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tottfftrille ufcttame vol 61 no 5 the tribune stouffville ont may is 1950 brothers from holland homesteading in tent on acreage near town tony and ted assinck brothers from holland who in their short period in canada of a year and a half have mastered much of the english language are now apply ing ambition and hard work to fourteen acres of pickering town ship soil which they have rented from mr ross kester who farm just outside the town limits these young dutch men are cultivating their small farm intensely and will grow cabbage carrots and other small crops they have erected a tent on the townline corner purchased a new tractor and other implements the assinck brothers are mem bers of a family of eleven children six of whom have come out to canada in addition to tony and ted joe is employed in stouff- ville for smith welding while john the latest to arrive is situated on the farm of merlin baker 8th con of whitchurch the boys arrived here a little over a year and a half ago and the only words of english they knew at that time were yes and no at the present time they are attending language classes being held twice each week in the stouffville high school they worked in markham township during their first summer and took a bush job north of peter borough last winter from these earnings our dutch settlers have decided to set out on their own and have high hopes of one day increasing their land holdings considerably the assinck family are farmers back in their native country work ing with horses on a small acreage near arnheim this is a great country com mented tony to the tribune we never want to leave he told the press that since the war the devaluation of the dutch money has made it very difficult for farmers in his native land to afford tractors and other machin ery previous to that time our dollar was about on a par with the dutch coin new members of council sm fpfc board will purchase site now for future stouffville high school councillor ijcg stoufler mr harold spoflord and mr reg stouffer were elected to the stoulfville municipal coun cil last week bv acclamation ill ip councillor harold spodord lioth are active business men the new council headed by reeve henry ogdcn is expect ed to hold its inaugural meet ing sometime this week markham twp agrees to new public school area father of former high school teacher ministered at mt albert rev charles j bailey 71 former pastor of the highland rd united church kitchener died friday at woodstock he was the father of gordon bailey former high school teacher here and was minister some years ago at mt albert rev bailey served the kitchener church from its opening until the end of 1919 when he retired due to ill health ordained in the former metho dist church he served in many charges included were north edmonton alta mansfield mt albert penetanguishene toronto kleinburg and smooth rock falls surviving is his widow the former jessie b dickson four sons allen gordon harold and john and a daughter mrs burrill waterways alta interment was made at hillview cemetery a petition from the trustee thornlea thornhill langstaff and richvale public schools to set up a school area was favorably accepted by markham township council on monday the area con cerned would extend from lot 10 in the 1st concession to lot 15 in the 2nd concession vaughan township had already given their approval to the plan david mackey requested improve ment on sussex ave near rich mond hill council explained that this road to be improved must be the necessary i ft width graded and gravelled a deputation voiced objection to shooting on concession 1 in a residential area we should have a bylaw to prohibit this shooting said councillor chas hooper i think the township came preserve committee should be told about it stated mr dalton rumney mr quantz from langstalv com plained against the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the road sides in that area it was revealed that one such offender was being investigated at the time of the meeting because he unwittingly dumped a bag of junk on the road side containing one of his old license plates there was considerable discus sion with weed inspectors butcher and conner concerning this years program for weed cutt- of ing and spraying reeve timbers stated that he understood from the county inspector that vaughans weed spraying equipment could be rented by markham township we have a mower of our own stated mr hooper we couid use this equipment if we had a pump council agreed to proceed with the same policy as last year as to weed cutting with the addition of some experimental spraying if weeds had to be cut on private property- the matter of charges were to be left to the two inspectors a bylaw for local improvement along clark ave was given two readings and directed to the muni cipal board for approval the markhamstouffville high school area received the approval of council on their agreement to proceed with the engaging of an architect to draw up plans for a new high school near markham village to cost approximately 500- 000 seventy per cent of such an expenditure would be borne by the ontario government as in the case of the whitchurch meeting last weekend the board stated that it was their intention to pur chase a site for a second school near stoulfville which would be used immediately the southern school was filled it was not believed that the proposed new school at markham could be ready for about two years markhamstoufrville high school area board revealed before whit church township council on fr day evening that they are negotiat ing for a site adjacent to stouff ville for a second high school in the area contemplated in five to ten years time the meeting be tween the board and the township council arose out of stouffville and whitchurch townships firm opposition to building a new school near markham and failure to extend stoulfvilles present up-to- date building or erect a school at each centre mr a g thompson local mem ber on the area board told the council that the procuring of an immediate site for a school here in the future met with full depart ment approval he also added that the dept of education would give whitchurch and stouffville agree ment in writing which would ensure a second high school here just as soon as the accommodation in the proposed school near mt joy was taken up this accommo dation is for 100 students and at the present rate of expansion it is ascertained that this school will bo overcrowded by the end of five years the cost of the proposed school to the south is a half million dollars of which amount the gov ernment