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vl tottffwtte frtbttne classified ads on back page tol 65 no 32 the tribuxht stouffville thursday december 23 1954 sixteen pages local bakery expert creates masterpiece for yuletide beware of shop lifters as in the big cities there has been considerable shop lifting going on in stouffville stores and merchants have to keep a wary eye out for the light fin gered customer as many as five major articles have beer taken from one store in stouff ville the tribune learns this week while clerks report num erous petty thefts each day perpetrated by young and old alike mr wolfgang dams left an employee at the stouffville bakery has created one of the finest yuletide master pieces ever to be displayed here the church model pic tured on the right took more than twenty hours to com plete it has been admired by hundreds of shoppers during the past two weeks clipper nefminder badly injured in tuesdays game stouffville goaltender terry sye received a twentystitch gash on his forehead when a puck from the stick of orillias ab bowen struck him on the head he collapsed unconscious to the ice the accident oc curred on tuesday night as the clippers and the pontiaes bat- tied in a ten minute overtime session the game was halted following the injury to the stouffville goalie the clippers jumped into a two goal lead in the early min utes of the first period on goals by don macintosh and frank stephenson orillia counted their first goal at 1022 with danny mcdonald blinking the jight from bowen and robert son in the second frame nick liubick made it 31 for stouir- yille on passes from stehenson and gibson but orillia rallied to cut down the lead as earl clements scored from robert son with less than five minutes remaining in the period in the third period it appear ed that the clippers had the game in the bag but at 1020 ken robertson of the pontiaes scored to send both clubs into overtime it was midway thr ough the extra period that ab bowen of orillia worked in close and fired a pointblank shot into the forehead of clip per netminder sye he was treated by dr f 1 button and allowed to go home lions draw for 100 doll at arena this thursday night wed at ballanfrae fifty years ago mr and mrs george hood who were married at ballan- trae fifty years ago were hon ored by a special celebration at the home of their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs fred timbers on saturday evening mrs hood who was the former may smart was a native of vivian and george hood came originally from bal- lantrae following their marriage they farmed in the ballantrae district for some forty years but have been living on the 7th con of whitchurch in more recent years to the couple were born one daughter mrs fred timbers and three sons clarence 7th con herbert to ronto and eimer of brougham mrs hood was a former member of the lemonvhle wa and the couple are at tendants at the stouffville pres byterian church on saturday evening this church sent a gift of roses to mark the occa sion roses and a floor lamp were given their parents by the family a table lamp from the lemonvhle wa and many other gifts and cards of con gratulation monkeys are burned in markham barn fire business places closed monday boxing day dec harold hodgson gait jr a red wings has returned home and will play the balance of the season for stouffville juniors attend one of the special christmas church services this sunday in your community and enjoy the carol singing together for fifty years a spark from a stove is blamed for a fire on tuesday vhieh totally destroyed the cattle barns situated on the markham fair grounds the barns were being used by the march midway company of toronto for storing their equip ment during the winter dam age is expected to run into many thousands of dollars trie outbreak was noticed by larry clarke 21yearold worker he rushed into the frame building and tried to move one of the circus vans but was unable to get the truck started a number of trained monkeys were destroyed by the flames a number of years ago the barns housed the main attrac tions at markham fair when the arena was constructed the sheds were moved to the south end of the grounds and used to house cattle when the fair was in progress the sheds are be lieved to be nearly ninety year old the markham village fire dept answered tiie call but were unable to save the structure the march midway company have been using the barns for the past five years vivian pastor resigns his seminary post applications for trees should be submitted now property owners who an planning tree planting next spring would be well advised to submit their applications as early as passible distribution of lands and forests nurseries depends on stocks available and applications are dealt with in the order received applica tion forms which are submitted to the division of reforesta tion department of lands and forests in the parliament buildings toronto can be ob tained from the district fores ters office at maple or from the zone foresters regulations under the for est tree act 1952 provide that owners of private lands may obtain nursery stock from the department for reforestation work under certain conditions the lot on which the trees are to be planted must be in on tario and have an area of at least two acres exclusive of any part occupied by structures trees must be used for estab lishing enlarging or replenish ing woodlot or shelter belt want nonresident fees for schooling toronto children the township of whit church is heading a campaign to alleviate the heavy school tax burden caused by ths educating of children placed in foster homes by childrens aid societies and other agencies many of these children are located in homes which do not produce enough taxes to educate one child let alone three or four council was told when the matter was given consideration at the last regu lar meeting the situation is causing grave concern to school hoard and council alike as the num bers of these children has increased by alarming propor tions the following resolution was passed by whitchurch council and will be passed on to each municipality in the county whereas in past years increased numbers of children of school and preschool age have been placed in foster