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tt if t vol 57 no 20 the tribune stouffvtiir ont thursday october 11 1955 tex paue5 school bus gravel truck collide wed students uninjured sludge digester under constructioh here thirty students in a school bus enroute to the thornhill dis trict high school escaped un injured on wednesday morning following a collision witn a load- mi gravel truck at the inter section of steeles avenue and don mills road the bus owned by mr gordon mortson of vic toria square and driven by mr david pickett of cxbridgc was quite badly damaged the truck crien by mr stephen homan- chuk 23 lawe street toronto was completely wrecked the bus driver was attempting to turn his vehicle around at the intersection when the accident occurred he said he noticed the truck coming but believed he had plenty of time to complete the turn none of the students could give a dear description of what happened one said she heard a loud noise like an s- plosion the southbound mick veered off the highway snapped off a steel sign standard and flipped over on its side the driver was not injured f set up four polling divisions for december vote for stouffville four polling divisions will be up yearround councillor w-l- set up to handle the voting in tors felt that the bylaw should december in past years only bo rigorously enforced he canadian ambassador to rome entertains editors by c ii nolan the canadian ambassador to rome pierre dupuy along with his madame entertained mem bers of the cwxa party at the kmbassy during our stay in the italian capital a number of the embassy staff members were present and several en joyable hours were spent chat ting with these folks and an swering questions about affairs back in canada some had not been home in four years the embassy like so many italian buildings is not a very warm looking place but the hospitality was fine at noon hour the same dav we were given lunch by the a fortune you can t step out on in a build- tne street without being ac- seum is still standing though much marble and metal has been carted away from the place over the centuries we visited the catacombs and went i through the tunnels and caves where early christians hid from roman rulers the drive along the appian way famed roman road was an event the wind ing thoroughfare is bordered by pines and cypress trees mussolini made a great start on worlds fair buildings mag- nificent structures of white mar ble however war intervened- and many were never finished certainly if rome instituted i a hawkers license theyd reap two were necessary clerk gar- field brown pointed ctut to coun- j cil at their regular meeting on i thursday evening that the num- ber of voters for each division i exceeded 450 which necessitated a split said that dogs were running in drove- in the village and were becoming a public nuisance mr geo ashton requested that the malvern construction co gravel a portion of albeit street he noted that he had the suggested divisions were recently paid out 1900 for tow- as follows west of victoria street on the south and west of william street on the north to the corporation limit the poll j could possibly be set up at either the legion or masonic halls east of william street to i park drive north at ross davis and east of victoria street to park drive south at the mull ing and repair work to his car caused by the road reeve daniels and mr hisey ha- e made inspections of all streets and will report on their pro rut condition the rcsvff stats tvtt it was impossible to success fully complete the roads until the ground had completely settled mr harvey schell re- icipal office fast of park drive quested that the lane behind his to the corporation limit at the public school a bylaw is to be i prepared for presentation at the agreed that next regular meeting of council ling would bogs the recent outbreaks of attacks by dogs on local children came up for discussion at the meeting reeve elmer daniels property he maintained by the road commission council fading and gravel- 1 advisable to assist in packing facilities councillor lausluvay felt that the road handled a considerable amount of trafiic and it would be a good idea to keen it in the huge sludge digester pictured above is all part of stouffvilles integral sewerage system which is now under construction the cement is being poured inside the forms this week and will measure 22 feet in height the tank has a diameter of forty feet the vat has a floating steel top and the temperature must be kept between 95100 degrees to produce the required re sults the digester will hold seven months sludge the entire job is expected to be completed in the spring the schwenger construction co is doing this particular part of the work jim thomas italian tourist dept ing erected by king farouk the ftrange italian dishes such as eggs and spinach were hor ribly rich and almost more than we could take various members of the tourist depart ment sat among us and asked interesting questions about can- ada the gentleman beside mrs nolan was most interested in a snap we had of our canadian home and the maple trees vve visited st peters largest cathedral in the world and saw the wonderful architecture and giant dome both vatican city and swiss guards are on duty at the door the swiss wearing their ancient yellow and red uniforms and looking like a real page out of history