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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 15, 1948, p. 1

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tottffoille ttbttm vo 50 no 50 the tribune stocffville ont april 15 194s twelve pages fiftynine seek constables job in whitchurch twp fiftynine persons applied for the position of constable for the town ship of whitchurch when applica tions were opened at vandorf be fore the township council on satur day afternoon no decision was reached in the matter of making an appointment since more of the applicants will be interviewed personally two who did appear indicated that they would expect si 800 a year and car allowance along with the duties of constable the officer will act as truant officer and sanitary inspector applications were also opened foi the position of assessor and the name of j a clark was favorably seized upon among ten applicants mr clark was not present but his qualifications were known to coun cil the salary is 1000 and the duties include along with assessing the work of building inspector mr clark is not entirely new to assessing since he acted in this capacity years ago and is probably as familiar with the township of whitchurch as any living man he has a good appreciation of farm values his duties commence at once mr fred cummings who resigned from the position did excellent work and the council was loathe to lose his services eight applications were received for the position of assistant to clerk john crawford who it is acknow ledged is doing the work of two men in his office of clerk and treasurer the appointment of an assistant will be made just as soon as council can settle on who they think will be the best man for the job mr roy andrew presented his auditors statement of the receipts and expenditures for the year 1917 it is the most voluminous book an auditor ever laid before council in whitchurch including a statement of some fifteen school sections on the operation of their schools and this represented more than tialf the total report the report was adopted by coun cil and mr andrews was- ordered to be paid 600 for his services on motion of councillors l j harper and fred timbers the clerk was authorized to advertise for tenders for removal of garbage at musselmans and wilcox lakes dur ing the summer months the beamish construction co were the successful tenderers for 2 car loads of road oil or dust layer one each for the two lake areas mr beamish pointed out that this year the time was opportune for placing a tarvia top at musselmans lake road since it has the right consist ency of oil for moulding into an inexpensive tarvia surface he suggested the road be oiled soon and in the early fall apply a bind ing oil and chips which would create a sound tarvia surface and eliminate the necessity of oil for several years the reeve and council were impressed and promised to give the matter serious consideration with possible action before the time arrives for the work to start reeve evans said the time had arrived when tarvia top roads would be a good investment he temporary at best made it appear that if necessary tarvia roads would be cheaper in the long run even if debentures were resorted to councillors pointed the sad con dition on the 9th from the lake to stouffville where fields were white with dust from the heavy traffic bills from the aurora fire dept for around 250 were received for fighting fires in recent weeks mostly all grass fires which had gotten out of control the council approved the stouff- villemarkham high school area which will come into existence next january the township will bring in an assessment of 1302175 a population of 1419 people and an acreage of 34725 the motion to confirm the following sections of the township in the area was moved by councillors harper and deputy reeve logan as follows concession 3 lots 1 to 5 concession 4 lots 1 to 10 concession 5 and g lots 1 to 25 consession 7 and 8 lots 1 to 35 concession 9 lots 2 to 35 consession 10 lots 1 to 12 when the new board of educa tion is set up in january whit church stouffville and markham villages will each have one repre sentative and markham township will have two by reason of its larger assessment nearly all the township except a portion in the richmond hill area bordering on yonge street and the first and second concessions native of markham retired cnr agent mrs a mackay dead loses father resident of toronto for the last there passed awav at the home 25 years mrs jean leys barker of hi son at uhthoit on april 5th mackay of 26 balmoral ave died on wmiam r johnston in his 92nd i sunday at the toronto general vear he was lhe lasl surviving hospital member of a familv of four who born in markham township urs from carlton countv over 75 mackay lived in ingersoll for many vears t0 senle in n orillia uxbridge twp may get plowing match street lighting installation costs for the village of goodwood amount ed to 733 uxbridge township council learned on monday when in session at goodwood this will be passed on to the ratepayers of the village in the form of taxes council adopted daylight saving time beginning sunday morning april 25 and increased the annual grant to the north ontario plow mens association because the match will be held this year in the township or nearby the may meeting of council will be in the evening on the 10th vears where her husband the late dr angus mackay was a well- known medical practitioner she v as a member of the iode calvin presbvterian church and the wa- surviving are two daughters mrs richard c bavly and mrs l r mactavish and two sons w b mackav all of toronto and ross mackav of orillia railway opposed to expenditures on subway at vandorf crossing township he married margaret e cox who died 22 years ago one daughter mrs h nickerson also predeceased him 12 years mr johnston is survived