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iottfftti lie witone 2553 subscribers vol 59 no 7 the tribune stouffville ont june 19 1947 fourteen pages believe farmers sheep were shot bullet wounds discovered on wm brodies animals to the valuable lambs belongin brodie hock of prize animals pasj stocffvilkh turns tured on the sideroad just west of hollywood beihesda in whitchurch townshipj last week five men from the 1 associated screen studios spent the afternoon in town they chose in ternationa motors as the scene where the actors put on their little skit which was produced on a mov ing picture camera under especially powerful lights produced by a gen erator much preparation is need ed to make a few pictures some times it takes a group two week getting ready to produce 30 seconds of film roll this moving picture- will be shown this fall appear to have been molested by marauders other than dogs william brodie found three dead animals in the meadow lands which at first were believed to have been killed by dogs however on close examination it was revealed that each dead lamb had what appeared a bullet wound in the neck or head the animals were lying close together one with a wound in the neck and two with wounds in the head sheep valua tors and mr brodie are strongly oi the opinion that the sheep were shot boys with lire arms were seen in the neighborhood only a few days before the sheep were located which somehow coincides with the lime the sheep might have died since they were badly bloated when found indicating they had been dead a day or two strange as it may seem it was in this same meadow that a horse or colt belonging to john bruce day ic vithdurhpirig a truck was shot by an unknown person o of rubblsn on the 5t conces- hauled into court for dumping rubbish on twp roadside a resident of henderson ave in doncaster south of thornhill in markham township was summon ed into county police court on mon three years ago sion of markham magistrate martin in hearing the case said that this habit is getting out of control and something has to be done to stop it the accused pleaded guilty con stable wideman who laid the charge testified that the accused made a good job of cleaning the rubbish up he was given suspend high school teacher engaged the seventh teacher was added to the stouffville high school staff this week when the board of education engaged mr thospherrill of thorn- hill mr pherrill is returning to ed sentence and a warning from the teaching profession after four the magistrate that this practice years of service in the armed forces must cease ho is a whitevale boy and attended high school at markham mr the ratcliff store staff enjoyed pherrill will make the third male an outing to niagara falls on wed- member of the staff nesdav this week ringwood lad ringside attraction in new york last time we saw frank hewitt he was nursing a broken jaw and couldnt open his mouth talked through his teeth and was fed with an eye dropper or something of the aort but he looked tit for any thing nevertheless frank is back in the front ranks down there in new york boxing circles cousin of ralph burkholder hewitt lived in ringwood as a lad with his grandmother mrs pipher last week at the mcarthur stadium in brooklyn he squarr- ed up with twoton tony galento but we didnt hear the outcome excepting that frank wasnt hurt dont know about tony as a measure of the interest in this fight the crowd of fans totalled 17000 chester brown died on sunday rev g w brown becomes president ontario christian church conference distinguished visitors at the annual conference of congrega tional churches in ontario meeting in stouffville for four days last week were two guests from the united states rev dr robert bruce superintendent of 352 churches under his jurisdiction also rev dr dennison an out standing minister in the us con ference they were the chief speak ers and brought messages of greet ing and preached to the assemblies on more than one occasion the gathering was the 122nd annual session of the ontario con ference and was catered to by the women of the church assisted by the ladies from ringwood bloom- ington and altona churches so that all the meals served at the church were greatly anpreciated rev g w brown pastor of the ringwood bloomington and altona congregations was the unanimous choice of president for the coming year succeeding mr albert reesor who has held the office for three years words of annreciation were expressed on the good work done by mr reesor and the able leader ship given during his tenure of office mr reesor formall- present ed the bible the symbol of the high office to his successor in a fitting ceremony the new president said he felt singularly honored to have his name inscribed in his bible and was exceedingly happy for the still greater honor of having his name written in the lambs book of life rev arthur greer of weston de livered an address that stirred the congregation which filled the edifice at one of the evening sessionsmusie for the conference was so lied by a choir of girls and solos were rendered by mrs millard reesor and mr lawrence snelcrove want flooded road made passable the swamp on the 5th concession north of bethesda has impeded traffic along that concession for some time and last week the condi tion of the road became intolerable to even the people who live in the neighborhood a deputation waited on the township council composed of albert scott russel hunt fred preston george hoshel asking for some relief and making some worthwhile proposals designed to relieve the situation council told the delegation that they were willing to do anything within reason to get the water mov ing from the road it was recom mended that culvert be installed for drainage purposes and the superintendent will get the job done