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nbimt vol 3 nc 12 the tribune stouffville oxt july 17 1s52 unique cnr weed sprayer calls here motion of censor passed on markham councillor the chipman chemical ltd with headquarters in buck ingham quebec and winni- lcg manitoba and operating on the cnr lines piissed through sioiutvilie on wednes day on a weed killing expedi tion throughout eastern can ada although there are twelve such machines operating in canada this is the first ever to move into this district the front car contains the pressure pump and spraying mechanism while the three trailing tank cars transport the water and chemical mixture each tank car carries 0000 gallons of water and 1 100 gallons of chemical which will spray a distance of 16 miles of track the pump in the lead car photo by cadieux draws the chemical mixture from the tanks and forces it through the hose at twenty pounds pressure covering a track width of fourteen feet while passing through stoufl- ville the machine stopped to take on 6000 gallons of water a locomotive provides the pull ing power uxbridge tp council buys new truck at the regular monthly meeting of uxbridge township council on monday night it was agreed that a new international l1s0 truck be purchased to replace an old vehicle the chassis and cab only is to be bought as the gravel box on the old truck is to be used on the new one the price of the new truck is 2900 building chairmans resignation accepted councillor lennie of markham township council tendered his resignation officially on monday night as chairman of the building committee his written statement was brief and gave as the chief reason for resigning the fact that only one tender had been received for the job that is not the letter you read to me and sent to the reeve three weeks ago councillor lemasurier charged you promised to read that letter stated councillor lemasur ier no i didnt replied reeve tim- hers i only said id bring the letter here following this flurry the meet ing adjourned cosmetic firm interested in stouffville location the president of a large cosmetic manufacturing firm- visited stouff ville on tuesday being directed here by the toronto industrial commission with whom our local industrial committees are regist ered this firm is presently employ ing between fifty and sixty per sons and are anxious to either rent or erect a building with a view to expansion some 20000 sq ft of floor space is required sale coats dresses hats and rlouses july 17 is 19 after which this store will be closed until further notice mrs m watts 160 enrolled at bible school the dvbs under auspices of the sunshine sunday school was held in the oak ridges school from june 30 to july 10 one hundred and sixty boys and girls enrolled the highest atten dance was 136 with an average of 122 on thursday evening the school room was filled to capacity when the parents and friends enjoyed a fine program rendered by the boys and girls in each class the teachers in charge were misses velma and jean brillinger luella marjorie and erma heise eileen wideman nancy hill carol hudson lois wright blanche ruth and freda henderson mrs l steckley and rev r nigh supt tex ms courts complete since our local sports page went to press the newly surfaced tennis courts in memorial park have been completed and are now ready for use a member of the lions club executive has reported to us this will be welcome news for all the racquet fans in the town great clearance sale opens at coldexs one of the greatest bargain sales to be offered here in many a day opens this week at goldens cloth ing store a large display adv listing the many offerings appears in this issue prices have been cut to the bone for this great summer clearance and many items are be ing offered two for the price of mr milton goode twin brother of mrs l e oneill passed away at his home in oshawa where he had been residing since may born and raised in port perry the late mr goode operated the cream ery in that town and later took over silverwoods ice cream pro ducts it was while working with silverwoods that he passed through stouffville and became quite well known to many resid ents here during his short stay in oshawa the deceased was employed at the canada dry bott ling works in that city protest park board action in charging picnic groups farewell gathering for rev h s haliman after serving the stouffville and altona united missionary church for nearly six years rev and mrs h s haliman bade farewell to their many friends here this past weekend on friday afternoon a joint pic nic of the stouffville and altona sunday schools was held in the stouffville park with over 350 in attendance a happy time of games was enjoyed by the children and young people followed by a picnic supper a presentation was made to rev and mrs haliman a gift of money to show in a small way the appreciation for their services rev and mrs gibson brown were also in attendance and he spoke fitting words of farewell the services on sunday saw the church well filled morning and evening with the night service be ing rev hallmans final address the local christiancongregational church witli their pastor rev muir joined in the service rev and mrs haliman and fam ily moved to their new pastorate at kitchener on monday of this week a welcome is extended to rev and mrs huson from toronto who have come to stouffville to take up the duties of pastor mr and mrs w s graham and daughter ella longtime residents at musselmans lake are out to the summer resort for a two weeks vacation civic holiday concert tickets on sale in the stores saturday charge councillor with un truth over visit to department of highways general argu ment continues throughout meeting monday evenings regular meet ing of markham township coun eil followed the general pattern oi a large percentage of the meeting- held this year with general argu ment and charges between the members featuring the session in the midst of a continual round of verbal fireworks deputyreeve james and councillor hooper brought in a resolution asking councillor lemasurier for the general welfare of the township to quit playing politics and try to do something constructive for the municipality councillor lennie abstained from voting this outburst followed a heated argument between councillor le masurier and other members of council who charged the councillor with visiting the department of highways and upsetting the work of the road committee a resolu tion was read by reeve timbers asking councillor lemasurier to explain why he did not tell the truth when asked if he had visited the highways department councillor lemasurier stoutly denied ever being to the highways department mr mcginnis of the depart ment will take his oath that you were in ids office declared reeve timbers let him take his oath returned councillor lemasurier 1 dont even know the man youve tried to scuttle this coun cil all year with your dirty busi ness charged deputy reeve james the oft discussed matter of the townships 33ft rightofway known as johnson avenue which has been the subject of so many previous controversies entered the picture once more when a group of doncaster ratepayers appeared be fore council several