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imfflilti ftrumne i 2 vol 67 no 32 the tribune stouffville ont friday january 4 1957 ten page3 town building in 55 three quarter million down 50 last year buys first license at new office building in stouffville which reached a peak of more than j three quarters of a million dol lars in 1955 dropped sharply during the year just ended to extend car license deadline to jan 31 deadline for obtaining 1957 approximately 542000 there ucense iates and ddv u if ls censes has been extended to jan sued in 19oo including 74 new 31 james n au minister 0i homes compared to 19p6 wnen j highwavs announced thursday ss permits were issued ana 30 t m vehicles branch oi homes value of homes erected dcpartment wlu begin t0 if j r cto as com iss th registration plates and pared to sooo000 the year be- lice jan tfc commercial permits in 1956 ff numbered 14 for a value of i 81000 while in 1955 there were a similar number of permits but a value of 154800 new garages numbered 14 last year valued at ss500 and in 1955 there were 16 built for a value of 8700 balance of the total value of buildings and permits consists of changes and renovations these figures were compiled by mr henry ogden building in spector more than 2700 motor accidents in nov the ontario provincial police at vandorf report a total of 2786 motor vehicle accidents in the province during the month of november of this number 72 were fatal during the month 93 persons were killed and 9s7 were injured the opp ex amined a total of 3ss62 vehicles and 12605 warnings were is sued a total of 6882 charges were laid sunday school convention at greenwood church a new motor license bureau located here was officially opened on wednesday it will be operated by mr r h murphy mr les ogden of stouftville was the first cus tomer he is pictured above left receiving his 1957 plates from mr murphy mrs mur phy right fills out the appli cation forms the new office is located at the east end of town adjacent to murphy motors garage jim thomas the annual convention of the pickering twp sunday school association will be held in the greenwood united church on wednesday jan 9th the topic for the day is sunday schools on the march the program has been divided into three sessions the morning afternoon and eve ning j rev h moore of greenwood ffjunited church will be in charge f the worship service at the morning session mr m pegg will pronounce the words of welcome and rev h lackey of claremont will introduce the new pastors mrs n neal will give the sunday schools report other ministers taking part at this session will be rev sargent of altona and rev j w wilk inson of dunbarton in the afternoon session miss jean linton home from ildrin africa will speak on the subject sunday schools on the march with respect to her particular mission field in africa others taking part will be mrs l gates of cherrywood and mrs k drake of claremont rev j s lowden of claremont will lead the discussion the evening session will take the form of a young peoples rally the worship service will begiy at 745 with the clare- mosc united church young peo ple in charge the closing ad dress will be delivered by rev donald lossing of pickering beach community church spe cial music for the convention will be provided by mrs e wil son the altona ladies trio and the pickering beach community sunday school the officers who have served during 1956 are president mrs geo mcconnell 1st vice president mr hugh michell 2nd vice presideit mr edgar james and secretarytreasurer mrs elmer wilson pi local york ytery church expansion in metro politan toronto and york coun ty has caused the united church to begin subdivision of its to ronto presbyteries the 1956 conference decided to ei ect a new presbytery for the area covered by the present county of york and the northwestern part of the county of ontario the presbytery will hold its first meeting at st andrews church in markham on januaiy 8th 1957 the presbytery includes the following congregations ashford sandford and ze- ppiiyrt ballantrae be enshoe kettleby snowball pot- tageville glenville king city laskay and teston maple ed- geley and hope markham and cedar grove mount albert and hartman newmarket oak ridges queensville and sharon- hope richmond hill schom- berg and dunkerron stouff ville sutton west bethel and virginia temperanceville mt pisgah and wesley unionville and ebenezer uxbridge vic toria square browns corners and headf ord vroomanton udora and victoria corners whitevale cherrywood and lo- thesda lvmonville melville and cust hui peachs box grove epsom and the rev george h thomas utica georgina island glen of markham is interim chair- major goodwood fifth line man of the new presbytery and and siloam keswick and rav- 1 will convene the first meeting york county soil and crop annual meeting the annual meeting of the york county soil crop im provement assoc will be held in newmarket town hall on wednesday january 9 commen cing promptly at 1030 am with the