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zteslmiie vol 59 no 5 the tribune stouffville ont june 5 1947 twelve pages a real test of friendship burton farm in pickering twp sold a farm sale of interest was made ial week when mr orvihe burton disposed of his 100 acre place on the i sth concession of pickering south of claremom to mr leslie norrish county cost us health unit would half mill on tax rate the reeve of stoultville the pre- club sstouuv hie lions club ju co nferexce iieke t 1 a vc r representative from the annual church conference of keslflent livcf rlltv e bodies being coun- lhe christian churches in ontario j n i 1 years kindly disposed mrs move country club point thursday night when a plan 11 was inaugurated to organize under e 5 official auspices a public health unit for the northern half of york sessions issued president oi sth concession markham the sidcnt of the stout ville lion sale price was not disclosed wilnd one other loughby farm agency negotiated each of these th chlor hugh boyd and john scott will convene in stouftville on j m mr burton is the third genera- attended a meeting at the briars lith to 15th all day on to hve on the farm and with golf and country club jacksons planned and program burton and their son will point thursdav night when a plan the dailv sessions kev gibson to mqiutuhe to take up was inaugurated to organize underjbrown of stoutlville is conference residence m tne hatchll house on albert street which thev pur last fall in locating on albert street mrs couniv burton will be the third oxbridge- beeves and heads of service clubs ite to become resident of the street i n fourteen northern muni- since she will be next door neigh- cipalities were present as guests of bor of mrs christie armstrong who j reeve john sibbald of georginai harold spolford purchased the two alsu came from t abridge mrs township instigator of the move- corner lots on hose and obrien uurton was the former xora blue- ment land more recentlv mr robt snow man whose father farmed just d r g struthers admihistra- ba1 ought an adjoining lot now tzt r the town there then on tor of ontario public health was mr alkl williams shadow lake albert street lives the hosie family f al iv purchased the next lot mr snow- who came from the northern dis- pcakci ana ueee bio triet also all in ail mrs burton balci promised to follow the matter woman passes j prospective builders a new development on hose avenue at the south end of obrien avenue is springing up on the har per farm there sometime ago mr will find that she is locating of organization to greater lengths among friends or acquaintances when he would call together the from the old home district reeves of the fourteen municipal- an auction stile will be held to ties from markham to lake simcoe into a group at county council meet ing in june when it was hoped that set up j dispose of the slock and imple ments on the burton farm a greatly beloved resident of stout ville for more than half a century mrs james mccullough passed away on saturday at her home on obrien avenue in her s2nd year in delicate health for a couple of years mrs mccullough suffered a stroke from which she never made recovery she was one of the towns benefactors and was anxious to support all worthy move ments with the resources at her yexffis slsstfer annie s jackson her not distant future spring time really brings out the ice cream and this little lassie was so happy to see the sunshine after the rain that she was more than willing to share her ice cream with a passing great dane top the dog leans over the carriage with a woeful give me a lick look below the little miss is ready to oblige the organization could be quickly dr struthers outlined the various lj i a l i phases of a public health service aulcs 10 asslst llons h tamderthe direction of a county health unit including con- trol of communicable diseases school and preschool health work and public sanitation he estimated that operation of a county health unit in the northern section of york county would cost approximately one mill in taxation of which 50 per cent would be institute and church to assist tb survey ladies of the stouffville womens institute and the altona womens institute will assist the local lions club in carrying out the canvass for the forthcoming tb survey here on july 234 at a meeting called bv please ihoxk early do not wait until wednesdav morning to telephone small advs for the tribune get them in mon day and tuesday if at all possible advs left until wednesday are often crowded out we also regret that five corres pondents arriving in the office late had to be omitted until next week owing to lack of space a full report of the whitchurch twp sunday school convention will also appear in next issue must get blue prints before selling lots off farm rumblings of dissatisfaction over refused to acceed to the request the use of the small halfton truck stewart mcquay was appointed acquired this year in markham weed inspector replacing wilmot township and the dulies of the warriner who held the position for handle e assistant road superintendent w l a good many years mcquay is corn stouffville clark burst out anew at markham borer inspector and members township council meeting on mon- thought the two jobs worked well day when councillor les coup- together a deplorable condition was re ported to exist at the newlv leased dumping grounds near markham village and steps will be taken to tighten the regulations rotten cab bage turnips and other vegetable matter are making the district a place to be avoided a nest for be left until he j rats said one member of council and answer the markham village council will be charges laid council agreed to this j called in to discuss a solution to the but councillor griffin suggested trouble since the village is using they might discuss the truck if not the same dump in fact were ten the position held by mr clark after some argument deputy- reeve rumney and councillor lion john scott chairman of the i borne by the province he predicted lions canvassing committee mrs that the net increase would be less kelhngton president of the local than five cents per person per nreimfn ah m re month or the price of an ice cream presenting the altona ladies agreed i to undertake the canvass of the town of stouffville and the altona district miss janet brodie will be chief of the clerical staff for the project and much of the organizing cone he believed that 57 per