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stonmnue steitarae vol 60 no 13 authorud as second class mall post office department ottawa the tribune stquffville ont july 15 ls twelve pages cooling off at mt joys fortyyearold spring large area of whitchurch twp may become a game reserve an area of approximately 1000 acres in the vicinity of yandor may shortly become a crown game reserve if the request of the town ship council of whitchurch is acted on by the dept of game and fisheries at a recent meeting of the sporting element in the munici pality the matter of preserving the game in the township was under discussion and fred van nostrand submitted a resolution which car ried the meeting and which was sent on to the township council to act on deputy reeve ed logan and councillors fred timbers and ivan mclaughlinas well as reeve evans had nothing to offer in opposition to the suggestion and approved of the game reserve idea the boun daries will be determined at a later date the vivian forest area is now passing under the game preserve law and some suggestion was made that the new area shpuld be linked with the forest however it was felt that the department would make sote suggestion in this matter if a game reserve is established only organized hunts are permitted it was stated council reappointed the game wardens for 191s as follows geo i smith gormley r b langley gormley harold dews- ibury gormley percy pattenden i stouffville ernest davis stouff ville a b bartholomew stouff- ville wilfrid lundy aurora parker smith aurora george hunt newmarket leslie preston newmarket reuben ireland new market herbert pegg stouffville delmer pegg stouffville j h widdifield newmarket sparkling cold water from this stone fountain comes from a spring discovered about forty years ago close to the mount joy public school in north markham until only recently the familiar site where this fountain stands at the roadside on the sth concession a wooden water trough supplied horses and many a team hauling loads cityward had their thirst quenched here the spring was discovered around the turn of the present century when david grove samuel ramer and albert ferrier were school trustees the flow was so good it was piped to the street that weary travellers and horses might enjoy the refreshing draught later when albert wideman and robert nash were mem bers of the trustee board flush toilets were installed water from the spring being plentiful to this day for their operation as well as providing a safe drinking supply for the child ren youthful ronny sale demonstrates how the young sters reach the flow running into the stone receptacle veteran of the old guard laid to rest george austin of stouffville who died at sunnybrook military hos pital on friday july 9 ifws was what one might justly call a veteran of the old guard one could scarcely spend more than eighteen years in the imperial army without showing that train ing in not only the carriage of the individual but by mannerism and general demeanour the late mr austin joined the imperials at the age of 16 and remained in the service lsms years a native of buckinghamshire england where his father was a rose grower he came to canada in 191g and lived in stouffville a good deal of that time only little more than two months ago his wife died and he had been in ill health ever since in fact he was not well before this bereavement overtook the family in the death of mrs austin george austin served in the first war joining the service in 1916 surviving the parents are five of a family an only son george joe who expects to graduate from oac guelph this year and four daughters lillian mrs george ellis rosaline mrs leber evelyn mrs hustler and miss dorothy the funeral on monday after noon proceeded from the late home to stouffville cemetery the service being conducted by rev d davis of the united church stouffville veterans formed a guard of honor pallbearers were h lewis w smith j barkey l weldon f castle and bob mcconnochie all veterans of the last war while honorary bearers veterans of the first war were dr s s ball k r davis geo saunders e b leavens f smith and geo abell earl lehman bugler sounded the last post mr richard burton underwent an operation in a toronto hospital and is making recovery he is one of the towns longest standing citizens entrance results are announced stouffville atkinson ray hon beach dorothy boake donald bodendiscel james hon bolender florence brown audrey brown ira hon brown marion hon burkholder grant hon byer glen byron betty hon carmichael stanley clarke louise hon claughton phyllis cook edith couperwaite murray hon cox reginald hon- dadson john hon elsie kenneth charles fockler bruce eraser kenneth garrat douglas grove joseph hon grove mildred hon grove pearl hon hallman joyce hon hallman ona halsted clara lion hartwick shirley haynes joan hon hill constance hill edward james hon hlsey barbara hon hotchkiss barbara hunt harr hon jacob joyce jagger tommy jones doreen kennedy eileen lewis betty lewis donald lewis ian lintner george hon lotton june madill clifford mckeown thelma hon mortson lome murphy edward hon murphy william hon myers margaret hon oboyle walter hon paisley jean paisley phyllis reid eleanor roberts herbert george hon rusnell bruce hon savor- etti anna hon schell shirley hon sellers grace