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a u t ritmne fum page of classified advts on page ten vol 9 so h the tribune stouffville thursday july 15 1954 tex pages expect 250 to attend vacation bible school new subdivision proposed for town has ove hundred lots readjustment of school figures tax rate 73 a plan which takes in the i there was some question as entire earl keith farm and in- j to the benerii to be derived eludes 105 lots was placed be- 1 from a subdivision of such fore the stouffvihe planning proportions all residential proi board for consideration at a i perty due to the immediate special meeting last week the j need for more commercial and farm was recently old and the j industrial assessment vic el new owner a beaverton con- 1 chairman win timbers also tractor has engaged the firm advised that due to extreme j of horton carr and haines low land along the north bouni to prepare the necessary subdary of the proposed stibdivii division plans entrances tojsion that an engineers report the subdivision would be from j be obtained as to the feasibility park avenue from manitoba of both street and road build- st and from baker avenue ing in this section which would be extended some kdvaid si plan distance north provision would a rough sketch was also an average daily enroll ment of over 250 lxys and girls are expected to attend the annual summer vacation bible school held in the sto uffvihe united missionary church from july 12th to 23rd working in cooperation with the stouffvihe public school board six rooms have been made available to take care of the overflow attend- school class the school is ance there are seven classes i conducted every morning from 9 to 11 15 a closing and the pupils range in age i rogram and fep wor from 2 to 14 years there are j wi be open to the public on 83 boys and girls in the pre- j friday evening july 23rd isaac shaver dies in 93rd year on monday morning mr isaac x shaver a resident of goodwood practically all his council withdraws financial aid at a special meeting on mon day morning stouffvihe muni cipal council withdrew any life passed away in his 93rd more financial aid to the stouff- year ville xursery school council- the late mr shaver was born lore expressed the opinion that north of goodwood on the farm now that a kindergarten was now owned by mr tom ma- i being started in the public i morial park mr arthur latch chesney he was the son of the j school at considerable added i am completed negotiations late mr and mrs wm shaver j expense they could not see with the management of the floodlight soccer here sat night stouffvihe sports enthusiasts will get a chance to see their first floodlight soccer game on saturday evening at 9 oclock claremont legionnaires will battle oshawa duplate under the lights in the stouffvihe me- tour of holland marsh to feature potato day the third annual provincial potato day will take on en tirely different form this year with the growers and process ors on the bradford or hol land marsh providing a tour of that famous vegetable grow- for many years he was em- j their way clear to any further claremont squad at a meeting lin area alcl visits to storages also be made for extending east to xorth st giving a sec ond thru way from church st to highway 47 the board went over the plan in much detail and along with the surveyors visited the property certain changes were advised by the board and these will be incorporated in a new sketch now being prepared tiie property owners on main st from cy bellmans to the earl keith home will shortly be contacted to ascer tain whether or not they would be interested in developing the north portion of their deep lots and if so a street may be op ened parallel to the back line of these main st properties financing of the nursery school thus school operated success fully now ifor several years in the united church sunday- school rooms has been seeking new quarters timbers clan ployed as a sectionman on the local cxr line with heack quarters at goodwood an blackvater musically inclin ed the deceased played in the goodwood band a number of years ago he was goodwoods oldest resident his wife the former elizabeth baston pre deceased him thirteen years funeral service was held at ufltilcrs 3t the chapel of l e oneill stouffvihe on wednesday af- isifm cjmia ternoon at 230 conducted bvjluftc jllllluc stiisi f b the timbers clan about a stouffvihe baptist church with nundred ani tuentvfive strong interment in the goodwood galhered ft york county cemetery pa j ake gj on satur day for their annual pinic the group descendants of mathew and joseph timbers and sisters settled in this area about fifty years ago the clan was headed bv rus- of the team last week mr lat cham has purchased a new white ball and goal posts have been obtained for the contest there are seven clubs in the ontario soccer associat i o n oshawa have three entries ajax two whitby and clare mont one each the legion naires topped their group for a time but have slipped some what during the past few weeks they are still holding down a contending position in the league w d atkinson local auc tioneer left this morning by plane to attend the conven tion of the national auction eers association of america of which he is a member being t u w u