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tc tottffinue mibum leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol58xo2 the tribune st0uffv1lle ont may 9 1946 twelve pages provincial hydro imposes 2 per hp extra charge e of a special contingency chart 2 per horse power is being levied soii isi by the ontario hydro commission it was revealed at the regular meet ing of the stouftville municipal council in the local ease this would amount to approximately another 1000 per vear in the cost of power however it is expected that the increase will in no way alter the present rate to the consumers as the difference will be taken up in additional business induced by a cut in rates last year plus the ubilitv to buy more appliances now reasons given by the provincial hvdro for the boost in their rate was that southern ontario system operated under abnormal conditions in 1015 generating stations oper ated at maximum capacity with no spare power in case of a major breakdown this conditio- resulted in a maximum revenue and a mini mum per horsepower throe condi tions cannot be continued without yntkak ikolektv the elliott house and lot at bal- lantrae across from the andrew service station has just been sold to a mr keeling of toronto this property has long stood in the same name probably go or 70 years the present dwelling is the second one on the property the place was recently advertised in the tribune and the household goods were also advertised and sold by auction last week thus a name long identified with ballantrae and musselmans lake has been erased excepting of course from the memories of old i friends of the family new homes in west the town lost three highly i esteemed residents on monday when mr and mrs harry brillinger and mrs winnie vanzam tock the i train for western canada mr and mrs brillinger intend to locate at the coast but will visit along the way making their first top near regina they are not settled as to where they will locate nor yet what line of business they will enter if any however they expect o make their home in the west for a few years possibly mrs varh zant is proceeding direct to banff where site expects to meet her future husband and make her new home several parties were held recently in honor of these people whom the town can illafford to lose and whom we would all like to welcome back at any time cost of the heater and the installa tion thereof the approximate cost i of a heater is s35 and the cost of installation about 7 a considerable number of these heaters have been injuring the efficiency of the sys- installed in stouftville in the last tem and the reliability of supplying few months with the flat service power to the rural municipalities charge of about s2 per month be- now it becomes necessary to pro- j big the only charge to the user ceed with a program of heavy heaters under these conditions of expenditures which results in the course are the property of the town extra levy costs have increased hydro while under the new setup council ratifies hall agreement i they will be purchased outright by i mr f l button as chairman of the citizens committee in charge of i the camoaign for the proposed veterans memorial community i tlallpresrnted an agreement draft ed by his committee and signed by the stouftville veterans association the municipal council for their ipproval on thursday evening consumer the heavy cost plus of the agreement sets out the con- jditions under which the new hall uide to basis of the customer paying for the of free installation county baseball league plans reorganization at a meeting held in aurora on friday evening representatives from several towns on vonge st in addition to milliken nanned the formation of a seventeam league this season in midget and junior divisions the seven teams which it is hoped will comprise the league are richmond hill aurora new market willowdale milliken mark- ham and stouffville the meeting elected grant nigh- swander of markham and teacher at richmond hill as president and frank coulter of unionville secretary the plan is for a single schedule home and home games to com mence by may 20th if possible the playoffs would be two out of three games with possibly the first four teams competing a third play off round would bring together the winner of the yonge st division and the eastern divisions and the winners in this round will receive a bye in the ontario ob a play- downs the age limit for boys on the midget teams is under 17 by may 1st while the junior ago limit is 20 although league executives were not exactly certain of this latter age the diamond is fast hardening into shape here and boys who would be eligible for the younger age team have already been tossing the ball around coming town sales the household furniture of the late mr and mrs nathan forsyth will be sold by public auction this thursday afternoon at the forsyth home on north church street wed nesday of next week the effects of the late mrs ralph hamilton will be sold at the former home on obrien avenue 50 since 1939 stouffville consumed 11107 horse- the power in march with a peak at the the heater plus installation was pf allt supper hour of the first tuesday in found to be greater than the small xjraivw bm4of he build the month return from the flat rate on the hj mustees m cnaige of jie duiici hydro heaters no longer free power used so that the heaters in hpfo th veterans on and after may 31st the flat were being operated at a loss to the as ftd befo e the tetans rate water heaters will only be local hydro system which fact i we r floor of he bu loin- installed to local consumers on the responsible for the discontinuance j organizations may have the use of the kitchen facili ties there with their approval this part of the building will be heated for the veterans and it will be the work of the trustees to maintain the revenue for this purpose through the rentals received for the auditorium above while the vet erans will have free use of the base ment they will pay the regular rental for the auditorium and in this way help to maintain the heat ing costs the ownership of the building being vested in the town under the community hall act it will be tax free and the municipality- will be expected to maintain it in so far as repairs are concerned following some discussion of these points in the agreement coun cil approved with its signature robt burnett waited on council with a view to having a streetlight installed on the laneway running at he rear of the north block of stores and upon which he owns property who recently council agreed to give the matter in st james consideration and councillor but ton was delegated to