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ritntin t vol 60 no yi the tribune stouf fv1lx ont thursday september 4 195s twelve pages over 700 back to school in stouffville this week on tuesday morning nearly seven hundred tots and teen agers of stouffville and nearby township district were on the back to school trail dozens of tiny tots were attending kin dergarten for the first time hundreds of books crayons pleted once its doors are openi ed stouffville will have com pleted still another step in pro- 1 viding adequate educational fa- cilities for a growing populal tion less than seven years ago a new high school was built and pens and pencils have been pur- it was thought that with the re- chased the last few weeks readiness for the allimportant day bus schedules are in opera tion timetables are being plan ned and all the multiplicity of details are being worked out school housing has changed a great deal in stouffville in the past twentyfive years even in the lst ten twentyfive years ago all the pupils both high school and public school attend ed classes in the same building this school erected originally in 3917 has had two additions since then besides numerous other in ternal alterations in those days the high or continuation school as it was known at that time employed three teachers and the public school five ten years back the high school staff had risen to five and the public school to seven today the com bined teaching staff totals more than twice this number and use more than twenty class rooms classes will be staggered for suction in school population in the one building there would be ample public school space for years to come but two years had not gone by till every room was crowded once more and every available space in the basement was being utilized there has followed this year the decision to erect a second public school now hearing com- enjoyed sixty years on sunday aug 31st mr and mrs v h burnett 9th conces sion of whitchurch twp mark ed their 60th wedding anniver sary for this fine local couple the day passed quietly with the exception of calls from mem bers of the immediate family and nearby neighbours three beautiful baskets of flowers en hanced their living room both mr and mrs burnett have been lifelong residents of the district jirs burnett was born northeast of stouffville on the farm now owned by mr wm morris she was the daugh ter of mr and mrs edward mor ris while still quite young her parents moved to stouffville and six years later they took up residence on the ninth conces sion where she still resides she attended the stouffville public school at 77 mrs burnett still i enjoys very good health mr burnett was born on the 9th concession near blooming- ton the son of the late daniel burnett and mary stapleton he attended bloomington public school he later helped his fa ther on the farm in those days an education wasnt so important as it is to day commented mrs burnett mr burnett is s6 on aug 31st 1898 the couple woseinited in marriage- the ceremony was conducted by rev c h hainer in his stouffville manse on victoria street rev hainer was the bloomington church pastor following a brief honeymoon trip to tillson- burg by train the happy couple purchased the bloomington farm now operated by their son elmer they resided there for 48 years later moving to stouff- one of towns best known couples wed fifty years air and mrs e a button marked their golden wedding anniversary on tuesday of this week one of stouffvilles best known couples mr and mrs button celebrated this import ant day quietly at theii home on obrien avenue at home with their family they were the recip- ients of congratulations and visits from a host of local friends mr and mrs button were married in wallaceburg on sept 2 1908 mrs button was the former agnes anderson and had come to stouffville as a school teacher during the principalship of mr hand so well remember- rd by our elder citizens it was during this period that she met ernie button who was in the employ of the silvester hard ware mr button later established his own hardware business in part of the present ratcliff blk and then on the north side of main st now hendricks hard ware he retired from active business in 1935 the couple have spent their entire married life in stouff ville and their home on obrien ave is one of the towns best- known residences mr button served on stouff ville municipal council is a member of the lions club and was a member of the orange lodge and the oddfellows his exploits as a hunter and fisher man are well known among local townsfolk as well as his interest and contributions to local sports ernie as he is popularly known was a mem ber of the lawn bowling club and the curling club which flourished here at one time as well as taking a keen interest in baseball and hockey mr and mrs button attended the presbyterian church and later the united church mrs button was actively engaged in the various organizations of the church and was a member of the stouffville ladies study club both mr and mrs button are the last remaining members of their immediate families they have one son dr john button of stouffville and one daugh ter mrs norman baker also of stouffville as well