snowball helen hon spence roger spence shirley edna hon spofford elaine hon steckley doris hon stewart george taun floyd hon thomp son glen ross hon timbers bruce timbers ruth hon tremb- lay mary- white marion wide- man mary hon wideman stewart hon wood norman hon mark ha in alexander robert gordon allen ronald clark hon baker clare boadway carman walker borean mary boxall nora bratton beverley irene hon brooks earl brown helen brown robin burk holder helen ruth burkholder muriel doreen rurrows margaret hon cole ethel hon cole william davis marion dudun bernard eatock margaret hon continued on page six sudden death ot mrs harry spang shocks the neighborhood the death of mrs harry spang at the brierbush hospital on tues day came as a great shock to her many friends seized with a stroke during the night mrs spang was rushed to the hospital where she passed away within a week and before many were aware of her condition she was in her 73rd year the funeral on friday afternoon will proceed from the late home in markham twp at 230 for public service in peaches church at 3 pm followed by interment in the cemetery there born in markham mrs spang was a daughter of the late samuei b hoover and is survived by her husband a well known harness maker in business at ringwood sandford and other places in the district hereabout for long years they purchased the present home andretired on the sth concession of markham about ten years ago also surviving are two daughters mrs garner and mrs george sale an onlv brother surviving is anthony hoover dickson hill and four sisters are mrs lott mrs david stouffer mrs willis lehman and mrs w knight best honey crop in years to set a new record you can depend on it we will harvest the largest honey crop in years said mr walter byer member of the well known firm of j l byer sons apiarists with stations in six or seven counties talking to the tribune yesterday mr byer declared that not only the crop would set a record for quantity but it will be the best quality honey harvested in several seasons the provincial association has not yet set the price for this season and what they do will have some bearing on the selling price here but mr byer said it wouid be good news to the consumers to know that the price will point down ward last year honey was 20c per pound so that the 194s crop will be offered at something below that figure the byer apiary will have new hone3 available in fair supply the latter part of this month and throughout the month of august when hundreds of- local orders will be taken care of incidentally mr j l byer senior member of the firm who has been in ill health for some time causing a great deal of anxiety to his family and friends is now on the mend air byer is able to take his meals at the table again and to sit about his home daily local youth at supervised camp in big numbers whitchurch to share in liquor fines in future the township of whitchurch ho township should pass a bylaw will share in the monies received for lines imposed in that munici pality under the ontario liquoc act it was learned at the regula meeting of the municipal council on saturday heretofore the fines went to the province and the council under reeve l p evans took steps to enact the necessary bylaw that would enable the town ship so collect a share since then- officers undertake to carry out the provisions of the liquor control act at this meeting a request from the town of aurora suggested that under sec 23 of the planning act declaring a strip of territory five- eights of a mile wide north east and south of aurora as urban development area council rather approved of the idea but felt the depth of territory was too great and aurora will be advised to this effect the elwood park association at wilcox lake asked that three of their members which they named in the request be furnished with police badges but the request was turned down on the advice of the township police dept more road oil coming this week an additional 1300 gallons of dust layer was ordered to be placed on town streets this week at a special meeting of council called by the reeve monday evening the first allotment of oil did not cover the number of streets estimated it would do because it was found that fresh gravel consumed more than double the amount of oil necessary to cover a hard surface many streets were gravelled this year at the same meeting council determined not to dispose of the deadend street summerville ave lyng between the properties of e a button and elias hoover on obrien avenue owing to legal entanglement it might involve mr hoover and mr button made an olfer for the ground which serves no public purpose since there was no provision made on the lloyd subdivision for the street to pro ceed through westward however since the matter was under consid eration mr allison on the lloyd subdivision has started to build a garage with a view to going out on this unused street to obrien ave when an application for holding a street dance was read from the athletic club reeve nolan advised that the request be submitted tc the dept of highways who are now in control of this highway from east end of town to r r- tracks he said a statement from them would clarify the towns position for this and future requests friends will be pleased to learn that mrs f l button is recovering from her