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sixteen pages tibmie 3000 copies vol co no 34 the tribune stouffville ont december 8 1949 premier frost cuts ribbon at arena before thousand admiring spectators before a thousand spectators on wednesday evening the hon from the yukon leslie frost ec premier of lac wj ward arrived in ontario cut the ribbon that official- town last week on a visit to his ly opened the new stouffville i parents mr and mrs clarence c arena isteckley when they left watson premier frost expressed his i in the yukon the weather in admiration for the men who had l fi no w delightful w hile provided the perseverance andv gg ft energy to bring the fine new arena wife and child went on to kiteh- mto reality he told the gathering ener to visit her parents there that this was a project of which they expect to make the return the community could be justly journey in january by proud one which would provide a sports centre for wholesome recreation and entertainment for many years to come president geo allison was chair man for the official ceremonies and called upon reeve a v nolan to introduce the premier other speakers were otto hard- wick president of the ontario minor hockey association and mr jack leslie entertainment was provided by the oshawa skating club presi dent petre was present and guided his thirtyfive entertainers on blades the talent included grace dow and hughie smith gail authors and ray petre don dulmage elaine richards helen and jim hambly joyce dixon beverley millman and eleanor herancourt rudy eyman alan anderson lois mcgovern nan unsworth inter gold medallist and club profes sional patsy earl gold medallist granite club senior ladies cham pion runner up ladies figure skat ing champion of canada 1949 motor taking their own car back with them and from their knowledge of road conditions after two years in the yukon he expects to be able to drive the whole journey he marks sixty years continuous residence having arrived in stouffville from forest just sixty years ago this first day of december the late william malloy and his wife and son howard walked down main street to take up residence here mr malloy as editor of the tribune then just in its infancy mr malloy conducted the paper twin sisters die in house where born 83 years ago on the 8th concession of mark- ham township in the house were they were born in 1866 twin sisters died within a week of each other mrs mary byer shank died on tuesday nov 29 and her sister miss elizabeth byer on tuesday this week they were in their 83rd year and had always lived in the same surroundings the sisters were daughters of david and esther raymer byer who were children of the first settlers coming to ontario at beginning of the last century work finished on townline west the work of grading levelling and widening between the 6th con cession of markham and the 1th concession at gormley is now com pleted and gravelled the road will be oiled in the spring and a hard top applied when the road is settled according to plans of the toronto york road commission the miller paving co were the contractors and the expenditure was over 30000 farmers of the district will certainly appreciate the new road since it is the lead ing highway through stouffville and is much travelled by the farmers of north markham and whitchurch township timbers wins markham township election by two to one vote over griffin heres how they voted the edw reeve wins tight race in markham village member of last years council edward reeve markham merc hant won over his opponent by a mere six votes for the reeveship of the neighbouring village in mondays election reeve polled 257 and jos fry 251 mr fry was also a member of the 1948 council for council two old members were returned ed roffey with 298 votes and 0 b heisey 252 jack maynard a new man topped the poll for council with 362 votes and nick schouten polled 282 te put him in third place a few votes below mr roffey bob macdonald last years councillor polled 17i and hugo hall 160 health minister visited here last friday hon russel kelley minister of health in the ontario government was in stouffville and made an inspection of the brierbush hospital mr kelley was pleased with the size of the accommodation and the large grounds with possibility of future expansion he suggested that his department should give isuch private hospitals more con sideration in a financial way for instance the government does not reimburse the brierbush for main tenance of indigent patients where as public institutions receive a per diem grant over and above the amount allowed by the municipal ity and the county engagement the engagement is announced of ruth elsie gooding daughter of rev and mrs a t gooding of gormley to thomas william christilaw the marriage will take place at 330 pm on saturday dec 21 1919 in the united missionary church