business session and panel discussion following lunch as guests of the association two popular speakers will be featured in the afternoon dr b c matthews of the soils dept of the ontario agricultural college who has had a wide experience in soil survey work will speak on prac tical approaches to soil prob lems and mr lawrence kerr of chatham a former assistant agricultural representative in york county will speak on the subject time is money those who took the soil crop bus tour to western ontario will recall visiting this exceedingly well managed large farm which largest local municipal project launched in 56 nineteen hundred and fifty- six was one of the most event ful years in the history of this community in addition to its marking the occasion for the launching of the towns biggest municipal project a sewerage system it was also one of con troversy in council most par ticularly on the matter of meas ured assessment and police stouffville began its half mil lion dollar sewerage system and established its own police de partment equipped with cruiser making the two most outstand ing municipal events of the year whitchurch was forced to hold a byelection midterm one of few ever held there and issued their first assessment notices on their new measured assessment scale pickering established mr kerr owns and operates he ward system ar has always been a popular spea ker at the ontario convention reports on association activi ties of the year illustrated by slides and a discussion panel on how one might pick up an extra dollar through soil and crop election purposes for the first time in 56 markham had an other year of great growth which saw their tax roll go over the half million dollar mark school costs brought major con- troversiesat some meetings in management will make up the uxbridge twp clerk john ash- morning programme several valuable door prizes will be open to those present before 1030 so plan to be early and bring along a neighbor the stouffville public school board has engaged mrs isobel emmerson for the local school staff to replace miss burkholder who was married during the yuletide holidays mr outerbridge the proba tion officer of the family court will be the guest speaker at the january 9th meeting of the stouffville home and school association mrs redshaw was the winner of the braided rug donated by mrs harold murphy to the holi day bazaar of the local home and school association which raised 16300 other winners of prizes were mrs felstead mrs gordon smith mrs nell smith year babies born here enhurst retired from the muni cipal scene after over forty years service in almost all our townships as well as the town building expansion showed a decline in 56 over the previous year and there is little hope of any im provement in the next few months with the money curtail ment what is expected by many is a considerable loosening of the government controls as next junes federal election date nears but this is pure specula tion urge farmers to help hungarians ontario farmers were asked today to help provide temporary accommodation for hungarian refugees coming into ontario the appeal to ontario farmers was made by lloyd jasper pres ident of the 100000 farmermem ber ontario federation of agri culture some 6000 hungarian refu gees are expected in ontario by january 10 mr jasper said it is as much ihe responsibility of ontario farm people as it is the responsibility of ontario cl dog chews up house several hundred dollars dam age was caused to the interior of the new home of mr and mrs mervin bunker altona during the weekend when pal the family dog was locked by mis take in the house on friday eve ning the story unfolded two days later when the dog return ed home to the bunkers tem porary residence with a trace of blood on its face realizing his mistake mr bunker return ed to his new house and dis covered the interior badly chew ed and clawed by the frightened dog three window sills were damaged beyond repair and large grooves had been carved out of the front door one win dow was broken where the trap ped animal had jumped through and escaped mr and mrs bun ker were planning to move into their new residence this month mr bunker recalled how he had locked the door on friday evening unmindful that the fam ily dog was still inside he did not do any work on the house the following day luckily the pet didnt jump ihrpugh the front plate glass window which would have been very expensive to replace government license office opened here awaited for years on wednesday of this week i 3 licence price tag local farmer has one of the top guernsey herds bloomington mabel the great great great great grandmother of many of the present 45 head which make up the entire bloo mington guernsey herd owned by eugene lemon stouffville has held her place in the life time production honour roll but it was the final effort that ended her long and useful life at 16 years of age a life in which she has contributed great ly through her descendants to the