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touffrthc sribnitt vol 63 no the tribune stouffv1elk ont march 22 1sv53 this house was a total loss photo taken as flames quickly enveloped entire house near altona about 43 miles of county road to become queens highway in york county in a pronouncement last week minister geo doucett of the ontario department of high ways revealed that approxi mately 13 miles of county road still to remain in york county will become queens highway when the amalgama tion with toronto is com pleted this mileage includes the road from the cxh crossing in stoullville to mark- ham as announced in this newspaper last week the exact county roadway to be taken into the provincial system is as follows the markham road subur ban from armadale to sutton i25 miles the sutton line suburban from sutton to the ontario county boundary s3g miles the portion of county road xo ii from ringwood to stouffville lsi miles mak ing a total of i2s2 miles this is in addition to the portion of the markham road 375 miles within the metropoli tan area already mentioned this means that both the separated municipalities and the remaining county will be relieved entirely of any cost in the construction and main tenance of these roads the rill provides that for the purposes of part iii of the highway improvement act the metropolitan corporation shall be deemed to be the cor poration of a city situated within the county of york but separated therefrom for mun icipal purposes this means that the metropolitan corpor ation will contribute 25 per cent of the cost of all subur ban roads in the remaining county the rill also provides that all county roads in the remain ing county will automatically become suburban roads on january 1st 1951 this means that the cost of the entire county roads system in the remaining county will be horn 50 per cent by the metropoli tan corporation and 25 per cent by the remaining county and in the case of a bridge or culvert the cost will be horn so per cent by the province 10 pei- cent by the metropoli tan corporation and 10 per cent by the remaining county provision is also made for appeal to the ontario munici pal board for subsequent adjustment should it be required the rill provides for tiie separation of the twelve subur ban municipalities from the county of york of the present system of county and subur ban roads wc of the mileage lies in the municipalities which will be separated from the county and lies in the remaining part of the county thus the remaining county will be left with the problem of financing v0 of the road mileage out of only 135 of the assessment which was formerly available to the county of york the balance of s657j having been trans ferred to the metropolitan cor- i poration head of prominent baking family dies in 60th year geo coppins gets warble fly job mr geo coppins a resilient on the 1th concession of ux- bridge was the successful ten der for the position of warble fly inspector for the town ship of uxbridge his salary will be si 00 per hour and 10c per mile john sheehy will be employed as the assistant oper ator also at a salary of s100 per hour the inspector will be responsible for the trans portation of the employees lynch and co received the appointment as auditors for the township and public school area hoard they will replace the late fred johnson the auditors will receive a salary of 225 for the current year constable rusneli completes 11 years police duty in may 1012 air ira rus neli commenced his duties as constable in the village of stoullville following vs years service in the town council and since his appointment over a decade ago mr rus tled has driven over 100000 miles on police work during his term of office he has never been involved in any serious robberies or mm battles al though he has traced a num ber of guilty parties respon sible for minor breakins in town the largest robbery to occur within recent years was the theft of two tool kits valued at 81200 from murphv motors the kits were later discovered in a toronto pawn shop four years ago mr rus- head of the stouffville rak- ery and one of the most well- known families in town ambrose stover passed away in hospital in toronto on sat urday march 7th although only in his 60th year ambrose stover had been in ailing health for some time and a week ago his condition wors ened to the extent that he was removed to hospital where he died the late albert ambrose stover was a son of elias stover and sarah wideman and wa- inirn on the 8th con of markham he had been associated with the bakerv business lor nearly forty years about thirty years ago he combined with his late brother percy stiver to take over the stoufiville bakery from frank rowlvtham shortly after mr percy stover withdrew from the partner- shin and ambroi i- familj have since that time under ambrose stover and more recently his m harry the stouffville bakery has grown and prospered a tftie retail bakerv store was added to the establishment and the plant boasts some of the mast modern equipment to be found in any bakerv outside the large centres i o in id the deceased marla re 1vi raymer who pre- neighbors on wednesday deceased him in 1930 during noon march lsth from their lifetime in stoufiville the oclock on the occasion of couple raised a family of two their golden wedding anniver- mo er carried and on were prominent in the life of the united missionary church where mr stover was a mem ber and has been a steward for many years mr stover also served several terms on the stoufiville public school hoard and was connected with the ontario bakers associa tion for a long period surviving are two sons harry in stouffville and bruce in calgary four daughters velma mrs jack spang gladys mrs howard ratclill norma mrs don brown and margaret mr- delos brown there are also three brothers herbert and wllmot here and archie of milverton also a sister mrs reesor of milverton percy passed away years ago there are grandchildren tiie funeral on tuesd t- week was conducted by rev huson from the united missionary church pallbear ers were car wideman lewis wells paul roadway gayman harvey scheli reg stouffer interment made in stouffville ceme- harvev t brother several also ten ot jos and tery announcement mr ml mrs edgar pollard sandford ontario will be home to their friends and after- 1 to os and four daughters thev nell cooperated with the pro vincial police in whitchurch to aid in the breaking up of