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toeffwttc iribttmt the tbibuxe stouffville oxt- june 25 millions jam royal derby faithful service receives recognition kg simpkin this another in a series coronation year letters from loverveas written for the stouff- rille tribune and other mem- ibere of the ontario divlaioi of lihe canadian weekly news papers association ai the ltoil derby only bv the courtesy of mem- iers of the press and of the irm of public relations bon- jney and david of london could this story have been written while having dinner with a byline writer of londons sun- iduy express me french i was advised to contact the a- bove firm 1 was to set a pass to the press gallery at epsom iii see the rate known all over the world as the derby the press gallery was on the same level as the royal box panned only by a glass par- ion eave us not only a splen did view of the whole- fitlei but also closeup of the royalty in the next box million jam the commons epsom commons is just what the name implies a pub lic commons according to those in authority no one can be prevented from going any where at any time free this still applies to the portion within the oval of the tracks those half a million people there were not charged any ad mission they saw the race from the top of the small hill from the race track side or- from whatever point they fav ored some came bv lus and saw from the top of thee howev- ei the grandstand which is larger than the woodbine track- and has three decks is owned by a corporation whom 1 was told have swatters rights there and do charge ad mission there is also a company which has parking privileges and handles that at various pri ces up to a e per vehicle there is also standing room charge for the near grandstand derby third race tlie derby race made fa mous by lord derby who us ually had horses entered but who had none to qualify this year of course was the main race of the day in fact after it was run most of the crowds be gan to disperse the royal party left just fol lowing the finish of the next race money poured into bookies mauds from our gallery we could watch the bookies at work taking bets from the public who pushed and scrambled to get the pound notes and 5 notes into their hands scream ing and calling their names and the horses they chose to win second or place these chaps who are licens ed seem to have a canny way of keeping records it was im possible to understand the me thod but we were told they never refused to pay a winner there are tote machines or parimutual but these do not have the popularity of hookies they were every where spread among the crowds so that not many who desired need miss a chance to wager no actual record is available of the amounts these brokers handle if all did as well as those within our view the a- mounts must have been fabu- i us in the back fields the silver money changes hands more than the paper the smallest mount in paper is a tenshil ling note similar in size to our dollar bill the note is larger even larger than our old dollar note the 5 note bill is larger again and very thin nearly the size of a folder letterhead these notes could be promin ently seen in the hands of the wouldbe wagers the queens horse was get ting much favoritism for first but more for show the winner of third place was almost an outsider paying 33 to 1 no 2 horse on the lost own ed bv k taylor of canada prompted us to wager a note t show which be did not so we did not collect a horse from ce ion u as heavily backed by some ceylon press representatives in the continued on page 2 cnr line blocked by overturned cars a in trant i lie atj over w lemonville dog tops at oshawa a 20 month old samoved do duchess owned bv mrs ow en deacon of lemonville capt ured two prize riblxins at the oshawa international dos show held in the brooklin a- rena on saturday mrs dea- mis entry was selected as the champion in the open dog class i was the first time the dog had been entered in competi tion the samoved breed i- an unusual dog with bdck eves the competition was verv keen with considerably mere en tries inline shown than or for me- occasions chairman ien wilkes of the stouffville public school board is seen here presenting mr and mrs less cober with gifts on behalf of the public ami high schools in recogni tion of mr cobers faith ful service for nearly a ctuarter of a century as caretaker mr cober was giyen a nurse containing one hundred dollars and mrs cober a coronation cup and saucer in a letter of presentation were the following word- during the pas twentythree years you have used your talents and generous meas ures of time far beyond the demands of duty in un selfish interest to the care and improvement of our school buildings ning passengej ives in stouff was delayed fo hours on tuesday morning beeause of a freak accident south of uxbridge according to prov police constable wil ton of uxbridge the south bound freight train was unable to make the steep incline be tween uxbridge and good wood and numerous cars were uncoupled to make the load lighter the engineer was in the process of returning for the remaining car- when