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largest weekly j y markham stoiiffyihe uxbrfdge in the district v x jz all the news wkitchiirch ifxbriclge markham i pickering of all 4 townships vol 78 no 26 stouffvillemarkhamlxbridgl ont thlrs november 24 1966 10 cents gormley man is charged stoitfville a charge of drunk driving has been laid against a whitchurch township motorist by slouffville po lice following an accident in the east end of town nov 20 joseph lamonday gorm ley rr i went through the intersection at main and tenth line north snapping off two signs 830 damage three accidents in three days caused an estimated s830 in properly damage the most serious was on saturday morning when a southbound auto driven by ronald keith media- kcr of goodwood went through the corner at main street east and hit two cars and a truck in the parking lot of glover motors no one was in jured on the same day there was a two car colli sion at main and baker avenue causing 130 dam age the vehicles belonged to kenneth smith of ham ilton and terry edward moore cone 4 scott township an estimated 225 dam age was caused to cars owned by edward grimas sloullcr street and gcr- rardo fcrri of willowdalc when they collided on fri- dav on ninth line north suspended sentence an 18 month suspended sentence was handed clown in richmond hill court nov 16 to michael edward dorion formerly of rr 3 stouftvillc and now of scarboro he was convicted of uttering forg ed documents involving 697 at the stouflvillc branch of the bank of commerce civic square turned down village council for reelection kinette president receives charter certificate the charier night of he slouffville kinette club was held at cedar t5each gardens mussulmans lake friday night installed as president of the new organization was maris anderson lorctla crescent stouftville she received the formation certificate from the governor of district 8 jim poulos staff photo coroners inquest instructor saw error successful royal fair entries stouffville en tries at the royal winter fair from this area did ex ceptionally well according to placement reports sub- milted to the tribune harold norton clare- mom rr 1 captured the grand championship in carrots albert hockley frank hcndv and bonnie norton also of rr i clare- moot had prizewinners mr hockley scored with 3 firsts and 1 second on his potatoes frank hcndv had a third lor potatoes and citrons bonric norton placed second in the jun ior potato section murray dunkcld of atha had a 4tji on rodney oats donald ounkeld placed 6th there were 21 exhibitors in the class horse show in the show horse class murray grove rr 1 sfouffviile and keith hob- den brooklin placed third in their classes in the ara bian division st clair ara bians of locust hill scor ed with 3 seconds one third one fourth a tilth and a sixth markham all mem bers of markham village council will seek reelec tion for another twoyear term with the exception of paul hoi ton who has mov ed out ol the municipality the nomination meeting will be held monday nov 28 in franklin street school from s to 9 pm an age 90 at hunting camp stouffville it may be the feel of the fresh country air the inaudible call of the wild or the love of the wideopen spaces but come november er nie button obrien ave nue stouftville can sense the sweet smell of pork and beans cooking over an open camplire it tells him its time to head north mr button is 90 members of the b and b hunting club returned home last week following a very successful hunt at nobics creek near bob- caygcon the group bag ged ten deer including a 200 pound buck shot dur ing the last hour at camp i mr button was accompa nied on the trip by mr frank baker of toronto he is 87 election if required will take place dec 10 reeve alma walker dep utyreeve ab laidlaw and councillors douglas alli son and lloyd abernothy made their intentions known this week seek election at least one village resi dent has already tossed his hat in the council ring rod stewart walkcrton drive sherwood south will seek a seat for 1967- 6s mr stewart is a school teacher and head of the history department at winston churchill collegi ate in scarboro trying for a position on the public utilities com mission will be donald mcnabb church street a resident in the village for 1 1 years he has been employed as a lineman and engineering technician with north york hydro for 17 years proposal by council old firehall to go road must remain stouffville a civic square in the downtown area of stouftville to include renova tions to the former firehall and a rcdesigncd municipal building was tinned down by council at a special meeting monday night the plan supported by artistic sketches and a wellworded brief page 3 was outlined by its promoter mrs peggy topping fairvicw avenue on thursday before a standingroom audience she estimated the cost at 60000 the majority of persons present indicated their approval of the project although reeve ken laushway and cx- reevc ken wagg questioned the feasibility of clos ing civic street at main and rcrbuling traffic over to obrien avenue or around the park on burk- holdcr stteet mrs topping suggested that the roadway could be transformed into a walkway with land scaped flowerbeds and a fountain she recommend ed that the legion cenotaph in the park be moved to the site and that the public library be relocated in the rear of the municipal building must make decision sons said that in his opin- dicksons hill an instructor at toronto- markham airport dick sons hill told an inquest hearing nov 16 that he observed an error by one of two pilots seconds be fore two planes collided and crashed sept 25 lleinrich otten of kes wick and brian goodfel- low west hill were killed instantly when their craft fell into a pasture field on the farm of ernest hoover instructor john irsigler of scarboro said that he was airhorn with a student when he saw the two planes approaching the runway he recalled ob serving their positions and saying thats what not to do he described mr ot ten s approach to the land ing lieltl as perfect a close one keith bacon of don mills said he observed the two craft hearing the field as he stood in the airport office i said out loud its going to be a closn one and then the collision oc curred they seemed to mix it up a little sep arate then both go down mr bacon suggested that neither pilot likely saw the other until it was too late airport owner jan lc- wandowski of scarboro said that both men had their student pilots li cence he said there was no radio contact between the flight office and the planes roy goodbrand an offi cial with the department of transport said that di rect radio control was not required at smaller ports ground markers the fiveman jury head ed by philip mihorean markham rr 2 recom mended