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t t suuffmlk rtbnite vol 69 no 43 the tribune stooffviuje ont thursday april 2 1959 twelve pages anglican parish preparing to build new church maple syrup supply cut by high production costs at the vestry meeting held in christ church anglican in stouflville on thursday mem bers were given the longawait ed good news of plans to erect a new church and palish hall plans call for the purchase of property to the rear of the present church which will be dismantled and an entrance provided into the new build ings upon completion of the land transaction immediate plans for construction of the new church and parish hall will begin the local anglican parish has added greatly to its member ship in recent years with the increased population in the town and immediate area and the need for increased church accommodation has been ap parent for some time also dealt with at the vestry meeting agenda was the annual garden party which heretofore has been sponsored by the la dies evening guild and held at the home of cmdr knoxleet members agreed that this pro ject should be made a parish project and held in the com- j munity park in order to handle an enlarged program important playoff games to end hockey season council roads comm battling mud bath- complaints coming in stouffville municipal council lor laushway told the tribune roads committee under chair- its funny those people who man deputyreeve ken wagg are inconvenienced most do the and special sewers committee least complaining he said two important playoff i under chairman councillor ken some who only had to walk a games this week will com- laushway have been battling few extra steps to avoid the plete the seasons hockey pro- a veritable mud bath in the trouble raised a big rumpus gramme in the stouflville i westend of town reeve lehman agreed that arena on friday evening at unlike many surrounding there were a few dozen people eight oclock ringwood and municipalities stouftvilles big who claimed to know mora clareniont will meet to de- headache has been the installs- about what should be done than cide the community league j of sewers and not floods chanpionship eaeheam ast- the engineers flooded basements won one game clareniont partment has been making a i fairview ave again came in took the opener 84 but king- valiant effort to at least keep for its spring flooding and wood bounced back on tues- 1 pedestrian traffic moving basements on the east side day night to eke out a 65 win and square the series on saturday night reeve gar lehman has been which were built much lower on top of the situation each than street level took the brunt day along with his council col- 1 council pitched in with pumps the i leagues but despite all the ef- and the deputyreeve even took stouffville bantams will plav ts m s ha n to i oii bl s an1 wai be closed as impassable coun- mess with a shovel the fact host to blenneim to decide ci mun gripe was 1 appear that in some cases the all ontario c title construction company doing the council members wore more blenheim won the tirst game sewer work advanced too far willing to help out residents 82 this contest will start at eight oclock with their excavating opera- than the residents were to help tions before they moved to clean themselves the oncethriving maple syr up industry in the stouffville district is now almost non existent the high cost of hired help has been blamed for the shutdown ratcliti bros one of the main syrup producers in this district a number of years ago informed the tribune that they will not produce any for market purposes this spring a similar report was received from messrs leonard hoover of dickson hill donald bacon of stouffville and fretz bros of altona mr clarence atkinson of bethesda is still actively engag ed in the syrup trade he re ports that the season has been slow to date but a steady flow is expected if weather condi tions are favourable frosty nights and sunny days are con ducive to a good sap run mr atkinson told the tribune that there was- stilla considerable depth of snow in the bush the local price is expected to range from 350 to 600 per gallon tapping trees provides much easter vacation recreation for local boys in stouffville in the top photo left to right jack harper 10 bill farthing 11 keith betz 11 and richard yakeley 10 all of stouffville taste a sample of sap removed from a maple tree on albert street in the lower photo 10 year old jack harper cups his hands under a spile to retrieve a sample work begins on new subdivision work has commenced on the new cedar pines sub division the former c e watson property located im mediately east of the 10th concession aprile construc tion has the contract for pre paring the streets laying water mains sewers and storm sewers this will be the first new development provided with storm sewers more than sixty lots are provided and street entran ces on both the 10th and main st the subdivision has been held up pending a pro gram to improve the water pressure in the east end of town however the development company is proceeding with other work pending action on the water situation markham twp council to meet deputation on new rr monday public meeting for claremont annual ice revue an entertainment treat a public meeting has been called by the village trustees of claremont for the commun ity hall next tuesday evening april 7th at 8 oclock purpose of the meeting is to discuss a proposal to purchase a new and more modern fire truck and the erection of a new and larger fire hall