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75th anniversary aug 23 tihvmt vol ta no 15 the tribune stouffville ont march i2 arthur swift dead former garage operator here former garage operator in stouffville for twenty years and more recently a resident of torj onto arthur swift succumbed to a heart attack on friday of last week only two weeks previous he had retired from his mechanics position with little motors yvesj ton and was enjoying his hobby of carpentering at the time of his fatal attack he was proceeding upstairs to summon help in order to lift a piece of furniture the late arthur swift was born in midland 65 years ago but spent much of his childhood in lindsay thirtynine years ago he married hazel dehaney who survives him the couple came to stouifville in 1921 where mr swift operated a garage business at the corner of main st and park rd south he was a member of richardson lodge the canadian legion and served on the town council the family attended the united church in stouifville the late art swift as he was popularly known was a keen sports follower he served four years in world war ii and rose to the rank of sgt major the family left stouftvilie twelve years ago and have made their home in toronto since that time besides his wife the deceas ed is survived by two sons george and jack in toronto and two daughters mrs john thuro joyce of toronto and mrs wm sanders edith of stduftville there are four brothers willis walter wilbert and stanley and two sisters mrs carr rena and mrs dillings maude also twelve grandchildren the funeral on monday after noon was conducted from brown bros funeral home rev w davidson conducted the service at the chapel and the graveside pallbearers were stanley swift walter swift dick hopkins har mon rew john thuro wm sanders the first spring colt there are nearly 1700 lines of classified advertising in this issue including the listing of 17 auction sales one real estate adv received over 20 replies last week mrs fred crossen of stouftyille was a member of the winning rink in the curling bonspeil held in unionville this week the win ners skipped by john grant sr of milliken walked oft with the davidson trophy some twenty rinks participated in the tourna ment pupils of peggy clark arct who were successful in the mid winter examinations at the royal conservatory in toronto were joy wood gr ix honl marian gostiek gr viii piano and gr ii theory first class honours markham township council moves to exempt farm land from fire and police costs 3 mr bill morris wejl known farmer and breeder of shet land ponies east of stouffville on the cxbridgewhitchureh townline is pictured here with his most recent addition the young colt which weighed just 12 pounds at birth is the son of a royal winter fair and cne grand champion also owned by mr morris the owner still retains the record of raising the smallest pony ever born in canada weighing higher hydro rates are forecast here while the municipality of stoutt- ville received as a 1951 operating profit the sum of 293383 higher rates are forecast for local con sumers because of continued heavy capital expenditure and loss of revenue on an extremely low second rate council received what is known as the thirteenth bill at their regular meeting on monday even ing this cheque for the 1951 pro fit rebate is slightly below the previous year it was pointed out by utility secretary geo storey that between 85000 and i00 had been expended in new trans- formers during the last six months and the local hydro departments surplus nad skidded down to less than s5000 stouflville enjoys low hydro rates the second rate which is is possibly one of the lowest in the province and it is the large amount of current used by con sumers arid falling under this second rate that is losing money for the local department hydro consumed during the month of january cost the stoufl ville department 283083 mr and mrs dalton lewis of leaside were visitors in stoullville on sunday with his mother mrs j lewis early budget estimates would place tax rate near 50 mills if early budget estimates can be taken as any criterion stouit- villes tax rate for 1952 may be struck in the neighborhood of 50 mills last years rate was 42 the stouttville community centre board which operates the local park appeared before council on monday evening with a budget of s5000 this figure is made up of 2200 for a new builcing to replace the present grandstand 1000 for maintenance and approximately s2900 for placing an asphalt sur face on the tennis courts mem bers of the board mrs les wil son and mrs bert tait who appealed before council stated that this amount would le low ered by 1000 by virtue of a don ation from the lions club who had offered to contribute this amount to the surfacing of the tennis courts council suggested that the matter of a new building might be omitted to keep the budget within bounds the final figure to be approved was left until estimates of other depart ments are placed before council biggest jolt was received from the public school board which has asked for a levy of approximately sicooo or nearly double last years figure if the school budget were approved it would mean almost seven mills added to the tax rate chief reason for this years exaggerated public school budget it was revealed arises out of the fact that the iward spent their entire remaining surplus ast year in so doing they were able to ask for a low levy in 1951 but the full shock has come in 1952 when the board finds itself short this amount and must ask council for double the levy estimates from the high school the tire department and local administrative costs are all expect ed to be up and will be dealt with at a special meeting a request from the mothercraft society asking that they be allow ed to hold a tag day on saturday may 17th was granted a claim was tabled from miss jean sanderson in the amount of 950 for injuries and damage sus tained in a fall on an icy sidewalk in town