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residential tax mate lowered ss mills v i vlbum vol 68 so 2 the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 6 1957 fourteen pages ballantrae man killed in 401 smashup a transport truck loaded with cement overturned mon day on highway 401 after smashing into a milk delivery truck top photo shows the cab of the transport torn from the chassis and llewellyn pe terson of ballantrae trapped in the wreckage peterson died later in the oshawa general hospital the transport dump ed 350 bags of cement across the highway after the collision with the milk truck below is a section of the crowd which gathered after the collision pickering twp planners reject 200 million whitevale development i a toronto firm of planning consultants acquired recently by the township of pickering to study the proposed 200000000 industrial residential and com mercial development by the ir- mac corporation at whitevale brought in their initial report at the regular meeting of coun cil on monday evening the firms representative mr s little informed the members that after giving the matter careful study they found it nec essary to reject the project with regard to planning engineering and social aspects it is our opinion that in the best interests of the township this plan should be rejected he said it is premature mr little pointed out that he felt that the area concerned would not be ready for development until 1975 the planning representative rioted that there were a number of undeveloped registered plans adjacent to lake ontario he said he believed that this area should be developed first in reply to a question with regard to water he said it would be possible to pipe it up from lake ontario looking at the plan from a social aspect mr little pointed out that there was too much sameness among the residents at the present time the area concerned is almost entirely ag ricultural the council and planning board will review the report and meet with their planning engineers at a later date 550 for fighting grass fires markham twp council passed for payment monday afternoon an account for richmond hill in the amount of s550 for the eire brigade largely for grass fires the village of markham sub mitted an agreement in connec tion with fire service calls simi lar to the present arrangement with stouffville the agreement provides for 300 a year stand by time and s50 for each fire attended new radio station for york county district soon the latest advice from rich mond hill site of york countys new radio station is that open ing day for the station to be known as cjrh will be around the first week of july the new stations manager reports that cjrh richmond hill will have a doublebarrelled policy name ly to provide a public service for the people of york county and district and also to help promote business and aid the people who engage in it through out this area the cjrh studio now approaching completion is located in the mainprise build ing 50 yonge st north in rich mond hill the transmitter will be located on the harry naugh- ton farm at elgin mills and will provide a 500watt signal rough ly covering the area between lake simcoe and the northern limits of toronto and from ux- bridgc to woodbridge it will be located at 1300 on the dial over million for new schools a bylaw authorizing the spending of 1125000 for an addition to the richmond hill high school and a new school at woodbridge was passed by markham township council on monday markhams share of this amount will be 284000 police report the police report for may revealed that the cost of cruis ers for the month was 37493 with mileage of 11139 miles a total of 379 summonses were issued 49 for other districts number of dog complaints was nine milliken lights the cost of stop lights at the milliken corner on the kennedy rd was estimated at 10000 of which the townships of mark ham and scarboro would each contribute 25 maintenance of the lights would be 500 a year and the townships would bear 50 of this figure assessment up over one and threequarter million with the innovation of the provincial government per capita grant and the general increase in assessment stouffville municipal council was able to reduce the tax rate for 1957 on residential property by fifteen mills while this government aid does not apply to commercial and industrial property the tax rate on this property nevertheless is down approximately ten mills from last year the 1957 rate for home owners will be 733 mills and for industrial and commercial property 783 mills last years overall rate was ss mills these new rates will be applied on an assessment of 175579400 as in most municipalities in ontario school taxes make up approximately 60 r of the tax dollar although increase in local school costs did not rise to any greater degree than general village purposes high school costs remained exactly the same as in 195g due to in creased secondary school grants additional staff and wage increases for town employees formed a great part of the increase in general costs of the town operation which will require 3942933 this year as against 2687607 in 1956 the new measured assessment which is just being completed does not come into effect until 1958 and likewise the commencement of debenture payment for sewers will commence next year the total tax lew to be collected this year will be 13046016 as compared to 12020143 in 1956 the following are the levy amounts the rates and comparative figures with 1956 see moose near ballantrae rare says game warden mill mill kate levy rate lictj community centr 3 6 105347 8 100000 county purposes 116 2036721 136 1850920 general debenture 4 70231 6 69444 high school 72 1264171 93 1263740 hs debenture 72 1264171 90 1221423 public library 10 175579 13 173200 public school 263 4817738 320 4363809 welfare purposes 6 105347 10 140000 street lighting 10 175579 11 s- 150000 village purposes res 174 198 2687607 l comm res pate 