touffmttc ftrtlmtte the tribune stquffv1lle ont here is record age association essgrading station wiped out by fire is there is over 100 years difference in ages between threedayold hannah joy hisey daughter of mr and airs douglas hisey of bethesda and mrs lane ralston formerly of qiieensyille and now a patient in the hrierbush hospital mrs ralston will be 101 in august the new born baby is being held by nurse miss ethel rae ward system plan again before markham council mr frank brum welt appear ed before markham township council on monday evening representing the township federation of agriculture re questing some steps and in- vestigation be made towards the institution of a ward system for markham town ship reeve timbers stated that the matter had been talked over a number of times prev iously but no definite settle ment could ever be reached on boundaries mr brumwell said that the federation had discussed the matter and laid out a plan of boundaries for three wards heaviest of these would be the west side with 150 sd miles and 1050 of a population the centre ward would have io set miles with a population of 1100 and the east ward 075 so milo with a population of 1180 he saic that these boundaries were optional and could be changed all the municipalities south of lis have this system coun cillor clark reminded council well im in favour of it said reeve timbers but i wont guarantee itll bring any lower taxes it was pointed out that under the ward system mark ham could have a seven man council a councillor and deputyreeve from each ward and an overall reeve theres great danger of a minority group getting no representation on council f the ward system isnt adopt ed said mr brumwell i see no objection to repre sentation by population said deputyreeve lemasurier councillor lennie suggested a meeting with ratepayers groups and others interested put aid on may 11th a public meetin would follow the matter should be to a vote of the people councillor lennie only if you want a seven- man council said councillor hooper council completed purchase of a new tractor with little bros of richmond hill gett ing the contract for a new fordson deisel at 3350 a complaint was received from thornhill concerning the use of tents by the operators of the farmers market while their new building was being erected the objectors suggest ed a 5000 bond be put up until the building was finished this is only heresay weve had no request for a permit to erect tents said reeve tim bers ypu organization on monday evening april 20th the reorganization of the young peoples society of mount joy and dickson hill took place the following officers were elected presi dent will barkey vice presi dent mrs warren mover secretary treasurer george timbers assistant lois mc- kuen chorister howard don er assistant lloyd wideman organists marion stoufler hetty stover executive com mittee pastor president vice president sec treas reg ramer ron james mrs mel j3arkey carl grove lester eby and floyd doner dele gate appointed to young peoples convention willard mover alternate howard doner late joshua lehman ardent bible reader following a period of declin ing health death came to joshua snider lehman at fairview lodge whitby on sunday april 19th he was in his 90th year born in ux- bridge township the late mr lehman had spent the greater part of his life in markham township for more than a quarter century he drove a mail route from the gormley post office but has made his home with his son wesley at claremont for twenty years his wife the former sarah farmer predeceased him 22 years ago he was identified with the brethreninchrist church at heise hill and was a constant reader of the bible during his lifetime mr lehman had read the scriptures from cover to cover one hundred and fifty- nine times although he has been deaf for a number of years his eyesight remained good despite his great age surviving are two sons thomas in missouri us and wesley of claremont also a daughter violet mrs jos jones of gormley there is one brother joseph of toron to and a sister mrs martha byer stoullville the funeral on tuesday was conducted by bishop alvin winger from the heise hill church with interment in heise hill cemetery pall bearers were orla heise levi steckley roy brillinger anth ony nigh landon steckley and jacob wideman wiule mr and mrs john offen of cedar grow were eating supper with their two children linda and dannie on monday evening tire broke out in a shed a the rear of the egggrading station and despite valiant efforts on the part of mr and mrs offen the flames spread to the upstairs living quarters the markham fire brigade was summoned out they refused to answer the call because according to the clerk no agreement with the township concerning out side tire protection has yet been reached the cnionville brigade responded quickly but the blaze had reached out-of- comrol proportions by the time they arrived water was pumped through 1000 feet of hose from a nearby creek ami they succeeded in saving the frame home of mrs a g often who resides next door mr and mrs ofien and their children evacuated their home and were able to save only a radio table and a few other miscellaneous effects a pet dog anil kitten were lost in the tire following their escape mrs offen remembered that there was a quantity of money and bonds in the up stairs apartment and dis regarding her own safety she rushed back into the smoke and flames in an effort to reclaim some of their savings in doing so she became lost in the dense smoke and narrow ly escaped suffocation a truck owned by mr har old lapp and loaded with fertilizer was consumed in the raging inferno harold had driven the truck into the rear garage to keep it out of the rain during the night neigh bors tied a rope around a 100 gallon gasoline tank and tried desperately to drag it out of the fires path but jhe rope broke and they