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tonfimlle mimm vol 51 no10 stouffvllle ontario thursday june 8 1939 eight pages whitchurch orders 5500 power grader whitchurch council obtains department ok no extra taxes required the department of high ways has approved of the pur chase by the whitchurch town ship council of a large power grader equipped with disel en gine made by the caterpillar mfg co through their agents general supply co the cost of the outfit is 5500 half of which is paid by the government and half by the township the council made their choice over a week ago but the depart ment only announced their de cision to approve of the pur chase on saturday it is ex pected the machine wiu be at work k on township roads in a week or ten days provincial engineer peter higgins congratulated the coun cil on their choice of grader stating that the department at first hesitated to give their approval until careful consider ation had been made of the merits of the 5500 grader as compared with the purchase of a general motor driven type of grader costing 1050 less addressing council mr hig gins said we took the average operating cost of three lower cost machines running 1410 hours and found it to be 35 c per hour for fuel oiland grease three disel machines operat ing 1867 hours showed an aver age cost for fuel oil and grease of only 211c per hour a saving in operating cost on the more expensive machine of 144c per hour on the assump tion that you operate your machine 1500 hours in the year there would he an annual saving of 216 continuing mr higgins said the differ ence between the low gas and jow disel engine would thus he overcome in three years after that the saving would be gravy your machine has a normal life of seven years or said mr higgins so far as we are concerned if you buy the disel we will recommend it to the dept the new machine has a cap acity weight of 19000 pounds and will do any ditching scari fying grading and road mak ing demand in the municipal ity reeve toole and members of the council had spent days travelling about inspecting the various types of machines but finally decided on a disel engine because of its low cost operating expense it was only after careful consideration that the council decided in favor of making the purchase this year and when they were satisfied it could be done without increased taxes reclaimed gravel now on the roads its said will be enough to save half the cost of the town ships share of the grader and many farmers have urged council to procure this grader in view of the fact that it will not mean any additional taxes roads now almost impossible to maintain will be kept in good condition it is believed with this power equipment births harper at brierbush hospit al stouffville on may 31 1939 to mr and mrs carl harper a daughter wideman at obrien avenue maternity home on monday june 5 1939 to mr and mrs arthur wideman beatrice carter a son stephen arthur grove at the brierbush hos pital stouffville on tuesday june 6th 1939 to mr and mrs william grove 8th con markham township a daughter wins faculty silver medal isabel booth daughter of mr and mrs a e booth who graduated in medicine with hon ors from the medical faculty university of toronto physician expires aiding patient at the royal train called to attend william hill of bloomington when the aged man was overcome in the crowd at zephyr on monday attempt ing to see the king and queen pass by dr h e johnston 58 fell over himself and died on the spot the tragedy shocked everybody present a car load of people from stouffville were eye witnessesbeing mrs mcgrogan and dorothy mrs levi hoover mrs geo saunders mrs clark mary doten dr johnston was right in the act of administering a drug to his 99yearold patient at the moment he succumbed himself council pledge100 to junior band the village council met on monday evening and signified their willingness to grant the junior band of stouffville the sum of 100 as a donation to ward helping purchase uni forms for this organization of which the town is so proud reeve weldon pointed out that funds were low until tax collec tions in the fall at which time the grant would be forthcom ing the deputation composed of mrs ball mrs schmidt and mrs wilkinson who waited on the council stated that this was the first bit of help asked through municipal channels al though the band had an invest ment in instruments of nearly 2000 the new uniforms it was said would be capes and caps a real swanky outfit all the council and reeve weldon spoke highly of the value of a band and the headway of our own junior group a bylaw was introduced pro viding for holding a tax sale to collect 671 tax arrears and 98 penalties only four properties are slated for sale and it was hoped that payments might be made before the law was invok ed to hold the tax sale a number of items came up for attention but were of no public interest only a few small accounts for routine work were passed for