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2955 copies this issue tonfftrille 3fbmtt sixteen pages vi 61 no 9 the tribune stouffville ont june 16 1949 power break serious once wore a break on the hydro system on wednesday interrupted the cooking of dinners in stouff ville a line broke near the man sion house at 11j50 and it was around 1215 before any help could bo obtained the council of stouff- ville should do something about ensuring constant vigilance of manpower so that when trouble occurs much serious loss would be reduced to a minimum the power break lasted over two hours and seriously hampered business obrien avenue home sold mr joseph borinsky has just sold his spacious residence on obrien avenue to mr and mrs wetsltoff of toronto who will move here shortly with their family mr and mrs borinsky and irvie will move to their new city home but the men folk will be on hand daily since they are among the leading business people conducting the stouffville creamery our new resident mr wetsltoff is a traveller for a milling company attention is called to the sate columns for a list of highclass furniture which mr and mrs borinsky are offer ing for private sale at this time occupational therapist whitchurch tp reeve demands councillors apology township police chief is demoted markham township resident miss blair buried tuesday funeral service for the late emma blair younger daughter of the late john and magdelene blair was held from the home of her sister mrs russel johnson on the 9th conces sion of markham tuesday after noon miss blair had been in ill health for some time she was a member of first markham baptist church for long years and the funeral service was held in the church following which interment was made in the adjoining ceme tery one copy of tribune does four homes while the weekly issue of the tribune in round figures is 3000 copies that is not its actual circu lation by a long way one copy is often read by three families and according to word just received from katharine sauder at least one copy reaching british columbia travels the round of four homes weekly says our informant it may be of interest to you that one single copy of the stouffville tri bune is read by four families in vernon bc it is received each week by mrs w h madill then sent on to mrs w e tyter the former annie storry who was born in stouffville and she forwards it to me miss katharine sauder and i hope to give it to mr and mrs w campbell elizabeth r workman daugh ter of mr and mrs w r workman of ballantrae who graduated in occupational ther apy on friday at convocation hall university of toronto now at fairville hospital st john new brunswick in dickson farm family a century has been sold kin founder of buttonville grandson of major john button founder of buttonville the 6th of markham william a elliott 71 died on monday at the family home stead built by his ancestors 120 years ago well versed in local history mr elliott often proudly recalled that men of the elliott and button fami lies had served in the war of 1812 the rebellion of 37 and the fenian raids one of his treasured possessions was a sabre which had belonged to major john button who in 1809 or ganized a troop of the york cavalry which was engaged in the war of 1s12 mr elliott was a farmer and a member of the united church he and his wife the former janet white celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary in march 1948 his wife survives graduate it was just about 72 years ago when one henry dickson took over what was known as the mckennell farm in the east end of stouffville dickson was a young man and son- inlaw of david mckennell who had died and left a daughter mrs dickson one share in the property which no doubt had much to do with inducing mr dickson to buy out other shares and become sole owner he was a blacksmith and established his shop there a busi ness that oldtimers in stouffville will readily recall the property contained about 25 acres at that time it had been sold down to 17 acres since the dickson farm as it became known then has remained in the family until last week when it was sold to william miller of stouffville who had recently operated a farm at mongolia mr miller is now erecting a sixroomed house on the property alongside the dickson brick residence which was not in cluded in the sale of the farm following the death of the late henry dickson a son walter oper ated the farm and his well cultiva ted acres were a source of just pride to walter and all his friends when walter became ill five or six years ago the property was leased as he did not recover and died two years ago the remaining members of the family decided on a sale there are four sons living of the late henry dickson john of long branch roy of toronto david in summerland bc and george of edmonton their two sisters misses nellie and bessie resided on the farm and will still remain in their home which as stated was reserved from the sale the dickson farm had been in the family almost a hundred years since it was nearly that long ago when granfather mckennell ac quired the place when his son-in- law henry dickson took over the big issue of the day was the incor poration of the village of stouffville which came about in 1877 or seven tytwo years ago stouffville at that time had six blacksmith shops as against none today the dickson shop closed 25 years ago since none of the sons took up the trade and only walter followed his fa ther as a farmer lying only a few hundred feet east of the school building its frontage on main street is