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largest weekly v markham 1 stouffville uxbridge in the district all the news whitcft urch j oxbridge markham i pickering of all 4 townships vol 78 no 22 stouffallemarkilmuxbridge ont thurs october 27 1966 10 cents firsttime plowman is winner stouffville henry emery stouffville rr 1 had never turned a fur row in match competition before that was before saturday floyd stccklcv a neighbour coaxed him to enter in east york and not only did he top the 3- luirow open tractor class but he was awarded the guaranty trust company ttophy for the best plow ed land by a resident within the hast york branch his coach was floyd stccklcv the match w3s held on the schcll davidson farms south of stouffville and the weather although windy was mild there were 59 entries including four horse teams although the adult class was reduced in num bers due to competitions in other areas ihe turnout of boys was the largest on record judge fred timbers commended the plowmen for their work when he spoke at the presentation banquet saturday night lie said that it was com parable to what he had seen at the international assault victim admits record gormley the vic tim of an alleged assault in a barn on isth avenue in markham township august 9 admitted in court that he had a crimi nal record that dated back 0 years dayton winston flatten 45 refused at first to an swer the question but was warned by magistrate o s hollinrake that such in formation had a bearing on the case two brothers arthur and roy marinolt both of richmond mill and wayne gates of toronto were barged by markham township police after flatten escaped from their car at gormlcy mis marion marling de scribed how a man enter ed her husbands service station at the gormlcy in tersection and hid behind the counter she said that three men followed in pur suit the second day of the preliminary mealing was held at newmarket mag istrate hollinrake commit ted the accused to trial oe- forc judge and jury earlier flatten said that the men beat him and plac ed him in ihe trunk of their auto he recalled overhearing iheni say they planned to bury him ratepayers meeting v a n d 0 r f v h i t- church reeve ross faiqu- harson has requested council to consider the benefits of a ratepayers meeting in 1966 since no election will be held until december 1967 feniunel cone sarv plowmen near end of successful match season there were six plowmen and four teams entered in the east york match on the schelldavidson farms ft markham saturday a new rule allowed competitors to double up and use he same horses if ncccs- mttrrav grove rri stnuftville cuts a straight and narrow furrow with his fine team of belgians his staff photo nephew david brown 13 watches closely thirtymine honour grods eceive flan markham page 2 municipal centre page 3 womens tribune page 4 brougham store filmed for tv page s east yoik plowing match page 9 classified advertising pagcslo 11 markham juniors win home opener page 13 stouffville thir tynine honour graduates including 21 boys and is girls will receive their di plomas friday night at the annual commencement exercises of stouffville district high school in addition 57 will receive graduation diplomas gen eral course and 16 will receive commercial certi ficates and diplomas the guest speaker will be professor j s lodge chairman of department of physics trent univers ity many bursaries bars and awards will be pre sented to individual stu dents including ontario scholarships to graduates herbert otto and james mehaffcy the wagg gen eral proficiency award an engraved wrist watch will go to janice smith the valedictorian is jim mc- hattcv the majority of honour graduates have entered fields of higher learning they arc wayne bacon pioneer pickering farm sold atha an auction sale saturday resulted in the breakup of a farm at cone 7 pickering township that had bcen retained by the same family since ac quired from the crown mr frank gostick claremont iir2 told the tribune that the property had always been in the gostiek family name mr and mrs gostick will re side on albert street north in stouffville prices were very good with one cow and calf bringing s433 several more went for 400 grain sold at 41 per ton and hay brought 46 cents a bale stephen barker harold brillinger carinda burns frank busato linda clen- denning gary greenfield gale grose paul grose erie grove jim hill john honsberger clarian hood donna knox jeanetlr lang nadine lennox eliz abeth mcdowell kevin mcwhinnic jim mehaffcy margaret miller ian mont gomery lawrence mox- ham thomas norton herbert otto donna rat- cliff michael reed jane rioux sandra saunders lynn sherwood linda smith linda summcr- feldt kenneth walsbi dar- lene watson howard widcman sharon widc- m an barbara win n james wylic marian yus- ko and kenneth zcllcr lour s for 6th term reeve alma walker of markham village will seek a h term in office when nominations are held no vember 2s the election dale is december 10 mrs walkers membership on council roes back to 1954 there has been no formal announcement of any op position stoufpvillf slouft- villc and district residents will be able to catch up on that extra hours sleep 1 hey lost last spring when ihe area returns lo stan dard time october 30 although the lime- change goes into affect at 2 am on sunday it would be wise to turn the clocks back one hour before re filing saturday night order man back to courtroom buttonville a bloomington youth placed on a oneyear suspended sentence with promise of restitution was ordered returned to the courtroom tuesday when implicated by his companion in a 1000 theft at the same premises kenneth bisio was charg ed on l wo counts of break and entry at the petroleum research station near un- ionvillc it was alleged that he took a radio valued at s34 ginp bisio the accuseds father said that his son would pay for the mer chandise magistrate hollinrake allowed him to leave court but later called him back when dennis jordan of stouffville testified that he had given bisio 450 of 1000 lie had taken from the same depot the magistrate ordered that he maks full restitu tion for both the radio and the cash jordan was placed in custody until nov 13 when sentence will he passed tighten controls on town building must present plans before permit issued stouit v1lle ti controlswill bc imposed on building construction in stouffville in an effort to halt bylaw infractions