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2955 copies this issue itonfiilil nbnm sixteen pages vol 61 no 10 the tribune stouffville ont june 23 1949 five vacancies on local high school staff filled due to salary demands and other causes the staff of stouffville high school had one of the more severe shakeups this month on record no less than five teachers resigned to take positions in most cases at increased salaries elsewhere however the high school area board has been most fortunate in replacing every teacher with most promising newcomers douglas bacon whose mother lives in town here has lcen engag ed to teach shop work he has been in toronto miss shirley reeves of toronto will teach home economics then two men who have been principals in continua tion schools have been secured they are george a pearce well ington in prince edward county who held the principalship there for years the other is donald a davis former goodwood boyvhose mother still lives in goodwood is coming from the principalship of ayr school f w sherwood of markdale high school completes the list of new teachers to arrive for the high school principal l c murphy and miss elizabeth goodyear are the remain ing members of the staff and the connecting link between the old and the new three new teachers have been secured for markham high school so that all vacancies on the staff of the markhamstouffville school area are now filled and with pro mising teachers markham school building will be improved this holiday season with interior decorating tenders are being called in this issue for spray- painting the interior of the whole building mrs robert leslie suddenly called the death of mrs robert leslie on thursday came with consider able surprise to the many friend over 67000 persons in york county have reached 65 years of age according to figures presented before the york county council last week it was shown that there are in the county of york some 67571 persons over 65 years of age this is a staggering figure and when compared with only seven years back indicates a staggering growth in 1941 the number of persons over 70 years of age totalled 39798 if all were receiving pensions at 70 in 1911 it is readily seen that there would have been a monthly issue of 39798 and those who advocate pensions at 65 to everybody would boost the monthly cheques to be issued to the figure of 67571 in town she had been visiting at the home of her sisters mrs shaw and miss lucy waters some days before and took ill there where she passed away mrs leslie had re cently taken an apartment with mr and airs l lownsborouglr edward street after living in tor onto for a short period mrs lsabelle e leslie was the eldest daughter of the late harriett ann laing and james waters of caledonia she was married in 1905 to robert leslie of owen sound where they lived a few years before moving to edmonton to reside for 19 years when they came to stouffville in 1930 mr leslie will be remembered as choir- leader and mrs leslie was a mem ber of the choir and of the wms- and stouffville united church mrs leslie leaves a daughter betty mrs victor baker of tor onto and two sisters miss lucy waters and mrs w h shaw the body rested at the funeral home of l e oneill until satur day afternoon following service in the chapel interment was made in stouffville cemetery rev d davis of the united church con- udcted the service assisted by rev l e atkinson of uxbridge pallbearers were mr percy leslie mr fred leslie mr carl boadway mr harold spofford mr norman baker mr f l button friends attending the funeral from out of town included mr percy leslie owen sound mrand mrs fred leslie and daughter peterboro mr wm caton hamil ton mr and mrs h w nopper hamilton mrs lawrence kirk- wood and daughter south porcu pine mr and mrs mac arthur owen sound mrand mrs g juby toronto miss eleanor boddy wes ton rev and mrs l e atkinson uxbridge local theatre comes under new management the stanley theatre stouffville is under new management and is being operated now as a member of the odeon chain the company is headed by mr sam fingold who is no stranger to stouffville and district his father having been in business in goodwood and clare- mont in past years however mr fingold has made a great success of the theatre busi ness and on his chain is the roxy in markham the stouffville thea tre is a substantial building owned by mr sid schmidt who has it un der lease to the theatre companies it is expected that some modern im provements may be added wedding anniversary pickering councillor on saturday mr and mrs geo todd of cherrywood celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with one hundred and fifty of their friends and neighbors coming from quebec bowmanvilleboltonstouff- ville markham port perry tor onto and the nearby neighborhood cards were received from many points including los angelesbrant- ford manitoba and the maritimes their beautiful home situated high on that hili that overlooks forty or fifty miles of countryside was beautifully decorated for the occasion the dining table was dec orated with the wedding cake sil ver candles and other silver mrs fred watson of agincourt brides maid 25 years ago and mrs mc- lachlin of whitevale poured tea serving lunch were miss audrey wood and miss emily petty assis ted by mrs holmes and mrs wood sisters of mrs todd mrs les hollingor and mrs will hollinger received the guests at the door presiding ladies all wore lovely corsages the gift of miss may so- merville the best man mr will honey of milliken was also pre sent victor rudik dunbarton played several numbers attractive ly on the piano accordion engagement mr and mrs landon steckley of gormley announce the engagement of their daughter grace naomi to earl samuel wideman son of mr and mrs isadore wideman of gormley the marriage to take place on june 30th at their resi dence old arena conies down the stouffville arena building at the south end of the park belong ing to mr clayt baker is being torn down this week mr baker having disposed of the building which will be erected in another village the structure has served the needs of stouffville and dis trict for nearly a quarter century and was looked on with a degree of pride because of its great size that towered over most other rinks for a long time many recall the opening of the