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twelve pages tonffirille witone 3000 copies vol 61 no 14 the tribune stouffville ont july 20 1950 greatgreat grandmother 99 heads five generations marking her 99th birthday is mrs l schell holding great- great granddaughter dian bowen as family and friends gathered to honor her com pleting five generations are telegram photo mrs edith bowins great granddaughter mrs sarah kitson daughter and mrs ethel walker granddaughter mrs elizabeth schell 99 gormley native born at gormiey and now a resident of stayner mrs elizabeth schell nee elizabeth doner celebrated her 99th birthday at the home of her daughter mrs her bert culham near stayner recently five generations were represent ed at the gathering for this occa sion namely mrs e schell mrs sarah kitson daughter mrs ethel walker granddaughter mrs edith bowins great granddaughter and dian bowins great great grand daughter a noteworthy feature of the occasion was the presence of all her family three sons and ave daughters mrs schell was at home to over 150 friends and relatives among whom was mrs ehzah lageer her youngest sister in her 84th year and her daughter mrs gertie brander and mr and mrs e r good all of stouffville mrs schell has many nephews and nieces besides cousins and friends in this district of stouff ville and gormley mrs schell is still in possession of all her faculties and received a torrent of congratulations and good wishes expressed by words flowers and other gifts interest- was added to this gath ering by the devotion of baptism to the great great granddaughter infant daughter of mr and mrs perry m bowins this ceremony was performed by the rev r graham of stayner only two weeks previous to this occasion mrs schell poured tea at the golden wedding of one of her daughters and presided at the table with all the grace and capability of a person half her age mrs schell was privileged on her birthday to enjoy the after noon service of the united mission ary campmeeting at which ser vice professor willard hallman song evangelist of the camp rendered a special number called heaven and dedicated it to her and her sister mrs elizah lageer of stouftville mrs schell has been a life long member of the united missionary church lions conclude another year of splendid work many worthy causes have been assisted by the stouffville lions club during the clubs fiscal year just concluded for the informa tion of the many who have patron ized the local service clubs fund- raising activities and for those who may patronize future func tions the club has released the following figures on the projects assisted stouffville arena 150000 can legion hall 50000 fence for park 237 59 soc for crippled children 37100 sick childrens hospital 10000 manitoba flood relief stouftville athletic club markham village council authorizes 19000 for new offices plans for a new fire hall to house also the village council chambers clerks oflices a fiveroom apart ment and two washrooms were approved at a special meeting of the markham village council mon day night total cost of the new structure is not to exceed 19000 and will provide accommodation for council hazards of haying take toll of farmers farmers seem to have been ham hit in the last week or so accord ing to local injuries reported arthur wideman east townline fell ofr a load of hay in the barn on saturday he saw he would fall on his back and tried to save him self with his arms he has no broken bones but has torn liga ments in his arms and he is u and around eli lehman aiha somehow had his foot caught in the sling ropes he isnt sure how but thinks he must have stepped on the rope he was going up caught by the foot when his daughter driving the tractor saw his plight and let him down gradually mr lehman was not hurt beyond bruises and his accident occurred last satur day also down the 6th concession of markham twp at almira sideroad on what was known as the perc spofford farm don hunter fell from the top of a load when the niprope broke breaking a bone in his wrist some ten days ago mrs leslie zimmerman met with an accident while operating the mower drawn by the tractor driven by her husband on their farm south of melville church also on the gth of markham they didnt see the stump which pro jected a few inches above the ground and ran into it while cut ting grass the tongue of the mower broke or wrenched loose throwing mrs zimmerman over the mower and under the tractor by the time her husband was able to stop the tractor his wife was between the two front wheels mrs zimmerman suffered cuts on the cheek and back of neck and was removed to hospital by ambu lance where xrays were taken these revealed no bones had been broken and she was able to return home the following day ask markham township council to take over the unionville arena which has been meeting at the vil- 4022 la library since sale of the old n i town hall and its conversion into a arena kent minor hockey looio 8jr sxszjst stouflville mothercraft ruini stouftville nursery school oratorical prizes 1000 sports college of the air 2500 medical aid and glasses 3700 it is only fair to mention the fact that all administrative expenses connected with these donations are paid by the members of the lions club so that the lions is strictly a service club operating on a non profit basis for the betterment of the community furthering of boys and girls actvities relief of dis tress including that of a national nature the appreciation is extended by the lions club to all those who have contributed to its success 5000 the waterworks the new hall is 1353 to be located on main st opposite the cnr station on a site pur chased several years ago population shows steady growth the population of stouftville is steadily increasing and gained another sixtynine in 1950 over 1949 to bring the total up to 1640 there is the possibility according to assessor er good of adding an additional 20 to 30 by the end of the year when all the new homes now being erected are occupied meet to discuss centennial plans a special meeting of the