for more than two hours on saturday night the local arena was aglow with soft light com binations dazzling costumes and flashing blades as the stou ffville skating club presented the annual spring ice revue as always there were few va cant seats for this popular event for the first time this year the program convener arranged the entrance with a closed back drop which did away with the usual congested confusion that existed in the arena lobby ad ditional space was afforded for the arranging of the group num bers as one had to either move down the arena or take a seat in the gallery to get a view of the entertainment the director mrs judy anne mcarthur had a program ar rangement which as usual gave full scope to the wee members of the club who took part in a great variety of mother goose numbers the second half of the pro gram brought on the senior groups in a galaxy of colorful routines each with its own fea ture soloist south america of the bullfight tulip time london ballet paree cafe and john lehman dead rr employee for 24 years after a short illness which followed a stroke john wes- rcmp precision were all out- j ley lehman passed away in the standing top hat swing four of a kind and ballet ruse by two male artists were features in the opening half of the show solo numbers were provided by jean winterstein louis stong of the unionville club and judy anne mcarthur club professional the large crowd was welcom ed by president of the club bruce winterstein those assist ing with the carnival in various capacities were judy anne mc arthur mrs f j button mrs h shuttleworth mrs john san ders and mrs belfry hamilton mr walter smith mr frank murphy mr kljnck mrs robt stapley r e corner mrs hel en hamilton mrs dixie sellers mrs irene slack mrs grace holden mrs edith bacon mrs reg willis mrs frank foord mrs reta laushway mrs dor othy wagg mrs ivy lewis mrs eleanor crossen mrs lor- na button mrs aurelia smith mrs ruth winterstein mrs jean oneill mrs evelyn pat- awny hawaiian hula land rick and mrs neil smith auction sales bring high cattle prices two farm auctions last week brought high prices for both grade and registered cattle on the arm of arthur bovair of king 31 head of holstein cattle sold for an average of 276 with a top animal going at 395 the lot included eleven heifers on thursday the jackson ale at maple found keen inter est from an extra large gather ing top priced registered cow sold for 420 with the average being 335 bred heifers sold for 295 and averaged 25750 brierbush hospital on monday of this week he was 77 and was born on the 6th concession of whitchurch the late john lehman had been a stouffville resident for sixty years and worked for the canadian national railway for 24 years he was identified with the stouffville united mission ary church mr lehman was a very fa miliar figure on the streets of town and for some years had served the municipality with the delivery of public utility accounts besides his wife the former bertie raymer he is survived by one son norman of stouff ville and three daughters an nie mrs j m young of van couver clara mrs wesley bril- linger of bethesda and mar garet mrs norman knight of ajax there also survives brother george of toronto and a sister stella mrs herb reid toronto there are 12 grand children the funeral on thursday af ternoon at 3 pm will be con ducted from the united mis sionary church by rev a walsh interment wil be made in stouffville cemetery shoot 40 lb brush wolf near markham a 40pound brush wolf was shot and killed on the farm of mr gordon cox cone 9 mark- ham four miles south of stouff ville on monday afternoon the animals death climaxed a five hour search by two brothers neil and ronald fincham of north markham the wolf was spotted by mr cox it was feeding on the car cass of a deer the two teen age boys accompanied by two dogs took up the chase ronald fincham downed the wolf with one shot from his 12gauge shot gun the boys had shot at it on several previous occasions but never at close range it is the first wolf to be killed in the area in several years markham township council will meet in special session next monday evening to meet with the residents of the township who are affected by the new proposed cnr line across the municipality reeve clarke made it clear that council was not interested in hearing individual complaints it was believed that the new railway line had to go through and if residents were not satis fied with the route which the railway people had selected they should suggest a better alternative the reeve said that the depu tation should come to council with a prepared brief and ap pointed speakers deputyreeve dean stated he understood the residents of don- caster subdivision would pre sent a petition as at this point the railway was to be elevated to a trestle which would create more noise he said that many suggested the route be further north so as not to disturb the more consolidated residential areas and at the same time help to develop the northern part of the area reeve clarke said that he understood the railway had al ready purchased a number of properties on the route and he did not foresee any change in the route stouffville annexation a communication was read at tuesdays meeting of markham twp council from stouffville council outlining the proposed annexation of certain township lands and setting forth a num ber of points to be considered the letter requested a meet ing with markham and whit church councils on april 28th to which markham council was agreeable only stumbling blocks