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vol 59 no the tribune stocffvule ont- february 19 195s ten rages markham to spend smog on roads save hydro current now start at once if you have not already done so and save killowatt hours of electric current wherever and when ever possible the reeve was advised this morning that unless stoufiville could show a reduction of 500 killowatt hours daily we would be cut off for a stated period each day until the crisis is over perhaps it is just a lamp left burning where it is not needed probably you have cluster lights where one could be cut out entirely for a time it may be in the kitchen or the store that needless lights are burning do your part to save killowatt hours and save stouffville from having the switch pulled for a certain period daily on a basis of 5600 kwh we must reduce by ten per cent starting today next week we will report progress made since there is daily reading of our hydro demand we are advised that if we accomplish the saving asked there will be no hydro interruption for stouffville water shortage over supply again normal high school commencement nkxt week the annual commencement exercises of stouffville high school will be held next week on friday and saturday even ings the change in the usuai dales is made necessary due to the school competing in the kiwanis musical festival unionville loses lifelong citizen george william dukes lifelong resident of lnionville died at his home in his coth year he had been suffering from a heart condition mr dukes was a member of or ange lodge no 228 unionville he attended unionville public school and conducted a plumbing business in the village for a number of years mr dukes is survived by his widow rosina marie fenn a daughter mrs william graham and two sons victor and donald all of unionville residents heard the voice of warning over the loud speaker last friday requesting all users of town water to conserve the supply the reservoir has been drained to a dangerous level and the auxiliary rotary pump played up just at the moment when it was badly needed to pump additional water to the system however just when the situation was alarming the pump was put into motion and from then on it could be seen that water was going in faster than out of the reservoirs it is customary to check the reservoirs which are located in whitchurch every couple of weeks and all through january and the first week in february thev remained full despite the fact there was no january thaw then when they were checked about the middlp part of last week the water was down twothirds from that moment things were put in motion for starting the electric rotary pump that boosts water from the spring creek and throws it into the reservoirs however the pump had not been used for a year and minor work delayed it being turn ed on just after this mechanical process started and the reservoirs practically empty the pump failed because a packing blew out and this caused hours of delay it meant that men worked all evening and remained at the- scene until after midnight thursday to get things going councillor clayt baker and glenn ratclitf who form the water committee got a real initiation into the troubles that befall councilmen now and then however thev faced the situation without a flinch donned snow shoes and made their way over the forbidden fields to reach the water supply head mr ratcliff had gone in on snowshoes twice before that day yet that evening accompanied a mechanic george harmon and mr baker and remained at the scene of trouble until midnight then the supply of water was again assured ample for town needs as the pump rotated into action the sudden failure of the supply to meet demands is attributed to nothing more than consumers leav ing taps running to keep their pipes from freezing during the extreme zero weather this may not seem much to the individual householder but when it is multiplied by a hundred the drain is considerable usually the daytime demand reduces the water in the reservoirs but when night comes and demand slackens the pendulum swings the other way however when the all- night demand comes as a result of dripping taps the reserve supply dwindles and the necessity for pumping is resorted to had the pump not developed mechanical team could carry the puck there trouble the consumers would have were ten penalties eight in the many properties change hands at whitevale there is a boom in real estate in and around whitevale several pro perties have changed ownership within the last ten days mrs bart- lett and mr jack hornshaw have both sold their houses to buyers from toronto who will k posses sion early in april the house occupied by mr and mrs hastings was bought by jack hornshaw mr ac diamond is a buyer for the three houses known as the old hotel when the owner mr warder returns from the north mr dia mond who sold his farm in decem ber is having a sale on feb 27th mr goeden who sold his farm to mr ross carter in january has an nounced his sale for the lgth of march mr adam spears recently sold his farm to mr bruce of langs- talt who will move in on april 1st this farm on the 7th concession of pickering has been in the spears family over a hundred years mr allen will be moving soon to a farm he has just bought near stouffville mr johnny oconnor will move to his farm when vacated by mr allen mr harold lindsay a resident of the village is the enterprising agent responsible for several of the above sales man dies under bus related in markham linton r