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fttmne vol 66 no 2 the tribune stouffville thursday march s 1956 fourteen page3 councillor laushway v urges council confer on assess inequalities enters zone finals at the cioe of the regular municipal council meeting of stouffville on wednesday even ing councillor laushu made a strong appeal to council to confer with the assessor in an effort to have the great inequal ities of as essment in town reeve daniels reminded council that they had no juris- d tion over the assessor qi i iilor law hwaj iid that he realized that hut he firmly be lieved that the situation here was very bad that council couid at least talk over the work with the assessor and ak foi i more equalized figure councillor laushway stated thai over the year one heard possibly more complaints about ene see impr r igures than anv- e and he would like to some action taken to ove the matter this is a sing problem and csn to get any action or it ared councillor laushway lere was the suggestion that a minimum assessment of si000 be placed on all dwell ings assessment commissioner gar brown reported that there were more than one hundred dwellings in town with assess ments under that figure he was of the opinion that there were less than a half dozen houses in town winch could claim this low figure while council discussed the matter at some length there was no action taken on coun cillor iau-hway- suggestion look for 100000 to attend inter a plowing match at brooklin in 56 s public school add thirteen budget will mills to tax rate add more teachers some of the problems which face the management of the international plowing match to be held near brooklin this fall were outlined this week by agriculture representative 31 l fair expected to attend the fourday event are 100000 person- mr fair noted that the estab lishment of a tented city of considerable proportions would pose some pretty big problems for the ontario plowmans as sociation which is sponsor of the international event the match takes place from october uh to 12th this year and will he spread over seven or eight farms including the heber down farms the tented city complete with street will be located just south of the heber down farm buildings and motorists i will be able to reach the site if coming from the south by similar land they have to se- iect lands for lixx plowmen who will plow up about 300 acres the tractor committee will j have to arrange for the pro- 1 vision of about 250 tractors representing about a halfmil lion dollars this will also be quite a task since row crop tractors and other pecial types of tractors will not always be satisfactory the teams committee has to arrange for the procuring of 10 to 50 teams and look to their accommodation for the four days expecting at least 100000 vis itors the committee will also be faced with a considerable parking problem three park ing areas have been designated one such lot made up of 30 acres and another covering 50 acres on hand to direct traffic and police the match will be joan little daughter of mr and mrs victor little stouff ville and grade s student at stoutfvile public school has reached the zone finals in the telegram sponsored spelling contest miss little came first in competition with 3100 other public school stu dents in the districts of york no 2 and 3 she will now- cuter the zone finals which will be held on thursday eve ning march 22nd at 730 pm in the toronto teachers col lege 951 carlaw ave toron to in october of last year a sister gladys was presented with the dr f- g r rich ardson cash award for the student obtaining the high est marks among those writ ing the entrance examina tions at the stouffville school stouffviue public school board has presented the local municipal council with the largest budget in history an estimated expenditure this year of 6o3660 this is nearly 16000 above last years estimate of 47000 three additional teachers are required for the staff com mencing this september and this fact coupled with pay increases make up the greater proportion of the increased budget in scanning the figures the roard was also aware that the attendance at the school has nearly doubled in the hist four years and more increases are in sight this fact alone it was pointed out could be expected to raise total costs considerably the municipal council received the budget late in their meeting on wednesday night and will go into the figures more fully on march 15th provisions are made in the 56 program to continue with the renovating of the fortyyearold school repair 4 figures in some cases were found to be exceedingly high i such as 1500 for a fence badly needed at the south side of the school grounds additional desks and supplies are also required to refit basement rooms which will all be in use again as classrooms this fall stouffvilles tax share of this budget is 4736640 whitchurch and markham townships each contribute 5205941 and the estimated government grant is 1225138 the budget in detail is as follows receipts estimated government grant 1225138 township grant markham 205941 whitchurch 205941 section levy stouffville 4736640 third man quits skaters rehearse at unionville turning off the highway at the i 10 to 50 officers of the ontario fifth concession of whitby twp provincial police the city itself will be one- quarter mile wide and onehalf mile long and if it were con structed in a straight line ra ther than a rectangle would stretch for one and onehalf miles the matter of providing serv ices such as hydro telephone and water to a tented city said ftlr fair i a proposition in itself to pro- j cnt season is paying dividends vide water since there is no as they rehearse for the club water service in the area two j carnival to be held at crosby large storage tanks will have memorial arena on fridav anil to be