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v1 full page of classified advts on page twelve vol 65 no2 the tribune stouffville ont may 20 1964 twelve pages mt joy mule train gets police escort mr dark johnson 76y earold resident of markham village has exchanged his automobile for another form of transpor tation a donkey mr johnson obtained the animal from val- icyanna farms two weeks ago and it has been a familiar fig ure on tihe markham main street since that time mr johnson decided to pur chase the donkey when he dis covered it would be necessary for him to have another driv ers test in order to obtain a licence fearing he would not be able to meet the require ments he decided to replace his car with a donkey for a mode o f transportation he has named it jenny mr johnson and jenny take daily rambles around the block up to the post office for mail or to the store for the weeks supply of groceries the donkey is a great attraction to the children in the area and mr johnson gives them rides if they wish to sit in the sad dle during the day jenny lies in the shade on the front lawn but i tied up in the garage at night although it enjoys being combed and petted the donkey is suspicious of all strangers on the premises and will bray loudly should it be approached by an unknown intruder mr johnson has had consid erable experience in his day with the training and breaking of both horses and donkeys he has broken donkeys for mr bud smith at musselmans lake operator of the well- known baseball program he has owned various farms in the district his latest being up near newmarket he formerly resided on the fred mantle property loth of markham on the 6th concession north of unionville and at victoria square for a number of years he peddled milk throughout the unionville stouffville and markham area he has one son murray on the 3rd concession of markham at headford erosion problem discussed by markham council mr and mrs arthur moses residents on the sablston sub division between the sixth and seventh concessions of mark ham appeared before council on monday evening to discuss the problem of erosion which is seriously affecting their property a few years ago their property was opened up for a public dump mr moses stated that three years ago a committee of council promised to properly cover the dump with till and if that didnt right the situation they would re route the rouge river which approaches dangerously close to the moses home township road engineer jack howard stated that ero sion of this nature has been going on since time began and similar situations were crop ping up all over the municipal ity if the township becomes involved in such problems we could spend millions of dol lars pointed out mr howard reeve all lemasuricr was of the opinion that the town ship was morally obligated to cover the dump with fill but he felt the residents should contact the rouge valley con servation authority concern ing property damage caused through erosion youll be dumping in fill for the next twenty five years exclaimed mr moses the river is undermining the property councillor archie little sug gested that all the property owners concerned should get tcgether and employ a bull dozer to correct the situation and when the job is completed the township could provide the fill council agreed that the suggestion might provide the answer to the problem it was agreedhowever that the township engineer jack how ard should get in touch with solicitor j d lucas to get his ruling on the situation foxes too numerous mr jim weir of unionville appeared before council on monday evening requesting tbat he be allowed to take some means to decrease the number of foxes that are inhabiting his farm mr weir previously pro duced two dead chickens that had been killed by foxes he suited that his chickens were being killed in broad daylight council stated that although the particular district was a game preserve any property owner was permuted to pro tect his poultry from fursbear- ing animals a provincial offi cer will inspect the situation and report his findings to council tree replaced the fine maple tree in front of the new municipal building that was destroyed following the opening may 1st has i replaced by the federation of agriculture council expressed their thanks to mr fred wicks and son for their donation sharp increase a letter was received from the north york fire dept in forming council that they in tended to make a charge for all fires attended by their trucks within the township their quoted rate was 100 for the first hour and 25 for each ad ditional hour previously theyp ttended tires free of charge goodwood couple celebrates 50th anniversary on tuesday may uth mr and mrs stephen schuler of goodwood celebrated their fiftieth we d d i n g anniver sary both mr and mrs schuler were born in bay city michigan and following their marriage they journeyed to tmmins where mr schuler was employed as a cook in a lumber camp he and an assist ant provided food for 300 hun gry lumbermen mrs schuler recalls vividly the terrible for est fire that raced through the south porcupine district in 1011 when hundreds of acres of forest land was destroyed nd many were either burned or suffocated in the inferno mr schuler was forced to pack up his belongings and flee from the threatened area the fore man of the camp lowered his family down an old mine shaft believing all would be safe but they suffocated from the heat and smoke mrs schuler recalls how during the evacua tion