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tottfftnule mihum vol 61 no 23 the tribune stouffville ont september 22 1949 only one appeal registered against 280 assessments only one appeal was filed in markham township against the supplementary assessment being completed by assessor archie fleming on which 1950 taxes will be paid it was filed by w g hobb against a g00 assessment on an unfinished house in thorn- hill area court of revision sustained the assessment as made by mr fleming the supplementary assessment comes under what is legally termed 57a of the act whereby municipal ities are obliged to make an assess ment on buildings under con struction a proposed house with only the basement constructed might carry a 200 assessment another property might have the frame work up and this would carry some sort of assessment the new clause 57a has given endless trouble to assessment boards be cause people feel they are being pounced on too quickly when they undertake to build a home or building of any description however the law is very specific and assessors now undertake to collect taxes on partly finished buildings with the appeal of mr hobbs it was felt it arose largely from a misunderstanding of the workings of the act the court of appeal decided however the assessor pointed out that he felt the special or 57a assessment was accepted with little trouble be cause there were 280 assessments under the section in markham township with only this single appeal pheasant shooting dates nov 45 an open season nov 11 and 12 all over ontario on black gray and fox squirrels except in the county of bruce has been declared the bag limit is five squirrels a day it was announced at queens park a close season on rabbits has been established in essex county until nov 4 which is the opening date of the pheasant season on the essex county mainland is an nounced the period of closure in cludes the pelee island pheasant shoot during which no rabbits may be shot the closed season on marten throughout the province establish ed last year has been continued for another year in addition there is a closed season on fisher this year in the area north and west of the french and mattawa rivers on the mainland of southern ontario which affects whitchurch pickering and markham town ships the pheasant shoot will take place nov 1 and 5 from 8 am to 5 pm est with a bag limit of three cock pheasants per day the area includes the counties of essex kent lambton middlesex elgin norfolk oxford brant haldimand welland lincoln wentworth halton peel and york and additional regulated townships in the counties of huron water loo wellington simcoe ontario and durham george jobbits body recovered from noronic local undertakers assist going going gone highpriced dinner gong the retiring farmer 1 con- templeted throwing the old bell on heap but im glad i l e oneill and james austin two local undertakers from the parlors of l e oneill gave unstinted assistance in laying out the bodies from the illfated nor- onic last sunday and monday sttit lack low uxbridge undertaker uingwood an old dinner bell sold also gave assistance i for 7 after some snappy bidding two persons recovered among mr mitchell was shocked why- the dead were mr and mrs george lobbit of detroit mr jobbit was a theserap former stouffville and uxbridge didnt boy son of william jobbit who auctioneer farmer rang the last lived in stoulf vine many years ago cent out m the veuddwlg or shortly after the railway came value or perhaps as a through win jobbit was baggage- relic of otner days few dinner man or freight man at the station be are usecl on today here in those days and is remem- bul ul0se wno were accustomed to bored by numerous townspeople hearing one will never forget its george jobbit who spent part of veoome sound noon and night as his boyhood in stouffville was 0ol worked in the hot field or and both he and his wife were so during the harvesting period snl7edhv the two sons who auctioneer farmer said there lecogmzed by then two sons who wgre nqt mmy bellg around nowa came from the family home in detroit after the disaster friday night which took the lives of 140 persons and with 51 others still missing and probably drowned although it is said some may have escaped and gone back to their homes in the states without report ing the two jobbit sons james and george carefully looked through the jewellery which had been set aside in a room carefully guarded finally they located the masonic ring which belonged to their father george jobbit but there was nothing which might identify mrs jobbit she wore an old fashioned gold ring son george stated as he placed his fathers ring on his own finger i would have known it anywhere mrs jobbit was later identified the local undertakers worked at the exhibition grounds where the bodies were laid out in long rows awaiting identification as relatives came from the us william stewart former toronto mayor but an undertaker by profession warmly thanked those who came from the surrounding area to aid in the gigantic task along with doctors and nurses mr stewart organized the work of the undertakers bride to be daylight saving time will be continued in stouffville and mark ham villages through the month of november in order to be in line with toronto the council of the respective villages decided this week days and certainly there were none he knew of that could be bought late w h eby buried here a highly esteemed resident of stoulfville for some years william h eby died in toronto east gen eral hospital on saturday in his s5th year despite his great age mr eby was active until the very end until the death of his wife alber- tina vanzant in stoulfville last spring mr eby journeyed daily to the city to attend his business there during his wifes final ill ness he was her nurse and constant attendant mr eby was born in the united states and right after his wifes death at their late home on tenth street he went to california to spend a couple of months with his brother there there is no family and the funeral to stouff ville cemetery on tuesday followed the service at oneills funeral chapel corinne king daughter of mr and mrs albert king ringwood and theodore croxall son of mr and mrs c croxall uxbridge will be married sept 21 in stouffville united church buttonville school sanitary