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av u ltk tottffnilk strttmne vol 67 no 52 the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 23 1957 rs3 twelve pages purchases charolaise cattle murray little farmer at dickson hill holds a rare charolaise bull imported from texas farmer purchases rare steak loaded cattle charford farms the property of mr murray a little 8th concession of markham town ship at dicksons hill was the licene of much activity on thurs day afternoon twelve head of rare charolaise cattle arrived by truck from weslaco texas a distance of 2200 miles the animals are valued at 5000 each the charolaise breed is par ticularly rare in canada and in the united states there are only 1500 pure blood registered animals in existence the out standing feature of the breed is their rapid rate of gain per day an increase of four pounds per day in weight or more than one hundred pounds per month is not uncommon in addition the animals are extremely rugged and are able to withstand both hot and cold temperatures better than our present beef breeds this factor is transmitt ed to the cross breed cattle in appearance the cattle are creamy white in colour they have a relatively small head long round white horns and large prominent eyes the neck is short and thick and the deep wide chest blends in well with the shoulders and back which is heavily muscled the well-round- meated the legs are medium in length with good stance the two recorded votes at local council meeting stouffville municipal council average weight of the cow is nad something of a record on about 1600 pounds bulls weigh up to 2500 pounds mr little purchased the cattle from the turner ranch a few miles inside the mexican border the local farmer travell ed to texas and viewed the animals before making the deal one bull has already been sold to the maple cattle breeders at maple ont mr little is also a breeder of registered hereford cattle a number of prominenti thursday evening when two recorded votes were called necessitating the reeve to break a deadlock in each case in the first instance the issue involved an expenditure for the purchase of trees to be planted on main st east boulevard and through out the new subdivisions mr don lewis nursery oper ator who appeared before coun- j oil reported that the highways i dept would pay 50 of the cost of new trees for that road agriculturalists visited the little j p t0 s e i reeve daniels contended that the new subdivisions were j entitled to trees as well as the main st residents councillor laushway said that the highway farm on thursday to inspect the new breed some of the digni taries present were mr c s mckee president of the royal winter fair wm sutherland massey harris farms john megill ontario agricultural col lege roy snyder waterloo cattle breeders kitchener allan currie and wm mc- mullen dominion livestock blanch john moles of the cbc geo rodanz of stouff ville crawford key weslaco texas and many more it is be lieved that the charolaise breed may be the answer to the 64 million dollar question how to raise a fastergrowing meatier ed hind quarters are heavily j beef animal john storey gets garbage contract for whitchurch tp three tenders were received and the contract was awarded to john k storey for the removal of garbage from oak ridges muirhead cres prestons lake and musselmans lake at a fig ure of s62so00 his price was made up as follows oak ridges s3so0 muirhead cres 330 preston lake s2ck musselmansj cd that lake summer 1000 and win ter 950 sheep claim arthur vernon was granted the amount of 43 for one sheep killed and two injured truck tender council received a communica- hon from the dept of highways onto their property the condi tion was said to exist becauseof the number of trucks drawing sand to the winterstein wash ing plant the deputation told council that this company had doubled its capacity and that the condition would be worse in the near future council suggest- petition of the nearby had a good appearance as it was and was not sure if trees would improve its appearance deputy- reeve burk spoke strongly in favor of planting trees from church st east he said if council didnt go ahead with the planting he was going to plant a tree in front of his own pro perty himself if he could get permission councillor wagg went along with deputyreeve bulks resolution which called for 50 trees on main st east and 25 trees in the subdivisions although he said he did not feel too strongly either way council lor lehman stated that he be lieved the money could much better be spent on better side walks and other public works more urgently needed in the ensuing recorded vote councilors lehman and laush way and reeve daniels voted against the resolution the decision on gravel tenders provided the second deadlock with councillor laushway and lehman along with reeve daniels lining up in support of a resolution to give the contract to western sand gravel who residents be obtained and a spnt in the lowest tender toe number from council arrange to p tori delivered it was pointed visit the dept of highways to out tna he dept of highways discuss the problem reeve would only pay 50 subsidy on legge commented that the ear- he