every kind of animal im- ginable could be seen retreat ing from the blaze on some occasions bears and humans warn side by side across the rivers and streams mrs schu ler stated that in the majority of cases carelessness was re- ponsible for forest fire out breaks mr and mrs schuler and their one son roy moved to the goodwood district some thirtyfive years ago and pur chased the farm on the 1th concession now owned by mr harry woodland the celebrat ed couple have been residents in the village since that time roy is a machinist back in michigan mr schuler a tamiliar figure in goodwood is caretaker of the cnr station although raised in a city of about 60000 population both mr and mrs schuler are very happy as resi dents of goodwood the quiet country atmosphere and con venience to the store and church is all that is necessary as far as they are concerned on the occasion of their fif tieth wedding anniversary the goodwood couple were recip ients of many cards and con gratulatory messages a num ber coming from the united states mrs schuler has six sisters all residents of michi gan mr schuler has two bro thers and two sisters living in detroit they also have three grandchildren the tribune takes this op iportunity of wishing mr and mrs stephen schuler many more years of continued health and happiness go ahead is given for thirty new homes on fairview ave the approval of the plan ring department was received this week by the centra mortgage and housing co who will finance the erection of thirty new homes on fair- view ave here in the west- end many of the frames arc already prepared for the houses and work is expected to commence within two or three weeks the new homes will be attractive bungalows six rooms of brick construction and will sell in the 12500 to 11000 range the thirty lots are all on the timbers sub division and embrace all the lots north of rupert st facing on the 9th line and on fair- view ave as well as a few lots on the west side of fair- view plans are being formulated now by mr timbers for the subdividing of another block to the west of the lands recent ly annexed to town the new development would necessi tate another northsouth street to which rupert and harold sts would join the stouffville planning board viewed the land on saturday mr tim bers proposes to construct the new streets this fall and ser vice the area with water mains two of the new blocks it is expected will be reserved for industry and it is hoped that with streets and water service in place new factories may be located on these sites during 1955 conservation club of whitchurch plants 5000 trees credit union organized at claremont in the southwestern section of the township births ft b lie stlicol likely to be filled fcy fall is belief with prospect of fifty kid dies in the new kindergarten and more than one hundred in grades two and three a- lonc stauffviiie public school hoard on monday evening a- grecd that no new ptuu would it- accepted from outside the area this fall those already at tending and for horn tuition us being paid may continue as well as a few pupils from the uxbridge township area who attend here by special arrange ment while the high school is moving to a new building it is believed that the growth of the community will add so many public school kiddies to ho roll to take up the space being vacated by the other school three class rooms now used in the basement will be returned to their normal place as playrooms the board is presently adver tising for a k tea eher well a a principals tarimat engagements the engagement is announc ed of mls wmnifred audrey patricia iood south bend in diana daughter of the late mrs good and e r good of stouff ville om to mr robert stan ley clyde son of mr and mr- clinton clyde elkhart indi ana the wedding will take piace on saturday june 19th 1954 at 1 30 pm at the gospel centre church in south bend indiana mr and mrs george mervin collirg of campbellville an nounce the engagement of their daughter joan patricia o murray henry miller of stouffville son of mr and mr- henry miller of stkn- ville the marnaae will take place on saturday june 5th 19m at 3 oclock in lowvlhe lniied church lowviito or mario kelungton to dr and mrs w t k e 1 1 i n g t o n a daughter elizalieth kath leen on may kith in brant- ford general hospital browx to mr and mrs victor brown stroud onta rio on april 28 1951 at barrie hospital a daughter a sister for ann donald and gordon bolender mr and mrs lloyd bolender stouffville rr 1 are happy to an nounce the birth of their son saturday may 15 1951 at the brierbush hospital stouffville joliymouk mr and mrs warren jollymore stouff- ville are happy to announce the birth of their daughter katharine ann sunday may 16 195- at the brierbush hospital stouffville white mr and mrs ths white stouffville rr 2 are happy to announce the birth of their daughter tuesday may 18 1954 at the brier bush hospital stouffville turner mr and mrs owen turner claremont rr 2 arc happy to announce the birth of their daughter mar- a gail monday may 17 19- 54 at h brierbush hop- ludwig hoover resident here nearly 60 years although he had known few sick days in his life ludwig hoover main st east passed away on monday of this week after only a few weeks ill ness he was in his 83rd year and had been a resident of stouffville for nearly sixty years born in mongolia deceased was one of a family of ten children born to daniel hoover and sarah burkholder of this family only one sister mila survives in 1896 mr hoover