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twelve pages 3000 copies vol 61 no 15 the tribune stouffville oxt july 27 1950 perform operation miracle on stouffville infant a successful operation on the deformed oesophagus of the infant son of mr and mrs jim bae of stouftville was performed recently in the sick childrens hospital toronto the operation according to dr john button is a miracle of medical skill and was performed by dr wilkinson sick childrens hospital surgeon this is only the seventh successful operation of this kind ever recorded by the hospital the child was rushed to tor onto and the operation was per formed when the baby was only thirteen hrs old and at last report the little one was recovering receiving nourishment through an incision in the stomach until fully recovered it is expected that the child will be released from hospital this week to return home the operation is necessitated due to the fact that at birth the oesophagus was connected with the windpipe rather than with the stomach arid the child cannot take food a removal of several ribs was necessary to effect the change of the oesophagus to its proper place great credit was expressed by sick childrens hospital officials for dr button and the brierbush hospital for the care of the baby and the speed with which it was transferred for the operation only recently a baby was brought from saskatoon for a similar oper ation the toronto hospital being the only one where this miracu lous medical feat could be per formed building down in whitchurch from 1949 figures according to figures compiled by the building inspector fred cummings building in whit church township is down con siderable from that of 1949 total value of permits issued so far this 3 ear amounts to 254300 of which the largest amount is for new dwellings one house alone being valued at 850000 there are fifteen new homes being erected in the township at the present time the total number of permits issued has been 78 it is believed thatjhe uncertain ty of world conditions and the high costs of material and labour are chiefly responsible for the falling off erection of new summer cott ages at the two township lakes has been practically nil this season four acres an hour fast hay harvesting meet again this thursday over high school question a special meeting has been called for this thursday evening by the local high school area board of the reeves and clerks of stouffville markham whitchurch and markham townships to further discuss the question of a new high school or schools for the area mr duffin of the depart ment of education will also be present at the meeting the issue of a new high school has been deadlocked for more than a month following several meet ings at which stouffville and whit church clearly stated that they would support the building of two schools or none while the two southern municipalities sanction ed the boards decision to erect one school at markham several attempts to sway the two northern municipalities from their twoschool stand by the area board have met with strong opposition the local council be lieves that it has made its position clear as has whitchurch a num ber of times and are assured of strong public support in their efforts to maintain a seat of second ary education at stouffville however the first of this week new figures were made available to the four councils concerned show ing the cost of two schools is 8833000 rather than 8750000 as the figure previously provided cost of one school is approximately 550- 000 just how the additional 875000 came to be added to the twoschool proposal since the last meeting is not known former school principal here dies in toronto funeral service was conducted at the frank foster funeral chapel in toronto on tuesday afternoon for the late hugh william watson who passed away at his home annette st on sat urday mr watson was principal of the stouffville high school some fifteen years ago and the family resided on obrien ave surviving are his wife the form er jessie wilder son stewart c in hamilton and a daughter mrs geo battersby in california a brother edward shelbourne and a sister mrs ed ferris man interment was made in the park lawn cemetery crash at atha injures passengers mr herb bennett of cherry- wood is in the east general hos pital suffering from multiple lac erations of the scalp and face an injured knee cap and left arm following a collision at atha last wednesday pvening when the car in which he was- a passenger collided with another machine driven by clifford dunkeld the accident occurred at the corner of the 8th concession of pickering and the north sideroad at atha the dunkeld car owned by mr murray dunkeld was pro ceeding west at the time and the second car driven by mrs reuben tindall was entering the con cession from the north sideroad mrs tindall with whom mr bennett was riding was badly shaken up and bruce and gordon mcdowell also beverley collins passengers in the dunkeld car received cuts and bruises former storekeeper councillor buried at kirkland lake funeral services were conducted at kirkland lake on tuesday after noon for a w scott former stouffville storekeeper the late alex scott was born in uxbridge township and travelled to western canada in the early 1900s where he carried on a successful farm business returning to stouffville the family occupied the residence in the westend now occupied by dr s t bodendistel mr scott con ducted an implement business here later entering the grocery trade in the present baxlin blk he served a term on the village council and the family was active in the work of the united church mr scott left stouffville about fifteen years ago and has been in kirkland lake since that time surviving are his wife the form er edith jewett and one daughter anna mrs gordon mcecheran mr george rodanz owner of the wellknown ringwood farms is seen here on his fox forage harvester an amer ican product the machine picks up the hay and chews it into fine chaff before blow ing it into the waiting wagon being drawn behind when the tribune cameraman snap ped this picture the outfit was working through a 12acre field which was cleaned up and in the barn in three hours the tractor driver is wilmer ham