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iouffiriue qrtlmtie vo 05 no 37 the tribune rocffvil le ont jax 21 1954 youth rescues bethesda boy from icy pond first new years colt arrives at hollywood farm ronald walker 16 dived in to an icy pond to save arthur lee 5ifrom drowning near bethesda on friday afternoon after arthurs frantic mother had failed to fish the young ster out with a pole the boy was blue and un conscious when carried into his home but after bein treated by dr rb mitchell who raced from stoullville he was soon none the worse for his ordeal the lee boy with his sister linda four had been playing on the ice of a small artificial trout pond at the back of their home linda ran breathlessly into the house to gasp to her mo ther that arthur was in the water mrs lee raced outside and with a long pole crawled out on the thin ice on her stom ach she manoeuvred the pole under the belt of her sons playsuit but was unable to get a good enough grip to pull the chud out walker a youth visiting the lees ran out to help when he saw the mothers rescue ef forts were futile he stripped off his coat and dived into the icy water the father a nightshift worker was asleep and una ware of the rescue until it was over mrs lee is a daughter of mr and mrs bert lickorish stouffvflle arthur ronald lee walker saved rescuer jhks james lee crawled out on thin ice born in pickering 75 years ago mrs ella byer beloved wife of joseph byer passed away on sunday january 17th at her home west end stouffville the late mrs byer was a daughter of the late mr and mrs philip davis and was born on the farm now owned by mr allan meyer she was in her 73rd year and was unit ed in marriage 19 years ago jan 26th and resided at atha until coming to stouffville four years ago mrs byer was a faithful at tendant at the altona union church besides her husband to mourn her passing are two sons fred of stouffville and george of atha seven grand children and one great grand child three sisters mrs isaar lehman altona mrs john campbell hillier ont and mrs ada knupp high river alberta also survive funeral services were held on wednesday afternoon from le oneills funeral chapel with rev g brown and rev f huson pastors in charge interment was at altona cem etery pallbearers were waller carter allan meyer harry davis norman lehman ar thur wideman and murray dunkeld public school board discusses change in operation chief topic under discussion at the inaugural session of the stouffville public school board on monday evening was the matter of taking over the entile school building when the high school students leave for their new quarters within a few months present at the meeting was chairman don cnachvick ot the high school board who pointed out that as the local boards are now constituted the public and high school each owns that portion of the build ing which they occupy there is approximately 3500 of a debenture debt remaining a- gainst the building and this debt it was expected the pub lic school would assume the machines in the shop room would be removed to the new high school and the sewing machines from the home economics room other wise the high school body ex- peets to vacate the building practically as is mr chad- wick informed the board under the present divided system the maintenance of the school building is paid forty percent by the public school and sixty percent by the high school the public school will now assume the total cost of maintaining the building and will prepare their budget shortly to take care of this added expendi ture elect chairman mr len wilkes was reelec ted to the office of chairman and mrs june button was named vice chairman the fol lowing committees were ap pointed finance mrs mary smith cec hendricks proper ty wm malloy keith middle- miss management len wilk es mrs june button the board became aware during their meeting that an apparent misunderstanding had arisen concerning the at tendance of public school pup ils at the special childrens program being arranged by the markham township sun day school convention which embraces all the local church es as well however at the present time any child who brings a note from home ask ing for permission to leave school to attend the program may do so and it is expected that a considerable number will avail themselves of the opportunity of attending this special childrens portion of the convention chairman len wilkes and vice chairman mrs button were named as a committee to interview rev f httson chairman of the afternoon convention program as it was feared false reports were being circulated concerning the boards stand on children attending the convention unusual event for mid winter a new pereheron colt has arrived at the hollywood farms near sunderland the farms are operated by mr wil- mot shea and consist of more than three hundred acres the sheas are known throughout the dis trict for their fine peroh eron horses and have scor es of ribbons and trophies won at local fall fairs the canadian royal and cne the mare shown in the picture mother of this new year baby mollys buddy gave birth to a colt on new years day 1953 two more shea mares are expecting offspring in march mr shea comes original ly from brougham and mrs shea was the former miss postill a green riv er girl this picture of mrs shea the new colt and mother was taken last week by the tribune cam eraman who found consid erable snow in the sun derland district and the long lane into the shea farm was not navigable by car saye 60 head 01 caffle from agincourt fire one place where good looks count i at a railroad crossing savs the hamilton spectator one of scanboro townships largest terns owned by mr kenneth macllvride of agin court was burned to the