the clerk told council that the matter had been placed in the hands of the insurance company increase insurance 13000 insurance on the municipal building contents including the towns big tower clock has been increased by 13000 council was surprised to find that the towns second fire truck was operating without insurance and public liability and property damage will be taken out on this vehicle immediately council in approving these increases also expressed the opinion that the insurance on the local library was extremely low both on building and contents tenders are being called this week for 1500 yards more or less of road gravel to be placed on j town streets this spring this is approximately the same amount a used last year markham carpenters injured in fall from scaffold on saturday afternoon while dismantling a- barn on the harris estate located on dawes road near eglinton ave mr samuel housser and son gord wellknown carpenters who reside at mark ham toppled from the barn roof to the ground some thirty feet below gordon housser along with his father was rushed to the east general hospital where it was discovered that he had received a fractured pelvis mr sam housser although retained for a time under observation was later released the scaffold on which the two men were standing was supported by a rope tied to the ether side of the barn the weight of the work ers however proved to be too great for the rope which snapped throwing the men to the ground gordon housser although severe ly injured escaped almost certain death only by inches when he landed a short distance from a stone wall on the previous day there had been live men standing on the wooden scaffold but at the time of tlie accident only the two carpenters were using the plat form as a means of support the barn was purchased by mr carl iteesor on the 5th concession of markham and was being dis mantled at time of the accident photo by cadieux 27 pounds mr morris left is being assisted by jim thomas tribune reporter in lining up tiie young fellow for the camera military funeral for veteran of two wars a full military funeral will be conducted for the late george saunders from the stoullville united church this friday after noon at 230 oclock mr saunders passed away- on tuesday evening after being ill for several months mi and mrs saunders only recently moved to their new home on the 9th con just north of main st the late george saunders retired from his position as local post office caretaker in the fall after 25 years service he was one of the eldest men to hold the position but was most active for his years of old country stock he served in both world war 1 and world war ii and was always a keen follower of military discipline breakin artist still at work two more house breakins occurred in markham townshin during the weekend and town ship police are convinced that the jobs are all the work of the same individual who has been ran sacking homes throughout the district for months at langstafy the home of geo hales was entered and sco in cash stolen the ken stiver residence was also entered but the thief left emptyhanded both breakins occurred about s oclock in the evening entrance was gained in the one instance through the milk cupboard and in the other through a cellar window maie or female office help in whitchurch recorded vote decides it required a recorded vote at the regular meeting of whit church township council on thursday evening to decide whether or not the municipality should add male or female office help the vote found councillors mccarron baycroft and deputy- reeve timbers lining up in favour of a resolution to instruct clerk crawford to engage thos kerr of iemonville whom they selected from among three per sonal applications and to arrange hours and final salary councillor p s legge opposed the motion councillor legge argued stren uously against the engaging of a man as a clerical assistant for clerk crawford favouring engag ing a girl for office help youll have office salaries here of 8000 soon commented coun cillor legge councillor legge contended that female help could be engaged at a saving councillor mccarron countered with the point that clerk craw ford required the assistance of a young man who could shoulder more responsibility from the clerk truck fells four poles driver is unscathed after knocking down two hydro poles and two telephone poles on the sth concession of markham on saturday morning garnet rae of rr2 stouffville climbed down out of the cab of his gravel truck without a scratch after surveying the damage to his vehicle he started it up again j and drove it to stouffville where it is undergoing repairs hydro service was temporarily disrupted after the truck left the road and clipped off the poles it careened through a fence narrowly missing the farm home of mrs jos kirk and came to a halt in the garden j rae said his lunch pail fell down off the seat against the hoist lever of the dump truck when he reached down to get it the vehicle hi a bump bounced off the road and crashed into the poles- mr fail toole prominent whitchurch farmer had the mis fortune last week to take a tumble on the ice and break his leg a resolution was approved at the regular meeting of markham township council on monday afternoon which will exempt all farm lands in the municipality up to ninety per cent for purposes of police and fire protection costs the clerk was instructed to pre pare a bylaw to cover this change the move came following a request from the local federation of agriculture branch for some exemption such exemption is provided for in the statutes and in the assessment act mr brumwell speaking for the farmer delega tion requested the annual half mill levy for federation of agri culture purposes it was pointed out by mr brum well that there is only a very brief period of the year when far mers stand any fire risk from grain and hay in the fields police protection likewise is not requir ed for vacant land a bylaw