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i building here over 1000000 for 1958 xlbnm vol 69 no 30 the tribune stouffville ont wednesday december 31 1s58 ten pag on tuesday dec 23 bishop wedding anniversary the and mrs alvin l winger of celebration was held at the gormley marked their fiftieth parkside youth centre mem- bishop and mrs alvin winger wed 50 years a very interesting 50th anni versary celebration of wide- spread interest took place on dec 23rd at parkside youth centre in this quiet ideal spot bishop alvin l winger with his bride of 50 years louisa jsteckley winger were honored by the presence of eightyfive guests members of the family were all present the bridal pair were pleased to have with them their 24 grandchildren also two greatgrandsons 1 and 2 years invited relatives from ridge- way fort erie stevensville barrie stayner fordwich rich mond hill and gormley did not miss this occasion the best man fred climen- hage and the bridesmaid elsie widcman sister of the bride were seated beside the honored couple the grooms only sister mrs ella riegle and the brides sister annie a coming bride were also at the brides table rev wm vanderbent pres ent pastor of heise hill church to which bishop winger has ministered for over 33 years was the master of ceremonies after singing the old church hymn praise god from whom all blessings flow words of welcome were given by clifford l winger then followed the opening prayer by rev elmer steckley their four youngest granddaughters sang happy anniversary between the first course of roast turkey etc and the sec ond of strawberries icecream etc a short history of his youth ful days up to the important wedding day when bishop peter bers of the family were all present including twentyfour grandchildren and two great- grandsons steckley united them in holy matrimony was outlined by the groom then speeches and com ments were heard from the brothersinlaw and others a solo by clayton cober a duet by marilyn heise and laurie hadden and one by the lebieck sisters grandfather winger wanted some special advice given to all his grandchildren so the old old song have cour age my boy to say no was sung by mr and mrs melvin henderson- and their daughter sheila this happy long to be re membered anniversary was closed by singing god be with you till we meet again and prayer by rev wm vander bent value of new home construction far ahead of previous year value of home construction in stouffville during the year just ended reached an alltime high of more than a million dollars the actual value of new building- including alterations and the new public school totalled 1233476 value of building in town in 1957 was down to 425000 and only 346000 for new homes fiftythree new homes have been under construc tion during 1958 with a total value of 883000 which was 200000 more than the peak year of 1956 permits were also issued for store alterations amounting to 116786 and one new store valued at 12000 repairs to homes required twenty permits with a value of 14750 public building value was 106940 and a permit for one new apartment building was issued with a value of 100000 the forecast is that an equal number of homes can be expected to be started in 1959 and could be greater providing some additional industrial assessment is forthcoming the erection of the new public utilities office building at blake and main sts will also add to the total these figures are compiled by building inspector henry ogden and are on record in the municipal office nineteen tenders for hillcrest public school the contract for the erection of the new hillcrest public school on the 6th con of whit church twp was awarded by the board on monday night to allen wrightman of newmar ket the bid was 37000 there were no less than nineteen ten ders received in all the meeting this week of the board was chaired by grant morley who explained that the wrightman tender was being accepted subject to the approv al of the municipal board con struction is slated to begin april 1st on the new site located on thewinterstein farm the old school building will be eventual ly sold too late several rural news budgets had to be omitted from this is sue due to late arrival after publishing on tuesday after noon for two weeks the trib une will resume regular publi cation time next week mmm tt r new equipment for aida cleaners alda cleaners are completing installation this week of a large new cleaning machine of the latest type the new equipment made in england is being in stalled by the spencer cleaning machine co it has a clothing capacity of thirtyfive pounds and replaces an older type machine with on ly twenty pound capacity the outfit is almost completely auto matic and has required the addi tion of 550 volt power to the cleaning plant to operate the machine arrived on mon day and necessitated the breach ing of part of the concrete wall to pass the doorway police find man dead three days markham twp police batter ed down a door of a house in doncaster near thornhill on monday afternoon and found the owner wm hodgins 82 lying dead on the living room floor coroner ralph johns of willowdale attributed his death to a heart seizure he had been dead for at least three days pp john mccague was sum moned to the houseby the new paper delivery boy who said that a number of unopened pa pers were still lying on the front steps all doors and win dows were locked mr hodgins was frozen solid a number of prized bantam roosters were also dead in a nearby shed sustains severe gashes in accident sandra mills nine year old daughter of mr and mrs how ard mills westend of stouffville suffered a 23 stitch gash on her arm and a 4 stitch cut on her chin when she fell through a glass door panel in her home the accident occurred on christ mas night the injury was treated by dr d smith of stou ffville marsha wagg daughter of mr and mrs k n wagg orch ard park blvd is also on the injury list marsha suffered a broken left arm on saturday it was placed in a cast by dr blair mitchell of stouffville miss jean hosie visited at the home of her brother mr geo hosie siloam on christmas day mr j barkey and flossy were toronto visitors at christmas with the leslie williamson fam ily mrs m gilmore was in 84th year mrs matilda gilmore who has made her home with a niece mrs ed byer 8th con of markham passed away on monday evening she was in her 84th year deceased was the former tillie hoover and after marriage to william gil more who predeceased her some years ago she lived in toronto and unionville there survives one sister mrs root smith 7th con markham the funeral will be conductedfrom the dix on funeral home markham on wednesday afternoon at 230 carpenter is stricken suddenly arthur farthing wellknown carpenter employee of schells lumber limited suffered a heart attack and passed away very suddenly on sunday morn ing dec 28th at his home on charles st mr farthing had been at work as usual last week and his passing came with shocking suddenness mr farthing was a son of