as four granddaughters the tribune is most happy to add its congratulations to the many others which mr and mrs button will be receiving during this week and wish them many more years among us ville for less than two years they have lived on their present property for ten years to the couple were born five children four sons and one daughter surviving are two sons melvin of rothsay and el mer of bloomington there are four grandchildren mrs burn ett has one brother delos of tillsonburg and three sisters mrs wm clarkson of altona mrs arthur storry and mrs arthur smith both ofbloorrk ington mr burnett has one bro ther robert of stouffville and two sisters mrs luella dough erty of stouffville and mrs aus tin wagg of bloomington disposes of business after thirtyfive years after serving the town and surrounding community over 35 years mrs m e watts is retiring from business and has sold her ladies wear busi ness to the misses stover mrs watts learned the millinery business with the late mrs f wilson who carried on the store at the corner of main and church st south when mrs watts decided to branch out on her own she opened a store on the second floor of the build ing now occupied by spofford co some thirtysix years ago she mpyecltoithe presenujoea- tion where she has carried on successfully to the present time wellknown farmers tops in corn crop while the two top spots in the corn section of the current field crop competitions as operated by the ontario dept of agricul ture went to shurgain farms and master feeds farm dalton rumney and r p armstrong of markham and heber down of whitby twp all wellknown farmers in this district came in close behind in the standing shurgain farms scored 859 points in first spot dalton rum ney had 851 heber down 846 and r p armstrong 842 several other nearby farmers also ranked in the eighties not close behind in thestanding steckley the complete lineup of com petitors finished as follows competitor total shurgain farms s59 master feeds dalton rumney heber down r p armstrong chas h hooper mh farms floyd steckley john batty- jack harm an gordon sellers stuart watson ellis britton mh tapscott gordon brown davidson bros pletion the department of education advises today that new schools be erected large enough to han dle the anticipated needs for the next five years this has been done and with the continued sub division expansion the new school will be filled with stouff ville pupils alone even before the five years is up the problem of school accom modation while it may bring worried looks to taxpayers is nevertheless an attractive sign in stouffvilles growing period it means the town is attracting a couple of weeks in public families who will over the years school while the fine new orch- ahead make stouffville an even ard pk school is being com- 1 bigger and better place to live would ban from road but lenient towards famil ily 854 851 846 842 837 s3 s2 815 79 755 71 723 6s3 663 651 watch for the date for the big liorfs bingo in the arena this month set park on fire spectators were surprised on saturday afternoon when they saw fires blazing in the memor ial park here gasoline had been poured over the diamond and set afire in an effort to dry up a portion of the water that had converged around the 2nd base position though the stou- ffvilledurham encounter had to be postponed the shallow lake- wellington bantam contest was completed scheduled for 120 pm it didnt start until five oclock wellington humbled their western ontario rivals 15- 3 bill lennox of stouffville offi ciated behind the plate ballantrae win opener 136 fireballer frank hendy twirl ed ballantrae to a 336 victory over altona in the first game of the yfc softball finals on tuesday night the contest was played under the lights in stou ffville the second game is scheduled tor the memorial park on friday night murray johnson worked five innings on the mound for al tona he received rather shaky fielding support as his team mates committed a number of costly errors murray mcdowell took over in the sixth and com pleted the contest mcdowell had just finished a seven inning stint on the mound in a playoff semifinal at claremont he is also scheduled for the pitching chores at brougham on friday in an oasa game win awards on tuesday sept 2nd four teen senior swimmers and life guards from stouffville journey ed to whitby to compete for higher awards as granted by the royal life saving society eleven entrants were success ful in winning bronze medal lions they are as follows judy bellman marilyn fosdick dawn groser joan harper wayne hamilton bettyann slack wjl liam sarrders warren hend ricks tim wees mardell willis and bob wagg winners of the bronze cross were linda todd barbara wil liams mardell willis and wil liam sanders the local swimmers gained high praise from the group ex aminer she told the contestants that in her many years of judg ing she had never examined so many proficient strong young swimmers frank sexsmith 46 of rich- 1 mond hill was fined 25 and i costs and given a week to pay i uimmarc the fine when he appeared in jvyiiiiiiiciz traffic court at vandorf on tues day to answer a charge of driv ing at 45 miles an hour in a 30mile zone magistrate kelly