as seen in the picture this particular harvester is operated by its own separate photo by cadieux motor and not from a power takeoff as are canadian machines the stock is said to relish this finely chopped hay much more than the long variety the rodanz farms produced a hundred and fifty acres of hay this season wellknown guernseys sold to jack fraser the wellknown herd of guern sey cattle owned by donalda farms has been sold to jack fraser sr owner of a chain of clothing stores and also owner of fraserdale farms at concord announcement of the sale of the 76 head of cattle was made by moffat dunlap proprietor of donalda farms sale of the cattle one of the biggest transactions of its kind in years brings to fraserdale farms some of the finest guernseys on the continent the price paid was not disclosed the herd includes the grand champion and the reserve cham pion at the canadian national exhibition last year the 13-year- old donalda langwater victor undefeated champion and bonnie a former champion go with the consignment for 30 years the guernseys bred at donalda farms have carried oft top honors in shows across the country the cattle have command ed top prices and have always been in heavy demand by cattlemen called ox local oxygen for melville case few people are possibly aware that the local brierbush hospital is equipped with many of the latest medical devices including oxygen and recently a baby incubator markham township rushed oxygen from the brierbush to melville last week where it was administered to little archie kerr on his trip to the sick childrens hospital in a vain attempt to save his life 4 ditched shaken as car avoids dog four occupants of a 1950 con vertible escaped with minor injuries when the car swerved to avoid a dog skidded oyer a culvert and rolled over in a ditch two miles north of stouffville on high way no 47 on monday dr robert e ralph of 1057 avenue rd toronto driver of the car his wife and two sisters received only a shaking up bid high for privilege of sitting down people are still willing to pay well for the privilege of sitting down an old platform rocking chair sold for 81950 at the auction sale of household goods belonging to mrs thos williamson conduct ed on saturday by sellers and atkinson auctioneers weather was ideal and brought a large turnout to the familiar residence at the corner of blake st prices on rugs and bedding were exceptionally good and some dishes and antique articles went out of reach of the ordinary pocket book local hockey club to finance self through carnival stouffville senior hockey club which is one of the most active hockey associations seen in town in some years is staging a big carnival and street dance here next wednesday evening aug 2nd for the purpose of financing itself for the coming season the stouffville legionaires will provide the music for dancing and a fine boat fully equipped with accessories including a johnson motor will be given away to the holder of the lucky draw ticket the club is seeking full public support in its financial effort and hopes that the hundreds of local fans who are anxious to see a good hockey team here this winter will show their interest by purchasing a book of draw tickets therell also be a baseball game in memorial park commencing at 630 between the local intermed iates tricounty group leaders and the hockey club which boasts a number of snappy ball players including coach bob bangay bert baker bobby hopper don couch geo stark norm stunden jack watson an mac clem james jarvis of main street east is undergoing treatment in hospital in toronto whitchurch twp to mark centennial on sept 1617 some changes in high school staff the stouffville high school staff for the coming year will include two new names miss patricia schofield from drayton will take miss goodyears place and miss mary mackenzie from kapus- kasing will fill miss shirley reeves position there is only one neil mcconnell from harriston is change in the markham staff mr taking mr carmichaels work a pleasant family gathering was marked on sunday at the home of mr and mrs ralph reaman siloam when more than thirtyfive members of the family were present including a sister mrs leigh machan st vital man who was paying her first visit home in ten years other present were john albert shirk mr and mrs carl wideman and mr and mrs elmer shirk of stouffville mr and mrs norman reaman and family ford- wich mr and mrs earl shirk green river mr and mrs walter gray and girls from lemonville mrs wm johnston toronto mr and mrs bruce cowan mona mills mr edgar shirk claremont move here from england mrs mary coombs sister of mrs malcolm brierbush hospital stouffville has arrived in stouff ville with her two daughters laureen and jean and son allen from manchester england the family will make their home in stouffville they arrived in quebec city on june 16th and were met by mrs malcolm the one hundredth anniversary of municipal government in the township of whitchurch will be marked with a special celebration on saturday sept 16th and a special mass church service on sunday sept 17th some fifty representatives from the various organizations in the township together with the town ship council and municipal repre sentatives from the neighboring towns of newmarket stouffville and aurora gathered in the hall at vandorf on thursday evening to plan for the centennary the meeting was headed by former reeve lome evans assist ed by jack crawford clerk while definite plans are still in the form ative state it is expected that the saturday celebration will take the form of a huge motor cavalcade through the township and three towns forming part of whitchurch winding up at cedar beach musselmans lake for a picnic and sports day together with short addresses by outstanding guests the locale of the divine service on sunday is not yet definite the following committee is in charge of the saturday celebration p s legge alex bell henry ogden mrs geo richardson lome painter edw logan cliff wallwork and mrs r c bay- croft the divine service is being organized by fred timbers s c snively mrs harry smith elmer starr a a cook and mrs p s legge in addition a historical com mittee was named to compile a short historical sketch of