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two sections tonffotue tibnm sixteen pages vol 61 no 29 the tribune stouffville ont november 9 1950 impressive services mark opening of new wing on local united church two very largely attended ser vices on sunday marked the 5sth anniversary of the stouffville united church and the official opening of the new wing it was also the occasion for the public to hear for the first time the cathe dral chimes which have been installed on the pipe organ and this music was amplified throughout the community on sunday the new chimes were a gift to the church by mr and mrs m e watts in memory of her parents mr william and eliza beth a boynton other gifts to the church and installed in the new wing include the furnishings of the ministers vestry by miss gertrude todd in memory of her parents mr and mrs w h todd a portion of the library of the late rev dr thomas mitchell by miss belle mitchell and two framed pictures placed in the new ladies parlors by mr and mrs delbert booth special recognition of all these gifts was made during the service on sunday the keys of the new wing were presented to the min ister rev douglas davis by mr frank riches on behalf of the church board the new building is erected at the west end of the present edifice and extends north toward duchess st the dimensions are forty by thirty with the main entrance on duchess st the north section of the new building upstairs will be known as the ladies parlors and will be used for young adults and as a smaller assembly room for ladies meetings between this room and the choir alcove are the mens and ladies choir rooms each is provided with washroom conveniences there is also a kitchenette in connection with the ladies parlor the downstairs is to meet the needs of the frimary and nursery children they will also have their own washrooms the large oil- heating plant installed several years ago in the main part of the church will aiso handle the needs of the new wing speaking on sunday morning on the subject what think ye of christ rev john bell ba of danforth united church toronto delivered a forceful sermon on christ as the only hope of the world many will say he is not prac tical today stated rev bell he might have been alright in galli- lee but no good today in london washington or ottawa but what other program has brought peace he continued christianity isnt easy and to many may seem impossible at first sight many have given up be cause it was loo hard the christian world is the only world that is practical weve tried all the others diplomacy every man for himself and so forth why not try christ the speaker asked i if i be lifted up will draw all men unto me only thus can we have peace in this world he said sin stated rev bell is the worlds trouble but with christ i am not discouiaged to me he continued he is personal some of us make a poor start in life but a great finish and all because along the way we met someone someone who has made a great sacrifice for us that is where christ comes in he can lift men from the depths to the heights what think ye of christ is a question every man must answer for himself he concluded the speaker at the evening ser vice was rev frank fidler bs bd who is prominent in the christian educational work of the church he took as his subject why jesus wrote no book he com pared the power of christ to touch mens lives with that of the spreading power in an atomic explosion a contagion whicn spreads the choir under the leadership of l c murphy rendered special anthems both morning and even ing brodiesouthdowns go to chicago f w gurney widelyknown sheep breeder of paris will have his usual showing of purebreds in the coming 51st international live stock exposition in chicago he has entered four head of shropshires in the breeding classes of the sheep department of the show which is scheduled for nov 25 through dec 2 in the chicago stock yards another wellknown ontario sheepman who is similarly a tra ditional winner at the internationa and will compete in the coming exposition is w j brodie of stouffville he will have four southdown wether lambs in the fat competitions of the show hockey management k oxeill manager breakin at town firehall some person or persons gained entrance to the municipal firehall on wednesday night by jimmying the large front doors with a bar why they chose this difficult method of entry is not known fire chief del jennings made a thorough investigation of the prem ises but found nothing amiss the reason for the breakin remains a mystery canadas third oldest drug store iisi msmmmm mrs j e wagg passes at goodwood in 71st year following two weeks of critical illness and failing health for some time mrs amelia forsythe wagg passed away at her home at good wood on saturday nov 1th rev douglas davis of stouffville con ducted the funeral service at the family residence at goodwood on monday nov 6th with interment in goodwood cemetery pall bearers were messrs albert tay lor arthur knight grant helrn- kay bristol mcguckin ted hall and ed sheehey born at garibaldi 70 years ago mrs wagg was the daughter of eleazer forsythe and jemima todd forsythe she was united in marriage with j e ted wagg who survives her for 44 years they farmed one and a quarter miles north of goodwood retiring to goodwood almost four years ago the late mrs wagg was identified with goodwood united church and was a member of the womens institute surviving are one son norman of goodwood and one daughter gladys mrs john badgerow of claremont two brothers also sur vive thomas forsythe of good wood and charles forsythe of stouffville and two sisters mrs richard foote fleda of stouff ville and mrs chas watson etoile of goodwood three