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markham resid ents in the vicinity of 28 paramount avenue east markham village are wat ching with interest the completion of one mans centennial project its a large 28 foot long cabin cruiser an imposing struc ture parked in a lane- way at the home of mr and mrs lynn reesor if work proceeds according to plans the boat will em bark oji its maiden voyage late next month lynn a teacher on the staff of tabor park voca tional school in scarboro is putting his holiday time to good use sanding paint ing and polishing his beau tiful craft the hull was built at nassau steel crui ser limited ballantrae the 4ton craft will be powered by a 215 horse power inboard outboard motor and will sleep six persons its first trial run will be on lake ontario handling a cabin cruis er is kids stuff for its own er lynn won his sea legs working aboard a great lakes grain boat a heavy coat of zinc paint will prevent any rus ting of the steel the sup erstructure will be paint ed white and remainder dark blue mr reesor said that moving the craft from its present drydock to the lake would prove no problem handy with a forge or a fiddle when it comes to operating a forge or a fiddle bill clarke of greenwood is a handyman at both he showed how it was done in the good old days aboard a float in greenwoods centennial day parade saturday afternoon staff photo ewart anthony farmed 43 years at locust hi locust hill the locust hill area lost one t its bestknown and most highly respected farm resi dents in the passing july 8 of mr j ewart anthony in uxbridge cottage hos pital he had been in ill health for about six months born at wexford in 1895 the son of the late mr and mrs george an thony he took up resi dence near whilvale fol lowing his marriage in 1924 his wife the former jennie seebeck survives along with two sons john of locust hill donald at home and five daughters mrs jean wilson or broug ham mrs marion douglas mrs eleanor bailey mrs shirley george and mrs joyce hennessey all of toronto a brother camp bell lives in markham there are four sisters mrs bert lewis altona mrs joan davis brooklin mrs roy seebeck clare- mont and mrs vera lee toronto mr anthony was a member of the white- vale united church rev w w fleischer a former pastor conducted the service july 10 from the dixon funeral home prepare for opening ballantrae work on the centennial commu nity centre near ballan trae in whitchurch town ship is progressing favor ably according to a com mittees report to coun cil discussed briefly july 11 committee members have asked the council to begin plans for an official opening to be held very soon a date will be an nounced shortly markham with interment elmwood cemetery the pall bearers were fred bcarc martland rvan john nigh edward ball gcrd seebeck and john spang air show sept 16 buttonville a centennial air show is planned for the button- ville port sept 16 but super sonic jets will not be included in the demon stration instead the show will include biplanes and fighters used in world war ii its not intended to be a national show of force said michael sifton a member of the committee in addition to vintage airplanes their will be parachute drops acroba tic displays skydiving contests and gliders the centennial air show is jointly sponsored by the toronto junior board of trade and lheforonto air ways limited to raise money for the north york general hospital former stouffville barber ken zeller earned per week stouffville times have changed since kcnneh zeller worked as an apprentice barber for jim hanrja in a shop on main street in stouff ville the tribune thurja wy 20 1967 pice 3 he earned 250 a week now retired after 53 to live ten months of the this cabin cruiser parked in the driveway of lynn reesors home paramount road markham is nearly ready for its maiden voyage in lake ontario next month staff photo prepare cabin cruiser for maiden voyage kenneth zeller ken was born in stouff ville december 8 1901 one of 12 children in the family of christopher zell er and sarah campbell his father was a mason and parttime gardener he attended school until the age of 12 then went out to work mr han- na his employer had the only barbershop in stouff ville at that time he re mained there 2m years then one day a man en tered the shop for a shave and a haircut his name was jake lehman he of fered ken a job in his shop at north bay for 15 a week and his train fare oneway he readily ac cepted after 2i years there he was making 2250 a week he moved to chapleau where he averaged 65 a week it was 1919 and haircuts were 35 cents and shaves 20 cents moved to guelph before setting up shop in guclph in 1928 ken spent l years at port arthur and returned for a time to his old employer jake lehman later he formed a partnership with a chap by the name of fred lalonde and they be gan their own business i across the road from the lehman establishment they remained there vh years in 1920 he was married to pauline stover of cal lander they have one daughter isabella mrs years in the trade he plans year in arizona b askew of oshawa and a son bud also a barber they have three grandchil dren oat of the family of 12 he is the only boy liv ing he has five sisters out of the original eight his only hobby in life has beea his work in the ioof an organization that he joined back in 1932 in 1961 he received the certificate for meri torious service and later the grand decoration of chivalry the highest hon or that an odd fellow can obtain he has