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f ll xibmm vol 67 no 31 the tribune stouffvidle ont friday december 2s 1956 ten pages councillor not satisfied with local handling of township annexation struffvitles 1956 council held completed their final meeting on thursday annexation too slow evening and dealt chiefly with a verbal exchange occurred routine business matters and between councillor laushway passing of accounts a solid- and reeve daniels when the tors letter was received on be- councillor charged that council half of mrs eureta skinner was moving altogether too slow- market somerville sts con- ly in the matter of the anncxa- corning a sewer outlet claiming tion with whitchurch twp he that an outlet had not boon pro- said that the matter had been vided to the home of mr and hanging fire for six months and new youth centre on townline mrs skinner reeve daniels ex plained to council that the house occupied by mr and mrs skin ner is situated on two lots front ing on somerville street each house was provided with one outlet and the outlet to the skinner house was made from those who wished the annexa tion had a right to more action reeve daniels defended coun cils action in the matter he said that a request had been sent to whitchurch for a meet ing as soon as the petition came in councillor laushway said the side as no line was run on that the petition had come to somerville he further explained stouffville not whitchurch and that mr and mrs skinner had it was up to the local council to the house and vacant lot divided set a date and ask whitchurch between them and one was not to attend the way the things j favorable to the other proceed- going well never get a meet ing over the others land accord- ing he said ing to the letter reeve daniels reeve daniels stated that stated that a portion of the t there were a number of matters house was located on both lots to be considered an ss000 hy- and that he fully explained the dro line to be purchased the situation to the solicitor coun- fact that there might be assess- 1 cil agreed that the house was ment loss if part of the land properly serviced and no action was sold for a church site and was taken school he further stated that councillor wagg reported that no residential development a supply of salted sand had now would be allowed there until been provided for town to han- sewers could be made available die icy streets this winter the councillor laushway said machinery which could be ob- that council had only thirty days taincd from miller pavingtvas to act on the petition or the pe- not satisfactory he reported titioners could go o the munici- no tenders for rental of the pal board for action i mean municipal lot near the cnr to make it my business to find had been received the clerk re- out who should set the date for ported and council agreed to this meeting he concluded hold the matter open as it was believed abwgjs sss the new parkside christian youth centre located in rat- cliff park four miles west of stouffville will be officially opened on new years eve monday dec 31st talent from stouffville and surround ing districts will take part in the service the new centre will accom- modaie more than 300 persons an enclosed projection room is located at the rear of the auditorium and a recording studio is located at the front an uptodate kitchen is sit uated on the west side of the hall a smaller building will be used by persons wishing to pleasureskate on the nearby pond giant floodlights will illuminate the ice the youth for christ organization will hold meetings at the centre every saturday night in addi tion to a fireside service on sunday evenings the facili ties will be available to other organizations during the week a formal dedication service will be held on monday jan 14th the youth centre will be operated by a board of seven men including rev norman rowan chairman howard ratcliff vice chairman fred harwood treasurer fred al- sop secretary mel smith don ratcliff and ron pullen jim thomas several who had not tendered were interested in the lot council established by resolu tion a sinking fund in which will be deposited the standby time payments made by the four municipalities which are serv iced by the stouffville fire bri gade a total of 900 is received each year and will be held for use in the replacement of equip ment whitchurch and markham townships each pay s300 ux- bridge s200 and pickering 100 j workmens compensation cov- j eragefor the firemen was raised from a limit of 4000 for each man to 5000 councillor walters reporting profits for lewis fund if you buy your gas and oil at lcs wilson motors on mon day next youll be helping the gord lewis fund mr wilson is donating the sales profits for this day to the fund get your car serviced for the new year holiday clerk honored one of towns remarkable ladies mrs jas slack dead at a special dinner held by stouffville municipal council on i thursday evening mr gar field brown clerk of stouffville for the park commission stated who is leaving next week for a that a meeting had been held new position with halton coun- to look over a site for the pro- ty at milton was honored along posed latcham swimming pool with mrs brown the dinner and north end of the present was held at the mayfair res- horticultural garden was betaurant lieved best the pool he said reeve elmer daniels express- would be 80 x 50 suitable for ed the regrets of council and swimming competitions coun- ratepayers in losing a respected cil was of the opinion that the and popular employee also horticultural society should be their appreciation for his serv- brought into the negotiations as ices presentations of luggage some landscaping would be re- were made both to mr and mrs quired once the building was brown one of this towns most re markable elder citizens mrs jas slack passed away on fri day dec 21st in her 91st year mrs slack retained a remark able use of her faculties to the end and read several letters without glasses a few days be fore her passin j s clubine chiropractor passes in california los angeles dr j s clu years ago there are fourteen bine internationally known chir- grandchildren and fortyone oprac died suddenly in his greatgrandchildren offices on thursday morning the funeral on monday of dcc 2 at the oi 72 dr this week was conducted from the oneill funeral chapel by rev m gibson of the stouff ville baptist church the pall bearers were messrs glenn rat mrs james slack was born cliffe cliff