a number of gangs which were inhabiting the musselmans lake district at that time re sides enforcing the law he was also in charge of collecting the dog tax which will proballv hit an alltime high in 105 in june of last year mr and mrs rusneli celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary mr rusneli recently tend ered his resignation following nearly eleven years and 100- ipo miles of police service in the village of stouffville two provincial police officers will commence duties here on april 1st tribune has a new look the stourtvihe tribune this veek presents a new style nakcup in an effort to cope t the increased advertising nd news coverage which the paper is being called on to handle for the past seventeen years the tribune hits lieen using a sixcolumn makeup page and this week has chang ed to a sevencolumn sheet with slightly narrower column the column width being used i- similar to that recently changed to by the toronto daily star in addition a new linotype face has been added for use in single column heading to bring these in a similar type family with that used for double column headings the new face is known as erbar and while quite condensed is bold enough to be very read able four declared in field for px nomination four persons announced they would seek nomination as progressive conservative candidates for north york in the coming dominion elections at a meeting of the north ork progressive conservative association last week the four are col richard blue aurora farmer c a cathers newmarket charles hooper buttonville farmer and markham township coun cillor and arthur walwyn maple a fifth possible contes tant is earl toole newmarket who was a former contestant for the seat both chas hoop er and earl toole are ex- wardens of york county i presume you are on a fishing expedition mr little said mr toole 1 can assure you people that i am as strong a member of the party as any conservative but cannot con sider at this time being a candidate mr toole made a fervent plea for harmony at the coming convention let us not lose an election simply to gain a convention he said we know that this riding lias been carved to order said mr arthur walwyn pro gressive conservative candi date in the last federal elec tion for north york we have a fight on our hands he said c a cathers was the next to speak 1 think the future looks bright and agree with mr walwyn that we should get our man in the field as soon as possible he said mr charles hooper in pay ing tribute to major lex mac kenzie member for north york in the provincial house said the party should be proud to have men like the major representing the party 1 have several reasons for run ning one of them being that i think the present federal government has been disloyal to the people of canada i wouldnt allow my name to stand if i didnt feel i could lick anyone in the field mr hooper said his hat was very definitely in the ring following is a list of officers elected to the executive of the provincial association presi dent floyd corner 1st vice president ken tomlin vice presidents at large reg sow- ard mrs m r gillan and miss peggy jones chairman of organization and member ship wallace donnell chair man of publicity and public relations fred bartrum sec retary richard edmond and treasurer mr frank reeves farming in markham probably impossible suggests lemasurier farming in markham twp may be virtually impossible under the new york county setup declared deputyreeve af lemasurier in a prepared statement made to markham township council mr lemas urier referred to the steady influx of city dwellers to this rural district the deputyreeve suggested that markham township should investigate the possi bility of purchasing water from the municipalities of richmond hill markham and stoufiville and prepare areas adjacent to these centres for industry our planning board has not done anything about gett ing industry he said reeve timbers stated that the planning board was pre- i paring a zoning program for tiie township he agreed that the present rate of school building could not be kept up without some industrial assess ment we cant force water on any of these areas you speak of unless they ask for it declared councillor lennie well theres nothing wrong with council trying to get water commented the reeve councillor clark inquired as to how far the planning board had advanced with the zoning bylaw were now next to the city of toronto and weve got to do something to offset these great school costs declared deputyreeve lemasurier well it seems too bad the reeve commented that we are continually blocked and plagued with petitions against industry its always the dirt or the dust of whathaveyou every time some industry tries to start here councillor chas hooper who took little part in the discus sion declared that the deputy- reeves prepared statement was outoforder it shouldnt be handed out here for the press before weve had a chance to discuss it he said deputy reeve lemasurier asked that his brief be tabled for future reference lack of water hampers local firemen as blaze destroys altona home lack of sufficient water severely hampered the efforts of the stouffville fire brigade on friday afternoon as the frame home of mr tint mis wm wallace altona went lip in flames mr wallace was expected to return home on friday from a trip to scotland and his wife had taken the car to meet him at the station mrs wallace later learned that the plane had been delay ed and her husband would not be home until the following day it was during her absence that tiie broke out and al though the hired man attempt ed to- rescue numerous items from the doomed building he was driven back by the intense smoke everything in the house was lost max vague 13yearold soil of mr and mrs walter vague of altona was returning home from school when he noticed smoke pouring from the roof quickly he notified mrs fred pilkey who turned in the alarm within minutes after the alarm sounded the stouffville volunteer brigade arrived at the scene thev quickly empti ed the contents of the tank and when no more water was available the firemen were forced to allow the building to burn to the ground the flames were fanned by strong northwest winds the farm is owned by mr will reesor a resident of church street in stoullville the wallaces are now residing at the home of mr bob lewis altona last hoover ed his o his month lmr albert of ring wood celebrat- s7th birthday in