brock 50yearold resident of toronto was instantly killed saturday night under the rear wheels of a buffalotoronto bus the unfortunate man was the hvsband of marjorie m prentice and brotherinlaw of messrs ken and clarke prentice well known auctioneers and implement dealers several hours were required police said to locate relatives and his wife was found to be visiting in agincourt according to police and ttc officials brock stepped from behind a westbound street car at brock ave and queen st he then stepped into the side of the eastbound bus and was thrown beneath the wheels the bus driver r h wells of gray coach lines said he did not see brock until after the accident brock was buried in ebenezer cemetery milliken following a ser vice tuesday in the r g clenden- ing funeral home markham surviving besides his widow the former marjorie m prentice are two daughters mrs e rishworth and mrs r ward samuel r hopkins dead samuel roy hopkins beloved husband of jennie may norton died in the toronto general hospit al last friday in his 57th year besides his wife there survives a daughter mrs william slack ux- bridge and four sons marlinlorne earl and gordon the funeral ser vice was held on monday in ux- bridge fifth line church and in terment was in uxbridge cemetery mennonites collect tools for paraguay win group semifinal at newmarket n the junior red wings eked out a 21 win over newmarket on tues day night in their first meeting of the group semifinals polly minion and skip taylor notched the jxair of stouffville counters in the first period and spry scored for new market in the final twenty minutes it was a slapstick contest as the ice was very soft and neither econd period the two teams hook up in their final meeting in stouffville arena on friday night not been requested to conserve problem of reaching the reser voirs located midway between the sth and th concession of whit church is no easy journey with throe or four feet of snow on the level it became neeessiry to go in on snowshoes or skiis the conn- cillors made use of snowshoes hutirv i 1 1 iff harry vanenoo stuck to a pair ofm joodwooq man skiis preparing for birthday dinner goodwooi expires suddenly known the world over for its uni que projects undertaken to assist re fugees the mennonite central com mittee has recently launched the most novel one to date a report from kitchener states a collection of farm implements workmens tools kitchen utensils cutlery and wheels is being under taken for the newlysettled russian mennonite refugees in paraguay arriving last february the ref ugees were delayed in settling on their farms by the revolution and only recently reached their destin ation cj rempel manager of the can adian headquarters described the destitute people as badly in need of tools and implements to establish their future homes in the wilder ness of paraquay contributions from mennonites across canada will be received at the main warehouse here and will be shipped to paraquay in a few months although announcement of the new project was made only a few weeks ago a steady stream of tools and a variety of implements are al ready arriving pamphlets distributed to menno nite churches throughout the dom inion call for garden tools black smiths equipment carpenters tools saws hammers wheels chairs and soldering irons great need of the refugees is out lined in the pamphlets where an ac count of the struggle of the refug ees in making their home in a strange country is outlined the project is a combined under taking of the central committees of the united stales and canada which has been instrumental in bringing the refugees to this hemi sphere unionville couple fifty years married j living in the same home at unionville for forty years mr and mrs louis lunau will quietly celebrate their golden wedding ahriiversarv there on monday february 23 the couple were united in mar riage at musselmans lake back in 1s9s when only three or four cottages were built there as against 300 such summer places today persons went to the lake and pitch ed lents in those days mrs lunau was the former emmeretta helmkay daughter of one john helmkay and a pioneer family in the locality over on the 9th concession of whitchurch a mile or more from musselmans mrs lunau was one of eleven children of whom herself and mrs sam irwin of musselmans lake are the sole survivors mrs lunau is 7s but looks much younger does all her own housework and as may be expected keeps a tidy home mr lunau who reached his soth birthday recentlv was born in markham at btittonville and is also quite spry keeps a good garden and brings home the bacon in ihe form of fresh eggs from his flock of hens the couple married by rev peter bryce who became a renowned figure in recent years then he was a vouthful pastor mr and mrs lunau took up farming at buttonville and ten years later moved to unionville where they have lived a retired life ever since a highly esteemed couple they will be the recipients of many happy returns of the dav it is expected that their daughter ruby rae and mr rae and son jimmy will be present for the occasion mr and mrs lunau have been constant readers of the tribune all their married years and still look- forward to their home town weekly with the same interest they enjoy very good health for their time of life and carry on their household duties without out- ide assistance the tribune adds its word of congi time budget enlarged by 15000 for machinery purchases a new enlarged budget for road building and maintenance is plann ed