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rtlmtit the tribune stouffvil le ont april 2 1953 j a clarke gets warble fly appointment in the township of whitchurch shy little blades mr j a clarke has been appointed warble fly inspec tor in whitchurch township for the forthcoming drive against this cattle disease mr clarke will receive si an hour for his services and sc per mile car allowance the posi tion was recently advertised for tender stuart starr was engaged for the second ptviiion in the campaign and will provide a tractor to move the warble fly sprav equipment and one helper to assist his rate will he s175 an hour mr k harrison of ml al bert was the successful tend erer to provide the necessary insecticide for the spraying job at a price of 660 per 15lb bag and 25e per m lb bag whitchurch will require 115 half pound bays and one hun dred 15lb bays the small containers will be used by those farmers doing their own work by brushing the cattle four tender- were received for the spray powder cost of the powder and the inspector is subsidized fifty per cent by the government a communication was read at the regular meeting of whitchurch council on thurs day evening from the ontario government censorship dept requesting an appointment to discuss the matter of a drive- n theatre on the 1th eonces ion however clerk craw ford replied in writing tlia the council had voted to ti tan their land use bylaw vyhieh forbid- the erection o uch theatres clerk crawford was to instruct solicitor lucas to draw un a setting forth hours of for township employees leave or vacation with pay hold ill approval a communication was re ceived from union school sec tion xo 1 oak ridges enclo- ing a copy of a letter from the local inspector giving tenta tive approval for the proposed addition to the oak ridges public school the communica tion asked whitchurch to seek tentative approval from the municipal hoard for an expen diture of approximately 000 for this addition council agreed to hold up action pend ing legal advice on the approv al from the township solicitor purchase new truck by resolution council agreed to purchase a new chevrolet half ton truck from g m byer son of newmarket at a price of 185315 being the best offer received in recent tender call the townhip will be allowed 102815 for their 1918 model leaving a balance cost of ss2500 caroline tindall and gail hallman two shy little misses are snapped here by the tribune photographer during a practice session for the big ice revue being staged april 10th by the stouffville skating club horticultural notes i he anniversary meeting of the horticultural society is to be held in the veterans hall on wednesday april 15th among the outstanding features of this annual meet ing will be the presentation by mr glenn ratcliff of the pictures taken on his recent mexican tour miss ruth banks leader of junior horticultural activities in the thornhill area will lead a discussion on this important branch of horticul tural works time is eight oclock markham council awards annual gravel contract markham township council in special session on monday evening awarded contracts for approximately 25000 yards of gravel to be placed on town ship roads this summer four bids were received for the work and f h roberts was awarded the contract for sec tions one three and four of the township with stouffville sand gravel being given the contract for section two the township is about equally divided into four sections for purposes of gravelling mr roberts price was 95c a ton delivered in two of the sections and 75e in the other he also gave a price of 50c a ton at the bin the price of the stouffville firm on their contract is 110 a ton deliver ed unionville girl to study in europe miss rebecca sisler 20 year old daughter of mr and mrs b c sisler of unionville will embark this summer on a two year trip to europe in order to increase her know ledge in the field of classical sculpturing miss sisler in tends to spend one year in denmark with the remaining twelve months to be spent in italy and other european art centres she will lie accompa nied by her mother who is al so quite skilled along such lines being the art director for the york county home and school association the sisler family are former residents of mount albert having lived at unionvile for the past two years miss sisler is a student at the ontario college of arts md last yeai she received a scholarship for her high standing mrssisler and her daughter expect to sail from new york in the later part o july and plan to make their first major stopover at copen hagen denmark they will return to their home in un ionville at the end of the two year term engagement mr and mrs william frank lin riches of stouffville an iiounce the engagement of their daughter marion eliza- beth weldon to doctor william dennis blastorah son of the late mr and mrs ber nard blastorah formerly of harwood out the marriage will take place on may 2nd at 1030 oclock in newman chapel toronto sudden stroke took mrs lehman on wednesday march 25th mrs kli lehman passed away suddenly at her home on burk- holder st stouffville in her 67th year mrs lehman lived practically all her life at atha until 1051 when she moved into her new residence here the deceased had been enjoy ing reasonably good health until saturday of last week she suffered a stroke and never recovered the late mrs lehman was a faithful work er in the altona christian church where she supervised a sunday school class for a number of years she also held ollice in the womens institute her husband prede ceased her two years ago mrs lehman the former ethel spears is survived by one daughter grace of stouff ville funeral service was held at the