224 733 3231132 commercial 783 13046016 885 12020143 265 best cow at guernsey sale vivian public school wins whitchurch twp field day the vivian public school ss three points separating the see- no 5 isjhe new holder of the on and fourth place schools council trophy emblematic of i ss xo gormley scored 02 the dispersal sale of a guern sey herd the property of mr roy moyer sky view farm dic kson hill found ready buyers from many distant ontario cen tres the herd including the heifers averaged 18850 the cattle sold from 175 to 265 and the heifers sold from 150 to 165 buyers attended from such points as brussels mt forest trenton lcfroy tavistock ba den sea forth exeter port per ry cookstown and maple the sale was conducted by sellers and atkinson who acted both as i managers and auctioneers the entire 10 head were sold in 1 the whitchurch township field day championship the students i points ss no 1 pine orchard scored a total of 111 points 19 totalled h points and ss no 11 more than their closest rivals ballantrae counted so points ss no 7 gormley the compc- the standings of the other ent- titions were held on wednesday j ties were as follows vandorf i urs morning and afternoon of last 62 hihcrest 32 lemonville is mr ha capp of eraser week in the community park and bethesda 11 da firms was pedigree man vandorf more than 700 pupils members of the whitchurch i were entered in the 26 events twp community centre board the ballantrae home and school association and members of the teaching staff assisted in the or- 1 ganization and operation of the cer sr j programme records were estab- 1 lished in 17 of the 26 events a i complete list of winners in each local farmers demand review of all pipe line easements by bd of tc in a strongly worded resolu tion markham township farm ers have demanded that trans canada pipeline easements be reviewed by the board of trans port commissioners the reso lution was passed at a meeting of local farmers called by the markham federation of agri culture in buttonville hall on monday night chas hooper chairman of the meeting pre sented the resolution reading as follows whereas the ontario dept of agriculture requested trans canada pipe line people to al low them to assist in formulat ing a just and fair contract re the easement on farm lands in regard to pipeline right of way whereas the trans canada pipe line people disregarded the re quest and presented the farmer with a contract for signature but in many cases not permitting the farmer to retain same long enough to get sound legal advice be it resolved that this meet ing go on record to petition the board of transport to review every case of contract easement within the area and if evidence of treachery fraud or misrep resentation is found that the casement contract be declared nul and void and the trans can ada pipeline people be asked to negotiate a new agreement neighboring farmers report in calling the meeting to order chairman chas hooper asked for reports from the representaj tives of each county ontario county representai 1000 an acre as the minimum price to be paid by the company we believe that no farmer should sign any paper presented by the company until he has had advice from his solicitor he contended during the question period one farmer suggested that the company be forced to purchase the land outright and not as an casement this point was de bated for some time and it was pointed out that if such action were taken the owner might have two parcels of land with out access from one to the other it was pointed out that the company requested a price on the purchase of an easement on a strip of land 60 ft in width on which they propose to bury pipeline of a size of 24 inches to a depth of three feet the land over the pipeline would be workable but no building could be erected on same and the registered agreement would al ways go with the title a number of the farmers stat ed that such a strip across pro perty would depreciate the value of the whole farm by 25 but it would not appear that such was the case unless the property was to be subdivided in which case the land owner would be left with this strip of land on which he would be taxed and no opportunity of sale show film the interschool track and field events were organized last year ss no 8 hihcrest public school captured the honours in 56 with a total of ho points pine orchard was second and vivian third mr and mrs ronald mercer and children visited with his mother last sunday mrs mcr- school board seeks sewers water services messrs keith middlemiss and ccc hendricks appeared before the stouffville municipal coun cil on thursday evening to dis- cuss probable new school sites i and how water and sewerage services could be supplied to them following the discussions the tives reported that officers of board members agreed that they the pipeline company had cov- would make a formal request ered the area affected and so to council for a sewer line north far as was known had not made up edward st to serve the land any definite contracts but it i the annual meeting of the opposite the high school presj was considered the land value shareholders of the bethesda ent plans call for sewer service would run from 200 low to stouffville telephone co held on this street not sooner than 500 high per acre mrs hamer recently presented a picture of 1950 hid there was the question of ontario county later added continued growth for the com- of whether or not the municipalj to this statement that the two pany with the number of tele- officers of the company were i phones in service passing the quite willing to answer all ques- 1 2g00 mark in their report to the tlons and were cooperative in shareholders the directors stat- cvery way ed that the demand for more mr wicks in reporting for j service was continuing but that york county said that those the company was presently able attending other meetings were depending on the federation to a number of farm residents