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2925 copies this issue vol 00 no 48 twelve pages the tribune stouffville ont march 17 1949 wo airs o f t wins born here in five days constituting what is believed to be an ontario record for hospital births this year at least is the arrival of two pairs of twins within five days at the brierbush hospital stouffville shown here are the happy mothers and their babies mrs john leary gormley left holding edward thomas and william henry born march 1 and right mrs gw curwood of markham with iris louis and william david the later weighing only four pounds is the smallest of the quartetteall four are thriving the curwood twins born mar 9 arrived just five days after the leary twins fatal crossing accident grieves markham homes the tragic death of john wesley wilson following a level crossing accident in toronto last week brought grief to more than one pickering village voted monday home in the township of mark- for a domestic water system with j 5fet vi will get water hockey herb friday night toronto meteors will visit stouffville for an exhibition hockey game with the clippers this friday night mar 18th ham since mr wilson and his sorrowing wife were both former residents of the buttonville- victoria square district mr wilson one of two victims of the accident was killed by a passing train when they drove over the tracks at dupont where the crossing is supposed to be guarded by gates which reports indicate were not let down by the watchman who was placed under arrest for negligence john wesley wilson was pre sident of both the wilson and the carwell transports and is survived by his wife the former nettie brown daughter of the proprietor of browns store at victoria square some years ago also sur viving is a son in business with the father and a daughter attending college mr wilson was only in his john wilson 51th year also surviving is his mother janet wilson now mrs robt agar on her second mar riage two surviving sisters are mrs william bruce townline west of stouffville and mrs stanley young of torontowhose husband is an old sunderland boy and now president of the christie brown co limited born at butlonville in markham township mr wilson spent his boyhood days there and at victoria square he first entered school at gormley and is still well remem bored by many in the district where he lived many old friends from the local district were in attendance at the funeral in toronto on tuesday interment was made at park lawn cemetery kngagemext mr and mrs fred binstead claremont wish to announce the sv vv engagement of their youngest only ten dissenting iil will be brought a mile and a c a k oua get son of mt and quarter from ajax where class system is in operation debenture issue will be cost of installin clark youngest son of mr a first mrs percy clark greenwood the marriage will take place quietly on 93 000 saturday imarch 19 ho uunfes to iax stouffville and markham villages w t- garrett son are arrang- will receive a grant of 50 per cent ing a big tire sale which will be on all road expenditures similar announced in our next issue to that paid to township over watch for the liberal discounts and j recent years this should make it visit the sale place at garrett easy for stouffville to complete son next cnr street stouffville the youth for christ will re open their saturday night services again this week with a bangup program refer to display adv in this issue for details it will interest all young people tracks main its road surfacing job this year on those streets which were heavily gravelled last year in readiness for a hard top when this work is completed the annual expenditure of hundreds of dollars for road oil with its attendant nuisance will be a thing of the past there will not be a euchre in the oddfellows hall this thursday night march 17th as advertised last week but one week from thursday march 21th the affair will again be held births former goodwood farmer 93 sunday one of the long established families in or about goodwood was that of the late george field one of the pioneer settlers from the old land george had two sons one darius who farmed the home acres just north of goodwood on the 3rd concession and who later retired in stouffville where he died ten years ago the other son lyman is still living and on march 5th reached his 93rd birthday celebrated at the home of his son frank field at 47 fast avenue north hamilton the aged gentleman divides his time between the homes of his two sons in that city the other son being stewart l field- lyman field farmed for many years south of goodwood on the 3rd and in later life retired in goodwood after the death of his wife who was a member of the collins family of uxbridge town ship he gave up the home and went with his sons in hamilton old friends will glady join with the tribune in extending con gratulations to this venerable citizen of uxbridge township who is well remembered by the older residents of the district record sheep claim of 500 presented to whitchurch twp council mrs christie armstrong is leaving friday to spend the week end in new york visiting her niece miss ruth nendick markham couple surprised on 25th wedding day twentyfive years of wedded life for mr and mrs pat reid wasnt overlooked by the neighborhood when last monday evening they surged in on them to celebrate the event mrs reid was busy with the evening chores while pat sat wait ing for a neighbor who was expected to call when about 30 landed in a manner that indicated it was something more than a mere coincidence mr and mrs reid received a metal bridge set table four chairs also gifts of silver while the even ing was enjoyed in games and 5yrold tractor sells for 2000 the five year old international tractor with loader attachment sold for 2000 flat at the public auction on the farm of joe olszev- ski former tarr farm con 9 markham last friday afternoon the tractor was clipped off at s1s75 and the plow at 125 to round out the two thousand dol lars just a nice price- admitted auctioneer ken prentice after he pleaded with the big crowd to pay fair prices and to not stand idle and pass up a gift at anything short of 2000- other implements sold well the binder bringing 325 and the onion and carrot topping machine 600 farmers are planting