will pay 70 reeve ed logan still questioned the wisdom of one school so far to the south and stated that he be lieved the cost of transportation would be too great frank hurkholder markham board member replied that the capital cost of two school lewis farm sold at altona auction william mccartney formerly of the 8th concession of bickering purchased the farm of the late arthur lewis at the public auc tion sale there on tuesday sale price was s7g00 one of the largest crowds to attend an auction this spring was on hand when auctioneers sellers atkin son prepared for the bidding highest priced cow went for 183 a ford tractor sold for g30 with the plow and cultivator attachments selling at 110 and 100 calves ran up to 85 geese s and turkeys 10 a number of antiques in the furniture line also found ready sale local butcher passes suddenly unionville will consult engineer on new main street paving the department of highways will not permit a supplementary budget by markham township in order to increase expenditure on unionvilles main street a com munication was tabled to this effect at the regular meeting of markham council on monday the township budget has been kept to a minimum this year and cannot allord any increased help for the immediately as favored by stouffi police village ville and whitchurch would offset present figures will allow 1000 these heavy transportation costs i to be expended on the main st mr burkholder added that there which when subsidized by 50 the community was shocked on friday morning may 12th to learn of the sudden passing of percy joseph ouellette who has been in the butcher business here for the last four years mr ouellette had been in apparent good health when he was suddenly stricken at his home on main st he was in his 19th year deceased was born in credit forks out and in 1925 married kathleen croft who survives him mr ouellette came to stouffville from toronto and entered business here in the lawson blk at the westend only a couple of weeks ago he entered new premises own ed by geo baker joseph ouellette was an ardent sport fan and had taken a promi nent part in the athletic club in town besides his wife he is survived by one daughter betty mrs moher mimico and a son ralph father carvell of st augustine seminary conducted the requiem mass for the deceased at st patricks church markham on monday interment was in mount hope cemetery p a byers and family here from flooded winnipeg finally forced to evacuate after relieving they were quite safe on high ground mr p a byers brother of mr jess byers 8th con of markham arrived here from stricken winni peg last week and was follow ed this week by his family who were finally forced to evacuate their home following mr byers arrival down east mr byers left this district in 1909 and this is his first trip here in nine years his brother mr jess byers has been seriously ill at his home on the 8th for several years our western visitor left winnipeg on monday night and was in stouffville several days when he received the shocking engaged to fill the vacancv on the tnat his wife and family public school staff due to the woro bein forced f their honc resignation of mrs clavt baker i ai1d were entraining during the weekend for the east the byers western home is located in the fort rouge district which is between the red and second lady added to school board at a meeting of the stouffville public school board on monday evening mrs dr neil smith was appointed to fill the vacancy on the board created by the resignation of reg stouffer who is now a mem ber of the municipal council mrs chas woodcock has been main fifty mrs florence miller in company with mr and mrs g miller and mrs h warriner are taking a motor trip to boston going by way of the adirondyke mountains lake placid and other points of interest mr and mrs dawson hare and barbara of stouffville mrs r d couperthwaite of woodbridgo and mr harold hare of huntsville spent sunday with their mother mrs robt hare at keswick mr arnold hodgkins markham rr who was the instructor in the art class held at the school the past winter has had a piece of art accepted for the fine art exhibit at the art gallery at eatons college street store this work which is a selfortrait will he on exhibit from the 17th of may until thejday night he stated assiniboine rivers on high ground mr byers tells us that the banks of the red river nearest his home are some thirty feet high however it appears that the great swell of water at the nearby june lion of these two rivers has back ed up the assiniboine until the home was untenantable one can hardly imagine the emotional state of our former resident on receiving a wire on saturday telling of his familys plight he described some of the sights in this one of our countrys most beautiful cities in its great hour of trial this catastrophe will set winni peg back twenty years he said when i left winnipeg on mon- the water 31st wasnt far below the big cpr railway bridge one of the arteries its usually about feet below residents are asked to keep their radios on all day and night in ease any special bulletins may be broadcast mr byers stated that the mani toba government would reap con siderable criticism over the terrible situation since many had forseen for years the need for protection against just such a plight as now faces the capital city ho stated that province has always shifted responsibility to the dominion government people who have summer homes cottages or any outside accommo dation are asked to leave in order to ease the load on the sewers and other public utilities he told us of friends evacuating by bus from one part of the city to another having the water as high as the bus seats and being forced to scramble over sandbag gang ways to get clear of the flooded area the great ox it freight sheds are flooded which is causing an unbelievable tieup in traffic your editor recalled to mr byers visiting some of the fine parks in winnipeg a few years ago and was told that these are nothing but lakes today and that the animals which were kept there as a sight seeing attraction have had to be destroyed in mrs byers communication to her husband she speaks of the terrific financial loss of the mink ranchers there where the animals many with young at this time of year are being drowned up until last weekend the tribune understood that the homes of dr fred warriner and mrs jos lemon other stouffville folks living in winnipeg were safe but the situation is changing daily was the question as to whether or not markham village and mark ham township would agree to the added cost of two schools will the dept guarantee the same grants in five years