at ballantrae reported seeing a large cow moose in the district last week one of the farmers mr ronald simpson told the tribune that he noticed the ani mal running through their pro perty and disappear in the di rection of musselmans lake he said it was bawling loudly as it ran and jumped the fences with comparative ease mr simpson noted that deer in the area are quite numerous but it is the first time anyone has ever seen a moose mr geo armitage york county warden said that it is very unusual to see a moose so far south he said that the animals have been reported in the washago district depending on the mooses age mr armi tage said that a fullgrown ani mal might weigh between 1500 and 2000 pounds he noted that it is quite possible that its young calf is in the immediate district the game warden told the tribune that the first open sea son on moose was declared last fall in the bracebridge and huntsville districts he explain ed that the cow might have moved south into an area that is protected there is no open sea son on either deer or moose in york county mr armitage noted also that a shortage of food in northern ontario during the winter might have forced the animal in to this area he said it was highly unlikely that the cow would be accompanied by a bull moose he pointed out that they can be dangerous only if the young is molested mr armitage said he planned to visit the ballantrae district in hopes of catching a glimpse of the animal route of the line across the three counties it crosses below stouffville on the 8th con at the farm of mr m little and so on east across the clifford king farm the line showed a variation of distance from the lot line and several curves dept representative mr c r belyea of the dept of agriculture stated that the company had consent of the transport board to take posses sion of the rightofway over the objections of the farmers and if amicable settlement was not made it would be arranged by arbitration he stated that the company could not be forced to purchase the land outright only an ease ment ten farmers stated that they had the required forms in their possession mr belyea said that the mark ham township link was about the last of the line as the com pany had arranged for land to the west and for most of the land east of whitby new survey a resolution proposed by clif ford king of markham twp requested the board of trans port commissioners to have the pipe line company make a new survey conforming with the lot line of the different prop erties crossed no one from the trans can ada pipe line company appear- cd for the meeting although mr j fred wicks stated that their board would permit any earlier financing of this line the pub lic school board the reeve ex plained would be expected to contribute considerable to the line as it would save the board constructing a septic system other possible land which would require service is north protect the interests of the land of the edgevalc subdivision owners and render every assist- board members told council that ance or refusal of the offers ociatcd with the a new school must be ready by the objective of the federation there was a tight race for the individual event appears on the runnersup positions with only sports page of this issue home mission board and had the honor on sunday of turn ing the first sod for the new united church at west elles- mcrc in scarboro the fall of 195s mr jack skinner is in sunny- brook hospital undergoing treat ment for a back injury j is to have the company arrange i to straighten the line he said the delegate for peel stated during the year an extensive the farm owners in his county work program was accomplish- a film was shown giving the office had been informed phone co annual meeting shows continued growth tics twentyfive miles of vari ous types of cable were erected 35 miles of poles were placed or replaced and 70 circuit miles of wire were erected a second floor was erected on the stouft- ville office building and two positions were added to the switchboard in the election of the board of directors at the conclusion of the meeting all the previous years board members were re- turned and this board has now elected the following officers i e glenn ratclifi president r manewell vice president thos b rae s n doner y c pugh h r button and c h nolan i directors mr norman baker recently engaged s office man- 1 ager was named secretary- i with- all the new to keep pace installations while revenues for the com pany were up over the previous year expenses rose even a greater amount or 16i- with additional capital gained through the sale of added stock open tenders new bridges subject to the approval of scarboro twp and the dept of highways and municipal board the tender of john patterson construction co was accepted for the new woodland park bridge in markham twp the tender price was 15190350 and was nearly a hundred thousand dollars lower than the second tenderer cashel bridge the fineghan company was awarded the contract for the new cashel bridge on the 6th con at a figure of 1922100 six bids were received for this construction ranging to a high of 3669300 qraducttcs 9 miss bettylou keffef davglt tcr of mr and mrs e g keffer rr 1 unionville re ceived her rn degree from the welleslcy school of nurs ing on thursday may 30th miss keffer was awarded a prize for bedside nursing miss pauline barkey rn daughter of mr and mrs m eby rr 1 unionville grad uated from welleslcy school of nursing on thursday may 30th she was the recipient of the prize in surgical nursing both miss keffer and miss bar- key were students at stouff ville district high school had decided thai they would set cd providing for increased facili- i treasurer mr graham frisby ba 20 year old son of mr and mrs jack frisby rr 2 mark ham received his degree from the univeslly of toronto on thursday may 30th he plans to study law at osgoode halt the local grad was also a stu dent at the stouffville dist high school