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nbnm vol 3 so 3 the tribune stouffville ont may 15 1952 station agent mowat in familiar pose war on musseimans chamber of commerce will liquor tamers j charge twenty press tor more protection roadblocks were set up by pro vincial police on three roads lead ing into musselmans lake satur day night as police cracked down on transportation of liquor by person- heading for the summer resorts two dance halls more than 400 cars were search ed by police under cpl arthur harrison a large quantity of beer and liquor was seized and 20 per sons will appear in newmarket i court charged with offenses under i the lca determined that musselmans lake will not suffer from rowdy ism by teenage gangs cpl- harri son said he is ready to search every car heading for the dance halls every night this season if necessary station agent magnus mowat retires after 47 years of service with the cnr this month marks the ending of 911 era in railroad history in stouilville as mr magnus mowat genial telegrapher despatcher and station agent retires following fortyseven years of diligent rail road service born in stouffville mr mowat received his schooling here under the principalship of mr james hand in the year 1905 mr mowat answered the call of the train whistle and started on his career with the cnr following one years apprenticeship in stouffville under the able instruc tion of the late v j byam mr mowat was moved to the allan- dale division where he served in numerous stations as far as north bay including callander powassan barrio and orillia mr mowats big break came when he was pro moted to the office of despatcher in lindsay and in this position he served for twentyfive years he was a member of the first aid class in lindsay that was awarded the chamberlain trophy in a dominion wide railway competition in 1922 and was a past master of the lindsay imasonic lodge following a ten year term as station agent at campbellford mr mowat returned to his old home town of stouffville in 19k where he has remained until his retirement this week in all he served under eleven superinten dents when mr mowat commenced his railroad work as an apprentice in stouffville over fortyfive years ago the system was then known as the grand trunk instead of the familiar cnr as it is called to day there were two lines leading out of stouffville at that time forming an important junction here in town the old line which has been out of commission for a number of years now ran to the sutton and jacksons point dis trict while the other route which is still in existence stretched northeast to lindsay stouffville at that time was a main water depot where all engines stopped to refill on their way through there have been a great many changes during the last fortyfive years of railroading mr mowat can remember when in the earlier days the engines would move so slow on certain sections of the route the crew were able to step off the train pick strawberries beside the track and still not get left behind as mr magnus mowat taps out his final message on the key hands the engineer his final orders sells his final ticket to a waiting customer and turns the key on the station door for the last time he does so with feelings of regret in his heart no longer will he unload the bag gage in the pouring rain bitter cold and beating sun no longer will he greet his many customers through the wicket with his friendly hello no longer will he strain his ears for the shrieking signal of oncoming trains but instead will be able to take it easy beside the fire for many years to come magnus mowat was one of the most pleasant men to fill a station masters shoes and certainly one of the most obliging mr mowat stands tenth in seniority rating in the list of district agents only nine in 750 having any longer service herbert beech of ringwood buried friday on wednesday morning may 14th mr herbert beech of ring- wood passed away suddenly fol lowing a heart attack born in lilyton gainsborough england in 1ss3 the late mr beech came to canada some forty years ago and took up residence in agin- eourt during the first world war the deceased served in the army with the 127th battalion of the york rangers in 1931 he was mar ried to annie milroy and the couple have lived at ringwood for the last eighteen years besides farming for some time mr beech also worked for the roads com mission during the last four years although not in the best of health since last august his passing came as a shock to his friends and relatives he was a member of st james presbyterian church stouffville besides his wife who uxbridge township names new assessor at the last regular meeting of uxbridge twp council in april the members took it upgn them selves to appoint w g cassie to the position of assessor for a term of at least one year mr cassie however on hearing of his appointment declined to accept and the council was once again without an assessor on mon day night at the regular meeting mr w d mcdonald of goodwood accepted the position for a salary of sgoo plus an extra amount for the rewriting of some 700 apprai sal sheets the assessment of- the township must be completed by october 1st at local school crossing traffic hazards in stouffville orders and such violators would came in for a heated discussion at be fined without question- the regular meeting of the ch3in- mr elmer daniels member of ber oi commerce on thursday the local school board told the evening in the municipal building gathering that the board had the secretary was directed by the received little encouragement chamber to send a communica tion to the municipal council urging immediate action to have from the dept of highways in their efforts to slow down traffic bv the school although signs have some system of better protection been erected and painted on the leaves to mouri brother corners william south the deceased passing one hagermans umonville funeral service will be held in the chapel of l e oneill stouff ville on friday may 16th at 230 pm conducted by mr d mckilli- can of st james presbyterian church