hisey harry pugh east of claremont the daughter i floyd steckley bert lickorish of the late mr and mrs jonas i and maitland spence interment proctor she later lived on the 5th concession of uxbridge and attended webb public school while still quite young her family moved to alliston and mrs slack worked in her uncles woollen mill she has been in stouffvilie for the past 28 years mr slack passed away five years ago at the age of 89 this lady of great years had a winning smile and pleasing per sonality which won her many friends and these friends mar velled that she colijd read with out the aid of glasses enjoyed knitting and the radio surviving their mother are two sons louis and henry both of stouffville a daughter pre deceased her mother nearly 30 eace ro5jeriti way the great blessings and inspiration of the christmas season remain with you throughout the new year to fill each day with happiness for yon and yours was made in etery stouffville cem- six seeking ontario county wardenship six members of the ontario county council have signified that they will seek the county of ontarios highest office next year the office of warden on january 15th the county coun cil holds its inaugural meeting and the first task of the mem bers will be to elect a new war den elected by open ballot the six contenders are report ed to be reeve ken lee of the town of whitby reeve russell morrison of the township of thorah reeve john mills of the town of ajax reeve w beath of the township of east whitby reeve cyril morley of the village of pickering and reeve morley bain of the twp of scott clubine had a very large prac tice and was active in associa tion affairs until the time of his death he is survived by his widow mary e clubine of to ronto and a brother edgerton clubine of stouffville before leaving for los an geles in 1949 he conducted an extensive practice on bloor st in toronto which is now con ducted by his nephew fred l clubine he was president of the ontario chiropractic asso ciation for many years and was one of the founders of the cana dian memorial chiropractic col lege in toronto j s clubine was born near stouffville and attended mark- ham high school he taught public school for a short time at blooming ton and 6th line whit church he also taught at strat ford collegiate for a short time prior to entering chiropractic veteran of two wars native son lewis pat davis a of stouffville and veteran two world wars died in his sleep at his home on church st markham on monday of this week deceased was in his 60th year mr davis was born at stouffville and the family spent many years here later moving to oshawa the deceas ed has resided in claremont and of late in markham he served in world war i with the 127th battalion from 1916 to 1919 and in world war ii for four years with the ord nance corps besides his wife the former rachel patterson deceased is survived by four daughters mrs thomas king irene of oshawa mrs clarence boyd dorothy toronto mrs har- markham police chief discounts rumours on juvenile dope sales the persistent rumour that a white stated that he had check- juvenile dope ring was in opera- j ed with all the village doctors tion in markham village has j and was informed that no local been discounted by police chief j addicts were receiving treat- fred white chief white in- 1 ment he stated however that formed the tribune that al- a suspected juvenile dope mar- though he had heaid reports of ket was being investigated in such a market among village another village east of mark- teenagers he had checked thor- ham but to date no concrete oughly into the matter and evidence had been obtained found the information without j foundation j mr and mrs don middleton last month two teenage girls and family spent christmas were arrested in markham and with her parents mr and mrs later appeared in court but dope h hedden of brantford was not the reason for the ar- rest the recent appearance of mr and mrs lawrence dack two rcmp officers in the village and children of toronto were added to the belief that an in- christmas guests of mrs robt vestigation was underway chief young chinch st local planning board preparing zoning bylaw stouffville planning board i meeting for the last time in uliru dijri fl7fn 1956 on friday evening agreed luvn rubllvlill to proceed immediately with the i tea fli cd dfad new zoning bylaw which will ichvntr ulmu put into concrete operation the j funeral service was held on official plan recently approved wednesday for bruce w clarke by the minister of planning and i former principal of runnymede development this bylaw will collegiate and a native of whit- restrict the use of land in var- 1 church township interment was ious parts of town for residen- made in markham baptist cem- tial commercial and industrial etery mr clarke was in his and will also specify certain 7ist year types of building in these three categories c h nolan member of the board asked reeve daniels councils representative if any consideration was being given by council to the annexation of a portion of markham twp at the corner of the 9th con and main st now that a request was being made by residents of whitchurch on the north bound- native ary to be taken into town he of said that now that the sewer project was well underway it was to be hoped that industry would look more favorably on stouffville and there was a need for more industrial sites in the municipality mr daniels commented that college he became the first myrtle claremont dean of the canadian memorial chiropractic college and later became president just two weeks before dr clubines death a portrait of him was presented to the college in honour of his many years of service to the profession in can ada it was accepted by his nephew dr fred clubine who is now president of the board of directors of the college thieves steal more than 500 in cash and goods from shoe store the management and staff of merchandise and cash valued at more than 50000 was stolen from erie lehmans shoe store on main street stouffville some time during the early hours of thursday morning last week the robbers gained entry by a rear door they ransacked a safe and stole approximately 25 in silver from the store till a large quantity of merchandise was taken from the shelves and a number of articles were re moved from the front display windows empty boxes were scattered around the floor the robbers for some unknown rea son left odd pairs of shoes on the shelves which would be useless