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sr cetje jhrafftriue mifonm vol 61 no 31 the tribune stouffville ont- noyember 23 1950 more protection urged for small land owners by markham tp ratepayers sheep gets a trimming more protection should be afforded by municipalities for small land holders who purchase building lots on new subdivisions and then have difficulty in getting roads built this contention was made before markham township council at their regular meeting on monday by messrs elliott and could home owners on claude st and phil st near yonge st in the northwest section of the town ship the men told council that they have never had any passable road to the highway from their homes although the agent who sub divided the property and sold them the sites definitely assured them the roads would be built if we pay for the roads the subdivider will get off free after we bought the places in good faith and he gave his solemn word on the roads stated mr elliot it was finally agreed that the township would grade the streets with the owners guaranteeing the cost the owners will have the gravel added to the grade at their pwn expense the matter of a ditching job which the quinlan bros th con contended had been started by the municipality last year and was not completed was discussed road supt buchanan stated that mr quinlan told him the township had cleaned the ditch last year they had no authority to do it contended councillor chas hooper 1 think we should leave it alone settle arena financing the matter of financing the artificial ice for the crosby mem orial arena has been completed satisfactorily with the bank a member of council told the tri bune on monday it appears that when the original subscription list was taken around during the canvass persons stating their willingness to back the project for a fixed amount were not necessarily asked to sign a note of guarantee for the bank which was loaning the money this detail will now be cleared up we understand claims audit figures juggled if the auditor can juggle our figures to suit himself whats the use of us being here commented councillor chas hooper he should be brought up on the car pet to explain the discussion arose over an item of approximately 1400 which appeared to have been moved from the special postwar account to the township general account and which cut down the deficit incurred by last years council it was revealed that council on receipt of the audit report from wilton c eddis sons auditors passed a resolution calling for a correction to be made the auditor just let it slide along and it looked good for last years council mr hooper con tended james slack passes wedded 66 years having eaten his supper after being about as usual death came with little warning to james wilkinson slack as he sat in his home on main street between 6 and 630 on wednesday evening nov 15 mr slack had a heart condition and had been in failing health for the past two years and had not been as well for the past two or three weeks funeral ser vice was held in oneills parlours on saturday nov 18th conduct ed by rev w fleischer of ux- bridge a former pastor followed by interment in stouftville ceme tery pallbearers were messrs clifford heisey glenn ratcliff harry pugh bertram lickorish william johnston and russell johnston born on the fifth concession of uxbridge township so years ago the deceased was the son of james slack and sarah ann faulkner slack some 66 years ago he was united in marriage with emma proctor who survives him they farmed in uxbridge township and moved to the village of stouff- ville 22 years ago the late mr slack was a member of stouftville baptist church in which he had held office besides his widow mr slack is survived by two sons louis of stouffville and henry of stouft ville rjr3 a daughter laura mrs win eckardt and a son william predeceased their father his last surviving brother was buried about three weeks ago the deceased is also survived by four teen grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren announce christmas shopping dates stouftville business mens association held their annual re organization meeting in the municipal hall on friday evening at which time john mathewson was elected to fill the office of president len wilkes is the new vicepresident and ralph burk holder was reelected secytreas the association announced that for christmas shopping stores will remain open on wed dec 20th until 6 pm and thurs fri and sat dec 21 22 23 until 10 pm places of business will be closed on christmas day monday dec 25th and the day following tuesj dec 20th w j brodie of stouftville shows just how a sheep should be trimmed to look at its best before the judges at the royal winter fair the champion wether lamb in the show was exhibited by mr brodie whose renown as a sheep breeder is well knpwn throughout the county as was that of his father before him the late las brodie wednesday dec 0th is the night of the local lions club big annual carnival if you havent purchased your tickets on the new pontiac to be given away that evening do it now attempt triple breakin sunday breakin attempts were made on three business establishments in town on sunday evening but in no case was entry made a board was pried oil the storm door at the rear of shine davis tobacco store while a jimmy was applied to the rear entrances of both the leh man shoe store and carload groceteriai election front quiet in markham the annual markham township nomination meeting will be held in the hall at unionville on friday day afternoon nov 24th nomin ations will he received for the offices of reeve deputyreeve and three councillors at the moment there is little to indicate that the meeting will produce any candidates to contest the seats now held by the present incumbents farmed in markham for twentyfive years there passed away on nov 16 at lot 26 con 9 markham ernest william walters beloved husband 1 of emily woodyatt in his 74th w s year the late mr walters was- onudc born in england after coming tp canada he farmed in scarboro township afterwards coming to markham township where he has resided for the past