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ulk vol 68 no 16 the tribune stouffville ont thursday september 19 1957 twelve pages site for new public school is bought on sunset blvd stouffville public school board at a special meeting on thursday evening agreed unanimously to purchase six acres belonging to mr milt smith as the site for the new- public school to be erected in time for opening classes in september 1958 price of the six acres is 15000 the new school will be located immediately south of orchard pk on sunset blvd and is located wiihin the stouffville public school section preliminary sketches for the new school will be made by the architects immed iately as it is their wish to commence construction this fall the site is sufficiently large to allow for future additions up to ten rooms the school board has held a great number of meet ings to deal with the problem of a site and investigated the matter both from the location and price angle some members of the board were strongly in favor of a site on cedar pines development north of rupert st in the over fifty residents oppose uxbridge tp land restrictions bylaw more than 50 residents in ux- tages of that size were only for bridge township attended the the wealthy class mrs edna ontario municipal board hear- hall agreed she said that such ing at goodwood on thursday a restriction would prevent per- afternoon to voice opposition to sons from erecting eottages in the townships new land re- the township striction bylaw which was given j mr s todrow an operator first instance but the inability of the subdivider to pro- 1 a third and final reading on of a number of summer cot- ceed with the development in this area turned the board june 24th 1957 the council i tages stated that the offseason to the smith site where almost- an identical price was i were desirous of approval from time limit of 10 days for occu- ultimatelv agreed on the fact that the onlv land available the municipal board on a bylaw paney would have an adverse for school sites is being held for subdivision purposes 0 ph the use of land for i effect on his business a number brings the per acre price higher than would he the case f p a l regulate j of his cottages are used by per- if the town was blessed with a good supply of raw land j not being considered for subdividing traces arctic route dr and mrs vilhjalmur stef- the pupis at the siloam public ansson famous arctic explor- school in uxbridge township ers and historians honoured with a personal visit last week arctic explorer author visits siloam school thursday september 12th will grade eight could understand long be remembered by twenty- j the hunting of polar bear and nine pupils at ss no 8 si- 1 walrus held the imagination of loam public school in uxbridge the boys while the food clothing township it was the day when j and homes of the eskimo caught dr and mrs vilhjalmur stef the fancy of the girls the es- ansson famed arctic explorers kimos language is better than and historians interrupted their our english said dr stefan- busy routine to address ihe j ss it conveys ideas better here dr stefansson traces his route into the far north on the globe while left to right murray thurston tim wees and joyce alcock watch with interest jim thomas boys and girls the insulbriek covered school house is located at the intersec tion of the newmarket road and concession 2 uxbridge nestled among the hills and surrounded by shady maples the building is almost obscured from view an air of unusual silence was noticeahle outside the school much to the surprise of the visi tors silence also reigned su preme in the classroom dr and mrs stefansson were received at the door by a grade eight student thirteen year old tim wees a friend of the visitors he introduced the honoured guests to his teacher miss bar bara joyce and to the district inspector mr h w knight miss joyce in a few well- chosen words introduced dr and mrs stefansson to her wide- eyed pupils they were given seats of honour at the front of the room little escaped the eyes of the learned travellers they were highly impressed by what they observed erected in 1s7s the in tetior of the school showed little sign of its nearly eighty years of service to the community everything was spotlessly clean and neat a colourful bouquet of flowers adorned the teachers desk a highlypolished world globe stood nearby mrs stefansson spoke only briefly she explained how she had just returned from a long- j distance trip through areas surj rounding the north pole and alaska she informed the stu- dents that although many be- j lieve that the far north is ex- tremcly cold such is not nccesi sarily true quite often the weather here and in the united states is just as cold or colder than in the arctic she saidi dr and mrs stefansson live in hanover new hampshire when dr stefansson address- ed the student body the eyes of every pupil stared fixedly in his direction he spoke slowly and distinctly in words that every boy and girl from grade one to than we can he explained that although many eskimo were backward a few years ago they now had reached a much higher level of learning he said many could speak the english lang uage listened to radios and could read and write he contra dicted the theory that all eski mos live in snow houses only a few of them do he said in fact the majority have never seen an igloo dr stefansson lived for ten years with the eskimo eskimo are just ordinary people like you and me he said he explained that in appearance they resembled the japanese and chinese race stefansson island in the canadian arctic was named after the noted traveller and author following dr stefanssons informative talk a question and answer period was permitted from every corner of the class room hands shot up did jou eat raw meat asked one pupil do eskimos ever hunt and kill polar bear queried another how many eskimo would go out together to hunt whale asked still another dr stefan sson answered each question in detail a hearty round of ap plause showed the pupils appre ciation v although during the past 79 years the siloam public school has seen many noted and re spected persons enter and leave through its timeworn doorway without doubt the names of dr and mrs vilhjalmur stefansson must indeed head this lengthy list to set up free blood bank at york county hospital to discuss gravel truck control in a letter received by picker ing township council from the township of markham a meet ing of six municipalities will be held in the near future to dis cuss