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mibnm awarded jos clark memorial trophy for 1939 vol 52 no 39 stouffvilie ontario thursday jan 11th 1940 eight pages inaugural meeting of village council the village council for 1940 was duly sworn in at 11 oclock on wednesday morning and here are the men who will govern the municipal affairs of our village reeve ae weldon councillors r e brown ira d rusnell delbert holden and john silverthorn after taking the oath of office a striking committee was formed then adjournment was made until evening when the regular council session was opened by rev w e smalley the standing committees for the year are streets and walks brown and silverthorn water and light rusnell and holden finance weldon and brown a bylaw was passed appoint ing sandy jones pound keeper and john gower sanitary in spector mr f marshall was again named a member of the library board while the follow ing will form the athletic field committee n m maclean dr sangster dr ball j r hodgins f rowbotham ira rusnell and d holden the clerk announced that the assessor and collector of taxes under new regulations hold office continuously unless dis missed by the council and it is therefore not necessary to re appoint them annually george storey is the assessor and h c quibell tax collector dr h b freel presented the report of the moh for the year it showed the population of stouffvilie to be 1192 only 6 cases of measles were report ed and 75 children were im munized for diphtheria and certificates granted them this work he said would continue yearly no license had been granted the local dairy owing to some unsatisfactory situation in the pasteurization plant which the moh trusted would shortly be cleared up samples of milk would be im- proved when once the machine is adjusted water samples tak en were all al said dr freel prices will be secured on the cost of a blower for the furnace in the municipal hall the clerk said he felt a blower would give great satisfaction and save coal as well stolen porker turns out to be only fairy tale a story circulated last week had it that a butchered pig had been stolen from the farm of wm morris just north of town on the 10th concession mr morris had butchered in the morning so the yarn went then dove into town and on return ing home discovered his winter pork all gone the thieves were tracked through the bush over a blood stained trail but here the track was lost and the pig too on investigation we find that mr morris never butchered a pig last week never lost any pork and never told anybody this fairy tale later the paper was informed that the pig was stolen from the farm of arnold burrows on the former richard rae farm but the burrows home never lost a pig either and so stouffville curlers win tankard stouffvilie curlers carried off honors for this district in the tankard at agincourt this week two rinks the one com posed of h sanders sk h c quibell k agnew b black and the other of m e watts sk c armstrong thomas bir- kett and d hodgins defeated the locust hill entry in the morning and nosed out agin court in the last round to win the day the local curlers will carry on in the series for the district cup to be played in tor onto at a later date expropriated land stdl not paid for it was revealled this week that the strip of land expro priated by markham township council for the new corner at gormley a year ago last sum mer from mr p a brillinger is still not paid for smaller pieces of land secured from other farmers is all settled for but in the case of the brillingev property there was a difference over valuation of the property expropriated mr brillinger asked 750 for his land and the municipality was willing to pay only 650 mr brillinger had one year we understand to en ter an appeal but failed to do so and now must accept the townships offer we are in formed that the amount would be forthcoming any time de mand is made on the municipal ity by the former owner the township of whitchurch will reimburse markham for half this account as the cost of land at this corner on the 4th was to be borne jointly by the two townships provincial plow demolishes car the provincial snow plow working on the highway at lincolnville on monday after noon backed into the almost new chevrolet car driven by n w byer and smashed the fenders and damaged the front of the engine mr byer was driving toward stouffvilie from goodwood and the plow work ing in front of the stafford farm was backing away from a snow bank although two men were in the cab mr byer said they kept no lookout and the warning of his horn went unheard mr and mrs e j davey were in toronto for the funeral of the late mrs james joyce a cousin of mrs davey county orangemen meet here a fortyfive members of the ontario loyal orange lodge attended the annual county meeting in stouffvilie on tues day they were greeted by l h saunderspgm chief organ izer for ontario west past county organizer truman holden was the oldest member present county master acton of victoria corners presided officers elected were county master reuben tindall deputy master gerald gregg chaplain rev robson treasurer fred middleton rec sec j c taylor fin sec wm burgess lecturers r brethour m barnes marshall harold king man fatally stricken in markham office markham lost another old resident when james clark died suddenly monday in his 78th year mr clark had left home shortly after one oclock to take a walk around the town and about three pm dropped into the newspaper office for a chat as was his usual custom hard ly had he been seated when he suddenly collapsed and expired immediately dr arthur hore ronounced life extinct surviving