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rtbune vol 67 no 2 the tribune stouffville thursday may 31 156 fourteen fage3 plowmen view site of big match a long line of cars snaked across the fields just south of brookiin last week as members of the ontario plowmans assoc iation and ontario county plow ing match committee inspected the site of the international flowing match a joint meeting of the two bodies was railed for last week to deal with the general prob lems of the mammoth plowing match which vviil be held on october 9th 10th 11th and 12th of this year the headquarters of the match will be on the hebrr down farm about a mile west of brookiin on highway ko 7 although the down farm is a large tract of land the match will spread over at least three other properties the great part ot the after noon was spent looking oer the site of the match all were agreed that the location and the land are ideal for the event proximity to industrial centres easy access to main highways and the fact that brookiin is in the heart of the plowing match country were all considered to be factors which will help to make this years match one of the best ever a quarter of a mile south of the down farm buildings a space half a mile by 300 yards has been set aside and named tented city in this space a j city of tents booths etc will j spring up before the event opens there will be three streets in tented city so that j there will be a total frontage of two miles for exhibits mr f a t lashley secretary and general manager of tho plowmens association said that a large part of this space been sold officials of bell telephone and the ontario hydro attended the meeting to help solve pow er and communications prob lems the hydro and whitby pic will require the amount of voltage required for each exhi bit and how many exhibits will require electricity bell tele phone will have 2fi lines install ed in the match area connected with oshawa exchange the committee will overcome the water problem by purchas ing water for tent city from meadowrrest homes ltd who have a large water tower sup plied by wells just north of the match site the water will be subjected to extra pressure be fore reaching the tent area following the tour of the site the members came south to whitby where they were enter tained at dinner at fairvjew head lions club lor new year fire drives family from home general tax up slightly rates jump stouffville municipal council spent several hours on thursday evening paring the 1956 budget mr and mrs james smith and family were driven from i their home on the 4th conces- jsion south of victoria square early monday morning when fire spread from their nearby garage and ignited the insulbriek house imrs smiths mother mrs david fuller heard the family dog harking and looking out the j window saw the garage a mass and were able to keep local ad jof names she quickly roused ministration costs to only a i the rest of the family the older small increase school costs on children margaret 13 joan 11 the other hand are likely to and david 9 weie ushered out show an increase of about nine j of the houe while mrs smith mills over last year the general went upstairs to get 17-month- increase in assessment would it old ann appeared take care of the small mr smith in an attempt to increases on local costs but cdu- keep the outbreak from spread- cation costs over which council ing ventured too near the flames nas control continues to rise school chums pallbearers for local accident victim and his clothes were ignited he suffered burns to his back hands and head he was taken by am bulance to the toronto fast general hospital but his injuries are not reported serious fire brigades from inionville i stouffville and richmond hill striking rate will be passed thirteen year old ronald was stopped by an eyewitness marshman son of mr and mrs an inquest has been ordered fred marshman east end of ronald marshman was the eld stouffville was instantly killed est in a family of seven besides on thursday afternoon when his parents he is survived by run over by a heavy sod truck three brothers allan id david fhe young boy a grade eight 9 bobby s and three sisters pupil was riding his bicycle norma c rrenda 3 and janette along the main street en route 2 the private funeral service to the high school for a manwas held at the chapel of l e final budget figures will be ua training class he suddenly oxeill stouffville on saturday presented for approval at this n balance and fell under afternoon at 2 oclock with inter- weeks council session and the and with no apparent supple mentary aid from the ontario government must be shouldered by the local taxpayers new officers of the stouff ville lions club were officially installed at the regular meet ing on monday evening they are pictured above from left to right front row charles livingstone treasurer dr f j button president and erie lehman secretary back row ken wagg 3rd vioe- pres albert smalley 2nd vice pros and jim austin 1st vice pies the club directors are messrs norman oboyle ross winterstein stan mar tin and ted topping the tail twister is mr john hus ton and the lion tamer is mr frank riches b p members meet at aurora the original conference for