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ije jsfcmffrilu ftrtfatne vol 67 no 29 the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 13 1956 fourteen pages group of whitchurch ratepayers requests annexation to town a petition signed by six land iels reported to the council that owners on the north boundary i the matter had been directed line of the corporation of stouff- j hands 0 the mavern ville has requested the anrexa- construction co whose work tion of tneir properties to town had causd accident these ratepayers of whitchurch there was conquerable dis- qenerosity outstanding hold about two hundred acres of cussion regarding the handling land the petition was presented ol cond on the streets to the local municipal council and snow romovai phe road during their regular meeting on committee reported that the thursday evening stouffville council had prev iously suggested similar annex- ation to the township but had not had a petition of the rate payers requesting it at that time reeve daniels said that in his opinion there were certain de tails to be considered in such a request but believed that a meeting should be sought with stouffville sand gravel co was prepared to provide a loader on short notice at 750 an hour councillor wagg chairman of the road committee said that he favored engaging miller con struction who sand the highway to do the local streets when needed reeve daniels said this would be allright provided one could count on them coming on short notice he also believed whitchurch twp on the matter ijjj a lv of salted sand and the clerk was directed to he kcpt in t0 coun cillor laushway commented that it was poor policy to have to run all over the country to hire outside equipment when you needed it in a hurry the matter was left to the chairman to en quire of millers services arrange such a meeting a solicitors letter on behalf of a mr and mrs debris was read to council concerning lia bility action against the town in connection with an accident which occurred on main street at albert last week reeve dan- ballantrae couple celebrates fifty years together the spacious residence of mr and one daughter mrs wm and mrs william topper east topper they also have six of ballantrae on the south lake grandchildren mrs rose has i road was the scene of a happy one brother mr arthur storry family reunion on saturday eve- of bloomington and mr rose riimcdai cfd ning as mr and mrs milford has a sister mrs wm patter- 1 runtkal luk rose a wellknown and highly son in newmarket respected couple celebrated their mr and mrs rose were the golden wedding anniversary recipients of many gifts cards j although mr and mrs rosy flowers a beautiful anni- were married on dec 12 19uh versary cake graced the centre the occasion was held four days of the foodladen table both j in advance in order that all enjoy excellent health their members of the family could goodnatured personalities have attend gained them a wide circle of the celebrated residents are friends in the community both both natives of the district mr are regular attendants at the rose was born near blooming- ballantrae united church mrs ton 76 years ago the son of the rose is a past president of the late wm rose and margaret i womens association johnson he later lived at mount art latcham announces gift of swimming pool to be erected this summer arthur latcham who in the chams generosity i past few years has been stouff- council wholeheartedly en z r rvi j- r villes benefactor without equal dorsed mr latchams plans and owfi encjays o roritid has conre forward with a fur- were loud in their appreciation i l i ther proposal for community o n magnificent generosity n xais friom 3c clrk betterment mr latcham is pre- m latcham who is an hon- j vuu i i i ttalucii qo vici5 pared to go ahead this spring ourarv member of the stouff- with the erection of a 30000 v lions club appeared be- the stouffville municipal swimming pool for stouffville iore the club at the last regular council on thursday night ac- p the announcement was made by meeting and officially announced cepted the application of ralph xvision reeve daniels at the regular t lne r would be given to corner of pefferlaw and a forj meeting of stouffville council stouffville through the auspices nier warden of york county as j pi 4- on thursday evening reeve oi the lions club a number of municipal clerk duties to com- vwlli i i w daniels told council that the tnc details of the construction of i mence on jan 1st mr gar pool would have all modern the pool were explained bv mr j brown the present clerk whose j jqport jsl conveniences heating showers latcham and president dr john j services and work for the muni dressing rooms and chlorinalion butt0 told the members that cipality were strongly praised i blleinc occupied and would be of similar dimen- the civic improvement commit- by council is leaving to fake a wwtchurch 1vp council at one u he tee under the chairmanship of j position as clerk of halton lion ken wagg would work sions to the