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this issue 3400 copies mtffftftt strttmnt classified ads page fourteen vol 66 no 3 the tribune stouffville thursday june 2 1955 fourteen page3 history of e s telephone company by mr a i brute we ire drawing towards the c ry an i there t been re orded but which we built or the tjtn line of whitchurch to b rut six or seven sub- t rib i one of these subserlb- was james cooney who jived oh the east side of the i on lot 12 very soon after circuit was in operation s cooney was working at a iced at a window from h he had a dear view of the magnificent landscape slop ing towards lake ontario as -h- worked mrs cooney notic ed smoke curling up from the shingles of the house on the foote farm and that flame- were spreading on the dry shingles i was also evident that the occupants of the house were unconscious of the dan ger that threatened the fo tes did not have a tele phone but mrs cooney rushed to her own telephone and spread the alarm of fire to every subscriber on her own line as it happened david clarke had a team hitched to a wagon and was near his own 5iarn when the alarm came to him throwing a ladder and some pails on the wagon mr clarke and his sons drove at breakneck speed towards the foote farm the first intima tion that the footes had that something unusual was hap pening was when the clarke outfit dashed up to the house followed by other neighbors carrying pails the ladder was planted against the house a bucket brigade was formed and the fire was extinguished when the excitement was sub siding and before the neigh- ors had departed from the scene lames cooney expressed the opinion that was upper most in the minds of all add ressing mrs foote he said mrs foote dont forget to get down on your knees to night and thank the lord for the telephone t o d a y fire protection through the telephone service is accepted as part of our way of living in those days it was a topic of general conversation and gave to our infant com pany some valuable publicity in my mind that incident makes a definite forward move ment in our business during that year our telephone sub scribers increased from go telephones to a total of 125 and from that period until jolii the demands for telephone service were so numerous that the directors were hard press ed to meet them in fact the records show that in lyts in 1913 and again in 1911 the directors refrained from soliciting business be cause of scarcity of capital yet the increase of subscribers was constant until lulu when the increase was only seven tele phones the total at the end of j91c being s25 the only reason that the writer can give fori this slackening is that in 1915 what would otherwise have been a bumper crop of grain was almost ruined by continu ous rain and continuing wet weather in the spring of 1910 made seeding so late that another very poor crop was harvested when many tele phones were ordered out the year 1920 saw another slacken ing of business in that year the number of our subscribers actually decreased by seven the first time in our history that we had registered a de- cre se during a yearly period about tin imc of the close of the first world war we rej calved a request from the r dents along the 6h con line of uxbridge township for tele phone service the applicants ide our territory and d them to the mark- ham pickering co sometime 1 the applicants repeated th r request and informed us that the markham picker ing i declined to make i nccess r extension giving th ir ease i that they had not the money wherewith to build our reply uas that ivc would not build into the terrl lions club installs new officers for 195556 ratepayers show a keen interest in the sewer vote june 13 on monday evening mem bers of the stouffville lions club were installed in office for the year 135550 pictured above are the new officers from left to right front row ed neville president bill ford past pres cy bellman 1st vice back row jim austin 3rd vice albert smalley director dr john button 2nd vice and walter pipher lion tamer richardson lodge opens new masonic temple with more than three hun dred masonic brethren attend ing richardson lodge officially opened their new masonic tem ple on monday evening fifty- two lodges were represented and over fifty past and present grand lodge officers were on hand for the occasion ken wagg worshipful mas ter of richardson lodge pre sided and greetings and con gratulations from the munici pality of stouftviile were ex tended by reeve elmer dan iels worshipful master ken wagg pointed out that in five years time the local masonic lodge would celebrate its one hund redth anniversary thanking past master mac mclean for historical references w m wagg reviewed the history of richardson lodge the lodge was iimned after rt wor bro francis richardson it met in 1sg0 for the first time in a room above the horse stable in samuel mightons hotel at ca- shel on the gth con of mark- ham in march 1866 the breth ren moved their quarters to nels hotel in stouftviile pres ently houstons drug store a new lodge room was establish ed in 1ss0 in the stark blk now erie lehmans and re mained there until the open ing this week of the new tem ple the grand master of ontario was represented bj rt wor bro donald gunn who deliver ed the address rt wor bro a e weldon extended the ap preciation of the richardson members 0 the district 16dges for their support and help in establishing the new lodge rooms and the toast to grand lodge was proposed by wor bro s s ball and responded to by rt wor bro gunn v wor bro 0 m madill pro posed the toast to the visitors and was replied to by dist dept grand master john watt and the grand sr warden the stouftviile ioof lodge