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cedar grove during 1960 the greeks had a word rr this too it tr archimedes who said give me a lever iocs enough aod a fulcrum tron enrash and hagle handed i can move thj world it i a sood thing to kcox en caw things ever get that bad with devices like the lever primitive roan multiplied the power of km o n muscles today he pute other energy sources to work only a small fraction of work in canada w iod by mans muscles the rest w done by machines oil to poer these machines and to 611 other energy needs has been made available by vviupanie like imperial at reasonable prices wherever it is needed because of this cana dians have turned to oil for more than half their energy requirements they ue it at thi rate of more than 1000000 gallons an hour rf imperial oil limited ivy forsoycarscanadastearjingsuppljerof energy for office supplies its the tribune before this new year o im patient to begin is upon us a look over the last twelve months may not be such a bad idea a look at what made the news for 52 weeks and now is history in cedar grove none of us will ever forget the cruel blustery entrance of i960 but some of us will recall it with a shjdder telephone lines were down drifts no seen for many years crowded the road power was off for hours and days the waltons will remember sick children and no heat the shoudys were on night duty throwing logs into the fireplace douglas lapp developed pneu monia and the nearest operating telephone was jim crichtons the armstrongs were refugees from their home for a week visiting the ritchies while skating remained per fect at cedarena other things were fast becoming imperfect the roads were terrible ice made the woodland park hill like a roller coaster gone ber- yerk we joined whltevale in sadness at the loss of their old and well loved baptist church by lire and metropolitan tor- onto published a dream plan for 19s0 which included a little loo much of our area to be less than a nightmare while the year was still young we had a false spring thaw bui february not to be outdone by its predecessor pre- sontod us with a monumental blizzard that left all but jack frost breathless lights were tfl ihe hew year we erfersi our greetings v and good wishes to you as the frontiers of achievement and rjppoitrmrty move ever outward may alt of us in this com munity reach out to a future of greater efrfeawtiigher accomplishment stouffville district credit union k ii i 1 1- i left burning up and down the tenth as beacons to guide blind ed drivers home the whitta- kers abandoned their car and j the road at gordon dimrnas and took to their feet and the fields charlie croucher was the last driver down the tenth be- fore dave ritchie and ken sha- fen straddled that artery i was a tossup whether it was better to be on the road or home waiting for news the only good thing about that event was the wonderful stories some of j the oldtimers told to show us what a paltry run y it really was by march we stilt had tons of snow excellent skating and some stray arctic birds to add interest to the white landscape- a tobogganing party was org- anized and well attended and tn mid month we had a spectac- ular eclipse of the moon right over cedar grove the month ended on a squooshy note but j skating continued until march 26th and about then locust hill advertised complete flying cour- scs for s3sj our thoughts seriously turn ed toward spring in april and we planned a spring dance complained about the springy roads and some of our horsey young fry became interested in j the new local branch of the pony club may brought the closing af ter 7i years of cedar grove store and ihe loss has been suf fered all year now at the be ginning of ihe new year we have hopes and rumours to build on that our store will reopen under the ownership of mr and mrs davis and rain we had so much rain in may that the red winged blackbirds thought the entire country was swamp the cbc on a hunt for culture were seen photo graphing the st lawrence mar ket for television sim reesor included in spite of the soggy month of may the tractors were hum ming on the land very early in june 1960 also this month we saw what ihe cbc was driving at and it was one of the best tv bits for a long time a com parison in pictures of two mar kets stock and produce but we had to look hard to find sim the petries and maurice hamill took a sunday off to ride the last steam passenger train and a new baseball diam ond was completed on the cor ner lot the village was full of germs of all kinds and des criptions and those without coughs had lumps and those without lumps had rashes gib and evelyn whittamore made a mark in local history with their help yourself garden and the reesors held their onceadecade reunion in mark- ham fair grounds the petty reunion held this year at the milroys drew over one hundred relatives to ihe annual get- together- before the month closed a herd of vandals broke into woodland park store and created their own particular brand of havoc garden party and july are synonymous in cedar grove and this year we had lovely wea ther and an excellent show these we expect as a matter of course but 1950 could be labelled outstanding on both counts an opportunist tried to take advantage of ila crichton and run off with some cash but he tried ii with the wrong gal the police apprehended the young man before he had left the vicinity wally reesor lost a finger in a hailing operation i and ihanks the century in which we live got it beck again shortly after august memories are over shadowed by the tremendous