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twelve pages famfftrille unburn 3010 copies vol 60 no 39 the tribune stouffville ont january 12 1950 jack spang acquires extra land mr jack spang trucker has purchased the isvi acres of land on the uxbridge townline immed iately east of stouffville from william griffiths purchase price was 2150 and the deal was negot iated by v j warren real estate agency through their agent ken campbell the property is located on the east side of the townline between the leslie wideman farm and the st john property and is close to mr spangs present place former oboyle property veterans ask for action in repairing of gates at memorial park entrance an important message to the general public the stouffville arena is open on sundays for commercialized sport that is a number of hockey teams pay to use the rink each sunday is this what stouffville wants the ministers of the district have been asked to state their attitude towards this action on part of the directors and shareholders in voting to use the arena on sun days the undersigned ministers clarify their stand in this matter in the following letter to the public we the undersigned wish the public to know that we have sought earnestly and kindly to persuade the directors and share holders to keep the arena closed for all purposes on the lords day they have refused to do so be cause we have sounded out our protests and warnings regarding this thing we believe before god that we have delivered our souls and are free from the blood of all men we would further remind those who have broken the command ments of god in abusing the sanct ity of the lords day that there is a message for you in ezekiel ch 5 79 therefore thus saith the lord god because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you and have not walked in my statutes neither have kept my judgments neither have done according to the judg ments of the- nations that are round about you therefore thus saith the lord behold i even i am against thee and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations and i will do in thee that which i have not done and where unto i will not do any more the like because of all thine abominations and we would further remind you that in refusing to close the arena on the lords day you have worked not only against the min isters of the community but you have fought against god we there fore believe that all men must stand before the judgment seat of god that you will be requested to give an account some day to the judge of all the earth for this action which you have taken we are aware also that keeping the rink open on sundays is not merely for the love of sports but that dividends might be forth coming once again we bring you face to face with the word of god which says beware of covetous- ness for a mans life consisteth not in the abundance of the things j which he ppssesseth be not deceived god is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap after all what is the real issue of sunday sports to state the matter simply the sunday sports issue is a subtle effort on the part of the forces of evil and those associated with them to destroy the foundations upon which our christian civilization and culture rests as rev mr cowan moder ator of the presbyterian church said recently in the toronto tele gram who gave us sanction to vote on gods law as to which commandments we shall observe we do not kill because the ten commandments demand that we do not kill nor do we steal or bear false witness against our neighbour because the same com mandments forbid us to do so but the ten commandments also tell us remember the sabbath day to keep it holy six days shall thou labour and do all thy work exodus 20s9 and we are told in the new testament he that offendeth in ompoint is guilty of all sunday spots therefore is a violation of the word of god signed rev douglas davis rev norman rowan rev gibson w brown rev f herman rev h s hallman rev fred gould rev r t chapin rev cyril berry rev h h lackey rev l k sider stouffville municipal council meeting for their inaugural session on monday evening appointed the following standing committees for 1950 water hydro councillors clayt baker and g theratcliff streets roads walks councillors henry ogden and h ratcliir property g ratclifr and h ogden bert lickorish representing the veterans of world war i waited on council and asked if the memorial gates at the entrance to the town park could not be repaired or rebuilt this year the gates are in a terrible state and were getting in early in the year to see if they cant be fixed said mr lickorish reeve nolan agreed that the pillars were very bad and stated that the job should have been done last year but for various reasons a contract was not completed council agreed that they would look over the job along with the veterans themselves early in the spring plans are also going to be drawn for two bronze plaques on which will be engraved the names of those boys from stouffville who paid the supreme sacrifice in the second war placed in the veterans memorial hall councillor harry ratcliff brought up the question of speed ing and truck overloading and it was agreed that constable rusnell should have the trap put in oper ation as soon as possible and a check made on overloading the biggest percentage of cars and trucks that go out through the westend and i suppose its the same at the eastend are going over the limit councillor rat- cliff contended there were twentyfive fines registered to truckers for over loading in town last year said the reeve the road committee will take