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rttmnt vol 67 no 16 the tribune stouffville ont thursday september 13 195s twelve pages representative advises against withdrawal from rdhp authority mr ivan mclaughlin exreeve since the expense was based on of whitchurch township and a population it would not be felt i representative on the local con- reeve p s legge said that it servation authority appeared had been stated that the amalgai before the regular meeting of mation would provide a beauty j council on thursday night and spot for the welltocos to be advised the members against paid for by us the removal of the township mr mclaughlin said that no from- the rdhp a move is provision had been made for planned whereby metro toronto any one municipality to hold will be amalgamated into the out apparently they are going authority council were in re- to try however he said he ceipt of a resolution from the agreed that whitchurch town- township of uxbridge and the ship derived little benefit from town of ajax requesting pro- the authority since all the large vincial government action to ex- projects were located further elude them from the authority downstream in the townships of souffville council passed a sim- markham and pickering dep ilar motion reeve geo richardson said that mr mcliughliri agreed that whitchurch was more interested the planned amalgamation with in the humber and holland riv- metro toronto would increase ers than in the rouge the mat- ihe cost but pointed out that ter was tabled until a later date member of pioneer family abraham stouffer passes famed arctic explorer author visits here residents of stouffville and district were saddened early this qver 30 exhibitors week when it was learned that t rim mr abraham stouffer a resiat local trade fair dent of mill street for the past the stouffville trade fair to eight years had passed away be ne j t arena from sept suddenly following a stroke tbe 0729 will see more than 30 local late mr stouffer was a familiar exhibitors displaying their goods figure here in stouffville and his io the public the fair execu- sudden death came as a shock say show w de big to his many friends and rela- ger and better tnan ever a tives he had been ill only a few top night pr0 j being plan- days prior to his passing on ned with mr ted edwards head- sunday morning the deceased the entertainment commit- scientist and author dr was in his 85th year u tm mr stouffer the pioneer stouffe great grandfather settling here constable resigns new officer reports for duty this week special meeting of building took the place of a at stouffville council held last week the resignation was re ceived of police constable w e vincent it was accepted p c vincent informed council that he had decided in favour of a new position with increased re muneration constable vincent joined the stouffville force in march of this year his home is 1 in renfrew out due to the fact that chief ffm diamond was working both day i and night duty council held a number of emergent meetings town hall council stated that it would be necessary for them to discuss the question with the assessor before they could give a definite answer on the matter election interim council gave some thought to reducing the interim between nomination and election day to one week instead of the two week period which has been the custom in past years in order that the change may take place this year a bylaw to this effect must be drawn up before the first day of november it was to studv applications for the va cant position a decision was pointed out that there is a possi- reached to employ mr frank t j l of setting up four polling edwards and a bylaw approving the appointment was passed on thursday evening mr edwards a resident of toronto was for merly a detective sergeant with the metropolitanliverpool po lice force in england he is married and has one daughter constable edwards commenced his duties on monday council agreed to give chief diamond divisions instead of two the act allows not more than 450 voters in each division the plan will be given further consideration at the next meeting of council court of revision council following consider able discussion agreed that the court of revision should com prise the members of council rather than an outswle body it an additional 5000 to cover the i was pointed out that it would extra duties performed by him i necessary to pay the mem while shorthanrted bets of an outside court while council members receive no ex tra remuneration dep reeve burke and councillor walters felt that the council plus the county assessor was the most dr vilhjalmur stefansson a ent books with his wife during noted explorer and author a brief visit to the home of discusses one of his most rec- dr and mrs w r wees near goodwood dr stefansson is considered to be the worlds greatest authority on the arc tic and possibly canadas great est explorer jim thomas the famed arctic explorer vilh- 1 year tee floor space is at a minimum jalmur stefansson was a visi- was a member of iwith on tw0 vacancies remain- j t ne in stouffville recently suffer family hisis in the early 1800s from cham- bersburg penn the deceased was born north of town on the farm now owned by mr gar j lehman his wife the former emma shank survives on sat- urday jan 22nd 1955 the cou- 1 pie celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary mr stouffer has always been very active in church work he was a member of the stouffville united missionary church for the past fortvieight years he was a church deacon and has also held the office of sunday school superintendent the church was filled for the funeral service on tuesday afternoon at 230 as friends paid their final respects to a wellknown and highly re spected resident rev f huson conducted the service assisted by rev h shantz interment was made in the stouffville cem etery pallbearers were three grandsons messrs bert stouf fer john stouffer elgin stouf fer and murray ramer harry stover and carl reesor besides his wife he leaves to mourn his passing five sons archie in minden walter of kitchener lambert abe and reg of stouffville and two dau ghters mrs james tompkins 4th con of