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2925 copies this issue t0wffwlle zteibtiiie fourteen poges vol 60 no 51 thk tribune stouffville ont- april 7 1949 50000 campaign for artificial ice farmers meeting favors gas to rid markham twp of foxes and skunks the adjourned public meetine held in lnionville friday evening and attended by about fifty mark ham township farmers decided to accept the offer of the township council to supply free gas with which to kill foxes and skunks throughout the township for more than an hour farmers debated the pros and cons of the matter but when the vote was taken only eight of the fifty persons on hand opposed the use of gas as a means of blotting out rodents deputyreeve win timbers opened the discussion by explain ing that many complaints had been received by council about the activities of the fox and sjcunk and this led to the council offering to supply the necessary gas in an effort to kill off the offending troublemakers mr timbers said that on the other hand there were those opposed to this method of destruction but they were hunters not farmers who had suffered serious loss of poultry in any case mr timbers said that if the farm ers wanted the gas it would be made available at no direct cost he said it was unforunate the hunters those opposed to gas had not been able to keep the menace down for if they had there would not be any need for considering additional means of destruction he thought the council would be guided by the wishes expressed by the meeting everet harper chairman of the fiveman game committee for markham explained that various gases were used but some were ineffective any gas heavy enough to creep along the ground was advisable but light gas that floated upward was useless since it would not creep down a fox hole mr harper conducted the meeting and gave everybody ample opportunity to speak mr jennings from the audience who is a trapper and what is called a professional man at the business said the game committee was responsible for the large number of foxes in markhamthey brought in the pheasants and the pheasants attracted the foxes then he went on to say that foxes are not killing off the pheasants i have yet to find he continued where a fox had killed a pheasant i have seen fox tracks following the pheasants but never seen a kill on the other hand foxes do kill many mice and other rodents that do thousands of dollars damage in the farmers granary mr jennings declared that a fox does not catch pheasants in a winter when there is no snow and if there is deep snow pheasants cant live anyway so the fox may as well have- them mr jennings was later taken to task by another speaker for making a twoway statement about the fox first he claimed the fox would not kill pheasants then he said the game committee by bringing in pheasants attracted thej fox for the kill stan howell perhaps the largest of all local trappers estimated his kill in markham last yearat about 80 animals and he was opposed to the use of gas he favored the con tinuances of paying a bounty as best means of keeping down the menace albert king of ringwood said he bad tried gas and it was not a success others claimed mr king used a light gas that would not creep down a fox or ground hog hole ed byer posed as both a farmer and a hunter but admitted the fox was a killer among poultry he claimed the fox increase in mark ham followed the influx of rabbits and he believed there would be better hunting if the fox was gotten rid of then he warned that killing the fox with gas this year didnt rid the township of the animal by any means next year he will come again from outside places if there is good hunting for him in markham the use of gas would have to be a continuous thing to be effective- mr byer was sure there would be left many more pheasants for the hunt if the fox menace was under control he explained the ue of light and heavy gas and said less than a spoonful of the right gas was sufficient to roach a fox den or that of a skunk and to kill any thing alive down below he said that his idea is that even if we kill off the fox now there will be plenty of them to shoot next fall since that is the roaming period so that there would be plenty of sport for those who want it several speakers told of catch ing foxes destroying chickens and one farmer had trapped them at the chicken pen door another speaker told of feeding pheasants all winter then in shooting time neighbors came alone and shot the partly tamed flock so he doesnt feed pheasants any more mr art buchanan moved the resolution to ask council to provide the gas with the understanding the 5man committee would arrange for its distribution to con venient centres in the township where farmers would be invited to come and get their require ments somebody said it came in liquid form in five gallon con tainers mode of administering is to put something less than a spoon full on a rag and throw into the mouth of the fox hole or at the entrance to ground hog holes vote pinned on retaining bus line a vote by residents of north york township parts of vaughan and markham townships and the village of richmond hill possibly in june will decide whether the north yonge street bus service between the city limits and rich mond hill will be continued or radial cars pressed back into ser vice reeve george mitchell said this week that those financially interested had had time to decide which service served them best only residents of the four muni cipalities within a stated distance of yonge street will be called upon to vote in markham those owning property from yonge street to the west side of the second concession according to some will be eligible to vote a report by the ttc before markham council monday stated operating profit which was si 75760 for the month of febr uary would have been 670 more had it not been necessary to main tain unused rail structures and operate the station at willowdale in two months cost of maintaining rails and station was 232438 profit last year for the month of february when the radial cars were still in use was 405 if the people vote for keeping the buses all these extra expendi tures will be jr farmer president held up robbed using highwayman tactics three armed bandits friday night held up stuart b watson on warden ave scarboro township robbed him of 3 took him for a ride and dumped him out of his car in the don valley near the prince ed ward viaduct watson president of lnionville junior farmers association told police he was returning from a dance sponsored by the association about 1 am when he noticed a car following when he turned south on war den ave off lansing road the car behind pulled alongside him