interview ea lloyd another propertj owner there in regard to having the lane- way continued as an open street between mill and churcn st at all times several of the towns stop signs at the entrance to main street are to be repaired and the parking of ears which is prohibited for a limited distance up side streets in the main business section is to be enforced people just stop their cars any old place and block the corners up said councillor boyd the town sign at the westend bearing the name stouffville and the speed limit is to be moved nearer the entrance to town and repainted it was agreed local girl one of seven contestants in oratorical finals audrey slack daughter of mrs slack arid the late wo slack will go to kitchener next thursday to i take part in the district finals of the if the sum of 10000 is not donat ed the bvlaw to raise on additional 0000 will be of no avail numerous persons interviewed expressed the opinion that the total sum of 16000 should have been raised by taxation hence there are so many conflicting ideas that it lions club public speaking con- i has been hard to make rapid pro test gress arrangements have been almost we understand that the canvass completed for the contest which ers have raised probably 1000 will be held following a liens club with only a small proportion yet to bid for 10000 veterans memorial community hall fund barely half subscribed result of the canvass in town in an effort to raise 10000 by publicj g0hmley residence subscription toward a veterans i again sold community hall is nearing complej uke other h aro towns tion with most of the ratepayers gormlev is faat changing owner- having been interviewed luton- a on recemlv another unately the results are far from was sow u bring in t0 what was hoped for and while thej lat0 new famil mr and number of refusals to subscribe mrs k roberts of toronto have have not been numerous the vom joseph sider the amounts donated have been too j douglas herirv brek house small lor the number involved to accom lot mr sider be able to reach the substantial bohgnt uieplace last fall making sum i quick turnover and the new own notwithstanding the work will have rec moved in the be rushed to completion and the ig sitc the home of mr decision of the citizens committee doner an is kh on made known probably next week j north j of tne ltnv right in the hamlet this makes the second sale of this place within a 1 year dinner in the walper hotel audrey slack a popular student of stouffville high school stands well in her academic studies and is president of this years literary society audrey placed second to bill thompson of midland in the semifinal contest held at pickering college the competitors who will speak at kitchener next week are all winners of previous lions zone contests and elude three from kitchener betty be called on horticultural society elects new officers the revival of the stouffville are all horticultural society with its goodj26oktifons chool on old slogan beauty brngs busi- ar0 5 a they in- 1 ness is again an accomplished i the unite new fire equipment suggested for the unionville brigade act mr e r good fire fighting engine is obsolete and almost useless at present mr art harrington informed markham township council on monday he said repairs were estimated to cost i about 1200 if some firm could be i found to do the job a new truck stouftville outfit carrying capacity for of water would cost 500 or 6500 he upkeep is shared on a 5050 was chosen i as between township and riediinger president on monday evening mr village of unionville kueneman harvey and joseph conner mary lane of cecil davis vicepresident and mri i link this is somethin clinton elsie mclaren of mitchell j lome gillion 2nd vice mr j cj should consider at once said bill thompson and miss slack porter treasurer and miss margj qj hooper and council agreed to set a date at their next mad0c cleric new pastor of stjames rev eric larson preached for a call presbyterian church stouffville has been invited to become minister of st andrews markham and st james stouffville the decision to extend the call was reached at a joint meeting of the two congrega tions after several attempts to de cide on a new minister in recent months rev mr larsot will fill the vacancy caused by the resigna tion of rev tdrayner who retired on account of ill health the new minister is a married man with no family and will of course occupy the manse at mark ham it has been suggested recently that knox agincourt church may join the circuit which would make it a very strong parish prizes are being given to every ery mertens secretary contestant and the winner will bei the directors were named and invited to speak at the lions dishave yet to be interviewed before trict convention at niagara falls i they can be finally placed in office june 23 to 26 the subject on it fs hoped that all will accept the which all contestants speak is can- appointment for by so doing they ada as a nation park commission revamp grounds hope to this year stouffville park commission meeting for the first time this year on friday evening engaged chas mcdonald as caretaker mr mc donald is a veteran of this war and is employed at the stanley theatre in the projection room the election of officers of the commission resulted in norman mclean being returned as chair- mrsjempringham dies suddenly lions secure york county warden as guest speaker mr f g gardiner kc reeve of forest hill village and warden of the county of york has accepted the invitation of the stouffville death came with shocking sudjiins club to be their guest and deness to mrs john t empringi speaker at the annual meeting on may 20 tc see new appliances along with the trustees of the village mr hooper favored a larger tank for water but mr harrington felt serving an excellent cause was lieavy enough at 200 those in charge of the linals are tor the community a he said that would provide a c dowcett jack welch and membership books are on order j a stream through a 2v inch hose kenneth archer of kitchener lions and it is hoped that oho- hundred f 95 minutes and could be fred pugh of waterloo hal meir will pay the fee of 1 the premium extended during that time from of seaforth who is organizing the is not arranged for bu will be contest throughout the district announced shortly which includes all of ontario and next monday eveninp all who i quebec dr charles lennox new lean are asked to meet at main i toronto ernest houghton toronto street and the 9th con to help clean leo laporte timmins and j rjup the once beautiful fl wer bed zimmerman niagara falls i there that was so greatly admired 1 i new buildings were applied the stouffville