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3400 copies this issue ribnne classified ads on page ten vol y no s3 thk tribune stouffville thursday march 10 1955 ten pages charge operation of moonshine still employee fined alexi tjemjenov 35 an em ployee at the michell poultry farm 7th concession of picker ing was fined a total of 109 in whitby court at iveek he was arrested by plain clothed lltm p officers snd chanted the michel poultry houses the home brew was nijd frn wheal and chicken feed it was one of the few stills in opera tion in this district mr michell although suspi cious did not realize that such business was being carried on th hired hand has inte been dismissed following his release from jail he had been working on the michell xul- try farm for nearly two years markham would add water sewers sub restrictions the markham twp water committee headed by council lor vera griffin along with councillor beacon discussed at some length on monday after noon various proposals which they recommended should be imposed on future subdividers specifically those near yonge st who wished to open large areas for the minimum 1200 home subdivision which may be op ened in a 500acre area in the southwest corner of the town ship the committee recom mended that the subdivider provide water sewers roals and s700 per lot for education we need water in the front of the township a lot of time has been spent on this water question and weve got no where lets either go ahead or forget about the whole thing declared councillor griffin reeve lemasurier and other members of council agreed it was pointed out that in some municipalities street lights and curbs and culverts as well were being asked these and other points will be dis cussed later with the solicitor it was agreed the swansea construction co representative appeared be fore council ami asked that the half load restrictions be lifted on the third concession for an other week but theappeal was jturhed down a communication was receiv ed from the mayor of toronto suggesting a meeting with markham council concerning the future of the former jail farm property it was said that the province has indicated that they wish to acquire the land permanently council agreed to accept the tender of wm neal of rich mond hill for two new dodge cars as police cruisers for mark ham twp the price was 2050 each pickering police force has new headquarters tsrari the police force of picker ing township iat week moved into the new police headquarters building locat ed on highway no 2 in dun- barton above is a photo graph of the trim new build ing which chief of police les hill declares has in it just about everything that we need in a police station consideration is already be- inggiven to adding another storey to provide a magis trates court room need of which has been felt in tin township for several years at present pickering and ajax cases are heard in whitby 80000 budget asked for whitchurch roads mrs w briard former resident dies in toronto the death occurred at 333 highfield rd on monday of mrs waller briard the fam ily were former residents of market street leaving stouff- ville about three years ago she was in her 85th year and a nat ive of the old country besides her husband isabel louise briard is survived by ada mrs a chedorei of king- wood hilda i mrs i geei of montreal wilfred of colling- wood cora mrs c mcbridci of toronto bill of montreal doris mrs e woodcock i of detroit and nelson of st bru no que fifteen grandchildren and twentv greatgrandchildren alo survive he funeral will be conduct- ct thi- thursday afternoon t n ingram funeral home 1v gerrard st toronto with interment in mount pleas ant cemetery a total of sso000 was ap proved by whitchurch town ship council on thursday night as road expenditures for 1955 this amount is s5000 below the figure approved by the dept of highways for subsidy during last year on original by law actual expenditures dur ing 1951 amounted to approxi mately 95000 and a supple mentary bylaw for suooo was approved later in the year council recognized the fact that thursday nights bylaw for 80000 would be far from sufficient to meet the years ex penditures and expressed inten tion to file a second bylaw later in the season for further gov ernment aid hurricane damage alone has amounted to 10000 principally for new bridge con struction the sso000 bylaw passed for approval was made up as fol lows road construction 7300 bridge construction 10000 maintenance 51500 xew machinery 20x miscellaneous 6200 tenders are being called for the supplying of 15000 yards of crushed gravel and an order for dust layers will be made later local council appeals for nonresident fees from foster children a resolution seeking legisla tion to enable municipalities to collect nonresident fees from children in foster homes was given unanimous approval by stouffville council meeting on monday night the resolution stated that these children of school and preschool age plac ed locally in foster homes by childrens aid societies and private persons were causing grave concern to both public and secondary schools a number of residents in town have made a business of keeping these children and the municiality receives no remun eration whatsoever for their schooling which has grown to grave proportions the resolution passed on monday night will be directed to county council requesting the county to ask the proyin- cia government to enable the municipalities to collect non resident fees from the persons keeping such children who are brought in from outside the municipality council approved in the in crease of the rent for the town dump rented from mr j grove the increase brings the rate to 125 from s100 per year the property committee will investigate the necessity for street lights on fairview ave new subdivision at the west- end of town where there are no lights at the present time council agreed to make a grant of 25 to the markham pair board this being the cen tennial year of this wellknown agricultural show a report was received that a second