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r welcome so musselman s lake campers rtbune vol 67 no 10 the tribune stouffvtllf thursday july 26 1956 sixteen pages heres fun in the suri at musselmans lake t t sit gt every weekend thousands bcach on the north side constant watch over the hun of bathers flock to the beaches lake on a typical sunay dreds of bathers in case ot a at musselmans lake pictured above is a portion of cedar structed cement tunnel leads directly from the park and afternoon a lifeguard keeps a water accident a newly con- picnic grounds to the beach bylaw regulates speed on town park roadways at the annual meeting of the stouffville town council last thursday evening the topic of speed and parking in the local park was discussed a bylaw was passed to regulate the speed within the park to 15 mph and that there be no parking on the west side of church street south and that this street be declared a oneway street with in the park limits fire chief malloy appeared at the meeting in connection with sending a representative to a firemens school sponsored by the government the council suggested that the chief inquire as to who would be available to lightning struck tower it was revealed that lightning struck the clock tower in one of the recent thunder storms and blew out all the lights in the clock it was further com mented that the ladder that scales the tower is in need of repair clerk gar brown gave a full report of the clerks convention held in muskoka recently corner lots there have been some discrep ancies in the matter of houses erected on corner lots in the new subdivisions and building inspector henry ogden was con sulted on the matter on thurs day evening in the building in spectors opinion the bylaw was i not too clear as to which was i the front and which was the side of a coiner lot councillor wai ters chairman of the bylaws committee suggested that pos sibly the- bylaw should be re vised in this respect weeds reeve daniels reported that he had received numerous com plaints of weeds growing on various town lots there was also considerable brush to be cleaned up along the roadsides councillor laushway said that there appeared to be a lot of these small jobs that were not being attended to councillor wagg stated that work had been done to correct the situa tion during the meeting it was said that the new street light will go up on stouffer street after the telephone company has its poles set up speed trap discussion was again brought up about the speed trap now be ing used by the stouffville po lice and councillor laushway appeared determined to settle the question of the traps abil ity to operate correctly stating im going to take that trap out and test it at the previous meeting a motion was passed authorizing the purchasing of a new speed trap by the council at thursdays meeting the stouffville council officially de clared monday august 6 as be ing a civic holiday origin of gold fish in musselmans a number of years ago the waters of- musselmans lake were infested with goldfish so many of them in fact that their presence became a nuisance to the cottagers bathers and fisher men about eight years ago the lake was stocked with pike and the goldfish were alrnosf com pletely cleaned out where did these goldfish orig inate one story has it that lady eaton ordered a quantity of them to be placed in shadow lake at the t eaton cos girls camp the truck driver ap parently became confused and dumped the fish in musselmans lake by mistake two votes needed in town councij to settle junk yard issue the stouffville municipal council required two votes on two resolutions to dissolve the discussion over the rist end junk yard and resulted in the returning to mr pollack of his wrecking yard license when council met last thursday eve ning deputy reeve burk said we started to take him to court why didnt we finish the man has been arbitrary for years and is no better today the owner agreed to give a written guarantee that he would carry out the requirements of the bylaw where is it ask ed councillor walters council lor laushway commented that maybe the council had acted too hastily and suggested that the license be reinstated he operates whether he has a license or not declared coun cillor burk and continuing he stated if the lot had been in any other part of town it would j have been put out long ago he has complied with the by- jaw as far as the fence is con- srned answered councillor lushway council split a resolution proposed by councillors walters and laush- i way to reinstate the operators i license was defeated the pro posers of the motion voted in support of the resolution oep- uty reeve burk and councillor i wagg were opposed the tie re- quired that reeve daniels vote on the issue and after some de liberation he cast his lot with the opposition the second reso lution similar to the first but with the addition that this res olution does not waive the re striction of bylaw 783 found favor with all members six youths injured as car summersaults on 8th concession six toronto youths were rush ed in two ambulances to the to ronto east general hospital on sunday evening when their car went out of control on the 8th concession north of markham and turned end over end the vehicle landed upright on its wheels but was completely wrecked injured most severely was the driver donald ham mond woodycrest ave toronto he suffered head cuts and in ternal injuries the other pass engers were ernie mcleod of roseheath ave brian fin of parkmount road don lavery patterson ave james malone cedarvale avenue and gordon abbid coldridge road sgt harvey cox and pc lew du- rant of markham township in vestigated police believe the hammond car was attempting to pass an other vehicle when it suddenly pulled out and forced their auto off the highway dixons ambu lance from markham and og- dens ambulance from agincourt were summoned to the scene to remove the injured to hospital four