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famffmllc unburn vol co no 11 authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa the tribune stouffville on thursday july 1 1948 twelve pages lions beauty winners jtown tax rate reduced by one jmill local assessment now more than three quarter million school is closed teachers holiday rural schools all closed this week and promotion results which will be published in the tribune arc beginning to arrive entrance examinations are in progress and then the old school house will be deserted for a couple of months it is interesting to note that in stouffville principal c w watson has been head master here for over 20 years to be exact he is on his 22nd term another teacher with long and excellent record is miss gladys brooks who joined the staff 17 years ago and who is barbara bearss 17 centre shadow lake camper and model in a large toronto departmental store won the beauty contest staged by stouff ville lions club on main street last week and was awarded 35 kay kickley left won second prize s10 and helen lehman right a stouffville entrant came third and was awarded 5 judges were from toronto throngs of people watched the performance and lustily cheered the winners in a class of 13 entrants the wwb orchestra from mark- ham rendered music for the dance and scores of people crowded the bingo and other games provided for their amusement all harvey wellknown enter tainer was master of ceremon ies ditch deep in road oil as dust drenches fields the board of education could ever hope to engage which goes for principal watson too the entire public school staff is reengaged for next term with salary increases and besides the two mentioned include miss mar garet hosie patricia stalwood irma dowswell eileen weldon 000 gallons of coveted dust layer lost in unusual accident while farmers pleaded in vain and crops suffered for lack of road oil to allay the terrible dust nuis ance on the 9th concession of whit church travellers along the con cession beheld the exasperating spectacle of witnessing some 900 gallons of dust layer road oil flow down the ditch through the hamlet of bloomington the other after noon as great trucks buses and other motor vehicles raised clouds of dust passing to and from mussel- mans lake in an effort to allay the dust nuisance whitchurch council con traded for road oil and the beam ish construction co were transferr ing a huge cargo from a transport truck to the spraying truck when the whole load was lost and went down the gutter to the dismay of bystanders and workmen the transport truck and the spray truck had their rearends close and a hose connection was hooked up to make the transfer of oil to the sprayer it was on a slight grade and somehow one machine starter to move off when the brakes failed to hold the hose connection was torn away includ ing the shutoit and the oil ran out until the truck was emptied of its 900 gallons a total loss to the com pany i before a plug could be secured or anything that might stem the flow the precious oil emptied from the tank and found its way down the ditch to be wasted in its entirety the beamish company however continued on their job of oiling the 9lh concession from the lake to stouffville and the work was expected to be completed early this week up to saturday the distance from the lake to bloomington had been covered and great was the praise of farmers and others who were relieved of the dust nuisance over the weekend the action of whitchurch council in being one of the first townships to apply oil to a purely township road is being commended since most pjsons concerned estimate that it is the part of good business to apply oil to heavily travelled roads dixon hill farm again in m0yer family the well known 9g acre farm at dixon hill that was in the moyer family for so many years until it was sold four years ago to mr g o t gamble is again back in the moyer family name the place was sold a few days ago by mr gamble to mr roy moyer brother of mr harvey moyer who sold to mr gamble and moved into town we understand there was little change in the original price which mr gamble paid for the property thespacious stone dwelling will continue to be occupied by mr gamble until next spring at least and this season mr and mrsgam ble will operate the business of valleyfield inn as they have been doing in the past on thursday july 15 a public auction sale will be held to dispose of the entire stock and farm imple ments one mill grant made to the stouffville veterans will am ount to 7j0 assessment is the greatest in history of the town population xears 1500 notwithstanding that the village i council on monday evening made a grant to the stouffville veterans welfare fund of approximately 750 the tax rate for stouffville was struck at one mill less than last year after a reduction of one mill on the general tax rate the nettax will be 30 mills as against 3i in 1917 total assesment i 50155 the veterans through mr george sanders had previously made representation to the council and was promised the issue would be settled before the tax rate was set there was no opposition in the council to the grant as the reeve reminded the council that the boys had not been remembered in a manner that so many other munici palities had recognized their ser vices during the war council instructed the clerk to bring in a bylaw to regulate park ing on main street aside from the present bylaw which places a time limit on parking and which is chiefly enforced in the winter season in order that snow plows may operate efficiently the new- bylaw will forbid parking on the north side of main street from the cnr tracks to the easterly limit of the property of stouffville motors this bottleneck is a dan gerous place especially on nights when stores are open another for bidden area will be the south side of main street opposite the hospi tal property stouffville coop asked for an additional 10 hp electric energy and the matter was turned over to the district engineer to arrange for the company councillor henry ogden and councillor clayt baker were instructed to take up the matter of lavatory accommodation at pre