set up in the city a pres- saturday april 1th and 7th the practices are being main- whitchurch supports neighbors in television and water letters staff changes again plague markham twp payments instruction teachers salaries instructional supplies administration plant maintenance of plant auxiliary services capital outlay from current funds miscellaneous contingencies 6373660 4064000 265000 120000 630000 190000 33000 718600 353000 6373660 there is no doubt that prac tice makes perfect and the sus- i tained effort of the unionville oing to be quite i skaters all through the pres sure system will have to be in stalled and the storage tanks filled every night hydro lines will have to lie strung to the district and tele phone lines will have to be brought in three committees are work ing together to arrange the af fairs of the actual plowing the lands committee the tractor committee and the team com mittee lands committee selects the land which will be plowed and try to arragne it so all plowmen will be working on dog catcher town staff resigns after only a week whitchurch township coun cil last week endorsed the stand taken by aurora council in rec ommending that water be made available from lakes simcoe and ontario to supply future needs for water in this area the members who saw no im mediate danger of shorage in the township felt they should i help the watershort municipal- ities along in their representa- tions to the province the mat- ter is now under active study j by the ontario government the stand taken by newmar- tained at a fast pace so that ket with regard to television more solo pair and ensemble reception was also backed by numbers mav he presented thc members of council inter- the guest stars arc heing care- ference of the barne tv sta- fully chosen with a view to ton witn buffalo reception has providing varietv and outstanrii pmpted newmarket to com ing abilitv all these stars will plain to the federal govern- be new to unionville mont lhree occasions xot content with the high rating awarded last years interference brought about in giving channel 3 instead of 6 to barrie asking for buffalo to be al lowed to compete with cana dian stations the letter adds j there are canadian broadcasts which we wouldnt trade for any foreign programmes but there are other times when we i prefer to listen to our neigh bors to the south and as long as it can be done without other communities being adversely affected we believe it is our privilege to do so show the club executive and the skaters are determined to top ail previous performances stoultvilie municipal council passed a new bylaw regarding dugs running at large last week and engaged a dog- cat her to collect the stray animals and deposit them in the town pound don lehman h- been engaged to carry out roundup and for hi- ser- to receive si per dog ever mr lehman resigned position early this week picked up will be im- th ii dogs ing for the property committee stated that the utility com mission office was now fully ready on the second floor council discussed what action should be taken to have the commission move theyve known for some time we need ed the whole downstair- com- j mented councillor walters it was finally agreed that council would wait until march loth and if hc commission had not moved to their new quarj in reply to these questions the government department has stated that international agreement divides up the 12 channels which are practic able and says that the instal lation of high gain directional antennas will solve any re ception problems a dim view of these was taken by newmarket who forwarded the following reply to the minister of transport channel allocation is no ex cuse for preventing newmarket from receiving tv broadcasts from bultaloi barrie could lave since toronto is rumored to sodbusters still draw big crowds slated for an appearance at the vandorf hall this thursday is a topnotch comedian reveals master of ceremonies happy harry heatherington he will be joined by the peel county ilav bovs our own sod bus ters pat fuller and several members of the western band 1 from the barrie television sta- tion with the refreshments i provided this evening of fun answer- clc thursday costs only i 50 cents the evenings are now says stouffville council not tough a heavy agenda faced whit church township last thursday as council prepared for another late session one member ob served that stouffville village council were planning a cur few on meetings to end delib erations at 1130 pm remarked councillor cliff wallwork they are not as tough as we are the council proved to be pretty tough and as the mat ters under consideration were disposed of the reeves waste basket began to pile up with discarded paper evermindful of the township pocketbooks the following resolution was passed by the members of council moved that the reeve be arid is hereby instructed to empty his own wastepaper bas ket removing all contents con tained therein by car or truck at no cost to the township of whitchurch reeve legge signed the reso lution after obtaining a posi tive vote briskly run providing a lot of fun for all there is plenty of opportunity to dance to the good music provided list thursday despite the competition offered by the hoc- kev game in stouffville a good been assigned to channel j zt si around pres- cnt was a banjo player from i the renowned western broad- be switching to channel 6 this casting station at wheeling would allow us as good a choice west virginia pat fuller be- of stations as we had before j coming more popular as an en- the barrie broadcasts spoiled it tertainer has recently won for us prizes in amateur shows in with reference to the use of bradford and king city two high gain antennas the lei- 2lv r burkhol- if i derand bunt lewis were given ter continues we do lnotsee l rrml last fridav