v- i i sel jarvis of box rove llovd he d n omaha nebraska heir i doner was elected president this year with irene timbers expects to travel 3000 miles by plane before he returns next week miss issie lemon churc js holidaying in montreal with her niece mrs g f perkins present secytreas mrs jennie irwin stouffvihe and rev hart h baldwin from st petersburg florida were the eldest folks bill whittleton of stouffville rcaf radio operator has unique hobby hands are strong with stubby fingers that dont look as if they would easily adapt to pushing fine needles through tiny holes he is married and has two children s and 6 who werent the least interested in their fathers hobby until it turned out to look like bambi he became interested in tne handicraft firt in his home some men tie the- some men make furniture some men col lect stamp- but corporal bill whittleton does petit point he is a son of samuel whittleton stouft ville the air force radio operator from vancouver has made what he believes to be the largest piece of petit point in canada it took three years and 700- 000 stitches to complete the en chanting mural of a mother deer reclining in a glade with her curious young fawn which he hopes to sell during his visit here cpl whittleton began the work when be was stationed at white horse in the yukon i wanted a hobby that had more value than most hobbies have some of the men were i he started his ptece-de-resis- 1 the township m albert fire brigade to serve north whitchurch two representatives of the mt albert fire brigade sey mour harper and chief b rolling appeared before whit church twp council on fri day evening to ask that they be given an agreement to serve the farmers with fire protec tion north of ballantrae mr harper told council that those in this section had contributed considerable to the purchase of a second tank truck for the brigade with the expectation that this equipment would be used to serve their farms the mt albert brigade has two pumper trucks one truck carrying 500 gallons of water and the other 1100 gallons there are 22 men on the bri gade and they serve areas of east gwillimbury scott and uxbridge twps reeve ivan mclaughlin ex plained to the delegation that whitchurch already had agree and processing plants on thursday august 12th the potato committee met with the local committee last week at bradford and them selves made a test flight of the threehour tour which has been planned as a come and go open house sort of informal day instead of a programme of speeches there will he guides accompany each group to ex plain points of interest and also commentators at each stop on the marsh or in the plants visited the committee is preparing an illustrated folder with a map of this seven thousand acre garden giving some of the ken schell is leading hitter placed before the board by wes schell showing the pro posed development of the unit holder property which lies im mediately south of the new high school the sketch show ed a sixtysix ft street running cast towards the railway where a new spur line would be con structed to service a large warehouse and building sup ply storage area the ground area would be paved north of the new street and fronting on edward st would be three ad ditional home building lots the board expressed approval of the proposals and passed a resolution stating that such a plan when properly drawn up would be given consideration stouffvihe municipal council in special session this week has amended the local taxinjr bylaw passed last week and with an adjustment of high school figures has reduced the tax rate from 82 to 73 mills since the health unit has now been established as a county unit for york the special levy for this purpose has also boon dispensed with and is included in the regular county levy however the local council had not been notified of the change and this amendment added further to the change in the new tax rate established this week council after some consideration will raise their budget for sidewalk maintenance which is desjierately needed and may also proceed with a survey for a sewer age system although this latter expenditure is dependant on negotiations with anderson associates a firm of engineers who had visited council previously and offered to do the work first baseman and cleanup batter ken schell has compiled an amazing batting average so far this season in thirtysix times at bat he has connected for nineteen hits for a 528 av erage stan miller a compara tive newcomer to the red sox- lineup has six hits in twelve trips for an even 500 average the lineup to date is as fol lows ken schell 528 stan imiller 500 derek chadwick 400 bdb hassard 375 bud lehman 372 lome schell 345 ted cariieux 333 walt smith 333 and allen edgar 262 additional locals mrs john scott formerly of stouffvihe and her father mr campbell are presently on a trip to the old country friends will be interested to learn mrs geo middleton was re moved to western hospital highlights of its history de- this week where she underwent velopment and economic place a1 operation she is progress- in ontario agriculture ing favorably friends will be the marsh located 35 miles g to know north of toronto on yonge st j orxo 11 highway straddles the schomberg river which di vides york and simcoe coun