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vol 59 no 25 the tribune stouffville ont oct 23 1947 ten pages macdonald gets new riding giving up farming for garage business todavs public auction at dickson hill on the sth concession of mark- i ham for sandy sandifordwil wind j up sandys farming career for the i present at least mr sandtford is j about to uike over the eekardt gar age east of stouffville and will be associated in the new business with mr l baker a licensed mechanic from toronto todays thursday public auc tion sale will olfer a good dairy herd and full line of farm implements independent assessment court of revision for township of markham riding of muskokaontario which included uxbridge town ship has disappeared under the redistribution bill and james m macdonald mp at hunts- ville was the unanimous choice of a progressive conservative nomination meeting to contest the new muskokaparry sound riding lie is shown with his laughter katharine one of the first to congratulate him on winning the nomination reduction in land assessment offset by building increase last monday morning his honor judge barton heard the appeal filed by mr walter brillinger against the assessment made on his farm lands in the west end of the town for year 1917 mr button asked for a reduction of 250 on land and ob tained his demand but the town at the same time asked that the bril linger barns be increased by a similar amount of s250 and this request was also granted leaving the total assessment unchanged mrs jacob meyer dies after long illness after leing in declining health for a number of years mrs jacob meyer passed away on saturday oct isth at her home on church st she was in her 71st year the late mrs meyer was the former rosanna byer daughter of the late henry and jane byer of the sth concession of markham fiftyone years ago she married jacob myer and the couple farmed for some years on the present sam fretz place 9th concession of pickering and on the farm now operated by allen meyer on the same concession the couple retired york county at international match york county plowmen again won a large number of prizes at the international plowing match held at kingston last week and while they did not succeed in capturing any of the overseas trips this year the directors of the association have asked president v l clark of gormley to accompany the prize winners to great britain early in the year george timbers stouffville son of fred timbers who won inter national fame in the united states a few years ago and last year won a trip to britain was one of the outstanding winners winning his classes on wednesday and thursday and was a member of the inter county team plowing on friday when york countv stood second to brant robert timbers of stouff ville won first in his tractor class on wednesday sixth on thursday and third on friday in the juvenile section norman watson of wood- bridge was the outstanding boy in walking plows with second on wed nesday fourth on thursday and first on friday in the intercounty competition york county placed third with the team consisting of carl timbers aurora and harley timbers stouff ville brant county won this with grey county in second place harley won the open novice class on wed nesday while carl and harley won second and third in the jointer class on friday other winners were wednesday in the walking plow class howard timbers aurora 1th in the open tractor class ernest evans maple 2nd ivan mclaugh lin stouffville 7th in class 6 trac tors don keffer maple 7th dave ratclifr stouffville sth in class 7 tractors jack warriner markham 4th thursday in class 11 steal from new markham garage for the second time thieves have broken into the new garage and service station just completed in markham opposite the cnr station last week the culprits made oft with 1000 worth of tires heaters and defrosters after break ing in through a window local clydes show proud record that smart looking team of cly desdale ihorses owned by mr yince jointer the total assessment being up- to stoufrvile eighteen years ago held by the appeal judge is in ac- deceased was a member of the plows horses a featherstone cord with the assessment made on stouffville mennonite church and milliken sthin class 12 tractors this property for 1918 when her health had permitted the reeve and assessor e ri she took an active part in the good appeared at the count in the organizations of the church she interest of the town was also a member of the altona mr bnlhngers appeal had long womens institute deceased was leen delayed and had he been of a retiring disposition but one granted a lower net assessment he who always enjoyed the humorous would have been entitled to a re- things and displayed her christian bate in taxes paid however since character with a helping hand there was no net change the matter whenever able ends with the finding of the court moose is rare sight near stouffville a big bull moose is certainly rare sight in these parts and gave bernard burnell who was in the field plowing just north of clare- mont quite a start when it ambled near him one afternoon last week the first intimation the farmer had that something out of the ordinary was nearby was the action of his horses who snorted and acted frightened ive got cows weigh ing thirteen hundred said mr burnell to the tribune and id guarantee this animal would weigh 1700 the moose was carrying a full set of horns and made off in the direction of a reforestation plot abuses continue at washrooms on two consecutive saturday nightstoilets in the womens wash room at the municipal building have leen plugged and caused the water to flow all over the floor it is well nigh impossible to