neil smith receives dr richardson award ribirat vol 76 no 4 the tribune srouffville ontario thursday june 25 1964 twelve pages ringwood youth seriously injured in car accident ambulance delay explained student neil smith orchard park school neil smith 14 son of dr and mrs neil smith obrien avenue stouffville was the re cipient of the dr richardson academic award on thursday evening of last week it was the annual presentation program of orchard park public school neil is a grade 8 student sum- mitview school held their speci al awards night on tuesday the richardson prize goes to the grade 8pupil who attains the highest class average to the end of the june term neils average was 85 the presen tation was made by mrs k p hambly a member of the stouffville trustee board in ad dition he also received the coveted school letter indicating prominence in academic work sports and attendance other orchard park students singled out for specific awards included coleen hisey eng lish douglas kingston mathe matics and wayne jackson geography individual athle tic trophies were presented to bill hassard jr boys carol heathenngton int girls and wayne jackson sr a boys pupils recognized for obtain ing an 80 average or higher are listed as follows grade 4 dawnmarie schell bryan wil liamson grade 5 heather bangay patricia houston jane sanderson lynn patrick grade 6 arlene yakeley jill mc- whinnie rick neville charles lynde russell stover roddy schell grade 7 kathryn hambly peter sanderson grade 8 neil smith siim attendance at annual meeting 0 stouffville arena co a fifteen year old ringwood boy remains partially paralyz ed in the intensive care ward of the scarboro general hospital following a car accident last week at the intersection of no 47 hwy and cone 2 uxbridge twp tom phillips son of mr and mrs ken phillips was a passenger in a southbound auto that went out of control and skidded down a twelve foot ravine two other occupants of the vehicle rick mckcnney of ringwood and larry foote of stouffville were less seriously injured it is believed that all three were thrown out of the car the lads were returning from a brief fishing trip near udora told to wait harry heatherington glad park ave stouffville was the first to arrive at the scene he said that he noticed auto tire marks leading off the gravel road and decided to check and see if anything was wrong he said he found all three boys in a dazed condition and realized that one was seriously injured he asked that both the police and an ambulance should be cal led mr heatherington said that the victims were required to wait an hour on the ambulance based in the town of uxbridge it was later learned that the phillips youth had suffered a fractured spine and other un determined injuries chief laverne ellenbcrger of uxbridge police said that the ambulance call was received in his office from a private citizen at 738 pm four minutes later an officer was in touch with the ontario provincial police de tachment at whitby and learn ed that a cruiser had already been dispatched to the accident scene uxbridge police were told to hold the ambulance back un til otherwise instructed by the investigating officer at 814 pm the opp reported that the call was an emergency and seven minutes later the vehicle had arrived wildgoose chase chief ellenberger said that although the ambulance operat ed by the uxbridge police was at the scene only 43 minutes after the initial call was re ceived he admitted that it could have arrived much sooner if so ordered he said that in respect to highway accidents the policy had been to dispatch the ambulance only on the au thority of some official person such as a doctor a police officer or an attendant at the hospital or medical centre too often we break our necks to get there and the trip ends up in a wild goose chase he said he noted that in respect to last weeks call the initial information did not give a proper location the chief said that a com mittee had tried to reach an agreement with the councils of municipalities served by the ambulance to pay a set fee on a per capita basis but with the exception of uxbridge twp the proposal had been rejected he said that he hoped negotia tions could be reopened very soon the tribune received several complaints from persons at the scene and chief ellenberger said that others had come to his attention the chief said that it was regrettable that a similar delay had also occurred only a few days before in a two- car collision at coppins cor- neds where six people were hurt he said that conditions in both cases were very similar dynamite caps stolen from construction site whitchurch twp police dept are investigating the theft of four boxes of electric dynamite caps from a well- digging construction site on the 3rd concession two other boxes of dyna mite sticks were recovered by police in a nearby field the explosives were the property of mr stanley moore operator of the on tario well digging co gormlcy chief fret mason does not attribute the theft to the work of children but believes that the caps were taken with other motives in mind the containers were removed from a shed close to the digging project steam power still popular rn engagement corner mathewson mr and mrs john mathewson announce the forthcoming mar riage of their daughter lynda merle to john taylor corner son of mr and mrs ralph cor ner the marriage will take place on sat july 18 1964 at 330 oclock in stouffville united church stouffville ontario threatening charge dismissed by magistrate i- barcly enough shareholders attended the annual meeting of the stouffville arena company on thursaay night from which to eicci a board of directors for the coming year messrs ken laushway elmer daniels and william g parsons all declared they did not wish to stand for reelection with gar lehman in the chair the following sharehold ers were elected to