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annual greetings are extended to cottagers at musselmans lake ftsf eighteen pages two sections tottffwlle cjcifotne 3800 copies vol 62 no 14 the tribune stouffville ont july 26 1951 richardson masonic lodge honored for first time richardson masonic lodge has been honored with the appoint ment of a district deputy from its ranks for the first time in the ninetyone years of its existence a e weldon a past master received the election as district- deputy of district b on the first ballot taken at the annual sessions of the grand lodge of ontario held in toronto last week mr weldon will have as his secretary edw- logan another past master of richardson lodge there are twentynine lodges in this district musselmans lake is picturesque body of water fish company buys ratcliff farm the sale has now been com pleted of the gordon ratcliff farm on the 8th con of whitchurch adjacent to the stouffville water supply system the sale includes one hundred acres and substantial buildings and the purchaser is the royal fish company represented by h katz of toronto this familiar baker hill pro perty was bought by the late william ratcliff in 1918 and for some years has had a fine trout pond just to the rear of the large red brick dwelling the royal fish company arei fish brokers believed to be the only concern of its- kind in the dominion their business is the storing and selling of live fish these are transported in large oxygensupplied and icecooled tank trucks and it is planned to establish a number of storage ponds on the ratcliff farm the price paid for the property has been rumoured as more than 25000 but is unconfirmed mr ratcliff has no immediate plans and will occupy the house for the present although immed iate possession has been given for the pond and streams the sale was transacted by geo allison stouffville local real estate broker markham township plans to extend daily working hours for their road machinery former pastor completes fortysix years in ministry rev s s shantz former pastor in the united missionary church stoufiville and at mt joy and dicksons hill has completed fortysix years in the ministry and has just taken over a new charge at hanover replacing rev w g purely rev mr shantz is the father of three children a son howard is in the ministry at petrolia a daughter is the wife of rev roy goodrich and roy the youngest is on the staff of a niagara falls public school a former missionary to africa rev shantz had two children born there he spent two terms in africa completing the final one more than 20 years ago in 1895 the following re marks were written in the illustrated free press of stouffville it is fashionable to go to stouffvilleonthelake but a few miles north from the town lies that lovely little sheet of water a natural spring known as musselmans lake everybody picnics at the lake and yet its beauty is not appreciated as it should be where can one find a prettier snot here and there the shores are banked with thrifty evergreens rising nowhere and emptying nowhere this picturesque body of water has a little world of its own and its singular beauty tells eloquently enough of the neverfailing spring which feeds it a few neat skiffs and a small yacht are needed to make musselmans lake the most delightful of summer resorts the picnic grounds are convenient and pleasant and with little expense could be made worthy of the quarter- mile of ripples to which they are related the above photo was taken for the tribune by ted ad- ieux local photographer near ly sixty years following the publishing of this short excerpt on the lake yet it truly exemplifies the words summer school has record attendance mr and mrs walter atkinson and family who are on a motor trip to the west coast have enjoy ed perfect summer weather on their trip so far they report to the tribune the family up until last weekend had covered a distance of 1500 miles and were travelling by boat from vancouver to nanaimo from nanaimo they will go to seattle and begin the home ward trip through the usa a record average attendance of one hundred and thirtytwo child ren has been enjoyed at the sum mer bible school now being con ducted at the united missionary church gormley while it is not known if this attendance figure constitutes a record it is consid erably larger than anticipated rev l k sider told the tribune on monday this is the first such school held in the church since 1948 and it will continue for the balance of this week sessions are held each morning from 9 until 11 oclock with five classes for children from two years upward rev sider pastor is head of the school with the following five teachers miss edith raymer senior mrs allan doner junior miss isobel stewart primary mrs howard baker beginners mrs m baker nursery a number of assistants are also employed and miss vera doust has been acting as pianist this friday evening at s pm the closing exercises of the school expected to draw a capacity con gregation will be held in the church auditorium the children will give a demonstration of their work bible memorization and songs at that time born in claremont john newton storry passes in 77th year on friday july 20 john new ton storry passed away at st michaels hospital after a heart attack born in claremont in the year 1875 the late mr storry oper ated a mill at washago ont for some fortytwo years before com ing to uxbridge where he has lived retired for the last four years the deceased became ill three weeks ago and passed away after a stay in the hospital of two weeks he was identified with uxbridge united church