members of the delegation chorused leave it open immediately the subject was mentioned deputyreeve james after some argument finally gained the floor and gave a concise explanation of what had transpired concerning the rightofway as has appeared in previous meeting accounts on numerous occasions mrs fj ross whose property is flanked by this rightofway lias appeared many times in an effort to have the township close it to through traffic in june the road supt was in structed to put up posts closing the rightofway however the posts were no sooner up than they were knocked down and in the mean- do back page first section north york plowmen set locale for match this falls north york plowing match will be held on october lath on the farm of george richardson 1th con of whitchurch just north of yandorf mr richardsons pro perty provides an excellent location with 203 acres of land the match is being held earlier than usual due to the fact that the international matches being held earlier this year f an innovation at this years north york show will be an ex tended display and demonstration of farm equipment town parking lot now has lights and attendant local shoppers to stouffville on tuesday and saturday open even ings will now find a well lighted parking lot with an attendant in charge for their convenience the lot is at the arena which is only a few steps from the main business section the municipal hydro de partment recently installed flood lights on the lot and at the regular meeting of the chamber of com merce on thursday evening this group agreed to engage an atten dant to be on the lot from 7 pm until 11 pm each open night this is a problem which has pro vided discussion here in town for several years and ample facilities have now been provided which should please both visiting shop pers and the business folks markham farm wins photo quiz mr herb w thomas who resides on the ninth concession of markham four miles south of stouffville was the winner of the lucky farmer photo quiz in the tribune last week the farm con taining 80 acres of land belonged to the late peter pike and was the childhood home of the wellknown jacob abram and isaac pike and the late mrs bryson johnson mother of russell and wm john son on the ninth concession the farm was purchased by the present owners father mr wm h thomas from the late jacob pike in 1911 over forty years ago i local member visits town hollis e beckett local member of the provincial legislature visit ed in stouffville on wednesday dining a brief tour of his riding of east york whitchurch tax collection up 10000 over last year tax collections in the township of whitchurch are approximately 10000 ahead of collections at this time last year according to infor mation given council at the regular meeting on saturday afternoon taxes collected this year to date total s5s5s3m final payment amounting to s7s203 was authorized saturday to arthur mcllroy secretary of ss no 1 whitchurch for pay ment to the architect of the new school in that section an account was passed for pay ment for oil dust layer this year amounting to s650s20 the road superintendents accounts also con tained s1s753g for a new weed spraying machine recently deliver ed and now at work on township roadsides there was some discussion con cerning a disagreement which arose over oil being placed on the roadside in front of the cedar valley store operated by mr bol ton mr bolton it appeared re quested some oil in front of his premises and mr chapman oper ator of the pine orchard store immediately put in a similar re quest however by this time the oil truck had left whitchurch and calcium was placed on the pine orchard store front both men agreed to pay for their dust layer councillor legge stated that he would recommend in future that calcium be given and paid for at cost wherever such requests crop up 1 have no objections stated reeve mclaughlin but we might find ourselves faced with a lot of requests council all agreed that the store keepers who had received the benefit should pay for this years dust layer but calcium only would be used in doing such off the beat jobs in future dumped refuse on road road supt davis revealed that a trucker had dumped a quantity of refuse plaster stones boards bricks etc along two hundred ft of the bethesda sideroad through investigation the provincial police located the driver of the truck at agincourt rather than have the man appear in court he was allow ed to settle and paid s20c0 into the municipality who had had to send road men to clean up the mess council agreed to a trip over the municipal roads on tuesday of this week ballantrae hamlet rallies to public school picnic stouffville community centre board which administers the affairs of memorial park came in for considerable criticism at the regular meeting of the chamber of commerce on thursday even ing concerning their action in making a fixed charge on picnic- groups it was stated that ixuh out side and local groups were being called on to pay as much as s1500 a letter of protest was agreed upon and will include protests from the business professional womens club and the lions club while it was agreed that the board was within its legal right to make a charge members stated that considerable business was del rived from these visiting picnic parties and a charge might tend toj drive them away from town it was argued that most municipal parks i are kept up without charge to those who use them president ken wagg told the meeting that he understood several local picnic groups had gone elsewhere when asked to pay this included mark ham eastern star which has a number of members in stouffville another group it was said who fre quently hold a strawberry social had had to cancel their affair be cause of the charge members of the chamber of commerce ex pressed the feeling that the board members should have discussed the proposed move to charge with the organizations they represent before taking the action it was stated that heretofore many groups had taken up a col lection for the caretaker when extra work was required however it was now believed that the care taker was on annual salary and did not require these handouts mr keith middlemiss the cham ber of commerce representative on the board was not present to 3nswer the criticism at the end of the regular term the past few years ballantrae pub- ballantrae public school grounds lie school has grown in attendance were the scene of a large scale com munity picnic as over 22f parents students and residents gathered to gether to take part in an afternoon of sports and entertainment in until it was necessary to build a new 50000 addition which was completed last year at the close of the school term there were ul students attending the school but the attendance is expected to in crease over the 100 mark in the fall a third teacher miss ann stalter of markham will be added to the staff of mrs robt windsor and mrs willis hoover during the picnic celebrations a presenta tion of a coftee table and a trilight floor lamp was made to the form er joan reesor on the occasion of her recent marriage ballantrae public school is situated in one of the most picturesque setting and is well supported by community