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fantffrtlle it vol 68 xo 50 thk tribunk stouffville ont thursday may 15 1938 fourteen pages new building for public utilities is recommended by ontario hydro comm receive trophies three captains of stouff- at the annual lions club hoc- to right warren hendricks wee bantam and peewee villes minor league teams key night held in the masonic francis haylow and ronnie awards all three teams are were the recipients of trophies hae on monday evening left castle hold the bantam pee- sponsored by the lions club extend markham twp annual pheasant shoot up to ten days on a resolution moved and seconded by councillors s wat son and l mumberson and car ried by council markham coun cil monday agreed to accept a recommendation of the depart ment of lands and forests and extend its pheasant hunting sea son from three to 10 days on a trial basis for this year this years hunt will be held from october 22nd to november 1st which dates will coincide with the majority of the 16 town ships in the lake simcoe lands and forests district council had previously ex pressed some misgivings about the extended season but fol lowing a discussion with mark ham game warden e harper and j s ellis senior conser vation officer and j s dor- land assistant conservation officer of the dept of lands forests at mondays meeting agreed to the longer season mr ellis stated the depart ment is desirous of setting up a standard pheasant season across the whole of southern ontario in the past the season varied from municipality to municipal ity making the work of conser vation officers and game offi cials difficult the longer season which will start on a wednes day instead of a saturday will reduce the usual saturday rush of hunters mr harper stated although he had originally op posed the longer season from the standpoint of the farmer he would be glad to cooperate with the province hunters will be allowed a max imum kill of three birds a day indications are the department may also impose a maximum bag for the 10 day period mr dorland stated thaf in the past the hunt has worked out at the average of one pheasant to ev ery four- hunters markham has yet to set the number of non resident hunting licenses it will sell this year last year 300 nonresident licenses were sold any bonafide resident of the township is eligible to purchase a license the province sets a minimum figure of 200 on the sale of nonresident licenses hunting in the first concession of markham is forbidden by by law in the matter of holding a deer hunt this fall in the north west corner of the township mr ellis stated the department would be willing to cooperate with the township in organiz ing such a hunt deer cause both damage to crops and present a hazard to motorists a deer hunt if it is held will be subject to further negotiations between markham and the department budget money to renovate goodwood village park a junior choir of 28 under the leadership of miss mona armstrong provided special mu sic at the morning service in the united church stoufflville the holy city was the choir num ber and joyce dewitt gail nel son betty ann slack and jamie ogilvy sang a twopart arrange ment of beautiful saviour uxbridge township took steps on monday night to renovate goodwood community park by granting 300 for thin purpose to the park committee a deputation from the committee attended council and requested a grant they said they were quite willing to act if provided with funds mr herb wagg and mr allan taylor were the spokesmen money be provided for making repairs and maintaining the grounds in condition for sports council unanimously agreed to 300 being placed in the budget for this purpose in 1958 fire rate raised councillor wagg from stouff- ville council appeared before council to present revised rates for attending fires in the town ship by stouffviue equipment the former rate of 60 has been raised to 68 for the first hour with 32 extra for each additional hour or part thereof standby remuneration will re main at 200 council approved to pay the increased rates after the ontario hydro electric power commission has recom mended a new office building for the stouffviue public utilities commission in their recommen dation the ontario commission i states that the present office accommodation is entirely in- t adequate and that early consid- eration should be given to such a project in addition the ontario author ity recommends that the local commission engage a second fulltime lineman and purchase a truck with all the necessary tools for line work these recommendations form ed part of the discussion at the regular meeting of the stouff viue commission on wednesday night when a representative of the hepc was present to pre sent a suggested budget for stouffviue chairman dr s s ball who was in the chair stated that some consideration was being given to the possible erection of a new building on the lot presently owned by the town 1 adjacent to the cnr and rent- led as a car lot reeve daniels said that coun- 1 cil had talked from time to time of remodelling and enlarg ing the present municipal build- ing secretary storey comment- ed that the present building was i very old