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tiie trlbuae stouffville oat thursday may 25 1950 the stouffville tribune established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as second class mall post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers i j e55s g sss notes and comments nearing 14000000 the canadian census is taken every 10 years but the census figures are supplemented by estimates for the in tervening years these are essential for the calculation of per capita figures in production and trade and for use as a base in birth and death comparisons the latest of these estimates for march 1 last shows a population of 13766000 an increase of 59000 over the figure for dec 1 1949 the records show the estimated figures run a little behind actual population figures so it looks as if an official figure of slightly over 14000000 will be chalked up after the censustakers have completed their work next year lets get on with the job it is sincerely hoped that the municipal council will not overlook the job of rebuilding the memorial park gates which are in a deplorable state of dilapidation the job has been sidetracked now for the best part of two years while brick by brick these gates which in addition to supporting two fine entrance lamps a gift to the town also bear the names of those men who made the supreme sacrifice during world war i regardless of the cost the pillars must be repaired if it is not deemed advisable to move the gates to main st the entrance might be enlarged by the removal entirely of the two small outside pillars which are of little value the town property committee will be looked to to set this work in motion our park is one of our showplaces drawing favorable comment annually from the many visitors to town but the crumbling archway which forms the entrance is certainly not in keeping with the pleasant surroundings once inside why not dominion day the desire on the part of some parliamentarians to have dominion day changed to canada day raises a question and the question is why the july 1st holiday has been known as dominion day for a good many years why it has to be changed in this year of 1950 doesnt seem to have been adequately explained if a suitable explanation can be conjured up actually except perhaps for official purposes domin ion day is seldom referred to by any name other than the first of july people have to a large extent either for gotten or chosen not to concern themselves with the original purpose of the holiday this may not be in the best inter ests of patriotism but the fact remains that people in can ada today are more concerned with the time of the holiday than they are with either the origin or purpose of it this being the case the changing of the name given the holiday is of little import to a great many canadians to change it then wouldnt serve any very real purpose except perhaps to satisfy the whims of a few namecon scious members of parliament and even if it is changed the majority of those people who called the holiday dom inion day in the past will continue to do so through sheer force of habit surely in this day of many perplexing issues facing the nation our government at ottawa can devote its time to more important matters provinces to get right to nominate 16 senators like springtime that hardy perennial senate reform is in the air this year there is a new buoyancy to reform talk for two reasons 1 hon wishart robertson government leader in the senate is an ardent reform advocate 2 behind him now is prime minister st laurent who is more than likely to take steps in this direction once he has gone a little farther toward proposed constitutional reforms and dominionprovincial settlements the newest and most interesting reform notion is the proposal now under review here that 16 senate seats be permanently set aside for provincial nomination on a short- term basis this would mean creating a new type of senator a senator who would hold office for only a short period of time say four or five years nominations for these posts would be in the hands of the individual provincial governments of the day any one senator could be renominated for a second or third term if his government were still in office and if he had proved himself a useful representative there would be four such nominees from both ontario and quebec one from each of the other provinces the thought behind this proposal is that it would en sure at all times that every shade of political thought as represented by provincial administration would be repre sented in the senate under todays conditions there would be four conservatives from ontario four of premier du- plessis nominees from quebec a social credit senator from alberta and a ccfer from saskatchewan etc the limited term it is felt would prove a definite in centive to active work and participation an incentive that is often lacking once an appointee gets this comfort able assignment for life linked with this new approach to reform is the hoary matter of age limit financial post markiiam doctor marks forty ykaks practise dr a l more this month marks forty years as a practicing physic ian in markham dr and mrs hore located in the village in 1910 in the residence on main st now occupied by the local telephone ollice dr more who is still active served the village for a number of years as moii the man whose ship comes in usually finds most of his relatives at the dock unionville reg egc grading station eggs and poultry picked up each wednesday highest prices paid m crittenden phone unionville 100 york county in review 16151949 to bring to our readers some of the vast wealth of history and tradition which has played such an important part in the develop ment of our country province and dominion we present a series of articles on york county as it marks its centenary the articles are being edited by hugh griggs mimico from information com piled during the past four years by v g goddard staff member of weston collegiate institute and vocation school editor the first accurate survey of the toronto harbour was made by joseph bouehette in 1793 an act of parliament was passed to permit town meetings of householders to elect minor ollieials such as town clerk assessors tax collectors overseers of the highways fence- viewers and town wardens the first assessment act was passed the same year permitting the courts of quarter sessions to levy a tax for public expenditures while the first act of the upper canada parliament concerning roads was passed giving the courts of quarter sessions supervisory powers as highway commissioners louis roy was the first kings printer for upper canada and issued the first number of the upper canada