the en gine went out of control and backed into the standing cars tin ning one over and damag ing the rear of the freight en gine for over three hour- sectionmen worked to clear the track before traffic reurned to normal once again a number of passenger- held here during lunch hour were provided with refresments from mcdonalds snack bar mail for goodwood and points north was picked up by car jack smith unanimous choice of liberals for local riding of n york before a large audience in the aurora high school on saturday evening jack smith mp of richmond i 111 was giv en an unanimous nomination to again represent the liberal party in the riding of north york in which stouirvillo is located the convention was conducted bv mr menish pres ident of the toronto and york liberal association with mr c cambel introducing the executive officers and conduct- tribune later next week due to the dominion day holiday falling on wed nesday next week lie tri bune will ik- published one day later than usual in or der dial the staff may en joy i he holiday ami take ill the annual horse show here horse show promises to be finest yet staged hrig om martin will officially open show stouffville horse show next wednesday july 1st promises to be the finest yet staged with added features increased clas ses and worldfamous riders brig om martin will official ly open the show at 2 pm however the first class will go into action at 10 am one of the feature additions to the 1053 show will be the heavy horse division which promises to interest farmers from near and far livery type of heavy horse hitch up to sixhorse teams will go into the ring a second ring will be operated for this section of the show which gets underway at 1 oclock riders from former olympic teams and those trying for points in preparation for the next olympic riding will com pete here on dominion day the ladies of the legion auxiliary will serve refresh ments on the grounds and there will be a prize for the holder of the lucky program the winner to be on the grounds when the draw is mide in addition to the big horse show here on the holiday stoullville will boast the do minion horse shoe playoffs which are to be hurled on the local courts on the holiday evening therell he a professional wrestling show in the stoull ville arena folk festival attracts 1500 extra loudspeaker- had to be installed for an overflow crowd of 1500 who came to see nd hear performers represent ing many nations at the 5th an nual folk festival at cherry hill haini on no t highway sat urday dressed in native garb dan cers representing countries such as esthonia finland ja pan greece scotland germany and denmark performed through the afternoon and ev ening a potluck supper fol lowed the festival in the even ing kxgackmlnt mr and mr- harvey hose of markham announce the en gagement of tluir daughter jacquhn betty to william franklin guthrie son of mr and mrs wm guthrie of whit- lij the marriage will take i in e in st andrews united church markham on satur day july lth at i oclock rev and mrs earnest lu cas breslau ontario announce the engagement of their daugh ter shirley marie to airman 3ril class david milford ilon- akct jr son of mr and mr- david honsaker scoudalo penna usa the marriage will lake place aug s 1953 at s pm at the nazarene church boloxi mis sissippi usa mr ami mrs ward mailman wish to announce the engage ment of their daughter ona elolse to douglas norman da vis the marriage will take place on saturday july is 7 pm in stouffville united church therell be professional wrestling in the stouffville a- rena on the holiday nigh ju- ly ut jacob wideman born in markham 85 years ago one of markham townships bestknown residents jacob wideman passed away on fri day morning in the east gen eral hospital horn so years a- go on the nth con of markham township mr wideman was one of the most familiar and bestknown residents of the district the first twenlyfive years of his life were spent on the present wes wideman farm on the sth following which he worked his own acreage on thc 7th of markham for forty years he was a man of consid erable physique and prided himself in his good health mrs wideman the former sarah lehman passed away ten years ago the couple attend ed the peachs church surviving are four sons clar ence markham police chief lome of hirchcliff carson of north markham harry of jnew toronto and mrs ed nigh of stouirvillo a daughter the funeral on monday was conducted from peachs church with rev robins officiating pallbearers were thos hast ings peter steekjav henry miller alan wideman allan lewis and gordon peid inter ment was made in the peachs cemetery arena co revenue nearly 40000 while revenues at the stoullville arena company were nearly 10000 profit was down several thousand below last year to about 5300 these figures were presented in the annual financial state ment sent to each stockholder and at the annual shareholders meeting on thursday evening there were no changes made in the directors of the company the following being reelected geo allison gar lehman l e oneill geo rodanz alor- ley symes reg button and has nolan the annual meet