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i fourteen pages ontftn wnbttiie 3200 copies vol 02 no 17 the tribune stouffvh 1 e ont august 23 1901 a rare sight on main st today uxbridge twp tax rate 83 mills over last year heres a rare sight on stouff- villes main st but one that was quite common just a few years back the tribune cameraman snapped this out fit tethered on the main drag one day last week the horse and buggy belong to leslie wideman east end farmer who still makes use of this fourfooted transportation in preference to a gas buggy the buggy here itself is quite an antique and was manufac tured by john hall in the markham carriage works more than a half century ago markham township to get first big grocery market representatives of the loblaw stores appeared before markham township council on monday evening in connection with the erection of a huge grocery market 100xl40 on the northeast corner of steeles ave in the township at present the municipality is m possession of a laneway on the property and agreed to close this narrow roadway for the sum of 100 and the expense incurred in such closing to be borne by trie loblaw co the chain store men told coun cil that the erection of this store would open a new shopping dis trict in the township and be a distinct advantage to the munici pality mr beamish of the beamish construction co presented esti mates of paving work proposed for john st thornhill and extending to bayview ave the village por tion of the roadway was estimated to cost 11500 while the township portion which council had agreed to cover was estimated at 9900 nine thousand dollars had been budgeted for paving a portion to be done on the 9th con near stouffville however stouffville municipal council did not budget for this road expenditure and as a consequence the paving which is being done by the township on a trial basis will be delayed at least a year motor accident proved fatal for 86year0ld resident local rink wins simpson cup the simpson co trophy was captured by stouffville lady bowlers on the local greens recent ly the winners were skipped by mrs gordon lemon with mrs les wilson lead and mrs carl boad- way vice second place went to mrs cibbs of oshawa and third to mrs mcisride of whitby mrs kathleen m vernor and son keith from houston texas have been visiting with her brother dr ii r freel for the past week just two weeks after he was involved in a motor accident near the 9th con of pickering and the markham townline wellington wideman passed away on friday august 17th in the brierbush hospital stouffville mr wideman who was driving a horse and buggy at the time of the accident in which he was thrown from the rig had scarcely known a sick day up until that time although he was in his 87th year the late wellington wideman was a son of christian and hannah wideman and was born on the pickeringmarkham townline not far from his present home farmed on the 10th con of mark ham for half a century before moving to his tenacre place on the rear of that farm ten years ago sixty years ago he married sarali jane howettand the couple would have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary this decem ber the late mr wideman was a member of the united missionary church a reserved man he was always busy- with his farm and took no part in public life while his family operated a motor car as early as 1916 mr wideman con tinued to depend on the horse and buggy for his transportation and was travelling in this fashion at the time of his accident with a truck besides his wife deceased is survived by one son percy of mark ham and a daughter fern mrs bright at home he has one brother henry wideman picker ing township and a sister mrs b reesor altona there are three grandchildren and one great grandchild the funeral on monday aug 20th was conducted from the funeral chapel of l e oneill by rev h s hallman the pall bearers were all nephews of the deceased edward and arthur wideman ken and stanley reesor ernest carruthers and william coates interment was made in dicksons hill cemetery measured assessment on the way whitchurch markham expressing his willingness to system there was no hope of lower meet with all township councils to taxes familiarize them with equalized assessment york county assessor a simmons recently addressed the assessors of the county on this subject at newmarket a report of this meeting was brought to whit church township council at their last regular meeting will it be better or worse queried councillor e i mccarron itll certainly take the guess work out of assessing commented clerk jack crawford the opinion was expressed that small properties would le affected more than farm lands reeve mc laughlin stated that he hoped in order to proceed immediately with the new school building for section xo 13 whitchurch coun cil voted the sum of 10000 to the treasurer as an advance on the debenture issue of 30000 more money will be advanced as needed this loan will bear interest at payment of 100 was authorized to jacob grove as rent for the township dump plus two clays at 000 the clerk was instructed to obtain legil advice and to proceed to close road allowance on the green property part of lot 07 con i east in front of lot c to 13 inclu- wife of reeve ogden passes in toronto western hospital mrs gertrude constable ogden he wifo of stouffvilles reeve passed i away in toronto western hospital at 730 on wednesday morning i aug loth which she had entered 18 days earlier for treatment although in poor health for the past two years her last illness was only of some four weeks duration rev douglas davis conducted the funeral service in l e oneills chapel on friday after noon aug 17th followed by interment in stouffville cemetery pallbearers were messrs l c murphy david stouffer william griffiths and horace walsh of stouffville and emery culp and arnold henderson of ingersoll mrs ogden was bom in epsom surrey