gormley order your christmas tree from the local horticultural society these will bo on display shortly proceeds to be devoted to improve ments at the cemetery a song service by the churches of stoultville and district will bo held in stoufiville united church on sunday evening dec 18 beginn ing at s30 toronto bible college choir of 50 voices led by mr cyril redford will participate the december meeting of the stouffville womens institute will be held in the legion hall stouff ville on dec 15th at 230 pm sr hockey schedule to start friday slonflvillc clippers will open the local senior hockey sche dule in lindsay his friday night with a game against the meteors balance of the sche dule will be announced this weekend by he orillia group convener this coining monday night the clippers will play an exhibition game in the local arena with aurora intermed iates aurora fans are right behind their club anil have asked for two hundred reserv ed scats for the game h j malloy for twentyfive years then lived retired until his death in 1928 son howard when he first saw stoultville was just a small lad and is still connected with the tribune staff thus he has been employed on the paper for half a century when the malloys took possession there were two news papers in the village which had a population of over 1200 at that early date stouftville had just been incorporated twelve years and the tribune was issued from its business place at corner of south church street and main street where mr telf rennie and jos gayman now live it had several moves before locating in the present premises now owned by the newspaper mir malloy recalls that housing was a problem then as it is today and the family lived at the queens hotel for three months until they secured a house in the east end opposite the grocery store john martin was hotel pro prietor and the hostler was dan mcmurchy there is no business man on main street today who was in business when the malloys came but john monkhouse came three years later to establish the tailoring shop he now intends to give up the end of this month as reported last week in what was conceded to be one of the liveliest municipal elections in years win timbers came romp ing out with a victory over vern griffin for the reeveship for 1950 by 819 to 1650 votes a twotoone victory mr timbers had a major ity in every poll but thornhill where his opponent is one of the village businessmen and apparent ly well thought of by his home folk for deputyreeve dalton rum- ney victoria square polled more votes than the combined vote given his three opponents and was the winner with 1126 defeated candidates were members of the council last year robt rae harrv barber and fred wicks for seats on the council w l clark ex wardthri charlie hooper and alfred james were elected outstanding were the votes accord ed mr clark who next to mr timbers piled up big majority over the nearest opponent the vote by polls for which are indebted to the returning officer charlie hoover is as follows reeve deputyreeve councillors griftimbarbraerumwicksclarkfindhoopjas miller 34 years james selson dead a lifelong resident of the town ship of uxbridge james s elson died in toronto general hospital on sunday dec 4 following an illness of only two weeks since retiring from the glasgow grist mill a few years ago mr elson continued to operate his farm on which the mill site is located he was in his 73rd year and his pass ing comes as quite a shock since few of his friends realized he was ill for thirtyfour years mr elson operated the grist mill and ground feed there by water power for the farmers in the district he took over the mill from the eckardt family just after the turn of the century twice married his first wife was janet booth of siloam and his second wife was mrs essie arm strong who survives him two sons are harold of claremont and ronald of stouffville two daugh ters annie mrs j wallace of thornhill 408 102 38 271 93 14 81 448 so 83 langstaft 95 99 11 65 73 13 81 123 67 80 elgin mills 105 127 9 75 114 9 111 96 95 72 buttonville 47 130 17 s3 114 6 116 51 110 s7 victoria square 12 163 32 3 130 6 131 19 140 81 hagerman 32 118 11 46 59 s 103 49 57 71 unionville 66 261 27 86 162 16 251 116 122 201 cashel 12 131 21 15 98 6 122 34 102 83 karl cowies 9 67 6 13 29 21 61 13 u 41 mount joy 0 80 6 9 37 29 71 u 50 4g dicksons hill 6 139 11 8 s9 8 115 14 60 72 cedar grove 17 127 6 7 1 1 39 119 20 79 59 mongolia o 106 8 o 51 24 s3 22 59 57 s19 1650 203 636 1126 199 1415 1016 1067 1039 fat geese 6 at auction high lights at the public auction sale for bert daniels on the 5th concession of whitchurch who is giving up farming to work for his brother at stouffville central feeds was the sale of a tractor on steel for 350 and a chore boy portable milking machine 8150 in live stock a springer or fresh cow brought 197 on an average for the herd while