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tottffmilk mibnm vol 62 no il the tribune stouffville ont- february 7 1932 fifteen years ago a hobby now a thriving business is a s farmers mink ranch in 1937 nearly fifteen years ago alvin s farmer of gormley pur chased two njink never realizin that in the distant future these two small peas would be expanded into one of the largest mink ranches in the district it was nothing more than a hobby commented the proud owner as he cast a glance over his mink kingdom one which i never expected would attain these results as mr farmer watched his gleaming fur bearing animals jump crazily in their cages we caught a glimpse of a far distant dream being realized before the very eyes of this wellknown gormley resident perhaps fifteen years ago when alvin farmer placed two small mink inside their cages he couldnt believe that such a thriving business might develop but in the very back corner of his mind there was a desire a hope that some day their numbers would he doubled yes increased by tens and even hundreds when alvin farmer began to develop his mink ranch the animals were not plentiful although the prices were compar- itively the same as today the dangers of disease and hot weather which has taken a terrific toll from some mink ranches all had to be faced by mr farmer with encour- aging success dampness is a definite mink killer and because of this the pens must be kept clean and dry at all times during the last few years the farmer mink ranch has expanded greatly mr farmer can justly boast of one of the finest water systems to be installed in a mink ranch anywhere in canada with the turn of a tap some fifty mink can be watered at one time this job done manually would take over two hours while fifteen or twenty minutes is plenty of time with this uptodate method last year a large new mink shelter was erected which is capable of hous ing one hundred breeders and three hundred pelters other build ings have been repaired to give the fur bearers the utmost protection against the beating summer sun food ingredients play an impor- coritiniied on page two ringwood resident arthur emmerson buried on tuesday on saturday ieb 2 mr george arthur emmerson of ringwood passed away after a brief illness the deceased although not in the best of health during the summer had been feeling quite well only a few days before his death horn near lemonville the son of air and airs geo emmerson the deceased lived for some time on the sixth concession of whit- ehurch and bethesda before mov ing to ringwood where he has lived for the past year a farmer in his earlier life mr emmerson had been living retired for some time he was in his 59th year besides his wife he leaves to mourn his passing one daughter airs f jcmmett margaret of ringwood and four sons mel bourne of stoulfville and leland lome and murray all of ring- wood there are also two sisters mrs wilmot brown of ringwood and airs tom brown of colborne funeral service was held at the l e oneill chapel on tuesday afternoon at 230 pm conducted by rev it chapin of greenbank with interment in stouflville cemetery 1ail bearers wexe ross wiriterstein stewart rae clar ence atkinson bert taun roy smith and earn legeer local councillor on mkiitkhkkanckuisk mr glenn ratcliff local coun cillor and grocery merchant will enibartc on a winter cruise this wednesday that will carry him through the mediterranean re turning overland to london eng land mr ratcliil will sail from new york this week at present his trip calls for a stop of six days in egypt and air ratcliff is not certain if plans will have to be altered for this stopover due to the unsettled conditions of the country returning our stouffville traveller will go overland through italy to paris and london prior to returning home the entire trip will require some two months visitors with e briard over their daughter montreal que daughterinlaw brian of collingwood mr and airs w die weekend were mrs l gee of and their son and air and mrs w meet to discuss 75th birthday celebration a joint meeting of represent atives f all town organiza tion has been called by the stoulfville municipal council to discuss plans for celebrat ing the towns 75ih annivers ary sometime during this summer the meeting will be held in the municipal hall and official notice will be given the executive of each organization by clerk garfield brown last such celebration of this nature was held in conjunc tion with the diamond jubilee celebration in canada in 1927 if it is determined by the lorllkpiiiiiig joint meeting to proceed with a celebration committees will be named to handle the various program items and begin preparations subdivider says reputation hurt by adverse reports in weekly press should be suing somebody for damaging my reputation and my business declared air teet zel real estate operator and sub- divider of the harding sub division in alarkham township the statement was made at the regular meeting of alarkham township council on monday afternoon and arose over certain statements which appeared in the local press and attributed to councillor lemasurier the state ments concern a domestic water system installed by air teetzel in the first con subdivision and over which there has arisen a con siderable dispute councillor lemasurier in his de fence stated that the letter which appeared in the press was a state ment made by the township plumbing inspector air galbraith mr teetzel stated that his water lino was laid out by a repu table engineer recommended to him by the clerk of richmond hill he charged that the matter was a scheme by council to make him pay for a water line along palmer ave in which he was not interested palmer ave is a divid ing street between elmwood park subdivision and air teetzels harding park suudivision he stated that he had received a verbal okay to proceed with the water lines we gave an okay to go ahead and get the contractor but not an okay of the system stated coun cillor james but you must have approved the system continued councillor lemasurier how could we approve a sys tem that wasnt even in retorted councillor hooper mr teetzel admitted that he had nothing