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two sections famfftrille unburn sixteen pages vol 60 no 49 thk tribune stouffville ont march 23 1950 lush hawaiian beauty beyond description cliff salmon reports docks tit suva deep in the tropics h is received by the chief 3 tudor court lvanhoe n21 victoria aust sunday march oth 1930 hi folks 1 suppose to most of you it must have looked like we had disappear ed in the middle of the pacific ocean the last literary effort was perpetrated on board the good ship aorangi in the neighborhood of the equator and was posted to you from fiji since then events have rushed in on us so thick and fast that heavy concentration on letters has been nearly impossible but now that we are established at the above address and things are returning to a reasonable routine again i will try to pick up the threads of our story according to the last episode we left you all stranded in the exotic island of hawaii and i was straining for words to describe the lush beauty of what may one day be the 49th state as 1 was saying we spent the best part of two hours exploring the fancy hotels located on the beach at waikiki nothing has been spared here to make hawaii the number one tourist attraction of the pacific unhappily our time was severely limited we had to be back to the ship by 330 and we had planned to send cards to everybody we knew which was a sizeable task so we purchased appropriate cards and stamps and developed twp firstclass cases of writers cramp trying to hurry the job with that finished we still had about one hour left doris wanted to visit a few of the colourful sou venir shops and then we drove off again in our udrive along the main drag to get a closer look at old diamond head we con tinued past and went for two or three miles out of honolulu along the scenic seashore drive naturally we stopped many times to take pictures every once in awhile we pinched ourselves just to make sure we werent dream ing about all this then all too soon the time arrived to head for the docks and the aorangi as the passengers converged to the gates of the harbour building dozens of hawaiians did a roaring business in leis these leis were all made by hand out of real flowers and all sizes and kinds were in evidence several folks made their way aboard wearing three and four leis around their necks the superstition is that when the boat pulls away you must throw your lei in the water or else you will never return to hawaii most people would like a return trip so they dont take any chances onci back on the boat and with our camera reloaded again we found a spot where we could watch the farewell proceedings the band that had played us in early in the morning was there again to do the honours a pretty hula dancer and some singers stood by awaiting for the big moment as the last pas sengers straggled up the gang plank the band played rhythmic hawaiian music and the hula dancer began telling her story it is not easy for nonhawaiians to interpret the meaning of the dance every motion has a special mean ing and you must know the story in the song before you can begin to follow it we were content to enjoy the beauty of the moment the motors had already put the ship underway and streamers by the dozens joined the folks on board to those on the pier boats take off very slowly however and it was fully 10 minutes before the streamers began to break as a bit of side entertainment a score of hawaiian boys dived into the water for money thrown by the passengers they would collect the coins off the bottom and come to the surface with their mouths full folks were already donating their leis to the sea the band with dramatic finality played the famous aloha oe you can take it from me that played thusly with the harmony mellowed across widening expanse of water aloh oe is a real tearjerker darn few of the passengers said goodbye to honolulu with dry eyes with the aloha tower diminish ing in the distance once more we had a beautiful paneorama of the island bathed in the later after noon sunlight as an added touch a rainbow was in evidence as it was raining not far away from the city i took several pictures as we pulled further and further away then finally went to our cabin to get ready for dinner that even ing the boat seemed a bit drab and unromantic to many of us it seemed wc had turned over a beautiful page of experiences much too hastily bright and early in the morning interesting study at mothercraft clinic local bylaw to designate subdivision control now in force in stouffville nurse miss barbara walker babies left to neil logan and mrs a logan stouffville catherine bacon daughter of mr and mrs d bacon stouffville susan sinclair daughter of mr and mrs sinclair of markham and lois hisey daughter of mr and mrs cliff hisey stouffville photo by cadieux halfloads for truckers truckers are warned in official newspaper notices and roadside signs that half loads only are now permitted during the spring breakup most truckers are aware of the condition and should be careful to obey the law since heavy loads at this season do un told damage to highways police have been instructed to see that the order is obeyed popular town barber wm harding passes in his 51st year the death of william ross hard ing in his 51st year at his home on main street east on saturday came as a great shock to everybody he was widely known born and reared right where he died bill as he was popularly called follow ed two of his brothers in the barbering trade and took over his own shop in town when his late brother archie died for some years the shop has been conducted in the mansion house and prior to that the business was carried on just east of the cnr in a frame building since destroyed by fire son of the late william and alice harding william was the second youngest boy and the family are among the oldest inhabitants since the late mrs harding who lived to a good age was a member of the yake family that settled in the east end about a century ago the family are presbyterian in religion and the deceased was a member of st lames church in stouffville surviving are three sisters mary mrs beatie miss effie at home and viola mrs middleton of goodwood and one brother oliver on the 8th concession of whitchurch just north of ring- wood two other brothers died within recent years all from heart trouble