by two sons robert of stouffville and john of x orillia and two daughters mrs george stanton port stanton and mrs h cherrett toronto and by 21 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren six grandsons were pall bearers at the funeral in orillia conducted by rev mr taylor of peterboro wouldbe robbers point gun at fred crossen at stouffville creamery co ontario live stock commissioner speaks to markham audience while the county of york includ ed a sum in the current years bud get to pay for part of the proposed one of the popular annual events new subway at vandorf which is of the district is the banquet by the regarded as a dangerous passage district 6 of toronto milk pro- under the overhead railway tracks of the cnr the railway company we understand has voiced opposi tion to the proposal going ahead at the present time as a consequence the county of york will carry the matter to the railway board and seek an order for the work and probably a divi sion of the costs numerous accidents have happen ed at this place where the railway crosses the concession line at an angle that obscures the view of motorists coming from either direc tion the action of the railway will have the effect of at least delaying the commencement of the work which it was hoped would be under- wav this year smithy for gormley racers even trims lions toe nails the other day we ran across a couple of smithys shoeing horses out on the fred shelke farm at gormley getting the horses ready for the spring races harry davis is a stoulfville lad who is learning the art while his partner in the shoeing business louis perisien is a blacksmith of long standing for he is now 73 yet bends his bak with the ease of a beginner he has kept shoes on the shelke string now for twenty years messrs perisien shod more than 80 winners in 1947 including such champions as shepperton tu- lchmore meddlesome a winner of more than 150000 in his racing career davis tells us that they are kept busy travelling from toronto hamilton london whitby and other places getting the fleetfooted ready for the spring meets he claims that the most sensational new residence for dr john button grounds have been purchased at the extreme southern end of obrien avenue for a new residence to be built immediately for dr j button on monday markham township council agreed to permit william harper to transfer a small piece of land to dr button without the for mality of filing a blue print in con formity with the township bylaw in that behalf it was agreed that the transfer did not warrant a blue print being filed the tribune understands that dr button will build a modern bun- galo that will add to the many fine homes in the town it will be of brick ground was broken this week for the foundation being put in by norman bunker while the superstructure will be built by spang bros ducers association held last week in the hall at buttonville the place was packed by farmers and their wives and all enjoyed the meal which as in other years was remark able for the fine food provided in such abundance the guest speaker mr w p wat son ontario live stock commis sioner defended the farm prices in so far as they relate to exports and claimed that current market for hogs was far more secure for the farmers than had an agreement been made with britain for a much high price to last for only a year by not demanding the last cent the present price at seaboard for ex portable hogs is guaranteed for two or three years councillor fred wicks of mark ham township made an efficient chairman and exreeve chashooper introduced the guest speaker al harvey provided the laughs with his program of entertainment when fred crossen stepped into the stoultville creamery on satur day night at 11 pm he was met at gun point by a couple of robbers who were inside mr crossen had just stepped in to look about before going home and was to say the least surprised he was backed up against the wall and one man cov ered him while another searched about for rope to tie him up they used aprons but discovered these did not do the job when the man with a gun was offguard fred rushed down the stairway in the dark travelling on the double and got outside through a rear door soner was the two robbers rushed away in a car or truck they had ransacked the premises while holding their prisoner at bay and found nothing they wanted apparently they sought cash as there were several cars or trucks about mr crossen could not be sure what the prisoners had they evidently had been watching the premises since mr irvin bor- insky had locked up for the night at 1030 and the robbers immediate ly set about to force an entrance through a window they are dis- cribed as under twenty years and were very frightened they talked of tieing up mrcrossen and gagging pointed out that the township had job that th were assigne t0 was gotten along for years without tr a lions nails for the cir- debenture issues but the mounting cus tn spring which was held re- cost of gravel roads that are onlylcently in toronto black hawk captain and former leaf goalie talk to lions and hockey guest s red hamill captain of chicago to dead rats he said music results at local festival following are the results of last saturdays festival held in the presbyterian church under auspices of the youth for christ group a capacity audience found t h event intensely interesting and entertaining cash prizes were awarded girls solo under 17 years winnifred rumney nancy hiltz clara halsted piano solo in a monastery garden alice barkey ruth at kinson barbara smith girls trio hillorest trio beth rowan hope mckay doris steck- ley pine orchard trio beth john son barbara shropshire marion boake sixth line trio isobel stewart peggy rowan alice barkey young mens solo ted boadway howard baker ted cleland 500 damage at victoria square fire the fine brick residence on the