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fflr mt uufmlk unburn vol 58 so 39 the tribune stouffvjlle ont jan 23 1947 ten pages goodwood calfs tale of woe if league leadership may be at stake in mondays game the highlight of the local junior oha hockey schedule to date will be the meeting of stouffville and aurora in the arena here next monday night jan 27th the two teams meet in the yonge st arena on thursday night if aurora should win on thursday they would tie the local aggregation for first place in the standing- neither team has lost a game so far but t aurora has played one less than stouffville stouifvilles hockey rail birds who viewed auroras meeting with markham a couple of weeks ago were not too much impressed but since then the yonge street- ers are said to have drawn in some j new strength from the direction of king and are likely to provide a i real battle for the championship monday nights scheduled with owing town council makes annual appointments for new year same rounding municipalities with pump- let equipment to inspect these out j tits if such machinery were install- 1 ed on a truck here it could also be used to boost the pressure on town hydrants if the need arose a communication was received from mr callahan clark st re- questing the placing of a street stouffville municipal council in n n h uedneslay sueet just opposite his house and appointed the various officers for the ensuing year and made the other routine appointments they were as follows poundkeeper karl keith representative to the libr- the matter of cleaning sidewalk ary board for three year term rev m f considerable discussion fire brigade looks into matter of add ing heavy pumper truck t o present equipment 92nd birthday the brillinger barn the matter was turned over to the water and light committee for investigation tli f- as the clerk stated received numerous that he had complaints to soft ice any holding bus commission jack smits h tickets for this game may use them i boyd appointment to board of regarding walks some of which had this thursday night for the trip i health e weldoiv appointment not shovelled all winter he to aurora there are still a few hih school board term of twol saici hlt some of llk house- tickets available for this game ls had been notified by the ings was also reappointed fire t pts chief at a salary of 100 j councillor bert bell stated that 0 s ki i- i he didnt believe the town should i- regarding the change in how they stand stouffville aurora newmarket bradford markham p w l 0 0 3 3 4 this grade durham calf on the farm of mr findley thompson east of goodwood promises to be a real up and going heifer although it may find life a bit difficult with an extra leg dangling from where its tail would normally be and its tail protruding from its back bone six inches from the extra leg the calf switches its tail but cannot switch flies from its right flank next sum mer the fifth leg has a normal hoof but the calf is powerless sllel ibj ou ain 1 u01lus o ing over the left flank markhams new councillor griffin stirs active debate chinese relief to be sought locally the national appeal for chinese relief is being organized in stouff ville and definite dates of canvas will appear in this paper next week millions in warravaged china are dying for want of food clothes shelter and medical supplies unr ra relief is ending and volunteer agencies must take up the load stouffville has always contributed generously to appeals of this kind and can be counted on again to help t a world neighbour member from thorn- hill questions rea sons for two superin tendents councillor vern griffin of thorn- hill plunged markham township council into an hours debate on contended either champion or tap monday afternoon when he delved scott had the best qualifications and into the question of two road super- training intendents being employed he wm sherrin asked a boost in said the ratepayers are asking pay from 50c to goc per hour as quesuons mr griffin wanted to grader operator he was reported know if the amount of roads to be to be giving good satisfaction and looked after had increased then the increase was granted without he asked the- pointed question and debate suggested his own answer he said j an ordei for fiftv ro why did you appoint mr clark fencing was placed with the agent your deputy reeve to this jom j grosskurth it was stated that of p the township had at least twenty- reeve i hen he asked hatf6 miles of such fence in use other township found it necessary to have two superintendents j reeve charlie hooper explained that at one time when he first en tered council only 120 miles of road was under the jurisdiction of the superintendent whereas by reason of subdivisions there is now 115 miles in the early days there was practically no snowplowing done as against today when all roads are kept open and plowed if at all possi ble also the number of foremen had been decreased to eight coun cil in november 1015 considered they needed two men and they made the change in answer to what other town ship employs two men it was stated 000 hp for twenty minutes straight that vaughan employed a superinahead then that establishes our tendent and a sort of overall man peak for the month and we would called master foreman j ue charged for goo hp even though waolirjnfouie- w when plate glass insurance comes low the merchants of stouffville carry on a novel plate glass insur ance business in that they club together to insure the plate glass along the business section instead of placing the risk with a regular line company the result of the local setup has i in amendment offered the name of saved hundred of dollars in insur- mr champion and demanded the yeas and nays the recorded vote j showing the amendment defeated and mr fleming appointed oppos ed only by mr griffin who said there was nothing personal purely a matter of qualification since he hydro peak mounts local power costs the amount of hydro consumed in stouffville is still climbing up wards as we have often stated we pay for the current according to the highest demand made for power in any twenty minute period that i is stouffville consumers demand i500 hp at any other time durins the month other than reeveship when he was appointed j to the roads thats not for me toi say said reeve hooper there- minutes when we called for upon mr clark who just came meet