right away the problem is largely one of drainage which is difficult to get from this area respected townsman and church leader george r w thomas buried sunday a native of toronto and resident member of one of the oldest families in the district chester brown died at the stouffville brier- bush hosnital on sunday afternoon in his 82nd year just at the hour of his passing a younger brother rolph arrived in town expecting to pay a visit to the sick man how ever he was too late to see him alive chester brown onerated a pool room in toronto for many years but less than three years ago he retired and sold the business owing to ill health with his wife the couole came to glasgow west of town to live with his brother george they had just nicely settled in the country when both mr and mrs brown fell ill and had to be removed to the hospital mrs brown is still a patient there but is in very delicate condition that is nearly two years ago born in pickering just west of altona chester brown was a son of josenh brown and his wife eliza beth gordon who came from ash- burn the parents were both born in the locality where they spent all their lives there were six sons in all and surviving chester are two brothers previously mentioned george the eldest is so and rolph a barber in midland is one of the younger members fifty years ago he operated a shop in the west end of stouffville twice married chester browns first wife was a daughter of the late george sangster who farmed near lincolnviile she was a cousin of the late dr walter and frank sangster of stouffville to this union two children were born arnold brown of toronto and alma who is the widow of the late capt arthur brown who died in the first great war the son arnold is a plumbing inspector with the ontario government chesters second wife mary may was a widow and to this union there were no children the funeral this tuesday after noon proceeded from oneills undertaking parlors to stouffville eemeterv rev e morton conduct ed the service recommend wild life and bird sanctuary for vivian forest york county council inspect vast project in a body kntcitained at cedar beach gardens the honharold scott minister of forests and mines at queens park accompanied members of the york county council and guests on a proposal to tax farmers direct for federation of agriculture rejected when a bylaw designed to place a small direct tax on the farmers of whitchurch to be turned over to the federation of agriculture came before the council friday night moved the tribune adjudged lour of ihe yurk conniv for t at deputy reeve ed logan movedjdesl liewspapcr vivian last thursday it was the n 1e given a hoist and that first occasion for both the minister council make a grant to the feder- jft c last week at and most of the councillors to see anon instead i ottawa was again awarded the this vast project if we make a grant then every i clark memorial trophy for being taken in trucks specially fitted i tax payer will contribute to this adjudged the best allround weekly the visitors were quite comfortably worthy organization whereas newspaper published in any town seated for the trip over the fire under the bylaw only farmers will guard roads that wind through be taxed said mr logan the two greater forests which comprise some goo to s00 acres each the county of york holds about 3000 acres of land in the vivian area on the socalled water shed or table land the high point between lake ontario and lake simcoe more than two million trees at various stages of development cover the landscape and these are design ed to not only retain the winters snows until they melt in the ground and form vast reservoirs of water running north and south to the two lakes but the forest prevents erosion and keeps people off sub- marginal lands it does many other things for the benefit of mankind according to forestry officials some day too it will be valued for its potential wealth as a timber limit when thursdays inspection was over the party of 75 men gathered at cedar beach gardens mussel- mans lake where an excellent hot dinner was served chairman of reforestation for the county a v nolan presided over the program following the dinner chief speakers were prof zavits major lex mckenzie mpp john simmons chief forester and warden chas hooper reeve evans of whitchurch welcomed the visi tors to his township county councillors said they were amazed with the vastness of the project and saw in it great possibilities for the future benefit of the country prof zavits said that while the project was not a lumbering one the fact remained that today an acre of mature pine had a commercial value of 1000 vivian forest was started in 1920 and the chairman called on wesley gohn of markham to stand for a moment since he was chairman of the reforestation committee when the scheme was started warden charlie hooper said that it must have taken what the englishman calls guts to start back in those days what is now proven such a worthwhile project mr simmons advised the setting up of a wild life preserve and bird sanctuary in connection with the project in the province of ontario and jess davis 0r sunday although 95 years of age last sun day mr jess davis of glasgow regrets that he is unable to work his garden this season however he gets some sastisfaction over the fact that he can still read without glasses and we pass on congratula tions to him as a great man for having withstood the inroads of stouffville since 1921 george r timo b han the avorage per w thomas passed away at his has able to do home on church street on june 13 the annual street carnival by stouffville lions club will be held on wednesday night next week councillor les harper reminded council that a grant was not a legai way to handle the matter councillor timbers when pressed by the reeve for an