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clippers go two up in series ovem peterboro 3220 copies this week rttrane full page of classifieds vol 62 x- 19 the tribune stouffville oxt april 3 1952 tense moment near the stouffville net stouffville clippers goalie norm stiinden with fixed expression holds puck tightly in his mitt he had just come eight feet out of his net and calmly picked the puck out of the air after gus leonard blasted a shot at him in fri- photo courtesy feterboro examiner day nights game with the petes the large crowd mar velled at the ability of the agile netminder whitchurch threatened with court action a communication tabled at whit church township council meeting on thursday evening threatened the municipality with court action in connection with the opening of the road allowance from vivian to the 9th con ratcliff bros and bon grose property owners ad jacent to the road allowance asked through their solicitor that coun cil make settlement for taking over the road allowance and retaining the original allowance from which the timber was removed council discussed the matter briefly and declared their inten tion to stand behind their recent move in opening up the allowance and selling olf the timber by ten der which they contended was perfectly legal in every respect it was stated that mr ratcliff was offered the presently used road of approximately thirty feet but had rejected the offer on the grounds that there was no timber on it reeve ivan mclaughlin told council that he understood that many years ago the road had gone through on the timbered al lowance but when the roadway became bad for travel the present course began to be used by the public it is a little to the north of the townships surveyed allow ance the timber on the road allow ance was recently sold off by ten der for 25000 and the municipal ity is preparing to complete the new road through to the 9th mrs hay fleury and mrs 0 lehman have been in pieton a few days visiting mrs fleurys daughter mrs maurice dixon mrs fred preston passes suddenly on tuesday march 25th after an illness of less than a week mrs fred preston of lot 14 con cession 5 whitchurch passed away in her 69th year mrs pres ton the former violet ann logan was a resident of the fifth conces sion all her life moving from her place of birth a short distance north following her marriage in 1903 besides her husband the deceas ed leaves to mourn her passing five sons alex of sundridge everett of nipissing bernice of bethesda clifford on the home farm on the fifth concession and two daughters stella mrs e hoover of claremont and mar guerite mrs l swanson of van- doif there are three sisters mrs norman teasdale of king mrs geo peck of stouffville mrs hobt ratcliff of stouffville and two brothers ed logan on the eighth concession and russell in toronto there are also 21 sur viving grandchildren funeral service was held in the vandorf united church on thurs day afternoon march 27th at 230 pm conducted by rev l k skier of gormley united mission ary church assisted by rev moddle of aurora united church with interment in pine orchard cemetery pallbearers were rollia scott russel hunt ernest davis clarence atkinson james gibson and earl foster roof collapses carpenter falls 25 ft on thursday morning of last week mr frank whetter of rose ave stouffville plunged twenty- five feet when the roof on which he was working collapsed mr whetter who is employed by stan thompson a contractor on stouff ville rr3 was in the process of tearing down the horse barns formerly owned by mr john stuart of markham when the roof gave way the local carpenter toppled onto a pile of lumber landing partly on his head and left shoulder mr thompson who was also on the roof at the time was saved from possible injury also by clinging to the edge of the barn which did not give way the injured man was given first aid at the scene of the accident and then rushed to dr s s ball for further treatment although badly shaken up no bones wore broken warm debate on road work former markham reeve suffers stroke mr wesley gohn onetime reeve of markham township and prominent in township affairs for many years suffered a stroke this week while participating in a curl ing match at unionville arena his condition is described as fair as we go to press two new trucks for markham township road department tender f the are called in this issue i masurier pressed for tribune for two new system to record every voucher gallon of trucks for the markham township i sa i ou of township pumps ti and jus motion was successful road department the one is to lie of four to fiveton capacity and the other a halfton pickup at a special meeting of council on mon- dav evening the decision was made to call for tenders for the two new trucks and the move was strenuously opposed by coun cillor lcmasurier in one instance a recorded vote was called seven thousand dollars had been includ ed in the road budget for new equipment discussion waxed warm over the handlinc of township gasoline and road supt buchanan stated the clerk was instructed to call j for tenders for 30000 tons of gravel gore stone to be placed on township roads this summer the matter of whether or not markham will proceed with the erection of a new garage and offices on land on which an option was taken at buttonville or will renovate and add to the present building in unionville received further attention but a move by councillor lcmasurier to nave the property committee sit on the problem was defeated othe a warm debate developed in whitchurch township council last week concerning the advisa bility of having the maintainers out on the roads at the present time the question of trying to pre serve the roads through the spring breakup arose over a report from clerk crawford that mr ross winterstein of the stouffville sand gravel co had asked repairs to the 10th con north of lincolnville road supt davis also told council that a delegation was to have attended council from the north townline and 9th con north but had called to say that the condition of the roads prevented them from being present reeve