suggested a small fine and a month suspen sion from driving but sexsmith pleaded that this would put both himself and wife out of work the magistrate took the state of the wife and two children into consideration and fined him 525 the officer testified that the road was well signed but the accused had passed all signs withoutslowihtdowijr asweh as several other cars he said that when stopped the accused was not willing to cooperate and had not produced his own ership card sexsmith admitted that he had answered a similar charge in april two in 1957 and had lost his license as a taxi driver in toronto on three convictions sexsmith said it was a ease that he just couldnt afford to be off the road its nearly to the point where the police cant afford to have you on the road the officer replied no money for fine mrs june duncan appeared to answer a charge of speeding for her husband 45 miles an hour in a 30mile zone she told the court that they had made no response to the first sum mons as they had no money to pay the fine the amount was set at s15 and costs or four days crossed solid line jacques cote paid 10 and costs for ignoring the signs and crossing the solid line on the highway in order to pass other cars magistrate kelly gave the accused a severe lecture on en dangering the lives of others joseph murphy paid 8 and costs for allowing his son 15a years old to operate his car on the highway murphy said that he was teaching him to drive magistrate kelly stated that while his intentions were good he did break the law and was foolish not to take the boy into some lot j failed to dim lights arthur allen of richvale was j assessed 10 and costs or three days on a charge of failing to dim his headlights there were few cases heard in this weeks court and the court on sept 9th is expected to be heavy considerable increase is shown at both schools fiftytwo more students regi total of 530 pupils enrolled 463 istered at the stouffville district i of these from stouffville and high school for classes on the balance from dicksons hill tuesday than concluded thej as soon as the new orchard year in june 195s enrolment pk school opens 215 will at- this week was 272 with 113 of i tend that institution and 315 these being in grade 9 this i will remain in the older school large group of high school jun- j principal lome boadway will iors was divided into 3 classes j have a total of eleven teachers there are also two classes of j mrs woodcock being the one new member of the staff the new school under the principal- ship of keith sutherland will have seven teachers and mrs norman baker will be the new addition on that staff the total enrolment of stouff ville pupils is 30 greater than last year and there are 60 pupils in addition from dicksons hill j grade 10 students 63 in num- j ber the balance of the school is made up of 44 in grade 11 sixteen in grade 12 twentythree n grade 13 and 13 in special commercial at the public school where for the first two weeks all pu pils will attend classes in the main st school there are a sudden death of young doctor shocks town big fish at musselmans lake willard jackson a resident at musselmans lake for the past two years hauled in an 18pound pike on tuesday the largest fish believed to have been caught in musselmans for some time several very large fish were taken a couple of years ago mr jacksons catch measur ed 45 inches and may be entered in the city fish derby the community was shocked on sunday to learn of the sud den death of dr james murray stevens vs in his 38th year dr stevens had apparently been enjoying good health and com plained only on saturday of some muscular discomfort he passed almost without warning early sunday morning of a coro nary thrombosis dr stevens was born in bel fast- ireland and came to can ada at the tender age of three he graduated as a veterinary surgeon in 1950 and it was dur ing his college years that he married ann may walwin who survives him while at kempt- ville he held the position of regional veterinarian for east ern ontario and served as a college lecturer on coming to stouffville he was associated for a time with dr ronald smith and of late had been employed in toronto with the canada dept of agriculture health of animals and products div deceased was identified with the united church he was a member of the masonic lodge at kemptville a past president of the kinsmen club also of that town dr stevens was an expert in his field and had headed a number of sbcieties at ovc and oac dr stevens served with the rcaf during world war ii from 1942 until the wars end he gained the rank of flying officer while serving in england besides his wife deceased leaves four young sons byron donald garfield and campbell also surviving are his father mr robert stevens of toronto a brother sinclair stevens of toronto and a sister eleanor mrs john w bailey of isling ton the funeral on wednesday afternoon was conducted from the l e oneill funeral chapel by rev d davis assisted by rev harold bailey of dundas the pallbearers were lome boadway murray mcmullen dr cam mckay john bailey jr ted barry and los wilson interment was made in the ml pleasant cemetery toronto local restaurant damaged by fire stouffville firemen