conditions labelled bad a resident of buttonville school section in markham township wrote markham council asking a rebate of school tax on the ground that the parents were forced to send their children to a city school because of the inadequate sanitary arrangements maintained in this section right in the heart of the township council was told that rearrange ment of school taxes where child ren were transferred from one section to another was the respon sibility of the school inspector it was also said that sanitary arrange ments had been the subject of debate in the section but nothing had been done reeve griffin pressed to have the communication brought to the attention of the department of education and council decided to follow this suggestion mr griffin thought the inspector knew about the condition and a notice to queens park might help solve the issue more promptly of course it was known by all coun cillors that the council had no jurisdiction in transfering school taxes or in regulating sanitary conditions in the school stouftvlllo institute the monthly meeting of the stouffville womens institute met at the home of mrs lloyd turner on thursday with a good attend ance the president mrs ridout was in charge assisted by the secretary mrs kellington roll call was answered by two state ments about my favorite bird the motto was given by mrs fairies a splendid paper on cur rent events was read by airs williamson and a short quiz was conducted by mrs woodcock and mrs middleton rev e mortons wife bereaved by death by brother the death occurred suddenly at his home in east whitby township on thursday september 15 of john t newton in his 81st year born at columbus the deceased was a son of the late james and martha newton a lifelong resi dent of the area he was an adher ent of kedron united church mr newton is survived by three sisters airs a amsbary base lino mrs fred blow willoughby ohio and mrs mary morton of stouffville rev f j whitoley minister of centre street united church con ducted the funeral at the luke- mclntosh funeral home at 2 pm on saturday september 17 inter ment will be in the union ceme tery flower show prize list friday sept 23 united church basement exhibits to be placed from 47 in all classes arrangement to count 1 basket of zinnias 2 basket of any other variety flower 3 basket of mixed flowers not more than 2 feet high 4 bowl or vase of flowers suit able for living room table 5 dining table centre arrange ment r bouquet for sick room 7 novel floral arrangement 8 miniature bouquet not to exceed 4 inches f arrangement of white flowers in a white container 10 basket of mixed perennials 11 vegetable arrangement not more than 4 sq feet rain marred military service on sunday with pipe band from earlscourt and colors flying for various branches of the armed services the sunday afternoon parade under auspices of the stouffville legion had their plans greatly altered be cause of rain scheduled for a drum head service in memorial park the service at the last minute was changed to veterans memorial hall which was officially declared opened on this occasion by col fitzgerald rev d davis just back from england took part and military dignitaries from vari ous branches of the armed services participated in the drum head service brig o martin spoke while col sidney lambert scheduled to give the sermon reduced his speech to a few minutes because the men had to stand in the hall there being no seats he said he refused to preach to a standing group under these circumstances and made a short pointed address instead collection for the hall fund was g0 less than a quarter of the collection received last year when the weather per mitted the service to be held out side free chest xrays here this week within the next few days every citizen of stouffville and district will be offered a free health service the local lions club has made arrangements r with the national sanitarium association to provide all persons twelve years of age and over in this area with a free ctiest examination without cost or obligation whatsoever the campaign is part of the national sanitarium associations plan to find unsuspected tuber culosis and so reduce the incidence of this disease that prevention is better than cure all will agree in the preven tion of tuberculosis mass xray surveys have been found to be among the most effective measures it is hoped therefore that every one will take advantage of this excellent opportunity to protect their own health the health of their family and their community the actual days when the ser vice will be given here are thurs day and friday sept 22 and 23 and monday sept 20 the test will be held on the united church grounds church street stouffville ladies should attend in the after noon if possible evenings are then left for day workers and people coming from the country it is two years since stouffville held a survey and people should have chest xray every two years authorities point out especially those 10 or under credit is due to stouffville lions club for undertaking this survey and to the unionville lions club duck menace faces western farmers due to emergency which has arisen in local farms around the pas manitoba over heavy destruction of crops by one of largest duck migrations in years farmers have been authorized by minister of mines and resources at ottawa to shoot ducks off their fields rcmp have been ordered to issue individual permits under which farmers could recruit up to six helpers to fight menace fretz public auction yielded 11000 turnover perhaps the largest farm auction here that one will see this sale season was the sam fretz sale last week just east of stouffville where this well known and esteem ed farmer was selling out with a view to retiring in town it was one of those oldtime sales where everything was passed over the auction block from the threshing machine to the kitchen broom opening at 1230 auctioneer farm er warned that he must move fast everything would be sold to the highest waders and nothing reserved when the sales were totalled shortly after six oclock they amounted to 11000 nine weeks old pigs ranged from 9 to 11 and sows from g0 to 70 sow and litter 140 while another sow and litter tipped off at 181 quite a fancy price said one farm er to another the cattle was a fine ayrshire herd of