altona christian church on saturday afternoon at 230 two missing boys i turn up at home two 12 yearold boys from 1 musselmans lake missing for 1 21 hours turned up at their i homes one night having hitch hiked to kitchener and back one had nine cents in his pocket the other one cent the two hoys frank mc- kibben and douglas grenstead were supposedly on their way to school at rallantrae the previous day but when it was discovered they were not at school during the day their parents started a search they were warmly clad and only hungry when they returned to their homes i0pp commence duties here ontario provincial police took ever the police duties in stoulfville on wednesday of this week constables billiard and van derkooi are establish ed in their new police office recently completed upstairs in the local municipal build ing the op p will provide full- time service and the telephone number of the new ollice is stouffville 237 constable hilli ard come- to town from the whitby detachment and con stable yanderkooi from the newmarket headquarters former brougham girl involved in fatal accident gladys gannon former brougham girl where her parents operated the local store and post ollice was in voked in a fata accident this week when a 15yearold de livery truck driver john burian suffered a fractured skull in a collision with a car driven by miss gannon the accident occurred at the corner of rusholme rd and dcwson st both vehicles were forced to the sidewalk and burians truck went over a lawn miss gannon is a nurse at st michaels hospital and she was accompanied by ella mc- causland miss gannon who is 35 suffered a cut forehead and her companion a possible frac tured shoulder both were removed to hospital the cannon family who are well known in the brougham and markham district moved to minden some time ago assessor tax collector distinmcdonald hasserved uxbridge twpfor43 years pm conducted by rev g brown assisted by rev h g huson with interment in the stouffville cemetery the pall bearers were frank lehman murray dunkeld levi smith jos nighswander jake smith and frank burkholder a quiet wedding was solem nized in the united church parsonage on tuesday after- noon march 31st when mar garet arvella hancock daugh ter of mr and mrs james car negie was united in marriage with harry edward phoenix o greenbank rev douglas davis performed the cere mony they are travelling to new york for their wed ding trip and on their return they will reside in greenbank where mr phoenix is in busi ness she was formerly on the staff of the brierbush hospital the stouffville softball club is planning an organization meeting to be held on tuesday evening april 7th in- the municipal hall all voting men interested aie asked to attend nothing like this in the city mr distin mcdonald prob ably one of the best known and most highly respected residents of uxbridge town ship has been involved in municipal business for the past fortythree years and continues to carry out his duties as assessor and tax collector born at lambion mills a suburb of west toronto 75 years ago mr mcdonald moved to whitby and later to glasgow where lie resided for even years in 1s93 he fettled down in goodwood and has remained there ever since he received ids public school education at glasgow and goodwood later taking a busi ness course in toronto while attending goodwood public school he received his train ing on the three rs from teacher miss mable dickin son some of his schoolmate- ai that time were mr wesley whittleton on the 3rd con cession mr cecil lee east of goodwood and mr waller davey now living in toronto according to mr mcdonald the attendance at the school in those days was on a par with that of today mr mcdonald first entered the position of uxbridge township assessor in the year 1910 during those days the transportation facilities were by no means modern and mr mcdonald did prac tically the entire assessment job on foot he would gage his distance in order to arrive at the home of a friend at night fall where a hot meal and warm bed was always waiting because of the increased num ber of residences in the town ship it now takes some eight weeks to cover the area that was previously covered in five weeks some forty years ago when mr mcdonald first took over the assessment roll in 1010 mr jos millard of altona was clerk of the mun icipality mr john ashenhurst and mr ralph faulkner have been the recent assessors be fore air mcdonald once again took over the position in 1052 mr mcdonald has been the tax collector in uxbridge township since 101s a total of thirtyfive years he suc ceeded the late james howett who held the job sixteen years and mr thomas dowswell who retained the position for an eight year term during that span of years he has had a very limited number of tax sales with the majority of rate payers being most coopera tive he was also the secretary- treasurer of the goodwood public school for fifteen years and still serves on the good wood cemetery board over the years mr mcdonald has seen the reeves chair filled by such men as jack rae dave watson stuart ball and isaac wagg isaac cat her wood holds this important office at the present time this familiar goodwood resident is the last surviving member on the building committee which drew up the plans for the goodwood united church erected in 1914 mr mcdonald built himself a modern brick home in 1032 and has no intentions of ever vacating his childhood hamlet mr mcdonald has yet another position in which to occupy his time that of secy- treas of richardson masonic iodge he has been a member since 1912 and rose to the office of master in 1932 his father mr john mcdonald had previously held the honor in 1ss9 he has one sister mrs