to both themselves and the owner the theft was discovered by mr lehman when he opened his store on thursday morning he notified the village police and they opened an immediate investigation constable frank edwards said he believed the lobbery was the work of ama teurs an attempt was also marie to enter the a e wei- don store but the thieves were unsuccessful in forcing the rear door sell nearly 14 tons of fowl at uxbridge market and mrs kenneth schell hel en of stouffville and three sons john of agincourt nor man of markham and lloyd of brougham there is also one brother ace davis of leroy sask and a sister mrs an thony hoover dicksons hill the funeral on wednesday afternoon was conducted from the dixon funeral chapel by rev d r mckhiican of mark ham pallbearers were bill jennings k r davis norman maxwell oliver hardin orval sellick and findley stewart in terment was made in st an drews cemetery markham the deceased was highly pub licized in 1943 for differences with the york township board of education and again in 1945 and 1947 he retired as principal in 1949 the late mr clarke received his early education in the rural school and later graduated from mcmaster university he taught at humberside from 1913 to 1917 when he took the principalship of runneymede in 1951 he was elected deputyreeve of york township he was a member of kingsway baptist church arid prince of wales masonic lodge surviving besides his widow the former minnie collins a daughter of the late alf collins there was a possibility this of stouffville are a son dr might be considered if and when david clarke of kelownabc three daughters mrs robert riddell of guelph mrs ken neth hunt of toronto and miss reta clarke of london a sister mrs d hisey of toronto and land was annexed from whit church he added that at the time of the sewer approval the municipal board had stated that they would frown on further annexation but this was believ- two brothers j almour clarke ed to be only in the case of resi- 1 of whitchurch and lome clarke dential development i of toronto also survive former stouffville girl v has big task at sanatorium markham twp to seek prov aid in view of the present tight money situation markham twp council monday decided to ap proach the ontario municipal improvement corporation an agency of the provincial gov- ornment in the hope of borrow- j ing some s8i000 to finance the sale of debentures for the pro- nearly 14 tons of fowl was sold at the annual uxbridge christmas market held at the rear of martins hotel on thurs- extonsion of day morning of last week the members sale is sponsored by the local d unam for m kinsmen club doncaster system but decided ol was organized n not to accept any as it was felt 1916 and a that time close to 50 tons of owl passed over the iljh js k d counters the quantity has been oi tti be called diminishing however many of the s the farmers were not satisfied qn am with the prices and two truck- d luca counri com loads of fowl were removed your purchrses at les wil- from the market prices ranged as follows geese 47c to 50c turkeys 43c to 50c capons 42c to 48c and cockerels 33c to 3sc mr h l fair ontario cty ag rep said that lack of farm help was one of the main rea sons for lack of entries in the market he said that local farm ers havent time to prepare the mittee to seek provincial legis lation to extend the power of the municipality to prohibit and license grave pits committee members will be dcputyroevo w clark and councillor d dea con with a further appointment to be made by the 1957 council the official inaugural meet ing for the 1957 council will be how would you like to be re sponsible for keeping 20 ener getic youngsters in bed most of the day they feel perfectly well and range in age from 16 months to 10 years including both boys and girls this is the somewhat strenu ous duty of mrs marjorie cook nurse and formerly of stouff ville in charge of the davies cottage at weston sanatorium and yet she says the more you work with children the more you like them and you just wouldnt get anywhere without routine mrs cook is a widow with- out children of her own and she finds real satisfaction in mother ing and cuddling children with tuberculosis who must be separ ated from their parents for at least a year she does not fear the disease herself and says she never has she is careful not to touch her face to theirs when she cuddles them and every six months she has a chest xray from her years of experience in keeping active youngsters contented in bed mrs cook offers this advice to mothers of johnnjes or marys who may be in bed with a nasty cold or a bout of the measles first no matter how minor the illness always tell the child why he must remain in bed next establish a daily routine l and do your best to stick to it it is not enough for the mother to enjoy the security of her own routine mrs cook believes the young invalid must know his too and when he does he is far less difficult to handle she has found that when the nurses and aides are rushing around trying to get work done in a hurry and paying little at tention to the children is when in your hands and just live with him good care of a sick child in volves efficiency mrs cook says but more importantly effi ciency plus this plus means the time both morning and af ternoon when the mother- or nurse has unhurried time for the sick one young minds must also be oc continued on page 10 receives wings held on monday januarv 7 at fowl for dressed market sale n am morning the i the prcswcnt of the lxbridgc townsnip b not enjoy kcd and this kinsmen club said that they in- is their method of attracting at tended to hold the market again tention the new pipe organ in st j far better to take a few mln flying officer edward mur phy son of mr and mrs lou they misbehave most they do murphy formerly of stouff- villc and now residing at coch- jl sons garage west end of town next yc on monday dec 31st will boot i the gord lewi befi fund i business places in all pofis from lc oeday be closed next tuesday new rated at a special ccrctony on play or sit down for a minute sale will ce 2oaaed to the drive years day sunday morninj or two with whatever you have andrews presbyterian church utes to talk to a child about one n will markham was officially dedl- of his toys perhaps plan his rane received his wings rec ently at a graduation cere mony in winnipeg manitoba presently on furlough the local navigator will be sta tioned at cold lake alberta on his return i