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tottffmke rtbftne vol 64 no 36 the tribute s fouffvhlk ont jan 11 1951 first twins born here this year first twins to be born here this year arrived at the brierbush hospital on thursday jan 7th a boy and a girl born to mrs las lizotte of ringwood karen ann weighed six pounds ten ounces and carl blair seven pounds mr and mrs lizotte have two other children boys aged three and one and a half years the family mo ved to ringwood last year mr lizotte is a demon strator for a toronto firm engineer threatens resignation claims no harmony in the markham twp road dept acting with decision mark- ham township council last sat urday averted the threatened resignation of its township engineer mr j howard char ging road superintendent a buchanan with a definite lack of cooperation and goodwill mr howard contended there was no point in his carrying trucker flags train as truck flounders on track mr john dike operator of reesors marmill huge tractor trailer transport recently av erted a very serious accident when he flagged down an ap proaching freight train that was bearing down on his ma rooned truck ten miles south of owen sound near chats- worth the transport was partly loaded with feed when it bog ged down in deep snow in the middle of the cnr level cros sing when attempts to free the truck from its precarious position appeared impossible the driver called a tow truck from owen sound further at tempts to move the heavy ve hicle also proved futile while the men continued to push and pull the whistle sounded of an approaching freight train in a desperate effort to avoid an almost certain collision john dike the driver grabbed a flashlight and rushed up the track to signal the train luck ily the engineer caught a glimpse of the beam and brought the engine to a halt with the aid of the train crew the transport was removed from the crossing subdivide 100acre peachs farm the chas hisey farm locat ed on the peaches sideroad midway between the 7th and ith concessions of markham will be turned into a subdivi sion the purchaser mr thos nesbitt intends to divide the 100 acre farm into 10 acre lots construction will commence in the spring mr lambert h malloy and another north york principal are in cleveland ohio for a few days they are visiting the educational systems in this city and its suburbs to observe and report on the ad ministration and curriculum of these american schools guests with mr and mrs a b bartholomew recently were mr allan bartholomew and mr bob walger of newmar ket also mr and mrs bert boyd and mr and mis bill burkholder all of queensville ery for burial mrs frank huson wile of the local united missionary- church pastor rev frank huson was bereaved this week in the loss of her moth er mrs william lantz at gait ontario she had been ill for six months in addition to mrs huson of stoulfville three other sisters survive and three sons rev frank huson assisted in the funeral service on wednesday which was conducted to hespeler cemet meet friday to consider ballantrae school addition a meeting has been called for this friday evening of the ratepayers in the ballantrae school section to discuss a possible addition to that build ing to handle the everincreas ing attendance clerk john crawford of whitchurch township advised council on saturday after noon of the meeting at the present time there are approx imately 140 pupils attending this school which was erected as a tworoom structure only a few years back one class is being conducted in the base ment and three teachers arc o the stair however the school faces an even more ov ercrowded condition in the fu ture since onlv about fifteen pupils will le leaving the school and an additional sixty- ore expected to be added it us believed that a tworoom ad dition- will he required further school expansion was on saturdays agenda with i tworoom addition having received preliminary depart ment approval for the armi- tage school on onge st a cio 000 debenture issue is also being prepared for a new school at vivian where only a few years ago such a small number attended that closing bury last member of wellknown atha view farm family the death occurred at the claremont rest home on fri jan sth of ella whitson of claremont last surviving mem ber of the family which for many years has been connect ed with atha view farm muss whitson was in her 77th year she was predeceased by her sister georgie the two daugh ters of the late mr and mrs john whitson having conduct ed this well known pickering township farm for many years atha view farm was known throughout the district for prize hereford cattle which carried the blue ribbons at a good many of the fall shows in the province miss whitson was a staunch supporter of the presbyterian church and a regular attendant until ill health kept her confined the funeral on monday af ternoon was conducted from the dixon funeral home pub- lie service was held in st an drews presbyterian church vn the school had been con- land interment made in st an- tf jdrews cemetery fined 300 for being intoxicated in car in sfouffville