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two sections sixteen pages fottffm ribmie copies this week 3450 vol 04 so 33 the tribune stouffvlii le oxt dec 21 19 two of busiest places in town this christmas this is the switchboard of the bethesda stoutf- villo telephone cor- where between 8000 and 1000 calls are being handled each busy day during the christmas rush the ooor- rirsss seen here by the tribune camera are left to right dorothy meyers mrs oboyle shirley biel- iy and mrs hamm other operators are mildred barkey 0ie hutchison marjaric conner es mrs stewart lehman mrs 11 er and mrs res mrs jon- miss a yvarrin- mckay fortysix bags of mail a ihlrteen year record for one shipment was handled by the stair of the stbuff- ville post office one day last week part of the staff undei postmaster eh leavens is seen here dis tributing some of the mountains of marl front to rear they are mrs ella morden mrs louis morti mer doris taun and mar garet bennett other mem bers of the augmented christmas staff are rs anderson mrs h elson mrs o frets and mrs a morden councillor hooper charges corrupt practices during markham township election what may be the final meet ing of a dying council in mark- ham twp ran true to the iorm of the last couple of years on monday evening councillor hooper lashed out vigorously against reeve tim bers and brought raised eye brows as he charged that cor rupt practices had taken place in the langstaff polling sub division at the recent mark- ham township election councillor hooper interrup ted the meeting which was just nicely underway to ask the reeve why this particular meeting had been scheduled for the new office at button- ville and then moved over to the old premises at unionville reeve timbers explained that the meeting was to be held at buttonville if the building was ready but he claimed that it was not this explanation failed to satisfy councillor hooper and he continued to insist that there was collabor ation between some of the councillors on the change l told the returning officer our clerk about these corrupt practices and he hasnt done anything about it mr hoop er declared are we going to let communism run our town ship or not added mr hoop er clerk chas hoover in re ply to councillor hoopers charge stated that the coun cillor had only mentioned the matter to him and he believ ed that if a formal application for investigation was being made it should be made in writing councillor clark sup ported mr hoover in this con tention councillor hooper continued to hold the floor and demand ed that reeve timbers call a v mm cm well go along with santa in wishing a merry christmas and ippy new year to all mr mr mrjcrn stedmans si 100 stouffville high school board being squeezed by department is claim stoufmlle high school board was faced at their recent mee ting with what they viewed as a squeeze play by the de partment of education to force them into paying for students within the stouffville area but who are choosing to attend the newmarket high school only a year ago chil dren of local farmers on the fringe of stouffville but in pickering township were for ced to attend the pickering school since the pickering board advised stouffville that they would not be paid for if they attended the local school the dept of education who sanctioned this move has now made a rightaboutface and in an off the record way told stouffville they must pay earl toole the whitchurch member on the newmarket board is chief spokesman for the northern board in the matter and one member of the local board voiced the opinion that he believed pressure had been applied on the dept of education to force stouffville into payment principal pearce advised the board that a spokesman for the dept had passed the in formation to him that stouft- ville would be well advised to pay newmarket ag thompson local board member stated that he was opposed to these pressure tac tics chairman don chadwick said that he could see no alter native but to pay and other members agreed mr thomp son further maintained the dept of education was using underhanded methods in ask ing the school principal to carry information rather than putting it in writing steps are being taken to al ter the high school areas of newmarket aurora and stouff ville to accommodate some of the students who wish to at tend other schools but this new plan cannot go into effect until 155 a majority of the board a- greed that the students in the contentious vivian section should be advised they could attend newmarket but no res olution has yet been passed sanctioning payment for them if they do so special meeting to deal with his charges of election viola tions tlie reeve replied that it was up to council if they wish ed to call a meeting im here to deal with the business of the township and im not going to sit here and row all night stated reeve timbers if there were corrupt prac tices they should be brought to light declared councillor lennie mr hooper declined to say what the specific offence was which lie was referring to in his charges councillor hooper then veered from the matter of the election to demand apologies from deputy reeve lemasur- ier and councillor clark for charges which he said had been made against him earlier in the year either you ask for these men to apologize or i will withdraw from the meeting councillor hooper stated to reeve timbers reeve timbers replied that he didnt care to hear any per sonal rows and if councillor clark and deputy reeve le- masurier didnt think they had any statements to make that was up to jjiem both clark and lemasujier declared that they had no statements to make council lor hooper then proceeded to demand that the reeve ask the two men to leave the meeting and failing this he himself re tired fortythree head of cattle destroyed in 40000 blaze forty three head of holstein cattle some implements and a quantity of grain and straw were destroyed on tuesday night when the barn belonging to mr howard larose 7th concession markham was bur ned to the ground the loss is estimated at approximately 40000 the fire broke out between eight and nine pm and although the markham and unionville fire brigades were summoned to the scene they were unable to save the frame structure the house located only a short distance away was threatened for a time but was saved mr and mrs larose were not home when the fire started hundreds of volunteer wor kers were on the scene with in minutes of the outbreak and were able to save two tractors and a few pieces of machinery a threshing mach ine and a new rubbertired seed drill were destroyed cars parked in the long laneway by thoughtless drivers hamp ered firemen and many cars had to be pushed or driven in to a nearby ploughed field be fore the engines could pro ceed saturday dec 26th has been proclaimed a public hol iday and stores will close down thursday night until monday morning interment was made in good wood cemetery on monday afternoon for the late mrs john nettle- the former marg aret watmore who passed a- wav at whitbv four brigades answer call to sunday barn blaze five fire reels and dozens of volunteer workers battled through smoke and flames on sunday afternoon to save the barn belonging to arthur uens of almira the outbreak was discovered by norm anderson of unionville and he along with neighbours endeavoured to squelch the blaze with pails of water when tihe flames spread from the stable to an upstairs hay mow the union ville and stouffville fire brig ades were summoned lack of an adequate water supply hampered firemen and the trucks had to leave the fire scene and reload from a small creek one half mile distant within minutes dozens of spectators arrived and under the direction of bert tail a member of the stouffville bri gade the volunteer workers entered the smoke filled barn to remove some forty tons of baled hay one by one the ba les were carried from the buil ding until the entire mow was emptied with the arrival of two large water tank trucks from agincourt firemen were able to douse any fresh out breaks with a steady stream of water brigades from rich mond hill and aurora aided in finally extinguishing the stub born blaze some of the volun- icer workers were almost ov ercome 1y v the intense iheat and thick smoke although parts of the barn were badly scorched by flames the dam age to the ibuilding was nol extensive the contents be longed to mr allan wideman some forty head of cattle were herded out of the stable when the outbreak was first discov ered loss in the blaze is es timated at over 1000 and the exact cause of the outbreak is unknown djwwup atutvubfmmfa may we all experience the glorious feeling of peace and brotherly love this christmas and throughout the new year scows snack service stouffville ontario