and forced him to stop two men with guns drawn jumped from the car and ordered him to get out they took his money and then ordered him into the back of his own car an armed man getting in on each side of him a third bandit got behind the wheel of the car and drove to the don valley there he was told to get out of the car and dont report the hold up for 15 minutes he walked some way towards bloor street before he was given a lift by a motorist at a restaurant near pape on danforth he phoned police police believe the thugs were after the proceeds of the dance held at heather hall agincourt the treasurer however left with the proceeds about an hour before watson watson took 18 proceeds of the refreshment booth which the bandits got besides 20 of his own monev and his car car crashes culvert occupants hurt a serious motor crash occurred saturday night around 1030 when a car driven by john a watson whoe address was given as agin court rri struck a culvert opposite the ratclilt farm on the lownline west of stouffville mary wattson whose name is spelled differently to that of the driver and no relation was rushed to the brierbush hospital suffering a broken collarbone and other injuries while ruth gaiger another occupant along with peter tucker toronto suffered cuts and bruises watson driver of the car maintained he was blinded by oncoming headlights the car was a drive yourself ford and was badly damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars i d rus- nell constable investigated when markham police were not avail able later chief wideman took over xo charge was laid the four occupants of the car were proceed ing to stoulfville to attend a dance joint stock company for local arena biggest money project ever attempted new contractor gets markham gravel contract sale of mt albert creamery negotiated by local real estate man the sale has been completed by geo allison stouffville real estate agent of the alt albert creamery business buildings and dwelling william hicks who recently dis posed of his store and restaurant business at ringwood was the purchaser and the price is report ed as 40000 mr hicks expects to take over his new business some time this month the mt albert creamery has been operated for 24 years by two partners edward watts and sy- more harper and ill health is given as the reason for selling the creamery is said to be among the better small butterproducing plants in the locality the firm of stoufrville sand gravel co was awarded the con tract for supplying gravel to the township of markham for 1949 at a meeting of the council held at jnionville monday afternoon the successful tenderer will supply the township at a price per cubic yard delivered or from the bin at the pit frank a barkey and frank roberts other tend erers were higher than stouffville sand gravel frank roberts held the contract continuously for many years his letter said gravel will be weighed at the pit this year instead of taking yardage measurements which was considered the more satisfactory basis of measurement reeve griffin protested the num ber of meetings called and the long hours spent in trying to arrive at nursery kindergarten vacancies registrations will be accepted for two children 4 to 5 years of age in the kindergarten nursery school beginning may 1st please contact mrs neil smith ph 167j possible a report on the bathurst bus service showed an operating profit of 1229 as compared with 645 for february last year the question on the ballot paper thrownout money i will ask whether you are in favor the reeve said we will take the of continuing buses or returning to matter to the voters as soon as the trolly cars again local syrup supply now quite plentiful i never knew sap to run better ohio indicates that maple syrup said ross e ratclitr last thursday is in plentiful supply down there morning as he was hurrying home lor is it anyway there is enough to get into the bush where he has i for somebody to take a bath in several hundred trees tapped per- 1 maple sap the report from haps 700 mr ratcliff does not go into the sap producing business on the extensive scale that ratcliff bros produce but he has a sub stantial bush that runs off a nice lot of sap fdr maple syrup up to last wednesday the run was poor but with stiffer weather over thursday and nice days following cool nights the flow of sap stepped up on the st lawrence market last saturday maple syrup dropped to 425 a gallon due to the plentiful warren says mrs laura brandts sweet bath left her husband bill with a sour look she mistook 30 gallons of maple sap hed gathered for rain water brandt had placed the maple sap in 15galon crocks outside the house but neglected to tell his wife the crocks ordinarily were used by the brandts to store rain water at their farm home near west farmington when she returned from work at a beauty parlor mrs brandt used the crocks contents to bathe her children wash the dishes and then supply ixcal price quoted in the tribune last week of 5 gallon is also being revised a claremont producer is quoting 450 gallon and other stouffville producers sretake her own bath not until she asking 450 50 that the range is brushed her teeth with the sweet- now s4 50 to s500 a gallon j tasting liquid did she learn her a pres report from warren mistake settlement of the unionville tax rate i suggest we strike our rate for unionville giving them every consideration and fair treatment then it will be up to the trustees to appeal if our rates are not what they consider equitable he de clared finally it was decided to have the township bear 75 per cent of the fire maintenance instead of 50 at present but that unionville maintain all roads in the village having use of township equipment if desired at regular rates and the village to pay their propor tionate cost of clerical services members said the alternative road arrangement would be for the village roads to be taken in by the whole township and the village contribute the same mill rate as all other ratepayers the reeve called each councillor to say whether he was for or against the proposal when all favored it excepting councillor robt rae the clerk was instructed to write miss agnes macphail pro testing a bill before the legislature making it mandatory on all muni cipalities to make grants to public libraries on a basis of 50 cents per capita of population some 15 unionville ratepayers filed a petition against the con struction of a garage by frank roberts which would front on pavilion street mr roberts was present to defend his position and pointed out he had been granted a permit and ordered the building costing 6000 delivery would be made probably this week building inspector norton