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into i e mouflfmue 2xumitt classified ads on page twelve vol 65 no 21 the tribune stouffville thursday october 7 1954 twelve pages popularity of farm ponds increasing faces trial for manslaughter ken torrance and terry strain of markham township whose hearing on a manslauj ghter charge was postponed several week ago appeared in magistrates court at newmar- ree henrv ogden present- ket on tuesday charges ag- stouffville municipal coun- ainst strange were withdrawn u wilh a reque for negotia- and torrance was commuted j vvi a eec supplv for trial on the charge to a manufacturing company for higher court locating a new plant in stouff- the case arose out of the fa- viie fhe reev low counci tal shooting of one of several lhat he had been comact men discovered stealing chioci tne firm an1 lheir i initial building would call for electrical mfg firm is interested in locating a new plant here ens from the torrance farm on ihe 10th con of markham the farmers had given chase to thejft robbers and one was fatally shot from a gun carried by the farmers at least ten thousand ft debenture for water search in markham twp space the firm was arix ious to enter into agreement with the municipality or pri vale capita for the erection of the plant to be paid on a ran tal plus sharethepiont plan the company is operating a plant in a now building in east toronto now one which is val nod at soo0oo the stouffville plant would be for the manu to license junk yds and restaurants we doubt if any district in the province can boast as many farm ponds as that ipart of the twp of whit church lying between the 8th and the th concessions many of these farms have a spring creek and from this source of water they have constructed their ponds in the top picture is a newly- constructed pond on the h imacpherson farm just south of lemonviue on the 7th con the site is a corner lot and when completed will present a mast pleasing setting for the farm home in the lower photo is one of a half dozen ponds on the chas ratcliff property near the 6th con incidentally there are no less than three farm ponds located on three of the side- road corners below lemon viue while most of the ponds are located on farms and serve for water supply and fire protection some have been constructed by city folks who have come out and built their homes near here for the more pleasant life in the country dr crouch 7th con has one of the finest of these and the pond on the geo rodanz place is one of the prize spots of the coun tryside whitchurch is bless ed with an abundance of spring water and informa tion and help on the construc tion of these ponds is always available from the local ag ricultural representatives markham township council i factl of additional products in regular session on monday reeve ogden stated that des- afternoon completed reading pile rumours to the contrary of a bylaw authorizing deben- and the apparent wishes of tures of s10000 for water ex- some to block the introduction ploration the bylaw must have industrv to town stouffville munica board v n ifinteresd in obtain- ship is presently engaged test drilling on the third con cession near wells which are supplying north yolk the district of bavview to yonge ami from xo 7 highway to steeles ave on the south was established as water area no 1 by bylaw on monday reeve lemasurier has strongly supported the view for some time that if markham is to develop industrially and commercially as well as being able to provide for the everin creasing urban population wa ter is a necessity and he has urged for some time the moves now being made to obtain water pickering building nears 2500 lions clubs sponsor free chest xrays for district lions chilis in stouffville find markham are again spon boring free chest xrays for everyone in the district it is their hope that all residents in this area will avail them selves of this special oppor tunity the dates and places of the clinic are as follows stouffville united church grounds oct 12 and 13 from 2 to 9 pm in markham oppo site postoflice oct 14 and 15 2 to 9 pm unionville veter ans hall oct is 2 to 9 pm this survey is part of the war on tuberculosis which be gan in 1915 by the national sanitarium association to find this disease in its early stages the xray will take only a few moments of each persons time and is absolutely free the most uptodate equip ment which uses 70 mm film and can handle 100 persons per hour will be used these min iature plates when read by ex perts compare favourably with the fullsize xrays pickering council approached re annexation reeve cyril morley and clerk bruce hogarth of pickering village approached pickering twp council at their regular meeting on monday with re gard to an annexation move to take in a portion of land to the west of the village mr morley stated that residents had petitioned council to take action on the matter the area in question extends west to the brock road dep reeve cant provide services on ten dollars taxes we cant look after roads police fire and schools on s10 a year taxes stated reeve geo todd at the regular meet ing of pickering twp council on monday reeve tpdd made the statement after mr albert skelton of frenchmans bay said that he would appeal to a higher authority for the right to obtain a yearround hydro permit mr skelton has been living with his wife and one child in a small summer home since august he wished to re side yearround in the house clerk lloyd johnston informed council that the house which measured only 20 ft square was assessed for s17500 and taxes for a year would amount to 1000 reeve todd pointed out that it cost 100 a year to educate one child not to mention the at the regular meeting pickering twp council monday building inspector f i prouse reported that 22 per mits had been issued during the month of september for buildings valued at 234700 these permits included 14 dwellings which averaged s10000 5 private garages 1 school 1 police office and 1 house addition to date this year permits have been issued for buildings valued at 245g- g00 clare balsdon stated that he other necessary services that opposed any plan by the vill age to grab olf a little chunk here and