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tjfonnk leading weekly for whitchuich markham pickering and uxbridse twps voi57no45 the tribune stouffville ont- march 7 1946 eight pages ratepayers want winter roads kept passable the heavy fall of snow last week was a painful reminder that stouff- ville is ill equipped to keep its side street- in anything like a passable condition the fact that since the town was founded it was never deemed a municipality responsibil ity to clean the roads so that trades men and miik delivery could be made also that private car owners might get their cars out on the main road makes no difference to day there is a new era dawning and taxpayers demand more service the service should be rendered but there should be no complaint when taxes advance- stouttville should have a small plow that could be operated by a farm tractor which would be easily obtainable from some local farmer who would be glad to push a plow around and earn some extra winter cash unfortunately the town is in the midst of a road building program that will cost a lot of money this year if we are to pave two of three more streets so as to get awaj from buying oil and gravel it ws the hope of the council that the winter expenditure could be kept at a minimum this year so money that might be spent in shovelling snow could be put into pavement something more perma nent however the plowing of side streets cannot long be delayed stouffville proud of jr hockey record i stouffville is justifiably proud of j the record of their junior ohaj hockey team this season despite j the fact that the squad just failed to make the playoffs a toss of a coin could have decided the differ ence between the home team and whitby but it was apparently ask ing just a little too much to expect o get into the big round with the first team organized here in seven years the local scoring record show up well with stouffville havi scored 71 goals and having scored against them these figures look much better when the count j on the first four games is deducted stouffville tried out no less than four goalkeepers in these games and in so doing had a total of 20 goals scored against them while they were only collecting 12 when the netminding position was finally filled by doug moore snappy 11yearold the tide turned and his record for the remainder of the season was stouffville 02 goals and against them 31 two to one stouffvilles highscoring pair of george and jack rumney came within six goals of collecting half the seasons counters getting 31 between them the balance of the scoring was spread over the other members of the team with every player getting his name on the score sheet at least several times the team executive is already looking to the 1 1617 season for player material three members of this years team will bo overage by the time next winter rolls around they are kick paisley geo rumney and don campbell the local second line of jewett petch and minion remains intact so far as age is concerned but whether or not these boys will be available to stouffville only time will tell the defence is probably the hardest hit with only lewis being left of this years team burkholder having dropped from competition follow ing his entrance into the matri monial ranks mechanized farms for ontario a new item in the telegram a few days ago told of an extraordinary number of farm auctions in oxford one of the leading dairy counties of the province up for disposal were numerous longestablished dairy herds and it was said that many purebred cattle are being purchased by united states breeders older farmers who carried on- during the war years are retiring it was explained being unable to obtain labor of the kind required on dairy farms the situation is similar in some other ontario counties district representatives in various parts of the province report to the department that farm labor is scarce in lambton it is said not one in fifty is able to obtain the help required frontenac representative of the department writes no young men with farm experience are offering their services for farm work it needs no statistician or economist to make clear that young men released from the armed services or war plants are not turning to farming even though they may have come from the farm intensified by strikes and strike threats the trend in most industrial employment is toward higher wages and shorter hours whereas farm wages have risen only slightly in the war years and nature shows no sign of permitting shorter work hours on the farm in the report from oxford where auctions are being held in consequence of farm sales there appears this signi ficant sentence these farms are being picked up as fast as they come on the market stock and implements with exception of horses are selling at high prices it is not a matter of farms being abandoned or going begging but of farmers going out of dairying and into other lines of farm ing in which machines will do a greater production of the work mechanization has progressed even during the war years and that trend will be accentuated as equipment hitherto restricted in production becomes available prices of farm products generally though not allowed to soar as in the previous war period and immediately there after have been stable and it seems evident that consumers are going to pay more when wartime subsidies are dropped- more than a hint of it came the other day in an ottawa order affecting jams and jellies certainly there appears no prospect of a slump in values of field crops such as took place in the last postwar period so the outlook is good for those young men brought up on the farm who now are setting up for themselves especially if they have help of their own on the place- but a shift away from dairying if at all extensive must be disquieting milk consumption since before the war has experienced a steady increase in ontario at any rate butter is still rationed and our export commitments in respect of