and in poor repair and would need to be almost com pletely torn down for renova tion it was estimated that a new building for the puc would cost 25000 and a new line truck and tools 8000 and these amounts were included in the budget which the ontario hydro presented for consideration it was believed that it would be necessary to debenture at least 50000 for all capital expendi tures proposed by the ontario hydro sales for 195s were esti mated to bring in a revenue of 94000 and expenses 84000 including possible debenture payments the ontario representative told the local commission that it was estimated that the cost of serving a new subdivision was about 175 per lot reeve daniels pointed out that two new subdivision developments were expected to both be under way this month totalling more than seventyfive new homes secretary storey remarked that there was also the possilibity of a further 40home development the commission plan a spe cial meeting to discuss the pro posed budget the figures of which must be submitted to the ontario hydro before the end of may new street lights a sample of a newtype street light was demonstrated to the commission and two such lights are to be installed on main st as a sample demonstration it was said that present lights give off 85 heat and only 15 light while the new fluorescenttype light will reverse these figures price of the new type fixtures is 10500 each but maintenance costs were said to be far below present lights markham tp dumping acilities inadequate a strong protest by dr clark little hope of the county estab- tljfiijtsaskedjjbjetfc -some-deliberation- mrs a g thompson presi dent of womens missionary so ciety w d of the presbyterian church in canada is presiding this week at the annual coun cil meeting which is being held in st pauls church hamilton local stores to reopen tuesday nights in june noble regarding the dumpin of garbage and rubbish on the elgin mills sideroad brought a promise by markham council monday night to clean up the condition dr noble advocated more police patrols the erection of no dumping signs and the removal of the garbage and rub bish from the roads by the mu nicipality dr noble stated his intention to bring the matter to the at tention of the provincial dept of health if the township failed to act i brought the matter to the attention of our road depart ment some time ago remarked deputyreeve w dean what we need is more cooperation from our- employees added mr- dean reeve clark reported he had taken the matter up with the road department last week t wonder if we are not asking lishing a huge incinerator this year for use by all the district municipalities councillor wat son suggested council consider leaving a dump open all summer for the convenience of town ship residents the water and sanitation committee will con tinue its investigation of ade quate dumping facilities extends facilities with offset printing press the stouffviue tribune has further extended its commercial printing facilities by the instal lation of offset printing equip ment the new machine built by american type foundry in the usa will provide one hun dred copies or one hundred thou- the road department to do too sand very quickly and econom- much what we need is extra ica almost any copy can be help stated councillor watson the condition of the mark ham and elgin mills sideroads is a disgraceful situation re marked councillor mumberson he advocated that the road de partment clean up the ditches at once turning to the general matter reproduced and turned out at speeds of up to seven thousand an hour the new facilities can provide the reproduction of forms of all types or promotional literature in colors and these jobs can be at a fairly well attended meet ing of the stouffviue business- mens association on tuesday evening it was agreed that stores should recommence their annual tuesday open nights on june 3rd and remain open both tuesdays and fridays until sept 2nd at which time they will revert to one night for the winter while the renewing of the tuesday night openings was not unanimous there was no sup port for a motion to keep to one night only the year round some merchants admitted that business on tuesday nights had fallen off but still considered that the service of two nights to shop should be continued an effort to have the closing time reduced to 930 on tuesday nights rather 10 pm also failed to gain support as it was felt such a move might prove con fusing july 1st holiday due to the fact that the july 1st holiday falls on tuesday this year stores will remain open on monday of that week as all other holidays fall on mondays there will be no other altera tion to the regular closed mon day schedule nominating committee messrs cec hendricks ted topping and lloyd weldon were appointed as a nominating com mittee to bring in a new slate of officers for the association airmen swindle residents here two welldressed men posing received payment by cheque i r h1 i as hydro repairmen hit resi dents both in stouffviue and gormley last week they van ished out of the district before local police departments could nab them in each case the po lice were not informed in time to block their escape mrs