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xibnm classified ads on page twelve vol 65 xo 36 the tribune stouffville thursday january 20 1955 twelve pages telephone company council prepares has growing pains 20000 debenture xo 7 of series by mr i bruce ixokng backward to our early experience in operating a telephone system i believe cur expectation was that orxe our line was erected and the telephones connected our troubles wouid be behind us with the coming of winter we vere disillusioned ice and wind tangled the wires and severe frost snapped them mr david v helse acted as caretaker for simple troubles and when necessary he called upon ceo bel for assistance an agree ment was also made with mie- kie moore who was employed in jonas byers electric light plant moores regular hours in the electric light plant were during the afternoon and eve ning and he was willing when required to attend to our trou bles during bis offduty hours one day our rural line be came affected by what is known as snow static the atmos pheric condition which pro duces this disturbance consists of intense cold a snow storm and a wind of hurricane veloc ity given this combination the friction of the snow on the wires generates electricity dur ing more than fifty years snow static has given trouble on dif ferent occasions but for in tensity of the disturbance that first experience stands in a class by itself the short vill age circuits were not seriously affected but the rural party- line was put out of commission the rural section consisted of one immense partyline 25 miles of metallic circuit sprawl ed over an area extending from stouftville to gormley and from north of bethesda to what is now xo 7 highway an ample field for collecting electricity generated on the wires even with the receiver on the hook there was a con stant poppoppop on the tele phone and a constant stream of sparks flickered on the light ning arrester one man who tried the experiment of touch ing the lightning arrester re ceived a shock so severe that he feltthe effect of it for sev eral hours when the arrester was taken off the hook the popping became a roar like the uninterrupted firing of 22 rifles mickie moore was called and evidently the situation was jiew to him he diagnosed the trouble as being induction from an electrically charged wire there was no hydroelectric power commission of ontario 1 in those days so the field to be searched was narrowed byers electric light plant was not run ning and an examination show ed that in stouftville there was no contact with telegraph wires at the railway crossing there remained the possibility of in terference in markham village a horse was hired from pen nocks livery and mickie moore drove to markham the electric light plant in markham was not operating and nothing was out of place at the point of cross ing the telegraph wires the work and the discomfort of driving to markham through the blizzard had been in vain during the night the snow and the wind ceased and when mor ning came our telephone line had returned to normal with 25 miles of metallic cir cuit and approximately thirty phones combined in one big party line we soon ran into new difficulties our rapid growth had developed condi tions for which we were un prepared our rural section was rot only overloaded with sub scribers telephones it also served as the longdistance line for service to subscribers on the markham pickering co system and also for subscrib ers on the scarlxirough line consequently it was busy al most constantly there must have been about one hundred telephones throughout the 3 telehone systems which were giving free exchange of mes sages to all subscribers on any of the systems yet there was not one switchlioard any of the lines that had an operator seated at the switchboard if a subscriber desired to make a call which required switching service he rang central until he attracted the attention of some person who was busy waiting on a customer for ex- amle if a resident of the vil lage of stouitvillo wished to talk to some person on the scarborough line he rang until he attracted the attention of some person in raielifts gro cery store who might at the for local hydro stouffville municipal council meeting in special session on thursday evening prepared to pass a bylaw authorizing the issuing of debentures for 20- 00 for the hydro dept of the public utilities commission the loan is issued by the mu nicipality but is a charge against the local hydro system the annual bylaw was pass ed naming the members of the community centre board as follows dr s s ball ken laushway mrs bert tait mrs les wilson and ted cadieux council representatives on the board will be councillors glenn ratcliff and win timbers mr ed jones assessor for the county of york attended the meeting and discussed brief ly the introduction of measur ed assessment at the outset mr jones stated that while the measured system was not a cureall for the ills of assessing it did give a much more equal ized system the initial cost of preparing a measured system in a municipality the size of stouffville was thought to run between 1500 and 2000 lo cal assessor e r good was also present and explained the facts of setting up the system stouffville public school board for 1955 port perry reeve onl county warden reeve harry peel of port perry was elected as the one hundred and first warden of ontario county on tuesday it is some years since port perry has had a warden merle let cher being the last to hold this high office from the scugog centre all the municipalities in the county have provided a warden with the exception of rama township w g dennie dies at 92 stouifville public school board of trustees who were all returned to office for 1955 are seen here as they pre pared to begin their inaugur al session they are left to right cec hendricks mrs mary smith mrs june but ton len