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wilwtie vol 59 no 23 the tribune stouffville ont oct 9 1947 new fire truck now on duty here anniversary speaker a modern new tire engine arrived n stminviiie last week and u n- accident victims standing sentinel in the fire hall fire chief del jennings and the boys of the brigade have been busy every night demonstrating the prowess of the new fire fighting equipment and they pronounce it superb the new 7000 outfit when fitted with a thousand feet of hose from fine stock pile at the hall will look like 510000 rolling along the road since council placed an order for the outfit last spring the price has advanced 550 but the stoutfville order was protected under the original iprice besides the latest fog nozzles and condition improving the six young people who were injured in a motor accident a week ago saturday when their car turn ed over travelling down the 9th concession of whitchurch at bloomington are making good recovery ken anthony most seri ously injured of the group and who was unconscious for days is pro gressing favorably while his cousin john anthony is quite recovered norma cowie of whitchurch suffer ed more serious injury than the press report indicated last week fire extinguishers the machine j besides stitches in her knee she carries 200 gallons of water and received a deep gash in one hand will do rtutv in stouffville and the land a piece of flesh was torn from eastern side of whitchurch town- 1 her heel despite her condition ship under an agreement with that norma was first to render aid to municipality who are paying 250 i theother passengers and contmued per year standby time plus 10 per to do so until she was overcome at which time help arrived fire the enlarged area and additional j revenue warranted the council in a proceeding with the purchase of j death takes aged this equipment which is the equal jut iyiu on eve q of anything being used today in thec t v county of york in fact it is super- eightythird birthday ior equipment to most outfits j res in her casket at the l some changes will be made to the her gm on jiain street ffiffi nvengine and the onepoufimlon her birthday on that did duty before can be housed tuesday mrs israel schell died on the old engine will serve as an sunday evening oct 5th following auxiliary a steady period of declining health valuable the funeral this wednesday after- heise hill horticultural society would beautify the station lot the property owned by the vil lage of stouffville on the east side of the cnr station yard could be made a beautiful small park and with its advantageous situation would add greatly to the attractive ness of the community so explain ed president e r good of the impressive service and parade mark laying of memorial hall cornerstone the water capacity is a addition it is not only useful equipment in the country but right in town there is always the possi bility that a hydrant might fail or a fire break out during one of those times that the water is shut off for making a repair to the majns then the tank water would prove most valuable the new outfit is capable of developing 200 pounds in fact a noon will proceed to church and cemetery for service and interment rev d davis and rev m bricker will conduct the service mrs schell was a native of rich mond hill her maiden name being priscilla lyons after her marriage to israel schell the couple lived in various places it was during their residence at grimsby in 1918 that her husband met death in a street car crossing accident mrs schell trial test on its arrival proved it was of a family of twelve and there could develop much more than the more guarantee or a pressure that would tear fire hose to pieces chomicals are being replaced to day on modern engines by fog noz zles but this machine is equipped with both a speed of sixtyfive miles an hour can be attained but it is not advisable to travel at such speed fire officials say the new fire equipment will put at rest the constant demand and threats of the fire underwriters association for lack of equipment the present outfit exceeds the underwriters demands and will easily enable the district to retain present rates on fire premiums if it does not reduce them the township of whitchurch has a map in course of preparation showing the fire area stouffville will serve and one of these will be placed in every home those on the west side of the township will have the service of the aurora fire de partment just as those on the east will be serviced from stouffville if a farmer on this side of the town ship requires to ring in an alarm he calls the telephone operator who can touch off the big siren at the fire hall before receiver on the farmers phone can le hung up the firemen respond to the big alarm and on reaching the fire hall enquire over the private wire there for the location of the fire then away they go have been seven deaths in the family within three years two surviving sisters of mrs schell live in aurora two brothers and two sisters in toronto and a brother in the united states mrs schell is also survived by two sons wesley proprietor of stouffville tlaning mills and har vey retail butcher both of stouff ville and two daughters mrs ida carter toronto and mrs stanley stiver unionville rev john a redmond distin guished minister in the united states will deal with the sub ject religion in a changing world at the morning service in the united church next sun day on the occasion of its 55th anniversary in the evening his subject will be when god forgets mr redmond is an outstanding preacher and lec turer with a marvelous person ality pastor of a large church in niagara falls ny he finds time to deliver sermons over the air and is also a contributor to the devotional booklet the upper room the service at 11 am and 7 pm will undoubtedly be very largely attended nextsunday at stouffville united church reorganize christian mens fellowship markham taxes due oct is ratepayers are reminded markham council were more or less shocked when told that they might he embroiled in an action for damages if the truck of some con tractor lecame involved in an acci dent when hauling material for the municipality i think every contractor engaged by this township has his tracks insured and i cannot imagine how we could be made responsible for his trucks observed reeve hooper when council was in session mon day the insurance agent said the township had its own trucks insur ed with proper coverage but another type of policy would pro tect the municipality against action that might le brought jointly against a contractor and the town ship it looks like an insurance racket said a councillor it is just piling up insurance charges even though the cost is only 20 er annum extra