steps to have a new top placed on the bridge just east of the stouff ville cleaners on summerhill ave and notice will be posted regarding loads if the bridge is not deemed safe for heavy traffic mr a g thompson was return ed to the stouffvillemarkham high school area board for another term as an appointment by the town council del jennings was reappointed fire chief for 1950 at an annual salary of 100 born at altona 77 years ago mrs irwin 77 who was former ly mary ann johnson died in winnipeg on friday following a prolonged illness mrs irwin was the widow of adam irwin who died in 1948 born in altona mrs irwin has lived in winnipeg since 1918 surviving are one son stan l of winnipeg one sister mrs dan oboyle of islington and one granddaughter a brother fred johnson east of stouffville pre deceased her in 193g funeral service was held satur day at the a b gardiner funeral home with rev g mcmillan officiating burial was made in the family plot in elmwood cemetery pallbearers are h l scarth r s aitken f w martin r w tay lor r l smith and g r jones esteemed markham couple to mark diamond wedding day mr and mrs peter h reesor markham will be at home to their relatives friends and neighbors on sunday january 22 afternoon and evening the occasion being their 60th wedding day mr reesor is 82 and was born on the farm adjoining the village where he has spent all his long life and hopes to enjoy many more years of happiness there mrs reesor is 79 and enjoys a good measure of real health their three sons are max on the homestead with them lloyd and percy of toronto i both mr and mrs reesor are looking forward to their diamond wedding day with more than pass ing interest whitchurch council face business of another year clerk john crawford of whit church was authorized at the inaugural meeting of the township council monday to contact the authorities in the town of aurora to challenge the fairness of an aurora bylaw whereby plumbers entering aurora to do work are forced to take out a license costing 25 at the same time plumber living in aurora are licensed only 5 the bylaw was described as discriminatory and somebody said that it was in restraint of trade and probably would not hold water in any event whitchurch council will let it be known that if plum bers in the township are not accorded equal treatment with those in aurora steps would be taken to assess aurora plumbers coining into the township owing to numerous complaint police chief mulholland will be instructed to clean up the stray dog situation around musselmans lake with the aid of humane society officers summer campers it was said had left for the city leaving behind their pets in too many cases the vandorf hall board was re appointed as follows reeve e logan councillor sid legge mrs h dewsbury mrs a h van nostrand mrs john petch george e richardson and j a clark mr l p evans was appointed township representative on the valley conservation and standing commit- 1950 were set up as township of pickering stunned by sudden death of deputyreeve a small matt neglected sr engagement the engagement is announced of dorothy frances fuller only daughter of mr and mrs arthur fuller to joseph james meldrew son of mr j meldrew and the late mrs meldrew of toronto marriage to take place january 21st 1950 it is not necessary to wait for a notice telling you that your sub scription to the tribune has expired the expiry date is printed on the yellow address label on your paper each week thirty names were struck from the mailing list last week because the subscription expired in november and was not renewed half of these will be back after one paper is missed but why put yourself to the trouble of being without a copy and the newspaper to the extra work involved in stricking off and putting on names the tribune subscription is as low today as it sold for 20 years ago only 2 a year renew promptly and help keep down costs humber authority tees for follows finance logan mclaughlin roads and bridges timbers legge property and police legge and logan planning and welfare mclaughlin baycroft permits and sanitation baycroft timbers council decided against the pur chase of power sprayer after hear ing county weed inspector frank marriott speak on the advantages of one as he saw it cost would be around 1000 but reeve logan said the township was able to rent a machine when they wanted one in view of needing one only a couple or three days a year mr logan said it would wear out standing around councillor legge noted the advantage of spraying over in markham township and coun cillor timbers suggested consider ing mounting a sprayer on the township tractor j a clarke and edward leary two township sheep valuers each had a visit from dogs during dec ember and each had a claim for sheep killed by dogs for 20 equal treatment was meted out to the flocks by the roaming canines hence both sheep owners were compensated 20 east gwillimbury township advised council they considered favorably a request from rate payers to open the townline be tween the 7th and 8th concessions councillor legge and deputy reeve mclaughlin introduced a the entire township of pick ering was stunned this week when frank disney deputyreeve died suddenly just prior to attending the inaugural meeting of township council other members of the 1950 council were at the municipal building brougham preparing to proceed with the meeting when word arrived of his death mr disney who was returned for his second term as deputy- reeve by acclamation served pick ering township as a councillor for four years and was a popular member of ontario county council born