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classified ads on pages 6 and 7 ritmtte 5000 copies this week vol 77 no 9 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday july 29 1965 fourteen pages new addition for gormley u m church careless low flying blamed in death of glasgow pilot hit tree at 90 mph a fiveman jury deliberated 45 minutes before bringing in a verdict of careless low flying as the cause of a plane crash that killed ronald ross of glasgow on may 11th ross was the pilot and coowner of a twoseater craft that struck a tree near the 2nd cone of uxbridgc twp and burst into flames the coroners inquest was conducted on monday morning at the whitby office of the ontario provincial police dr morris cass of the ajaxpickering hospital said that the crash victim died of 4th degree burns to 100 per cent of his body mr s n honor turned lie first sod on sunday to mark the beginning of construction on a 10000 addition in the gormley united missionary church a partial sketch of the proposed project is shown in the background staff rhntn boys admit opening 300 hay bales six boys all of juvenile ace have admitted their part in an escapade last week when they cut the twine on 300 bales ot hay the property of joseph forsyth boyer street the lads ranging in ase from 6 to 10 years were picked up for questioning by p c alvin thompson of the stouffville police department the bales were located in a field near stouffer street the parents of the boys have made restitution for any loss incurred jlit by swing a 4yearold girl suffered a gstitch cut over her eye on friday when hit by a swing in the town park marlene ogar church st was taken to the office of drs mitchell and smith for treatment considerable damage has been reported in the washrooms nt the park and police intend to keep a close check on the building to prevent a recurr ence of vandalism stolen car on sunday afternoon p c david hadden arrested a 17- yearold toronto youth in a stolen car parked at the rear of the bank of nova scotia building on main street chris topher richards was taken into custody and later turned over to metro police plant worker injured in accident frank taylor of claremont is recovering in the oshawa gen eral hospital after undergoing a major operation for a rup tured liver he was injured last week in a plant accident at general motors he was operating a buffertype machine in the nickel plate division of the g m factory he was allowed to come home on thursday but was admitted to hospital on friday when his condition worsened his progress is now described as satisfactory frank is the son of mr and mrs grant taylor in clare mont or 40000 gormley ry church six year old cathy turner daughter of mr and mrs grant turner main st suffered a broken wrist on monday when she fell off a cement abutment near the town park she was treated by dr john button no tribune issue thursday august 5 sue nigh sets another record sue nigh rr2 markham went up and over to another record in high jumping in ott awa last weekend competing in the eastern canadian age class sue won two gold medals for the don mills track club she placed first in the juvenile division of high jumping clearing 54 with little trouble and in the long jump event sue leaped a distance of 17 feet 2 inches the previous record in this meet was 53 she reached a height of 56 earlier this year in team competition don mills track club placed first sue travels to kingston this weekend for another track meet mr s n doner a senior member of the gormley united missionary church congrega tion turned the first sod on sunday to mark the start on a new 40000 addition to the pre sent building it was fitting that mr doner should officiate at the brief but impressive ceremony since he was a member of the building committee when the present church was erected in 1931 the contract has been award ed to the d c hunt construc tion co of scarboro excava tion work was started this week with the hope that the project may be completed in novem ber improved facilities the new addition plus reno vations to the present structure will increase the accommoda tion from 225 to 308 persons there will also be a general and pastors office a two- room nursery and new wash room facilities the minister is rev l k sidcr mr murray bennett is the chairman of the building com mittee and rev sider the secretary other members in clude mel baker glenn bolen- der jack quinn ron elliott fred yakc geo barrett and alvin farmer came in low two witnesses henry debeer and clarence mitchell described how the plane came in at a low altitude over th bluegrass turf farm owned by ross mr mitchell said that after the crash he attempted to reach the craft but it exploded and burst into flames christopher a oliver of wil- lowdalc an inspector with the civil aviation department of transport said that he could find no malfunction in the con trols indicating that tne plane was in good running condition he estimated the speed of the plane at impact at between 85 to 90 miles per hour mr jan falkowskl of ux- bridge coowner of the craft said that it had seen only 91 hours of flying time he said that ross had logged 165 hours since learning to fly he said that he was at the button- ville airport when ross took off and he planned to meet him again at goodwood stopped at 307 pc ernest colinson of the whitby opp identified a char red wrist watch as the one worn by the victim it had stopped at 307 pm jury members included larry burnell foreman rr 1 claremont jack