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4850 copies this week vol 76 no 33 tiie tribunk stoufkvillk ontario thursday january 21 1965 two pages of classifieds 6 and 7 fourteen pages family forward line srsassto farmers meat plant fails loss estimated over one million local director resigns then reelected the muchpublicized organization of fanners allied meat enterprises cooperative ltd or fa me as it is known is currently in a state of bankruptcy with a resultant loss to shareholders of an estimated 1j million dollars the former owner of the meatpacking plant e r gunner has rcclaimcd the building at burlington valued at 3yi million dollars he has refused to refund the organizations initial 1500000 payment a share holders meeting was held at brampton last week situation serious from the board but in the vote mcrlyn baker of rr2 stou- that followed was reelected the president clayton frey of sarnia also resigned and reject ed all requests to return every effort will be made to get the plant back said mr baker he said that the matter ffville one of 18 directors in the firm refused to minimize the seriousness of the situat- 1 ion in a telephone conversat ion with the tribune he had earlier submitted his resigntion i would be introduced on the floor of the house the situa tion is bad he admitted but not impossible he said that farmers in this area had col lectively put a large sum of money into the venture turned down the first 1 and a half million dollar payment was made in august a second million was due on nov 30th but the money was not available the dead line was extended to jan 4th but the payment was not made the provincial government refused to back a loan to cover the deficit the project built on a gamble and on faith had suddenly gone down the drain some are confident that some thing may be salvaged from the nowdefunct operation others contacted by the tribune arc resigned to the fact their only return on a s100 share is 100 worth of experience plainclothed officer for whitchurch police on 3aao trial basis mr and mrs ed tlinrnlilll bover st stouftville have a 3player forward line riglit in their fwn familv two of their bovs boh left and bill right actually play on the same hantani all- mar team while bruce centre performs in the atoms all three will see action during minor hockey week in stouftville jan 25 to 28 and you may be sure that mom ami dad will he there ion staff photo late harvey rose prominent in markham frat organizations harvey rose who was most elder prominent in markham village fraternal organizations passed away in scarbofo hospital on friday ian 15th mr rose had not enjoyed the best of health since his retirement eight years ago he was in his 74tltyear mr rose was born in hali- burton county and had settled in markham where he was cnr section foreman from fil4 until 1956 he was a past master of markham union lodge and this organization held a special funeral service for the deceased on sunday ev ening he was also a past wor thy patron of markham chap ter oes mr rose was a mem ber of st andrews united mrs rose who surives her husband was the former birdie gould and the couple had been married for fortynine years there are two sons duard of markham and gerald of lon don and two daughters mar- jorie mrs g mitchell of richmond hill and jacqulin mrs w guthrie of whitby a daughter june mrs f und erwood predeceased her father the funeral on monday after noon was conducted from st andrews united church by the rev a r wright the pall bearers were neville jones tom whetler jacob dory tim clark norman tapscott and jos champion interment was church where he served as an i made at elmwood cemetery farmers arm broken when caught inside barn stablecleaner gray 40 of sunderland it in turn struck the back of a third vehicle driven by betty hop kins 24 lloyd ave stouftville damage has been estimated at 1000 oldham age 16 suffered mi nor injuries no one else was hurt police chief keating con ducted the investigation auto stolen a 38 year old man from cal gary alberta has been charged by stouftville police with the theft of a 1962 model car from coftey and bartley motors ri chard reginald hudson was ar rested in blind river on a charge of carrying an offensive weapon he will be returned here when the case at blind river has been completed gormley accident pupils to receive hospital training a pickcrinr twp farmer suf fered a double fracture of his rifiht arm on saturday when he was caunht up inside an elec trically operated barn stable- cleaner alfred michell of orcen ri ver is in satisfactory condition in the scarboro general hospi tal a successful 3hour emer gency operation was perform ed following his admittance mr michell and his son bill had been working on the unit that had become frozen due to the recent cold spell when it was finally loosened bill went inside the barn and turned on the switch thinking ins father was free of the- machine his hand however became wedged under one of the rollers and pulled his arm in also the po wer was cut off immediately or the injury could have been even more serious when attempts to acquire lo cal medical aid failed mr mi chell was taken to hospital in the family car it is expected that he will be confined there for at least one week driver charged in death of gormley man a 23 year old richmond hill mail has been charged wifli dangerous driving by mark ham twp police following a fatal highway accident on the klgin mills siclcrnad dec 21 charles robertson was i lie driver of an easthnuiid car that crashed heailon into a westbound station wagon dri ven by 5 year old charles milsied of gormley mr mil- sfed was killed instantly ten year old charlecn mil- sed daughter of the victim mid 11 year old kathy robert son sister of the charged man are both recovering hut are still confined to hospital rob ertson was released several days ago the trustees of markham tp public school area no2 have held two meetings this year but already they have made a number of major decisions to improve studentteacher work ing conditions at the boards second meet ing on tuesday it was agreed to acquire the services of mrs patricia kimbark who will serve as an itinerant auxiliary class teacher in the area she will also provide instruction