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gfbtnie vol 01 no 2 the tribune stouffv1lle ont april 27 1950 two sections what do you mean daylight saving time bossy says boo instead of moo to the farmer when he tries to change her milking time over from standard to daylight one of the main reasons why farmers are gen erally not in accord with fast time it just cant be done on the farm where other condi tions besides stand pat attitude are against it the province of alberta has out lawed dst here in ontario daylight time begins at mid night this coming saturday markham appoints new road supt mr arthur buchanan 5th con cession farmer was appointed road superintendent for markham town ship at a special meeting held sat urday afternoon mr buchanan has been working on roads for 15 years and was regarded as a good man there were three applications for the position we understand made vacant by the resignation of mr harold cowie the new superintendent will receive the same salary as paid heretofore namely 2400 per annum york county forest planting commences nearly two hundred thousand saplings will be planted this spring on lands purchased by the york county council work beginning this week the new trees will com prise seven or eight varieties but species of pines will be far greater than any other kind of trees experts determine the kind of trees to be planted best suited to the soil mr ci iff hollidge forest man ager told the tribune this week that a newspaper announcement calling for workmen to do the planting was well responded to and ample help is available this type of planting must be done in the early spring to be successful the first lands to be planted this season will be the former j a clark property at corner of the ballantrae road and the 7th concession of whitchurch which was taken over by the county two years ago it is expected that york county at jarvis farm auction marks up good prices russel jarvis markham farmer near box grove has milked his lat cow and fed the last pen of hogs henceforth he will play about on the big new golf course to be established on his premises along with a couple of the neighboring farms that have been gathered under the wing of the city golf club establishing the new course in markham township on tuesday the farm stock and implements on the jarvis farm were sold by sellers atkinson auctioneers to run a total of 59000 the crowd was large and bidding brisk grade cattle went to 265 and yearling hcfers 243 the tractor realized 1410 pur cattle for movie star at ashburn farm a number of cattle recently chased at the annual scottish sales have arrived from overseas at the john miller farm east of claremont where they will be under govern ment quarantine for- sixty days before proceeding to their new home the texas ranch of film actress greer garson star of mrs miniver it is an interesting fact that miss garsons cattle were purchased in the united kingdom by p v harding prominent american importer and a brotherinlaw of the late robt miller of stouffville all imported cattle are brought to the miller farm for a period of quarantine rather than being left at the seaboard cattle must be rigidly tested for various infections markham tax rate slightly increased the municipal tax rate in mark ham township will not be much changed for 1950 unless the individual school sections demand more money than they spent in 1919 it is said that only half the schools can get along on the 1949 expenditures thus it is evident onehalf the sections will increase taxes to meet higher salaries and other increasing operating expenses the general township tax rate for 1950 was struck by council last week at ten mills which is only a fraction increase over a year ago of the ten mill rate 577 will go into the road budget and 433 in general the budget prepared by the treasurer showed a need for 112- 000 expenditures but the council managed to hack off two thousand and struck the tax rate on that basis of expenditure the slight increase in the rate over a year ago is due to the council deciding to enter the york county health unit about to come into existence and which will cost the municipality annually about a mill on the equalized assessment reeve timbers said that the many demands for health service warranted council taking immed iate steps to enter the county unit now being formed with a fulltime medical health officer at the dis posal of the district at all times northern municipalities oppose amalgamation as this issue of the tribune goes to press york county council is convening in toronto in a special session to consider the pro posed application for amalgamation by the city of toronto of ten or twelve municipalities bordering the city before the ontario munici pal board so far as this newspaper can learn the remaining municipalities that would be left in the county should the amalgamation move be come effective are solidly opposed to the idea with the exception of the town of mimieo whom it is said finds it hard going financially the northern municipalities com prise georgina east gwillimbury whitchurch markham vaughan king townships and the towns of newmarket and aurora and vil lages of sutton stouffville mark ham and richmond hill it is feared that county taxes would double in the event of the southern municipalities were annexed to toronto while another grievance is that the city reaches out to grab off the whole indus trial area of the county but have made no offer or proposal of com pensation to the county many of the reeves and deputy reeves feel that an amalgamation of services such as water light transportation education and policing should be operated for toronto and the suburban area by a commission but that the county should not be carved up to suit the demands of the city council buyers clamour after old chairs pay up to 2750 for walnut diners old chairs that some folk would i balk at paying 5 each for were h i e np ri coveted offerings at the public auc- nalp fit i wfi rjufiris lion sale for the estate of the late uult wi l philip fockler at ringwood on saturday several plain chairs in walnut were snapped up at the price set for the first one sold namely 2750 after the chairs were carried