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tottfftrille bsttatne vol go no 52 the tribune stouffville ont april 13 1950 131 babies started from brierbush during year just closed despite the fact there were 131 babies born at the brierbush hos pital in stouffville during the last 12 months there was not one death reported although four were still born this remarkable record of course could not be beaten by the most expensive hospital in the country mrs malcolm superintendent reports that there were 2s adult deaths during the year while there were 357 patients admitted over the same period to which should be added the babies and their mo thers not recorded in the general list of 357 thus the overall num ber cared for totals 519 hospitals refer to the number of patient days handled during a year and in this regard the brierbush shows 7570 hospital days care counting all ranks the record is remarkably good and would compare with any simi lar graded hospital of its size in ontario recently the stouffville lions club added a baby incubator for use and the hospital through its doctors have efficient xray equipment your correspondent visited the public wards on sunday and found that in the mens section all pati ents were from other parts of the county but this was not the case in the womens ward mrs coul ter of unionville holds the age re cord at 93 with mrs nancy hamil ton of stouffville next eldest mrs hamilton native of goodwood dis trict celebrated her 90th year this spring miss tillie stotiffer can rightfully claim to be the longest patient in hospital since she en tered the brierbush 12 years ago now 81 years of age miss stouffer former east end resident of the village is quite fit as compared to some patients stouffville united church showing proposed addition it is interesting to note that nathan forsyth who died in 1940 leaving a bequest to the church for extension purposes built the pre sent church as contractor in 1s92 at a cost of only 1100 the late george kester did the stone mason work and the late vm hewston was the plasterer and their work stands today as a monument to skilled mechanics that same year mr forsyth built the bloomington methodist church there is widespread enthusiasm over the development of the pre- the whole united church constitu- sent extension which is so sorely j ency in an effort to raise the major needed for the work of this grow- portion of the estimated 30000 ing congregation and its young expenditure cash and extended peoples activities payments will be solicited rev d commencing april 17 the church davis church pastor told the press is sending out 15 teams to canvass this week milk producers annual banquet still top popular event by fraser gee buttonville community hall was again the scene of the popular dis trict 6 milk producers banquet on april 5th the very able and gen erous way in which the ladies of buttohvilie womens institute cater to this event is one big factor con tributing to its success the dir ectors really appreciate this among those at head table flank ing our president fred baggs other than local officers were dis trict 5 director stanley b watson and mrs watson secretary and fieldman of the york co federa tion of agriculture w j buchan an and mrs buchanan president of the toronto milk producers association wm h hoiles and mrs hoiles toronto association secymanager w h wilmot and mrs wilmot guest speaker robt w morrison and norm garrett of the cbc these men were ably introduced by our director art buchanan mr win hoiles brought a greet ing from the toronto board assur ing us that our organization was in a very healthy condition w ii wilmot briefly explained the situation in the market at the present time- he stated that sev eral difficulties had been encounter ed during the past year and that more could be expected now that we have reached a period of year round surplus he said that fewer shippers than a year ago were shipping 11 more milk and this in spite of the feed shortage in the whole milk shed this was something our officers in price negotiation had said just couldnt be done the sixday delivery of milk was another headache that had entered the picture in spite of producer protests he could say definitely that it had decreased sales and felt sure that with the coming of hot weather quality would be bound to suffer with thei producer taking the big loss he said the toronto association were heartily backing the dairy farm ers of canada in their public rela tions program and sales promotion of all dairy products the guest speaker robert morri son was ably introduced by chas hooper referring briefly to his past work as president of the on tario federation of agriculture mr morrison congratulated mark- ham twp on the formation of a township federation he said he looked upon his new job with the milk foundation as one of attempt ing to create good intelligent rela tions between rural and urban peo ple referring to the need for the overall program of the dairy farm ers of canada he said that all too often in the past a surplus of as little as 7 had ruled the price speaking of the need for a strong national organization to coordin ate the work of all branches of the dairy industry he mentioned the margarine question and the alarm ing inroads it is making he said that as an cfficer of a farmers group fighting the introduction of margarine it was very embarras- ing to be told that it was selling two to one with butter in many country stores he said if farm ers in any branch of dairying use margarine they deny themselves the right to be critical of the price they receive for their products sooner or later the price of the most depressed branch of the in- akk you ix arrears several subscribers to the tribune whose subscriptions expired two months ago have to be removed from the mail ing list this weekend unless renewal subscriptions reach us immediately it is a great help to the newspaper when sub scribers renew before notices have to be issued we hope those now in arrears will make immediate remittance by en closing s2 in an envelope and mailing it promptly hydro changed in 2800 premises hydro conversion from 25 to go cycle for 2860 consumers in the southern section of markham town ship will be completed this wed nesday an official reported the conversion will affect 2735 domestic 100 commercial and 18 industrial consumers in the town ship about 370 consumers north of the lansing cutoff west of ken nedy rd were not included in the conversion their power will be changed at the same time as the agincourt conversion in november i truckers defy overload regulations j police are