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two sections sir mc tonffinule mibnm sixteen pages vol 60 no 50 the tribune stouffville ontario march 30th 1950 markham ranks third oldest township in county of york markham is situated east of yonge street which forms the boundary between it and vaughan and north of the township of scar borough it comprises 67578 acres it was first settled about the year 1790 some years before any survey was made it was partially survey ed in 1794 being the third town ship in the county marked out in laying out the township yonge street was made the base line there are ten concessions fronting on yonge street each comprising thirtyfive lots the township being almost a square excepting the eastern line which is also the boundary of the county and does not run parallel with the conces sion lines some of the lots in the 10th concession are consequently deficient in area the general character of the soil of the township is argillaceous about onefifth of the area lying in the north of the township is heavy clay a belt of sandy loam being about onetenth of the acreage runs through the centre and the southern section being about threefifths of the whole is clay loam black loam tracts are inter spersed in the flats of the don and rouge rivers amounting to one- tenth of the area the soil is principally undulating in char acter and nearly all cultivable fourfifths of it being considered firstclass land the average price of which is 80 per acre second class land is valued at 60 water is obtainable by digging at an average depth of thirty feet though a few scattered pioneers had here and there taken up land before that date there was no systematic attempt at settlement until 1794 when a number of ger mans came over from the united states under the leadership of william berczy governor simcoe believing that many ue loyalist families still remained in the united states who would be glad of an opportunity to settle in canada if encouraged to do so by offers of land held out inducements which were responded to by a good many who were not actuated so much by the motive of establish ing themselves under the rule of king george as of securing land grants among these were sixty- four families of germans who had but recently arrived from ham burg having been brought out by agents to locate on captain williamsons demesne or as it was also called the pulteney settlement in new york state here they could have been in the position of tenants under the patroon system then prevailing in new york the prospect of owning their own farms in canada was more inviting and in the face of great difficulties they made their way to markham there were no roads and no stores and supplies had to be procured from the south of the lakes some few article- could be got at niagara but nearly everything required in the way of tools farm implements and provisions had to be brought from the settlements in new york state york was then a mere ham let yonge street did not exist though the line had been marked out but berczy the leader of the expedition was a man of indomit able energy and boundless resouce he had during his residence in the united states constructed a wagon road all the way from philadephia to lake ontario and under his direction the immigrants cut their way through the unbroken forest and made a wagon track from york to the southern portion of markham which winding in and out among the trees marked the beginning of yonge street over this primitive road they set out on the journey from york with their families and household effects their wagons were ingeniously contrived so that they could be used as boats on an emergency made of closely lining boards with the seams caulked the body of the vehicle being removed from the carriage could be floated across small bodies of water carrying a considerable load thus they crossed the don and other streams in their journey where the banks were steep they lowered their wagons down the declivity by ropes passed round the trunks of saplings and pulled them up on the opposite side in a similar man ner they settled on the banks of the rouge sometimes known as the nen river which they at first supposed to be a tributary of the don but on following it to its out let they discovered that instead of leading to york it entered the lake nearly twenty miles to the east ward this route afforded them easier access to the front than yonge street in its primitive con dition and for many years it was the one mainly in use the first saw and grist mills in continued on page 15 swollen flood waters worry goodwood funeral is forced to turn back at cemetery former resident bert miller gone stouffville friends will be shock ed and surprised to learn that a former resident robert bert miller died at his home in toronto on march 23 after a short illness bert miller will be recalled as a resident on obrien avenue about 25 years ago when he was employ ed as a linesman with the bethesda stouffville telephone co he was a member of richardson masonic lodge and is survived by his wife and one son jack and three grand children interment was made on saturday afternoon at st johns cemetery norway colored ice for lions carnival stouffville lions club easter carnival next wednesday will present an innovation at the arena with the use of coloured ice iniiiyurl in the effect is very fine and should llljuicu iii enhance the evenings entertain- ment the carnival will get underway at 830 with a professional trick- skating display by roland hart ley then therell be public skating prizes for the youngsters and a number of cash specials those stouffville skaters who brought honor to town in the silver skates derby will be officially recognized the bill ball trophy will also be presented