by markham township council as revealed in the road appropria tion bylaw passed on monday pro viding for an expenditure of s60000 in rms the total to be provided is 15000 more than was asked for last year when 45000 was the budget amount the dept of high ways pays one half the road account it is pointed out by reeve griffin that the extra amount is required to provide for new machinery eostsand which he said would later pay big dividends to the municipalitj in this contention he is backed bv judge flays witnesses dismisses divorce case whitby feb 1g mr justice g a gale dismissed the divorce suit brought by alfred c mowder claremont against his wife elsie mowder with robert g roy tor onto art dealer named as co respondent roy was awarded court costs and the verdict exonerated him of anv adultery with mowders wife mr justice gale expressed scath- s s aid that he be- ing criticism of the plaintiffs three sl m b witnesses including mowder him 5in b v se declared i cannot doubt ratepayers if the municipality owned its own equipment vm maxwell superintendent agreed with this viewpoint the council discussed at length the purchase of a truck adapted for drawing plowing decision that at least one other iudge was deceived different evidence was adduced at other trials and the witnesses must have appeared in a different light the retrial had been gravel in summer and all last week at whitby going on snow in winter but no was reached on the type or make until several will be seen in operation the council also envisions the purchase of a power mower which it is claimed is badlv needed and is another machine that will cut clown on labor costs reeve griffin questioned the advisability of the council rushing over the roads in the spring on what they term an inspection tour he recommended that the super intendent should make a report or budget of his requirement that the council should then investigate them it is his duty to plan and ours to pass on his recommenda tions said the reeve later he said that he agreed council should go over the roads to see specific projects and we will probably be out just as much but will do more good and perhaps save time in not running over them in a hurry coming farm auctions those who are anxious to make some purchases at a farm auction this spring must look sharp since the number of sales are not so plentiful this friday a big sale of 10 cattle 150 hogs etc are being offered on the farm of lome snodden south east of uxbridge with ted jackson on the block then on wednesday feb 25 the big sale at lot 14 con 1 scott just east of mount albert will be held on the farm of willis harrison with a s farmer wield ing the hammer both these are good stock and implement sales and provides an opportunity for the needy buyer ntoht operator now business at the local cnr depot has expanded to the extent that a night operator has been appointed in the person of mr ross stewart of fenelon falls who entered on his duties a few days ago station agent mowat informs the press that there is much additional traffic passing this way to winni peg and farther western noints 1 think it is our duty to go over tulations at this the roads every spring challenged deputy reeve rumney for several years we were supposed to have had ditches which were never made and we wouldnt know if we were not out he concluded coun cillor timbers also claimed that the time was well spent going over the whole township as has been the custom we inspect bridges cnl- mr justice gale pointed out that the sole evidence of the alleged adultery was the testimony of glen flowers former manager of roys farm at claremont and his wife i am not prepared to accept any part of the evidence given by flowers or his wife the judge declared referring to the alleged plot to extort money from roy the judge declared i am convinced that there did come to mowders mind the thought that perhaps he could gain if mr roy and his wife were compromised i am satisfied too that for some time and rather ineptly he tried to carry out that scheme nothing else can explain certain portions of his erratic con duct mrs mowder had testified early in the hearing that her husband had instructed her to play the game and well both have lots of money she stated she had refused to carry out what she termed a plan to blackmail mr roy im not saying how far the scheme went im not holding that it did anything but fail however there is a great deal to be said for the conclusion that when he could not get his wifes help he enlisted the aid of the flowers the judge asserted he stated he would not accept the evidence of mowder or the flowers where it conflicts verts and bad places and if we were with that given by any other wit not familiar with them we couldnt i nesses deal intelligently with people when the longdrawn out hearing was a retrial ordered by the court of appeal after mr justice e r e chevrier had awarded mowder a decree nisi last march naming roy as corespondent roy had appealed the decision jn 1013 mowder was awarded 10000 in an alienation of they come to us here hesaid councillor harry barber said that when he was in council before we used to gallop over the roads and didnt do much had a good time and all that the superintendent knows all about the bad spots and we know we cant keep up roads affections suit against rot the 10000 yards of toronto mans appeal against that judgment is now before the supreme court of canada he consistently maintained throughout the present trial that he was innocent of any improper