registered and grade animals the high cow topped 1s0 and the best price for a grade cow was 175 indicating that a good grade animal is viewed about as valuable as a registered one in the eyes of practical farmers the heifers went as high as 112 and low to 85 sale of cattle didnt start until nearly five oclock but the auctioneer whipped them off fast with brisk bidding the farm tractor sold for 1240 and the threshing machine 800 which were the high lights in a long list of good implements a mow of hay estimated at about 10 tons fetched 185 and baled straw sold at 65c a bale oats brought 59c a bushel the auctioneer recalled that when he was quite a youth 27 years ago he sold a sale on this same farm with the late fred silversides for one levi grove at that time the auction totalled 5000 and was regarded as a bumper hog sale mr and mrs sam fretz intend to move into stouffville where they acquired the former dowswell residence next the east end store sons norman and levi are taking over the farm and were among the bidders at dads sale but frequently they dropped out of the running when prices ran ahead of their idea of values who sponsored a similar campaign just completed this week for markham township any who missed out may arrange to attend the stouffville clinic markham bldg permits reach record number births hamilton mr and mrs belfry hamilton stouffville are happy to announce the birth of a son at york county hospital new market on sept 6 1919 nohle mr and mrs edwin noble uxbridge are happy to announce the birth of a son on sunday september is 1919 at the hrierbush hospital stouff ville h eaton mr and mrs roy heaton stouffville are happy to announce the birth of a son on tuesday sept 20 1919 at the brierbush hospital stouffville engagements rev and mrs lewis r pipher toronto announce the engagement of their daughter ruth isabel to john emerson hallman son of mr and mrs harve s hallman blair ontario the marriage will take place saturday october 15 at 3 oclock in banfield memorial church toronto mrs a v nolan left on monday to attend the annual sessions of the eastern star being held this week in ottawa mrs lud hoover went up by bus on tuesday and mr and mrs henrv ogden motored to the capital with friends from ingersol to be in attendance with the single exception of one month the building permits issued for the township of markham dur ing august were the highest on record totalling 1s3800 in the applications permits for houses predominated with 48 inqluding a residence for elmore barkey on the townline west of stouffville on the george foote farm pw haley- has a permit for his new home going up at dickson hill this formation was placed before markham township coun cil in session on monday council decided to investigate the pro cedure to be followed in event a water main was laid along yonge street servicing thornhill and neighborhood reeve griffin point ed out that the fast growth of the district and the dire need for water would sooner or later bring the matter to a conclusion and while it is a local matter to be looked for in the territory served the residents he said would look for leadership from this council a delegation was present asking to look into the water needs of the district mentioned it was announced that george scott of new toronto long schooled as an assessor would cost the township 12 per day if he undertook to set up a new assessment system the council thought the rate was high for they had offered mr scott 8 and he rejected the suggestion but offered to take on the job on a two year arrangement based on 12 a day to complete the work within two years mr scott is one of the three york county assessors who investigated assessments under margison babcock this past year im not in favor of the thing at all said councillor win tim bers he thought the council had no guarantee that mr scott could iron out the inequalities but reeve griffin and councillors rae wicks and barker voted in favor of engaging the special assessor councillor robt rae pressed for a contract which would guarantee the work completed in two years and mr scott to be paid on a basis of 12 per day when on duty this met the approval of reeve griffin and the other two councillors mr rae said he fully expected such an assessment to stand firm for a number of years otherwise he would not want it councillor barker emphasized the enormity of the work of measuring farms and lots of which he said there were 2400 in the municipality he said scott estimated he could do three or four farms in a day mr fletcher goudie was inter viewed when it came to appoint ing a plumbing inspector at present there is no bylaw for such an inspector to work under but one is expected any day mr goudie stated his views on the matter and his suggestions impressed council who will meet with him again on thursday even ing the fees mr goudie said would be 125 an hour on duty plus mileage three hundred acres planted to new trees one of the biggest treeplanting years in recent time went on record at the vivian forest this past season when some 300000 trees were started in the sapling stage according to records now completed there were some 300 acres of land planted to trees mostly in whitchurch township on lands purchased over the past four or five years average planting was around 1200 trees to the acre and the varieties wore mostly pines with some hardwood so far this year there have been no new lands acquired by the county although some deals are pending which may be completed before the november session of council when the official sanction is given to proposed purchases public hours skating announce by arena company public skating nights will com mence just as soon as ice is avail able the directors of the stouff ville arena co announced this week the evenings for skating will be wednesday and saturday and admission charges have been set at 35c for adults and 20c for children skating for school children and practice time for local minor hockey teams will be made available several times a week hours to be announced later it is hoped that the work of lay ing the piping for the ice surface will be completed this week given a couple of more weeks the linde co who is installing the refiger- ation plant expect it to be near completion this 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