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the tribune stouitville or- thursday january 7 1954 gormley york county where history began in ontario faces a maj- or operation with the birth of metropolitan toronto on jan il when toronto and 12 surrounding municipalities united the county lost 85 per cent of its population and as- sessment therell always ibe a york county said swansea reeve dorothy hague at the final york county wardens ban- quet it will soon once again assume leadership of ontarios counties the prediction was echoed by stanley symonds the coun ty assessor he saw the mark- ham and vaughan townships the villages of richmond hill woodbridge and stouftville be- coming the dormitory areas for metropolitan toronto increasing property develop ment in these communities is the basis for this forecast historian john mitchell writes that york county has doubled its population every 30 years since 1850 despite six long depressions and veter an observers watching ontar ios largest county emerge from one epoch to a new are confident the cycle will be maintained york countys present doubt and uncertainty will certainly be overcome says reeve hague despite the his torymaking loss of its re sources to the metropolitan administration here in capsule form is whats happening to york county 1 loss of 12 of its 2g mun icipalities dropping the coun ty from first place to 26th in municipality ranking 2 decrease in population from 52751 to 0020 and a drop in assessment from 31s789- 81g to 466217s1 sending the county from first to sixth place in population and realty wealth 3 shrinkage in acreage from 521994 acres to 105005 toron to now has 22325 acres but the metropolitan area will have 13s7m acres 4 reduction on the county council from 53 members to 25 changing the countys sta tus from the fifth largest leg islative body in canada to one of ontarios smaller county councils 5 transfer of its milliondol lar administrative chambers on adelaide st to donated headquarters at the davis es tate newmarket set by simcoe the original limits of york county which came into be ing in 1792 were set by john graves simcoe first lieuten ant governor of ontario he gave the county a 30mile frontage from the mouth of the etobicoke river to the rouge river and north to lake simcoe its present area has dimin ished to so square miles and the new slash will make york county unrecognizable to its pioneers gone will be the townships of york north york east york scarboro and etobicoke the towns of leaside weston new toronto and mimico and the villages of forest hill swansea and long branch when upper canada was divided into counties york was predominant historians relate and was again to the forefront when in 1850 coun ties began entrusting manage ment of local affairs to town ships and villages york countys first warden was franklin jackes jp of etobicoke township and the chain of wardens throughout yorks flourishing existence ends with the present reeve of aurora asa a cook to the harassed motorist in the 5 pm rush comparison of yonge st to a wagon trail seems unnecessary but 150 years ago says historian mit chell a pious quaker named timothy rogers opened a wag on road up what later became torontos main st and pushed settlements as far north as king and whitchurch town ships in those days towns sprang up wherever there was water- power to drive flour mills hardy names are frequent in the pages of yorks history but none appears to have play ed so intimate a part in the growth of the county as the gardhouse clan five mem bers of this family have serv ed on yorks council wilbur gardhouse the coun ftys treasurer for the past 20 years and the first clerk of the metropolitan council and stanley a gardhouse etobi coke tax collector are the lat est in this line the pta meeting of the ss no 7 markham will be held on monday night jan- fuary 11th at 330 pm in the school mrs abramsj the guest speaker will speak on pcmie health refreshments will be erved everyone is cordially invited bishop alviri winger and rev jfcve steekley attended the ministers seminar at springfield ohio on tuesday and wednesday mrs beuia jones had an un fortunate accident on wednes day morning when she slipped on the back step her right wrist was broken in two plac es consequently she is wear ing a cast we are pleased to report mr walter hill was able to come home from the east general hospital on thursday he still has the cast on his leg but can get around