appre hend the offenders and the authori- ties have been under consideration of closing the place up for a few weeks since the public do not ap preciate them as indicated by the abuses that are committed there just what the final action will le is not certain and while it is realiz ed that wash rooms are very necess ary it seems that they are hot prac tical to operate excepting where there is constant oversight besides her husband the late mrs meyer is survived by one son allen 9h con of pickering one brother joseph byer also of pickering ttwp and lour grandchildren the funeral on tuesday was conducted from the home of her son with public service in the stouffville mennonite church and interment in altona cemetery rev h s hallman and rev m bricker conducted the service pallbearers were paul roadway wes boad- way reg stouffer lambert stouffer harry stover wilriiot stover utility class ernest evans maple 3rd in class 13 tractors ivan mclaughlin stouffville 3rd harris little agincourt 9th friday in class 23 esso special overseas tractor classernest evans maple 4th iran mclaughlin stouffville 7th in class 24 three or more furrows william simpson stouffville 2nd in class 25 tractors three or more furrows don keffer maple 7th h j couperthwaite agincourt sth in class 17 trans- atlantic salada tea class norman jarvis markham sth in class 20 jointer plows horses boys under is howard timbers aurora 4th wednesday class 6 tractors joe tran claremont 1st allan meyer claremont 6th class 7 tractors lloyd bell uxbridge 10th class 1 horses open ronald marquis sunderland 2nd james lee green- bank 3rd thursday massey harris chal lenge trophy ronald marquis sunderland 2nd james lee green- bank 3rd class 12 tractors utility shon clap rpnnonina i class allan meyer claremont 2nd onopv asses keopenmg j3 tractors jaek bwiton at high school i blapkwater 5th russe morrison markham township council has approved of a court of revision independent of the municipal coun cil which since the township was incorporated took on this duty in fact until recent legislation the council formed the court of revis ion but now councils may appoint other ratepayers to act in this capacity on monday markham council passed a bylaw establishing an independent court to be comiosed of w c gohn chairman walter craig norman porter w j spears and russel r johnson the five- man court will have full powers which council possessed when they acted as a court of revision to hear and adjudicate upon appeals against the assessment rolls councillor v griffin opposed the baker east of stouffville have idea of council going out of the completed a remarkable season in count of revision business let us the show ring at twelve fall fairs face the music and stand by the mr bakers show team carried oil consequences savs mr griffin no less than 71 first prizes 13 se- other members held that an inde- coikls 13 thirds and three fourth pendent court would probably do a prizes in addition to this five better job and would be farther silver trophies were awarded the removed from political influence baker clydes and twelve cham- the ihewdy constituted court will pionships hold its first sitting on saturday the farmer owner of this fancy next when we hear that between team deserves more than passing 40 and 50 appeals are on the agenda credit mr baker is a busy man one of the largest appeal lists filed on the land his team is busy all the in years the two assessors l time as well but he takes time out nichols and archie fleming will be to show the way to professional expected to attenrl the court to breeders over the country when it defend their assessments comes to the clydesdales stouffer farm changing owners in family since 1804 a farm that has been in the family for four generations and bkav couple hear formed part of the original holdings fr0m thb k ox their that is the site of stouffville is changing hands this week when mr abram stouffer sells 100 acres on the itenth concession of whit church to mr gar lehman vege table dealer and grower mr stouffer reserves the right to occupy the two years land and barns 60th weddixg axxiversary mr and mrs joseph harris of beaverton celebrated 60 years of wedded life together this month and received congratulations from the king and queen over 40 guests old home for another were present when the message was but relinquishes the rc and the tables were bedecked with many good things to eat mr lxth in their the propertv formed pact jtf the an mar the stouffville board of education t- 7th joe tran clai class 23 esso announce that evening shop classes will be resumed during the fall and l s e winter commencing november 1st y as c a and closing may 1st registration caremo sth class 19 jointer fee 300 class limited in numbers i pows james lee greenbank 1st register early with principal a tractors three or more murphy ba first class november fl joe tran claremont 5th 1th at 730 h 0 klinck secretary original holdings purchased by one abraham stouffer who came from pennsylvania in 1s04 and thereby stouffville got its name in selling the east 100 acres of the stouffer farm there still remains in the family the west 100 acres owned and operated by mr lambert stouffer son of mr abram stouffer like the property just sold the acreage formed part of the original stouffer holdings that were acquired by this family at the beginning of the last cen tury with the exception of two sons mr abram stouffers sons all found other pursuits than tilling the soil thus the necessity of parting with the historic old place so closely linked with the early history of the village of stouffville driver acquitted after blackout james walker markham village farmer was acquitted of dangerous