harry hague 75logan ave toronto found asleep in his car on the main street in stoulfville on sunday decem ber 13th answered a charge of intoxication while in charge of a motor vehicle in york county court at newmarket on tuesday provincial cons table vanderkooi of stouff ville on duty opened his car door and found him slumped over the wheel 11 took sev eral shakes to waken him testified the officer he was tak en in the police cruiser to van- dorf police office where sgt harrison testified he had to be escorted up the steps his lawyer james d otton of newmarket claimed that as he suffers from arthritis in his legs he uses a heavy cane to help him walk his condi tion could have boon due to the pain killer he uses sgt harrison said his eyes were glossy and bulged gaze was not io ussed his speech was thick an he had foam at the corners of his mouth asked where he was going he said to oshawa from toronto he did not know whore he was when at vantlorf or where ho was when officer took him out of his car he went to sleep twice while 1 talked to him said the sergeant he smelled strongly of alcohol he was in the office for half an hour i had no hesitation in deciding the man was drunk testify ing the accused said he re membered where he was on sunday dec 13th employed as manager at our packing house he had been working 10 or 12 hours a day getting ready for the holiday season and was overtired he was a- round the country this day looking at poultry a friend at mount albert had given him a bottle of whiskey and about one oclock they had had one drink each he developed a bad pain in his leg while driv ing through stoulfville and pulled over to the side of the road i was leaning over try ing to gel the pain out of my groin when the officer thought 1 was asleep when the olfic- er asked me to move the car farther away from the inter section i did so at normal speed a quart of scotch pro duced in court had about five ounces gone you and your friend drank this amount in mount albert you knew that after codene and liquor you were in no con dition to drive so pulled off the road asked crown at torney a arnustrong yes mr hague sr testified that he and his son lived and worked together and that his son was in constant pain he has a re gular drivers license and has driven for thirty years with out an accident convicted of being impaired he was fined s30oo0 or 15 days on a second charge of liquor in an illegal place the front seat of his car on dec 13 in stouffville he paid a 1000 fine or 30 days and the liquor was confiscated rage and a fenced area in the yard in which to keep cul verts etc in supporting the projjosed appointment reeve a lemas- urier remarked i was amaz ed to hear the treasurer say that every so often somelxxly from the road dept would bring into his office an ordin- bunch of bills and just dump it on his desk 1 is an ex cellent idea stated councillor a lennie to have somelxkly in the office to supervise de tails and such matters as in ventory continued on liack page peaches player breaks his ankle de- of harry lewis peaches fenceman and brother stouflvillo clipper forward gorcl lewis suffered a broken ankle on monday night at port perry he twisted his leg when hit hard behind his own net by a player on the green- bank team following xrays his ankle was placed in a cast where it will remain for at least eight weeks arthur reesor 81 dies at cedar 6fov on as township engineer unwary paper bag filled with a less a spirit of harmony exist ed between these two import ant officials after a tense session which lasted several hours the mem bers adopted the only positive avenue of action left open to them by a unanimous decis ion they took the first official steps to have mi- howard ap pointed both township engin eer and road superintendent while mr buchanan will re vert back to the position of road foreman at no decrease in salary under such an ar rangement it is expected the question as to whom is the fin al authority in the road de partment should be answered this apparent long standing division of authority in the road department flared into the open saturday when the road committee deputy- reeve w clark and council lor k james presented five important resolutions for councils ratification the resolutions which are in dicative of the committees at tempts to increase the operat ing efficiency of the road de partment were well received by the council road superin tendent buchanan who had attended the committee meet ing and approved the propos ed changes reversed his field at the council meeting and he sitated to accept the third res olution which makes it obliga tory that the engineer approve all future road work with the exception of routine mainten ance work at this point mr howard cited several cases where the road department had under taken work against his rec ommendation mr howard a graduate engineer and a for mer member of scarboros en gineering department felt that if mr buchanan was unwil ling to accept the termsof the resolution there was no point in carrying on as engineer in his defence mr buchan an stated that he had approa ched