ipss to both its owner and local history of the pioneer barn built in 1s31 and still used by harold coakwell it was a landmark in the community and precious to all who knew it mourning still presides in cedar grove at men tion of augusts contribution to the year this month sent us into the garden to watch echo spin through the heavens and sent the children to markham for daily swimming lessons volley ball was drawing all ages almost every night on the corner lot and thieves broke in to zion church and stole the flatware to tie up a less than good month in september we went back to school and out to the ex the fall had such an arid be ginning we were not sure vvhe- ther autumn or drought was turning the i tees from green to brown this was the month that mr k made a fool of him self at the un meetings and in some inexplicable way his behaviour left us feeling easier ss no 20 brought october honours to the village by win ning first prize for their float entry al markham fair the first thanksgiving well de served the reward and ihe chil dren added to their glories by wins in various other entries we were interested to note that ucv pick was installed as chair man of york presbytery wen though we can no longer claim him as our own october spark- ed our interest through some of ihe local high school students in a project of 12a geography class their aim was to raise 5s00 lo finance a trip lo gerald- ton the postscript to that news is thai they are well on the way to their objective and ex pect to really see northern on tario early in 1960 this month which usually ends ihe fall only began it in 60 we had a fall lo break all records and chrysanthemums in ihe gardens were never more beautiful har old lapp just nicely got his silo filled when it burst asunder and spilled its contents all over the barnyard as the month drew o its inimitable eerie close ou goblins collected fo un1cef as well as for them selves and the hunting season opened with most of the village posted we begin november willi beautiful autumn weather a thunderstorm and a concern over our childrens education a panel discussion in the school with our own particular prob lems on the agenda helped to answer a few of our education al problems and the thunder storm we took as a prediction of six weeks good weather mr and mrs davis and their fam ily moved into the store and elliot harrington continued his second career work on behalf of the scarborough farmers many of our residents attended ihe 6th annual meeting of ihe york chapter of the pennsyl vania german folklore soc and enjoyed homemade saus age and sauerkraut as well as an interesting talk on supersti tions cedar grove jchool tcooped the village at the beginning of december by playing host to a group of educators from all over the world and visiting here through ihe colombo plan we were beginning lo get prelly measlcy by then and through all this prechristmas month it has been nip and tuck whether there would he anyone at school or not we had a lovely white gift service at ion church and mr george freeman had a glo rious 90 th birthday celebration some of us went to the poles this month but not very many of us now the year closes with the ground gently covered with snow and sleigh bells heard in the village almost every night well this was the general picture but is is in the specific personal and group activities that ihe heart of our village throbs we have had gains and losses in the year past and we know rejoicing and grief some of us for the first time we count more girls than boys in our new arrival list girls were wel comed by frank and aileen robb eleanor and murray se- well cyrel and florence bielby anna and bruce armstrong jim and jean crichton ivan and ann beare and boys by evelyn and gib whittamore isobel and bill russel jack and marg walton and garnet and shirley beare we weree saddened by the deaths of mrs arthur clenden- en mrs jake burkholder wm jarvis vyla murison and rec ently by mrs palmer postmis tress at markham along with the davis there were other newcomers in the village mr and mrs ashmore reesor who moved into elgin reesors house and mr and mrs williams mrs jake wide- man mrs jackson and mrs coakwell who moved into the coakwell house in time to be gin the year jt was a year of wedding bells in cedar grove last year engagement buds bloomed in orange blossoms for carolyn little and don hoshcl dorothy armstrong and bob mclaren darlene dimma and john blake dorothy reesor and don mid- dleton louise ryan and hugh baird linda offen and bob earley and marget serflek and frank magy we also heard of the marriage of kafherine fish mr and mrs jo reesor cele brated their iotli wedding anni versary and the charlie whit- takers and the archie littles hit the quarter century mark the art gaslons took time out to celebrate ten years in cedar grove mrs robt milroy and george freeman celebrated their 90th year and mr a w milroy had an 83rd birthday with gordon dimma a year behind if the world wont come to cedar grove cedar grove goes to the world and this year a good part of it was traversed by some of our perambulating villagers the sid beares and ihe grant burkholdcrs took to florida early in the year while mrs arthur lapp wailed for the april rains to head in that direction the crouchers had a quick trip lo new york and while the fred beares and the ivan eewres went to florida yvonne housser visited califor nia later in the year betty and ernie reesor and their son mo tored to manitoba and lloyd clendenen had a holiday in al aska myrtle hamill marion mccowan and jean miller cov ered mosl