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tottfftjflle fsftaitie vol xlviii no 20 stouffville ontario thursday august 4th 1938 a v nolan jp publisher local tax rate slightly upward although stouffville ll erect ed a large wing to its school building completed an addition to the municipal hall and will install this year a new heating plant costing probably 700 or 800 at the council chambers and fire hall the tax rate will remain almost the same as last year only a half mill higher the increase will scarcely be noticed on the average tax bill this is quite a good accomplish ment and required some care ful financing on the part of the reeve and council owing to the regular meeting date falling on civic holiday the council assembled on wed nesday evening last week struck the rate and transacted other business of not very much public interest the bylaw for striking the tax rate stated that the rateable property amounted to 633043 and set out the following amounts as required under the various items and the rate necessary to meet the obliga tion mill kate 346391 county rate 55 360834 general rate 57 392784 road debenture 62 56000 library 1 152400 street lights 24 612000 schools 10 261438 school debent 42 31157 relief 5 these items total thirtyfive and one half mills from which will be deducted the ontario government subsidy to munici palities of one mill leaving stouffville with a tax rate as favorable as may be found in any progressive municipality in ontario in cutting down to pro vide funds for the extras re quired this year one noticeable item of saving was in the pur chase of road oil where a clean 175 was saved and a better job accomplished reeve weldon presided over the meeting and directed the passing of the bylaw with coun cillor martin tait as chairman of the committee of the whole all other members were present councillors r e brown and j h silverthorn each being in accord with the rates struck a number of accounts were passed for payment as follows general c g electric 410 county hospitalization 2062 municipal world 3650 jess brown weeds 2250 h klinck park insurance 1250 ratcliff paper company 1005 d jennings batery 1595 hydro sangimo company meter 4708 c tarr line work 175 w greenbury work 690 water works arthur rusnell work 913 lloyd hoover work 913 h a goudie services 2740 sandy jones ditch 100 jim thomas work 500 l lownsborough work 250 allen closson 250 arthur rusnell work 100 first wheat 60c popular pastor resigns on sunday rev arthur greer handed in his resignation to the officials of the congre gationalchristian church at stouffville and churchill after new wheat is coming on the f most successful two year term mr greer has accepted local market and last week stiver bros took in about 1000 bushels paying the farmer 60c for the grain s w hastings is also purchasing fall wheat deal ers admitted that the price was more or less a gamble with pre sent indications pointing down ward our price for wheat is wholly governed by t price of export wheat said one dealer it is controlled across the bor der we hear that allan lewis of markham delivered the first load of the new grain sold locally robbery gang at eight stations sixth attempt at stonehouse garage in four years no less than eight service stations were visited by thieves over the weekend the men driving a stolen car robbed two stations and were chased away from several others trying to force a gas pump at the stonehouse garage mark- ham the wouldbe robbers were frightened away when the pro- 1 opens up for me an opportunity a call from knox presbyterian church probably the oldest and largest congregation in the realm of presbyterianism in canada to become director of religious education and assist ant pastor under the noted rev dr inkster under the pastorate of mr greer the local church has advanced in a remarkable man ner and it is but natural that the announcement of the pastor was received with profound regret on the part of the church management members and adherents in fact the whole town will regret to know that they are losing a man whom they have come to look upon as a valuable citizen as well as a progressive and influential preacher no consideration has been given so far to his successor but it is expected that early action will be taken as mr greer enters his new duties on septem- dpt 1 t to the tribune mr greer said i hesitated to make the change and did so with coriside able regret the people have all been so kind to myself and mrs greer especially was this very noticeable during mrs greers illness some time ago however said the pastor the new field prietor james stonehouse was awakened this is the sixth time in four years that the stone house garage has been broken into bruce dussitt proprietor of armadale general store and ser vice station was awakened short ly before 4 am sunday morning by someone attempting to break open the store door rushing downstairs he saw a car with two men drive away from his gas pumps as the car turned about the man beside the driver hurled a hammer through his front window from the service station of norman hisey markham they took fifteen gallons of gas a station at richmond hill was the only other place where the thieves made a successful entry and here they carried off some 30 worth of merchandise from the refreshment booth other establishments visited were the ranger station union- ville adams milliken sellers store browns corners and the malvern service station operated by allan hoover form