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ar mt tifonm leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 58 no 20 the tribune stouffville ont sept 12 1946 ten pages council receives gratifying report from library board mrs jno scott dies after lengthy illness while the greater portion of wed nesdays munieioal council meeting in stoulfville was taken up with the passing of routine accounts the local library board represented by kev douglas davis and l c murphy waited on council and re ported on the recent improvements made there both in the books and the building itself the board mr davis stated had gone to considerable expense of late in redecorating the interior of the building and arranging for bulletin boards outside and were asking the municipal council for a grant of 100 to assist with the work if the council saw fit to make this con tribution a similar grant was to be forthcoming from the department although she has been in very poor health for some lime the an nouncement of the death of mrs john scott of claremom on wed nesday morning came as a consider able shock to the many friends of the family located in claremom and stouffville she was in her slst year the late mrs scott was born in clark township and as maggie j of libraries it was also stated that bayles she married john scott 1 fiftv years ago the couple have the horticultural society it was expected would take on the job of replanting the once flourishing flower bed in front of the library building the library has a book circula tion of 10136 which according to population stands high in compar ison with other surrounding com munities council agreed to make the grant asked and motion was passed to that effect the monthly hydro account re ceived showed that a total of 579 horse power had been used cost ing the town 149704the local elec trician hwalsh was present and told council of the extensive work which had been completed in the matter of new lines and improved lines on various streets in addition to the big main st job he stated that the albert st section was found to be considerably overloaded with the continual addition of threewire services to carry new stoves and other appliances and it would be necessary to bring a new primary line into the area to divide the load some consideration was given to the problem of the new sidewalk water main and hydro supplying the brillinger subdivision coun cillor hugh boyd stated that he understood mr brillinger intended to erect two more new houses on the street yet this fall so that a large enough main should be laid down the street in a view to future building the stouftville lions club has purchased two brightly painted emblem signs for use at either end of town and permission was given for these signs to be placed atop the present speed limit signs ronald james has been success ful in passing his first year in civil engineering with honors resided on the present farm on the 8th concession of pickering just south of claremom for 34 years deceased was of retiring nature and a great lover of her home besides her husband she is sur vived by two nephews walter and john bavles an infant daughter died in 1897 the funeral will be conducted from the home this friday after noon at 130 pm thence to altona union church for service and inter ment in stouffville cemetery young mother passes suddenly the district centering on the wide- man church 8th concession of markham was deem- grieved this week with the sudden death of mrs joseoh brownsberger and infant son at the toronto general hosnital deceased was the former marion ruth wideman daughter of albert wideman and the late mrs wide- man sth concession of markham mrs brownsberger was in her 36th year besides her husband she is sur vived bv two young sons albert and george three sisters mrs el mer grove ella anna and mrs leslie wambold also two brothers alvin wideman and lome at home funeral was conducted this wed nesday afternoon with a short ser vice at the late home lot 24 conces sion 10 markham and further ser vice in the wideman church con ducted by rev floyd schmucker assisted by rev aron grove inter ment was made in the adjoining cemetery baseball protest still live issue notification has been received by the stouffville baseball club that the oba executive will convene this wedneseday niglil to deliberate on the stouffville case for a second time new market in the meantime had been ordered not to meet mca- ford as scheduled in the next round the protest arose in the junior final between stouffville and newmarket on saturday aug- 24th alderman john innes addresses lions club saturday was four nights th in s farm fire ante area fire of undetermined origin totally destroyed the 50 ft barn on the farm of leslie morgason on the 2nd concession of uxbridge near i garibaldi on saturday night the loss also included the entire sea sons crop just threshed on mon- dav four horses thirtysix hogs several calves and some imple ments the fire was noticed by folks on farm just north alderman john innes of the city of toronto addressed the stouffville j the robt hope lions club at their opening fall i and appeared as a flicker in a hay meeting held on monday evening snack beside the barn hill at the alderman innes six times elected north of the building however in in ward 9 the largest constituency in the city spoke of his experience with regard to the british war vic tims fund the credit for originat ing which he gives to his sister as the committee of one representing the city council in meeting troop trains and as organizer of the farm commandos several musical selections were enjoyed from the guitar of bruce taylor there was considerable discussion regarding the apparent failure of the memorial hall project and several appeals were voiced that some action should be taken either bv the committee handling the project or the municipal coun- cilthat something be done to recog nize the returned men either by some gift or in the matter of a hall as was the original wish of the veterans association the discus sion led by lions harold spofford and hugh bannerman showed the club as a whole to