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r all the news whitchurch uxbridge markhlm i pickering of all 4 townships i wrthmxt vol 78 no 31 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thurs december 29 1966 10 cents largest weekly markham touffvofe llxhrldgev in the district brother shoots brother musselmans lake a family dispute on christ mas eve at musselmans lake ended in a shooting spree that sent a 22 year old man to hospital and his 25 year old brother to jail charged by whitchurch township police with at- tempted murder and wounding is larry walter cowie mitchell drive in jured was kenneth cowie who suffered pellet wounds to his right arm and shoulder the accused was re manded in custody until wednesday when bail was set at 4000 cash or prop erty he will reappear in court jan 4 corporal donald hillock is in charge of the case stamp sales 6500 tragic prechristmas accident kills father of five children stouffville stamp sales at the stouffville post office during the month of december amounted to 6541 ac cording to the latest fig ures tabulated by post master jack sanders the peak day was dec 15 when s615 worth passed over the counter three cent stamp sales for december totalled 3500 cello stamp packs con tinue to prove popular with 85000 stamps sold in this way there were 760 sales of 1 stamps and 2000 of 15 cent air mail stamps overseas cards re quired four cents this year the post office staff was able to cope with the in flux of mail quite efficient ly with clearings complet ed on a day to day basis a few orders even santa couldnt fill all i wanted for christmas were my two front teeth sings 6 year old michelle waite a grade 1 pupil at orchard park school in stouffville but michael clarke 6 regrettably admits that there are a few orders that even santa claus cant fill the hoys and girls presented a christmas program prior to their vacation period and parents were invited to attend staff fhoto veered out of control struck two other cars bloomington the tree was gaily dec orated and under it several gifts were neatly wrap ped but for a bloomington mother and her five young children christmas was anything but mer ry for it was learned friday evening that john scott graham 29 of rr 2 stoullvillc had died in scarboro general hospital following an accident that occurred three days earlier mr graham was returning home from work when his small foreign- built car veered out of control and collided with two southbound vehicles on highway 48 neat- finch avenue he suffered severe head injuries mr and mrs graham and family purchased their home in bloomington less than two years ago mov ing to the community from scarboro their chil dren three girls and two boys are joanne 8 julie 7 john scott 5 janice 3 and billic 2 mrs graham was at the hospi tal when news of her hus bands death was revealed for the children in order that the joy of christmas might not be completely forgotten mrs graham bundled up the presents and took the chil dren to scarboro where a family gathering had been planned her plans for the future are still undecided rev david benson of the bloomington christian gospel church conducted the funeral service on tuesday from the scarbo ro chapel of mcdougall and brown with inter ment pine hills cemetery two charges buttonville rob ert gillespie of richmond hill faces charges of fail ing to remain and impair ed driving following two separate accidents on bay- view avenue wednesday night rabies in uxbridge goodwood thirteen young cattle 2 sheep a mare one colt and a dog have been quarantined on the property of george baldwin rr 1 goodwood after a dead fox was found outside near the barn the head of the animal was taken to the depart ment of agriculture labo ratories in bowmanville and tests proved the fox to be rabid the quarantine on the livestock lasts for a period of two months while the dog must be kept in closed quarters for three months this marked the first rabies case to be reported in uxbridge township on friday however the tribune learned that a fox also believed to be rabid had been shot south of goodwood centennial bonfire legion on anniversary celebrates centennial birthday claremont a native of uxbridge township who cleared an acre of bush at the age of s5 may be the first canadian to celebrate his 100th birth day during centennial year george middleton was born in a log cabin west of roseville januarv 6 1s67 he was one of 10 children of james and ai- mira middleton who farm ed on the 5th concession of uxbridge township he attended the old frame webb school in 1s97 he travelled to british columbia where he worked in sawmills on the railroad and on private farms following his re turn he worked on the cpr line in the clarcmont area he now lives at the res idence of mr and mrs ken mercer stouffville sun day jan 1 holds a special twofold significance for members of stouffville branch 459 of the royal canadian legion it marks the beginning of canadas centennial year and the 20th anniversary of the legion organization in stouffville a public service will be conducted at 2 pm in the legion hall by padre george davison of mel ville other speakers will include legion zone com mander george wood of aurora and reeve ccn laushway of stouffville the colors of the legion and the legion ladies auxiliary will be dedicat ed at the conclusion the public will gather outside where the old flag will be retired and presented to lionel griffiths mbe of burkholder street a vet eran of two world wars new canadian and centen nial flags will be raised to the sound of a cannon salute the richmond hill hon or guard will take part in the ceremony along with branch members from clarcmont aurora mark- ham richmond hi and stouffville the stouffville branch president is stan ley burkholder stouffville a treeburning ceremony the first of a series of centen nial events in stouffville during 1967 will take place in the memorial park minutes before midnight on new years eve the program sponsored by the students council of stouffville district high school in cooperation with the fire department will begin at 1145 pm saturday night persons willing to part with their christmas trees by saturday noon are ask ed to place them outside for pickup the public is also invited to attend the ceremony in the park threecar crash 25000 damage atha school may become community centre atha whether the ccmuryold atha school- house is to remain an inte gral part of the life in that community will be the question placed before a meeting of resident rate payers on thursday jan 12 area board 1 of picker ing township is continu ing its policy of making these buildings available at a nominal fee of 1500 and several sections have taken advantage of the offer in spite of its age the atha school is in an excel lent state of repair with a modern oil furnace and full washroom facilities joe tran a leader in the community feels that 75 percent of the people should show their support for a community centre program to assure its suc cess at a