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rtlmtii the tribune sto march mid winter barn raising unusual council signs contract j councj wj consu ror provincial in police in town with the ontario w neresn ks will commence duties here on april li with two fulltime officers was signed by stouifville municipal council on monday evening at slielr regular meeting contract will be operative vit u provides that the the until dec provlnci i police will as their le agreement provide two officers subject to the if ihe police commission- dditioh they will provide er and the senior officer before council onto each complete report of all with engineering firm on survey for sewerage system tin engineering lirm of ander son ms a barnraisi ng in midwinter markham on wednesday the is rather an unusual siirht new barn here going which is pictured up is 100xso and nut one took lace the farm replaces ai oldorn out strue- of car rces ir 5th con of tore the icw building will be photo by cadieux wood clad with a steel roof henry dyck is the contractor md had i men on the job wednesday for the raisins stouf fville to markham soon to be provincial highway stoutfville will soon be located on i through provincial highway no 17 hitherto highway 17 has gone west only to the cnr crossing in town where it reverted to a county road the change came yesterday following the taking over of the sth concession north from o 7 to sutton by the pro vincial highways department at yesterdays meeting between heads of several northern munici palities and the dept of highways it was agreed and approved by the minister that the mile and a half between the cnr crossing in stoutfville to the mw highway through ringwood would be taken over by the province dike- wise a stretch of road eight to nine miles in length between sut ton and reaverton was also assumed what changes will he made in these newly assumed highways is only conjecture but it is believed the widening improvement will continue and the ringwood corner may be changed all existing county and subur ban roads within the toronto metropolitan area will be detach ed from the system operated by the toronto arid york roads com mission all county roads in the remaining portion of york county will be designated as suburban roads to be administered by a commission appointed by the county and the new metropolitan council an important innovation is the reclassification of the markham road as a provincial highway this will relieve all municipalities including toronto of the expense of its unkeep which was 892000 in 1051 actual- designation of metropoli tan roads will be done by the metropolitan council subject to approval by the lieutenant gov ernor in council provision is made for changing the makeup of the system from time to time expenditure on this system eligible for the 00 per cent grail t would be original construction wjdonings improvements grad ing provision of bridges or cul verts removal of snow and ice and applying of chemicals or abrasives garfield brown appointed acting chief observer mr garfield brown town clerk has been named acting chief olv server of the local ground obser ver corps by the regional director of the royal canadian air force two others have been signed up as oflicial observers mr ken wagg and mr liill sanders about twenty more oflicial observers are required for this district who will be willing to work voluntarily to scan the skies for hostile aircraft i and to report aircraft in distress to the filter centre at barrie volunteer- in the ground obser ver corps will not be required to give tij much of their spare time as they will be serving their coun try in this vital defence program right around home they will receive some training in aircraft recognition and in case of war mav be called upon to man an i ru nhsfivtt ion prwi viih in stonit- 1 final contract signed for new markham tp municipal building the final signing or the contract for the new markham township municipal building at buttonvillc was completed on monday after noon the total price for the com pleted job will be 67505 the resolution authorizing the reeve to sign the contract was passed unanimously with the proviso that the original contract previ ously signed should become mil and void the original contract to the stevenson mini amounted to s5352j the additional items add ed to this figure on the new eon- tract are as follows septic tank x700 heating s6056 wiring s3s1c plastering 81 1c0 increase in material costs and administering subcontracts si 500 kiriii divy i lie same the annual levy collected by the township for the federation of agriculture remained at one half mill and the exemption on farm land for the purposes of fire and police protection was granted for 195 mr fred wicks appeared before council on behalf of the federation and also asked council a donation for the ontarioyork film council mr wicks pointed i l various benefits being dc- iivi i rived from the services of the stouflville bnerbush council and stated that there wfvi nearly a dozen members in markham township measured assessment next year council indicated to assessor archie fleming on monday that the completion of the measured assessment in 1951 would be satis factory the assessor stated that there were some 300 properties vet to be measured liealso requested that he be given permission to engage some additional help in the summer months as required las year stouilvule will pay tor this ser- v e 550 on april 30th plus 550 i the last day of each month for tie balance of he year hi addi tion they will pay or per mile for the cruiser the town will provide an ofiice telephone and furnish the ofiice constables dewar and milliard who are the officers who have been assigned to duty here will take up residence shortly preparatory to commencing their duties on ajiril 1st work of com pleting the new police office on the second floor of ihe municipal building is now proceeding council accepted the resignation tendered by constable ira rusnell who has held the position of town constable here for many years and has given good service to this fast- growing community a communication was received from york county setting out the county levy on stouflville this year slightly below the 1952 figure last year the county col lected 58209 from local tax payers and this vear the amount will he 8519788 mr e r good