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iouffuillc unburn vol 75 no 45 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 16 1964 fourteen pages judgement reserved in assault charge laid against former twp assessor the seating accommodation in the uxbridge town courtroom was taxed to the limit on tuesday afternoon as magistrate f s ebbs listened to more than an hour of conflicting testimony that related to an alleged assault against uxbridge twp reeve alvin redshaw on the steps of the goodwood hall march 26th charged is the former township assessor robt f clarke 56 of cone 5 uxbridge magistrate ebbs elected to reserve judgment in the case until april 28th there were no witnesses to the alleged assault and facts as provided by reeve redshaw were refuted by the accused whose story was the direct opposite to that told by the plaintiff mr clarkes solicitor failed to appear but he elected to proceed on his own claiming his opponents were ganging up on him and out for blood former uxbridge twp assessor robt f clarke puffin on his customary cigar leaves the courtroom building in ux bridge town following a case bearing on tuesday afternoon he is charged with assaulting the reeve of the municipality alvin redshaw in goodwood on march 26th judgment has been reserved staff photo favour purchase of ballantrae sport field member of the whitchurch township community centre board appeared before the township council on monday night and submitted a unani mous resolution favouring the purchase of the eight acres of land near the ballantrae school as a recreation centre for the district the price offered is 4900 the board had been as ked by council to examine the site study the need and be pre pared to submit recommenda- lion those present were geo craig chairman cliff wall- work k j rodgers mrs r ellis wm dike and harry lav ender rt mr craig said that those in terested in recreation at bal lantrae had demonstrated over the past few years that they were prepared to give financial and also personal support to the project mr wallwork stated that the area had some 300 children for which recreation was being provided he said the group had raised about 3000 through va rious projects and this could be increased if they had a definite location on which the govern ment would pay a grant on ca pital expenditure mr rodgers said that the er ic mfg co had provided a site or some time but the company was expanding and required use of its land he said they in tended to establish a pond for firefighting purposes mr craig said it was the policy of the board to help those who helped themselves and the resi dents of the area had done just that deputy reeve farquharson said he favoured the purchase the township had 2600 in its park account and the govern ment would pay a grant of 1200 which would only leave 1100 for the budget reeve williams drew atten tion to the fact that the govern ment grant would not be avail able for over a year so if con sent was granted for the use of the 2600 the budget would re quire to raise the remainder of 2300 not just 1100 he said there was already a high increase expected in the tax rate and members should not forget that there would be continued on page 12 fighting stance clarke welldi essed in a light blue suit white shirt and bow tie charged that redshaw tap ped him on the chest with his right hand after the two ex changed words outside the hall he said that the reeve had his left hand held high in a light ing stance and when he warded off a second blow the plaintiff lost his balance and fell down a flight of cement steps following this incident clarke said he left i told him youre the reeve of the township and i dont want to get mixed up with you the accused admitted to a weight of 250 pounds about 100 pounds more than mr redshaw clarke charged that the reeve was hos tile because he had won a de duction in his assessment in the county court of appeal he de nied that he had hit redshaw on the jaw with his fist ive never had a mark against me and at nearly 57 its a little late to start pounding anyone aiound he said i came out here uxbridge twp to live a quiet life i cursed the council mr redshaw with a red mark still visible on his lore- head told the court that he at tended the appeal court in goodwood as an observer on march 26th he said that clarke who haerved the municipality as assessor in 1963 quit the post because the council acting as a court of revision had raised his assessment after he had low ered it he told us what we were and walked out he said he said that he later went to mr clarkes home to pick up some county assessment books but he refused to give them up he tried to pick a row with me then but i left he said the reeve said that after mr clarkes case had been complet ed before judge alex hall the accused asked him to step out side as i was the reeve i felt that it was my duty to go he said mr redshaw said that clarke cursed the whole council and then hit him on the side o the face with his fist i fell down five cement steps he re- continued on page 12 1700 attend antique show at markham a 3day antique show and sale in the franklin house on main street in markham last week attracted an estimated 1700 people to the premises the project was sponsored by the markham kiwanis club interested buyers arrived from many different centres in cluding as far distant as lind say oshawa and toronto both the top and bottom floors of the building were utilized price tags on some of the items were as follows crank telephone 12 spinning wheel 20 oxen yoke sis large lamp 110 wide rocker 80 cup board 675 sleigh bells sis hanging lamp 55 and jars of moonshine hunie 150 divided on welfare fe york county council voted last week in favour of a county welfare program the margin of acceptance was small being 15 votes to 11 in the report concerning the project it was stated that a staff of 14 be en gaged at a cost of 7500 for the first year reeve garriock of wood- bridge said that he could not support the idea as his munici pality already only controlled 15 cents of each tax dollar the richmond hill reeve was also opposed he expressed the opin ion that the provincial govern ment should assume all wel fare charles hooper