with interment in stouff ville cemetery markham auditors recommend increased office staff in a special meeting of mark- ham township council on monday evening members heard a repre- sentative of the eddis company ournhfs townsli auditors recommend a established before a fatality occurrs it was pointed out that the pub lic school board had urged a simi lar move some time ago but with out success it is known that there is no obligation on the part of school boards to provide this pro tection and if they do engage a crossing guard they must take out liability insurance to protect themselves against the guards negligence however a guard can be provided by the municipality as part of the local police force it was pointed out that at the present toronto city council is considering empowering these guards to take license numbers of- cars violating the school zone speed limit or disregarding their pavement while it was agreed that the signs were necessary the general opinion was that the only sure way to safeguard the kiddies crossing was to post a guard there to see them safely over the matter of parking came in for attention and steps are to be taken to have the parking lot at the arena properly lighted and an attendant there on open evenings the big problem appeared to bo to induce the public to use the lot but the fact that the place was in darkness with no attendant on duty was believed to be a strong deterrent country news items arriving late wednesday will appear in next weeks issue rural photo quiz starts this week awards for farmers tax arrears considered low tax collector mr w d mc donald reported to uxbridge twp council at their regular meeting on monday night that there was just slightly more than 2000 in outstanding taxes and a consider able amount of this sum would be forthcoming in the near future the council members believed that this figure was an enviable record compared with the overdue amounts that had piled up in some neighboring townships estimate road damage in whitchurch over 20000 following a recent survey by the department of highways dis trict engineer and whitchurch township road supt e davis an estimate of damage caused byi trucks hauling gravel across the municipality to the new barrie highway was placed at slightly mrs topper dies suddenly at lake on tuesday may 13th mrs ar thur topper passed away sudden ly at her home at musselmans l she was ill less than two days be- whitchurch taxing bylaw sets rate at 23 mills whitchurch township council completed final reading of the annual 1952 taxing bylaw on sat urday afternoon setting the general township rate for this year a 23 mills two and one half mills above the 1951 figure coun cil felt that they had pared the levy down to the limit under the present conditions of rising costs almost all the school rates are up which was generally expected with increased staff increased salaries and debentures for new additions only two or three of the thirteen sections and six union sections show any decrease gormlcy public school section shows the greatest increase a jump from s5 to 20 mills wilcox- lake with 24 and oak ridges union king at 224 are shoulder ing the highest public school rates high school rates increased only slightly complete new bookkeeping system and additional office help to carry on the business of this rapidly expanding municipality council was told that the recent report of the auditors which was published in this newspaper was in no way an inflection of the work of clerk chas hoover mr hoover it was stated had some time ago asked for additional help in order to handle the increasing work and in order to be able to bring the townships bookkeeping methods more uptodate by resolution council agreed that the auditing firm should send in a representative to set up a new and more modern system of accounting and it was agreed that once this was done additional help in the form of a treasurer or under study for the township clerk should be engaged deputyreeve james and coun cillor hooper drew attention to the fact that council had sought at an earlier date to engage a new male assistant but had been opposed by councillor lemasurier council adjourned to reconvene next monday may 19th for their regular midmonth evening meet ing engagements mr and mrs charles ingleton announce the engagement of their oldest daughter margaret eliza beth to howard anthony hoover youngest son of mr and mrs anthony hoover markham the wedding to take place may 31st in the free methodist church arm adale at three oclock dst mr and mrs joseph havelock toronto wish to announce the i engagement of their daughter hazel to robert william clubine son of mr and mrs edgerton clubine stouffville the marriage is to take place quietly on may m u wi r0fui fore her clentli born in uxbridge mo000 to place the roads in the township near glasgow in 1s90 condition prior to the heavy haul- the deceased moved to mussel- age period but fifty per cent was mans lake district following her believed caused by general truck- 1 marriage here she has resided for ing for other than provincial high- 1 the last thirtytwo years the late way purposes mr topper suffered a stroke on approximately 30 miles of town- f tlrar raliied ship roadway will require re- vrhulthe decea- shaping and gravelling while an i t mourn her loss one additional thirtyone miles was daughter margaret mrs w gar- damaged to a lesser degree lick of cooksville and one son the department of highways william at the lake gave whitchurch definite assur- the funeral service will be con- ance several months ago that thev ducted frorn the chapel of l e would compensate the township i xslwjsi h n for the damage done and re cd that a survey and estimate be with interment in stouffville art storrv mr otto tranmer mr placed on the extent of the break- cemetery the pal bearers will be milford rose and mr delos p- mr a cowie mr ed mcnely mr graham i new store going up on main street a new store is under construc tion on the main street in town by harry stover and will be located to the west of the bakery the hop will be leased out