councillor timbers and council lor griffin both moved to reject the suggested policy which was the a group of christian men gather- unanimous opinion ed in the stouffville mennonite i the road accounts passed for church on monday evening to payment was an item of 1509 for organize the stouffville and district repairing the langstaff bridge and mens fellowship for 19i7is and 137 for 3300 yards of gravel from elect a new slate of officers frank roberts the rate is si 30 three or four vears ago a small per yard according to contract group of christian men decided toj attention was called to the earlier start what was called the stouff- payment of taxes this year they are due and payable not later than octolier 15 after which date a pen- allv will be added the earlier pay ment dale will relieve the munici pality of interest rates on borrowed money from the bank it was point were tcni out to men who vereil out notices will be in the cur- thought to be interested in the rent issues of the weeklies remind- markham vivian mount albert the tax payers of the last date altona and claremont districts of payment without penalty about fifteen men responded to the frank marriott addressed council invitations sent out and from their on the weed situation and the number the following officers were advisability of purchasing a spray- elccted j outfit reeve hooper put out the president lnmberi stouffer 1st suggestion that every farmer vicepresident alvin fanner- 2nd hould be required to cut the weeds vicepresident bert miller secre- fronting his property for which he larv chas ratcliff treasurer would be allowed a stated amount arthur stecklev organise cjarion tnose that do not cut would have a raker song leader alvin farmer imilar amount added to their tax prcss correspondent edw lewis bills its just an idea said the i is expected that the firt meet- reeve ing of the fellowship will be held deputy reeve dohon rumney in november further announce- srw he felt weeds could be sprayed men of this will be made at a later cheaper that they could be cut no date action was taken want independent assessment court a majority of markham township councillors favor appointment of a court of revision to sit on the assessment roll independent of any councillors almost since the municipality was incorporated the members of coun cils formed the court to hear ap peals against assessments how ever there is to be a change this year favored toy all the council ex cepting councillor v griffin who maintains that members of council should use this means to back the assessment officers and take the consequences the township of pickering is giving consideration to taking simi lar action under the now system of assessment in ontario county some thirty appeals have so far been filed stouffville horticultural society the weather man smiled on the efforts of stouffville legion when thev staged a drumhead service in memorial park here on sunday afternoon preceded by a ceremony at the memorial hall when rt hon ian mackenzie minister of veteran ottawa photographer will locate here the dr smith residence on main street one door west of dr s s addressing the reeve and council on i affairs in the dominion govern- balls was sold last week to mr thursday evening mr good said ment was present and participated j johnson of ottawa whose mother the society would manage the work i the ceremony was the former victoria bruels of trmsfoymiii the lot into i place president of the stouffville of ringwood and is now a resident of transforming the lot into a place n george abell presided and of toronto mr johnston is a pro of beauty if council would tuin u on warden charlie hooper of fessiona photographer and intends over to their care york county and reeve a vnolan to establish his studio in connec- the president was supported in i of stouffville after which the disjtion with his residence thejohn- his request bv mr h o klinck and tinguished guest laid the corner ston family will move from ottawa mr bert miller stone for the new hall being built shortly and take up their new near the corner of 9th concession residence here and main street the ceremony i w ie recalled that dr neil was witnessed by a thousand smith moved from the old home just sold only recently to his newly the reeve commended the delega tion and the society for their pub lic spiritedness and promised to people give the matter consideration the i from all over york obstacles were that the back end county paraded for the occasion of the lot is being used for storing assisted- toy markham bugle band hydro transformers on and hydro land newmarket citizens band poles also that the building on the color hearers from various legions front while only holding monthly made the parade very spectacular tenancy would have to be allowed the procession formed at the cnr station yard and proceeded acquired property on obrien avenue and known as the mrs mc- cullough residence some time to get off councillor j smits and hugh boyd were agreeable to the society improving the front half of the pro perty and making it the attractive j head place it might be council made a grant of 50 to the societys funds for this year which was the amount the delegation requested all records broken at markham fair official results of local tb survey west to the site of the hall follow- a records were shattered in ing the ceremony there the lines matter of attendance at markham reformed and proceeded down main f i over any year in its street to memorial parkfor a drum- history when 25000 people passed service where the minister through the gates to make this the was the chief speaker he recalled i banner year the day in 1925 when dominion t jn atkmion t0 the parliament stood as a man to adopt- e3euent gate eceipts 15 is paid a resolution of which he was the i admissions the dance in the even- originator and sponsor it biought in which up ano record take some beating despite the record attendance on friday and saturday the grounds handled the crowd with as much lease as other years due to uie better arrangement and spread of into being the canadian legion j wil car springs into flames a total loss proceeding west toward good wood when he was engaged to work with morley symes isaac smiths automobile caught fire and he had just time to jump out before the whole thing was enveloped mr smith lost a new sweater coat and some of his carpentering tools as well as the car the wreck was towed away later while the owner promptly made the purchase of an other used car since that day 75000 have received vocational training and 50000 uni- i versify courses mr mackenzie told j the audience of over fifteen nun- i dred i the distinguished visitor touch- hj exhibits and parking f jed the hearts of stouffvillites at the tt in june