fairly up in arms against the brazen manner in which truckers opunly defy the regula tions respecting half loads when the roads are soft and unable to carry full loads without doing them great damage four trucks were picked up this wednesday morn ing and still more were charged with carrying overloads every day this week the fine is fairly heavy and- no quarters are being given because of the trouble the trucking people are causing police in open ly defying the law building permits mounting building permits issued in the township of markham for the first three months of this year are equal to the total issue made in 19 17 which is some evidence of the mounting growth in the munici pality permits for 30 buildings have been issued to date this year again st 21 a year ago total dollar value of permits this year runs to 383- 000 ross norton building inspec tor states find unionville boy lost hunting rabbits larry maynard 15 son of mr and mrs chas maynard of union ville was lost for eight hours on monday while hunting rabbits in the bush at dairymaple lake 25 miles north of beaverton he was found at dusk by a party of sear chers about four miles from the cottage of his parents markham village to get fewer mails in order to shorten post office hours the inspector for the local division has arranged that north mail proceeding to the village of markham shall continue on to toronto and be returned next morning this will eliminate late mail reaching markham from the north having to be received by the mail courier from the train to post office the scheme will short en working hours in markham office but it calls forth a flood of protests from citizens of the neigh boring village this north mail which has been distributed early each morning will now not reach the recipients until an hour or two later or when the toronto mail arrives and of course persons wishing to send mail north cannot longer do so no radio license pay more than double thirtynine people in lindsay paid lines last week when govern ment inspector for radio licenses swooped clown on the inhabitants and caught that number without a license instead of 250 which t h i rt yf i y e culverts washed out in whitchurch alone during the recent spring rains which flooded the southern part of ontario there were about 35 cul verts washed out in whitchurch everybody protests the delinquents i township according to mr sandy paid more than double a local davis road superintendent soft court officer said that he believed shoulders and mushy ground failed across canada there were more sets to hold against the strong currents operating without license than with that washed around the outlets a license its a hard thing to en force law that people everywhere do not believe in r 11 nit n i ballantrae man broke foot but soon mended well known man of the district and former resident around cashel in markham township percy spof- ford of ballantrae met with an acci dent the other evening that might prove more serious to most people than it did to mrspofford avalking down the road from the four corn ers at ballantrae he broke his foot but it wasnt painful said percy all that was needed was the help ing hand of a friend that enabled him to reach his home when a new foot was immediately used to replace the broken one which had given away because of a weak bolt and screw you see mr spofford met with a foot accident some years ago that required surgical treatment and the removal of the foot he was born with a duplicate was then obtained and this stood him in good stead until it sort of played out last week united church people looking forward to extension program a legacy left by the late nathan forsyth to the stouffville united church will form the nucleus of a campaign to raise a substantial sum of money to provide the new wing expected to be built to the west end of the building this sum mer about 30x10 feet in size accom modation for lathes parlor minis ters vestry choir room and rooms for young peoples work will be provided also a tower to accom modate a set of chimes the graci ous gift of an anonymous doner the down stairs part of the new structure will provide space for nursery and primary departments and it is suggested that while the adult people are attending sunday church worship the children may at same time have a service all their own adapted to their needs carried on in their section of the building washrooms will be pro vided in both floors entrance to the new wing will of course be available from the present building and a new front entrance will be off duchess street the old sheds will be removed and the remaining grounds beautified leg amputation failed to save elderly lady mrs daniel wideman of mark ham who underwent a surgical operation not many weeks ago for the amputation of one leg passed away at the brierbush hospital stouffville last friday she was so years of age and was widely known in markham town ship being a sister of mr simeon hoover and martha hoover mrs wideman spent all her long life in markham and had been a widow for 21 years living at mount joy the funeral service was held in the wideman mennon- ite church on monday afternoon and interment was made in the wideman cemetery the service was taken by messrs elmer burk- holder floyd smucker and aaron grove fitting references were made to cheerful disposition of the deceased and her untiring efforts in applying her handicraft in nee dlework in the various depart ments of the church when needed both at widemans and dicksons hill school area board invite councils to meet at a meeting of the high school area board held in markham on monday evening it was decided to invite the reeves and councillors from markham village and town ship stouffville and whitchurch to meet with the area board on tuesday evening april 25 in stouffville high school purpose of the meeting is to dis cuss with the councils the propos ed new high school building pro gram and perhaps to divulge a site on which the area board are agreed to build city customers pay 19c same milk in country 17c representatives from a rural dairy told whitchurch council in session last saturday that toronto dairies were now selling fluid milk in markham township at 17c per quart or one cent below the mark ham stouffville and aurora dair ies spokesmen said it would not be long before the 17c milk would reach whitchurch in fact it is peddled there in summer season how is it he asked that toronto dairies demand 19c in the city and then haul part of their commodity far into the country to sell below the price they demand next door to where they produce the bottled milk the answer suggested