wilkes gar brown secy keith middlemiss and wm mallow financing hurricane damage serious problem for markham township continued on page 3 mrs roy briilinger and miss eleanor brillingor of torono spent the weekend with mr ad mrs harry briliinser william george dennie well known resident of markham township died at his home new gormley on tues jan 11 in his- ninety-third- -year- the late mr dennie was born in east gwillimbury one of a family of eleven children born to the late robert and matilda monkman dennie he spent most of his long life in markham township where he farmed most success fully on the 4th concession during his early married life he and mrs dennie farmed just south of victoria square and for many years north of victoria square on the farm where their only son james now resides fifteen years ago they re tired to gormley mrs dennie the former josephine carver predeceased her husband eight years ago the late mr dennie is survived by four children miss eva at home verna mrs harry white of stouffville r r 4 pearl mrs john smith of gormley and james of gormley rr there are ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren also surviving are three sisters mrs celia baker aged 90 of rr uxbridge mrs tena barker of barrie miss emily dennie of toronto and one brother fred of mark ham whitchurch townline the funeral took place on friday jan 11 a short service was conducted at the home by rev mr huson assisted by rev mr hunking interment took place in victoria square cemetery followed by a service in the church there with which church mr dennie had been identified for many years pall bearers were messrs louis xi- cholls david empringham john empringham orla heise ernest hunt and dalton rum- nev markham council has receiv ed word from the department of highways that the province will approve a maximum of 150000 for grant purposes for this years road expenditures the township must have its completed 1955 road budget into the department by the end of march this years approved figure is slightly lower than markhams 1951 budget of 153000 the province pays 50 percent subsidy on all approv ed road costs and 80 percent on all bridges the real problem facing the township is how to finance the repair work necessitated by the devastation wrought by hurri cane hazel with the approval of the province the township has already floated a supple mentary bylaw for 76000 to coverpartof the work town ship engineer j howard esti mates that an additional 200- 000 is required to restore the remainder of the destroyed bridges if the province will only pay its normal rate of subsidy on this extra work then markham will be left with 71000 to raise as its share just how the mu nicipality will raise this addi tional figure is a matter of conjecture it is expected the road committee will take the matter up further with the minister of highways before any final decision is reached promise of 500 per lot for schools ralph corner named york county warden at the opening session of the 1955 york county council held in the new county building at newmarket or tuesday after noon ralph e corner reeve of georgina twp was elect ed as warden reeve ivan mc laughlin of whitchurch and reeve mcmurchie of vadghan were also nominated but de clined to stand the inaugural session was opened with the usual formali ties the york rangers present ing the colours this week produced the cold est snap of the winter so far and the mercury dropped to en degrees and under each night and failed to rally above the iwerjy mark during cjy young couple married following court case nancy prentice ii of bloom- ington and bob st andrews is of stouffville were married on tuesday the ceremony was performed by rev gibson brown of stouftville on advice from the ontario provincial police the marriage was previously planned for saturday but was blocked when the groom was arrested and placed in toron tos don jail on a charge of contributing to juvenile delin quency he was later released st andrews a former scar- boro resident has been living in stouftville for the past four years he is presently employ ed as a gravel truck driver he markham council has de ferred final approval on a pro posed 10lot subdivision locat ed on lot 27 con 1 just north of steeles ave and fronting en bayview ave theplanning board have already given ten tative approval to the project which is to be known as the steeles valley acres the pro posed subdivision is to contain 10 twoacre lots each with a mirilimiirrfroiitage of 150 feet the subdivides mr g b guse has also agreed to pay the mu nicipality 500 per lot for school purposes after studying the proposed development the members de ferred decision until they had conferred with the planning board the members have accepted the bid of the bond house of deacon findlay and coyne to ronto for the purchase of 196- 000 worth of debentures at 10106 the interest rate will be4i the successful bidder was chosen from among eight tenders prices ranged from a low of 9956 broken down the figures will cover a 100000 issue for the new bayview ave sohool in school area no 1 and an ss5000 addition to the union- ville school plus 11030 for a school addition at victoria square mr f brumwell has resign ed from the court of revision in light of the fact that the members of the court recently requested a salary increase which council so far has not granted council will canvass the court to see if they are willing to carry on in 1955 at present they are paid at the rate of 7 per meeting plus their mileage vivian pastor speaks about marriage marriage is a spiritual fel lowship said rev v s whit- combe pastor at the vivian memorial church put god in your home and your life will surely prosper rev whit- combe addressed a large sun day evening congregation on the subject of the marriage question the pastor referred to pass ages in scripture which dealt with marriage he