problems arising from in creased gravel truck traffic rep resented at the discussion will be the townships of whit church uxbridge markham vaughan pickering and cale- don reeve wm lawson of picker ing township said he would wel come such a meeting represen tatives will be appointed when an exact date is set trade fair opens next thursday night stouffvilles annual trade fair will be held on thursday friday and saturday evenings sept 2627 and 28th the special opening ceremonies will com mence at 830 pm on thursday mr ted topping president of the businessmens association an appeal is being made from stouffville and district j will deliver the address of wel- throughout york county includ- were receiving treatment at come reeve elmer daniels will ing the village of stouffville i newmarket he said that he 2 b 1 attendance mr r j for volunteer blood donors jpl hopes- by wrtlng ttjite5wofflds order that a free blood bank may lions club the public school y opei tne fah mr d p he set up in the york county the high school and newspaper n w p at the console of hospital at newmarket at the to interest a large number of the electric organ on both thurs- present time rhe old replace- adults in placing their names on day and saturday nights what division of classes will be made once the school is ready has not yet been agreed upon and will be decided with the guidance of the school inspector stouffville district high school is also crowded this year although not to the same extent as the public school and it is expected that an addition will be required on this school by 1959 markham tp swamped with applications for local pheasant shoot while markham township to be issued in regard to the the location space character j sons engaged in winter sports and use of buildings to be er- j he felt that such parties were ected or altered in the township j desirable and should not be pre- ment system is in use whereby j the volunteer list persons in each patient is required to re- good health and between the place each pint used with two ages of 18 and 65 will be accept- pints or pay a sum of 2000 peried pint in the past few weeks during mr j r bollons hospital i the urgent appeal for blood don- administrator informed thetriors less than 200 persons have bune that the replacement sys- volunteered at least 1000 per- tem created a terrific hardship sons arc needed during the for some patients therefore as week of sept 2228 a drive will soon as enough volunteer donl he organized it will be known as ors are obtained a free blood b13h bank emergency week hank will be made available for anyone desirous of joining this everyone we dont want the volunteer group should submit money we need the blood said llis name address and telephone mr bollons numfter to blood bank york a free blood bank at the york county hospital newmarket county hospital enables pajnt tienfs to receive blood by trans- i fusion without having to pafl t halo for it in cash or send in one re- nallljc ot lalc placement donor by having the required number of volunteer donors no one should be called j upon more than once in 12 or 15 months mr bollons eplainod that j more and more hospital patients the date for the reopenlng of the main office of the york county health unit on main street newmarket has been changed from wedn sept 25 to thnrs sept 26 in addition to the organ music nancy lee noted accordionist dancer and singer will headfri- day evenings programme the video swiss bell ringers will be on stage on saturday night mr ted edwards will be master of ceremonies the fair is expected to attract a large attendance again this year thirtyfive attractive booths will be on display there council has restricted the num ber of permits to 300 for the fall pheasant shoot this year al ready more than two hundred applications have been received police chief clarence wideman stated that if anyone in the im mediate area was desirous of obtaining a permit they should do so at once the fee remains this year at 3 for nonresident and 50c for residents the dates for the an nual shoot are set by trie dept of game fisheries oct 25th and 26th and the tfag limit is three birds a day council discussed the advis ability of recording orders for permits months prior to their issuance some people were sen ding in from a distance early in the year it was revealed council expressed the view that next year there might be a move not to record any orders prior to the date when gun licenses can be procured sept 1st objects to fire hall councillor cosburn was em phatically opposed to the new fire hall building at unionville being occupied prior to the ex piration of the villagetownship agreement he said that he understood that it was necessary to survey the lot and considered that once the building was taken over and occupied council have to accept it even though building or erecting of additions to high schools the board con sidered that the amount is set the first year and should remain the same during the term of the debenture it has always been the prac tice to set the amount annually taking into consideration the change from year to year of the equalized assessment tiie ontario municipal boated were vepresented by mr b jamieson and mr c f nunn the council were represented by reeve stuart ball and councillor robt nesbitt clerk d s ken nedy explained the bylaw to the audience more than one dozen ratepay ers requested permission to speak in opposition to the by law when asked by the chair man mr b jamieson no one spoke in favour of it much of the opposition was centred around the clause there shall be no more than one dwelling on lots of less than 20 acres and larger lots must nuisance bylaw gets trucker pickering townships bylaw enforcement officer mr a j thompson received praise from council at their meeting on monday night following his con viction against the mcbride trucking co ltd under the municipalities nuisance bylaw the charges followed conh plaints by a number of resi dents on the 4th concession west that the company was op erating trucks and machinery late at night and in the early hours of the morning upon in vestigation by mr thompson it the survey and title proved un- was i that trucks were satisfactory solicitor lucas explained that council was protected by a let ter from the vendor cut red tape markham twp has learned that the municipal board does not favor the change in the amount payable each year in connection with the debentures dairy herd goes under hammer thirtythree head of registered holstein cattle will pass