robt young church st stouffviue was the first victim of the gyp artists they gained entry to her home by posing as agents for the ontario hydro while one man checked the may aid their escape basement meter the other roam- 1 which they cashed in a bank at thornhill markham township police were notified on friday afternoon they are continuing their investigation stouffviue police chief ed wards and markham twp chief clarence wideman have issued a warning to all residents to be on the lookout for such swind lers they request that they be notified immediately when con fronted by any suspicious sales men or repairmen they point out that a few minutes delay many of these gyp artists who are now roaming the coun try taking a picking from gul lible canadians are reported to be americans only two weeks ago it was reported that a hord of these bunco boys were head ing across the border for their annual spring cleanup having run their course in the states for the present they come across posing as almost everything in the book some pass themselves off as offi cials as was done locally others peddle sand soaked in wornout i ed about the house he pocketed a diamond ring valued at s100 mrs young discovered the theft soon afterwards two other res idents were also approached but refused to admit the men into their homes police chief frank edwards on learning of the theft set up two road blocks at both ends of town in hopes of eoralling the swindlers too much time had elapsed however and they elud ed the blockade at gormley mr albert leek was another victim two men believed to be the same persons that invaded stouffviue gained entry to their residence and claimed their electric wiring was faulty following hurried re- included among them are the but hc bcter business bur- pairs the men presented mr gents who will sell you a beauti- j says that as usual they are leek with a bill for 23000 they ful new siding job for your working two rackets at once house at a very special price just so your neighbors will see it but after theyve passed on and have your contract to a fin ance company you learn the real price youre stuck for is about twice what the fasttalk ing salesman told you and at least 50 percent higher than the standard price of the contrac tors in your own neighborhood winter in south these lads winter in florida california and texas fleecing the unwary retired folk who are building homes in these states in march and april they work their way north through the states reaping a harvest may is canadian clean up month for these characters for thats when folks in canada start working seriously on spring re pairs and modernization suede shoe boys the swindlers sometimes are called the suede shoe boys be cause somebody noticed the ad diction of a number of them to the suede shoe fad a few years i back they have to think up new gimmicks from year to year crankeaso oil as high grade top- 1 l onc hc 1 soil or grass guaranteed not to jf nc grow any higher than thw hc private swimming inches i pool at a very low price not only does the contract price turn out to be phony the ac tual price may be three times the quoted price but gyp materials are used and theeon- crete pool starts breaking down long before the end of the first season culls and rejects miracle fertilizers made of mixtures of utterly worthless sand and ground garbage rose bushes and evergreen shrubs that are culled and thrown away by nurseries and flower bulbs rejected as worthless but sold as first class are other merchan dise peddled by the swindlers another high class gyp for this spring is the lawn sprinkler system that appears to be quite a bargain but after the con tractor is gone it starts acting up and then the unsuspecting householder finds it was made of old nonstandard sized pipes and valves bought at some sur plus sale and that the broken parts cant be replaced to top it all the seller of fake lightning rods still works the rural areas manufacturers heard as recently as last sum mer of swindlers who took or ders to install lightning rods on farm buildings and actually j palmed off on the farmers ca- blc made of wooden rods and cheap rope painted with alum- 1 inum paint lurmng to tne general matter turned out at remarkable speed of dumping deputyreeve deanl well as wilh hi n felt neither markham nor the county were accomplishing any thing in the matter of securing new dumping facilities for town ship residents its not our peo ple who are dumping on the roads its outsiders contended reeve clark mr clark reported the township can likely reach an agreement with mr h kennedy who owns an unused gravel pit located between the 5th and 6th concessionsfor its use as a pub lic dump as an alternative mr clark suggested markham make use of the whitchurch dump located on the- 8th concession he felt an agreement could be reached with whitchurch coun cil deputyreeve dean objected to the whitchurch location as be ing inaccessible for markham residents reeve clark offered as well as with high quality offset is a means of printing without type by the use of pho tography and opens a wide field of production for the local print ing plant torso of horse found on lawn markham township police were amazed