local demand the 20 000 to ance rates and has cost the met chants only five cents ner square foot we understand the regular tariff is something like ten cents a foot but that is not the only saving some years there is no premium or assessment at all once there was a skip of five years the scheme launched in 1923 started with a collection at that time of five cents per square foot the next premium at same rate was called in two years another in two years and the next three years then came a long period of four years with nothing to pay followed by a second long period of five years free insurance frank c rowbotham is the one and only citizen that has interested himself in the scheme he keeps the records handles the money and makes the adjustments with some thing like 100 separate plates in sured there is an average of only one broken per year mr row botham says that he keep enough cash on hand to purchase two or three large plates and there would have to be something like a dis aster to have three broken in one year if a plate is broken mr row botham has it replaced and may save part of the cost of the new plate from salvage of the old plate a bylaw 7 the assessment act was given its 2 j necessary readings and passed the 5 1 new bylaw reads in part com- mencing in 1947 the assessment shall be taken between jan 1st and sept 30th and the roll shall be returned by oct 1st the closing date for the court of revision shall be nov loth and on this assess ment the rate of taxation of the village of stouffville shall be set for the following year the asse merit roll made and revised for 1910 will be the assessment roll for 1917 permission was granted the stouffville coop to install fuel oil tanks on their property in accord ance with the regulations of the gasoline handling act the reeve stated that he had dis cussed the matter of the local fire brigade entering into an agreement for a fire area in whitchurch town ship and he believed a plan could be worked out which would be beneficial to both the township and the village the area about mussel- mans lake was in need of better protection and the financial aid stouffville would receive by enter ing such an agreement would be very helpful when it came to pur chasing the new and heavier equip ment needed here it was under stood that representatives of the stouffville brigade would visit sur- have to coax and threaten people to make them clean their walks let the town clean these walks and charge to the taxes said mr bell other members of council agreed that this step would have to be taken with those who per sisted in ignoring their walks councillor rowbotham stated that there were several instances where eavetroughs were allowed to assess- onto l1 waks making a very dangerous condition during this freezing and thawing period it was claimed by councillor boyd that ratepayers who allowed this condi tion to exist could be held respon sible if accidents occurred provid ing the ratepayers had received proper warning regarding the dan gerous condition it was agreed that a final warn ing notice should be inserted in the press following which all who do not heed would have the shovelling done for them and the same would be charged to the taxes mrs thos w klinck of stouff ville who celebrated her 92nd birthday this month retains all her faculties to a marked degree 7772 hospital days given by brierbush stouffville brierbush hospital has just completed a record year with the birth of eightyseven j babies in 1910 the hospital was used for no less than ninety one j operations and the number off deaths occuring during the year i numbered but twelve during the year it is revealled that 348 patients were admitted to markham township honored with 1947 wardenship as predicted from all sides on various occasions reeve charlie hooper of markham township is the warden of york county for this year and thereby entitled to be regarded as its first citizen of some 300000 inhabitants the mantle of leadership fell on the youthful reeve tuesday afternoon when five or six other aspirants for the office withdrew leaving mr hooper elect ed by acclamation undoubtedly had it gone to the ballot he would easily have received fourfifths of the votes from the 51 members that stouffvilles bantam and mwget vit n hockeyists split a doubleheackr en years in tounty council with markham in the local arena hoo l lhat not on tuesday evening the bantams tnan fo1 members now sitting losing 30 and the midgets swamp- i c councillors the time ing the markhamites 102 return h f auend le eeve games are expected to be booked t his year there were for the markham rink next wednes olevon ganges in personnel day the visiting crews were pilot- 1 ed by stan pringle while gar leli- way is handling the secretaryship man and harold lewis held the sweaters are being procured for the reins on the two stouffville teams lads financed by the lions club don lewis member of the lions and some real hockey prospects are boys work committee is also giving looked for from the seasons corn- some assistance while wes boad- petition minor hockevists split first douuleheader nearly 500 subscribers enjoy library privileges here at the annual meeting of the the institution and 7772 hospital ggj lt rsssstlhleloved mother librarian mrsgrwthomas thatmrs h talbot days care given mrs malcolm into the council chambers said 1 had been approached back in the time of reeve rennie to consider the road job and it went along for a few years under consideration until the work sort of piled up and the appointment was made the peak load is always struck on a tuesday between 11 and 12 in the morning the explanation is that with all the stoves in opera tion plus the great number of irons we create a peak that is not reached any other time in the month other farmed 40 years in markham township funeral service for james thom son who died at his late residence lot 11 con 3 markham township on sunday jan 19th was held at his home on tuesday afternoon rev a currey of victoria square officiating mr thomson was born at wood- bridge and was the son of the late james thomson and mrs thomson he received his education in his home town finishing at upper can- the reeve contended there was plenty of work councillor lesthan on tuesdays between 11 and lada college and i after graduation couperthwaite chipped in and the 12 noon one hundred irons equal took up the