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tottffwlle rtbtttte leading weekly for whitchurth markham pickerins and uxbridge twps yol58no3 the tribune stouffville oxt may lo 1946 twelve pages aching home wednesday this week from their service overseas these bovs from left to right they are donald middletoh son of and mrs geo middleton walter smith son of mr and mrs ever- sinith and bert johnston son of mrs and mr robt johnson uxbridge editor wants title to property grocers closed night preceding 2tth holiday contrary to custom the groc ery stores in stouffville will not be open on the evening of may 23 prior to the holiday on may 2 the grocers felt that there is no need for such added service on a midweek holiday and customers should be sure and get in supplies during the day if such are required editor of the uxbridgetimes journal was overcome v weak ness and court was adjourned at whitby last- week when the news paperman was giving evidence in an action be brought against the estate of the late edward rainey of uxbridge anddiis executors for the specific performance of an agreement to transfer to the editor certain properties in the town of uxbridge on which is situated three frame houses owned by the late edward rainey estate the agreement of sale was signed by two of the executors but the third did not sign it was to force the rompletion of the alleged contract that the action was brought the consideration for the three proper ties is reported as 800 when the case was resumed be fore justice wells his lordship dis missed the action without costs in addition to the action being dis missed the claim for damages against one of the defendants was also dismissed the plaintiff was represented by awsgrcer kc of oshawa and the defendants ce rainey bruce rainey and jmlow were repre sented by haaylen kc of ott awa and neil eraser kc of osh awa the property in question was lot 123 including three frame houses on toronto street in ux bridge for which an offer of ss0o had been made by the plaintiff an agreement had been drafted and signed by two of the executors but counts issued every never by the executor brace rain- or six billings per hydro and water rates payable at the bank only in future customers of stouffville hydro and water systems will be required to make payment of their accounts due these departments at the canadian bank of commerce stouffville this decision was reach ed at a special council meeting tuesday night the change is made in order to relieve the work in the hiee of the town treasurer who told council he could not continue to serve without some relief cost for the two public utilities will be 5 cents per bill and will be paid by the water and hydro sys tems according to the number of bills issued by each department there are some 500 hydro ac- other month year water ey evidence was howeve that v j rates are payable half yearly thus c hare of uxbridge agent for the making only two billings estate had been given to under- council was informed that all stand by ce rainey that bruce materials entering into repairs on rrttn womhln m tho in hie water system would be advanc- hope for 200 members stouffville horticultural society s out to sign up 200 members for this year at si each an excellent premium list appears in this issue and you are asked to have your membership ready when the can vassers call on you in the next few days the society hopes to put on a flower show in june for which plans will be laid shortly by the directors howard allen dead was only ix 2th year howard allen died at his home just north of stouffville at lot 15 con 1 uxbridge on tuesday fol lowing a rather lengthy illness six months ago he became a patient at toronto east general hospital but within the last week or two was returned home he was only in his 29th year besides his parents mr and mrs fruit lands change hands the john mckinnon fruit acre- age on montreal street in the east end of stouffville is well known to many people it consisted of three parcels of land of which two par cels have recently been sold a field of nearly- two acres on the west side of montreal street immediately across from the mckinnon resid ence has ben purchase- by mr john miller who moved here from toronto and is a tenant on stbuffer street adjacent to the prcperty he has acquired another parcel orsimilar acreage lying immediately south of the mckinnon house was acnuired by mr george harmon who also lives in the neighborhood mrs mc kinnon of course still retains the residence with the tine cedar hedge around it a hedge which she and her late husband went out to the bush over 10 years ago dug and brought in pieceby piece from a cedar swamp neither property sold has a house on but mr miller hopes to build in another year while it is rumor ed that the fruit house on the harmon place may be made into a dwelling warden gardiner defends municipal governments in address to local lions public school salaries increased stouffville high school students will be granted credit for farm work if such duties have the approval of parent or guardian and the princi pal of the school all of which must be approved before leaving school it was agreed at the meet of the board of education presided over by chairman don chadwick mon day evening at this meeting a further increase was made in school salaries when alonzo alien vhowardis survived tn ptiic school staff was advanc- by one sister mrs ailan hoover the funeral this thursday after noon will proceed from the late home to stouffville cemetery card mailed in toronto in 1912 reaches destination few days ago commission which was already falling short of the amount requir ed as he could well understand after driving over some of the roads in his trip to stouffville from the city in summing up his remarks mr gardiner stated that he believed the chief justification for york county council was the fact that the twentysix municipalities in cluded in this county could better give their constituents the services they required collectively than working separately the toast to the farmer visitors was tendered by lion dr s t bo- dendistel and replied to by garfield id all along the line as follows principal c e watson receiving s1s00 was increased 50 also miss hosie and miss brooks receiving been allocated he explained a 1100 were advanced to shoo missive vear plan whereby the count v beck from 130 to m00 and miss will make a capital grant to those warlock slloo to 12o0 toronto hospitals who arexcaring ck v alsodecidedto engage our coun patients this grant will cost every municipality one entertaining and initrutive ad dress heard by stoiiffville lions ami their parmer guests- municipal government is by no means the lowest level of govern ment in canada as many