meeting held earlier this month less than 12 persons attended gordon pcarce a mem ber of the area board and community resident feels that many activities could be carried on if a building was available he feels that there is a place for boy scouts girl guides square dance and euchre parties even in a rural dis trict if we let it go its how much interest can be generated gone he said years from now we would be asking ourselves why he suggested that the build ing should be retained on a rentaltype basis for one vear in an effort to learn wakes up show over locked in markham gary mason lincoln green drive markham fell asleep in the soft seais of the roxy theatre wednes day night when he awoke the show was over the lights were out and the doors were locked after fumbling around in the dark he found a flashlight and worked his way to the office phone where he informed police of his plight box grove a three- car collision at box grove friday evening caused an estimated 2500 damage but no one was seriously injured involved in the crash were linda anne brun- ton and warren fred lay- ton of markham rr 1 both northbound the driver of the southbound auto was louise burk holder also of rr i marvham according to markham township police the burk holder vehicle a 1967 volkswagen rolled over following the impact and was damaged to the ex tent of 1700 constable albert hud son conducted the investi gation hit hydro pole on monday afternoon on main street in union- ville a southbound cat- driven by 22 year old ernest john blundell went out of control and hit a hydro pole the auto was completely wrecked the driver escaped injury constable glyn forrester of markham township police investigated at the scene christmas morning collision stouffville a headon collision christ mas day at the intersec tion of main and edward streets in stouffville caus ed damage estimated at 1400 drivers involved were carolyn bass main street east and jacob smith lloyd avenue miss bass has been charged with failing to leave half the roadway clear no one was injured in cinderalla role from rags to riches is the story of cinderella as played by 16 year old donna wright of stouffville and presented before an audience of close to 1000 in the high school auditorium last week staff photo postpone area e ion tragedy plagues family lincolnville a scries of tragic events has continued to plague a family at lincolnville in september 1965 ronald warriner was kil led in a cartruck accident at the intersection of high way 48 and the blooming ton road in whitchurch township later the three children in the family were made wards of the childrens aid society on friday night the warriner home was dc- slrovcd bv fire shirley warriner who collapsed into the arms of whit church constable douglas murray was taken in the cruiser to stouffville for medical treatment newmarket a county education plan that would dissolve the majority of public and high school boards in fav or of a threearea system has been laid over until 1967 bylaws to implement the program have already been prepared by the pub lic school consultative committee opposition to the scheme was evident although no expressions of opinion were presented from the floor county representa tives fear that the forma tion of area boards will eventually result in the building of costly central lylocated schools thus mak ing present school struc tures obsolete reeve norn garriott of woodbridgc suggested that discussion on an issue of such major importance would require a full day reeve gordon cook of king stated earlier that he would give the plan a more favorable hearing if the government would guarantee to assume 80 percent of the cost cheque for 400 markham the markham village centen nial library board receiv ed a cheque this week from the markham kiwan- is club in the amount of 400 the presentation was made by club president gib hunter to library board chairman alex wil liams in attendance at the ceremony were roy foster roy haines mrs isobel cattanach mrs otha sim and reeve alma walker concert at altona the lighls went on again at the old altona schoolhousc last week and indications arc that the site will become the centre of community took cows fined 800 stouffville an agincourl district man who took three cows from the stoullvillc auc tion sales barns by pre senting a false receipt lorm was fined ss00 or four months in jail when convicted on a charge of false pretenses john damato 26 of r r 1 agincourt was given until january 9 to raise the money the theft was discover ed when the real buyer came to collect the cattle and found they were gone an investigation followed with officers from both whitchurch town ship and metro involved in the case although the defense at torney for the accused cal led for a suspended sen tence the pica was denied by magistrate o s hollin- rakc magistrate holiin- rakc replied that if one person was allowed to go unpunished it might prompt others to commit a similar kind of offence cinderalla pageant praised by audience of one thousand an estimated 1000 persons including hundreds of children attended the pageant presentation of cinderella in the audilor ium of stouffville district high school it was the first program of ils kind presented in stouffville the cast included tiful costume iha director was dorccn northover other photos on page 12 12 all in beau- staff photo activity the building has been made available to area res idents in a cooperative project promoted by the pickering township trus tee board the communi ty centre president is frank barkcy on dec 22 an estimated 200 persons attended an oldfashioned christmas concert in the school with mr barkcy the master of ceremonies the program included numbers bv leave for germany ncwlywcds cpl and mrs darcy forsyth will leave for germany jan fi where corporal forsyth is stationed with the royal canadian regiment his bride is the former susan abraham daughter of mr and mrs ernest abraham ninth line north the groom is the son of mr and mrs joseph forsyth boycr street rev douglas davis conducted the wed ding cerciviony friday ev ening dec 23 y school lome lewis on his accor dion effic bullock at the piano a violinaccordion duct by walter davis and frank biclby a guitar duet by earl lewis and his music teacher and an in tcrludc of instrumental tunes performed by the altona womens institute kitchen band carol singing the gathering joined in the singing of christmas carols led by don burns with mrs burns at the pi ano lovely christmas mu sic was provided by bob flowers on the electric organ accompanied by ted jones on drums mrs orval fret sunday school class presented a play followed by a pageant presented by the mcnno- nitc church with emily nighswandcr the narrator assisted by mary lois cynthia and rosalie nighs wandcr the pageant was a highlight of the program katharine cummings was all decked out in cos tume for her highland fling dance number tom my and morgan britlon presented recitations its just like old i iincs commented ofic resident i