nationalities taking advantage of language classes at local h school v t kennie secretary veterans to parade to remembrance day service on sunday stouffville veterans are asked to fall in at 130 pm at the mem orial hall on sunday afternoon nov 12th to parade to the ceme tery for the placing of poppies at 3 oclock public service will be held in the stouffville united church following which the par ade will move to the memorial park gates for the placing of wreaths rev dg rae dfcba will be the speaker at the service and the parade will be led by the mark- ham girls trumpet band norman baker treasurer stouffville senior hockey club on whom local fans are pinn ing their hopes for a great season here is being managed by the above men who were appointed to this important post by the stouffville arena company arrested after wild motor ride william t richardson of tor onto was arrested in stouffville on sunday night following a wild car ride through town he was lodged in jail in toronto and was remand ed until monday richardson was travelling an irregular course through main st at a fast clip when he came into collision with a couple of parked cars near international motors and ended up against a tree according to police the car damage will amount to between 100 and 500 while the munici pality will also seek damages for the shade tree which was on the boulevard nearly twenty immigrants representing three nationalities dutch german and ukranian are taking advantage of the language classes being conducted weekly at the stoutrville high school mr geo pearce member of the local high school staff is in charge ten members of the class are enjoying their second year of training while the balance are newcomers fronske heinz a german class member has only been in canada one month he was in the russian zone of berlin and a short time ago escaped to the western zone he is making his new home at bloomington johannes b hulshof has been here three months as has john bonsma willy bonsma has been out three months sam scrypka a ukranian six months and marines hensink of locust hill eighteen months citizenship training such as is being given here is one phase of the work being carried out by the community programme branch of the ontario department of educa tion to date some 15000 persons have taken- advantage of the classes throughout ontario to study basic english and citizen ship in 602 classes the classes are based on a twoyear course with english taken the first year and citizenship the next by the end of the first year the new comers vocabulary should include 1000 words at the end of the two years or whenever they feel they are able the newcomers can write their examination for the provincial certificate in proficiency john h mcconnochie passes in 71st year funeral services for the late john henry mcconnochie who passed away at the brierbush hos pital on saturday nov 4th were held in oneills parlours on tuesday afternoon nov 7th these were conducted by rev edgar morton with interment in stouffville cemetery pallbearers were messrs norman and george hoover levi grove norman claughton and allan and robert mcconnochie the deceased was born in markham township near stouff ville 71 years ago the son of in james mcconnochie and annie hoover mcconnochie he lived in stouffville until his marriage to mary lewis at which time they moved to toronto he was a painter by trade routine business occupies town council while the regular meeting of stouffville municipal council on thursday evening lasted more than four hours only routine business ocupied the town governors fire chief del jennings made application to council for approval on two new fire extinguishers for the local brigade the additional apparatus is or fighting gasoline fires and will carry special chemical for chis purpose the amount of 1646 the annual account for street lighting was noted on the hydro accounts this is more than 200 greater than the customary charge it was pointed out that there is an increased rate for the large lights on main street while a number of additions have also been made there was some discussion con cerning a new type float and switch to be installed at the reservoirs to control the large new pump recently installed there the pump will be idle for considerable periods during the winter but some method of having the pump work automa tically as the water lowers or rises is under consideration by the water department a request from the stouffville nursery school for a monthly grant of 20 was passed for pay ment fifty per cent of this grant is returnable to the municipality from the provincial government the matter of snowplowing this winter was spoken of briefly but no action taken councillor harry ratcliff de clared that he favoured calling for tenders on the job only one appeal came before council sitting as a court of revision on the 1951 assessment roll stouffville cooperative assoc iation represented by their man ager claude brillingerand several former blacksmith home after painful accident mr fred feigel wellknown victoria square blacksmith a few years ago and now farming at gorrie near listowel has just returned home from the wingham hospital where he spent some weeks following a painful farm accident the mishap occurred during harvesting a tractor was being used to push a wagonload of grain into the barn a short pole which was being used to do the pushing slipped out of place and mr feigel who happened to be in between the two was severely squeezed when the wagon rolled back into the tractor he was removed to wingham hospital where he was found to have been injured severely internally anu his recovery was was despaired of for some time however he recovered rapidly under treatment and is