be unanimously behind whatever scheme could be worked out the last order mayfair under new management the mayfair restaurant establish ed here three years ago by mrs maybee and mr ed dorey has been sold to mr ralph burkholder vet eran of two wars and a native son of the district the mayfair is one of the best equipped restaurants in the county modern in every way and is only limited in the scope of business by ife size the new owner can be counted on to conduct a fine high class business as has been done in the past mrs maybee and mr dorey have purchased a bakery business in the bristling town of exeter 32 miles north west of london ontario on the eve of their departure or retirement from business here on saturday night the staff presented mrs maybee with a set of dresser lamps and other articles a matter of seconds the entire side of the barn was enveloped fanned by a strong northwest wind the morgason family was in stouffville shopping at the time but neighbors rushed to the scene and endeavoured to do what they could to remove the stock from the blaz ing inferno a number of hogs were literally carried from the pens but in their blind fright they ran back into the fire when set free 37 pigs perished and 100 hens fortunately all the cattle with the exception of a few calves were out to pasture and a barricade was quickly erect ed in the laneway to keep the animals from wandering into the blaze which they tried to do 800 bushes of grain just threshed burn ed to nothing motorists gathered by the hun dreds from miles around as the re flection could be seen from great distances the barn is situated on a hilltop the stouffville fire brigade was summoned after the fire had been underway for some time but the place was little more than a blazing heap when they arrived on the scene this is the second time in thirty- three years that mr morgasons barn has been destroyed by fire in this same site the calamity also recalls the fact that this is the fourth barn to be destroyed within a two mile area in a very few years and the origin of none of them has ever been accounted for the latest barn to fall prey- to flames was not wired for hydro and there were no smokers working oh the premises while the railway line runs nearby a matter of nos- sibly a hundred rods neighbors did not think that a spark would carry so far even with a strong wind blowing mr morgasons loss is partially covered bv insurance talking to the tribune mr mor gason said that he and his son had comnleted the chores and he went up in the barn to see the newly threshed grain he ran his hand through it and remarked on how cool it was no sign of heating the building was closed up and they left for the house later going to many new homes probably never before have so many houses been under con struction and others contem plated as there are at the pre sent time in stouffville strikes and shortages continue to hold back this construction but nevertheless a number of new tiomes will be ready for occu pancy here before winter pic tured above are two new homes near the curling rink the one in the foreground being the first prefabricated house erect ed here this house is for mr hugh bannerman local mer chant while the second house is for mr john scott clare- mont farmer who expects to retire here a third house on this street directly opposite the two in the picture is being built for mr elgin wagg stouffville when he was accosted on the street and hurried home to the disaster five years ago the jess tindall barn to the south was destroyed two years ago the e hood barn went in flames and this present fire makes the third and in each case the seasons crop was in sixteen years ago the barn fight opposite morgasons was burned on the joe cooper place the morga son farm has been in the family name for 125 years the disaster indicates that there is nothing like a saturday night fire to thin the crowd from stouff- villes main thoroughfare hun dreds went to the scene of the fire since it was only a five minute drive from town additional teacher for local public school staff ration book distribution here ownership of chattels division court action chatties claimed to be the proper ty of george cook and seized on the farm of earl cook lemonville by bailiff ed wurm was the subject of a legal battle in an interpleader case in division court here on monday but which was adjourned until the november court because george cook and other prime wit nesses were not present judge f g j mcdonagh presided wurm seized the goods in ques tion to satisfy a debt said to be owing william nesbitt for wages for work performed in 1945 for earl cook his honor said that any airing the case might get at this time would only have o be repeated when other witnesses were oresent and lie cautioned all parties to be prepared to proceed at the next sitting reg button solicitor acted for nesbitt locating at uxbridge 10 years ago and there were plentv rcadv to give as assistant station agent mr herb their time for the chance to learn snider agent at markham for the things have changed a great deal tes 32 years was retired on friday after a long and faithful record when mr snider firs worked for virce that day mr snider will still remain a resident of markham en joying his garden and recreational the old grand trunk he did not re- pursuits mr snider is shown ceive any pav the job was then i handing his last order to the toron- for the boy who wished to learn h to- lindsay wayfreight light lunches to be served students at noon hour an additional teacher is to be en gaged for the stoulfville public school it was agreed by the board of education on monday evening to alleviate the overcrowding in grade vii principal watsons room there are fiftyfive pupils in grades 7 and s one of the basement rooms on the northwest corner of the building will be refitt ed as a classroom this will make a total of twelve teachers on the combined public and high school staffs the first step was taken in pro viding light lunches for students at the noon hour principals mur phy and watson were given a grant by the board to proceed with arrangements for this service