off by different purchasers auctioneer farmer offered the bidders sets or chests of drawers also in the antique class ladv mr mogilhvray farmed just north from the 7th concession took a a fe a leaving look sniffed and walked away the bridge place when he acquir- after the first bid was placed at 3 lal m mount albm llis then a ladv from toronto boosted he wlu now nave 500 acres of the bid to 5 a man just behind her alkl bi the sale was made it 10 and from there the negotiated by george allison real bids popped in until the ancient estate br stouffville chest reached 20 when the auc- 1 ml aulson reports the sale of tioneer shouted sold and this another farm when he sold the 62- for a few acre p at sharon belonging to reported this week mr john mcgillivray has pur- chased an additional 300 acres of land adjoining his present farm just east of mount albert on the ion of scott township stores revert to summer schedule while the business mens association were not all favorable to opening their places of business on tuesday evenings from may 1st to the late fall season they bowed to the wishes of the small majority who insisted it was the only thing to do if stouffville wished to enjoy the wide patronage they claimed had been built up on service at a time when the farmers would most appreciate it thus begining tues day may 2nd mercantile places will be open until 10 oclock in the evening stouffville will be on daylight time then and it is expected the farmers when they become busy with seeding likewise during the heat of summer will appreciate driving to town on tuesday as well as saturday evening price set the pattern more chests at 20 dishes figurines and odd pieces brought high prices and a varied opinion on their value 1 wouldnt carry some of that stuff home declared a modest little woman to her neighbor but the southern buyers and persons who value something old as well as things new thought otherwise rapid fire tactics of auctioneer parmer accounted for a sale every other minute the house and lot sold to peter ferguson for 4200 the new- owner is living in uxbridge town ship as a temporary abode and this purchase will bring him back to the locality where he longs to live after the fockler sale auctio neer farmer invited the crowd over to the neighboring property of the late louis brownsberger here a chest of drawers brought 17 an old bed 14 the property had previously been sold to mr art emmerson for 1200 the house will need extensive repairs a piece of vacant land belonging to the fockler estate but separated from the house property was pur chased at the sale by george rodanz who paid 350 for the acre of land which had been sliced off the ringwood farms estate garnet fairbarn to mr ben cox lions bring minstrel show here friday a real oldfashioned minstrel show with all the hilarity the snappy songs and end men gags that make for good entertainment is being brought to stouffville on friday night by the local lions club the show will present the north york lions club and the event is in the veterans hall com mencing at 815 youll hear the blackfaced chorus do such popular numbers as the coconut song bibbidi- bobbidiboo hop scotch polka bluebird on your windowsill and many others tickets can be procured from any members of the stouffville lions club aurora juniors prolong series council will visit the forest vivian this summer during their hold everything for may 13th at june session the stouffville united church evangelistic campaign planned by ministerial first in new arena a districtwide evangelistic cam paign is planned for august 20th to september 3rd 1950 in the stouff ville arena this campaign is be ing sponsored by the ministers and laymen of the churches and the stouffville christian mens fellow ship the speaker for these special meetings is the nationally known rev john linton ba wheaton 111 as pastor john linton served several churches including high park baptist church of toronto and in more recent years has itinerated coast to coast teaching and preaching the gospel a scholarly scotsman with tradi tional ready wit and pleasing accent his preaching is dynamic and unique any man whose schedule is booked nearly 2 years in advance must have something to say that is worth hearing rev linton has been mightily used of god in the fearless and spiritfilled proclamation of his inspired word throughout can ada and the united states he has gained recognition as an outstand ing revival speaker from a write- up concerning mr lintons visit to sault ste marie we quote the following this is mr lintons fourth visit to this city and it is a mark of the growing confidence and esteem in which he is held as well as a mark of the interest being aroused by the spirit of god that the congre gations which have heard him are much larger than on any previous occasion the wellington street church has been filled for after noon meetings and the first church taxed beyond its limit so that on the sunday the afternoon and evening meetings had to be carried to the largest local theatre accommodating over 1000 people and even this barely sufficed for the congregations that assembled the sense of the presence and power of god has been at times almost overwhelming and a great number strongly moved by the spirit of god have received the lord jesus christ as saviour complete markham hydro changeover soon as hydros vast frequency stand ardization program gathers momen tum announcement was made last week by chairman robert h saunders that the changeover from 25eyole to 60cycle power in the south portion of markham rural operating area would be completed by april 12 a total of 2sg0 con sumers of all classes would have had their equipment converted and would be receiving power at 60 cycle by that date mr saunders stated that there were 2730 domestic 106 com mercial and 18 industrial con sumers being served in the south section of markham the fre quency standardization activities in this district started on march 13 with an average of three cutovers per week the full schedule being 14 cuts completed by april 12 approximately 370 consumers in markham south residing north of lansing cutoff and west of ken nedy road were not included in the cuts but will