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the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 19 1950 council takes stock of snowplowing equipment road supt davis brought up the subject of snowplowing at whit church township council meeting on saturday and suggested it might be to the townships advan tage to buy one or two trucks to do their own work instead of hiring it done for 0 per hour if we get a truck big enough to plow snow would it be too big for the summertime councillor bay- croft queried thats the reason im having harry ratcliff come up this after noon mr davis replied mr rat- clilf of stouffville motors furnished information on cost of types of chassis plow and gravel box suit able for township snowplow work mr ratcliff pointed out roberts and- rennie hauled gravel in sum mer in trucks used for plowing in winter some councillors felt the township did not at present require the same trucks for sum mer work as these men use dis cussion brought out the informa tion that a truck such as mr rat cliff suggested consumes 3 gals of fuel per hour in heavy snowplowing and that county snowplow trucks receive 6 per day standby time mr davis asked if employees salaries might be paid twice a month instead of monthly and council felt this would be possible he also asked for a meeting of king and whitchurch councils to discuss drainage problems at yonge street a letter of complaint was received from mrs burk at wilcox lake complaining of pools of dirty water standing around into which her children fell mention was made of the possi bility of whitchurch joining the local health unit we are told if we go in the building may be located in stouff ville otherwise it will be in mark- ham the meeting was informed council was not interested road accounts for the month of september amounted to 287372 general accounts reached a total of 54552 including payment of 120 to the village of stouffville for 3 fires councillor legge felt the supply of snow fence should not be allowed to become depleted and purchase of 20 rolls and 150 seven- foot steel posts was authorized court of revision was set for saturday nov 11th at 2 oclock payment to robt forfar of 500 for garbage collection at mussel mans lake for 1950 was authorized consideration was given the 000000 debenture on newmarket high school building net fines for whitchurch amounted to 7142 grant helmkay was recorded as being opposed to the closing of the lane at musselmans lake as it provided access to water in dry times sheep claims for the month amounted to 115 j a clark lot 11 con g one sheep killed 30 geo drueury lot 30 con 3 2 sheep killed 30 g0 chas dennie lot 11 con 7 one sheep killed 25 on resolution dated sept 27th by deputy reeve mclaughlin and councillor baycroft the reeve and treasurer were authorized to apply to the dept of highways for interim subsidy on road expendi ture in 1950 up to aug 31st in amount roads 50 34s7651 culveits 80 67869 3555520 charge 5 sold horskmbat as hamburger five ottawa district merchants are being charged with selling horsemeat as hamburger and other table foods the federal health department announced this week the investigation followed the discovery by food and drug inspec tors that horsemeat hamburgers were being sold at the central canada exhibition at ottawa last august while the act does not bar the sale of horsemeat it provides that this product must be labelled as such when sold work in progress ox lake wilcox northern road action is under way with regard to the north road at lake wilcox states township clerk john craw ford of whitchurch township delay in fixing up the road work on which was asked for by a rate payers petition has been due to engineering difficulties mr craw ford says with a watercourse giving considerable trouble changes in connection with cul verts have also had to be made king township is being consulted regarding the water course prob lem and surveyors started working on the road on the morning of october 12 cant sleep at night for barking dogs never- ending ae the complaints received by councillors whether it be the township or town mon days meeting of markham town ship council was no exception a delegation of ladies from the second concession headed by mrs mcgraw brought in a petition complaining against markhams westside greyhound dog kennel the ladies claimed that the dogs killed local felines and were so ill fed they were eating each other council called on constable shepherd concerning the com plaints and iie state that on the visits he had made to the kennel he had found nothing amiss he stated that the dogs were penned and the owner had a private race track on his own property a deputation waited on council concerning certain improvements in hunts lane which they claimed was in a bad stale of repair and required bridge repairs the delegation was informed that the department had turned down a new bridge until the road way was widened to 33 feet and this would require an additional strip of land being deeded to the municipality down the one side of the roadway mr jackson addressing council stated that lie had been making continual trips to unionville in an effort to have road improvement effected on lillian st on the west side of the township but had never been able to get any action mr maldover subdivider and owner of much of the property on