there every year reeve morley informed coun cil that the proposed annexa tion was still in the formation tage at the present time it is believed that the residents are must lie provided council ordered clerk johns ton tot refuse mr skelton the yearround hydro permit anxious to become part of the village in order to obtain wa ter federation of agriculture r tu ytrk cooperative medical soviets federation fa markham beats buttonville in playoff opener frigid temperatures railed to cool out markhams peg o neill on thursday night as the aces rallied to beat button ville 61 in the first game of a best of five series for the mark ham twp league champion ship the second and third games are scheduled for mark- hams morgan park on thurs day and saturday nights buttonville broke into a 3- run lead in the third innings as jack rumney mac clement and don mcintosh crossed the plate in the sixth inning mark ham clipped buttonville hur- ler ah townsend for two sin gles a double and a walk to count four runs monte hal- man of the aces connected for a double with b fetch arj dodge and harry young on base markham scored their final runs in the seventh inning bob and morley petch led off with hits and harry young smashed a single through the infield to score the front run ners the sluggers showed signs of a rally in the ninth but could squeeze only one run across the plate pitcher ab townsend singled and jack rumney was safe on an error to third baseman charlie par ent mac clement singled to score townsend bud watson ronnie bel and geo stark were strike out victims to re tire the side ing industry some water would be requir ed by the firm if they came to stouffville and this matter would have to be dealt with by the utility commission at this point council discus sion switched to water supply and the view expressed was that there was ample water if properly harnessed our water system needs a complete review and ive been urging this for a long time on the commission but i cant seem to get them to do any thing declared the reeve theres no use of us urging industry to come if we dont want to bring our water supply uptodate we cant develop without it continued mr og den what about the size of our line to town queried coun- of cillor daniels we certainly on j need an alternate route said councillor ratcliff the general expression of opinion among the members was that there was plenty of water on the reservoir prop erty if sufficient storage and feeder lines were provided council agreed with the reeve that no time should be lost in getting into further touch with the interested com pany and mr ogden agreed to pursue the matter immediately stouffville municipal council meeting on monday evening instructed their solicitor j d lucas who was present to prepare a bylaw for the pur pose of licensing wrecking yards and a bylaw to license eating establishments council explained that the need was not as a moneymaking busi ness but for control the soli citor explained that licenses that over the years the road issued by the council can be had been crowned up gradu- cancelled at anv time without ally until there was no place the federation of agricul- tun- is one f markham markham townships mail progressive m irktum m sranlzati p tu e i- h- york 1 v the 1 von oi aruurc tert it mcisuoih and john vic i- u ii icjij3 pickering council praises work of road department pickering twp reeve geo todd and council were loud in their praise of supt roy- ward and the road department for the work they had com pleted throughout the town ship during the summer sea- on ktriier in the yeai cil listed many sections thit they believed sit gravelled graded or ant in lew ing o were pleased with the jobs had been complesed road sups ward xiireswd ward pointed out tiu movement for york county museum the womens institutes of york county and the york pioneers historical society have an interesting piece of work underway in the devel opment of the sharon temple museum into a museum for york county the institutes came into the project in 1950 when they join ed the historical society in sponsoring a community picnic at the sharon temple museum each institute in the county has been encouraged to take a membership in the york pio neers historical society thro ugh the institute convener of historical research individ ual members are also asked to join these were the first steps toward developing the county museum to arouse the interest of people throughout the county and to point out the import ance of preserving local his tory the womens institutes are organizing public meetings with outstanding speakers in each institute district the east york meeting un der the direction of the district past president mrs g fran- cey of gormley will be held at buttonville on monday oc tober 25th at eight oclock rex frost will be the speaker and miss anna p lewis director of the ontario womens insti tute branch will show colored lides on sharon museum and its possibilities centre yorks meeting in charge of the womens insti tutes district president mrs e reddick will be held in au- rora in the high school audi torium on wednesday novem ber 21th at eight oclock the peakers will be john fisher mr w e ha una and miss anna i levis miss lewis will again show her pictures meetings for the other parts of the county will probably be held at newmarket and conn- vl in the new year f road j uld plan centennial celebration for ontario county it now appears that ontario county will observe the lodth anniversary of its establish ment sometime in november at a meeting of the county council in whitby the enter tainment committee led by reeve rae ferguson of the town of uxbridge gave instruc tions to all reeves on the coun cil to forward histories of their municipalities to the cou nty clerk in preparation for a meeting on october 5th which may see the date set for the anniversary it also appears that the official opening of the registry office addition will co incide with the celebration of the centennary the matter of the celebration of ontario oountys looth birth day was broached at the one day meeting by reeve george todd of pickering township who pointed out that the year was slipping by and if some body didnt hurry up ontario county would