payment new dairy building bakers maple leaf dairy is open for business in their new premises formerly occupied by turners dairy second door west of the post office patrons will now get their extra supplies here takes position at experimental farm don moyer son of mr and mrs harvey moyer who com pleted his final year at mc master university this term has secured a position at the dominion experimental farm vineland and has entered upon his new duties he will be doing laboratory work there sunny of sunnyside public school operetta in the stouff ville arena tonight thurs day councillors home destroyed while the family were all ab sent the brick residence on the farm home on the second con cession of whitchurch tenanted by herbert wells township councillor was destroyed by fire of unknown origin on tuesday evening only a small amount of furniture was saved the fire was first seen by a neighbor around 11 pm engagements the engagement is announced of olive dorothy stonehouse daughter of mrs edith stone- house and the late mr e a stonehouse of markham to duard rose son of mr and mrs harvey rose of north markham the marriage to take place quietly the end of june rev and mrs j e hogg of drumbo announce the engage ment of their daughter ethel isobel to mr gordon hutchens bailey son of rev and mrs c j bailey of kleinburg the marriage will take place june 30th at southampton at the summer cottage of the brides father new teachers are engaged here during the past week stouff ville school board engaged two new teachers miss a pearl wilson on the marmora high school staff will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of miss ethel hogg on the con tinuation school staff while miss leta bunker will replace miss muriel hostrosser on the public school staff miss hos trosser resigned a week ago miss wilson met members of the board in person last week end and appealed to them as- a most capable looking teacher she is a specialist in physical training and oral french and has an elementary certificate in music which qualification the board were anxious to get miss wilson has been teaching six years and this is her first move she is a port hope girl miss bunker is qualified to teach home economics and has nine years experienceshe will have the senior third class kings dog killed by local automobile wins nursing honors markham farmer supplys order of 2000 lilac blooms from his 3 acres of lilac bushes on his farm on the 8th of markham mr h m rolph recently supplied a toronto wedding with 2000 blooms of 150 distinct varieties mr rolph began his lilac hob by 15 years ago and most of the blooms he cultivates came or iginally from france he hasi about 2000 seedlings planted this year but their varieties will not be known until they bloom on his farm mr rolph has the descendant of the grand- daddy of all lilac bushes it is the persian lilac which came from persia where the lilac was first extensively developed some of the flowers are large enough to cover a 50cent piece a meeting of the stouffville tennis club is called for this friday night at 715 pm assessment cut by only 650 only four appeals were filed against the village assessment coming before the court of ap peal monday evening three were successful and one assess ment was sustained c baker assessed 1500 on brick property to be used as dairy building and formerly the turner dairy assessment sustained one business ass essment cut off since the am algamation of the two stouff ville dairies mrs carrie turners resi dence on obrien ave assessed 2550 reduced 200 norman mclean obrien ave house assessed 1150 re duced 150 e r sinclair house on north side of main street west assess ed for 1500 reduced to 1200 total reductions were 650 the personnel of the court was reeve weldon councillors silverthorn rusnell brown and tait enjoyed motor trip clarence lageer mrs bran- der hazel and clayton and mrs elijah lageer motored to williamsport and spent a day there with mr and mrs oscar neal herb degeer of toronto also took in the trip with his mother brother and sister celebrated golden wedding day pictured here is aileen hilda cutler daughter of mr and mrs fred cutler of ballantrae who was one of the graduating nurses at womens college hos pital of the school of nursing winning the prize for obste trical technique horticulturists exhibit there was a good attendance at the spring flower show in the united church basement tues day evening the display was described as wonderful with plenty of competition single tulips alone having ten entries and iris fourteen mrs ed dixon of unionville led quar tette numbers and showed slides on bulb growing in hol land the judges messrs wells and grubb announced the fol lowing names as winners emma winn mrs farthing mrs o lehman m mertens mrs r leslie eva hoover mrs borinsky mrs f fairies thos rae eva hoover mrs l slack since his arrival on canadian soil his majesty king george was presented with a couple of russian wolf hounds by vicount