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over 5000 readers tttatw copies this issue 1475 largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 35 stouffville ont thursday january 2 1941 eight pages newton rae gives battle in whitchurch to fight earl toole when the nominations closed in whitchurch all the old council was reelected by acclamation on on monday with mr newton rae signing up to oppose reeve earl toole john crawford clerk pre sided over the public meeting and everybody had a chance who wished to speak reeve toole spoke chiefly on county matters says the county would end 1940 with a balanced budget with the tax rate again re duced the debenture debt of the county was reduced by 90 thousand dollars and now stands at 965277 all county levies were paid by the municipalities early in december no new debentures have been issued since 1933 the county retaining a strictly payasyougo plan the high standing of york county he said is ievealled by the tact that its bonds sell at a premium of 15 the town ship of whitchurch contributed 20000 in county taxes this year the great part of this is for secon dary- education always a serious problem since the new arrange ments in 1937 each municipality pays for secondary education on the basis of pupil attendance whit church he explained fared well with the toronto york road com mission expenditures in 1910 when the commission spent in this town ship some 145000 building the 4th concession thus did whitchurch receive a great deal more than she paid into the county uppermost issue in county mat ters at present is the police prob lem there will be an extensive re port submitted on this at the january session and mr toole said he had the good fortune to be on the committee of county council dealing with this matter and which committee must pass on either re jecting or accepting the offer to be made in regard to future policy in the township mr toole declared it must be one of retrenchment little did we think a year ago or more that the heel of nazi germany would fall on us as it had wages in urban centres are up yet some produce is down bacon cannot be produced and sold profitably at present prices feed is up 15 per cent if returned mr toole promised to consider the taxpayers plight from first day elec ted we have gone the limit in pur chasing modern machinery we do need more and more gravel i have been placed in awkward positions on many occasion have made mistakes but who hasnt concluded the reeve newton rae nominated for reeve declared the tax roll is more than is shown on the statement when i was reeve we were criticized for spending under so0 for dust layer but this council spent 213273 in 193g wo spent for roads in all 1053781 in 1940 they spent 20- 000 we cam into office with a huge overdraft said mr rae back in 193g i asked the tribune to give me a fair unbiased report of the meeting but they failed to do it said mr rae glancing at the reporter we were condemned for paying 50 for indigent funerals but i see they are paying 50 now right along i find too that tho assessment needs checking up one councillor received n reduction of 1500 and another 000 it seems tho township is hid ing the natural increase by dividing it up among them i gave you good service i have been nominated again and i will run i thank you for past favors ho concluded deputy reeve cook who received an acclamation after four years on the council pointed to increased ex penditures for snow fencing sheep luinis purchase of land on tho 4th but said that notwthstnndlng all this taxes had been held in bound fcrmer deputy reeve wesley williams asked mr cook to explain he cost of sidcroad approach to the sth concession trom cooks sidcroad the figures totalling 190 30 were produced showing the county paid half to get a good exit onto the sth continued on page s in aid of britain the sum of 3400 for the telegram british war victim fund was realized in a collec tion taken at the nomination meeting of pickering town ship held at brougham on moil- day the proposal to lift the collection was made by dr n e mcewen at the close of his remarks during the meeting begins fifth term a e weldon reeve of stouifville for a fifth term has been on the council for 11 years married christmas mark anniversary mr and mrs robert myers mark ed the diamond anniversary of their wedding at their home on station street unionville on christinas day they were born in yorkshire england and came to this country accompanied by their two eldest children in 1ssg locating in mark- ham township at almira in 1ss9 they moved to unionville where they have since resided mr myers learned the trade of ditching and scientific drainage in bis youth ill england and carried on ins trade in ihis country lor many years until he retired from stionu- ous work after which he acted as nail courier to and from the cnr train to the local- post ofiice until three mom lis ago robert imyers and maria warkup myers are si and 7s years old re spectively they are active and cap able and are members of st phillips anglican church mrs myers be longs to the gleamers which is the name of the womens society doing important work for the welfare of he church they have one daughter m- hannah williamson markham and lour sons george stranraer sask