to don couch of the stouffville clippers the evening will wind up with dancing music by the stouffville legion aires tlkx editorial page over tohs students the editorial page of this issue has been given over entirely to the students of stouffville high school and it will take another issue to cover all the material on hand on which students have submitted editorials while we do not hold our selves responsible for the views presented we congratulate the students on their presentations which on the whole are well done and disclose a good deal of ability our readers will find the editorial page especially interest ing this week and if you take adverse views to those expressed or wish to commend them it is the privilege of our readers to write a letter to the editor which will be published arena booked for big evangelistic campaign an evangelistic campaign spon sored by the churches of the com munity and the christian mens fellowship is being planned for august 20th to sept 3rd of this water was rising over the roadway year the meetings are to be held in the south part of the vi goodwood village was battling the annual floods that threaten the comfortable hamlet just north of stouffville a few miles every spring even up on high ground north of goodwood the cemetery is so saturated that the burial of william hackney is delayed into the third day after the funeral cortege was turned back on monday afternoon and the body returned to oneills chapel in stouffville the early part of this week llage i innc p lirfhrkp lnthe s7ouffteai ministers and reaching out over lawns andjljm u1w1uov and lavmen representing the up veranda posts so that some of churches of the community have the people were ready with boats been meeting together to lay the to meet an emergency car owners plans for these special meetings had to leave their cars out on the r and a great deal of enthusiasm is main highway and this brought hncnifal wflvk in evidence the wrath of the police down on huopuai mvin the whole district nas been them the road jm the top six inches was the divided into seven zones and now vas nairow and paiked cars ect qf an awregs gi by m prayer meetings will be held at p jf med f f 2 cockbum before members of the following places stouffville john 1 odd helped out by usmg his ouffvine b and thelr incubator for brierbush markham mother local girl in newmarket drama the newmarket drama club is presenting its play dark lady of the sonnets this thursday night at the central ontario drama festival hart house toronto the play is produced by john kudelka soninlaw of mr and mrs garfield kellington and one of the four members of the cast is mrs ken rusnell a former stouffville girl and daughter of mr herb ferrier crossing crash mrs may pollock of markham village is in toronto east general hospital following a level crossing accident at milliken on monday mrs pollock was being driven by john dasylyw of toronto a 21- yearold youth who failed to see ttie oncoming freight train front of the automobile was crushed in like an accordian while the driver and mrs pollock were taken out of the wreckage by police officers and other help both critically injured however their condition is last reported as good from the hospital mrs pollock is the widowed mother of three children engagements mr and mrs j harold johnston clarcmont rr2 announce the engagement of their daughter florence yvonne to herbert white son of mr and mrs joseph white claremont rr2 the mar riage to take place the latter part of april leader rev d davis claremont leader rev h lackey goodwood leader rev gorman melville leader rev r chapin gormley leader rev l k sider ringwood leader mr jacob grove at recent executive meetings rev h hallman was appointed chairman rev d davis vice chairman rev g w brown secretary and mr chas ratcliff treasurer further information will be given from time to time concern ing ibis special campaign geo hunt whitchurch suffers loss of wife the death of eva elizabeth shropshire wife of george n hunt at the family home on the 1th concession of whitchurch on march 17th removes from the dis trict a highly esteemed woman of the neighborhood mrs hunt was only in her 01st year and was laid away in newmarket cemetery on march 20 there is surviving besides her husband a daughter lavina mrs ivan kay and a son harry hunt at home also surviving are three brothers charles shropshire detroit george of toronto and gordon of newmarket mrs robert patterson of newmarket is an only sister there are four grand children bulldozer down in the church yard m pvpnint at to clear a nice area so that parking messhe space was afforded those who the guar dinne meeting the could not reach their homes andiiltpresentew i held both farmers and business were glad to leave their cars at cl were the householders men in rapt attention prize unionville shorthorn receives attention worried but the old biddies who do the egg laying were in distress and had to perch high up and stay all day if the floods continue folks claim their only solution for egg producers is to turn to raising ducks cellars are flooded and some have to use high boots others rafts to reach the fruit shelves with a slight stiffening of the weather the water subsided on wednesday and the menace is over for the time at least in the meantime george taylor has a new boat ready for action engineers have failed to provide an overall draining plan that would not be too expensive for the village to pay the death of william hackney will be learned by oldtimers with regret for many years r farmed near goodwood and was a popular individual widely known in uxbridge township mr hackney- died last friday and was to have been buried on monday afternoon in goodwood cemetery however on wednesday morning there