form the board for 19b4s5 gar lehman erie lehman telf rennie lcs wilson ken roberts ralph boyd and ora raymer mr parsons will continue on as secretary the manager w t rennie advised the board that he had had difficulty in securing suffi cient help for icecleaning and flooding and suggested that the company might lease or pur chase automatic equipment which would do the combina tion job of scraping and flood ing all in one operation the suggestion was left to a decis ion of the directors mr gar lehman has been returned as president of the stouffville arena co for an other year the annual share holders meeting was held on thursday night the vice president is mr lcs wilson special meeting to decide future of church property a charge of threatening filed by a 14 year old markham vil- jagegirl againsltxavis sugden cone 5 whitchurch was dis missed in magistrates court richmond hill on thursday the private complaint was laid by gail mah daughter of the proprietor of mings restau rant no 7 hwy she testified that on april 21st sugden threatened to burn the place down the accused was repre sented by solicitor donald hindson of markham miss mah said that sugden was a frequent visitor at her fathers premises she said that she feared him only when he screams and waves his arms a- round she admitted that the accused had not struck her crown attorney arleigh armstrong contended that there was not sufficient evid ence to support the charge magistrate o s hollinrake in agreeing to a dismissal sug gested that the young girl should not be exposed to such treatment and that the accused should be restrained from re peating acts of this nature sol icitor hindson said that the fa ther was giving the matter his fullest cooperation engagement mr and mrs william hew lett of stouffville rr3 announ ce the engagement of their daughter barbara rye to mr george m pratt son of the late g m and mrs pratt of toron to the marriage will take place friday july 3 1964 at 8 oclock in goodwood united church presentation night at summitview the annual presentation of both athletic and academic awards to pupils of summit- view public school was held on tuesday evening in the audito rium of stouffville dist high school the program similar to that held by orchard park school on thursday was well attended allan bacon a grade 7 pupil was the lone recipient of a school letter for accumulated points in academic athletic and attendance proficiency other individual prizes went to bob boake mathematics trudy cadieux english and derek gresham geography pupils who obtained an aver age of 80 per cent or higher were also honoured including grade 4 sharon barry jim boyd debbie haynes christine heaton carol miller stephen priestley sheila roper grade 5 larry bacon linda timbers david williams elaine borland grade b norman christie jerry egberts tim herbert grade 8 trudy cadieux athletic trophies were pre sented to judy mccaffrey jr girls lynn mccaffrey sr girls jody holden int boys and ben aida sr b boys birth good gaiih and audrey thank god 101 the safe arrival of their daughter darlene joy born at york county hospital june 17 1964 a little sister for brian special thanks to dr d smith mr chas cooper of clare- mont was admitted to the ux bridge cottage hospital on tuesday storm damage although this area escaped the full force of a wind and rain storm that lashed many points of southern ontario on- tuesday evening there was some interr uption of hydro and telephone service in the district south of mongolia the 10th con of markham was blocked for a time when two trees were toppled across the road a sim ilar blockade occurred on 18th ave markham at con 5 and east of victoria square power was cut off in a portion of unionville also on the 4th con of pickering on saturday morning a steampowered excursion train puffed its way alone the local cnr line through stouffville its passenger cars filled with sightseers this photo was taken as the engine nearcd the level crossing at the 9 th cone of markham south of town musselmans lake ratepayers appear before council with many requests miss gertrude baker grad uated on june 10th from the toronto wclleslcv hospital school of nurtink she is the daughter of mr and mrs mcrlyn baker rr 2 stouff ville and a student graduate of stouffville dlst high school russell lee vice president of the musselmans lake rate payers association and pat cashman the secretary appear ed before whitchurch township council on monday night with a number of requests ranging from street lighting to parking the deputation questioned the council as to what action was being taken regarding the dance hall license for the sunny val ley establishment on the south side of the lake reeve frank wjlliams stated the police de partment was handling this ap plication and one would be is sued provided conditions war ranted mr lee suggested to council that this particular dance pavilion should be requir ed to provide some police pro tection at the owners expense parking there have been complaints regarding the parking congest ion particularly on sundays and the ratepayer representat ives suggested that a special constable be placed on duty for the lake area on the weekends deputyreeve farquharson said that the request that the road be kept clear was quite justi fied particularly in case of fire or ambulance service being re quired traffic is also being impeded by persons launching boats at a site on the shore in an area where the property owner is unknown the visitors said that as many as forty boats were out on the lake sunday making it dangerous for those engaged in fishing as well as for the bathers on the beaches they suggested that a fee be charged to launch a boat chief of police mason advised that a lock should be put on the gate- keepingeveryoneout he said leave it up to the individ ual to prove ownership if he wants to launch his boat from this