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p i ifcmm vol 61 no 49 the tribune stouffville ont march 29 1951 provincial police force will patrol whitchurch lakes this summer will also police entire township for balance of year with exception of local bylaws an agreement has been reached length the board had felt when between whitchurch township and they dealt with the request for a p permit that the new restaurant stunden proposes to erect con presenting a bouquet of local beauties the ontario provincial whereby this force will patrpl both i s the building bylaws in wilcox and musselmans lakes certain respects however new from june 15th until sept 15thj information ws brought forward in addition they will police the en tire township for the balance of the year at no additional charge the only exception will be the en foreemer must be- by council and building inspector fred cummings which deputy- reeve kied timbers felt might alter the boards decision and of local bylaws which therefore the matter was referred done by the townships i back to them it was stated that own constable the provincial force will supply two constables and a cruiser and the cost to the municipality will be 1500 their network of radio communication will also make available additional officers and cars should these be necessary in any particular emergency clem ellas representing the van- dorf junior farmers appeared be fore whitchurch township council on thursday evening to request a grant of 50 from the municipality council agreed to the request a planning board problem con cerning the reerection of a build ing on the site of the former stun- den garage which was destroyed by fire was discussed at some civilian defence coordinatoi the kept of highways require ment which calls for the building to be at least 75 ft back from the centre line affected the boards decision to defer judgment council agreed to meet the aur ora fire dept and council this week concerning arrangements for a fire area costs previously pro posed by aurora have been away out of line with other similar areas a communcation was tabled from the oak ridges lions club in which t1iry stated that they wished to cooperate with the township in every way possible in connection with any civil defence plans coun cil appointed co s c snively markham adds two to police force one resigns while markham township added two additional officers to the police i force on saturday they lost one with the resignation of a regular member of the force harvey cox of markham twp and bill sharon of unionville were the successful applicants for the positions of police constables as called for recently by council thirteen appli cations were received for the job the men will receive a salary of 2000 plus car mileage and will be under the direction of police chief clarence wideman at the same meeting the police committee received the resignation of constable john shepherd who has been on the force for several years and was recently given an increase of 300 in salary local talent a big feature in ice revue one of the big feature attractions in the stouffville skating clubs big easter ice revue this friday night march 30 will be the host of local talent both wee tots and teen agers who are taking part all the skaters have been working now for weeks preparatory to the big night and hundreds of tickets have been sold to parents and friends who are anxious to see how these home town fancy skaters can perform the numbers will be divided in ballet icedancing comedy singles pairs foursomes group numbers and childrens numbers to round out the program fred rowlands wellknown ice comedian will perform harvey passfield and ann neilson acrobats from the maple leaf ice revue will be on hand and peggy brown a star per former with the university skat ing club watching some of the rehearsals for the show we can assure you that you are in for a real night of entertainment and many pleasant surprises mrs chas brandon passes at 82 noted churchman and lawyer born in uxbridge twp requiem high mass was sung in r st josephs church monday for lehman of pine orchard peter james a mcnevin kc gj3 prom- stoufiville mrs frank inent chatham lawyer and roman y ancl mrs nelson widdifiold hatholir invmin ulin rlioh fvirlm i of me orchard fanny lehman wife of charlie brandon died at pine orchard march 23 and was buried from newmarket funeral parlours mar 26 in pine orchard cemetery she was a mother of outstanding qual ities she was 82 years of age and the daughter of the late daniel lehman and sarah rusnell twice married her first husband was albert widdifield who died as a young man leaving her with two small children namely bertie mrs byron boake who passed away twelve years ago and willis widdifield who resides in stouff ville in 1905 she married charles brandon and mothered his four daughters and two sons along with her own two children were born to them freddie who died as a child and dean brandon who now resides in guelph the pallbearers were all grand sons albert and cecil boake mel- vin and franklin lehman richard and harold hutchinson there are twentythree grand children and sixteen great grand children mrs brandon was a devout mem ber of church of christ brother mcphee of meaford preached the funeral sermon her brothers and sisters all pre deceased her namely franklin lehman of pine orchard petei 13000 rose bushes grown by stouffville floral co photo by cadieux tops auction catholic layman who died friday bishop cody of london diocese i attended the funeral special ser- rinawood hereford vices were conducted by chatham 2 nererora council knights of columbus mr mcnevin was oorn at ux bridge taught school in that dis trict and went to chatham in 1911 he was a member of st josephs church the knights of columbus the holy name society catholic order of foresters and was a past chairman of the separate school board he was also a charter mem ber of chatham rotary club a past president of kent liberal association and a past governor of the university of western ontario surviving besides his widow are three daughters olivia at home peggy toronto jean detroit and one sister mrs a b ameel grosse