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the tribune stouffville om thursday february is 1954 late agnes macphail represented east york 1948 miss agnes campbell mac- 1 first in ottawa and later at phail first canadian woman i queens park there was a well member of canadas parlia- supported movement by sev- ment and for many years its only woman member died sat urday in wellesley hospital miss macphail was stricken with a heart attack at her res idence 2 donegal dr leaside thursday and was immediate ly removed to hospital last night she sufted a re lapse shortly before 1 pm she lapsed into unconscious ness and died within a few minutes except for three brief per iods the country school teach er was never out of active participation in politics after 1021 when first elected to the commons as lnited farmers of ontario member for east grey one of miss macphails great crusades in the dominion house was for prison reform her efforts were crowned with success when the king gov ernment appointed a royal commission on the subject in 1930 their 193s report nam ed after commision chairman mr justice joseph archam- bault became the basis for the penal reform program in troduced in canadian peniten tiaries following world war ii she sat for 19 years in the dominion house as an inde pendent but always as a mem ber of opposition until 1940 when she was defeated by w e harris a liberal without other employment she turned- to newspaper work and wrote a column for the globe mail she also tried her hand at various other oc cupations until 1943 when she was elected to the ontario le gislature as an independent candidate for a term that last- ed until 1945 in 194s she won the york east seat for the ccf in the ontario provincial election she was defeated in 1951 because of her outstanding service as a parliamentarian eral womens organizations to have her elected to the senate she died before this goal was realized she was born in proton township grey coumymarch 21 1s00 to dougal maephail and the former henrietta campbell liberals and pres byterians when she grew up she not only changed her political be liefs but also the spelling of her name to macphail after attending collegiate in owen sound she moved to stratford to get a second class certificate from norma school lemonville farmer for quarter century on friday feb 12th mr garfield hamm passed away in the stouffville brierbush hospital following a short ill ness of two weeks born on the 5th concession of mark- ham the son of richard hamm and sarah thomas the de ceased later moved to lemon ville where he has resided for the past twentyfive years besides his wife the form er ella boynton he is surviv ed by four sons douglas ken neth lloyd keith and one daughter betty mrs cecil brittan he is also survived by one sister mrs frank whetter and one brother lou is both of stouffville funeral service was held at the chapel of le oneill stouffville on monday feb loth conducted by rev d da vis of the stouffville united church with interment in the stouffville cemetery the pall bearers were earl cook ed logan walter grey walter jacobs jake baker and keith hutchinson ubbys tomato juice libbys ungraded fancy peas 15 oz tin 2 for 39tf libbys in tomato sauce cooked spaghetti 15 oz tin 2 for 29tf delicious with weixers libbys sauerkraut 2s oz tin 2 for 39tf heat serve libbys with pork deep brown beans 15 oz tin 2 for 3s mannings chocolate coveret dainty einger biscuits 10 oz bag greek stringed cooking eigs 1 tb cello 19 save on margarine nucoa 1 ii pkg m save on meats devon brandrind on 1 lb pkg sliced breakeast bacon 69 maple lea v sk inless weiners 1 1 cello pkg 39 wltstejaties canada no 1 new brinswick potatoes 50 it bag 89 florida no 1 marsh seedless grapeeruit 6 for 29 ontario no 1 fancy 3 lb polythene bag 6 qt bskt mclntosh apples 43 85 8touffvi1le branch ungraded csgs wantedi w oy klkgait njrtat prici or uagratfxj ecji s njijr for dfrii tj grs sjoi 0- dominion stow limited victoria square the regular monthly meet ing of the sr wi was held tuesday evening of last week at the home of mrs allan orr the theme was home econ omics and education the program was in charge of the victoria square homemakers club of which mrs allan orr is the leader those takin part were misses betty snid er carroll and margaret wal ker mrs roy glover gave a demonstration on making paper flowers dainty re refreshments were served on thursday afternoon of last week twenty three ladie- from the community and sur rounding district went by langddhs bus to tile camp bell soup company at new toronto here the ladies tour ed the plant and saw the ma king of different kinds of soup at the close they were served afternoon tea in the cafeter ia by the staff there from here they went to the hobby show in the coliseum at the ce they attended the kate aitken show here mrs h barber and mrs s boynton were very fortunate in win ning lucky draw prizes the regular monthly meet ing of the wms was held at the home of mrs v west- brook on wednesday after noon of last week with twenty one ladies and two children present mrs p bennett took charge of the worship service a chapter from where eer the sun was dramatized by mesdames s boynton p ben- net c stansbury and f wal ker reports of the annual meeting of the wms of the toronto centre presbyterial held in st clair united churcfi toronto recently were given by mrs joyce and mrs h mccague cards were sign ed by the members present to be sent to the shutins of the wms refreshments were served at the close the supply committee of the wms is holding a quilt ing in the sunday school room on thursday feb 25th all the ladies are invited come in the morning and bring your lunch with you if you are unable to attend then come in the afternoon the february meeting of the mission band was held on saturday afternoon at the home of mrs p bennett with twentyone children and six adults present the president