will meet on monday evening june 6th all members are urged to attend as visitors will be present whitchurch farmer is killed under tractor nursery school graduation the 7th annual graduation party of stouftviile nursing kindergarten was held on fri day morning may 27 at still- meadow farm the home of the president mrs jack eraser jr of 22 pupils enrolled this year 18 were present with mo thers and several sisters and brothers who enjoyed the pro- gtam and picnic thirteen chil dren received graduation cer tificates six of whom will at tend kindergarten here one will enter grade 1 while 2 will enioll at altona and 1 at ring- wood the supervisor reported 150 have been served by the school in its seven years parents interested in regis tering children for autumn classes may contact the secre tary mrs t topping or mrs uewitt at 75j3 health unit cheap service council told markham township council set the general tax rateor mon day night at 1s5 mills down 7 mills from 1951 an increase in overall assessment of three million dollars helped council hold the line included in this general rate are general township purposes 5g mills for s33050 roads and bridges township share s3 mills for 87500 police costs 3s mills for s16500 and fire costs s mitls for 87500 there was a small drop in road costs and general govern ment expenditures fire costs wore up one mill and the po lice department a fraction of a mill increase markham townships county levy is 63 mills raising 72- 57500 unionville police village rate was set jit 9 mills to raise 130500 the bulk of which is for road expenditures a turnout of more than a hundred ratepayers showed keen interest in the public meeting conducted by t h e stouffville municipal council on friday evening in connec tion with the forthcoming vote on the installation of a sewer age system june 13th a steady flow of questions were put to the council ad visiting authori ties and the temper of the meeting apjeared to be favor able to the proposal few criti cal questions being asked clerk garveld brown con ducted- the question period and was assisted by members of council dr king of the york county health unit and ilisey harrington consulting en gineers who are presently conducting the survey from which the contract would be et providing assent is given by the electors would handle cellar brains one of the questions which appeared to be uppermost in the minds of many ratepayers concerned whether or not the sewerage system would carry all cellar drains to this ques tion the first to be asked the engineer gave a definite yes all waste drain toilet and tap could be carried the only ex ception being water from eave- troughs in large cities a sep arate system is installed to car ry roof water which in the ev ent of a flash cloudburst flood the disposal plant problem a municipal one dr king gave a brief sum mary of the situation in stouff ville one that he said was typ ical of many ontario communl tties the problem of sewage disposal did not loom so imj portant forty or fifty years agoi when residents enjoyed more pace now the community is interlaced with die drains run ning in every direction many lots he stated were not de signed to handle tile beds and many particularly in the busi- nes section had every square foot of area built upon the dumping of waste material in to the nearby streams present ed a real threat of spreading disease in the past many cases could be treated individually where improper drainage was found but todav with the growth of the community the sewerage problem had become j a municipal one and such a j system was an absolute essen tial figures on cost reeve elmer daniels out lined for the audience the esti mated figures on cost being as follows church st east 132- 225 timbers subdivision 17- 4s5 hawtin subdivision 15- 755 balance of municipality and disposal plant 110255 making a total of 175720 these figures raised more questions as to finance and the reeve stated that based on last years assessment the annual cost per thousand dol lars would he between 20 and 25 however the engineers stated that the earliest the en tire system could be put into operation if it were proceeded with at once would be the continued on page 13 i convict former businessman on serious charge norman farr former local appliance dealer now operat ing from his home on the towntine west was convicted on a charge of indecent assault when he appeared in magis trates court newmarket on tuesday and was remanded for sentence in custody fan- pleaded guilty to the charge wheij he appeared be fore magistrate hollinrake no witnesses were called in the case opp officer case of the vaiuiorf detachment providing the evidence former resident dies in winnipeg the death occurred in win nipeg on monday may 30th of harry g banner former resident of stouftviile mr banner will be recalled by our older residents as an employee of the late w ii todd and mrs banner the former miss mitchell who survives him was organist at one time of the methodist church in stouft viile funeral service is being conducted in winnipeg on june 1st omens institute fifty years old axel berg 57 was crushed to deatii on friday at pine or chard when a tractor toppled over onto him while he was engaged in pulling stumps the bergs live at lot 31 on the 5th concession of whitchurch he is survived by his wife the former thala neilson and four daughters oda mrs e barlow bodil mrs n ferry and lillian of nerval and gu- driin mrs r lloyd newmar ket the funeral service was con ducted on monday from the thompson funeral home with interment in aurora cemeterv american visitors former residents mr and mrs perc middle- ton from buffalo and mr win middleton sr from green wood visited on saturday