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tontftrille mitouw vol c2 no 21 the tribune stouffville ont september 20 1951 colorado river too thick to drink too thin to plough route no 1 johnstown colorado sept 11 1951 mr and mrs bruce johnson i believe the last letter was written from san juan capistrano just as we were preparing to start out for las vegas nevada it was with reluctance that we left the coolness of the pacific though we must confess that the cool moist breezes off the ocean were very bad for sinus trouble it seems almost incredible that one can get from one climate to another so fast at the coast it was foggy and about 56 degrees in an hour or so we were at riverside a beautiful city with a glane high way for through traffic and streets parallelling the highway for the townsfolk to use here it was warm and sunny with lots of orange groves by early after noon we had crossed the cajon pass pronounced kahhoon and were in desert once more the mohave mohahvee desert where they have snow fences to stop the sand drift itt was so hot i felt cooked and remarked that i was scared to grin in case my skin cracked open like a roast chicken to which bruce replied- oh dont worry old thing an old hen takes a lot of cooking bruce rather liked the bare rolling hills of the mohave but i was too hot to like anything the only time i enjoyed the desert was about 3 am while it was still reasonably cool a desert sunrise with a golden sky behind purple hills and the road running like a pale gray ribbon up through the purple into the gold is something to remember be thankful that you live in a more humid climate gfrls the desert turns slim women into dehydrated hags at 35 and fat women look like pickled beets that may be a slight exaggeration but ones skin does lose its tone in no time we were unable to make the trek from san juan to las vegas in one day so spent the night at baker right in the heart of the desert at a court called death valley inn it could not have been more appropriately named at 3 am it was still s7 degrees in the trailer even though the wind was almost blowing a gale we arose at this unearthly hour in order to reach las vegas before the heat of the day we arrived there at 8 am and spent an enjoyable hour at the last frontier village where there are covered wagons from all the pioneering states an old schoolhouse a gaol tavern gun- shop and museum among many other interesting things in the museum was an automatic violin which took 20 years to perfect then its inventor went crazy apart from the old village we thoroughly despised las vegas at 9 am all the gambling tables in the gold nugget saloon were full as i suppose were all the others in town every grocery store dime store shoeshine parlour cafe and alleyway has its row of slot machines having taken one dis gusted look we set out for boulder city and lake mead lloulder city was built to house the construction workers at hoover or boulder dam it is the most perfect town 1 have ever seen there is no poor section all the houses are beautiful air- conditioned and completely mod ern and the lawns have builtin sprinkler systems with a spray nozzle every 0 or s feet there is a beautiful park with huge shade trees and lush green grass patsy nearly went wild when she saw the grass and rolled and tumbled and shouted those of you who have never spent a few days in the desert can have no idea how wonderful cool green grass is lake mead just a few miles from boulder city is formed by hoover dam and is the largest manmade lake in the world it is like a sapphire jewel set in the heart of the desert surrounded by almost competely bare rocks of all shades from nearwhite to black with reddish tones predominating there is a free camp there and we stayed three days while we visit ed the dam went swimming and saw a boat race the last- mentioned was fun especially to ward the end when the lake be came quite rough and the boats lifted right out of the water as they crossed the waves the dam itself served to restore our faith in human nature after the let down at las vegas it is a miracle of engineering making possible the irrigation of huge stretches of continued on page 2 an office to be proud of the municipality of whit church can be justly proud of their new municipal building erected at vandorf the build ing was commenced last spring and is practically com pleted with the exception of some inside finishing a canopy is to be erected at the front with an electric clock above to clerk john craw ford and assessor and build ing inspector fred cummings goes much of the credit for the erection of the building the main floor has four offices three of them occupied by the provincial police while on the second floor are two more rooms for office use and a fine board room forty feet long panelled in natural wood the entire place is oilheated and lighted by fluorescent fixtures clerk crawford has been con siderably handicapped in his eighteen i years of municipal service by the poor accommo dation provided by the town ship and the change is most gratifying the entire cost of the building is not expected to exceed 15000 and is a credit to whitchurch and the coun cil members who brought it into being town assessment likely to reach million mark in 52 roll up 56600 this year remodelling of school and grounds planned for future by board various methods for improving the interior and exterior of the stouffville school were discussed at the regular meeting of the public school board on monday night the insulation of the ceiling between the basement and the ground floorj was talked over by the board since some of the teachers had been complaining of considerable noise coming from this section principal c- e wat son explained to the members present that there was one partic ular place in the basement that was badly cracked and it would naturally let considerable sound escape to the above rooms mr watson believed that if the entire roof was insulated the cost would be quite expensive it was decided by the