conduct with mrs mowder and reaffirmed his claim that county judge d b coleman and justices mackay kelly lcbel and chevrier were deceived by the evidence pre sented at previous trials in sum- rejoined m up his clients case andrew brewin told the court i have never known a more deliberate and shameful attempt to use the courts in an effort to distort and blacken the character of a decent man with less than gravel a year fred wicks favored taking the road foremen in on the scheme of inspection and the reeve rounded out the discussion with saying it resolved into we we spend a week going over the roads or spread this inspection over a period of time it is merely a suggestion i am throw ing out for consideration we cant make any improvement in the present system councillor timbers mrs a fuller dorothy and mr joe mildrew of toronto spent sun day at the home of her son mr and mrs gordon fuller on the tenth despite weather conditions the lions carnival is being held this wednesday evening in stouffville mr and mrs albert boake and daughters of pine orchard and mr clifford mcmullen of toronto spent sunday with their parents mr andi mrs jake mcmullen only routine business passes whitchurch council perhaps it was the fiomile an hour gale blowing outside or the goodwood boys are recognized by international show agriculture minister kennedv placed a crown on the head of alex m stewart of ailsa craig a middle sex village of goo people and pro claimed him oat king as a result of his win at the international hav and grain show at chicago the coronation took place during ceremonies marking the 10th anni versary of the ontario crop improvement association held in toronto deputv agriculture minister c sni council sitting as a court of j uaughlin harper six of nine assessment appeals are settled on saturday whitchurch town- l p evans and o graham then presidents of the light candle on a birthday cake the association set a goal of 200- fact that most of the afternoon was00000 bushels of feed grain for given over to the work of the ontario thi year court of revision that the monthly association members met win- meeting of whitchurch council jners in provincial grain and potato club contests and their coaches evelyn taylor of enniskillen and david craig of rowmanville were the grain winners bob meek and invited past- revision on the assessment roll for ssociation to 9is settled six of the nine appeals filed by property owners in each case the assessment made by assessor fred currurings sustained kingston takes 2coal i ox hit bea hes getting readv to attend a birth- saturday proved of little public kingston disney goodyear juven- dav dinner at the home of his sister interest visitors were not many iheir first of home and home games i mrs john ashenhurst one of aml tne business of the day was here in stouffville on tuesday goodwoods prominent citizens purely of a routine nature night with toronto beaches winnjsamuel davis died without warn- reeve l p evans presided andlharry harper ing 12 in the second half of the ling on wednesdar last week he councillors present were harper potato winner- twin bill toronto bell acs turned i was in his 71st vear mclaughlin and timbers road back kingston midgets 72 both horn in scott mr davis farmed accounts were scrutinized and games were ontario minor league all his life in the neighborhood and passed for payment totalling over playdowns retired in goodwood he is sur- -7- mostly for plowing snow j vived by his wife cora veitch of imoked back bacon selling for reach township and bv five sons per pound last week at and one daughter rev levi atkinson conducted the funeral service with interment in i conservation i uxbridge cemeterv i march 13 of goodwood the councillors mc- and timbers deputy reeve ixigan was absent through illness the final outcome of the court will not make much change in the was overall assessment of 2700000 i clerk of the court john crawford heated argument ensued when recalled that when he became cleric mr e a petrie said he was appeal- of the municipality in 1934 the ing for nineteen property owners assessment was 2152000 and the in the iake wilcox district and the tax roll amounted to 51000 last court refused to deal with them year the taxes collected or assessed since there had been no regular totalled ssoooo it is noted that oboyles meat market is now 70c per lb tasty salmon steaks 4se ami fresh filled 35c phone 3501 relief items totalled 200 reeve evans was appointed to represent the township at a meeting of the proposed humber valley organization on appeals filed in each case mr petrie claimed the assessment was winter wheat awards were pre- too high sented to arthur and donald mac- he was informed that the owners lachlan komoka r c breckonihad not given proper authority bronte george mcllmovle lake- that would enable him to act for field a t woodlev milton h w leach of them the court will sit thomson belton keith bowles again on march 13 and dispose of 000 to 80000 is not alarming hav- bradford r kellam brampton the three appeals not decided oniing consideration for the general norman marr imbeth joe and mav reopen the case for mr upswing of everything and the fact olearv loreito and the hagen petrie that there is an incease in assess- brother caledonia the court was composed of reeve ment of nearly 2000 back in 1931 the services demanded by ratepayers was vastly different than today there were no snow plowing accounts or costly equip ment demanded then mused our informant however the spread from 50-