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ut xmun vol 68 no 36 the tribune stouffville ont thursday february 6 195s twelve pages quartette damaging stouffville restaurant fined total of 144 grade a a large f a yearling leghorn hen the property of mr harold doner gormley gained news prom inence last week when she produced a giant six ounce egg it measured nine inches by eight inches around fully recovered from the feat the hen and her largesize sample pose with twelveyearold fern doner in front of the tribune camera the average egg weighs approximately 2 oz j thomas melville dicksons hi would bring pupi inspector mhauman w ark tol have each of these mulholland and mr ferguson schools build an addition partly trustees from melville and dick- 1 because of the uncertainty of sons hill public schools appear- the present enrolment being ed before markham township maintained and secondly be- council on monday afternoon in cause grants could only be se- regard to taking some action to j cured on a portion of the ex- relieve the overcrowded condij penditure tions in these schools commenc- he suggested that the stouff- ing in september 1958 each j ville public school board be of these schools has only one contacted and arrangements be report beaver plentiful teacher melville has an attend ance of- 41 and dicksons hill has 47 mr hugh brennan chairman of the markham twp educa tional committee presided at a meeting last week at which time it was suggested that a school area be formed council asked inspector hall- man if any difficulty was being made to transport a number of pupils to the new school in stouffville which it was intended to have ready by sept 1st reeve clark stated that be fore any action was taken in regard to an area he would sug gest that a meeting be called by the trustees of each section at which time a vote would be taken to ascertain the wishes of experienced in staffing these the ratepayers schools and he replied that the after some discussion it was present teachers were both do- agreed that a meeting of the ing good work but for a num- ratepayers in each section ber of years it had only been would be called and further possible to secure teachers who action will be in accordance a good deai o w as were not fully qualified with the vote of those concern- as cause trouble y flooding to many people it would come as a great surprise that the beaver is quite common in whitchurch township this is especially so in the north end of the township but there are now beaver as far south as gormley and perhaps some even farther south that have not been reported to the writer some of their dams are of con siderable length and have ere ated ponds of several acres they have become accustomed to their human neighbours and although not commonly seen during the daytime their dam building and timbering opera tions can be heard from some of the homes in one section at least they persist in plugging the culverts it is quite possible that their population could outgrow their food supply and that they may build dams that would destroy a wild spree involving four port perry district teenagers on saturday jan 18 in uxbridge stouffville and markham ended in a series of fines totalling s141 and costs in oshawa police court douglas bonnell prince al bert fred connaghan port perry edward wilson rr 1 port perry and girl vande walker stevens street port perry were convicted on char ges of wilful damage to proper ty in uxbridge and stouffville and of causing a disturbance in uxbridge they were also found guilty of fraudulently obtaining food in stouffville bonnell was also convicted of unlawfully having liquor in markham magistrate f s ebbs sen tenced the four men to fines to talling 31 and costs plus costs of the damage to each all four youngsters pleaded guilty all had been convicted of previous offences police chief g l chatterlcy of uxbridge told the court that the night constable had been called to a disturbance at the uxbridge grill brock street on the evening in question the four accused had played football with a bottle of catsup in the restaurant they molested wom en in the restaurant and sat beside them they smashed an outside window valued at 5 they also did not order but told the chinese proprietor to go to hell they left before police arrived police chief frank thompson edwards of stouffville testified that the four men had caused trouble at harolds grill main street the same evening after walking into the chin ese restaurant the accused had ordered four cups of coffee then they had gone to the wash- markham flock stolen sixty hens the entire flock belonging to mr fred scott 7th concession of markham twp room and smashed the mirror were sorae durn they had then walked out with- the early hours of thursday out paying for the mirror or the raorning lt was second such coffee they left before police theu in the district withm re came icent weeks fifty hens were taken from another farmer mr tom shadlock police believe the same parties are respon sible the thieves killed the hens the chicken house they were stuffed into bags and loaded in to a nearby truck a short dis tance away though mr scotts home is not far distant from the hen house he heard no sounds the loss has been estimated at approximately 515000 bonnell was arrested later the same night in markham by police constable percy gillian on a tipoff by chief edwards of stouffville who arrested the other members of the gang on sunday a quantity of liquor was found in the car penalties assessed on the charge of causing wil ful damage in uxbridge the 4 youngsters were fined 10 and costs or 10 days each they were ordered to make good for the damage to the window am ounting to s125 pach for causing a disturbance in uxbridge they received fines of 10 and costs or 10 days each running consecutively vande walker was fined 10 and costs or nine days dating back to his arrest markham township police be- magistrate ebbs assessed a j lieve they have solved the rash fine of 10 and costs or 10 days of burglaries that have occurred each for causing wilful damage in the gormley area within re- police track housebreaker in snow in stouffville the sentence also will run consecutively acrued costs for the smashed mirror were ordered recovered at 125 each cent weeks on sunday night seven members of the mark ham force surrounded a vacant farmhouse on the third