it is expected that such things as milk and hot sou will be dispensed from the household science room until the contemplated restaurant can be established in the basement the remainder tit the boards business dealt with the passing of accounts and a survey of the interior decorating job just completed word of tragedy conies from west tragedy struck the home of frank reynolds of gilroy sask formerly of stouffville with the drowning of his only son orval according to word received on tues day by mrs robt hone of ux bridge twp and mr fred reynolds of stouffville sister and brother of frank no details of the tragedy were contained in the message and mrshope left bv plane immediate ly friends of the crief stricken father will recail that mr reynolds was born near glasgow and farmed there for some time before moving to stouffville- this is the week everybody must get their ration book or just be out of luck for some weeks to come there are only three days to go and in stouffville the issuing days begin this thursday morning at the municipal hall which will be onen thursday friday saturday to attend to all who may call for new books open hours 9 am to 6 pm and saturday evening until 9 pm at unionville council chambers books will be issued on sept 12 and 13 locust hill sent 1213 in united church and at gormley sept 1314 that will cruise the great port of at the lost office halifax and perhaps get down on books have been issued at ae floor of the ocean if a sub- buttonville victoria square ring- marine m ort during the visit wood and ballantrae earlier this of news men week if you missed out at these the editors and their wives left nines hr surp nnri n nt c- montreal by special train tuesday editors convene h in halifax will fly to prince edward island the editor of the tribune has gone down to the atlantic coast to attend the first post war convention of the canadian weekly newspaper association and to take in the fine program that is a side issue to the convention itself he is looking for ward to going aboard a destroyer places be sure and call at some other issuing depot at once afternoon coming from all parts of canada west of montreal the can adian pacific railway is providing delux equipment for the journey that will take the party across the state of maine and on to saint sustained nasty bruises when run over bv tractor well known resident of the sth concession of markham percv john where they were due this dike was seriousl injured last wednesday morning after break- week when he fell from a 700- fast at the royal hotel they were pound tractor which passed over to take the steamship princess him causing injuries to his face and helene for digby where they body working on the farm of the dominion atlantic rail- robt macdonald at the time percv way special and travel through the salvation army drive in the offing stouffville along with surrounding communities is lining tin again this year for the annual salvation army home front anneal and a definite date for the actual canvass here will be announced shortly air marshall bishop who is chairman of the salvation army national advisory board declared that the army is incurring an was found by his employer lying in a helpless condition he was remov ed in goods ambulance to the tor onto east general hospital where xrays failed to reveal any frac- annapolis valley to halifax they will have their own dining cars throughout arrangements are being made with the navy to take the party of most favorable young men injured in motor crash las miller rcaf of stoulfville is in the brierbush hospital suffer- annual deficit of over si 000000 the ferins from severe head lacerations air marshal states that if the and shaking up while jas abell vast amount of suffering misery of pvingwood is recovering from and waywardness daily dealt with minor cuts and several cracked by the salvation ann- were dump- ribs as a result of a motor crash inj ed on the doorsteps of individual which thev were involved when i canadians they would realize how their car left the townline just great is the work of the army wen of town stouffville s contribution to the the injured men were attended organization in the last two years bv dr john button and miller who has amounted to a thousand dollars was buried against the windshield and the chairman and canvassers was removed to the hospital afterjare confident that the splendid first aid was rendered mr and mrs wesley james are holidaying in new brunswick wes ley has just completed his senior matriculation course showing will be continued this year mr and mrs w e redman of myrtle station visited at the home of ber sister mrs david watson on sunday hires his condition is reported as men aboard a destroyer for a trip around the harbour and leaving halifax for prince edward island later they will flv the northumber land straits thus cutting a train journey of thirteen hours down to a flying trip of one hour if the party are fortunate to find a sub marine in harbour we may be sure there will be a story on this coming up from the depths for our readers in a later issue whitchurch holds tax rate slightly above 1945 level car collides with i lynn murphy daughter of mr and mrs harold murphy received lacerations and bruises as a result of an accident on tuesday evening the tax rate for whitchurch townshio was struck last week at a c j- ti special meeting of council at slight- jianuing i rut ly higher figure than prevailed last year the overall rate is advanced onehalf a mill although the county rate was dropped by a mill and a half increased local expenditures cal ret a year ago according to constable rusnell it was felt that the township who investigated the collision the hould maintain a good liquid ppsl- truck was parked at the curb tui tion at this time when farmers an loading some furniture while mr doing well pav for the extra road murphy was proceeding west out of machinery so that vhen perhaps town the murphy car was badly poorer vears come as they surely damaged and mr murphy himself will a lower rate could be struck received injuries to his knees be- in uch times- ides a ka shaking up