gladys momurray was in charge betty huston read a valentine story general chor uses were sung by the child ren the leader mrs r boyn ton conducted a bible quiz mrs bennett took the study book grace boynton read the scripture mrs d gee led in prayer refreshments were served and each child was gi ven a valentine the regular monthly meet ing of the married couples club will be held tuesday ev ening feb 23 at s pm at the home of mr and mrs allan orr the guest speaker wih be mr lawson mumberson congratulations to mr and mrs ralph boynton who on friday feb 19 will be cele brating their fortyfirst wed ding anniversary mrs i maciimurray and mr and mrs pw willows spent sunday with mrs h atwood of uxbridge friends were sorry to hear that mrs warren collins myrtle mccague is in the toronto general hospital wihere she underwent a ser ious operation last week a speedy recovery is wished for her also for miss shirley boyn ton who is in the sick child rens hospital mr and mrs a stephenson of buttonville and mr and mrs harvey collard left last thursday for a two weeks va cation in the sunny south miss shirley baker of smiths falls spent the week end with mr and mrs cecil nichols and family miss lillian nichols nurse intraining at ottawa civic hospital has returned to her nursing duties after spending the past three weeks on vaca tion at her home here mrs f walker held a quilt ing bee at her home last tues day with the following ladies present misses belie merritt mabel sanderson mesdames a xigh p bennett and s bovnton births barkey mr and mrs lawrence barkey stouff ville are happy to announce the birth o their daughter friday feb 12th 1954 at the brierbush hospital stouffville a sister for car ole degeer mr and mrs iv an degeer nee betty al- cocki rr 3 stouffville are happy to announce the birth of their son wed feb 17 1951 at the brierbush hos pital stouffville b1kth nexdick at private pa tients pavilion toronto ge neral hospital to mr and mrs mf xeudick a daugh ter mary jane christine on sunday february 14 1954 may be snag in ward vote there could be a snag in the establishing of the mark- ham township ward system if a report from councillor lennie proves accurate it was revealed at the council meet ing at buttonville on monday evening according to the councillor who was named to bring in a report on the mat ter the vote which was taken last december and which pas sed so unanimously on the ward system was only on the question and contrary to the opinion of reeve lemasurier another vote will have to be taken once the boundaries are decided upon this word comes from hol- lis beckett local government member with whom councillor lennie conferred on the mat ter the council should pro ceed to give a bylaw two read ings setting forth the ward boundaries by nov 1st and then call for the assent of the electors that is not the way i inter pret the act declared reeve lomasurier who did not be lieve a second vote was re quired councillor lennie went on to say that markham could es tablish three wards but would need special govern ment dispensation for two wards four wards as is fav oured by many would make a sixman council one council lor from each ward and the reeve and deputyreeve being eleoted by the entire township further investigation is be ing made into the procedure to be followed peaches death wambold isaac albert at the toronto east general hospital on monday febru ary loth l5i isaac albert wamboki in his 92nd year husband of the late mary el izabeth fretz and dear father of mrs samuel brownslierger ruth toronto and leslie deceased resting at the dix on funeral chapel markham until thursday noon service at wideman mennonite church at 2 pm interment in adjoin ing cemetery when your buyword cash you run into a lot worrv is less county to issue markham debenture the budget brought in by the finance committee on wed nesday amounted to 987160- 30 estimated recoveries from the registry office fees attor ney generals department re the police force and other sour ces amount to 512264000 some relief will be forthcom ing on the 22899000 debent ure principal and interest pay ments in accordance with the provisions of the municipal set regarding adjustments of assets and liabilities the as sessment in the continuing county is 1s05928000 to meet the budget a mill rate of 13 mills would have to be struck last years mill rate was 65 council approved this bud get and followed it with a res olution asking that the relief promised by ibill 80 if an un due burden was placed on the continuing county of york be forthcoming immediately de puty reeve ken tomlin of richmond hill and reeve le masurier of markham agreed that the municipalities they represent would be better off to secede from the county an application for a private bill permitting richmond hill to secede will be made un less the provincial govern ment offers substantial assist ance o the county said mr tomlin reeve ralph corner reeve of georgina and chair man of the finance committee said it will take four times the amount of money it did last year to give the same ser vices to the county the re port states that as certain ex penditures and revenues can not lie ascertained at thus time your committee cannot recommend a mill rate a resolution brought in by reeve lemasurier asking that the debentures for the new high school at thorn- hill to cost ssooooo lie issued by york county was approved 25 to 10 after a short discus sion said reeve lemasurier if markham township issues these debentures it will make our debenture issue too high we will not be able to install water or sewers etc and we must do so if we are to at tract industry to our town ship jd lucas solicitor said county can issue thee de bentures and charge the cost back to the different munici palities concerned this high school will be built in mark ham township but will serve vaugnan and richmond hill as well we were sorry to hear that mr