the vast square in front of the church was said to accommodate 100- io persons on days when the pope appeared on the balcony for special occasions costed by two or three of these peddlers theyre most persist- 1 ent and if you show any inter- j est in their wares at all theyll follow you for blocks if you do buy it can always be done for i at least half the price they start out asking they are not ital ians but all of jewish extraction and peddling in this fashion is their family trade handed down through generations to get a good drink is a prob lem the coffee is terrible but ployee of the municipality we found a small american bar the past seven years his mulholland at const r passes s his home on sunday relatives and friends were until his recent death his wife saddened early this week when the former elizabeth rowland i it was learned that whitchurch predeceased him in 1938 con- i township constable richard stable mulholland was in his i i dick i mulholland had passed goth year away suddenly at his home on he leaves to mourn his pass- i the don mills road constable ing three brothers corp ben- mulholland had been an cm- jamin mulholland newmarket for moses of toronto robert of en- ireland and one sister mrs an- not far from our hotel where i erous goodnatured personality inie mckillop of worth 111 you could get good coffee ham- j gained for him a host of friends thtyf uneral servlcemvas held burgers etc drinks at meals are j aside from enforcing bylaws from the roadhouse and rose always extra town clerk resigns stouffville clerk mr garfield brown handed in his resignation at the regular meeting of council on thursday evening of last week it was accepted mr brown has accepted a new posi tion as clerk of halton county mr brown is supposed to com mence his duties there by oct 31st although he may retain his position here until the end of the j year if a replacement cannot be found immediately council hoped that the clerk might get i an extension in time in order to be of assistance to the new employee 1 theclkhtiiiformed j that he was desirous of a posi- stated that the towns bylaw siiape councillor walters would have to be enforced and asreod he felt that it wasnt be- dogs would have to be kept tied in u solel b thc property owners harman lehman was almira millet after a short illness harman daniel lehman of delhi a for- mer resident of almira passed away friday oct 5th 1956 although in his 90th year he was quite active and cheerful and his death came as a shock to his relatives and friends born in mongolia april 14th 1s6t the eldest son of samuel byer lehman and frances hoo ver the deceased came as a boy with his parents to almira where he became the miller by trade in the almira mills in later years the business was sold and he with his brother cr north york plowim match to be held 0d 17 j constable mulholland was the funeral home newmarket on tion with a county rather than business places in rome close nin before i knew it fiom 1 to 4 in the afternoon for a siesta period then stay open until 8 at night we passed the russian embassy and noticed several policemen on duty and our driver told me afterwards that this was a precautionary measure as several attempts had been made to blow the place up the temperature got as i mentioned in a previous townships welfare officer a wednesday afternoon at 2 o letter the squalor is terrific position where he will be diffi- clock conducted by rev david people begging for a handout cult to replace i rolland with interment in mt are common sights theyre j born at cookstown northern pleasant cemetery toronto very persistent and i had a little ireland he came o canada in the pallbearers were messrs p 1914 and joined the toronto po- s legge douglas little jack lice department after serving crawford david forrest wm as a constable for some years mulholland and melville price he became a detective on the i morality squad he retired in 1948 he later was appointed constable in the township of whitchurch a position he held a smaller municipality where petty problems occupied much of his time barefooted girl slip a flower in my coat on the street one eve- several of our party travelled by train to cassino where lord alexander unveiled a new war memorial to canadians killed in the long siege during the war our party was especially hon oured with a private audience by his holiness the pope we travelled to his summer home castlcgandoifo by bus and ent- whitchurch pop now over 7000 up over 80 every day but there ored the meeting room up long according to the dominion bu reau of statistics the popula tion in the township of whit church is now 7252 this figure marble stairs through doors manned by the colorful swiss guards his holiness entered the audience room in his familiar white robes and walked among the party shaking hands he has great tourist attraction because a quiet clear voire and appeared of the ancient roman ruins to in comparatively good health out 30 minutes be found everywhere the coli- he is si years of agehe is informal was little or no humidity so we didnt mind it too much and the evenings cooled off there seem to be nearly many sightseeing busses about as regular lines as rotne is a extremely wellread and spoke with a knowledge of canada he gave his blessing to the party and to each a small souvenir of our visit the official vatican was recorded following the