said that in biblical times as today there were many marriages that were unsuccessful some marriages end up in storm shipwreck and ruin while in other homes peace blessing and righteous ness reigns pointed out the pastor rev whitcombe warned the many young people present not to think of marriage as an unbroken dream of joys and pleasures he pointed out that marriage presents new burdens and new responsibilities for both the husband and wife the marriage ceremony does not change the character jl the husband and iwife the ministers words arent magic said rev whitcombe where should a young man look for his future wife ques tioned the pastor in a hotel dance hall or theatre let him find her in a place where gods people are said rev whitcombe in closing the pastor warned young people not to be mis guided by the wonders of courtship and a honeymoon honeymoons dont last for ever said the minister mar riage requires the use of good common sense moreso than in any business transaction and his bride have been friends for the past two years the couple intend to embark on a short honeymoon to wel- land and o their return will reside at bloomington markham council must have advance notice of any deputations in future any delegations wkhing to wait on markham township council will have to make their intentions known three days in advance a writ ten notice notifying council is to be filed with the township clerk within the prescribed period a move by councillor v griffin to have the period of notification extended to 7 days failed to gain the support of a majority of council when in troducing his original motion requiring notification from any delegation councillor griffin stated that it was unfair for he the members to have a prob lem thrust oi them without prior notice while generally accepting the principle of written notice reeve a lemasurier and coun cillors a little and d deacon were opposed to extending the required period of notification to 7 days i feel that weeks notice would prove too rigid and in the long run it couid easily prove more of a hind rance than a help stated reeve lemasurier in the past council received delegations as they came with out prior notice and if unable to solve their problem at that time would refer the matter to the appropriate committee or administrative official for investigation stouffville might be vital link in air defence stouffville might be what rcaf officers call a vital link in saving one of the countrys key industrial tar gets from atomic destruction with the civilian element of the air defence system watch ing the skies for aircraft aircraft which could be enemy bombers armed with atomic bombs communities such as this have become key points in the detection system the air defence of the nation is built upon the concept of defence in depth which to air defencemeans getting as much early warning and as many opportunities for interception as possible before enemy planes reach their target for this reason communities witn ground observer corps pasts may be the vital links which will first report enemy planes and altord an early warning in these days of supersonic speed every second of early warning can be translated into additional opportunities for interception alerted either by radar or ground observers to destroy the enemy be fore he gets into bombing range of our target areas consequently as top air force officials have staled the key to our detection system lies in a bulwark of civilian volun teers who can spot lowflying planes long before they approach a target radar they aid is not effective at low- altitudes and the entire system depends upon an alert ground observer corps m3de up of civilian volunteers to be the human eyes and cars of the air force the first ground observer corps meeting of this year will be held at the home of mr and j mrs jas k lawrence myrtle annexation talks end in stalemate a meeting between markham village council and the mark ham township council and planning board on thursday evening at buttonville to dis cuss the towns proposed 2500 acre annexation bid ended in a stalemate reeve of markham village j v fry refused to discuss the councils reasons for the annexation request our reasons were clearly de fined at the municipal board hearing said reeve fry su rely its not necessary to go over it all again the chairman of the mark ham township planning board mr cyril lome pointed out that he and a number of new members on the council and planning board were not famil iar with the villages reasons for desiring such a large am ount of property i didnt come to this meet ing prepared for such a dis cussion stated the markham village reeve i came to hear the townships proposals mr lorne disagreed with reeve frys view on the matter if no satisfactory compro mise is reached between the twej parties the ontario muni cipal board will bring down a decision at the end of febru ary in the meantime they sug gested that the village and township should meet in an effort to reach an agreement the municipal board asked us to get together on the mat ter said dr douglas tanner a member of the twp planning board the least you could have done was to have brought over your plans our plans for the proposed annexed land are almost exact ly the same as those proposed by the township pointed out reeve fry we cannot understand why you desire so much land ques tioned reeve lemasurier we dont want land street by street as has been the case in the past answered dep reeve mrs alma walker i feel that this meeting might just as well be adjourn ed said councillor vern grif- fen would you be willing to meet us again with your plans asked councillor ar chie little you come to us replied reeve fry we came hero before and laid our plans on the table but we were turned down com mented councillor nick sehou- ten the markham village plan ning board never approached the twp board on