con cession south of the townline on the charge of obtaining and arrested geo cheeseman food fraudulently all four were 30 of no known address fined 1 or one day the sentence to run concurrently bonnell received an extra fine of 10 and costs or one month in jail for unlawfully having liquor in markham his sent ence will run concurrently these boys have been warn ed on many and many occa sions said magistrate ebbs too bad they got into this trouble wilson who is on parole will have to serve the sentence local indigent costs lowest in the county he added that he was reluct- 1 ed honor former premier as veteran breeder hon george s henry former premier of ontario was honored at a meeting of the york coun ty holstein club by the presen tation of a veteran breeder pin mr henry who is in his 87th year has been a prominent breeder of holstein cattle for the past 45 years the presenta tion was made by james t brown newcastle ont first vicepresident of the holstein- friesian association of canada oriole lodge farm where mr henry is still living is on the outskirts of toronto and was a crown grant to his great grandfather in 1s06 associated with the hon mr henry in the operation of his noted herd of holsteins has been his son geo w henry who was president of the holsteinfriesian asso ciation of canada in 1952 reminiscing at the time of the presentation mr henry drew attention to the great im provement made in type pro duction and test by the hoi steins of canada during the pe riod of his association with the breed hon mr henry has had a lifetime of distinguished public service to his township county and province totalling some 45 years he graduated in 1s96 from the university of toronto school trustee township coun cillor reeve warden member of the york road commission mla for york east minister of agriculture minister of high ways and premier he retired from the political scene in 1913 but still retains a keen interest in world and local affairs oriole lodge farm and his church in cidentally mr henry was a sunday school teacher at his small local church for some 30 years markham officer qualifys in first aid roads in such cases the depr of lands and forests see that their population is reduced to suitable proportions during the past few weeks beaver have been removed from ponds in whitchurch two of these were quite large one weighing ap proximately sixty pounds and one approximately seventyfive i pounds people living in this commun- defenceman pon hedges and ity should take time to show don benson and forward dean the work of this wonderful evans all of claremont have canadian animal to their child- 1 been signed by uxbridge for the ren there are few sections of i forthcoming provincial juvenile ontario where the beaver can i playoffs the threesome per- be so easily studied in its nat- 1 formed with stouffville in the ural habitat north circuit use of local library by young people on increase hospitalization costs for in digent patients in york county were 70388 in 1957 this was 7772 less than the previous year stouffville had the lowest with a figure of 277 for the year north gwillimbury twp topped the list with 12295 having been paid by taxpayers for charity hospitalization dur ing the year next was vaughan township with 7473 hospital costs in the other county municipalities were georgina 3049 east- gwillim bury 6440 king 6897 mark ham township 6941 markham village 955 richmond hill 2042 sutton 4327 whit church 5698 woodbridge 2 to sell langstaff jail farm constable bruce findlay re ceived a tipoff from a gormley resident that the wanted man was in the immediate area aid ed by constable cliff cox the police were able to pick up the mans trail in the snow sgts geo clayton and bill shearn and constables don dukes and bill gunn joined the search on entering the bayview avenue home they found the suspect hiding under a pile of rugs and rest of his dra in nis possession they discovered a number of pawn tickets and other articles taken from homes in gormley the thief had a previous record and had served a three year term in the kingston penitentiary the arrest ended one of the most baffling burglary cases to behandled markham police in many months on numerous occasions police had picked up the trail of the breakin artist but each time he eluded his pursuers one trail led south from gormley to langstaff along the railroad tracks where a breakin was reported at the home of mr alf lemasurier the man is presently confined to a cell in the don jail the langstaff jail farm and more recently used as a mental institution is up for sale the farm consists of 712 buildings with several large houses and barns persons placing a bid on the property must state for what purpose if will be used road budget the dept of highways advis- 514 aurora 3356 newmarket fi markham township council 3666 and county tubercular at their regular meeting on and nursing patients 4459 york county debentures which are a direct tax on the county are 106 percent of the total assessment those debentures which are recoverable from other sources such as school boards are 22 percent of the assessment these figures were supplied on jan 23 to county council by clerk treasurer jack smith reeve john perry of vaughan township requested the infor mation meeting monday that their authorized expenditure for grant in 1958 would be 25000 for construc tion and 140000 for mainten ance these amounts are the same as for 1957 however local planning board hears apt building request at inaugural stouffville planning board l cific data on a number of indu convened in inaugural session on friday night and dealt with a number of matters pertinent to local development c h no lan was reelected chairman of the board for the term of 195s and a g thompson vice chair man zoning bylaw trial sites in town as to services available type of soil acreage prices and pictures and these are to be placed in the hands of the dept of planning in dustrial branch in addition study is being given to the issuing of a bro chure on stouffville and the fa- minor alterations in the zon ing bylaw which is practically completed in readiness for the board studied various duties it offevs for industrial development similar to those used by a large number of other ontario towns who are compet- publlc hearing by the ontario ing for the new industrial de- municipal board the bylaw will i velopmcnt