st williams catholic church marks 25th anniversary a real contribution to the sum mer colony at musselmans lake is the little white church high on the hill overlooking windsor lake it was back in 192s that mass was first celebrated at the lake headed by mr william and the late herbert regan those few catholics summering there in that out of a discussion concerning the possible purchase of a new road maintainer to replace mark- ham townships third machine damaged in the recent fire at unionville it was agreed that for the present more hours of work should be sought from the existing two machines since the budget has been brought down and taxes set for this year it was not deemed feasible to step into such a large expenditure at this time the cost of a new maintainer with snow plow attachment is estimated at 24000 at the regular meeting of coun cil on monday evening the annual bylaw was passed appointing mr archie fleming assessor for the municipality at a salary of 2800 with mileage to be paid at 8c council granted approval to a request from a mcbride lot 135 plan 2 140 lee avenue for the sale of two oneacre parcels of land some thought was also given to tlie advisability of engaging an assistant for clerk chas hoover or to divide the position of clerk and treasurer the move has been suggested by the township audi tors and has been in the minds of some of the councillors for some time the rapid development of the municipality and heavy influx of urban population has increased the work of the municipal officer and his staff many times no fish story year with reverend father i he deceased leaves to mourn wedlock and reverend dr keogh held mass in a small tent erected tor the purpose with apparent prophetic foresight this first pastor foresaw a rustic chapel nestled on the hillside overlook ing the lake by progressive stages this vision has come true for some years the tent sufficed until the number of attendants his passing besides his wife eliz abeth two stepsons jack and charlie wilson and one step daughter greta there is also one surviving brother levi who resides at chalk lake ont fun eral service was held at the fun eral parlors of mcguireand low uxbridge on sunday afternoon at 230 oclock conducted by rev l atkinson interment was made in goodwood cemetery a 96aere farm on the 9th con of pickering belonging to lester mckay has been sold to mr newport of kinsale and the price received was 9000 it w moyer of stouffville local willoughby real estate agent negotiated this transaction on saturday afternoon mr cliff lloyd son of mr bert lloyd who resides at rest nook beach musselmans lake and mr carl bevens son of mr h a bevens on the same road hauled into their boat four large pike weighing some 25 pounds a few days ago mr h a bevens was out patrol ling the lake when his line snagged onto a large 10 pound pike which he quickly reeled out of the water a couple of years ago the govern ment replenished the water with fish to provide sport for the sum mer residents and to diminish some of the carp which infested the waters now two years later time has produced large tasty ten pounders out of the small fish that were released into the lake we ask you is there any reason why you sportsmen should travel hundreds of miles north to fish f represents canada at world series plowing match bob timbers wellknown local member of this renowned family of plowmen will represent the dominion of canada at the north american championship plowing match to be held this august at bethany miss bob was selected by the ontario plowmens association and is the second member of the family to be so honored eleven years ago fred timbers deputy reeve of whitchurch township was the canadian representative and won the coveted north american championship the match will mast three days with our local son competing on aug lgth robert is 21 and one of the youngest champions in the history of canadian plowing events he is married and has two children he first made headlines on the canadian plowing scene in 1948 when he was crowned king of the plowmen at the international match that year he won a free trip to the british isles he has walked off with honors at virtually every match entered since 1948 it is estimated that 50000 farmers and urbanites will attend the big matcn in missouri in addi tion to the plowing there will be a national soil conservation field- day program tractor rodeo and expert nimrods will be on hand to demonstrate how a well managed farm pond can produce the king of small mouth bass fishermen dream about the americans regard their two- day affair as an annual world series for plowing matches born at east end 7 years ago mr henry mcmullen passed his 79th milestone this week and is possibly one of our oldest resi dents in point of years spent in stouffville mr mcmullen was born on a farm quite near the east end and has spent his entire lifetime here the familiar name of mcmullen has been connected with the town ever since its incor poration threequarters of a cen tury ago when such large beauties can be caught at musselmans lake of start new school course according to the men in a wi- 1 l- order to make a catch that can iicox loke compare with the haul of mr work on the new ss lloyd and mr bevens you must whitchurch township no 13 school overflowed its confines and mass have the fishing knowhow and we building will begin immediately then held in the cottage of must admit that not every man witn awarding of the contract who rides the rippling surface can friday to dan cook oak ridges show the proof of their catch as contractor cost of the fourroom these