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vol- 59 no 33 the tribune stouefvtlle ont dec 18 1947 twelve pages markham township moves to tax trailers at the final meeting of markham township council for this year held on monday it was decided to bring in a bylaw early in the new year aimed at licensing trailers in the township trailers are being brought in and housekeeping is set up so that the occupants be come permanent residents and in many instances could be undesir able residents- surrounding townships license trailer camps and it was reported by the building inspector that peo pie are taking up residents in such places in markham the council considered at great arrived at ringwood from the length various phases of the plan- northland and escorted by several ning act mr arthur bundell from of his clown helpers on a motor the dept of planning was present cycle another half dozen clowns explained many phases of the act j assisted santa with his heavy baas and answered questions in the of g th when santa mounted absence of heeve hooper the de- n j f f h munjdpal putyreeve mr dalton rumnev i at- n a thousand kiddies greeted santa gaus here on saturday afternoon old st xick never received a warmer greeting than that which was tendered him in stouffville on saturday afternoon santa claus handed out a candy treat to an estimated one thousand kiddies the white whiskered gentleman was taken aboard a bus when he me rear presided over the meeting mr hooper also warden of the county was attending a meeting in toron to councillors timbers griffin and couperthwaite were all present mr bundell advised council to look ahead plan for the future and not be caught unprepared for expansion that is sure to come to markham he advised all main roads should be sg feet a fact that should be kept in mind when pro perties are being subdivided along these main arteries he considered the gth concession one of the roads that should ultimately be widened rather than try and place a mini mum on the cost of dwellings that may be erected he suggested that the size should be a factor in di couraging shacks property sells quickly by public auction selling property by public auc tion seems to be right in line these days says walter atkinson of sel lers atkinson auctioneers who sold the david snider house in stouffville last week for a cool 0900 the purchaser is mrsfrank sellers of browns corners mark ham township who intends to move here shortly mrs sellers is a sis ter of mrs sam fretz altona and mother of bun sellers local hockey player of unusual ability mr atkinson says his firm is offer ing four properties by auction this month which is quite a record the snider place sold last week is right in the heart of the business area on south side of main street and an attractive brick compara tively new bidding for the place was brisk right up to the last with several competing all to the strains of christina carols a number of the local lions were on hand to assist in the dis tribution the stouffville merchants association is to be congratulated on arranging for santas visit xorm farr proprietor of stouff ville radio electric did a grand job as headman of the committee in charge cf events the occasion saw visitors in town from as far north as zephyr and south from agin- court and stores did a rushing busi ness the entire day in addition to thrilling the hearts of the great host of kiddies in front of the hall santa claus visited a half dozen homes including the hospital where children were con fined through illness to further brighten the christ mas hustle in the business section carols will be wafted on the air on the open evenings prior to christ mas under the merchants auspices only one in over 4000 at the regular meeting of picker ing township board of health held recently the medical officer of health reported on the results of the tb survey dr tomlinson said that the survey was made possible santa reaches into his big candy bags as the long line of kiddies begins to file past his stand in front of the municipal building one of his clown helpers can be seen standing near the stairway while mem bers of the lions club john scott bert bell blake sanders and rev douglas davis who assisted st nick can also be icon photo by johnston whitchurch holds pinal meeting dr fred vanxostrand appointed as whitchurch honor mother ox sotli birthday was to mark the soth anniversary repre- mrs anna schell of gormley sentative on the school board for turkey dinner was served in her the new school area set up recently honor at the home of mrs loron and embodving parts of whit- miller markham daughter of mrs church and king townships with schell mrs schell was taken com- the town of aurora this is the pletely by surprise when she was first appointment ever made in presented with a lovely bedspread whitchurch of this nature brought on behalf of the family those about toy the establishment of high present for the affair in addition to bv the kiwanis club christmas seal i school districts j mr and mrs miller were mr and campaign with the cooperation of i the township council will make mrsharold underwood and child- the ontario department of health ia similar appointment when the ren mr and mrs harry clark and area with stouffville is setup david all of markham and mr and shortly mrs henry steckley of gormley reeve l p evans presided over mr and sirs lloyd moyer dorothy the final meeting of the council on and mildred of stouffville the monday afternoon which mostly absence of mr louis schell of tor married in states will live in new jersey announcement is made of the marriage of myrtle crossen daugh ter of the late mr and mrs wm crossen of stouftville and philip schwenke of 29g west northfield avenue livingstone new jersey which took place on saturday dec gth the ceremony was performed at olivet congregational church there with rev frank e crofoot officiating the bride wore an