contestant has bv townspeople and others dont for in pril and 12 in maxli been under the guidance of l c forget this appointment as this isi murphy principal of the high the only intimation that will be available well or stream mr walter craijj building in- i specter submitted his quarterly i statement showing 39 permits i issued april permits alone ran to 1 05035 and march 16120 seven- school visitor from china rev wm tyler pastor of the christian church stouffville ten years ago was a visitor in town on monday mr tylor is home on fur given sought for this bee on evening next week mr craig during the quarter re- 1 ported on travel 227 miles in pur- twentyfiye pecple are suanc0 0 his duties missionary during the war years however he appears to have with stood the ordeal well monday p ro f work on roads for last month ran to 700 miscellane ous items 59050 and council engagement authorized payment for a run- rhe engagement is announced of about trunk costing 1300 it was olivia gordon daughter of lieut purchased through wm neil agent relief items 50 ized that reeve reeve albert ree- hoover inter- w gibbins lemonvllle ont the view the ontario municipal board marriage to take place may 18th at the annual farmers man with chas nolan secytveas jham at her home bethesda in thekht at their supper meeting on the other members of the board j very early hours of wednesday monday may 13 each member of are dr s s ball jack smits and morning following a heart attack 1 he club is expected to bring a k a button buffered on monday the funeral farmer friend while considerable work was will take place this friday after- 1 the interesting affair wl be held done in our local athletic grounds noon may 10 from the late home in the high school and will be last summer the shortage of help to the rethesda church for public catered to by the altona women s curtailed much of the work that service there at 230 oclock burial institute who have done so well flower will be made at heise hill cemetery in their efforts on previous occa- should have been don lieds that were once the pride of the community and have been allowed to run wild during the war years are expected to take on new life this summer while the base- ball teams will find the playing field in good shape from the very start the cooperation of the newly planned horticultural society will h earnestly sought in ground beautiticition it has always been the contention of this paper that a considerable amount of the destruction t the park by the younger generation ini the lat few years has en due to the fact that the place was allowed to run wild through lack of helpj and it 1 hoped this was the cae so that the time and monev spent on bringing our park back as a beauty spot will not be in vain the park has already been on- paged for one large family reunion this june and it will no doubt bei come a favored spot for sundav motorist again this year as well a- nst eal picnics 1 the late mrs empringhani was sion the former lucy jane atkinson daughter of the late mr and mrs simeon atkinson she was born at over the province bethesda 75 vears ago and spent speaker of more all her life in the neighborhood ability i- to be the following their marriage mr and mrs empringham continued to farm on the 5th of whitchurch besides the bereaved husband there survives two daughters miss ethel at home mrs herbert nelson i gormley and one son william empringham also two r-andehiid- ren four sisters and a brother survives mrs empringham they being mrs percy allin mss lottie atkinson mrs wm powell all of aurora mrs roy morley whit church and william atkinson ofi aurora always interested in the life of the community in the activities of her church and the good of all mrs empringham will be greftiy miss ed she had been in rather declin ing health but her condition was not considered serious at any time rhe fact that the first citizen of the county who is widely known and a public than average ability is to be the afterdinner speaker means that every lion will avail himself of his right to attend and will undoubtedly be accompanied by a friend from the surrounding district notices to the members are now being issued by lion fred camp- bell who usually has soni interest ing announcement to make but his time his invitation will be the highlight of the season vktkkaxs elect officers at a meeting of the stouffville war veterans held on tuesday evening the following officers were elected president geo abejl 1st vice dr x- c smith 2nd vice ec cadieux secytreas bert liekor- ish meetings are to be held on the first tuedav of eacl month for authority to levy va mills on the rateable property to be used in setting up some sort of memorial or gift to the soldiers this levy to lie made in 1916 would raise approximately 7500 since a mill is estimated to produce about 5000 searboro council submitted their account for maintenance west half of the markhamscarboro townline totalling 110085 councillor les couperthwaite suggested that it might be a good idea to reverse matters markham taking the west half and searboro the east but road supt wm maxwell thought the present arrangement was best bylaws were passed on appoint ing fence viewers wj spears de hood hdmccague fe nreesor frank dimma albert king they will be paid 100 plus 10c per mile travelling expense another bylaw named reappoint ed wm maxwell road superinten dent and wm clark assistant clarence j wideman was appoint ed township constable with powers under the liquor contro act the latter two bylaws confirmed previous decisions of ouncil in the matter of road superintendents and police officer grants were made of 15 each to unionville and thornhill libraries and 70 was ordered paid to rich mond hill for fighting fires new governor of newfound land sir gordon macdonald is seen here sir gordon arrived in halifax aboard taria en route to lard he is the s the ajui- xewfoumi- cr imr- ing man to receive a governor ship recently the new gov ernor was a miner for 2 years entered parliament as a iahr ir ior ir 1520 elections hes wif iirn started work at the age of 33 years another store premises sold following the sale of the old bank properly immediately west of the mansion house to stiver bros who have occupied it as a feed store for some years the store west of that again also occupied by stiver bros has been sold to jos sider of gormley who intends to establish himselfin business here in the near future just what line he will launch into is not definitely decided and in the meantime stiver bros who are monthly tenants will con tinue to occupy the place the two -tore- are connected with a door entrance that makes them very con- for one business