district no 1 business and pro fessional womens clubs au- has already rora at which stouffville was hostess to all the clubs in the district included stouffville brampton georgetown new market and markham-union- ville regional advisor mrs vi- ola mccreight was in charge land the guest speaker was dr marguerite bailey provincial i vice president a new regional advisor was elected miss norine ayers of newmarket a huffet supper was enjoyed following the busi- 1 ness meeting markham twp asks comm centre plans be revealed at meeting battled the flames for nearly 3 hours before they were finally brought under control some 2000 gallons of water had to be brought in by tank truck from water hookup increase sponsored by recommendation from the local utilities commis sion council passed an amend- i ing bvlaw to the local water a long and involved debate ensued at markham council on monday night on the issue of the community centre board proceeding with the building of a new arena to cost in the neighborhood of sm0000 a group of ratepayers in the unionville area was represented by mr thomas solicitor who stated that his clients were op posed to the move since the proposal provided chiefly for had had were not against the project so long as the costs were known and the expected over head a money bylaw could be put before the electorate in de cember he said bruce stewart a member ot the rink board declared that time had been wasted already the arena needs repairs this year and theres not a hope of getting a rink for next october if a move is not made light oriole when a nearby well waslrates bylaw increasing the costl drained the unionville brigade hooking up to the town mains pumped water from a small j f 550 io jgo in addition va- creek located at the rear of the ter users must use a size of pipe smith home specified by the water commis- damage to the house vvasj j carrying the service from quite extensive the garage and the main to their dwellings the family car were completely 1 better fine share destroyed they were only par- a bylaw agreement with the tially covered with insurance i ljqti control board of ontario the family were given tempor- was r the necessary three ary lodging at the home of a readings on thursday night and neighbour mr and mrs james provides that stouffville will the rear wheels of the truck ment in stouffville cemetery sixteen year old walter isles pallbearers at ronalds funeral riding on the crossbar of the were garry baston roger sto- bike fell to the- road but suffer- ver glen pennamen jim spang ed only a bruised shoulder the rickey wedseltoft and garry driver of the truck thomas wil- byer service was conducted by liamson 21 donside drive to- j rev dearmond of stouffville ronto unmindful of the accident christian church duncan markham twp councillor ar- hockey and it was their feeling away apparently our approach johie littles farm and family that the community centre j has been wrong will be the locale and personnel board was playing on the lax- mr wilkes another board j for a tv show from toronto at ness of local ratepavers to push member stated that 10000 10 pm on june 17lh a special through the building which i needed to be spent on the prcs- cblt feature j would not serve the needs ofent arena right away there is the entire area he further i presently a debt of 16000 i stated that if a vote of the peo- j against the arena i high school students will com- pie was not to be taken the law mr wilkes added that there 1 pete in the welding contests required that a petition signed had been only 150 objections lodge by the county of ontario which over th- mi few v i bv at least fiftv nereent of the i from 950 letters sent out so the prior to the dinner a genera have become discussion was held to iron cut of the international match other problems j free transport around the a special committee set up to match site will he provided by supply tractors for the event the junior farmers of ontario leported that they will have at j county who will run a wagon ileast 200 tractors available for ride service throughout the four he match with the expected days of the match 1 competitors this number of the major problem of high- hides will be necessary as way traffic to and from the iriii 1 1j4 vm 1 ursi 1 vjvji 11 1 v 1101 n pvvii iuii oigncu ie past few years by at least fifty percent of the from 950 letters sent out so t a regular feature ratepayers affected should be majority must be in favour there will be about 200 compet ing each day prizes for the match total over 515000 in cash and trophies pins a large sunt which will be donated in the form of educa tional tours prizes will also he presented for welding contests match site will fall into the able hands of the opp sgt murray bruce of the whitby detach ment who will he in charge of traffic control said that there will be about so extra officers brought into the area to handle the huge volume of traffic which which will be held throughout will circulate in the area during the match junior farmers and j the match you dont know any such thing replied solicitor thomas councillor briflen said that i he favored council resolution i asking the board to call for an other public meeting reeve lemasurier