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vol 0 no 15 authorized s second class mail post oliice department ottawa the tribune stouffville ont august 5 194s ten pages shortly after their arrest huddled and weeping may hill of claremont district first jointly charged with fred al- dred with the murder of w d cowan malvern storekeep er had her charge reduced and was granted bail wednesday morning but the bail was not immediately available aklred sits in a dejected mood he is pictured in the inset as well sergt fred fisher of scarboro police stands by in police station confusion reigns over procedure in new enlarged high school area nobody seems to know what will be the procedure followed in set ting up the markhamstouirville high school area at the end of the year up to the present time no authority seems to be able to plot the procedure of forming the two estate of the late joan lewis ha schools into one area ask any mem- 1 been sold through the willoughby ber of stouirville hoard of educati agency to victor little of newton- ion and he will show hesitancy hisi hrook mr harvey moyer reports term of ollice automatically expires i l hasa comfortable house joan lewis farm has been sold i the attractive 52acre farm just least of stouiiville belonging to the at the end of december the question is being asked who will arrange for extra buses to be on the job next january if indeed extra buses are necessary then another issue is that of principal- ship there will be a chief principal over both schools with an assistant principal or will each school be supreme in its own right there is the matter of setting up the timetable after christmas is the timetable adopted in either of the schools from september to dec ember to be continued or what will happen here all in all there is a bit of a mud dle for departmental chiefs to iron out one would think that any dras tic change should have been brou ght about with the beginning of the school term in september per haps that is what will happen after all it could be that while the school area is legally established as from january 1st 1949 there will be no changes in school manage ment so far as classes are concern ed until the 194s49 term ends in the meantime the new board of ed ucation will be set up in january with representatives from markham and whitchurch townships mark- ham and stouflvhie villages and good stables selling at s100 while a resident of newtonbrook mr little worked for his brother frank on the 8th concession of markham and is no stranger in the district former dr smith residence sodd sold only a year ago to mr j johnston photographer the form er well known dr smith resi dence on main street opposite the dr freel home has again changed hands the new owner is miss mabel edwards who taught school in toronto for a number of year miss edwards intends to convert the house into a duplex and will take up residence here at surprised ox his righ tvsecond birthday there was a surprise party the home of mr and mrs john pal- lister altona aug 2nd in hon our of mr pallisters s2nd birthday guests included mr and mrs alex hughes of toronto mr and mrs cecil neil and family of toronto and mr and mrs leonard cox of port whitby tub mis old paying the worm holds 2 bis the early quite bird true eab1v th gets for those farmers who trucked spacious turnips from their fields to the toronto market this week two 17 building permits in two weeks building inspector j a clark2 issued seventeen permits for new contruction and alterations on other buildings in the township of whit church during the last ten days in july and still quite a number of properties to deal with that have to build 9t1i concession accident hauling gravel from stouffville sand gravel plant a big truck from scarboro jet owned by ilamill magee was ditched just north of town on the 9th conces sion on saturday afternoon driver magee said he struck a hole in the road breaking a spring and his truck came to rest over in a field road superintendent sandy davis says these trucks loaded with gra vel travel too fast tettr gravel roads to pieces faster than any maintenance crew can keep them repaired while the truck body was wrecked badly in this accident the driver was uninjured applied for a license since most of the licenses issued i causes have delayed starting but expect road surfacing townline next week according to information receiv ed by the tribune and published two weeks ago work on resurfac ing the townline west from ring- wood to the 6th concession of markham should be underway this week not seeing any signs of the con tracting firm placing machinery or materials on the job the tribune contacted the firm of the miller paving co over the telephone and mr miller assured us that the work would he started in about a weeks lime frequent rains and other are for cabins cottages and changes they do not run into an imposing figure one license was for a 0000 dwelling for a new market man which was the largest amount applied for during the brie period mentioned mr fred cummings is building a bungalo immediately south of ballantrae opposite his present residence permit for this n t included in the 17 mr cum mings has the cement foundation dollars per bushel was received for the early crop and at rtatf completed and the building framed many we saw were little bigger in giving some idea of its size and size than a cocoanut here in the j attractiveness country folks do not fancy turnips during the summer season but miss ruth rangero is spending c somehow there is a market in the couple of weeks at bigwin inn city and with the moment at a fancy least price to iake of bays one of muskokas popular summer resorts he head of the firm was sure they would have a gang here in a few days perhaps a week the two and a half miles of road will be scarified shaped and then surfaced