live geese were knock ed off at 6 each grain prices were stiff with home grown oats at 81c bushel and mixed grain s240 cwt sellers atkinson conducted the sale and said that buyers came from far and near the sale totalled between 5000 and 6000 attempted robbery riches hardware on monday night thieves attempted to enter riches hard ware store by breaking in the rear entrance gaining access to the tinshop at the rear the thieves failed to break down the heavy door leading into the retail store although visible blows were evident on the door evidently they became alarmed perhaps over the noise they may have been making and ran off so far as is known nothing was carried from the rear shop goodwood lowa install officers the goodwood loba 1090 held their annual installation ceremony last thursday when members were installed to office for 1950 immediate past mistress viola elson mistress marie blight deputy mistress mary evans junior deputy mistress velma baston recording secre tary josephine wagg financial secretary verna studholme trea surer myrtle ward guardian reuben tindall senior lecturer jean cordingly deputy lecturer aileen hall director of ceremon ies jeon baston inner guard nellie mcdowell outer guard gladys bradbury chaplain mary jines siloam and lena mrs j davis of ballantrae there are three brothers surviving john of ux bridge henry and albert of tor onto and four sisters nettie mrs summers of highland creek dolly mrs jack morgason of stouffville maudie mrs rob davis of uxbridge florence mrs wes boadway of stouffville the late mr elson worked on the installation of stouffville water i works laying all the iron pipes with the assistance of the late late ollie smith presents movie through the courtesy of k n wagg jeweller each evening of the picture wake of the red witch which is showing at the stanley theatre on monday and tuesday dec 12 and 13 some lucky patron will receive a lovely doublestrand string of pearls dont miss this entertainment and a chance to win this delightful gltt return full council in pickering grade holsteins soar at the public auction sale foi george symons in scarboro last week conducted by a s farmer grade holstein milk cows reached 300 while calves sold up to g0 the milking herd averaged over 200 despite the easier price for butter and the continued steady price of feeds ensilage in the silo sold for 16 per foot and there were 25 feet in the big round structure the auc tioneer said this was the highest price he ever sold ensilage at hay in the mow realized 28 ton cattle buyers took home animals to such places as midland sunder land and oshawa indicating wide spread interest in the auction local firm fills hit order the firm of stouffville motors ratcliff pipher has just made delivery of a new snow plow and international truck to the town ship of reach the plow has a front end drive and is regarded as tops as a snow remover and will travel through high drifts with considerable ease the total sale for the outfit runs to 1 1000 w h ivcstncy reeve w h westney of pick ering township who held the office of ontario county warden this year and his deputyreeve frank disney have both been returned to office by acclamation in mon- frnnk disney days election tor council all three 1919 members were returned geo todd milt burk and clare balsdon so that the entire council will remain the same for another term postof f ice closed after fifty years after boasting the service of a post office for fifty years the ham- lot of ballantrae will be unable to hang out the postal sign any longer since the service there has j been discontinued mrs gib wright resigned and the department closed the office coming of rural mail provides the residents with daily service hence the need of a post office was not great only just before his death the late gib wright was presented with a 25 year service pin in recognition of his quarter century postmastcrship young businessman wed in toronto in holy blossom temple the wedding took place of harriette lorraine ross daughter of mr and mrs louis ross and irvin borin- sky son of mr and mrs joseph borinsky formerly of stouffville with rabbi a l foinberg officia ting given in marriage by her father the bride was gowned in ivory slipper satin trimmed with lace and seed pearls the skirt had i a circular train and her fingertip veil was held by a poke bonnet she carried a cascade of calla lilies and a bible mrs bert krugel was matron of honor wearing pale blue brocaded taffeta with matching bonnet and she carried red roses best man was samuel borins and ushers were marvin ross earl thall robejrt rapp harry crystal the brides mother received in blue tissue faille with corsage of red roses assisted by the grooms mother in teal blue faille with cor sage of red roses council agrees to rental of property next cnr the municipal council met on thursday evening when reeve nolan