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friday night shopping were next week otmine vol 64 no 51 the tribune stouffville thursday may 10 1956 fourteen pages queen honours official town plan to go to prov department as originally drafted stouffville council agreed that tion because of the pressure of municipal business in and near the metro area council mem bers including the reeve had hitherto been receiving a flat rate of s150 a year councillor walters as chair man of the bylaws and admin istration committee also pre sented a recommendation from the committee that the salary of the clerk be increased by 200 bringing his remuneration to 3400 plus s200 mileage coun cil agreed to the increase police keport the regular monthly meeting idential as presently of the police dept as present- reeve daniels pointed ed by councillor laushway re- the official town plan as pre pared by the local planning board should be presented to the minister of planning for ap proval without alteration when the members came together for regular session on thursday evening messrs sinclair and mills res- iderits from the corner of main and 0th streets appeared before council and urged that certain frontage areas on main street and along 9th st be altered to commercial property rather than planned out that while the plan was go- anna cole centre a grade 12 student at the stouffvillc district high school was crowned may queen at the annual semiformal spring prom on friday evening her attendants are marilyn hood left i and barbara hewlett the judges were mr a g thompson mr keith suther land and mrs john houston lower left staff teacher mr j marshall places the cov eted crown on the head of the queen following the selection by the three judges the en tire auditorium was gaily dec orated for the occasion y sealed that police had received ing in for the ministers approv- 38 complaints and occurrences al the public would still have an during the month they had opportunity to object to the made 21 investigations and plan when the bylaw was drawn found eight business premises up and a hearing held before open during their nightly the municipal board rounds fifteen had been warn- it was revealed at the meeting ed for excessive speed in the that a medical office was plan- school zone and twelve dogs nod for the vacant lot between were found running at large mr mills residence and mr twentyfive parking tags were mintons but council did not handed out chief diamond was consider this in the commercial i commended for the complete re- category sufficiently so to port which also included court change the entire street from work charges laid fines collect- orchard pk to the 9th south ed and cases pending likewise on the east side of the sidewalks 9th fronting on main st while j reeve daniels told council some residents wished commer- that the spots in town rial others objected to having walks must be repaired now re- such a change adjacent to them oardless of pending sewer work council in summing up the cant wait for this matter problem and after considerable j as 5om may get hurt and discussion agreed that the plan it was agreed that the commit- sjiould remain in its original tec headed by councillor wagg draft should commence immediately council ups tay to have the worst damaged a resolution presented by i blocks repaired councillor harry walters and entertain county council deputyreeve burk called for reeve daniels introduced the council to be paid on a per meet- 1 matter of stouffville council ing basis of st retroactive to entertaining county council and the first of january of this year i the local board agreed that this and received unanimous en- should be done on may 29th riorsement in speaking to his he stated that it was not within motion councillor walters stat- his recollection when council ed that it was obvious the 1956 had taken their turn in this council was presented with ex- 1 respect some entertaining had traordinaty work the members bcen done by individual reeves had been asked by the elector- 1 in the past but it was believed ate to shoulder the responsibil- that such gestures should come ity of proceeding with a sewer- from the municipality as a age system for stouffville a j whole considerable task he expressed j councillor laushway inquired the opinion that regardless of as to the enformement of a bi- past councils or future councils j cycle bylaw in stouffville as the members of the present there were complaints of pedes- majority of stores support swing to friday commencing- next week stores in stouffville will re main open on tuesday and friday nights until 10 oclock and will close on monday thursday and saturday eve utiles at 0 oclock stores will remain closed all day wednes day the schedule of hours was settled at a meeting of the retail merchants on friday night although the vote was quite close few opposing the new move voiced reasons for their objection it was felt hat the swim by nearly all towns in the district was to friday night opening and that stouffville was one of the last to make the move a number spoke in favour of circulating a petition in order that a bylaw could be drawn up all but four who voted on the ques tion agreed that local store hours should be governed by bylaw there was a large at tendance at the meeting swank subdivision is approved by markham for the devils elbow j final approval has been given to the most exclusive sub- i division around the metropolis j tan area a 261acre site near the 5th concession of markham i south of ahnira the plan has leen approved by markham planning board by metro and i the province the farm to be developed is owned by richard i persons and is being developed j by the owner in all so homes are planned each on a twoacre lot homes will range from 50000 to 05- i 000 and will take in all the land in lots 19 to 20 rear of the 4th concession in conjunction with the exclusive residences will be established the cachet country club with golf course riding facilities and swimming pool home purchasers will receive shares in this fancy layout with all its facilities restrictions on the subdivi sion imposed by the township call for paved streets and a cash payment of 500 per lot ted topping heads retail merchants assoc at a special meeting of the neighboring municipalities had i sued concerning its enforce board were entitled to more re muneration if they were to com plete the task set for them it was pointed out that numerous mans being forced off the side walk by