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rttmnt vol 67 no 8 the tribune stouffvttrf thursday july 19 1956 twelve pages markham orangemen play host on centennial 200 tractors needed for big plowing match while most of the people of the province are just beginning to bask in the warmth of sum- mer one large and energetic group of ontario citizens is al- ready preparing lor the brisk jdays of autumn they are the various commit- i tees both local and provincial who are charged with the duty 1 of preparing for the 53rd inter- national plowing match to be held at brooklin ontario county from october 9 to 12 inclusive during the past few weeks the various local committees as well as the various committees of the ontario plowmens association t under whose auspices the match i is held have been busy laying the groundwork for the big show some idea of the gigantic task facing them can be gained from the fact that some 200 tractors of various makes have to be provided accommodation has to be arranged for hundreds of contestants to say nothing of the thousands of visitors who an nually take in the international for the fourday match virtu- ally an entire city must be erected and serviced this en tails the provision of sanitary services and an adequate sup ply of pure water electricity telephones restaurants and sev- 1 eral acres of parking space in i nddition acres of tents and ex- j hibit space must be provided of great importance in cer- j tain sections of the province i major alex mckonzie mpp lor north york is seen here chatting with jacob gould 79 district who has been in these schomberg lol415 king parades for the past 60 years centre and right reeve jos fry of markham village investigate 161 i s markham township police are investigating the theft of s2000 worth of furs clothing silver ware and personal effects from the home of mrs k b housser contour plowing will again be t included in this yens competi tion this class was eliminated at last years match at leaming ton where it was impossible to find a suitable location adjacent to the match in addition more than usual interest is being evinced in the county farmstead improvement competition many ont county fai mers having started to im prove their lands and buildings with an eye to the generous pri zes allotted in this connection on the local level the ontario county committee is sparing no effort to provide a county exhibit worthy of the important part ontario county plays in ontarios agricultural scene f a lashley secretary man ager of the ontario plowmens association stated today that the prize list covering some 40 classes would be available with in a few days copies of the list may be secured by writing mr lashley care of the ont dept of agriculture toronto even at this early date there has been a large number of applications for exhibit space at the match sad mr lashley it would appear that even more exhibitors than in previous years will take advantage of the in ternational to display their pro ducts i am confident that this year will be a banner one in the history of the association for all committees are working hard at preparing for the best inter national vet markham tp constable cheats death with fast run to city hospital markhamtownship constable saving the lite of an 11 month john mcghee is credited with old baby boy brent wickes son of mr and mrs walter wickes 74 steeles avenue east on fri- day night constable mcghee was out on patrol when mr wickes telephoned the station and requested a police escort to hospital he said his son had suffered a collapsed windpipe sgt harvey cox took the mes sage and radioed p c mcghee a few moments later the crui ser was at the wickes door and the child was placed in the wait- ing car twelve minutes later j the cruiser arrived at the sick childrens hospital and the baby was immediately placed in an oxygen tent the doctor in charge said a delay of four or i five minutes would have meant death to the infant the child was suffering from a disease known as tractakitis an ailment common to babies it is fatal un less immediate treatment is ad ministered mr and mrs wickes were loud in their praise of the quick response by the markham police i had no sooner hung up the receiver when the cruiser pulled up in front of the door he said mrs wickes said the child was suffering from a slight cold when she put him to bed early friday evening around eleven oclock he started coughing and gasping for breath by the time they reached the hospital his face was turning blue follow ing treatment doctors said that brents chances of recovery were good vivian bible school drew nearly two hundred killed william schep 26 wales ave markham died en route to hos pital friday night after being thrown into a ditch when his car was hit broadside by an other at the intersection of the 4th concession and steeles ave police charged fred hughes 35 of parkchester rd north york the driver of the other 10th concession south of cedar car which was eastbound on grove the robbery was report- 1 steeles ave with criminal neg- ed by mrs housser when she i ligence and careless driving po- returned home on tuesday she had been absent from her resi- j dence since july 5th the thieves gained entry through a basement window tiie telephone lines were cut which leads police to believe that the robbers thought the house was occupied at the time a varied assortment of articles were taken but no tire tracks were visible near the home mrs housser was the victim of an armed robbery one year ago when a quantity of jewelry was taken pc lew durant is in vestigating lice from no 3 division north york said hughes failed to stop at a stop sign police had difficulty notify ing