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nbtttie vol 63 so 9 the tribune stouffville ont june 20 1952 rare passion plant in bloom sewer question may lay over until next year there was some discussion regarding the sewer question for stouffville at the special meeting of the municipal council on night and it was agreed problem should be shelved for the time being pending consultation with health authorities in tor onto there has been some critic ism of the handling of the gravel ling anil oiling of town streets this year and of why hardtopping was however the street committee be sieve that u would be a waste tax money to permanently top any streets of sewers in friday that the no permanent undertaken york county warden j stouffville arena company jos spulefte is t e stricken in usa shows income tor season a special session o york county council will be called t- name a successor to warden joe l spil- lette who died of a heart attack in boston on thursday while at tending the annual convention of the municipal finance otlicers probably the most unique plant to be grown in this dis trict for some time is the rare passion flower pictured above and produced in the greenhouse of victor smith south of goodwood a slip was purchased by mr smith from a florist in toronto some ten years ago and for the first time since being transplanted it has produced a flower the plant was started in a small pot but since then it has been photo by cadieux transferred from one contain er to another until it now occupies a twelve inch pot the flower if given proper care will spread some distance and produces a number of underground stems which will reproduce into new plants the tribune photographer caught one of the blooms in all its beauty after it had fuiy opened the flowers last but for a short time church elder 88 dies in markham a resident of markham for 80 years chester lehman 8s was buried monday at st andrews cemetery he died saturday in toronto east general hospital after a long illness a decorator by trade mr leh man was an honorary elder of st andrews united church mark ham and had led the choir at st andrews presbyterian church before union surviving are two sons frank of huntsville and gordon of mark ham and two daughters mary mrs l glenn of markham and bess mrs c taylor of toronto rev g h thomas conducted the funeral service held from the united church markham with interment in st andrews come- j tery markham charles fishi5k 11 bs at port frances word has reached stouffville of the death on friday june 20th of charles fisher of fort frances he was born in ringwood eighty- live years ago and spent his early childhood there invite your friends to 75th anniversary have you a relative or friend a former resident of stoullvillc who is now resid ing at some distant point if so you arc asked to leave the name and address at the ollice of the town clerk the stouff ville womens institute who is in charge of the historical portion of the civic celebra tion on aug 3rd and 4th will see that a printed invita tion is sent to your friends or relatives asking them to join willi us on this 75th munici pal birthday dont delay do this today as time is short your co operation in this matter will be greatly appreciated by those who are giving their time to prepare for this big event 01 hard- wkh the installation the oding at which time most streets will be torn up council also deemed it unwise to adil further to the expanded bud get this year by adding the cost of a sewer survey included in this years budget is 2200 for new and repaired side walks this year the largest new- strip contemplated is on main st east from approximately inter national motors to the presby terian church this walk will be raised approximately half a foot as it is continually inundated with water in the spring and fall surviving besides his wife the former elizabeth guthrie are seven children mrs ralph burk- holder and mrs ab summerfeldt of ringwood are nieces polish air veteran marks twenty years as pilot jan falkowski instructor at the huttonville gillies flying club is this month marking his 20th anni versary as an aeroplane pilot he has given one thousand hours instruction at this township flying club in the last four years he resided for a time at gormley and is now just north of ring- wood jan began flying in 1932 when the war started he took part in the battle of poland afterwards he fought in france and then as a member of the raf he was in the battle of britain he has to his credit 12 enemy planes shot down jan was wounded twice during the war and his last excit ing experience was when as a wing commander based in eng- shot down over land he w enemy occupied territory and was captured by the germans how ever within five days he escaped from prison and returned to eng land he is one of the few living polish fighter aces and among his many decorations he won the british distinguished flying cross he has recently completed his biography and hopes to publish it this next winter the title of the book will be with the wind in my face sunday july fith is being ob served at the buttonville flying field as jan day there will be a special exhibition of flying and aerial acrobatics beginning at 2 oclock markham township school trustees organize association trustees of fourteen school sections in markham township gathered in the buttonville hall last week to organize a trustees association the gathering was addressed by rev j v mills editor of the argus magazine and he proceeded to outline the aims and objects of the association markham trustees make up the first rural township organization of its kind in ontario urban trus tees have organized some time ago to combat pressure exerted from the teachers federation when salary difficulties arose but markhams association form ed the first outside the larger centres the president elected is mr sin clair burgis of unionville with h g galpin richmond hill hon pros vice president keith riehan secytreas archie campbell milliken the executive committee is comprised of one