of the six youths required special treatment while two were released trucks delay ambulance transport trucks held up a policeescorted ambulance taking a boy who had caught his foot in a hay mower to hospital in toronto on monday steps have been taken to charge the truck ers with refusing to yield the rightofway chief- arnott laking of pick ering township said that on the eastern outskirts of toronto several trucks hogged the passing lane one for a minute and a half although both the red flasher light and the siren on his crusier were on police said a tourniquet appli ed by edward orchard a mer chant who belongs to the local volunteer fire department saved the life of kenneth smith 7 of east woodlands whose right foot was almost severed in the mower gordon oneil 14 of picker ing a summer hand on the farm of harold mitchell dunbarton said he was pulling the mower with the tractor after warning several children to stay clear but the children who had been hiding in the hay rushed out at him he said kenneth tried to mount the mower seat but miss ed and became entangled in the fivefoot blade orillia here on monday orillia buckeyes will be the visitors here on monday eve ning a win for the red sox will move- them into a tie for first place with the couchlching squad in the tricounty league the contest is a rainedout en counter that was previously scheduled for july 9th the tribune has another port able typewriter to rent display advertising deadline is tuesday xoon iagr rep warns of i potato blight the agricultural rcpresenta- 1 tive mr w m cockburn of i newmarket is warning the po- l tato growers to watch closely i for the development of a late blight in view of the very fav ourable weather which has pre vailed for its development a new bulletin has been released by the department of agricul- i ture dealing with late blight in potatoes and this can be ob tained from the office of the agricultural representative on request he has also a suggestion at this time of the year to keep a i close watch for any indication of army worm particularly in heavy stands of grain oats in particular and watching special ly under the lodged grain they also have a liking for corn and are most likely to be found in corn fields where moths might have been attracted to the field by tractor headlights during evening cultivation sewer plans approved by dept the deputy minister of health for ontario has signed the plans for the proposed sewerage sys tem in stouffville the plans approved include the addition of a sand filter bed as prescribed by new ontario legislation ad opted this year the plans for the stouffville system are the first to be presented and requir ing this addition the plans are now in the hands of the con tractor swenger construction co whose tender was recently accepted they will add the ad ditional costs for the filter bed estimated to be in the neighbor hood of 25000 once this figure is- added which is expected to be this week stouffville council is ready to approach the final hur dle in proceeding with the pro ject that of gaining approval from the ont municipal board for the expenditure which will be close to a half million doll ars reeve daniels announced the approval of the dept of health at the regular meeting of coun cil on thursday evening additional locals mr and mrs ronald smith have returned to summcrside pei after spending their leave with rons parents on church street three candidates running in whitchurch byelection a threeway fight is on in whitchurch township in a by- election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late delos graham john c wylie of musselmans lake public ac countant and a contestant in last decembers election is again seeking election along with stu art starr farmer on the 4th concession and linden hanson business manager living at wil cox lake a gathering c less than fifty ratepayers turned out at van- dorf hall on friday evening to nominate candidates tor the vacancy mr hanson told the audience that he was accepting the nom ination on behalf of the rate payers of wilcox lake he stat ed that he was a native of aus tralia and had some municipal experience in that country wil cox lake was the largest resi dential area in the township and deserving of some representa tion stuart starr expressed the opinion that more young people need to take a hand in running the affairs of the township johnwylie told the gathering that the man for the position should be prepared to work for the entire township he com mended the present council and added that since toronto was drawing ever closer some sound planning must be done election day will be this com ing monday july 30th with polls open from 10 in the morn ing until 8 at night cruisers relay injured markham boy to hospital five year old herbie paige of north markham was relayed by police cruisers from three separate municipalities to the toronto sick childrens hospital on thursday of last week after the little boy had tumbled into a drainage excavation and hit his head on a tile his father placed the child in his car and drove into the village where he met police chief fred white chief white took the boy to dr f a symons for first aid treatment he was met at the corner of no 7 highway and the 4th conces sion by constable gord epple- stone of the markham township police and relayed to the inter section of yonge street and steeles where north york police completed the journey to hospi tal the child although suffering from a bad head wound was reported not serious mr paige is erecting a new home on no 48 highway north of the mount joy sideroad they are residing in searboro until their home is completed business blk is sold the former brown betty tea room property more recently operated as the royal cafe on main st stouffville has been sold to the stouffville bakery who will take possession at the end of the year the block which has about thirty ft main street frontage and is a little over a hundred