driving in a nonjury action before judge james parker ii county criminal court on friday walker was charged after his car crashed into a store front belonging to robt woodcock formerly of stouffville on main street in markham injur ing several pedestrians last july 9 dr charles mackay unionvule told court accused had been under his care for blackout spells and he had considered walker much improved before the accident occurred had you ever suggested to accused he should not drive his car asked crown counsel h h bull no said the physician provincial constable john stot stated that while investigating the accident walker told him he suf fered a blackout heise hill church to hear program of sacred soxg special services are announced to be held in the heise hill church at gormley next sunday oct 2g at 230 rev harold shiedel of kit chener and his chorus will be heard in a program of sacred song at 7 pm mr and mrs john fretz of kitchener recently returned from france will speak on relief work all are welcome to these services d r chadwick chairman class 17 transatlantic salada tea class ronald marquis sunderland 0th som kth i xg im porta xt is coming the stouffville legion will have important announcement to make regarding the memorial hall next weeks issue meantime dont i- and mrs kenneth klinck they forget the bee on saturday of this took m the varsityguelph oac week i rugby game on saturday eden ontario he was a cabinet builder and operated a green house for years at beaverton ballantrae district feels loss of mrs herman kidd resident of whitchurch twp for 33 years mrs herman kidd pas sed away at york county hospital newmarjcet on sunday following a critical illness in declining health for some time mrskidd carried on in a brave manner before she was finally forced to give up born at carleton place she grew to young womanhood there and married herman kidd and to them three children were born two sons surviving the mother together with the bereaved husband the sons are constable edgar kidd of york county police force and delmor kidd of ballantrae also surviving are two brothers in carleton place and a sister in western canada mrs kidd was devoted to the wel fare of her family and to her church she was active in the work of the ballantrae united congregation for years and will be keenly missed in the district the funeral on wednesday after- 1 noon proceeded from the late home to churchill church and cemetery for service and interment rev d davis conducted the service lost in swamp three weeks following train crash heifer recovered just three weeks to the day that nine young cattle got onto the rail way tracks north of town two be ing killed by a passenger train one of the animals never seen after the accident was recovered she had leen lost in a nearby swamp it will be recalled that when the animals strayed onto the railway rightofway two of them were killed by being struck by the loco motive six were recovered and one animal could not be accounted for however just three weeks to the day she disappeared the heifer came out of the swamp thin and severe scratched along one side mr leland johnston 10th con farmer and owner of the stray cattle is of the opinion that the missing beast was grazed by the train or locomotive and hightailed it for parts unknown without even waiting to see what would happen to her sisters and brothers who were likewise trespassing on dan gerous grounds the scratches could have been received in the swamp but they were all on one side and more of the nature of a severe grazing that might be expected had she been sideswiped by the train sixty years of married life married 00 years ago in uxbridge mr and mrs john rusnell of coady ave toronto celebrated their diamond svedd- ing anniversary o n sunday now in their 86th year both were lvrn rtn uxbridge in 1802 they are the last living members of respective fam ilies both still enjoy excellent health aiutumn finds ready for the mr and mrs h o klinck were i j in guelph for a day or two visiting smiths almanac reports stouff ville a flourishing village in 1s51 totalling 350 people and having a saw mill tannery congregational church and stones cncorporation did not take pkicc until 1s77 when mrs e j daveys father the late m woodgate was its first clerk and treasurer letters arrive every week asking the tribune to change the ad jress of the subscriber but so neglecting to give the old addnesa as well os the new john rusnell mr rusnell ilawn and mrs rusnell still does all cooking and h o u s ewflrk residents of 37 years they formerly hiv ed in ux bridge at tended the same school and church there a n di were married at the age of 25 j mr and mrs rusnell have two sons and two daughters peter rusnell and fred rusnell both of toronto mrs a kent unionville and mrs cwatts toronto they have three grand children and two greatgrandchil dren mr rusnell was a farmer until some years before moving to tor onto new sifi0s0 bridge just south of markham village on the sth concession will be completed ir a few weeks according to the toronto commission and york roads work has been long delayed owing to lack of materials former lemonville pastor dies in toronto active in the ministry of the united church in ontario since 1931 rev e c french pastor of pear- en church in toronto died this week in his 05th year it will be recalled that when mr french came from newfoundland his first charge was the lemonville circuit where his ability was at once re cognized mr french moved from here to toronto where for seven years he has been minister at per- cn memorial church besides his widow there survives seven of a family bill kay dou- gald frank ray mrs d storry of calendar and mrs a arnold of toronto