with oil and chips to give a smooth tarvia top finish that wii be superior to the old narrow sur face hard top of ten years ago ove this stretch when it was part of the main road through stouffville and down the sixth of markham for main traffic to the city despite the fears of many people this road will be built arri thanks will be due officials of the surrounding townships for their insistence in demanding a better road the next effort should be to continue the hard top to gormley linking up with the 5th conces3on highway district shocked over murder tragedy at malvern store fatal shooting tragedy at mal vern shocked the countryside when it became known on sunday nun ing that a teenaged girl and a 21- year old youth from claremont district had entered the general store of the popular and well- known bill cowan with intent to rob and when confronted by the owner the youth shot him dead pouring two shots into his body the 57yearold general store proprietor hearing an intruder on his premises picked up a revolver and rushed to defend his property shortly before dawn minutes later william d bll cowan lay dead on the ilor shot by his own gun which police say was wrested from his hands by fred aklred 21 of claremont aldred and his 17yearold sweet heart may hill were arrested a short time later and charged with murder cowan was killed before the hor rified gaze of his wife and five daughters in their efforts to aid him the daughters ripped the mans shirt from his back in the struggle cowan tore off the would- be thiefs shoes the darkhaired girl said by scarboro police to have been act ing as a lookout sobbed after she and her lover were taken into cus tody he was wearing another pair of boots stolen from a neighbor of cowans fred aldred a farmers son who left a note saying he would send the old man home a big pay told the officers that he and may had run away because her parents would not let her go out with boys and we were in love they were picked up near the cpr station in agincourt about two miles from the little general store where bill cowan died aldred still had cow ans revolver stuck in his belt but offered no resistance in the dull grey hours before dawn bill cowan heard some one breaking into his store he got up picked up his 32calibre revolver and went into the store his wife and daughters followed in night attire we heard dad say what are you going to do with that gun said eleanor cowan 17yearold daughter of the slain storekeeper we went downstairs and dad started to wrestle with the man he had him flat on his back and when he cried he let him up one of my sisters grabbed him by the shirt and tore it from his back then he started shooting and we saw dad fall two bullet wounds were both fatal although he was bleeding from a wound over the heart and an other in the thigh bill cowan did not give up he staggered to his feet and went to the back of the store where he had a 12guage shotgun he picked it up and tried to follow his assailant as the young man fled from the store after glass in the front door had been broken by the waiting girl while her husband put up a terrific struggle mrs cowan blocked the rear door and the daughters tried to help their father when her husband dropped for the first time mrs cowan stood her ground as the gunman tried to flee he warned her to get out of my way sister or ill let you have it she stood firm but was knocked down by a blow from the gun minutes later a neighbor fred leblanc jr levelled his shotgun at the youth and his girl friend as they fled from the store but leblancs father restrained him from their home across the street the leblancs heard voices outside the store at about 335 am some one said lets break the glass a side window in the store was broken mrs cowan called edna ready agincourt telephone operator as soon as the struggle was over back at claremont it was learned that the couple had run away aldred said he had to help the girl who was kept down by her mother may hill was known in stouffville since she worked here as a domestic for mrs robert bone who gave the girl a good name so far as she knew the pair were charged with murder but we understand the charge will be reduced against the girl as they did not have a gun when they entered the store continued on page six judge will settle markham unionville tax dispute markham township council and the trustees of the police village of unioiivilie are unable to settle their differences over the rightful contribution the village should make to the township treasury by way of taxation it was decided on tuesday to appeal to the county judge and settle the matter by way of arbitration 1 say the police village should pay 4 mills and continue thetf rightful share of the general taxes said reeve vein griffin the -l- mills would be for special services such as walks etc which the ratepayers of unionville enjoy the benefits of and which are no part of the fanning areas upkeep of the 6th concession running through the village is a contentious matter with the town ship council suggesting the village should maintain their part on the other hand the trustees want the township to pay for the upkeep of the road and to make the special levy three mills instead of 4 the reeve is of the opinion that it might be better for the township to take over the unionville fire engine and operate the outfit in a fire area extending around the vil lage while other parts of the town ship would be placed in fire areas witli stouffville and richmond hill each area bearing its own cost in this way unionville would contri bute to their fire area tlie wiioe matter will be aired before a judge whose decision wili be binding to all parties reev- griffin points out that whatever de cision is reached between the town ship and unionville will also apply to thomhill police village softball semifinals