becoming the only vacant property left in the village with the exception of a few small lots not yet built on between the 9th and 10th concession the front of this farm was one of the locations looked at for the new artificial ice arena but the dickson family decided that it would be unwise to divide the farm lands in this way by selling off the frontage and in any event a more suitable location for the rink was foundadjacent to the park constable ron watts chief of police in whitchurch has been demoted to the position of or dinary constable working under chief wm mulholland who on friday was engaged to replace constable watts charged with drinking while on duty or com ing on duty while drinking de cision of the township was un animous to demote the officer whom members privately admir ed but notwithstanding his conduct could not be condoned and public opinion at mussel- mans lake was demanding ac tion they said under the new arrangement chief mulholland will receive 2250 per annum and mileage at seven cents and constable watts will re ceive 2100 and mileage much was said about a recent in cident at musselmans lake on a saturday night at which constable watts was charged with coming on duly while under the influence of liquor rumblings of similar incidents were heard but no action was attempted by council to disci pline the officer until the saturday occurence councillor sid legge started a bit of fireworks when he took the floor and said that as chairman of the police committee of council he made it his duty to get around and see just what was going on he told of visiting the lake on the night in question but he denied that watts was drunk while ad mitting the officer may have had a drink said councillor legge i viewed the socalled riot at mussel- mans personally there was no such thing as a riot such as des cribed in the toronto evening pap ers i stayed there until 2 in the morning and i enquired from others after who had stayed later and they said there was no riot i think the township is too big for one officer and we only have one man on call 24 hours the thing is a little more serious than some people think our officer has never been called before the committee before for misconduct are we going to let one incident cost him his job at the same time i will not tolerate any man using liquor on this job reeve logan heatedly told coun cillor legge that he had changed his mind since coming to his home the reeves quite excited after the lake incident and wanting some thing done some action you were up in arms then declared the reeve to the councillor con tinuing the reeve said you say this is the first offence you know different mr legge retaliated i said first time before the com mittee speaking again councillor legge went on when you say i changed my mind let me tell you i land ed at that lake at 400 in the after noon and was back again at 9 and after seeing what went on i was determined to call the committee we met tuesday night before that i went down to the reeves place and saw him at his home i never took so much abuse before the reeve said why do you snoop i am prepared to give that york county are paying their men 2600 a year and he said i would like the same however he explained that if two officers were employed his pay would be 2250 plus mileage later in the afternoon when road superintendent sandy davis reached the hall reeve logan re opened his demand on councillor legge again the reeve said that he still hadnt received any apolo gy from mr legge for stating he had given him abuse when he call ed at the reeves home to discuss the police issue mr davis was with legge on the visit and reeve logan demanded that davis state what he heard however the su perintendent hadnt a good memory couldnt recall the discussion very well he did say i dont think there was any abusive language or anything i remember the reeve asked legge is he had any proof that watts and wells were drunk the whole matter dropped at this point one ratepayer said after the smoke of battle had passed away well the township gets two offi cers out of the row whereas be fore they only had one and mr watts gets an easier job at little less pay to all who react to the situation this way the reeve told the press later that a too drastic cut in pay would mean the loss of the officer and two men are really needed he said he hoped the incident would serve as a warning and that con stable watts would prove himself since he is a well liked officer and has a good chance to make a come back a request came in the correspon dence from constable watts for in creased pay and this was tabled after his case had been dealt with there was some discussion about the pay he should receive with reeve logan standing out for some reduction councillor timbers said he felt that when watts was relieved of the book keeping and other duties demanded of a chief there should be some reduction in salary but not too much the deputy reeve said he was agreeable to paying 2000 councillor legge said 2100 or 2200 and councillor r c bay- croft warned members should keep in mind that 2000 is being paid school teachers puting in only five and six hours a day the motion carried unanimously for 2100 and mileage strawberry crop dried up hay crop down sixty per cent fearful that young fruit trees are dying the strawberry crop is almost a failure and hay is so short as to be almost not worth cutting over hundreds of acres was the situation our reporter looked over early monday in the district about stouffville hun dreds of thousands of tomato plants put out