they are arthur and archie the funeral on tuesday after noon proceeded from the chapel of l e oneill to the family plot in stouffville cemetery rev d davis conducted the service anil the pall bearers were messrs wm arm strong cecil brown w holden don lehman fred alsop and cameron meabry public school board favors immediate school addition the stouffville public school board in session monday evening passed a resolution declaring that it was expedient that at least two additional rooms be added to the school building to care for present overcrowding the resolution called upon the chairman to arrange a meeting with the public school inspector in order to discuss the situation and determine the next step chairman frank riches promised quick action and warned members to be ready for a special meeting on short notice rooms in the basement of the school intended for play rooms are being entirely absorbed for class we were up for a walk around the deck before breakfast we were in the tropics now and each day we saw shoals of flying fish as they scampered out of the path of the boat they skim along the surface at terrific speed and according to one of the seamen that is how they escape the devouring activities of the larger fish occasionally we would pass a school of porpoises and they would race along parellel to the ships course but disappear before you could get a camera aim ed at them with the sun directly overhead the ocean becomes much bluer in great contrast to the greenish tinge it has in more northern waters many times we remarked about how glassy smooth the surface was we passed canton island in the distance at nightfall and the lights wore plainly visible this island was important as a base during the pacific war and is also used as an airbase our next thrill was seeing the islands of the fiji group we passed dozens of them little ones continued on page 6 2nd section rooms and still there is not enough rooms available this situation coupled with the recent survey showing an increasing number of pupils coming in over the next year or two call for quick action if the inspector views the move favorably the high school area board will be consulted as to their needs reeve nolan was asked to attend the school meeting and told the trustees that so far as tax rates are concerned the present would be opportune for an addition to the school since the big road deben tures would all be paid oil this year totalling over seven mills on the local taxes the addition of the debenture to cover any proposed new class rooms would absorb only a fraction of the seven mills and the tax rate would still point down ward the town auditor called atten tion to an oversight in making up the school budget so that instead of the trustee board requiring an additional four and a quarter mills on the tax rate they jvill need the same tax demand as made last year a resolution was passed to send on a revised lower demand to the village council than the one previously made members present were messrs riches len wilkes elmer daniels reg stouffer dr s t bodendistel and mrs john button cedar valley couiijk fiftv years married mr and mrs w younger feted there recently on the occasion of their golden wedd ing anniversary were mr and mrs wallace younger of cedar valley ont mr younger was born in scotland 76 years ago and his wife also 76 was born in ireland married in glas gow scotland they have two daughters three sons 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild pickering twp lady charged with unlawfully killing dog one woman collapsed in magis trates court tuesday and another mrs nora sehwalm pickering mink rancher testified she fired a rifle from the hip and struck a dog at 35 feet dec 9 when it turned on her as she found it snarling at a mink pen after hearing four hours of testi mony in the case of mrs sehwalm charged with unlawfully killing a dog magistrate frank ebbs reserv ed his decision one week a crown witness mrs rose old field fainted in a policemans arms shortly after she told of seeing the 4yearold dog shot in front of mrs schwalms house nearly 100 yards from where the body was found near mink pens a trailer occu pant on the sehwalm property mrs oldfield was a frequent visitor in the home the woman was carried from court and revived the charge was laid by chief inspector robert johnstone of tor onto humane society he investi gated the case at the suggestion of the dogs owner george fenton of pickering township evidence showed that fenton had visited township police the attorney- generals department and county crown attorney alex hall before he went to the society fenton testified chief john irvine of township police brought the dogs collar to him and told him no charge would lie laid although he knew the pet had obviously beer shot irvine has since been discharged i wasnt satisfied with that fenton said i was disappoiniacl the dog was his obedient pet fenton testified and it would have gone home if mrs schwam had ordered it to go he said it was never known to attack anybody albert everest said the dog attacked him once or twice three and a half years ago as he was delivering ice to the house it snarled and barked at me and bit my trousers he testified about seven months later as he was walking past the house it barked at him again he said mrs oldfield said she was let in the house alone with mrs sch walms daughter who commented when she heard a shot mother killed the dog witness claimed the shooting occurred near the house she said she saw the dogs hinquarters quivering as mrs sehwalm fired the second shot at its head the accused woman however claimed she shot the dog in the enclosure at the back of the house where the mink were kept three cages were tipped she said and one female breeding mink was so frightened it ate its own tail and part of a foot and finally had to be destroyed the dog went away the first time i chased it but it came back mrs sehwalm told court i was frightened so i got a 22rifle to scare it away i carried the rifle at the municipal council of stouff ville has enacted a bylaw designed to control the sale of village lots without the land owner first sub mitting a registered plan now the bylaw has become law it will be illegal for anyone to sell building lots for any purpose until the land has been properly blueprinted and the size and boundaries of