asked that his vote be recorded against the resolution if the people dont come out its their own fault declared j mr thomas reeve lemasurier strongly solicitor thomas replied that i urf that a vot of the peopie be taken he said that another public meeting would only put the matter back to its present state mr stewart- declared that if the building couldnt he finished before december it better be left presented to council we understand he said that the rink is to be built re gardless of whether anyone ob jects or not this remark bro ught an instant retort from members of the rink board reeve lemasurier stated that council desired to he neutral in the matter but believed that a vote of the people should be taken council couldnt remain entirely neutral as they could not act without a petition township solicitor lucas stated that it remained for coun cil to decide whether there ap peared to he sufficient support i for the project coming from the j urtj npxl ypar jarea to put to a vote of the peo- a monev is put be pie or to reject fore peoplc omls js on councillor deacon slated that and not on board would suggest giving them all the necessary publicity and mee tings and then voting deacon stated that the circular letter sent out to ratepayers in the area received the wrong reaction he said that the information u too i vague but believed that if a j 1 meeting were held now the tax dodgers as a group con- turnout would be good stitute a thorny problem for the reeve lemasurier told the government but says the sage members that any objections he tax spenders are a bigger one institutes here for district annual i one hundred and forty women representing 17 districts of east i york gathered here for their district annual meeting at ma- i sonic hall last week they ar- j rived from such places as thorn- hill richmond hill markham land highland creek the last i meeting held here was fifteen years ago the sessions of the womans institute were held fromuo am to 4 pm mrs j bruce president presided over the meeting and reports were re- reived from all standing com mittee conveners the guest speaker was mrs j e houck of brampton representative to the united nations other highlights were as fol lows the judging of hope chest articles and oil paintings for the salada tea contest painting prize winners were first mark ham second dawes road and for hope chest articles first highland creek second agin- court and third lake view there was also musical enter tainment provided by mrs kerr and mrs wheeler of locust hill and pickering the next district annual is to be held in button- ville now receive the fines from brea dies of the liquor control act rather than forty percent of sixty percent as heretofore these fines are for charges laid by the local police force on thursday evening of last week a presentation party was held at the home of mr and mrs bud spang for mr and mrs levi mustard they were presented with two aluminum lawn chairs and a portable swimming pool for their son mr and mrs mustard left this week for the collingwood district where they will operate a sum mer resort breakin suspect escapes gerald shaw 20 awaiting frial at newmarket court charged with breaking and entering the simpsonscars order office in markham village escaped cus tody at toronto general hospit al last week shaw and his fam ily had recently moved to new market he was arrested in markham on may 13th he was scheduled to appear in newmarket court on friday but due to a kidney ailment had been confined to the toronto general hospital when a don jail guard step ped onto a hospital balcony for cayuga h s principal coming here in sept stouffville district high school j merrial work for the past two board engaged mr william dux- years tendered her resignation bury as principal of the local on monday evening and special secondary school at a special arrangements may be made to meeting on monday evening mr handle students in this class as duxbury comes from cayuga only a few have availed them- and will replace mr o e rob- selves of commercial work bins who has resigned the post here after two years to take a full page ads popular position at windsor i e h neville and sons an- the new principal is a voung nounce the grand opening of married man with two children heir admiral appliance store he has had five years experience pn main street stouffville they as principal and comes to the are displaying low prices on ad- local school highly recommend- miral television electric ranges ed the new principal is pre- 1 and refrigerators see ad on page defoe motors in markham an nounce a gigantic oneday sale of cars with 30 new cars and pared to teach agricultural sci ence mathematics and shop work mr lanke ba bd has been engaged to teach english models pee page 10 replacing mrs h r button who i lhpsc just two exampl is also leaving the staff mrs dolman teacher of com to show how fullpage advertis ing is heroniing more and more popular in the tribune mother and daughter banquet for cgjt the ontario highways dept i is running far behind schedule bfin completed while on the as evidenced by the lack of ac- sou side of thohighway op- tivity on the highway from church st east which was to have been completed in june of this