placed before the members an otter of rental for the town lot immediately east of the cnr station property the offer comes from maple leaf auto sales chas ward local representative and the firm will shape the property up as a sales lot for used cars the property said the reeve would be enclosed in some manner along the west side with an attrac tive guard or fence while the area would be glowing with lights in the evenings thereby illuminating a section that will appreciate a little more light he said the rental is a substantial figure that met the approval of every coun cillor and a motion was passed instructing the clerk to have a lease prepared for a twoyear term the meeting was given over to passingof accounts that will about terminate the business of the year although council will hold a brief session on dec 15 a statutory meeting date in passing the accounts it is noted that the expenditures for the year will show that a balanced years busi ness is being completed and the usual good surplus carried forward into the new year councillor john scott and mrs scott entertained the members for a short time when coffee cake and icecream were served the reeve proposed a vote of thanks which was heartily con curred in by councillors clayt baker henry ogden and glen ratcliff sudden death of 0 w zeller saturday mr oliver w zeller died with shocking suddenness at his home on mill street late saturday after noon he had taken ill while sitting in shiner davis store asked for water and took some aspirin feeling able to go home he started off but after reaching his destination he grew worse ana expired within an hour mr zeller was in his 67th year and was well respected here death was due to a thrombosis had he lived until the 16th day of february next he would have celebrated his 40th wedding day an event both he and mrs zellar were looking forward to born in markham township oliver was a son of the late christ opher zeller stone mason and farmer oliver married rhoda madill sister of o m madill altona merchant they spent fourteen years in western canada on a homestead and knew the hardships of pioneer life return ing to markham township they settled in mongolia and built a house in stouffville to which they moved last year besides the bereaved wife there survives a son roy and four daughters pearl mrs burnell claremont alma mrs frank ward miss alta zeller hair dresser in claremont verna mrs g draper a son murray died in childhood two brothers harold zeller of toronto and kenneth of guelph and a halfbrother jake zeller also survive as well as six sisters mrs bert tyler mrs jas lonergan mrs frank newman all of toronto miss nina zeller of lindsay mrs chas sutherland and mrs thos potton there are seven grandchildren the late mr zeller attended the united m church leaving for england clip out madills store adv on page 2 of this issue and see the saving you can make do it now chas hooper elected to markham township council on monday is leaving this month with mrs hooper on a trip to england a former warden of york county mr hoopers return to municipal life is followed with more than passing interest municipal election here in town next monday it is considered a healthy sign to believe in his ability have enough candidates seeking i mr kidd in seeking reeveship office as to make an election necos- 1 told the ratepayers meeting he had sa thatis true then stouffj many years experience in whit- yille is healthy because we go to church council was opposed to the the polls on monday dec 12 to new york county building which christmas market horse show again this year a horse show will be held in stouffville on tues- work has been suspended for uay dec 20 the complete prize some time at the home manufac- hst will follow exactly that of turing co in the ratcliff blockyears ago and will be published in and tne girl employees are having detail in the next issue of the a long christmas vacation tribune lloyd turner secretary elect a reeve and four councillors reeve nolan is seeking a sixth term at the head of the council and as previously reported is be ing opposed by mr herman kidd all members of the old council are up for reelection along with mr harry ratcliff who will be new to municipal life but has a good business background elsewhere in this issue the reeve gives some indication as to why he is seeking another term and the members of the 1918 council con sider their record is worthy of the confidence of the ratepayers while mr ratcliff as a new man is being strongly backed by citizens who he termed a- white elephant but did not criticize the work of the reeve and council now in office it is the duty of ratepayers to poll their votes on monday irrespective of whatever candi dates they choose to support here is the slate for reeve herman kidd a v nolan for councillor clayton baker henry ogden glen ratcliff harry ratcliff john scott