his wife as his personal ef fects still bore the address of a home in east toronto from which the family moved to markham three weeks ago coro ner dr r c ritchie ordered a post mortem finep for sub standard house in a drive against substand ard housing markham twp last week registered a conviction against a resident of carrville rd e who had persisted in liv ing in a trailer shack contrary to a township bylaw appear ing in magistrates court at newmarket the accused was fined 50 and costs by magis trate hollinrake when found guilty of contravening the land restriction bylaw the investi- gation was handled by planning director r forrest eng agement bible school had record turnout the closing exercises of the daily vacation bible school under the leadership of rev and mrs f huson and their staff were held friday night in the arena with the children tak ing part in singing and memory wm hunt who depicted king headed the orange parade on markhams main street billy on the white horse and the glorious twelfth along mr and mrs frederick g cummings announce the engage ment of their daughter janet 1 work marie reg n to mr david ca- a j disp of the work yen aird son of mr and mrs done was shown thc enrollment this year was the highest ever 350 the highest daily attend ance was 285 with an average attendance of 268 youll find that the man at the top got there because he was at the bottom of many worth- j sydney aird of calgary the marriage will take place on saturday august 11 at 3 pm in dominion united church ottawa mr and mrs wm eckardt of stouffville wish to announce the engagement of their youngest daughter mary eileen to lionel wnlle tr ellwood elson son of mr and i mrs ellwood elson stouffville jdispay adverlisinr deadline the wedding to take place aug 4 is tuesday noon hitandrun driver crashes accident scene on 4th at buttonville ready to blow horns and parade are members of the band from left 1 madeleine beat the drum in thc orange markham district high school hagerman carol campbell and carole mears predict election in whitchurch twp a nomination meeting will bo while in many instances nom- names are being mentioned as held in var f hall this friday 1 nations for such byelections possible candidates among them evening so ill the vacancy cavis- rcju in aoc to fill herb simpson john wylie and ed on whitchurch township i council by the death of council h va t is predicted that wm card the latter two being lor deles graham the meeting election may result from fri candidates at the last december time is s pr5 uay night s meeting several j election police cruisers from north york markham and vaughan townships encircled the don mills road area south of no 7 highway in the early hours of sunday morning and nabbed ed ward w judge 21 of 51 cour- ton drive toronto he has been charged with criminal negli gence and with failing to remain at the scene of an accident three passengers two girls and a boy were questioned and later released judges car crashed into a tow truck that was clearing away the wreckage of two vehicles in volved in a headon collision one hour previous the truck driver earl wideman of gormley came within inches of being clipped by the fast moving car the hit and run auto bounced off the side of the tow truck and side- swiped one of the damaged cars parked on the highway shoulder wideman jumped in his car and gave chase within minutes cruisers from three surrounding police detachments joined in the chase at speeds over 60 miles per hour the runaway vehicle was nabbed on sheppard ave 1 the headon collision was the second serious accident on the 4th concession within 36 hours william schep of markham vil- 1 lage was fatally injured late fri- day night at the intersection of don mills road and steeles ave i admitted to the hast general hospital with serious injuries was mr lloyd tomlinson 31 victor avenue toronto and his wife a passenger in the car mrs tomlinson was thrown 15 feet to the pavement and suffer- cd a fractured skull dislocated left hip face and knee lacera- tions her husband suffered a fractured left thigh dislocated right ankle a fractured skull and chest injuries the driver of the other car fred strick land also of toronto escaped with head and face lacerations it is believed that strickland may have fallen asleep at the wheel the tomlinson auto a 1953 studebaker was complete ly wrecked constable evan kel- ley of markham township po lice investigated j would preserve markham history markham township council on monday unanimously approv ed a suggestion by prominent local historian miss blodwen davies that council approve i the setting up of a rural life foundation to preserve the his- torical background of markham township a resident of cedar grove miss davies has exhibited a strong interest in local folklore since she took up residence in the township several years ago she is also the author of several books council has approved the set ting up of a five member pro visional committee to investi gate the legal and financial as pects of establishing such a foundation members of the pro visional committee are messrs e stiver e harper f wicks d ratcliff and h brennan former premier george s hen ry has offered to serve on the committee in an advisory ca pacity the committee will re port its findings to council much hard wok on the part of workers and students perfect co operation among workers and parents made the week of va cation school a resounding suc cess at vivian church from july 013 the school was under the lead ership of the pastor rev w s whitcombe who was sup ported by a fine group of church members young people and in terested friends from the com- m unity transportation was made available by the