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tottflmlle unburn vol 61 no 26 the tribune stouffville ont october 19 1950 big corn crop too much for silo in a large cement silo on thi farm of lloyd doner gormley split open last week spillin out the seasons corn crop the silo a 13 ft structure more than thirty feet high was built sixteen years ago this years corn crop had been a heavy one and snow fence was placed at the top of the silo to handle the overrun work of filling was just completed on monday neighboring farmers were hurrying to mr photo by cadieux doners assistance on thurs day morning when this photo was taken and an effort was being made to salvage as much ensilage as possible and store in other nearby silos opening of sales arena drew huge crowd buyers travelled to stouffville oa saturday from as far distant points as trenton guelph kitcli ener hamilton and exeter to thi opening of the new sales arena or park st north operated by sellers atkinson auctioneers stock was continually loaiied during the course of the saleuo make space for more as it arrived almost everyone had a good view of the proceeding but seating capacity could not accommodate the great throng that attended the opening reeve henry ogden cut the ribbon officially opening the new sales spot automatic doors on the ring made it possible to get the livestock in and out of the rirg in fairly fast time which provid a great saving with so many items to be sold the ladies were treated to after noon tea and a number of lucky draw prizes the winners being ruby pearson and miss mae urquhart of stouffville and mrs m bell of king city winners of the lucky number program prizes were carol hotcn- kiss and glen jackson stouffville j b allan toronto fred evans claremont and miss burnett of gormley another bumper turnout is antic ipated for the next regular sale this saturday afternoon at 1 oclock public skating saturday night there will be no hockey games at the stouffville arena this week but there will be public skating this saturday night one week from this thursday oct 26th the clippers will play st michaels college junior a club in an exhibi tion game here at 830 oclock christ church anglican womens w1a will hold their annual bazaar and biking sale and afternoon tea on saturday october 28 from 230 to 5 pm in the municipal hall stouffville lucky draw for and wardrobe everybody come wel- 262 local plowmen dominate at international match stouffvllto man wins 200 as has been the case for mmy years plowmen from this distict were most prominent at the iner- national plowing match held list week near alliston such namesas timbers jarvis tran steckly marquis were everywhere on le winning list an aggregate score of four firs in four days in various tracr classes was compiled by bob ti- bers of stouffville he won 200ji cash awards the second day out saw ho jarvis of agincourt take the eat co prize of 50 for the open cla of plowing with a team of hors eugene timbers walked off will j trip to the international live- ftock exposition in chicago along vith h baird of blackwater in iddition they were awarded the ontario plowmens association and fred g fuller trophies herb jarvis 27 of agincourt and hugh leslie 28 of george town won the championships of the big match and are the gold medalists and holders of the covet ed tickets to a fourweek tour of britain all expenses paid leslie swept ail the points in the tractor tourney while jarvis drove his team to victory in the horse event herb jarvis is the second young- drug mgr at waldorf born at ballantrae 78 years ago funeral service was held on thursday afternoon from oneills funeral chapel stouffville for doll the late james read miller who passed away on oct 10th rev e morton conducted the service and interment was made in the stouff ville cemetery pallbearers were messrs hugh boyd ross davis p brillinger chris armstrong sam armstrong and wm sanders the late james miller was born in ballantrae 78 years ago he is the last surviving member of the family being predeceased by his three sisters and three brothers his father the late elijia miller built the mansion house here and he received his education in stouff ville and markham and graduated from toronto college of pharmacy a number of years ago deceased moved to new york and was for a long period drug store manager in the famous waldorfastoria hotel surviving are his wife mrs stella miller in new york and a daughter mrs j merner of tor onto former local ministers daughter victim in railway crossing fatality mrs donald stony 3syearold wife of a callander cattle dealer was killed almost instantly at a level crossing near callander on thursday when a slowmoving cnr freight train struck the ear she was driving mrs stony had just taken her two children a boy and a girl to school and was returning home when the freight moving at 20 miles an hour plowed into her new car the automobile was pushed about 20 yards up the tracks and wrecked the accident occurred at a cross ing only a few yards from the callander station and the red line inn on highway 91 which leads to the dionne home it was the first fatality at this crossing in more than 20 years though a freight hauling a circus was derailed there earlier in the sum mer cause of the accident is not known witnesses safel the wig wags at the crossing were working and that the freight had whistled as it approached the highway a heavy downpour of rain may have interfered with mrs storrys vision and some witnesses said the windows of her car appeared to be steamed up mrs storry was the former marjorie french daughter of the late rev e c french former pastor at lemonville she is survived by her husband formerly of bloomington a son david and a daughter helen four brothers and two sisters funeral service was conducted from cal lander united church on sunday est of the jarvis brothers all a prize for the same amount in tl plowmen he is champion of east class for boys