in pickering township mr disney farmed all his life retiring only last year he served for a number of years as a trustee of the mt zion school section and was a member of the mt zion union church left to mourn his loss are his wrfe the former alma maynard of uxbridge township and four children two sons cecil picker ing twp earl at home marion cedar grove evelyn at home there also survive two sisters lena mrs al rumball of van couver and rose mrs sam wad- dell of alberta funeral service will be held at the late home on thursday afternoon with interment at salem cemetery late- frank disney green river man electrocuted by fallen wire a motorist was killed instantly tuesday when he picked up a hydro wire whicli had broken and fallen across the highway south of markham he was identified as michael januszewski 25 of green river he is a painter by trade constable clarence wideman of markham said several motorists who had stopped their cars near the wire warned the man to leave it alone instead januszewski picked up a board and put it under the wire he was lifting the board when the wire slipped and touched his hand coroner dr r p johns of willowdale pronounced the man dead libkie leek mount albert buried tuesday miss libbie leek died at the stouffville brierbush hospital on sunday where she had been a patient for some months former music teacher and resident of mount albert all her life the fun eral was held from the chapel there on tuesday with interment in mount albert cemetery obitu ary notice later on tuesday mrs thos klinck on tuesday reached her 95th birthday it was spent quietly at the home of her daughter in peterboro markham township ss convention the markham township sunday school association will hold its annual convention on thursday january 19th in stouffville morn ing session will be held in the united missionary church after noon and night sessions will be held in the united church a hearty invitation to all sunday school workers the speaker in the morning will be mr arthur rouse while in the afternoon rev oscar burkholder will speak on intermediate recruiting for the kingdom mrs j h peacock of the wctu will also address the convention rev oscar burkholder will speak again in the evening along with rev frank wellington worked as slave laborer now in markh hockey ins are reminded that all saturday night games in the local arena commence at 9 pm resolution calling for a special meeting on jan 23 to open school tender debentures for ss no g and for setting the regular council meetings on the second saturday of the month throughout the year g sim wilcox lake filed a letter of complaint about the alleged deep ruts on south lake road which he held were respon sible for car damage of 10 or 12 reeve logan presided over the meeting and all members were present namely deputyreeve mc laughlin councillors richard baycroft fred timbers and s p sid legge markham twp building permits 1368000 value of building permits issued in markham township during 1949 were 13gs000 ross norton building inspector said plans for new subdivisions are under way with one project in the southern section of the township being the site of 90 homes in 1918 value of permits issued for construction totalled 879435 records for last year nearly triple the value of permits issued in 1947 william m kirton died at the home of his son frank at mount albert on friday last he was in his 91st year first baby of new decade signally remembered surrounded by nurses hospital superintendent and doctor reeve a v nolan on tuesday afternoon formally presented mrs jack flewell of uxbridge with a lovely gift on behalf of the hospital for her new baby daughter designated the first babe born in the brier- bush hospital here to signal in the new decade as well as the first new year arrival in the institution perceiving a rather bewildered look on the face of the young mother who was taken by com plete surprise the local reeve assured her this was no formal inspection nor anything to become alarmed over he hurried on to explain the purpose of the visit was to recognize the honor due mother and child on this occasion the reeve said he was not chosen to make the presentation because he himself was born in uxbridge i where the young child will be reared but because of his official position in the community mrs flewell has two young sons ronald and reginald both of whom veteran englishman dies at vivian john banks farmer in the ballantraevivian district died on friday following a long period of declining health born in england he came to this country a young man his wife predeceased him some years and they had no child ren mr banks was a veteran of the first war he was 71 years old funeral service this monday afternoon was conducted by rev n rowan who has taken more than a passing interest in the sick man over recent years knowing the war was aver gregory burak 21-year- old polish dp worked 18 months more as a slave laborer he is seen with his cousins stanley burak eight and marion kamerec six after recent arrival in toronto he was reunited with a brother and will work on a markham farm near steeles corners hobitv club some of the classes of the local hobby club are continuing for eight weeks commencing jan 17th classes in art and sewing are already filled something quite hew will be introduced in the leatherwork class this is leather carving and were born at the brierbush and will be instructed by mrs harry she warmly thanked matron briljinger malcolm and all concerned with i persons wishing to register in the little party for their kindly this class should phone 85wl thoughts stouffville