ft deep was erected more than sixty years ago by andrew brown who conducted a grocery business there the place has most recently been owned by the wm simpson fam ily who gave it the familiar name of brown betty herbert porter will be recalled as a onetime owner and he con ducted both a grocery and ice cream parlour there thirty years ago the building once served as a telephone office extensive changes are planned for the building which is excel lently located on main street a portion of the site will be used by the bakery at the rear while the front will be lowered to the street with hew alterations billy graham co- worker coming to stouffville a rare opportunity is present ing itself to the people of stouff- ville and district during aug 5lh to the 19th inclusive the public is to hear dr grady wil- i son outstanding world evange- i j list a memberof the billy gra- i ham team dr wilson has spent i many fruitful years in the pas- toral work in the united states j and is how devoting his time j exclusively to evangelism his i interesting dynamic prcsenta- j tion of evangelical truth will be i greatly enjoyed and appreciated he will be preaching each night in the stouffville arena at 800 oclock and sunday evening at 730 you are invited to make plans now to attend this great crusade for christ campaign during august 5th and 19th mr george edstrom who is associat ed with the moody church in chicago will lead the congrega tional singing and direct the community choir liquor board says vote not necessary markham village solicitor mr lachlan cattanach informed the town council this week that ac cording to the ontario liquor control board the erection of a brewers warehouse within the village limits was not subject to a vote of the people to date the warehousing company has not presented any building plans be fore council it has been reported that those opposing the establishment of the brewers warehouse will pre sent a petition to council re questing that question be put to a vote of the people gravel pits strikebound on wednesday morning at 10 oclock a strike was called in volving close to one hundred trucks hauling gravel from wes tern sand and gravel and stouff ville sand gravel the dispute is over wages it was said by a few of the men involved that other pits are receiving a higher wage namely the gormley pit and cressline gormley paying 4c and cressline paying 5c per ton mile the men told the trib une they were going to stay off the job until they received what they were after owners of the two large gravel concerns could not be reached for com ment by press time 23000 gallons of oil applied to 9th con of whitchurch twp during the past two weeks more than 23000 gallons of oil have been placed on the 9th con cession of whitchurch between musselmans lake and stouff ville a distance of four and one- half miles in addition to the oil tons of sand have been spread over the surface the cost of this work will be approximately 5000 road superintendent ernest davis stated at the regular meet ing of whitchurch twp council on thursday night that more money had been spent on the 9th concession this summer than in any previous year he said he hoped the surface would hold together with a minimum of patching road supt davis pointed out that many tons of sand had to be used on top of the oil as the undercurrent from the gravel trucks tended to blow it off almost as fast as they could put it on mr davis said that more money had been spent on the 9th concession than on the vivian road approximately 1000 per mile other seasons an expenditure of 500 per mile was considered adequate the township road supt pointed out that truck traffic on the 9th was extremely heavy he said he counted one truck every minute crossing the intersection at bloqmington last week moro- calcium to date almost75 tons of cal cium chloride has been used on whitchurch township roads as supplies were almost depleted council agreed that an addi- tiorial 20 tons should be ordered road supt davis said that dust complaints were very numerous but everything possible was be ing done to alleviate the condi tions pickering township site for hollywood movie a one hundred acre farm on the second concession of pick ering township occupied by mrs mcpherson pickering twp councillor is to be the site of a hollywood movie entitled the last of the mohicans being produced by audio studios workmen are already on the ground erecting a makebelieve frontier town complete with saloons and board walks some two dozen horses are due to ar rive this week along with truck loads of old time muskets and other movie props fiom califor nia nearly four hundred people will be involved in the making of the canadian scenes includ ing roy rogers the mohicans were a tribe who roamed the district novf the port credit area and the site was moved to pickering because of the heavy urban section now surrounding the original indian locale lakeside landmark has been sold in the case of many a person his cold fee have kept him out of far more devilment than his conscience has the sale has been recorded of the familiar east corner mus selmans lake refreshment stand postofficc and cottages owned by james pidgeon the new owner is a toronto man who will take possession this all mr and mrs pidgeon have occupied this site on the lake for the past twenty years and have operated the lake postoffice for the last sixteen years they have disposed of their entire holding including booth dwelling ice plant gas pumps cabins and trailer sites and will move to florida in october where they will re main as permanent residents the jas pidgeon place is one of the early stands at the lake having been operated by ralph conner thirty years ago at the time edw baker of stouffville operated cedar glen now giendalc the place wm familiarly known as wmromt- corner and a dance hall was operated there mr and mrs pidgeon have made continued improvements in the business expanding and modernizing