more and more vegetables and this is the answer to quick handling so claimed clarke prentice who was gathering bids when the vegetable topper touched 600 the man with the gavel cried sold despite the depressed market for horses and few buyers fred march never knew illness 77 years in whitchurch all his long life of 77 years fred march lifelong farmer of whit church township never experi enced any illness not even a head ache until the last week of his life when he was suddenly stricken and died at the brierbush hospital in stouffville on march 3rd a bachelor and farmer mr marsh was a man of very mild temperament he was a son of english pioneers to the township his father john march settled on the 5th concession at bethesda on the southwest corner of the ham let here fred was born and lived until nine years ago when he moved to the jack steckley farm to make his home with mr and mrs fred hicks the old homestead passed into the ownership of the late capt roy brown he is survived by two brothers percy march of newark nj william of aurora and one sister mrs steckley wife of prof j c steckley of ridgetown ont he had attended the bethesda methodist church in the early days and later the united church and was one of the longeststanding members of this congregation bbntley mr and mrs elmor the funeral on saturday follow- bentley stouffville are happy to ing his demise was largely attend- announce the birth of their son ed public service in the bethesda on tuesday march 15 1919 at the brierbush hospital ville curwood mr and mrs g w curwood markham ont are happy to announce the birth of their son william david and daughter iris louise on wednes day march 9 1919 at the brier bush hospital stouffville lemon eugene and grace lemon are happy to announce the arrival of their son jonathan eugene on friday march 11 1919 at the brierbush hospital stouffville hark mr and mrs john hare markham are happy to an nounce the birth of their daugh ter sally diane on saturday march 12 1919 at the brierbush hospital stouffville sheridan mr and mrs john sheridan claremont are happy to announce the birth of their daughter margaret on saturday march 12 1919 at the brierbush hospital stouffville taylor mr and mrs allan tay lor nee marion redshaw good wood wish to announce the birth of their daughter dianne eliza beth on tuesday march 15 1919 at the brierbush hospital stouff church was taken by rev roscoe chapin rev mr currie of victoria square and mr curries sister miss erla currie the latter two be ing cousins of the deceased pall bearers were messrs jas gibson w empringham edgerton clubine clifford burkholder clarence at kinson and albert scott interment was made at aurora cemetery thinks litters of 19 and 22 pigs is record wellesley march 9 a sow be longing to seibert schneider rr2 wellesley has given birth to a litter of22 mr schneider believes the sow to hold a record having given birth to a litter of 19 previously mr and mrs dan gibner attend ed the birthday party at brown hill north of mount albert for mrs andrew miller who reached her 100th year she is a native of brougham district rev and mrs carl lehman and family were weekend visitors- with mr and mrs john lehman big real estate deal at claremont when white farm sold for rest home the widely known graham farm the at claremont has been sold owner team of aged animals touched 100 for some years mr winton white each and others sold at 99 the disposed of the place of gg acres best cow price topped 325 which with the big mansion built about farmers standing around agreed forty years ago to mrs clara was stiff anyway the auctio- austin of gormley sunny acres neer soon reached the price with who with her husband plans to apparent ready buyers other good develop a similar place at clare- milkers went around 250 and mont on a more pretentious pian 200 which onlookers said was the graham farm embodies one pretty high on a falling butter of the finest residences in picker- market i ing township the house is very oats sold at 75c a bushel but large with expansive rooms over- most of hay and fodder was fed on looking lawns and spring creek the farm mr olszewski as previ- designed by nature to be just the ously reported in this paper sold ideal spot for a rest home i graham bros in the days of their clvdesdale business built the refreshments all in honor of this p i nu manner in which to much esteemed couple entertain their overseas distin- during the day their son allan telephoned congratulations mooe jaw the reids also have two daughters and one son at home and a daughter in toronto uxbridge built the hou guished guests who were buyers or importers of clydesdales the firm of jones hardware in a a cost of 20000 but todays costs would probably be 75000 ernie austin and his war bride make a great hit with the people they love to work for the austin family intend to build a swimming pool and fish ponds and to make the place one of the prettiest spots in the country which will not be difficult with its natural makeup deal for the sale of this property was negotiated by w j warren real estate who with their local agent harry spang recently sold the joe olszewski farm on the 9th of markham and the chas o james place at thornhill it is interesting to note that the claremont estate acquired by the austins was purchased by one richard graham in 1870 he was the father of the famous graham bros his wife was strong of markham a miss arm- on the night of march 3rd two dogs attacked the sheep fold on the farm of george drury at lot j30 con 3 whitchurch and brutally assaulted the big flock twenty breeding ewes were mauled and torn and were found dead by the owner compensation was allowed in the sum of 500 plus 50 addi tional for flock damage suffered by the remainder mr drury told the council they tracked the two dogs some distance but the tracks became indistinct on a travelled road leading south the sheep were cornered in the sheltered fold and the brutal ity of the kill was terrific the animals were lorn with skin stripped into ribbons indicating the brutality of the attack there may be a further claim for flock damage after lambing time when it is more clearly indicated council in session on saturday sympathized with the farmer but was helpless to locate the identity of the dogs reeve ed logan presided