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ouffuitle xtbtiie vol ho 14 the tribune stouffville ont august 6 1953 new bridge further enhances town park pickering twp council moves to license all gravel trucks this new rustic eeted ac memoria ridge par the pic- ui nis t md greatly jautv spot i he structure there by the local hortlcultui ami replaces iv plated ibers of society similar bridge which erected some years ago and demolished va- first twentysix since then descendants of john fretz gather in memorial park nearly one hundred and if- t descendant- of john fretz fathered in stouffville memor ial park here on civic holiday for their annual reunion his tory of the clan goes back to 1s00 when john fretz came to lincoln county ontario from pennsylvania mr ira rusnell of stouffville was president of this years function and iona hush street sville secretary the large ga thering thoroughly enjoyed the facilities of our town park and sat down to heaping picnic ta- oles early in the afternoon fidest member ptesent was mrs laura thorold of toron to who is past seventyfive da- liel rusnell son of mr and mrs bruce rusnell was the youngest clan nifmber on hand coming from the farth est distance were mr and mrs fd fennell of timmins with their two sons elvin and mary fretz snyder from texas were ixso at the reunion a riving in his locality by chance on a trip which will carry them to elgin fretz of kitchener was named as the new president with fred fretz of st jacobs vice president and lona rush secretary plan to remodel pickering twp municipal office clerk lloyd johnston at the regular meeting of pickering twp council on tuesday af ternoon was instructed to get an estimate on the cost of re modelling the municipal offices at brougham the large porch which surrounds a portion of the building will be torn down and the brick exterior will be given a coat of paint porto rico plans were made to hold next to commence the years reunion at kitchener water mains new subdivision started work is commencing this week on the new forfar sub division which will be an ex tension of park rd north op ening on manitoba st at the north end heavy equipment moved onto the site this week ivina of the he landed it himself too pickering roads get 149 tons calcium or 6700 road superintendent roy ward pointed out that approx imately 119 tons of calcium costing 6700 had been spread over the roads in pickering township this summer and still some residents were com plaining about the dust nuis auce reeve geo todd slated that m believed council should con sider putting oil on some of the roads next year in preference to calcium if we find it necessary to put two layers of calcium on our roads during the summer then oil would certainly be cheaper commented deputy reeve clare balsdon markham twp experiment ed with oil on the 9th and 10th concessions this year and the job has proven successful said councillor michell councillor win lawson claimed that where calciumed roads were becoming rough they should be graded the residents say they would rather take the dust than the humps continued councillor lawson altona property sold by auction disposal has been made of the weyman irwin property just north of altona by public auction there were a consider able number of bidders for the place which finally went to loss hill of claremont for iso included in the sale area are three acres of land and a nice creek the chattels includ of many antiques which were picked up by many antique buyers it is interesting to note that the auction sale conducted on the leland johnston farm just north of stouffville was the first general auction sale ever lurid on this place the farm was obtained from the crown jjiy the brown family and has always remained in that name until the recent sale to mr at kinson a number of antiques were also disposed of at this sale both these sales were conducted by sellers and at kinson auctioneers councillor bill newmai pickering twp suggested all grave rucks hauling from pickering twp pits to toron to and other municipalities should pay a 500 licence fee to alleviate the cost of calcium and road upkeep what about truck drivers hauling from other municipali ties through pickering twp questioned reeve geo todd they should pay the fee al so stated councillor hugh mi chell road superintendent roy ward claimed that some trucks i availing from pickering pits to toronto and other munici palities would weigh over thir ty tons councillor newman felt that these trucks were ruining some of the roads in the twp ami were overloading to a great extent dcp reeve clare balsdon felt that it might he difficult tc collect the fee especially from truckers passing from other municipalities through picker ing township the majority of truckers can be stopped right at the gra vel pits answered councillor xewman scarboro twp has enforced such a licence fee so i see no reason why pickering cant do the same reeve geo todd suggested that the clerk contact the twp of scanboro- and discover what procedure the neighbouring municipality used to collect the fee where you should vote on monday residents of stouffville should take note of the follow ing polling places which will open for the dominion election on monday aug 10th all res idents west of the cxr tracks vote at the office of br ron smith residents east of the tracks on the north side of main st vote at kr davis store and those on tlie south side of main st east of tb tracks vote at the town coun cil chambers the polls will be open from 0 am until 7 pm idst markham twp approves million dollar subdiv for 4th con and no 7 liquor charge on restaurant owners proprietors of the grand drill stouffville have been charged with selling