that more rigid controls be established with regard to planes ap proaching runways with the possible use of ground markers the jurors also asked that students be re quired to put in a mini mum of hours before per mission to solo is allowed other members included bruce davidson and lloyd widcman markham rr 2 george burshcll stouft ville rr i and john lang rr i unionvillc the co roner was dr blair mit chell of slouffville assist ed by deputychief robert hood of markham town ship buttonville char les hooper a former reeve and county warden will bid again for the reeves office in markham town ship ithlmne biwwjwii lm yun in school page 2 centennial plan page 3 mien annuel sar page 5 fickcring commencement page 12 winter fair winners page 13 honor brougham pitcher page 14 uaby on skates page 15 1 i r 5 1 6 a likely be sidney j gadsby and stanley defoe in a two- way race although at press time mr defoes inten tions werent certain he was also nominated for ward 2 but withdrew his name deputyreeve clear palmer presently confined to hospital will not seek reelection anthony roman receiv ed an acclamation in ward 2 and charles hoover was returned unopposed in ward 3 three are entered in ward 1 stouffville it was a busy day in rich mond hill traffic court friday with 105 cases on the docket out of this number only 20 persons appeared before magis trate n p kcllcy charges laid by stoufl villc markham village and markham township police departments resulted in s159s levied in lines markham township head ed the list with si 150 slouffville s411 and mark ham village 37 there were fortyfive speeding offenses charges laid by slouff ville police totalled 29 one of these was against glen norton of scarboro for creating unnecessary noise according to evi dence he sped away from in front of the police of fice leaving rubber marks on the road for a distance of five feet he was lined 25 trustees seek reelection buttonville sev en candidates will bid for the five trustee positions in markham township school area no 2 the nomination meeting was held at buttonvillc tues day night the five current mem bers are all seeking re election including the chairman arnold mort- son mrs mildred too- good stuart watson el- drecl king and elson miles newcomers nomi nated arc gordon cham pion and myrl smith election date is dec 5 at a meeting monday reeve laushway urged each councillor to express his opinion on the project as presented wc cannot close the road and re strict downtown parking and i dont feel the onta rio municipal board would favour it cither he said councillors tom lonergan jim mckellar and bob lewis agreed that the plan in ils entirety was not practical bill felt that a modified version could be implemented i donl see hciw wc can finalize such a program in such a short time said councillor lew is lets poslponc it but not drop it deputyreeve bill par- ion the old firehall build ing would have to be re moved from he site en tirely and the clock tower relocated councillor lonergan agreed wc would only be sending good money after bad alternative project members of council spent more than an hour discussing alternative pro jects thai could possibly come within the provi sions of the governments centennial grant require ment several ideas were considered practical and the reeve agreed to visit the department personally al queens park lo obtain approval of sketch plans afeguard students honour student al hie annual com mencement icxcrcises of markham district high school friday evening is year old brendn sissons markham rri will he singly honoured with the presentation of her ontar io scholarship award she is a student at trent uni versity ietcrhoro candidates meeting unionville the public is invited to attend a candidates meeting in the crosby memorial are na unionvillc on wednes day november 30 al eight oclock lo hear school area trustees and mark ham township councillors seeking reelection and al so new candidates in the field the meeting is sponsor ed by the association of public school supporters stodffv ille prompted by requests for action from the slouffville public school board plus a 90namc petition from resi dents in the west end area of town stouffville coun cil took- action monday night to implement sev eral of the recommenda tions the parents and tins- pickering the on tario municipal board has set monday dec 10 as the date of a public hearing to receive objections to the new ward boundaries approved recently by pick ering township council persons favouring the divi sion of wards will also be heard the time is 11 am tecs arc mainly concerned with the ninth line north and south used daily by pupils walking to orchard park it was agreed that parking be prohibited on ninth line north from main to second streets monday to friday from 8 am to 5 pm it was agre ed that parking be ban ned on the west side of ninth line south from main street to sunset boulevard a no parking sign will be creeled on the northwest corner of main and ninth line north no immediate change in speed limits was approved on ninth line north but the department of high ways will be asked to put a speed count on main street west prior to the opening of the new shop ping centre charles hooper he agreed to stand for election dec 5 after accepting a nomination tuesday night he will con test the post against the incumbent reeve stewart rumfcle last year mr rumble defeated mr hoo per by 52 votes for deput reeve it will buys farm claremont the 100 acre farm owned by mil ton pegg rr 2 clarcmont has been sold to toronto maple leaf defenceman bobby baun- the sale handled by slouffville realtor william pegg was finalicd on monday a portion of the property has been in the pegg fami ly name since 191c the hockey star plans to take up residence in the farm home mr pcggs son alfred will be the manager and retain his place of residence classic car increases in value with age this is a 192 pierce arrow owned by christopher chapman nf cedar grove he nought i in 1016 for skofi and with every parsing year ils alue increases there arc only two of its model kind in the world the company ceased production in 1937 staff photo s stouffville cals and dogs by the doens that was the scene at the slouffville fireball monday morning lor the governmentsponsored an tirabies clinic they came in cars and crates bags and boxes 613 in all the dogs outnum bered the cats by 398 lo 215 the lineup al the peak of the procession stretch ed half a block and by 12 noon there were still a few stragglers on the street who failed to make the deadline officials in charge in cluded dr a t oconnor of stouflvillc dr j e hendry department of agriculture and dr o w kclton of the depart ments health and ani mals branch mis neil patn- aid mrs bob lewis of stouft ville maintained the vacci nation records