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two sections fourteen pages copies this week 3450 vol w so 32 the tribune stouffville oxt dec it 1953 a birthday cake each for gormley triplets council io consider juxbridge township bylaw for stop signs reeve performs left to right brewla barbara and bonnie har vey triplet laughters of mr and mrs lloyd harv ey gormley the three lit- tie girls celebrated their fourth birthday on dee 13th and were snapped here by the tribune phot ographer just as they were about to enjoy three birth day cakes two of the trio brehda and bonnie are al most identical so much so that even their mother has difficulty telling them apart arena plunged info darkness as skaters brawl the management of the un- ionville arena pulled the swit ches and plunged the rink in to darkness on saturday night in an effort to break up a brawl involving a dozen pub lic skaters the melee broke out when nels harper gth concession unionville was ac costed by a group of toronto skaters and ordered to leave the ice harper took exception to the order and the fight was on two of the unknown as sailants were knocked to the ice by harper before order was finally restored there were close to 300 skaters on the ice at the time of the incident leaves for mission field ykzcs mrs wes johnson passes suddenly on monday dec 11 neigh bours became suspicious of a light burning in the home of mrs wes johnson north markham and upon gaining entry into the premises they found her lying on the floor in an outer room death was attributed to a heart attack the late mrs johnson the former nettie emma greenbury was born in stouff- ville in 1875 she had been li ving in markham for the past ten years her husband pre deceased her five years ago mrs johnson was a member of the mt joy united mission ary church and also a memb er of the wms although suf fering from a heart ailment the deceased was very active up until death she leaves to mourn her pas- sing one daughter mrs ken neth walker lorna at dick son hill and three sons blake of port perry lome of clare- mont and gordon of stratford funeral services will be held at the dixon chapel markham on thursday after noon at 2 pm followed by ser vice in the ml joy united missionary church at 230 conducted by her son rev gordon johnson of stratford assisted by rev h shaniz of markham with interment in stouffville cemetery the pall bearers will be louis grove clarence hoover chas pinch- am ronald james walter thompson and clarence mc dowell gormley farmer top corn grower the results of the 75 bush el corn club sponsored by the york county soil and crop improvement association just released by the secretary w m cockburn newmarket show the yields to be down somewhat from previous years due to adverse weather condi tions at the time the ears should have been filling a newcomer to the contest al lan hoover of gormley head ed the list this year with 89 bushels of dry shelled corn followed by clifford winger also of gormley with s2 bus per acre the next two were separated by threeone hund redths of a bushel to give third to hugh boyd and son of unionville and thos lownees of keswick with s176 and sl- 73 bus respectively other prize winners in ord er were maurice farquharson gormley mh farms millik- en harrison slicter gormley las darlington maple wj brodie stouffville and leitch- crof farm thornhill in all twentyone entered the cont est o which in completed velma brillinger daugh ter of mr and mrs roy brillinger of gormley who will sailon jan gth a- board the ss samaria for england and thence to south africa and the mis sion field miss brillinger will be working under the auspices of the brethren in christ church a special service will be conducted in the heise hill church on sunday dec 20th at 230 for ordination and farewell businessmen try to ease parking the stouffville chamber of commerce are in the process of constructing a parking lot at the rear of the wf riches hardware store this space will be used for cars belonging to business men only in order that more room may be made available on the main street wilson moses suddenly at for customers cars on wed- death east general hospital toron to on wednesday december 10 1953 moses wilson hus band of the late clara wilson and dear father of airs wm dyck annie of kleinburg deward of claremojit john of ringwood george of aurora funeral service on friday december 18th it 130 pm from the home at atha con 8 pickering interment stouff ville cemetery nesday afternoon a number of loads of gravel were dumped on the lot and the piles of fill were levelled by members of the organization the presid ent mr ernie austin requests that those using the lot should take proper care in parking the cars in order that the hir ing of an attendant would not be necessary another accident at hazardous byers bridge sale sale of dresses hats skirts aiul blouses also a special line of dresses reduced to half price from december 17th to end of month at mrs m watts 322 on sunday night three more persons were injured when two cars inxame involved in an accident on the sth conces sion of markham at byers bridge the one auto driven j by thomas dowey of good- wood crashed into the south abutment of the bridge the rear section of the car was thrown into the path of anoth er car driven by eric moore of unionville his mother a iwssenger in the car was in jured dowey was taken to dr rm pilkey o markham for treatment and later rush ed by ambulance to