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hi 1 view through the barn door a crowd estimated at 3000 attended tlie farm aurtion sale saturday afternoon on the pro- perty of carman weslev 11th ave markliam twp this photo was taken through the rear door of the main barn another picture appears on pace of this issue staff rhoto disturbance charge dismissed following parking lot fracas iobt hathaway main st stouffville charged following a disturbance march 20th be tween he and police chief or- land keating had his case dis missed tuesday in richmond hill court by magistrate rus sell pearse the police chief told the court that he was summoned to the rear of krings furniture store in answer to a complaint he received regarding a parked car blocking a driveway chief keating stated that the car be longed to the accused hathaway and the auto was blocking a truck the chief said he re quested hathaway to move his car but his request was denied placing the time of day at 210 pm the officer testified that a number of spectators had gath ered and were within hearing distance of the conversation used foul langiiac one of the witnesses ronald wagg who is employed by krings told the court that he heard hathaway tell the police chief that he would not move his car he said that the accus ed used foul language concluding the crowns case another witness david vaugh- an bainc ave toronto testi fied that he observed a scuffle between the officer and the ac- cused and was subsequently j asked by chief keating for as sistance however torn mus- cles in vaughans arm preven ted him from rendering aid and he asked another bystand er to help claimed was grabbed hathaway testifying in his own defence told the court that when he returned to his designated parking spot he found it was occupied by ano ther car upon the arrival of the po lice he said he went over to the chief to lodge a complaint he said that chief keating grabbed him by the arm and motioned him into the cruiser hathaway refused and the scuffle started two witnesses for the de fense mrs linda hathaway the accused mans wife and da vid hathaway his brother ver ified the story related by the accused man solicitor paul mingay said that there was a conflict of ev idence between the crown and defense witnesses he claimed that no one was actually close enough to consider the charge a public disturbance magistrate pearse agreed he sajd that on the evidence the accused did in fact swear not at the public but at the po lice officer but such hard lan guage is not a criminal offense the incident was not near enough to the public to war rant a conviction the magis trate concluded wide variance in rales in markham school area 2 some residents within the newlyformed public school area no 2 markham twp are in for a rude tax jolt this year while others will get off for next to nothing this year has been set aside as a period of adjustment and sections or areas are being credited with the assets that they contributed at the time of amalgamation in 3966 the rate will be equalized across all of area no 2 an example of the rate vari ance may be seen in ss 12 fifth line where in 1964 it was 113 mills in 1965 it will be 2915 mills on the other hand at ss 17 dicksons hill the rate in 1964 was 157 mills in 1965 it will be 628 a breakdown and comparison of farm and residential rates in both 1964 and 65 are as follows 1903 19u1 road block halts youths after highspeed chase four stouffville district youths were stopped on no 7 hwy west of locust hill dur ing the early hours of saturday morning after police set up road blocks with their cruisers the chase at speeds exceed ing 90 miles per hour started from altona after stouffville constable edward griinshaw answered a call to the premises of colin williams he said that someone was attempting to steal the chrome wheel discs and hub caps from his car constable grimshaw spotted an auto that met the descrip tion but it raced from the scene a call to markham vil lage and markham twp brought pc ray ward and p c bruce findlay into the area and they cut off the lads es cape at the corner of cone 10 and hwy 7 charged with dangerous dri ving is wm storry of rr 2 stouffville charged jointly with theft is the driver and three passengers wayne klein- fcldt jas mclnnis and gary graham all 17 and all from stouffville rr 2 they ap peared in magistrates court whitby on tuesday but the case was adjourned to a later date pickering to put tax squeeze on land speculators former area 2 milliken ilagerman 856 148 former area 3 gormley 2341 130 former area 4 cedar grove loc hill 3491 36 ss no 10 unionville 2504 192 ss no 1 1 2986 172 ss no 12 pifth line 2945 113 ss no 13 melville 2585 nil ss no 16 mt joy nil 186 ss no 17 dicksons hill 628 157 ss no 19 ninth line 261 nil ss no 22 mongolia 81 138 plan fulltime french teacher markham twp public school area board no 2 is planning to add a fulltime french teacher for pupil instruction next fall negotiations are underway but arrangements have not yet been finalized this year french is being taught in schools of former twp school area no 3 and at unionville where the boards cooperated with school area no 1 in hiring a teacher runttie vol- 76 no 45 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april a 1955 sixteen pages wesley farm auction attracts huge crowd 38000 realized when speaking of crowds the term just like mark ham fair is often used- never has this overworked phrase been more fitting however than on saturday after noon at the farm stock and implement auction on the property of carman wesley lot 5 cone 7 and 14th ave markham twp a crowd estimated at 3000 rolled up cash sales total ling 3845300 within a period of five hours veteran auctioneer ken prentice of markham who has been calling bids since 1920 termed it the largest farm auction in the history of york county with the attendance far