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twelve pages fcrnffinut mihnm 2960 copies vol 60 no 26 the tribune stouffville ont october 13 1949 from stouffville to australia mr and mrs cliff salmon and the boys who left stouffville in their modern home on wheels a few weeks ago on the first leg of their journey to australia reached chicago last week mr salmon graciously promised to give our readers a word picture on the trip and first installment follows mr salmon spent several years here with stiver bros and his graphic account of the journey he and his family are undertaking will be one of the highlights from time to time written from chicago 111 tuesday sept 27th 1949 and wednesday sept 28th hi folks by cliff salmon we dont seem to be making much speed westward do we well we had some visiting to do at detroit and also at nashville mich and every place has been so interesting that we have hated to pull up the anchor and move on to the next for instance today we drove in bright and early from our trailer camp on no 7 highway southwest of chicago clean up to the north end of the city this was mostly along the lake shore drive what a town it is spread out for miles and miles big buildings beautiful parks double fourlane highways etc it shades new york in giving you the impression of bigness and it doesnt seem to be over crowded in spite of the population t itistics after finding free parking in front of the museum of natural history we decided we could do worse than spend an hour inside sharpening up our intellectual appreciation we were in over four hours and emerged footweary after seeing less than a quarter of the exhibits each floor covers several acres and there are four of them and we had hoped to have time for shopping in the big stores as well so to shop we must stay another day our trip this far has had two or three highlights worthy of men tion first there was the detroit zoological gardens the big feature here is the way the animals are displayed no cages except on the inside of their winter quarters instead they are separated from the curious crowds by wide deep moats it is really something to see a set of real live tigers gazing nonchalantly at you while you take their pictures and no bars be tween we wondered if they could jump the moats if they tried the same type of settings are used for lions bears elephants rhinos grafts etc we took coloured shots of most of them too another highlight was our two hour tour through the post cereal plant at battle creek mich we observed some wonderful auto matic machinery at work cooking and packing grape nut flakes etc it was quite an education especially for peter it was his first look at the inside of a factory we finished off here with free servings of hot postum and grape- nut ice cream from battle creek to the indiana border was one of the prettiest drives we have ever taken the country is wellwooded and rolling the trees were in many places wearing their autumn colours and the highways were perfect we went through the fruitgrowing section of southern michigan stop ping once or twice to buy samples we bought a watermelon for 25c apples were selling at 50c a bushel the same stands that sold fruits and vegetables also went in for many varieties of bottled fruit juices and home canning the weatherman was very nice to us on this section of our trip favor ing us with a sunny sunday after noon once over into indiana the scenery changed remarkably the section of indiana touching lake michigan is mostly a series of sand dunes we took the no 12 highway all the way and just before coming into gary we visited the indiana dunes state park this was really something it is a huge area with a double highway through it from the main road to the lakefront the parking area to accommodate the summer bathing crowds is so vast all paved cement that we took a picture of it with the sand dunes as a background i estimated that it would accommo date at least 2500 ears a large section of the park is set aside for trailer facilities so we stayed the night at a cost of only 50c this included electricity water etc from there on into the southern environs of chicago wasnt especially interesting we stopped on a noparking law for about half a minute to snap a picture of the notvcryromantic illinois state line while we were search ing for a camp in chicago we came across what to us was quite a curiosity an automatic icevending machine wc needed some ice any- aims vounci iln ci authority over new cemetery with several appeals filed against the assessment just com pleted in whitchurch council in session saturday set october 29 at 2 pm as the date and hour when the appeals may be dealt with road superintendent sandy davis informed council that 7100 yards of gravel had so far been placed on the roads this year while he was discussing the fall work that is yet to be attended to township road work is in better shape than for many years f l button kc informed council by letter that he consid ered council went beyond their jurisdiction in forbidding the establishment of a cemetery at new gormley where an acre of land had been granted for a burial ground to the united missionary church reeve logan said that when the matter came up many months ago it was considered that one acre was not sufficient for a cemetery and that other reasons such as several citizens protesting the establishment of the cemetery near their homes was also an influencing factor in coming to the decision council reached at that time it was decided to refer the matter to the township solicitor mr i d lucas live holstein lives in store the real live holstein calf own ed by garfield ham has been quartered in the store of stiver bros where it is just as well cared for as elsie of borden fame mr m watts keeps an eye on the baby heifer as it dollicks in its crib of clean shavings and greets the customers with a lick of the tongue- if they prefer their greet ings that way well watered and always a bag of purina calf feed before it a test will be made and around christmas or sooner per hag it will be weighed and its gain recorded there is nothing so impressive as real action in advertising and in this case nothing so popular with the youngsters a bull in a china shop wouldnt be more impressive as this little lady in the feed store shoot five dogs in sheep attack whitchurch township council on saturday agreed to pay 105 compensation for three