mclaughlin stated that he believed that something could be done to improve the roads to some slight degree and called attention to the stretch of road in front of his own farm which he said was very bad it would at least show the rate payers that were trying to do something councillor mccarron contended it was stated that the roads were as good as any other mun icipalitys for this time of year and there was not too much could be done about it while reeve mclaughlin said that he was only trying to make some suggestions he continued to press for some action and road supt davis stated that he since other members of council that he was prepared to step down j believed further discussion should wou commence grading the next if lu handling of the work was await the return of reeve timbers although he did not believe no factory councilor lejwho is holidaying in florida 1 continued on page 4 begging is a business in middle east local traveller finds oslofjord norwegian american line by glenn ratcliff who is currently pouring europe at the present moment we are lying at anchor just off the city of malaya unable to go ashore because of heavy seas we arrived here las night at supper time and should have been ashore then some of tiie passengers left the ship at cadiz and were to rejoin us here the latest report is that we will go back to gibralter to pick them up our ship was surrounded by rowboats off portugal selling their wares and diving for coins thrown from our ship they had model sailing boats and wkker baskets and chairs it was a picturesque sight but would need sound effects to get the full bene fit on shore we had a ride in the native transportation method a bullock cart with greased runner which the man greased every few yards by throwing sacking filled with grease under them then we went to the top of the mountain 3co0 ft and came down in a basket sled sliding down over cobble stone roads the flower girls on the streets were gay and colourful madeira is the home of some of the finest linen work in the world also some of the finest wines on shore we had a delicious piece of fish for dinner deepsea fish caught a quarter of a mile down and when brought to th surface it bursts because of the difference in pressure the next night we docked at casablanca it was quite an exper ience to go into a city with such strange customs the streets wore dimly lighted and even the cars travelled with just their parking lights the women glided past heavily garbed from head to toe wearing veils with only their eyes exposed men wore robes with hoods some long and brightly coloured others just jute sack with fez cap and some with tur bans it gave one a eerie feeling beggars are everywhere partly because it is traditional and they are taught it from birth it makes your heart ache to see these young folks old folks and cripples one a little tot not more than two they follow you calling for money the following day some of our party got in the midst of a small riot with a communist inspired mob throwing stones and calling americans go home the amer icans are building large aiivbases there it doesnt take much to start a riot among these people very early in the morning after arriving at casablanca we took a native train about 170 miles out of the city our trip went over nicely tilled acres then across a desert into the hilly country the arabs were tilling the ground often using a camel and a mule together hitched to a primitive plow we passed groups wending their way along paths and others with 1 camels and pack mules the women all walk at the edge of the desert and across the hills we passed many many sheep with their robed and hooded shepherds we had the good fortune to see a mirage in the desert a great lake and trees where none existed we visited an old mosque in which sultans are buried christ ians are not allowed inside the mosque so in order to get in our guide took us around back alleys it was a bit amusing to see about fifty natives sitting down in front of the mosque rinsing off their feet their hands and mouth before entering then we visited native street stalls a scene i shall never forget there were thou sands of them you could hardly wend your way through hawkers tried to sell you everything from fig hats to trinkets you never pay the asking price or they would think you were crazy beggars also abound one stall was filled with animal skins you could smell far above all the other smells there were snake dancers native dancers and native music abound ed it was truly a sight of primi tive people it is difficult to get good pictures because moselms do not believe in having their picture taken with the result that you have to be careful from casablanca we sailed to cadiz spain the spaniard is an indolent person to whom schedule means nothing they still have siesta time which is a sleep be tween one and four in the after noon even the stores close for this although our docking arrangements had been made for months we were kept waiting out side the harbour four or five hours on shore it was just the same you were never sure of any continued on page whitchurch farm federation asks twp for tax exemption and lncreasedjnnual levy a delegation from the whu- church township federation of agriculture appeared before the municipal council on thursday evening asking that the township exempt farm lands over five acres for fire and police costs and that the levy which is collected on the annual tax bills of all farmers should be increased from one- fifth of a mill to onehalf of a mill members pointed out to council that exemption was being given to farm lands in other municipalities for fire and police protection cost- the reason given being that these did not require the services however the delegation was informed thai while council was in sympathy with the suggestion such a move required that a by law be past not later than march 1st so that no move could be made for 1952 the matter of increasing the levy for federation support was left for further study ross armitage stated that whether everyone liked the system of unions or not it was up to the farmers to build as strong an