study of law for a con- ratepayers demand service 50 horsepower thus it is easiiv seen mr clark receives 1500 per how the demand can reach year and use of truck mr maxwell f wn a peak the methodical house wife thinks tuesday is the one and only day for ironing it follows monday wash day well the interest of al consumers will be served wives will avoid use of tween the hours mention siderajme time leaving that profes sion in favor of farming which he superintendent approximately 500 subscribers avail i declared the year just closed has themselves of the privileges of the buried on monday been the best on record and at no local carnegie foundation of these i time has the standard of the hospiover ninety percent are stouffville c health for three tal been quite so high equipment residents outoftown subscribers m h albot d ivjv i hihnr nto sinco rhii lo iiioti- al nel home on the th concession is constantly being improved pay a nignei i ate since mis is then whitrhureh nn q iini indeed only at christmas a modern xututtheri nct a wlwffi w delivery bed for the obstetrical itofuwnmyho j f jtt c room arrived and is the last word g vj tax mt between tath was a sl suffered a few inefficiency it really deserves feoo arid s700 annuallv days before her death njov thet mrs talbot was tle same privileges as town sub- personage imd friends scribers and a great many avail were always sure of a warm we- themselves of the use of the library the total circulation of ihelibr- ary for the year just ended was 7230 books made up of 1218 adult fiction 971 non fiction 2011 been well juvenile january march are y it really deserves an s70 annually special mention dr ssbali said hjgh scnool sludenls e to the tribune other professional i- privileges men also highly praise the new equipment capacity of the brierbush has been fairly taxed al year and while the great scarcity of help both professional and otherwise was felt the service has maintained come at her well kept home born in king township she lived near toronto during her young girlhood sixty years ago last december she united in marriage with harry e iniiarv fohrinrv l i tal e cotiple farmed for i n- ii ar l man years in whitchurch at one ln neav time residing on the 1th but for death quickly follows stroke circulation months during the war years new books was carried gil successfully for 50 years s preparing to go in on the farm on no 1200 the dept of highways pay onehalf when the appointment of a building inspector came up coun cillor griffin said before we vote are we going to appoint i man who is going to do as he is told or will we choose a man who is fully qualified and will use his own judgment i think the insjiector should use his own judgment said reeve hooper all right then we cant overlook the application of mr champion said councillor griffin anyone interested in attending hood wm rodick c b bovington deputy reeve dalton rumneythe veterans smoker on friday f and dr geo kelly submitted the name of archie flemj evening january 2ith meet at interment took place in the old mg one of the three applicants for riches hardware at t pm for trans- family plot at the knox presbvter- n and councillor griffin portatlon to toronto ian ccmeterv elders mills the talbot home on the glh their well known place of residence mr talbot died nearly two years ago and surviving the mother are mae mrs staley nellie mrs ross harper with whom the mother lived also charlie and geo talbot the late walter talbot of obrien avenue stouffville where in addition to the book stock the j stouffville was another son she had been living since last library provides magazines period- member of the united church march she arose as usual ana icals and latest government pamph- lemon ville where she took an ac- down stairs lets and these are on the tables for live part in the wa the service i were next to impossible to obtain but the situation is slowly improv- jng and approximately 175 new mrs william s rose mother of editions were added in 1910 at the mrs bert tail died on friday same time 1500 worn out and out- morning with shocking suddenness ofdate books were discarded last at thehome of mrs george watson year ten i his home community arid ktjwhwsudderily seized with a stroke reference at all times while many on monday afternoon was in charge which she never regained who arc not subscribers use this of rev d davis of stouffville highway from consciousness where he died i consciousness she was in her 75th material the librarian told the he was a man holding a high yea tribune that she believed there hydro i standard of life and was held in i daughter of the late rhos bear- was much good information there if house- high esteem by all his friends runs be- he died in his 71th year and i if the survived by wife formerly on the family lived at almira in that was not leing made use of markham township vvhen mrs rose the library is open tuesday assisted by mr d lute student pastor at lemonville the pall bearers were the same neighbors and friends who performed this sad duty for mr talbot elmer clark was a girl her father was the thursday and saturday afternoons roy morley elmer wells stewart lieak persists it is likch miss jessie king one son robt 1 keeper she married william and evenings considerable reno- rae ross winterstein orval drew- l r l k v one daughter mrs jessie s rose of pine orchard district and vating work was accomplished byery interment was made at stouff- ihiiaeu cot io mi uiri p 3 grandchldrcri and one in newmarket for years he the board this year the member of ville cemetery could be avoided by lowering our brother chris beeton ont died some years ago and surviving which give- freely of their time to peak vs u tji r m the mother are three daughters carrv on the administration of the rkckltinv the pdi bearers were messrs v j fne mother are three daughters carry on the administration of the kkckitiox craig russell bovington leslie -v- f o mr and mrs edwin stiver w creek mich mrs bert tait stouff- mrs h b lree presides at all be at home scott township to their ille and mrs cephas andrews meetings of the board other mem- j friends on their golden wedding th position newmarkct bers are mrs riches mr j porter interment was made at newmarmr harold spofford mr l murphy ket cemetery on monday afternoon and rev d davis anniversary on monday jan 27th from 3 urtiil 5 and from 7 until 10 oclock