in writing air james told the gathering that he nevur heard any discus sion about getting teetzel water from richmond hill this matter of water service would never have come up if i hadnt inquired into it stated councillor leaiasurier mr flinn a resident of the harding subdivision told council that he had been waiting more than acyear for water and unless there was some action he intended to take the matter further he was told that the matter was now in the hands of the newly named water committee theres no use in you coming here shooting off we havent been idle but all we can do is what the solicitor and engineer say is the best way stated deputy- reeve james following the lengthy discus sion a motion proposed by coun cillor lennie for the water com mittee to bring in a full report on the situation particularly as it effected those ratepayers who had appeared before the meeting with complaints the resolution passed unanimously new marktiam councillor is centre of bitter debate air and airs percy degeer of wordsworth sask and the for mors sister nellie hayward of siloam called on airs v degeer tenth st they are returning after an extended motor trip to trenton ottawa and usa alarkham township council j meeting in regular session at i lnionville on monday afternoon found their session completely disrupted midway through the afternoon as the conduct of coun cillor alt leaiasurier new mem ber on this years board became the subject of bitter controversy council received seven applica tions for the office of assistant assessor and these applicants will be interviewed personally at a i later date as clerk chas hoover proceeded to open five applications for the newly created office of treasurer councillor leaiasurier sixike out in opposition to engag ing a new member on the staff im opposed to increasing the staff and dont think that there is any justification for hiring a treasurer declared councillor lemasurier deputyreeve james informed air leaiasurier he was out of order air leaiasurier asked that airs robt rae a member of the office staff be brought into the council chamber for questioning at this point other members of council stren uously opposed the move but fin ally consented to allow councillor lemasurier to question airs rae following the opening of the treasurer applications air le masurier told council he believed airs rae could throw some light on the need of additional help i believe that hiring a treas urer is superfluous stated coun cillor leaiasurier what we need is to have the work more properly divided among our present staff he added deputyreeve james stated that he favoured another man in the office to work in the capacity of an understudy to clerk hoover you were going to bring in a resolution to let the clerk out councillor hooper declared to councillor leaiasurier i was no such a thing retorted the councillor you were going to let airs rae out too continued air hooper i recommend that you hire airs rae as fullitime treasurer im only trying to save the tax payer money said air leaiasur ier some of us have been here for a long time and know that our clerk needs more help youve only been here a month and seem to think you know an awful lot reeve timbers told the new coun cillor at this juncture deputyreeve james turning to councillor le aiasurier stated ive been accus ed of blocking water coming down from richmond hill to langstaff which is a lot of nonsense councillor hooper proposed a resolution asking that councillor leaiasurier publish a public apology in the three local flews- papers for statements made con cerning the pay received by last years council i object to statements by coun cillor lemasurier that i brought in a bylaw to raise the pay any one knows that bylaws are brought in blank i also object to the statement that dalton rum- ney received 30 too much said air hooper how long are you going to keep running to the newspapers with little notes why you dont even treat our reeve with courtesy youve condemned every em ployee we have except one and said there was only one worthy of a raise in salary continued mr hooper in heated tones councillor leaiasurier attempt ed to break in with a denial at various points as mr hooper con tinued his condemnation but without success at the conclusion of the debate councillor lemas urier demanded that air hooper apologize for statements made concerning him during the after noon but his demand was ignored the meeting adjourned at this point without continuance of futher business site ihu is j ntit ixtnn ifttc tltr jwcu i king george vi died unexpectedly today the mon arch of 500000000 british subjects died peacefully in his sleep at his country home at sandringharii 60 miles north of london announcement was made at saiul- ringham and later at buckingham palace at 1015 am 1 515 toronto time he was 56 and had been monarch since 1936 when he assumed the throne following abdication of his bro- trter king edward viii now duke of windsor princess elizabeth was proclaimed queen eliz- htth ii by a privy council meeting wednesday and is flying back to london from her tour in africa z5hs ibc sjesee seffib seeks 90yearold recalls horse and buggy daysinmarkham on monday feb 11th air james gleason retired farmer at north alarkham will celebrate his 90th birthday born on a farm near alarkham village air glea son attended private school for a number of vears before entering alarkham public school fifty years ago air gleason started up farming in north alarkham where he remains with his wife at the present time in scanning back over the by gone days air gleason recalls clearly when both the eighth con cession and no 7 were ordinary gravel roads alarkham village at that time extended only to the rail road tracks with the remainder being farm land air gleason can remember clearly his public school days where the stern master ruled over his students with a birch bark cane and the children struggled to school over waist high snow banks and in sub zero temperatures many of the boys who attended were in their early twenties and because of the necessity of earning money when ever possible they worked during the summer months and attended school