john farthing and annie hew- ings and was born sixtyfour years ago in pickering town ship thirtynine years ago he married marion philip and the couple have been resident in stouffville for the past twenty- eight years he had been on the staff at schells lumber for twentysix years besides his wife deceased is survived by one son elmer of stouffville and a daughter mar- jorie mrs gordon c smith also of town there is also one brother robert and a sister mrs peter mckenzie of toronto the funeral on tuesday after noon was conducted from o neills funeral chapel by rev douglas davis pallbearers were harry schell ken smith percy schell ed smith mur ray redshaw and norman nigh interment was made in the stouffville cemetery new subdivision at east end of town approved by minister the 60lot subdivision on tenth st formerly the c e watson property has been granted approval this week to be changed from agricultural land to residential this change which is necessary before the subdivision can proceed was applied for several months ago the development is owned by cedar pines development co and was originally commenced by mr watson several years ago the subdivision has 66foot street entrances both on tenth st and on main st and an area of p land is provide at the south side of the de jment surveyors were busy i he site last week staking the lots sewers are to be laid on tenth st this winter and as well as an extension east on main st and the subdividers will tap these new lines to service the new homes all services are to be provided including paved streets action by the utilities com mission to provide sufficient water is expected to be dealt with early in the new year believe release near for hassard the buffalo bisons have given forward bob hassard his offi cial release the local resident who performed with both the leafs and chicago in the nhl has been placed on waivers if he is not claimed by another club he will be free to drop back to oha ranks the whitby dunlops hava placed their finger on the centre star and he is slated to work out with the team at their next practice session hassard was suspended by buffalo early in the season when he failed to report to their training camp he was also prevented from taking part in the tour to russia with kel- owna packers he is presently employed in the birkett insur ance agency stouffville holiday visitors with bill hall jr springhurst farm were mr and mrs k munro war wick east bermuda isles and miss connie winmiu of new york city milton here january sixth admission free on tuesday night jan 6th the stouffville clippers will play host to milton in a scheduled intermediate b contest ad mission to game will be free the management has instituted the nocharge night in an effort to coax back a few hundred wayward fans who have not been regular attenders at league games this season there will be a silver collection assistant i captain ronnie guy will be back in the lineup to bolster the stouffville de fence mark mills has left the club and is not expected to re turn coach jack watson is confident that he has a team of group championship calibre if he could muster 100 percent at tendance at all home and away games there has been a mark ed improvement in the club in recent weeks stouffville is cur rently waging a battle with col- lingwood for the final b play off position the shipbuilders have also teen enjoying consid erable success during the past month williamson fund distributed at a special meeting of the resident ministers of stouffville and the municipal council the revenue from the williamson fund was distributed to the deserving poor of stouffville as required by the will of the late thos williamson the total amount for distri bution this year was 216300 the will requires that tha money be distributed each yeas prior to dec 31st mr and mrs harold spofford were christmas day guests of her sister miss dora browns- combe uxbridge mr and mrs james austin and joy celebrated christmas at the home of mrs e eaton waterdown mr hal gibson has purchased a new home on rose avenue the house was erected by mr meharg contractor mr and mrs gibson and family have been residing on mill street for several years and will be mov ing shortly mr norman neal of rr 3 claremont has sold his farm and will take up residence in stouffville early in the spring morried 60 yeors komington couple receive from the queen dec 27th mr alberta forsyth daughter of julius forsyth and elizabeth stapleton born at glasgow in uxbridge twp her parents moved to the united states while she was still very young she was then raised by her grandparents at bloomington in 1898 the couple were mar ried the wedding ceremony was conducted at mrs fock- lers grandparents home rev c h hairier officiated a honey- on saturday and mrs wm a fockler of bloomington celebrated their goth wedding anniversary their home on the 9th cone was the scene of happy reunions as members of the immediate fam ily relatives friends and neigh bours flooded the wellknown couple with congratulatory mes sages one prized possession was a telegram from queen elizabeth others were received from prime minister john diefj moon trip consisted of a journey cnbaker lester b pearson and by both train and sleigh to oak- mayor fabbre of sudbury wood and lindsay on their re- for mr and mrs fockler the they took up residence on past sixty years is onlv part of e fockler homestead they a long friendship they attend- j have lived in their present home ed bloomington public school m3t only hours away a brand new year is only a few hours away pretty bar bara williams daughter of mr and mrs g ii williams rupert st stouffville will lie one of millions who will usher in 1959 at the stroke of 12 oclock on wednesday night together after mrs fockler moved to the section and took up residence with her grand parents mr and mrs robt sta pleton mr fockler was born north of bloomington on the farm of his parents jacob fockler and i delilah vanzant his ijlsi i t h l mccormick of sudbury alta vated the land out of the bush m harold tomunson of w aside from one year at stouff- n t a i- t i ton ana mrs aletta leask of ville he obtained hs schooling green all were present at at bloomington the old benches the anniversary mr focklcr and box stove were amhar art- 1 has br0ih rcv c e ides o school furniture at that fock f siarkham and hil since 1912 mr and mrs fockler are still very active they attend the bloomington christian church mr focklcr is a former sunday school superintendent and mrs fockler played the church or gan for many years mr fockler is 89 mrs fockler is s6 to the couple were born three time the boys brought in the wood and the teacher kept it burning he recalled two of his teachers were a miss baxter and theodore herrington mrs fockler was the former liard of toronto there are 7 grandchildren and five great grandchildren the celebrated bloomington residents were the recipients of many cards and a number of beautiful floral 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