cheese continue high in dairy farming there is no marketing problem but on the other hand no machinery has yet been devised that will do the yearround work on dairy farms judge urges parties hiram yake oldest man settle dispute in division court at markham on i monday morning murray daniels was awarded a 15 judgment by consent in his suit to recover 13 alleged due from albert e booth j daniels operated a garage a carl boadways service station in stouff- ville where booths car was turned j in for work and a paint job which ran up a bill in excess of 100 in defence booth claimed he had been born in stouffville dies in his ninetyfifth year omld recall thru u first train to h siouflvilu- pas stouffvilles oldest native born citizen harmon yake died on fri day last and was laid to rest on monday had he lived until the oth quoted 15 for the paint job which of miv nexl ne would have eele- fmally was 100 his honor judge brated hi 95th birthdav another denton presided interesting fact about this aged his honor judge denton in givj gentleman is that he passed away ing judgment said that daniels just one week from the day his impressed him as a fair mechanic sister mrs minnie cooper was apparently when he had booths buried she was in her 89th year car painted at newmarket he was no other living individual could very dissatisfied with the job and l look back into the early history and j took the car to toronto to have it j development of stouffville just like done over there unfortunately i harmon yake he possessed a keen daniels did not protect himself by memory to the last and could re- obtaining the price in toronto or call his youth spent in town when consulting booth neither man j his father hiram yake conducted appears to have been clear as to the yake house at corner of tenth what was in the other mans mind i street and main harmon who was regarding the cost in the first place i one of seven children remained and as to any contract continuing his honor said i am willing to stop now if these parties will get together daniels acted honorably but if i have to give judgment it will be in favor of j who came booth flbutton acting for mr booth after consultation with his client said booth was willing to advance 15 which is in addition to 75 paid on the account when mi booth obtained his car and bringing the total payment to 9000 daniels was the first witness he said booth came to his place and they got into conversation about work on booths car also a paint job he maintained that he told booth the cost for painting would under the parental roof there until he was a young man and often recalled that there was plenty of work at the hotel attending the teams and feeding the teamsters in great numbers for years hauling logs and lumber from north of stouffville to french mans bay for shipment to england yakes was the favorite stopping place enroute where man and beast could count on a comfortable nights lodging fiftynine years ago harmon married rachel feaster and a few years later they took up farming on his fathers land at lot 33 con 9 pickering just east of stouffville on the plaee where he died to them were born seven children wood and poles ix good demand there was a good demand for the stove wood poles posts and spiles offered by auction by jack norton at claremont last week auctioneer farmer doing the selling a pile of cedar posts probably 250 in the lot sold in bulk for 50 anil cordwood in piles not measured went from 71 per pile to 35 buyers making their own estimates telephone and hydro poles brought 3 to 6 a piece and the whole sale ran around 1000 wood lots advertised were not offered since it was im possible to get into the bush on the day of sale be around- s15 but held this was not ini markham tp shows saving of 14469 in ten weeks win maxwell told markhan council in session on monday that from dec 15 last until the 28th of february this year cost of main taining winter roads was 1021 a sharp reduction from a year ago when for the same ten weeks the costs ran to 19193 a difference of 11 100 it was also pointed out that coun cil made a good investment when they installed a new engine and ringwood wins rural hockey cup namely wilmbt of toronto oscar a contract merely an estimate myi mather man rao on the home instructions were to go ahead and place pearl mrs joan lewis stouffville myrtle mrs loss hill get it done i sent the car to new market for painting but tne job was not satisfactory and there was absolutely no charge it was then sent to toronto and i paid the bill of 100 concluded the witness who submitted the receipted bill daniels said that booth refused total payment but tendered s75 on account promising to come back on the monday and pay the balance he never came testified daniels but when he got the car he said he hadnt cash to spare to make total toronto payment nor was his siouffville seldom bank account suitable to draw on for it he offered me 15 later in full settlement and 1 refused it said daniels this is the 15 which booth later ringwood maroons captured the paid into court of his own free will rural church hockey champion- j when the judge recommended that ship on wednesday night downing vivian in the second game of their bestoftwo series s0 they were carrying a one goal lead from their first meeting the game was nick and tuck and only one goal was notched in the first period that by ken laushway of the maroons the teams battled oh even terms in the second period j expected the job while laushway finally broke the ice in the final frame notching two winning tallies in rapid succession smalley was the standout for goudie got two for the made other repairs to the old grader costing 3000 yylclark vvian collecting live of his teams assistant superintendent said the cost of operating the grader with the new engine had dropped from 1 per hour to 25c per hour and that the saving would be enough to pay for the new diesel engine in one year j wilmot warriner was reappointed weed inspector at a