ties the committee ifor the day consists of w m cockburn xewmarket agricultural rep resentative for york as chair man r e goodin crops bra nch toronto secretary and j k l mcruer alliston agri cultural representative for south simcoe assistant secre tary with local growers plant managers and vegetable in spectors as members mens with stouffvihe and all j the time tney retarded uxbridge children making good progress three young children re ported to have been so neglect ed that thev could not talk at town regina the home of rora which were binding until of the osha petit point when he had re joined the air force after the war and was looking for some thing to do to take up some time a woman at home was do- became wards childrens aid the end of the year after fur- society in june 1952 have since ther discussion it was agreed learned to speak and two of that mt albert should service j them now in foster homes are that part of the township servj going to school ed by the mt albert telephone the third is in a small insti- exchange which is from ballanj tution because it was found mr and mrs milton clark of peterboro were weekend visi tors with mr mid mrs frank rowfbotham mr jacob meyer who has been in poor health at the home of his son allan 9th con of bickering is slowly improving we understand mr and mrs vm mcxabb from mooresville ind were visitors in town with friends last week the couple are now at picton but will return for a further holiday later someone tried a smart trick on ernie austin proprietor of the stouffvihe nursing home recently when they advertised hus car for sale in one of the city dailies while no harm was done mr austin was put to considerable inconvenience the paper accepted the adv without question over a pay phone funeral for mrs edwin lloyd thurs on tuesday afternoon mrs edwin lloyd passed away at her late residence north of stouffvihe in her soth year mrs lloyd the former ada hoover had been in ailing health since christmas when she suffered an attack of pneu monia mr and mrs lloyd were married in 1s93 sixty- three years ago she is the last surviving member of a family of eight besides her husband she is survived by two sons walter tnd fred and one daughter louie funeral service will be held at the late residence on thurs day afternoon at 230 conducted iby rev g brown assisted by rev e morton with interment in the stouffvihe cemetery the pallbearers will be messrs isaac lehman joe byers har vey swain levi forsytih fred winn and clarence stafford negotiating with north york for more water what is hoped to b a fur ther step in the programme to obtain an adequate municipal water system markham town ships plumbing and sanitation committee councillors mrs k james and a little an nounced monday that north york township has agreed to sell water wholesale to the present markham water area existing in the highland park district committee chairman mrs james reported that this is the first definite concession that the committee has obtained af ter five months of intensive ne gotiation with officials of north york and scarboro townships and the metropolitan council in its letter north york stated thiit it is willing to begin sell ing water wholesale to the or iginal water area namely highland park but that it is not in a position to accept any further commitments until me tropolitan toronto augments its water supply markham s second request for a water supply for the new thornhill high school was tur ned down by xorth york reeve f momahon of xorth york stated that any plan to supply water to the high school would involve the construction of a rather long pipeline and would likely lead to further pressure for the supplying of thornhill village with a complete muni cipal water system the water committee will now enter into negotiations with north york for a whole sale price since the establish ment of a highland park water area approximately live years ago north york has been sell ing the water to residents at si 00 a thousand while at the same time their own ratepayers were paying only 50c a thous and as of january of this year both the highland park and xorth york residents benefitted from a 12 per cent drop in the price of water but even so the high kind park ratepayers were still paying double the price of their north york neighbours pays taxes in whitchurch township under protest a communication was read before the council of whit church twp on friday eve ning in which root carney stated that while he was en closing tax cheque for his cot tage at musselmans lake he was doing so under protest the protest concerned the musselmans lake bowling al ley which litis been a conten tious subject in the municipal ity for some months mr car ney stated in his letter that he had been a party hist year to a signed petition protesting the erection of the bowling alley and that the signees had been assured by council that the es tablishment should not pro ceed however he states it is now up and operating own ers of the establishment have been allowed to depreciate the value of my property mr carney went on to state that trees had been pulled out and the bowling alley roadway was cut across his procrty re cently he says a car plunged down the embankment on his beach tearing out trees clerk crawford stated that