men have done frame school will be close to i 40000 eating several hot dogs a short i the school to be erected at time before mealtime doesnt wilcox lake is to be ready by spoil the growing boys appetite i september already 177 pupils are it merely whets it registered 10 years om ratepayers assoc valuable to lake over eighteen yrs mr geo tran wellknown resident of con 8 pickering twp will mark his 96th birth day this saturday july 28th this veteran farmer is a great great grandfather and enjoys comparatively good health- after eighteen years of exist ence the musselmans lake rate payers association as an organ ized body is no more the fast changing population at the lake side has given way to smaller organizations however many of the old timers speak with pride of the many accomplishments of the organization the history of the now defunct association dates back to 1920 when numerous little gatherings and picnics were held from time to time on the grounds of the late mr appleton or in ed bakers cedar glenn park on the south shore from these modest gather ings which were attended by mr william evans mr hallowell mr mcnelly and a great many others some still active in the lake dis trict came the musselmans lake ratepayers association with an original membership of about 25 the association grew to a list of some 500 members prom inent among these were a jarvis bert lloyd bill evans a allcott m martin e darlow s r proc tor j h jay j hallowell and a g carter the first secretary was a allcott who lost his cottage by fire in 1958 his duties were then taken up by bert lloyd and later by h a evans mr a jarvis was the first president to hold office commencing the second year of its existence the organization held a picnic annually the affair always took the form of a monster gettogether in appleton park on civic holiday when the cottagers and their friends enjoyed a full day of land and water sports in february each year another big night was held in toronto the association prompted many improvements around the lake signs were placed in the danger spots on the winding roadway the lake was stocked with fish weeds were cleaned up cottages were numbered and a directory published truly the association in its hay day was a going con cern and it is regrettable that it has not been continued was mr and mrs m j martin with true catholic zeal these good people were only too glad to have their home so honoured although each sunday morning meant that the front room had to be cleared of furniture to make room for the rapidly increasing attendance after three such seasons the crowd had grown to such propor tions as to tax oven this accommo dation mr fred coultice then offered the pavilion and his kind offer was gladly accepted for two seasons mass continued to be said there in the spring of 1931 work was begun on the new building and the construction was com pleted in time to receive the visitors that same summer each sunday throughout the summer months the holy sacri fice of the mass has continued to be said in this wayside chapel and visiting clerics enjoy their vaca tion at the lake because of the presence of this little church the altar pews railings ad many other appointments in thel church bear mute testimony to thej handiwork and devotion of mr colin grant who had been respon sible for gettingthe project start ed in august 193- the new huild- ing was completed and the fondest dreams of the faithful supporters had come true and so from this humble begin ning has come this imposing little edifice devoted to the glory of god and to the love of mankind over 350 cottagers assemble to worship their creator each sunday morn ing at 9 and 10 oclock during the summer months the present pastor is father carvill of toronto new united missionary church to be erected at dicksonshill stouffville cleaners will be closed next week from july 30 to aug 4 for alterations plans have now been completed for the erection of a new men- nonitc church building to replace the eightyseven year old structure now in use bud spang contrac tor has been given the contract for the work and anticipates having the new building completed by the new year the church will be erected just south of the present building on the church property on which a covered shed had stood up until a few years ago the new edifice will be 32xoo of brick construc tion with a full basement and additional antiroom space at the entrance oil heating will also be installed mr win timbers reeve of markham township is heading the building committee and told the tribune that while a consid erable amount of the funds reouir- ed for the work are at present on hand some campaigning may be done at a later date for additional revenue to complete the job once the new church is completed it is planned to demolish the existing building begin work on new beach work was begun this week on the new beach located back of the new community hall on the north shore at cedar beach the beach which will be used only by the cottagers in the association is expected to cost jn the neighbour hood of 1000 already a bull dozer owned by the mount con struction coj is busy smoothing out the ground in order to turn what is now a lotof grass and trees into a playground paradise for young and old alike the beach is to have all the up to date equipment that might be found on a larger one in order to satisfy the wants of the many children living west of davies pavilion the community association expects to pay for the entire job through oingos bazaars and raffles as they did for their new community hall which is the pride and joy of the entire centre