kindness of mr george smalley who put one of his large trucks at the disposal of mr earl grose who took holidays so as to help as did also mr norm fockler mrs geo baker filled her truck and many other kind friends filled their cars with one or more capacity loads each day the school began on monday with 150 registered and the at tendance mounted steadily each day to iso 190 193 and 195 in spite of most inclement weather the parents children and friends packed the church to overflow ing on friday night for the clos ing programme the theme of the weeks stu dies was the life of christ to teach as much as possible of the facts and the meaning ol that matchless life mr whit combe had five film strips from the birth to the resurrection of christ ten classes then formed or intensive study of the days episode and at the close mimeo graphed questions were given to all 8 and over mrs vvhit- combe corrected daily an aver- j age of s7 sheets and of these i over 40 earned prizes by attain- ing 75 or over the work was arduous but lightened by the novel spelling and the some- i times too original answers but j even more by the evidence of i the close attention these children were paying to these eternal truths i more than 80 boys and girls jof all ages learned the prescribed memory work and earned worth while prizes for their labours while storing for a lifetime memorys chambers with the good seed the closing nights program was put on by the children themselves as they recited scripture passages from the 4 gospels which recounted the main events of the life of christ almost every child had some share either in recitation or singing and they did it very well indeed those who took the narration on friday night did so over and above the work of the others they were dorothy and david legresley dawn and gale grose david berland floyd and ken fockler shirley and don taber beth whitcombe pauline sytema anna viiik maribel moynihan jim reid dorothy pollock jim smalley muriel loveless and a special recitation by little wayne pratt over 200 prizes were distrib uted at the close for attendance memory work and answers to the questions to pave five miles of pickering township road at a special meeting of pick ering township council on mon day evening tenders were let for the paving of six roads in the municipality the work will be done this year the k l beamish construction co will do the work on the markham- pickering townline the altona road and the vvestney road miller paving co will pave the old forest road rouge hill drive and harwood ave the tender price ranged from 63700 per ton to 72500 per ton the work will cover 48 miles of road in the township some three or four miles of road is paved in pickering every year under an organized road program council granted approval to the consumers gas co to lay a line along concession 1 from scarboro to dunbarton the work will be completed within a couple of months loses sister funeral service for muriel middlemiss a leading education- ist twice decorated for her work in connection with kindergart- 1 ens was held in newmarket on monday miss middlemiss died friday 1 for the past 24 years miss middlemiss has been kindergar ten director at kapuskasing she j was honored with both the george vi coronation medal and citation and thc queen eliz abeth coronation medal and cit- j ation corn and educated in brant- ford miss middlemiss continued her studies in toronto for some stouffville ends good financial year name new board shareholders of the stouff ville arena co gathered on thursday evening for their an nual meeting and to hear a re port on the years activities the arena company completed a good financial year and disposed of some indebtedness incurred years she taught kindergarten during 195155 revenue from at ve ontario school for the he arena snack bar was thc bknd she was an active worker highest on record showing a in the united church and in girl gross turnover of more than soooo skating revenue was nearly 4100 and money from hockey practice 822225 sum mertime income amounted to l2990 largest expense in addition to i salaries was again services from the village of stouffville death i amounting to more than 1000 alsop alice maud bacon taxes alone taking a thousand at fairview lodge whitby on dollars tuesday july 17th 1956 alice three of the company direc- matid bacon beloved wife of tors retired this carl e oj guides she leaves a brother keith of stouffville three sisters mrs r g green newmarket mrs j j sheridan bole of smithville and eva middlemiss of brant- j ford the late joseph alsop and dear mother of mrs frank judd of atherley in her 81th year rest ing at the funeial home of mc- guire and lowe cxhridge ser vice in the chapel on thursday july 19th at 2 prr interment in lxbridge cemetery noil reg button who has been a director since the company was formed and walter briliin- ger the directors corvcnfd fol lowing thc public meeting and elected the following to office jkcn laushway president les wilson vice prcs gar lehman los clarke don lewis fred steckley and herb hisey di rectors the last three named are new this term hundred lodges at orange walk in markham a hundred orange lodges were represented in the annual july 12th walk held for the east york area in markham on thursday the occasion was sig nificant for lol 518 of mark ham village which on this 266th commemoration of the battle of the boyne was marking one hundred years of existence it was the first orange parade held in markham since 1927 the celebration included the annual walk a circus and races and contests in the park one of the judges of the best decorated homes and business places was reee jos fry who mached as a bannerboy in i91l