registered sheep killed by dogs and valued by a duly appointed valuer for the municipality i understand that richard blue owner had been selling ewes from this flock at 45 each said reeve logan which no doubt accounts for the high price set for compensation a bright spot about the attack made by the sheep is that three dogs were shot it was on the morning of september 15 on the farm of richard blue lot 26 con 3 when the hired man john campbell took aim at the attack ers and brought down three dogs while wounding a fourth camp bell will be entitled to prove his claim and collect 5 per dog reward from the township council another sheep claim that will be filed shortly is for a killing on the farm of c h hickson near aurora while the press has not the facts about the killing the information is to hand that ernie atkinson was driving a truck along the road when he saw the dogs at the sheep he drew up at the home of gordon timbers borrowed a gun there and ran to the defence of the sheep he shot down two dogs and wounded another the animals were not identified but are believed to have come from aurora since the farm is close to town way so i tried it out there is a slot for a quarter and a nickle you push in the lever and presto a 50 size block of ice is delivered in the chute at your feet ready to be carried away we took a picture of that too a word or two about chicago traffic on the whole it is much slower than detroit and there arent the same jackrabbit starts and sudden stops in several places policemen stand at intersections and blow whistles when the lights change to hurry along the traffic this seems to be a good idea be cause quite often the stop lights are none too obvious especially for out of town visitors like us another feature we hadnt met up with before was taking a left turn against a red light in obedience to a green arrow light under the regular greenorangered com bination on wednesday am we drove again to the middle of town this time parking in an enormous park ing area not more than 5 minutes walk from the famous loop after reports we heard we were agree ably amazed to obtain parking privileges all day for 50c we asked how many cars they could put in the answer was over 3500 doris went shopping while i did a spell of babysitting in the car in the afternoon we visited the museum of science and industry this will remain the top item of interest of our stay in chicago there are more things of interest packed into that building than you can shake a stick at to mention two or three there is a visit to a coal mine r huge pendulum suspended to the roof of the building and which records the motion of the earth on its axis on a large dial on the base ment floor a medical exhibit which included complete human anatomy with life size models to be continued married in stouffville 60 years ago uxbridge couple celebrate event married in stouffville 60 years ago by rev mr brown metho dist minister here at that time mr and mrs charlie lee celebrat ed the event at their home in uxbridge town over the weekend present for the occasion were their three sons two daughters seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren in addition to scores of old friends calling dur ing the day mr lee is in his 82nd year and mrs lee her 81st she was born in stouffville a daughter of the late mr and mrs jos park mr park operated a sash and door factory she recalls as does mr lee the day they were wed at the home of her parents they took up land in uxbridge township and in which municipality mr lee was born he was prominent in public life and served 20 years in one office or another elected first to the township council he was elevated to deputy reeve and served here for several terms then stepped into the reeveship later he became road superintendent and held this position for eleven years widely known throughout the township and in stouffville and uxbridge everybody is pleased to learn of the happy diamond wedd ing event will install speed trap in town unless motorists slow down a speed strap is on the way for stouffville if the fast driving is not curbed on our streets was the decision of the local municipal council meeting in regular session on thursday night its very difficult to catch these speeders in a short distance on main st stated the reeve a speed trap would cost prob ably 75 the reeve explained wed get it back in fines said councillor ratclift reeve nolan agreed speeding is bad on some of the longer side streets too stated councillors baker and ogden mrs dr john button and mrs dr neil smith representing the local nursery school waited on council to see if a municipal grant couldnt be arranged to keep the school from operating with a deficit the government would subsidize the school an amount equal to any municipal grant mrs button informed council council asked the ladies why the rates couldnt be raised if expenses couldnt be met from present income but the delegation stated that they thought there were some who couldnt pay if the fees were raised above 5 per month i councillor ratcliff expressed the t opinion that possibly when the l corn crnn nursery school was incorporated neory vurn f into the local public school would splits cement silo open be time for the town as a whole the w cemenl silo on the farm to subscribe of jack sheriianr east 0 stouff- council agreed with mr ratcliff ville split open on friday when it the reeve added that it was not a to hold a bumper corn advisable for a council with only tna piled high above the 36 one meeting left in their term qf j f top office to make a decision on such w the si was ailed snow a mattei fencing wa3 nm aroun and ernie hydro consumed for the past c custom silo filler start- month reached 775 hp and the ed to work filung aga before he account was passed being thej largest on record clerk storey questioned council regarding a deposit of possibly 500 from the new arena for hydro tii u j v ensilage settled ten feet wnen it installation he was informed that suniu k h f council would go on had added many feet a loud report was heard and the cement sides showed a dangerous crack filled to capacity several days ago the record as asking for no deposit from a local public enterprise of this nature and motion was passed to that effect council was informed that the local fire brigade was very pleased with the new floor and increased headroom in the fire hall there was some discussion over