was read calling for the issuing of debentures to the amount of 1500 for the box grove school section for the pur pose of alterations in this rapidly expanding school a complaint was received from messrs pipher and doner 10th con farmers concerning a dog which they alleged was killing ducks in the vicinity the local police were instructed to investi gate the complaint councillor lennie reported to council that he had arranged a meeting with north york council on march 17th in connection with a revision of yorks water agree ment with markham the township police were instructed to enforce halfload regulations on all township roads during the months of march and april and signs will be posted to inform truckers of same discre tion will be used in the enforce ment during periods when the roads are considered to be frozen sufficiently to permit heavier traffic attention veterans all veterans are requested to meet at the veterans hall stouff ville at 130 pm on friday after noon in order attend the military funeral for the late comrade george saunders all subscriptions to the tribune expiring in december are being discontinued with this issue this is according to audit regulations be sure and renew so that you will not miss a copy if your subscrip tion time is up celebrate municipal birthday in a fas move on monday evening stouffville municipal council agreed by resolution to mark aug 2nd and 3rd as a twoday observance of the 75th anniversary of tiie town two previous public meetings had failed to bring forth any decisive decisions in the matter while no definite program plans have been formulated it is believed that a saturday parade and field day followed by a community memorial service will be the general outline local organizations are to be called upon to pro vide the personnel necessary to handle such a program fined 30 for lifting whitchurch timber a fine of 30 was imposed on mr leroy and probation on a young lad who assisted in the removal of between sixty and seventy posts belonging to the township of whitchurch the case was heard in newmarket court on thursday the posts were part of a num ber of cedar trees cut by the township in conjunction with the sutton hydro linesmen on the 5th concession pat preston noticed the truck remove the pasts and turned the license number over to the authorities rob taxi driver on 3rd con markham on tuesday night taxi driver andy wilcox of toronto was held up at gun point and robbed at a lonely spot on the 3rd concession of markham near steeles avenue the passenger described as being a young man around 22 years of age demanded that the driver hand over his moitey and after leaving the cab struck off across the field the driver immediately called constable w shearn of the markham township police who rushed to the scene and although tracks in the snow were still plainly visible the fog prevented any thorough investigation steps taken to enforce ban on yearround cottagers whitchurch township has taken a further step this week to enforce a land restrictions bylaw which bans the use of summer cottages as yearround dwellings and the renting of same for this purpose a letter has gone forward to these residents informing them of the restrictions and carrying with it a copy of the bylaw it has been pointed out on prev ious occasion that these cottage dwellers are frequently found on the relief rolls and recent scrut iny of the township relief roll sub stantiates this contention report on convention at the regular meeting of whit church council on thursday night eatc deputyreeve timbers and coun cillor baycroft gave members a report on the recent convention of the rural municipalities associa tion deputyreeve timbers told council that it was stated that tax arrears were becoming increasing evident and legislation was now underway that would make it per- missable for the rural municipal ities to impose a heavier penalty for nonpayment of taxes councillor baycroft reported on the educational picture as painted by dr dunlop educational min ister and his remarks that the day of wild school spending was over and a cutback of athletic activity for more academic study should be undertaken local family involved hitandrun accident on sunday night mr w g chamberlain who resides 2v4 miles north of bethesda was pro ceeding along the don mills road near shepherd avenue accom panied by his wife a thirteen year old daughter judith and three other back seat occupants when a speeding car bore down on them from the rear sending their auto careening into the ditch the chamberlain car sheered off a hydro pole and turned over as the auto roiled over on its side mr chamberlain had the presence of mind to turn off the ignition before the gasoline soaked vehicle had time to burst into flame judith chamberlain riding in the front seat with her parents was thrown into the rear section of the auto by the force of the impact riding in the back seat was mrs ruby bagnato and her two children she noticed the big car trying to pass their auto and sensing an accident threw herself over her smaller daughter protect ing her from passible death the doors of the wrecked car were jammed and the smaller occupants had to be pulled through the partly open windows while the accident occupants were trying desperately to escape from the gasoline soaked vehicle the hydro wires from the broken pole sway ed dangerously overhead threat ening at any minute to turn the car into a burning inferno mrs chamberlain and her daughter along with mrs bagnato and her children were taken to the east general for observation but were later released the hitandrun auto was be lieved to be a stolen car according to police and although eye wit nesses to the accident noted the licence number and year of the vehicle no doubt the occupants would abandon the car before they had travelled many miles al though the chamberlain auto is a complete wreck mr chamberlain claims that he is only too thank ful that they escaped with their lives