member from each school board the association plans to sponsor an ontariowide church and school week sept nth to 21st local students xormal school gjtads six local students attending tor onto normal school successfully completed their year and will commence their teaching duties in september the young gratis are miss barbara mccreight miss elda gray miss betty wideman miss ivy schneider miss barbara bagg arid mr lome boadway a number of the local graduates have already selected their schools for the coming term new nursing home established in stouffville the former dr s s ball home which has occupied a prominent place in town at the corner of obrien ave and main st for more than half a century has been sold the new owner is mr ernest austin who will operate a nursing home in this location mr austin who was formerly associated with his father edward austin now operating the clare- mom nursing home is a qualified supervisor of nursing institutions and is preparing the new premises to accommodate twentytwo pat ients whitevale man dies when truck skids into tree arol c griffin 24 of whitevale died enroute to oshawa general hospital on monday after his truck skidded 317 feet and crashed headon into a large tree on the 5th concession of pickering town ship whitby provincial police said griffin alone in the truck lost control on the gravel road the truck slewed oil the road into the ditch plowed along the ditch and smashed into the tree the impact tore the cab and the rop of the truck off when it spun around the tree roy ward pickering twp ri supcrimes dent a witness said he was driving ahead of flii and heard the crash i looked around and saw a great cloud of dust clearing from the wreckage he said i rushed back to the scene and found the driver bleeding and groaning beside his truck ward said he drove to a nearby gravel pit and called to men who returned to the scene while he called an ambulance police arrived shortly before the ambulance that took griffin to hospital hospital officials said griffin died from injuries in his neck an inquest will be held police said his way to work cars collide on brow of hill griffin was on at the general oshawa and was fellowemployees dent occurred motors corp in about to pick up when the ace- two autos collided head on at the brow of a hill on a concession road two miles south of uxbridge on monday mrs frank butler of farnham ave toronto received serious head injuries mis butler was riding in her husbands car when it collided with an auto driven by john loysi of claremont mrs butler was thrown against the wind shield she was admitted to tor onto east general hospital association of the united states and canada mr spiliette who was 10 had been deputyreeve of newmarket for six years according to j d lucas county solicitor it was the first time in the history of york county that a warden had died whiia in office newmarket has lost one of its topflight citizens and i have lost oie of my closest friends said mayor joseph vale 1 cannot express the deep feeling of mourn ing every citizen wi experience ours is a tragic los mr spiliette was first elected to town council 12 years ago he be camo deputy reeve six years ago and whs the second deputy reeve in history to be named county warden mr spiliette is survived by his widow the former muriel allen of toronto two sons richard and jack and a daughter mrs eliza beth davis county council monday elected reeve j l strath of new toronto warden to succeed 1 l spiliette reeve ace cook of aurora with drew his name sees naval action in korean waters alan sanderson son of mr and mrs w g sanderson obrien ave stouffville has seen recent naval action in korean waters his parents received word this week that alan who is aboard the can adian destroyer nootke had his helmet knocked from his head and a couple of guns were put out of action during a bombardment no casualties were suffered will all the members of the stoultville womens institute wishing to take a bus trip to niagara falls on july fth please get in touch with mrs ridout or mrs burgin not later than tues day july 1 as it will be open to the public after that date tribune publisher elected president ontario weeklies the ontario division of the can adian weekly newspapers assoc iation comprising some one hun dred and twentyfive members has just concluded a threeday convention at wigwassan lodge muskoka your local publisher chas ii nolan was honored with the election to the office of presi dent succeeding e a spence of strathroy other officers are as follows 1st vice pros jack pick- ell paris 2nd vice pies clayton schaus chesley secymanager werden leavens bolton direc tors r shearer blenheim v farrow bracebridge g cadogan durham g craven ridgetown w james bowmanville f j picking aurora p winger wing- ham and c davis elmira robert saunders chairman of hydro electric power commission was the feature speaker at the association banquet on friday evening and made his pronounce ment at that time of the new- power development at niagara aurora wins trophy the aurora banner published by col f j picking was the win ner of the albert v nolan mem orial trophy and was presented by the editor of the tribune the aurora paper stood first for best allround weekly in towns up to 1000 population the port credit paper came second and the stouff ville tribune third the points for these three were si 80 and 79 the tribune was also awarded fourth sikh for the best front page in the weekly field in towns up to 1500 population the rich mond hill liberal won the step henson trophy for first place in this competition with 85 points of more than 35000 before a wellattended meeting of the shareholders of the stouff ville arena company on thurs day evening the financial report of the company placed before the gathering by mr reg button secretarytreasurer revealed a gross income in the last completed year of operation of slightly over 35500 it was also interesting to note that in the three years that the company has operated the net profit has exceeded 30000 the original