on crutches mr and mrs walter hen derson spent the new years weekend with mr and mrs harvey cassell of preston mrs- roy brillinger misses yelma lean and vera brillin ger and mr and mrs ross brillinger motored to harris- burg penna miss velma bril linger farewelled there on sunday on monday mr walter bril linger miss mildred brillin ger miss irma heise and mr mervyn wideman left for new york to be there when velma brillinger left via boat for southern rhodesia africa mrs ida leary had new years dinner with mr and mrs ross chapman queens- ville mrs john bond visited rev and mrsj cecil brown and fa mily toronto for a few days last weefc mr and mrs har old doner and family also had new years dinner with rev and mrs brown mrs ralph empringham en tertained at a surprise birth day party for miss doris fos ter on saturday night mr george uyeyama of wa- kayama ken japan mr nor man uyeyama of kureshi ja pan and mr massey uyeyama of toronto visited their sister mrs mntsunaga last week mr harry kruse spent the holiday weekend in niagara faus new york mr and mrs dalton moses entertained the members of the moses family on new years mr and mrs wes hoover of toronto had dinner on satur day with mr and mrs bert leek rev and mrs ce hunking and rev and mrs willis hun king and families had new years dinner with mr and mrs harold jackson willow dale mr and mrs brown and dau ghter of toronto spent the weekend with their soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs eric morby mrs earl edwards and miss dorothy doust of toronto vis ited on sunday with mr and mr and mrs frank harvey mrs jas doust and mr sn doner motored to stayner on sunday because of the death of their cousin mrs edmund doner mr e hunt mr and mrs e clubine and mr and mrs wm hunt attended mr ed mund doners funeral at stay ner on monday miss elva hunking of to ronto spent the weekend with rev and mrs willis hunking plan to attend the young peoples service on sunday night in the united mission ary church this is the grand fathers service with mr r mansbridge as convener balsam and mt zion mrs j briggs of ashburn and miss marion jamieson of oshawa spent new years and the weekend with mr and mrs b jamieson mr and mrs winton white celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary on sunday jan 3rd by spending it with mr and mrs ralph price at to- implements on hand new implements grain fertilizer drills mii manure spreaders coby manure spreaders mii cream separators tractors wagons plows disc harrows balers forajco harvesters combines side bakes grain binders automatic bale leader geo white threshing ma- chine 0eway discs henry phone 254 used implements farmall a tractor goble disc harrow new favourite threshing machine international dump rake international mower 3 ft cut mii clipper comblno wf a mschalmers tractor 1 international disc plow ogden stouffville onl ronto mr and mrs ken thompson of toronto mrs ja jones of brooklin and mr and mrs ken jones and family of clare- mont spent new years with mr and mrs cecil jones wa will meet next wed nesday jan 13th at the home of mrs lewis jones rev h moore will give a talk on au stralia roll call a new years thought mrs wp jones left monday to spend a time with her dau ghter mrs oscar stephenson in toronto dean evans of claremont spent the holidays with the jones boys new years visitors at the ralph jones home wore mr and mrs reg morrish and fa- milv and mrs wm sadler of highland creek mr and mrs m annis and family of brou gham and mr jack prest mrs geo wilson gordon and earl and mr and mrs lloyd wilson and family spent new years with mr and mrs earl anderson at claremont mr wm clark and allan of greenwood spent new years with mr and mrs p jones there will be a euchre par ty at the mt zion school this friday night mens club will meet in the basement of the church next monday night jan 11 its just as important to give cash when cash is due as it is to give credit when credit is due mtt remington qumraitm has exclusive miracle tab and 34 other outstanding featurcsl the stouffville tribune stouffville phone 153j2 mt pis6ah mr and mrs roy smith shirley and margaret had christmas dinner with mrs smiths mother mrs alf pat- tenden at vandorf mr and mrs douglas bil brough and family of aurora mr and mrs dudley foster and david of vandorf mr john and misses louise and gloria millings of toronto had christmas with mr and mrs loy carr mrs winnifred stiles of king city has been visiting with the john ash