lon blizzard was ill for a few days xow that he is im proving we hope it wont be too long before he is about a- gain mr don ferguson accomp anied by mr harry lewis vis ited the hobby show at to ronto one day last week it seems that the chicken pox is making the rounds at peaches our most recent vic tim is master jimmy sale who is recuperating quickly and is looking forward to getting back to school soon mr and mrs albert allen journeyed to sudbury for the weekend where they visited friends on sunday evening the pea ches young peoples union met in the church with the president mr trevor watson in the chair the theme the challenge of christian serv ice was ably carried out by members of the group mr don miller being in charge the young peoples social conveners are arranging a box- social for the enjoyment of the community this enter tainment is to be held at the home of musses pat and marg smith next week by popular demand the men are to pre pare the boxes to be auctioned off to the highest bidder so be prepared ladies bring your money and epsom salts mr and mrs george mccle- verty linda and susan had sunday evening supper with mr and mrs a sullivan of toronto cherrywood congratulations to mr and mrs jim teefy on the birth of a son at oshawa hospital mr and mrs s powell and family of brougham had tea on sunday evening with mr and mrs wm sinclair sympathy of the community us extended to mr and mrs rueben tindall in the death of mr tindalls father at goodwood mrs irene mcgriskin and patsy of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs j rennie mr harold fenney and boys of toronto called on his mo ther mrs a fenney on sun day mr and mrs howard for- sythe of goodwood had dinner on friday with mr and mrs wes petty mr vincent teefy of wood- ville spent a day with his fa ther mr wm teefy recently development of a child was shown by mr dewitt and mrs kays conducted a buzz session following this mrs d pollock sang a melody of scot- tish airs accompanied by mr waiter smook on the piano tiie prize of five dollars was won by the junior room of ss xo 7 an enjoyable box social followed which realized the sum of 1290 tile citizenship meeting of the young peoples group was held in ss xo 6 on friday evening feb 12th under the leadership of mr lawrence smith the topic was on a canadian flag recreation followed the next meeting will be held in ss xo on friday evening feb 19th un der the missionary convener- ship of miss isobel chambers the topic will be on florence nightingale the wa ladies met at the home of mrs rc ilaycroft on wednesday feb kth devo tional on christian fellowship and fruits of the spirit was ta ken by mrs chester patten- den mrs xorman brown gave a reading on the hymn and author of shall you shall i followed by all singing two verses of the hymn an artic le on the secret of eternal youth was given by mrs baycrofl and mrs kays favor ed with one titled looking out the window mrs leary read the first chapter of the study book where eer the sun written by rev samuel motfet who was born in kor ea this study of missions is very interesting so plan to come to these meetings the wa are planning to have their own womens day of pray er on march 5th keep this date in mind and plan to be with them on that day place of meeting to be made known latr misses arvilla forester and dorothy baycroft favour ed with a piano duet the sign of a good time theatre markham 2 shows xttely 7 0 pm saturday matinee 2 pm friday saturday feb 19 20 mt pisgah mr and mrs ted barlow and family visited her parents mr and mrs a berg at pine orchard on sunday mr and mrs peter fergus on of ringwood were monday supper guests of mr and mrs leslie smith mr ted barlow and daugh ter rose ann were involved in an accident on yonge st south of aurora on saturday their car was forced off the road into a snow bank rose ann was thrown forward a- gainst the windshield and suf fered a painful bump on her head the wi euchre which was held in vandorf hall on fri day feb 12th had eleven tab les in progress and the prizes were won by mrs leigh beair- sto mrs grace cathcart mr fred wilson and mrs jim gibson for the ladies and the men were mr james gibson mr stuart duncan mr roy bovair and mr harry laven der congratulations to mrs fred kirstein who was awar ded a chest of silver for hav ing shipped the most tomatoes to campbells soups for the season of 1953 the presenta tion was made at a banquet in stouffville recently mr and mrs stanley xoble and family and mr and mrs lloyd xoble and family have moved to victoria square master bobby baycroft is under the doctors care and is to stay in bed for a complete rest the gormley wi will have their february meeting in the home of mrs john ash on wednesday feb 24th at 2 pm roll call current events this will lie the international program and is under the lea dership of mrs rc baycroft there is to be a prize for the best home made valentine so be sure to bring one hostes ses will be mrs william ash and mrs harvey biddle- combe the whitchurch home and school association met in ss xo 7 on monday feb 8th with approximately thirty at tending a film emotional tarzan the she devil lex barker joyce mackenzie plus ride the man down in color with brian donlevy rod cameron and ella raines another first roxy theatre markham pre- ents giant wide vision movies starting monday next ntertainment horizons broad ened with breath taking stage- wide screen 4 days monday to thursday fcy its the big broadway musical in sparkling color from mgm a spectacular picturization of the sensational stage success la urrtnj kathryn howard grayson keel i ann miller an mcm pictuke kia tut hit timti w txc k ttcotot ummi- keenan wynn bobby van james whitm0re kurt kasznar screen put kj tut u4 lynct by dorothy kingsley- cole porter samuelandbllla spewack- fekffi directed by fnit hj george sidneyjack cummings prices for this engagement adults 60c students 40c children 25c