on saturday eve ning to receive a telephone call from mr geo a richardson owner of a lavish estate home on bayview avenue who stated that the torso of a farm work horse was lying on their front lawn on investigation by pc evan kelley it was learned that the animal was a fullgrown work horse it had been dead only a few hours the head legs and tail had been severed from the animals body and were located near the carcass the remains were lo cated in a small thicket on the landscaped lawn only a short distance from the road and the residence parts of the torso were wrap ped in papers and magazines police were able to get a num ber of addresses and are contin uing their investigation it is the first such case in local police annals the head office of the dept of health have been notified they are also looking into the matter they informed mark ham police that they are check ing on the po nihility of an org anized ring operating in tor onto they said that butchers may be purchasing horse meat and passing it off on consumers under another brand name sunday visitors at the roy dowswell home to mark the baptism of stephen john were grandparents mr and mrs ar thur dowswell and mr and mrs john williamson greatgrand mother mrs george patton and aunt miss erma dowswell reserve judgment in robbery case judgment was reserved by magistrate f s ebbs following a preliminary hearing of an uxbridge township robbery case in oshawa police court ronald charles baker rr 2 stouffviue and arthur harold mitchell rr 1 stouffviue were remanded to may 21 bail was continued until that time baker and mitchell are charg ed with assulting warren beach lot 3 con 2 uxbridge township on jan 9 with intent to steal and thereby commit robbery the accused elected trial by judge and jury in a lengthy hearing the evi dence of the crown was pre sented desmond chambers lot 16 con 10 markham township a stepbrother of mitchell testified that mitchell had admitted the robbery to him in a private con versation he said that parts of ladies stockings had been used as masks claimed chambers mrs ralph baker mother of one of the accused stated that she recognized one pair of stock ings as the former property of her daughter ernest segriff part lot 25 con 6 pickering township said that he had employed mitchell as a truck driver the accused had finished working at approxi mately 1250 pm on jan 9 ronald baker told the court on his own behalf that he had never seen the stockings be fore he offered a complete alibi for the evening of jan 9 bakers alibi was substantiat ed by roy elsen ballantrae who stated that baker had been at his home from 8 pm to 10 pm on jan 9 the offence was sup posed to have been committed at 945 pm i new clerk for uxbridge township uxbridge township received nearly a dozen applications for the position of clerktreasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of mr don ken nedy who is resuming fulltime teaching duties at markham high school this large number of applica tions was reduced to three and mr cedric watson formerly of goodwood was the successful applicant his duties will com mence june 1st and he will receive 1500 salary mr watson was principal of stouffviue public school for more than twenty five years but has been employed in toronto for several years since retiring from the teaching profession salaries asked from the ten applicants ranged from 1500 to 2600 a year variety galore expected at lions rummage sale stouffviue lions club rum mage sale on june 4th is ex pected to produce variety galore ladies now that houseclean ing is in full swing be sure you lay aside those little used arti cles ready for this important auction sale everyone must have some articles to contrib ute to this cause the lions will find anything you have quite ac ceptable furniture china gar den tools utensils good cloth ing the local service club serves a wide area around stouffviue and the club would be very pleased to receive some live stock from some of our neigh boring farmers it is expected that this will be the biggest rummage sale ever staged in the district with an entire quartette of auction eers in action watch for pickup the entire town will be can vassed for sale articles and the dates when the lions will call will be published next week the club would appreciate you delivering your own items it possible and where and when they can be deposited will also appear next week crown attorney alex c hall qc refused to make chambers written statement available to the defence he termed it part of his brief he felt that the cre dibility of a witness was not to be decided in a preliminary hear ing defence attorneys harry r rose qc of toronto and lome c lee qc of aurora argued there was insufficient evidence to pommit baker and mitchell for trial- a forger is a guy who gives cheque a bad name local catch although a number of local rod and reel artists journeyed to distant points in hopes of catching a supply of trout last week ron cairns left and alan hathaway hauled this 11 inch beauty out of a stream near altona this fish was onc of the largest to be caught in this vicinity the local fisher men find that a yard stick is quite adequate to measure the length of their prize