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rtmtne vol m so zo the tribune stolkkville thursday january i lf56 ten page3 costly local fires will expand public school facilities to ease crowding at the next meeting o the stouffrille public school board which ill be held on feb 9h the members will give careful consideration to the question o increased facilities to meet the present day and future needs of an increasing attendance prob- lcm both the purchasing of a i new school site and the erection of a new addition to the present j building will be discussed wi vmighcm reeve j a g thompson named new warden of chairman h s board york county company takes new partner a half interest in the stouff- yille creamery co has been purchased by mr fred crosscn ongstanding employee of the firm mr crosscn began work there as a young lad in 191s and has continued for thirtyseven year- the stouffville creamery was begun by jos borinsky his late father isaac and a brother ja cob the year that mr crosscn began his employment the business has grown and pros pered and its output of butter poundage has gone way past the million mark per year a thriving locker business was also added the new partnership of this oldestablished firm will be wel comed in the business fratern ity of stouffville ell inspector mailman principal j i lome headway will also meet with his staff to obtain their i views on the problem the annua budget meeting will be j held on monday feb 20h the hiring of two addition i teachers was discussed briefly stcred b i at the present time there are i u teachers on the staff includ- i ing the principal it was be- lieved that another teacher for grade s would allow mr boad- 1 way more time for supervision i after considerable discussion it i was agreed that progress re ports as recommended by in spector mailman should ba obtained these reports will follow a pupil through public school and will be passed on to the high school principal when the student enters grade nine the stouffville ministerial association will be contacted this week with regard to religi ous instruction in the school the standing committees for 15i were appointed as follows management mrs mary smith and leh wilkes property keith middlemiss and wm malloy finance mrs ethel mole and cec hendricks the establishing of a scholar ship in honour of mr cedric watson who recently resigned from the principalship of the stouffville public school has j been dropped no provision is made in the public school act for the establishment of such a scholarship and mr watson in formed the secretary that he was not in favor of the plan marshal mcmurchy eleven ears on the council of the vaughan was elected county of york at the opening 1956 session on tues day of this week warden mc murchy has been township reeve for the past live years i the oath of office was admin- douglas web ster ralph corner retiring war den listed the new family court at aurora and the regis try office addition newmarket as highlights during his term o office warden mcmurchy in his address to council commented on the progress being made towards a settlement regarding the undue burden caused the county by reason of bill so he pointed out the tremendous res idential growth throughout the county and warned that indus trial growth must come along as well or the services to be provided by ihe municipalities in 1956 would prove an onerous burden mr a glen thompson was elected chairman for the com ing year at the initial meeting of the stouitvihe district high school trustees held last week he will be assisted by c e edwards who was the choice for vicechairman the elec tion followed these are finance trustees williams and edwards prop erty trustees button and king management trustees edwards and button trans portation trustees king and william- the question of malicious the swearingin damage to school property by members of the student body was discussed at some length principal 0 f bobbins report- ceremony of the new board by village clerk garfield brown in his brief remarks follow ing his election mr thompson ed that the incidence of damage was not very high it was de cided that it would be easier to keep the damage down by assessing tlie students council in the case of malicious damage being done and this step was then endorsed by the members for future action in discussing the approach to the school it was regretted by the members that no action the meeting later selected had yet been taken by the town i the members for the commit- toward providing proper side- i tees with the- first named in walks from main street to the i each case being the chairman high school grounds called for full cooperation of the members and urged brisk business sessions to speed the work of the group he favoured stiller discussions in the com mittees after this phase o discussion he stated the com mittee could then present their recommendation to the full board who would then be able to give a speedy decision whitchurch boy recovering after shooting lincolnville couple wed for fifty years jan 24 aff two costly fires one in stouffville and the other north of ballantrae last week