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towfmlte hrftatie vol 61 no 20 the tribune stouffville ont september 1 1949 markham next on hydro changeover most of township now inventoried spokesman says the big frequency changeover in scarboro from 25 to 60cycle power will start octl and it is scheduled to be completed by dec 31 the scarboro mail reported last week almost all of scarboro has been inventoried a spokesman said there are a few isolated sections and homes which have not yet been contacted but this is usually because the householders were not available when the inventory teams called these homes have been checked and will be contacted again before the actual changes are made the source explained that the changeover will be made in small sections with transformers chang ed over one at a time and all houses served by each trans former changed at the same time scarboro will be the first com plete section to be changed over from the old to the new frequency the source said east york has been crianged in small areas and others are bein changed but these alterations are being made on an experimental basis the experience gained will be put to use in the major work being done in scarboro the spokesman said that al though the changeover from 25 to 60cycle tiad started in east york first east york will not be com pletely changed over until con siderably after scarboros frequ ency has been entirely changed markham township now is being toured by the inventory crews but it is not intended to start the changeover in markham until after scarboro has been com pleted the source said plant that may contain cure for arthritis this ivylike plant being grown in the new york botanical gardens may contain the ingredients from which a medicine can be made to relieve suffering from arthritis the world oyer it is strophanthus preus native to africa one of the botanical groups from which cortisone can be manufactured which doctors hope on the basis of their experiments can cure or relieve rheumatic fever and arthritis cortisone formerly was obtained from glands of sattle at prohibitive cost peach belt moving north a news item in the tribune last week arrested the attention of mr l b hei west of victoria square when it veported a resident of stouifville had picked an eleven quart basket of peaches from one tree mr heise has peach trees on his attractive farm there in one of markhams choice sections and one of ihese trees in the orchard produced nine- gquart baskets this yeift the fruit was not quite as large but fully equal to flavor of the niagara varieties several limbs broke down under the weight of the fruit mr heise reports and as this happened before the fruit was matured it naturally reduced the yield this is the third year this tree on the heise farm has produced an equal amount of fruit the tree came up from a pit and is of the crawford variety other trees he says are coming into bearing train kills toronto man struck by a slowmoving freight train as he crossed the track at pefferlaw about 10 miles east of sutton james shipley 40 of jarvis st toronto died of multiple injuries in orillia hospital on fri day shipley had been working as a cook for a construction gang making repairs to the track he was seen walking alongside of the main line shortly before he was struck by the locomotive the train was halted immediately a member of the track gang said shipley must have thought he could cross the track in front of the train and misjudged its speed sunday night smash piles up cars on sunday evening a truck stopped on the highway between stouffville and ringwood at about 9 oclock when the engine went dead it was raining and the pave ment was wet and before many minutes several other cars were in the pileup mr percy steckley was proceeding to torono and was ed the truck hoteve wsm active interest in the w and flash another car piled into mr came t0 toronto from vancouver steckley and still another mark ham police were called and laid a charge against the truck driver a toronto man when the truck engine failed the driver had no flare lights and had no lights what ever on the truck one of the occupants of the truck was waving his arms frantically at oncoming cars wife of late dr albert mitchell died in vancouver many friends here who had the pleasure of her acquaintance will regret to learn of the death in vancouver of mrs mitchell wife of the late dr albert mitchell native of ringwood she passed away on saturday aug 27 mrs mitchell was a talented person and her gracious manner always impressed those who knew her prominent worker in the united church of canada she took very heise hill church folk take boat trip about sixty persons from heise hill church in markham enjoyed a boat trip to queehston on mon day evening they rendered several musical numbers for the people on board and the outing was much enjoyed edgar starr buried in native whitchurch edgar douglas starr son of the late robert a starr and ada hea cock died suddenly in parry sound district and was brought to pine orchard cemetery whitchurch for burial the deceased was of pioneer stock his great great grandfather on his fathers side settling in whitchurch township in 1801 his great great grandfather on his mothers side came to can ada sometime before 1800 living near st catharines for a short time in 1s04 they purchased land in king township which was then completely bush being lot 26 and 27 in the 3rd concession of king the deceased was born at pine orchard and lived there until he joined the armed forces in war 19111918 shortly before going overseas he and his mother and sister moved to newmarket after returning from overseas edgar starr worked for the hydro for a number of years some of the places where the deceased worked were nipigon welland ottawa arnprior campbellford smiths falls mountain view uchi at the latter place there were no roads in 1939 so they did all their travel ing by plane his interests were fishing and hunting and he loved the great open spaces of the north country the deceased was a member of the newmarket veterans associa tion and was also a member of the whitchurch conservation club he had been in poor health since 1912 when he had a fall at the plant in newmarket he also lost the sight of one eye at the same time he leaves to mourn his loss a sister leonora starr at home and a brother stuart w starr of tor onto mrs l merritt sister of the deceased passed away sir 1941 york county chief resigns to give his whole time to business chief of the york county police force george stewart 54 years of age has resigned