board that estimates on the cost of insulation should be acquired by the property com mittee of robt bone and elmer daniels it was also decided that two of the board members price the cost of som wire baskets to be placed in the school yard in order to keep the grounds free of papers it was revealed by principal watson that the students were supposed to bring their lunch papers into the school after they had finished but this regulation was not always adhered to mr watson had made it a plan to appoint a number of students to go out on certain days of the week to pick up scattered papers around the yard the school water fountains came in for criticism and the board decided that they should be fixed or replaced since they had only been in use for four years it was thought that they should he in better condition since it was made known that the north rooms were very dull it was decided to get a price on a new lighting system it was decided that the project should be arranged for on next years budget the condition of the grounds on the west side of the school yard came up for discussion during the glasgow farmer flimflammed by bogus eye doctor one of the strangest stories of flimflamming salesmen is revealed to have occurred recently in the glasgow area just east of town where a well known farmer bruce lewis paid over 124850 to a stranger who professed to be an eye specialist and was in the pro cess of greatly improving the far mers failing eyesight the story was given to constable ira rusnell and has since been transferred to the provincial police who operate in uxbridge township according to police a stranger posing as an eye doctor visited the lewis farm and mr lewis who does not enjoy the best of eyesight permitted the man to drop some dope in his eyes which was supposed to greatly improve his sight for this service mr lewis travelled to the bank in stouffville where he drew out a large sum of money and paid over 124s50 to the socalled eye specialist need less to say the stranger has not been seen since police advise the public to be on the lookout for sharpsters who travel through the rural areas and successfully manipulate these frameups from time to time it gaes without saying that money should never be paid to a stranger on any account spring and fall the water lays in this section of the yard forcing the students to walk and ride their bicycles on other parts of the lawn thus wearing the grass away since there is a place in this section for a given laneway it was thought by some of the members that a curb should be run down the west side of the school to the road and the laneway covered with cinders or gravel in order to level it up there are some trees that would have to be removed but if the project is taken up it would no doubt aid in the beautification of the yard this project is to be kept in mind for a future date when an allowance would be made in the budget stroke brings death to markham veteran on monday mr hubert spade man a veteran of world war i passed away in sunnybrook mili tary hospital after a lengthy ill ness suffering from a weak heart the late mr spademan was rushed to hospital nearly two weeks ago after a severe attack but never recovered born in england the deceased came to canada when but a young man and was employed as a mach inist in toronto for a number of years during world war ii he was engaged at malton in 1914 he was married to edith thompson who survives twenty years ago mr spademan moved out to the markham district where he has resided on church street he was identified with grace anglican church markham besides his wife he leaves to mourn his passing one daughter ruth in scotland and two sons walter and ralph both of mark ham there are also five brothers palmer and octavius of toronto reg of england edwin of hamil ton george of glen orchard and two sisters dora mrs frank smith of north bay and miriam mrs jos hood of toronto funeral service was held at the funeral home of thos j wignall on wednesday afternoon at 230 pm conducted by rev f herman of grace anglican church mark ham interment was made in grace church cemetery markham assessment in stouffville will reach the one million mark next year it is predicted if new build ing continues at anything like the present rate in fact a consider able amount will be added to the assessment just completed toy january when many of the new homes now under construction have been finished mr e r good local assessor reveals the total for the roll just completed is 953157 which is an increase of 56024 over last year the number of assessments totat over five hundred divided into three categories the report reads thus land 1s527700 buildings 71282500 business 5500500 greatest increase was of course- 1n the building assessment which was up 40225 the assessor also reports the population has taken another up swing and stands at 1701 an increase of 37 there are 746 residents in the south ward and 955 in the north ward the town is still maintaining its reputation for spinsters widows widowers and bachelors and this year again the number of spinsters and widows outnumber the opposite sex two to one convicted on breach of building bylaws four residents of markham township were fined and ordered to vacate their present dwellings forthwith for a breach of uie township building bylaw when they appeared before magistrate hollinrake in court on tuesday edwin watson lot 9 4th con was occupying a basement geo kent lot 15 con 2 was occupying a garage e j carter scarboro road lot 40 was occupying a garage and frank jessup lot 8 con 1 was occupying a trailer in his evidence building inspector ross norton testified that all had been given due warning that they were contravening the bylaws and had received several months to make adjustment three were fined 255 and costs while mr jessup was remanded until the end of the month all were ordered by the magistrate to vacate immediately or he would have no alternative than to fine them again if they were resum moned stouffville badminton club