with mr and mrs earl howsam perc and earl at one time weie millers for mr fred green at greenwood and win middle- ton was a school chum of the late nathan tarr mr middle- ton sr is 01 years old and quite remarkable for his age i were out we refer health services for high schools in york county students in high schools in able to discuss them with york county will be included j trained public health nurses in a school health service pro- j who will regularly visit each gram supplied by the york j high school and the nurses tory reelng til i 111 the m p co unless c eived letter from that v inability o alo our company ke it the next bout the matter m mr dagger board draw- ottr attentl i to the fact re- dents of ux- e township had been un to ob telephone ser- mi county health unit beginning in september 1955 according to plans made by the board of ii- hi the present time only hool children in separate schools have iuded in the health provided by the hea- now the board of proposes to include about 3000 high school students in g high schools in markham smttdvluc richmond hill sut ton aurora and newmarket sn the regular health supervision ied service from the is made possible oiidation of existing i a no add new e c up te element public c bee ii er ices ith uni health th- heal by a r ted or pasc jiih health problems working with the teachers will assist in seeing that health problems and defects come to the attentiton of parents and through them to the usual medical supervisory authorities particularly the family physi cian part of the objective is to see that regular family physi cian services are used to the students advantage education of the high school student to accept more and more responsibility for his own health as well as assist ing him to adapt to his handi caps or to solve his health pro blems by using available medi cal and health services in his community will be included the high school program ir order to get the most out school ci cry pupil sh ul 1 in the best physical conditios it 1 it i possible ilioyd moyer the services being rendered by the york county health unit are the most economical method of obtaining such pro tection and much cheaper than could be provided by the indi vidual municipality dr king told members of the markham township council when lie ap peared before them on monday i night markham is presently paying 7000 towards the coun ty unit it is a cooperative venture dr king told council with on ly half of the cost being col lected from the municipalities the remainder coming from government grants dr king was questioned on various aspects of the health units operation including the dumping of sewage disposal on township farm lands this he said was not new and some farmers were known to pur chase the refuse material it proper precautions were used it need not present any prob lem he told council lobster license 12500 a vendor of lobsters who sells his wares on yonge st during weekends appeared be fore council to object to a lic ense fee of 25000 established by bylaw some weeks ago reeve lemasurier said that that was the fee established and council could not discrim inate but they could amend the bylaw the vendor said that he paid only 30 in scarboro ard 25 in east york he added that the product which he sold could nut he purchased else where so that ho was not con flicting with other merchants councillor vern griffen com mented that the fee of s230 seemed pretty high councillor deacon expressed the view that vendors generated business after some discussion it was agreed to amend the bylaw making the fee 250o for six months since the lobsters were dispensed during the summer only norman fretz son of mr and mrs oran fretz who is one of nine university of western ontario graduating students winning a gold medal for top marks in the final year of an honor course he is a graduate in psycho logy on monday afternoon the stouffville branch of the womens institute celebrated its 50th anniversary more than ig0 members from 12 branches joined with stouffville in mark ing the occasion the president of the local organization mrs w g sanderson was in atten dance along with the vice- president mrs les wilson the secretary mrs j williamson and the immediate past presi dent mrs floyd fairies the first meeting of the stouffville branch was held on june 10th 1005 at the home of the late mrs geo brodies the president the late mrs l c williamson was sectreas and there were 21 members on the roll from this inaugural meeting only two members are known to be living mrs elias hoover and mrs pugh the accomplishments of the stouffville branch during the past half century have been many both during the years of world war i and ii and in the period that followed the local branch has also been very active in promoting worth while projects in the town the public and high schools the park the library the legion hall and many other projects have all received financial assistance through the gener osity of this organization re lief work both locally and dis tant has been one of the inst- tutes foremost considerations no appeal was too large or none too small to receive a helping hand from this group of workers this organization has done much to make stouff ville a better place to live both economically socially and spiritually in the accompanying pic tures mrs elias hoover a charter member of4he stou ffville womens institute cuts the anniversary cake more than 160 members from 12 local branches were in at tendance from left to right airs c farthing mrs t hoover mrs elias hoover and mrs o h saunders are grouped around- the head table mrs e hoover is a charter member while the other ladies are life member3 of the organization mr a tjhtcr mrs