twentyfive years residing the past several years in the vicinity of mongolia he was identified with the anglican church the funeral service which was conducted by rev mr herman of grace angli can church markham was held on saturday afternoon nov is with interment at grace ceme tery markham pallbearers were james uions carnivajl preparations are going ahead for the mammoth lions club carn ival to be staged in the stouffville arena on wednesday dec 6th therell be oceans of prizes some gay figure skating and a host of to top it all the lions away that smart 1950 to some lucky ticket church and war to be debated by mennonites merchants plan mammoth santa claus parade here on saturday dec 9th offer more than 100 iu prizes for best floats stouffville merchants associa tion are planning to go all out this year in putting up a better parade for santa claus than ever before old st nick is due to arrive in town on saturday dec 9th an innovation which it is hoped will prove popular will be the prizes more than s100 in cash for the best floats in the parade the boys and girls are especially invited to enter their decorated bicycles jeeps jalopies or any thing mobile there are also prizes for the four best clowns in the show and wellknown local judges are being appointed to pick the winners entries for floats bicycles etc should be given to mr ralph burkholder secretary of the association therell be lots of candy and favours for all the young fry and the whole show is scheduled to get underway at 230 oclock stouftville is known far and wide throughout this end of york and ontario counties as a shopping hub and local business folks are aware of this fact and anxious to keep it so thus they are allout this christmas to give the public a parade worthy of the patronage the town enjoys a 25 prize will be awarded the best float in the parade s15 and 10 for the second and third choice the best decorated unit by the children will receive 15 with 10 and 5 for the second and third winners for many years an important topic in mennonite discussions church and warfare will bring together between 500600 young people at the first mennonite ernest ronald and neville church in kitchener dec 9 and 10 walters and morley and lome timbers the late mr walters leaves to mourn his loss his wife and eight children florence mrs i lee beatrice mrs j hawkins lil lian mrs e timbers elsie mrs a smith ethel mrs a collins ernest francis and wilfred ringwood native marks his ninetyninth birthday one of this localitys old timers children in his family mrs marv jacob brownsberger celebrated crooks port perry alvin browns- his 99t birthday on friday n6vlberger inglewood cal mrs mark 17th now living in deloraine breault deloraine man deceas- man he leads an active life look- ed and mrs j p vardon toron- ing after his own house and to deceased there are five garden grandchildren and four great in 1s26 his grandfather mr grandchildren one sister mrs samuel brownsberger came to flavius reesor lives at markham ringwood from pennsylvania and a brotlfer henry is a resident where he bought a piece of land of ringwood his father lived to then owned by the crown and be 90 years built himself a log cabin it was since hearing the call of the here that jacob brownsberger was west mr brownsberger has raised the log cabin was torn returned only once to meet again down and a solid brick house was his friends and relatives he is constructed now owned by mr enjoying very good health in the jim smith of ringwood mr land of the golden wheat and level brownsberger was a skilled har- prairie no doubt if mr browns- nessmaker by trade setting up his berger ever decided to return once business at ringwood but later more to his birthplace he would moving to stouftville to carry on find great changes had taken place his business there since his departure we wish him in 1s75 he married harriet iott continued health for manv years who died in iss3 there were four to come clippers too strong for bracebridge bears stouffville clippers proved to be much too powerful an outfit for bracebridge bears when the two came together in an exhibition liockey game here on tuesday night stouftville dunked the visitorsto the tune of 124 opening with a penalty shot scored by gord lewis the clip pers poured all over the bears for most of the game only four penalties were handed out by referee andy bellemer incident ally the penalty shot awarded stouftville in the first period was the first such penalty referee bell emer has handed out in more than one hundred and thirty games the special meeting known as the community youth conference was prompted by the growing tension in international affairs many questions pertaining to men nonite doctrine and war which arose at youns peoples meetings there will be discussed at length invitations have been extended to youth groups within the con ference area which extends west to zurich east to the toronto dis trict and markham south to clar ence centre nyj and north to floradale guest speaker will be donald e smucker professor of christian ethics and biblical theology who will discuss contemporary prob lems relating to the church and warfare damage action to be heard in stouffviiiije hearing of an action to recover damages resulting from an accident which occurred in stouft ville brought by ella m malcolm against little motors ltd and alec bell was adjourned at the session of county court held at markham on friday nov 17th until the next court hearing which will be held in stouftville in jan uary hearing of judgment summonses made up the balance of the brief court session presided over by his honour justice frank denton clippers to play millionaires two game series stouffville clippers and mark ham millionaires the perennial hockey rivals will meet for a two- game exhibition series in the stouffville arena on saturday of this week and wednesday next week both teams have been practicing for nearly two months and are in top form for the clash which is expected to draw a bumper crowd saturday nights game will com mence at 9 oclock and wednes days contest at s30 pm public skating next week will be on tues day