erly of stouffville to pursue my studies in a way which i could not hope to do on the present charge with its multiplicity of calls the ser vices of mr greer were fre quently sought whenever any public function was being held inside or outside the church he was always willing to assist and his addresses always left something to conjure with many babies are born here of 153 babies born into the world at the stouffville brier- bush hospital in the five years of its operation there was not one mother lost through child birth is the splendid record made known in the figures just tabulated by the institutionthe brierbush commenced operations in august 1933 with a bed cap acity of four and today it has accommodation for 15 patients patients treated during this time number 367 which coupled with the babies born bring a grand total of 520 patients the total number of hospital days is shown as 13675 and the num ber of deaths recorded is 33 the brierbush operates its own ambulance service and has done so since july 1936 it has made 49 trips in that period and could relate some narrow escap es of being turned into a maternity ward this hospital is now fully equipped with a sterilizer oper ating table newest fracture and steel medicine cabinet fire es cape etc as provided by regula tions governing licensed hospit als on the staff there are three graduated and registered nurses in additional to other helpthere is a separate residence for the nurses and help right on the grounds which gives them com plete freedom from the hospital when off duty as in the case in larger institutions of the kind latest electric cooking facili ties have been installed in the modernly equipped kitchen and in the laundry visitors are welcome to visit the hospital from 2 to 430 daily and 7 to 9 every evening of the week thresher combines introduced here good health at 90 last saturday our highly esteemed resident mrs george robinson reac her 90th year enjoying very good health on sunday mrs robinson walked to church to hear rev dr mitchell at the united where she is a member mrs robinson once told us that she had no recipe for long life unless it be industry and work she pointed out that be cause of her extended years of life most of her friends of by gone days have passed away and are numbered with those who are gone mrs robinson is a wonderfully well preserved woman with a keen intellect and is interested in all that is going on many friends called to con gratulate her on her 90th anniversary gormley corner now being cut car overturned at dicksons hill we have been requested numerous times lately to protest against riding bicycles on the sidewalks of the village it is becoming such a common prac tise that children are ordering pedestrians out of their way probably not realizing that they are breaking a local bylaw riding on the walks parents should advise their children who ride wheel on the matter faulty digestion causes gas formation dizziness palpation and general distress get a bottle of storeys digestive tonic and get prompt and effective re lief soon restores the digest ive organs to normal scores of people have benefited by this wonderful tonic j m storey compete in holiday softball th druggist horn of quality drug although they turned in a nice effort neither of stouffvilles softballs teams finished in the money at the holiday celebra tion at goodwood or mussel- mans lake the girls team playing at cedar beach musselmans lake defeated unionvlle in their first game by the score of 143 they were ousted by uxbridge winners of the day in the second round 85 stouffville were leading this game by three runs right into the last innings when the northern team came through with a barrage of hits to put the contest on ice last thursday night the home girls journeyed to claremont where they pulled out an 84 win in that town the boys team playing at goodwood won their first game over the representatives of that village 68 however in the second round they were nosed out by the narrow margin of 43 by mount albert the team that went on to win the tourna ment and collect the 15 musselmans lake won the second prize of 750 hugh beckett of the 6th line markham narrowly escaped serious injury on saturday afternoon as he was turning off the 8th concession to enter dicksons hill mill when the car which he was driving was struck by a northbound machine driven by j e maunder of tor onto the maunder oar struck a wheel from- becketts machine turned completely over and land ed on groves lawn on the east side of the road neither driver was injured although the city car was damaged considerably mr maunder was on his way to his summer home at mussel mans lake where he and his family have spent the summer for a great number of years d f holdens first prizewinners the results of d f holdens first monthly draw made at markham this week were as follows 1 worth of gas o b heise markham mrs h riddle stouffville chas stouffer stouffville e anthony locust hill h reesor claremont e b shank markham 1 gal of oil r a cowan agincourt wallace vaughan stouffville stewart stouffer stouffville morden stouffville 2 quarts of bert dunn brougham sam armstrong stouftville w e oil fletcher goudie stouffville chas alsop stouffville c arm strong locust hill o b heise markham mrs bert tait stouffville dawson davis stouffville these draws are made at the end of each month 18 a month with a grand prize to which tall are eligible in 1940 work on cutting off the right angle corners on the 4th con