of markham township said that any munic ipality was at liberty to hire its own welfare officer he said that their own man could se cure work for many of the un employed he said any county man would merely be advising and investigating the reports reeve timbers of stouftvilie said he believed a county offic er was needed he was support ed by reeve williams of whit church in a vote that followed reeve timbers voted yes and deputyreeve laushway voted no clippers in junior finals play hensall here on saturday d a the stouffville clippers have advanced toith oha- junior d finals tiieir current opposition is hensall a town near exeter in western ontario the series opener in a best 4 out of 7 games was staged in hensall on wednesday last night with the return contest in stouffville on saturday after noon at two oclock hensallzurieh combines as they are known defeated strath- roy rockets to take their group honours they then oust ed gravenhurst braves in the ontario semifinals stouffville knocked off can- ningtonsutton twins to take their group and whipped wel lington in their semifinal round crowd support the western winners have the crowd behind them and a large contingent of fans can be ex pected for the contest here on saturday in their group final at hensall a standing room au dience of 1200 was present hensall have been rolling up some pretty big scores over their opponents bill shaddick craig chapman and bob livermore are listed as three of their big guns it remains to be seen how they will fare against gym nastics of stouffvilles glenn jackson hensall have a pair of good goalkeepers with their sub 16 year old rick stade working wonders in the gravenhurst seriesr-chuclr- doyle- will be standing by for service if need ed for stouffville children eat sample pills from mailbox two children who became sud denly ill after consuming about 50 pills taker from sample bot tles in mailboxes has aroused some concern among officers of the markham twp police de partment a girl patricia staniewicz 3 and her boy companion johnny mcalpine 5 were taken to the branson hospital north york where their stomachs were pumped out one hundred tablets were in the bottles about onehalf of them were consumed the pills coloured pink looked much like candy official faceoff mort sclyk 86 a former markham speedskating champion officiated at the opening face- on on friday night between nick bangay left of the millionaires and wally stanowski of the niil oldtimcrs more than 1800 fans witnessed the return of their former hockey heroes cadicux studio charge two youths caused 2500 damage to uxbridge twp home suggests shifting rupert si park west new park would be 4 acres whitchurch adds two sergeants to police force from the vast number of ap plications whitchurch town ship council is gradually build ing up a township police depart ment at a special meeting last week which was attended by newly engaged chief mason 2 sergeants have been engaged by the municipality they are neil raven of elliott lake and roy leather of thorold and they will take on their positions at a starting salary of 5000 the new chief of police is re porting for duty this week uxbridge twp office open the municipal office of the twp of uxbridge was reopened on tuesday although the clerk mr elwood foskett is still con valescing from a recent opera tion mr foskett was advised on friday by his physician to take things easy for two more weeks he is making good pro gress however and attended a regular council meeting on mon day afternoon mr a chiavitta the develo per of the fiftyacres parcel of land lying immediately west of west lawn cres has suggested to a joint meeting of stouffville municipal council and planning board that the present park on rupert st be abandoned for a much larger area immediately west and running from rupert to elm rd mr chiavitta said he realized that he would be re quired to donate a five per cent parcel of land for park purpos es but he was not prepared to extend the services by the park property which he considered should be a municipal respon sibility he was willing to do the job on a share basis but suggested that council sell its present park lots and obtain funds in this way new home site the firm presently has plans for industrial lots on the high way while the home for the aged would take a 6 acre par cel fronting on rupert ave with the rear on elm rd homes mould be built on the south side of rupert facing north on the north side of the extension of elm and on a new street run ning north and south and to be known as timbcrlane there were no definite ob jections raised by council re garding the home but council lor parsons raised the question on the amount of taxes the large establishment would be called upon to pay councillor spang said he did not object to the development but he was definite that the municipality should not pay out any money for services he was generally supported by all oth er board members in this stand anxious to start there was considerable spe culation as to whether or not the department would permit a shift in the park property and it was agreed that the govern ment would be contacted this week on the matter councillor spang also questioned as to whether all the work which has been done on the present loca tion should be abandoned mr chiavitta said he would like to proceed immediately and the home was anxious to commence work however it was pointed out that the plan was only be- i ins presented for the first time j and no action could be taken until it was fully approved and registered there was also the matter of an agreement with the municipality regarding ser vices which would have to be signed before any lots could be sold home a gift mr chiavitta and mr h woods a member of the town industrial committee were strong in their praise of the home as a town asset council lor parsons said he couldnt see as it was any great asset and it would likely be exempt from some municipal taxes the de veloper indicated that he would like the home to be classed as industry so that he could ob tain permission to proceed with homebuilding this point mem bers were not ready to agree to he said he was donating the land to the church group but members could