are in clined to think stated mr e u gardiner kc warden of york county m addressing the stouffyille lions club at their annual farm ers night banquet held in the high school on monday evening mr gardiner spoke on the place of county council among government institutions only as strong as is our munici pal government will our higher fceiiington7lion avrnoantniro governments be he said i he the- culcei tne speaker and the appre- ory of totalitarianism the idea that i c of the club was tendered fewer administrators could get him by uon f l button carl more done in a shorter time than boadway entertained ihe gathering many small governmental bodies with two we rendered soloswhile impressed a lot of people years ago he continued however he present european turmoil belied cat for the event this belief since the countries accompanying warden gardiner which had maintained the best was his two commissioners reeve municipal government were able to ken thompson of weston and reestablish themselves th quickest deputyreeve writ hearst kc of at the close of the war these north york township countries were belgium and hol land in germany he said there was no fabric left upon which to build a system to administer the peoples needs quickly and effici ently the great asset of municipal governments is that the members ire known so well and are so close ly attached to the people to whom they serve mr gardiner sketched in brief the history of york county coun cil and went on to cite the various items of this years budget which showed the varied fields into which this body has an administrative finger some of the largest were indigent hospital care for which 70000 had a few i miss betty miller local high school i student gave a reading believed that the tne iadios of tne altona institute sys ed 30 per cent as from may 1st rainey was agreeable to the sale hut such agreement had never in fact been given in his judgment mr justice dr joe foote vs wells held that the defendants were mr joe foote of whitchurch will acting in the capacity ot trustees be one of the graduating class from rather than executors of the will ontario veterinary college this month to whom we extend congrat ulations joe is a son of mr and mrs s ii foote 0th concession whitchurch although her son willie died last fall mrs john mckinnon received a post card from him this month the card was mailed back in april 1912 and bore the torrnto post office stamp of that time as was miss g v a campbell of port rowan for the high school staff at a salary of 2000 duties commence september term trxxis players members of the executive of the stouffvillo tennis club and all others interested in the game are asked to meet in the municipal hall upstairs on thursday evening customary before the war the post may 16 at 730 pm office stamp advertised the cne that was to open on aug 12 that hall report next week in that the will had been entirely administered within a year of the testators death except for the sale of this property and that it would be necessary for all the trustees to agree to the sale of the land if any contract was to come into being between the plaintiff in this action and the defendants there being no contract between the parties he ruled that the plaintiff was not en siled to a decree of specific per formance regarding the claim for damages against the defendant c e rainey ills lordship said that the only damages could be those elated to the increased value of the property during the interval but held that no damages could flow from an agreement that never existed parties involved are well known to many readers cerairey of ott awa is remembered in stouffville and of course in his home town of uxbridge for his sporting activi ties there 30 years ago and more while another defendant j miow is former reeve of uxbrulge and a business man in the northern town tag day saturday mothercraft tag day saturday may isth help this society which has an advice room in stouffville aim to help the mothers and save the babies unionville horticultural unionville horticultural society reorganised this year with mr carl james as president this society dormant since 1912 will hold its first flower show on may is bought kendall farm north of goodwood on saturday evening the news paper office had a call from mr c marchant who recently purchased the rev win kendell farm on the 3rd of uxbridge north of good will the property has splendid building- and makes a ice sum mer home mr this city dweller and his wife mr marchant is an architect ami was employed by the ttc for some years native of glasgow seoand dis trict mr marchant is really having his first experience living in the country and likes it garbage days peter bramwell announced that both tuesday and friday each week will be garbage collection days in town if you wish such service give him a phone call hope is held for recovery the condition of mrs roy curtis who met with an almost fatal acci dent in a fall on saturday morning is reported to be favorable despite the fact that twe serious concussions were sustained mrs curtis is in the western hospital where she was rushed by dr jnhn button who rendered first tid year just where the card stvnt the in tervening 31 years between mailing date and receiving time is a com plete mystery it was clean and gave no evidence of its great age or long travelling career since postal rates have doubled between the time the card started from toronto with one cent postage and was received in stouffville the stouffville office rubber stamp in red letters called for four cents due at time of going to press no one has offered an explanation as to where this card written only with lead pencil has been it might have travelled around the world quite a few times in the intervening years but the condition of the card would not indicate that it had been on any travelling spree of that kind i anyway it remains one of the post office record high spots wherein it took 31 years from the day the card left the hand of mrs mckinnons son willie who died last fall until it was received by her early this month canvassing for funds for the pro posed veterans community hall in stouffville will be completed this week and a report preoared for the public will then be made next stouffville hydro bill will be received at the bank instead of at the office of the town treasurer mill on their tax rate but at that it is less than the cost of establish ing our own hospitals to do this work administration of justice would require 185000 and mones to pay off debentures issued in the bad days of 1930 to 35 sloooofi the sum of 237000 was budgeted for the toronto and yorks roads former wellknown resident dead an old resident of stouffville and claremont william bingham hus