ing wa- not largely attended and there was little discussion of arena problem- in the income bracket the clipper hockey club with s- g43g5 toronto hockey league 422550 hockey practise s3- gss50 were the chief money- raisers in addition to the pack bar which grossed s9- sl 1 17 for the year rentals re ceived for the new floor were s15g71 next to salaries and supplies for the snack bar the village of siouffviiu- collected the great- it revenue from the arena more than 3000 taxes wil ier rates and hydro the sen ior hockey clubs share of the years turnover was 534162 a family picnic in memorial park on friday afternoon mar ked the s5th birthday of one of cur best known townmen jos mertens mr meruns de spite his years gets about ev ery day with his gardening ev ery day and enjoys quite good health and only recenilv as- sisted with painting the mer- lens home on duchess st uxbridge schools first field day the initial field day for schools in the south area of uxbridge twp was held on friday of hist week in the goodwood community park pupils from webb glasgow garabaldi goodwood and fifth line schools were in attend ance hall games between var ious schools were run off dur ing the morning dick taylor handled the umpiring chores in the game between webb and filth line while dean watson called the balls and strikes in the contest between garabaldi and goodwood the winners played off with fifth line de feating goodwood for the hon ours at noon a picnic lunch was enjoyed by the teachers and students in the afternoon the contest ants took part in dash races ball throwing relay races and football kicking each school had representatives in the var ious events webb school car ried off the rope jumping hon ours the four ball clubs then engaged in a tug of war which brought the events lo cessful close when the individual were tallied goodwood up on top with is garabaldi ii fifth line 31 webb 31 and glasgow lj although good wood school were the winners they were forced to forfeit the honor in favor of garabaldi due to demerit marks on the part of ai number of students thus placing their school in the number three position a sue- points ended toronto man gets school caretaker job following two tender calls which netted scarcely any lo cal applicants stouffville pub- he school hoard met in special session on friday evening and awarded the position of care taker to illiam lennox of to ronto at a salary of 2700 mr lennox i- married man with two children and will take up residence here during the sum mer mr jess cober who has been caretaker at the local in stitution for more than twenty years has given up the posi tion tenders havc also been aw arded for the annual winter coal contract with central feed of stouffvillo the success ful bidder at a price of 1035 for approximately 75 tons the hoard discussed w th principal watson the problem of overcrowding which will have to be faced in september and it was agreed that rather than go to added expense of making additional room space the principals room would pro vide seats for the extra class the inconvenience is anticipat ed only until christmas when it is expected the new high school will be completed and there will be ample room in the public school a survey is to be mad for the new pupils who will be commencing school in septem ber ford jubilee celebrated here r 11 murphy was the cen tre of activity in stoullville on saturday on the occasion of the ford motor companys 50th anniversary celebration a number of ford company dig nitaries were present as well as representatives from the britishamerican eas company and the goodrich tire com pany a lengthy parade which included everything from an tique model ts to new 1953 fords and monarch passed through town illustrating viv idly the progress made during the past half century the child ren were treated to free cold drinks balloons and souvenirs and even a circus clown was on hand in the birthday cake home and school waifs till fall when it proved impossible to have anyone accept the po sition of president for a pro posed home and school club for stoullville a public meet ing oi thursday evening a- greed to wait until fall when another attempt will be made at organizing mrs mclcllan zone president of the feelera- ition of home and school as sociation presided at the meet ing held in the school and j pointed out the advantages of i haying such an organization i and reviewed some of the ac- complishments of the associa tion the movement she told the gathering began over fifty years ago and has made for a closer bond between teachers and children there are present ly 03000 members and nearly one thousand associations a- cross the country hesides a mall fee levy the association iw i- subsidized to the extent of the speaker of the evening ex- 3000 a year by the govern- ternal affair- minister les- jmuht mrs lemasuiier of the ter pearson he stated federation council and mrs that in his tenure of office i toogood vice president in charge of this area also spoke while a motion to organize jack sm1tj1 mp ing the election mr smith was nominated by jos vale mayor of newmarket and mrs web- ster of aurora