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tv 6t no 1 ths tribune stouffville thursdav may 24 1956 ten pages cubs and scouts hold father and son banquet i vvhltchurch iwd councss sets mill rate same as 55 jauk mm ihfeiiili iftill sr s- iw jvt h mmm- imm the annual father and son banquet for the stouffvillc cubs and scouts was held in the veterans hall on friday evening may 11th there were fc in attendance a dog act from toronto and a rousing singsorig provided the enter tainment mr lloyd mclean acted as master of ceremon ies later in the evening the following boys were presented with awards gerry fenwick roger mole jim hill eric bramham and allan anderson branham and allan anderson pictured above are members of the cub and scout troop from left to right front row hill keeping darcy for syth jeffrey burkholder ken aida john willis murray fen wick robt smith gary cham bers david slack robt ken nedy mark bramham bill sanriiford second row david winn ken barkey jamie ogilvy robt cowan roger mole lau rie buckland douglas dela- matter donald smith victor diamond robt mole barry mclean back row allan meabry michael cadieux jim goudie jim hill brian wilkes wayne hamilton eric button ken zellers jerry fenwick leaders walter winn gordon smith frank bram ham dianne corbett and jim alexander the mil rate for the town- ship of whitchurch for 3936 t will be exactly the ame as last year 30 mills this is the gen eral township rate this figuie was agreed upon at a special meeting of council on friday evening when the budget figures for the year were approved to tal budget will amount to 393- j 32s59 the average tax rate over the j township including various school rates will be 84 mills shi ubmount school section at the corner of the 7th con and the north townline has the high- est school rate in the munici- pality exactly 100 mills bring- j ing their tax rate to 130 mills development of the township can be recognized in the fact i that only a few years ago the school in this section had such i la depleted attendance that con- j i sideration was given to closing it figures for the budget other than individual school rates are 1955 195g county rate 107 general purposes 295 schools gen twp 54 aurora hs 100 stotiffville hs 105 newmarket hs 65 local improvement 210 123 300 57 102 1s3 87 200 i local farm work lags three weeks behind markh engineer simmons quits at the regular meeting of reeve lemasurier stated that markham township council on as ae as april of this year mr j simmons had reouested elnrifi- cording to a report last week tuesday evening of this week mmons nan requesieu claim- s the resignation was received of cation of his position by the 19ag j from agriculture rep w m engineer road sunt ros sim- roafl committee dep reeve cockburn of newmarket the mons in a letter mr simmons clark anrl councillor little the situation is definitely very ser- farm work in york county is about three weeks behind ac- said he would be leaving the cm ploy of the municipality at the end of june no reasons were given for his decision the engineer has been vague about the whole thing but he did tell me it is not a matter of money stated reeve alt le masurier i feel the whole prob lem stems back to lack of co ordination between certain com mittees of council and employ ees he said the reeve men tioned one instance where last years road committee dep reeve clark and councillor grif- committee chairman councillor little admitted that mr sim mons request had been dis- i cussed in committee but was never brought before council jn an attempt to clarify its policy as to whether to adver tise for another road engineer or employ a firm of consult ants councils opinion was di vided reeve lemasurier dep reeve clark and councillor little favoured the township ac- ious he said mr cockburn said that to date there had been very little grain sown except where the soil was light and sandy the grain that is in the ground has little growth due to the cold weather he pointed out mr cockburn in a report to the tribune explained that last summers dry spell was now be ing felt by many farmers who are running dangerously short of grain and hay with pasture land not having attained much quiring its own engineer coun cillor griffin favoured a firm of j growth farmers have been fore- consultants councillor deacon led to keep their stock in the fen had interfered with the work was p al the stable thus adding to the drain on stored feed onlv since the weekend has of the engineer the case in question concerned drainage work done by the masseyharris farm at milliken which affected two township road allowances you say last years road committee questioned coun cillor griffin its the first time i ever heard of it dep reeve clark said he had investigated the matter person ally at the request of the mas- seywarris people and found the work they were doing would not adversely affect the town ship road allowance mr simmons joined the town ship staff in may 195 ing mr jack howard engagement friday 7 oclock in stouffvillc the land dried off enough to al- 1 low any spring work to be done mr and mrs percy d brown many fie are helnr sown in announce the engagement of sectio with wet spots being their elder t daughter dorothy icft muil a me many kdna browi to fredrick jack farmers believe that spring seed- king son of fredrick w king aiter may 2 will not oshawa 1 he marriage will take rcach p mat mr- place on friday june 22 at jcockhurn agrees that it is defin- jitely a gamble although weather i conditions during the summer will have a bearing on its growth if the summer is not too warm the grain may mature will hair be longer stouffville barbers announced this week a further increase in the price of haircuts to 75c moving them up on a par with many toronto shops where this rate has prevailed for some time some city shops charge si a trim whether or not the 15c raise locally will see more long- hairs on our streets remains to be seen the three local shops also an nounce that they will be open