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want your car cleaned inside and outside will pick up and deliver spot taint repair i pholsterinir waxinz if desired reasonable rates archse rl ringwood ph 6402326 want to open gravel pit at cashel messrs tmmiits regan appeared before markham twp council last week requesting permission to open a gravel pit at loti 2s and 29 concession 6 near cashel mr regan said the grave on this property was the quality required by metro in a half million ton lot he said the distance of haul was short and that once the gravel was done the property would be left in a respectable condition at the present time council is endeavoring to further control gravel pits throughout this particular area due to numer ous complaints of unsightly caverns left on the landscape and the undue wear and tear on nearby roads by resolution the visitors were advised that they could make application to the ontario municipal board for i the exemption of their particu- liar land from the bylaw gov- erning gravel pits many industries active in bloomington in late 1800s the stouffvilu tribune thursday june 20 1963 pg 5 buildings free of cattle while they flies and protect are grazing too 2 3 for buildings sprinkle howard florbait fly killer over floor window ledges etc use it once a day for five days and then just one or twice a week keep cattle free of biting flies dust shoulders and backs with pink cowfly powder twice a month 5 protect cattle from face flics apply howard facekil to animals two or three times a week use facekil cream or the new easy to apply spray packed in a special sprayer bottle there are 15 different howard fly killers line in canada ask your dealer about them the most complete and about good fly control for dairy farms piggeries beef farms and poultry easiest most economical way to a fly free farm the howard stouffville cooperative stouffviue ontario assn in the eariy days men and women not having the modern convenience of 1963 were kept very busy on their farms and in their homes some however engaged in crafts vh- earned them a living as well as being a benefit to the whole commun ity walking down the village street about to or so years ago you would have been surprised to hear many strange sounds in bloomington at the northeast corner you could hear hammer ing from mr mcclanes wood working shop just east of mr insleys lot the other two woodworking shops were in the old hall and in the northwest corner of kimer burnetts farm these shops made carriages wagons buggies sleighs cut ters even furniture and plain vshaped coffins down the road came the clanking and smell of the burned horses hoofs from donald mathesons blacksmith shop on the front part of mrs cowies lot where he worked with mr snider richard pat- tenden and art atkinson don- old mathesons son john be came a successful toronto doc tor his smithy was later mov ed to elmer burnetts farm and is still used as a driving shed and a garage there were two or three more blacksmith 1 shops one of which was situa- ted on george vaughans cr i earle davis lot these shops kept horses feet in condition i for travelling on the gravel roads and did repair jobs on farm implements and vehicles then you could hear the cliek- etyclack of the weaving looms the weavers made carpets from carpet balls prepared by house wives mr tom barnett who lived where clare preston re sides and mrs seton where the wiiroeks family lives now carried on the trade one of the seton sons was a veterinarian whose services were valuable in the community at the back of mr jones property you could hear the putputting of chester brumwells tractor who opera ted a chopping mill grinding grain for the hungry farm ani mals later when chester mov ed west he sold the tractor to wallace vaughan who for a- bout 38 years went about the country doing threshing jobs- for farmers with his famous peppermill his first thresh ing machine of course did not last all this time it was replac ed by a fine new model if you could look into the open door of the preston house you would see wayman irwin tinkering in his watch repair shop before 18s5 there was a brickyard on warren raes farm probably bricks in the farm homes of the district if they could talk would tell a story of the old days how proud the first own ers must have been of their substantial roomy dwellings and how their grandchildren of the present day must apprec iate the labours of their fore fathers in providing these shel ters from the stormy blasts of our winters on a quiet day you might also have been able to hear the buzzing of the saw mills there were at least three of these within a short distance of the village one on bartholo mews farm ninth cone part of which still stands one on the line between gordon and alec ratcliffs farms on the eighth cone and one in the bush on john williams farm now own ed by eldon smith these mills must have been kept very busy sawing the lumber which went into the making of farm houses and barns etc bloomington youngsters were always very eager to pick berries in that particular bush because then they could watch the work at the sawmill down the road came creeking loads of cord- wood si a cord taken down to stouffville by the baker boys of bartholomews to a plant at the site of the present coop and stiver bros where electri city was furnished still more romantic were the loads of shipmasts huge pines were felled and hewn with broad- axes north of the sandhill by a gang of frenchmen the masts were 100 feet long slung under the axles of the wagons the hind wheels of the wagons sometimes being 12 or 14 feet high the teamsters were a happy lot you could hear them singing a mile away they took the masts in two days down to frenchmans bay where they welt- picked up by ships to be scti on english sailing vessels you would also have lo look out for traffic carriages on the road and lo and behold for a pair of donkeys wandering all by themselves along the dusty road they were owned by stapleton brothers and if they were not needed at one farm they were tied together given a slap on their back and off they went to the other farm to work on your way you may also tee some indians selling baskets they were the parents of sam my snake a pupil of blooming ton school every spring they came from their reserve oi snake island in lake simeoe to camp on mr bertram bakers land on the is highway they weaved baskets from thin strips of basiwood or willow twigs and sold them in the vicinity thus earning a living yes the good people wet creative supplying their needs and feeling happy about their achievements pne orchard june i3th mrs j pyle is visiting her daughter and family in oshawa mrs rae mcciurc was host ess at a stanley party last thursday mrs clouthcr spent thurs day with her parents mr and mrs mcgee mr john sytema has sold his farm work has commenced on the ferguson farm to replace the house which was destroyed by fire last year miss aleta widdifield visi ted relatives sunday in xew- market most residents at york county manor are paying guests reeve win timbers of stouff ville chairman of the york ma nor commission revealed some interesting figures in his report to county council last we one of the most interesting was the fact that out of 135 residents in the home only fourteen were totally financed by the county one hundred and fourteen pay the full rate for their living and se ven pay a portion some concern was expressed about the number of bed pa tients this ward bein com pletely filled at the present time he said it was the policy of the board to accept any ap plieants regardless of their fin ancial status this policy he said might have to be altered and the committee was recom mending that only indigent per sons and applicants with limit ed assets be accepted those who cannot afford to stay in a nursing home paradise is not a locality- its a state of mind bargain barn under new management to give you lowest prices open thursdays and fridays 9 am to 10 pm saturdays 9 am 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