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vt t toiifff itle rtbniie vol 63 no 25 the tribune stouffvtlle ont thursday october 3 1957 twelve pages k j beamish gets contract to pave 9th st for town attempted theft and fraud reported here stouftville municipal council obrien avenue and the chair- 1 has let a contract for s35w to man agreed that some of the lay three inches of asphalt pave- bad spots would have to be dug merit on the 9th con from main out and replaced with sandy fill st north to the town limits the payment for this urk will be successful bidder for the work sought from malvern construe- i was k j beamish co and it is tion who had previously agreed j five raccoons in a tree mr nelson smith a farmer on the 7th concession of mark- ham bagged a total of five raccoons in a tree on his pro perty this week mr smith discovered the animals early tuesday morning and armed with both a shotgun and a rifle he felled them one by one he believes the coons have been responsible for killing a number of his hens within recent weeks raccoons are re ported to be very numerous in the area this fall staff photo allimportant court revision to be named by counci stouftville municipal council meeting on thursday afternoon agreed lo withhold the selection of members for the new inde pendent court of revision until the next meeting which will be this thursday evening council will not assume the responsibil ity of the court this year but will set up an independent court of citizens as is done in many surrounding municipalities property improvement reeve daniels stated that he was desirous of seeing some i oct 4th council landscaping done in front of the sewage disposal plant i was always led to believe this whole job was to be com pleted even with a fish pond in front said councillor laushway 1 remember those pictures too added the reeve clerk corner advised that there was money in the sewer contract to do a complete job and it could be added into the debenture which payments com mence next year then hows the time to do it and have the job complete im not in favor of doing this job in bits and pieces said coun cillor laushway employer is blamed by magistrate in local swindle magistrate o s hollinrake against the characters of three gave four men suspended sent- men who are so well thought of port is expected at this weeks meeting civil defence councillor laushway asked that he be relieved of the post of chairman of the civil defence committee and a resolution re named deputyreeve burk to this post jack sanders district civil defence coordinator appeared before council in connection with plans for the observance of national civil defence day agreed that ences last week and blamed their part in an alleged siooooo farm loan swindle on the man who hired them all four pleaded guilty to in their community george mountenay of mark- ham 48yearold father of nine almost collapsed when he drew a suspended sentence after his expected that work will com mence as soon as approval is received from the department of highways there were throe tenders received for the work the paed stretch will run north for eighty rods and will be 22 xt in width ar the regular meeting of council on thursday afternoon members discussed general road repairs and it was agreed that road chairman wagg should en gage a maintainer for three days to scarify and grade the many streets in town which have become badly potholed complaints have been re- to these repairs as part of com pleting their sewer construc tion good water keport deputyreeve milt burk who represents council on the rdhp conservation authoritv board local police were sent on an unless they are phoned or notl- investigation last week when an lied in time to apprehend these attempted theft was reported phoney characters while theyre from waggs jewellery china still in the neighborhood on main st stoufivillc accord rifle coin box ing to police two strange men the coin box from the pav reported that samples had been ome ihe store and the ono in front of the b s quired for some silverware telephone co was removed the clerk went lo the rear of from the phone booth the other the store and on her return night and found by stouftville found the second man with a police in a field on the 9th con plant was much purer than that ugo watch in hls hand which he i of markham the thieves got aboe the plant and he stated was liaing llom the show win liule for tner lrmmc as thp box taken of the creek water above and below the sewage disposal plant the results showed that ihe water below the disposal that the authority was convinc- ed there was absolutely no pol lution or contamination of the water in the creek by the run- ceived about the condition of i off from the sewage filter beds trade fair draws some record crowds better than seven thousand master of ceremonies run on persons passed through the gate various entertainment acts each at the stouftville dade air j evening to keep the big crowds last week on the three evenings and one afternoon this attend- vious record supplies could be kept in the municipal building upstairs and volunteers will be sought on oct 4th it is hoped eventually to have some two hundred en rolled for civil defence work orchard pit subdivision mr edw davics acting for his brotherinlaw mr mcdow ell appeared before council re questing councils requirements divider did not have to install false pretenses charges and said wife promised to forget his pre- markham implement dealer john white paid them to sign papers for farm loans white faces 26 charges of forgery and false pretenses he elected trial by judge and jury and will next appear oct 16 the magistrate told bruce mckay kennard dew and nor man clark all men from sas katchewan who worked for white in the winter