alfred pugh of toronto and one brother alfred who lives with mr and mrs mcdonald in goodwood down through the years mi distin mcdonald con tinues to carry more than his share of the municipal bur dens but in spite of his work he still has a few minutes to share with the many residents that have come to know him as a true friend former goodwood pastor awarded mbe in korea an ontario chaplain and stud ent pastor at goodwood six years ago has received the a- ward of a member of the order of the british empire for ser vices in front lines of korea the army announced this week capt james alexander fil- shie a native of mount forest served as protestant chaplain p the 2nd battalion of the prin ce patricias canadian light infantry and remained behind to become chaplain of the 1st battalion when the 2nd was rotated home every phase of the regiments life t- hi- concern capt fil- shies citation declared when casualties occurred or patrols had gone forward his self- appointed post of duty was at the side of the regimental med ical officer where his presence brought comfort to the wound ed his services held both in rear positions and in front lilies attracted large and regular at tendance retlecting his ability in leading soldiers in worship and making the sacred things of life real to them the cita tion said cap filshie was educated at vh toria college and the univer- tv of toronto and is now at prairie command headquarters at winnipeg births fkarn mr and mrs jan fearn stoulfville rr2 are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on friday march 27 1953 at the brier- bush hospital stouffville wood rav and grace wood rri stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their on on friday march 27 1953 at the brierbush hospital stouffville a broth er for anne scriyer mr and mrs john scriver claremont are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on sun day march 22 1953 at the brierbush hospital stouff ville a sister for rosemary and svlvia brown dent and carley rrown nee grove are happy to announce the arri- val of their son david edmund on thursday mar 25th 1953 at the markham nursing home shaxtz to rev h l and mrs shantz at petrolia on march 23rd 1953 the gift of a dauchter owen elizabeth public skating here thi- sat urday night eugene lemon among top grain growers in county children of vivian public school vesterdav showed gertjie brink 7 in can ada less than a vear from the netherlands how maple svrup is made in robert ratcliff- bush overeager to taste sap he spilled some on lloyd graves who was waiting for the drip anyway another most successful seed and bacon show has just been staged march is by the farmers of york county under the sponsorship of the soil crop improvement association with the cooperation of the hog producers association a record number of entries and the usual full house of visitors together with a well balanced program and variety of classes made this years fair most outstanding keen bidding for the 10bsshel lots of registered oats and barley brought the top price of s300 er bus in barley and 250 for oats including the twentyfour farmers showing in the bacon show there was a total of seventytwo exhibitors the fcrtyeight competing in the crop section included thirteen new exhibitors and in all had one hundred and twentyseven exhibit- keenest competition was in spring grain with eleven showing early oats and sixteen in the class for a bale of firstcut hay there was a total of folty lots of excellent quality hay in the show the d clover class was the largest in many years the a e mckenzie special prizes for first year exhibitors were won by murray paris of bradford and stewart rumble of richmond hill included in the highest prize winners in the larger classes were frank and ted marritt of keswick mh farms milliken j m thirkle weston eugene lem on stouffville earl edwards schomberg the judges were t w brennand toronto g m gray barrio and g e jones oac guelph there was a full compli ment of eight township exhi bits of groups of three car casses in the bacon show and for a second time east gwii- iimbury won the premium honours this was perhaps the first time that all special prizes went to one township with the championship for individual carcass going to las morris of ravenshoe and the reserve championship to willard cryderman queens- ville the quality of the car casses unfortunately was not up to last years standard the special prizes by the york county hog producers assoc for the two best township exhibits went to east gwillim- bury and king followed by georgina and north gwillim- bury in the junior farmers seed judging competition there were thirteen contestants and the top honours for the t eaton trophies were an nounced by assistant agricul tural representative e k pearson as follows nelson buchanan unionville angus morton queensville eldred king markham duncan wes ton woodbridge the top award in the 75 bushel husking corn club was presented by w m cock- burn to harrison slicter of oormlcy in the afternoon following the discussion of the bacon carcasses and outline of the advanced registry policy for swine by mr finlay stewart of the canada livestock pro duction services president carl boynton of woodbridge called on w p watson ontario livestock commis sioner who gave a mast com prehensive ouline of the live stock outlook prefacing his remarks with a review of the history of recent years he gave the three hundred farm ers present a few glimpses of what the livestock outlook might well suggest like studying the weather patterns of the past are of assistance in forecasting for the future mr jos mertens and miss margery mertens were jn thornhill on sunday visitinjr with mr and mrs john angel and family