the toron to east general hospital he muttered a number of broken rttf and lacerations to hs head p face stouffville farmer buys indiana purebred shorthorn morgan degeer and son stouffville rr3 have comple ted the addition to their herd of tyfarms lassies love a i shorthorn heifer from c ty- per sons tipton indiana the price was not disclosed the new animal is a pure bred milking shorthorn and the record of the transfer of ownership has been made by the american milking short horn society at springfield missouri all members and families of christ church anglican are in vited to the annual christ mas party thus friday pot luck supper at 630 pm i engagements the engagement is announ ced of miss lois marilyn good daughter of kr good and the late mrs good to ce cil titus of uxbridge the marriage is to take place on jan 2nd 1951 at toronto announcing the engagement of miss velma mae slaymak- er daughter of mr and mrs clyde slaymaker of strasburg pa to mr john bruce steck- ley son of mr and mrs levi steckley of gormley ont the marriage is to take place in february through whitchurch deputyreeve fred timbers j brought before council on tuesday the question of plac ing added stop signs through out th2 township and specific ally mentioned the sideroad and 7th con intersection just north of lemonville where two serious accidents have al ready occurred councillor legge pointed out that such signs carried no legal weight unless backed up by bylaw and he favored a bylaw for the entile township end the placing of additional signs where it was deemed necessary councillor mccar- ron stated that he too believ ed a bylaw for the entire town ship would be a good move the matter will be considered early in the new year too treacherous the road supt reported that he had been approached by stouffville high school board to see if the lake road from church hill around the lake and over to ballantrae could be sanded night and morning the school bus has recently changed routes to go around the lake it was reported council voiced the opinion that they were not equipped for such extensive daily sand ing and that such a program for one bus might call for such heavy programs from o- ther bus routes if the roads that treacher ous that it needs sanding twice a day the bus shouldnt be travelling that way comment ed deputyreeve timbers it was agreed that the road supt should consult the bus driver jood road budgeting road supt davis revealed that 1g633 yards of gravel had been placed on whit church roads this year the fin ances had been closely hand led he reported there was an operating deficit of 1s001 but accounts receivable of s9472 would give the road department a 1053 surplus of 714fi miscellaneous council sanctioned the pay ment of retainer fees of 250 each for the stouffville and aurora fire departments relief accounts for the past month amounted to 42357 and general accounts passed for payment of s1s3779 a resolution authorized the road supt to proceed with the lowering of the culvert on the king side of yonge st on the mclntyre property on receipt of a letter from king twp stating that they were willing to assume 350 as their share of the cost salaries for members of the planning board and council amounting to 263700 were passed for payment an account for s50 received from jack sytema regarding an outlet for a drainage ditch was not paid and council in structed the clerk to inform mr sytema that council had no obligation in the matter of the account i no insnrance so license council instructed the clerk to enforce the provisions of the township taxi bylaw a gainst ray carman who it was revealed has been opera ting a taxi all year without a license and for some weeks without insurance which is a proviso in obtaining a license clerk crawford stated that he was particularly concerned since the man was transport ing school children council passed the required bylaw setting saturday jan 2nd as the date for the first meeting of council for 1951 last official act the last official act perform ed i the ontario county coun cil by reeve isaac catlierwood of the township of uxbridge was to introduce the motion to adjourn it marked the end of reeve catherwoods career in the ontario county council for he has decided to retire from municipal office it also marked the closing of the 1953 ontario county council and to mark the occasion the memb ers of the council presented warden heber down with a wrisuvatch reeve duncan b molntyre of the town of whitby a form er warden of the county did the honours for his fellow members said reeve mcln- tyre in making the presenta tion you have had the distinc tion of sitting on this county council as representative of two municipalities it is rarely that this happens we the members of your council appreciate the equit able manner in which you have conducted the proceed ings of this council always al lowing the members to express their thoughts freely but re stricting such proceedings so that the meetings of council have always been orderly this county as it is being di vided with interests of indus try residential properties and rural areas and jbeing geogra phically so situated brings many separate problems to the various members who have to be controlled from time to time and have teen so control led by your guidaiice whitchurch twp council refuse license for new lakeside bowling alley search country roads for auto members of the uxbridge end whitby detachments of the opp devoted