why newmarkct citizens should when they appeared at shel- pay out 37 to s0 to avoid the burne arena orange lodges equipx hosp room when the new extension of the york county memorial hos pital is opened an event which is expected to occur shortly one room therein will have a special interest for members of the orange lodge in the county lodges in the county have cooperated in pro viding s500 for equipping it the lodges are aurora north- view richmond hill belhaven mount albert and noblelon doner sale brings many people weather favoured the auc tion sale of the goods and chat tels of earl doner and sons held this week an extra large crowd attended many coming from a distance to muskoka went a farmall tractor which brought 660 while mt forest was the desti nation for the binder a port perry man rode off with a black mare purchase price of whicli was 11750 other items knocked down were a mounted scufller s5 yearling heifers 125 to 136 chunks il to 1975 1950 pick up truck s100 string tied straw 10c per bale the sale was conducted by sellers and atkinson with ful- kner and woods clerking the doners who are building a new home on park avenue expect to move there next summer mr doner will con tinue to operate his rawleigh route this monday the third week ly meeting in succession mark ham township council was confronted with a staff resigna tion this weeks notice was re ceived from the treasurer h ryder the resignation is to take effect on april first mr ryder who cited the tech nical knowledge needed by township employees deplored in his letter this salary scale which paid a firstclass consta ble more than he and some of the other office staff received he submitted his resignation he wrote as a matter of prin ciple reeve lemasurier who cham pioned this view explained we cant close our eyes to the fact that scarborough and n york for example are offering more pay for municipal em ployees other council members re plied that the municipalities closer to toronto were demand- ing more responsibility from workers in comparative posi- tions councilior archie little cited tax arrears in the township which he stated had been con siderably reduced through the efforts of mr ryder a person doing a good job is worth mon ey lie said referring to the matter of police salaries councillor lit- tie expressed the opinion that the police had been more on their toes than the office staff in presenting their case with council divided on the question of whether or not to i accept the resignation of the treasurer the meeting ended the matter will be discussed at i next weeks council meeting church at hagermans seeks to expand markham township council place in the future the pro- this week deferred action on p addition would be only the issuance of a building per- fee tee from thread j mit for the mennomte church i lhe council was informed by at hagermans corners when the proximity to the road allow ance came under discussion at present the church build ing consists only of a basement about 25 feet by 30 feet in which regular church services are held plans have been pre- 1 sented to council for the com- plction of the building which call for the addition of a chan- eel at the front of the present j basement walls it is considered by members of council that the congregation will have a hand some building which will be much too close to the road should highway widening take thc building dept council in a letter to the church officials stated that the future width of the road is likely to be 100 feet as this would involve taking 17 feet from the front of the lot the township recommended siting the front of the building at a reasonable distance from the road they recommended con struction of the new church on the present basement instead of in front of it the church will be asked for written comments before coun cil will consider issuing the necessary building permit contract awarded for ringwood school addition ters by that date council would lake some action one man or two this matter has been talked j about for the past couple of years declared reeve daniels j matter of how the the town raainten- wideman 1 at town man i ie ol by mr pei ty nan should be divided be- j ween the town and plc atj iresent the town us paying 60 j f the cost and the commission pounded and if not claimed and the 1 a day board paid they will either be destroyed or sold taxes were collected last voir for i4s canines in town the question of the final dis- when the position of the recent court services o action with cy bellman came in for attention and council by resolution requested that the licilbr notify mr beli al legal action will be the situation is red up by april 1st pule concerns a matter massing the alleged use bellman of town pro- for private purposes j partment believes that he is library grant liier j not getting his work done he the recent request by the hould report to council for stouffville public library whatever action they think hoard for additional funds this i necessary said the reeve to year will be dealt with at the sum up this discussion r budge meeting of the date of march i5lh was markham twp police officers make 462 calls the february ibmitted by police report police chief jy tow nship council reveals that ss01 miles were covered by the force in making 62 calls dur ing the month the work again paid off for j i the township with the police sround he works for the com- 1 turning in 550 to he treasurer mission most of the time said expenses for the de- councillor wagg partmem amounted t if the chairman of any dejthe chief apologized it should be the other way into by the township police it was revealed there were three he markham liqueur seizures during the month while seven warrants of committal were aced on other calls included one theft report ed two burglaries and one missing person the