bloomington herd with every animal in the herd but three tracing directly to her in thirteen recorded lacta tions she produced 125412 lbs of milk and 5466 lbs of butter- fat to retain her place as third highest for total recorded milk production in canada eygene lemon is one of on tarios top farmers he corn- ties and towns to help these bines his interest in guernseys brave people secure a foothold with a very active crop improve- in canada ment program he is one of notices are going out to all i york countys top seed grain s i j t- i -l- the department of highways tcially opened a motor veh- s licensing agency in stouff- j ville mr r h murphy receiv- i ing the appointment the open- ing of this branch concludes i years of petitioning and politi cal lobbying by various stouff ville residents to have this long- i needed service brought to town local motorists have been in convenienced for many years in having to go first to unionville and then markham to obtain their yearly plates and permits and every effort made to have the provincial government prop erly service the town has up until now fallen on deaf ears mr murphy is open for busi ness and prepared to provide new plates and all classes of driver permits and licenses as well as dealer transfers plate coloring for 1957 plates is white lettering and figures on a blue background the reverse of 1956 coloring coloring is different but prices are the same nearly all passen ger car owners will pay any where from 7 to 21 for their 1957 plates in the 7 category are four- cylinder cars such as volks wagens hillmans austins etc in the 10 category are si cylinder cars up to and includ ing 2s horsepower and in tha 14 category are sixcylinder cars over 2s horsepower and s- cylinder cars up to and includ ing 35 horsepower older fords most chevrolets are in this brac ket the big cars buicks oldsmo- biles cadillacs and latemodel fords will be in the s21 cate gory in this bracket are eight- cylinder cars with more than 35 horsepower truck licences will cost any where from 1050 for a twoton total weight including carry ing capacity vehicle to 502 for trucks weighing between 18 and 19 tons dual purpose vehicles such as stationwagons also fall into this bracket trailer and semitrailer lic ence plates also depend on total weight including carrying cap acity prices range from 250 for a oneton trailer to 320 for a 19ton job bus licence plates costs range from 1750 for a 2s ton vehicle including carrying capacity to 342 for a 13ton bus motorcycle licences cost 300 there are plenty of special categories and exceptions to the built after 1933 a fourcylinder ru steamdriven units for ex- car built before 1933 carries a ample take 15 plates holiday anniversary for markham couple christmas was a doubly joy- 1 trade until his retirement ous occasion this year for a they were members of mel- markham couple and a highland ville church for many years and death tatton daisy suddenly on tuesday jan 1 1957 daisy saunders beloved wife of the late charles tatton and dear mother of harold of gormley and may mrs j holder of mi- mico resting at the jerrett funeral chapel 1141 st clair ave w near dufferin for ser vice friday 2 pm interment westminster memorial ceme tery our county federations of agri culture to urge the farmers in their areas to provide temporary accommodation in their homes for hungarian refugees regard less of whether or not these people are farm workers mr jasper said naturally we are pleased to note that in some groups that have already arrived as many as 10 percent are farm workers he added and we are hopeful that farmers will avail themselves of this new labor supply mr jasper is urging all on tario farmers who can offer tem porary accommodation even if only until the spring to contact immediately the secretary of their county federation of agrk culture the secretary in turn will report the information to the toronto head office of the ontario federation of agricul ture mr jasper indicated that the ontario federation of agricul ture had conferred with authori ties in toronto who are respon sible for the placing of hungar ian refugees these authorities he said were pleased with the federations plans to attempt to locate accommodation in rural ontario for some of the refu- j the herd gees growers and he is actively inter ested in soil conservation his herd has developed along the same careful lines that are evident in all his farming opera tions his herd has always been tested officially and using this as his first aid in culling he in sisted on a high and uniform rate of production as a result the several other cow families which he started with were gra dually eliminated turning next to type requirements through classification then to ease of milking and temperament he has narrowed his herd down to the point where he has prac tically all of it the direct result of two of the old cows daugh ters it was always eugenes am bition to have all the animals in the barn the direct descendants of bloomington mabel