said he issued the permit after mr roberts agreed to set the building back where he considered proper other wise the inspector said the build ing would comply with township bylaw council agreed to visit the location but the feeling was that roberts was within his rights and while the petitioners complained the street was residential mr roberts garage was private only- it would be large and would accom modate a fleet of trucks snow plow and other machinery nearly two dozen canvassers begin rounds this week for subscribers at 100 a share local clubs rallying to sup port of venture the biggest financial campaign in siouffvilles history was launch ed this week with the opening of a canvass for subscribers to a joint stock company with capital of 50000 for the purpose of purchas ing the local arena making necessary additions and installing artificial ice nearly two dozen canvassers named at a public meeting held last week met on monday night and mapped out the plan of cam paign under the chairmanship of mr geo allison representatives of local lodges service clubs and other local bodies have pledged the support of their organizations for this allout drive to give stouff ville an artificial ice arena each authorized canvasser car ries with him a legallydrawn document bearing the following agreement with a view of form ing a joint stock company under the ontario companies act with an authorized capital of 50000 j divided into five hundred shares of s10000 each for the purpose of purchasing the present stouffville arena making the necessary additions thereto and placing an artificial ice plant therein we the undersigned signify our willing ness to subscribe for stock there in to the amount set opposite our respective names and to pay for same within thirty days after the formation and organization of the said company in addition to the municipality of stouffville itself rural can vassers will visit ratepayers in the adjacent areas of whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge townships where many enthusi astic sports followers are known to be behind the effort while canvassers are not author ized to guarantee any fixed rate of interest figures tabled from arenas of similar size in the surrounding district including georgetown hespeler and lind say show sizeable profits some exceedingly large to furjher insure the soundness of investment the matter of adding a domestic icemaking unit is be ing thoroughly investigated it is know that revenues of a minimum of 15000 per day can be forth coming from such an addition operated by the same machinery which would provide the arena ice this figure was given the meeting by a representative of an ice machine concern it is hoped to complete the cam paign for shareholders within the matter of a few weeks so that the company can be formed and tenders called for the job to com plete it in time for next winter one of the firms which expects to tender on the job if the cam paign for shareholders is success ful will supply an architect at no additional cost the 50000 objective set for the company is made up as follows 8000 for the purchase of the arena 12000 for alterations and 30000 for artificial ice plant over onefifth subscribed on first day although the canvassers were not yet in full swing on tuesday over 10000 worth of stock had been subscribed for by wednes day noon nearly one third of this amount was taken up by the employees of two local business concerns returns from a number of businessmen who are known to be purchasing a considerable number of shares are not yet in chairman geo allison in charge of the canvassers as well as the other members of the committee is very pleased with the response the public has made to date markham twp man killed by train accident resident on no 7 highway at the corner of the 1th concession of markham township william pew was struck and instantly killed in a level crossing accident near orillia on tuesday afternoon the pew car was in contact witli a passenger train out of midland according to reports teachers and students entertain at high school an open night at the stouffville high school on friday april 8 this friday is an invitation to all former students and parents of present students the program will allow for an inspection of shop work in action and a demonstra tion in science conducted by mr robinson and mr sherk while miss goodyear will conduct the school choir then the evening classes intend to have their work on exhibit which will add further interest to an already splendid program anyone wishing to go to the toronto bible college graduation by chartered bus contact mrs fred e byer phone 271j2 meteor reported at brougham howard burton son of mr and mrs norm burton brock rd just north of brougham reports sight ing a ball of fire dropping to wards the earth sunday evening around 8 oclock mr burton was sitting in the house at the time the phenomena appeared and called his parents to see the ball of fire which appear ed to be falling on their farm what the burtons saw was apparently the same sight reported by north toronto and aurora residents more machinery installed last weekend the tribune installed a no 3 chandler and price printing press to still better equip the plant for job work with this additional machinery friends will be sorry to learn that the local librarian mrs g r w thomas is in poor health and is a patient in toronto general hospital miss ann lehman is relieving for mrs thomas at the library an unusual event next week will be the big free entertainment at ogdens show rooms next wed nesday april 13 pictures and farm display highly interesting to the farming community do not forget the easter thank- offering meeting of the wms in stouffville united church this thursday april 7 dr and mrs h b freel and family are taking temporary quarters immediately opposite the big freel residence which will be remodelled this summer in an extensive way the freels will live in the former jane mccallum residence belonging to mrs r mcnair as this property is immediately opposite the freel residence the doctors office will still be very convenient good friday service the christian endeavour union of the congregaticnalchristian churches will hold a good friday worship service in the stouffville christian church mr clarion baker will be at the piano at 1045 am for a fifteen minute prelude of sacred music rev w h w paget who spent considerable time as a prisoner of the japanese at manilla will be bringing a devotional message if you are not worshipping elsewhere good fri day morning pastor muir invites you to meet with us mrs a p hamix4 of ayr has returned home after visiting here a couple of weeks with mrs flora urquhart