ground in an early morning blaze on friday although the 150 x 50 barn along with nu merous pieces of machinery was destroyed the owner aid ed by two hired men douglas smart and lincoln foster ma naged to save sixty head of cattle forty pigs and a team of horses the fire was noticed by mrs florence macllvride around 1 am and although the agin court fire brigade arrived qufekiy on the scene they were not able to bring the outbreak under control the house sit uated nearby was saved the tarn one of the largest in the township was built in 1900 mr macllvride has lived on the proierty for the past s years walter lihey buried ai victoria square walter lilley passed away at the toronto east general hospital on jan 1lth in his 73rci year he was born in england and came to canada at the ire of three and lived in markham township all his iiie until 1941 since that time he has made his home with his children in 1911 he married jessie westland he fanned on the 7th concession for ten years then bought a farm on the ith of markham near victoria square where he farmed for 23 years surviving are his widow and his children one son and three daughters harold of yineland grace mrs elmer reamen stevensville mary mrs charles ingleton agin court dorothy mrs gar field bennett goodwood al so two sisters mrs priscilln wright and miss jessie lilley of gormley funeral service was held at the home of mr and mrs chas ingleton on saturday jan 16 the service was conducted toy rev e bull of the free me thodist church and mr r jordison of goodwood united church pallbearers were james smith edgar fuller sam harper gordon ingleton howard forsythe leslie bur nett interment was made in victoria square cemetery want to rent a new porta ble typewriter see the stouffville tribune about renting or purchasing a ma chine the local provincial police have asked us to warn town merchants concerning bad cheques while no phoney pa pers have turned up here since several places were dup ed a couple of months ago had cheques have leen passed lately in neighboring com munities and the police warn that the slick writer may move into stouffville at any lime want clamp down on unlicensed peddlers at the opening meeting of the stoufiville chamber of commerce held on thursday evening the members agreed to clamp down on ail nonlic ensed doortodoor peddlers in town past president ken wagg pointed out that publie cooperation was needed in or der to catch up with these il legal salesmen mr wagg claimed that close to 200 was collected last year in license fees from nonlicensed sales men who were approached by local citizens the poor lighting conditions of stoullville were also dis cussed the erection of color ed lights and the installation of larger bulbs was mention ed president ernie austin and secretary reg mckay consented to gather more in formation with regard to im proved lighting facilities and to present a full report at the next meeting considerable discussion was given the idea of a mass gatibage disposal plan with the expense to be borne by the residents on their tax bill president austin sta ted that weekly garbage col lections were carried out in numerous other towns and villages at a cost of only a lew dollars per year correction we have been asked by mr ross bartlett of unionville to correct a statement in last weeks issue of this newspap er which stated that a hit-and- run driver was taken by the police while asleep in imr bar- tletts cellar the driver was not found in the bartlett cel lar we have been asked to state stouffville fire brigade was called out for the second time this week on tuesday evening when a tractor caught fire on the masters farm north of ringwood on the 8th con of whitchurch the machine had just been filled with gas while standing indoors and burst in to flame when it was started the local electrician happened to be present at the time and lowed the burning machine outside where firemen extin guished the blaze late matt spang will be recalled by older residents the older residents of stoullville and markham will regret to hear of the passing of matthew a spang on jan uary 15th 1951 after a linger ing illness in duluth minnes ota the older residents will re call matt spang when he attended public school at cooley corners school on the sixth concession then later at markham high school after completing his educa tion at belleville business col lege matt spang went over to the united states where he took up residence in grand rapids minnesota matt spang was well- known and loved in the local government in those parts as he served as county auditor and deputy sherriff for a num ber of years matt retired from public life in 1918 and went to live in duluth min nesota where his sons operate the spang clinic matt spang is survived by his wife nora four sons drs anthony j james s william m spang of duluth minneso ta and lawrence spang of cleveland ohio and his bro thers harry spang of mark ham and jack spang of clare- mont and only surviving sis ter mrs edwin forsyth of holt ontario board had 8 applications for caretakers position at the new high school stouffville school boarck district received high eight j pplications for the position of l0c3 dlisingssgs caretaker for the new high school which will be ready for occupancy this summer bert lickorish of stouffville was a- warded the position at an an nual salary of 2700 appli cants salaries asked ranged from 2000 to a high of 3900 dr chadwick was reelect ed chairman of the board at the inaugural meeting held on wednesday evening mr ag thompson was elected vice chairman the following com mittees were also named fin ance ag thompson and ah williams management cf edwards and ag thompson transportation aw king and cf edwards property ah williams