junk or wrecking yard had been opened on xorth st and the police committee was directed to have the officers check the establishment at once since junk yards are now banned by bylaw markham twp police are in vestigating a breakin on satur day night at the home of mel- vin barkey sth con just north of markham the entry was made earlv in the evening and 50 in cash and an electric ra zor are missing first twins at brierbush markham building nsar 80000 in first two months the value of building in m khani township for the istj two months of 1955 amouftcd jtist aboui sso000 according tc the latess report released by the township building inspec- tor these months form the low ebb of building activity for the year permits were issued in jan uary and february for eight new houses valued at sgsjoo two industrial buildings are i valued at 7500 balance of thejls permits were issued for garages j and alterations xr i m v ift part of school population at wilcox lake a shift in school population from school section 7 and t to ss 13 all in the lake wil cox area was discussed on thursday nigh before whit church township council by members of the three trustee boards chief reason for the change is to save transporta tion costs this transportation is presently being provided by taxi and private car some hav ing to make as many as three trips a day some children quite close to the schools of section f and 7 are having to travel several miles to xo 13 school about fifty children are involved ss xo 13 school is present ly erecting a new addition cost ing 110000 and a change will have to be made in the plans to accommodate two more rooms members of all iwards agreed on thursday night to the change and final approval will now be sought from the in spector as well as approval for the additional rooms required at ss 13 a somewhat similar situation was discussed by council con cerning about seventeen chil dren attending the ballantrae school but who are rightful the property of the lemonville section and their school taxes go to this 7th con school coun cil agreed that the boards of the two schools should meet and arrange for an adjustment to be made in the tax arrange ment and the children continue attending the ballantrae school which is closest about 1300 in assessment is involved in this change pass school bylaws a bylaw authorizing the bor rowing of 110000 in deben tures for the school addition to ss xo 13 was given third leading and a bylaw for 25000 for an addition to ringwood school was given first and 2nd reading seek church building dr urquhart of aurora and several other interested united church workers visited council seeking permission to move a prefab church building from ajax to lake wilcox and erect there as temporary quarters until such time as a new chu rch can be financed the coun cil was advised that there were some one hundred members presently meeting each sun day and that this number was expected to have rapid growth as the need was great there is a clause in the whit church building bylaw which forbids the erection of tempor ary buildings and the delega tion asked council 10 waive this clause under the circum stances the building to be moved is approximately 25 x 85 and in good condition it is the prop erty of the united church of canada reeve ivan mclaughlin told the delegation that he was in sympathy with what the chu rch was trying to do in this area and promised a decision within the next few days on the matter wings presented local observers at the ground observer corps meeting held last week in stouftville high school a good attendance was recorded representatives and chief ob servers attended from clare- mom myrtle cxhridge good wood and other points regional supervisor bert chewins welcomed the group and introduced flying officer l j mcguire attached to the goc detachment barrie f0 mcguire presented a film one city one bomb which shows a mock air attack being made on the empire state building in xevv york and graphically illustrates the part played by the ground observer corps in both canada and the united states many local telephone opera tors attended this meeting and were introduced by mrs wm c sanders who along with mr sanders are chief observers in the stouffville area among the operators attending were mrs mckay mrs miller mrs hamm mrs oboyle miss hut chinson and miss g stouffer mrs g connor and miss doris dolphin also attended from claremont exchange the imor- tance of getting telephone calls through to the filter centre of the rcaf was explained by f0 mcguire who explained how vital is the part played by the operators and the telephone company in the defence of canada against hostile aircraft and the search and rescue oper ations of the air force mr clare keevil who recent ly took over the eastern area as regional supervisor for the rcaf presented wings to the following qualified official observers bill sanders jr jim mcconnachie ron thompson and eddie sanders a short period was set aside for aircraft recognition train ing after which refreshments were served mr bob greer chief observer of the claremont observation past displayed a group of model aircraft assist ed by jim mcconnachie of the stouffville post mr harry klinck and mrs frank rowlxnham were recent 55 public school budget has climbed to 47000 stouffville public school bud get which was set out in a special session of the board held last week will climb to s17ivnl this year this is about 5000 above last years figure chief reason for the increase comes through increased sal aries and need for more teach ers since the jojj budget was struck the tenth teacher has been added to the stair and the latest report of the inspector recommends the engaging of still another during 1055 capital outlay this year has been budgetted at about 1000 below 1954 when 102181 was required for this purpose the aging building and resultant repairs were given as reasons for the high figure last year cost of instruction for each pupil per month in 1053 was just about 10 this year this figure will climb to 1257 of the total budget of 