baker arena and the bees in stituted by farmers and townspeo ple to erect the building 22 years ago the old rink at the north end of the town also owned by the bakers had been torn down to make room for the larger ice pal ace at that time this north end rink too had served a quarter century now with the coming of a building 224 x 91 feet with arti- lical ice one may ask is this the final answer to a commodious ice paiace for this district whitchurch property sale the w j warren real estate agency reports having just dispos ed of the edwin h ness property at lot 1 con 2 whitchurch to mr john a latimer of richmond hill the property contains a nice or chard covering 16m acres of land new engineer the degree of bachelor of ap plied science was conferred on ronald l james son of mrs nettie james of stouffville at the graduating exercises in toronto on june 8th ronald graduated in mechanical en gineering gun club for whitchurch twp the whitchurch wild life and conservation club have sponsored a gun club in the township which will be known as the whitchurch conservation and gun club they have purchased 25 acres of land and are planning a rif lerevol- ver and trap shooting range and will add a club house and shoot field later on the property is sit uated yi mile east of 5th con on the aurora side line the object of this organizatipn shall be the encouragement of or- anized shooting ainong citizens of canada resident in our community with a view towards better know ledge on the part of such citizens of the safe handling and proper care of firearms as well as improv ed marksmanship it shall be our further purpose to forward the development of those characteris- world lacks spiritual and moral leadership says local pastor the greatest dearth in the world today is the lack of spiritual and moral leadership so declared rev d davis in his sunday morning sermon in stouffville united chur ch members of the masonic lodge paraded to the church and were shown to special seating reserved for them rt wor bro albert cranham of toronto was a distin guished visitor other visitors were from toronto brougham claremont markham the speaker said there was a cynical disregard for truth in na tional and international affairs which percolated all down through the different stations in life he hoped that the thousands who are graduating from our universities and colleges would not be fashion ed in this manner mr davis said that the presence of members of the masonic order at this service turned ones thoughts toward building he found that life provided abundant material for characterbuilding but we must guard against symbolism too often even the church was guilty of and must constantly be on guard against drifting toward symbolism we must pay most careful atten tion to the foundation when build ing be sure and build into your character those things most preci ous let us put the plumbline on our lives and see how we measure up to the ideals and with this thbught the speaker left five points on character building with the ap peal that each one use the plumb- line and determine just how we measure up the church was filled to capacity for the occasion and the choir un der the direction of mr l c mur phy rendered several selections it was announced that sunday evening services would not be held throughout the summer season visitors from brougham mark ham toronto and other lodges oac grad of tics of honesty good fellowship joined in the morning service with s team p the members from stouffville rich ardson lodge essentials of high taxes and housing issues in n york election candidates in york north are di vided on what their voters consider the issues on the june 27 election jack smith who succeeded w p muloek in 1915 as liberal member thinks the issues are largely be tween the two national leaders louis stlaurent and george drew major arch woods the ccf can didate has found a redhot issue in the southern end of the constit uency veterans who have bought houses under central mortgage and housing corp are in at least some instances bitterly dissatisfied with what they got major woods has been told the veterans homes havent been built according to specifications and that when the veterans complained to cmhc officers they were polite ly given the brushoff arthur g walwyn business man farmer and veteran who is pro gressive conservative nominee is even more definite on the matter of housing than major woods he says the veterans in york north are thoroughly disgusted at the way they have been trimmed in some of the subdivisions the big issue in york north is the scandal ously inefficient way in which the national housing act has been administered furthermore says mr walwyn who has a valuable dairy herd on a farm near kleinburg and who knows a bit about the cost of farm ing the farmer and most people are angry and disgusted with con tinued high federal taxation mr walwyn is the junior candi date in the field although he has had plenty of experience in organ izing political campaigns he was born at lucknow in 1898 son of a methodist minister he attended markham public school riverdale and oakwood collegiates and the university of toronto graduating from the honor course in political business he is a director of gaird- ner and co and a partner in gaird- ner son and co mr woods went directly from high school into the service during the first world war and joined the royal flying corps operating ifor six months in france before he was sent home as an invalid he is a member of the canadian le gion post at woodbridge married with three children he is a mem ber of timothy eaton memorial church john eachern smith was born in victoria county in 1901 and was educated in lindsay collegiate in stitute editor and publisher of the richmond hill liberal he is married with three children mr smith is a member of the rich mond hill lions club the ontario club the toronto mens press club and is a member of the masonic order he is a presbyterian he was first elected to the house of commons in 1945 when he polled a majority of 1223 votes over his next opponent he has made his position stronger by his interest in all parties a tory can get a hearing with jack smith just as readily as a grit neither does his richmond hill newspaper hold onesided views like the toronto papers visitors from jacksonville florida