and aw king the board agreed to assume the cost up to the end of this school year of fourteen stud ents attending newmarket high school a bill of more than 2000 ag thompson strongly ur ged the board to ask the de partment of education for a confirmation in writing of a message which was conveyed to the board by way of prin cipal pearce and which sug gested strongly that stouff ville would be wise to pay the bill mr thompson had pre viously objected to the phone message from the department on the grounds that it was un businesslike and had been prompted by pressure from the inewmarket board working through political channels furthermore it was stated that the department had back ed the pickering board ill the very opposite direction tell ing them they did not have to pay for students coming from the altona district into the stouffville school however it was conceded that since the students had been allowed to continue they could not reasonably be re moved in the middle of a school year v cf edwards urged that a survey be taken in the- sum mer so that the students who might be seeking education elsewhere would be known and the board make its posi tion clear that it would not be responsible if these students went outside the area mr jack crawford clerk of whitchurch- township ap peared before the board and presented a proposed map of changes in the areas of new market aurora and stouff ville which it was hoped would alleviate some of the problems of students leaving their proper area for the school of another mr craw ford has visited the boards a number of times in this con nection and was prepared to make the new map official for use commencing in january offer big savings there is no need to leave our main street if its savings in clothing and footwear you are looking for the local merchants are to be commend ed on their aggressive business sense which leads them to ad vertise great january saving sales lehmans shoes this week is announcing a gigantic clearance for two weeks with 209 pairs of womens shoes go ing at half price and 20 re ductions on other items ae weldon son continue their january clearance with striking drops in prices of mens and boys wear goklens store is featuring a fabric sale which should in terest the ladies and a final coat clearance price to tickle the men all these sales can be found largely displayed in this weeks issue call tenders on gravel hill repair whitchurch and uxbridge township councils met in special session on monday ev ening in the municipal build ing at stouffville concerning the cutting down of gravel hill a job which has been un der consideration for some time a recent survey was made of the hill by engineers margi- son and babcock to ascertain the amount of gravel to be re moved and both councils a- grcod that tenders should be called immediately for the re moval of the gravel the ten ders will be opened in a joint meeting also to be held ia stouffville on feb 15th miss rutfi atkinson of be thesda arid miss donna keep ing of stouffville spent the weekend in buffalo 1955 however mr albert king stated that he believed an ad ditional thousand area block at the corner of the 4th con and the townline should be gi ven to the stouffville area and the board agreed mr crawford stated that this would require him to re turn to the aurora board for approval of the change which he doubted would ibe forth coming however the board agreed with jlr king and mr crawford said that he would convey their wishes to aurora cak badly damaged ix collision with saxdeit the new 1954 monarch own ed by mr ross mcmullen of stouffville was badly damag ed on thursday night when it crashed into the rear of the toronto and york roads sand truck the driver was attemp ting to pass the sander when the front of his vehicle caught the extended left rear axle of the truck no one was injured in the accident births peters mr and mrs don ald a peters of oshawa nee marion carter are very happy to announce the birth of a babv son on sat jan if 1951 douglas arth ur a wee brother for cheryl hbise mr and mrs lorne heise stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on thurs jan 14th 1954 at the brier- bush hospital stouffville maye mr and mrs alger maye goodwood are happy to announce the birth of their son on thurs jan 14 1951 at the brierbush hos pital stouffville a brother for alaine shirley and iris elson mr and mrs stan ley elson claremont rr 3 are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on ttes jan 19th 1054 at the brierbush hospital stouff ville masseyharris agency here changes hands reeve henry ogden of stouffville has disposed of his massey harris implement bus iness on market street mr ogden will retain the owner ship of the building block which contains the show rooms and apartments above the new owner of the busin ess is len haylow of weston mi haylow has been connec ted with the massey harris firm for a number of years and has a wide experience in the implement field the new proprietor is married and has five children and will move his family to town as soon as he can locate a suitable home mr ogden purchased the massey harris business here from dave stouffer in 1946 and erected a fine cement block building with apart ments above the agency has enjoyed flourishing trade since that time mr ogden is giving up his business for rea sons of health and he will spend rext month in florida on his return he intends to erect a new home on his own sulxlivision at the corner of main st and the 9th con of markham board chairman mi mr don chadwick who was reelected last week as chairman of the stouff- vllle district high school board mr chadwick was recently appointed as rep resentative on the board of the stouffville public school board