gazette at newark now niagaraonthelake on may rd simcoe set out from newark to visit toronto for the first time while on june 2gth an act for the gradual suppression of slavery was passed by the parlia ment of upper canada it was in july 1793 that simcoe removed his headquarters from newark to york and the next month toronto was renamed york in honour of the duke of york a son of george xii the first meeting of the execu tive council took place on august 31st simcoe and party paused at mr st johns rousseaus dwelling on the east bank of the humber river near where the club kings- way is now situated the same year captain aeneas shaw of the queens rangers settled at york his residence was situated west of old trinity college queen street near where the present shaw street now runs alexander aitken deputy pro vincial surveyor drew up plans for the town of york showing king street as the central thoroughfare with five streets run ning north and five south of it the present berkeley street was later named parliament street as it ran to the legislative building in october dundas street was opened from york to what is now port credit on july 20th 1703 captain aeneas shaw and his com pany were sent to the site of tor onto which had been chosen as the place for the capitol of the province and there commenced the clearing of the land and the erection of buildings the remain der of the regiment followed and were soon at work on the fort at the mouth of the garrison creek these buildings were destroyed by the americans in 1812 but the ram- ports and a blockhouse are still in existence near the foot of bath- urst street these having been reconditioned in the restoration of 193 the regiment has as one of its most prized possessions the original sketch of old fork york made by simcoe in 1793 the legend is in his own handwriting as the purpose of the regiments reorganization was partly to assist colonization its personnel was given parttime employment build ing roads dundas street kingston road and yonge street in addition to roads about kingston and iqueenstown are arising memorials of their pioneering efforts timothy skinner erected the first mill on the don river on lot 13 east york south of todmorden in 1791 william berezy built a grist mill on the rouge river believed to be the first of its kind in the county of york the town of york was laid out by survey survey was carried out also by the township of markham d an act gave licensing of taverns into the hands of the courts of quarter sessions on february 2gth 1791 augus tus jones began his survey of yonge street leading to lake simcoe later the same year berezy led a group of sixty ger man families from genessee new york to settle in the township of markham castle frank the first govern ment house was erected on the banks of the don river as a sum mer residence for the governor and mrs simcoe it was named for their son frank gwillim simcoe who was killed in spain at the siege of badajoz 1s12 gwillim was mrs simcoes maiden name it is interting to note that gwillim bury townships were- named in her honor captain aeneas shaw was sworn into the executive council of upper canada and edward graves simcoe wright son of edward wright who came to canada in 1792 with the queens rangers was the first white child to be born in the town of york he operated a tavern the greenland caught at musselmans i given six months i two youths were given reforma tory terms of six months definite and three months indefinite on fri day on charges of attempting to break and enter while armed dick long 10 of uxbridge and charles mcintosh 20 of no fixed address pleaded guilty last week before magistrate frank ebbs they admitted trying to break into the public school there while carrying a 22 calibre pistol police also lound 50 rounds of ammuni tion the pair was caught near musselmans lake about 10 miles from uxbridge where they broke into a cottage and slept overnight they had taken several articles from the cottage police said xew policy daylight saving 2 shows nightly 730 doors open 700 pm continuous sat 70o pm to midnight matinee sat 200 pm markham charge markham sportsman broke exchange law john stuart markham wellknown toronto sportsman and president of the john stuart sales ltd was charged last week with infractions of the foreign exchange control board regulations an official of the board said information against the sports man were laid at the city hall by a board inspector following weeks of investigation actively interested in all branches of sport stuart is known to sporting fans as a successful race horse owner and a fiery backer of football and soccer teams less than a month ago he threw a bombshell into big four football camps by resigning from the tor onto argonauts after being criti cized by club directors for prema ture press releases following his resignation several players joined other foot ball teams and there were rumors of dissension in the football club which were later denied by direc tors and other players owner of a large stable of race horses stuart has raced them over united states and canadian tracks within the past three years in 1949 his most successful year his horses won 17 races on canadian tracks rolling up a total of 07301 in purses friday saturday may 26th 27th great family doublebill no 1 the most sensational outlaw hunt in oklahoma history randolph louise scott albritton in the doolins of oklahoma no 2 william tracy joe sawyer m hayfoot 6 riotous rollicking days monday to saturday may 29th to june 3rd in o 5 lamar trotti with betty lynn edgar buchanan t tubllcojljtc ts walter lang r lamar trotti bdlsd sccn play by lamar rat based on the novel by inn 8 gltjfftt jr and etneitme gdbrctri cai ffsym are ig ii coming wabash avenue fisheries situated on the north west corner of front and john for eleven dollars care guar streets i antees delivery of a food package by march 1791 yonge street to any individual or group in eur- was blazed to holland landing ope or asia each food package is designed to supplement rations of a family of four for a month and provides the highest possible cal orie content pikes peak tent me may 30 june 11 rev e j wilson evangelist from brantford ont rev e 1 wilson the lacy gospel singers composed of sir and mrs floyd ii liuy formerly of the cleveland colored quintet and sirs georgia woodson grand cupids michigan and miss hael iolonion toronto jbm the lacy gospel sinters colored service each weeknite 8 pm including saturday sunday services 1030 am 3 pm and 730 pm location 5lh concession of whitchurch one road east of gormley half mile north of belhesda spoxsoukd by united missionary churches of gormley and bcthcsda rev u k slder pastor