the town ship and publish the same in booklet form this committee is composed of mrs h dewsbury geo e richardson elmer starr victor jones dr f vannostrand mrs jack gamble and chas h nolan local family manufactures own rugs crash near bala sends local people to hospital as the car owned by willis davis of altona was travelling south on the highway near bala on satur day afternoon a northbound car turned out to pass another going in the same direction and skidded on the dry pavement this brought the skidding car abruptly into the path of the davis machine and caused a crash the driver of the northbound car was alone and had 1 ribs broken and 3 badly crushed the five passengers of the davis car were bruised and six stitches were required to close lacerations receiv ed by mrs w davis four of which were above her eye she was wear ing glasses and her head broke through the windshield of the car miss betty davis niece from brooklin had the end of her spine crushed and remained in hospital in bracebridge a cast was to be applied on monday and it was expected she would be released thursday of this week from hospi tal and brought home by ambu lance jonathan hutchinson 87 next sunday born at bloomlngton on the property on which robert mills now farms and residing at bloom- ington since his return in 1922 after living in a number of other places including collingwood manitoulin island and stouffville jonathan hutchinson will cele brate his 87th birthday on sunday july 30th mr hutchinson is the youngest and last surviving member of his family he has been twice married his present wife being the former alice topper mackenzie king visited stouffville year he was elected leader canada is today mourning the loss of one of her most illustrious sons william lyon mackenzie king veteran statesman the bachelor who was prime minister longer than any other man in any british commonwealth who died on saturday evening it is recalled that this world figure visited stouffville in 1919 the year in which he was elected to lead the liberal party a posi tion which he filled for more than a quarter century mr king made at one of the royal winter fairs in toronto mrs e r good of main st east was attracted by the weaving done on the looms in a demonstration she thought she would like to weave upon inquiry she found one of the handmade looms made in toronto would cost her 350 that price looked like a lot of money hovever she proceeded to take iessons in weav ing at the womens handcraft at 23 prince arthur ave in toronto on information gleanetttthere two years ago bought a mdchinemade 45 loom from quebec for a fraction of the cost of the hand made article mrs good is well satisfied with her purchase and states it is not as clumsy as the more expensive one a loom is a very involved affair to the uninit iated somewhere along the line mrs goods husband became interested and together they make rugs in spare time in the winter months they have made two types of rugs the woven made in a similar way to those the late mr josh lehman wove at gormley years ago and the oriental handtied every loop of yarn being tied by hand for these latter they cut the wool yarn in 2 lengths the wool is wrapped around down the length of a stick and then cut in a straight line down the stick and this gives even lengths one heavy durable rug manufact ured is an oriental handtied 39 by 5s inches of 6ply wool in dark and light sand wine and green this is unlined and the materials cost them 24 like a larger one this should outlive its were 45 feet long and it required 3314 strings of this length for a 39 width another attractive rug made by the goods is 38 by 60 inches and is rose and green smyrna chenille in addition to rugweaving one can weave dress materials drape material and other fabrics mrs good has blue and yellow yarns of which she plans to make drapes for her home when asked whether they intended to make rugs for sale the goods said they are going to make small rugs for the members of their family who have established makers as the wool yarn they use homes but if someone is interested is all mothproofed for life this large living room rug in use in their home is 78 wide and 8 10 long and has 107500 ties done by hand this rug is made in two strips 39 wide and then sewn together lined with green broad cloth and fringe sewn on the ends the materials for this cost s125 and the lply wool yarns are of medium and dark green shades the rows alternate in shade for this rug the strings of warp in having a rug made to order they will consider it mrs good proudly exhibits a sampler made by her great great grandmother over a period of five years it is of needlepoint 17 by 52 inches bearing a variety of designs they grew the flax and spun the yarn for it and then wove the material and made the sampler and embroidered it it is dated 1s3918i4 mrs goods sister has a sampler dated 1819 late w l mackenzie king the initial presentation of a hand some silver trophy to the stouff ville lawn bowlers a cup which is still competed for today mr f l buttons rink captured the late prime ministers trophy on this occasion mr kings visit to town was heralded with great fanfare iby the notoriously liberal local citizenry and a parade travelled from ringwood to stouffville sir wilfrid laurier and his most ardent supporters fought the con servative government on the con scription issue during the first world war and mr king came to the field as laurier candidate in north york and was defeated following the death of sir wilfrid in 1919 a national convention was called of the liberal party in august at ottawa at that conven tion mr king won the leadership of the party being elected over such seasoned veterans as hon w s fielding hon d d mackenzie and rt hon geo p graham on wednesday afternoon of this week the funeral procession for the late mackenzie king moved to st andrews presbyterian church ottawa for service the body travelled by special train to tor onto on wednesday evening for burial this thursday morning in mt pleasant cemetery murray holden was removed to the western hospital on saturday suffering from pneumonia he 6 doing as well as can be expected since the pneumonia was well established before medical aid was summoned