pointe mich one of tne most satisfying places to visit in this town is the plant of the stouffville floral company down the 9th of mark ham but within the corporation of stouffville it was some 15 years ago t present firm took over the greenhouses with milton smith the proprietor moving to the adjoining home together with his parents who have since passed away milton smith had been employed by the imperial oil co now there is a mrs milton smith presiding with a humour and a charm all her own in the recently modernized house some 55 or go years ago henry brillinger father of percy walter harry and mrs b miller built the first greenhouses on this pro perty forty years this coming summer he added the large- ones built by the king construction co mr brillinger sold the property to the musons who in turn sold it to milton smith during the time jim muston ran the greenhouses the present smokestack was built measuring a height of 80 feet the property now as when mr brillinger was the owner com prises 10 acres with 3s500 square feet of glass no buildings having been added by the present regime some s00 tons of steam ctoal are required per year to heat these buildings with perhaps five tons required in one night alone when the weather is bad milton smiths home is also heated by steam supplied by the green house plant a staff of ten fulltime men is required to carry on this work with perhaps four or live extra assistants at spring planting time vegetable and flower plants are grown and transplanted in boxes to be sold wholesale mostly although some are retailed locally included in the boxed plants grown are such varieties as i ringwood beau zento 27th a young hereford consigned to the petunias snapdragons asters annual ontario beef cattle 1m- marigolds salvia tomatoes cab and the beauty of the local foral work at funerals there seems to be little or no repetition the arrangements are always new and varied we asked george smith what was the secret of send ing out good floral pieces and he replied the most important thing is to have your flowers properly pre pared before you start if flowers have not been in water fora pro per length of time before they are sent out it is just as bad as send ing stale flowers we never send them out unless they have enough water in them some require 24 hours in water other do not need to be left that long but you have to spend time to prepare your flowers how did you learn this part of your work we inquired i attended short courses he responded one was at guelph and was put on by the florists them selves as a special course for florists at wiiich they had a pro fessor from st louis the two smith brothers milton and george are the only ones of the staff who make up floral pieces for wedding and funeral work better times a fragrant rose of brilliant cerise is popular at stoufiville floral and more plants of this variety are grown there than of any other thirteen thou sand rose plants in all are under cultivation looked after by tilman hoover mr hoover came to mus- tons some 20 years ago and has been with the local business longer than any other member of the staff rose bushes are bought continued on page 2 funeral here today for mrs john mcdonald funerai service is being con ducted in stouffville this thursday afternoon for the late ella ida mc donald wife of john mcdonald formerly of stouffville she passed away ai her home 20g fern ave toronto on monday evening besides her husband deceased is survived by a daughter maude two sons donald and hugh a sister mis a tyson and a brother justin f bagerow of usa john mcdonald will be recalled by many local residents as a drover and butcher here some thirty years ago the business was oper ated in a building since torn down which stood between the present middlemiss store and the jos gay man home special speaker from united nations the laster thankoffering meet ing of the womens missionary society of the stouffville united church will be held in the audi torium on thursday april 5 at 215 pm the program is conven ed by mrs brown and mrs ball mrs marjoribanks the president of the womens section of the united nations association in canada is to be the guest speaker she has just returned from a visit to lake success where she atten ded sessions of the general assem bly and the various committees at lake success and flushing mea dow all women of the commun ity are invited to hear this out standing speaker on her timely subject special music wigwag cost comes too high pickering finds rev and llrs f e hyde of cadillac mich had supper with miss nora stapleton on monday evening the hydes were on their way to keswick to visit with mrs hydes parents mr and mrs a r hobson we understand mr and mrs j k agnew have moved into their new home at the corner of william st and harold ave and mr and mrs claude brillinger will occupy the home on church street vacated by the agnews possibility of installing wigwag signals at two railway crossings in pickering township has been under investigation by the local council council has decided that the cost is prohibitive each instal lation would amount to about 7000 it was desired to install one at the fairport beach crossing and one possibly at the rosebank cnr crossing both of which have been the scene of fatal acci dents within recent months infor mation from the board of trans- port commissioners was that the transport board would pay 50 per cent of the cost while of the re maining half of the cost the town ship would pay go per cent and the railways would pay 40 per cent provement association sale by geo rodanz of ringwood brought 3000 for the highest single price in his breed maple cattle breed ers association was the buyer in the shorthorn section of the sale quinte district artificial breeding unit paid 2050 for scots- dale elite consigned by s g ben nett of georgetown two hundred and thirty bulls were sold for a total of 129590 the average price per head was 56343 four percent discount for whitchurch taxpayers effective this year whitchurch i township taxes will be payable junior farmers m the instalment basis with a 4pew executive per annum discount allowed the first instalment is