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twelve pages tbufftrilu copies 3125 vol g2 no 8 the tribune stouffville ont june j 1931 receives portrait from cities service representative ih at the regular meeting of stouirville council reeve henry ogclen was presented with a charcoal portrait of him self the presentation was made l mr c s hall regional representative of the cities service oil co sorrie time ago the town of stouft- ville went on the air on the radio programme ontario marches on where a descrip tion of some of its fine points was given the reeve of the photo by cadieux town chosen is presented with a portrait which mr ogden received the sketch was done by egbert c reed of norval out who is one of canadas foremost charcoal artists graduates from american college james brownsberger son of mr and mrs samuel hrownsberger of toronto was among the 178 stu dents to receive his ba degree at goshen college goshen indiana on june 1th mr and mrs browns- berger who were present to wit ness the ceremony are former markham township residents mr brownsberger being a brother of ezra and joseph 10th con south of stouffville and mrs percy dike 8th concession goshen college is a liberal arts college and bible seminary operated by the jlen- nonnite church other graduating students from ontario included orval jantzi of waterloo harvey snyder grims by beach edna good now mission ary to south america orland gingerich of baden clare martin of kitchener and earl meyers of kitchener received their bachelor of theology degree drumhead service in memorial park rev w surman padre at sunny- brook hospital will be the guest speaker at the annual legion drumhead service in memorial park stouflville this sunday after noon june 17th the service will be attended by local veterans and york county veterans who will parade from the legion hall com mencing at 230 oclock the parade will be headed by the governor- generals horse guard band and the earlscourt legion pipe band capt s s ball md will pre side and the salute will be taken by brig laurin obe rev d davis lion padre of the local legion will conduct the service with the scripture reading by rev f herman a hulse 1st vice presi dent provincial command co baker gghgs officer com manding will also speak this sunday june 17th will be fathers day exemption of unionville from certain building restrictions discussed by twp council the possibility of exempting all or a portion of unionville from restrictions covering the size of building lots was discussed at con siderable length on monday even ing by markham township coun cil the question arose because of the fact that a great many lots within the village limits and which had been established on plans many years ago were not the required frontage of 70 ft an immediate instance has arisen with property of mr warren adjacent to the cnr j d lucas township solicitor was present at the meeting and told council that they had no power to allow anyone to act contrary to the bylaws but they could exempt certain areas with the approval of the municipal board these lots have the required area but just because theyre not seventy feet in front 1 dont see why we should sit here and block this man stated councillor chas hooper well as far as im concerned im sticking by the bylaw we dont want any more messes like weve had in me past stated reeve tim bers we need a planning board to handle these problems con tinued the reeve theres no use of having these bylaws if were not going to abide by them commented councillor clark councillor james stated that he favored amending the bylaw to allow an exemption of unionville the township solicitor pointed out that the police village trusteed might object to having unionville exempt from the bylaw and should be contacted before any application for a change is made this council agreed to do l he solicitor was directed to prepare debentures for the town- snip in connection with a new slauotm public school for the markhamvaughan union section a bvlaw is being prepared which will license pel shops in markham township a suggested ice for the license is 2300 markham also collects a kennel license of 10 suggested repairs and improve ments- to the second floor of the township municipal building are being considered by the property committee court of revision on local improvement on baker and elm- wood avenues in the elmwood subdivision was adjourned for two weeks while further informa tion is gathered by engineer bab- cock concerning a sharp increase in the costs of completed road work as against the estimated figure submitted to the ratepayers las meharg appeared before council concerning the taking over of noble ave a private road near hagerman it was agreed that the residents should pay 200 for gravelling the street and the town ship would maintain thereafter only one of a half dozen residents objected defies building bylaw ill sell lots and build without your permission and that im tell- i ing the lot of you stated mr coekrane of unionville when he appeared before council regarding the procedure for the sale of pro perty in the township the answer is definitely no stated solicitor lucas when asked if he couldnt sell his lots without councils permission mr coekrane became increas ingly incensed in a heated debate with councillors and launched into the matter of a private gas tank which he claimed had been install ed right on the property line against provincial regulations council gave permission to have it moved to the line what are vou going to do about it he asked we only said we had no objec tion to it being moved when we were asked stated councillor hooper the incident occurred some five years ago i cant see that this is any con- cern of ours stated reeve tim bers solicitor lucas reiterated the reeves contention calling the idea o the council making a move in the matter utter ridiculous attended market regularly for more than forty years although she had not enjoyed good health since last winter mrs eiwin a grays sudden passing at