opinion said that if many more taxes were piled on the farmers this year there could easily be a new legislative body sitting here next year he hadnt honestly considered the merits of the bylaw but after a thoughtful few moments stated that he favoured a grant in preference to passing the bylaw the feder ation is worthy of support in some way said mr timbers and coun cillor ivan mclaughlin said he would support a grant which mr logan placed at 150 no doubt the federation has done a good work and even the assistance from the townships was not sufficient to properly set up a really worthwhile and effective organization as it should be de clared reeve evans the bylaw was withdrawn and in the same motion council approved a grant of 150 it was bylaw night according to the licensi booths and consideration given to was taken from us the next year still other bylaws one to license j but came back to stouffville in 1914 tourist camps but the schedule of and has reposed in this town ever rates must have more consideration since before the bylaw will be brought in j we understand that three judges council received notice from fl various parts of the wesley church stating the tender l provinces do the judging in- of whitchurch of s00 for the then c together to church sheds had been accepted and j sgff f of a the treasurer was authorized to us given so and our nearest corn- issue a cheque for that amount petitor 75 points the sheds will be used at vandorf not all issues of the year are for storage purposes i examined by the judges the news- george drewery was awarded 15 paper is requested to submit three for sheep killed and hugh canning issues printed during the year quebec with population of 1500 or less the cup first donated by mr jos atkinson of the daily star in memory of his friend jos clark father of greg clark was first competed for in 1939 and strange agenda for other bylaws passed fs3 seem the convention city ising liverv stables summer j yeal was also ottawa a t sin meo staoies summei tribune was awarded the cud it lis and ronsiderit nn mvon ml lu 20 dogs did the damage the farm ers testified under oath the dumping of refuse in the township came in for discussion said reeve evans the collection of garbage at both lakes should solve the problem for a very small sum persons outside the lake area could have the same collector pick up their accumulation of tins etc no further solution of the problem was offered but reports were made of rubbish being heaved from cars to roadside areas causing unsightly spots in various districts council remained in session until dates of issue withheld until just before judging time this prevents any paper from putting out a specially dressed paper for the occasion in addition to it having been con ceded that stouffville has the best weekly newspaper in any town in the two provinces with population of 1500 or less the tribune also has the largest circulation of any newspaper in ontario in towns up to 2000 population 1130 pm having held the night session in lieu of the saturday after noon meeting when members wish ed to attend aurora horse show estimated two million trees in vivian forest in his 75th year death followed ajjjjjmfie devth trap prolonged period of ill health a s pickering reeve man of quiet even temperament george thomas was highly respect ed in the community and was for 21 vears rural mail courier on route no 1 pickering township head urges loauvspccd restrictions may widen reeve blake annis of pickering the sunday services which were thomas was an accountant with very largely attended were conduct ed by rev g w brown and mr charles leach of kingston the christian endeavour had a iart in the undertaking by conducting opening services which recorded the iwginning of a very successful conference two churches without pastors at present newmarket and stouffville are shortly to haw these vacancies filled it was predicted officers for the ensuing year were installed by rev dr rruce as follows president rev g w brown stouttville vice president rev j o moran kingston clerk rev c h wa toronto treasurer wm reesor stouffville an invitation to hold the confer ence at ringwood next year was acvcptcd before locating in stouffville mrj with township termed duff ins creek the british north american insur brldgenorth of pickering avdeath ance co in toronto where he k p during an ontario county spent his earlier life there hel session on monday married grace copeland who stir- memhers decided to press tor vive him together with three sons load capacity and speed restrictions hugh and james in toronto and trnflic fng the h after it alfred garage owner in stouffville j was deemed inadvisable to widen the funeral on sunday afternoon bridge at the present time it took place from stouftville united i was suggested that the span be church the late mr thomas being 1 widened 10 feet an enthusiastic member comincl w hitby township reeve duam from the former presbyterian manning commented that it is a church at time of union he was wonder no serious accidents have a class leader and sunday school en place on the bridge in 1929 teacher the funeral service wasjpart of the structure was washed conducted by rev d davis and out by flood waters interment was made in stouffville canvassers are now at work pre paring for the forthcoming tb sur vey julv 23j it is expected that cemetery- the work of canvassing for the j bible society has been going on in 3000 people will be xrayed at that town the past week vme l75 a stand of scotch pines along the fire guard road at vivian forest is part of the right-of- way traversed by members of york county council last thursday on an inspection of the property which is operated for the county by the dept of mine forests more than 2000000 trees in whitchurch have been planted to the pro ject