were driven back by the heat neither the gasoline tank nor another oil barrel exploded although the paint was com pletely burned off the outside if it had been later at night we would never have escaped exclaimed mrs offen the family will remain at the home of mrs a g offen until future building plans can be completed the house and egg- grading station was built some six years ago mr oflen had just recently sold the business to a toronto buyer it was eight years ago that the cedar grove store belonging to a brother mr geo offen was destroyed by fire although the exact cause of the blaze is not known it is believed that children playing with fire crackers were responsible two new teachers engaged for local high school staff stouffville high school dis trict board has engaged two new high school teachers to til vacancies on the start caused by the resignations of mr davis and mr- laushway the latter had been tilling in on a temporary basis since christinas mr davis will go to paris close to his john k home is in mi ontario which is home marshall whose brampton and who has been teaching in mark- dale has been engaged while miss joan lanthier who has been teaching in quebec is the second new teacher joining the staff winter activities over at arena stotulville arena closed its doors o all winter activities on wednesday night following the broughamport perry hoc- ke same ice litis been in the arena for the past seven months the ice is being re moved from the building a couple of weeks earlier than in the past two winters i 1951 hockey activity ceased on the second week in may while last year it stopped during the first week of may before another season of wrestling biiigos dancing and other forms of entertainment gets underway the new marble top floor will be planed to insure the finest degree of smooth ness possible tax revelations in press start furor in tp council interesting open evening planned at high school perns ville interesting evening is planned at the stouff- high school next tues- cy evening april 2sth from b until i pm the open night is the occasion for an exhibition of work by the night school hobby classes included in the work will be sixty oil paintings work of the evening art group under the direction of arnold hods- kins also on display will be projects in woodworking and sheet metal etc displays by vocational guidance depart ment science experiments and others will interest the tors a special invitation is tended to grade s pupils their parents to visit school on this occasion vtsi- ex- and the cooking school winner shown here standing be side the new fricidaire refrigerator which she won as a grand prize at the cooking school last week is the lucky winner mrs hnrrv holdon along with mrs holden is mr iou haxlin of raxlin furniture appliances the local denier who cooperated r putting the school on the affair was sponsored by the stouttville womens business professional club actually the winning ticket carried the name of mr holden making the win all the more unique ince only a few week- before mr holden won a new iontiae car given avav bv the local lions club 50000 club house for 9th of markham in his march building re port made to markham town ship council building inspec tor ross norton stated is building permits were issued during the past month to cover construction with a total estimated value of 129- 100 total permit fees collect ed amounted to 15300 the largest single item was the issuance of a permit to cover the erection of a 51000 club house to be built on lot 0 con cession 9 the permit was taken out in the name of the box grove realty co in the realm of residential construction mr maurice tap- scott will erect a 10000 home on lot 1 concession 7 while i mr ii s honsberger will con struct a 9000 house on lots i o 7 and s in concession 1 per- i mils were also issued to cover the building of four ssooo i homes arena bowlers win playoffs stoutfville arena bowling team which occupied the cellar position in the local league for practically the entire winter ame through on tuesdav right to win the playoffs nos ing out murphy motors team j by some sixtyfive pins the arena team counted 0501 in the six game nlavott the reg- i uiar schedule was won by mole motor sales the arena team is comprised of george s allison ken laushway l e oneill gar lehman chas nolan reg button and telf 1 ronnie alternate engagement mr and mrs i y sibley u torrens ave toronto wish to announce the engage ment of their daughter mary geraldine to ross lerov son of mr and mrs roy brillin ger gormley the marriage will take place in brethren-ill- church 150 gamble ave tor onto on june 20 1053 markham township coun cil meeting was thrown into an uproar on monday evening when councillor lennie stren uously objected to the appear ance of certain information on this years tax rate which was published last week in the richmond hill liberal and the stoullville tribune id lila to know how this information got out when we held a closed meeting and 1 ask mr reeve that this coun cil be polled to see who gave these figures to the press said mr lennie youre out of order said deputyreeve lemasurier the press should be at all our meetings and this is just a good example of what can happen the whole press should be invited commented coun cillor chas hooper councillor lennie said he had no objection to the press being present but he believed when the meeting was closed councillors should respect the secrecy of the discussion its a violation of a demo cratic principal and i would move this meeting adjourn said councillor lennie 1 would like to put every coun cillor under oath all members of council denied any knowledge of how never away ive said a if announcement a meeting for the purpose of organizing a stoulfville tennis club will be held in the municipal offices on wed nesday night april 20th at s pm all those interested are requested