her home on main street was a shock to her many friends sitting in a chair on friday evening june 8th she suddenly succumbed to a heart attack as her daughter was near her she had not complained of any illness she had attended the morning service at stouffville united church the previous sun day and had worked as usual through the week funeral service was held in oneills parlours on monday after noon june 11th conducted by rev douglas davis followed by inter ment in stouffville cemetery pall bearers were messrs a e weldon bertram lickorish sylvester pol lard james harris frederick crossen and dawson davis mrs grays maiden name was ida emily hamill she being the daughter of james hamill and phoebe johnston hamill and born at east york she was united in marriage with erwin a gray who predeceased her some 22 years ago and whose passing was equally sudden after their marriage the grays farmed at churchill and at the foot of gravel hill they bought the farm on the 10th now owned by their daughter mrs ida elson from mr james rac and lived there until moving to stoufl ville in 191s for one year they occupied the home in which walter pipher now resides then they bought the present gray home after another year spent on the farm mrs gray also lived at garibaldi in her earlier years the late mrs gray was identi fied with stouffville united church and had formerly been active in the womens missionary society and the womans association she had formerly been active in the work of bloomington methodist church surviving are two children mrs ida may elson of stouffville and harold james gray of toronto and one grandson gary gray of tor onto mrs lucy tophamis a sister of the deceased and another sister predeceased mrs gray a unique feature of mrs grays life was her regular attendance on saturdays at the st lawrence market for some 15 years where she had endeared herself to a host of customers some of whom had been coming to see her there for 42 or 13 years grandchildren of her first customers had been also com ing to buy from her before death suddenly called her friday even ing mrs gray had her baking and other produce in readiness for the market the following day when news of her passing spread around the market saturday everyone was saddened by a sense of personal loss grandma as she was affec tionately known had occupied her stall for the last time agree to split h s area will proceed with erection of two new high schools when division is approved false pretenses brings sentence of two years after several years of delibera tion the councils of markham and whitchurch townships markham and stouffville have agreed to divide the present high school area form two new areas and erect a new nigh school in each only the most recent legislation made this move possible and hitherto anyone wishing to secede from an area was compelled to be come attached to some other exist ing area under the amended act a split as proposed locally with two areas being formed can be affected resolutions have been passed within the last few days in each of the four municipalities sanc tioning the division and county council will be asked to bring in a bylaw to this effect at their session which is to begin shortly when the move is completed two new high school boards will be established to take the place of the appointees now forming the area board and these will take office jan 1st after several meetings within the past couple of weeks it was appar ent that the present area board was unable to reach an unanimous decision to solve the longstanding deadlock various pronosals were put forward by stouffville and whitchurch representatives but to little avail and it became increasingly apparent that the present area could not be saved it was with reluctance in some quarters that councils sanctioned the division since the opinion has been freely expressed around the council table of both townships that if two schools were to be built they could just as easily be built under the present board and maintain the existing area while the estimated total cost of the two schools is higher than for one large unit there will be no difference in the percentage of cost to the people in the north and south since the assessment in each of the two new areas to be created is approx imately equal however the move has now been made and awaits only passage by county council and the dept of education to take effect two years may be required to get two new schools in operation providing there are no further holdups hold up work on 9th con for present time at the regular meeting of the stouffville town council on thursday night some concern was shown over collection of junk in a lot at the east end of town the yard which takes the form of a wrecking lot was believed by the council to be a fire hazzard as well as an unsightly spot to any one passing by clerk george storey stated that it was unlawful to create such a nuisance unless the council had given consent it was decided by the council that they should not proceed at the present time with the paving of the 9th concession south of the townline for the distance of a quarter mile markham township and the town were to share the cost equally the total cost was estimated to be approximately 0000 since a horse show is coming to the park on july 7th it was thought by the council that a number of bridges should be repaired on the back streets the one bridge located in the park has been torn up for some time estimates have been received from two builders for the job it was thought that planks could be placed across the creek that would serve for a temporary walk as for the other bridges on the back streets reeve ogden suggested that an engineer should be sent out from the dept of high ways to look over their condition parking on the south side of main st is giving the council some concern it was brought to the attention of the members by coun cillor glen ratclilf that some of the cars were angle parking with three if their wheels on the sidewalk one of the cars was