the failure of pickering township to pay for the stouffville brigade answering calls in that munici pality and council expressed the opinion that service would be cut off if this proved to be the case was refilled and then the fencing added work was suspended and an effort will be made no doubt to fasten steel bands around the structure approve half million dollar school without discussion when the township council in whitchurch was asked to approve the aurora high school area iroject which will cost in the neighborhood of 505500 the item passed council on saturday with out discussion the councillors evidently felt that inasmuch as the area must have a new school it would not be part of wisdom for them to raise any stumbling block coon son of education in his letter dated aug 2 1949 addressed to miss love secretary as to estimated cost building contract 401000 architects fee 24000 site 10500 furniture equip 70000 3 we approve of the architect chosen by the board namely s b engagements mr and mrs willis wideman announce the engagement of then- second daughter elva june to john harvey dike son of mrs dike and the late percy dike of markham the marriage will take place on wednesday oct 19th at 3 pm in the wideman mennonite church the marriage of eunice nita margaret second daughter of mrs annie yake and the late albert e yake to harvey hoover wide- man oldest son of mr and mrs jacob wideman is announced to take place on saturday oct 15th mrs v h dennis and miss lou harvey of toronto spent thanks giving with their sister mrs swj hastings i for the school area board to run into the present high school in aurora is being taken over by the town of aurora for a public school at a cost of 100000 and this will offset by less than onefifth the cost of the new high school which will affect the ratepayers on the west side of the township the following resolution was prepared and laid before the council and was passed unani mously and signed by reeve logan that we the members of the whitchurch municipal council hereby endorse the action of the aurora high school district board in respect to their building pro gram as follows 1 we approve the site chosen namely 13 acres more or less of the dunning property at a price of 10500 2 we accept the figures presented by the deputy minister 4 we hereby delegate author ity to the council or clerk of the town of aurora to apply to the ontario municipal board for per mission to issue the necessary debentures local plowing match next week the north york plowing match is to be held on the farm of oliver diceman queensville one and a quarter miles north and one and a quarter miles east on wednesday october 19 the prize list is just off the press today thursday and may be obtained at the office of this paper or from president allan shaw sharon secretary r e ratcliff stouffville or any of the directors those in whitchurch are fred timbers wm simpson elmer wells edw logan edw fergu son scene in rural church thanksgiving service js ontario plowing match in reach tp the plowing match is still a popular institution and stabilizing influence in agriculture in ontario county with 50 entries in all classes and one of the largest crowds in years the annual plow ing match of the south ontario plowmens association held oct 4 on the 2o0acre farm of c s waller lot 17 con 11 reach township brought out this fact moreover the judges were unani mous that the horse and tractor plowing was not only of high quality but among the best they had seen in the province this year outstanding was the work by boys 18 years and under with an encouraging number of entries a new and popular feature was a tractor rodeo for boys which lynn fair county agricultural repre sentative explained was only one phase of the farm machinery projecjt being sponsored by the junior farmers organization from a safety angle the boys competing have been studying literature supplied by the ontario depart ment of agriculture and while the contest was not on the program it was watched with great interest the complete prize list is as follows class 1 sod open to all a mark cameron james lee green- bank c timbers milliken ron ald marquis sunderland r miller sunderland h timbers aurora stuart ball uxbridge w hooton ida class 2 sod jointer g bell woodville h bewell greenbank t thompson seagrave w alsop uxbridge class 9 tractors in sod h j cooperwaite milliken r timbers stouffville i mclaughlin stouff ville j eckles brampton joe tran claremont r rorrison beaverton class 3 stubble jointer plows 1st r marquis sunderland r smith mount albert b wiley oakwood w hill greenbank a featherstone milliken class 4 stubble jointer plows c clarke blackwater j dancey cannington h myers goodwood howard timbers uxbridge l fielding manilla class 5 stubble boys 16 and under r sheeney ida r holder manilla class 6 tractor in stubble boys and girls 16 and under b tim bers stouffville h baird black- water g dunkeld claremont c lambert woodville j moore continued on page six baker hill baptist church on the sth concession of markham marked another bountiful harvest with this thanksgiving service last sunday the 83yearold struc ture was decorated with flowers vegetables and grain products of the district autumn leaves enhanced the scene pastor nor man rowan leads the congrega tion in prayer but he never suspected the scene would be recorded by the camera the box sivle hard seats have been in use since the church opened in 1866 hold to late election date the annual municipal election date was set on saturday by whit church township council and will be the first monday in january in case a poll is demanded following the nomination meeting which falls on monday december 26 it had been suggested earlier in the- year by councillor sid legge that whitchurch might consider shifting to the socalled early elec tion date but when the bylaw passed on saturday the matter was not debated and the yearend nomination and election will fall on the usual dates it was argued some years ago that the early election date would induce better attendance at nom ination meeting but actually the very reverse has been the case there is little in the early election date to compensate for the disturb ance created in presenting a clear financial picture for the year the council is called to serve reeve logan once pointed out a second poll will be opened at wilcox lake owing to the added growth in population in the division