47000 stouffville will pay 92o or s321062s comparative budget figures are shown as follows 1051 1955 instruction 2699896 32000 supplies 200796 2300 administration 124s75 1300 operation maintenance 662201 7500 auxiliary capital outlay 402484 3100 tuition fees 400 4284362 47000 thos h simpson was in 72nd year on wednesday march sth mr thomas henry simpson passed awav at his home in xewmarket in his 72n vear j the late mr simpson suffered j a heart attack two weeks ago and failed to recover the deceased was kirn a malum and later farmed at ballantrae on the property now occupied by a son herbert lie has resided at xewmarket for the past five veirs with his wife the former violet baker i who survives he was identi fied with the baker hill bap tist church the late mr simpson was a member of the famous locust hill clippers ontario football champions in i90s5 besides his wife he leaves two sons herbert and william of ballantrae and two daugh ters margot mrs ernie rush of toronto and marion mrs bernard- crouch of portland oregon there is also one sis ter mrs w h mcmuilen of stayner and two halfbrothers ernest of collingwood and oliver of stayner funeral services will be held on saturday afternoon in xew- restaurant man fined after raid mr raymond moreau mana ger of the rendezvous restaur ant on no 7 highway west of markham was fined sioo and costs in court on friday he was charged with operating a pinhall machine for gambling purposes the restaurant was raided recently by an anti- gambling squad of the toronto police dept former claremont resident passes in toronto on saturday feb 2 mrs frederick tucker a former res ident of claremont and oper ator of the corner store pass ed awav in toronto she is sur vived by three daughters and iwo son- there are also ten grandchildren and one great grandchild her husband pre deceased her several years ago funeral service was held from w spears parlors dun- das st toronto with inter ment in park lawn cemetery market at 2 oclock private and in the baker hill church at 3 pm interment will be made in the adjoining cemetery gideon leader from british columbia addresses meeting approximately 100 men list ened to a stirring message de livered by mr orvis kennedy gideon leader and national organizer in canada for social credit mr kennedy had for his theme men of action for god or thumb twiddlers for the world taking for a text 2 chronicles 7 14 if my people which are called by my name shall humble them selves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wick ed ways then will i hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land he stated that a man of action for god is a man of humility a man of prayer a man who seeks god and who turns from his wicked ways the speaker urged all to a more active and aggressive ministry for christ music rendered by sir how ard mills was much enjoyed as were selections from the yfc boys band the meeting was sponsored by the stouffville mens fel lowship with president alvin farmer presiding mr farmer announced that the april meet ing would probably be the final one of the season and that rev frank wellington well known evangelist would speak visitors with mr and mrs m clark of peterboro plan to spend 12000 on streets this year stouffville municipal council meeting in regular session on monday evening set forth a budget of 12000 for streets and bridges this year and pass ed the necessary bylaw asking for subsidy from the dept of highways in 1954 a total of 1108195 was spent by this department the budget this year will be based on an assess ment of si 150184 and will re quire four mills to raise below are the figures as pre pared for construction and maintenance streets construction 2100 maintenance 7300 bridges 1250 1050 2300 9700 open two street some discussion was given to the grading gravelling and ditching of both russel street and rose ave east the de partmental estimate on the work required to open both these street allowances was 1500 a distance of approxi mately 900 feet brougham man is killed when car skids off icy road into a tree donald calvert 23 of broug ham was fatally injured on saturday night when the car in which he was a passenger skidded on icy pavement and crashed into a tree the driver of the auto earl iightbody 21 of whitevale is in critical con dition in the ajax hospital the accident occurred on xo 7 highway two miles west of brougham the vehicle veered across the road through a ditch and bounced off a large tree r landed on its side at the edge of the pavement both men were rushed to hospital by am bulance the accident victim is sur vived by his wife wilma and a baby son david 2 years his parents mr and mrs william calvert reside at iocust hill there are also four brothers alfred of green river tom in toronto bob and jim at home and one sister mrs len taylor of toronto midgets ousted by cannington in ontario semifinals three toronto men were picked ip sundav afternoon at the westend of town when they were found out joyriding with an oner cae of beer in the back of the car local opp con- stabie jas stewart laid the charge thy week week eaucatton t first ei o rived the si i rvii ner- reel h on sui lay parent march sth the are lul e dren m left and judy asmck wis is months jnd mrs nd nancy ed garnet of hendricks hardware required evera stit ches on tuesday to coe a nasty cut in his hand which he sustained while helping to move a refriger if r in front of the store a h will ms rose ave u ens ai i lake i sha- service tviui i turn the stouffville command- the ontario semifinals the ers one of the fine midget team is pictured in the dress- r- o organized here ing room after the final con- year came to the tet in their two game soul the piiot road on oa series mth canmngon monday night after reaching from left to right reari harvey bellman geo mal colm cord kckardt don jackson mike mestravlkj sieve wideraan don haynes and ro madili front rovi bud thomas barry wilkei rob hammersley wayne redflhaw and murray hoi- den the club was cojiched and managed by derek chart- wlcfc don davis and caaey hiiltard