family for the last two weeks christmas sunday supper vas a family gathering for the smiths at the home of mr and mrs wallace scott and inclu ded mr and mrs bert smith and familv of snelgrove mrs wh smith mr and mrs roy smith and family mr and mrs leslie smith and family mr and mrs ross smith and miss vera jackson of rich mond hill and miss ina ag- new of dundalk congratulations to mr loy carr who had a birthday on christmas day and the child- en presented him with a wall plaque in honour of it at the christmas concert which was held in the church basement on wednesday evening dec ember 23rd mr harry hunt teacher at ss no g is to be congratulat ed on the splendid concert put on by his pupils in the school monday night december 21st a very good attendance was there to witness santa distrib uting the many gifts mr and mrs roy howlett and mrs richard wilton spent christmas with mr and mrs stephen eade and family mrs william gohn of union- ville spent the long christmas weekend with mr and mrs l smith and family mr and mrs sam sudeyko and mjjoe sudeyko of tor onto spent christmas with their brother metro and fam ily mr wh smith and mr and mrs wallace scott muriel and frances spent christmas with mr and mrs scott sr dundalk mr and mrs thomas rob inson of temperanceville spent christmas with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs ross smith mr and mrs henry camp bell and miss flo folconer of toronto were christmas guests of mr and mrs michael wells and jim there is to be an organiza tion- meeting to form a teen age group in the schoolroom at ss no 6 on saturday even ing january 9th anyone in terested in forming a group of this kind is asked to please at tend the first wa meeting of 1951 will be held in the home of mrs george leary on wed nesday january 13th at 230 pm roll call to be a new years resolution mrs har ry smith will give the devo tional and mrs ross keffer will provide the program make it a new years resolu tion to try and attend these monthly meetings you are all welcome the annual sunday school meeting of mt pisgah united church will toe held at the home of mr loy carr friday evening january 8th sympathy of the community is extended to mrs russell sproxton and family in the sudden passing of her father mr ralph atkinson of rich mond hill on saturday jan uary 2nd mr atkinson had just left the bank in stouff ville when he expired he was buried in heise hill cemetery on tuesday of this week mr and mrs bob duncan of toronto were weekend visit ors of mr and mrs william ash miss shiela ash holidayed for a week with mr and mrs ted strudwick and family at cookstown recently mrs harry smith has been ill with pneumonia and her friends all send best wishes for a speedy recovery miss helen peck of king city visited mr and mrs mer edith ash for a few days re cently the annual school meetings of ss no 6 and ss no 7 took place on wednesday dec ember 30th and the following trustees are in charge for 1951 at ss no 6 they are messrs alvlh stephenson george smith and ted barlow at ss no 7 they are mr harry smith mr george boynton and mrs bernard kavs prof and mrs ea smith spent new years day with mr and mrs victor smith in toronto mrs norman brown and her family visited mr and mrs lloyd deeks and family in kitchener on sunday jan uary 3rd the january meeting of whitchurch home and school association will be held in ss no g on monday january llth at 830 pm convener of parent education mrs bern ard kays will be in charge of the program and will conduct 3 discussion between parents and teenagers everyone in the community is invited peaches mr and mrs jack nigh and family had new years dinner with mrs nighs parents mr and mrs a- fleming of un- ionville peaches ypu met at the church on sunday night for their regular meeting with earl hoover and trevor wat son in charge of the program the ferguson families had dinner with mr and mrs john ferguson and family of toronto on christmas day the peaches wms met at the home of mrs don fergu son on monday night for their bimonthly work meeting mrs john mccausland and family visited with her moth er mrs geo hoover for a few days last week christmas wrapping paper is what the youngsters can hardly wait to rip off to get to the toys theyll break the tribune has several new typewriters to rent w ith the local churches stouffville united church rev douglas davis minister sunday january 10 1951 10 am sunday school 1100 am mornine worshid 730 pm evening worship