home again friends will be pleased to learn mr and mrs frank woolford and sons don and glenn from hamburg ny were visitors over the weekend with mr and mrs h w moyer mrs woolford is a daughter of mrs moyer directors appeared before council on the case main item of contention was an assessment of 800 on gasoline and oil storage tanks however it was pointed out that the tank assess ment appeared to be on a par with that of other local firms in a similar business and the assess ment was sustained car of turnips per day being shipped almost a carload of turnips per day is rolling out of the stouff ville cnr freight yards the turnips are being shipped out by i at ricke township council r e brown dealer and to date meeting on n st m carus0 approximately 2o cars have gone of toronto presented a plan to subdivide 70 acres on which he would build 1200 homes in pickering township including some transports carrots are being called for and though the price is not as high as in past years there is a market mr brown nas one order alone for a million and a half pounds local assessor and wife injured in crash mrs the e r good of stouffville is collingwood hospital with four fractured ribs and a broken arm following a motor crash on sunday while- she and her hus band were enroute to owen sound mr good received a leg gash and worked fori necessitating nine stitches and shown here is harry mason wellknown markham druggist who claims to be operating the third oldest drug store in the dominion and continuously in the same family the mason family came originally from yorkshire and started out as farmers reuben mason apprenticed to the old holden medicine shop in markham there were no drug stores in those days harry mason was a banfcer for five years before taking up pharmacy mr mason recalls that in his fathers day there was no paint in cans as we know it today the colors were all kept at the drug store where they were ground and mixed flavorings and extracts were all made the same way he can also recall going to the ramcr bush to gather herbs years for mr carlisle who was a builder some eleven or twelve years ago mr and mrs mccon nochie moved to a farm on the 7th of whitchurch but upon his wifes death a year and a half later mr mcconnochie retired to stouffville at the time of his death he made his home with mr and mrs t iownshrough of edward street although n failing health for the past year or so mr mccon nochie had only been bedfast for eight days having been removed to the brierbush hospital the monday before he passed away he had no family and is survived by a brother robert of toronto he was identified with the paesby- terian church has an option with the main opening on highway no 2 straight across the road from gordinskis if water is not avail able to that area he plans central ized pumphouse units suggest ing 25 units to one pumphouse there would be in the neighbor hood of 1200 units units would be onestorey homes of cement block stucco construction on lots 50 by 150 feet with 4 rooms 3piece bath kitchen sink and no cellar his idea was to put up some 15 stores first then the houses exterior would be completely finished hut interior would require painting a clause would be included in the deed stating tne buyer cannot injury to his nose sell for live years mr carusos mrs good was removed to hos- plan is to provide something a pital where it was expected she workingman can buy between would be confined for five to six days mr good after receiving medical attention proceeded to eiori where he holds the position of town assessor and was expect ed to sit at the annual court of revision on 1 ucsday tiie couple left their home in stouffville tc visit a niece ilene lageer in owen sound miss lageer is leaving as a missionary to africa mrs chas tindall was in orillia a few days last week visit ing her sisters mrs pearson and mrs switzer mrs switzer return- ed home with mrs tindall for a short visit i 1500 and 5000 the big problem is always water in any new development mr caruso offered to this reeve wesiney replied that if pickering twp could install water in south pickering soon there would be nothing to hinder this subdivision from being hooked up with the system if you were building in scar- boro youd have to gravel the roads wouldnt you reeve westney asked xo mr caruso answered im building 250 in scarboro now theyre doing everything mr caruso said he would cut the roads through all im worrying about are the roads and the size of lots he added the size of the unit is 24 by 28 672 sq ft inside floor space while the building by law requires 700 sq ft mr caruso thought the floor space could be stretched to conform to the build ing bylaw he pointed out how ever that the venture could not be proceeded with unless bylaw restrictions were waived to allow lots 50 by 150 feet as they would not find it profitable to build these units otherwise the reeve called to mr carusos attention one of the attractions of living in the pickering district when you live out here youre not facing the sun either going to or coming from work thats right i never thought of that mr caruso agreed mr caruso said if council paved the roads he would put in a better unit than his plan showed the present unit has prefabricated roof piefabricated partitions and doors fitted locked and hinged so they go up in a hurry i still maintain this is going to be an achievement not a hind rance to you mr caruso summed up council agreed to take the matter up at length in the even ing and to let him know right away as a meeting of the plann ing board would be held on the following friday evening it was felt it would be advisable to have all the council members sit in on the meeting and ask mr caruso to attend also