morgan rr 1 claremont ted kidd ivan norton and reuben may all of rr 1 goodwood no dog control contract for whitchurch township jas ryan dog control officer for markham village markham twp richmond hill and vaug- han twp will not submit a contract to assume this work in the twp of whitchurch he informed reeve ross far- quharson of his decision and it was revealed to council at a meeting on tuesday night mr ryan said that he was already serving four munici palities and it would be impos sible to accept another township of the size of whitchurch with out expanding his present facil ities he noted however that if three other areas were inter ested in his services he would consider the setting up of an other unit roth whitchurch and stouff ville had previously been serv ed by mr oliver pollen of bal- lantrae but he resigned last month mr ryan offered whitchurch a temporary pickup service until something more perma nent could be arranged police chief fred mason in formed the council that his de partment had received many complaints about dogs and sev eral had been picked up by of ficers tails manes cut from show ponies getaway canoe sinks three are rescued able seaman j h van- kouhnet spent the past week with his parents mr and mrs hugh vankoughnel harding gate bid v perfect crib hand george morden veteran of world war ii passed away at his home on tenth st south in stouffville with startling sud denness on saturday july 24th he was in his 49th year george lou as he was popu larly known among a wide circle of friends had not enjoy ed the best of health for some years george morden was a native of stouffville had attended school here and served overseas for several years in world war ii always a most popular young man george was an ardent sports fan and in his younger days played both hockey and baseball for stouff ville he had been a rural mail carrier for some years and was most popular with those whom he served on the concession line besides his wife the former ella slack the deceased is survived by a son and daughter g man en dead douglas and brenda also one brother harold and his father lew morden the funeral on monday afternoon from oneills fun eral chapel was largely at tended the service was con ducted by rev j williams for mer minister at the local bap tist church and members of the stouffville branch can adian legion formed an hon our guard the pallbearers were jack sanders keith mal colm walter booth eddie grimas harvey hopkins and ken halstcd the floral tributes were most impressive many ot them from residents of mr mordens rural mail route the flower bearers were jim bartlcy george bradshaw jack lusted dick roxborough harold wes- eott gerald akister john san derson don snodden interment was made in the stouffville cemetery a 500 reward has been offered by mr harry mason of markham for information lead ing to the arrest and conviction of persons who cut the tails and manes off a horse and two ponies on the farm of james michel north of claremont in uxbridge twp the one horse ebony is owned by mr masons daugh ter leila 16 another a welsh pony belonged to mary anne wilcock also of markham they had hoped to enter them in fall fairs around the district a second welsh pony owned by jim michel apparently es caped from the intruders on saturday night but they re turned on sunday and finished the job the police have been notified used shears the horses tails were clipped hack to the bone and their manes were badly disfigured although the damage is not per manent it is unlikely that the two show animals will be fit for entry by fair time mr michell believes that large shears were used the michel ponies have gain ed a wide reputation across the province both in the field of racing and showmanship no reason can be given for the malicious act but it is hoped that the reward may assist police in nabbing the culprits locust lass tuesday evening of 1t wwk was on of 1110 rarp orndon when a cribhagr player ronis lip with a perfect 20 hand lloyd macflrepor of claremont did fl with an assist from hu wife uuian who turned up the s spot on the deal slafl photo at the inbetween age of 12 when most girls minds are turning from dolls to boys madeline hagerman of locust hill now mrs win harrison had other interests horses her ambition to own one was answered when her father howard hagerman brought home an american saddle bred by the name of silver prince now several years later sil ver prince still retails an im portant position at the st clair arabian horse farm no 7 hwy at locust hill oper ated by mr and mrs harrison altogether bill and made line harrison have 13 horses including 11 pure bred and one halfbred arabians on satur day at the allarabian horse show held on th fair grounds in markham they captured no less than 15 ribbons and four trophies including the cham pionship in the pure bred mare class won by la chica in 3 of the last four years they have placed entries in the compel t tion iarge crowd with each show the interest by both the crowd and the com petitors continues to grow the attendance on saturday was more than double that of 1964 the entry list set a record 104 i a sleek stallion by the name of sahdine and owned by charles simmons cone 5 markham was the champion j performance horse of the show j in the allarabian class his rider 26 year old jill barton of i unionville keeps the trophy since she has now won it for three successive years she was also the winner in the native costume class miss deanna mcxeilly of j gormley won the