moved into stouffville and er ected a house on church st he engaged in the cement con tracting business for some years as well as the express dray business and farming a small acreage which ho owned on the 10th con of markham fiftyone years ago he married selena millard and the couple have occupied the same home on main st for over forty years mr hoover took a keen in terest in stouffvilles political affairs and served as a munici pal officer at election time for many years he was associated with the methodist and united church and sang in the metho dist choir here during the ten ure of the late david stouffer as choir master in the realm of sports the deceased was a football player in hi younger years and captained the team besides his wife he is sur vived by one daughter edna ted and a son lloyd both of stouffville the funeral will be conduct ed this thursday afternoon may 20th at 3 pm from l e oneills funeral chapel in terment will be made in the stouffville cemetery at a meeting held in clare mont wednesday evening the officers were elected for a new credit union for claremont and district the meeting was conducted by mr fred schuett of guelph fieldman for the ontario credit union league for some time the need for a credit union has been ex pressed by farmers in the area the greenwood farm forum and the claremont coopera tive have worked together on the promotion of this credit union application was made for the provincial charter at a iprevioits meeting the officers and committees elected on wednesday were president reg hoskins vice pres edgar ward treas ralph faulkner secy billjjwelsh chairman of the education committee gor don symes credit committee chairman lewis jones milton pegg allan ellicoit supervis ing committee robt mcdon ald mrs milton pegg irven mclean education committee mrs robt mcdonald mrs ir ven mclean and mrs edgar ward a general meeting for all interested will be called as soon as the charter is received two deaths at nursing home two wellknown persons passed away at the stouffville nursing home this week har ry spang for years resident on the 8th con of markham and wellknown harness maker of years ago died this wed nesday morning while miss minnie gould of uxh ridge wellknown citizen of our nor thern neighbour passed away on tuesday during the six weeks period from the middle of april until the end of may forestry opera tions in the lake simcoe dist rict are confined largely to the planting o forest trees plant ings are carried out on private municipal and crown lands with the numbers of trees va rying from 25 to 50000 or more on friday and saturday of last week two large private projects were cleared up in a short time one in caledon townshp in the farm of mrs hutoheson involved 12000 trees which were planted by the peel county planting machine 30 boys from pickering college at newmarket and 30 girl guides from toronto the level areas were planted by machine while the steep and stony sections were planted by hand the other operation was on the farm of dr 1 b macdon- aid downsviow in north york township in this case the job was again split between hand and machine planting the don valley authority provided lunches and transportation for 100 girl guides from the city of toronto the girls planted about 10000 trees while the whitchurch township conser vation club tree planting ma chine planted 5000 trees in an adjacent field by the end of the day the girls evidenced blisters sunburns aching backs burning feet and many broken shovels and spades meanwhile planting opera tions continued on municipal and crown lands under the di rection of thfe department of lands and forests in the six week planting sason this spring some 765000 trees will be iplamed by departmental era- iployees from just outside to ronto northward to the dist ricts boundary at the severn river once the trees are planted the work of caring for them until ready for the final crop has just commenced they must be protected from livestock fire insects disease and even people they must be thinned repeatedly to ensure a final crop of trees of high quality for poles piling timber lumber pulpwood and firewood during this period other benefits are also realized but the value can never be computed entirely in monetary terms the reforest ed areas provide food shelter and homes for birds and wild animals they retard the spring runoff allowing more water to seep into the soil lessening the severity of spring floods and helping maintain the perma nent water table at a reason able level also they provide the aesthetic sense of passers- by with a harmony of colour and relief furnish work for neighboring people as well as products to keep the wheels of industry turning holiday monday tribune later next monday may 24ih a ill lie a public holiday in stoudville and a stall holi day for the tribune thus next weeks issue will be received on friday rather than the usual thursday merchants boost local shopping centre on page two of this issue appears a full display in two- colours from a number of local merchants who are mak ing extra special offerings dur ing the week of may 20 to may 27th as an attraction to cus tomers to come to stouffville particularly on tuesday and saturday nights in the weeks to follow other merchants as well as those appearing in this weeks display will make special offerings which are real moneysavers stouffvilles main st is one of the most prosperous- appearing in the district and the merchants who do busi ness there can offer merchan dise