exceeding anything he had ever experienced he disposed of the implements while his brother clarke handled the household furnishings they later joined forces to sell the beef cattle that numbered 102 head the clerk was jim smith of gormley assisted by allan meyers of birchcliffe and mr m mackenzie manager of the im perial bank of commerce unionville prices kxtra good 1 5000 and the cornpicker sold prices throughout the entire for s1700 the weather was sale were good the beef cattle averaged 5160 with breeding cows going at 5200 apiece the combine brought a top bid of perfect which eased the pains of the legweary who had to park their cars about a mile from the sale scene although a little soggy underfoot no one seemed to mind and most came equipped with rubber boots to cope with the conditions still in hospital the owner mr wesley could not be present he is still con fined to scarboro hospital fol lowing an accident in january when his fish hut on lake te- magami was struck by a car he expects to be released in a- bout three weeks the entire sale was arranged by the auctioneers neighbours and members of the markham- unionvillc lions club with the assistance of mrs wesley the auction that began sharp at 12 oclock noon was completed by five the farm property was sold several years ago and mr and mrs wesley will take up residence in the former geo hoover residence no 48 hwy north of markham village strike waternot enough dog entitled to one bite but not 5 or 6 says dep reeve every dog is entitled to one bite but this one has had five or six commented deputy- reeve ken laushway at a reg ular meeting of town council on thursday night the discussion centred ar ound a black labrador retrie ver owned by mrs ethel wil son obrien avenue it is pre sently in quarantine at the stouffville veterinary clinic after biting an employee of councillor ken betz of the betz construction co the town must pay the bill for this quarantine service this dog is costing too much and is taking too many pieces out of people said the deputy- reeve he said that in the past year it had bitten five or six persons including a local police officer councillor betz said that the atack on this man came with out warning it doesnt bark just bites he said he noted that the town had no legal right to destroy the animal unless untagged police chief orland keating said later that the owner had agreed to dispose of the animal to discuss fire agreement with markham township strike water but still not enough the best water testdrill to date was made on friday at a site on tone whitchurch a mile north of town the strike was made at the 108 foot level and a 6 inch pipe is currently running full although the capacity of the flow has not yet been caused p u c chairman waller atkinson told the tribune that the supply in his opinion falls short of what is required the location or the drill hole is on the west side of the isinth only a few feel front the towns ehlorination plant the drilling rig lias since been moved in another site northwest of this property a committee of markham twp council will meet stouff ville- council members on thursday today to discuss the proposed fire protection a- greement as submitted several weeks ago the request was received from the township clerk harry crisp and discussed briefly at the town council meeting last week deputyreeve ken laushway said that he was not opposed to a meeting on the matter but he would not favour any change in the original figures both whitchurch and ux- bridge twps have accepted the new terms but nothing has been finalized in writing with pick ering or markham reeve win timbers sugggest- ed that each of the municipali ties would have to decide if they wanted the continued pro tection councillor wm parsons said in connection with the mark ham agreement that it would be unfair to change it for them and not the others delay final decision on centennial project farm properties in pickering twp purchased and held for speculative purposes will be as sessed and taxed accordingly once a new schedule of rates is worked out by ontario county assessment commissioner gor don hepditch and the dept of municipal affairs councill wm newman in formed a meeting at brougham on monday night that it was common knowledge that farm lands in the township were be ing acquired but not for farm ing purposes we must stop this practice of speculative buy ing and holding under the pre tense of agricultural use he said he charged that the as sessments on such properties should be raised to a realistic were finalized rate schedule the council members unanimous in their support of this action must take lead councillor harvey spang a- greed with the committees rec ommendation we must take the lead he said he noted that many farm properties had been purchased for the sole purpose of splitting them into ten acre building lots pretty soon there wont be any legitimate farms left in pickering twp he said councillor newman said that once the rate schedule of as sessment for speculative land holdings is established the county assessor would file ap peals id like to know who the solomon will be to decide these i igure he admitted that it assessment rates commented eight bt difficult to arrive at i councillor herb wank late james jarvis well known here on monday april 5th mr edward james jarvis long time and wellknown markham twp- farmer passed away in the stouffville nursing home he had been ill for about two weeks mr jarvis was 88 born at locust hill he farm ed on the 7th cone of markham and 26 years ago took up resi dence on main street in stouft- villc his wife the former es ther rccsor died 20 years ago surviving arc three sons stanley of toronto harold of markham lome of ajax and four daughters mrs frank ro berts mabel of unionville mrs fred shadlock vera of unionville rr 1 mrs sam housser vcrna of markham and mrs wm morris edith