homes by childrens aid societies and by private per sons causing grave concern to public and secondary school boards in providing accommo dation therefore council of the township of whitchurch instructs the clerk to request each municipality in the coun ty of york to pass a similar resolution and forward to county council to request the provincial government to pass legislation to enable school boards to collect nonresident fees on such school attendance sheep claim council sanctioned payment of the largest sheep claim of the year on wednesday r w morningstar of toronto collect ed 290 for 12 sheep killed and 10 injured on the 7th con george stewart received 15 for one sheep killed balance of council business dealt with routine passing of accounts and appointment of c e toole to the newmarket- sutton high school board for another two year term goodwood car smash makes giant omelette a car carrying one hundred dozen eggs and driven by mrs a masters of goodwood skid ded out of control recently and crashed into a hydro pole on the 3rd concession of uxbridge seventy dozen eggs were bro ken the driver received a nas ty cut to her face requiring eighteen stitches dr r b mit- chell of stouffville treated th injured driver local public school board to rectify closed door grievances by parents mr and mrs george hood whitchurch township wro eebried thetr goicz wed- 1 5g a ver- t- t s wee t- ev rt i een du it e ce e bc suor a te tv h3 s ho a few little bits of petty piffling gossip unsupported in adequate evidence were all that could he found against him rev w s whilcombe professor of the toronto bap tist seminary for 27 years and minister at vivian church and formerly second markham said monday in commenting on his resignation i have done my utmost to avoid publicizing the trouble which has shaken the institu tion i long served and still love he said besides teaching in the sem inary he was an associate edi tor of the gospel witness and assisted in services at jarvis st baptist church he pointed out that in feb ruary lie felt he was then work ing in a hostile atmosphere so went to dr shields and offered to resign however his resig nation was refused and the pas tor promised that when he was better he woud talk matters over with him dr shields has been in poor health for over 3 year however without any hear ing i was requested not to take my usual place in the pub- he services of jarvis st bap- itlst church he declared had occupied a place on the platform for a quarter of 3 century and i had preached hundreds of times in the pul pit while i was editing the gos pel witness and carrying on my dutie- as professor in the seminary the church published a pam phlet entitled an autnorita- y live atneri of facts jn whlci lay preacher pleads guilty fined 625 george selkirk 31 evangeli cal lay preacher and director of langstafr land development co pleaded guilty to 51 char ges of building homes in mar kham township without a per mit and was fined 652 here to day magistrate hollinrake con sented to identical charges against the langstafr land de velopment co being with drawn after mr selkirks guil ty plea he was fined 10 and cost on each of the 51 counts and order ed to pay 112 costs the homes are under cor struction near langstafr side load and bayview ave reesor farm sold in family 150 years guard against fire this yule season guard against fire in your home this yule season the average christmas tree can go up in smoke in only a minute or so and that doesnt leave much time to call for help a live tree with roots pack ed in a bucket of earth is the safest be sure and keep the dirt moistened a small tree is safer than a large one anal festive trimmings can make up what is lacking in size dont use lighted candles this may seem an unneces sary precaution in this day of electric lights but lighted can dles contribute to tragic fires every year check the wiring for the tree to see that its not frayed and is in perfect condition the switch for turning off and on electric lights should be at some distance from the tree dont plug or unplug lights be neath the tree dont leave tree lights on when it isnt necessary and es pecially when the family is away from home from time to time check over the tree and see if needles near the lights are turning brown if they have move the lights watch the calendar new years is the day for the tree to go down if you should ex tend the time dont leave the lights on the tree for more than a half hour at a time place the tree well away from stoves radiators and oth er sources of heat when you smoke stay away from the tree also be sure that the tree is secured in such a way that it cannot fall do not put it near a doorway where it might block an avenue of escape should a fire occur the ninetyacre farm belong ing to mr max reesor of mark ham has been sold the pur chase price has been reported i midget league game and stouff- lions draw for 100 doll this thursday stouffville lions will draw a lucky ticket for someone at the arena this thursday night and the winner will receive a beautiful gift doll all nicely wrapped in one hundred 1 bills the draw is part of the service clubs continuous pro- graifi to raise money for char ity tickets are available at most business places along the street the sports bill thurs night will see stouffville against ux- bridge in a regular omha it is certainly not the inten tion of this board to create hardship on any children this ystem may have been earned too far and we as a board are quite willing to change it if the parents want it changed chair man len wilkes of the stoull- ville public school board told a group of ratepayers when they appeared before the board on thursday evening to prbtssi the system of hours which kept the children outside until near ly class lime the appearance of a delega tion of parents before the board was the final climax to weeks of protest by letter to the board and to the tribune chairman wilkes read one of the letters sent in to the tribune for pub lication last week he stated that some of the criticism con tained in the letters was quite varsh he admitted that while some of the charges were right others were far from the truth bill sanders speaking first for the delegation said that the parents were not interested in why the