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rumtie vo 57 no 5 the tribune stouffville thursday june 21 1956 twelve pages 131st conference of the distinguished traveller visits unionvi congregational christian churches at altona on wednesday evening june evil is prayer the effectual fer- 13 the annual conference of the vent prayer of a righteous man local christian churches was avaiieth much we are too opened in the altona church prore to attempt to solve our j with the christian endeavour problems by ourselves let us union conducting the service j avail ourselves of his promise rev wm hilu was the guest to help us for of our own selves speaker taking as his theme we can do nothing let us pray without ceasing that we as a nation might not be overcome with evil but that we might ye are the salt of the earth the wideman male quartet brought the message in song the business sessions were i overcome evil with good opened on thursday morning by rev morton with rev r w serrick in charge as the var ious reports were read it was shown that the conference had progressed financially during the year contributing nearly 1700 to the foreign mission project local clerk resigns clerk garfield brown of the i addition to many smaller do- i village of stouffville presented his resignation to the municipal council at a special meeting on i thursday evening council dis- cussed the matter at consider- able length but did not accept the resignation pending a reso- i lution at the regular meeting this thursday night reeve daniels stated that the clerk is receiving s3800 salary having recently been increased s200 he is also secretary of the public school board and the local planning board am- ounting to approximately 100 mr brown is preparing to aci cept a position in the halton county office nations to home mission efforts- rev k huson brought the message on thursday after noon the thursday evening ser vice was addressed by rev d c percy who made the point that we are saved to serve on friday afternoon rev per cy admonished the gathering to bear fruit and let gods good ness how through us rev percy assisted by rev f dearmond and mr kenny edwards admin istered the sacraments of the lords supper the friday evening service was in charge of the womens missionary society and rev i horace bradin a missionary from ethiopia told of the great work being carried on in that country under the leadership of native workers his pictures of i the field illustrated his points rev percy brought the mes sages at both services on sun day with mrs percy and their daughters dorothy and janet assisting musically mr percy continued the thought of the conference that although the numbers are few we still have a great responsibility to those around us one highlight of the business sessions was the presentation of the report on social and moral reform by mrs jack wright of keswick the follow ing is the text of the report the social and moral prob lems of our present generation give cause for serious concern we in the church seek to give our children every possible pro tection from the evils in the world today by guiding them in the things of the lord and since we do not expose ourselves to the evils around us i cannot help but wonder if we are as fully awake as we ought to be cars by the thousands police chief c wideman re ports that last weekend was the heaviest to date this year for highway traffic passing through the municipality markham police who directed traffic sunday at the corner of no 7 highway and the don mills road counted a total of 2000 cars in six hours for a time the traffic became so congested that cars were lined up bumper to bumper on don mills road north from no 7 highway to the townline at gormley engagements mr and mrs dennis whiteof stouffville rr announce the engagement of their daughter mnrjorie joyce to herbert grant farrier son of mr and mrs h e farrier of stouffville rr the marriage will take place on saturday june 23 1956 mr and mrs james mccreight announce the engagement of to the appalling evils that exist i their daughter barbara anne in our towns and cities and even to ir kenneth vale son of mrs arthur vale and the late mr vale of st catharines the marriage to take place on sat urday july 14th at 4 pm in stouffville united church dog loose owner fined in county court newmarket en tuesday of litis week a stou ffville ratepayer paid s5 and costs for allowing his dog to run at large council has repeat edly warned that summonses will be issued to those who per sist in this practice andy haaek u stouffville ap peared in court to answer char ges of creating a disturbance in harolds grill and having liquor in an illegal place on the first count the accused paid 20 and costs or seven days and on the second 10 and costs or thirty days one motorist paid ss50 and costs for speeding and another 3j and costs for driving with out lights all charges were laid by i he local police dept several additional highway cases are pending 94000 new trees planted this year in vivian forest in our own communities are we aware of the tremen dous amount of drinking and smoking among our teenagers recently i sat in a restaurant at the noon hour where many high school students gathered to eat their lunch i was horrified to note how many of these fine boys and girls were smoking then there is the nationwide disregard for the lords day which we have been commanded to keep holy glance over the book and magazine stands of today filled with questionable reading ma terial listeji to the horrid and sensuous sbcalled music so popular with our young people all these are working unionville womens insti tute was honoured on tuesday afternoon by the presence of mrs a m berry obe international president of associated country women of the world from australia mrs berry who has held this high office for three years is on a world tour and while in canada desired to attend a regular meeting of a local institute branch the meeting was held on the spacious lawn of the h tandy residence mrs russelbrown mbe be ing the hostess on leaving ontario mrs berry will visit quebec and the maritimes sailing for eng- and on july 12th the upper photo shows the branch officers unionville institute back row left to right mrs g maynard mrs h boadway mrs li rainey mrs w mason mrs t r fugard and mrs j c ed wards front left to right mrs russelbrown mrs a gresham and mrs