the sub ject exclaimed dr tanner such a move would have been only common courtesy on our part reeve fry agreed to arrange with the markham village plan ning board to meet the twp board on a set date keith middlemiss is new chairman of the local public school board mr keith middlemiss was elected chairman of the stouff ville public school board at the inaugural session of the trustees held on monday eve ning mr middlemiss replaces mr len wilkes who has been on the board some ten years and who declined to return as chairman stating that he serv ed in thus capacity now for several terms and would prefer tliat the chairmanship be tak en by some other member mrs june button was named vice chairman and the board committees are as follows pro perty wm malloy keith mid dlemiss finance mrs mary smith cec hendricks man agement len wilkes mrs june button high school appointment a close race developed in the board for the appointment of a representative on the high school board with mr don chadwick being returned to the post but only after the matter had been aired for some hours at three board meetings the public school board sat for some hours last week at a special meeting completely deadlocked on the appointment issue and it appeared on mon day night that the same situa tion was going to prevail how ever a resolution proposed by mr hendricks carried by a threetotwo margin the chair man abstaining tron the vote close competitor for the posi tion was dr s s ball and his appointment was strongly sup ported by mr middlemiss mr malloy and mrs smith dr ball according to his support ers had stated his readiness to accept the position if it were offered to him at the outset of the debate last week mrs button spoke out strongly against the system of making appointments rather than having an elected board other members of the board voiced disapproval of- the- sys tem as well mrs button stated that she favored a woman mem ber on the high school board but it appeared that few wo men eared to accept an appoint ment to a presently allmale board members supporting the re appointment of mr chadwick argued that this representative was in the final stages of com pleting an arduous job for the community and had given un told hours of work towards the project of building the new school more play equipment the board agreed to make the purchase of necessary equipment at the public school for the pupils to play basket ball and volley ball in the gym under the guidance of mr su therland who principal wat son stated was most anxious that the pupils should be given more organized recreation fur ther improvements are also planned for the playground which is very rough and dan gerously covered with holes and large boulders mr ray fleury was named as the boards representative on the library board for term of three years bad leak finally harnessed a bad leak in the water main crossing main st at mill st corner was finally harnessed last week after several days of probing and pumping early testing led workmen to believe that the trouble was near the fire hydrant by the postoffice hut digging here revealed noth ing amiss a power drill was drought on dhe scene and several holes were punched through the pavement as well as at the mill st shutoff the leak was event ually tracked down on wednes day near the centre of the high way packing at one of the joints had become dislodged and water was spurting out at an estimated rate of about two thousand gallons an hour the veterans construction who did the work for the com mission soon had the break re paired- and highway r repaved the surface miss beulah rutledge return ed to chicago on tuesday after spending a few days with her parents reeve elmer daniels is at tending york county council this week in newmarket mr and mrs i lehman married for fifty years a trousseau tea was held at the homo of mrs harold dix on last week in honour of her daughter miss barbara dixon who is to be married shortly mrs ernest ball and mrs john brillinger grandmothers of the bridetobe poured tea for the occasion a shower for miss dixon was also held last week at the don lewis home hostesses were miss doreen ogtlen and mrs betty atkin son on monday jan 10th mr and mrs isaac lehman of al- tona celebrated their 50th wed ding anniversary the honored couple were flooded with cards gifts and congratulatory mes ages from their many neigh bors relatives and friends mr and mrs lehman have been residents of altona for the past thirteen years they previous y farmed at atha for thirty- six years from 1905 to 19il mrs lehman the former the funeral was held to the kmma davis was born on the agincourt cemetery on satur day of mary e stoufter widow of the late edward stouffcr of stouftville mr- stouffcr died in hospital in new york en thursday jan 27th every one is invited if they are inter ested in the defence of our country time is s pm th concession of pickerin twp and attended atha pub lic school mr lehman was lo a student there her par ents later moved to minessing where they resided for a num ber of years mr lehman was born on the sth concession of pickering the son of abraham lehman to the couple were born six chil dren two sons rev arthur lehman of munccy ont nor man on the home farm at atha and four daughter mrs gor don ramer colborne mrs har old kennedy markham- mrs allan meyers and mrs nor man xcal both residents on the 9th of pickering they have eighteen grandchildren among the many gifts re ceived by the happy couple was a- four hundred hour clock from the family and a beauti ful bouquet of flowers from the stouftville and altona united missionary churches mr and mrs lehman are regular church attendants mr ichman was a deacon for near ly fifty years and both held position of sunday school tea chers for twenty years the tribune takes this op portunity of- wishing mr and mrs lehman many yeare of coninucd health and happiness