aqua colored dress with black accessories and a corsage of white gardenias her attendant was mrs fred smith of livingstone sister of the groom and the best man was mr ralph grossman also of livingstone son- inlaw of the groom a reception followed the ceremony at the home of the groom where the couple will reside the bride who was on the staff of the bethesda stouftville telephone co here for years until she recently went to the states to live with a sister will have the best of good wishes from her many friends in the home town on this occasion a significant thing is that only one case of active pulmonary tuber culosis was discovered in the 40s persons having chest xray examin ations during the clinic held in october in pickering township and ajax 3999 showed no evidence of disease or abnormality while in 78 cases note was made of abnormality and disease and the individual and family physician have been notified in each case by the ontario depart ment of health hospital patient over 7 years is dead patient in the brierbush hospital stouftville for more than seven years mrs agnes bell died theie on tuesday she was in her 7lth year and is survived by her hus band who is a veteran of the first war the remains were taken to east york where mr and mrs bell lived at the time she was taken ill consisted of passing accounts and other routine business tenders were opened for a new truck hut a decision on the pur chase was deferred pending more information relief accounts totalled s17o spread among five recipients which is an advance over recent months onto was regretted mr and mrs cliff barkey have moved from wiarton on the bruce peninsula to ringwood cliff was engaged on the construction of a new airport there which is about completed baptists hear former wing commander rev a g gregson a crowded church greeted w commander rev a g gregson special speaker at the 99th anni versary of markham second bap tist church at both morning and evening services last sunday his inspiring messages had strong appeal for every christian and proved an inspiration to everybody within sound of his voice said one of the audience concerning the sermons of the guest speaker mr ken miller son of mr and mrs bert miller of stouffville as guest soloist was another source of inspiration many visitors were seen in the audience who had made it a point to be in the locality for this special occasion few churches in these parts have 99 years of service to their credit isorx here 8g years ago walter reynolds gone a native of this locality and son of the late william reynolds who will be remembered only by our very oldest residents j walter reynolds died at his home in joliet illinois on nov 27 in his sgth year besides his wife he is sur vived by two sisters and two brothers namely jane mrs hunt of michigan lucinda mrs hope of goodwood frank reynolds of saskatchewan and fred of stouff ville the late walter reynolds was a commercial traveller who left his native stouftville over 50 years ago and it is some years since he last visited here however his brother fred visited him at joliet near chicago only last summer brick farm house saved from flames during terrific gale fire which broke out in large frame structure at the of the brick residence on the farm of chester graham opposite s w hastings place on the 7th of whitchurch threatened to destroy the entire dwelling tuesday after noon and would have done so in short order had the stouffville brigade not arrived just when they did with a blizzardlike wind the flames were most persistent and were hard to dislodge from catch ing onto the main roof the battle continued for one solid hour there being ample water supply a few hundred feet from the house only an unlimited water supply and our timely arrival saved the situation said fire chief del jennings given another ten minutes the situation would have been hopeless and the grahams would have been homeless was the verdict of a neighbor in describing the fire to the tribune mr root bone and elgin hast ings first saw the flames from the hastings farm and rushed across an alarm was sent to stouffville and the helpers commenced to save the furniture the place appeared to be doomed mr bone said and heat was terrific despite the hurri cane blowing at the time a nearby creek provided unlimit ed water and fed the hose line for one hour before the stubborn blaze was under control this is the second fire the stouffville brigade has fought in whitchurch with their new outfit recently purchased and in both cases a valuable house was saved from certain destruction the action of whitchurch council in setting up fire areas this year and providing the farmers with some measure of protection against the greatest of all thiefs would seem to have been vindicated one of the townships big taxpayers mr george rodanz owns the house on the 7th concession saved from the flames on tuesday chester graham is an employee on the rodanz acres the firemen and neighboring fighters were treated to tea and cake when their job was done and this act was appreciated since the men were chilled to the bone next weeks issue of the tribune uxbridge man faces cruelty to animals count harvey elson uxbridge will appear in port perry police court today thursday to answer to a charge of cruelty to animals laid by provincial police when they invest- fo- jack drewery decorated by viscount alexander charge is pending against elector voting twice in markham township election must destroy killer council demands constable clarence wideman of markham township has been instructed to proceed against the alleged owner of a dog that partici pated in the killing of sheep on the brodie farm west of stouffville and which cost the municipality si 000 in compensation it was reported at markham v0 council meeting on mondaythat the owner of one dog living at bethesda in whitchurch township refused to destroy the dog after it was track ed home