was no indication just when the ceme tery grounds would be available for use once markham pastor rev w h yates dead ministers of united missionary churches throughout the mark ham district were in attendance at the funeral for the late rev w h yates of listowel who died in his 63rd year on saturday mr yates retired from the scott field only recently because of ill health from which he never recovered the funeral service held monday afternoon at new dundee saw many ministers of the con ference in attendance born in southampton england w h yates received a public school education before leaving the old land to migrate to canada he reached here at the age of 16 years attended business college in tor onto and the toronto bible college from which he graduated in 1912 he was converted at the age of 19 and entered the ministry after his graduation to fill fields in the mbc charges at the bruce pen insula manitoulin island owen sound collingwood sunnidale hanover kitchener maryboro markham toronto west ayl- mer and scott he was an able preacher and successful pastor and his ministry was highly regarded by his fellow preachers who turned out in astounding numbers to pay last respects to this beloved brother the late mr yates married meranda hunsberger and after her death he united with muriel wetzel in 1916 they had six child ren vernon a high school teacher it was announced at the meeting that the club had decided to present a baby incubator to the brierhush hospital to fill a need in the equipment and which will be of invaluable service in the future howard summerf eldt buried at unionville the passing of howard summer- feldt at his farm home near cashel on the 6th concession of markham means that death has made another inroad on an old established family of the township howard who was in his 77th year was a son of the late george summerfeldt who settled here over a century ago there were four sons and three daughters and only surviving now is a sister mrs reesor of sunderland and a brother ab summerfeldt of ringwood who has been promin ent over the years in the public life of the township howard after he left his fathers home married sarah bond and the couple took up farming at cashel where he died besides his wife there are three sons and three daughters namely mrs l middle- ton mrs h larose of unionville mrs a duncan of gormley clar ence of unionville chas of wood- bridge and mervyn of pine orchard the funeral this thursday after noon will proceed from the late home to the lutheran cemetery unionville elect executive for boy scout work the boy scout movement is be ing revived in stouffville and an enthusiastic meeting on tuesday evening elected the following executive who will supply the leadership for this worthwhile boys work scout master ken wagg assists ted cadieux earl lehman scout com rev d davis chairman lloyd weldon vice chairman lloyd ham secy len wilkes treas elmer daniels promotion all boys nine years and over and who are interested in becoming scouts are asked to contact ken wagg at the jewellery store the committee in charge has a building in view which it hopes to have erected this summer for scout purposes glenn a banker dr paul yates pearl the eldest daughter and her husband arnold sherrick are in evangelistic work grace is mrs john pipher while another daugh ter muriel is home with her parents the family are all musical and their talent has been well used sales and auction of beef cattle held at the royal winter fair buildings under auspices of the ontario beef cattle improvement association drew some local animals to front rank in this picture we see 19yearold jocelyn easton of klaymore farms union ville as she combs and curls the roan hair of their prize shorthorn the blond girl explained that the best oil for the animals hair was good for both humans and animals but she wouldnt use it herself yes one of the oils in that combination is the stuff they use in beauty parlors admitt ed miss easton george rodanz ringwod farms stouffville is president of the big sale and one of the lads from his estate was calmly wearing a red shirt before the lineup oft bulls being judged before the auction jim said that stuff about bulls getting mad about color red is just an old maids dream he claimed they do not even recognize red from any other color many of them come from home stables all painted red and lots of them are red themselves experience has shown that cattle are absolutely color blind and this goes for bulls too this second annual show drew 190 animals compared to only 90 last year and besides some outstanding contribu tions from stouffville and markham areas animals came from ottawa owen sound and london districts county population nearly 400000 excluding toronto according to the municipal directory for 1950 just issued by hon g h dunbar minister of municipal affairs the official pop ulation of the county of york is 397118 and if the city of toronto is included the area has an overall population of one million and seventy thousand the village of stouffville has a population of 1571 and the assess ment on which taxes are levied stands at 813180 the village spreads over 455 acres and con tains nine miles of streets the village of markham has a population of 1475 an assessment for taxing purposes of 657903 and eight miles of streets to main- tain population is 1104385 with richmond hill 1954 assessment 6 miles of streets aurora population 3676 assess ment for taxes 2055248 and 7 miles of streets newmarket population 4807 assessment 3988159 15 miles of streets township populations and assessments popu- assess- lation ment georgina 1501 1440445 gwillimbury e 3816 1913935 gwillimbury n 1918 3115550 king 5676 5064275 markham 8224 6418857 vaughan 8596 5355557 whitchurch 3796 3053719