payable on or before june 30th with the final payment to be made on or before december 15th instalment payment of taxes is the system in use in most urban municipalities and in many sur rounding townships including markham and vaughan i a great percentage of ratepayers favour the system while council feels that the interest charges be ing paid to the bank on the annua loan might more favorably be paid to the taxpayers norman tyndall of richmond hill was last week elected presi dent of the york county junior farmers shirley gartshore shar on vice pres myrna coulson unionville treas and carl boyn ton woodbridge director to prov jr farmers association were other appointments made in next weeks issue of the tribune the entire editorial page will be taken over by students of the stoufiville high school this i- an annual practice and one which both students and parent look forward to bage and sweet peppers in the spring of 1950 in the neighborhood of fiooo boxes of plants were sold the chief crop grown by the floral company is roses george smith veteran of world war i driver of the company truckand brother of the proprietor was making up floral pieces for a fun eral the afternoon we called one spray lay finished on the table and it consisted of roses of four varieties talisman pink delight pink briarcliff and rapture with white snapdragons and cedar and asparagus sprengeri fern for green relief and background and finished with a ribbon of the same tone as the talisman roses pink sweet peas were being firmly wired together in compact little bunches without any green and laid on the table we won dered what was being made now then a few deep mauve clusters were made and laid down as we discussed greenhouse work tak ing up the clusters of pink flowers and swiftly wiring them together with deft fingers the spray took form so quickly it seemed to be by magic every little cluster standing out in its places sprengeri fern and cedar were added with the mauve flower clusters at the base of the spray and the ribbon fall ing partially over the mauve flowers the name grandfather was clipped to the ribbon in an instant and another spray lay finished on the table townspeople are often heard to comment on the originality of design goodwood visitors upset on kennedy rd swerving out of control on a curve on the kennedy rd monday night a rented car flipped over four times before landing on its roof in the centre of the road injuring three occupants one critically irene rutledge 16 of 1895 queen st w the most seriously injured suffered a broken neck fractured skull shock and a broken collar bone she wis riding in the front seat beside driver arthur donald lfi of goodwood who was un injured passengers in the back seat evelyn miron 15 of dovercourt rd suffered a knee injury and danny macqueen lfi of martin st back bruises pc gord corscadden of scarboro police who investigated said the four were returning to toronto after visiting friends at goodwood before rolling over the car swerv ed out of control from one ditch to the other for 175 yards he said miss rutledge was operated on in st michaels hospital and her condition is reported as satis factory cherry wood school girlg attacked by big dog attacked by her big pet dogidog skippy a fox terrier stood king in the yard of her farm home on the verandah and didnt make on the third concession of pickera move site said her daughter a pupil at cherrywood public school had gone out to play on the swing after lunch she must have fallen off the swing and the dog thought she was playing when it grabbed her and drew blood i guess it got vicious she said her daughter had played v uo i i with the dog since it was a pup mrs roland thibert said she was anc never showed any signs of sure the ninemonth dog part viciousness ing township patricia thibert 7 was almost scalped tuesday her light arm was badly mangled be fore her mother rescued her taken to the oshawa general hospital the iittle girl required 13 stitches for the wound in her head and two for her arm and treatment for bites under both eyes most of her hair had been torn out her condition is reported as fair dog par huskie ancl part german shepherd would have killed her daughter when i looked out the window the dog had patsy on the ground and was shaking her by the hair mrs thibert ran out and kicked at the dog which ran away it came back again and grabbed patsy by the right arm i finally managed to kick him off and i carried her into the house mrs thibert said their other viciousness the dog was later picked up by the humane society and will be destroyed mrs thibert said they got the animal as a watch dog because their place had been broken into a little more than a week ago mrs thibert and her daughter escaped injury when a niagara fallsbound bus turned over on the highway at st catharines fifteen persons suffered minor injuries the other day a railway agent at orillia received the return portion of a ticket from markham to orillia dated sept 20 1898 owner of the ticket requested a refund advising lie had not used the ticket but walked from markham to orillia frank roberts gets big township gravel contract frank roberts of unionville was the successful tenderer for the 12000yard gravel contract in whitchurch township for this year mr roberts price was 115 per yard delivered anywhere in the township this is ten cents higher than his successful tender last year three firms tendered for the job but mr roberts price held quite a margin over the nearest competi tor it was revealed at the whit- it was revealed ai me willi there are j070 copies of this is- church council meeting on thurs sue each with 6 cols classified advslday evening that the highway de partment will proceed this summer with the cutting oft of the lincoln- ville corner eliminating three bad turns on highway 47 the ques- tion arose as to whether or not whitchurch would make some move to have the littleused por tion of their townline with ux bridge township graded and gra velled between gravel hill and lincolnville it was stated that the truckers were anxious to see this stretch of road improved for their use but council came to no decision in the matter