band of hannah besse formerly of claremont died saturday he will be remembered as a painter and decorator during his active time here where he spent so many years son of the late james bingham drayman in stouffville william is survived by his wife and four daughter verna margaret mary and owen he was in his 66th year interment on monday afternoon was made at newmarket york tkrsey show may 24th the third annual york county jersey show will be held in con junction with the richmond hill spring fair on may 2lth when it is expected there will again be approximately 100 head of high class jerseys on display before professor a d runions of the oac guelph who will place the awards whitchurch township ss con kntion the annual sunday school con vention of whitchurch twp will be held this vear at gormlev tue dav may 21 st rev c e middle of aurora and mr alex cox of tor onto have been secured is speak ers there will be three sessions during the day mor p 30 after noon z30 and in the evening 730 dst uxbridge township adopts daylightjtime the uxbridge township council held its may meeting at lie town ship hall on saturday with all members being present one of the communications read was from the chairman of the na- donai clothing collection setting forth the great need for clothing in some of the allied countries and urging the council lo get behind a movement to collect all the spare clothing available the council de cided to enlist the services of the chools in the towns- ip and in structed he clerk to write to the various school authorities and teachers asking for their assist ance necessary steps were taken to wards making daylight saving time the official time of the town- hin from the present da- to two oclock am september 29th 1916 the clerk was instructed to ad vertise fer tenders for repainting and rede orating the townhip hall read account no for april to the amount of s868d0 ws passed for payment and general accounts to the amount of 10765 was also passed the june meeting will be hid on june 10th at s oclock in the even ins- no compensation for poultry that is killed by dogs sold mlnden bakery former member of the banking staff in stouffville mr percy brit- nell who moved to minden to establish himself in tbfe bakery business has just disposed of his business there and is now engaged in erecting a business block in that town farm manager whitchurch is told by council ken o klinck recent recipient of the cwn a award of 10 00 for the best work done by students attending the ontario agricul tural college ken o klinck of stouffville ont is building an excellent record for himself at the oac only 22 years of age he has been attending the col lege since 1913 and is taking part in all sport social and academic activities besides taking the degree course in botany he is editor of the oac review for 1916 and was associate editor last year has been clerk of the parlia mentary club and more recent ly deputyspeaker was on winning interyear debating team in uhdr g e peaman professor of english at the oac who advised the associa tion of the award also referred to the increased interest being shown in the journalism course recently started at the oac ralph young a former daily newspaper reporter is instruc tor and attention is beiig given to training students in writing articles uitable for wetkly newspapers mr andy williams requested whitchurch council to state their policy on paying compensation for fowl killed on farms by roaming dogs on two occasions choice pullets have been destroyed this year at shadow lake farm reeve evans pointed cut that while there is enabling legislation permitting townships to pass by laws to pay compensation for poultry under the sheep and dog act but whitchurch has not adopt ed it mr williams was advised to take action against the dog owners since they are known but mr williams said the eaton co are opposed to pror cuting anyone ratepayers ao tting wicox lake and bessmore avenue is in num ber petitioned for road improve ment and were advised that their road was not a township thorough fare it was suggested to those pre senting the petition that on agree ment that each ratepayer pay 500 the township would put in the road maintainor for a couple of days an effort may be made to carry out this proposal council likewise will inspect the situation when they make their ennual inspection of roads this week over all the township councillors harper and timbers moved that up to 50 he expanded in purchasing cock pheasants to be put at large in the municipality last year whitchurch issued 105 licenses and receipts to the account of ihe pheasant hunt will bear the cost of the additional birds mr elmer clark was ordered paid s1000 for one sheep lulled by dogs on his lands reeve evans raised the question of providing a public dumpini hood of the dump i think a dumping place would be badly abused said councillor harper deputy reeve logan and coun cillor timbers moved that a granl of 25 le made to the aurora horst show which is to be revived this year first show since 1941 mr george davies who happened to be in the council chambers urged council to provide more police protection at musselmans lake he said one officer was at a distinct disadvantage on very busy nights council admitted the necess ity for better policing and wonder ed if the lake association would find an extra man and the council would provide the pay for such extra officer constable elmer wells tendered his resignation as constable which was not accepted at this time he said that shortage of farm help made it impossible to do lake police duty in july and august 1000 feet of snow fence was ordered at 950 per roll ot 100 feet 300 posts were also ordered it was decided to order 15 tons of calcium chloride for use as a dust layer this year it will be applied free to persons whose homes are within 15 rods of the highway heretofore ratepayers paid directly a portion of the cost storms construction co were paid an account of 1879 for use of heavy road machinery on special jobs including half mile of- work on the vivian road west cutting hill between lots 2526 con c and widening road on the 3rd con at about lot 7 other large items under roads were 03s to frank roberts for 511 yards of gravel a 125 and 700 for labor lloyd hockley was awarded the contract for removal of garbage at musselmans lake for the season of 1916 at 290 othr tenders were received ranging from 300 flown to 250 mr hockley will provide his own disposal ground and is equipied with a 2ton stake body grounds councillor mclaughlin truck wanted to know if the ratepayer aurora fire brigade wa- ordered would use it or would rubbish been paid 80 for two fires 5th con and thrown anywhere in the neighbor- at the becrley farms yonge st