle snapped off a tel ephone guywire pole roiled over two lawn chairs and hit the home of wm biizard smashing one of tiie shutters on a window damage to the taylor car was estimated at 51 00 pc barry mcwhirter markham tup police was on duty at the dance and witnes sed the accident a fourteen year old 9th line markham boy died on monday afteruoonmthescarboragen oral hospital six hours after he was released from under a heavy tractor on his fathers farm martin steirier son of mr and airs andy steirier 3 miles south of stouffville had turned olf the concession road into the laneway of his home when the right rear wheel ap peared to drop into a shallow ditch the tractor swerved into a tree and overturned photo on page 12 martin accompanied by his brother glenn 18 had gone to the farm of maurice hoover a neighbour and borrowed the farmall rowcrop for the day glenn returned home and when he did not hear the noise of the approaching machine he went outside to find out the cause of the delay a jack was used to release the lad and lie was rushed by ambulance to hospital he suffered a broken right leg a broken right arm a broken collarbone and other internal injuries he passed away at 1 pm pc bruce findlay of mark- bam twp police was summon ed to the scene he was assisted by sgt donald dukes and pc grimshaw of stouffville dr donald petrie of stouffville rendered first aid prior to the arrival of the ambulance an inquest will be held the deceased was a student at the bay view technical school in markham township he was working at home on the holiday the funeral service was held in the wideman mennonits church on wednesday alter noon at 2 oclock with inter ment in the adjoining cemetery 1250 damage in main st accident a twocar accident at lira intersection of main st w and the ninth line in stouff ville on wednesday oct 9th resulted in damage to both vehicles estimated at si 230 00 police chief orland keating conducted the investigation a westbound car driven by joseph earl forsyth 3s of boyer st stouffville crashed into the side of a northbound auto driven by carrie lavina mclaughlin 57 of rr 2 stouff ville damage to the mclaugh lin vehicle was estimated at 800 and 150 to the forsyth car mrs mclaughlin has been charged with failing to yield a scarboro family ha pur chased the home of the las mrs k g tarr obrien ave the deal was completed by harold wood real estate in coma 85 of i a 21 year old stouffville dis trict man lost out in his fight lor life on monday when he died m the queen elizabeth hospital toronto theodore ted beaumont cone 10 markham had been in a coma for a period of 8 days follow ing a tragic accident on the an estimated 3000 per sons attended the second annual apple butter festival at woodland park cedar grove on the holiday week end shown here is mr stan milroy stirring a batch of butter while the chief am pler mr aubrey lapn tests the product for flavour staff photo markham township assess ment iias increased almost a million dollars over 1982 ac cording to the annual report presented to council on tues day by assessment commls sioner robert thomson at the same time the townships po pulation rose 291 the total as sessment is now 208960728 i and the total population is 11 8v mr thomson pointed out that some increase was offset by the stouffville annexation which he estimated took about one hundred residents off the population roll and 13362500 in assessment greatest age group in the municipality is between 20 and 59 where there are 7111 per sons the report showed 72 residents over the age of 70 and 998 age 3 and under farm assessment down it was interesting to note that farm assessment declined j 21- while residential assess ment increased 19 mark- j hams total residential assess- ment represents 5199v of the total roll and farm assessment 2109 v unionville figures lp unionville police village showed a slight inn ease with a total assessment of 610985 81 and a population of 616 two i thirds of tiie village assessmen b residential and only 500 i farm assessment bell ivan and dorothy nee lawrenspn aie hapy to an nounce the birth of their daughter donna ruth 8 lb 6 oz on monday october 1 1 1963 at stouffville brisrbijsn hospital a sister for faith and gale goldie don and glenna are happy o announce me birth of their son donald robert born october 9th weight 6 lbs12 os a broth er for nancy janice and mi chael special thanks to dr smith nurses and staff of newmarket hospital i smith lome and carol nee reesoi are haopv to announce the birth of a son david nelson on october 1 1 i jp63 at scarboro geneiai hospital ted beaumont days n dies i brock road noith ol clare- mom on satin day july 20th he suffered a serious head in jury when thrown an estimated 100 feet from his 1958 model convertible after it veered off the highway and plunged down a 15 foot embankment two passengers in the auto were hospitalized but later released the deceased was unconsci ous when rushed by ambulance to the toronto general hospi tal and novei rallied lie wai later transferred to the queen elizabeth where he died the victim was wellknow in stouffville and had lived through liiosl of his years at the home of foster parents mr and mrs clark bunker near mongolia he was a butcher by trade and had worked for nor man ohoyle and later freu bros he leaves his mother father and one brother robert the funeral service will be held from the lynett parlour dundas si toronto on thurs day today at 830 am and then to st marks churrh for requiem ma at nine oclock interment will be in holy crosi cemetery