uxbridge and bertha of stouffville horticultural entries win at cne stouffville horticultural so ciety secured a first and a sec wliich is one of the most compli cated languages in existence he desired to know the native ton gue in order that all his findings he and his wife visited for a would be accurate and not based few days with dr and mrs w on misunderstandings and mis- r wees near goodwood in ux- 1 conceptions bridge township dr stefans- 1 dr stefansson has written son is the worlds greatest au and published 22 books he has although attendance at the stouffville district high school dropped slightly last year fig- 1 thoritv on the arctic anctprob- p abollt him one of the i uic from principal v blv canadas greatest explorer f ectons of books on i polar subjects in the world he 1 l has presented his library to ond placing with two entries at tribune the distinguished j dartmouth co hanover the cne flower show last v described some of his ex- new hampshire where he is an week in a class of large show ting experiences in the land arctic consultant mrs stefans- baskets of seasonable garden of tne mionght sun dr stef- son is aso an autnol ancl has flowers not over 4 overall the ansson has spent ten winters rarid thirteen summers in need fire guards around dumps wrecking yards at the regular meeting of hadthree books publishedsh is the librarian of her husbands local etifryv composed ofspeci mens donated by the societys i arctic regions and describes the arctic coi members placed second a final i eskimos as his favourite people more than 5m volumcs number count of flower varie- he has personally met and talk- st the arctic ties was necessary in the close ed with eskimos who previously r dr stefansson the arctic decision had never seen the face of a i the of the earth it i w man they were very ls als0 the central point between friendly said dr stefansson america and russia consider- the noted traveller and writer ible research is being done in described the climate as being the arctic and it is thought that in-v- nimoint if mnnoiw this region may hold untold re- mr and mrs james a taylor s e described oiircwi the doctor pointed out wish to announce the engage- j c ment of their daughter shirley e duxbury after the first week of the new term show an enroll ment of 234 students this is an increase of 34 over 1955 and 24 over the 1954 attendance figures whitchurch township council enrollment in the special com- thursday evening of las mercial class continues to drop week considerable time was with only s students registering f spent in discussing the hazards this year there were thirteen of fires in dumps and wrecking numbering i taking the course in 1955 which j yards a complainant appeared was also a decline over the prev ious year legion delegation a delegation representing the local legion appeared before council at their regular meet- big on thursday evening mr 1 len buckland the spokesman 1 stable arrangement the mem- requested that in future the le- j bers agreed however that sit- gion hall be exempt from tax in on he comt oi revision mr buckland staled that the was auded work for council but decided to carry on as before it was stated that if measured assessment were employed it would solve the tax appeal prob lem for council general business councillor wagg reported that grading in the west end of town lias been completed calcium is to be applied in the area an application to place a light at the horticultural gardens in the park was approved it was agreed also that the picnic shel ter the fence and the stands should be painted provincial command had ad vised him that other legion brandies were not required to pay taxes clerk garfield brown noted that the assessment act was not clear in regard to the tax status of a legion lie said that the question was to be clarified this year dr neil smith and mr harry lintner were the other members of the delegation dr smith pointed out that the 1 legion hall was providing a j service to the village since the j ifire destroys blizzard near markham engagements before council and stated that burning refuse blown by the a total of 92 students entered j wind from the j e buchanan grade 9 with 51 in grade 10 j dump on the second concession there are 40 in grade 11 and 29 was endangering his property mr carl arnold i on vacation in the western provinces iola to mr clarence f beelby son of mr and mrs ernest beel by port perry out the wed ding to take place on saturday sept 15 1956 at 230 pm in claremont baptist church mr and mrs george f dun can announce the engagement of their daughter georgina elaine to harold edward clay ton son of mr and mrs harold clayton the marriage will take place on saturday september 22nri at 4 pm at their residence in brougham the weather as being much the same as in winnipeg dr stef ansson was part of an expedi tion that discovered such arc tic islands as borden brock laugheed meighen and mcken- is being done by the russians than by the usa or canada dr stefansson was born in manitoba in 1879 of icelandic pioneer parents as a boy he zie king in arctic exploration i went with his family to north with dogs the traveller does not i dakota he graduated from the ride in comfort on the sled as is university of iowa and spent a the popular belief but walks or year at harvard divinity school runs behind it the sleigh is used j also two years as a fellow of for hauling supplies and equip- 1 anthropology at harvard dr ment dr stefansson says that stefansson has many degrees in- in his eleven years in the arctic eluding ma ph d etc he is lie has covered 20000 miles j known around the world for the 2000 miles a year on foot he j knowledge he has gained during has learned to speak eskimo expeditions in the frozen north new high school principal find 401b turtle near pickering a large 40 pound snapping turtle was taken into protective custody by pickering twp po lice last week when it was fear ed that the reptile might injure school children in the area the turtle was discovered by ken neth price of rosebank officials of the dept of lands and for ests were summoned and they took it away to be released at some distant point the shell measured 18 inches across