various organizations in whitchurch township in addition to the council and adjacent municipal representatives is called for this thursday evening july 20th at 8 oclock in the vandorf hall repair work on gth con of markham to start this week local trucker involved in fatal accident tenders for subway close this week tenders for the 1th concession subway in whitchurch twp at vandorf will close this week the tribune learned on saturday the paving of the 1th concession through from toronto to lake simcoe has been complete for some time with the exception of a mile stretch at vandorf involving the straightening of the cpr sub way the new railway bridge will be fiftyfive feet in width with a centre column and fourteenfoot clearance the low 10 foot subway that has been there for many years has trapped more than one un suspecting trucker with a high load helen kelly 22 of 106 hendon ave newtonbrook who was to be an august bride died in tor onto general hospital shortly be fore 11 am tuesday of injuries received three hours earlier when she ran into the side of a loaded gravel truck at stop 10 yonge st hospital officials said miss kelly who received head injuries in the accidertt died without regaining consciousness she had been given little chance of recovery provincial police say miss keily ran into the right front fender of a truck driven by arnold harper 23 of stouffville as she ran in front of a standing bus across the southbound lane of the dual high way she was running toward another bus police believe she was spun around by the truck fender and her head struck the right front corner of the truck rack unconscious she was taken to hospital in an ambu lance the driver of the truck was not neld mrs t w klinck obrien ave had her daughter mrs milton clark of peterboro rr and her granddaughter mrs moore of ot tawa visiting her for a few days last week also her son ross of victoria square and grandson harold who has just accepted the position of assistant plant breeder at macdonald college where he will continue with his ma degree in agriculture road supt art buchanan told markham township council at their regular meeting on thursday evening that repair work on the 6th con between the north town- line and unionville would be started this week this 6th line which was a popu lar road to toronto some years ago has broken up badly this year and there have been some danger ous holes in this sixmile stretch for some weeks the township workmen will do the job thornhill village trustees told council that the gravel trucks had ruined john st twice this summer and one last effort was going to be made by the beamish construction co to put the road in firstclass condition councillor hooper stated that this trucking condition was the same all over the county of york and that something to stop this tearing up of the thoroughfares by overloaded trucks was going to be done another spring the improving of johnson st involving an extension to clark st in the west side of the township came in for considerable discus sion properties which would be involved in any change were those of mrs jerosky and mr townsley however it was stated that the lady in the case would only con sent to give up 12 feet on her side of the line and was asking that her neighbor mr townsley give the other 56 feet the situation was deadlocked and several councillors voiced the opinion that the only move they could make was to expropriate cost of the townsley land would be 100 to the town ship it was estimated it seems strange how some people can hold up a move in which they themselves will be main ones to benefit commented the reeve woman absconds with goods from auction police are investigating a charge that a lady calling herself mrs smith made off with some 90 in goods from an auction sale on sat urday on the premises of jos paterson north york auctioneers ken and clarke prentice conducted the sale which was advertised in the columns of this newspaper last week and sold the selfstyled mrs smith a bed springs mattress chest of drawers and night lamps notification to the police accord ing to mr paterson revealed that this is not the first such offence claimed to have been committed at district auction sales by the same feminine bidder mr wes gohn representing the trustees of the crosby memorial arena in unionville brought in a request to the regular meeting of markham township council on thursday evening asking that the township take over the operating of the local skating rink it was suggested that if this move was made a board could be set up to handle the operation i think youd want to have a general meeting before going into a business like that commented reeve timbers this could cost a lot of money there have only been about five good paying years in the rink since it was opened in 1928 mr gohn told the tribune the place needs artificial ice to make it pay it was stated the curlers in unionville are very strong and theyre willing to put money into it continued mr gohn it was revealed that operated in conjunction with the park a government grant would be forth coming of 85000 if the township would take it over i gather that the place could be made more use of than at present said mr timbers there may be more to this thing than you think said coun cillor chas hooper i think the trustees of the village and the rink should be present when we talk this over council agreed that reeve tim bers and mr gohn should arrange a meeting of the trustees and coun cil at a later date son of former minister dead weilknown horseman and former plow champ dead the death occurred at st josephs hospital sarnia on sat urday july 15th of nelson wagg until a short time ago a resident of claremont the late nelson wagg disposed of his property only a few years ago in north claremont and has been residing with his daughter mrs a e morgan of sarnia born in goodwood deceased was a son of the late george wagg and phoebe coates as a young man he moved with his family to the present howard malcolm farm on no 7 highway near green river and spent some time on a north pickering townline