olympic pool said that alternate sites had been suggested in the park but with mr latcham on the pro ject a meeting was to be held shortly with the park commission to discuss the project a cairn was recently corn- police report the monthly police report re vealed that the local cruiser his contributions have made munity centres in the prov- memorial park in stouffville mce 0 ontario one of the outstanding com- death removes mrs andrew pegg a lifelong 1 mrs andrew pegg a well- 1 community known and lughlv respected resident of rr 2 claremont worker passed away on tuesday morn- i ing following an illness of ten the death of mrs george lee months duration she was in on wednesday afternoon of last i her s4th year i week removed one of stouft- born at churchill near mount villes most faithful and ardent albert the daughter of the late community workers while not william and sophia hill the de- j in the best of health her pass- ceased took up residence in ing came as a great shock to her many friends albert and leamington mrs rose was born on the present arthur storry farm at bloom ington and attended the bloom ington public school follow ing their marriage in the aurora parsonage the happy couple journeyed by horse and cutter to newmarket to visit relatives they farmed for two years at sharon later moving to the present wm topper property where they lived for 41 years for the past five years they have resided in their new home j on the south side of the iake road present at the gathering were the couples two sons stanley of london carl of ballantrae births pleted in the local park honor- 1 travelled sis miles during the ing mr latcham who has made month oi november fortv- it one of the most uptodate three occum and com- playgrounds in ontario for p ere investigated there towns the size of stouffville were three accidents 11 parking ball floodlights grandstand pic- ticketsissu7dlnd ltcases nic shelter and refreshment ne police court booth are all gifts of mr lat- gormley man reelected federation agr president austin mr and mrs kenneth austin nee shirley spence are happy to announce the birth of a daughter kim pa tricia on tuesday december uth 1956 at the east gen eral hospital sanderson mr and mrs attended service regularly un wm sanderson of unionville til illness limited her activities are happy to announce the j she leaves to mourn her pass- birth of their son at brierbush j ing five sons milton of clare- hospital on dec 11th 1950 i mont lloyd of oshawa william lewis born to mr and mrs of claremont george of white- ian lewis a daughter at the i vale edgerton of claremont western canada following her marriage but returned to the claremont district in 1910 her husband the late andrew pegg passed away in 1949 the deceased was an ardent worked in greenwood united church where she held offices in the womens association the wms and other organizations she conducted a sunday school class for a number of years and brierbush hospital on dec 7 1956 j w rye named new liberal standardbearer for north york riding a record crowd of nearly 700 and assistant to the minister of people attended a convention of j national defense vincent re- the york north liberal asso ciation last friday night in richmond hill when john v rye a mount albert farmer and exwarden of the county was gan president of the toronto and yorks liberal association ernest bruce danforth riding liberal candidate mrs m j mcchane president of daven port liberal association ross linton pastpresident of the york north liberal association peter burt secretary toronto yorks liberal association mogan baker former mpp and four daughters alice mrs bertan wilson of maxwell gladys mrs wm brown of greenwood essie mrs rod appleby of ashburn and mild red mrs charles mctaggart of greenwood twentyeight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren also survive the funeral service will be conducted by rev h moore from the greenwood united church on thursday afternoon at 2 oclock with interment in salem cemetery pallbearers will be six grandson of the de ceased born at audley in february 1s74 mrs lee resided at whit by and on the farm below clare mont before making stouffville her home she was a daughter of the late james b and han nah madill her husband george lee predeceased her in 1953 mrs lee was a resident in stouffville for the past 42 years she was identified with the cla remont baptist church and her work ss a life member of the stouffville womens institute was wellknown throughout the community surviving is one daughter mrs b g richardson roanoke virginia and four brothers j h madill harrow albert ma dill windsor fred c madill weston and russel madill of detroit also a number of nieces and nephews the funeral on saturday dec 8th was conducted from the claremont baptist church by rev j s lowden and rev da vison pallbearers were glenn mandorson ralph madill ralph sadler lanny jones harold madill and wm hutchison in terment was made in claremont union cemetery elected to carry the banner for the