to children who through some ser ious disability are unable to attend school two of these are 10yearold charleen milsted and 9yearold christopher johnson both of gormley they will receive 150 minutes of in struction every week inspector maynard hallman suggested a closed circuit telephone hookup might be considered by the board with direct lines from the school to the home he said that such a system had worked out very well in markham vil lage and the grant structure permits it mrs kimbark said she had visited five schools in the area and learned that a larger num ber of pupils than first speci fied were in need of special ized instruction mr hallman suggested that both a junior and a senior opportunity class might be necessary mrs kim bark will be paid 35 a month to cover travelling expenses new transportation arrange ments are necessary in the north cast corner of the area where pupils at melville and mongolia have been transferred to dick sons hill mr albert heise of gormley attended the meeting and agreed to provide a bus service for 22 children from melville and 19 from mongolia at a cost of 368 per month a bus will leave the mongolia school at 830 am and melville at 845 at the present time the entire board will work together and will not be split into special committees in cases of emer gencies each trustee will be responsible for the section he or she knows best mrs mil dred toogood ss no10 elson miles hagerman and milliken arnold mortson buttonville hcadford vic square and gormley eldred king ss no 17 19 and 22 stuart watson ss no 12 13 and 16 asks for price on larger hall for scouts stouftville councillor ken betz is agreed that it would be too costly to erect a second sto rey on the proposed new fire- hall in town but he has asked for an estimate on the cost of enlarging the ground floor he said that the additional space could be used by the local cub and scout organizations the matter was discussed briefly at the inaugural meeting of coun cil councillor betz said that a price estimate could be obtained on the larger quarters before the plans are finalized he said that he didnt feel the firemen would have any objection to the boys using the building deputyreeve ken laushway said that the legion hall had been used by similar groups but he understood that it was oc cupied on the night that the cubs and scouts would meet councillor betz said that the rental cost of the legion build ing posed a problem for the scout organization whitchurch twp council has given its approval of a plain- clothed officer for special duty on the whitchurch police dept the request was submitted by the chief fred mason last week it will be given a three- month trial with the merits and accomplishments to be review ed after that time chief mason said that additional transporta tion facilities would be required plus a clothes allowance for the officer the question of overtime payment was raised by council lor jim smith he asked if the men had been paid in full for these additional duties in 1964 chief mason said that the am ount due had been setlled at the end of the year he said it fig ured out to about one months pay for each officer the chiefs december report showed a ma jor reduction in overtime hours as compared with some previous months work commended the chief told the council that the morale among the members of the force was ex tremely good and the officers work in court had been compli mented by crown attorney langdon on a suggestion by councillor smith chief mason said that safety instruction in the public schools would be practiced as time permitted worst month the year ended on a rather tragic note with the worst ac cident record during the month of december there were 19 major collisions and 9 of a mi nor nature two persons were killed and 15 others were injur ed the two cruisers travelled a total of 13773 miles markham twp council give green light to 400 home subdivision bkotiiuks on tv charge driver in rearend collison a charge of careless driving has been laid against david al lan oldham rr 2 stouftville following a threecar accident on main street in stoutlville friday morning according to police the old ham auto rammed into the rear of one driven by john kdward plan may opening for sr citizens home here work on parkview home the new stoultvillc home for sen ior citizens is progrcssig favor ably with roof construction on the wing sections finished with in the past week work is now proceeding on the central sec tion which will contain the dining room and kitchen also the living room wailing room offices crafts room etc the home which is designed to provide normal care and a limited amount of nursing care is open to anyone desiring this type of accommodation it will he operated by the mcnnonitc home association which is chartered as a nonprofit or ganization in cooperation with the homes for the aged branch of the dcpt of public welfare il is the aim of the association to provide the best of care and facilities at reasonable rates applications receircd quite a number of guest appli cations have already been re ceived and competent experien ced personnel have been secur ed to staff the home about 45 percent of the cost of the entire project will be underwritten by the ontario government the remainder of the finances have been largely subscribed for through loans and donations from members of the supporting churches the ont mennonite mission board and interested individuals local business men have contributed towards the furnishings less than 20 percent of the total cost remains to be raised the opening date is scheduled for may of this year private cocktail party inference rocks twp council meeting wayne pearce jamie anil wayne piarce sons of mr and sirs gordon pearce kk3 tarcmont will appear on the channel ii hamilton tiny talent program sunday after noon ian 1th at 130 pm the inference that four mem bers of pickering twp council had been invited to a cocktail party at the home of mr ken neth j clarke brock road while three others were exclu ded rocked the foundations of the brougham chambers on monday night and transformed an unusually quiet meeting into a raging torrent of denials and accusations councillor john campbell made reference only to reeve clifford laycox