caused an estimated 12000 damage the blaze in the par tially completed home of mr harold lewis lloyd avenue stouffville above complete ly destroyed the structure the fire broke out on thurs day morning and in a matter of minutes it was out of con trol the local brigade poured gallons of water onto neigh boring residences belonging to messrs lcs wilson and wes jack in order to keep the outbreak from spreading the efforts of firemen were hampered by an extremely high wind which fanned the flames the fire started when the wind toppled over a small oil stove on the floor of the house mr lewis the owner was burned about the hands and face when he attempted to squelch the blaze with a blanket on saturday morning the insulbrick home of mr and mrs elwyri eby cherry st north of ballantrae was al most entirely destroyed by lire no one was home when the outbreak started the re mains of the structure is pic tured in the lower photo the mount albert fire brigade an swered the call but lack of water hampered their efforts mr and mrs eby were mar ried only last summer both are employed in stouffville board weil school cafeteria caretaker returns to high school with boost in pay reviewing the event- at an emergency meeting held to con sider the matter of janitorial services at the high school the trustees at their last meeting confirmed the return to the caretaking position of james biekcu at an advanced salary notice was previously given to the board of mr bieketts resignation and mr e jones was named to succeed him in i the position mr jones in turn turned down the job when the out that the work involved in caring for the school has re quired the services of the care takers wife and mrs bicketl is to be paid 500 per year dat ing back to the beginning ol last september pit hi wicks to iikm iii hal safety campaign mr fred wicks 9th conces- ion of markham will reprc- i sent the york county federa- l tion of agriculture in the rec- fullv explained and the board ently rural safety met to consider a new offer i npaign which will start on from mr bickelt by the terms feb 20th and conclude of the new contract the salary i sit cb j mlssic tickets d soared to for the caretaker is to be 3500 w u receiving the allout from the first of this vear an thc ontario provin- increase of sjoo from the previs po 1c and tne attorney lous salary scale it was pointed gencra s dep markham fair shows profit the financial statement for the year 1353 just released by the executive of the markham and east york agricultural so ciety reports a profit for the past year of 161120 this is in contrast to the previous year when the fair wound up in the red to the extent of 103621 the report will be presented to a meeting of the society which is scheduled for next tuesday night at s oclock in the markham veterans hall the election of officers for the coming year is on the agenda and general business will also be dealt with at this time during the year just past the report reveals revenue from ad- summarizing his opinions with regard to the operation of the cafeteria at the stouffville high school chairman a g thompson has stated that cafe teria in other schools will be studied in an effort to improve the paying position here al ready several members of the board have inspected the cafe teria at the markham high school which each month is able to report a substantial pro fit the inspecting members were impressed by the opera tions there and have expressed the belief that the financial side of the local school restaurant can be improved first step in the tightening up of the operations will bo the tabling of regular reports with the trustees the problem is presently in the hands of the management committee com posed of c e edwards and mrs button who will bring their findings to the board at a later date judge upholds three appeals three appeals by markham township residents against their 1056 assessments wore recently upheld by york county judge f g mcdoriagh the three successful appeal- were marie by residents living on tile 7th concession in the back part of the municipality mr fred yaeher lot 5 con cession 7 had his assessment i educed on a 1 1acre plot of vacant land from s70 an acre to 50 an acre in his submission mr yaeher maintained the pro perty in question should be taxed as agricultural land and not as residential mr vachcr is the former un successful candidate for ward 3 in decembers voting for the 1956 markham township coun cil fifteen year old lionel bell son of mr and bell 6th concession church was accidentally shot by his 13 year old brother on sunday afternoon the bullet entered his right lung and liver and lodged against his spine the wounded lad was rushed to j the york county hospital new market in an opp cruiser from the vandorf detachment and an emergency operation was performed the bullet has i not been recovered as yet bill i his parents believe their son is now out of danger i mr bel said the two broth- ers were using the rifle for tar get practice and both believed the gun wasnt loaded the bell family were former residents on the 9th concession of mark ham three miles south of stou- llville on