of europe during the summer and ivan reesor and jimmy reesor flew to edmon ton and calgary about stam pede time most of the men on ihe tenlh and along the town line man aged to get in a few days fishing and once the crops were in there was a general exodus north as the farmers hegan a well earned holiday this was the year ken reesor was elected lo the school board frank sewell and his grand daughter cheryl ann walton were both in hospital t ihe same time blodwen davies was interviewed on trans canada matinee charlie booth missed going to market for the first time and only ihe second miss in 42 years for the booths the gaston twins brought hockey glory to the village the frank reesors remodelled heir whole house ruby and mabel reesor bonghl a bright red car olive macintosh bought herself a home in markham marilyn croucher and david perry pass ed with honours in their uni versity courses markham ar ena came down lola reesor distinguished herself in irack and field at the markham high school okoefe centre opened mr and mrs wilbur reesor were involved in a miserable car accident on no 7 highway the murisoris took top prizes again at ihe royal the states got a new and young president and ihe petries small addition snowballed to enormous propor tions the wms held their monthly meetings all through the year packed bales had some very good special speakers enjoyed their annual picnic became in terested in the vow and began a sewing group euchres were held in the schoolhnuse through rain and shine wind sice and snow the winners took home some lovely prizes and returned ihe next week for more the community club put lights on ihe rorner lot planted more trees seeded the lot held a picnic and corn roast and dances any time they rould get a hall organized the 13th annu al garden party kept cedarerr open for an almost record year mid visited twelve homes in the continued on pase 12 the stourryhu tw8une ttony otttrstm 29 soo u 9 business directory accountants insurance john c wylie fia licensed public accountant auditor m main st u stouflville telephoce 49 residence 54511 residence rr2 stotiftr auctioneers w d atkinson phono stouffville 363 licensed auctioneer and sale manager sales conducted anywhere speelallzlnc tn the preparation and soiling ot purebred consign ments and dispersals farm auc tions furniture and real estate sales bills prepared and posted at no extrj cost this specialized ser- rtce really pays off and means money in your pocket phone stouffville 363 ken clarke prentice auctioneers licensed and authorised for the counties or york and ontario mtlltken p fh ax j59s7 markham po fh mark l prentices have been established auctioneers since 1s90 a s farmer licensed auctioneer connuea of york ontario caret stock furniture sales a specialty telephone i gormley 5311 address gormley po 5935 beauty salons thos r1rkett and son ltd gncri insurance agency stoubvllle ontario insurant in reliable cospanlsa al reasonable rates prompt service phones 716 and 259w3 fred m pugh general insurance phone stoiiftvllle 5v you cannot escape death ok taxes tour mutual life of canada can help you meet both legal the towder iuff beauty salon ioy oneill days tries thru sal nights wed and fri for appointment call slouff ibs margarets beauty salon corner rupert wesftawn ores for appointment call stouftville 161 7 if brierbush hospital day and nlcht service maternity medical and surgical member of the allied private hospital association government licensed fully accredited under the new ontario services commission health plan which became effec tive january 1959 main street east stoustville chiropractors kennedy chiropractic office a o hart kennedy dc 17 church si s stouffville hours mon wed fri 2 pm d pm phone sloufivlue fil 1 answering service william g parsons llb barrister solicitor 59 mali st w ro box 820 thone 41s stouffville mccullougu button barristers solicitors notaries ss main st w stouffville solicitors canadian bank of commerce il keg button ba 103 obrien ave ph 239 david a coon ba gormlev rr ph gormley 5387 kennedy kennedy barristers solicitors notaries 67 richmond st w toronto koss kennedy prot hwy 7 locust hill markham 755 arthur a kennedy prot hwy 7 locust hill markham s32 cattanach hindson barristers solicitors stouflville by appointment anytime phone markham 25 main strekt markham phone 25 paul w j m1ngay ba barrister solicitor ei matin street markham onf rhons markham 707 48tf robert w mcvey barrister i solicitor siiile 51 02 richmond street west markham toronto phono 333 thone bm303s optometrists k a grub1n ro optometrist ficlon stouffville ir stouffville at the james mccreight residence 58 main st e on the following monday and tuesdays january 9lh and lolh february filh and 7lh garnet v gray od optometrist stouffville medical centre phone big for appointment hours 1000 am fo 800 pm every tuesday wm s baird dc doctor op chiropractic xray hrs 1012 am 21 79 pm monday to friday saturday 1012 am s37 main st n markham ont i telephone 701 dental for a perfect made to measure suit tailored from the besl material and at ihe lowest prices possible see 25tf uxbridge cleaners dyers ji 23171 uxbridge neil c smith ld8 dd8 irsduaut of dnlursity of toronto obln over canadian bnk of commerce telephone i07w ktouflrllle dry cleaners a i i a cleaners and dyers insured fur carmen i storage slouftvillo mnrkliam stt 891 funeral directors for insurance call l e oneill stocpftclle funeral director and embalmer covtlbnoif telephone service dae or night phm slonffttre ssei lloyd f harvey itk1 gormley phone gormley 3f9 u 11 hud ofifi 1tz oev