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famiftriuc mtfonm vol 59 no 51 the tribune stouffville ont april 22 194s twelve pages establish planning board for township of markham the townhip of markham is to have a planning board to be com posed of reeve grifhn deputy reeve dalton rumney and mel freeman v j spears and walter craig the three gentlemen last named were invited to meet the township council lat monday and at that time they were named to a propos ed board that will be set up at once under bylaw the board will be paid 500 per meeting plus 7c per mile just as members of the coun cil they will be responsible for the future development the elimination of shack areas and will have under their supervision the inspection of new subdivisions while without any great authority the council will be guided by their recommend ations said mr- spears i will do all i can toward preventing the mistakes and bungles made in york and scarboro where planning for future growth got underway too late deputy reeve rumney and coun cillors h barber and win timbers concurred with the reeve in the formation of a planning board and the personnel council agreed to meet unionville fire executives to confer further i on setting up fire areas to be serv ed from unionville stouffville and richmond hill the auditors report was received and filed indicating that the books of the municipality are in good order and the township in excellent financial position all the school books in the township school sec tions were audited in accordance with the recent change in the act whereby the municipal auditors are required to do this work liberal candidate could almost see the horizon of the century mark jesse davis who died at his home at glasgow in uxbridge township on friday could almost see local land restrictions bylaw has now been fully confirmed lyman a gifford won the liberal nomination for the ontario riding byelection at the liberal convention at whitby ont a former reeve of east whitby township the new candidate was warden of ontario county in 193s he will oppose mayor frank mccallum of oshawa ont for the seat the bylaw passed by the village the of stoutrville last year and which horizon of 100 years on life since the dept of municipal affairs he was in bis jxith year mr davis found to be irregular because the was born in scarboro but early public meeting called to hear corn- located in uxbridge and there farm- plaints against the said bylaw was ed all his active days death was not properly advertised due to old age and he was a bed the department contended that patient for only six weeks jeverp property owner must have the township was voting when ke been served with a notice of the by- located there for lie was only ai through the mail and this teen ager then here he met ak caused a lot of work and voung girl elizabeth pickering l delay however every property whose family came from scott owner ultimately was served and township near uxbridge and the notified of a public meeting to be couple married and settled in the a monday morning there southern part where thev lived a not i dissenting voice at the long and busy life mr davis could meeting in fact not a single pro- recall that some farmers had oxen p owner attended the hearing in those early lavs but horses excepting theclerk and the reeve of were even then more prevalent yage together with a repre- than the slow moving oxen burned sentative from the department he once told us that stouffville e land b v ihmjs village approved so that it can be fullv ontario election monday june 7th and he sedln iislslbf he heard when in town over the the us t0 lands issue some were too ambitious be incorporated at that timetheli l wsjiviir i south side of main street was m5h toss markham township andorth part s gj be ne thought the citizens ma pul to m stouffville imhihons in rant n o in action there is a building bv- vitf ftri2tiilw tht regulates the size location was in whitchurch and the xo longer argument over incorporation lasted for several years after the village will to the detriment of iui several years alter uie village nrfininirm hniihinnc o ni became incorporated mr davis a is fiif established we longed to a longlived family his we tha itsbe t en father who was born in canada forcld iiikk en- lived to be s9 i mrs davis died some years ago jutl and surviving are six of a family i three sons and three daughters namely newton davis of northern e r sinclair of ringwood mourned ideal dumpi privilege ng es secured the annual spring cleanup is in full progress in town just now peter bramwell is moving the tins off to the dumping grounds and other waste materials are going in the same direction the village has secured dumping privileges from sam pockler and therefore have no responsibility in the matter of main taining and regulating a dumping ground such as they have had to contend with for several years the present dumping privileges secured from mr fockler is a year ly arrangement and the dump is accessible all year through so that winter garbage is permitted to be disposed of by the town cohector without difficulty last winter he had to store the material and remove it again in the spring thus creating a lot of unnecessary work goodwood farm sold after nineteen years occupancy mr bert tindall has sold his 100 acre farm a mile west of goodwood on no 47 highway to his brother mr lome tindall and will shortly move to a house he had just acquired in goodwood and known as the george brown property mr and mrs tindall have resided on this farm for nineteen years and will hold an extensive auction sale on friday april 30 to dispose of the fine herd of holstein cattle the big list of farm implements includ ing a fannall tractor on rubber and equipment the entire sale list is published in this issue ontario will hold its third pro vincial election in six years on monday june 7 according to an nouncement from queens park last week premier drew called the vote on the issue of a great hydro expendi ture in the making totalling six hundred millions the liberal