cyclists clerk brown stated that there was such a by law and a warning is to be is- butt0nville home ransacked on monday thieves forced their way into the bungalow home of mr ashton calvert north of buttonville on the fourth concession and com pletely ransacked every room in the house the motive for the entry is rather vague since watches and other pieces of jewelery were not taken entry was made by breaking the win- down in a rear door sgt geo clayton and constable don dukes of the markham town ship police investigated finger prints were plainly visible and they may assist police in mak ing an arrest fifty years recalled by local couple former bank manager fred hall dead lmlj choir he was an enthusiastic member of the local lawn bowl ing club as well as the curling j houston norm oboyle and len wilkes mr k n wagg acted stouffville businessmen on fri day evening it was decided by a unanimous vote to organize a retail merchants association it will replace the chamber of commerce which has been in active for the past two years mr ted topping was elected president harold spofford vice- president and miss marguerite simons secretarytreas the directors will be messrs john tipped their council remunera- 1 ment keen interest residents of stouffville learn ed with regret early this week j of the sudden passing at beaver- ton of frederick marshall well- known manager of the bank of nova scotia here for some years mr marshall died at his j home in beaverton on monday i may tth the family had re- sided in the house on main st now occupied by a e weldon prior to going to toronto when club and took in local sports besides his wife the former gladys mackay deceased is sur vived by two daughters elinore mrs h f tyel allen park mich and ruth of toronto the remains are resting at the turner and porter chapel 136 roncesvalles at howard pk ave and the funeral service will he conducted on thursday i morning with interment in park i lawn cemetery whitchurch farm may be used for sewage disposal as chairman of the meeting and t bob radford farm lo- mr lloyd weldon was record- c on the 6th conccs of secretary more than thirty whitchurch onehalf mile north persons were present mrs a l rees0r 35 years resident of cedar grove the bank closed out its branch here in war time mr marshall was a member of the united church eongrega- tion here and sang in the local life is a continual struggle to keep money comin teeth and hair from out firefighting expenses raise council eyebrows accounts received for recent tributes approximately 700 a fires in markham township i i0 authority and coun cillor little stated i think we caused raised eyebrows in mark ham council on monday when they were tabled for scrutiny total account from richmond hill amounted to 600 and stou- ffvilles account had not been received at time of meeting of this 600 account 550 was for attending grass fires council viewed the service as costly and discussed the recent ly advertised fire bylaw which loi bids the setting of grass fues without ivc notice to the author ities as a result the fire and police committee will hold a special meeting to discuss the situation on wednesday may 2nd mrs ahram l reesor passed away in and at her cedar grove home follow- coming ing an illness of tuo weeks dura tion she had been in failing health for the past eight years born on the tth concession of markham on the farm now own ed by mr cameron kennedy the late mrs reesor moved to cedar grove following her marjeompah riage and had been a resident planting of trees on the proper- there for the past 35 years she uy surrounding the disposal was the former matilda meyer area mr dean the representa- the deceased attended reesors t said that residents would mennonite church at cedar have no reason to fear the out- grove when health permitted break of an epidemic this is of the aurora sideroad may be used for sewage disposal a company representative and the property owner mr radford appeared before council at their regular meeting on thurs day night he explained that the townships of markham and van- ghan were developing so rapid ly that it was not possible to locate a disposal area within their boundaries he pointed out that their trucks would spread the waste on the land to be ab sorbed into the sand it would lated be cultivated into the soil mr radford said that the land was of very little agricultural use he said that the sewage was what the soil needed the is considering the markham history a letter received from miss j ported and 27 dog complaint blodwin davies of cedar grove to operate the two cruiers over informed council that she was 11350 miles cost 25331 cost quitting the historical com- n inferring the radio equip- miuee of the 3rdhp conse the p cars uon authcn n- si o i kilt the in purch of jetton markham pp con- ajed arcrted to s3d should have a progress report from our representatives on this board mr simeon reesor and mr win timbers council agreed that the representatives should be asked to appear be fore council for a report on the rdha authority and particu larly the propoals for the pre serving of historical sites in the township police report markham township police re ported 567 calls answered dur ing the month of march twelve accidents were investigated and 39s summonses delivered there en saturday afternoon may 3th were 6 cases of theft 7 liquor seizures 7 missing persons re- she was in her 71th year besides her husband she leaves to mourn her passing one daughter florence mrs cyril bielby of claremont there is one brother reuben in north markham and five sisters mrs edwin byer and mrs d n ree sor of markham mrs earl strong of st george mrs 1 g gamhie ard mrs o a william son of pambrun saskatchewan there are also two grandchild- not raw sewage its septic tank sewage and theres a big differ ence he said mr radford said the acreage affected would be at least onehalf mile distant from any habitation councillor frank williams ex pressed some concern over the idea of having heavy trucks hauling the sewage over the townships roads we have enough hjeavy vehicles travel ling on tiierri now he said members decided to visit the lo- ation and view the property this week pension subsidy another letter was received from the dept of public wel- i fare requesting council to con sider paying 10 percent of a s2000 a month subsidy to de serving oldage pensioners the members agreed that if they con- i sentcd to the payment 90 per- cent of residents in the town ship now receiving the oldage pension