his police job and will follow his hotel interests it is reported sgt monty shadwick has been appointed acting chief by the police commission chief stewart joined the force in 1920 and was promoted to detectivesergeant and then chief his conduct as chief has many times been the subject of animated debate and last year when he figured in a motor crash and was charged with dangerous driving county council was defintely critical of what many members said was whitewash in a report given out by the committee when he was reinstated and held more or less blameless as a result of the tension that existed in york county council no effort was made to install a radio system for the police force which is badly handicapped without this modern weapon with chief stewart moving off the scene it is hoped in county circles that with a new chief con ducting the service as the council lors would like it a better feeling will exist and improvements made that will bring the county force abreast of conditions who will succeed chief stewart constable kidd has been mention ed but he may be regarded as lacking experience although he has been on the force eight years the guess of some is that an outside man will be brought in the appointment will not fall to the lot of county council but will be made by the police commission on several occasions as representa tive from the province on the dominion board dr mitchell died about eight years ago and a son dr harold mitchell passed away in england in 1914 where he held an impor tant position at liverpool after serving in the first war surviving the mother are one son murray and one daughter ruth mrs alex mccallum boy falls only 30 inches from tractor seat but is almost instantly killed although he fell only 30 inches gordon robert kirk was almost instantly killed when he fell from the tractor seat on the farm of his uncle william paisley gth conces sion whitchurch last thursday late afternoon only 12 years of age the unfortunate lad was the only son of mr and mrs garnet kirk and local flower society wins at cne stouffville horticultural society won an outstanding prize at the canadian national exhibitions again this year they were award- j ed first prize for a large basket of seasonable garden flowers which was to have an overall size of two feet by three feet the competition was open to a wide field or any horticultural society entries have been sent in for four baskets to be placed and ready for judging by 9 am on each monday and thursday of the show these exhibits are found in the west wing of the horticultural building it is not entirely new for the local society to walk off with a prize or two at the cne and it goes to prove that the local organ ization or its enthusiastic members and officers have more than a pass ing interest in the beauty of nature in the floral field mr clarence e hastings of tor onto called at the s w hast ings home on tuesday last mr and mrs darcy mahaffy of chicago 111 are visitors this week with miss waters and mrs w h shaw peaches ix stouffville a peach tree owned by mrs car men morris church st s has yielded over three sixquart baskets of fruit this year the peaches are fine large sample one tipping the scales at half a pound artificial ice work starting this week linde canadian refrigeration co is beginning work this week of installing the artificial ice machinery in the new stouffville arena the piping nearly 35000 feet of it was delivered direct from the manufacturers last week the laying of the pipe will require some ten days to complete each length is laid on the timbers embedded in the sand floor they are welded together clipped to the wood and joined to a large feeder pipe at the east end where valves will control each section in case of leakage the companys contract calls for the ice to be ready the first week of october and some night work may be necessary to complete the job in time markham spring dry first time in hundred years funfilled matinees beginning saturday sept 3rd therell be a childrens matinee at the stanley theatre each saturday at 2 pm special matinee will be three cartoons just for the kiddies admission will be 15c for children and 30c for adults img fall clearance at stouffville radio electric that promised september sale of radios electric washers and other household appliances gets under way at stouffville radio electric this week it will pay you to read the large display advertisement on page six of this issue there are some really choice savings what truck driver who passes up and down- the 8th concession of markham on bis daily rounds does not know about and has not drawn a refreshing draught from the cool ing spring on the jos reesor farm two and a half miles south of ring- wood today the old spring ceases to give forth its sparkling cool water that has quenched the thirst of thousands over the last century back in the horse and buggy days weary travellers pulled up for refreshment in preference to buying the wares of the way side inn and in recent years the truck drivers made use of the spring to quench their thirst dur ing the heat of the day or the cool of the evening indeed reesors spring rendered a popular and worthwhile service temporarily at least business is suspended at the spring for the water that flow ed there unceasingly for at least a hundred years is now stopped and inactive i think it would be safe to say that the spring has never failed before in a hundred years said mr joe reesor and who knows it may never have failed since the days of the indian trail one thing that is known is that mr reesors mother who lives on the homestead with her son and who is now in her 89th year declares this is the first time the spring ever dried up in her liftetime another observer calls attention to the fact that whereupon this is one of the worst years for drought recorded in the last fifty and at a time when the country has been denuded of trees as never before the two things combine to disrupt the steady flow at the spring small creeks that scarcely ever go dry are showing parched creek beds all over the township and especial ly south into scarboro fifty and a hundred years ago when the township was fairly well cropped with trees the reesor spring had no strain put on it to remain active but with the whole country denuded of shade plus the long season of dry weather it has proven too much on this reesor farm within the memory of middleaged persons there was a gravel pit and when it was done mr reesor wisely planted out young trees and today it is a lovely piece of bush instead of an unsightly waste