time when we want to build another school asked councillor legge it was agreed that this was something on which all concerned would have to take a chance the cost of the new school as proposed at present would raise whitchurch secondary school costs from 170 mills to 355 mills it was believed and this amount was not considered extreme board member a h williams stated that the dept of education frowned on approving of an addition to the stouffville school because of the fact that it was shared with the public school and likewise was unfavorable to an addition to markham school be cause the building was obsolete it was believed that the stouff ville public school could make immediate use of the entire build ing because of the overcrowded condition in the primary rooms however it was agreed that the deputation from whitchurch and stouffville should interview the department and receive firsthand and in writing their approval and assurance that a second school would be built at stouffville on a site to be purchased now when the need arose as it appeared certain to do would mean a 2000 expenditure on the road the village trustees waited on council in the evening to discuss the matter and the conclusion reached was that a construction firm contractor should be brought in to ascertain the possible cost of placing the road in shape this year with a view to resurfacing next year the trustees did not favour expending a great deal of money in costly patching only to tear the same up next year for a complete resurfacing job mr and mrs jos brady of rock- ville centre long island were weekend guests of mr and mrs jim austin ball tournament here may 24th stouffville intermediate base ball club will stage a ball tourna ment here next wednesday may 24th proceedings will commence at 130 with the final game slated for g in the evening port perry sunderland sutton and stouffville teams will take part with 75 as prize money these four teams will all be in the southern division of the tri- county league this summer so that wednesdays tourney may afford a preview stouff villes 1950 club is being selfsuppcrted and the boys are asking for your patronage on the holiday mr and mrs r parker and family of mimico spent sunday with mr and mrs b lickorish and family saturday may 20th is mother- craft tag day buy a tag whitchurch police seek higher allowances visiting ministers at heise hill love feast four ministers from other dis tricts in addition to other visitors attended the recent love feast held at the heise hill church the ministers were carl j carlson from chicago iii joseph vander- veer from hillman mich charles l baker from stayner and rae sider from blair rev carlson is in charge of the chicago mission which had its beginning over fifty years ago on sunday evening he gave a very interesting account of the work and needs of the mission at the close of the service an offering was lifted for home mission work rev vanderveer who held a two weeks revival meeting at the cober church in vaughan gave his last message there on sunday evening the messages given by all of these ministers were very helpful and much appreciated by these two congregations and the visits of all the visitors in the different homes were also greatly enjoyed mrs j irwin had the pleasure of entertaining twentytwo mem bers of her family circle on mothers day mrs gertrude parker of hamil ton is visiting with miss a b duncan a brief from the york county spokesman police association was read before whitchurch council sitting in regular session on friday evening which called for various improve ments in working conditions salary and allowance increases desired by the local constables the brief set out salaries at 2s50 for the chief of police in the township and 2750 for a first- class constable an increase in mileage was sought from 7c to 10c per mile the statement called for one and a half days sick leave each month and asked that this leave be allowed to accumulate holidays with pay and a pension scheme were the other points included in the police brief those salaries are higher than paid by the county commented reeve ed logan councillor fred timbers was absent from the meeting and councillor sid legge suggested that the matter be tabled for dis cussion before a full council dumping nuisance a deputation came before coun cil concerning what they termed a dirty mess on the 2nd conces sion and the cfrb sideroad where garbage was being dumped indiscriminately along the road side the refuse was constantly on fire the deputation claimed and aurora fire brigade had to be called several times each season to protect the bushland nearby it was claimed that the aurora town garbage collector was the chief offender and the aurora tannery also came in for criticism for dumping their waste material in this area the ratepayers were advised to get a petition signed and the matter would be attacked either from the standpoint of public health or public nuisance wilcox iakc ratepayer condemns school situation for a deputation con cerning the lack of public school facilities at the lakeside some of our kiddies cant go school at all and some can only go part of a day he contended reeve logan quickly assured mr sharp that a 4room school would be built at wilcox lake this summer ready for fall occupancy the illness of members of the arbitration board handling the oak ridges school situation had held up action for some time coun cil stated mr sharp voiced strong dis approval of the condition of the roadway near his property at the lake i cant get home do you expect me to just sit there he stated the road youre speaking about is not a township road but a private road replied reeve logan it is due to be repaired on local improvement but until such time as it is properly graded and gravelled and meets with the departments approval theres nothing we can do about it a communication from j d hawthorne who occupies a farm near the yonge st subway com plained of the new well which has been put in operated by the author ities at the former delasalle col lege now a mental institution on yonge st it was claimed that 20- 000 gallons of water a day were be ing pumped out and this was seriously effecting farm wells in the vicinity mr hawthornes complaint had been forwarded to the dept of public works account for 10 for one sheep killed by dogs on the farm of ja clarke fith con was passed for payment road accounts for the month totalled fis9fllo and general accounts passed for payment amounted to 110723 council received approval for their 1950 road budget of 10000 bob sharp ratepayer from willthls was the same estimate as et cox lake waited on council asl last year