school was kept closed but they wanted to know what was going to be done to change it principal of the school mr cedric watson stated that he was quite ready to carry out whatever ruling the board should make he said that it was his opinion that some par ents sent their children to the school too early however he admitted that in years gone by he had opened the school when he arrived at quarter to eight he said as regards to playrooms the accommodation was limited because of the steady growth of the school mr sanders replied that there was room when there were nearly five hundred there with the high school included mr watson outlined to those present the hours now in force stating that in meeting with his teachers some of whom came from the city it appeared that these- restricted opening hours are in vogue there but he would go along with any hours the board decided on the matter of allowing chil dren to visit the washrooms was commented on by walter opening and mr sanders said he believed the parents would favor s30 in the morning mr gerald brillinger rate payer asked if the board tho ught the children should have to stand downstairs in their wet clothes on bad days and members agreed that they would be permitted to go to their classroom cloakrooms mr middlemiss asked if the children were to be permitted to run all over the school when admitted earlier they would have to go to their class rooms replied mrs smith board member i mr osterdahl ratepayer said he thought the children should have the privilege of going in or out chairman wilkes reiterated his earlier statement that the board was not aiming restric tions at anyone particularly but trying to operate the school to the best of their ability and if the parents wished changes made they would be only too happy to carry them out it was finally agreed that a circular letter should be sent to each parent giving the new hwuijs at which the school would be opened and other informa tion pertinent to the question of opening at noon hour and hours at which the children were let out in the afternoon the board congratulated principal watson on his co operation and work in endeav oring to establish the best sys tem possible for all concerned now that the public school was established as a separate unit in stouffville crop improvement meeting jan 5th at the recent meeting of the directors of the york county soil and crop improvement association plans were j made for the annual meeting of the association which will be held in the newmarket town hall on wednesday january 5th commencing at 1030 this group has an enviable record for starting on time and also having a full house for this smith ratepayer who asked if event which this year will fea- at 85000 the property has been in the reesor family since 1s03 more than 150 years the two houses on the farm have been retained the farm has been purchased for a proposed subdivision development customers of maple leaf dairy should note that there will be no milk delivery on christmas day or new years day but milk will be deliver ed as usual on boxing day ville juniors against union- ville in the second half of the twin bill also an oh a sched uled game be sure you have a ticket on this wonderful christmas doll in her hundred dollar wrap pings mrs stella ratclifr will be spending the xmas holiday at the home of mr jack drewery ottawa the board thought it right that children once outside could not return to the washrooms mr hendricks said he could- not see why one teacher could- not supervise children if they were admitted to the building as one teacher had to be pres ent at noon hour for lunch period the matter of storage space for unused high school desks was aired and the board mem bers expressed the opinion that the high school board should be given a definite time in which to have their desks re moved mr malloy board member said that the delegation was not interested in the boards problem of storing desks there was room tlfere when both schools were attending the one building and there can be room now he stated that he had visited the school every day for one week when the doors were not open until five minutes to wine chairman len wilkes asked the delegation exactly what hours they thought would be reasonable and satisfactory for ture two very popular speakers prof j c jack steckley york countys first agficiiltur al representative and now principal of the western agri cultural school at ridgetown will speak on corn as a grain crop and george mclaughlin of klmcroft farms oshawa an outstanding farmer will speak on managed pastures many of our dairymen have visited elmcroft and the associations bus tour will possibly visit the experimental farm at the ridgetown school in 1955 following hie business ses sion and pictures of the ohio bus tour a panel will be con ducted on various methods of making grass silage self feed ing harvesting operations etc free lunch will be served at noon in the hall stouffville fire brigade was called to the john lawrensoh home at ringwood on tuesday morning where an overheated stove threatened to fire the building no damage resulted shop in stouffville this thurs day and friday nights carol singing brings christmas cheer meddled in the affairs of the church and was unable to get along amicably with his asso ciates it is said that i could not get along with people but t took them a long time to find it out he added i think it is sufficient answer to say that for 27 years i got along reason ably well with dr shields uu- il in his age and infirmity a son of iron curtain was thrown around him through which i could not penetrate though rev h c slade associate pas tor and one or two others saw him continually the pamphlet also charged that mr whiuombe had let it be known that if anything hap- i- shields he wanted aftreri of vze- in jto be pastor of jarvis st ch- clatsts mr whitcoaoe j rch tiis he dcred- a group of girls who brought chrltmas cheer to a number of homes n town or monday everig are seen here as they sang caiols oit- sidc a home on mill st the practice of singing carols which was very popular in years gone by u being re vived by groups of youns people the girls from left to nght arc kay brown di- anne waters elda cray marie stover mary stouffer kiaine spofford and audrey brown