of land had this farmer not taken the trouble to set out those trees 20 years ago or more the popular wayside spring would probably have been just a memory years before this with the late summer and fall rains it is expected the reesor spring will once again give forth its sparkling draught of water to the thirsty who seek its welcome flow truckers sitting behind hot engines hauling loads from the city looked forward to reaching the spring when they would be seen pulling to a halt and stepping down from the cab to make their way along the short path to the gurgling water just twenty feet from the roadside nestled under protecting trees that this thought ful farmer took care to plant and preserve over the decades gordon kirk besides his parents is survived by two sisters grace aged 10 years and florence 8 years the lad had always looked for ward to spending nis summer holidays on the farm of his uncle mr paisley since his home was in toronto the family living at no 70 benson avenue this summer was no exception and young gordon had been on the farm for several weeks this thursday afternoon he was riding with david paisley on the tractor and as they neared the barn travelling along the smooth laneway david looked around to see gordon lying in a heap he had just tumbled off made no exclamation whatever picked up he was unconscious and medical aid was quickly sought failing to find a doctor in stouff ville one was secured at richmond hill and when the doctor arrived and found the boy dead he summond coroner dr wilson of aurora the lad had suffered a fractured skull from the apparent innocent fall nothing could be done to save the young life the lads uncle is strongly of the opinion that the lad suffered a weak spell which caused him to fall from the machine no wheels passed over him and the tractor was drawing no implement behind the theory that the boy may have taken a seizure of some kind is borne out by reason that there was really no cause for him to fall the going was smooth and the distance from the ground so short that he might easily have put out a hand and softened the tumble but if he was stricken he could not have made any effort to save him self this permitted him to fall on his head in such a manner as to cause a fracture the funeral on saturday after noon took place from the home of the lads grandmother mrs jos kirk 8th concession markham and proceeded to peachs cemetery for interment members of the boy scout club in toronto where gordon belonged acted as pall bearers and rev gibson brown conducted the service assisted by rev r t chapin and rev mr charleton of toronto the whole countryside it seem ed turned out to offer their sympathy to the parents the grandmother to mr and mrs paisley and other relatives in this unusual and simple accident which proved to have such fatal conse quences marks 90 years with a smile friends were pouring in congrat ulations on mrs s m warriner last thursday on the occasion of her 90th birthday mrs warriner is very active and enjoys a car ride just the same as the younger set one of the towns longest stand ing residents mrs warriner spent a happy birthday surrounded by her two daughters mrs totton and mrs fleury son dr s m warri ner of winnipeg has already visit ed his mother this summer and son harold of course lives right in stouffville mrs warriner with her husband settled in town back in 1881 sixtyeight years ago when sam w warriner first hung up his shingle as a town merchant he was a leading merchant too but passed away around the turn of the century and mrs warriner still occupies the home they estab lished on church street when they first entered business here farm sold again the gurney brooks farm at mount albert recently sold to berton tindall of goodwood has just been resold by tindall to john f dean of markham township once more the deal was completed by george alliston stouffville realtor when mr tindall acquired the 100 acre brooks farm in august it was being offered at 21000 but may have sold for something less the place has attractive buildings and modern home in a rich farming area many motorists bagged speeding through the square a bulky list of speeders were summoned to court last week for exceeding the speed limit travell ing through victoria square on the 4 th concession of markham york county officers set up a speed trap because reports indicated that this well kept highway was being turn ed into a speedway for motorists most of those summoned settled out of court and fines ranging up to 30 and costs were imposed according to their excessive speed the bulk of those who settled were assessed 25 and costs this should be a warning to motorists to respect the speed limit on country highways racing through hamlets at 60 and 70 miles an hour is dangerous business and costly too as many learned on this occasion 12 cars pile into each other when one stops at foot of hill when a car stopped at the foot of green river hill during the driving rain late sunday 12 cars following in line piled into each other and tied up traffic for over an hour provincial constable victor proc tor of unionville said constable clarence wideman of markham township police one of the drivers involved said he was driving home and as he came down the hill east of green river about four miles from markham he saw the driver ahead of him slam on his brakes and skid into a car ahead i managed to get stopped but it didnt do me any good because a car following me slammed into my back fender and drove my car into the car in front he said when i got out of the car i looked back and saw car after car slide into the rear of the car immediately in front as the line of smashed cars grew longer the crashes become louder because the cars breaking over the hill didnt have time to slow down he said he said several of the cars were severely damaged and only a few were able to leave the scene under their own power i looked back and saw one woman get out of a car with blood streaming from her face he said constable wideman said the line of traffic was moving about 25 miles an hour when the collision occurred i had slowed down be cause a sudden gust of rain swept across my windshield mrs stan hastings has returned from a holiday spent with her sisters mrs v h dennis and miss lora harvey at a cottage on lake of bays near baysville muskoka rev caleb harris of toronto was active in the strong opposition to more liquor out lets in toronto mr harris was the baptist church pastor at uxbridge and goodwood some 35 years ago and since then has filled some large and important pastorates