that have occur red iii the past the decision outlined by council thursday night followed a committee meeting with the building inspector henry ogden the most important requirement calls for the presentation of plans before any permit will be is sued this action does not precede excavation work for a basement regulations also called for inspection by mr ogdcn of the building site before the basement concrete is poured to make sure that all drainage tiles are properly located violations of town zon ing bylaws will also be checked building code and work on specific projects would be stopped if were going to let people do as they wish we might as well burn the bylaw councillor tom loner- gan said that a set of building plans would be retained by ihe inspcctor for checking purposes losing money mr laushway noted that where minor vari ances had occurred it was necessary to arrange a meeting of the committee of adjustment this he said cost 75 he pointed out that the clerk usually grouped several applica tions together so that three or four could be handled for the price of one except for this we would be losing money jn a general discussion that followed the reeve called for a broadening of planning board responsi bilities the consideration of a program of oneway streets and the removal of the old fireball building henry ogden reeve ken laushway said that the more restrictive controls were acceptable to the inspec tor councillor jim mc- kcllar observed that mr ogdcn had presented the meeting with several good points that would prove beneficial mr laushway said thai penalties would be asses sed for infractions of the neighbour saves girl teen topics page 13 who vmning ciy cr pjtttfion stouffville the centennial hall project proposed for a site in ihe stoultville park will not receive the wholehearted support of council accord ing to comments passed at a meeting thursday night reeve ken laushway suggested that the town couldnt afford the kind of building that might be re quired in the future and something loo small would not he practical we must make a decision one way or another as far as i am concerned were not in any position to spend 40000 of taxpayers mon ey on such a project at the present time the reeve said that before any build ing application would be approved the centennial committee must know the source of their finances to cover the cost i dont feel the town is ready for a hall of any kind but f wont light it if ihe committee is in fav our commented council- lor bob lewis he said he was personally opposed to such a project and had stated so earlier committee chairman jim mckellar said that sketch plans for a building 30 by 30 had been com pleted with reference to the towns centennial program as a whole he said that the cooperation of all or ganizations was required io make il a success stouffville the quick action of a ninth line north resident of stouffville has been cred ited with saving a small girl from serious injury or even death sunday after noon charmain steele daugh ter of mr and mrs frank steele was apparently playing loo close to a pile or burning leaves and her clothing ignited her screams were heard by a neighbour jack mum- ford who raced to the properly and ripped off her slacks already ablaze she suffered only minor burns mr mumford minimiz- iric his own efforts said he was glad he was near by and could render assisl- ance i did only what any one else would have done fire in school unionville stu dents at the unionville public school responded quickly to a live fire drill tuesday afternoon when a short circuit ignited a con tainer of papers in one of the classrooms the blaze was quickly extinguished and damage was not extensive children were allowed to return lo the building but the afternoon shift svstcm was shortened its alive the grade t classroom al st marks school stouffville has been transformed ino a veritable zooi with animals both wild and domestic inhabiting the premises the program has become such an attraction that a club has been formed wild life species include everything from a crocodile to a rabbit grade 8 student carl insley holds a live garter snake staff photo crocodile a new member of class at st marks stouffvi lle theres a live crocodile in the grade 4 class al si marks separate school plus a snake three frogs two pheasants a rooster two rabbits three pigeons four goldfish a guinea pig three ducks and a turtle the room a veritable zoo has been organized by staff teacher gcrardo ferri assisted by mr jan dclaat student interest in ihe project has been so keen thai a nature club has been formed with a membership of 48 boys and girls the president is carl insley the pupils pay a weekly fee of five cents this cov ers the cost of food for the animals and field trips to farms in the area the children iced their pels and clean out their pens every day it gives them a sense of responsi bility said mr ferri club meetings are held after the 330 dismissal hour al ihe cnlrancc lo the classroom is printed a large warning sign that reads beware wild animals inside one little grade 3 girl held a large rabbit in her arms and petted il softly i must be careful not to drop him she said why we asked hes expecting she replied huge gas pipeline wends its way across markham township consumers gas company is laying another line across markham township that will link he station on concession wih a depot located at maple the 21 inch pipe will run parallel lo he service hat was in stalled several jcars ajo this photo shows an area between concessions 5 and b staff photo recreation director in 67 reeve stoultvilli following his election to office in 1965 reeve ken laushway of stouffville stres sed the need for increased financial assistance in the towns sports program on thursday night he rcintroduccd the sub ject and promised to cheek into the possibility of acquiring the services of a summer recreational director to be employed during the holiday period he suggested a student from one of the city col leges councillor jim mckellar voiced immediate support of the program he termed it a shame how some teams particularly girls clubs had been organized then permitted to disband he pointed to girls hockey and girls softball entries as ex amples of what had occurred they added a little colour to the town he said councillor bob lewis told how the parks board had promoted such a plan several years agp but it vas advanced no further