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rtbttne vol x the tribuxe stouffville ont feb 25 10o4 acres of winter rhubarb on altona farm stouffvilie accepts 300 standby at she regular meeting of markham township council on monday evening it was learned that stouffvilie had consented to accept the 300 standby time fee offered by markham for fire protection provided by local firemen stouffvilie requested that they be paid- 500 stridby time plus s60 for the first two iioiirs and s21 per hour thereafter markham twp council felt however that if thev agreed to the stouffvilie offer they would have the markham and richmond hill brigades down their necks asking for more money the hourlv rate re mains unchanged the agree ment has been assed on to the township solicitor jd lucas for final ratification a letter was received from the markham two property owners association request ing tlkit they be allowed to consult with council concern ing some proposed boundaries for the purpose of dividing the township into wards coun cillor lennie stated they would agree to meet a delega tion concerning the subject of wards some time in march ten years ago mr geo francis of altona purchased one load of rhubarb sprouts and since that time his busin ess has gradually expanded un til now ho has three acres of rhubarb under cultivation this winter rhubarb as it is called is matured in a special ly heated house which was on ly recently completed thous ands of sprouts are also grown in the barn it takes from 3 to weeks for the rhubarb to reach maturity the root cel lars are completely sealed off from light mr francis started into the rhubarb business at west hill but the land on his present al tona farm is more suitable for his crop the heavier soil and increased rainfall produces an excellent grade of rhubarb when the roots are trucked in from the field and placed in the root house they are com pletelv frozen mr francis ex plains that the harder the sprouts are frozen the quick er they will mature when they are placed in the heated store house when the crop reaches its proper growth the rhubarb is cut and packed in ten pound cartons and shipped to toron to a good packer is able to nut up ico cartons every four hours a ten pound carton sells for approximately 110 the house barn and root cellar are all heated from a central heating unit located inside a cement block build ing an automatic selfstoker furnace consumes some five tons of coal per month or thir ty tons during the winter an additional root house is to be constructed this summer and it will also be heated by the large furnace a sudden dry spell in the summer could be disastrous for the winter rhubarb farm er in order to take care of such a situation mr francis purchased a 3000 irrigation system which draws water un der pressure from the nearby altona creek the machine can successfully water half ani a re at a time rhubarb is not the only hoeif well tor crop cultivated on the francis do acre farm twentythree ac- ies of potatoes and five acres of spinach are produced dur ing the summer mr and mrs francis have three sons don dave and jim who work with their parents on the farm the francis farm is the on ly rhubarb growing plantation in the district one other rhu barb farm is located on the don mills road south of steeles avenue town tax picture sfis bright despite persistent rumours of tightening money stouff- villes municipal tax picture remains bright and tax col lector kr davis reports that of the 1053 roll of 5503366 less than 230 remains out standing even this small a- mount is made up of estate payments which will not re main outstanding on the books for too long the 1052 roll of approximately 51000 has no arrears it is not likely that any oth er municipality in the prov ince can boast as clean a tax j sheet as stouffvilie which the residents the efficient pay tribute to late menno grove the wideman mennonite church was filled on saturday afternoon as neighbours rela tives and friends paid a final tribute to mr menno grove a resident of north markham horn on the mount lov side- road the deceased resided for a number of years on the farm now owned by mr gordon pipbcr sth con of markham he has lived in mount toy for the past thirtyeight years he was in his 7sth year although mr grove had not been in the best of health since christmas death came very suddenly resulting from a heart attack the kite mr grove has alwavs been very rev pg lehman of xew 1 active in church work and i served for a number of years carr as a deacon and also a sunday school teacher in the mount joy united missionary church although the late menno j grove spent the majority of his years on the farm he later turned his hand to the carpen- try trade following his retire- 1 ment in mount jo besides his wife the former anna raymer he is survived by two daughters beatrice mrs john timbers on the 6th con- cession of markham and ruby mrs orran loveless of elles- mere a private funeral was held at the dixon chapel on satur day afternoon at 2 pm follow ed by service in the wideman mennonite church at 230 the services were conducted i by rev h shantz assisted by births albert and ruth can unionviile rr 1 an nounce the birth of their son barry glenn a little playmate for brian on feb 11 1951 at the markham xuring homo quaxtz john and lillian quantz claremont wish to announce the arrival of a baby- sister for murray mar- jorie ellen born tues feb hi 1951 at oshawa general hospital mother and daugh ter both doing well here as well collector as bud lehman injured in bush accident gar hos dundee and rev m bricker of toronto with interment in the wideman cemetery the pallbearers were mr lome grove mr roy grove mr louis grove mr frank grove mr amos reesor and mr arthur hoover twin girls born at brierbush bud lehman son of lehman stouffvilie was pitalized on friday afternoon when a chain saw sliced a thirty stitch cut in his left leg above the knee cap bud was working in the bush at the rear of the farm when the ac cident occurred he was rush ed by ralph boyd to dr rb mitchell where the wound was treated he was