england 53 years ago the daughter of william constable and amy street constable on coming to this country she made her home in stamford centre in which place she was married in 1921 to henry ogden following their marriage the ogdens resided in unionville later moving to farm at cuiioden after making their home in ingersoll for a time they came to stouffville seven years ago this month the late mrs ogden was a lady of quiet demeanor and was well- known for her activities in the eastern star being past matron of markham chapter and a mem ber of the campbell ross matrons club in toronto she was a former member of the loyal orange benevolent association also and was identified with stouffville united church village residents will recall the ogdens celebrated their 25th wed ding anniversary on the 25tii of november twentyone months ago besides her husband one son kenneth and one daughter doreen as well as an infant granddaughter are bereaved by mrs ogdens pass ing one sister mrs arthur seeley amy of thornhill and a half- sister and stepmother residing in england also survive its the trend of the times commented clerk john ashenhurst at the regular meeting of uxbridge twp council last wk as the members thoughtfully figured out how much of an increase there would be in the tax rate for the coming year if we skin through this year well be worse off again next year continued dep reeve ren tindall as a considerable in crease became more evident clerk ashenhurst presented each of the councillors with an estimate of the expenses they could expect for the coming year so they might be able to decide on the amount of taxes to be collected to cover these expenses an estimate of the revenue was set at 1115023 with the expendi tures amounting to 3168500 leav ing a total of 1753177 to be raised by taxes by far the largest layout of money was set for the roads with 2200000 being set aside for this purpose salaries relief costs and hospitalization followed in that order other expenditures were fire protection at 60000 live stock claims 6500 printing and postage 47500 interest on loans 31000 tb aftercare 42000 po lice service 25000 and others the largest revenue is obtained from the road subsidy with 1100000 being taken in from this source dog tax grants and interest on taxes make up the rest it was thought by reeve cather- wood that the council would be unable to scrape through on the alloted 2200000 they had allow ed for roads for the coming year however it was brought up that there would not be a new truck to buy which cost the township over 1100000 and used up a great deal of the money set aside get out of the new truck we pur- for road work i chased yet they help pay for it the county rate was set at 927 mr tindall continued theyve mills as compared with cs7 mills been looking for these sidewalks for last year the township rate for a long time rose to 113 mills an increase of 27 mills over the year just ended the basic rate for schools reached a high of 109 mills with a high school area rate of 493 mills a total mill rate of 3040 mills was reached in comparison with 2s1 last year this is an increase of s3 mills road supt henry slack handed the water lays over the side walks now and it still will con tinue to do so in the spring of the year declared road supt slack at least it wont be broken up and will be safe to walk on argu ed dep reeve tindall it was then decided by the council that something should be done about ections of the sidewalk in good- in his bill of expenditures from j wood before someone tripped and leg on the out of place january 1931 to july 31 inclusive the total payments for bridges brush and weeds culverts dragg ing dust laying ditching patch ing snow removal wire fence and snow fence amounted to s52921 the largest expense in this list was for patching work done which amounted to 261341 snow re moval followed close behind with an expense of 233173in the mach inery line which was quite a big thing in uxbridge twp this year was the purchase of their new 1103760 new truck the cost of operating the maintainer was s262720 while the cost of operat ing the ks truck amounted to 261261 total expenditures amounted to 2643717 less a credit of 451000 leaving a total of 219217 the amount subject to subsidy is 21s0767 the old subject of whether to lay new sidewalks in goodwood was brought into the light again by dep reeve bert tindall there hasnt been much work done in goodwood lately and the taxes have gone up considerably declared the dep reeve what benefit do the people of goodwood broke a slabs population gain over 400 in ten years first figures compiled and released as a result of the 1951 census show important population gains in surrounding municipali ties in the last ten years all but three of 39 centres over 5000 pop ulation showed more people in 1951 than in 1941 and of 487 centres similar to stouffville only 79 declined in size stouffville has shown a gain of 418 in the last ten years and is listed with a number of other neighboring communities 1941 1951 aurora 2726 3326 newmarket 4026 5323 uxbridge 1406 1775 markham 1204 1593 woodbridge 1044 1685 stonffville 1253 1701 richmond hill 1345 2137 local plowman allowed in exhibition contest only bethany mo aug 16 a can adian champion plowman arrived here today from stouffville ontario believing he was to be entered in the national contest here tomorrow but officials had 25yearold robert timbers slated for exhi- tion plowing only he will work in the contest with the 20 other entries but even if he outpoints them all a united states winner will be selected instead an expense award of 100 equal to highest cash prize given a national winner helps to modify his disappointment he said late today and he will get a chance to match the national winner later this year in an international plow ing contest in ontario oflicialsjiad good reason to limit his plowing to exhibition only he comes from a family