under is york a title he has taken on two for winning second in each occasions in 1948 when all seven the two main events jos tran tsons of john jarvis competed in pickering twp won a cash awarthe east york match his brother of 150 and a silver medal inorman won and he came fourth the supremacy of ontariother brothers some of whom are county in the intercounty connow living in blackwater brant- petition was proved by donalford and markham are russell dunkeld claremont rr who wolen don richard and will residents protst reopening markhams hadford dump there was considerable con it was revealed that the depart motion at markham townshiptient had looked over the site last headford dumping ground thf a approved of the way the week as residents protested jsssi st reopening of the refuse spot fo road supt buchanan told coun- the usual fall period chas horneji that he believed a bulldozer nearby farm owner was the chijhould be employed to better the complainant according to townshiituation on council agreed to turn over any these people knew the dumomplaints regarding the sanitarv was there when they went to livonditions at the dump to the new there stated councillor chiealth unit for inspection h x should certainly have a they said they were given tecond dumping ground on the east understand it wouldnt be rjde of the township stated reeve opened added road supt bucrlmbers an u was suggested that a possible nobody had any authority te mig be the markham sand tell them that continued mhd gravel pit off the 4th con- hooper jssion in car collision at plowing match fifteen stitches were required to close an injury received by mervin harper while riding as a passenger in a car en route to the plowing match at alliston along with two other local men medical aid was summoned and harper was remov ed to newmarket hospital for treatment the stouffville party consisting of mervin harper dave rateliff and floyd steckley was travelling north near holland landing in steckleys car when they were in collision with another car the last day of the plowing match neither driver was injured the injuries in both cases being received by the passengers steck ley and ratcliff received only very minor bruises and proceeded to compete in the match xrays be ing made later the occupants of the other car were a man his wife and two children friends wiii regret to learn that sunshine popular knight of the road who calls in stouffville periodically is now in hospital in vancouver following an accident in which he suffered a broken hand and bad shaking up sun shine was engaged in picking apples when the ladder gave way dropping him to the ground addition to whitchurch township office authorized whitchurch township council last saturday approved plans sub mitted by building inspector f g cummings for an addition to the present office buildings at vandorf at an estimated post of 7000 the present building is 20 ft in width with 18 inside office space a hall six feet wide would be added with a corresponding width of 18 feet of office space on the opposite side making a building 46 by 34 out side measurement the present building is 20 by 24 and it will be widened in front by 26 feet ten feet on the back are given over to toilet and heating system accom modation the upper storey will include a council chamber and storage space for office records a halfcircle table appears on the plans which allows all of the council to face any deputation being interviewed as the plans only call for one stairway it was felt a fire escape would be necessary the addition will have a retaining wall but no cellar with forced heating the chimney would not need to be changed mr cummings suggested white stucco on heavy galvanized wire as a satisfactory modern finish for the entire building he stated the brick could riot be matched to give a proper appearance although brick construction would not change the cost greatly he sug gested construction be of cement or cinder blocks with a certain amount of insulation and stated i cinders did not absorb moisture like cement our expenditures arent runn ing nearly as high as last year said clerk crawford on examining the state of the budget the pro posal is to divide expenditure on the extension over two or three years its my idea were going to need a lot more space for office records stated mr crawford j that plan he continued is utilizing the old office to the fullest extent its my idea that our vault is big enough to last the munici pality for several years if only current records are kept in it building inspector cummings was authorized to order necessary materials and proceed to supervise the building of the extension immediately according to accented plans i hope the time never comes we need to put in cells councillor leggs offered obrien ave property sold miss marjorie clark of stouff ville rr4 has purchased the property known as the george watson home situated on obrien avenue from the estate of the late mrs george watson mis wat sons daughter mrs bessie lett of toronto has been looking after the home since her mothers death early this fall and will return shortly to her work in toronto on monday oct 30th there will be an auction- sale of the household effects of the late mrs gi wat son in an advertisement else where in this paper miss clark is offering the property for rent this is one of the earliest homes on obrien ave and was built over half a century ago by george eckardt leaves business after 28 years frank harvey wellknown gorm ley miller has disposed of his business gormley elevators to reliance milling mr harvey has been associated with the local milling trade for twentyeight years in unionville and for the last fifteen years in gormley during this span he has twice suffered severe loss through fire the most recent being the burning of the gormley mill about eight years ago to deliver 60cycie power to oak ridges and gormley two communities oak ridges and gormley in the vicinity