lowest tender submitted liest date possible might be most unless very adequate reason opportune i could be given for not accepting reforestation councillor wagg and deputy the reforestation committee reeve burk were strongly that deliveries would not be satisfactory six tenders were received to supply the one thou sand tons asked for and prices ranged to a high of 115 per ton must complete job immediately copies of communications were read which had recently been sent from hisey bar- rington engineers to malvern construction co and which notified this firm that if suffici ent staff and machines was not provided to complete the clean up work in town and place the streets back in proper condition immediately the town would engage their own machines to do the job and the cost would be deducted from the malvern sewer contract the municipal ity has this privilege under the terms of the contract approve plan change a resolution was approved calling for the change from industrial land to residential of all residential lots north of schclls food market on mill st which run to a depth of 132 including two lots at the top end of the street and 32 of the third lot these latter lots are on an unnamed street running east and west and which mr ed williams wishes to sell for residential building purposes miscellaneous a resolution was passed ap proving the use of main st for a lions club street dance on june 26th providing the high ways dept is agreeable plan to become a member of stouffville concert association canvassing will be this week and next week until june 1st with headquarters at the home of mr and mrs spofford after that date it will be impossible to obtain a membership card should a canvasser miss you phone stouff 22s three excel lent concerts are available for you for next fall and winter that due to the fact that council i of york county is holding the opposed to giving the tender to did not accept the lowest tender annual field day at mussel- he western co and suggested in a recent bid for a new truck mans lake on june 7th the 30 subsidy allowed could taxi license j only be paid on the lowest fig ure submitted the lowest bid refused had been from a mt albert dealer but council on inspection of the trucks agreed to take the tender of patrick motors stouff ville which was slightly higher gravel tit dust messrs grant wells ard reg gibbons residing on the bloom- inzton sideroad appeared before council ir regard to damage albert j stuart who had been u mvesti and jvc fur her consideration stuart e 2nd due to the fact that two licd tnat he v cabs were a ready operating in for zn lnvcst but a the same u ilcox lake district i appeared before council stating that persons were calling at the garage where he was employed for a taxi and he did not con sider that the area was ade quately sened council dicu- ed the matter brieflj and in- ufcoib dm btowtag off um road formed mr stuart that they mu2e mr and mrs jas miller and family from north bay were holiday visitors here with their parents mr and mr- ross da vis nd mr and mrs waiter pickering tp police chief resigns police chief arnot l lakingl of pickering township submit- ted his resignation to the police commission on tuesday it was accepted commission chair- i man w g lawson said that the resignation was due to personal reasons mr laking plans to take up residence in kcnora corpor al reginald parker has been appointed acting chief until the vacancy is filled with a perma nent man laking had been chief of th pickering twp police department for the past i three years approve consumers gas franchise for stouffville await ont fuel board ok stouffville municipal council has approved the application of the consumers gas co for a franchise to serve the residents of stouffville allowing the com pany to lay gas pipe lines throughout town a by-law- agreement was given two readings by council and will now go to the ontario fuel board for final approval this hearing is expected to be held june 10th council in discussing the bylaw cited the fact that the company had a fine reputation for workmanship in laying pipe lines and members pointed out having seen some of this good work in aurora and other centres while it is not anticipated that any pipe lines will be laid immediately the company is intent on building up a market for their product and being ready to receive natural gas from the trans canada pipe line sometime in 1958 uxbridge is also to grant a franchise and the lines will pass through stouffville on their way north lines are presently laid as far as markham village the gas lines are not laid deep in the ground as is the case of sewers and water and hundreds of feet can be laid in a day great lengths of the welded steel piping being dropped into an excavation at one time the company assumes all cost of the project which is estimated will cost 150000 men escape as truck topples over forty fi markham embankment two men edvard sidsworth 20 of toronto and clifford demers of scarboro suffered only minor facial lacerations after their large sod truck went out of control on the markham road and toppled down a 40 foot embankment at vinegar dip on monday afternoon the driver told police that a motorist cut him