now be placed in the hands of solicitor j d lucas for final rjrvv rdimai i preparation suggestions forkui dululxm klmenrot and i claremont farmer xttment houses thirtyfive years some time was spent in con- on tuesday jan 2sth mr sulfation with local solicitor goo roy brignall farm resi- donald hindson and contractor dent on the brock road south walter smith who placed beiof claremont for the past 35 fore the board plans and illus- 1 years passed away following trations of a proposed 12unit an illness of almost one year apartment house which they born on the 6th concession of are interested in erecting in pickering township near brou- stouffville the attractive build- gham in 1892 the deceased spent ing would be a threestorey his entire life in the immediate brick structure with picture district he was in his 67th year windows and balconies plans j he is survived by two bro- call for four dwelling units on thers jack of claremont wal- each floor six 1bedroom apart- j ter of markham and two sis- ments and six 2bedroom apart- 1 ters olive mrs earl carson ments the entire unit would j of brooklin and ida of toronto be centrally heated and the the funeral service conduct- apartments would be equipped led by rev h h lackey of the with refrigerators stoves and claremont united church- was washing facilities would be pro- held from the dixon chapel vided in the basement laundry markham on friday afternoon several possible locations were at 2 oclock with interment in discussed but likely develop- salem cemetery kinsale the ment will await passing of the pallbearers were messrs don- zoning bylaw i aid hedges lloyd pugh walter industry lingham stewart graham vic- the board is preparing spe- tor robinson and john acres seventh concession couple wed sixty- three years unionvillc agreement clerk crisp advised council that he had presented the trus tees of the village of unionville with a copy of the new agree ment relating to the fire hall and cost arrangements it is expected that if found satis factory it will be ratified by council at the next meeting incinerator deputyreeve dean is endeav oring to secure all data relating to the cost in connection with an incinerator for the county he is of the opinion that this is sjvera cesflha the 0ny way hat the ftexceeohes figures f ca hand on the seventh concession of markham onehalf mile south of the townline a wellknown arid highly respected coupled mr and mrs ralph hoover quietly marked their 63rd wedding an niversary on thursday jan 30 the occasion was unnoticed and unknown to many even their closest neighbours turning back the pages of time mr and mrs hoover re called the happy events which were centred around the date jan 30th 1895 the marriage ceremony conducted by rev percy of the ringwood chris tian church was held at the home of mrs hoovers foster parents mr and mrs daniel hoover 6th concession of mark ham their honeymoon trip consisted of a ride around the block in the horse and cutter the following day the newly- weds visited mrs hoovers sis- ter mrs john monkhouse of markham village they took up residence on the hoover home stead where they have remain ed mrs hoover is 86 and mr hoover 8s j mrs hoover was born in scott township the daughter of the late john and barbara meyer her mother passed away and at the age of five years mrs hoover was adopted by mr and mrs daniel hpover they farm- ed oneiric prcscrif fred yake property 6th concession of markham mrs hoover attended almira public school mr hoover was one of seven children born to the late sam uel and fannie hoover with the exception of two years he has spent his entire life at the present location he attended dickson hill public school in the winter lime he would travel the distance in the horse and cutter the horse would be tied up at the dickson hill mill both mr and mrs hoover arc still quite active it is riot unusual to see mr hoover out side cutting weeds in the sum mer in the winter time his ac tivities are confined to a daily trip to the mail box located some distance from the house mrs hoover enjoys assisting her daughter mrs lena hoover with household chores both are identified with the wideman mennonite church mrs hoo ver has a sister mrs fred ra- mer of altona mr hoover has two sisters mrs lydia miller of high river alberta and mrs esther wideman of almira if was gratifying for members of the stouffville li brary board to note at their inaugural meeting that there had been considerable increase in the number of children visit ing the stouffville public libra- constable robert hood of the r in 1957 k school teach- markham twp police force was honoured at the regular meeting of council on monday afternoon beirg presented with a certificate as a symbol of his full qualification in st johns ambulance work and qualified to instruct ers are given much of the credit for instilling in their pupils the advantages and privilege they enjoy in having the library cir culation for last year in this department was 3469 the classed books also showed an increase with a circulation of the of the board of education considerable work has been completed in the library build ing a new heating system in stalled in the basement new floor laid and the walls refinish- ed members of the library board are w f sherwood chairman miss anne lehman secytreas mrs gordon sisco mr geo foord book committee rev douglas davis and mr ray fleury property committee mrs g r w thomas librarian the library is open to tfie constable hood was pre sented to council by chief clar ence wideman reeve clark in making the presentation stated spent one and a half years at that markham police force was the ontario agricultural college j fortunate in having a qualified and then returned to the home man on the force in this depart- farm he was successively a ment of first aid work 153 up 300 books over 1956j public on tuesday friday and total circulation for the library i saturday from 2 to 530 in the during the year just ended was afternoon and 7 to 9 in the 10377 evening the magazines avail- three hundred and fifty books j able arc saturday evening were discarded during the year post life national geographic and 271 were added to the book i popular mechanics ladies stock in addition to 120 from j home journal canadian homes the travelling libraries dept i and gardens and wee wisdom sir and mrs ralph hoover concession of markham township