liberals in the york north riding in the next federal elec- tion his only vpponent for the position was dr e j hender son of aurora the election of a new candi- j date was made necessary by the icccnt announced ictircment of the sitting liberal member for north york j e smith j mp mr smith who has rep- resented the riding in the house i of commons for the past 12 years is retiring on the advice of his physician the meeting was under the chairmanship of lorro c lee qc prrmicnt of the york north liberal association and honored suests on the platform included pul heuyer lp divenpori i down friday lome evans charles vanzant i counsel g e eastman qc ken thompson liberal candi- f m bickle who owns a i date yorki lumber and w s cook secretary of york north liberal association mr ryes nomination was moved by marshall memurchy reeye of vaughan township and warden of york county mr memurchy referred to mr ryes public service both to the township of east gwillimbury and to york county he can work well with others and is in terested in the riding and its people he said stressing his interest in individuals mr me murchy said jack rye is a humanitarian adding that the york county home for the aged is a tribute to his interest in people seconding the motion was roy stewart who said jack rye has an cncellent past and a promising future accepts nomination in accepting the nomination mr rye said that whoever the candidate might be for the forth coming election it would be a difficult task to match the repre sentation given in the past by the sitting member j b smith and his predecessor the late col v p mulock he said that he m it the highest honour to be able to represent the party which has done so continued on cue n i gravel pit a mine the biggest headache encoun tered by waterloo township court of revision this year was on how gravel pits should be valuable shetland pony assessed decisions were handed winner however took the mon ey instead of the pony so the prize may still be claimed by to sell shetland rony dozens of children were dis appointed at the claremont san ta claus parade on saturday afternoon when it was learned that a toronto resident was the holder of the lucky ticket on the the frank brumwell of gormley was reelected president of the york county federation of ag riculture for the coming year at a meeting held last week in newmarket j a spencer was chosen 1st vice president and harry fer guson of newmarket 2nd vice pres fred wicks continues as secretary treasurer and field- man for the county organiza tion w m cockburn agr rep for york conducted the elec tions and afterwards spoke on the new brucellosis act and its application to york county after some questions and dis cussion it was agreed that the fed of agriculture should mail out a circular letter to its mem bers in york county to make sure that all cattle owners are aware of the changes that are involved the president thanked those present for their support and for their good attendance at directors meetings announce ment was made of the short courses at guelph and vine- land bruce king of woodbridge was chosen to attend the course on cooperation and farm or ganization at guelph jonuary 1 to 4 the delegates to the rural leadership course at vineland feb 17 to 23 will be chosen by the township federation presi dents before jan loth aurora and clippers here thurs don mcintosh and his clip pers will meet their toughest competition here on thursday count v with offices in milton last regular meetings salary attached to the position wa6 on thursday evening is 1000 mr corner is widely p viewers geo drewery known throughout the county having been warden in 1955 clerk of georgina twp in 1956 and has had nearly ten years experience on council the reso lution to engage mr corner was passed without opposition three applications were received in all an account for street lighting passed for pavment amounted to 85950 williamson fund approximately 1700 was dis pensed by council on thursday night the proceeds of the wil liamson trust fund for 1956 left to the poor of the town for annual distribution omha meeting here sam gibney and herb simpson presented their award on the line fence between lots 26 and 27 in the 6th con the properties of stanley koslakowski and john bosworth the bylaw to be given final i approval for the franchise agreement between the town ship and the consumers gas co to the laying of a pipeline was approved and passed bloomington public school trustees asked for an advance of 600 on this years levy which was granted relief accounts for the past month amounted to 21758 and general accounts passed for pay ment totalled 144642 council will convene for their statutory meeting this saturday afternoon and at the same time hear the annual report of the court of revision who have been dealing with more than ninety assessment appeals a meeting has been organized mr and mrs gordon birkett have returned from a holiday trip to florida saturday dec loth the high est or any offer will not neces sarily be