a too- good lower photo is mrs berry and several other distinguish ed guests left to right mrs g maynard provincial secy- treas mrs g macphatter president federated womens ihstitutes of ontario mrs a m berry obe and miss helen mckereher director of home economics service dept of agriculture mrs j hoover and mrs a farthing were visitors at the special occasion from the stouffville institute public school boys take playoff lead the stouffville public school boys took a commanding lead in the two game runtocount soft- ball playoff as they handed un ionville a crushing 262 defeat this week the return contest will be played at unionville glenn pennanen handled the pitching chores for the winners and allowed the visitors only 1 hits stouffville teed off on un ionville pitchers to clout 5 home runs harland mills clouted two roundtrippers wrjile single cir cuit hits came from the bats of jim spang allan boyd and bill ratclifi with the exception of the first inning stouffville counted runs in each appearance at the plate unionvilles runs came in the first fifth and sixth innings a total of 91000 trees have been planted at the york county forest vivian during the re cent planting season according to the report of the re-foresta- lion committee presented to the county council last week mr geo richardson deputyreeve of whitchurch township is a mem- ber of this committee the plant ing lias all been completed the committee reported but due to the late spring the project took longer than usual and titer was also the fact that nearly all the planting was refill six men have been employed at the forest all spring and 20 cords of fuelwood produced which will be sold during the coming summer months there have also been approximately 201xx1 feet of sawlogs cut and skidded the sawlogs are mainly white pine and hemlock the firefighting equipment has been overhauled and some new equipment added the ico cords of pulpwood now cut and piled in the forest will be trucked out this summer no more land has been added to the forest acreage recently since the price of waste land in york county has risen to the point where the committee did not feel it was economical to plant trees i it is interesting to note that since the commencement of the forest in 1921 1510s70 trees have been planted and the total cost of operation in these years has been s172ltv371 with the highest figure of expenditure be ing in 1052 when 2135995 was j expended local businessman saves life at mussejmans lake messrs henry slack ben rax- lin wm greenbury aubrey spang and h j malloy of the local ioof attended the in stallation of the grand encamp ment officers at the royal york hotel toronto on tuesday eve- i ning mr ronald moring manager of the local dominion store branch acted fast and was cred- i ited with saving a life at mussel- mans lake early thursday eve- ning when a swimmer was over- i come with cramps out beyond his depth the unfortunate man was david birch 23 of cedar valley i and he was given medical aid j by dr d smith of stouffville mr moring was standing near the beach wall and there were other bathers about in the water one of these in near the shore began shouting that a man was in trouble and mr moring who was a lifeguard in the canadian navy sprang into action along with the lifeguard who was in the boat house not too far away mr moring found the swim mer completely exhausted from threshing about in the water and david submitted to being towed ashore without a strug gle it was believed that th swimmer had entered the watir too soon after eating causing severe cramps he had gone down several times before his frantic gestures attracted atten tion cedar beach park attractn thousands of summer folks and the wellkept beach is constant ly patrolled by lifeguards during the height of the summer sea son one of these was on hand and cooperated with mr moring in the rescue two more life guards will be on duty during july and august reeve lemasurier park schedule for the sports enthusiasts of stoufrville and district here is the park program for the next week thursday markham vs buttonville softball saturday markham vs stouffville soc cer monday newmarket vs stouffville baseball wednes day brooklin vs stouffville girls softball the annual meeting of the i shareholders of the bethesda stouffville telephone co is be- subtle and deadly way to lower j ng held on thursday afternoon our moral standards surely j of this week there is a great need for social i and moral reform in this age stouffville and whitchurch in which we live i municipal councils will hold paul in his epistle to the gala- j heir regular midjune sessions tians lists some of the fruits thursday evening of the fiesh is not our present j social and moral condition the result of seeking after the flesh we arc reaping the fruits of the flesh and we must realize the seriousness of the situation this may seem a dark picture but we must face up to the truth things will inevitably grow worse with each succeeding gen eration unless we get at the root of these evils then what is the answer to our problem to stem the tide of evil we must remember that out of the heart proceedeth good and evil these things cannot be fought alone by more severe legislation nnd provision for greater penal ties for infractions if it were possible to banish trashy litera ture from our magazine stands do away with alcoholic bever ages and tobacco and compel people to remember the sab bath day to keep it holy the de sire to sin would still be in the heart and we would have ac complished very little lemonville farmer scalded by tractor steam mr elgin hastings farmer on the 7th concession of whit church south of lemonville was quite badly scalded with steam and boiling water last week mr hastings uncapped the radiator of his tractor and was showered i incomm monday even- 1 with hot liquid he was scalded j ing on tn0 proposed million dol- ernments to do something how- aboutthe face arms and chest lar oxpen of the richmond j ever he said it was obvious nci- hill district high school board j ther ottawa or queens park among those successful in passing recent examinations at the royal conservatory of mu sic are misses beverley keffer gr 1 theory 1st class hon gertrude baker gr 7 piano lion mary lou ratcliff gr 8 piano 1st class hon and louise clarke gr 10 piano hon i miss baker takes piano lessons from mrs webb of markham