mr smith in his opening remarks paid high tribute to competition mrs hill morris was awarded first prize a beautiful crystal cake selver mrs ted adieux 2nd a silver cream and sugar set and mrs elmer farthing 3rd a silver bread tray the judges were mrs floyd fairies airs a earthing and mrs geo middle- ton reeve henry ogden made tne lucky draw selections with the following prizes being a- warded free lubrication mrs earl hoover free car wash mrs n durant goodrich tire lloyd oliver oil change lloyd jennings side view mirror mrs levi forsyth 10 gals gas e w hammond there were two 50th wedding anniversary couples present mr and airs wm mcnair and mr and mrs carmen morris mr fossett of oshawa receiv ed the 10 prize for the best old ford on display a smooth running model t yankee buccaneer will be the special technicolour fea ture at the stanley theatre on dominion day his greatest compensation had been his privilage of giving some measure of help to many people in the riding without thought of party race or creed you will hear many appeals from other candidates but the liberal campaign will be con ducted on the highest level with issues and not personal ities uppermost said mr smith mr smith has been editor of the richmond hill liberal for 27 years and has been a mem ber at ottawa since 1015 he pointed out the serious ness of the coming election in view of disturbed world affairs and called upon the voters to treat their special responsibil ity with all seriousness the de ciding issue being what was best for all canada the record of this 21st parliament is one of outstand ing service saiel mr smith and deserves the support of the voters for reelection to continue legislation which is admired all over the world mr smith pointed out that in the current year 2000000 people will receive 300 mil lion for four and a half mil lion children new old age pen sions for 800000 and a record overall production and foreign trade hon llt realson the hon l h pearson who is president of the united nat- ioiis and a world figure was in troduced by lome lee of aur ora he paid tribute lo the can didate mr smith stating that hi- motto at ottawa could well be deeds not words times are too serious and dangerously out of joint for any but the serious minded and this is the kind of campaign mr smith will wage said mr pearson just where does mr drew think hes going to save the 500000000 in taxes he talks passpel the meeting unanimous ly there were apparently no officeseekers present and all efforts to start off the election with a president failed about saving air pearson ask ed if hes not going to reduce the national defense budget or cut down the social sercurity budget or cut down the pay ments on the national debt lie has only about 750000000 left its difficult to see how he can cut 500000000 out of that the minister said that he had totalled what the cost would be if all the progressive conserv ative measures were enacted and it added up to a billion dollars so you sec they are going to cur off 5o000000 then add an other billion he said replying to critics who cal led the present government ar rogant mr pearson said a government takes on the col our of its leader and no per son is less arrogant in fact modest to the point of humili ty than air sj laurent we have been frank and continued on page 7 ford officials here for big celebration a number of district ford officials were in stouffville on saturday for the big cel ebration and parade stag ed bv murphy motors lo cal fordmonarch dealer in connection with fords golden anniversarv and the opening of murphv motors new building ad- dilion shown here left to rsht are greg beamish ditrict sales manager harold murphy propriet or karrv ellor tractor sales representative and herb king manager of english vehicle sales storm causes damage here a severe electrical and wind storm hit stouirvillo and sur rounding district on saturday afternoon causing considerable widespread damage to build ings and crops in stoulfville pghtning struck the transfor mer at sohells slaughter house while other bolts blew out the fuses in a number of other res idences in town during the height of the storm the rain came down in a regular cloud burst with the water reaching curbdepth in the highway a miniature lake was formed on the lawn in front of th pais leys home and a number of basements were flooded when drain- became swollen by the deluge day was turned into night and motorists who ven tured out in the storm found it necessary to turn on their lights in order to diive the town lighting system which is mechanically operated sudden iv came on due to the heavy sky point- horjh and east were hit even harder as trees and hydro lines formed barracades across the road in many plac es in the mount albert dis trict it was feareel that acres of potatoes would be washed out by the torrent one picker ing township farmer had a number of cows killed when iightning truck a tree near where they were standing the torm apparentlv cut a ten mile swath through this dis trict as damage in the mark ham area was comparatively light and in toronto the rain fall amounted to only a few drops