over the meeting while deputyreeve ivan mclaughlin was storm bound at home and other council lors experienced great difficulty in reaching the hall at vandorf then experienced still more trouble gett ing home at a ratepayers meeting held in vandorf of school sections 1 2 and it was decided to ask council to contemplate a bylaw amalgamating the three sections this led to a general discussion wherein council decided to instruct the clerk to issue a letter to the 12 school sections in the township outside the union sections asking if they would favor a township school board or school area such letter to set out the purpose of the proposed school area it- was pointed out that in one instance that of ballantrae the school is overcrowded with two teachers where there is only accommodation for one teacher yet in the section due north there are only half a dozen pupils if a township board was operating and school boundaries wiped out some of the pupils in the ballantrae school could be transported to the north where they would find ample accommodation this is just one instance where a township school area would save money for the taxpayers clerk john crawford has a good grasp of the situation and will undertake to prepare a letter or circular explaining the situation the request from the ratepayers meeting read that on feb 28 ratepayers meeting was held in vandorf of sections 1 2 and g and requested that council consider passing a bylaw to make one school area of the three the sec tions are hartman vandorf and white rose another school matter under consideration was the aurora high school area recommendation that whitchurch agree to the sale of the aurora high school which was done by resolution because it is realized that the aurora school is greatly overcrowded councillor legge submitted the resolution which found favor and carried it read that this council having been fully informed by our representa tives on the aurora high school of the present stale of overcrowded class rooms and the result of a survey made in respect to prospec tive school attendance over the next eight years hereby endorse the recommendation of the aurora high school area board it was reported to the meeting that a private offer was made for the preseifcbwlding of 100000 and which if accepted would find the place of an apartment house some day this offer it was stated could have bearing on the valuation when it comes to deal with aurora the county tax rate for 1919 is slightly increased and stands at 2000210 secondary education accounts for 0112 and vocational training 329 the balance 1331g carries on county administration county roads and county deben ture issue herbert smith asked to be relieved as road foreman in the wilcox lake area and the clerk was authorized to execute an agreement for repairing a road from yonge street to the lake as a local improvement a cheque for 1000 on behalf of ratepayers in the area was presented to council as an initial payment on the under taking councillors legge and baycroft introduced a motion authorizing an expenditure toward purchase of a plaque with names of those who were killed in war ii inscribed and put in the new legion hall at aurora councillors timbers and legge moved a motion to purchase a small tractor equipped with power and front end loader tenders will lie called to carry out this order provided it receives the approval of the department i 58 years married couple parted by death mrs w ii eby who was laid away in stouffville cemetery last week was a lifelong resident of stouffville and district in her 81st year she was born at altona daughter of the late mr and mrs james vanzant an only brother surviving her is washington van zant of toronto while two brothers predeceased her namely nelson and leonard vanzant fiftyeight years ago the then albertina vanzant married w h eby us born husband who met his wife while he visited stouffville travelling with a medicine company mr eby recalls the occasion of their first meeting in stouffville park on a lovely summer evening this meeting grew into a fast friend ship which culminated in marriage soon after the couple resided in the united states some years ibefore settling in toronto and later in the old vanzant liome in stouffville about 12 years ago the funeral service on friday at oneill chapel was conducted by rev d davis and the pall bearers were all nephews school area operations outlined to council uxbridge council met on mon day with all members in attend ance outside of dealing with the road and general accounts very little business came before the meeting mr lome tindall local repre sentative on the new high school board called in at the meeting and gave an outline of the business that had been dealt with by the board and also some idea of the probable cost of operation during the current year it is quite evident that the cost of providing secondary education will be higher as many children who under the former system could not attend high school are now able to do so and more accommodation and other facilities will be required the road account for february amounted to 118670 and pay ment was authorized along with general accounts amounting to 16120 constable kidd stationed at richmond hill transfer of sergt sidney barra- clough to toronto from richmond hill where he was stationed 15 years is the first step in a shake- up of york county police person- nel chief george stuart said last week chief stuart said the move to reorganize personnel is the result of a series of a breakins and fhefto constable edgar kidd in the northern sections of the county which threaten to become an epidemic at any time constable edgar kidd who is an old ballantrae boy whose wife is a daughter of mrs bacon stouff ville will replace sergt barra- clough at richmond hill and the sergeant will take over an adminis trative job at the departments toronto headquarters the chief said constable kidd said he feels the four breakins in his territory within the past two weeks may be the result of good weather con ditions tne roads are clear and these thieves can get out into tht country from toronto he said he said recent breakins include an attempted robbery of the stouff ville post office theft of a safe from the order office of a large toronto department store at richmond hill