sent the wash rooms are more o less out of operation because of bad usuage at the hands of the public the reeve reported that arrange ments were complete for paving the 9th concession north a quarter mile to the end of the town limits the work will be done by the beamish construction co and the cost of paving 750 shared equally by the village and the township of whitchurch stouffville will pro vide the necessary surface treat- they graduate- the same year from ment since in the past they havej high school too thus when their geese soak still higher not to be outbid by those scott township birds where a goose and gander with their family of 12 goslings sold for 30 by public auction two geese and two ganders with their 17 goslings brought a flat 00 at the estate sale for the late jonas lewis held on the farm just east of stouffville announce results of high school examinations stouffville 175100 11 tig74 iii c055 c 5059 grade 9 1 marion atkinson ruth atkin son floyd doner helen hisey helen paisley ii pauline barkey rodger black arlene bolender helen campbell barbara dixon lome emmerson jim hewlett grace leadley isobel mccreight douglas mcwhirter clifton morris murray pipher jean rae edna sanderson joel stansfield keiin stecklev ronald walsh iii allan farmers held their breath i anderson donna keeping delia women expressed 1 amazement anci doreen ogden ronald smith june steckley reatha steckley marie stover c grace barry bill bath bob bruce douglas card the auctioneer said youre sure going to pay a fancy price for your christmas goose tliis year as ne envisioned the christmas dinner plate- the flock of 17 goslings at 1 each at christmas time would return the original investment to i ffesteachers j thehew ownertplusa few dollars fathers began school same day children graduate same year katharine stoufter and murray wilson medical doctors com plete strange coincident public school inspector archie stouffer and mrs stoufter were in town last week they made a hur ried call to the home folk on the tenth and shook hands with scores of old friends their daugh ter katharine eldest of the four stoufter children is leaving for victoria bc to take a year at interne work at the west coast hospital katharine it should be noted graduated in medicine at toronto university this year along with murray wilson son of dr harry wilson also another stouff ville boy of other years it is interesting to note that while the son and daughter of two former stouffville fathers graduated in medicine the same year their fathers started public school in this town on the same day away back and the four old geese to the good but then there are feed costs and profits to be considered at the same sale a young calf soid for 61 and a heifer and calf realized over 200 the old ford of 1931 vintage fetched 300 and mrs jewis said the sale was wonderful and beyond her fondest expecta tions auctioneer was a s farmer masonic officers installed by city official officers for richardson masonic lodge for the ensuing year were installed last friday evening with rt wor bro h c tugwell of georgina lodge toronto acting as installing officers the veteran officer who has performed this work for more than 25 years with out a break for the local lodge was assisted by grand lodge officers and members of georgina lodge the officers installed wm ipm sw jw chaplain secretary treasurer sd jd ss jw historian inner guard outer guard l c murphy harvey moyer reuben pearce dean wagg j f reid w griffiths dr x c smith norman wagg henry ogden ken wagg bruce mclean x m maclean walter todd a e weldon paid for the oiling while the town ship did the maintenance work with their big grader reeve nolan presided at the meeting and was granted time off to make a presentation at a get- together of the hockey boys mem bers present were councillors glen ratcliff clayt baker henry ogden and john scott at the opening of the session the reeve offered congratulations to councillor john scott on his recent marriage and said that the words he uttered were an expression of the whole council children repeated something of a similar performance it is an interesting incident to ponder over markham officials attended kirkland lake meeting reeve vein griffin and council lor win timbers were markham township representatives at the annual meeting of the ontario municipal officers meeting held in kirkland lake last week they took along with them clerk charlie hoover and they all had their wives accompany them the two day session at kirkland lake heard many and varied discussions on municipal finance and after the sessions the delegates were enter tained in the northland for a third day busy man at eighty is everett barnes whitchurch native house aged 33 years died last week our green river correspondent reports that a horse on che farm of fred byers in south pickering township died last week after reaching the great age of 33 years probably this constitutes something of a record for age in the horse world anyway who has such an animal with so many years of life markham twp back to one road superintendent assistant jack epworth holiday in quebec thus r gibson brown and wife left eavlne travel and the farmers cropjon wednesdav to spend a holiday in the dept u along the way the dept of high ways pays 50 per cent of the cost of oil used for this purpose quebec at the home of mrs browns parents in lachute they intend travelling through a section of the states enroute and will visit with nvppinvc saoo rev and mrs montgomery former km offering s3o0 o tne c church tesrkh cultural picnic in memorial for the red shield campaign frank riches chairman very gratifying says the offering park stouffville on wednesday july 21 this is your invitation to come william clark has been declared road superintendent for the town ship of whitchurch in full charge of operations as in the days when william maxwell was the sole boss and responsible to his council at the same time that mr clark was made superintendent mr maxwell was relieved of the work he has been doing in a dual capacity with mr clark for several years to be now responsible for the bookkeep ing end only thus ends a controversy that has