accepted the bids should he left with mr w l irwin sectreasurer night when they entertain the this week in stouffville by local aurora belaires the yonge street crew are presently riding high atop the group standing with stouffville and first place will be at stake when the two teams clash here tllis week au rora and bradford are believed to be two of the stronger clubs in the loop in a scheduled game between the two rivals last week aurora edged bradford 76 in a hardfought contest two exclippers will be wear ing aurora uniforms when the visitors skate onto stouffville ice on thursday night andy closs and howard bullock for mer stouffville frontliners have signed with the belaires don spider gibson another well- known performer from new market is also a member of the team their goaltender an ex- american league performer is a topnotch puckstopper accord ing to reports no stranger to stouffville fans but a recent clipper recruit is russ forfar who will likely dress for thursdays tilt de- fenceman bob petch and for ward gord lewis joined the team last week don weir was released when he didnt prove too effective in the three sched uled games are unionville uxbridge sun derland port perry brooklin ajax and highland creek the omha convener jim austin to schedule w be drawn up next set up the various groups in k bantam and juvenile bantam midget and juvenile enthes are here but the classes in addition to entries team may operate in the from stouffville other towns north york l interested in icing minor clubs new candidate heads polls in uxbridge twp stores will be open in stouff- mr norman hogg a resident of quaker hill and a new candi date for a seat on the uxbridge township council topped the polls in the election held on friday with a total of 231 votes he held a slim one vote margin over councillor robt neshitt who polled 230 votes councillor clarence bunker was returned to office with 224 luther booth the other candidate in the field and an excouncillor trailed with 168 the offices of reeve and depreeve were filled by accla mation mr hogg received strong sup port throughout the township heading his home poll at qua- glen major councillor clarence bunker topped the polls at goodwood and glasgow only seven votes separated the first and third place candidates mr luther booth headed his home poll at siloam but fell down badly at the remaining six polls out of 1600 eligible voters only 381 exercised their franchise or 24 percent when the final returns were received the candidates spok briefly to an audience in attend ance at the goodwood commun ity hall it was suggested that in future the nomination meet ing might be held in the evening rather than in the afternoon and that the polling hour should be ker hill by a comfortable mar- u n i extended to 8 pm as a service gin he was well supported also n 1 ri to commuters reeve stuart at pine grove glasgow glen l u i mi whh h ii vni said that council would bo major webb and siloam coun- willing to give the plan serious ville every night next week forjcillor rob nesbitt headed the j swus orto another your shopping convenience i polls at webb pine grove and this faceoff opened a new hockey season some lucky boy or girl the 46acre pit on highway 7 east of i claremont business and corn- kitchener maintained it should munity association will accept be assessed at the same rate as offers on the pony up to 10 pm surrounding farmlands county assessor harold j sni der and township assessor f the value of farmland the high heffron argued that a gravel j assessment to be dropped when pit was a mine and while oper- the pit is used up ating should be assessed as the court agreed with the such therefore they assessed assessors and sustained the as- the whole pit area at four times j sessment for 1957 at least conservation authority to buy uxbridge tp property at the last regular meeting draft bylaw to regulate the dis- of the rouge conservation au- position of workedout gravel thority authorization was given pits the bylaw was prepared by to the reforestation committee the dept of planning and was to offer fred clubire lot 1 given over to the land use com- con uxbridge twp the mittee for study sum of 7500 for all of the approval having been given west half of lot 11 except seven by the dept of planning to ac- acres including all the build- quire flood plan lands in high- ings land creek valley for so sub- it was announced that the sidy it was agreed that scar- handplanted woodlots of dr i borough twp should be asked bruce vale r spademan and to handle the acquisition of the ed erickson of uxbridge tup lands had been snspe i appro- a joint meeting is being ar- cd ar t lyrhsnt of the subsidy ranged uith markhm histon- was recorrrrcrici cal committee to dicus th ac- a cony wia recaivad cd aouirinacvl bxuaaa mill invoarur jim austin local eeutivc member of the omha draa out tuia iill open the hockey s easor here bud lehman lor the clippers and don jarvie for milton clippers won the openirg tilt are the two centre players 4 to u