thomas unionville ont john markham and benjamin toronto there are seven garndchildren and three greatgrandchildren returned as deputy jess cook reelected deputy reeve of whitchurch looked forward o contest which didnt materialize there were a crop of rumors that ihe deputyreeve would meet opposi tion arrive in en two ballautrae boys reached england on christmas day hugh bingham jr and ronald cutler according to word received by their parents in whitchurchboth lads are attached to artillery units and are reported in excellent health and spirits stratford wedding ok local interest mr and mrs s goudie were in vited to stratford last friday where rev mr goudie officiated at the marriage ceremony that evening of miss ola m fusee returned mission ary from india to rev frank fos ter of luther mich the ceremony was performed in the evening at the home of the bride who is so well known in stoufiville locality where she bad participated in church work whitchurch hockey league unlikely to function all reliable reports to this paper indicate that there will be no whit church hockey league organized this year various reasons are advanced for the failure to form the league again chief among them being the short age of players caused by the com pulsory military training lemou- ville vandorf and white rose all report that there would be such a fluctuation in their ranks from month to month that they would bo unable to carry on a team the dis tance of coming here to play is also stated to be a drawback to continu ing ballautrae another former league member has already stated their in tention to join up with the uxbridge organization a mixup over last years playoffs left king city dissatisfied and as was expected nothing has been heard from the yonge st team peac bush sold mrs fred hisey has disposed of the fine stand of timber on the old peach farm on the 7lh concession of markham at lot 26 consisting of five acres of grand old timber the peachs united church stands on land which forms pavt of this farm mr ratcliff intends to offer for 3ale the wood from this bush which is ail beach and maple and contains some excellent wood only the very large trees will be taken out tor logs the auction sale is advertised in this issue for which the bush will be broken into small lots for the buying public the uxbridge contest uxbridge township nomination provided a few thrills during the highlight of debate but reeve r e ashenhurst was returned as reeve and edgar johnson as deputy reeve there will be a run for coun cil between the three sitting mem bers and one new face that of stewart ball quaker hill section the old councillors are john m rae walter beach fred middleton council have granted a poll on the two year term buys town bungalo we understand that mr william ronnie 10th concession markham has purchased the small bungalo on baker avenue built a year or two ago by mr ken betz this proper ty is immediately south of the men- liouite parsonage mr and mrs rennie may retire from their farm next spring and of course will be very welcome residents here a fine record at the nomination meeting of pickering township at broug ham on monday congratulations were tendered clerk donald beaton from all sides on his occupying the chairmans chair for the 5 sth consecutive year mr beaton has served picker ing faithfully for over half a century and bis valuable coun- sel on municipal matters is constantly sought by each suc cessive council whitchurch stirred by possibility of a big oil discovery hugh boyd and ira aldred embark on municipal careers dug fresh potatoes heres one that will make even the old timer wipe his eyes with wonderment on monday of this week potatoes were dug on the farm of mr roy brillinger at gormley and some of the murphies were cooked for din ner that day and were found to be really good after subzero weather and weeks of extreme cold to find murphies in good eatable condi tion in the field is sure a re velation the brillingers dis carded about twelve acres as not worth digging because of blight this fall in by acclamation william reesor who was reelect ed by acclamation as reeve of pick ering townsliip this will be his eleventh term in municipal ofiice there is a mild flutter of excite ment in the neighborhood of van dorf where the farmers are being asked for permission to allow a pri vate concern to drill for oil on their fa rms when the tribune heard of the matter we at once contacted mr c p tidy who was then in the town ship and ho admitted that he had been delegated to secure contracts with the farmers on the matter the area spotted for special attention lies along the second con cession about three and threequar ters miles extending east to vandorf and north above the aurora side- road taking in about 2000 acres this may spread either way it is through ground tests and the general geology of the land that appeals and leads to experts believ ing there might be oil in the neigh borhood said mr tidy to the re ported wells when sunk go to a depth of 900 to 1000 feet with a six inch hole and casing outside that when you consider that canada consumes 40 million dollars in lubrications and oils annually one will understand the importance of any such find with such a vast mar ket mr tidy this week sought to round up the