would apply for the subsidy its federal and pro- vincial government matter stated reeve legge j garbage tender mr john e storey of rr 2 aurora was the successful ten der for garbage collection at oak ridges lake wilcox pres ton lake and musselmans lake mr storey handled the job last 1 year and according to reports i the residents in the four areas j were well satisfied building permits residents in the municipality wishing to obtain building per- mits may do so at the township office on mondays from 9 12 am and on fridays from 1 to 5 p m the building inspector mr fred cummings will be in the office at these times dumps the two township dumps at jake groves on the sth eonces- sion and at wilcox lake will be open on the following dates this year on may 10 and 26 and sep tember 15 and 22 ml joy dicksons hill churches 3600 missions a very successful missionary convention was held in the dickson hill and mount joy united missionary churches from april 23th to 29h mission aries from africa brought chal lenging messages and showed pictures of the work done in that land the attendance was good and the response to the fin ancial appeal was very gratify ing throughout the year a total of s36098s was raised by the two churches for foreign mis sions of this amount s2020s2 was raised during the mission ary convention s636s1 from the wms 31100 from the i sunday school and s12000 from the voting peoples society the funeral was conducted on wednesday afternoon to victor- 1 ia square cemetery of mrs wilmot brumwell who passed away at the bethesda hospital i willowdale on monday may 7 she was in her soth year de- 1 ceased was the former christina jane annis of victoria square j a widow now for some years surviving are one son frank and two grandsons wilbur and denton mr and mrs frank rowbot- hams fiftieth wedding annivers ary was celebrated quietly last week but was a time for enjoy ment of flowers messages and many rather unusual recollec tions neither mr or mrs row- bothara were ahle to participate in the excitement of a large gathering at this time but they i spent part of their day with mr leslie rowbotham mr and mrs harry klinck their daughter helen dewitt and granddaugh ter joyce their son bruce and mrs rowbotham with brian and laurel expect to be here at the holiday weekend the first part of may in 1906 i was an interesting time in the history of markham townships victoria square on may 1st at the klinck home the wedding of frank rowbotham and may klinck was attended by 33 guests on may 9 the families and friends of ross klinck and olive jennings now deceased i gathered at her home for that marriage following this mr and mrs thomas klinck moved to the house on obrien ave here where they lived the remainder of their many years ross klinck took his hride to the old homestead which had been pur chased from the crown two gen erations before and which has 1 been farmed by four genera- j lions i the rowbothams began living near carrick mills of bruce bros where frank had been five i years a miller and remained another five years with mr a i d bruce just deceased moving i to stouffville in 1911 they were in partnership with his brother i leslie in the bakery grocery ami confectionery businesses the father four uncles and grandfather of harry stover the present owner of stouff ville bakery all worked for the rowbothams frank rowbotham is in the unique position of having had active participation in each stage of the production of the staff of life as a lad he worked on the farm assisting in wheat growing he milled it baked the bread sold it and has been retired in good health for many years to eat the bread which j others now prepare frank has an amazing ability to remember names and facts i as well as faces he has a gen- nine delight from knowing people old and young and sura- ming things up he says there have prohably been more i changes during my lifetime i than in any other 73 years in i the worlds history on the golden wedding day he said its been a good fifty years more water from worth york for markham twp on monday reeve lemasurier succeeded in squeezing a prom ise of 250000 gallons of water per day after september 30th 1956 for the southwest area of markham township to be sup plied through north york last year councillor vein griffin attempted to get more water for the southwest sec tion of the township despite north yorks critical shortage he managed to get sufficient for the new thornhill high school but council was advised that water for ihe doncaster area where contamination of wells is serious was out of the question until north yorks own shortage was alleviated by new metro supplies since no definite dale in this regard was forthcoming ihe water committee developed a scheme to provide water to the area at the expense of cer tain suhdividers proposing de velopments in the souttiwcst portion of the township following the richmond hill pollution case mr gardiner the metro chairman came out strongly against development north of metro toronto which might further pollute the don and the humber at the same time metros plans to relieve north yorks water shortage were accelerated reeve lema surier immediately brought to mr gardiner the problem of providing water to presently de veloped areas in the southwest corner claremont quide company leader receives awards ie death occurred at the ma- n reeve p s legge said that ac- the funeral service was heid cording to the location of the property the trucks would tra- at the reesors mennonite vel only onehalf mile along the pie glen rest home gormley church conducted by rev fred sixth concession on monday may 7th of jessie nighswander with interment in we will be under constant sage former resident of albert the adjoining cemetery the supervision by the york county st stouffville deceased was pallbearers were al nephews health unit said mr dean in in her 7sth year the funeral j mi srs inrre j reesor paul a letter from the board of was conducted from the i b earl byer willis health n- apparent octinn oneill funeral chapel on wed recsci wilford reesor ard geo as made but the decision was re dai r v ilh interment e reesor i left ia the hands of coueu tre hese kill cemetery enid benson right v com- annua mother and daughter party leader of the claremont banquet held on thursday eve- gir guides was the recipient rung mr leslie lje ilefti cf a number of awards at the the district commissioner is pictured above presenting the third year service star to miss benson following the dinner