still under protest although a decision by the ex ecutive of the community softball league that the first game of the semifinals between stouffville and greenbank would have to be re played because greenbank used three port perry players green bank turned up at memorial park for the second game on tuesday night and again used the forbid den men the visitors took the game 159 the game again being under protest it is expected that the league big wigs will get together this wed nesday to finally settle the matter lived eighty years on farm where he diedl a descendant of the early settlers of this part of the county menno smith died at his home in edgeley near thornhill on friday he was eighty years of age and was born on the farm where he died and had lived all his long life mr smith was the fifth generation to work th land a member of the gormley men- nonite group he is survived by his wife the former marietta atkinson two sons allan and cecil and a daughter mrs warren ramen a brother jerry smith also lives as well as two sisters mrs nancy hilts and mrs sophia baker thi hydro peak hits new high during the month of july stouit- ville demand for hydro current was the largest on record our peak load was gs5s hp the cost of this power purchased by the town from the hepc of ontario was si77105 at a rate of 31 per horse power thats a farcry from the origin al contract when hydro was first installed here 20 years ago at that time we contracted for 75 hp and were fearful it could not all be used stanton juniors play here friday eve stanton juniors leagueleading junior a ball club in torontos eastern division will visit memorial park this friday night for a game with stouffville intermediates the stouffville management was advised on wednesday that the loc al intermediate team will meet the winner of the tricounty league within the next two weeks in thi first round of the ontario oba intermediate c playdowns markham men judge plowing in us mr j a carrol announced a few days ago from queens park that the department has chosen two topranking judges at plowing matches to go to new york state to judge in a state plowing match there this week the mantle of honor has fallen on two markham men high in the ranks of the plowing association in ontario they are messrs w l clark and win timbers the pair left on tuesday afternoon for bel- mount ny for the annual compet ition in that area this is the first time that canad ian judges have been invited to act in an official capacity across the line and the success with which these experienced judges meet wili be watched with interest coop manager going to ottawa association mr bruce clark manager of the stouffville cooperative associa tion for the past three years has taken a similar position with the ottawa valley association doing over a million dollar turnover an nually since coming to town mr clark has shown remarkable business ability and doubled and trippled the output of the local association which is even yet only in the de velopment stage his resignation was received a few days ago b the company executive with genev- al regret its expected that mr len wilks who has been with the local office for some time will be appointed to the position vacated by mr clark mr wilks is a salesman of real ability and is generally liked by all bruce clark has been active in the stouffville lions and is at present a director and has been on the executive of the hockey club for three years and a town booster in many ways mr and mrs clark and young son will shortly be moving to ottawa where his firm is securing him a house engagements mr and mrs anthony hoover announce the engagement of their eldest daughter olive rowenna to lome ewart tindall goodwood son of mrs geopatton stouffville nd the late jess tindall the mar riage will take place on saturday aug 25th at 330 oclock in the dixon hill united missionary church mr and mrs r j- filyer an nounce the engagement of their daughter florence evelyn to lloyd r wideman son of mr and mrs leslie wideman stouffville the marriage will take place saturday aug 21st at 3 oclock in the ring wood christian church pickering members named to newly- formed planning board debate witli township police chief waxes warm it council meeting might bring in pro vincials on the job at the regular august meeting of pickering township council on tuesday four men were named to represent the township on the new pickeringwhitby planning board this is a board being established to work in conjunction with the ont ario dept of planning and develop ment to survey the need for dis tinct rural residential and indus trial sections in the municipality the men named for pickering cyril morley 3year term roy mor- rish 2year term john powers and clare balsodon each a 1year term whitby will appoint two members and the cost will be shared g57o by pickering and 35 by whitby the clerk has been instructed to contact the provincial police chief located at aurora to asertain the cost to the township of having this municipality policed by provincial officers this decision arose follow ing a warm discussion over local police matters police chief irvine was present at the meeting and brought in his first monthly report of work done and calls made as asked forby the council several weeks ago council informed the chief that there was a continuous stream of complaints over neglect of police work however mr irvine report ed each incident which councillors brought to his attention had been taken care of a communication from the cpr stated that the cost of erecting warning lights at the railway cross ing between lots 11 and 12 on the greenwood rd would be 5500 and the annual maintenance s200 the letter went on to say that if 40 of this cost could be obtained from the railway grade crossing fund the balance of the installation and continued on back page