at as reduced price as can be found anywhere to further ensure your patronage they are offering these special bar gains nowhere will your shopping interests be as well taken care of as right in your own home town j mrs frank hoover i passes in 84th year on thursday may isth mrs franklin hoover passed away in the stouffville nurs ing home following a brief illness the deceased was born on the sth concession of mark ham south of ringwood later residing in ringwood and seartooro jet she has been a resident on albert street stouffville for the past seven years her husband prede ceased her in august 1950 while living in ringwood she attended the christian church the late mrs hoover the former emma reaman is the last surviving member of the family there is one sister-in- law mrs norman burkholder sth concession markham and three brothersinlaw mr al bert hoover of ringwood mr delbert dawson of scarboro let and mr tillman ramer of oshawa funeral service was held from oneills parlorsr stouff ville on saturday afternoon at 3 pm conducted by rev gib- son brown with interment in from oneills parlors stottft- the stouffville cemetery pet monkey escapes on sunday a pet male mon key belonging to mr ves pol lard north of stouffville es caped from its cage and has not been seen since that time mr pollard has two monkeys a male and a female its owner ibelieves the animal may still be in the district night vigil by police traps fugitive in field jtr for cober barn burns at gormley children playing with nrc- crackers were blamed for a fire which destroyed a small barn belonging to mr john cober of gormley on wednes- day afternoon the children were setting off the fireworks ome distance from the build ing when sparks suddenly ig nited the dead grass and spread to the shed mr cober was not home at the time of the out break the stouffville fire brigade answered the call but were un able to save the frame barn they aided however in keep ing the flames from spreading a north wind fanned the flames away from the houe in spite of road construction on the townline between ringwood e loa hrisrjde local plate glass insurance assoc elects officers although notifications were sent out more than a week ago only a small turnout was on hand at the municipal hall on thursday afternoon for a meet ing of the stouffville plate glass insurance association the meeting was called since it was in 1919 that the last assess ment was made and it was felt that many were not familiar with the local insurance ar rangement the association is a non profit associated operated by a local unpaid executive the organization was born on jan issh 1923 and has con tinued without interruption since that time the original president was the late james ratcliff and the secretary frank rovbosharn on thursday the savings of the association were explained to those present and it was agreed to carry on and a personal survey will be made of those covered in town by this plate glass insurance busi ness places only the honorary presidents named on thursday were e a button and f c provincial police watching from a deserted clump of trees which hid some 1000 of stol en loot sprung a 2 am trap to arrest a theft suspect early thursday morning army private randolph needham 17 of wilcox lake has been charged with break ing and entering two stores and two cottages in oak ridges tuesday night he appeared in willowdale qiolice court on thursday ranolph who told police he was absent without leave from winnipeg was arrested by opp constable a r mcdonald of the vandorf detachment mcdonald located the cache of stolen goods in the clump of trees on wednesday and lay hidden in the darkness more than five hours along with opp opi n cowic the loot stolon from the iga store and fullers dry goods store as well as from two near by cottages was wrapped in bedspreads and hidden under bushes among trees in the centre of a nearbv field shamrocks open softball here thursday night the stouffville shamrocks will open the softball season here on thursday night when they play host to unionville indians under the lights the local squad are a hardhitting aggregation and hope to pro vide their followers with plen ty of softball entertainment during the season the sham- locks soundly trounced thorn- hill 92 on tuesday night lie- hind a fine pitching effort by righthander jack sumner bruce mitchell shamrock catcher connected for a triple in his first turn at bat and hit four safeties in four trips o the plate in other games played mark ham trounced unionville 81 and buttonville last to agin- court lhi sheepkiller shot attacking flock grrv ai martin iak ai- am ils bmoa kosertai siossviiia yake goodwood or are happy to announce the birth of her son tuesday may lard gormley is as the 3rerbish made the avemiie run in good for ra name to uio adjust a day and night vigil by mr wm brodie markham twp sheep fanner paid ofr on thurs day afternoon whea medium- sized white dog returned in broad daylight to raid the val uable flock mr brodie armed jorie dog is rcsponibie for the rovbotbam the president is i with a shotgun saw the animal damage and he intenfe to keep glenn ratcliff and secretary j bound over the roadside fence i an eye on hk fiook it was just oyd v innn and reg svif- i r is the grazi a re ks roving do p mi an sheep were injured mr brodie suited that he had seen the dob on hi property on other occasions it had nei ther a collar nor a tog he be lieves however that more than ituia meat committee th dogs outlet ocx i6e vvt ji attack