site street lights messrs lee and cashman in troduced the matter of street lights which had been requested some time ago clerk thos kerr said that he had contact ed the hydro dept on the sub ject and a complete map of the area in which lights were to be installed must be provided he said that council would require a petition signed by a majority of the ratepayers the installation of the lights would run from 75 to 5100 each with an annual mainten ance charge of 20 supreme court injunction halts picketing at amalco an ontario supreme court injunction handed down by chief justice grant on tuesday has resulted in at least a tempo rary halt to picketing at the new amalgamated electric cor poration plant in markham village the order is good until friday june 26th after which time further negotiations may be resumed the cout decision came at a time when feelings among some of the strikers had reach ed a point of nearviolence their numbers on tuesday morning were estimated at close to 200 while tnursday nights regu lar town council meeting was brief due to the many commit ments on the time of stouffville councillors deputyreeve ken laushway did unfold his pro posed plan foi ihe anglican church property he asked that a special meeting be held on june 25th for consideration of his proposal and the conclusion to the long standing debate on the use for the property the deputyreeve presented munticolourcd sketch of a centennial garden which would form an impressive new entrance to stouffville memor ial park he told council mem ber the several local societies had expressed a desire to assist in such a project the entrance would have a paved walkway with flower beds and an attrac tive horticultural setting at the last meeting of coun cil three members declared they were opposed to using the main st land for the site of a firehall and the deputyreeve had advised council that he was preparing a project that he be lieved would be a fitting cen tennial project and would make a show place of the property the revised official plan by law tor the town it now ready for councils adoption and members of planning board will attend the special meeting june 25th anglican church sold for 500 stouffville municipal coun cil recently called for tenders for the removal of the anglican church building from the lot on main st only one bid was re ceived being for 500 from cla rence bunker of goodwood council accepted the tender for the purchase and the work of levelling the ground birth shaw garnet and bernice rr stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their son on june 11 1964 many thanks to dr button halt picketing outside markham plant strikes and picket lines something new to the community of markham returned again this week o an area in fronl of ihe new amalgamated electric corporation plant on bullock dri ve for a time at least signs like the one carried by mrs helen couperthwaite will disappear following an injunction order issued by chief justice grant of the ontario supreme court staff photo picketers took advantage of the oneway street leading to the factory and blocked the road with 11 abandoned cars police chief fred white order ed four tow trucks to the scene and each vehicle was impound ed it took almost 1v4 hours to clear the pavement on tuesday afternoon to al low the nonstrikers an unob structed exit chief white call ed in additional police reserves from vaughan and markham townships and richmond hill fourteen officers were on duty at the scene and no incidents resulted earlier in the day cars were jostled by strikers but nothing more deaths coupcrlhwalte norman russell suddenly on tuesday june 23 1961 norman russell cou perthwaite in his 64th year dearly beloved husband of mary cowan of 388 stouffcr si stouffville formerly of mongolia and dear father of norman of myrtle mrs gor man dixon margaret of new market and murray of stouff ville resting at the oneill funeral home stouffville serv ice in the chapel on friday june 26th at 2 pm interment melville cemetery west hill attreed margaret at the ontario hospital new toronto on monday june 22 1964 margaret mainland be loved wife of william attreed of maple grove ave oak ridges dear mother of james in her 69th year resting at the plphcr funeral home 126 yonge st n- richmond hill from 7 pm tuesday service on thursday at 2 pm inter ment stouffville cemetery to sell former glasgow school by auction the century old former pub lic school building at glasgow- ss no 6 uxbridge twp will be sold by pubhcauction on saturday morning june 27 at 10 am included in the sale will be the site of about one acre and other related materials th auctioneer is lloyd wilson the school has remained closed and unused since a new 2room structure was erected in 1963 the purchaser is required to move the building from the lot by oct 1st 1964 5ih line uxbridge to honour teacher on thursday evening to night the trustees and commu nity residents of fifth line uxbridge will honour mrs marye sheehey a teacher and principal in the section for a period of 20 years she plans to retire at the conclusion of the june term mrs sheehey was the lone teacher in the old building located on the east side of the brock road when the new school was erected she was ap pointed principal and had charge of the senior room the other staff member is mrs helen wilson the presentation program to be held in the school has been arranged by the board chair man albert hockley and trus tee members arthur parratt and geo coppins gordon biirkholdcr son of mr and mrs clifford biirk holdcr of bcthesda received his ba sc degree from lie university of toronto at convocation hall on tuesday june 2nd a graduate of stouffville dm high school he received his bsa degree from the ontario agricultural college at gnelph in 1963 he has taken a position on the engineering staff of general steel wares ltd london ontario 1