salary of 225 for the season councillor couperth- waite said that if the work was not being done satisfactorily thej apoimmeni should be held up and i councillor stiver suggested that a mower might be considered since the inspector said he couldnt get the weeds cut because of labor conditions i councillor stiver pointed out that there were no applications for the i job and councillor couperthwaite fti i said that was because it wasnt adl six goals winners butch steckley and rev g brown presented the trophy to the ringwood team which is captained by ken laushway who outfitted the team this year in their smart maroon colors enter the junior c ranks next season having met with litle success in the b class and if such was the case the locals second jine who hail from this area might not be available here despite the fact that they themselves desire to continue as stouffville players council didnt yield the reeve and members of mark- ham township council had an offer dangled before them by an insur rirst lapping 1ms week for sap run probably to walter symes farmer on the 5th concession north of claremont goes the red ribbon for being the first farmer to tap the trees this season in this district for sap this week mr symes put the spiles into about one hundred maples but the results of the sap run are not yet available most farmers believe the present vertised the clerk was instructed to pre pare a new bylaw for the appoint ment of fence viewers and pound keepers for presentation at the next regular meeting which will be held on march 18 twelve foxes were shot in the i of bethesda when questioned township last month for which l matter and he pointed out bounties were paid to bruce dun- faster is late this season however can jr smith donald cook ken- sood average season is being toms k b laushway philip anticipated by those who are in the stewart and george jennings maple syrup business and we all councillor couperthwaite asked hope they are not disappointed if it would not be advisable to prices for maple prooucts and settlement be made a elson second witness corro borated certain parts of daniels evidence mr booth said he only left his car with daniels because he gave him the idea it would be back in his hands in four of five days in stead it was 12 days he said he of painting and repairing the body would be 15 instead of 100 naturally i was shocked when i saw the bill said ilr booth and wanted time to think it over he admitted paying 75 on account but denied promis ing to return and settle the balance on monday the car was not paint ed one of the colors decided on either he said i never promised to pay the balance but did say 1 would think it over oh you wanted to get the car away after daniels threatened to hold it until settlement was made observed oshollinrake solicitor for daniels naturally i wanted to get my car harry paisley and carl boadway testified the paint job was to of claremont and verna mrs gordon riddle also of claremont another daughter ellen died also surviving are twentyeight grand children and nine great grand children mr yake lost his aged life partner four years ago like many of the old pioneers and settlers mr yake did not travel much largely because the oppor tunity was not available when he was a youth and trips even as far when he was a lad came once in a year how ever when he was 90 mr yake enjoyed a motor trip to the us that proved the event of his long career he possessed his faculties in a remarkable way to the last his hearing was good and he had a memory that made younger people marvel he drove a car until a few years ago his personal knowledge of stouffville as he re called things from his youth was always interesting the corner of tenth and main streets was to him the hub or ballantrae soldier wed dutch girl returning home aboard the john sargeant due today will be spr a d nesbitt rce son of john nes- bitt 9th concession whitchurch who served four years overseas spr nesbitt was wounded on feb 25 1915 but recovered a happy feature of his service aboard was that he recently mar ried a sweet dutch girl who hopes to follow him to canada later spr nesbitt is a brother of mrs jake hoover in stouffville pte g a kennedy son of mrs mae kennedy stouffer st stouff ville was aboard the ss aquitania just docking centre of all activity at that time there was his fathers hotel and the globe hotel across the way there was a boot maker and the old tannery down the tenth was a busy place as well as stores and manufacturing of various kinds then there was no railway and the trip to toronto by horse was long and tedious farmers went away two and three day with a bag of grist to get ground news of the railway was a thrilling time and a station loca tion was surveyed close to this hub of the town but it never came through that way as events showed since an aggressive business man who established a saw mill near the dr freel residence in the west offered free land and a great deal of business to the company and the survey was changed to bring the line in as we have it today mr yake remembered the first train he ever saw pass through stouffville when he was a lad of about 15 years for 50 years mr yake never missed a saturday night in stouff ville and this outing he insisted on maintaining until very recently twenty graduation diplomas presented at commencement school crowded each evening for annual high school event ance agent on monday whereby all i five councillors could be insured the tires off the old mafntainer ration regulations covering the 1946 against accident while actually oni sale and this brought a resolu- hiut will be the same as in 19lo unci duty at a mere cost of siin by councillor timbers to sell wartime prices and trade board for the blanket policy i the tires new ones were procured the ceiling on wtil be per year when sold consunvr the blanket policv i the tires new ones were procured annou there was some hesitancy but the when the overhaul was made and maple syrup