liquor and will appear in court before megistrate hollinrake on tues day one other local man is charged with having liquor in an illegal place the raid on the local estab lishment was carried out on sunday night by constable billiard stouffville provincial police and two officers from the opp detachment at van- dorf more than a hundred bot tles of booze weve confiscated when the charges were laid nine year old eddie jansion of keswick ont is the envy of many a fisherman in his ieghbourhood as above pic ture would indicate after cat ching a giant muskellenge with a clip net while standing on the dock of his parents boat- nouse eddie saw the biggest h i ever saw in my life swimming about 15 feet out from where he was standing craiiiirg a twofoot net he uirrfi into a rowbo and was vff in pursuit when almost on top of his catch the youngster swung the net over us head braced his feet asreinst the gunwale and began hauling he then rowed to shore follow ed by the envious eyes and shouts of encouragement from a dozen boatloads of fishermen trying their luck faiher out from shore measuring 52 inch es from jaw to tip of tail the fish lipped the vales at close to 32 pounds markham man lscupcs joafn in combine mr chester showers mech anic for the kinch and sutton massey harris agency in mark ham luckily escaped death last week wnen he fell into the au ger of a moving combine mr showers was doing some re pair work on a combine for mr w burns 1th concession pickering when he fell into the turning auger which feeds the grain into the cylinder quickly he was pulled into the cylinder which tore off his boot ripped his trousers and injured his ankle the mecha nic however was able to pull himself free he was lushed to markham where he was treat ed by drrm pilkey although able to be up and around mr showers found it necessary to navigat on a pair of crutches for a few davs cathers supporters picnic in park local progressive conserva tives gathered in memorial park stouffville on wednes day afternoon and evening of this week for the ca cathers picnic and a chance to hear the conservative candidate for north york folks brought along their picnic baskets and there were free refreshents for the kid dies other prominent conservat ives in the district added tlieii comments to those of mr cath ers who pointed out that a conservative government at ottawa would mean the elim ination of waste and wild spending as well as lower in takes and increased exemptions local folks were urged to use telephone no 90 if assistance was needed to get to the polls markham asks dept survey school needs by resolution on monday af ternoon markham twp agreed that the dept of education should survey the educational needs of the thornhill area in connection with the erection there of a secondary school the richmond hill board that administers the requirements of this area have- agreed al though not unanimously that a 720000 school academic classes only should be erected there if this school goes through markhams debenture debt will be approximately 20 and im given to understand that the danger point is 210 more public schools will have to be built and we might have troub- e selling our debentures de clared deputy reeve lemasur- ici i cfoill think we should slick our neck out ii suggest ing a bigger school than hit board asks for said council lor clark i think we should find out first if we can sell our deben tures and the people should have a say its not easy to sell them right now and its going to be harder said refeve tim bers sixth constable joins s pickering police force mr robert masters former ly a part time constable in the north pickering twp area has resigned his position for a full time employment on the south pickering force the move came as a surprue to some of jack smith hopes for large turnout at polls monday jack smith mp for north york since 1945 and liberal candidate in mondays voting vlffited in stouffville district to day and in conversation with the tribune expressed the hope that there will be a large and representative vote on august 10th jack who has been a work ing newspaperman all his life expressed thanks to the trib une for a fair treatment of el ection issues and commented that it had been a clean cam paign throughout thats the way i like it he said first elected to the house of commons in north york in 1915 by a majority of 1300 jack smith increased this to a maj ority of more than 1500 in 1919 an experienced campaigner he said that while the present campaign had been quiet one it had been a most interesting and encouraging one every where i have found sincere in terest and a real concern in the issues of the election he said people arent making much noise about it but they are concerned that canada have the best possible government at this critical time in history he said and i am sure they will be out to vote in large numbers on monday 1 do hope so he added as this is our chance to show the world that in canada democracy really works a strenuous and intensive campaign has taken the liber al candidate into all sections of the riding which now extends from no 7 highway to lake smcoe and includes almost 35000 voters friday night jack smith supported by several hundred north yorkers includ ing many from stouffville and district will join in the big ral- y at maple leaf gardens when the prime minister hon cd howe and hon legter pearson will speak saturday nigluwr see the end of campaigning the is sues have been well presented to the people and now the de cision rests with them said mr smith and i hae every faith in their sound judgment monday polling places will e open in all of the 115 subdi visions of north york from 9 a m to 7 pm dst during the day jack