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tottfftnue vol ci nol the tribune stouffville ont- april 20 1950 two sections srouffvillites visit aircraft carrier one of a threevessel task force of the royal canadian navy the ls000ton carrier magnificent which left new york city a few clays ago after a courtesy call was visited by more than 20000 new yorkers and among the canadians who happened in new york and visited the vessel were mr and mrs les wilson and mr and mrs k r davis who were on a holiday in the big city over easter it was the first visit of a canadian warship to new york harbor seen here she is releasing weather balloons prior to the ships departure honors to goodwood girl quarter century of service miss viola todd member of well known goodwood family of other days has just completed 25 years of service with the t eaton co in toronto and the occasion was marked by the firm presenting miss todd with a diamond ring the staff in the mai order j exchange employed and on the evening these presenta tions were made friends gathered at the home of her sister mrs george rodanz to present viola with a nest of tables this latter event which came as a complete surprise was attended by another sister mrs rolph white of stouff- ville miss todd later left on a motor trip to florida visiting miami beach fort landerdale and lake worth she expects to return by may 1st stouffville business men will meet this thursday evening to where miss todd was f evening opening with n ii hi- h-ii- i that has been the custom over the with a lazy boy chair i usua starting in may claim many if markham tp councillors after jobs roadmen decide to quit i would like to know whether our road superintendent harold cowie has quit also have his men left the job demanded councillor charlie hooper on monday after markham council opened its mid- month meeting so many stories are circulating i do not know what is true and what is not reeve timbers informed council that harold cowie resigned and his resignation had been accepted effective may 1st councillor v clark claimed there were a lot of men making applications for jobs over the stories going around mr hooper said that if an employee holding a chief position was not going to cooperate the situation just couldnt continue mr cowie came before this coun cil and said he and his men were getting paid enough next meeting he presented a new wage demand for the men when cowie stated in a press report that the road budget was cut nearly 10000 he is making a false statement act ually said mr hooper the figure cut is nearer 83000 and with the smaller budget more road work will be done because last year heavy expenditures were made in machinery and none is being bought this year i think the actual cause of cowies retirement was the fact he has been offered a much better job opinioned councillor alf james reeve timbers held much the same opinion he felt every thing was ok until cowie got a big offer elsewhere the reeve explained that cowie had been offered s2s00 by markham all agreed he was a good man councillor clark insisted that one or two could not go on telling the township what to do and if they could the council better lis- hand oh well i think they were all fairly well satisfied until cowie got his big offer concluded reeve timliers it was pointed out the men work ing in the road department in markham are extra well paid since the men under cowie had averaged 50 a week thus far in 1950 deputy reeve d rumney urged council to take action to liave the big road maintainers remain on the job and not continue the practice now in vogue of leaving unionville with them at eight in the morning and returning to reach unionville again at 5 pm too much wasted time on the road he argued mr rumney suggested the employ ment of two or three more grader operators and then the big machines could be kept going more hours start early and work late with two shifts was the idea reeve timbers said he had men tioned this scheme too some time back councillor alf james said big businesses do not run heavy machinery back and forth to a job and somebody said this was what the township kept a small truck for to see that men got to their jobs it was the duty of the super intendent councillor hooper moved that a 1100 surplus from the soldiers memorial fund be transferred to defray expenses of the township centennial this year after the auditors had recommended the amount be placed against last years operating deficit in general account the motion was approved when mr hooper argued that last years business could stand on its own feet and was not exactly the responsibility of the 1950 council the reeve and deputyreeve have been instructed to interview town ship solicitor d lucas with a view to having him present at the regular meeting on the first mon day each month we paid out 1200 last year for solicitor fees and it might not be any more expensive to have the solicitor right here save writing letters and running down to toronto for interviews according to councillor hooper who moved the resolution for the heads of council to inter view mr lucas an account for 15 for markham share of blinker light at corner of fith concession and no 7 was for warded to the village trustees who someone said had made the request for such a service the dept of highways pay- 50 per cent the exreeve griffin challenges markham township council to public meeting exreeve vein griffin of mark ham township informed the tribune on tuesday that he was challenging the head of markham township to hold a public meeting to discuss the issue arising out of the resignation of harold cowie road superintendent 1 have the assurance of mr cowie that he could be retained by markham township at a salary of 3200 per year and that the men employed on the graders and other township road work would be satisfied with an increase of 10c per hour mr griffin said that there is no man as capable as harold cowie and that his retire ment would be a distinct loss to markham it is his opinion that the rate payers want cowies services meeting on the proposed manifested concluded mr public rates i griffin j being close to press time the tribune was unable to learn the i attitude of councillors over mr i griffins proposal however as council is elected to transact the business during the year any j reference to ratepayers could well