of stouftviilc rr 3 there arc 20 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren the funeral service will be held from the oneill chapel stoultvillc on thursday after noon today at 2 pm con ducted by rev allan borland of the stouftviilc united church with interment in the stouft viilc cemetery the pall bear ers are clifton morris glenn shadlock howard shadlock ken roberts gordon housser and leslie jarvu the much discussed stouff ville centennial project will come up for final approval or rejection at the next meeting of council on thursday evening april 15th at a meeting last week dep utyreeve ken laushway sub mitted a notice of motion that will force a vote on the issue both reeve win timbers and councillor wm parsons said that in view of the exclusion of the museum building from the original plan they wished more lime to consider the proposal the project now calls for a cen tennial garden and park en trance off main street with the old anglican church to be de molished committee chairman ross giles outlined the program be fore council that exclusive of land would cost an estimated 7900 he said that with grants from the government the town and the lions club this figure would be more than covered the chairman also suggested that to replace the museum glass display casements could be located on the grounds to contain items of local historical interest although a water strike was riiade at a site north of stoutrville on the dili cone of whitchurch twp puc chairman walter atkinson feels hat the supply is not sufficient to fill ths towns need tests will be made to measure lite flow staff photo whitchurch council seeks extension on halfload period whitchurch twp council will seek approval from the dept of highways for permis sion to extend the halfload pe riod to a later date in the spring the problem was discussed at a meeting held last week and the members agreed that due to the lateness of the season the road breakup would occur at a later time than usual police chief fred mason sal a he had received several com plaints from residents in ths bloomington area concerning gravel overloads he said that a delegation from the commun ity might come before council the chief said that his fore was in close touch with the sit uation and many summonsef had been handed out first show on saturday niglil club professional jean barclay will introduce her first springtime ice revue in the stouffville arena the pro gram concludes many weeks of preparation and a sellout crowd is expected a few re served seat tickets are still available and can be pur chased af the rink an accident on main street in stouffville back on dec 14th of last year in which a 23 year old scarboro motorist collided with a car driven by peter stover main st w was aired in rich mond hill court on friday phillip dickson charged with careless driving was fined 30 and costs total damage was estimated at 1500 and the stouffville driver was injured new rambler dealer youth jailed 5 days charge law outdated a plea by solicitor howard garfield that the law pertain ing to minors who consume li quor while under the age of 21 years was now outdated and should be changed failed to save his client from a 5day jail sentence when he appeared in richmond hill court on tues day pc albert hudson of mark ham twp police said that scott moore of willowdale was one of six boys found in a car that contained 22 full pints of beer throe part bottles and three empties he said that the boys breath smellcd of alcohol moore is 18 magistrate russell pearse said that moore was a second offender and the minimum sen tence for such an offense is five days in jail a second chargs against the youth was with drawn the stouffville arena will close its doors after sunday night mr and mrs almour clarke mrs martin hutchinson and mrs don mover of toronto left by plane on tuesday to spend a holiday in florida mr and mrs george wilson rose ave mr and mrs dave white and mr and mrs bill wilson of victoria square re turned on sunday from a 10 day holiday they motored to new york city where they boarded the cruiser ss homeric and enjoyed a cruise lo nassau late chas sargent markham hardware merchant forty years sanders hulm and service in sfouftvttfe u uie town new rammer dealer sir bill sander is pictured hero behind the wheel of the luxurious ambassador model staff photo on friday april 2nd mr chas sargent hardware mer chant on main street in mark ham village for 40 years passed away in the scarboro general hospital following a brief ill ness he was in his 88th year mr sargent came to mark ham in 1923 and purchased the huffman store he built up an exceptionally fine trade and his name became a byword in the hardware line throughout the community the sargent hotair furnace and the sargent cook stove were wellknown in the area he knew most of his customers by name and would always take a few minutes of his time to talk over old times mr sargent was born at mo no road in peel county at the ags of 17 he started as an ap prentice in tinsmithing and plumbing at alliston and later was employed at thamcsford toronto uxbrldge and union ville he spent some time in the west and later purchased a hardware store in claremont where he remained for 14 years he was interested in farming and owned property in the claremont area he was a mem ber of st andrews united church markham and the brougham masonic lodge surviving arc two daughters isabel mrs frank burkhold- cr and violet mrs j v fry both of markham and four grandchildren ralph and john burkholder and joan and mar ian fry his wife the former charlotte johnston passed away 10 years ago the funeral service was con ducted by rev albion wright from the dixon chapel mark ham on sunday afternoon with interment in st andrews ce metery the pall bearers were fred conlcy alex robertson howard pilkey walter gould percy widcman and clar wherry