acreage now the property of jas coates he was known throughout can ada as a breeder and importer of clydesdale horses and was a past president of the canadian clydes dale association a half century ago nelson wagg distinguished himself as a plowman it is recall ed that he won his first major plowing match in november of 1902 when he headed the list at conservation club enjoys tour of forest a party of some eighty members of the whitchurch township con servation club recently enjoyed a picnic tour which took them through the vast acreage of whit church reforestation bradford packing plant simcoe county plantation and midhurst planta tions the group was accompanied by w m coekburn local agricultural representative eric gage york county forest superintendent con ducted the tour through the whitchurch reforestation another member of the party was anna lewis provincial secretary of the womens institute association incidentally miss lewis mother was a daughter of one of the first reeves of whitchurch township at midhurst the members enjoy ed lunch and were conducted through the government planta tions of young trees by m a adamson superintendent who explained the many troubles encountered in the growing of the young seedlings resident on same farm over half century resident on the same farm in pickering township for more than fifty years mrs john gauslin passed away on tuesday afternoon at the home farm lot 13 con 8 pickering twp she had been in poor health for some months the late mrs gauslin was in her 79th year she was the former addie eliza tucker born in the uxbridge district and following her marriage to john gauslin who predeceased her ten years ago the couple moved to the present home stead on the 8th concession now occupied by her sons and daughter surviving are two sons walter and herman and a daughter mrs john murray all on the home farm a brother richard tucker and a sister mrs mansfield reside in the us the funeral will be conducted this friday afternoon from the late home at 230 oclock with inter ment in claremont union ceme tery mongolia seeks change in school assessment a communication was received by markham township council this week from the trustees of school section no 22 mongolia asking for assessment from school section no 21 locust hill due to the fact that some pupils from the highway section were attending the mongolia school the clerk was instructed to in form the mongolia trustees that providing the sections agreed the council had no objection to a the king twp match and in the revision of the areas involved but same year turned in the best the matter of boundaries would plowed land at the scarboro match come under the jurisdiction of the he won his greatest plowing public school inspector success at unionville where he markham council agreed to the won the gold medal emblematic of i sale of a 10acre parcel of land to the death occurred on thursday evening in toronto general hos pital of douglas chown brace 43 a son of mrs emily brace and the late rev a p brace former min ister of the lemonville circuit the late douglas brace was vice president of the james fisher co ltd an advertising firm born in richmond hill he attended harbord collegiate and graduated from the university of toronto in economics in 1933 he joined the staff of the james fisher co as an account executive and was appointed vice president in 1910 he was a member of the adver tising and sales club of toronto the board of trade the granite club the ontario club western golf and country club kiwanis club of west toronto the can adian advertising research foun dation automotive boosters club and lakeshore club of chicago mr brace was a director of high park ymca he was a member of high park united church where the american championship the late nelson wagg was pre deceased by his wife the former nick schouten markham village councillor from the sabiston farm which is boundaried by no mary fisher some five years ago 7 highway and the 7th concession surviving are three daughters a request for annexation to mrs a e morgan sarnia miss mary e of detroit and mrs thomas burton toronto there are also two brothers david sarnia and john of montreal the funeral service was con ducted on monday evening at the stewart funeral home sarnia with graveside service at the union cemetery claremont where interment was made on tuesday afternoon markham village of a portion of the boynton heights sub division on no 7 highway was discussed by council and it was agreed that the matter should be heard by the markham village council before any action should be taken by the township the next regular meeting of markham township council is scheduled for tuesday evening aug 1st at 7 oclock young melville lad dies following serum injection swift reaction to an antitetanus serum injection given for a slight leg injury brought death to five- yearold archie kerr 6th con of markham monday night the boy had gashed his leg on a prong of a pitchfork and his parents called a doctor to admin ister the serum fearing the possi bility of lockjaw brace and a brother llewellyn p brace suffered from an asthma and bron chial condition since he was a baby the serum acted unfavor ably the boys father of kerr con struction co leaside blamed no one he added that everything was done for the boy that could have been done the poor little fellow apparent ly was allergic to the stuff he was injected with i still cant under- revive him and he was rushed to stand how it all happened he the toronto hospital for sick said children but was dead on arrival dr c r mckay of unionville it was just a terrible accident said he could not conceive how the said mrs t s kerr the boys serum administered at the mother- the injection was given mothers request could have just as a precaution archie has caused death so rapidly the boy went into a coma right he served as an elder and as gen- 1 after the injection efforts of fire- era secretary of the sunday men doctors and nurses failed to school he leaves his wife the former evelyn watt a daughter steph anie his mother mrs emily s