worked for more than two hours to quell a stubborn blaze in the base ment of the mayfair restaurant on tuesday night it was neces sary to cut a hole through the floor and a rear brick wall in order to reach the source of the outbreak mr james alling- ham the restaurant operator has estimated the damage at between five and ten thousand dollars the fire was discovered by a patron mr harland mills he notified mr allingham who turned in the alarm firemen wene hampered by dense smoke that billowed out of the cellar additional air packs had to ba obtained from markham vill age mr allingham informed th tribune that the entire interior of the restaurant will have to be redecorated he said that health authorities have ordered that much of the equipment and contents must be replaced the business will be temporarily closed until repairs are com pleted l whitchurch hires full time dog catcher whitchurch township engag ed a full time dog catcher at a council meeting last week ar thur henderson 7th con was hiretl in this capacity township kennels and other equipment in cluding a gas chamber will be moved to a large bush lot near his home with so many stray dogs run ning around and rabies reported in foxes and other wild life in and near whitchurch it was thought that mr henderson will have a busy time happiness is where you find it and one of the best places i3 in a good home york county warden replies to richmond hill mayors discontent in a statement to the press warden armstrong of york county replied to suggestions madeby mayor tomlin of rich mond hill that county councils be abolished and that his muni cipality might be better off if it seceded from the county mr tomlin told his council the value of richmond hill gets for its county tax of some s70- 000 is questionable i would hope the provincial i government may become more j enlightened in its thinking and take some action to streamline municipal administration rnrt eliminate the unnecessary fifth wheel which is the county coun cil said mr tomlin kvential service if the mayor of riehmord hill had attended county coun- ril wher he was deputy reeve he would have known the need for county councils warden armstrong told the press york county operates five essentiil departments they are the childrens aid society which is doing a marvel ous job the county heallh unit from which his municipality re ceives the greatest portion of the budget the home for the aged the juvenile and family eourt and the county road sys- tem to which richmond hill would have to continue contrib uting even if it did foede from the county finally added warden arm strong if his municipality leaves the county it would have to build its own jail mr tomlins criticisms of the county arose during a discussion about the county takint ever markham rd in richmond hill members of the town council said the road had been put on the county road system a year ago but no work has hern done j on it as yet by the toronto and i j york roads commission roads chairman tinker said because j of this no provision for its maintenance had been included 1 in the towns 195s budget richmond hill council decided to protest the delay in improv- j ing this road to both county council and the roads commis- sion warden replies in his reply to what he term- ed wild statements warden i armstrong listed four facts j about this road in 1937 reeve taylor of rich- 1 mond hill recommended that markham rd be added to the j countys road system county j council in january of viis ear agreed to assume the road but richmond hill was to maintain it until january 1959 since markham rd has not become a toronto and york road the roads commission has no jurisdiction over it and no re quest has been made to the com mission to improve the road there will be no stop signs anywhere along the road as that would defeat the purpose of an artery continued the warden residents in the area have re quested these signs and have criticized richmond hill coun cil for their actions regarding this problem furthermore if it is necessary to erect signs the road will go back to richmond hill on january 1 1959 as we dont want another yonge st which is all stop signs and ap proximately all 30mile zones explained warden armstrong old yeller that great new walt disney production star ring fess parker and dorothy mcguire is coming to the park theatre here this week make a date for this weekend sept 1 5 and 6 at your local movie house contract let for road east of town k j beamish construction i co has been awarded the con tract for the paving of the stretch of york county road immediately east of stouff ville and meeting up with the new pavement laid by ontario county residents and the many who travel this route are more than pleased to see work commenced on this road which has been possibly one of the worst stretches in the county system for many years a very pretty wedding was conducted in the stouffville christian church on saturday aftcrnoon when shirlew mary harman daughter of sir and mrs geo harman of stouff ville was united in marriage to mr donald james mccur- dy son of mr and mrs j j mccurdy of chesley onl the happy couple arc pictured here following the ceremony they will reside in stouffville ff r