not see that this was any concern of the town a new plan on the area sho wing the street extensions and lots was supplied to the town office early this week as well as a cash offer if the town would make certain service conces sions markham police asking for new salary scale markham township police association is asking markham township council for a new and increased salary scale the new rates being asked were not revealed at the regular council meeting the township council police committee has agreed to con sider the request further if no satisfaction is reached the mat ter can be expected to go to arbitration agree to 64 grant in lieu of taxes markham township council has by bylaw agreed to accept the sum of 54200 from toronto in lieu of taxes on the old jail farm property at langstaff some years ago the assessment on the farm was set at s55000 and the farm was rented by the city to the provincial govern ment since ihe government no longer leases the property it cannot legally be held for muni cipal taxes clerk harry crisp said that the city anticipates having the place sold in 1961 councillor hoover said that he thought the figure should be more realistic in view of the assessment and the mill rate in the area how ever it was pointed out that the township was fortunate to ob tain what was offered inder the existing law using a shotgun a rifle and a hatchet two teenage boys caus ed damage estimated at 2500 to the interior of a house own ed by airs edna hall cone 4 uxbridge twp on march 8th kyran boland 16 r r 1 goodwood and douglas barkley 17 of stouffville were convict ed before magistrate harry jcrmyn last week and retained in custody for presentence re ports in addition to the havoc cau sed in the hall home the pair also pleaded guilty to breakins at the roseville quaker hill and garibaldi public schools all in the twp of uxbridge nothing was stolen from the schools and neither lad had ev er attended there before con stable norman wasylak termed it a spree all furniture destryocd the officer said that every piece of furniture in the hall house was destroyed all the windows were broken and the boys admitted firing shotgun and rifle pellets in the walls the premises is located some distance in from the 4th conces sion road about two miles north of no 47 hwy a no tres passing sign is posted at the en trance to the long lane and a gate is kept closed and bolted you must face up to the fact that this woman can prob ably never recover this loss said the magistrate in addres sing the accused mrs hall a 70 year old widow had moved out of the house for the winter months you might just as well have stolen the money continued mag jermyn crown attorney bruce affleck suggested that some compensation would have to be made look foolish this action was thoughtless stupidity and the deterrent as pect of the law is important here advised mr affleck it is obvious that the owner will never be paid for the destruc tion caused you are not one inch higher or one cent richer for what you have done said the magistrate you have only made yourself look foolish in the eyes of the people who know you every room in the twostorey frame structure was turned in to a shambles at the three twp schools that were entered dam age was estimated at about 50 rescue farmer from pond dies of heart attack four maikham twp boys res cued a stricken farmer from a pond on sunday afternoon but the man died a few minutes later from a heart seizure robt v campbell 48 cone 2 markham had walked to the rear of his farm property to ask a group of lads not to play near the water that at this time of the year is quite deep as the boys left one of them noticed mr campbell fall from a man- made dock into the pond the foursome john regan 14 richard newton 13 gerald obeirn 13 and bert tagear 12 ran back and were able to pull the victim onto dry ground while two remained two others went to the farm house for help mr campbell was pro nounced dead by dr f m mc- ateer of richmond hill an au topsy performed on monday at the york central hospital show ed that death was due to a heart attack mr campbell is surviv ed by his wife two daughters and one son pc glyn forrester and pc cliff cox of markham twp police were summoned to the scene wm sheridan clerk in markham police office william cbill sheridan of mongolia has been added to the staff of the markham twp po lice department and will serve in the office of civilian clerk with the force mr sheridan 20 will work on a shift basis with richard pike who joined the department in march 1963 he will assist in the operation of the radio dis patcher unit accept telephone calls and handle clerical duties of that office the acquiring of one addi tional employee will permit other officers to put more lime in on regular cruiser patrol the markham twp police staff now consist of 19 men includ ing the chief harvey cox former cashel resident dies at whitby lodge mrs charlotte lottie lof ton wife of the late russell lotton of blackwatcr died at fairview lodge whitby on monday apr 6 1964 in her 84 year she is survived by two sons ray of toronto and nor man of blackwatcr and grand children blake june mrs leslie brethour margaret mrs ted bickell kenneth and donald also seven great granchildren the lotions had lived at ca shel before moving to black- water the service was in charge of rev r chapin on thursday at 2 pm from the oneill funeral home with in terment in st phillips cemet ery unionville pallbearers were don lotton ken lotton blake lotton ted bickcl les lie brethour and charlie hodg son former markham millionaires return twentysix members of the former markham millionaires relumed home to markham on friday night lo compete in an exhibition hockey tame with ihe famed nhl oldtimcrs more than j800 fan were present markham players pictured hero are front row left lo richt jack rumncv geo scoll jack watson bui armstrong hal gibson ck coihurn norm stundcn harry mllroy fred scotl bert baker bob bangay centre row left to rldhl rum robertson morley retch ernie lawrie ken bresrr howard forgle bruce fortfe rear row left to risht john lunau norm gray vic mehanr bob lawrle frank hill geo surb ron bell bruce harper jim sabiston and nick bangay cadieux studio i i