the north side of clark ave adjae ent to lillian had placed 1500 at the disposal of the township for the improvement of the streets in that area bat had not definitely designated the streets cant you bring pressure to bear were paying taxes and gett ing nothing done mr jackson complained 1 dont see why we cant go ahead and use the money stated councillor hooper we will have to take lillian st over anyway as the publics using it weve got the money lets go ahead and fix the road why worry about the deed after considerable discussion a resolution was brought in by mr hooper and mr clark calling for the expenditure of up to 500 of the deposit money to repair the road of which mr jackson was complain ing the next meeting of council was set for nov 4th with court of revision on the assessment roll on oct 30th at 3 oclock order reserved seats now royal winter fair nov 1422 as the supply is limited reserved seats must be obtained immedi ately by outoftown visitors reserved seats afternoons tun nov 14 frl nov 17 to wtd nov 23 100 including general odmiloa reserved seats nights 150 175 200 including gnrol odmitiion enclose a sefa1drecj envelope with your cheque or money order to royal agricultural winter fair royal coliseum toronto ont joy beauty salon near cnr permanent waving individual styling razor shaping phone stouffville 98w2 monster bingo dance on friday oct 20 at 830 pm veterans hall stouffville lucky d r aw s 1st prize westinghouse electric washer 2nd prize electric radio 3rd prize pressure cooker 4th prize electric kettle 5th prize electric iron 6th prize electric toaster canada potato growers seek government aid canadian potato growers fearful of what the future may hold for their product began the uphill job of seeking financial assistance from the government headed by v r shaw deputy minister of agriculture for prince edward island a delegation of potato grower representatives gathered to find out how sym pathetic the government is to the idea of granting pricesupport for canadian potatoes though there were no official statements thare were indications that the delegation drew a blank when the idea of price support was broached the potato growers were expect ed to get the governments final decision this week when they met with agriculture minister gard iner meanwhile there were indica tions that the government feels there should be a reduction in future canadian potato crops as one means to help solve the con tinual problem of finding markets for surplus this year the crop is expected to total about 9000000 bushels or more offioials close to the situation have stated the crop should not exceed 75000000 bushels 1 the nourishing glass of milk from grandma is the happy ending to this story it started when nature put aluminum in the earth itself that is why this important mineral is right in the milk we drink 3 from farm to dairy from country to city rich wholesome canadian milk is being increasingly carried in aluminum containers to reach you fresh and pure i i i i 2 and nature gave aluminum finalities that make it ideal in contact with food many milk pails many parts of modern milking machines are made of aluminum 4 and to cap it all many bottles of milk are protectionsealed with shining aluminum foil tops aluminum assures cleanliness for this most sensitive of all foods no other material is more foo8friendly than aluminum whenever you see alurnimim on the outside of a food or a drink theres an inside story of perfectly protected flavour quality and purity aluminum company of canada ltd liifciothe lousewif some natural minerals in foods and water leave a dark deposit on cooking utensils these deposits are harmless and are easily removed by standard cleaners or steel toool and soap aluminum ji s0wi canaries hatch robin shewsbury mass john r sullivan found a bird egg on his front lawn and put it in a cage with his canaries brighty and chipper they took turns sitting on the egg for two weeks until a baby robin was hatched rio theatre uxbridge two shows nightly matinee saturday at 200 pm a mans way the little boy broke the seat on his twodollar kiddie car but his kind father assured him he would make it as good as new he did too and it was a source of family pride that daddy was so handy however came the family ironing day and mother found the end had been cut off the ironing board father had sacrificed the fivedollar board to fix the twodollar kiddie car stanley theatre stouffville ontario neav fall poiicy two continuous shows nightly starting 7 pm doors open 043 pm matinee saturdays 2 pm thursday friday saturday october 19 20 21 broken arrow technicolor james stewart and jeff chandler v proceeds in aid of building fund st patricks church markham prizes on display in norm farrs window on draw 25c 6 for loo foto nite every thursday this week first offer 15000 second offer 1000 wednesday is attendance night monday tuesday october 23 24 the daughter of rosie ogrady june haver and gordon macrae wednesday thursday october 25 26 young man with a horn kirk douglas and lauren bacall friday saturday october 20th 21st see lon an inexperienced city boy in search of a ravaging cougar in the big cat in technicolor starring lon mccallisrer peggy ann garner only two days monday tuesday october 23rd 24th with i i j wednesday thursday october 25th morning departure starring john mills 26th