rec- photographer the first photog- ent 1956 census this is an in- rapher wed ever seen in a full crease of more than 2000 since dress suit was present and took 1051 when the census showed a a picture of his holiness stand- population total of 5151 mr ing in our group everyone re0 a lemieux director of the ceived a copy the following day census division informed coun- the entire ceremony lasted ah- cil that this figure was subject public skating on saturday night there will be public skating in the stouffville arena on sat urday night of this week flood ing operations were started early this week and arena man ager w t rennie hopes to have a fine sheet of ice in readiness for the initial opening on satur day the 33rd annual north york plowing match will be held on the farm of mr smirle law- son lot p concession 3 whit church township on wednesday oct 17th in addition to special events there are thirteen classes for both team and tractor com petition witii prizes ranging from 300 to 2000 either in cash or goods the match is conducted by the north york branch of the ontario plowmens association j the president this year is mr r c baycroft other officers are stewart taylor 1st vice wm 11 delhl simpson 2nd vice allin bals- wil hsded nov 24th 19o4 don g and fm the late mr lehman vvas an treasurer the directors are active member of melville messrs ernest davj har6 united church while living there botham elmer wei lpsiie and was ordained an elder in gored by bull will recover mr donald hunter farm resi dent on the aii coneassion of markham north of casiiel is recovering in the toronto east general hospital after being gored by an enraged bull last week hospital authorities in formed the tribune that mr hunter was progressing very well the farmer was preparing thf huge animal for display at mark- ham fair when it suddenly be came excited and butted him several times against the wall mrs hunter heard the noise c t and rushed to her husbands m lie ns member o sgi she racted the buri choir for many years he was skeidbn walker frank also a member of the bowling marriott murrav mcmillan bob club any teenager who is between the ages of 13 and 19 and is in terested in forming a teen town for stouffville and district is asked to fill in the form found on page 3 and send it to thc ad dress indicated in the adv he married miss minnie bow man daughter of mr and mrs james bowman almira who predeceased him in 1907 an infant son james bowman leh man passed away in 1903 the funeral was held at the timbers cliff wallwork har ford wardell walter rate wil- lard cryderman wm king bernard davidson lome hol- bourne bernard kay art mit chell morris snovvden ken smo- kum mervin connell ed lo gan irwin winch harry walk- attention allowing mr hunter to crawl to safety he was rush ed by ambuance lo hospital suffering from multiple injuries police nab teenage trio stouffville police with the opp at chapel of l e oneill on mon- or herbert simpson grant day oct sth the service was wells eldred king and ivan mc- nabbed three tesmgers who h working vandorf and was quite brooklin wedding of interest mere to revision clerk john crawford stated that the census figure didnt compare with the assessors to tal with the latters statistics showing a population of 6552 a difference of 700 merly garbag n preston gets e contract to local residents since it totalof 35 pickups he said on a i located in a built up area tion per week there would be a mr and mrs jerry hooker rr pictured above following tfceir recent ueddoni in tie brookln united church the bride was tr former joanne welsh daughter of mr aad mrs harry welsh of whitby tc newlywcds will rcdc in whitby mr merlyn preston 6th con- on weekends and leave their gar- cession of whitchurch was the hage out when they leave coun- successful tenderer to collect cillor wylie believed that there i garbage at musselmans lake werent too many who did this loct 1st to may 31st his was only a few j the lowest of four tenders rang ing in price from s950 to s1200 previously garbage was collect ed at the lake only during the summer months from june to october a delegation appeared before council recently and re quested that the service be made yearround at the regular meeting of council on thursday evening a letter was received from mr vern davics at musselmans iake mr davics pointed out that he believed thc garbage ser vice should be paid for by the permanent resident and not by the summer cottager mr da- vies stated that many summer dwellers at the lake feel that a cottage is almost beyond the economical value arid if taxes and operating expenses continue to increase they will be sold to persons who wish to use them as all year round dwellings the writer pointed out that stouff ville has a garbage collection with each subscriber paying a set fee directly to the collectcr rcec p s legge agreed in pait with mr davics sajing that it was hardly fair for the summer resident to pay for j vearround collection councillor john vyi contended however that the coe owners con uruc to corrc up lo the lake conducted by the rev r 1 1 laughlin following the match chapin of grcenbank united supper will be servd to all church assisted by the rev g i plowmen in the mt pisgah davison of melville united j united church church interment was made in melville cemetery he leaves to mourn his loss two sisters mrs george baker newmarket mrs jos