will hold their annual fall dance up at cedar beach gardens musselmans lake this saturday evening former lemonville pastor dies at age of 83 rev isaac g bowles 83 st clair ave e associate pastor of wood green united church died at toronto general hospital wed- 1 whitchurch given hope of recompense for road damage buy your scratch pads at the tribune office handy for tele phone or business envelopes and counter check books also available fn any quantity some hope for recompense for the road damage caused whit church township thoroughfares by heavilyladen truck traffic to the new torontobarrie highway was given to members of council by hon geo h doucett ontario minister of highways when they interviewed him in toronto last week while the minister made no definite commitment of any speci fic amount he told the delegation i will do something for you the whitchurch delegation was comprised of reeve ivan mc laughlin councillors r c bay- croft sid legge and e l mc- carron also township clerk jack crawford and road supt sandy davis the men were introduced by major lex mackenzie mpp for north york business mens meeting friday nite sep 2 1st at 730 pi in the town hall vote will lo laken on wad issue has oba playoff keen called off baseball fans all around the countryside are wanting to know whether or not stouffville red sox are going to hit the oba intermediate playoff trail or not it would seem high time the local club took the trouble to make enquiries concerning these playoffs so that the public could be inform ed of what is going on inspector advises contracts for school area janitors at the regular meeting of the uxbridge township school area board held at goodwood on thurs day evening inspector h r knight advised the members that all janitors of schools should be engaged under contract while it was agreed that the work in no two schools was similar it was believed that this method of hiring was the best secretary chapman stated that since the term had begun and contracts were not be ing used that the matter would have to toe shelved until the end of the year mr e catherwood stated that over a period of time he believed a set rate for this work could be established several ratepayers appeared be fore the board in connection with the transportation to and from school they were advised that no transportation could be provided for distances under three miles since no government grant was forthcoming it was pointed out that transportation for short distances was entirely a matter for parents to deal with it was suggested by inspector knight that a set of basic primary writing books be placed at the disposal of the teacher in each school the cost would be approx imately 250 per school secretary chapman stated that the grant for books had already been spent however the inspector told the members that an additional grant could be arranged for this purpose there was some discussion con cerning the trimming up of the school grounds during the summer months it was agreed that many of the school yards were sadly neglected during the holiday season members all took the stand that plans should be made in local authoress luella creighton the former luella bruce of stouffville whose new novel high bright buggy wheels is reviewed in this weeks issue of the tribune it is a story concerning mennonite life in this locality head pierced by coat hanger on friday a truck driven by bernice preston was hit from behind by another truck on the bethesda sideroad near the 5th concession the jolt from the impact caused a coat hanger fastened in the cab of the vehicle to pierce prestons head causing a concussion and other undeter mined injuries the driver quickly removed the hanger from his head dr button was called to the scene and rushed the injured man to toronto general hospital where he underwent an operation on monday on last reports the patient was progressing as well as could be expected advance that these yards be taken care of and shrubs be planted bowles was a former president of the toronto confer ence of the united church and during his many years in the ministry held posts in lemonville owen sound huttonville toronto north bay barrie sault ste marie and hamilton the lemon ville pastorate was his first and he came there with his bride as a young minister he is survived by his widow ida louise bowleg one daughter mrs w c harris one son lester g bowles both of toronto and two brothers william of belleville and- charles of california markham tp would prohibit proposed deershoot this fall markham township council takes a grave view of the depart ments declaration to allow an open season for the shooting of doer in york county council took the stand that markham was much too populated a place for this type of shooting and furthermore there were said to be only a dozen deer in the municipality it was report ed to council that pickering town ship was taking steps to prohibit any deer shoot in that municipal ity the question of extending the pheasant shoot from two days to four days also came in for discus sion and council reaffirmed their previous resolution to hold the annual shoot on two days only oct 2fi and 27 appeals against the townships supplementary assessment roll was still in abeyance it appears that a technicality has arisen con cerning the procedure used in sending out the notices and the final adjustment is still undecided council heart a request from elmwood ratepayers on monday evening for stop signs on church st and various other points in this urban area road supt buchanan agreed to have these erected complaints were iieard from a deputation of elgin st rate payers rcr the condition of the road mere various residents voiced their fears that the work promised on the road earlier in the year would not be done before frost lime however the road supt stated that it was his inten- it was revealed at the regular ition to start the job next week council session oti monday even- which proved satisfactory to the ing that the final decision on the delegation