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rumne no 44 the tribune stocffville thursday march 22 1955 fourteen page3 plans retirement after nearly fifty years of service to uxbridge twp father of five killed when health minister to open new car crashes tree on no 7 hospital wing mr hilton v love so a eden of green river was instantly killed early saturday morning when his car kidded oit no 7 highway and crashed into a tree the accident oc curred on a curve east of the ninth concession op-p- con stable bert fyfe of the bond lake detachment investigated mr love was returning home from markhani where he had been bowling on friday night his car was badly damaged or blair mitchell of stouftviiie coroner was summoned to the scene mr love is survived by his 1 wife and five children gail s pamela 7 brenda 6 terry 1 and gregory 2 bank hours next week the chartered banks in sou- iiville and district will be clos ed all day on good friday i march 30 and again all day on easter monday april 2 it has oeen announced by their managers to avoid closing of the banks from thursday tint the follow ing tuesday the banks will open their doors for business en saturday from 9 to 11 in the morning normal closing time 3 pm will be in effect on thursday march 29 e newe- county et will tr j york marl cd this saturd phillips minis the completion of this wing will bring the ins to a total capacity of 120 there are fiftysix a pr w g on tne hospital at new- e officially open- day by dr mi of health this new no help for economy til govt takes over educational baby re are thirtysix il is operated by eysix headed by 1 thomas miper 1 miss grace stit- thirtytwo rioc- 1 on vie medical eyeball must town rr cessment eclare two in addition new basinet the hospi a staff of nl miss lillian intendent a ton assistai tors are list staff the york county now completing its third in a building and expai program cost of the kites dition is 750000 the original building opened in the late 1920s provided accommodation about 30 patient provided at that were neve anywhere lint education bab- longs with the provincial and dominion governments de clared councillor cliff wall- work of whitchurch township duirng a discussion over sub- r- division control on thursday evening no step on ad- was and for the facilities irae included ng to get meters to come into our town- put the ship and chop up farms with- cre it be- out regard to the added costs to the permanent residents asked mr evans reeve p s legge said he didnt look at the matter this way the question is are we going to load the present resi- i dents with increased costs year the rna provides that the after year the only way to government take care of educa- s help is by more housing tion but theyve ahvavs got ontj mr legge from under bv dumping it on well the place to start is the municipalities he contin- 1 to get our assessment system tied the discussion on educaional costs emerged as part of talks between council and planning board over proposed new sub divisions chairman lome ev ans of the planning board in formed council that two new an operating room with one op- subdivisions had been placed mr john ashenhurst of goodwood the oneman clerical stall for the township of ux bridge during the past 4s years has decided definitely to retire this summer he handed in his resignation at the regular mee ting of council last week mr ashehhursts retirement from municipal business will conclude a chapter in the town ships historical life that start ed back in the year 19qs at that time he was appointed assessor a position he held for three years at a salary of s70 mr james howitt was the col lector at that time at an annual wage of 90 in 1010 mr distin mcdonald took over the assess- orship while mr ashenhurst put more time on the erection of his new home in goodwood where he still resides in 1011 he was appointed to the board of health a position he still retains and in 1022 he resumed the assessors job and contin ued this work until 1051 he accepted the position of clerk- treasurer in 101t and has held i that post for the past thirteen years in addition to his regu- iar duties as assessor and clerk mr ashenhurst also found time to act as the twp building inspector and welfare officer the wellknown goodwood resident has not always been ah employee of uxbridge twp following completion of his schooling at the webb public school on the 5th concession and uxbridge high school mr ashenhurst entered the teach ing profession and taught pub lic school both at quaker hill and at webb an accomplished carpenter he worked in the building trade for 15 years and specialized in the erection of barns throughout the district he also built a number of homes in goodwood stouftviiie and claremom his entire life has been spent in uxbridge township mr ashenhurst will mark his soth birthday on july 11th during the past half century mr ashenhurst has had numer ous experiences that are not encountered by municipal em ployees today as township 1 assessor he would walk from farm to farm and hip last call 1 in the evening would be his resting place he would start i out on foot on monday morning and return to his home in goodwood on saturday night i the township was assessed on ly during the winter months land the roll from 199s1915 i amounted to approximately a million dollars since 19 is the assessment roll has increased by some 480000 until it now totals more than two million when mr ashenhurst took over the clerktreas position in 1013 mr edgar johnson was reeve of the township mr stuart ball the present reeve was then a member of council mr ashenhursts vast knowl edge of municipal affairs has down through the years been of invaluable assistance to past councils and his services will he sorely missed when he fin ally retires from the employ of the township his very life has revolved around municipal business and his compact office has been a very important part of his home whitchurch tp council to discuss financial problems this week a special meeting has been calied for whitchurch council finance committee this week to discuss the pressing assessment problems deputyreeve