are two brothers edward w clark of markham ind hebert a clark of toron to also one sister foxes killing off mark ph conclusive evidence against sly mr red fox has been estab- led in markham that the fine flocks of pheasants are falling prey to him a day or two ago ab stouff- er 8th concession found a pheasant buried in the snow it had been decapitated yet the bird was warm which indicated that it had only been hidden a short time fox tracks led to the discovery the fox had evident ly devoured other birds and placed this one in hiding for an other meal the byer boys at wideman near the scene of this find sighted a fox and gave chase which took them all the way to locust hill before they caught up with their quary to make a killing a shot from edwin by- ers gun finished the fox guilty on 25 charges includi sto convicted by magistrate keith in county police court on 25 charges of false pretenses robert snazel alias robert james was sentenced to three months in jail on each charge terms to run concurrently evi dence produced was to the effect that accused had defrauded pro prietors of small business con cerns in york county of sums ranging from 2 to 5 snazel took in several local merchants who are out of pocket 5 each the accused man pleaded not guilty to two additional charges of false pretenses laid against him in goderich whitchurch officers are reappointed o every ofiicer in the employ of village clerk 74 today whitchurch township council was reengaged on monday at the inaugural meeting at which reeve c e toole presided all ether members were on hand deputy reeve jess cook and councillors george leary her man kidd herbert wells floyd preston who is to operate the township snow plow on the big grader asked council to pay him standby time that is pay for days he would haye to hold himself in readi ness but would actually not be working he could not take other employment for this floyd asked 1 a day but a deal was finally made whereby in stead of 35c per hour while on duty he will be paid 45c per hour with no standby time council unanimously agreed to this rate of pay tor the three winter months and the grader man was satisfied too the grader plow is expected to be on township roads by fri day or saturday this week f g cummings on being re- gas thieves foiled at gormley on monday night or early tuesday morning wouldbe gas oline thieves attempted to break into the tanks at the sn doner store gormley but were unsuccessful they left broken off skeleton keys in both pumps after being foiled in their ef forts nothing was broken or disturbed reports mr doner markham red cross gift bed sheets are urgently needed for the new 600 bed hospital in england being open ed by the red cross on tues day evening at unionville markham branch voted 200 for sheets constituting a wonderful gift defaulters bylaw thirty years old explanations have been sought as to why a defaulters list was posted in the poljing booths in stouffvilie on election day when the surrounding municipalities post up no such list clerk dougherty explained to the council on monday even ing that the statutes provide for denying the franchise to persons in default of taxes if the municipality passes a bylaw to enforce the regulation and such a step was taken in stouffvilie when robt coulson was reeve 30 years ago fiftyseven persons could not cast their ballot on new years because of this regulation which township councils would not think of enforcing how ever in the village numerous petty tax items owing by per sons from whom it is impossible to collect will frequently be settied up in order to keep the franchise for that reason stouffvilie has not seen fit to rescind the bylaw it does work unfairness however where a substantial ratepayer is in default and cannot vote while someone with a hundred dollars invested in the town en joys the vote after all there is no outburst of indignation against posting a defaulters list here so the council have nothing to worry over and are not likely to abandon the bylaw without a strong demand on the part of the general taxpayer appointed to the position of assessor was given a new con tract in that he will be paid 350 for his services which in addition to assessing the entire township include the collection of dog tax russel gray is the member of the boaixl of health and john williamson and robt windsor sanitary inspectors they were also renamed school attendance officers roy andrew is auditor at 12500 the same as last year reeve toole asked the mem bers to give some thought to a scheme whereby taxpayers would have an opportunity to pay their taxes earlier in the year and obtain a discount for so doing other places extend this opportunity and those who can pay do so and receive a liberal discount equivalent to the rate township pay the bank for borrowed money the idea would be to issue the tax bills so that one could pay the levy perhaps on october 1st 75 days before the demand the money paid in would off set bank loans it was said mr toole said he was not pressing the matter but felt something along this line might be worked out accounts ordered paid gen supply co repairs f preston grader salary c preston snow fence f preston snow fence h preston snow fence w spence snow fence s fockler snow fence b degeer sand pile geo windsortrucking p spofford trucking j h widdifield supt com news adv 7 sam moorehead tle 19 480 9 45 village clerk and treasurer john s dougherty is this day thursday open to receive the hearty congratulations of all his friends on the occasion of his 74th birthday the tribune adds its might of good wishes to those of our citizens in general no cases for mondays court his honor