halfbred line class championship with azkh obie two reserve class titles also came to the area mrs john kitchen markham rr 2 had the reserve gelding rsrra djariah and mr and mrs john jacob of locust hill i had the reserve champion line j claas gelding grey 3oy youths charged with assault a ifi year old stouffville dis trict girl has been returned to her home near here after she unfolded a story of abduction and assault to metro police following her escape the teenager claimed she was held captive in a house by a motorcycle gang for a period of two weeks in addition to re peated attacks she said she was beaten with the buckle end of a leather belt and shot in the leg two richmond hill youths and a toronto man have since been charged police have asked that the name of the girl not be made public she was treated in st michaels hospital tor onto and later trancrred by metro markham twp and whit church twp police to her home brian alistair macgregor 17 of richmond hill and lloyd alexander bell 23 of toronto are being retained in custody without bail magistrate don ald f graham ordered bail for william james cheney 17 of richmond hill be set at 10000 cash or property cottage visitor injured in explosion a visitor at the cottage resid ence of mr and mrs t sparkes woodland park cedar grove suffered a deep gash in her one leg below the knee in a stove explosion she was admitted to scarboro general hospital or treatment according to reports the lady was attempting to light a fire when the explosion occur red pieces of metal flew in all directions some penetrating the walls of the building metro police from toronto investigated the mishap three boys attempting to es cape from whitchurch twp police in a stolen canoe during the earlymorning hours of july 14th were tossed into mussel- mans iake when llie boat cap sized melvyri john copeman 21 and wenndell edward jackson i both of rr2 stouffville and claude crawford of burford were rescued by a private citizen who jumped unclothed into the water in response to their calls for help tiie trio has been charged with theft of a canoe and posses sion of stolen goods theft spree the arrests by pc donald hillock and pc douglas mur ray brought to five the number of youths picked up by whit church officers following an alleged theft sjjree in the trailer camp area of cdar beach also charged were murray david hall 1g rr2 stoultville and noil howard james mcneil 22 of toronto mcneil was nabbed after a rather lengthy chase on foot by pc hillock a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a sixth member of the group police said that copeman jackson and crawford were marooned out in the lake for nearly two hours pc hillock said that they could hear voices but in the darkness it was diffi cult to learn the location of the boys they were rescued at 431 am the canoe was later towed ashore funeral thun t philip of say for rougham it was only a few short weeks ago that mr thomas philip of brougham sold his farm to seek a few years of re tirement case it was with sad ness on monday that the com munity learned of his passing in the princess margaret hospi tal toronto he was 60 born at brougham the son of the late thomas philip sr and sarah russell he spent his en tire life in the district and oper ated his farm at lot 17 cone 6 until his sale last may identified with st johns united church in brougham he was highly respected by every one in the area he was a mem ber of the brougham citizens league besides his wife the former irene cowie he is survived by two daughters mrs robt spenclcy anna of brougham and mrs wm jordan freda of balsam there are also 3 sisters mrs ray fleury of slouftville mrs frank gostick ot claremont mrs joseph crawford of oshawa thrc brothers frank of van nuys california boyer of brooklin gordon of highland creek and four grandchildren joanne jean donald and joyce the funeral service will be held on thursday afternoon today at 230 pm from tho mceachnie chapel pickering village with rev a e cress- well in charge interment will be in the claremont union cemetery the pall bearers ar fred hamilton cecil phil lips wm bayles homer jack son jack mairs and allan elli- colt suffers stroke mr harry sanders obrien ave is still unconscious in the york county hospital at newmarket after suffering a stroke two weeks ago at lake- view house jacksons point mr sanders is 03 and a former reeve ot stouffville taught school at ballanfrae on thursday july 22nd mr geo ernest pcgg a former school teacher at rallantrae passed away in the leamington general hospital he was 07 born in york coupy the son of the late samuel and caroline pcgg he also taught for a time in the school at kiiisale and later on pelee island a deeply religious man he and his wife were the main promoters in the building of a church and sunday school mis sion on the island that was completed in 191 following his retirement from the teach ing profession in 1932 he devot ed his life to preaching at the mission his wife who passed away almost 30 years ago was a fine singer and also aided in caring for the sick anil eedy in the community mr pcgg was the treasurer of the twp of pdce from 1914 to 1945 an arabian winner tji chlca owned by mr and mrs win harrison of ivxtist hill raptured several award at hie allarabian horse show in markham on saturday including the rhamplonship in the pure bred mare class mrs madeline harrison is shown here as ahc appeared in tho native costume event the most colourful part of the entire program staff photo