off and forced his vehicle into the ravine the truck glanced off a hydro pole hit a tree and rolled over both men climbed out of the wrecked cab and scrambled up the steep bank chief constable fred white of markham village administered first aid at the scene then removed them to dr j r scott for further treatment the accident attracted hun dreds of spectators to the scene nearly four hours after the accident occurred the twisted wreckage was hauled back onto the highway the markham road was blocked off for some time by police until the opera tion was completed constable gord epplestone of markham twp police assisted in keeping the heavy holiday traffic mov ing theyre lucky to be alive said chief white the truck was the property of the golden mile sodding co scarboro engage new policeman a r randall chief of police for the village of newcastle for the past four years has been engaged as a second officer for the stouffville force his duties to commence on june 1st mr randall wilt receive a salary of 3200 with annual increases of s100 a year up to 4000 the new officer is an exper ienced policeman and comes well recommended from his former position he is a mar ried man and hopes to move his family here as soon as accommodation can be found whitchurch reserves decision on auto depot markham and stouffville meet in juvenile baseball friday nite at 730 may 3031 and june 1st will be the dates of the grand open ing of houstons allnew rexall drug store the social credit party will hold a public meeting in stouff ville veterans hall this thurs day evening may 23rd the speaker will be stanley r pat terson and the candidate a a alton the meeting is headed wake up or blow up mr and mrs l malloy and family holidayed in haliburton an aroused deputation of rate payers headed by dr fred van- nostrand and numbering eight persons armed with a petition signed by 65 residents appeared before whitchurch township council on thursday evening to protest the action of council taken may 2nd which permitted an auto resale depot to operate just below vandorf on the don mills rd mrs louise carrol who re sides near the property to be used had given deputyreeve richardson to understand that she had never been approached by the owner of the proposed auto depot this information turned the depttoeve against the proposal which he had sup ported in the original instance and he spoke in favor of the deputations objections mr richardson said that he was pre pared to put forward a resolu tion rescinding the former mo tion of may 2 councillor wylie said that he would not favor council altering its decision that council was well aware of all the facts when it agreed to the permit and he would continue to support the original resolution the deputation feared that the depot would be the forerunner of a fullfledged junk yard and were much opposed to the build ing the deputyreeve proposed a new resolution seconded by councillor wallwork and sup ported by councillor williams the new resolution read as follows where council on may 2nd passed a resolution approv ing of the establishment of an automobile parts resale store at lot 15 con 3 subject to certain restrictions whereas a petition has been presented to council by a delegation of property own ers and tenants objecting to the establishment of the abovemen tioned business on the grounds that such an establishment would depreciate the value of adjacent property and be a det riment to the whole community whereas an approved residen tial subdivision plan and estab lished residence is adjacent to the proposed parts resale store therefore be it resolved that whitchurch council rescind the resolution passed on may 2nd approving the application of alex best to establish the store the subdivision referred to is owned by mr lailey no houses are built yet as funds have not been secured some road grad- off to germany ft lt bruce stover son of the late mr and mrs ambrose stover of stouffville and brother of harry stover local bakery proprietor is a jet pilot with the royal canadian air force word was received here last week that he had left canada as a member of no 410 allweather fighter squadron for a base at zwei- bruken in germany where the squadron will service in can adas nato air division the third of four cf100 squadrons scheduled for european ser vice 440 squadron flew the atlantic route via goose bay labrador and keflavik ico- land beginning this week business places in stouffville are open on wednesdays and closed sll day monday open tuesday and friday evenings youll want to visit houstons allnew rexall drug store on may 3031 and june 1st on the occasion of their grand opening ing has been done and a plan placed on the propmty council was ajso confronted with an application from nor- i man purdy to operate a wreck- ing yard on a two and a half acre property some 500 yards off yonge st however council informed mr purdy that the land was under subdivision plan and could not be used for this purpose reeve cuts ribbon at health unit office i j stouft vines new health unit on friday afternoon by reeve ofuee wa offldilly opened omar daniels pictured on the reeves right is dr r m kins of the york county unit and mrs luell lemn to derkreoeptlonisl