appeared before council requesting a grant of 8100 for the stoullville horticultural society mr good stated that it had been several years since coun cil had made any contribution to the society he said that the organization had a number of worthwhile projects in mind which would greatly beautify and improve the community council agreed to give the request consid eration at their next meeting when councillor ratclilv would have returned from a trip south mrs florence louise wurts passes following lengthy illness monday fob 23rd mr- observation vjll post right in stouit- engagements nun iter he late mr- duval and o donald 1 beeibv son mrs robert reelby the engagement is am of miss maj m duval dang david duval t mr and ciaremont marriage to tike place on march 28 mr and mi- vlbert king rr2 markham announce tin- engage ment then daughter vera adele to fail james wood f mr and mrs arthur wonl stoutf ville the marriage will take place on prll 2nd at 7 pm in stouft- ville united church florence away u the hospital where she had been con- lined for over two years born on the 9th concession of markham at the home of her parents mr and mrs amos cole the deceased moved to stoullville following her marriage air wurts predeceased her a number of years ago while living at both markham and stoullville the late mrs wurts was a regular attendent of the united church and was a member of tile choir during her younger days the deceased leaves u mourn her passing one sister mrs ed terryberry and one brother mr fred cole both residents on the 9th concession of markham she has also one granddaughter sonja brown of brampton and one grandson mr lames brown of barrie a sister gertrude passed away several years ago funeral services were held at the dixon funeral chapel mi afternoon conducted by thomas of st andrews rev ge following audit circulation reg ulations all tribune subscriptions expired in december 1952 are be ing discontinued this week pin ball robbery baffles police on friday morning constable bill shearn of the markham twp police force was summoned to the markham whitchurch townline between the 2nd and 3rd conces sions when farmers in the district discovered twentytwo pin ball machines piled on the side of the road the machines had been smashed open and the coins ex tracted chief clarence wideman along with the criminal investiga tion bureau from queens park toronto have held a thorough investigation into the theft but as yet no leads have turned up according to the chief the machines tire believed to be the property of an american firm there were a number of american nickels discovered in the broken boxes and only one contains the stamp of the hydro electric pow er commission of ontario six days have passed since the theft was discovered and the loss has is yet not been reported one of the machines is valued at over 81000 united church markham with interment at locust hill cemeterv the pallbearers were mr russell johnson mr frank drove mr devi drudge mr scott brown mr tom bunker and mr fred wicks garbagefed hogs are not welcome in markham twp uxbridge tp student rescues playmate from icy waters associates will tie asked to attend the next regular meeting o stoullville municipal council to discuss the making of a sewer sur vey in town a petition largely signed by ratepayers was received by council last year but too late in tlie season to undertake aiy expenditure it was promised at that time that consideration would be given early in 1953 reev ogden stated that it was understood the cost o the survey would be 8500 he ii that it such a survey was completed this summer a vote of the people could be taken at the xovember election the question of sewerage system in stoullville has been dis eased in stoutfville council meet ings on numerous occasions through the urgings of the local health biiit the rapid home markham township to license restaurants a bylaw to authorize the licens ing of restaurants was passed by markham township council on monday and requires that the pro prietor of every eating establish ment within the municipality have a 85 license to be purchased annually or be subject to a 850 fine the local health unit has advocated the licensing of restaur ants in order that some control may be had over these businesses for health purposes disagree over ise of road we build a road to take the traffic and then we try to keep the traffic off it and i think its abso lutely silly declared reeve tim bers the reeves statement came dur ing a considerable argument which ensued concerning the bann ing of heavy traffic on the newly- paved john st running east from thornhill to ray view kingbeamish construction co requested council to allow their trucks to use the road this year in travelling from their asphalt plant on bay view to points west of i yonge st there are presently signs on john st banning heavy trucks except to make delivery the ban had been asked by the ratepayers who claimed the section was residential and there was traffic danger for children j we promised these people there would be no heavy trucks and why we should lift the restric- building which has occurred in the last few years has aggravated the sewage disposal situation and council has realized for some time that such a project must he under taken oefore many years have passed better facilities at the hool and the erection of the new high school have a- points i tart on the c als tioneu earlv the wi on nhe been men- favour of an oject commerce as 11 lias urged some steps be taken in tiii- dire lion for the purpose of encouraging industry to locate arc both richmond hill and ux bridge have added a number of new industries since the introduc tion of sewers these facts have all been dis cussed by the local council at var ious meetings and the first move came monday when the clerk was instructed to contact a firm of engineers to meet with council local canine gets championship danaides domino harlequin croat dane owned by mrs ella malcolm already a canadian champion of record completed his american championship at de troit last weekend he is the son of the international champion noble i tidys mona also owned by mrs malcolm and is one of four alive today with this great dis tinction two who are canadian bred are owned in the united state- the other two being owned in stoullville see these next week watch for the big special