judge lovering came to town on monday morn ing with an official stenogra pher all ready to hear any cas es up for argument in division court but strange to say there was nothing to proceed with only two items were on the docket but neither was aired in court judge lovering made refer ence to the comfortable quar ters provided by the town for his court which was particul arly inviting in view of the fact the thermometer was hovering close to zero outside it was the first time in a year that no cases were disposed of at the annual bimonthly court 50 00 75 50 00 50 50 75 28 00 50 00 5 2 3 1 1 1 4 newmarket era adv 3 20 92 45 gas pilferer arrested near unionville john mcneice a markham township farm employee was arrested on saturday by con stable gayman charged with gasoline theft and was remand ed in county court until next monday mcneice was charged with stealing some twenty gallons of gasoline from the tank of jas barrie our westend farmer and ten gallons from willis leh mans car at almira a car parked on markhams north townline was also looted and last wednesday a quantity was lifted from a machine parked at the gormley mennonite church where the owner was attending prayer meeting mr and mrs w j patterson of newmarket are holidaying in florida many friends of mr patterson in the bloomington district will be interested to know former ringwood teacher buried the funeral service for the late mrs james joyce was held in christ church deer park toronto on monday afternoon of this week interment was made in mount pleasant cemetery the late mrs joyce nee edith armitage taught school a number of years ago at ringwood and unionville be fore going to western canada where she continued in her pro fession for a number of years at unionville on january 1st 1913 she was married to mr james joyce who owns a large ranch at de winton and was also at that time connected with a large lumber company but after some years he gave up his interest in the lumber business and since then he and mrs joyce have resided at de win- ton about a year ago mrs joyce was stricken with illness and after a short time in calgary hospital it was decided she would come to toronto for fur ther treatment here she passed away on saturday january 6th at the home of her brother-in- law dr w g leggett mrs joyce was an anglican in religion and bore her illness with great patience and chris tian fortitude always of a bright and cheerful disposition she won many friends she leaves her sorr nving husband two sons james h and wallace r both located in toronto also her mother mrs armitage of unionville one brother herb of aurora also two sistes mrs spring of new york and mrs dr leggett of toronto many of her former pupils will mourn her passing big shipment of honey fo englan last week j l byer sons loaded 20 tons of honey at markham station for shipment to england it is now on the ocean and what a sweet ban quet the fishes would have if a german torpedo sends the ship to the bottom freight and ocean rates on such a shipment total several hundred dollars but england likes our honey which is looked on as a necess ity these days the big order was sold by a cable message which contained fewer words than a housewife would use in buying a mouse trap town electrician holds limelight the village electrician receiv ed 110 per hour for his ser vices in stouffvilie last year it was revealed on monday even ing when the council went into a study of the work in this de partment reeve weldon said that undoubtedly most com plaints right or wrong came from the work of this depart ment and the council was con stantly held to ridicule coun cillor rusnell checked up the time of the electrician for the past year from the timesheets submitted by the electrician and it showed that his pay of 60 month averaged 110 per hour while on duty councillor delbert holden said that a man paid that sum would have to be paid a con siderable amount for what he knows for labor is not that high i well said the reeve this matter is in the hands of the committee councillor rusnell chairman and we are open for suggestions mr rusnell said there is a demand to know what the work consists of and now with a years complete time- sheet he was prepared to dis close the facts he admitted time allowed on various jobs was liberal the reeve thought that if care was taken to render ser vice to the users of current there would not be a definite set ainst the electrician who he said was not overpaid accord ing to standards of other muni cipalities around however he said if other places waste money its no reason why we should follow them a point not brought out is that a man who is on constant call should receive a premium for his services as standby time mr rusnell expressed opposi tion to the electrician hiring help for work he thought could be done alone which help coun cil always paid mr holden didnt understand this and said he thought if the electrician was paid this money to do the job any assistance he got was up to him last years vital statistics recorded it was reported to the mun icipal council monday evening that there had been 51 births in stouffvilie in 1939 13 marriag es and 26 deaths clerk doug herty the recorder of these statistics is entitled to 25c for each registration and this the council granted payment for the population would be de finitely on the upswing if we were able to keep all the babies who start life here but most of them find their homes in the district outside the town since the advent of hospital and nurs ing home the birth rate is sharply in advance of the death rate 14 below zero late saturday night was the cause of few shoppers being found on the street