been going on for about three years since the township appointed mr clark to assist mr maxwell who was somewhat in ill health reeve v griffin hotly protested the i need for two superintendents from his seat as a member of council now as reeve mr griffin has forced the issue to a settlement financially there will be no change in the cost of two men hold ing office since mr maxwell will be paid the salary of 100 per month which council last year set or him however there will be some clarity as to responsibility it is pointed out half the cost of salaries like road work is borne by the dept of highways and it was stated that the department did not favor any reduction in the pay going to mr maxwell a long standing and faithful servant recent bride miss donna houghton daughter of dr and mrs charles l houghton mark- ham whose marriage to mr robert cecil shaw elder son of mr and mrs h cecil shaw took place the latter part of june in markham mr and mrs harmon hoover were guests of mr and mrs fife innis erooklin last friday born within a stones throw of where he now lives and works a lovely 5acre garden mr everett barnes celebrated his soth birthday on tuesday by spending the day quietly at home in his accustomed manner one of the cleanest and most productive gardens in the whole township is the acreage mr barnes looks down over from the veranda of his home immediately west of the little hamlet of bloom ington on the 9th concession mr barnes years would never be guessed from his physical appear ance or from the active life he leads ainhis days he has been a farmer and his father before him was also a tiller of land but his father jacob barnes was even more than that for he was a school teacher he came from england at the age of only ten years but later we find him with a teaching certifi cate and master at ringwood mrs philip jones who died in markham last year was one of his pupils two grandchildren later joined the profession i was one of twelve children but some died in infancy and eight of us grew up said mr barnes to the reporter a fact which probably i accounted for his father being a farmer as well as a school teacher the meager salaries paid teachers in the those early days would scarcely support a family of eight only four of the eight are now living mr barnes being the only boy three sisters are mrs eddie who is 84 and the eldest she lives in michigan mrs malcolm connor who is living with her brother and although 75 is a great help in the fine garden also there is mrs murison who resides with her daughter at minden these two sisters are well known in and about stouffville after his marriage as a young man to bertha connor mr and mrs barnes lived on his fathers place now occupied and owned by malcolm ramer after eight years they moved about but mrs barnes died about 20 years ago the present home has been occupied by the family for 37 years three sons are bruce in halifax grant teach ing school and murray on the farm at bloomington also daughter vera mrs dawson burnett was a school teacher at one time and since the death of her husband she has been mistress of her fathers home and as mr barnes would admit couldnt get along without her ernestine cooper clifford dunkeld gerald heath wilfred hewlett jack hicks rondall klinck marion reid phyllis spoflord helen vaughan murray wideman grade 10 norman fairies jessie hard ing willard moyer shirley steck ley 11 clarence fockler donald gieen bud lehman barbara mccreight rita rae barbara smith dean watson betty wide- man allen winn iii barbara bagg margaret bruce jean empringham barry mackay jean miller murray redshaw ronald smith flossie spang c joyce barkey shirley bone john davis agnes forfar charles hill vernon hoover stanley smith grade 11 in a number of cases where standing was not obtained the student may be allowed to take the work of the next class alice barkey eng i hist c alg i phys ii french ii lat i margaret barry eng i hist ii alg c phys ii french ii lat ii paul barry eng ii hist c alg ill phys i french c lome boadway eng c hist c alg ii phys iii phyllis clarkson eng ii hist c alg ii phys c fr ii lat i donald davis eng ill phys c archie forfar eng c alg- ii phys i patricia haley eng ii hist ii alg c phys c french c latin 1 margaret hisey eng i hist t i alg ii phys i fr ii lat i erla holden eng i hist i alg i phys i fr i lat i roy heise eng c hist c phys ii elda gray eng ill fr c lat c wallace james eng c hist c alg i phys ii lat ii patsy lehman eng ii hist c alg i phys c fr ii lat i connie lewis eng ii hist c alg i phys ii fr iii murray mcmullen eng i hist i alg i phys i fr i lat i fay oneill eng ii hist ill alg i phys ii fr ii lat i herberta simpson eng ill hist c alg ill fr c lat i donna stoufter eng ii hist c fr ii lat i murray wagg eng i hist i phys ill fr ill lat c lois weldon eng ill fr ill alg c fr c lat c grade 12 in a number of cases students may proceed to grade 13 work without complete standing in this grade louie bolender eng ii hist ill fr ill lat i geom i chemi dorothy brown eng ill hist ill fr c lat i geom i chem ii edna byer eng c fr c lat ill bob clubine eng ill hist ill fr c lat c geom i chem c grant drewery eng c hist ii fr c lat ill chem iii clemath ellas hist c lat c lloyd freel eng i hist i fr ii lat i geom i chem i helen goudie eng ii hist i fr ii lat i geom ill chem ii mary grove eng ill hist c fr ii lat ii geom c chem ii phys c mary harper eng ii hist ill fr ii lat ii geom i chem i murray miller eng ii hist i french ii lat ii geom i chem i marion murphy eng ii hist i fr ill lat i geom i chem i loreen talbot eng ii hist i fr ill lat i geom ill chem i percy schell eng ill hist ii fr c lat c geom i chem i george timbers eng c hist ill geom c chem iii marion vaughan eng ill hist ill fr ii lat ii geom i chem ii annabell watson eng ii hist ii french iii lat i geom i chem i white lena hist c fr c lat ii geom c chem i luella wideman eng ill hist i fr ill lat i geom ii chemii grade 13 reports for this grade will be published in august l c murphy ba principal the stouffville athletic club carnival will be held on wednes day august 18 so paste the date in your hat and plan to have your friends in town at that time