constables served on residents of the township 183 summonses originating in their 32727 jurisdiction as well as 36 sum- for the monies for other police depart- u m churches plan for easter plans made by united mis sionary churches in the district call for a busy period between now and easter pointing to the significance of that special sunday this friday night beginning at s oclock the dickson hill church will feature a showing of the film martin luther the pastor rev h shantz has extended a welcome at that time for anyone wishing to heralds of spring the lengthening days to many people are the surest sign that spring is on the way but from glen major comes word from our valued corres pondent that a woodchuck has been sighted our goodwood correspondent on the other hand relies on the reappear ance of thc crows to point to the beginning of spring our reporter has yet another test the presence of skunks the aroma of this weather omen made apparent on a trip to vandorf council clinched the matter the breath of spring is in the air contractor t s davies has been awarded the contract for a oneroom addition to the pub lic school at ringwood with the addition the school will accommodate 120 pupils it was revealed by gordon ratcliff secretary of the school section union ss no 2 whitchurch contract price is in the am ount of 21781 in addition the architects fee of 1187 will boost the total to 26268 the addition will be of brick veneer construction with pro vision in the washroom and heating installations for future addition of three more rooms work will be started this week if weather conditions per mit says mr ratclilt mrs clendenning presently the principal has been reap pointed for the 195657 school year at a salary of 3200 the opening of the new accommoda tion will make necessary the hiring of another teacher ef forts are now being made to i arrange for this appointment markham man fined in snowball case charles minaker 26 of mark ham was fined 36 and costs or five days in jail for striking a 15yearbld lxv who was be lieved to have thrown a snow ball at minakers mother cerald burrows said he and a friend gordon bubb 12 were throwing snowballs at each other and i guess some did hit the car minaker told the court the boys pelted his car with snow balls and one of them struck 63yearold mrs minaker he said he punched burrows when the boy denied having hit her mr randal birkett has re turned to regina saskatchew an after attending mr and mrs wil pirketfs 30th wed ding anniversary new car agency opens thurs night a delegation of one in thei person of george van nostrand j of vandorf waited on the coun cil of whitchurch township the film which retraces the bei walter tayolr win oon have ginning of the great reformaia brandhew service and show- lion the following week theroom soon to be under con quarterly business meeting a mount joy church will be neid w during which delegates to the this thursday evening will see the official opening of an other new enterprise on stouff villes bustling main street when walter taylor motors will hold their official opening timed with the resumption of production at the general motors plants in canada walt taylor will operate a dealer ship making available chevro- let cars and trucks and olds- 1 townhip mr van nootraml mobile cars to residents of armed with house plans endors- stouffvilie and district ed by the federal government fear 2family homes in whitchurch twp add to the school problem and again raise taxes the reeve sid legge re plied that it was not councils intention to penalize younger last week following announce- j residents there was an answer ment by the municipality of to this he said in the regula- j plans to increase thc minimum lions for ii story homes where ize of homes erected in thc a floor area of only 350 sq ft expenses explaining that the menus cost of new license plates forj council on the recommenda- the cruisers had added to thetjon of the police committee maintenance costs for febru- j accepted the tender of union- 1 arc ac ville motors for the were in- of two cruisers the reported ill be twodoof pen nnua conference will be cho sen special meetings will be held with rev kreick from march 12 to 25 in stouffville states rev hu- mi court tllancoti 1iitcr- cr laushway rcport- t conspiarta were checked ers to ie taken in supplying son the period from march 25 two cars to april 1st has been set aicle ri 1 1s36 for a missionary convention loislfiitiso the j sia community suni ruts- scrvi n observed on ba trad eaitsr rcorrtrs said the pa waller in the meantimej accommodation has i arranged at the premises i of fred e byer and son fred will carry on his implement agency as before for opening night a mast cordial invitation has been ex- 1 tended by the owner refresh- ments will be offered to the j public with free balloons for the childien on hand will bel l mr taylor himself and harry hv dr p arour would be required councillor wallwork explain ing that the requirement might seem harsh emphasized that young families were the very ones who required larger home- they need lots of pace to raise a family he said adding to this he said ivs better to have a house resident mr van nbst- 1 slightly larger than you need t was his belief youre in trouble if your home is too small in reply mr van nostrand tated that he fully supported building regulation contend ing that council had placed too much importance on minimum miciuded size tvis ot brtrj quality pointed out to council members that more than half of the plans were too small by the proposed standard- his first thought he stated was that multiple fam ily dwellings won id become common in the municipality as rand that the iargersized homes had been encouraged by men who were wellestablished with a boosting assessment r the corporation but he i homes and this yyculd vryi