w create confusion mr cowie has snore not been dismissed but he has farmer at resigned his resignation has been tribune accepted his grievances were partly reported in an musselman s lake is still icebound last saturday sel- morning mu still frozen over to shore a resident the lake informed the he had often seen the water clear of ice by this period in interview the spring but not this year the retained 1 know that mr cowie was and his men will all remain with the township if the approval of a ballantrae united witnesses first wedding ceremony the first wedding ever perform ed in ballantrae united church was celebrated in the traditional way by the presentation of a beaut iful white leather bound bible from the womans association of the church the interior was decor ated with ferns and easter lillies rev douglas davis officiated mrs grey sang because during the signing of the register and was accompanied by mrs perkins at the organ the bride margaret ann smith daughter of mr and mrs george smith of the seventh concession of whitchurch was dressed in a gown of heavy white satin with sequinn headpiece and accessories to match she carried a nosegay of red roses and white carnations the matron of honour mrs evelyn gillies wore a gown of mauve figured taffeta with acces sories to match and carried pink roses and white carnations the groom john anthony radford was attended by his brother james the ushers were morley davis and clifford wallwork after a short honeymoon the happy couple plan to make their home at ballantrae the request of the road employees i coup of mrcs thi winter for higher pay has been refused imnression to ll was said on monday at council i m anj pession to meeting that the men had averaged uard an early spring breakup loi around per week thus far this the most part tne winter was a year which a councillor claimed record for mildness and fear was ood deal more than half the ratepayers who contributed to the employees pay are making hold two on hitandrun charge bail set at 5000 frank berry of well and j as toronto were expressed at one time that there would be no ice to harvest how ever when the mercury dipped in january for a couple of weeks the required ice was provided and two crops were taken off some parts of the lake william leathers former whitchurch resident dead william leathers died on sun- tackle- day at the home of his son eric in arrested i new dundee he was in his 77th this wednesday and are being held year and is predeceased by his on 5000 bail charged with the wife the former ella baker hitandrun killing of the two little watson children on north bathurst st nineteen days ago the men are employees of the ontario lum ber co whose manager albert mandlebaum became suspicious that one of his trucks had been involved in the case the truck was reported in a garage at agincourt mr chris armstrong tailor with the late john monkhouse for many years is now assisting in a shop on queen street going back and forth daily from his home on albert street daughter of the late gideon baker of whitchurch he was born on the 9th concession of markham william leathers lived in whit church 30 years ago on the sixth concession and had served as a councillor in that township mr george cook of lemonville is a brotherinlaw of the deceased the funeral on wednesday pro ceeded to new dundee cemetery for interment mr and mrs wm birkett are spending a few days with mr and mrs b w jones of brooklin goodwood urges council remedy flood conditions spark from stove fired farm house roof the fire brigade was summoned to the farm of ezra brownsberger just south of town on the 10th of markham at noon hour on tues day when a spark from the kitchen stove started a blaze on the roof which was about under control when the brigade arrived in a few minutes time mr brown- berger was just leaving the barn for the house when he saw the blaze starting about a year ago mr browns berger lost a brooder house from fire m ich igav evangelists coming to dickson hill mr and mrs harold sherrick of ypsilanti michigan have been engaged to conduct a series of evangelistic meetings in the dick son hill united missionary church opening sunday april 23 and con tinuing to sunday may 7th week night meetings excepting on sat urday at s oclock births lintner mr and mrs bruce lint ner nee jean pasquino tor onto are happy to announce the birth of a daughter on april 1 1950 at mt sinai hospital both well kennedy mr and mrs harold kennedy nee mary lehman wish to announce the birth of their son on april 11 1950 at markham williams mr and mrs jack williams of stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their daughter joyce louise on wed nesday april 12 1950 at the brierbush hospital stouffville venn mr and mrs milton verin of stouffville wish to announce the birth of a son on wednesday april 19 1950 at the brierbush hospital stouffville uxbridge township council oni saturday decided to adopt daylight saving time as from april 30 and ending september 23 for this year this will coincide with toronto and intervening district reeve isaac catherwood presided and all members agreed with the time change the fire brigade of uxbridge town solicited an agreement with the township to serve the munici pality in the matter of fire protec tion the council decided that they would meet the uxbridge fire brigade or its officers and discuss the matter further a petition from the villagers of goodwood asked the council to take some steps to combat the flood conditions that annually harass the village at spring time clerk john ashenhurst was instructed to request the dept of highways to provide a larger outlet under high way no 17 so that the water may get away without backing up into the village a delegation from the vicinity of arthur wagg buys mount albert planing mill mr arthur wage who recently sold his farm in scott township near leaskdale to milton gilham of whitchurch has purchased the dike son planing mill at mount albert and will take immediate possession mr wagg who is holding an auction sale friday april 28 will find many old stouffville friends in attendance he is a son of mr and mrs frank wagg and his wife is also a former stouffville girl it is interesting to note that the sale of mr waggs 100 acres in scott and the sale of the mount albert planing mill were negotiat ed by george allison real estate bell