year hut by all appearances may scarcely be started by that time markham tp may be burdened with school costs by rhs fancy spending seventysix persons attended the church was given by miss the mother and daughter ban- marg curtis and was responded quet which sealed the closing of i to by rev d davis the cgit season for this year girls holding positions in the llil r t0 legion hall was the scone group ains follows shirley anout 1015 i 0 g lightened with colour- fosdick president marg cur- fill display of hand marie cor- lis vicepros gay ronnie sec- sages made by the girls and rotary carol skinner treas placed at the plate of each mo- absent for banquet jorelyn ther button president of the junior special guests were rev mrs group and lynda wagg sccre- davis mrs a campbell mrs m lary of the junior group storey and mrs fairies no the womens auxiliary of the speeches were given by the spe- canadian legion catered to the cial guests at the head table banquet and was presided over were seated miss shirley fos- by shirley fosdick who was dick pies and mother miss m said to have done a most excel- curtis miss winn rev mrs da- lent job the girls put on a var- vis mrs harold lewis and her iety show which included sing- daughter karan mrs ted top- ing dancing and was honoured ping carol larkin miss gay by a guest violinist by the name rennie and mother mrs a of marriell willis campbell mrs m storey and the show ended with the sing- mrs fairies the two very busy ing of may the good lord leaders of the cgit are mrs bless and keep you and the ted topping and mrs harold evening was rounded off with lewis both of whom have done the song taps this was the a very good job in leading the last meeting of the current sea- girls this year son and it is interesting to note a toast to the mothers was that during the past year over givon by miss pat barry and 10 girls between the ages of 12 was responded to by mrs j bar- and 17 have enrolled and that ry pat incidentally is the fifth the cgit is the only active daughter of mrs barry to go group for teenage girls in stott- i through the cgit the toast to ffville freedom he fled pm he was wearing grey hos pital pants a white top and blue sltede shoes officials at toronto general hospital said the youth had been brought to the hospital about four days ago and was be ing treated for nephritis he and another prisoner were in the custody of a jail guard toronto police had picked up shaw several weeks ago on a warrant for scarboro police charging him with housebreak ing entering and theft activity on new garage and service station development on the western outskirts of town is very intensive at present two new service stations one for the sun oil company and one for the canadian oil co arc fast posite the new walter taylor motors garage site is being pre pared markham and vaughan town ships can be burdened with sec ondary educational costs by rea son of richmond hill going hog wild in allowing residen tial subdivisions demared reeve tines alone it was said would i amount to more than a million i dollars markham council was advised legally that they could if thev alf lemasurier as the matter so desired issue only their own of th he celebration sat marlene wallace ot zephyr exhibit at the pet show part js sen here cuddling er f fcer fictsh gart rab v marking th 276th sale a bts an the sfouffviuc sales arena of expanding debenture debt was discussed at the regular meeting of markham township council on monday evening vaughan twp as well ws not in too favorable a financial position when it came to sub divisions reeve icmastinor de clared and because of the fact that markham is included in the secondary school area compris ing these two municipalities he said we are in the poition of having to back two municipali ties now up to the hilt in debt the reeve pointed out that a new high school was wanted at woodbrid go and fourteen more looms on the richmond hill share of school debentures in case of secondary schooling and in that way not be bound to shoulder the debts of the other municipalities in the school dis trict should they be unable to- meet their obligations because of markhams good financial po sition it was also believed they could obtain a better interest late on their own portion of de bentures after about an hours discus sion council instructed the clerk get riil of steeles ave a resolution was passed on monday evening to he presented to york county council at tiieir next meeting asking that the county reassume steeles ave nue as was the case priorto the setting up of metro between vonge st and the jth eon markham twp was saddled with this important suburban road after bill so came into force and was faced with a tremen dous expenditure when hurri cane hazel destroyed the big bridge markham had agreed to pay their share of replacing the bridge with a standard two lane structure but the province and other municipalities involved de clared that a fourlane bridge high school these two cxpendi- lcrn- to notify vaughan twp council was required and markham that markham wished to meet balked at their added expense with them ti june 6th to di sinf the huncare two bailey cuss the school financing prob- bridges have continued to be in use