wash ing machine oiler by raxlin fur niture appliances in the tri bune next week c ii bell is announcing a new wonder cockshutt tractor read about it next week lheyre only going to pound some of our other roads to pieces i think its silly and i was against it at the time said the reeve deputyreeve iemasurier main tained that it was a residential district and the people didnt want a highway made out of the road he said that council last year had been trying to keep trucks off the roads and asked that they be con sistent well im not in favour of keep ing them oil i wasnt before and im not now declared reeve tim bers elgin st residents wanted the same ban continued deputy- i reeve iemasurier i councillor hooper said that i john st was one of the oldest roads in markham started about 1800 i think youll be letting the iw i trucks kk eluded the theres in march of hist year a tion asked for a bylaw to prohibit heavy traffic except for delivery he said i it was never passed said councillor hooper if you dont let them go across on this road con- deputy reeve no bylaw anyway so we cant stop them assented councillor hooper council did not declare any definite decision but left the matter open member- of the mover from stoullville mongolia lev ami toronto mr and mr campbell of ringwood m family gorm- s ken and mr- alex iogan and sons ot stoutfville aathered at the farm home at dicksons inn in honour of mr harvey movers birthday las thursday a plenant evenins wa- enjoyed prior to mr and mr- mover leaving to make their home in florida garbagefed hogs will not be welcome in markham township this fact became clear on monday afternoon when council intructed clerk chas hoover to prepare a iv una hogs by r other bylaw prohibiting the establi of the business of raisins feeding swill garbage a fuse the move arose from a petition sicned by ratepayers of the arma dale area who were protesting againt a box grove resident whom it wa- claimed was about to set up the business of swill- feeding pigs the petition was precmed to council by messrs rohb and fairadav they claimed that the propertv at lot 2 con s bad been purchased for this pur- ikise and aked for a hyjau pro hibit the business as undesirable there is tine other pigrasing establishment of this type in the municipality at present it was tated we weve seen what happen ed in other townships through this same thine no one wants to live around them commented councillor w i clark after some discussion it was agreed on resolution of councillor- clark and iemasurier to have the bylaw drafted clerk chas hoover commented that he had had only recentlv a miss donna johnson daughter of mr and mrs johnson of the 7th conccs uxbridge aided in the re her playmate miss donna heroic jack ion of seue of carlin council recommend new oak ridges school built on whitchurch side of yonge when the latter plunged through the ice on a pond located at the rear of pine grove school the two 13yearold public school students were playing on the large pond some distance from the school building during the lunch period along with a number of other pupils when the ice sudden ly cracked and donna carlin plunged into the cold water the children rushed rem the otner pond to safety but donna johnson unmindful of iter own precarious situation crawled on her hands and knees toward her playmate just when the rescue seemed cer tain the ice splintered and both girls were marooned in the shoulderhigh water by this time the other pupils had regained their courage and the girl- were pulled to safety the teacher mr- request for a farm property for victor symes drove donna car- the swilfceding of hogs it wasliin home bus donna johnson re- believed that other municipalities mained at school for the rest of were banning the business and j the day it was the first time this those intcreted were heading for j winter that the students had markham township skated on the pond following a lengthy discussion on the public school problem at oak ridges and primary school accommodation generally in the township whitchurch council agreed at their meeting on thurs day evening to recommend a new school be erected on the whit church side of yonge st at oak ridge- this whitchurch school would be an alternative to build ing a iarge addition to the union school located on the king twp side ol the highway a a meeting last week of the whitchurch council along with the inspector mr mailman and members of the school board a new fourroom addition was be lieved necessary to cone with the everincreasing population in this area such an addition it was be lieved would cost some sso000 council on thursday evening when discussing this figure be lieved it much too low and men tioned a cost of over 100000 as nearer the probable cost wei it wouldnt be built for that if we have to keep on follow ing the structures that the dept of education ask for and i think it- time we said no to some of these things declared reeve ivan mclaughlin at the preent lime the oak ridges school is attended by three hundred pupils and this figure it wa- estimated would be increased to 500 in the next five years as treasurer of the township i dont ee how whitchurch can keep on backing these big school debentures commented clerk jack crawford council member- agreed that all the public school boards along yonge st and others further east in the township could see accom modation troubles ahead in the next two or three years councillor mecarron stated that if the proper adjustment of section boundaries could be made now some of these trouble- might be avoided sections 0 and 7 were peeificiallv mentioned and the idea of merging these two into an area wa- expressed i dont believe it would be too hard to point out the wisdom of an area to these people- said councillor mecarron councillor mecarron stated that in connection with the oak ridge- situation the department of high ways had always maintained that the union chool was in the wrong place and if the addition required could be placed on the whitchurch side this traffic hazard would be eliminated it wa- tated that i recommendation by arbitration three and a half years ago was to plit the ection at yonge st council agreed along with the treasurer that costs must be kept in mind that the maximum accom modation should be provided for the minimum of cost we dont want to build a monu ment mr crawford said