then placed in the stouffvilie brierbush hos pital it was just one year ago that bud underwent an opera tion on his right leg in the toronto east general hospit al the accident will put a serious crimp in his hockey plans for the remainder of the season bud is a forward with the unionviile jets jr b hock ey team hearing on validity of election in pickering twp continues mary ann daley passes in west on thursday feb 11th twin girls doreen carol left and darlene marion right were born to mrs ray hill of altona dar lene weighed 3 lbs f ozs and doreen weighed 5 lbs ozs the mother was the former edith mckenzie of columbus near oshawa one of the pioneer families of stouffvilie and one with a widely known name was that of daley death removed the last surviving member of that original family in the person of miss mary ann daley who died in edmonton alta on wednesday feb 17th in her 95th year mary ann daley was the daughter of the late mr and mrs jt daley and was the oldest of seven child ren her brothers rj rev jt and frank and her three sisters susie maggie and jos- ie till having predeceased her in her active years she was connected with the congrega tional church now the christ ian and later became associat ed with tne united church she was of a retiring and re served nature and her main in terests were her home and the cause of temperance after the death of her sister susie with whom she lived on main street for so many years she moved to the west to spend her declining years with her remaining two sisters surviving are a number of nieces and nephews mr lr daley and mr vincent daley of camrose alta mrs wj beckett mrs og olstad mrs re kottmeier mrs xorman lambert and mr sf daley of edmonton alta mrs millie taylor mrs outrum mrs percy weegar and miss kath leen daley toronto ont mr murray dougherty morrin alta mr clias dougherty didsbury alta mr percv c dougherty high prairie alta mrs celia montgomery win nipeg man mrs xorman xo- ble montreal que and mr bert e dougherty seattle wash rev douglas davis will con duct the funeral services frpn a hearing into a motion to declare the election of the township council in pickering invalid has ben adjourned until next week the hearing brought to the ontario county court by gerald altaian of claremont began on tuesday before judge je pritchard evidence was heard all day tuesday and wednesday and was adjomfied until wednes day of this week when addi tional witnesses will be called chief witness heard on wed nesday was frederick hunt an unsuccessful candidate in the last election the one und er dispute during the hearing major edward smith earlier referred to in testimony by col stephen stephenson told the court of visiting the store of js balsdon at pickering on election day dec 7th and finding there an election card carrying the names of a slate of suggested candidates mr hunt a resident of high land grove recalled the visit he had made to township clerk johnstons office before the election he told of the conversation between col ste- pheiisori and mr johnston re garding the ballots for the wa ter vote which col stephen- son had declared wrong in the manner of a bylaw not a question on that visit he said the colonel had asked if the clerk had informed reeve todd of the possible use of election cards on election day and the clerk had told him that the reeve had been contacted and had replied that he was not having any such cards printed and their use was therefore none of his personal affair it was at this meeting said mr hunt when mr johnston had suggested that senior citizens of the township be allowed to be present at the counting of the ballots and it had also been suggested that one dep uty returning officer be al lowed to leave the polling place for a time and his wife be allowed to take over col stephenson said mr hunt had objected and had suggest ed that this election be car ried on according to the rules mr hitnt told of visiting the dunbarton voting place and asking the constable there what was the idea of permit ting the use of an election card the constable he said turned to the counter behind him picked up a card saying oh you mean this and tear ing it in two pieces mr hunt stated that he took this card to the pickering police station and had been told by sgt dav id freeman to keep it the matter was then ad journed for the lunch hour after lunch mr browor at torney for gerald allman the relator in the motion stated that he wished the court to permit dr ka roberts de putyreeve of pickering town ship and a respondent in the action to call barry murkar as one of his witnesses his honor asked dr rob erts to then declare his posi tion in the matter it was then pointed out by aws greer qc counsel for reeve george todd that dr roberts sat in the section of the table occu pied by the relator and col stephenson intervenor in the matter dr roberts disassoc iated himself from both the relator and the respondents judge pritchard ruled that he would not disturb the contin uity of the hearing by calling another mans witness and or dered mr hunt back to the stand mr illtint was recalled by mr brower he told of visit ing the polling place at fair- port beach and of sitting in a chair on the sun porch where he observed a man c6ming out to the table there to mark his ballot he said that he had been able to see this man mark his ballot but had not seen how he had marked it it was while he was there ho said that he purchased tickets on a doll he told of securing tickets for three persons whose names had been omitted from the voters lists he admitted that he had not complained of these things at fairport beach and stated that after voting in federal and provincial elec tions 1 ditl not think that pick ering township would be that loppy albert hull a construction superintendent and a scrutin eer at the election told of vis iting the dunbarton poll with mr hunt fie recalled the in cident in which the constable- had picked up and torn the el ection card he also told of standing in the dunbarton pol ling place in full view of vot ers who marked their ballots right in front of him