mortgage debt reduced more than fifty per to less than 10000 largest source of revenue the senior hockey club brought in about 15x100 and was ent was which at the lubs share of 930000 hoc- rented turned the tor- 3400 skating into the treasury the ser- making in gate the hockey this revenue was key practice time over another 1300 and onto hockey league revenue from public amounted to s21s100 the company paid stouffville municipal 3772s5 for taxes and vices of water and hydro them the largest consumer town president george allison pre sided at the meeting and conduct ed the annual election of directors resulting as follows c h bell and dr s t bodendistel retir ing reg button morley symes gar lehman geo allison chas nolan l e oneill and geo rodanz new president allison told the share holders of the investment of the new floor and that it was hoped to offset summertime service expenses by this new source of revenue the first event to be held on the ffoor will be a dance on july 1st following the stouffville horse show horse show feature attraction in stouffville on dominion day the stoultville horse show will be the feature attraction here on the holiday next tuesday july 1st dominion day the show this vear presents an increased prize lisi with twelve classes and will commence at 10 oclock in the forenoon the official opening of the show will be at 2 pm when brig clarence mckee cb-e- ed will conduct the ceremony the show features jumpers hunters hacks saddle horses and ponies with a large number of trophies and cash prizes to be pre sented and is sponsored by the stouffville branch of the canadian legion grandstand accommodation is being provided for 300 people re freshments and light lunches will be served on the grounds in the evening of the holiday the stouffville arena will open its new marble top floor to the public for the first time with dancing to wyn bates and his 10piece orches tra featuring modern and old time dancing police find missing uxbridge girl tenyearold wilma larocque of uxbridge is in the childrens aid society shelter at oshawa after a harrowing 30 fast and a 46- mile trip by to toronto bicycle from uxbridge ccording to provincial police markham councillors to be paid monthly at the regular meeting of my ham township counoit on mon day evening a bylaw was nassed authorizing the payment of coun cil members on a monthly basis councillors must present monthly accounts for payment the meeting was brief with little new business arising ross hord lot 5 con 3 requested a deed be altered to cover deviation in the township road allowance i wilma larocque long trip and a long 10 fast the to visit with klinck as enroute constable c g wilton the little i girl left home in uxbridge to post a letter for her parents mr and helen dewitt is travelling mrs harry larocque at 525 sat- west coast where she will urday afternoon md this action was agreed upon mr dr well and mrs as other rol l si itives stouffville lions club are ing their big annual dance carnival in memorial park tribune one day later owing to the fact that the dominion day holiday falls on tuesday of next week the regular issue of the tribune will be one day later than usual however advertisers and correspondents are asked to kindly have their material in tlie office at the regular time later she was reported to have left homo on her bicycle without supper or any money in her purse she was sighted at goodwood five hold- miles west of her home then at and stouffville at 10 pm tonite i when found wilma told police she still didnt want to go home her father is a hired man with five children she said she had crawled into a parked car in markham saturday night without anything to eat and then headed for toronto the next morning at midnight on sunday a woman spotted the youngster in toronto in the danforth area and notified no s police station she was picked up hungry tired and smudged constable wilton then took her to the childrens aid shelter in oshawa chamber of commerce to wage safety campaign chairman of the publicity com mittee on the stouffville chamber of commerce cec hendricks pro duced a full report on recent results and future proposals for the village in order that it might become a safer place in which to reside j in order that certain safety measures might be brought into force immediately mr hendricks approached an official of western sand and gravel mr c j mason and explained his desire that his these lawbreakers not only is this stock car racing through town a dangerous practice but very annoying to main street residents who are trying to rest another proposal which was brought up at the meeting on mon day night was the painting of yellow lines across the highway at two intersections where pedes trians might cross this is planned as a signal for traffic to slow down and is also an aid to the motorist to keep pedestrians from crossing the highway at a dozen truckers might take more precau- different places a warning signal lions when driving their vehicles it was stated would cost in the through town mr mason passed j neighborhood of 1500 which was watch next july features theatre weeks tribune for at the stanley harold good of waterloo is in tcivn for a few days visiting with i his father mr e r good i the request on to the truck drivers and received a signed pledge from some thirtyfour drivers that strict attention would be paid to the safety campaign carried on by the chamber of commerce it was stated that a number of youthful drivers were turning main street into a speedway dur- length by ing the wee small hours of sunday displaying believed to be too much money at the present time another scheme in width the members intend to take immed iate action is the erection of signs leading into town from both cist and west two large plywood signs measuring some six feet in four feet in depth and the name of the town morning and it is the decision of are proposed as well as numerous the chamber of commerce to call smaller markers to be erected at upon the law to clamp down on different locations