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jstoiifmit mimm vol 58 no 36 the tribune stouffville ont dec 31 1946 eight pages junior hockey schedule opens here friday night newmarket to be viiting team on opening night markham here next monday junior oha- hockey opens in stouilville this friday night with newmarket the visiting team the second home game will be monday night with markham providing the opposition there has been considerable speculation regarding the markham entry but sources close to the markham management tell us tor onto and scarboro talent was strict- lv in the majority when the team took to the ice for the first time last weekend newmarket is likely to provide keen competition and their opening visit is expected to draw a bumper crowd the five teams in the league will play a single schedule with the four clubs finishing on top going into the playoffs this will be a best twooutthree offair between the first and third and second and fourth place teams the final for the league championship will also be a best twooutof three series the winner must be declared by march 1st slouftvilles victoria square entry will play all their home games on monday nights with the exception of the opener this friday below are the playing dates january 2 aurora at markham january 3 newmarket at stouftville january bradford at newmarket 9 pm markham at stouftville january 9 newmarket at aurora january 10 stouffville at bradford january 13 markham at newmarket 9 pm bradford at stouftville january 16 newmarket at markham january 17 aurora at bradford january 20 stouffville at newmarket 9 pm january 2 bradford at markham stouffville at aurora january 27 aurora at stouftville newmarket at bradford january 10 stouffville at markham g bradford at aurora february 3 aurora at newmarket 9 pm markham at bradford february 6 markham at aurora massive white pime largest cut in county reputed to le the largest tree standing in york county a massive white pine in the ratclift bush on lot 11 concession 6 whitchurch is j able to pay to be felled this thursday for its cerned owner robert ratclift it is one of the few virgin trees left standing in this part of the county and probab ly was known to the indians since it is near the old indian village once in that part of the township the great pine has been spared no doubt because of the aversion of the late henry ratelift father of robert ratclift to cutting the last original tree on the place he bad otliimes said that he wanted a few old trees left pointing skyward the tree to be cut this week is one that was left on this account so far as value goes it should have been cut years ago because it has been deteriorating mr ratclift ex plained the big white pine is eleven feet in circumference and stands as the last of the giants of its day now to bow its head to the inroads of time if any one would like to witness the fall thereof contact mr rat clift and he will tell you the hour of the day that you should be on hand to witness the event ontario county wardenship in doubt if reeve wilmot bain of scott township succeeds to the warden- ship of the county of ontario this year of 1947 it will be the first time the township has been honor ed with a warden in about fifty years father of wo webster merchant at udora was the last warden from scott and that was in the days when the representatives to county council were cnosen on a different basis than is in use today mr bain however is not certain of being honored as stanley miller of brock a strong contender last vear when he was beaten by john m rae of goodwood will again seek office if he wins the election in his home township next january 6th against two opponents markham township tax sale all the properties posted for sale in the forthcoming auction for lands for sale for taxes in the township of markham have been reclaimed by the owners paying the tax- arrearages and penalties we under stand that at the present time there is only one more property left which if not paid before the sale date of january 15th will pass under the hammer of the auctioneer the situation indicates that the township is in a strong position financially so far as persons being their taxes are con- whitchurch township gives seventh straight acclamation miss bertha davenport of tor onto spent christmas with mr and mrs joseph cayman who will fill chief offices in york county every dollar of 1946 taxes paid widow of old lacrosse player dies suddenly the sudden death of nellie alice tefft in toronto on saturday in her 70th year recalls the fact that her deceased husband clarence tefft once played on the old markham lacrosse team in its heydays of the game oldtimers remember taffy tefft whose father was a veterin ary surgeon in markham with most of the municipal elec tions over it is now safe to make a reasonable forecast on who will fill some of the important offices in the gift of york county council for 3947 tax collector ross k davis has it is a good guess that reeve hit the bulls eve squarely in the charlie hooper of markham town matter of collecting the 1946 tax- ship will be chosen as warden of roll for stouffville he was able to the county he will be following report this tuesday afternoon that warden fred g gardner kc of the last dollar outstanding on the forest hill possibly the most able current roll had been received the man to ever fill the office a law- total collection is close to 21000 yer he was able in debate well in- no finer collection could be re formed on all matters pertaining to corded anywhere in the province the county and possessed the facul- and with no tax arrears the town ty of leadership that few public is in excellent financial shape men enjoy if our forecast is correct and we are sure it is charlie hooper will when council convenes the middle of january be able to add another title to his name for it will un doubtedly be warden charlie hooper one of the most popular wardens in recent years the other qualifications earned by warden gardinet will be something for the youthful member from markham to strive for while we are making forecasts of this nature it is safe to an nounce that reeve charlie sparks of aurora will be a strong conten der for one of the two commission- erships in the county mr sparks has served longer on the county i council than any sitting member who has not received that honor and has been on all the important committees over the years he en tered municipal life in 1901 back in the township of beverley in went- worth county before locating in aurora and