been active in united church work holding the office of elder and usher and served as tenor soloist in the choir he is a 32nd degree mason and a member of rameses shrine toronto shaving mugs looking back on the good old days in stouff ville and north bay mr zeller can recall the popu larity of shaving mugs some with favorite em blems or initials of the owners in the lehman shop there were 128 such mugs in two large display cases this practice slack ened off in 1917 but bar bers still did considerable shaving up to about 1930 in the old days a bar ber worked from 8 am to 9 pm regulations con cerning work hours came into force in the 30s ken zellers shop in guelph became known as the brushcut centre of town he and his son bud did a big volume in brush cuts a technique that ken learned while an employee at lehmans today the electric clippers makes the job relatively easy what does he think of the modern males hair style with the long mops its difficult to tell a man from a woman and its hard to keep clean he says the fad is hurting the trade theres no doubt about it after 53 years kenneth zeller feels hes earned his retirement although his many friends hate to see him go many more would still like to join him in the sunny state of arizona editors mail whitchurch tsa cos historic claremont elm contains wixon family plaque a plaque related to the pioneer wixon family of claremont is embedded in the trunk of a historic elm tree on cone 9 west of the village the yixons came to canada in the late i700s and purchased several hundreds of acres in the claremont area staff photo july 17 1967 dear sir in order that the ratepayers of whit church township school area may obtain a clearer picture of their public school education costs let me provide the following information provincial grants to our public schools in 1964 were about 282 percent greater than in 1963 result ing in surpluses in many sections after they were forced into the township school area in january 1965 fcr example the sur plus of 882300 at ss 9 i lemonville was used to j ease the taxes in that area to the extent of approxi mately 10 mills during each of the years 1965 and 1966 likewise at ss 10 bloomington where the surplus was even larger the mill rates decreased substantially at a lime when education costs were increasing on the other hand the white rose sec tion ss 6 had a small surplus in 1964 giving verv little tax relief in 1965 and 1966 now in 1967 with all the kitties depicted the awful truth of sharply rising educational costs has hi us heavily but equally in the township in 1966 the gross cost per pupil in whitchurch public schools was 30680 the 1965 average for on tario in school systems of the same enrollments was 36597 or 5917 above that in whitchurch in larger school systems of mr ralph kirby of lemonville is one of the districts most active senior citizens he is 92 staff photo stouffville one of the most active senior citizens in the stouffville area is mr ralph kirby cone 7 whitchurch born dec 4 1874 he will be 93 his next birthday he could pass for a man of seventy since his early days of residence north of goodwood mr kirby has moved around a great deal he still likes to keep on the go but he never has to walk very far he cant go out for the mail but someone stops and offers him a ride said his son ken with whpm he lives hes a familiar figure on the side walks of stouffville almost every day ralph kirby was one of a family of five boys and one girl born to johnny kirby and mary brown three brothers frank wilmott and arthur and a sis ter ruth mrs clarence lamonte are deceased a brother luther lives at atha in pickering township a barber sixty years mr kirby learned the barbering trade at the age of 20 at that time a haircut was 15c and a shave 10c his work in this profession covered a span of sixty years and extended all the way from peterborough to vancouver here in stouffville he assisted bill harding on saturdays mrs kirby the former ann crandall of highland creek died in 1947 five of their six sons are living including ken at lemonville gordon in markham and alex howard and russell of toronto ralph kirby and ken have lived at their present home i the past 20 years acquiring the property from the late levi heise for jii years they resided in lemonville south of the general store mr kirby loves the country atmosphere of fall fairs and still attends many in different areas of the province he hasnt missed a day at markham fair in 40 years a highlight of course are the harness races mr kirby can spend hours at the track and never grow tired of watching horses pounding for the wire in a photo finish the tribune joins with all residents of the community in a tribute to a centennial senior citizen ralph kirby 92 heading for 93 more than 6000 pupils the average annual cost per pupil was 13720 above that in whitchurch this will account in part at least for the reported met ro toronto school tax public and high of 50 per 1000 assessment as compared to 44 in whit church money can do almost anything if you have enough of it j morris smith board chairman an experienced dentist is often building bridges enroute to early retire ment rilone 8526033 tliurs frl sal july 2021 22 rttod 0jfmsi mwlfljumfllalbwi a v mtrikjt soss- ed suums- ld by t 39 ocvkv k hulscr ct k11x2u plus laurel hardys laughing 20s complete shows at 7 830 pm sal matinee above shows at 2 pan the best family entertainment mon tucs wed july 242526 whos afraid 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