of wilcox lake in the north yonge street area began to receive 60- cycle power last week when hydros frequency standardization program got under way there this was announced by commission chairman robert h saunders who stated that approxi mately goo customers of all classes in these communities served by richmond hill rural operating area will have their frequency- sensitive electrical appliances and equipment changed over for opera tion on go cycle operation changeover will be accomplished in oak ridges and the gormley district in a series of three cuts in other words the customers will be divided into three groups according to the transformer and feeder lines which supply them each of these groups will be changed over from 25 to go cycles on a specific date local herd jerseys go of sixty down to texas perhaps the largest shipment of dairy cattflt to leave ontario county will be shipped out to the state of texas early in november when the major part of the jersey herd known as the pickering jerseys and owned by f mi chap man leaves for abilene included in the shipment are the recent gold medal cow pickering peggy jean four times grand champion at local and parish shows here as well as the senior herd t sire brampton goodenough basil this herd was started by mr chapman in 1930 and its disper sal after twenty years of breeding will be a loss to the county and will leave a big gap in the town ship dairying mr w willis cox who purchased the herd bought a cow from this herd a few years ago and later won the grand cham pionship of that state against the leading herds there this is the second herd to be dispersed in this county this year as the noted herd of col s r- mclaughlin known as the wood lands investments herd was sold at oakville on saturday last the owner of these pickering jerseys has been prominent in the interest of the jersey breed having been at one time secretary of the ontario and durham jersey club and later president for two years later he was the second president of the ontario prov jersey club and at present is 2nd vicepresident of the canadian jersey cattle club and president of the board of canadian jersey breeder of montreal the national jersey magazine the sale of these 60 cattle leaves him with abbut 20 jerseys which he will retain until a sale of the farm grasmere orchards is made the late syd wonnacott was the manager of this herd up till his death in april township police chief is voted pay hoist police chief mulholland appear ed before whitchurch township council at their regular october meeting saturday oct 14th to ask for an increase in salary and io discuss matters pertaining to his department asked what was the best way to solve the problem whether an assistant should be employed now to gain experience for summer work or whether the chief felt he could handle it him self the chief felt he could handle it himself he stated any training a new man would gain in the winter would not be much advan tage in summer work he felt he could handle the winter work him self bringing in extra help at any time necessary at the present time i do a first- class constables work and i get a thirdclass constables pay id like firstclass constables pay he stated he pointed out he was on 24hour duty and recalled he had made four trips to wilcox lake in one single night i quite agree our chief has a fulltime job reeve logan com mented adding that it was near the end of the year for council to start raising salaries when there were others in the same position as the chief we have a clerk here doing a good job and working 16 hours or so and hes not getting too much pay the reeve continued asked to clarify his statement regarding third and firstclass con- tables the chief stated firstclass constables receive 2600 second 2450 and third 2250 council agreed the cost of living had gone up and the chief was doing a first- class job on motion of deputy- reeve mclaughlin and councillor legge the chiefs pay was increas ed 350 annually as from oct 16th local duck hunters have very narrow escape a hunting party which included were not aware that the boat was the business and professional womens club is sponsoring a bridge and euchre to be held in the veterans memorial hall on friday november 3 proceeds are to go toward new public wash rooms 262 butcher business sold frederick norman strickland and george frederick david who operate two butcher shops in tor onto have bought out the business in town from the jos ouelette estate located in george bakers premises opposite obrien avenue the premises have been freshly painted and the new owners hope to open for business early next week howe stiver of unionville and george little narrowly missed tragedy while hunting for ducks recently at rice lake the i five- man party with dogs and guns were proceeding in a flatbottomed boat on the river entering rice lake when the craft suddenly sank forcing the men into the cold water clad in their heavy hunting clothes their shouts for help brought a nearby resident to the rescue just in the nick of time it appears that a canoe which the men were towing was sending a steady stream of water pouring into the flatbottomed punt as it rode the crest of the motor back wash the accident occurred dur ing the night and the men as they sat there with their long boots on gradually filling with water even the dogs remained motionless as the water continued to rise almost without wanning the craft sank beneath them however the canoe they were towing had watertight compartments and the men man aged to cling to it until help came the water was some fifteen feet deep all members of the party were considerably shaken up by the ordeal and one man completely lost his ability to speak during the struggle in the water the men lost all their equipment including several valuable guns and grappling irons failed to locate the sunken craft they plan to make another try to recover the firearms with a powerful magnet