a good deal of time thursday night to a search for a 1949modei auto with a bullet hole in a rear fender officers at the uxbridge de tachment said this morning that the auto contained two young lovers they discounted the suggestion thit the auto had anything to do with the abduction of a young scarboro township girl police in a patrol car fired at the car after it failed to stop on a concession road eight miles south of uxbridge the car was sighted parked near a barn but when klice signalled the driver they wanted to question him he swung the car onto the road and headed north the patrol car gave chase but lost the car on a country road by resolution on tuesday afternoon at their statutory meeting whitchurch council turned down an application for license from she mussel- mans lake bowling alley op erated by george yillemere the new bowling alley at mus- selmans iike has been erect ed and is now operating under protect by whitchurch coun cil while council originally sanc tioned the erection of the es tablishment before the build ing was commenced council when confronted with a peti tion of ratepayers against the establishment of the bowling alley and after further study rejected the request for per mission there were various objections given towards the building at that time includ ing a traffic problem that it was feared would be created council now contends that the proprietor proceeded with the building without a build ing permit contrary to bylaw and is operating without a li cense mrs yillemere present ed the case for herself and her husband recently to counci and at the meeting on nov 26th council with recommen dations from the bylaw com mittee passed a resolution set ting forth certain restrictions and rectifications which would have to be adhered to for the bowling alley to be allowed to operate further to this reso lution council agreed that the clerk should seek legal advice on the matter after a long and involved saturdays sale broke all records saturdays sale at the stouff ville sales pavilion broke all records for attendance during the afternoon a count of the cars and trucks revealed near ly 700 vehicles with an estim ated 2000 in attendance the special sale of christmas goods toy auction drew an extra crowd and the volume of bus iness was tremendous this sale will be a regular event e- very two weeks commencing jan 16th two other conces sions will also be opened up after the new year the livestock sale appears to have again outgrown the stabling space government re gulations now require the stock to be veterinarian inspec ted and all trucks are cleaned and disinfected before reload ing pig prices for extra good chunks were as high as 3250 and suckers were going for 1375 calves were stronger in price last week with a lighter offering poultry and vegetable offerings were up nino waitresses were kept busy in the pavilion restau rant while six different auc tioneers kept the three sales rings operating continually discussion on the subject on tuesday council rescinded the resolution passed on nov 26 and passed the resolution re fusing the granting of a lic ense mr and mrs barton lym- burner of fergus were in town last weekend and visited his mother mrs las ratcliff al so friends at markham zoning for all stouffville planning board meeting in regular session on friday evening heard a report ifrom chairman ag thomp son on the recent planning board convention in toronto at which he represented the newly appointed stouffville board- of principal interest locally was the urging of speak ers to implement a zoning by- jaw in their communities whether large or small mr thompson said that officials stated this was the only sure control which planning boards had over the development of their committees secretary brown placed be fore the board plans for the annexation of approximately fifty acres of the timbers pro perty just west of town in j bylaw is urged municipalities whitchurch township the various steps in this annexa tion process are proceeding and will be completed early in the spring it is expected when the final bylaw is passed by county council chas nolan member of the board brought up the ques tion of industry and urged that the board take some steps to induce a start along this line so that some recommendations could be placed before the loc al council which if implemen ted would be some induce ment for an industry to come to istouffville he said that he believed it was part of the planning boards duty to trj and arrange the proper bai ance between home and indu trial expansion local men go after big ones in north country two hospitalized after crash at island lake mr and mrs ronald wagg rr 3 stouffville were admit ted to the stouffville brier- bush hospital on wednesday morning for treatment follow ing an accident with a gravel truck near island lake mr wagg was knocked uncon- cious and is still under obser vation mrs wagg was treat ed for face and head lacera tions but was allowed to re turn home the couple were just returning from driving their children to school when the accident occurred here are ken betz left and geo allison as they pulled up on main st on their return from moose hunting north of kapusk- asing the local building contractor and real estate man brought back a moose calf which they shot load ed here on the car while a big buck was cut up in camp they report two to three feet of snow in the bush and had to travel on snow shoes a bg part of the time