rich- ardsori and councillor wall- work proposed a resolution ask- ing that the 1057 assessment a oil be returned on a measured basis reeve legge suggested that this matter be left for a special meeting of the finance committee county levy vr the york county tax levy for whitchurch township this year will le up approvimately 0000 over 1055 total amount of the levy is sl4ms0 made up as follows 3125555 for general purposes and 131 195 for roads ask road help reeve legge deputyreeve richardson and the road supt ernest davis are meeting with the dept of highways officials tp discuss the possibility of aid for the township due to the excessive truck traffic which is costing the municipality thous ands of dollars in additional road work whitchurch towni ship has no less than twelve gravel pits within its borders gravel tenders five tenders were received i by the township for the annual gravel contract of 20000 yards but a decision on the award has been delayed pending investiga tion of one of the tenders the contract for bulldozer work went to k j beamish at a figure of 1350 an hour and so an hour for travel time there were three bids for this work the eyeball method of meas- j uring assessment must go de- 1 dared councillor harry wal ters at last weeks meeting of j stouffville council the state- j ment was made in support of a resolution which he intro duced calling for a change to measured assessment the mo- j tion was seconded and support- j ed by councillor ken laush- j way a tie vote resulted when j deputyreeve burk and coun- eillor wagg opposed the mo- tion reeve elmer daniels kill i ed the resolution when he east i the deciding vote on the nega- i tive side i it was not proposed to change the newer metnod until arter the return of the assessment roll this fall said councillor walters the 57 taxes would be the first to be levied under this system of assessment to remarks that there were very few ratepayers who appealed their assessments he replied even so the basis may not be uniform the present system leaves too much to human er ror measured assessment un like the eyeball measuring we use applies equally to all since you cannot dispute the actual measurement of a house in any case he addedwe would only be getting in ahead of provincial legislation which will ultimately demand that all municipalities m ontario go on measured assessment he added that there would be plenty of time given to pro vide for public meetings and other means of acquainting the public with the merits of meas ured assessment in casting the deciding vote against the motion reeve dan iels stated that he commended partis of the proposal but felt that the advantages at this time were outweighed by the disadvantages as an example he gave the question of the county levy which is based on the assessment of each munici pality in the countv of york generally he said with meas ured assessment the total as sessment goes up even though the taxes paid remain the same therefore said reeve daniels unless the rest of york county goes on measured assessment we would be penalized right off the bat he dealt also with the claim that the now system i would improve the financial standing of the village if there is an improvement in borrowing power it is only false stated the reeve bej cause the population remains the same and so does the total amount of taxes raised tiie reeve and councillor e crating table one delivery room a small xray department a kitchen and a laundry locat ed in the basement of the main building the second step was taken in 1015 when the margaret davis memorial wing was added this wing increased the rated capacity of the hospital to 51- adult beds and a nursery with accommodation for 12 bas wagg both credited assessor i ettes at this time new deliv- lloyd turner with improving i cry room facilities were pro- the assessment picture coun- vided in the new building a eillor wagg feit that the ap- new xray department a frac1 i an assessment lure room ami small laboratory commissioner would help fur- established on the around ther to equalize the tax load eu on ii it g r ounn optimistic refrain was n a now heating plant was this optimistic refrain interrupted by councillor lau- shway who bluntly interrupt ed to ask why have so many municipalities swung to meas ured assessment then we on ly leave ourselves open he said when an assessment is appealed because we have no real basis to explain how the assessment was made here reeve daniels stated he did not know of a single case in markham village where the taxes had been lowered since the adoption of measured as sessment he agreed with the suiiitiu iic agreed witn tne backers of the proposal that the le populauon of tne commun is pi installed and the laundry was moved to a separate building where modern laundry equip ment was installed space oc cupied by the delivery room in the old building was converted to a minor operating room due i further authority to build in to lack of funds kitchen facili- j subdivisions in stouffville must tics were not enlarged wait until definite approval is the third step was started i received from the municipal early in 1951 when architects board for completion of the were engaged and preparation own sewerage system the vii- of expansion plans was com- 1 council decided last week menced the steady growth in j lho decision wa uptodate said deputyreeve richardson reeve legge said that he did not favour throwing the gates wide open neither did he fa vour saying stop he said hed be happy to hear from the in dustrial committee on any pros pects they had for new factor ies you wont get any industry until you get some services said councillor walhvork hcncssey subdivision tiie lawrence hennessey tained 196 lots and the other i subdivisionis practically ready 01 one subdivide- had intil for approval a bond of mated that he would be willing l 3000 having been posted by to provide 500 a lot for muni- henessey for the comple- cipal services r evans said tion of the roads the sub-divi- are we going to allow pro- slon u located on the 3rd con cession proval of further s must before the board foi approval