night rather than the usual wednesday neighbors to help put up new barn at brougham if the weather is good on thurs day and all materials are on hand there will be an oldfashioned barn raising on the farm of fred hamil ton who lives on the first sideroad east of brougham mr hamiltons barn was des troyed by fire several months ago now he is in a position to erect a new one larger than the old and about 100 helpful neighbours will be on hand to help the barn will have a timbei frame with steel sheeting and steel roof morley symes of stouftville is the builder norman tyndalil wins stonehouse trophy a team of threes young men represented york county in the annual intercounty judging competition at the royal winter fair recently and made a credit able showing placing 17th in the large competition best individual showing was by norman tyndall richmond hill who won the coveted stonehouse trophy for the highest score in dairy cattle with 190 points out of a possible 200 points other members of the team were archie cameron jr woodbridge and ed mcgriskin agincourt and the coach was assistant agricultural represent ative jim mcmullough new market two hospitalized by sunday car crash albert brown 10th concession farmer and a niece joyce wide- man are both in hospital in stouff ville following a car crash late sun day afternoon near mongolia at the time of the accident the car driven by mr brown was pro ceeding south on the 10th of mark ham about a mile and a quarter south of stouftville the roadway was wet at the time and the car rolled over when in some manner it left the road joyce wideman and mr browns daughter donna were passengers in the car mr bert silverthorn was one of the first motoriststo arrive on the scene and assisted with rescuing the occupants ft required more than an hour to extricate the in jured people from the car as they had to be taken from the machine through the rear trunk mr brown is in the brierbush hospital suffering six broken ribs and possible slight concussion while joyce wideman sustained a broken wrist donna brown the third passenger was unhurt mr and mrs jos winterstein accompanied toy mr and mrs milford rose of ballantrae visited vjth mr wm patterson in tor onto general hospital on sunday an interesting family gathering was held at the home of mr and mrs bruce crowder church st on sunday when four generations were present mrs c flintoff of newmarket who is in her 00th year had her picture taken with her great granddaughter carolyn daughter of mr and mrs bruce crowder mrs g wesley and mrs r e mills of newmarket both great aunts and mr and mrs e fade of goimley grandparents were also present uxiowiixk mr and mrs jotin maine of blenheim were the guests of mr and mrs a noble of unionville last week dr stephens of agin court called on mr and mrs noble on tuesday of this week mrs j frishy dies at age of 87 on nov 11 at the home of mrs clare sanderson victoria square mrs millie j mapes frisby passed away after an illness of several months born in ballantrae in 1s03 she was married to thomas n frisby who predeceased her on sept 28 1930 she was a very active member in the united church victoria square where she held the office of secretary- treasurer of the wms for many years she was made a life mem her of the organization surviving are a foster daughter mrs clare sanderson and a foster son john aiso a nephew oscar mapes of hamilton a short ser vice was held at the home of mrs clare sanderson and later at the united church victoria square rev mr hauston conducted the service pallbearers were messrs bert sanderson ross klinck lewis nichols ralph perkins frank brumwell and douglas gee interment was in north cemetery united church victoria square challenges indifference to plight of orient people the optimist is still expecting a spell of indian summer when they start making clothes from wood the women will likelv spruce up with fir sunday evening was the occasion of the graduation of the students from the toronto east rural young peoples training school which has been conducted in the stouftville united church for the past five weeks there were four courses of study pro vided the bible study course was led by rev c beatty of agincourt s missions course led by rev r chapin of melville christian citizenship by rev roy demarsh of hart house toronto and the course on youth relationships leading to marriage by rev d davis those receiving diplomas were catherine mingay nancy hiltz margaret gould murray cupples louise ryan george peck albert dutfield trevor wat son harold lapp jotin davis marion atkinson edna sanderson corrine croxall isabel murison the speciai speaker of the even ing was rev dr g e bott recently returned from japan where he has served for over 20 years he elected to remain in tokyo when war broke out and has served especially as co-ordin- ator of the social service organ ization of that city in the dispens ing of relief to the stricken areas dr bott challenged the lethargy and indifference of christian people in this country who have never been worried over the prob lem of the possibility of not having another meal for weeks the people in tokyo had sweet potatoes as a steady diet for three meals per day and were grateful that at least they had sweet potatoes it is impos sible for you in your comfortable wellfed condition to understand the plight of millions practically starving in japan wars are not constructive but destructive war will never make peace but the spirit that prompted the christian people of this continent to help feed and clothe the suffering japanese will do more than any thing else dr bott spoke of the wonderful work of the medical missionaries and the alleviation of suffering through modern medicine if you people only realized how much sickness and pain is healed by your givings to missions you would never stop at the pitiful sum you today include in your budget for this work the atom bomb at hiroshima was not so terrible to those people because it meant instant death and to a country so handicapped for lack of medical supplies one can readily understand the address was most instructive stimulating and challenging