cent of the province is being provided with a public health service at the present time but pointed out that of the town itself is being worked this is far behind quebec where 90 erthwaite charged that the truck was being used for other than town ship work the issue arose when reeve chas hooper asked council if they were prepared to proceed with the bylaw appointing mr clark to his present job he ex plained that since clark was ab sent the matter could be present out under her guidance chairmen have been appointed to each concession in the zone to be covered and they in turn will seek volunteer canvassers from the lions club and per cent is provided with such a service already will build at rixgwooi we hear that ken campbell is others the local area stretcher p material on the ground for west and includes gormley and a a house l be bui the mitchell two and a half mile strip of mark- al rl the rjngwood ham twp running from peachs musl intenci t0 retlre next east a two and a half mile strip of whitchurch from the 5th concess ion oas will also be covered the altona area and the 2nd concession of uxbridge is also included vear straw pile topples suffocates farmer john harvey shadlock 34-year- old farmer died of suffocation early monday evening at his farm at milli- ken when a strawstack at the rear of his home toppled over and pinn ed him to the ground shadlock was alone at the time and apparently was doing the chores when the accident occurred about 5 pm the dead mans brother and sister on their return from toronto two hours later found no sign of shadlock and started a search of the farm buildings more than 30 minutes were re quired for neighboring farmers to free him and dr c r mckay of unionville pronounced him dead from suffocation on his arrival at the scene miss lily irwin spent the week end at the home of mrs ccadieux timbers agreed that the two matters were so related they should be left until mr clark was present so the issue was dropped f l button of stoultville appeal ed to council to waive the restric tions on the bylaw requiring land owners to submit a blueprint be fore subdividing on behalf of his client bishop alvin winger gorm ley mr button said mr winger ha sold his farm to his son retaining a lot for himself also two other lots to be sold to parties he designated as the lands to be divided into lots front on the 1th con require no roads the solicitor contended it was a hardship to insist on a blue print costing probably 7500 council however feared thev would establish a precedent if they waived the bylaw consequently ants before the township acquired rights there this year lions preparing for big annual jamboree pre- stouffville lions club are paring for their annual street fair and dance to be held on wednes day june 25th the affair will feature games refreshments and a monster street dance over 500 in prizes are to be given away for lucky draw prizes and tickets are now on sale from members of the club the entire club of over fifty members will participate in the undertaking with the following chairmen heading the various events lions truman baxter l e oneill clavt baker chas nolar bruce clark jack smlts frank riches jas porter walter holden i joe oulette mr and mrs geo dewitt are moving from gormley to nobleton where they will make their future home mr hugh percy rr 2 clare- mom is leaving on saturday on a motor trip to manitoba where he will spent a short time on a busi ness trip miss frances ratcliff of brantford spent sunday with mrs j h rat- cliff and glen jirlhood home was at newtonbrook i and she is the last of her family of two brothers and one sister she i was organist of newtonbrook i church for some years after her marriage to james j mccullough who carried on a law i practice in stoultville the couple located in town mr mcculloughs name is still associated with the firm of mccullough button it being retained after his death surviving is an onlv daughtermrs w w mclaughlin erma of tor onto mrs mccullough was a mem ber of the united church and a liberal supporter pf all its branches in stoutlville j the funeral service on monday afternoon was conducted by her pastor rev d davis and interment was made in goodwood pall bearers were dr neil smith dr john button dr joe jackson thomas jackson james and w w mc laughlin grandson and soninlaw claremoxt girl to teach at cedar grove miss meriam disney daughter of councillor frank disney has been engaged as teacher at cedar grove school begining in september miss disney was one of the topranking students at toronto normal school this vear and will receive a salary of 1500 poultry mens meeting north york poultry association will hold a meeting at michells poultry farm claremont on thurs day june 12 you are invited to be on hand at six oclock and enjoy the evening in a profitable manner mr and mrs e r good were in woodstock on wednesday attending the graduation exercises for their niece florence lageer engagements mr and mrs david hilts gorm ley announce the engagement of their daughter hilda marie to mr gerald stephen hoadley son of mr and mrs stephen hoadley dun- troon ont- the marriage to take place the later part of june the engagement is announced of june alene daughter of mrs delia shank and the late mrhenry shank to mr harold allen michell son of a strange fish story has farreaching effect southeast of stouffville was sold green klvel this week to a mrs ford of tor onto who will move here immedi ately the place contains 40 acres mortgage burns congregation sings praise god from whom all blessings flow a demonstration on flower ar rangements in your own con tainers proved highly interesting the marriage will take place on wednesday july 2 1947 at 7 pm in green river bap tist church mr and mrs stephen w knight stouffville announce the engage ment of their daughter vida anna to john mervin long son of mrs minnie long and the late mr long gold fish by the thousands are lying dead along the shores of musselmans lake if you dont be lieve your eyes then your nose will surely confirm the matter especial ly if the weather is warm residents or campers are busy burying the goldies in preservation of the pure air for which the district is noted when the dead fish first lined the stiore a few weeks ago township officials appealed to the dept of decorate the fish bowl in homes of many people explanation for their presence in the lake says the department is that someone had dumped a gold fish bowl with live fish into the waters