farm of chas hart at victoria square on the 4th concession of markham narrowly escaped being gutted by fire on monday evening about 9 oclock but the excellent work of the local bucket brigade nipped the raging inferno just in time the neighbors had the blaze about under control when stouff ville firemen arrived yet the situa tion looked so threatening that a line of hose was laid in readiness for action it took eleven minutes to make the nine miles from the fire hall to the scene of the fire at rates of speed exceeding go miles an hour so declared several firemen travelling in a private car behind the fire engine stouffville brigade was the only one called and at the very time the township council in session at unionville had under discussion the matter of setting out fire areas over the municipality actually it was said that unionville should have been called in this case hardly knowing where their pri- him and leaving him on a sideroad daylight saving effective here at midnight april 24 black hawks of the nhl and phil stein exgoalie of the toronto maple leafs were the guest speak ers at the stoulfville lions club re gular meeting on monday night when the club entertained the mem bers of the stouffville junior hockey club big broadshouldered hamill who questioned as to the change in black hawk fortunes when chas connacher took over the coaching duties from johnny gottseleig he stated that the former coach was too easy with the boys but that connacher really drove them i still think chicago is the strong est club in the league we should be weve held up the other five teams has captained the hawks for the for the last two seasons he said last three seasons told in a most chicago have occupied the cellar entertaining way of his rise from in 10474 the openair rinks of toronto to 1hil stein who is a resident of professional hockev getting his leaside and athletic director of start under ed wildeys young that town told of his ups and downs ringers he moved up quicklv to n hockeys monied ranks he play- sudburys memorial cup finalist with nearly every team in the squad of a few vears back thence i american association to boston bruins to several ameri- the guest speakers were intro- can league outfits and then to chi- by lion ted edwards and a cago black hawks in 1912 e thanks was tendered them he told in an amusing stvle what x li fri button lion reg nlavers ami officials have to contend mutton proposed a toast to the visit- with when plavirg in chicago i ln junior b club which was re- where the fans are noted for throw- sponded to by lion bruce clark ins debris on the ice and disrupting secretary of the club games more than anywhere else possibly in the nhl circuit every thing comes down from the third entertainment was provided by al harvey of stage and radio and ross edwards whistler president balcony from telephone receivers l dn chadwick presided athletic club hope for big turnout at election stouffville athletic club is asking for a big turnout of citizens to their meeting next monday night aprii 19th at which time the nominating committee will bring in the new slate of officers for 194s the present executive stress the couple fact that this is not a closed organj township ization but belongs to everyone in stouffville and district they urge your interest and welcome your suggestions in the season just ended the arena was occupied by the club every thursday with young enthusiastic hockey players of all age groups over 400 was expended in their behalf and only s10s5 was returned in gate receipts the monies used for sports activi ties by the club were raised by do nations sports day summer street fair and winter carnival and while these were weii supported they were only accomplished with a great deal of time and effort on the part of a comparatively few individ uals albert street resident buried in toronto mrs elizabeth ann hutchinson died at her residence on albert street on friday following a long period of rather poor health the remains were taken to toronto for burial in mount pleasant cemetery on monday afternoon wife of the late charles f hutch- beloved mother mrs duncan buried cashel mrs alexander duncan who passed peacefully away at the home of her daughter mrs alfred smith at cashel was a lifelong resident of the township excepting for a few years recently spent with members of her family in whit church township death was the culmination of a long illness which she bore with great fortitude and patience the funeral on monday afternoon to cashel cemetery was attended by many old friends the service being conducted by rev r chapin born on the 5th concession of markham 7s years ago etta lunau was a daughter of pioneer parents mr and mrs silas lunau after her marriage to alex duncan the took up farming in the near buttonville mr duncan died 15 years ago and surviving the parents are two sons and one daughter they arc archie and kenneth duncan both of whitchurch and mrs alfred smith at whose home the mother died mrs duncan is also survived by two sisters mrs herbert middleton of hagermans corners and mrs lottie hemmingway of steeles corners and five grandchildren mrs duncan had been active years ago in the work at melville church but possessed a very quiet unassuming disposition and loving character that endeared her to manv stouffville municipal council resolved on thursday night to issue a proclamation adopting daylight time for the summer months effective saturday april 24 at mid night everybody is not in favor of daylight time specially in the farm ing areas and some in town but it was realized that when toronto adopts fast time a small community like stouffville in so close proxi mity cannot buck the trend successfully and the resolution was adopted without debate reeve nolan presided and members pre sent were councillors john scott henry ogden clayt baker and glenn ratcliff