leader f oliver called the conservative leaders outline an excuse for an election no doubt that is right for govern ments come to the country just when they think their chances are best for a return to power and in this matter there is no difference between any of the parties col drew is springing an election now because he believes his chances are best and the federal govern ment at ottawa will spring an election when they think their chances are most opportune millions of money could be saved the people if the law required every government to live out a definite term unless defeated in the house or legislature the coming contest is stirring up activity among local riding associ ations and arrangements are being made for nominations in yorks north and east stouffville and markham townshin are in york east for the provincial election but will be in york north for a domin ion contest jack leslie represents east york and lex mckenzie north york in the legislature while jack smith mp and r h mcgregor mp are the north and east riding representatives at ottawa ferrier all residing in the neighbor hood of stouffville mr davis never forgot the fact that he was a school pupil in scar boro with the late alexander muir the funeral on monday afternoon proceeded from the late home to stouffville cemetery rev walter fleischer of uxbridge an old friend conducted the service both at the home and the cemetery pall bearers were all grandsons jack norman and aubrey spang nor man and murray davis and murray slack native of sandford john t feasby dead john j feasby of kitchener wat erloo township relief officer and building inspector died suddenly at the kw hospital after a brief illness he was born at sandford he was an elder of trinity united church surviving are his widow two daughters mrs fletcher whit- more london mrs wilson kauf man waterloo a son john feasby centreville a brotherfijleslie sand- ford a sister mrs byron rise brough sandford military honors accorded geo patton a resident of stouffville for the past 20 years george patton veter an of the first war died in christie street hospital on sunday april is he served with the 127th battalion was settled here as a widower his first wife predeceased him and there survives besides his second wife the former liable tindall a married daughter edna in toronto mr and mrs patton had just got nicely settled in their new home which he had built largely with his own effort and labour the funeral on tuesday after noon proceeded from the late home to stouffville united church and thence to the lutheran cemetery at unionville where he was laid beside the grave of his first wife honorary pall bearers were dr s s ball m e watts del jennings h burkholder k r davis and major k r condie acting pall bearers were fred castle bert clarkson w smith a lintner l buckland and lloyd weldon a wide circle of friends sticken by a stroke a year ago or more mrs sinclair had been in frail health ever since for years mr and mrs sinclair conducted the corner grocery which they established at ringwood with great success they sold out a couple of years ago and retired to their new home just west of the business place they operated besides her husband there sur vives the mother two daughters doris mrs h p kennedy and edna wife of rev r w serrick of keswick and an only son mur ray the funeral this thursday after noon will be to ringwood christian church for service at 2 oclock followed by interment at jit pleasant toronto toronto man buys goodwood place the sale was completed last week of the property belonging to mr a walters at goodwood to mr walter dancock of toronto the property includes a dwelling three acres of land 400 chickens and a chicken house with capacity for 600 the price was 5800 and was negotiated by harvey moyer local willoughby agent the new owner will take over on may 1st the property was advertised in the tribune only last week bob wade five of new tor onto ont was burned on the neck by a firecracker thrown by an oider boy as he was going for a walk if the firecracker had hit in the face it might have blinded him said the boys mother when she brought him to police station to show the officers the burn formed a rough circle about two inches wide and hair on the back of the boys head was singed damp weather delays seeding missing three days j vivian man found object of a threeday search i throughout the newmarket area and the province george mac- cullough 2 was located by mid land police on monday maccullough has been missing from his brothers home at the north end of the vivian forest whitchurch township since friday the brother john maccullough and his wife were in toronto for the afternoon and came home to find him gone saturday night laddie a neighbors collie lielieved to have gone off with maccullough returned to the neighborhood after being missing overnight the dogs coat was covered with burrs and it was feared the missing man had met with an accident cows touch 300 at gostick auction a tremendous crowd featured the farm auction for chas gostick on the sth concession pickering on tuesday good prices for the dairy herd prevailed with the top cow setting the pace selling for 300 she was a purebred and will find a new home on the farm of clifford king 9th con markham heifers were snapped oil by auctioneer farmer at prices ranging from 70 to 75 and baby calves 0000 grade holstein cows ran from 125 to we ff j- tractor sold for 1205 binder standstill throughout the province wl power takeoff 33o according to the weekly crop re port of the ontario department of agriculture york county reports that very little has been sown and there has been no progress since april 10th york farmers say the prospects of an early spring are past elgin wentworth hastings and prince edward all report in similar vein ontario county in the goodwood district some farmers have finished seeding but the land is workable even when wet douglas le pan 34 first secretory in the office of can adas high commissioner in london eng is one of six canadians awarded fellowships by the john