and in grade 12 the graduating jn sa lna there was no fire class grade 13 has 14 students j guard around the dump it was the caretaker mr bickett reported also that a wrecking had the interior of the school in ya j bc operated on the spotless condition for the open- 1 ii property lot 20 con 7 ingon sept 4th mrs burkhol- wost of ballantrae it was stated der is once again in charge of 1 that t yar was being operat- the kitchen and her department cd without a licence and fires was also 111 immaculate order to w being lighted in a wooded j death i start the new season area council gave instructions the staff numbers ten teach- 1 to constable mulholland to look ers including the principal mr into the situation the members duxbury mr r l mercer phy- 1 agreed that a fire guard would sics 13 geometry trig math be a must before any approval 10 and boys pt mr j mar would be given for the operation shall chemistry biology phy- of a dump or wrecking yard sics science and pt mr j r where burning was taking place hammond shop and commer- lioad report oial mr h j waitehistory roat superintendent ernest 1113 and social studies 910 davjs 10 that at the end of august there was a total of 19757 remaining in the read appropriation account he said that up to august 31st of this year s7oo0o had been spent at rillln this same date in 1955 the road rllxu expenditures amounted to s80 000 which included the construe- two bridges road supt a costly fire completely de stroyed the barn belonging to mr tom blizzard two miles north of markham on monday evening the outbreak occurred around seven oclock and in a matter of minutes the entire building was a mass of flames the outbreak was noticed police warn re fake repairmen sgt harvey cox of the mark ham township police force lias i issued a warning to all local joyce mustard a neighbour mr l0 keep mrs l oliver home econom ics 912 and science 9 miss har ding french 913 and girls p t mrs c ladell latin 1012 english 9 and girls pt mrs gault english 913 mr g h langdale typing special com wary eye out for fake chimney repair men who are working in the dis trict these men charge extrava gant prices for their work after they have completed the job over in the yonge street area of 1 markham twp an clderlv resi- of shavings the origin of the j h t outbreak is not known i the markham v 1 lage fire bn- qn hom gade was summoned to ihe scene blizzard and his son paul were able to loose more than 100 pigs but a number were burned to besides the animals mr bliz- i zard lost 600 bushels of wheat 10 tons of hay and a quantity but the blaze was out of control when they arrived luckily the wind was in the right direction to keep the fire from spreading to the frame house mr blizzard suffered burns in his attempt to save the animals mercial and bookkeeping prin cipal w e duxbury algebra 1 tionof and math death the stomachs of both animals following their violent deaths the diagnosis was performed by dr ron smith of stouffville chief wm diamond of stouff- one prize persian cat and one ville informed the tribune that d p01 l bitten the property of mrs hj a severe penalty may be im- cats are victims of poison sgt cox is requesting that anyone approached by such swiidler should obtain as much information as possible from the men then notify police immed iately recent rains had alleviated the fisher south street stouffville posed on any party convicted of gibson frederick g at stouftville on tuesday sept 11 1956 frederick g gibson be loved husband of alice york in his 89th year resting at the chapel of l e oneill for serv ice on thursday sept 13 at 2 its age was estimated at more pm interment stouffville cem- than 100 years etery attendance at public school jumps to 425 pupils the stouffville public school mr gordon mr sutherland and opened its doors for another j principal boadway term on tuesday sept 4th the j caretaker mr bill lennox i latest attendance figures re- j had the interior of the school ceived from principal lome building in spjr and span con- boadway shows a total of 425 edition to greet the influx of stu- pupils registered this marks an dents back for the fall term i alltime high for stouffville with during the holidays there was 1 372 students listed last year and a considerable amount of paint- j j33s in 1951 ing done and the roof of the this year the staff at the building was repaired cracks school number fourteen teachers j in the cement walk were filled including the principal three in additional staff members have i mr fred woodward the gen been added and seven of the ial crossing guard will continue dust problem gravel truck trafwere the victims of poison last isuch an oftenco chief diamond fie through the township is still week the persian a gift to stated that a man was given 30 making road maintenance difli- j mrs fi little daughter days in jail recently at new- was valued at more than 2500 market for giving poison to a strychnine was discovered in i dog continued on page 6 i signing sewer contract mr w e duxbury is the new principal of the stouffvile dis- tnr hijh shkl he com menced his duts en tuesday morninfi oi test wee former ly a resident of jarvis ont mr married with two children an- duxbury was principal of cay- ne 5 and bobby 3 aside fiom iiga hich school for 1 years his official duties as principal and previously a teacher at the mr duxbury will teach aljeb- caiedowa hjh school he i ra aad mathematics fourteen teachers are new addi tions to the staff the new tea chers are miss ardill miss se- dore miss griffiths mrs wide- i man miss ford miss sandusky i his duties of protecting the boys i and girls as they cross the high way as they proceed both to and from school chief constable wm diamond informed board t and mr morley the other mem- chairman mr keith middle- bers returning tor another term jmis that he would be pleased i are mus burkholder miss stou- 1 to assist mr woodward when- i ff er mns brooks miss hoseeer possible i iueve elmer daniels is pic tured above putting his offi cial signature on the towns sewer agreement work on the reeves left is mr bruce grofe system was started some town solicitor and on his right weeks ago seated on t he clerk garfield brown jim thomot