organization as possi ble and they should be prepared to pay in a little more money to support their association clerk crawford revealed that no one had appealed against the levy in 1951 reeve ivan mclaughlin said that he favoured the system but would like to see all municipali ties collect the same levy its the best organization the farmers ever had stated mr armitage he contended that those who opposed it were doing so only for selfish reasons be cause the farm acts took the speculation out of the markets markham township it was stated was collecting a half mill vaughan one fifth king twp had promised a grant of 500 but nothing had been received to date reeve elton armstrong of king twp was opposed to the organization memlbers of the dele gation told council cedar grove wins three trophies the winner of the toronto east rural drama festival cedar grove ypu competed in toronto and succeeded in winning the award from carlton st united which presented luncheon for six and bloor st united which gave dust of the road but their success did hot stop there on mar 28 at bond head they won the toronto conference trophy with a total of 86 points other groups in this last compe tition were from brampton thornhill and churchill the best actress award again went to marion mccowan who played emily winthrop an old lady in a wheel chair others in the cast are lome reesor as walter hodge emilys nephew jim murison as judge stephen craig lois carr as judith ware the secretary and doris lapp as linda norton a reporter mechanic gets three months for assault jack maybury garage mechanic arrested on march 17th by the markham twp police and charg ed with assault occasioning bodily harm to his wife in their tourist cabin home at langstaiv went on trial on monday and was sent enced to a throe month term in the reformatory his wife appear ed in court and testified against her assailant she is now almost fully recovered from a broken arm and fractured skull after twelve days of treatment in the st michaels hospital constable harvey cox of the markham twp force carried out the investiga tion mrs leland johnston buried here today on monday march 31st mrs leland johnston a wellknown and respected resident east of town for many years passed away at the castle frank nursing home in toronto after an illness of some length born on the farm homestead of her parents mr and mrs john brown the de ceased attended stouffville public school and markham high school before taking on a position with consumers gas co in toronto following her marriage in septem ber 1920 the happy couple lived in newmarket for a short time where mr johnston operated a grocery business two years later the deceased and her husband returned to stouffville to operate the home farm it was only last summer that mrs johnston could be seen busily working around the barn and garden she attended both the stouffville united and christian churches besides her husfband there is one surviving brother mr ross brown of stouffville service will be conducted from the chapel of l e oneill stouffr ville on thursday afternoon at 2 pm by rev d davis of stouff ville united church with inter ment in stouffville cemetery the pallbearers will be howard john ston morley brown boyd john ston hugh johnston floyd fair ies and lloyd turner intermediate playoffs start here friday this wednesday tonite ux- bridge will play agincourt sudden death game to decide second place winner of this game will play peaches at 745 on friday night in the first game of a best of three semifinal round in the second half of fridays twin bill semi final the loser of the sudden death game will play the maple leafs the entire family of mr and mrs vincent wagg were present at the sunday evening meal which was a birthday celebration in honour of fred woodland and eunice caulfield those present were mr and mrs harold caul- field toronto mr and mrs ross hill and veola claremont miss betty woodland mr and mrs anton assinck miss dorothy wagg miss eleanor walters ux- bridge and mr fred woodland rescue aged patients babies as fire t ireatens hospital frightened and bewildered nine teen elderly patients two mothers and their three infants were res cued by firemen and nurses when fire in the basement of the brier- bush hospital thirty bed private institution in stouffville filled the twostorey brick building with smoke on sunday morning most of the patients were hustled down the fire escape at the rear of the building while a few were brought through windows at the front calm nurses led the elderly folks many of them crippled and over eighty to safety in private homes near the hospital fivedayold twins of mrs thos hammond claremont were car ried out and a twodayold boy the cause of the blaze has not been definitely established a few minutes after it was discovered in a basement room heavy clouds of billowing smoke choked the entire building passing up through the clothes chute hospital attendants almost had the blaze under con trol at one time with their own extinguishers but it persisted and the local brigade was summoned lxbridge equipment was later brought into play since the neigh boring brigade has available oxy gen tanks which were necessary for the men to penetrate the thick smoke of the basement there were seventeen patients on the second floor and these were quickly evacuated with the aid of three nurses lois king mrs ann irman and mrs helen grose few of the aged folks realized what was happening there was no panic and the entire building was cleared of patients within twenty minutes thanks to the fine work of the nurses and local firemen the work of reestablishment was commenced immediately and by four thirty oclock the next afternoon all the patients had been returned to their beds in the hospital apparently none the worse for the harrowing exper ience local ladies church group and other organizations turned in immediately to help three local ministers rev douglas davis rev ii s hallman and h f branton organized a group on monday to return the patients to the hospital unestimated damage was don to the building by smoke and to the basement electrical wiring