for business until 10 pm on tuesday friday and saturday closed at 6 pm on monday and thursday and closed all day wednesday horseshoe champ husky bill grove of the stouffville horseshoe pitchers i club won the championship at richmond hill fair on the holi day receiving the trophy and some cash as well three mem bers of the local club competed and elmer orr another local pitcher came in second he and mr grove having to play off to break a tie mr murray of ma ple came in second and veteran harvey clendenning of stouff ville fourth livestock judging show on may 28 the york county live stock judging competition will be held on saturday may 26 with registration at the dept of agri culture newmarket at s30 am in this competition contestants will visit farms in the newmar ket area where they will judge classes of live stock consisting of three dairv two beef two swine and one sheep class in the afternoon contestants give reasons for their placing on one class of each type of stock the senior competition is open to al hoys who have not reach ed their 27th birthday by nov 1st of this year the junior com petition is for boys who have not reached their 21st birthday by nov 1st of this year cham pionship trophies are awarded to both the senior and junior sections and a special trophy is presented to the top standing first year competitor trophies are also awarded to the high competitor in each class of stock in the junior section in the evening the boys will be joined by the girls of the junior institutes and 4h homemaking clubs for an awards banquet at the king george hotel at the banquet the trophies won dur ing the day will be presented and special prizes will be pre sented to the girls the winners of the trip to the national 4h congress in chicago and the two nations tour will be an nounced to complete the day a dance will be held in the newmarket town hall with hollingsworths orchestra the york county junior far mers association extends a 40000 suit over loss of gormley mink goes into fourth day a suit for s1o102 damages brought by a s farmer of gormley wellknown auction eer against canada packers ltd for allegedly moldy meat fed to mink 324 of which died within a few hours goes into its fourth day before chief justice j c mcruer j the whale meat fed the 321 mink at gormley was described as soft oxidized moldy and odorous before it was unload ed from a boat at st johns newfoundland according to vic- i tor clauston described by the plaintiffs council as an expert on that meat he said he exam ined the meat while it was still aboard the ss devora which had been towed into st johns following a mechanical break down farmer said he tested six mink for two days with unmixed 1 whale meat with no ill effects then he mixed whale meat i horse meat fish liver and tripe and fed it to the 324 mink six hours later the next morning they were dead russell payton counsel for canada packers suggested that the meat had become poisonous because mr farmer left it too long in a warm mixing room cordial invitation to all young farm people to take part in the events of the day fireworks on thursday night at nmp oclock the stouffville legion will put on a colourful display of fireworks in the park for the amusement of the kiddies there will be no admission charge each member of the local le gion chipped in a quantity of money to purchase the fire works on monday evening at both markham and claremont large crowds attended displays of fireworks truck wreck markham township police and wrecking crews worked for more than onehalf hour to re lease driver alex cuddy of to ronto from the cab of his gravel truck late monday afternoon i the vehicle went out of control on the kennedy road north of milliken and became wedged be tween two trees the truck was loaded with gravel when the driver was finally released he was rushed to the toronto east general hospital where his injuries were reported as not serious he remained con scious throughout the entire op eration constables cliff cox and gord heppleston investigat ed exeter timesadvocate wins nolan memorial trophy the tribune takes third place award n o tl c e owing to the holiday and the late arrival of some country cor respondence several news budg- succeed- jets had to be omitted from this i weeks issue christian mens fellowship elect new officers at a recent meeting of the stouffville christian mens fel lowship the following men were elected to the executive for the 195657 season president david greer 1st vicepres walter byer 2nd vicepres howard mills treas stewart stouffer herb hisey counci meeting salary at a special meeting of stouff- v tile town council on thursday night it was agreed on a split vote to pay the members s300 per year the bylaw when pass ed by the department of muni- cipal affairs will be retroactive to cover the 1956 term the mo tion was opposed by rcow el mer daniels and councillor ilaushway hut supported by councillors walters and wagg and dep reeve burk councillor et yearly that many farmers are replac- 1 leaders lambert stoufter ing oats with corn and buck- 1 wn barkey organists fred wheat causing a considerable mccleary bert stouffer ushers drain on the supply of this seed j john lehman lome mcmul- the york county agricultural chief welcomor bert miller representative pointed out that advisory council earl davis the seriousness of the situation charles atkinson elmore bar illas increased due to an expected key mel johnston wellington jpoor wheat crop mr cockburn r y harry woodland evans said that much of the wheat has j ward lloyd grose gordon ta- been winter and springkilled ber melvin barkey mervin har- in uxbridge township where i pc larry higgenson joe win- the land is light much of the terstein alvin farmer george spring seeding has been com- 1 y john reesor douglas gee the exeter timesadvocate has won the a v nolan memor ial trophy for the best allround newspaper in ontario published in towns up to 4500 population the milton champion was sec ond and the stouffville tribune third the