cession at gormley is being speeded along just as soon as mr r a brillinger had a swath of grain cut wide enough for work to start men commenced onerp last week which when completed will remove two dangerous corners and speed along traffic which is increased ing on this county road ikasmautiiecaofvlandwas pur chased from walter henderson and another piece from h moor- by but r a brillinger will pro vide most of the land required for the smaller pieces a settle ment has been made but for the brillinger land the price is still in dispute an offer of 625 has been made and if an arrange ment cannot be arrived at the matter will go to arbitration the township of markham can boast of at least three harvester combines recently purchased by farmers in the northern end of the municipal ity to harvest the present grain crop common in western can ada these outfits are now being built to handle ontario grains and they are destined to be come more popular it is forecast harmon jones just south of town on the 9th concession pur chased through chas cooper an international or mccormick- deering machine as they are known in ontario the machine was at work last week on mr jones farm giving good results h a grant of cashel on the 6th concession has purchased a masseyharris combine and his neighbor h zimmerman has an allischalmers they are now all at work and are said to be the first combines in the locality it is claimed for these machines that the sixfoot cut can be operated by one man they are calculated to cut and thresh 12 to 15 acres a day saving 10 to 12 cents a bushel over previous methods there is no twine to buy and no shocking the cost of these machines is from 800 to 1000 we are informed which of course is a considerable sum of money for the average farm er to invest and represents an overhead of probably 75 to 100 per year a farmer who contrac- ed to do his neighbors work might readily earn this annual investment may aid farmers with cost of plague no change in markham village rate markham village council struck their tax rate for 1938 this week at 31 mills the total assessable property amounts to 544717 the low rate this year is the same as last year un employment relief only cost the villagers 220 it is estimated as their share as in all muni cipalities school taxes loomed highest on the taxroll this year markham ratepayers will pay 8 mills for high school purposes and slightly over 7 mills for public school mainten ance and debentures the government subsidy has been taken from the 31 rate the front of this building belonging to dr ira freel is now being modernized with a new business front which will add considerably to its appearance the building standing as it does on north side of main street spanning the small creek has an unusual record it is now occupied by john monkhouse tailor and by charlie sid laundryman originally the structure served as the first century ago by the congre gational people who were organ ized by one ludwig kribbs records indicate that revkribbs did practically all the carpenter ing work as well as being his own architect the place was erected in the east end three or four lots from the 10th con south side it had a gallery and was said to be quite an imposing v edifice when it was moved down church ever built in stouffville town after the business inter- being erected in 1847 nearly a ests moved from the east end it was torn down and rebuilt at the present site the local tailor whose picture appears in the in set has been in the premises now these 25 or 30 years with the exception of j h ratcliff who has been doing business on main street for 42 years john monkhouse is our longest going business man he having started over 40 years ago ko a delegation waited on the markham township council at their regular session on tues day to see what steps they would take to reimburse farm ers who incurred considerable expense in fighting the recent scourge of arm worms all mem bers of council were of the op inion that at least some remuner ation should be made and it was decided to request all farm ers who might have claims to pass them along to clerk hoover before sept 1st so that the ex tent of the expense entailed can be estimated chief item was the striking of the tax rate which is much the same as last year the general township levy stands at 55 mills which will be 45 with the government subsidy off in this there is no change whatever the county rate is down from 99 to 785 mills and while some of this is a reallignment of secondary school costs there is a direct saving to the twp of several thousand dollars because of this and the drop in the assessment for county purposes general accounts for the month totalled 51488 includ ing two sheep claims of 1000 and 3 to isaac hood and am brose canning respectively markhams share of the operat ing profit from the ttc am ounted to 9650 relief was 33906 nearly 100 of which was chargeable to pickering for relief recipients who had moved from the municipality general road accounts totall ed 4 704 and road foremens accounts were as follows r j cunningham 113640 dbrown 682 n boynton 3171 t canning 12558 j g wideman 4783 d boyd 9392 l grove 16 w allchurch 47- 70 a w milroy 2205 c wideman 6200 e a buchan an 7220 d shadlock 3595 j jones 2058 young and boyington 22958 a junior softball tournament is scheduled for wednesday august 10th some of the teams to participate are claremont umionville brooklin and milli ken stouffville entry fee 100 players must be 16 or under