lots placed on a duly registered plan the bylaw is similar to that passed within recent years in the townships of markham and whit church where much trouble had been encountered through the sale of lots by metes and bounds where lots are sold by metes and bounds a long description is demanded and too often the land marks by which the lot is measur ed from are not permanent and much trouble follows in after years it is known that where lands have fallen in arrears for taxes a tax sale has been long delayed because the municipality found there was not a proper title due to faulty boundaries under the new law landowners intending to sell lots will have a blue print prepared showing the lots all numbered and their size indicating road allowance and other features if any all of which will become known as a registered plan and purchasers who buy a lot from this plan are assured of its boundaries without a lengthy uncertain description markham to scrap plumbing bylaw william clark councillor again told markham council in session on monday that he favored dumping the present plumbing bylaw and substituting an old bylaw that had little in the way of restriction councillor c hooper also favored this move but reeve timbers said there were people who approved the law since it gave protection to persons who install plumbing just as hydro inspection protects the homeowners clerk charlie hoover was instructed to draft a new bylaw as an appendix to the building bylaw and which if adopted will also cancel the present plumbing regu lations set up by last years council council decided to call for tenders for 10000 yards of gravel 4000 of which is to be delivered on the roads and 6000 in township trucks at the pit the official adv will be found in this paper coal famine in town limit tvo bags to a customer in an effort to stretch out the limited amount of coal in town last week dealers hit on the plan of doling it out two bags to a customer and only supplying those who had empty bins at that on saturday there just wasnt a bag of coal available at stiver bros or through central feeds owned by elmer daniels stouffville coop was down to a bit of coal reported to be under snow hence all three dealers were unable to do anything for custom ers who had to shop wherever they could get a bit of fuel with near zero weather some persons turned to burning wood others were able to salvage a bit from neighbors while one business place obtained a ton of mixed varieties from claremont coop the situation desperate for some days was relieved early in the week when dealers were able to obtain limited supplies from the docks in toronto again marion forester won ontario oratorlcali marion forester blackwater 13- yearold daughter of mr and mrs jack forester won tire oratorical contest for ontario county at port perry high school on tuesday marions mother is a daughter of mr jesse cober of stouffville while her father is a former mark ham resident next sunday after noon march 26 marion will repeat her winning speach over the oshawa radio station cklb begin ning at 430 pm the title of the address is what could happen to me if i took that drink mrs florence midgley of tor onto visited with mr and mrs w birkett on sunday my right side with my finger near the trigger ready for the dog she said the dogs teeth were bared and it was about 35 feet away when she fired from the hip without taking aim you cant aim a gun from the hip she said at an oddfellows euchre held last thursday night in stouffville there were 22 tables taking part winners were mrs edw williams mrs henry slack mr orval bur ton don cadieux hockey ticket refunds any person holding tickets for last friday nights senior hockey game between mark ham and stouffville and who was tinahlc to attend because of weather conditions may have the tickets refunded by presenting same at the ticket agent where they were pur chased no refunds will bo paid later than this saturday mar 25th tho arena management also wishes it understood that while an exception is being made in this case in future there will bo no refund made on tickets not used 190000 trees planned for spring planting close to two hundred thousand seedlings will be planted this spring at vivian forest or on properties belonging to the county of york and mostly located in the township of whitchurch this is the approximate number the department of forestry has added to the forest annually for five years as is to be expected the trees planted will mostly be pines although a few other varieties will be put in there will be 6000 ash 12000 poplar 1000- locust 15000 red oak and 15000 larch also 10000 small hemlock hickory and perhaps other species in the pine class it is expected that planting will be 30000 white pine 40000 scotch 30000 jack 15000 red pine according to infor- lions club to hold easter carnival stouffville lions club will spon sor an easter carnival at the arena on wednesday april 5th plans are going ahead for a varied program of entertainment headed by an opening act by roland hartley wellkown professional comic and trickskating team therell be skating for everyone childrens costume prizes prizes for the oldest and youngest person on skates and the largest family on skates and in addition ten lucky cash prizes in which both skaters and spectators will share the stouffville young people mation received by this paper from who brought honors to town in the a departmental forester not all the skate derby in toronto trees we will be planting are just the most desirable but they are all very good with the tremendous demand it is not possible to obtain some of the varieties in larger numbers however all the trees will be welcomed regardless of what kind of pine they wiil produce and each have its special market value planting usually starts around the 10th of may but by the feel of the weather during the past four weeks this date could be changed to a later one said the forester will be recognized and the stouff ville hockey club will use the occasion to present their bill ball trophy the program will wind up with a dance on the ice with music by the legion aires mrs andrew kerr patient in the brierbush hospital stouffville died here on sunday in her 90th year her husband predeceased her some years but surviving is a son walter kerr of ashburn inter ment was made in ashburn- ceme tery on tuesday