but old age overtook her before that was achieved but the job of breeding and developing a top group of guernseys that have been selected for the wide var iety of characteristics which eu gene has done is a challenge to the younger breeders and the contribution of bloomington ma bel will long be remembered in creek couple it marked the 50th wedding anniversary of their double wedding ceremony in melville presbyterian church west hill mr and mrs wilfred h knowles celebrated at their home on old kingston road among the many friends and neighbors who called in to con gratulate them was rev alex ander skerr who married them and mr and mrs george mc intosh of reesors sideroad markham on christmas day 1906 mr mcintosh was prevented by illness from taking his wife to the celebration at the know les home he and his wife held a family celebration at the farm home they have lived in for the past 43 years mr and mrs mcintosh have five children and eight grand children mr and mrs knowles oper- ated a general store and post- later joined centennial united church highland creek where mr knowles was treasurer for 25 years mr knowles recalled early days in scarboro when as a boy on his fathers farm he rose at 3 am to take produce to mar ket in toronto he recalled that he once sold an entire load of potatoes to obtain one 100pound bag of sugar maple leaf gardens gets sheas organ a giant electric organ which once played background music at sheas theatre during vaude ville heyday will have a new job next month entertaining hoc key crowds in maple leaf gar dens henry bolton manager of the gardens announced the pur chase last night a day after office in highland creek until i he ow movie house closed to 1915 when mr knowles became make wa x a new civic a carpenter he worked at this square local telephone lines cut by cable snatchers a heavy 16pr telephone ca- ble was completely severed and approximately 175 feet taken out between two poles on the 9th concession of markham on sat urday night the damage re quired bethesda stouftville line crewmen about a day to re pair and the suspension of ser vice to a number of phones dur ing that time a cable taken out could be val- vestigatlng the case are at a loss to know who would go to i so much trouble for so little gain however this is not the first time that such an incident has occurred cable having been stolen before from poles some years ago in the bethesda area the bell telephone co had similar trouble a short time back when valuable lead cable was stolen this theft was later ued in feet at about 60 and solved and the thieves appre- markham police who are inhended arauders shoot up nearby bird sanctuary rcmp investigating two new years babies were horn at stouffvilles briorhush hospital on tuesday the w- arrivals were only fifty min utes apart and marked the tist time in the 11year his tory of the hospital that any births have been recorded on new years day the two mothers mrs geo smith of claremont left and mrs fred mantle of goodwood proudly display their new- sons it is mrs smiths fourth child but the first for mrs mantle both were presented with silver cups by mrs ella malcolm the hospital super intendent jim tiona rcmp officers and local po lice are endeavoring to track down a carload of marauders who invaded dr alan secords bird sanctuary on the 3rd con cession of uxbridge township over the new year holiday and dispersed the fourteen wild can ada geese which make their home there over the winter some were killed one left maim ed to die and others apparently frightened away dr secord and other sports men and bird lovers are particu larly incensed over the incident such hoodlums with guns give good sports a bad name de clared dr secord the trcs- come when the doctor called them they mate for life dr secord told the tribune and the few that were able to fly away will keep others from coming here in future there have been as many as two hundred and fifty geese stop in at the secord pond on their annual migration south the one bird left maimed by the irresponsible gunmen was removed to the secord ani mal hospital in toronto where its broken wing has been placed in splints a similar incident occurred several years ago on the long fellow property west on the townline local hunters ire- passers parked their car or fluently cross near the secord truck on the 4th concession and p hunting rabbits but never walked over the fields police mo thc s wht hav come belies to trust us the docto said hunters in the area are rooting the geese on the secord pro perty have been wintering there for the police to apprehend the callous hooligans who perpe- row for four years they had trated this act to protect the j become quite tame and would name of good sports local telephone repairmen worked all dav sunday to con nect cable that was stolen on saturday night on the 9th con cession south of stouffville mr lloyd jennings an em ployee of the stouffville-be- thesda telephone compa pictured above makin ried repairs to thc lin jg j