he told of watching four voters place their votes for dr roberts the fallen curtain which per- mitted him to see this he aid had been corrected upon the complaint of dr roberts whv was present mrs hazel goddard a scru tineer at whitevale was cal led to tell of the ballot count there where she had been un able to see ballots being coun ted she also reported that the poll clerk had left the room on three occasions during elec tion day mr brower announced that this concluded his case dr roberts a respondent then cal led upon barry murkar of the pickering xews mr murkar reported that he was unable to find the original copy for the advertisement in his pap er regarding the publishing of the voters lists charles ross an engineer was called by dr roberts mr i ross stated that he had voted at fairport beach and told of being permitted to vote in the same room as his wife at the same time he claimed that the dro at the polling place had indicated that both could vote together his wife was al so called and she too stated that she and her husband had voted simultaneously at the fanport beach poll reeve george todd wasl then called the reeve admit- ted that no official action had been taken by council afterl dr roberts had announced at i the inaugural meeting that ac tion was being taken against the township he said that he had not discussed the burning of the ballots with mr john- ston township clerk until af ter they had been burned on january 10 he also did not know who had made the de cision to burn the ballots he revealed that hilda greer a i clerk in the municipal office slid gordon riehl a township i auditor had been present while the ballots were being burned by the clerk mr brower then began a crossexamination of mi- todd and indicated that this would take some hours claim irregularities two spoiled ballots in a poll ling station where the clerks i statement reported no spoil- ed ballots people voting in an unscreened sun porch and in an adjacent bedroom and sug gested election slates that were distributed at the clare mont santa claus parade and later appeared in voting booths these were some of the ir regularities testified to by 1 witnesses appearing thurs day in whitby at a public en quiry into the last pickering continued on page 2 mrs fred paget passes in hospital on saturday feb 20th mrs fred paget passed away in the stouffvilie brierbush hospital in her tsth year born in england the deceas ed resided for 21 years in mon treal mr and mrs paget came to stouffvilie in oct 1951 and resided on rose ave she attended the stouffvilie angli can church besides her husband she leaves to mourn her passing one son ernest of montreal and two daughters mrs ae newman of toronto and mrs am taylor of mcmasterville que funeral service was held at the le oxeill chapel on monday afternoon at 2 pm conducted by rev fraser bournes of christ anglican church stouffvilie with inter ment in the stouffvilie cemet ery horticultural notes the regular open meeting of the horticultural society was held in the united church basement on monday evening in the absence of the presid ents mrs dixon was in the chair a duet was provided by misses gloria hood and joy- wood mrs archie campbell gave a paper on tuberous begonias pictures were shown of their trip to europe by miss sue sellers and her girl friend thev travelled to france the british isles ger- manv norway holland and many other countries steeplejacks repair town clock tower accident victim buried at melville funeral services were con ducted on monday afternoon for eight year old keith kers- will nephew of mr geo ker- swill gth concession of mark ham who was struck down and killed on the lake shore road toronto on thursday while returnihg from a groc ery store interment was made in the melville cemetery according to opp constable stan knight keith was one of nine children hurrying across the busy intersection when he ran into the side of a taxi dri ven by raymond english no blame was attached to the dri ver eight year old keith was accustomed to spending part of his summer vacation on the george kerswill farm he is the son of mr and mrs john kerswill lakeview xo skating saturday there will be no public skating his saturday af ternoon in lie stonlivillc arena from 1 lo t oclock on tuesday repair work was started on the top of stouiivillos town clacktower by members of the transcan ada steeplejack co toronto following m inspection on monday the brick work above the clock was considered un safe and the sidewalk below the tower was blocked off to public traffic the work is ex pected to be completed this week it marked the first time the tower has required repair since its construction 23 years ago town recreation assoc to operate minor sports the le oxeill funeral home at 2 pm on friday feb 26th and interment will be in the stouffvilie cemetery the organization of the stouffvilie recreation assoc iation was unanimously sup ported by representatives of the stouffvilie chamber of commerce stouffvilie legion stouffvilie lioas club and parks commission at a special meeting held on thursday night the association will take over the entire minor sports program and represent atives from stouffvilles three- main organizations will form the framework of the club those representatives who re ceived appointments to act as governors of the new associa tion were messrs cec hend ricks and ernie austin of the chamber of commerce jack garrett and dr xeil smith of the legion and ted edwards and fl button of the lions club dr ss ball will repre sent the parks commission mr tom wedseltoft was elec ted secretary it was suggest ed that mr art lateham and mr geo rodanz along with representatives from the stouffvilie town council be invited to sit on the board the recreation association was formed primarily to aid all nonprofit making sports programs in stouffvilie all requests by and from outside organizations will be directed to the association through its representatives the next mee ting will be held on wednes day evening march 3rd at 8 pm when the policy of the association will be thorough ly discussed