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thursday june 4 1970 the tribune page 7 once stately elm loses fight for life slowly one by one the stately elms are losing their fight for life and this one on the main street of north markham is no exception considered a hazard to traffic and nearby homes it was removed limb by limb saturday morning residents in the area estimated the trees age at 150 years jas thomas if j mm a proud history by isabel nigh melville special services may 31 marked the 125th anniversary of the congregation of melville united church the beginnings of melville church date back to james mustard who emigrated from scotland to canada in 1800 and settled in this area in 1801 some of his descendants are still with us he was prominent in leading others of the presbyterian faith to hold services of worship in the local schoolhouse in 1799 the rev william jenkins a presbyterian minister arrived from scotland he built a house in 1830 which still stands immediately south of the church and was owned and occupied for many years by the carruthers family for some years services were held in the jenkins home in may 1845 a petition was presented to toronto presbytery by john bruce and others requesting that they be received as a congregation of the presbyterian church the request being granted melville church came into being one hundred and twentyfive years ago this month an historical milestone was reached on monday june 2 1902 when a meeting was organized by the melville session to promote church union attendance exceeded all expectations and a church union society was for- medthe rev mr blair a methodist minister of markham was present he informed the general superintendent of the methodist church dr carmen who in turn brought the matter to the attention of the methodist conference which met that fall in winnipeg he told of the enthusiastic meeting held at melville this was well received and generated great interest in the union movement among the methodists it was reported that the session of melville church was the first church court to take action in connection with the movement that was to bring into existence the united church of canada melville is now com prised of an amalgamation of three congregations melville presbyterian 1845 bethesda methodist 18551968 peachs primitive methodist 1847- 1964 recently locust hill united church was added to make this a 2point charge mr and mrs leonard brillinger and doris rr4 stouffville at tended the convocation at windsor university may 30 when harold was the recipient of his bachelor of applied science degree in civil engineering miss ruby lehman and miss alice vanpelt columbiana ohio visited friends in the stouffville area on the weekend glad were vacationing with you ksse3j oh yes texmade will be along this summer as always in the sports shirts father wears mothers bright dresses the kids shorts and sweaters the canvas of their running shoes the tarp on the luggage the sailboats sail the headlining and tire fabric of the family car just to mention a few ways youre more familiar with texmade sheets towels pillov slips and other famous consumer products a company like ours serves canadians in hundreds of hidden ways drive carefully and have a good time dominion textile limited the fabric people the york county board of education financial statement for 1969 auditors report to the supporters of york county board of education we have examined the revenue fund and capital fund balance sheets of the york county board of education as at december 31 1969 and the revenue fund statements of revenue and expenditure for the year then ended cur examination included a general review of the accounting procedures and such tests of accounting records and other sup porting evidence as we considered necessary in the circumstances in our opinion these financial statements present fairly the financial position of the board as at december 31 1969 and the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted for ontario school boards pe held license no 3675 of dunwoody company auditors toronto ontario 19 may 1970 york county board of education elementary schools revenue fund balance sheet as at december 31 1969 assets cash 126702 investments 19896 accounts receivable municipalities including underlevies 5369218 other school boards 22996 government of ontario general legislative grants 240656 canada pension plan 5888 sundry 1364 government of canada 610 individuals 52920 693652 due from revenue fund secondary 89303 capital fund elementary 612927 other assets arbitrators awards 40524 total 1583004 liabilities accounts payable municipalities including overlevies 6339 other school boards 3787 trade creditors 276794 payroll deduction liabilities 506181 debt charges due and unpaid 23377 816478 other liabilities deferred income arbitrators awards total 1770 764756 1583304 york county board of education elementary schools revenue fund statement of revenue and expenditure for the year ended december 31 1969 revenue local taxation requisition 8057204 supplementary taes etc 259812 adjustments lor under- and overlevies 65585 8382601 other school boards government of ontario general legislative grants excluding subsidy and cpp reimbursement 7700835 education miu rate subsidy 584150 36147 canada pension plan reimbursement 95188 other 9042 8389215 government of canada 24336 individuals 41939 other 22285 total revenue 16896523 expenditure business administration instruction educational services attendance health and food service plant operation plant maintenance transportation tuition fees capital expenditure nonallocable other operating expenditure debt charges nonoperating expenditure total expenditure r 489537 10701828 404495 7544 1462863 541581 736842 17032 19730 251063 2164579 99429 16896523 york county board of education elementary schools capital fund balance sheet as at d5cmber 31 1969 assets fixed assets debenture money receivable accounts receivable due from capital fund secondary other curreiit assets deposit on land total liabilities unmatured debenture- debt bank overdraft temporary loans accounts payable due to revenue fund elementary reserve for working funds equity in fixed assets 33706015 676132 198858 566916 5000 35152921 total 20496387 172581 98343 373321 612927 208630 13190732 35152521 york county board of education secondary schools including trainable retarded revenue fund balance sheet as at december 31 1969 assets cash accounts receivable municipalities including underlevies 287331 other school boards 40255 government of ontario canada pension plan 25699 sundry 4888 government of canada 30264 individuals 70335 other assets arbitrators awards total liabilities accounts payable municipalities including overlevies 80261 other school boards 47759 government of ontario grants 82508 trade creditors 163469 6035 458772 157064 621871 due to revenue fund elementary other liabilities arbitrators awards reserve for working funds 373997 89303 58571 100000 total 621871 york county board of education secondary schools including trainable retarded revenue fund statement of revenue and expenditure for the year ended december 31 1969 revenue local taxation requisition supplementary taxes etc adjustments for under- and overlevies 7260299 227921 11284 7476936 other school boards government of ontario general legislative grants 5279035 excluding subsidy and cpp reimbursement education mill rate subsidy 367533 canada pension plan reimbursement 79899 other 319 88264 government of canada individuals cafeteria sundry total revenue expenditure business administration instruction educational services attendance health and food service plant operation plant maintenance transportation tuition fees other operating expenditure debt charges nonoperating expenditure total expenditure 5726786 67075 115174 280195 9782 13764212 362917 9313246 285195 294145 991799 139653 520568 62717 170900 1413159 209913 13764212 york county board of education secondary schools including trainable retarded capital fund balance sheet as at december 31 1969 assets fixed assets 32241613 debenture money receivable 3173368 accounts receivable 101334 total 36428375 liabilities unmatured debenture debt 15901761 temporary loans 22604 accounts payable 1042834 due to capital fund elementary 566916 reserve for working funds 19149 equity in fixed assets 18375551 total 36428375