parked so close to one of the stores that the proprietor had to climb over its front bumper in order to gain entrance to his store said coun cillor ratclifr the matter was left for constable rusnells attention several budgets of news arriv ing on the late mail wednesday had to be omitted in this issue see harold morden for conces sion space at coming horse show hiuatks congratulations are extended to rev 11 li turner who was ordain ed in danforth ave church last week he will soon be leaving goodwood for sarnia goodwood boy scout troop will hold their annual church service in the goodwood united church this sunday at 730 pm remember the hydro will be off for about threequarters of an hour beginning at 1230 noon this thurs day nursing graduatic v miss lena white daughter of mr and mrs dudley white of altona who was among the graduates of the womens college hospital toronto familiar homestead saved from flames fire which threatened for a time to envelop the familiar home of mr and mrs jack nigh and mr and mrs herb spofford at almira was finally brought under control by the stouffville and unionville fire brigades on tuesday afternoon the outbreak appeared to have started from a box of ashes near a wooden washing machine on a back porch the flames quickly record showed convictions since 12 including theft fraud and armed robbery ray scott fenwiek 39 double iict- on amputee of stouffville was convi ed in county court on tuesday a charge of false pretenses and was sentenced by his honor judge gap briikenden to two years less one day definite and three months indefinite in the ontario reformatory the jury acquitted accused on a charge of theft being out for 57 minutes the charges arose following a deal involving g107 which fen- wick received from clifton c fink woodstock hairdresser for the purchase of a 1951 cadillac fen- wick got the money but failed to return and was picked up in tor onto on april 24th driving a 1950 pontiac on may 10th he appeared before magistrate h p lines kc and elected trial by higher court prior to preliminary hearing at his trial 11 crown witnesses were called by crown attorney dew tisdale kc while no defense evidence was given louis mcnabb ingersoll car dealer said that on april 23rd he gave fink 7107 in cash and cheque of the amount 6107 was for the ear and the remaining 1000 was to be split with 500 going to fenwiek for getting the car and the remainder to fink continued on page six drivers involved in court action a motor accident involving three autos nov 17 1950 where highway no 7 and bayview ave intersect resulted in two drivers being found negligent by a county court jury in a twoway damage action before judge f g mcdonagh on wednes day h h powers of unionville was found 75 percent responsible for damages assessed at 108844 to wilfred joseph hodgins of tor onto mrs doris w little and little motors of markham were 25 per cent negligent powers was held responsible for 75 per cent damage to their car amounting to 18750 westbound on the highway pow ers had attempted a left turn east- bound the hodgins car had to stop suddenly to avoid collision the sudden stop of the hodgins car resulted in the following little car to collide with its rear the jury found mrs little failed to keep a proper distance from the hodgins car spread up through the wall of the frame dwelling and gave the fire fighters a real battle before it was overcome neighbours gathered from all the surrounding farms and carried the large portion of the furniture including two pianos out to the safety of the lawn the house is located right beside the almira mill and was for many years the wellknown home of the lehman family town council balks at shouldering responsibili for street carnivals miss carol weldon who received her bachelor of arts degree from the university of toronto on thursday carol is the daughter of mrs frank riches of stouffville at a meeting of the stouffville town council held on thursday night it was learned that the dept of highways had thrown tile authorization of street dances on the highways into the hands of the local council the highway dept has always granted the various organizations who annually spon sor these dances the permission to use the road but this year they have given notice that they wish the council to make the decision whatever decision the council made was to be passed on to the highways dept for further action council was divided on the issue councillor harold spofford claim ed that he was not in favour of blocking the main st but since there is no other place to hold the dances he couldnt see but that the council would have to grant per mission its too late to stop them now since some of the organizations have already gone ahead with then plans continued councillor spof ford councillor glenn ratcliff stated that he was not in favour of street lances and never had been what if a fire broke out or if one of the detoured trucks or cars went through one of the bridges on the back streets we would be responsible these street dances are becoming more and more every year and this town is not equipped for that purpose continued coun cillor ratcliff these organizations have con tributed much to the community in the past years and so far nothing has happened while one has been going on argued councillor spof ford reeve henry ogden expressed the regret that the council had not known earlier because at the present time so many of the organ izations have gone ahead with their plans its too bad commented coun cillor reg stouffer its more than too bad for those who have gone ahead and made their plans since there is no other place to hold the dances stated councillor spofford councillors harry itatcliff and harold spofford supported a motion to grant permission to hold the dances with councillors glein ratclifr reg stoufrer and reeve ogden opposed it was expected that the organiza tions involved would immediately appeal to the dept of highways for leniency and it was learned monday that permits had been issued bv the dept