lie had replied to mr carneys letter advising him that the bowling alley was operating without permit of any kind that no hydro contract had been signed and power va be- ing obtained from a cottage nearby he also told council that the operators had denied receiv ing the annual assessment no tice on the property a cottage and the bowling alley council took no action al though it was revealed that tlic matter was before their solicitor accept county assessment county equalized assessment figure for whitchurch twp has been set bringing a tax of 3840140 which is slightly be low the estimate the township had made council accepted the figures although h was rumour ed that aurora woolfl appeal their assessment last years county tax in the township was 14000 well vot on township a communication from the york county health unit stat ed that a community well at joyces pt wilcox lake was contaminated and had been placarded residents had been advised that the water was not fit for human consumption un less boiled or chlorinated the health unit stated that the well was on township road rightofway but on consulta tion with the road supt it was revealed that the roads in this area were all private roads having never een taken over by the township juvenile coach welcomes crawford dales mrs alex grubin church st who has been visiting in otta wa was called last week to the states where her daughter er- ma was hospitalized following me petu point and i watched trae north and the rate would she has a special psychiatric mo h y her and became interested in lie 60 for first hour and sin for i problem considered too difficult hhhwav rovce davev of it he explained each additional hour per fire j for a foster parent to deal with p irthur a ten on of the he completed some 17 small- this arrangement will be unj the children were taken injurcq ioca ady n er pieces of petit pom before j til the end of thus year when from a home in i xbndge town- ed billed in he crash will revle theiship more than two years ago doing leather work in the far tance some he gave away to j area boundaries j at the time they were living north to pass the time away friends and some he sold the j question newmarket bui in squalor and fear in worse but noone ele was attempting smallest selling for 17 this in connection with lire pro- condition than animals the fine art of petit point all i large one in which material- 1 tection council questioned an all three were helped with the men thought i was pretty alone cost 50 he hopes to sell j account for 120 from the xew- their speech difficulties by a courageous doing it he laugh- j for stoo i market fire brigade for attenjtcani of experts at torontos ed with his wife and two cnijding a fire at the geo sprox- hospital for sick children dren cpl whittleton is spend- ton place recently the account with their care paid for partly ing his leave with his father j claimed si 50 an hour for five by the childrens aid society in stouffvihe he will return j men whom it stated were ah- and partly by the toronto tele- 1 to vancouver in lots of time i sent from their factory jobs gram to see the rritish empire ta- and could not be compensated three night- a week he de voted t the mural he bought an american pattern and en larged it 25 times then he ent down to edmonton for sup pile a group of friends gathered at the homp of mrs mel em- merson on tuesday afternoon to lender mis joyce hill a per sonal shower joycfl will be mar ried to warner austin on auk 7th in claremont baptist church asking the colors they would recommend with fine pearsalls silk and a silk screen he began to work i was scared at first because i started in a mes and will probably start another piece of petit point but never another one so huge he said you know it used to get on mv wifes ner- corner ami it looked like 3ves to have nv ting tor so by the firms council objected to the bill on three counts one councillor expressed the of ajax on opinion that none of the men engagement o received the rate of pay stated vera bernice to douglas ran one was the town engineer dolph coppins son of mr and births vague mr and mrs stewart i vague unfonviila are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on sunday july 11 ism at toronto east engagement mr and mrs roy macneal announce the their daughter j lewis lois and gordon lewis nee cam markham i mexican blanket tii it turned long without saving a word id who didnt work in a factory mrs george coppins of clare- out to k an ear be counting counting ail tfiose ard the fire was after supper mont ont the marriage will the rorfhvril is s tail hand- hole- you cant talk because when the men were not work- take pe on saturday july some man of abom 30 hlalybu have to count all the time irg i31 1954 at toronto rr 2 wish to announce the geo smith coach of the the baseball contest in stouft- kfl to right dave hammers- birth of their son stephen stouflvjlle cardinal is pic- villes memorial park on fri- ley murray stewart and gra- gordon tuesday july 11 j lured above greeting craw- day evening iooking on are ham frisby crawford dalei vm at bnerbush hospital ford dales ofielder and members of the stouffvihe is the son of dr norman stouffvihe pitcher with leaside prior to juvenile pitcmng staff from dales formerly of stouffvihe