to attend mr and mrs milt burk spent sunday with mr and mrs e anderson greenbank the press gained the tax infoi mation well 1 certainly have told the press to stay from any of our meeting got nothing to hide reeve win timbers former deputyreeve james who was present at the meeting as an onlooker asked if he could be given an explan ation of what was done with the 21000 surplus which the council finished up with last year and if this information had been given to the press both councillors lennie and hooper spoke up with explan ations amid interruptions by deputyreeve lemasurier and councillor clark councillor lennie asked that council take the auditors figures which showed 21015 surplus thats not right theres only approximately 5500 and f the culverts were paid for we wouldnt have that declar ed deputyreeve lemasurier youre talking a lot of non sense replied councillor len nie at this juncture councillor lennie began to leave tiie meeting but was prevailed on to remain weve got the 24000 sur plus alright but what id like to know is who gave the audi tor authority to transfer this money from one account to another hes only a paid employee and should come to council for anything like that continued councillor hooper who gave permission to have culverts ordered and bill ed for in 1953 asked deputy reeve lemasurier you did replied council lor hooper i did not retorted the deputyreeve you were a member of this council that agreed to order these culverts because the traveller said he didnt know how the steel supply would be and we better order ahead said councillor hooper last years road committee was accused of overspending and 1 was accused of lying at a public meeting broke in councillor lennie councillor clark asked per mission to read a letter receiv ed several months previous from the auditor councillor clark said that 1952 had finish ed with about a 5000 surplus thats a lie these false hoods have been told before shouted councillor lennie motor collision cases heard in local court damage actions in connec tion with two motor collisions were heard before judge den ton in division court in stouff- ville on thursday morning l m newall trucker of toronto brought action against d c brown of ringwood claiming 514000 compensation for time lost following an accident which occurred sev eral months ago mr newall was represented by haynes thompson and rogers solici tors and mr brown by mc- cit hough button in giving judgment judge denton reduc ed the number of days for which newall claimed loss of time and the per day rate he allowed the plaintiff 05 and costs cost of the damages to the trucks was settled follow ing the accident in the case of harold dean vs leslie james of stoullville action was dismissed without costs mr dean claimed 9634 damages to his car in connec tion with a collision which occurred in november last year mccullough button represented mr james and mr chappell of toronto the plaintiff in dismissing the case judge denton commented that the case was very difficult to decide and there was little evidence to support the claim into the true ui i have never entered this argument only on road budget the argument on the amount of the township plus what had been done with it and how certain of last years expenditures came about continued for some time without definite conclusion however reeve timbers summed the matter up in this way i cant see any point in all this argument weve hired an auditor to show us how wi stand and the township is definitely in good financial shape thats the main thing as far as i can see said the reeve warblefly spraying campaign underway march police report in markham in his monthly report to markham township council police chief clarence wide- man stated his department investigated six accidents dur ing the month police issued 142 summonses nine of which were for overloading only one case of breaking entry and hi oft and just one case of obtaining money by false pre tenses was reported to police other calls handled by the police included one ire call two auction sales four hocke games and three complaints dl dumping of garbage a total of 201 miscellaneous calls and investigations was handled chief wideman reports his department is receiving com plaints of earth being taken ofl a sideroad in the vicinity of the gamble sideroad and bayview avenue residents in the area have requested that prohibitive signs be placed in this district rev frank muir of the stouffville christian church is in hospital this week in toronto undergoing treatment ixhridge and whitchurch townships are operating an extensive warble fly control campaign this month and according to all reports the scheme is proving highly successful pictured above is prayer operator mr duncan mo- tavih oaking the young cattle belonging to mr ruel dowswell on the geo alsop farm 3rd con cession fxbrldge in the foreground is mr jack shechv assistant operator mr mctavish informed the tribune that in one day over 400 cattle were treated thieves get 25000 loot from markham township estate some time between the interval of and 10 pm on saturday thieves broke into the home on the estate of mr j t cannon bayview avenue north in markham township and escaped with jewels and furs valued at 25000 the burglars gained entry to the residence through an upstairs window mr and mrs cannon were absent at the time of the breakin and the theft was not discovered until the owners returned home on saturday evening watches mink coats jewelry and rings were among the valuables taken constables clarence wideman and george clayton are investigating as we go to press the tri bune has been informed by chief constable clarence wideman that the loot has been discovered in a vacant field on henderson avenue in the doncaster subdivision south of thornhill constable geo clayton has been work ing on the case since the robbery was reported on sat urday night