gayman of stouffville and a sisterinlaw mrs willis lehman of delhi elizabeth jane symes passes in 83rd year i on monday october 8th mrs elizabeth jane symes passed i away at the home of her daugh- rhe pallbearers were messrs her yea ron in harvey houck peter silckley teller wegg allen wideman edgar nigh and garnet fran- cey escaped recently from the st johns training school in to- onto stouffville chief wm diamond noticed the 3 youths i in town spending money rather frivolously and on questioning j the trio they fled a backyard i chase finally cornered the boys land they were taken to the local office while chief diamond questioned one youth the other two ran out of the municipal building and escaped they were later pickednip by vandorf opp near ballantrae they have been returned to the training school thcy were wanted for the theft uxhridge township on the pro perty now owned by mr tom cammack the daughter of the late joseph and marv syme rm pl t lrrnhljtvn 5200 from the dance pavilion cement plant the 1 t e and rew w ilson in 190n cedar beach f to locate at p hcr lemonville rp fif was a u- -he- panics permission was granted by ent ifth concession cmlld b whitchurch township council of xbride for nearly 30 years io mr alcie toffoli 1621 bay- farn now occupied by deceased her i view ave toronto to stablish i ro cppns- she attended the funeral service was held a cement block plant at lemon- tn fiftn line lni church on thursday afternoon at 230 stressed the need for an interro- gation room adjacent to the no- ville it was noted that permis- and was a member of the wo- fom the mcguire and lowe chi- clerk john crawford inform- sion was allowed providing that mcn f- ll- lc conducted by rev ed council that with one coleci business was not a nuisance ln ailing health for tne past hisey with interment in thc l- s25000o assessment at thc lake it would cost the average resi- denl only s200 this figure was reachcti on an assessment of 500 and the selected tender quo tation of 950 the clerk also informed council that the pro prietor of musselmans lake bowling alley mrs geo ville- mere objected to paying for gar bage collection on an assessment basis the fee was 20 reeve legge pointed out that the bylaw couldnt be amended this year the reeve stated that there had been very few com plaints was the plant will operate from the for mer wm cake property what fun ran a bridge club year she is survived by one son morley of stouffville and a daughter margaret mrs mar tin gain of rr 2 stouffville two brothers walter of clare- have when everybody shows up mon and william of port perry and theres no one to talk about also two grandchildren three brothers and one sister pre- bridge cemetery the palibsar- ers were six nephewsmessrs norton symes john symes vic tor symes joe symes ralph norton and george symes the flower hearers were messrs john end earl symes wm por ter chas and gordon symes and kenneth norton ft plan to lee int c a public hockey meeting was the stouffville executive bv tele- m here organized and held in the stouff ville arena on wednesday eve- ning of this week more than thirty fans and plajers were in which would indicate attendance an executive was ap that the majority of people were satisfied with thc basis of pay ment councillor cliff wallwork suggested that the lake resi dents should organise a meeting of the ratepayers to decide the method of payment for garbage collection reeve legge agreed its immaterial to us s the reeve we want to arrange it in the most satisfactory man ner to the residents reeve legge said that council or a representative would he pleaed to attend a rrcctinc of the rate payers to explain the workings of tfce service pointed including messrs harry lee ernie abraham gar leh man ken laushway art hea- ton pcrc tarr jack watson phone that intermediate c was one of the larger oha groups comprising six separate leagues across ontario the question of whether stou ffville should operate in int c int a or senior b class hockey brought out varied milt smith and opinions some believed that representatives senior b hockey here was too will meet with the oha on expensive an operaiion if a per friday in an effort to ice an player guarantee was necessary intermediate c hockey club others express here if this is possible it is likely that stouffville will he included in a group with rich mond hh5 aurora sutton bee- ton and bradford newmarket has been disallowed entry in the group due to their popula- sioh stalus mr ab huise a membsr of the oha executive informed at xim office fire destroys born near vandorf a costly fire completely des troyed the barn belonging to mr lawrence and howard hennes sey lot 17 con 1 whitchurch at vandorf on thursday sept 27th the outbreak stalled in the sttaw stack during the threshing operations besides the building the fire destroyed close to 100 the opinion ons of hay a quantity of straw that an entry in intermediate 2000 bushels of grain the c grouping would utihe more threshing machine a power local talent stouffville iced an takeoff binder bulk tank cooler intermediate a club last sea- milking machine and damaged son the tractor new stabling which was recently installed by mr a number of budgets of cor- moriey symes of stouffville was oorceree had to he omitted destroved thc owners have no this week due to m late arrival definite plans with regard to i cosstrucucg a new barn