spite age mr hoover con unites to work his own garden and drive his 1929 chev he claims his health is just as good as when he was a boy mr hoover is an expert at digging drains and building wire fences clippers vs orillia in oha new challenge series stouffville clippers who were eliminated in the cur rent oha senior hockey series have entered in the challenge series a new consolation been established the oh a the oh a senior for which trophy ha tnis year by series is for till ontario sen ior b hockey teams who are eliminated in their group playoffs the series are all operated by elimination which means that a club must win each round as it comes up or drop out the oha designates the teams to meet the winner of this challenge series vill have the opportunity to chal lenge the oha sr b winners if they so desire presently engaged in this consolation schedule are peter- boro vs port hope grimsby vs burlington and the king stonbelleville loser will meet the winner of peterboroport hope the oha has named stouff ville to go against orillia with dates for the games to be announced this week the oha office also informed man ager oneill that the winner of this stouffvilleorillia series will go against one of the win ning clubs from western ontario teams playing in this challenge series can go as far in competition as the senior r winners the series has been set up by the oha to benefit the huge number of clubs knock ed out of the running early in the season with expensive artificial ice surfaces still to maintain growing orchids is interesting hobby mr- geo miller church st is leaving this week for a few weeks vacation in florida she will travel by tca and will return by car with sister and husband mr mrs mccoli of toronto have been in florida for winter her and who the oikx fo business lehmans shoe store remain open for business irg alterations to the section of the nremises will dur- front real estate changes here the sale is announced this week of the house and lot at altona belonging to h mc intosh to mr cameron jay- nes of toronto possession will be given early in may and ken campbell for the w j warren real estate agency negotiated the transaction mr and mrs mcintosh will move to stouffville where thev purchased a home some time ago the 50acre farm of harry stevens at lot 7 con 3 ux bridge twp has also been sold to a west hill man mr stev ens has occupied the place for the past seven years and has recently purchased a looacre farm near omemee lot con 7 is familiarly known as the former rodanz place by janet g brodie orchids have always been considered fragile flowers especially grown in green houses for the welltodo definitely in the class of lux ury rut now in the matter of the last few months orchids are coming into their own the man or woman of ordinary means can grow some varie ties in his own house with a moderate amount of care when 1 was 11 the head of the girls school in which 1 was resident in toronto chanced to overhear my en thusiastic comments to a girl from jamaica on the coloured pictures of orchids in the encyclopedia in the school library and promptly report ed to my parents on the quiet that 1 had described the flowers as thrilling orchids still thrill me years later our family found a boggy swamp humming with mosquitoes where one risked life and limb and rub ber boots but where i forgot the dunkings and other dis comforts on finding the beauti ful pink and white orchids or lady slippers thriving in the company of the insectdevour ing pitcher plant one evening last october i came across an advertisement of orchid plants which could be grown in any home and i ight then i decided i must have some mrs milt storey didnt think she had any room for them but belore i ordered she decided shed make room on armistice day the plants arrived packed with extreme care we received no instruc tions with them so we were on our own we havent learn ed much about their care but we will in the meantime we want to pass on to other amateur growers the little we have learned mrs storeys pot of orchids bore 5 blooms two on one stalk and three on the other the remainder of the plant had apparently bloomed be fore so presumably will not again as we do not think it is the variety ordered from pic tures we have concluded it is row bells the flowers are white with a faint pink blush with a rich gold apricot lip and give oil a pleasing frag rance flowers of this variety are reputed to last s weeks when cut if given the proper care we havent found out yet what the proper care is the temperature of mrs storeys house is 08 degrees night and day 1 lower mine almost to go degrees for night and keep my plant in a cool place in the day to stay with in the prescribed 00g5 degree limit mine appear as if they will ultimately bloom but not for some time it should not be the same variety as mrs storeys but both are cattle- yas up from the broad main leaf of the orchid grows a blade of lighter green in which the shadow of the flower bud appears in a few weeks it bursts through the blade and into bloom the bud shadow appeared in mrs storeys plant around christmas and the blooms opened the begin ning of the last week in febr uary the december 1951 readers digest carried an interesting article by philip wylie con densed from the saturday evening post anyone can raise orchids bob collins contributed a story in the january issue of canadian homes and gardens this year on fred padfield of thornhill and his orchids padfield grows between 80c and 900 plants in the green house he built and grew the orchids princess elizabeth car ried on the drive through riverdale park a cluster of seven white cattleyas eight years ago padfield did not know one orchid from another he is a builder with orchids as his hobby a toronto chemist kenneth mcalpine has been growing orchids for more than 11 years he pollinates bloom and germinates the seed in a jar of nutrient jelly two years after germination the tiny orchid plant has i leaves so growing your own seedlings requires patience it appar ently takes about ten years to produce firstclass blooms continued on page 0 mrs wellington wideman was admitted to the stoullville brietbush hospital on tues day afternoon suffering from a severe attack of pneumonia miss margaret hobbs was a visitor at the home of her par ents mr and mrs albert hobb- of rlnpwood f a few days lal week also recent visitors were mr wm hobbs and mr and mr john scott and family storey displays fine illoom