laselle but a few days ago one animal was killed by a motor car on the streets of toronto mr jerry sibley was proceed ing along gerrard street en- route home to stouffville when one of these hounds suddenly bounded in front of his car was struck and killed it was learned on police investigation that there were parties in charge of the dogs but one of them either got away or they were being counted on to follow without a lease anyway one animal made or the opposite side of the street and in full view of several onlookers smashed into the motor car mr sibley was said to be travelling at a low rate of speed but the driver did not see the dog until he was upon it the animal apparently had an eye on something on the opposite side of the road in fact it is said that someone whistled and the dog recogniz ed the call the hound is re ported valued at 700 being the only man in can ada to kill a dog from the royal kennels should add a mark of distinction to our whitchurch farmer who is a real dog lover himself and who feels quite bad over the un fortunate incident brilliant student miss jean lennox obrien ave completed her 3rd year victoria college in modern languages carrying off honors and scholarship glasgow church sees first wedding an interesting church wed ding was solemnized in the glasgow church on saturday afternoon said to be the first ever performed in that edifice that is older than anyone liv ing the bride was miss bertha joyce cleare daughter of mr john cleare and the late mrs cleare of england and the bridegroom lome john byer son of mr and mrs j l byer markham rev oscar burk- holder of breslau tied the nup tial knot the bride was beautifully gowned in a dress of ivory sat- young actors give star performance probably the first operetta ever attempted by the stouff ville public school caught the public like magic last friday evening when pupils 40 in num ber presented sunny of sunnybrook a delightful little setting of orphanage life from the standpoint of children all the pupils did so well that we would hesitate to select the stars a second performance saturday night had to be post poned until this thursday even ing owing to rain the operetta opened with a full chorus of all the children on the lawn of the orphanage tie singing by marguerite grubin margaret stover joyce swift donna tait was outstanding while the chorus selections were above average eileen thome and lillian pipher made a big hit as the quinn twins singing its terrble to be twins alan sanderson one of reddys gang led- a chorus number in good form another feature of the pro gram was the circus with gor don forsyth as ringmaster arid he made a good job of it too mr and mrs john e weatherill celebrated their golden wedding anniversary friday at their home jane st toronto mrs weatherill wore a navy sheer gown with a corsage of roses decorations were in gold throughout the house with old gold candles on the tea table centred with roses mr and mrs weatherill both of whom were born in unionville ont have lived in toronto 45 years they have seven children mrs f c mason mrs r j hallawell mrs f w doner miss dorothy weatherill miss ruth weatherill george l weatherill and dr j f weatherill all of toronto there are five grandchildren in on princess lines and carryl the spacious stage was at- ncrrojrn nh iiivofth set up with liberal scenery all the product of the school and which fitted into the orphanage setting ideally the junior band just one year old at this time filled in nicely during intermission time and rendered several popular numbers under the direction of bandmaster shenhall this band 28 in number ire all pupils of the school so that the entire program was purely school talent principal watson who work ed very hard in taking care of hundreds of details during the preparation for weeks also miss anne lindsay musical director and miss winnifred mcdonald dramatics director may all feel justly proud of their efforts which received such high acclaim by the fathers and mothers and citizens in general ing red roses and lilyoftheval ley was given away by mr w l smith the bridesmaid was miss evelyn byer niece of the groom attired in orchid crepe carrying a garden bouquet of tulips and roses mr edward yousey of akron ny support ed the groom miss anna hous- ser dressed in coral satin and carrying roses and carnations was maid of honor music was supplied by a quartette composed of messrs leonard burkholder lome wideman roy and lewis smith the wedding reception was at the home of mr w i smith and attended by 80 guests the home was beautifully decorated with spring flowers presenting a lovely setting the happy couple left on a trip to the usa the bride travelling in a blue coat with navy acc essories they will reside on the 8th concession of markham rev j a orr has been appointed to the pastorate of the melville circuit junior band benefit show at the stanley theatre next wed nesday june 14th afternoon and evening matinee at 4 pm children 10c