and that they had been turned down for the time being the subdivisions proposed would lie on the 4th con south of prestons lake the one con- provincial government would give stouffville every assist ance in making the change but cautioned that there were al ways costs- involved that were not always foreseen whenever worc considered and after many a change in assessment is made ity and the increased demands on the hospital had made it apparent for 3 or 4 years that additional facilities were vital ly necessary several plans late mrs steckley was great reader the funeral of the late mrs joseph steckley held on wed nesday of last week at heise hill church was attended by a large number of relatives and friends a short family ser vice at the home was taken bv rev roy nigh the heise hill quartette sang one sweetly solemn thought the service at the church was in charge of rev j r steckley a nephew of the deceased assisted by rev win vanderbent the quartette again sang two of her favorite numbers meet me there and precious mem ories during her long life mrs steckley enjoyed unusually good health she was a great reader and during her illness i continued on page 9 made in con- correspondence for idering warded to council from the planning board this week council will meet with the engineers of this pro ject who will detail plans for tiie completion of the project surveys have now been com pleted and the engineers are prepared to receive firm bids for the final stages of construc tion following receipt of the tenders it was learned council will ask for approval from the municipal board it was felt by council that if this approval were not given council could not safely authorize further building where waste disposal depended on the use of septic tanks york manor cow gives twelve tons of milk discussions with architects offi cials of the provincial dept of health medical and hospital staffs the present plans were approved and the building con tract signed construction com menced in the spring of 1955 members of the purebred initially it was thought that holstein herd maintained at about 90 beds would he ade- 1 york manor newmarket do quate the original aim has i ike th residents spend been surpassed and when thei declining years in a leis- present building has been com- i manner they must real- pleted the size of the hospital 1 work har1 for lheir keo will be more than doubled i this is evidenced bythc excep- tionally large record of per- i formance test just completed by kenevelyn rag apple gai- i ety a a sevenyearold in 305 on twiceaday milking continued on page 7 10 lost ov main st on wednesday morning mrs ieitch of rr 2 stouffville had the misfortune to lose a ten- dollar bill between the bank and tiie post office the finder may phone her at 291 w2 as days gaiety produced 21093 lbs of milk 9077 quarts containing 101 lbs fat average test 422 percent butlerfat in recogni tion of this outstanding per formance an award of a certifi cate of superior production has been made by the holstcin- kriesian association of canada actually gaietys record is s0 above that of the average hol stein for milk and 11s higher than the average for butterfat production this is the fifth record com pleted by g3iety all of them well above average as a two- yearold she produced 16os7 lbs milk as a fouryearold 10215 lbs as a fiveyearold 12012 lbs as a sixyearold 206s3 lbs and now has given 121003 lbs milk awards presented ot annual carnival bofih school teachers fifty years ago shadow lake camp to close after 33 yrs as popular resort mr and mr septimus h mrs foote whose m fooe are celebrating their rame v cora young taught n glasgou le to become the tworoomed sen taught in waterloo county in wood glasgow eat of stouve and tre in he pr golden veulng anniversary both were teachers mr fo oviree o to out a- ou n later his children utcrued a it jonni church after thirtythree years as a summer resort operated by the t eaton company for their feminine staff members and girls from other firms shadow lake camp is to close this summer the iioacre farm formerly i owned by the late dr dales of i stouffville was purchased in j the spring of 1923 and trans- formed into a palatial girls i camp by the eaton firm num- erous additions to the buildings j and recreational facilities have been made since that ime the camp wax formally opened in july 1923 in checking the historical data on the camp we find that i on opening the camp was pre sided over by miss hodgkms and mis lafalamme workers in the girls club carleton st toronto the flag was raised at the opening ceremonies by la dy eat m the original super- vors at the camp were mr and mrs marriott the latter a daughter of the late dr dae for s me rs now the farm and ctiri have been managed by mr and mrs a h williams of stouffville the setting is ideal mere are three lakes on the property the largest being shadow lake at the entrance by the winding i toad riding horses are provid ed swimming and boating in struction tennis golf and arch- cry attendance at the camp j at peak periods during th sum- i mer ran as high as ninety girls but this figure has dwindled j sharply the last few years every summer since its in ception more han ten years i go members of the stouffville j lions club have enjoyed an outing to the camp as guests of mr and rs williams and this event will be greatly miss- 1 ed by the local organizations it is interesting to note that j in a press report on the open- 1 inn of the camp rates were quoted as s650 and s750 a week including meals a sharp i intr u th lites for similar iitics today our historical data gi on to say frequent bonfires hikes and the informal dances are delightful features of the camp in the evening a twomile walk to the village ci b ii ntrac v anyone who a chance to see the come in and patrome the village icecream shop atl t tin are orovldl f c into iroe go off the property therejstouff e tor ba araes mrs preside profes presents a nre opny left tyarsn slack junior singles ess and champion at the annual club stouffville figure skg to bet- club ice revue n the arena on f i f f iday n people i ht close to attended th