is that the milk sold in the country is bought fro mthe farmers at a cheaper rate from the farmers at a cheaper rate milk it is called surplus milk and commands only 210 per cwt to the farmer but is supposed to be processed into manufactured pro ducts reeve ed logan said council should start something to force the matter being investigated councillor fred timbers thought it was a matter for the farm fed eration to tackle councillor sid legge urged similar action the local dairies buy all their milk at top price and if these city dairies cut them out of some business the farmer is the loser the depu tation departed with the warning that city dairies cannot sell 17c milk at a profit unless they take it out of surplus milk that is bought from the farmer at a cheap price william linton aged recluse loses leg aged recluse william linton removed to york county hospital at newmarket last week where he underwent an operation for the re moval of one foot which he had injured by a motor car several dustry will affect the rest the month of june is being pro claimed as dairy month by the national organization and every effort will be made to show in a factual way the importance of the whole dairy industry to the econ- my of the country mr morrison thought there was a great lack of appreciation on the part of city dwellers of the necessity of farm ers geting fair prices if business and wages are to remain good in the city making his address very brief mr morrison then showed coloured slides taken on his recent trip to europe markham township road supt h cowic resigns harold cowie road superinten dent for markham township has tendered his resignation giving as his reason the action of council in february when they refused the demand of his men for a 10c an hour increase in pay at present the employees in markham road department receive 75c per hour and the increase had it been grant ed would have moved them up to 85c mr cowie told the tribune that the refusal meant the loss to him of his three best men then there was the matter of his own pay 2100 a year the resolution pass ed in february said no increase in wages and mr cowie constru ed this to mean that his salary too was barred from increase mr cowie has sighted another complaint namely the manner in which the road budget had been cut this year the money spent on roads in 1919 was 73975 and this had been cut for 1950 to 65000 a figure the superintendent considers years ago a second accident last week fractured the same leg nec essitating the amputation of part of the leg mr linton owner of the famous goat farm which york county councillors visited two years ago is 77 years old he kept 30 or 40 large goats on the 200 acre range and several hives of bees until his frame dwelling was burned in 1917 goats milk and honey up to that time was said to form his chief diet and the aged recluse lived by himself in a very lonely section school section changes mind now urge township board spokesman for a delegation hav ing cottages around preston lake at vandorf made it known before whitchurch township council in session on saturday that they con sidered taxes on their cottages were far too high said mr hilliard for the group my own tax is three times as much today as it was 10 years ago and we get no fire pro tection no schooling and live at the lake only three months in the year reeve ed logan wondered if there is anything that hadnt gone up two or three times over 10 years ago clerk john crawford said the 29 cottagers at prestons were not considered highly taxed and could nt be relieved of school taxes al though they do not use the schools fire protection is available to the cottagers but because of their pri vate entrance being impassable and the lack of telephones at the cottages lire service may not be too good but the causes were with in the province of the cottagers and not the council to remedy the services are available to all said reeve logan and many farmers could not be reached just at pre sent in case of fire because of bad roads and lanes one lady in the group claimed her tax was once 5 and is now 21 some inaudible voice said still a bargain the cnr announced by letter that the owner of the leary farm lots 5g north of gormley refused to cut a clump of trees obstructing a view from the road of oncoming trains nor would he allow anyone else to cut them they pointed out how proceedings might be taken to force action but not by the township mervin loucks secretary of the trustee board for ss no i inform ed council that his board was urg ing immediate action to create a township school area in whit church since the change in the school grants camein the section wanted council to make it possible to have the ratepayers cash in on them heretofore ss no 1 had opposed a township board mr loucks informed the council the oak ridges lions club sent a deputation to council asking ad vice on how they might get owner ship of a certain piece of land on which the title is not good the club wish to establish a commun ity centre in the township and sought to buy this property men tioned they were told that a tax sale was being prepared and the property would be up for sale in due time councillor fred timbers and councillor sid legge were named a committee by councillor r bayce of its motion empowering them to interview j a gimmel re pur chase of land by the township for widening purposes at n e corner lot 20 wilcox lake a bylaw was passed that will make it now lawful for all subdivi sion properties to be subject to the terms and conditions of the town ship planning bylaw clerk 1 crawford wanted to know if council was prepared to give some consideration to needed office extension to relieve the bad condition that exists because the business of the municipality has outgrown the available space the hour was late and the matter will come up again since it is more or less urgent present reeve logan deputy- reeve ivan mclaughlin council lors richard baycroft fred tim bers s legge the township cannot maintain pro- near an unused road on the gth per roads with concession north of the ballantrae this week council is advertising highway to aurora for applicants for the position of mr lintons nearest relative is road superintendent a sister living in losangeles cal winterstein public skating unless an unforseen oha or orha playoff game interferes there will be public skating in the local arena next wednesday night april 19th toronto hockey lea gue playoffs will occupy the ice every other evening mr and mrs eugene winter stein and daughter carol of north bay were easter holiday visitors with his parents mr and mrs jos