singers at newmarket the leslie bell singers the out standing girls choir of the north american continent will give a i rt i viuv ivaii luiiuucjii win give a oxbridge town waited on council qne am one hour conc in protesting that dogs from uxbiidge jn the unued churcn jess to si l auditorium on friday april 28th their lands thereby creating a nuisance as well as being a men ace to live stock the council instructed the clerk to write the town authorities asking that these dogs be kept under control road account for march totalling 128045 and general accounts of 182r2 were authorized for pay ment the next council meeting will be held on may 8th at 815 pm last year the choir attracted an audience of close to 1000 in their first appearance in newmarket tickets by t hilliard box 108 newmarket no tickets sold at the door rev and mrs samuel goudie spent last sunday visiting old friends in the vineland district man murdered in reno nevad was native of markham twp the district about stouffville will be shocked to learn of the tragic death of douglas degeer who died in his 37th year at saint john michigan as the result of a gun shot wound he was well known to this community and was born in markham township at mon golin son of mr and mrs hilliard degeer the deceased with his family moved to the states some years ago when world war ii broke out douglas like his young er brother joined the military and immediately was sent into service and away from home after the war he did not return home but went to reno nevada where he was conducting an orchestra called the red river boys douglas was shot and instantly killed while playing and fine and enter taining at a nightclub in reno on county 2o and the municipality in the evening of april 1st and his wife mabel is in the hospital which light is located 25 suffering from bullet wounds in the lower jaw the couple have a family of eight children five of whom are by a former marriage and three by the second marriage there are twin boys 2 years of age and the youngest child is six months old his parents two brothers edward and dannis and one sister elsie mrs art coffey of flint mich also survive morgan degeer of stouff ville is an uncle the remains were brought from reno to the eberts funeral home in saint john mich where funeral service was held on monday after noon april 10 interment was in mount rest cemetery st johns many floral tributes were received from relatives friends neighbors and business places all banking the bier where a great number of friends called to pay their last respects to one taken in the prime of life daylight saving coming at month end the tribune anticipates that daylight saving time will be adopted by stouffville on sunday april 30 at the same time thai toronto will go on fast time although council has taken no action in the matter the township of uxbridge at iu last meeting decided to adopt fast time beginning april 30 and it is expected other municipal councils will issue declarations to this effect before the month end mr and mrs archie stover barry and barbara of milverton visited on sunday with mr and mrs harmon hoover markham twp joins county health unit markham township council on monday took definite action to join the york county health unit now being formed and which is expect ed to go into operation on july 1st extending its services over ten or eleven of the northern municipal ities in the county beginning with nine places it was understood on monday that vaughan township now wishes to enter and with the application from markham the service will cover almost the whole county with the exception of whitchurch e gwillimbury and king town ships and of course scarboro and the yorks who have separate health units because of their great size the move to take markham township into the system came after mrs r harrington of union ville waited on council and urged them on behalf of the home and school club to do something tang ible about a health nurse this was the second appeal within a month heard by the council we should not block the wishes of the ratepayers if they desire this service said reeve win timbers and after hearing former reeve chas reesor of markham village who had been very active in organizing the health unit councillors unani mously decided they should take advantage of the service even though as councillor hooper pointed out it would cost an addi tional half mill on the tax rate councillor hooper said that back in 1917 he supported the idea of a health unit and worked to that end in the county after his retire ment however markham turned the proposal down in the face of her experience of having hired one or two nurses only to lose their services and any good they might have been to the municipality was spoiled several thousand dollars were lost in this effort nurses cannot be obtained for single township work the resolution which was second ed by deputyreeve rumney called upon the clerk to prepare the necessary bylaws that would bring the municipality into the health unit the york county unit will have an estimated expenditure of around 50000 employ qualified nurses drainage inspectors milk inspectors and one or more full- time medical officers of health if only one is employed services of local medical men will be employed when the unit visits schools but all will be under the direction of the chief medical officer school and home visits will be made by the nursing staff the ontario government will pay half the cost of the service and a clause in the bylaw states that no municipality may be assessed for more than a mill on their tax rate as a maximum in any one year this feature appeal ed to markham councillors who did not want to start into some thing that might bring burden some proportions like the york county childrens aid society i like that protective feature said councillor wm clark coun cillor alf james said the move had his support but his knowledge of health units was limited he confessed mr and mrs bert batt are visit ing relatives in goderich and bruceville for a few days maurice dixon of iroquois falls spent his easter vacation in stouff ville guest of miss phyllis fleury mr and mrs henry dyck have moved from their rented home in the east end to their new place the former lintner property four doors east of the brierbush hos pital the sturdy old home haa been completely remodelled