simon guggenheim memorial foundation he will lie granted one years leave of absence from the staff to write according to his parents mr and mrs arthur d le pan of toronto his collection of poems the wounded prince published early this year in england was if the opinion of his parents the principal reason for the award 1300 horses killed last winter there is good demand for so- called cheap horses but there simply are none according to one or two local authorities as it has been explained to the tribune practically all the aged or old horses are killed off when it is realized that one dealer killed off s00 animals during the past winter and another dealer in aged horse flesh disposed of 500 j it is readily realized that there must be a great shortage the horse market therefore points to higher prices a nxouncemext rev and mrs e morton will be at home to their friends on tues day april 27th two to four and seven to nine on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary markham gives final approval to schoolarea markham township council on monday approved of the school area district to be set up for that municipality along with markham village and stouffville and about half of the township of whitchurch the matter had been delayed pend ing a settlement as between vaug- han township and richmond hill which is still not finished but mark ham made the proviso in mondays resolution whereby that portion of the township lying along the wes terly border mav be included in the stouffvillemarkham area in the event of richmond hill and vaug- han not forming an area to which the section would normally belong reeve griffin said the matter had been delayed as long as possible and still set up the area to be effec tive january 1919 the present arrangement he pointed out would ensure the whole township being in an area irrespective of what the outcome as between vaughan township and richmond hill might be eighteen inches of frost interested in commencing work on the highways tests were made last week to ascertain the depth of frost and it was found that frost is still down eighteen inches in places when this fact was learned contracting firms decided to delay the start of patching over york county at least no use said one official of the contracting firm in starting to do surfacing when theres still frost in the highways while fields are free of frost roads are not because they have been keep uncovered by snow plows and the frosts went in with a vengeance in places now planting 200000 young trees approximately 200000 trees are now in process of being planted at the vivian forest on lands pur chased by the county council of york through the reforestation committee the seedlings going in are white red scotch and jack pine white spruce euopean larch carolina popular and red oak the work this year is being done by hand whereas last year a similar number of trees were set out with the aid of a mechanical planting machine and which may even yet reach the vivian forest before the planting is completed some of the planting this year will be on land in gwillimbury township north of mount albert but the township of whitchurch will provide the largest acreage to be covered the county of york owns over 2000 acres of land in whitchurdh and the dept of forest and mines plants and cares for the growing trees over a period of 30 years as sort a joint owner mixed grain brought 57 a ton and wheat 115 a bus mr and mrs gostick are retiring from the farm library board seeks historical information it has recently been brought to the attention of the stouffville library board that there is very little authentic information at hand regarding the early settling of this locality and the founding of the village of stouffville the board would like to contact anyone having such information with a view to having it placed in the reference department of the library any deeds or documents brought in for this purpose will be taken card of and returned to the owner anyone wishing to assist in this matter will please contact mrs grace thomas librarian stouff ville ont the trout season opens may 1st saturday markham fair to get new hog palace markham fair this year has been labelled a class b show and will therefore draw a government grant of 1800 the markham fair board is in good financial condition and the added grant will enable them to place the fair on a still higher level this year a new building will be erected to accommodate the swnje exhibits and will be 120 feet by 20 feet not up to reserve bid a bid of 6700 for the brick semi- bungalo belonging to the estate of the late martin tait was refused at the auction sale last week when buyers came all the way from lower part of pickering to make offers mpp killed another hurt student charged cnr remains ox standard friends meetixg day i when the nuisance time we folks are asked to take note of mean daylight time is adopted the friends meeting to be held at next sunday train service will the friends meeting house on remain on standard time for the yonge street near old peoples passenger runs through stouffville home firstday 25th fourth however the passenger train from month april 1918 11 am 2 pm lunch together there at noon tea provided everybody welcome the city will leave toronto at 435 standard or 535 daylight which will help matters a great deal william robertson william robertson ccf member of the legislature for wentworth died in hospital at toronto recently and garfield anderson mayor of fort william ont and ccf mem ber for that constituency is in serious condition they were garfield anderson truck by a coupe near the legislature in toronto robert son was carried 01 feet on the fender of the car police said and anderson was knocked to the road at the point of impact police said the driver was william gordon hume 22 of milton ont he is a divinity william g home student at emmanuel college university of toronto he was released on property ball hume was remanded to april 23 when he appeared in police court and bail was set at 53000 the charge is dangerous driv ing