of champion plowmen his father was a cham pion of canada his uncle was a champion of canada and the united states both leo drake from memphis mo was awarded the championship in competition and along with gra ham stewart plainreld 111 who stood second will visit canada in october to plow at the inter national match clerk john ashenhurst gormley mans uxbridge township miniature house building inspector to be on display when the new system came into i sive in plan 362 as requested by being it was compulsory as it was his contention that under such a the hoard of school section xo 13 owners of the property miss betty woodland spent the veekend at home after holidaying in chicago mr and mrs harold caulfiold also spent the weekend with mr and mrs v e wagg attention veterans warriors day at the cne will lie saturday aug 25th free tickets arc available from lloyd weldon icn buckland or geo saunders tiicnc tickets arc for all veterans and their families real estate business continues to boom property turnover in stouffville continued at a pace this week with the sale of the fred chessman property on stouffer st just north of the congregational christian church to mr j l toole of tor onto the reported sale price was 7000 and possession will be given on sept loth mr chessman has purchased the chas woodcock house on the 10th con of markham just south of the cemetery grounds one half acre of land goes with the property and the selling price was 4700 the henry dvck house on main st east the former well- known limner home has been sold to milton rurk of brougham mr burk is a councillor in pick ering township the sale price of the place was 9000 and possession will be given april 1st of next year mr ken campbell representing the w j warren real estate agency negotiated the above tran sactions the topic of building inspector arose at the regular meeting of uxbridge council last week and since no one had anyone in mind to take the position clerk john ashenhurst consented to fill the vacancy at least until the end of the year it was agreed by the members that there wasnt as much to do in uxbridge township for a building inspector as in some of the other townships as the build ing wasnt too brisk the man to fill the job would need to have a knowledge of the building bylaw plus a knowledge of the construc tion of buildings the position would not be a full time job but the inspector would be paid ac cording to his mileage per hour it was decided to sell 15 of an acre from goodwood community park to the department of high ways for a price of 15000 this land of lincolnville to goodwood this year a miniature bungalow built of match sticks will be on display at the cne outside the giveaway bungalow main floor of the coliseum twentyfiveyearold allan sider of gormley ont worked evenings for four months and used 37 boxes of matches to construct this mod ern sixroom home complete with recreation room and attached gar age measuring 26 inches long and 3 inches wide it boasts a lawn shrubbery gravel driveway and even a toy dog and doghouse outstanding feature of the little match bungalow is the novel light ing system operated by a series of 12 knobs set in the side of the platform holding the bungalow the lighting of each room is con trolled by pulling out the knobs the interior consisting of a liv- mgdining room bathroom two bedrooms back hallway side land ing vestibule kitchen recreation room and front porch is painted and furnished with doll furniture d will be used for the extension on the glass windows are hung the new highway running from curtains made by mr sider bin self arena a floral masterpiece for horticultural show an interesting visitor to town on wednesday of this week was r h coulson of niagara falls mr coulson is a son of the late r p coulson who was reeve of stouff ville more than forty years ago mr coulson left town as a young man and is now manager of the guaranty trut companv at the falls the stouffville horticultural society held its 26th annual flower show in the stouffville arena recently in which nearly 600 entries participated it was one of the largest shows in the history of the society besides the regular flower display there were other exhibits such as vegetables bird houses school lunches decorated doll carriages baking and sewing the entire space of the newly constructed arena was filled to capacity with the colourful dis play mr ernie koliler of thorn hill gardiner for mr george mc- cullough was the flower judge mrs mitchell of newmarket judged the sewing and baking mrs dutlield mrs a fleming and miss g brooks judged the decor ated doll carriages the judging was done in the afternoon and in the evening the public was admitted a program was held and the judge explained his reasons for his various prize selections next year the society intends to make the affair a two day session as the number of entries and interest is on the increase the new classes for baking and sew ing created particular interest while the parade of decorated doll carriages proved one of the hits of the evening performance a complete list of the prize winners may be found in the second section of this weeks issue playoff baseball here thursday lindsay wnlkwoods will visit memorial park hero this thursday commencing at c pm the first game of the roundrobin tri- coiinty league playoffs with ktniiirvillc rod sox legion puts fifth car on the road stouffville legion members are now selling tickets on the fifth car which this organization has given away as a luckv draw prize in the past few years the new car is a ford custom model fully equipped only recently mr w j dods of toronto held the lucky ticket on a deluxe ford model given away at the legion street dance mr w j dods was owner of an ancient vehicle and was quite carried away by his good fortune he was awav from home on holidays at the time of the draw and committee mem bers were only able to contact him on his return