and the proprietor will deal to a large extent in childrens wear norman hunker is the contractor for the job wets lose out at uxbridge advocates of the establishment of liquor outlets failed to receive a required 00 per cent majority in a local option vote wednesday the village will remain dry the 60 per cent majority was lost by 83 votes on the ballot for establishment of liquor stores and by 72 votes on the ballot for brew ers retail stores the popular vote was as follows for liquor stores 5s0 against 525 for brewers retail store 5sg against 512 it was a heavy vote with 1105 of 1232 eligible voters going to the polls oldest voter was mrs mary thorn who will celebrate her 90th birthday in august its here dont wait turn to the second page of this issue there you will find the first in a 2iweek series of photo quizzes which are becoming the talk of the district the owner or tenant who identi fies his farm on page 2 is invited to come to the tribune office stouffville his reward will include a framed 11 x 14 photo like the one on page 2 plus credit certificates worth 21 in merchan dise from the merchants listed on the photo page all photographs used in the 26- week series have been taken exclusively for the tribune by lowflying airplanes- which some district farmers may have noticed during the past week or so the pictures have been taken of farms in pickering uxbridge whit church and markham townships the interest in the photo quizz is expetced to increase steadily from week to week the contest has been popular in the united states and several parts of can ada and now is attracting interest in this district especially among the tribunes hundreds of rural subscribers look for the photo quizz each week merchants who are cooperating with the tribune in this weeks quizz are henry ogden son stouffville coop waggs jewelry store fred e byer w g garrett son carload groceteria stouff ville bakery mole motor sales d holden sons murphy motors altona feed supply stiver bros fairs radio electric stouffville motors claremont co op oboyles meat market c h bell son stouffville planing mill l e oneill lehmans shoe store and cy bellman sons no one knows in advance the identity of the farm pictured here the occupant must come to this office to receive awards resident in markham thirtythree years on tuesday morning may 13th mr george elson james of mark ham passed away after an illness of nearly fie years born in cam- bray near lindsay in 1867 mr james moved to toronto where he worked as a barber for a number of years for the past thirtythree years the deceased has been living in markham his wife the former emma bonner predeceased hftn eighteen years ago one of mark- hams most ardent sport fans mr james was always on hand when such activities were in progress until his health no longer per mitted him to take an active part mr james was also an enthusias tic musician having played in both the lindsay and markham bands the deceased leaves to mourn his passing one son douglas of markhani and one sister mrs h moore of cambray funeral service will be held at the dixon funeral chapel in markham on thursday afternoon at 230 pm conducted by mr d mckillican of st andrews pres byterian church markham with interment in st andrews ceme tery the pallbearers will be ken prentice clarke prentice charles reesor frank burkholder joe fry and o b heisey visitors at mrs o w zellers on sunday were mr and mrs gren draper and family of atha mr and mrs roy zeller and family of mongolia mr frank ward mildred and eric of claremont mr and mrs e ainsworth and family of toronto and mrs white and daughter of goodwood mr hector batt returned to stouffville last week after a four month vacation in jamaica where he was visiting his sister on the way home mr batt flew to miami a one day journey from jamaica and then took the train home on the last leg of his trip wolf shot killing sheep on nearby ringwood farm 87 years old born near claremont and for thirteen years now a resident of stouffville nathan tarr marked his 87th birthday last wednesday on feb 20th of this year mr and mrs tarr celebrated 01 years of married bliss mr tarr farmed for a short time near claremont and was employed later with a bakery firm there the couple spent the thirtytwo years prior to retire ment farming on the 9th con of markham mr tarr has always been a familiar figure on our main st and still enjoys comparatively good health depite his great years on monday morning as mr joe sider passed by the field of his neighbour mr wilmot brown west of stouffville near ringwood and noticed what appeared to be two dogs running among his flock of sheep at once mr sider yelled at the animals in an effort to frighten them away but when this did not work he notified mrs brown that their sheep were being attacked mrs brown quickly called her husband and he in turn notified mr lou baker at ring- wood garage mr baker ran to the brown farm with his trusty 22 rifle and dropped what proved to be a 70 pound brush wolf the second sheepkiller raced from the scene and although the local marksman pumped five shots into the fleeing animal it made good its escape when the men came upon the scene of the attack they found one sheep dead in the field although she area was searched mr and mrs john mer of no trace of the other wounded pattie creek mich have been animal was found visiting with mrs sam irwin i bethesda boy tops public speakers harry hunt of bethesda repre senting the stouffville high school and the lions club in their annual oratorical contest held at aurora on tuesday night was placed first on the boys section by the judges and will compete at the cne this fall john kell of richmond hill was second choice and will also speak at the cne other winners were as follows wm wilson of newmarket grover burgess of markham and roger rollings of aurora in the girls division june ross of thorn- hill placed first with barbara hisey of stouffville coming second these girls will enter into com petition at the cne other con testants were june smith of stouffville helen doane of aurora and judith stevens of newmarket