following the killing founded reports indicate a charge may be laid at well shortly least against one individual in the township of markham who is said to have presented himself at two different polling booths in the centre of the township and voting twice on the recent municipal elec tion contest there on december s constable wideman who is investigating the complaint could not say whether a charge would be laid but he felt sure one would follow the investigation the penalty for this offense is serious and means term for anvone convicted winter fair champion bull goes to uxbridge the senior and reserve grand champion dualpurpose shorthorn bull at the 1917 royal hillview darlington marquis has been purchased by the clarklvnd farm uxbridge the purchase was made immediately after the conclusion of the royal winter fair he was also senior champion at the 1017 can adian national exhibition this bull is an outstanding individual jail and should do well in the very fine i herd of mr clark in ottawa for the impressive ceremony when the investiture and citation in honor of those who had won distinguished service in the war was made mrs robt ratcliff said it embodied numerous pathetic- cases while others had something of glamour to them mrs ratcliff witnessed her son fo j r- drewery being presented with the distinguished flying cross one distressing case was that of a young wife leading her husband forward he was blind and was will be out on tuesday or early igated reports about 11 horses be- wednesday on the eve of christmas jing loft unfed and unprotected in a field since october the offence is said to have taken place just north of manchester in a field bordering on no 2 highway attention was drawn to the case when one of the horses reportedly died a few days ago from malnutri tion and exposure only possible edible food in the boggy field is swale grass witnesses state one manchester resident is quoted as saying things were getting so bad that people on passing buses came into the local shop and asked why nothing was being done believed to have been the sub ject of a dispute over costs after their alleged purchase by elson the horses are being attended to tem porarily by neighbors minus both arms while another pathetic incident was that of an old man over 80 receiving the medal on behalf of his dead son he put up his hand as if to say dont tell me any more when the citation was being read the affair took place at govern ment house and the presentations were made by viscount alexander governorgeneral of canada to about 70 recipients families or representatives coming from as far as western canada to receive the decorations the act provides that where the it might be an easy trick for a ratepayer in the township to vote w go far afield for at two places if his name happened eeij ponders udoisy to be on two different polling divii farmer r of such dog refuses to desj a man may pwn proper something that might easily mr lome wagg who farms at idora north of uxbridge was in in troy the animal a court order mayi d 0 he may leave one town on saturday and mrs wag i division to reside in another and be obtained and the constable may do the shooting further the act n h error his name couid e also provided for the recovery of ft h th division ha left while the damages from the dog owner bd dd h dlvis which council wouldnt say how far it might go beyond demanding that the dog be destroyed free matinee for the kiddies at the stanley on saturday dec20th a christmas treat of candies will be given each youngster time 10 am he moved to however none of these things permit a man to vote twice on the same candidate a fact that is very well known if a charge is laid as is likely it will no- aflec in any way the out come olthe election we under stand ha been spending a week here visiting iorne states that he had his holiday during the hunting season and then recalls that while he went hunting in the north coun try his party met with fair success but personally never saw a deer however later on he joined a party 3t home to hunt deer in georgina township within a mile or two of his farm and during that chase he shot two shown above shortly after being presented with the dis tinguished flying cross by his excellency the governor gen eral i- flying officer jr brew ery of 71 frank st ottawa also shown is his mother mrs robert ratcliff of stouft ville who attended the in vestiture on tuesday dec 0 more than 100 serving and ex- service personnel were presented with medals and insignia during a twoday investiture held at government house ottawa dec 9 and 19 triple birthday event covers span of life a rather unique birthday party at the home of mr and mrscharles conner 0th con markham last friday evening presented the three fold stage of life mr a d bruce typified the evening of life as he observed his 79th anniversarywhile little karen dianne stewart daugh ter of mrs eleanor stewart had just reached her first milestone somewhere in between chas con ner grandfather of the baby was celebrating three days in advance of the actual day of his birth mr conner had just arrived home that day from christie street hos pital whore he had been confined for a month folowing a major oper ation mr bruce delighted at this his first real birthday party recalled many incidents of bygone days when two hotels stood at the corner of the sixth concession and the townline between markham and whitchurch mr bruce is hale and hearty still enjoying a millers life a trade which he has carried on since boyhood during which time- he has served the public well a sister miss nettie bruce was also a guest at this happy gather ing former whitchurch councillor dead the death of isaac morton at queensville occurred last week lie will be recalled as a former resident of whitchurch and member of the township council fifteen years ago he is survived by a r and by his wife who has been in very poor health