tuesday jan 21th mr and mrs ceo courtney resi dents north of stouffville at lincolnville will mark their 50th wedding anniversary mrs courtney the former jennie hardy was born on the fifth mrs charles concession of uvbridge the of whit- daughter of the late robert hardy and jemima white mr courtney was born north of a position with the famous green river shamrocks of foot ball renown and also playing on the claremont football team such wellknown claremont family namesas forsyth ward evans linton and many more are very familiar to mr court ney a few years ago he work ed as a carpenter at a wage of 10c per hour carpenters today claremont the son of the late earn more than 210 per hour james courtney and martini j mr and mrs courtney have carson one son ted who resides north the celebrated couple have been residents of stoiiltvillo and district for nearly a half century following their mar riage in the uxbridge baptist church parsonage mr and of stouffville mrs courtney has three brothers will hardy of orillia frank of uvbridge ray of scarboro and two sis ters mrs roy coppins of claremont and mrs t waynes the tribune has new reming ton portables for sale planning board named by markham twp mr c- j laurin who has one more year to serve on the mark- ham township planning board j will continue as chairman for j 1956 it was disclosed at a re cent meeting of the township i council mr vera griffin was named as the representative of council for this year the other members of the i g 1 planning board with their term of office are as follows frank brumwem victoria sq 2 years alvin gamble union- viile 2 yrs hugh brennan bayview 3 yrs henry sissons box grove 3 yrs use tribune scratch pads for your telephone calls mrs courtney moved to stouff- of loronto viile where they lived for some j the lincolnville couple will fortyfive year- for the past celebrate their 50th anniversary four years they have resided quietly at home the tribune at lincolnville takes this opportunity of wish- mr courtney recalls vividly ing them many more years of his wedding year of 1906 in a health and happiness together direct contrast to most winters a number of years ago there j was no snow during the winter and transportation was made almost entirely by horse and buggy mr courtney was very active in sports holding down you can get a lot of service by putting a coming events notice in ibis newspaper cost is only 75c local fisherman displays nice samples may twp abolish markham game preserve i exceed the ssooq mark almost double the figure for 51 there was an increase also in the total of grants and donations o the society with 1071 23 e figure for 1055 as last years sum of neiiig livestock claim at buttonville in 54 still not settled by council items o expenditure- which ied in the pas year i in he of intent have infos i- are con do tus of the ti game pre- i kv the and fore have informed markham the future -hip- crov the pre proximately 20 ublishod some the department has uige the townhip eoasider abo ing the preserve and reclassify- j animal- which ing it as a resulated hunting j farmers property area sever members co rig my action on i i 1 are receh rg that the n number f i axes n the preserve arc creat- game warden everc comparison w ere prlz i tne expo iners flocks a game pre- rve pe e allowed to rie- verm i found or cr 0 pi c un ill r griffin suggi i he ev hment of a township conser- tton club might be the an- r to the problem o certain destroying before band prize- con nti duri and and m rece the m mr viile on sett sow y the greater p o this s on the erection of son cements to the ground- the tfi unary of e riovv piaces jg value of the building- a 3 b i000 while the grounds are were arkham township council with ie the claim had been ived recentlv a report from f after the tenday period rii i ii provided for such filing and provincia livestock com- j thil no df toner dealing with a long- of mim of carcasses had rhng claim submitted by been made charles hooper of -button- in his letter mr wton the claim for livestock j stated that the tenday limit ii was sent to the commi j outlined in the provincial legis- ir by way of appeal when iation is no a rigid figure ement was refused by the the erond claim filed by mr i iship the ietter from the hooper is for a holstein heifer missioner mr w p wat- alleged ii have been killed by has been referred to the dog- in the spring of 1955 ship solicitor for study mr watson stated that where e first claim is for v lay- a council disagrees with the miets which mr hooper award of the municipal evalua- tonville farmer maintains i tor they car appeal the case killed by dogs in july to the provincial valuator in council refswed paym it closing mr watson advised g aehesfs oe ciam be rczrrsd mr norm oboyle local butcher is pictured above holding i imples two fine 3pourd whitefiih ciizi bv a group o t ouffviue asher men early this week in the ike of bays district al together the men messrs er- roy hcaton r oboyle i 0 b i pul ed sn over fifty pounds of fish mr oboyle said that the waters were warming with fish rnanyi weighing between 1 i pounds pee the o the iikc is about one foot tnck-