has given ten years continuous service to aurora mr sparks although he may feel the weight of years has all the ability needed for the office which he seeks there is one fly in the ointment however and that is that reeve lome gooafellow is a strong con- tender for a commissionership and has the promise now of so many of j the councilors having gone on the i theory that the early bird gets he a lawyer well informed in the worm lome is reeve of king municipal matters and will make township well liked in council and an admirable man for the high with several years in council to his office next in importance to that of credit he is one of the younger warden thus we giv the forecast men like charlie hooper and that j for warden and two commissioners helps a lot no doubt in getting to be chosen there may bo others support for an office that requires in the field for the three offices a vear of rigorous work j that we do not know of these three mr w e brandon of swansea is mentioned however are the strong almost sure to be a commissioner- contender 375 foto nite offer for local lad last thursday evening foto night at the stanley theatre prov ed to be a lucky night for a stouff ville lad gordon forsyth eldest son of the town barber red for syth was called for a cash accept ance of s375 gord really smiled at that one and seemed just about stunned for a few moments when he began to realize that he was the recipient of that amount of money just for the mere accepting gordon is the fifth winner to re ceive a cash price for his photo since the contest was inaugurated and nearly ss0o has been paid out for photographs of theatre patrons in markham uxbridge and stouff ville a considerable number of folks from claremont and district have missed chances at the big pile of cash by not being present either wednesday or thursday night grant turner of stouffville held the lucky number and won the stage contest which resulted in gordon being offered the 375 3318 old age pensioners in the county of york there are 369s persons residing in the county of york who receive the old age pension and 620 more who receive a part pension in addition there are 50 persons draw ing the pension for the blind and four receiving a part dension per sons 70 years of age in receipt of less than a dollar a day and with out other means of support are entitled to the pension if they are british subjects the number of pensioners full and in part in stouffville total 31 markham village 37 markham township 127 whitchurch town ship 5 the number receiving part or full pensions in the twentysix municipalities throughout the coun ty are taken by the tribune for your information and show as fol lows aurora east gwillimbury east york etobicoke forest hill georgina twp industrial home king township leaside long branch markham township markham village mondays nomination at whit church was very quiet with not more than thirty ratepayers turn ing out to hear the reeve and councillors give an account of the financial condition of the munici- palitv the entire council was returned by acclamation without any charge in personnel reeve l p evans reviewed county matters childrens aid with its alarming yearly advances in demands on the tax payers largely due he said to conditions arising out of the war speaking on the high school areas he warned that it meant probablv greater cost for secondary education but he thought it would be worth it to have the children transported by bus to the schools on the various boundaries of the township mr evans said the new areas would be put into operation begin ning january 194s at that time whitchurch would be divided into areas with newmarket aurora and stouffville for high school purposes only once to my knowledge did whitchurch spend more money on township roads than in 1946 then as now the reason was a spring flood mr evans said in touching briefly on township affairs county taxes are bound to ad vance next year deputy reeve ed logan declared he said that sc many things had been allowed to go undone during war years that are now demanding attentionhence it is very clear there will be an in creased county rate next year he pointed out that whitchurch was a council of champions in its lower brackets councillor ivan mc laughlin was a potato champion and councillor fred timbers was declared provincial champion plow man this year widening the road at wilcox- lake and cutting the hill north of bethesda on the 5th were two things council had in mind for 1917 program mr logan said the town ship should begin a program of more permanent road building tarvia tops should be laid to the lake areas enough money had been spent at musselmans in the last few years to pay for a tarvia top yet what have we mr logan asked councillor les harper and coun cillors timbers and mclaughlin spoke briefly each indicating their interest in the work and an ambi tion to get things done mr maclaughlin called atten tion to the large amount of unpaid taxes and said that he would urge on council the advisability of getting in the tax arrears now is the time to collect concluded mr mclaughlin outstanding taxes for the current year are around 8000 and back of this there is unpaid 25000 1 lome p evans resident on the third concession is return ed for a second term as reeve may be contest in uxbridge twp while the reeveship of uxbridge township was accorded to stewart ball by acclamation on monday and the deputy reeveship to isaac catherwood also by acclamation there still may be an election four qualified for seats on the council with three to be elected two old councillors standing for reelection are bert tindall and john kydd with two new men ralph faulkner and wendall al cock unless one of the four with draws his qualification papers be fore nine oclock this tuesday even ing the contest will be on with election day monday jan 6 50 72 317 254 11 63 30 us 15 30 127 37 mimico 102 newmarket 163 new toronto 54 north gwillimbury 56 north york 207 richmond hill 26 scarborough 244 stouffville 31 sutton 14 swansea 50 vaughan twp 96 weston 113 whitchurch twp 58 woodbridge 10 york township 970 a comparative statement recent ly issued showed that stouffville lias paid 2161 for hospitalization which exceeded that paid by mark ham or whitchurch townships and four times as much as markham village this is an item over which a municipality has little or no con trol hut because of stouftville having a hospital in its midst it would appear that it provides a more inviting place for persons in distress circumstances than it would