smith wiii visit as many as possible of the voting places and in the evening will receive the returns at his cam paign headquarters in new market revealed in the tribune re- eently a new million dollar tndivision development has oeen blueprinted for the corn- r of xo 7 highway and the 1th concession and approval has been given by the mark ham twip planning board and was also given the green light n monday by markham coun cil a number of stipulations have been written into the a- greement which must be sign et by the subdivider mr arn old of arnold markets and tne municipality chief of these being that mr arnold will pro vide an amount of 100 per lot towards education will pro vide gravel roads and provide a bond to cover the cost of hardtopping these roads in a couple of years time and agree to develop the subdivision with a balance of fiftyfifty commercial and residential several hours were required ox the regular meeting of coun cil on monday afternoon to ir on out the differences of opin ion on the subdivision provis os the planning board vice chairman mr h maynard presented verbally the recom mendations of the board and these were later presented in written form and approved by both the council and mr arn old who was represented by solicitor thomas mr maynard stated that it was the planning boards opin ion that the development should be made with stores and houses being erected on equal basis dollar for dollar twentyone stores ere includ ed in the corner shopping cen tre and sixty home lots are provided for other commercial lots are also on the plan along no 7 highway and on the 4th con north were turning down subdi visions all the tlma because there arent any stores provid ed thats why we okayed this one it will be selfsupporting said mr maynard mr thomas solicitor for mr arnold told council that mark ham needed a zoning bylaw row more than ever before youre trying to make 37 ac- es govern 120 sq miles we must justify ourselves in turning down other plans icplied mr maynard it had been suggested earlier by the planning board that mr arnold should contribute 500 per lot for education but this was later scaled down to 100 to which the subdivider agreed in this connection mr thomas made the comment that a 500 school clause plus the other ex penses entailed would make the passage of the plan a farce no one could afford to buy the lots he said would you like to see the taxes on your farm go up four times asked councillor hoop er you need a new school any way whether this plan passes or not replied mr thomas its a disgrace for mr arn old to have to come here and listen to all this buck passing commented deputy reeve le- masurier all other communities are that subdivision roads be hardtopped said councillor clark these lots are costing me 1200 even without paving the roads said mr arnold that is something new that has been here today he said i can go along with the planning boards recommenda tions if we get a bond for hard- topping the roads said reeve tinvbers will you sign an agreement to develop the plan with stores and homes on a dollar for dol lar basis asked the deputy reeve of mr thomas well give you our undertaking to that effect he replied is this council willing to go ahead with a million dollar proposition like this with no thing in writing asked the deputy reeve clerk chas hoover rewrote the planning board recom mendations including all the desired clauses and a resolu tion passed approving the plan all voted favourably except councillor hooper who asked for an amendment that would aliow mr arnold to build only forty percent stores and sixty percent homes honey crop short but plenty for all many countries are finding their honey crop practically nil this year byer bros 8th con of markham told the tri- 1 tine last week but despite this fact people will be able to get all the honey they want the quality of this years byer crop is excellent though down from 200 tons to less than half it will be good news to the general public to know that this producing plant in mark ham twp will be able to sup ply those who are accustomed to obtaining their honey re quirements at this tima prices are practically the same as a year ago dominion election this mon day august 10th whitchurch building in first six months exceeds entire 1952 pejmmalue building permits issued jpy building in whitchurch will i the councillors who had not been informed of the appoint ment it- the whblfj ol105j iiumbc ed 157 says fred cummings township building inspector their value was 129000 no especially big items were in cluded in that figure with the exception of one house valued at 50000 to date he says 88 building permits have been issued in the township their total value is 051300 that amount however includes the new stouffville high school valued at 290000 deducting that amount from the total new houses summer cottages garages and altera tions are shown as valued at 361000 for the year to date that figure is only 68000 short of the total for the whole of 1952 giving every evidence that before the end of 1953 in be far in excess of what it was last year permits issued from january to july this year says mr cummings are mostly for houses outside of the high school mentioned several summer cottages are included there is no concentration of permits in any particular area lit suites and the ooastruction work covered by the permits is scattered throughout the mun icipality the new measured assess ment system on which mr cummings and his assistant have been working for some months is about naifway through no figures will be available until his report is presented- to the township council in any event taxes would not be based on the new assessment system until 1955