just at the beginning of the drought have never had a drop of water and unless rain comes soon they will never survive at all their survival to the present is due to the absence of any scorch ing sun although some were lost because of frost two weeks ago potatoes seem to be standing green but they must have rain be fore many days too and all other crops withstanding the drought better than most districts over cen tral ontario will be lost or almost lost if rain does not come within a week grain is heading out but standing not much higher than stubble in the field and pasture lands have been ruined for the present farmers are looking for additional feed on some acreages because of the lack of grass the sweet cherry crop which gave promise of a bumper yield will still give a 50 per cent return reports from vineland fruit area indicate the dry spell is making its effect felt in other ways such as on the labor end farmers who were seeking extra laborers are cancell ing their requirements for they will not have the crop they antici pated to harvest plumber injured in accident north of goodwood when ted isles uxbridge farm er living two miles north of good wood heard a crash near his farm on sunday evening he rushed out to the highway and found elsworth mcgrattan 71yearold tinsmith ly ing in a helpless condition and his truck upturned in the ditch the unfortunate man was rushed to the brierbush hospital at stouffville where dr stjohn of uxbridge had the patient xrayed later he was taken home found not to be seri ously injured he suffered from shock and numerous cuts and bruises the accident happened almost opposite the former rev william kendal farm according to mr mc grattan the truck struck heavy sand and in the flash of an eye tunned upside down in the ditch ill be all right said mcgrattan to the tribune when the reporter saw him at the hospital at one time mr mcgrattan conducted a tinsmithing and plumbing business in stouffville and recalling the short time he was here this veter an lumber said he wished many a time that he had remained in stouffville where he enjoyed a year or two of busy life report of arena sale untrue a report circulating in town that the arena owned by mr clayt baker has been sold is untrue and mr baker desires that this fact be made known to the public local crops seared by drought a mr howard e feasby son of mr and mrs russell feasby of goodwood has been successful in passing his final year in applied science in civil engineering and is work ing at the city hall toronto tax collector says salary away behind tax collector ross e ratcliff told whitchurch council that in order to bring his pay into line his salary must be doubled he has been receiving 500 per annum with the privilege of mailing out the tax notices instead of deliver ing them as was once the custom in the township mr ratcliff asked for 1000 which he maintained would be little enough for his services he lecame collector in 1934 when the tax roll totalled 54000 and in 1948 the total taxes amounted to s8000 in 1934 the assessor re ceived 300 per annum and now he receives 500 there has been no increase made in the salary of the collector the council on saturday tabled the request for discussion at a later meeting around our constable a chance we can demote him and appoint mulhol land at the head i know our con stable has travelled in deep waters but give him a chance at this point reeve logan jump ed to the attack you owe me an apology for saying i used or gave you abuse you have already apolo gized to one of our officers for things you said but all this is away from the question what we want to know now is this council prepared to engage mr mulholland as chief deputy reeve ivan mclaughlin said the question called for a yes answer from him he didnt like to demote watts on first offense but possibly there were others not rexrted he suggested i favor the appointment of mulholland councillor fred timbers agreed as did councillor legge who said i spoke before i will express my self again reeve logan broke in i am asking you a straight question are you or are you not in favor of appointment of muhol- iand legge you cant appoint a new man when the present offi cer is in office we can fix that when the bylaw is brought down i want to know are you in favor or not i am in favor of the change said mr legge at this ipoint the reeve turned to mulholland who stood by and asked him about the salary the officer called attention to the fact peirce hewlett buys no 7 property perce hewlett formerly of stouff ville and whitby has purchased three acres of land fronting on no 7 highway just east of brougham from mr lloyd johnston town ship of pickering clerk mr hew lett anticipates erecting an 8000 home on the property shortly approximately eighteen acres to the rear of the newly acquired hew lett property has also been disposed of by mr johnston to mr neilson of neilson chocolates ltd tor onto this property fronts on the sideroad near the site of the former levi hopkins farm erection op new arena rig attraction the erection of the big new stouffville arena is proving a big attraction and will be no doubt until fall work is steadily going ahead with the foundations ex cavations for the 60 ft basement will commence shortly john snider of victoria square holds up a sample of unrooted oat seeds his fields are dry and dusty pasture too has failed hugh allen of buttonville watches his employer ohas hooper compare pasture growth as it is with what it should be at this time of year no cattle have been in the pas ture for three weeks