council wisely decided not to avail lovv engine installed since the old j themselves of th the moment at we better hold mis otter overt counselled reeve hooper and the presided over the proceedings until j ungraded syrup packed in one gal done for 15 according they had heard william wragg vs j martin reesor an action to recover dam ages of 30 over reesors dog alleged to have killed chickens be longing to the claimant was held over to next court andrew penny vs chas hem sted claim for 108 for work done for the horseman formerly of too early for successful sap run inlarkhamalso a counter claim for this district i always keep fairly s20 was not heard and was given close to easter said clare atkin- increased jurisdiction i whitby wins group championship whitby captured the champion ship of the local oha junior c group on saturday night defeating lindsay 82 to take the best in three series whitby will meet gravenhurst in the next round scarboro captured the junior b title of the markham group on tuesday night defeating oshawa 11 twenty students received gradu ation diplomas at the annual com mencement exercises of stouffville high school held on thursday and friday evenings last week the presentation was made by d r chadwick chairman of the board of education those receiving grades made possible through the honor graduation diplomas were interest of the following citizens be evelyn beach betty davis luella borinsky dr stbodendistel told of the plans of the board of education for the further enlarg- ment of the school with the addi tion of a new west wing housing the gymnasium and auditorium the valedictory address was given by marion weldon a number of academic prizes were awarded to students in the various to what harper eldied king kenneth drchadwick drhbfreel av schell harold steckley and marion x flbutton kc jfriches those who received jack smils miilon smith harold the barcain not at ere not suitable for the new p- per gallon for canada light anvrate setup grde 290 for canada medium old this offer over deputy reeve albert reesor 265 foi canada dark n il 210 for weldon and those who graduation dielomasaudrey baker margaret brown bruce forfar betty jean freel kathleen green audrey jennings kenneth jen nings vera king warren moyer stanley schmidt audrey slack and duncan smith intermediate certi ficates were given out to harold atkinson eileen baker howard baker lewis barclay audrey bell betty black leonard black harry bridges helen burrows keith clarke velma coberbruce crowder bert couperthwaite donald doner roy dowswell clemath ellis betty farmer helen fockler audrey good carl grove betty miller court noxon erline paisley doreen rae lewis raxlin marion spofford a twohour program of dances choruses gymnastics and instru mental numbers followed these presentations each evening high lighted by a oneact play nellie mcnabb this was a royalty play written by lois reynold and the cast included audrey slack betty jean freel margaret brown stan ley schmidt duncan smith and vera king it was a crowdpleasing show all the way through and the large turnouts further emphasized the need for more adequate accommo dation for such events the staff and students are to be congratulat- katiikr passes at whitby mrs donald lehman main st east is mourning the death of her alter was tabled if markham i arrival of reeve hooper who jon metal containers a oremiom ofj isadore st pierre who died council believe that such protection was delayed at another meeting 2x per s atxive he pceof j thursday february 28 ai his needed would the members consider dividing the cost five ways ssulevt and paying the premium from hxthkj hospital their own pockets was the poser in the minds of some members and others present the agent reported that king and vaughan township councils quickly grabbed the toothsome morsel for themselves yet markham did not go for it in that haste sanderson lome schell agnes ed on their splendid effort handi- sider bert stouffer stewart vague capped as they are without facili- carol weldon grant wells bob ties for such a presentation wetheral lena white kay williamson betty woodland on thursday evening mr w m cockburn agricultural represent ative for york county presented a number of farm service certifi cates the field day awards given out by ix new factory operation tne home manufacturing co of toronto makers of childrens wear opened heir stouffville factorv this miss k swinion and mr sherkweek with twelve local girls and canada light may be charged for in physical culture at the three experienced hands from tor- suffering a gradual weakening mr nathan forsyth stouttvillesi eldest living citizen was removed from his home last week and taken to the brierbush hospital his con dition is reported as not very good mr forsyth passed his 93rd birth day last september syrup marketed as canada fancy ballantrae qualify to meet army ballantrae ousted zephyr from the aurora league on tuesday night by the score of 32 to take the best of three series and qualify- to meet the newmarket army team champions of th other section of the league on monday from the roman catho lic church at whitby to whitby rc cemetery- besides his wife there survives four daughters and two sons mrs alfred hickstead of whitby mrs c soloman of osh awa miss leo stpierre of pem broke mrs lehman stouffville clifford st pierre of toronto and joaklcv f whitby school were as follows local school onto next week more local help winners junior erline paisley roy will be called and this increase will ward intermediate dorothy wagg bo continued until the maximum of douglas burkholder senior betty hands required is reached work- miller duncan smith inter school ing conditions in the building the champions junior boy roy ward old ratcliff hall are ideal and the junior girl helen goudie inter- employees are expressing their de- mediate girl dorothy wagg light chairmen d r- chadwick ad- miss incaster of toronto is the dressed the gathering briefly and floor lady in charge