the department of high ways shortly after mr how ards appointment only to learn that he did not have to take orders from the engin eer and further that all de partmental road matters would be handled through the road superintendent under the terms of the first resolution the road depart ment will engage a combina tion stock and time keeper in order to increase the operat ing efficiency of the depart ment the actual resolution reads as follows tbat whereas the growth of the township requires that additions to the staff be made from time to time in order to maintain efficient operation of township business and where- as if is necessary to keep writ- ten record of all material and labour connected with the road dept be it hereby tec ommended to council 1 that a new position being that of stock and time keeper be created in the road dept and that some of the functions of the holder of this position be as follows a to receive sign for and record in detail all in coming material b to obtain signature for and record in detail ail material used or tak en out of stock c to take periodic inventories of stock on hand d to record in de tail work done by each man each day e to answer the telephone in the garage office and pass on messages to those concerned if to always be on hand and to answer inquiries at the garage office during working hours 2 that this position be advertised in the three local papers and that the employees of the road dept be invited to make application if they so desire 3 that the er- gineer and treasurer be auth orized to instruct the person appointed to this position as to procedure 1 i hat the per sons appointed to this position le aided in carrying out his work by providing tacks for the gas pumps a stock room under lock and key in the ga- on monday jan 11th mr arthur reesor wellknown and highly respected resident of cedar grove passed away fol lowing an illness of over a year the late mr reesor was a lifelong resident of the com munity where he operated a farm purchased by his grand father mr samuel reesor as crown land his father mr colin reesor also worked the property the deceased was an ardent church worker and held the office of elder in the zion united church for many years his wife the former elizabeth burns passed away thirteen years ago he leaves to mourn his pas sing two sons austin and wal ter and three daughters ruby mabel and ida mrs bert tap scott one brother ira of or lllia also survives funeral service was held at the zion united church cedar grove on wednesday after noon at 230 pm conducted by rev geo thomas with inter ment in the adjoining cemet ery the pallbearers were chas wittaker lloyd clen- dennen murray milroy har old lap gordon dimma and howard pilkey miss beulali rutledge of stouffville an american air- linos hostess returned to chic ago on monday after a nine- day holiday with her parents mr and mrs guy rutledge miss rutledge has now been posted on the chicago to phoe nix arizona air run whitchurch will consider new road maintainer road supt ernest davis asked whitchurch council on saturday to give some consid eration to the purchase of a new maintainer for the road department before the passing of the annual road appropria tion bylaw shortly such an expenditure might be between 20000 and 25000 of which the department subsidizes the municipality of 50 the road supt pointed out that one of the townships two present machines had seen nearly fourteen years service councillor sid legge suggest ed that council might consid er a bulldozer and this idea will also receive attention when the road committee meets to make recommenda tion to council jack preston maintainei operator appeared before council and suggested that he be paid an annual wage to as sure a more steady income he stated that the 125 hour stand by time paid operators during the winter months was not sufficient and also requested a 10c an hour increase over and above whatever rate was be ing paid the other two operat ors in lieu of his services for tending the maintainors mech anically operators are pres ently paid 1 an hour the sec ond operator also appeared be fore council and stated that he was not satisfied with his pay of 1 an hour for operat ing and a drop back to 90c for his other work he suggested 1 an hour for all his services reeve ivan mclaughlin sta ted that council would give their decision when they had an opportunity to discuss the proposed increases mr and mrs waddell of wilcox lake waited on coun cil objecting to an account of 20100 for six approach cul verts to a number of cabins on their property mr waddell stated that he believed the bill was exhorbitant and that they should have been informed of the charge before the culverts were installed chief complaint was that the culverts were not needed and that two rather than six would have been quite sufficient the property was in the process of being sold and this charge for cul verts was standing against the property and holding up the sale after a long discussion councillor legge of the road committee suggested that two of the culverts bo paid for and en additional 20 