council received a requei from metro planning board for a meeting to discuss matters affecting metro and the south ern parts of markham town ship councillor mumberson stated that this part of the township was frozen pending a decision on the railway line and new no 7 highway and he sug gested that all these protest meetings were only a delaying action deputyreeve dean took ex ception to this remark and said he represented the people of markham twp and would retain his own opinion councillor mumberson re minded the deputyreeve that only a few people in the town ship were concerned in the railway matter and while he might have his own opinion it might not be the opinion of markham council reeve clark said that the railway had spent three years selecting the particular route and it was not likely to be changed i certainly wouldnt suggest it be changed unless i had some other route in mind to present said the reeve up stouffville like so many older towns is plagued with narrow streets leaving no space to pile the excavated earth thus when the clean up was not attempted early entire streets sidewalks and all became a sea of mud the works department con centrated on trying to keep the ditches open and barring a big rainfall these have been cleared and the worst headache should be over deputyreeve wagg said that council asked for patience and and even pedestrians had a diflil consideration on the part of cult time in making their way to their homes the town engi neers have done everything possible to force the construc tion firm to abandon digging in favor of cleanup and while they succeeded in having more men and machines on the latter job it was too late and only resulted in stirring up the mud in many cases on the whole the complaints havent been too bad council- the people he said that he was sure most people realized that everything possible was being done and they should be reason able and understanding it- was pointed out that un like the former sewer installa tion two years ago much of which was in the fall the wea ther now can only get one way and that is better and each day of warm sun improves the situation new store owner has long retail experience mr harold g thurston who along with his son don thurs ton operate thurston stores limited took over operation of the spofford co store this week mr thurston has had birth melton mr and mrs ellis melton are happy to an nounce the arrival of their daughter marion elizabeth on thursday march 19th at brierbush hospital a little sister for lloyd mr and mrs ted topping were visitors in new york city lover easter weekend store in richmond hill the new proprietor is mar ried with one son who is asso ciated with his father in the business mr thurston is a past president of the north york lions club and a charter mem ber of that club as well he also served as deputygovernor of the service club the family attend the united church and plan to make their home here as soon as possible mr thurs ton has a record of active com munity work and he is being welcomed this week into the stouffville business fraternity the new owner has advised the tribune that the store will continue to be operated with tha same good standard of merchan dise with the same staff contin uing forty years experience in whole sale and retail dry goods in cluding a period as general man ager of ross stores ltd in ad dition to the spofford stores the new company also operates iiie don thurston mens wear couple loses infant son the death occurred very sud denly on saturday march 28th of keary john dixon 10 weekt old infant son of sgt and mrs m dixon of westbrooke ont and grandson of mr and mrs ray floury of stouffville tha child had been suffering from a cold the dixons have three other children tommy linda and teddy burial was con ducted at kingston on march 30th first aid classes moved and the herd sire brought s355 a bulk milk cooler went to a tnc s jonn ambuiance bidder from barrie for 1400 first aid course being conduct and surge units sold for 75jed at the high school each each the 46 head of cattle passed through the auction ring in less than 90 minutes with w d at kinson calling the bids assist ed by frank bennett the grade herd averaged 232 1 ida mrs k r davis returned home last week after visiting with relatives in tampa flor- week will be held next week in the legion hall due to the walking conditions to the school entrance at north door easter holiday visitors at the home of mr and mrs lome boadway are her mother mrs l c murphy from cochrane and eddie murphy brother of dr wm murphy who is in the ircaf service station thefts total 800 more than 80000 worth of mechanics tools and other art icles were stolen from the fina service station operated by mr dennis robbins no 7 highway at the 5th concession in mark ham township on thursday night in addition to tools valued at 60000 eight tires one battery and a custom car radio were taken the thieves gained entry by breaking the glass in the- garage door the station hasl been burglarized on several oe- caslons one man was nabbed i recently by markham twp po lice as he hid behind the office counter no suspects have been picked up following last weeks breakin markham twp police told the tribune that the stations loca tion makes it an easy mark for wouldbe robbers the operator resides in markham villaee easter beauty a pretty girl and snowwhite ter time twelve year old gale mrs herb cossey of stouff- poses with two giant bloom lilies go hand in hand at eas- cossey daughter of mr and ville fits this picture as she tmm 1