interesting callers in town on wednesday were mrs george t self and her daughter mrs wm e clarke who motored through from jacksonville florida mrs self was born in stouffville 77 years ago her maiden name being fran ces fisher daughter of john fisher a local farmer since mrs self left stouffville when a mere child she does not recall the village at all but her visit here this week has fulfilled one of her fond hopes in being able to visit the place of her birth and as her daughter was thoughtful enough to give the tribune a call we can all share in the pleasure of having a resident native born come hack to the old town in this way reliance which are good sportsmanship any citizen who is or wishes to become a marksman is eligible to membership in this organization mrs jess brown dies in 76th year just ten days after the death of her brotherinlaw james brown mirsjess brown died on thursday in her 76th year she had been a bed patient at the home of her brotherinlaw in the east end and had been in failing health since the death of her husband a year ago mrs browns maiden name was violet wagg being a daughter of the late george wagg who lived to nearly a hundretl on the old homestead at island lake besides several sisters and bro thers mrs brown is survived by an only daughter mr archie percy of markham county councillors- visit the goat farm outstanding pupil june smith daughter of mr and mrs george smith church street has been granted the 1000 award for the outstanding pupil of grade 8 stouffville public school for 1949 the award is made possible by dr g richardson of toronto robert w thomas son of mr and mrs herb w thomas ninth concession markham who graduated from oac in guelph iwith the degree of bsa which was conferred by the university of toronto at the recent convocation lions annual jamboree next wednesday stouffville lions club will hold their annual street fair and dance in here next wednesday june 29 billy hole and his live wires will be here to supply the dance music therell be bingo and a host of other games to entertain a big crowd more than thirty lucky draw pri zes given away theyre on dis play in the window of riches hard ware and tickets are on sale there stouffville lions club are com mitted to more than 20fjp in wel fare and other worthy town pro jects this year and the net pro ceeds of this event will go towards that end historical farm in pickering sold the sale is announced this week of the john miller thistle ha farm at ashburh to mr clifford graham of oak ridges sale price is reported at 20000 and mr hw moyer willoughby farm agent negotiated the deal the farm one of the most not ed in pickering township covers two hundred acres and has a pic turesque stream running through it this is the farm where import ed cattle to canada from overseas are brought for a period of quaran tine to guard against infectious diseases among the animals mr s w hastings real estate agent for l s snelgrove reports the sale of the frank barkey house and lot just south of ringwood the now owner is a toronto lady duncan spang local cattle ex porter had a visit this week from his montreal associates of the firm of renaud consenau in the per son of j a renaud the montreal firm ship to many parts of the world apd mr renaud was looking over local herds hoping to locate some export stock i two men struck by cnr train at blackwater two toronto men escaped seri ous injury on saturday morning when the transport in which they were driving collided with a cnr passenger train at the level cross ing on no 7 highway at black- water station north of stouffvirie a lone passenger coach drawn by the diesel engine was derailed by the impact its eight passengers received only a shaking up the transport diveri george anderson 40 of 340 ontario st toronto was taken to the ross memorial hospital in lindsay along with his passenger don knicely 40 of frizzel ave tor onto knicely was treated for minor cuts and bruises and release from hospital shortly after anderson it is believed has several lacera tions and bruises but his condi tion was not considered serious the transport was badly dam aged its heavy load of cement was strewn about the crossing boy drowns in mill pond first day of holidays on an inspection of the vivian forest last friday members of york county council visited the sand farm belonging to william linton on the 6th con cession of whitchurch as reeve a v nolan right tells councillors about the strange life of linton reeve vern griffin centre induces the 75yearold recluse to come out of his shack linton lives alone in this tiny shack and his prin cipal diet is porridge bread honey and goats milk he has some 30 goats ranging his 200 acres of sand he has financial means and sees no reason for selling his property into the reforestation scheme ross reynolds cribbett16 drown ed in an abandoned millpond on the outskirts of unionville last thursday despite heroic attempts at artificial respiration by a school teacher and two schoolmates whether the lad tumbled from the dam while napping in the sun or stumbled and struck his head as he plunged into 10 feet of water will probably never be known friends say the first day of his summer holi days cribbett was swimming with larry maynard 15 bob melthorpe and may anderson 15 and marilyn johnson 15 both of unionville they said he told them during the afternoon he was going home and they parted an hour and a half later melthorpe was back swimm ing in the pond when he felt what he thought was a turtle in the water on investigating he found it was the body of his chum with the aid of maynard he brought the body up and started to apply artifical respiration maynard said a water fall nearby made considerable noise and that is why they didnt hear the boy fall into the water he said myrna coulson youthful teacher on her way home from schoolwas told the body had been recovered she dashed to the scene jumped into the water with her clothes on and swam across the pool for two hours with the assistance of may nard and melthorpe she applied artificial respiration before dr c mckay pronounced the boy dead ross cribbett was a son of mr and mrs frank cribbett who sur vive him together with two sisters diane and heather anne funeral service was conducted from st phillips anglican church union ville with interment in the church cemetery