in the winter the celebrat ed alarkham resident recalls walk ing to school in bitter cold only to find the classroom just as frigid as the weather outside air peter reesor well known resident of alarkham also is the only student that air gleason could recall attending school during his time the present railroad track was constructed in 1s72 and air glea son can clearly remember watch ing the first train make its way slowly over the newly built rails there was only one train a day running through alarkham at that time and a trip to toronto a- considered quite a days journey since there were no motor cars residents used the train to a great extent as a means i transportation to see the mighty engine go chugging by was a great experience and rasidents both young and old would run to their windows to catch a glimpse of the iron horse the first automobile was also a wonderful machine air gleason recalls see- in the first engine driven buggy on the streets of markham and claims that although it was not as fast as the horse and buggy it was a steady means of transportation alarkham village itself has change considerably during the past years according to the ninety- yearold resident although the village has expanded greatly there used to be more factories a number of years ago than there are today air gleason commented rather regretfully that wlien he takes the odd trip along the alain street there is hardly a person that he recognizes any more still feeling in the best of health air gleason claims that he has never been seriously ill throuh- out his entire life althouh he did suffer a bad attack of the flu last summer it was only a few years ago that he could be seen out on his farm busily shocking grain hoeing turnips or repairing fences and even at the present time he still takes extreme pride in sur veying his 85 acres of land air gleason has two daughters helen and sheila his brother joe passed away four years ago at the age of 80 as the days come and go it is indeed our wish that this alark ham village pioneer will celebrate many more birthdays in the years to come a true living symbol of those who struggled and strived in the bitter cold and the beating sun to make this land of ours what it is today urge enforcement of bylaw for peddlers and hawkers lionel conacher here for carnival a big attraction at the stouff- ville athletic club carnival to be held on wednesday night feb 13 will be the appearance of the one an- only lionel conaeher the exnhl pro and former pro vincial recreational commissioner known far and wide for his activities in the world of sport probably one of the greatest sportsmen that canada has ever produced lionel nick named the pig train will referee the pec- wee nhl game from 730 pm to s oclock during this half hour all four clubs will have n chance to take part no stone is being left unturned by members of the athletic club to make their valentine carnival one of the finest to be presented hundreds of prizes are being offer ed and all those who take part are aiding in the success of the nights enteiiainment board an enquiry was tabled from farmers in the altoria area of pick ering township that they be established as a fire area or given fire protection under some arrang ed plan these pickering rate payers feel that they can best be served in the matter of this protec tion by the stouffville brigade there was one fire recorded in this section last year under present arrangements stouff- villes only fire area is in whit church where the township pays 20000 standby time and 10 a fire covering two hours in mark- owmz to the- kings death the lions club bingo has been ad- yanced from this friday until feb 22nd local demonstrations of cook ing utensils nylons etc eligible for license to be scrutinized by constable messrs harold dixon and earl lehman appointed representa tives of the stouflville business mens association waited on the stouffville municipal council at their regular meeting on alonday evening with the recommenda tion that the local hawkers peddlers bylaw passed here last year be given more publicity and be more rigidly enforced the by law calls for a license fee of 25 for anyone selling goods from ham and any other municipality door to door as well as selling the where the brigade is called to go same at an appointed place by the rate is g0 per fire for the first means of samples for delivery of j two hours a new rate for over- goods later time may be drawn up shortly special mention was made of the matter of the altona district various demonstrations being held i coverage will be discussed with in local homes from week to week the fire brigade prior to a by outside concerns who demon- decision on terms strata with samples later deliver j request for street lighting was goods for which they have taken received from the john sanders order- i he bylaw approved by subdivision burkholder st and the municipal board clearly de- the hydro committee promised the lines this type of business i erection of additional lights lhe charge isn t too bad but as soon as the town hydro there are too many getting away was back on the job he has been without paying it commentedil for a couple of weeks reeve ogden council agreed that the bylaw should be published and it will appear in the tribune next week the license fee is for the protec tion both of local residents against unscrupulous salesmen and for the local businessman who is paying business taxes here permission was granted for the holding of a tag day in aid of the institute for the blind on satur day may 3rd a request for the use of the town park for the holding of the just man the tax roll was received from the collector k r davis and authorization given to the pay ment of his salary of 22500 a request for the sale of the town property adjacent to the cnr which was received several weeks ago was concluded with the sanction of a lease for a period of three years of the property to maple leaf auto sales who now occupy the property the rent is 25000 a year hydro bought by the local department for at month stouffville horse show was turn- 1 amounted to 290700 the highest ed over to the community centre peak yet reached