appear to similar people in surrounding municipalities 3 leslie j harper the most northly resident is regarded as the senior member of the three councillors having served lon ger than ivan mclaughlin and fred timbers fire destroys tribune newsprint a shipment of newsprint con signed to the tribune and long de layed was destroyed by fire early tuesday morning on a siding in toronto it so happened that the shipment was delayed and stock on hand never- ran so low as at present whitby combination too much for locals l in hockey exhibition fists fly among fails in final period as whitby takes ex hibition game 82 heady team play by whitbys junior oha entry tumbled stouff ville by an 82 score before more than three hundred hockeyhungry fans in an exhibition contest in the local arena on monday night the locals countered the first tally early in the game when pascoe scored on a wild melee around the whitby nets stouffville predominated the play during the early stages of period one but faded as whitby hit their stride and countered with three goals in the last ten minutes of the round lintner and mccloskey looked extra good for the visitors while mcewen one of the standouts of this ontario championship squad again presented a stumbling block to the local sharpshooters referee chas webster handed out penalties early and often as the tempo of the game increased and tempers and sticks rode high in the final period breaking out in several minor skir mishes the home teams second and final goal came off the stick of keith jewett who along with jack rum- ney and pascoe had closein shots blocked time and again during the final twenty minutes mac clement a newcomer to local hockey fans gave a pleasing hockev display both offensively stanley opens new year with numerous big hits the stanley theatre stouffville will open 1947 with some of the biggest movie hits of the last few months pictures that should be musts on your program of enter tainment beginning with the green years which finishes its run this tuesday evening next monday and tuesday brings one of 46s big favourites the bells of st marys starring bing crosby and ingrid bergman you would do well to attend the early show ings of this picture and ensure yourself of a seat jan 13th and 14th brings the courage of lassie a picture that will appeal to the whole family for those who like pretty girls and sparkling music theres easy to wed on jan 20 and 21 the final monday and tuesday of the month three wise eools another current num ber on the hit parade will be here it stars margaret obrien with lionel barrymore edward arnold and lewis stone supporting these number one bills for the midweek and weekends are such highscoring box office attractions as cluny brown the spiral staircase the pride llfl hom0 ln a truck of the bluegrass our hearts were growing up and the bride wore boots movie fans in the district are fortunate in having a show house easily accessible which offers such topflight entertainment 2 edward c logan resident on the 8th concession is given a second acclamation for the deputy reeveship whitchurch townships fiveman council is well spaced over the municipality as regards their resi dence if that is any advantage with reeve evans on the third councillor harper north fred timbers on the 7th concession ivan mclaughlin on the 8th north and mr logan south on the 8th there is not a corner where the farmers have not a man they may appeal to in case of any local situa tion arising that needs their atten tion drive through snowstorm to catch man at mt albert in hitandrun accident driving on country roads covered with ice toronto detectives friday night battled the years worst snow storm to reach mount albert ahead of a motorist wanted for a hit-and- run accident at strathallan blvd and avenue rd in which hugh robertson 9 of 206 strathallan blvd was cut about the head and suffered a lung injury police said it was the second hit- andrun accident in the city within 24 hours 4 police report that hugh robert son accompanied by his brother william 10 was attempting to cross avenue rd eyewitnesses said the boy was caught in the vehicles under carriage the driver according to eyewitnesses stopped his car and carried the lad to the sidewalk be fore driving south on avenue rd a license number was noted by two citizens and this turned over to detectives mcconnell and caters of north toronto station all road arteries leading out of the city were watched but the wanted car was not seen after an hours vigilance the detectives decided to make the treacherous ride to mount albert in the heavy snowstorm on arrival at a house there they arrested theodore king aged 60 on a charge of failing to remain at the scene he told police he had left his car in the city and obtained a war kit ide arrives mrs eveline steckley wife of mr reesor steckley arrived from overseas aboard the samaria on december 21st home saved in nick of time from christmas eve fire a fire broke out in the parker home church street on christmas eve that might have demolished the spacious home had it not been for the timely warning of mr par kers granddaughter shirley it was around 1130 when a rack of drying clothes was ignited by spruce need les down the register the family in the kitchen with the door closed and defensively on the siivutegtaaggljgjg minor brawl ensued in the tne cracking from the bed- dying moment of the game when room when the rack and all was annot be overzealous spectator ook a dumped out of doors twas a very thankful household les- than two months supply of paper on hand but this time we were down to a couple of weeks when the shipment is destroyed by sre understood that his name has been divulged to the police and any fu ture visits to the arena will be closelv watched by the limb of the law parker gillies against a background of ferns pink and white snapdragon a quiet wedding took place at the home of the grooms parents christmas eve when mary gillies was united in marriage to lawrence parker the bride wore a dove grey gabardine suit with matching hat and halo of feathers her corsage was of american beauty roses and white carnations their only atten dants were mr and mrs robert bone mrs bone wore a navy suit pink accessories and her corsage- was of premier roses blistered did not ignite spruce i christmas day guests of mrs john boughs decorating the archway and ixe were mrs 1 m grove ring- ranging down at least eighteen wood mr ed rarkey and his inches were singed brown but daughter miss florence of toronto failed to take fire mrs nancy hamilton