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3220 copies this week ritrauit full page of classifieds vol i xo tribtxe tolffvillk oxt may s 12 here is bunriy morganson presenting captain hal gibson the wa hewitt cup on be half of the oha mr morgan- son who is the sports editor of the toronto telegram lists stouffville as his home town and took considerable pleasure in assisting on this occasion crests and engraved badges will be received by the local champions from the 0ha lions club present petition urging action sewer survey a signed petition by ratepayers in stouffville was presented to the municipal council on monday evening by the civic improvement committee of the local lions club the committee was represented by dr s s ball arthur burgin and chas nolan chairman chas nolan addressed council with a brief pointing out the great need for a start to be made in the direc tion of a sewerage system if stouffville is to grow and prosper sanitation health and a boon to new industry were cited as reasons for instituting a system dr ball also pointed out the saving in building the new high school if the cost of a large septic tank and tile bed could he lopped off the price it was suggested that the matter could be put be fore the ratepayers as a question are you in favour of proceeding witli the installation of a sewerage system it was jointed out that a vote will lie taken shortly of a similar type to determine the publics desire for the establisbing of a public utilities commission and a second ballot pertaining to the sewer question could be taken at the same time mr harold spofford the loivns representative on the york coun ty health unit was present at the meeting and stated there are unsanitary conditions here which it is almost impossible to correct without sewers council looked favorably on the petition and told the delegation that serious consideration would be given the matter reeve ogden stated that information as to costs and procedure in having a survey would be sought from neighboring municipalities chamber of commerce asks for more light mr ken wagg and mr harold dixon representing the stouffville chamber of commerce waited on the municipal council monday evening with a request that the colored lights be reinstalled on main st and the wattage of street lights in the business section be increased secretary geo storey of the hydro utility pointed out to the delegation that considerable cost might be involved in reinstalling the lights and that increased costs would be involved by increas ing the wattage of the street lamps mr dixon stated that he be lieved the new fixtures on the north side of main st were meant to handle ooo watt rather than 300 watt bulbs as used at the present time businessmen in the westend were also said to be anxious for increased street lighting in their area council made no definite move in the matter council dissatisfied seek new auditors with a recorded vote of four to one councillor lemasurier voting in the negative a resolution was passed at the regular meeting of markham township council on monday afternoon declaring councils intention to investigate the engaging of new auditors might i ask why this is being done stated councillor le masurier in view of what they did i think its necessary to send a letter in such a tone and not come out then to give you a letter is enough replied councillor james are you dissatisfied with his work queried mr lemasurier the resolution was an after math of a stormy session at the last council meeting at which councillor lemasurier produced a letter from the auditors describing the office work of the township in not too complimentary tones it was agreed monday that the auditors eddis co should be asked to appear at a special session of council next monday night champions presentation of hewitt cup and motor cavalcade top night of victory jubilation over 5000 for missions record convention offering the stoutfville united mission ary church convention opened april 30th with a regional rally in the united church rev q j everest of south bend indiana was the guest speaker rev mr kverest will be recalled as the evangelist at the arena meetings last summer rev everest president of the united missionary society recent ly returned from a tour to the mission fields brought home pic tures and first hand knowledge of the great work that is being car ried on in the mission field he also told of his miraculous escape over ssoog there was in the riots in cairo egypt fin cash and si397fi5 in miss smith from india miss and erson and rev paul ummel from nigeria miss ruby wilson of ux- bridge who is on her first fur lough spoke in the sunday school and again in the altona church sunday evening she is a mission ary among the upe people and in charge of the school work at mokwa rev douglas percy of the sim gave a challenging address to a full house sunday morning the missionary offerings reach ed an all time high amounting to 379715 pledges the missionaries present who rev h s hallman local pastor rave illustrated lectures were was in charge of the convention nancy armstrong was born in stouffville on monday may oth at her home in margaret manitoba mrs thomas monk the former nancy armstrong passed away in her 72nd year born on montreal st stouffville the daughter of mr and mrs christopher armstrong the deceased attended public school here and was also a member of the presbyterian church at an early age she moved west and following her marriage to mr thomas monk the couple settled down in manitoba where her hus band operated a very successful farm besides her husband the de ceased leaves to mourn her pass ing two daughters bessie mrs russell and ellen mrs may both of brandon manitoba there is also one sister mrs s mc- dougall of margaret department approves town j 9000 road appropriation approval from the department of highways on stoultvilles 9000 road budget was received at the regular meeting of council on i monday evening this is approxi mately 2000 higher than last year when a total of s73g0 was spent on gravelling grading snow removal and culverts some consideration was given to a markham township offer to pay for half the cost of paving the 9th con south from the townline as far as the stoifflville floral co i cant see any purpose in paving he oth when the traffic doesnt warrant it commented councillor murphy mr murphy went on to state that he would he more favorable to paving the 10th south however reeve ogden explained that in the case of the 10th con stouffville would have to bear the entire cost he also expressed the belief that in a few years the 10th con might become a provincial highway the clerk was instructed to advertise for tenders for the new i bridge- in the park which has been out now for about two years it is known that at least one contractor is prepared to go ahead on the job if his price is looked on favorably by council and the department of highways a petition is also expecied from the