under the auction block at the disper- wilt be free lucky draw prizes i sal sale on the property of mr every evening at 945 pm miss f turner albert sts had the misfortune to fall down the stairs in her home this week and break her hip she is con fined to the newmarket hospit al ezra brownsberger lot 23 con cession 10 markham twp the auction will be held on wednes day sept 25th at 2 pm in addition to the registered cows six grade cows will also be sold the herd comprises fresh cows springers milkers heif ers and calves a s farmer is the auctioneer mr kenneth laushwa ofi stouffville was an entry in the niagara golf association tourj rament at niagara falls on wednesday afternoon markham public school area one of the provinces most no 1 nsive appearing before markham t township council as a member of the township educational committee am lemasurier stated that markham public school area no 1 was one of r the highest in costs in ontario he said that it was considered hat these might be reduced by rutting the administrative costs j which have shown a large in- 1 erease he stated that as the law gave the power of consent in mo issues to the township having j fea itrcn jseecsment in the area and the schools were for the most parr placed in the area bavins the larger number of children attending he could not see where markham twp could anticipate having control of- school affairs until the area was dissolved and each township conducted its own school affairs he requested solicitor lucas to express an opinion on he power of council to dissolve the area as he could not find any provision for it in the act mr lucas stated that he did not wish to give any definite opinion without study but he thought that a request by both township councils involved to the dept of education would bring a solution the educational committee urged council to proceed at once reeve clark stated that as markham and vaughan councils were meeting on sept 23rd it was anticipated ihat action would be taken in the near fu ture sanction debenture markham twp passed a by law authorizing th liwrfag oil markhams share of debentures or the new school at wood- bridge and an addition to rich mond hill school amounting to 26363925 assessing longer the township assessor request ed council pass a bylaw subject to the approval of the municipal board granting an extra 30 days for completion of the assess ment it was stated that both whitchurch and uxbridge town ships had passed similar bylaws this month council agreed to the extension police crack juvenile theft ring in town stouffville police chief frank edwards has cracked a possible juvenile theft ring here a large quantity of jackknives fountain pens and toy pistols have been recovered chief edwards suspicions were aroused on sunday when he noticed a young lad playing with a larkknife on the side walk when he proceeded to question the boy he was told that he had received it from an other youth further investiga tion by the chief led him to the residence of a third boy where much of the loot was discovered the ad admitted entering var ious main street stores and re moving merchandise from the j display counters the property j his been returned to its right- 1 f ul ewsorx operating between the hours of 8 pm and 6 am have an additional 20 acres for restored each additional building messrs frank voss howard langfelt l courtney and a hume objected to the size of lots required since other objec tions to this caluse were ap parent the chairman stated that the board would give no decision at that time he said lie under stood councils feeling on the problem but didnt feel that it had been drawn up in a manner that would make satisfactory legislation mr jamieson stated that the boards decision would be made in writing to the clerk clause 14 of the bylaw bro ught opposition from dr d e davis the clause- reads no person shall use any land for the purpose of having or keep ing hogs fed by garbage swill or refuse obtained or collected from any land or premises other than the parcel of land upon which the said hogs are kept dr davis noted that the clause was so restrictive that it would almost prohibit the raising of hogs in the township he said that he had been in contact with several parties in the do minion government and they stated that they did not believe the clause was workable in its present form bert johnston voiced opposi tion with the size restrictions placed on summer cottages he said he felt 720 squarft feet was too severe he noted that cot- vented from having access at any time mr kingston another rate payer stated that the bylaw in general was not in the best interests of the people and should be thrown out mr c tuck also objected to the size restrictions on summr cottages he felt that cottages in the 500 to 600 square feet range were adequate at one point in the hearing assistant chairman mr c f nunn threatened to adjourn the meeting when a number of per sons demanded a reason for councils lack of support of their bylaw order was immediately tribune in top fifteen while the stouffville trib une did not rank in the one- twothree money group at the current weekly newspaper competitions at- banff last week the local paper ranked among the top fifteen in this class a circulation group there are 525 member news papers in the canadian week ly association and 99 of these papers with better than 3000 circulation the group in which the tribune must compete- in concluding their findings the judges stated as follows the top 15 in the class a circulation group should not be concerned with competi tions and whether or not they placed first second third or- fifteenth these papers we have examined are topflight productions considering their communities some of which are almost strictly rural they are doing an excellent job at the same time they are at a disadvantage competing with others from larger centres the abbotsford news bc took first place in this compe tition the oakville journal ont second and the chilli- wack progress bc third wins tractor mr melvin pakcr ballan- trae farmer was the lucky winner of a new s26o0 massey- harris tractor a the canadian national exhibition tne ma chine fully equipped was de livered to his farm last week although mr and mrs baker were in the cne grounds only a short time they uook time to fiil out an entry blank at the masseyharrisferguson display booth he was notified by telephone that his name had been drawn it was one- on amillion charxe said mr baker he resides on the for mer peterson farm north of thiour corners i