recent illness camp ahshunyoong on lake simcoe is in full swing again pro viding splendid facilities for the boys and girls to get a good vac tion under capable leadership with wholesome meals and safe swimm ing the following boys represented stouffville george barkey david and robert hammersley jimmie rennie tom mccreight grant wagg ross madill barry wilkes eddie sanders david baker donald harmon arnold lintner elwood lintner gordon grimley ronnie wilson elford fairies and bobbie barnes rev d davis of stouffville busi ness manager reported 87 boys in camp and 11 leaders rev r chapiiif melville was camp director other leaders were cecil davis frank muir don moyer and two senior students from malvern and brown messrs budd harris nelles hiltz this is an interdenominational camp says the business manager and registered as follows united church 55 anglican 15 christian church 9 presbyterian 5 and bap tist 3 the junior girls camp opens this monday with 11 girls from stouff ville whitchurch issues 40000 in building permits in two months the township of whitchurch has now been issuing permits for buildings and alterations for just two months and inspector j a clarke reports that he has issued seventy permits for a total of 10000 for the most part the new con struction is not on a large scale most of the permits being for struc tures of 3000 to 5000 many are for smaller sums tooas much of the new business is for cottages at wilcox and musselmans lakes good news for townline farmers farmers and others living along the townline between ringwood and the sixth concession of mark ham will shortly have their griev ance over the awful road condition there attended to within a couple of weeks the miller construction co will commence laying the tarvia top on this piece of county road that will make it better than it has ever been even in the days when the road had a narrow strip of tarvia on the tribune called the county engineer yesterday to ascertain when the promise given to the reeve of stouffvillethe deputy reeve of whitchurch and the reeve of markham would be fulfilled that promise was a tarvia top this sum mer on this road mr rose assured the press that the work would shortly be underway the company holding the contract are topping other roads and should reach this job in ten days but wet weather or breakdown of machinery could delay them in any event it will be good news to all who travel this road to learn that it is but a matter of weeks ere a real highway will ribbon out before them big summer auction today busy time isnt it well try and take time off for the guernsey cattle sale on the farm of g o t gamble dickson hill the owner is giving up farming and will sell all the stock and implements a good farm truck- and his registered herd of guernseys mrs fred cockerill has been con- fined to hospital in toronto for two collegiate revs beatty brethren weeks and is reported improving whitchurch reeve in action reeve l p evans of whit church may have many official duties to attend this year but he still finds time to perform that timehonored task about the stables on his farm depict ed here reeve evans is one of the york county commis sioners in the county council a position next to the warden jiqs vicepresident of dominion ayrshire association and was reeve evans will leave shortly on a trip to the west coast and vancouver in the interest of the breeders association claremont man enters law practise at brampton mr russel e prouse of clare mont a recent graduate of osgoode hall has recently become affiliated with the firm of graham graham and bowyer in brampton the brampton conservator announces this week he graduated this year and was called to the bar on june 30 mr prouse attended the univers ity of toronto where he received his ba degree before serving for two years in the canadian navy attached to dems this branch consisted of naval personnel mann ing the guns on merchant ships during the three years he attended osgoode hall in toronto mr prouse was articled to miss lillian sandler 2 college street farmer rubs eyes says yes theyre deer doug clarke son of mr j a clarke of whitchurch township may be still rubbing his eyes but he is firm in his conviction of hav ing seen a pair of lovely looking deer cross the field on the late ezra armstrong place near the clarke home and the well known pat murphy place on the 6th conces sion the most that doug could remember about the incident was that they were a nice looking pair graceful and well grown soon out of sight they are said to be the first deer seen in the locality for a long time no doubt a couple of hundred years ago to the hurons or algon- quins whose indian village was not far from this part of the township this scene was every day occur ence few farmers have objection to the odd deer running the countryside but this area has been credited with wolves for which bounty may have been paid when the destruction was charged up to dogs in the not too dim past however councils are sympathetic to farmers losing sheep by wolves just the same as by dogs and are glad to call on the dog tax fund to make compensation visitor from indiana mr and mrs w h macnabb of moorsville indiana arft holidaying in his old home town the mac- nabbs lived on main street in the houe occupied by miss laura forsyth mr macnabb still own the property