ratepayers on lloyd ave from burkholder st south to rose ave on the east side and tenders are also being called for this work as well as a stretch of walk on park st south leading to the arena its great to be a winner and when its the first victory of its kind in seventyiive years the taste is even sweeter stouffville s the first municipality of its size ever to be awarded the magnifi cent hewitt cup trophy by w a hewitt caha treasurer and for many years secretary of the ontario hockey association fol lowing its inception in 1sk other winners of the coveted award in past years have all been cities the clippers gave full value for victory as they rolled over the port colbome merchants in the final period of saturday nights game 62 where they faltered on friday night there was no let up on saturday as the starspangled local club continued to drive ia on the opposition at every turn the applause rose to a tumultu ous roar as the seconds of the final minute of play ticked away and the rounds of cheersi which show ered on the victorious clippers was something to make one proud of his community presentation of the hewitt cup was made to captain hal gibson by bunny morganson on behalf of the ontario hockey association the niagara radio station sports announcer dooey hewett for ohvc was on the spot carrying the broadcast of the entire affair reeve henry ogden of stouff ville extended the congratulations of the municipality and stated that further appreciation for this great hockey team and publicity it has brought to stouffville would be evidenced in more tangible form at an early date coach bob bangay spqke the clubs words of appreciation for the support of the fans and declar ed that every member was ready to return next year to defend the championship captain hal gibson and manager tim oneill also spoke briefly headed by fire chief del jen nings and the fire truck a motor cavalcade strung out for a quarter of a mile toured the town with horns blaring to inform the popu lous of the victory resident agents only to get insurance business an extensive debate ensued at the regular meeting of markham township council on monday afternoon concerning the handling of the townships insurance busi ness presently in the hands of four agents one of them a non resident the business is handled through the a e wilson co with commissions going to the four agents councillor lamasurier brought the matter to councils attention stating that a letter was on file with the wilson firm authorizing them to divide the business among four named agents and no others councillor ltefmasiirier contended that business of this description should be divided among all the township agents or at least those interested in registering as in line for such commission he also stated that the business should be confined to agents who were rate payers reeve timbers said that he had not heard any complaints i think this whole things a joke we gave it to the only four agents who asked for it com mented deputyreeve james clerk chas hoover told council that at one time one markham village agent had almost all the township insurance councillor lemasurier pressed for a fairer distribution of the insurance business and it was finally agreed by resolution that such business should be adver tised and that agents who were ratepayers in the township might register with the clerk for a share of the business council tells constable get tough with overnight parkers stouffville municipal council at their regular meeting on monday night urged constable ira rusnell to get tough with those motor ists who continually use the town streets as a garage the con stable pointed out that a bylaw was in force forbidding the park ing of vehicles on the streets for more than five hours he told council that several had already received summonses and more were going out well back you up to the limit in stopping this parking on the street stated councillor harry ratcliff theres too many of these trucks left on the corners too commented councillor murphy the tag day foi the canadian national institute for the blind under the sponsorship of stouff ville womens institute was held may 3rd the cgit girls did the tagging and they thank all who contributed so generously the amount collected was s11g37 mrs john scott was the convener several young musicians from stouffville district have been quite successful in open classes of the peel music festival at bramp ton they are miss linda clenden- ing who came second in a singing class of twenty and was awarded a silver medal misses gertrude baker and mary lou ratcliff who came third in a piano duet class of eight and received bronze medals also miss joan oldham came well to the top of her solo class in singing constable- rusnell was asked to take immediate action in being more stringent with the parking regulations it was revealed that on monday of this week more than 10000 in fines was paid into court by motorists speeding and overloaded trucks passing through town 6500 for dogcatching service in markham twp dollarsi steeles ave to newmarket they david of saskatchewan christie sam and bill of stouffville fun eral service was held on wednes day may 7th with interment in margaret cemetery manitoba newmarket humane society branch as necessary to establish a fulltime dogcatching service in the township this was stated to be the initial cost for one year with about 3000 or the amoun collected annually from dog taxes being required each year there after it was pointed out that out of the dog taxes approximately 1300 are paid for sheep claims some thing over seventyfive per cent of the dog taxes were said to be col lected each year mrs waterhouse and mrs ask- euth who spoke for the human society told council that it wa their intention to try and bring hundreds wjll testify to the the entire couny of york into margaret kood results obtained in trlbunejsuch a scheme in time their par- classified ads iticular branch extends north from sixty five hundred approximately was the atnomuj were preparei t0 id t specified by representatives of the dr neil smith will be in tor onto m5y 12 13 1i attending the ontario dental convention voting this wednesday on the question of a liquor cutlet in ux- manitobaj bridge was reported at press time and five brothers andrew and to be quite heavy polls were due to close at 9 pjn with catcher and helper and supply twentyfour hour service as well as a proper pound for the 6500 our budget is set up for the year and we havent provided for anything like this stated reeve timbers council all agreed that they couldnt hope to establish the same service for any less money and they were beseiged from all sides by citizens annoyed at dogs running at large it was agreed at the conclusion of the discussion that other town ships might be contacted for their reactions to the proposal and the society representatives would give council the rockbottom figure for the service if council collected the dog tax