tuesdav 700 pm cubs wed s pm board of ste wards thurs 230 pm wms in parlors devotions by mrs boak study book review mrs burki soloist mrs h lewis fri s pm sunday school annual meeting jan 27 church congrega tional meeting christian memorial church lewis eakin ba pastor sunday january 10 1954 1000 am sunday school 11 am morning worship 730 pm message what would happen if christ should not return special music by the baker hill octet wed s pm midweek ser vice galatians cont fri 7 pm childrens rally this weeks sermon in a sec ond a holy life will produce the deepest impression lighthous es blow no horns they only shine christ church anglican rev fj bournes rector sunday january 10 1954 1st after epiphany 115 pm sunday school 230 pm evensong tues 730 pm jgg fri s00 pm choir practice turn unto the lord your god gen 151 reformed church of canada dutch meeting held in the fellowship centre icmonviile pastor c m eelman sunday january 10 1954 10 am worship service 11 am sunday school united missionary church rev h shantz minister sunday january 10 1954 mount joy 10 am sunday school 1100 ajm morning worship rev o glen mckinley evan gelist will speak 730 evangelist mckinley special singing and music services each evening at 8 o clock except saturday dickson hill j30 ajn morning worship 11 am sunday school come to the special meet ings at mount joy stouffville baptist church rev h f branton pastor wed s pm prayer and bi ble study fri 8 pm young peoples meeting sunday january 10 1954 1000 am bible school promotion day 1100 am clean hearts 730 pm being afraid they marvelled m i goodwood baptist church fj rev arthur england minister sunday january 10 1954 2 pm sunday school 300 pm worship service thursday evening 3j15 prayer meeting at the home of mr and mrs fred baldwin friday 415 mission band at the home of mrs cd jones all children are welcome i was glad when they said let us go into the house of the lord brethren in christ church heise hill gormley pastor bishop a l winfjei sunday january 10 1954 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship 700 pm evangelistic the fellowship op evangelical baptist churches rev norman rowan pastor sunday january 10 1954 second markham 0 am sunday school 11 am worship and com munion 730 pm young peoples tuesdays at 8 pm prayer meeting tues jan 19 8 pm an nual business meeting baker hill 130 pm sunday school 230 pm worship and com munion thursday 815 pm prayer meeting at the home of norm an yates gods work done in gods way will not lack gods bles sing bloomlngton and ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday january 10 1954 bloomlngton 10 am sunday school 1100 am worship friday 8pm christian en deavour rlnjrwood 10 am sunday school 730 pm worship mon 8 pm christian en deavour prayer meeting altona 1030 am sunday school 730 pm evangelistic speaker rev f huson wed 8 pjn prayer meeting all cordially invited st james presbyterian church stouffville rev d r mckiiican b a- sunday january 10 1951 10 am morninjr worship just a pleasant thought the first day of summer will be next june 21 melville bethesda and peaches j united churches rev geo e robins ba sunday january 10 1954 10 am peaches 1130 am melville 300 pm bethesda fri jan 8 8 pm bethes da ypu at the home of mr fred allen tues jan 12 2 pm peach es wms at the home of mrs h warriner united missionary church gormley bethesda rev c e hunking minister sunday january 10 1954 bethesda 1030 morning worship 200 pm sunday school wed evening prayer meet ing j gormley 145 pm sunday school 245 pm worship 730 pm young peoples wed jan 13 2 pm wms at the parsonage stouffville united missionary church rev f g huson minister thurs evening prayer service at 800 pm friday evening wms will meet at the home of mrs john- lehman baker ave at 800 pm sunday january 10 1951 10 am sunday school 1100 am worship the pastor will commence a series of messages entitled the beauty of holiness 730 pm evangelistic cosirxg events faith mission workers pray er service tuesday evening at 800 pm jan 12th teachers staff meeting wed nesday evening at 800 pm jan 13th feb 1st mr lester relst will give an illustrated lecture of the tour he made with the youth for christ in japan altona 1030 am sunday school 730 pm evangelistic rev fg huson speaker thought for today one who does not believe in holiness if you pin him down you will find that he does not believe in regeneration youre liable to reach the finishing line in a hurry when you live fast