be celebrating a 101st anniversary this touched off a discussion among councillors and reeve ferguson was given the go- ahead to begin arrangements immediately discussion of the centennary celebrations had been delayed pending notifica tion of the opening of the reg istry office addition which councillors indicated they wish ed to occur on the centennary date a hurried meeting of the entertainment committee was held and following it reeve ferguson asked all reeves around the board to have their clerks forward the history of their respective municipalities to the county clerk by oct 5th whitbys reeve duncan mc- intyre also gave the reeves a few pointers on what would make good historical sketches he mentioned that his father had told him of farmers mak ing the twoday trip to whitby from mariposa with wagon- loads of grain only to find a line of loaded wagons from rices hill to the harbour each teamster he said would tie his horses to the tailgate of the wagon ahead and then proceed to visit every tavern on the road by the time they reached the boat he said the unloading crew would dump the grain out and the driver in turn the team around and head them for home give them a slap and they were off reason and are not subject to appeal messrs thomson and stew art appeared before council in an effort to interest the mem bers in the erection of a mauso leum in the local cemetery the proposal was to interest possible eighty plot owners of others in purchasing crypts when a sufficient number had guaranteed ptirchase the mau soleum would be built such building was estimated to cost over 25000 council after hear ing the men agreed that they wee not interested in the pro posal clerk gar brown who is also secretary of the public school board presented a further re quest for more police protec tion for the children crossing the highway constable hilliard was present at the meeting and explained that he and consta ble stewart were at the school whenever possible but that cer tain days it was impossible to guarantee to be on duty there due to court and other calls he also stated that he found it difficult to arrive at the precise moment school was let out as classes came out at varjing times council agreed that no guarantee could be given but that all help possible would be given it was pointed out that markham employs three school guards paid by council for this purpose mrs s schmidt appeared be fore council and requested council to take some action to stop water running down the west side of the theatre and doing possible damage to the building mrs schmidt stated for the water to go but over against the theatre she sug gested that a sidewalk laid down would serve both the creamery and the public who made ue of the parking lot at the rear of the theatre council promises to look into the matter they had previous ly offered to provide two loads of fill to place against the thea tre wall but mrs schmidt stat ed that she had been advised this would only hold the water and not drain it off a communication was receiv ed from the stouffville united church board requesting a light at the northwest corner of the church to serve both the large parking lot there and duchess street which is com pletely devoid of any lights c ii nolan a member of the board speaking on the request told council that two lights based on the south side of the church were placed there soma years ago by the town for pub lic use the church supplying the bulbs however these lights give no illumination to the parking lot which is used by the general public more than the church thus the re quest the matter was left to the property committee to u vestigate public skating sat nit on wednesday and saturday nights of this week there will be public skating in the stouff ville arena skating will com mence at 8 oclock arid will continue until 1030 there will be skating on wednesday oct 13th also markham police have another record month only recently markham twp police department reported their busiest month on record a total of 400 calls during the month just ended this record was broken as the officers made a total of 446 calls included were 20 accident investigations 114 court summonses delivered 09 delivered for other munici palities and 13 dog complaints the township monthly build ing report placed before coun cil on monday revealed a total of 11957000 in the value of buildings included in this am ount is 102400 for new resi dences commercial and indus trial building amounted to 1045000 after some discussion with road engineer howard coun cil agreed that all battered and broken street signs in the twp should be replaced and any nav subdivision being opened up will be required to provide proper street signs for all new streets warning and safely signs are also to be erected in the municipality wherever mr howard deems it necessary the problem of providing a road for the now high school property came under fire in council again on monday after noon and reeve lemasurier took the stand that unless the school board was willing to provide the road with certain minor concessions to the farm ers market they would be well advised to execute their power of expropriation the reeve stated that council was possibly in error in making any move iirthe matter in the first place since it was a school board pro blem and the school served markham only slightly the board got this landlocked school site let them get out of it its not our problem he said councillor kathleen james strongly supported the view that if the high school was putting a road past the market property the market folk should pay their share of the cost and since the township had moved into the picture to try and make a settlement it should finish the job student council stouffville high school litched- icea s months ago oi ic they way the but had never been gravelled the section of road in ques- looked after bv cx- tu p pickering twp itri over the wesierlv reeve todd id h peak uxbridge i a his first uppor- itlon i bridge men ed tl l barbara cited while grown ar ound her from left to right are dianne corbetl pros rep m rion itouffer 2nd vcc pre burrv wtikes treasurer cardie iewl lt vi pn- and frames smith editor cathy stover secre tary is absent