the other girls arc pupils of miss ha weighill of unionville oold divert 6th con road money to over education expense dr h b freel of stouffville treated the burns reeve alf lemasurier stated were going to do anything until to start oiling markham roads deputyreeve w clark report ed to council on monday that the miller paving co is to be gin oiling township roads this week mr clark stated the fust roads scheduled to be done are those in highland park john street in thornhill and the fifth concession all members of council re ported they have been receiving complaints from residents re garding the dusty condition of the roads that while council had little al- 1 tho municipalities couldnt pav tentative but to approve he any morc aml thon ulcy have would favor taking such expen- j t0 something ditures to a vote of the people what can we do j alone last week in his opposition to an expenditure of 1500 for comfort stalls for the rattle al the county farm he questioned the wisdom of the county main taining a farm and asked if it were kept to provide an occupa tion for the residents at york manor there has been a great deal of talk about the need of enlarg ing the barns for the comfort of the cows mr lemasurier com mented i would rather see the s150o spent for the comfort of the old people at york manor i have yet to be convinced that in pauls writings to timothy the farm is a profit to the coun- markham twp reeve opposes expenditure at york county home reeve alf iemasurier stood supported the resolution saying are exhorted to be an exam ple to those around us are we rs a church doing that are we standing firm against the things we know are evil may we a his children never be guilty of the county is subsidizing the farm to sell milk in competition to local farmers is that right he asked reeve j h anderson of geor- gina replied that the money causing our brother to stumble spent would be recovered from it seems to me our greatest the operation of the farm reeve v capon against the forces of fred armstrong of woodbridgc that the county should be proud of its fine herd of cattle and that proper accommodation should be provided for them but what is the purpose of the herd and the county keeping a farm asked mr lemasurier is it to give the old people something to do or is it as a moneymaking project mr peter wilde superintend ent of york manor said that some of the residents work on the farm but that the farm man ager didnt rely on them for his help warden marshall mcmurchy explained that when the old peo ples home was established it was for a rural population the farm was included to provide ac tivities for the residents all of whom had come from farms and were interested in the work but he added that that situation no longer existed the gigantic spending program of the richmond hill district board covers a new school at woodbridge and eleven new rooms at richmond hill mark ham twp must share in this expense being partially in the area the school board appeared be fore markham council on mon day evening but failed to receive approval for the expenditure the matter was slated to come before county council this week where an effort was being made to have the county shoulder the debentures i think we should check with our solicitor before making any j move i want to keep mark- hams credit ratitng sound stat ed reeve lemasurier he added i that if county council would i not take on this debenture thought would be given to each municipality issuing its own share mr wilf dean member of the board said that the matter was urgent because the schools would have to operate in shifts if the new rooms were not com pleted by fall mr stewart rumble headford farmer member on the board j and one who has been outstand- ing in his opposition to the boards continued heavy spend- i ing stated that the farmers could not stand these increas ing costs true he said we can get a big price for our farms but we have to live off the land youre the people who let these oxponc r n our tax bills mr rumble stated in ad- j dressing the reeve it was t this juncture that reeve lemi- surier stated that he favored 1 vote of the people on such qx penditures councillor griffer commented i that it was up to the senior gov- births eby- mr and mrs elwyn eby nee beth rowan are happy to announce the birth of their son richard norman at the york county hospital new market on thursday june 14 1956 the first grandson for rev and mrs norman rowan taylor mr and mrs russell taylor nee isobel stewart of bethesda are happy to an nounce the birth of their son on sunday june 17th 195g at grace hospital toronto a brother for- helenann and faye meeting with unionville police 1 trustees monday night mark- ham twp council proposed to j i divert road money from the gth i con and hagerman to improv- ing the main street of union- j ville the move was designed to j i iron out a dispute in which un- ionville had protested paying the 26 mill special road tax to cover hurricane damage councillor grilten opposed the move stating that such tactics were not in accordance with the i agreement between tho town- 1 ship and village for road work if youre not going to stick to 1 the agreement you might as well not have it said mr grif- fen unionville trustees said that they would be agreeable to such a change details of the switch 1 in appropriation have to he worked out with the municipal board and dept of highways unionville veicrans a delegation of unionville veterans appeared before coun cil asking that taxes be rescind ed on the veterans hall at un ionville the assessment had been reduced in 1951 it was re ported but the deputation said that po assessment had ever been made until a few years ago reeve lemasurier stated that taxes could not be rescinded but could be relieved by a grant from the council for a like amount mr strickland speaking for the veterans said that the hall was not operated as a profit- making undertaking and in continued on page 11 reeve opens broughams new ball park on saturday right the new brougham floodlight park was officially opened the rcro of pickering township mr wg newman centre is pictured mr bob miller no assisted in in brougham ibtc cutting the red ribbon the ceremony the latter has noted pitcher over homo plr mr ted been 1 real promoter in acquir- ioftball club tecdcr kennedy left and ing the park and floodlights well a k th the local