awards were made last week at the annual conven tion of the ont weekly news papers association held in wind sor in the class for papers pub lished in towns of 1500 popula tion and under won for a num ber of years by the tribune the sutton reporter operated by col f j picking came in first the renfrew advance made the best use of pictures dur ing the year and as a result won the fairchild trophy this news paper also won the special award for general excellence in the 4500 class the chrysler corporation of canada played host to the dele gates as well as the ford motor company some 175 attended the local publisher chas h nolan was one of seventeen past presidents of the association honoured at a special past pres idents dinner on friday evening each receiving a fine leather- bound notebook with his name encribed the association was founded in 1928 with the late david williams of collingwood as president t f e claridge named l newspaper man of the yeaf the rand old man of cana dian weekly newspapers t f e claridge a veteran of more than half a century as publisher of the shelbourne free press economist was named weekly newspaperman of the year starting as a printers devil in shelbourne in 1891 he became publisher of the economist in 1903 and bought the free press in 1928 the newspaperman was the main figure in his home towns celebration for his news paper work earlier in the year standing silently as his career as publisher bandsman civic and club leader was read by werden leavens secretaryman ager of the association mr clar idge later told the large group i dont know what to say during the convention pub lishers supported a report pro testing the 10 a ton increase in newsprint prices imposed by the abitibi power and paper co the increase excuse has been given as the necessity for pack ing weekly newspaper sheets in corrugated boxes which is con sidered a flimsy excuse and the cartons are not desired by the publishers past president russell shear er of blenheim is seen here presenting the a v nolan memorial trophy to mel south- cott of the exeter times- advocate in the upper photo si if- j isrslsijlifiii w d cotton of the oakvllle- trafalgarjournal which won the award for best general ap pearance in advertising is seen with c h nolan local publisher c pletcd present a wet spring doesnt the problems to the j the planning board gets s6 per meeting plus mileage point- farmers on sandy land that it ed out councillor wagg what does on heavier land to the better are they than we south councillor laushwav stated the cold wet weather is pre- that he would be the first to ad- seining a problem to beekeepers vocatc an increase next year butiso honeybee colonies are suf- would be satisfied to hold the faring a shortage of pollen due line at the present time t to the prolonged cool weather til april 1957 considerable discussion result- said g g townsend gttclph the mens fellowship is happy ed concerning the amount to be provincial apiarist he said that to be cooperating with the min- deducted for abenteeism from they are six to eight weeks be- j isterial association and the wagg in the chair broke the tie meetings hind most seasons and no brood youth for christ in another vote in the issue nothing should be deducted rearing is in progress in a word crusade for christ campaign to council had previously agreed member is unable to attend advice to local apiarists mr he held in the arena from sun day augusta to sunday aug fred stcckley maurice farqu liaison warren mover lloyd wideman wm paisley fred yake russel johnson claude kerr carl rose nelson oliver dean alcock the fall meetings begin in october and continue on the first monday of each month un to be paid on a s700 per meet- a meeting called at a minutes townsend said that beekeepers ing basis but it was discovered notice said councillor walters can help their colonies by feed- in an old bylaw that such a fee was not permissible reeve dan iels and councillor laushwav contended that for this year i the special meetings are im portant said councillor laush wav we all should attend it was agreed that so oil would pollen substitutes in the form of soybean flour and dried hrewers yeast newmarket asks annexation mavor gladman of newmar- would be bct to return to the be deducted for absence of any salary scale of s1500o the other member at any meetings where members felt that this was not is hours prior notice is given enough for the amount of time increase salary they were obliged to spend on mr harry vmferoo town municipal business reeve dan- maintenance man appeared be- icls stated that he believed the fore council to request an in- 1 ket accompanied by councillor work would slacken off during crease in his salary it was mov- choppin waited on whitchurch the summer months councillor ed by dep reeve burk and sec- township council on friday eve- walters and dep reeve burk i ordcd by councillor laushwav ning asking that council con- did not agree the clerk pointed that mr wineenoo be given an sider the annexation to nevv- out that to date this year pounj additional 300 his salary is market of approximately 15 cil hari held a total of 19 meet- row s2s00 per year it was acres of the andrew watson ings in five months or an aver- agreed that the public itihties farm davis dr for industrial ftgp of nnr meeting per week c ssion should pay v of jvjrre lj it remain as it is at s150 1 rj cos ad whitchurch council discuss iucd councillor lauihway i operation d the town truci he 19th rev grady wilson the asso- 1 ciate evangelist of the world famous billy graham will be j the speaker accompanying rev wilson i will he mr george erstrom and j i mr ted smith j all christians in the stouff- 1 ville area should pray much for- the revival we need this friday evening there will be another special prayer and preparation meeting in the un ited missionary church at s pm to which everyone is in vited rev bruce hisey will be speaking on ths occasion mj tflcv cjj jot op- ove at tosse length and po the annexation request