be changed over with the consumers of agin- court hydroelectric committee scheduled for november chairman saunders added simultaneously he announced that the frequency standardization program in east york township would be renewed on thursday april 13 and is scheduled for com pletion by july 10 the inaugur ation of hydros frequency stand ardization program took place in east york in may lf19 at that time for trial purposes the entire section of northeast of the old cxr rightofway was converted between may and sept 15 stouffville arena closed on wed nesday night for the season the new ice palace has completed a full six months service harold cowie answers council critics in reply to the advice of a num ber of ratepayers i desire to take this opportunity to present some of the incidents leading up to my resignation as road superintendent in an open letter to the ratepayers of markham township i wish to correct some rather erroneous statements released by members of markham township council through the press that the road men working under me aver aged 50 per week the rate of pay for the men on the road depart ment is 75c per hour and on a 15hour week this amounts to 3375 per week in the winter months with snow- plowing and icy conditions the men are on call for nights sundays and holidays also and receive the same rate of 75c per hour for their ser vices hence a lot of overtime is needed to reach 50 per week for 12 months no road employee aver aged near that figure on feb 11th 1950 a resolution was passed moved by w l clark and seconded by chas hooper that no action be taken on salary increases some of the employees include ing myself decided to investigate what our services might be worth elsewhere in regard to the road expendi ture bylaw number 1240 for 1919 it was for 73974 while bylaw 1271 for 3950 is for 65000 this being a reduction of 8974 and at a time when the county mill rate on your assessment is much lower than last year it would have been a good time to have done some much needed extra road work as some work had to be sacrificed in order to pay for a new road grader in 1919 it is the privilege of any rate payer to see the minutes of any council meeting amounts of wages or bylaw requisitions filed at the township office i wish to thank the ratepayers for their fine cooperation while trying to give them as good service under the various conditions as i could yours truly harold cowie a sixgoal drive in the last two periods netted aurora blackhawks a 73 victory over collingwood greenshirts before a capacity- crowd of 1400 in the yonge st town tuestlay night the victory was the first in four games for the blackhawks collingwood leads the oha junior c bestofseven finals 31 collingwood held a 21 lead at the end of the first period and in creased it after 48 seconds of the second they did not get another goal as the desperate aurora back- checking held in- the greenshirts scoring chances to a minimum the fifth game of the series will be in aurora thursday night brantford sr b champs brantford nationals won the oha sr crown this week defeating peterborough legion in the seventh and final game of the series mrs w t byam passes ix 86th year mrs wt byam one of stouff- villes elderly esteemed ladies passed away on wednesday at noon at her home on main street mrs byam suffered a stroke tie up the dog police order issued at a special meeting of the municipal council held thursday it was agreed to inform constable rusnell to enforce the regulations of the bylaw respecting dogs running at large the constable has given or allowed a good deal of laxity during the winter season and complete advantage of it is still being taken by many owners who seem to think that everybody loves my dog and so permits it to run at will this has resulted in a flood of complaints the past ten days persons owning or harboring dogs will after this week be dealt with should they fail to keep the dog on their own premises or on a leash such action is certainly going to be hard on the dogs but then non- dog owners have their rights and should not be annoyed by wander ing dogs tramping and prowling their flower beds and shrubbery the dog population has grown in stouffville along with the general expansion and this has added to the objections coming in so fast one west end woman who called on the reeve said you see i wouldnt have my neighbor think i do not like- his dog but really i do hate to have the animal making use of my property as if it owned it several days ago she was eighty- five years of age the funeral on saturday will be conducted from the funeral chapel of l e oneill at 230 oclock winners in youth for christ sacred musical festival saturday night brought to a louise clarke joanne bodendistel close the fourth and final session of and gloria hood the sacred musical festival spon- vocal solos sored by youth for christ the class 1 joan oldham lois leaders and directors were more than gratified with the response of the young folk of the community who showed such interest in the art of music and a marked progress in the standard of their work the prize winners in the various classes who received for their efforts first prize 15 over 80 marks second prize 10 over 77 hiarks third prize 5 over 75 marks all of which was graciously donated by anonymous givers were as follows piano solos class 1 barbara hastings joyce perkins ted cook class 2tean paisley shirley spence barbara hastings class 3 barbara cook phyllis paisley doris steckley class i elizabeth thomas gladys ratcliff grace lehman piano duets doris steckley and perkins dorothy carnwright class 2 marilyn bone roberta bone bobby paisley class 3 margaret reid beth rowan roberta bone class 4 nancy hiltz frances grose lois mckewen class 5 howard baker lloyd grose gilbert rumney vocal duet pegg clarke and beth rowan miriam boake and patricia boake howard baker and alice barkey instrumental class cornet alice hamm trumpet nancy hiltz the adjudicators throughout the festival were vocal mr david tees noted cello player and for many years outstanding in the field of choir leading and at present leader of the fairlawn united church choir toronto piano miss alcxandia mcgavin of van couver bc lqcm lrcm