constable rusnell suggested that council give further consideration to the town parking bylaw with a view to offering a few amendments including parking on one side in certain sections he also suggested that the theatre parking lot could house a lot more cars if the parking was superintended it was decided to suggest to the theatre manage ment that they try this out since the constable said that the former operator sid schmidt kept a man on the lot in the summer season on saturdays and by so doing packed in many more patrons or cars constable rusnell also reported receipts from dog tax to date this year to be 180 slightly down from a year ago it represented 87 dogs council authorized the reeve and clerk to sign the application for the proposed new high school area to become effective january 1st next and to include the village of stouffville the village of markham and all markham township and about half of the township of whit- 1 church with a total assessment of around 5000000000 at the same time the new area becomes effective the present stouffville area will automatically be dissolved the change is now almost certain since both stouffville and whit church and markham village have agreed on the boundaries as out lined and it is understood that markham township council will sign the request for the proposed area at their next meeting the council expect to meet a representative of a road construc tion firm who laid streets here last year when it will define the streets to be given a tarvia top it is hoped that when this years program is carried out that in future there will not be any need for oiling the roads in town the property committee were instructed to forge ahead with having the signs bearing the street names painted and if possible to obtain a better style of sign for signs pointing off main street councillor ogden said that as chairman of town property he had been unable to get plans or costs for repairs to the municipal hall including new doors at the front giving more clearance for the fire trucks and for a roof over the council chambers designed to en large the public hall upstairs while at the same time providing a new roof over the council chambers which is in poor condition he thought that if carpentdrs could be secured the fire hall doors could be widened without plans being drawn school area awaits markham tp approval the township of whitchurch and the villages of stouffville and markham have approved of the proxsed high school area and markham township council are expected to approve of the bound aries at their meeting on monday next the matter came up for discus sion last monday but the council did not wish to approve of the area until richmond hill district is settled this will give richmond hill another weekto complete their area with vaughan where trouble is being encountered because the southern part of vaughan is favor able to going south richmond hill will get a section of markham town ship along yonge street if they form a district which it is hoped will be the case inson she is survived by two daugh ters and two sons sidney and olive in toronto percy hutchinson newmarket and winnifred at home mrs hutchinson made a trip to the old country a few years ago to visit her home folk and to visit the grave of her son who lost his life in the first war markham twp will revise system of assessment markham township council will adopt what is known as the card i ki cm system for assessing the township uocoi manufacturing under the new plan every building c c in the township will be measured r e its age and structual content will i the stovel turnip waxing co be recorded and each dwelling have discontinued business in placed in a certain catagory stouffville and the building occu- they will be classified as new old pied by them immediately north of very old the state of repair size the old r sangster home has been and other aspects will recorded leased by the associated industrial about every home and then they d esigners tne firm who occu the h sofconsffight which buitethevn ot nextlo the this vast amount of work will marble granite works take a couple of years to tabulate klinck owner of the sang- according to the help employed in ster property expects that his new doing the work in the meantime j tenants will be expanding their the old system of assessing will be business in the manufacture of carried on small machinery for a time at reeve vern griffin in opening the leasl imh tne new and tne council meeting on monday pointedly on main street w be out that several items the council a industrial has talked about both in session f w associated industrial and at election time had never rel uesigners ceived any definite decision and he r was insistant that council face this ioiaio growers meet issue and see it to a final settlement an important meeting of the po- are we going lo continue with the tato growers of york county will same old assessment system that he held in the agricultural board has been outdated for vears or i room at newmarket on wednesday shall we bring about some reform april 21st at 830 pm the long system that will be more fair to all talked of research program to solve property owners said reeve the problem of scab is being under- griffin i taken and the committee is anxious councillor timbers wasnt conto have a large turnout of the grow- vinced that the new order would j ers to discuss this problem prove any more fair or satisfactory mr howard harper of goodwood and he didnt vote for it when the member of the provincial commit- resolution was moved by deputy- tee will be present to outline plans reeve rumney and councillor for this campaign harry barber i the 500 bushel club will hold the resolution calls for setting up its reorganization meeting at the the card system without delay same time

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