farmers who are hesit ant to allow drillers to operate on their farmers however contracts were shown us that guarantee the farmer against any loss to crop through men opening a drill and of course if oil is located the farmer will not worry about crops he will have other income such as an eighth of the revenue the whole thing is too good to be true said clerk john crawford who is interested in two farm the company seek to work on of course we are going to look into the matter carefully and a public lneet- clerk dougherty ill for the first time since anyone could recall the stouffville nomina tion meeting was conducted without the presence of tho village clerk mr j s dougherty was seized with a serious heart attack but since that time has shown considerable im provement his duties were per formed by mr george storey and tho meeting send expressions of re gret over the clerks illness pickering slate wm reesor reeve acclamation for deputyreeve heber down robert ruddy dr n e mcewen for council blake annis a c diamond george todd frank disney w h westney 3 to be elected near heaths door as we go to press this thursday flernoon miss charlotte lehman was very low with no hope of her recovery ing of the farmers interested is slated for this week he said mr tidy emphasizes that his company is not selling shares ask no bonus and are prepared to pay iheii way through their own re sources mr w e tidy formerly of stouffville is a brother to the oil mens representative markham council returned with no change in personnel markham township council re ceived their third consecutive accla mation on monday without a break and tho fifth one for reeve rennie this was a surprise to some who forecast a combat this year but if anyone thought of opposing the old council there was no evidence of it at the meeting reeve rennie at one stage said he thought it was a good time to have a contest and would have even welcomed one and that didnt stire anyone to action either with a steady tax rate pointing downward the people are evidently satisfied reeve james rennie said con- tests would be better than too many acclamations he felt the position ot reeve was well worth striving for but ho assured the other candidates they would have to fight to get it he then thanked the electors for the many times they appointed him to office he was especially thankful for the competent officials on the york county council york county has a balanced budget for 1940 for the sth time there had been a reduction of a quarter mill the county levy is 840000 prepaid on due date the reeve spoke of the building bylaw which prevents people com ing into tho township and erecting cheap shacks depreoiating value of property and endangering health charles h hooper deputyreeve continued on page 5 stouffville nomination meeting attracted about 50 ratepayers when the od council was returned by acclamation with the exception of the retirement of delbert holden whose place was taken by hugh boyd who was strongly urged to offer his services ormsby lehman retired after being nominated after serving thirteen years on the school board jacob mcmullen failed to qualify again for office and was replaced by mr ira aldred of tho goodall seed co who is giving his services for the first time to public ortice rev c e mcleod and am brose stover were given acclama tions also reeve arthur weldon and dr freel chairman of school board and members of council all spoke brief ly on municipal matters geo winn buried here today a genial and highly respected citizen george winn a resident of stoufiville for the past 13 years died at his home here on monday december 30 after a lengthy illness mr winn who was si years of age was a native of sommerset england and came to canada go years ago he had followed the trade of a baker in england but took up farm ing when he came to this country he spent some years in pickering and markham township then set tled in whitchurch on the 10th con where he remained until he retired to stouffville he was a member of the bloom- ngton methodist church and later of stoufrvflle united mr winn is survived by four sons roland of markham township fred and frank of whitchurch and clifford of toronto also two daugters misses bertha and emma at home mrs w paisley buried rev l e atkinson conducted the funeral for the late mrs wash ington paisley of stouffville last friday afternoon in the united church where many old friends gathered to pay final tribute to one who had been faithful in church work for many years mrs paisley lied on christmas day almost two years after her husband passed away a daughter of the late wm kellington she was in her 70th year and had spent much of her married life in whitchurch first on the 4th and later on the oth two sisters three sons and five grandchildren revere the memory of a loved one clifford case aurora lawyer dead at 43 cliffod case kc conservative member from north york riding in the ontario legislature from 1919 to 1924 died on imonday in the york county hospital at newmarket he was 4 3 born on the second concession of king townsliip at the home of his parents mr and mrs george case he was educated at aurora schools he then continued his education at the university of toronto and upon graduation he entered the osgoode hall law school