this is a most unfortunate experience for three visitors to ontario who trusted their em ployer not aware that fraud was contemplated i am very glad i havent got it on my conscience that i was the one who put such a stain ance figure has only been topped once before some years ago when the first fair was held some thirtyfive exhibitors look space in the arena for the fair and presented a varied se lection of products the great majority sold by main st mer chants in town hundreds of visitors from outoftown visited the fair and many favorable comments were heard on every hand regarding the display mr ted edwards acting as ed him as to what he was doin he dropped the watch and hur ried from the store his companion followed in a moment and mrs wagg hurry ing to the door saw the pair hustling to a car the number was taken and later the pair were identified from police pho tos the two men were picked up but denied the attempt dont be fooled although the tribune is con tinually counselling readers to beware of travelling salesmen interest and there were a host whom they do not know there of lucky draw prizes given away i are still those who are easy prey each evening in addition to some j for these slippery gents goin dow she immediately question- had only recently been emptied six boxes have been stolen in scarboro during the last few weeks and five men believed in volved in this phone booth snatching have been arrested special prizes on saturday night the fair was officially opened on thursday night by r j pollock reeve of north gwil- limbury and reeve eimer dan iels of stouftville the local trade fair brings out much fine publicity for stou ftville and untold value for those who exhibit there and it is to be hoped that it continues for many years to come water mains which were al ready there the street was in good condition for hard topping and no fivepercent park dona- for proceeding with the develop ment of his subdivision of 7 lots on the east side of orchard pk council held closely to the tion was being taken towns subdivision agreement mr davies stated that he be- requcsting that the street from i licved the costs would make the the northern limit of the sub- price of lots almost too high council discussed the matter division to sunset blvd be paved to market but he would investi- at some length and agreed that land that sewers be laid on the gate the cost of putting in the the water holes should be filled street and westerly on orchard services council required before making a decision the stones removed and some pk to hook up with the line at grass and trees planted i the foot of clark street reeve the matter was left with the daniels pointed out that while stouftville municipal council property commit lee headed by the subdivision could be develjwill convene this thursday eve- councillor laushway and a re- oped only on one side the subljiing j holsteins bring 1500 a daughter of abc reflection sovereign topped the wood- dale holstein dispersal sale on monday at 1500 geo w hen ry from todmorden paid the top figure for this animal the herd was the property of doug wel- lesley at nobleton and the sale was conducted by w d atkin son of stouffville heifers sold at 360 and heifer calves at 180 the average prife for the entire herd was 42300 each this price and the quality make it one of the top dispersals of the year buyers came from as fat- away as yongesville ny public school sweethearts celebrate golden wedding the culmination of a public school friendship which began some seventy years ago incedar grove public school was the celebration saturday of the golden wedding anniversary of mr and mrs wilbur reesor of cedar grove mr reesor was born near cherrywood seventyfive years ago the son of the late mr and mrs solomon reesor who pur chased the present reesor farm 73 years ago mrs reesor was the former miss hoover daugh ter of mr and mrs martin hoo ver of whifevale who later moved to altona and then to cedar grove it was at cedar grove public school that the couple first met they were married at the call for for loea c police with volunteer auxil iaries lo maintain law and order firemen with pretrained vol unteers to meet additional fire hazards in disaster peace or civil defence director coordin- ator jack sanders of stouftville today explained the dual role of his organization in peace and war created by the modern need to protect whole nations front k wars destruction civil defence wardens to provide aid infdr has a valuable place in peace as rnation and leadership directly well it can reduce loss of life lo the people on a doortodoor and property in any form of streetbystreet basis disaster which can strike any- health services doctors where anytime this year for nurses firstaid specialists and the first time a day friday others trained to help for treat- october 4 has been designated j ntent of injuries and mainten- as national civil defence day ance of community health the stouftville civil defence i rescue workers trained to res- commitlee headed by deputy- cue persons trapped in build- reeve milt burk is calling for ing damaged by blast fire volunteers lo give a little of earthquake whatever their lime lo this steppedup information services to mini- campaign for civil defence to mizp fear and shock reaction assist in a small way in the b keeping people informed of local organization and learn i wnal b done to help what is required in time of em- hem ergency if you can help come welfare services to provide to the council chambers in the shelter and other similar municipal bldg this friday and help to the homeless register as a volunteer j engineering service to help this is what comprises civil j restore public utilities electric- hoover home and after a honey moon trip by train to cedar