and council lors wm newman herb wank and donald waring then sat back as sparks of bitterness and anger flew in all directions the ratepayer mr clarke is the owner of property on the cast side of the brock road the future site of pickerings new 300000 municipal build ing councillor campbell along with deputyreeve mrs jean mcphcrson and councillor har vey spang had spoken out in opposition to the proposed lo cation reeve laycox and councillors newman wank and waring had favoured the site going n be trouble i resent those remarks countered mr newman this getting personal is no good and if it continues theres going to be trouble its an inference that is uncalled for i defy any one to say that my personal feelings have ever affected my decisions here he charged that been passed ill do as i well please on my own private time com mented reeve laycox councillor waring said that he had been invited but did not attend due to prior commit ments councillor campbell did not say whether he had received an invitation and no one asked him im sorry if i offended anyone he said donate 12s pints blood although donations to the stouftville legion blood don ors clinic on monday in the veterans hall fell short of its desired quota president jas mckellar expressed satisfac tion over the success of the pro ject although 160 pints had been hoped for a total of 126 were received eight persons were rejected the clinic was held both afternoon and evening the legion president said that his organization working in cooperation with the red cross planned to hold another clinic in june and he hoped the response would be even better no major changes planned by whitchurch ps area board the new public school area board in whitchurch twp is contemplating no major chang es in the present system of op eration following a tour of in spection held on saturday jan 16th the members agreed that the former sectional boards had take good care of their properties and all schools appeared in excellent condi tion the new area board chair man is mr wietse vandolder of ballantrae the secretary- treasurer is mr j c wylie of musselmans lake during the tour of the town ship sections the trustees were most impressed with the old catholics to consider own school board a public meeting of catholic resident ratepayers will be held in the veterans hall stouft ville on tuesday evening jan 26th to consider the formation of a separate school board in town if such a move is approved by the people present it will mark the preliminary step to ward the erection of a separate school in stouftville several years ago property fronting on the highway at the westend of town was purchas ed presumably for a separate school site if a trustee board is formed it will be their decis ion to consider whether this land is now adequate school at bogartown erected the decision to erect the j over a century ago any persons in the township wishing to discuss essential school business are ask i phone 6401701 to new municipal building on the clarke property had been fin alized long before the invita tion was extended councillor wank said he was they will do a tap dance routine j both surprised and shocked he i jamie 3 and wayne 8 have mr campbell was out ilitien r 11 2f ud not have mrs mary ann hall of l- school of dance for the past two l year their instructress is mrs i bcrn permitted to make any onville has moved into the molly mumford of stouffvilie ltatcment after a motion had ncal home on main st w peeping tom is nabbed by town police the story of stouffvilles now infamous peeping tom has ended a 20 year old youth arrested by police on tuesday evening has admitted ills part in he nighttime escapades over a period of the past three months the name of the lad was not revealed two complaints were recei ved by police on tuesday nlghl and constable grlmshan- and iladden moved quickly in to the area they were able to observe fresh footprints in the snow and followed the trail to i he boys home the lad was questioned by- chief keating for two hours at i he office the police had the youths name on file as a suspect even before fh arrest the fear of increased taxa tion on present property own ers without the guaranteed support of industrial assess ment was the basis for opposi tion by two members of mark ham twp council in connection with the proposed varley vil lage subdivision at unionvile in spite of protests raised by deputyreeve stewart bumble and councillor chas hoover the bylaw agreement was pas sed on monday on a 32 split recorded vole this gives hen- gran development co ltd the green light to proceed with the buildup of 400 homes in a ser viced area immediately west of the police village and north of no 7 hwy depreeve rumble and councillor hoover carried their argument to the end of the dis cussion but tailed to sway the affirmative stand of reeve chas hooper and councillors geary palmer and alan sum ner urges action education costs have been a subject of discussion since the days of the covered wagon stated councillor palmer we have discussed this matter for the past six months he urged that some positive action be ta ken on the agreement i consi der that anyone opposed to this subdivision is opposed to prog ress and working against the best interests of both the mer chants and the farmers in the unionville area he said councillor hoover argued that a subdivision comprised of 400 homes only could result in nothing else but higher taxes reeve hooper contended that industrial promotion was the councils concern in connection with any development he sug gested that some inducement might be considered to obtain this type of assessment i presume you would tax all the present residents of the township to raise the required funds argued mr hoover he asked for a recorded vote omha games two of stouftvilles three omha allstar teams will see action on thursday tonight in the first game the peewcea will play host to the strong club from port perry the bantams will hold only a practice while the midgets will host markham at 9 oclock handy postman ten red postal containers have been distributed throughout the town as a convenience tn local residents pickup is made around 4 pm daily this box la located at llio corner of montreal and boycr si staff photo