this year a chest xray j outset of his address when he said i survey was conducted by the naj although i come from british native of uxbridqe tional sanitarium association sponi columbia i have never seen any- sored toy the lions among the resi- where a more beautiful and attrac- dents of stouffville and the surtive main street in any village rounding area altogether 1995 in- 1 dr ball presided at this gather dividuals received chest xray ex aminations free of charge during the summer the association con tinued the work in other communi ties in the counties of york and simcoe districts of parry sound and rev d davis rev frank herman and rev k perdue took part in the service jack smith mp introduced the guest speaker and major lex mackenzie mpp spoke briefly l curling of new- and muskoka resulting in a total of market sounded the last post that 4271 1 xrays brought the service to a close in the recent stouffville survey 9 a collection of nearly 300 was persons were found to show xray lifted to help along the building of evidence of tulercuosis of the the memorial hall following a lungs clinical examinations revealstrong appeal made by rev 1 ed that three were presently township dead the death of edward pugh which occurred suddenly at oshawa gen eral hospital on monday this week removes a member of a very old and well known family of uxbridge township he was in his f3rd year and will be buried in uxbridge cemetery today thursday the deceased was married to eva mordon of uxbridge and lived in toronto for many yeais besides his wife there survives three sons lloyd donald and edward mr follows wife to grave within few weeks farmer on the sth concession of markham south of the village a couple of miles horace benedict in his 00th year died in the brier- bush hospital on tuesday evening his wife predeceased him by only a few weeks at which time mr benediot was in poor health funeral will be from r g clen- dennings markham to paris ceme tery near brantford this friday afternoon sumptive evidence and six required further examinations the j expense contact of those with possibly active structure or inactive tuberculosis are being examined if not xrayed in the sur vey to find possible sources of in fection it is considered quite re markable that no active cases have yet been found in addition to the discovery of those having tuberculosis of the lungs 30 persons were found to have nontuberculous diseases of the lungs uch as bronchiectasis atypical pneumonia lung tumours enlarged hearts etc a number of others approximately 72 were ifound to have less significant abnor malities such as previous pleurisy or slight calcifications in the lungs the success of the stouffville xray survey was largely due to the very thorough planning by the sponsors the stouffville lions club and the splendid response of various groups volunteering assistance many vol untary canvassers were required to carry out the house to house call ing to secure the cooperation of individuals for chest xray examina tions the successful completion of such an endeavour speaks well for the neighborhood and probably encour aged the community spirit mac- 1 davis in support of the effort of thejpugh was a brother to messrs al- ibovs the fund is still meet the j also william arthur and adrain live a further eight showed pre- j hoys the fund is still open andjfred and david pugh of stouffville others i donations are needed to of building the super- now the foundation is built at the saluting base in front of the post office major harold breuls took the salute fifty years married in markham township the home of mr and mrs f en reesor locust hill was an especi ally active one on monday this week when relatives and friends gathered to the number of about 90 to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of this esteemed couple mr and mrs reesor were horn within a stone throw of each other on 10th concession markham she being the former laura forester daughter of anthony forester they farmed on this concessiort for many years or until their retire ment an only son herbert lives at dickson hill and their three daughters are mrs john torrance locust hill mrs frank robb sth eon markham and mrs f sayles welland mrs morgan of port credit will address the horticultural society on friday evening in united church ville christian business mens fellowship two or three weeks ago last years executive met ami decided that the time had come for expansion accordingly between twentyfive and thirty invitations and to mrs bert sharpe one of the popular teams at markham fair is this fancy pair belonging brooklin o holier dnvn there were nine fourhorse teams largest en try on record in that class was another feature of the fair councillor critical of adoption of 1947 voters list for nov the adoption of a resolution at a previous meeting of markham township council provided the background for a verbal battle at the october assembly on monday afternoon presided over by reeve and warden chas hooper the re solution adopted the 1917 voters list for the new election because the 1918 lists are not ready councillor griffin protested the step taken and charged that clerk chas hoover pushed it through council he said it was an effort to bar voters or words to that effect however he said that if the clerk would arrange to have the changes that had taken place since the 1947 lists were printed added to the list to be used this coming november the township uses the earlier elec tion date he would be satisfied when the arguments and charges flew acioss too fast reeve hooper promised to cut off the discussion as useless and leading nowhere this the reeve did shortly after when ho said he was not blaming anybody for the situation in which the voters list is in it is the same in many other municipalties all due to two assessments being made in 19 is according to the new ruling or statutes to follow the act was a physical impossibility he said there was not enough time allowed between the return of the roll and election date councillor timbers said he in- troducted the resolution to adopt the 1917 roll and said he i resent the statement that the clerk shoved it through- mr griffin continued saying that if the clerk hadnt enough help he should get more he knew for some time he required more help- 1 am not ready to take that said the clerk i asked what i was to do even now the assessment rolls are not in my hands and will not likely be in time to be used for a november election the onus is on every elector to see that his name is on the list when it is posted up one in every school and post office in the town ship said the reeve further he said council could warn electors through press and we will do every thing possible to see that all may vote who are entitled to