brae settled on the present farm the couple have attended locust hill methodist church now the united church and mr reesor served on the board of stewards and is now a member of the session he was also su perintendent of the sunday school mrs reesor has been active in the wa and wms to the union were born two sons kenneth and gordon and a daughter mrs j b white brougham there are eight grandchildren the family was all present to mark the wedding occasion rev c w reynolds pastor performed the ceremony a half century ago and mrs reesors sister mrs a g troy- er was flower girl miss eva reesor who is now mrs ernest steckley played the wedding music of the sixty original wedding guests only ten still survive mr reesor has one brother nor man h while mrs reesor has one sister mrs a g troyer and a brother samuel w hoover there were two hundred and forty friends and relatives call ed al the home on the happy oc- continucd on page 3 throughout the country only last week an outfit posing as house repairmen and insulation salesmen took over fifty dollais from two local householders even the contract forms pre sented for signature should have been enough to warn the pat rons as there was no identifica tion or firm names of any kind printed on them stouftville police were notified but can do little in these cases a maintainer of the bruel paving co is in town this week grading some of the residential streets milk prices up one cent commencing tuesday ot this week the price of a quart of milk in stouftville advanced lc to 22c the price of homo milk will also be 22c and pints 13c prices of cream will re main the same a special no tice was delivered to all milk customers this week advising of the change and stating that the increases were due to ris ing costs to producer and dis tributor over a period of five years town council turns down overcharge by puc considerable time was taken up at the regular meeting of town council on thursday with regard to a disputed account from the local public utilities commission the account was for the installation of hydro to the sewage pumping stations on victoria st and main st west the total account amounted to 83000 while council claimed the total amount they owed was 42400 for transformers and 70 for two poles the account has been in dispute for several weeks according to reeve daniels he said he had been unable to ob tain any satisfaction from either the acting chairman or the sec retary of the puc he added that the local puc had been advised from the ontario hydro commission that the town would only be liable for payment of the costs of transformers al though at a later date council did agree to pay for two extra poles required the ont hydro communication also stipulated that once the service was install ed the liability for upkeep would rest on the local commission if thats al were required to pay thats all id agree to stated councillor lehman what do they want us to do build their lines and pay for the juice aswell addedcouncillor laushway id like council lo know what im up against and what the situation is in connection with this bill said reeve daniels the letter which defined clear ly what each body must pay was produced from the puc office and a resolution was pro posed by deputyreeve burk and councillor laushway authoriz ing the clerk to write to the local commission requesting a re vised account and pointing out the obligation of the council reeve daniels also pointed out that the rate which the puc could charge the town for power for operating the pumps was also set forth in the ontario hydro commission letter its clear enough said dep utyreeve burk i cant under stand why theyd try and add three hundred more council continued to comment on the relations between them selves and the utilities commis sion office for some time but no further action was takep other than the abovementioned reso lution mrs george bartholomew ninth concession of whit church twp i- being present ed with a new smithcorona c h nohn another lucky draw prize given away hy the stouftville tribune and car man lewis of markham who skyritcr by the local publisher had a combined dealership exhibit of smithcorona port able typewriters and business machines at the trade fair staff photo defence to meet the threat of war essentially the same serv ices are required as to offset the threat of destruction from fire flood earthquake tornado explosion or any other form of sudden and unexpected disaster the advantage of civil de fence in any disaster is that it provides a coordination of these services it enables tiiem once trained and adequately pre pared to move quickly and smoothly into united action ef forts are not duplicated the most is made of every service even a little bit carefully plan ned in advance will go a hng way services coordinated for aci tion under a ci il defence direc tor and his staff acting under advice from planning commit tees include ity water sewer to normal radiation monitoring service in event of atomic war to le the public know when areas are safe from radiation hazards giant pumpkins at g0rmley pumpkins are reportedly running large this year and some giant samples have been produced by norman johnston mr johnston gathered in his pumpkin crop on monday and among the big fellows he has one which tips the scales at 67 pounds and another at 50 lbs there were plenty of fortypounders in the lot the johnstcns are keeping the prize products for the hallow een occasion mmj mrs ken wagg church st stouftville trade fair the stouftville is seen here with lucky doll was given away by the panda doll draped in fifty the stouftville lions club and 1 bills which she won at the lion ken laushway chairman i of ihe special activities com mittee is seen here making the presentation staff photo