be paid the township for removal of the other four culverts the wad- dells agreed to this arrange ment whitchurch passes bylaws appointing township officers the necessary bylaws were passed by whitchurch town- hip council on saturday ap pointing the various municip al officers richard mulhol- land was named school at tendance officer and for the board of health he will act as sanitary inspector dr dw williams was reappointed medical health officer and board of health members are wh smith and de cook the community centre board council appointments are reeve ivan mclaughlin and deputy- reeve fred timbers other members named are geo richardson mrs rc baycroft mrs dorothy dews- bury lawrence hennessey and cliff wallwork councillor legge stated that he would not accept the post of council member on the com munity centre board and af ter considerable discussion deputy reeve timbers was prevailed upon with consider able reluctance to accept the position township poundkeepers for 195 are ed leary oran fretz elmer wells russel graham watson fairies edwin bar low he oliver walter dru- ery gordon taber carl link warren graves and clarence foote tlie fence viewers ap pointed were wh smith john petch james gibson vincent wagg herb simpson sam gibney bert baker geo druery james smith and rus sel ellis sheep valuators ja clarke watson fairies geo druery warren graves and ed leary clerk john crawford inform ed council that following re ceipt of a letter informing him that he could not continue to operate a taxi in whitchurch township unless he procured the proper insurance as re quired by bylaw ray carman taxi driver visited the town ship office and produced satis factory insurance papers the iieense fee was collected from him for 1953 and 1954 councillor legge questioned the reason for collecting the 1953 license fee claiming that carman had been refused li cense because of court appear ances councillor legge stated that the taxi man had operat ed all year without a license and part of the year without insurance there was some dis cussion on the various resolu tions and instructions concern ing the case but no further ac tion was taken llen complied with the by law and got his license were only wasting our time arguing about it declared councillor mccarron the fire agreement with aurora was read and agreed to with the exception of a mi nor amendment which makes it possible with either aurora or the township to terminate the arrangement with three months notice the agreement calls for 250 retainer fee g0 a fire for the first two hours and 10 an hour after that tax picture is very good in township of uxbridge the tax picture is very good in the township of uxbridge it was revealed by clerk john ashenhurst at the regular meeting of council held on monday afternoon to date eighty- four per cent of the 1953 taxes have been collected there are only approximately 1000 in arrears none back of 1951 total tax roll amounts to s78152ll goodwood drainage there was considerable dis cussion concerning the often- talked- of drainage scheme for goodwood some time back an engineering survey was made of the land on the highway ap proaches to the village and it was estimated that it would require a 0000 expenditure to do the job the dept of public works have told the township that they would con tribute a third of the cost the highways dept has since pla cet a culvert across the high way near the community park which has eased the situation ome council made no defin ite decision regarding the matter raise over 700 for fire victims over 700 was raised in aid of mr and mrs jack fergus on and family whose frame home on the 9th concession was burned to the ground last week besides the financial support bedding and other materials were donated the community held a miscellan eous shower at the home of mr harmon jones on monday evening which was well at tended mr clifford king and mr abe stouffer conducted the drive for funds the fer gusons intend to rebuild in the spring they are living with relatives at dunbarton at the present tfme the goodwood loba is planning a euchre for friday jan 29th at 830 pm in the township hall admission 35c lunch and prizes bid markham police nab hitandrun driver at unionville chief constable clarence wideman and pc bill shearn discovered truck driver law rence williamson 1558 dun- das st e asleep in the base ment in the home of mr ross bartlett unionville following an extensive search for a re ported hitandrun driver in the district williamson the driver of a rentacar truck for traders plumbing heat ing toronto hit a car on the don mills road belonging to jas clarke and following the collision he cut across a field removing numerous fence posts and a mail box the truck finally came to a sudden halt when it crashed into a deep ditch north of unionville constable shearn nabbed the driver in the basement of a nearby home sound asleep he has been charged with falling to remain at the scene of an accident rev and mrs willis hun- king and children mr ernest hunt also miss ruth hunt all of gormley were recent vi sitors with mr and mrs mau rice shupe