these fish propogate their kind very fast and having unlimit ed water will grow to the size of bass or bigger gold fish remain small in the bowl because of the limited water they have to live in if the cottagers cooperate in get ting out the fish lying dead on the game and fisheries for aid when waters and around the shore line and instructive given by aiiss of stavner the marriage will take margaret dove and mrs hooperl place on saturday june 21 at 230 torontoat a meeting of the horticul- oclock in westmoreland united tural society in the united church i church toronto basement on tuesday evening- even rhubarb leaves can be made useful and worthwhile in some arrangements it was demonstrated an splendid turnout of interested people were present and enjoyed a cup of tea at the conclusion of the program the memories of henry bailing- er johnny baker james ratcliff and others were called to mind on sunday evening in stoultville bap tist church at a special service at which a mortgage of 820000 drawn 20 years ago was burned the cere mony of burning the mortgage centred around a communion tabic which as the pastor rev d mac- r recalled was the gift of still other pioneers in the faith here mr and mrs john ratcliff rev w w fleischer who de livered the sermon following the unique ceremony made reference to the first minister elder moore pastor over a half a centurv ago mrs n w byer who affiliated here as a girl in 190s james slack one of the oldest members harry pugh deacon also glenn ratcliff treasurer of the building fund who spoke briefly and said this was an occasion to which all had looked forward with keen anticipation it had been made possible because an expert was sent to diagnose the cause of so many fish dying they couldnt be sure about the cause but were sure the fins were of the gold fish variety greatly enlarged so that cottagers didnt recognize them as the smart little fins that the offensive situation will quickly right itself failing to get rid of the dead in this way next spring the dept will be prepared to dump in a few thousand pike which they tell us will quickly do away with the gold fish rev christensen tells of postwar denmark rev paul christensen united church minister at springbank ont described in a most interest ing and happy style a recent trip dies at unionville funeral service for alice cath- which he made to his danish home erine beloved wife of william j land before the stoultville united i ellatt was held at the residence church congregation on sunday on tuesday afternoon rev ws evening rev christensen came out butt conducting the service mrs to canada in 1928 and as a single pellatt who was in her gc year was man worked in the area of whitby physical damage the greatest dam- one of the greatest thrills he age was to the peoples minds he received wtiile overseas was the said opportunity of speaking from a the scandinavian countries danish pulpit on the occasion of have a remarkable social outlook j their liberation service he said it he pointed out was the first sermon he had ever they travel a middle of the road delivered in his native tongue just course a mixture of socialism and outside the little country church private enterprise the people have where he spokeand which was over sufficient to eat and many of the 80 years old were the graves of a native of malvern besides herjtownship just east of here as an j young people have a longing desire two canadian airmen one of them husband there are one daughter ordained minister he took a charge to come out to canada to see more a hid from the west and whose gregor recalled was the gift of still of the lives of such men as john l raker and henry rrillinger and others as the dying embers of the parch ment went up in smoke the whole congregation rose and sang praise god from whom all blessings th nan wh lai1 the corner flow guest soloist for the day was tone in 1020 when at the age of s3 mr victor white years he was pastor of the congre- chas mcgrath minincr at ration over 50 years ago mr kapuskasing was the preacher at fleischers sermon stressed the j the morning service as well as at of nora and four sonsalfrednormanjin saskatchewan harry and bruce to mourn her loss interment was at ebenezer cemel not clo of the war did er milbken rev christensen know how his parents and sister faired during the humorous manner and yet with l p i german occupation and then it was oirths with great thankfulness that he of the world there is a great shortage of male workers rev christensen described in a mother had asked mr christensen to make inquiries concerning his grave she had asked that if pos sible he bring some keepsake or fervor his return to his old home j ss mr r my father asked me onedayj speaker said that be one of continuous service to god participating in the actual cere mony was mrs robt hamilton a member of the original congrega tion when rev dr moore was three ministers who have served during the lifetime of the present building and each had an active participation in reducing the mort gage debt to a successful conclu sion almost was the e isc tah on saturdavmav31 i the speaker stated thatxvhile t n lay atter tnat ne reate pi7 little country of denmark suffered- one thing that struck the minis- widkm n to mr and mr gor- possibly the least of all the occupied j tor as odd was that everybody s jp q j countries there was still a great uni smoked men and women old and vih rurkhoidert on- in minds of the peoplejyoung he recalled that on one speaker declared that while we are june 3 1947 a son ken- concerning the future in the cap- j occasion his mother had invited in blessed with abundance here in neth gordon polikk at kineardineospital jvi fields it was the very thing which he had been asked to bring back in concluding his address the jital copenhagen lights went out an old lady who was interested in canada there are many things in at 10 pm and one had the feeling missions to meet her son from these small scandinavian countries on friday may 30 1947 to mr that the city is still possessed by canada he said that when he which desire no more than to live nee evil spirits entered the room he found the lady at peace with their neighbours travelling through the country f eighty years sitting there which we could well copy in our ia ffutc rtf cm tnivt triaartrt rtf mlffinc twav ot a tkir dwh countrv and mrs murrav pollock um elsie gilchrist the gift of a daughter i one docs not see much evidence of puffing away on a cigar