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p 12 the tribune thursday august 19 1sc1 late max reesor fine athlete markham the markham community down through the years has produced many excellent athletes but none was ever more competitive more colorful than the late- peter max reesor max reesor passed away aug 11 following a heart at tack while enjoying a game of euchre at his apartment residence 56 main street north while the suddeness of his death came as a shock to relatives and friends it was the way he would have wanted he was 74 max reesor max reesor was born june 30 1897 at lot 13 cone 7 markham the son of peter h reesor and lilly ramsey the property was originally purchased by peter reesor sr the deceaseds great- great grandfather in 1805 it was retained in the reesor family name 160 years max reesors community con nections and con tributions are endless he was a member of both the markham public school and high school boards he was an active liberal in politics serving as president of the markham twp liberal association and a devout supporter of wl mckenzie king when he became prime minister of canada in 1921 kinq in the 1940s he formed part of what was known in markham main street circles as the arm chair club getting together with four other close associates in the tremont hotel every noonhour to discuss important issues of the day of the five only milt russell survives he is a patient in sun- nybrook hospital others were peter stewart ob heise and jack burns at the age of 17 max reesor joined the canadian army serving overseas with the 52nd battery it was while stationed in france he was awarded the military medal a presentation made to him per sonally in 1919 by the duke of windsor of all his interests sports ranked number one he signed his first oha certificate in 1911 at the age of 14 he played with in termediate hockey teams in markham and uxbridge qualifying for a tryout with the old chicago cardinals fore runners of the present day black hawks then 33 he was ruled ineligible because of age to hold a regular position with the club for 18 years max worked as an oha referee receiving one of the original gold stick awards from mr hockey himself wm a hewitt he prized it highly stouffville was to know of max reesors athletic ability too he was a catcher for many years with the hardball club teaming up with earl cook on several occasions earl visited the parlors friday to pay his respects as in hockey and baseball so in football lawn bowling and curling max reesors determination to be the best led teams to district and ontario championships a plaque on the ajh eckardt bowling trophy dated 1837 bears his name equestrian team wins top trophy at halton county show the bay view farms equestrian team k left to right tanis johnston 13 rr 4 stouffville steven weizz 15 downsview liz wray 13 scarboro and jamie smart 19 willowdale took top honors in a halton county competition aug 8 ewen stouffville rr 4 their coach is ben pick of the mill stouffville wholesale fabric mill polyester crepe 198 reg 249 sale permanent press cotton save 20 2 locations to serve you stouffville uxbridge 11 main st e m lhhiml pet shop 72 brock st 6404922 8527521 jas thomas i towns provincial grant plum only 3200 f mensr car truck rentals hourly daily weekly pickups stakes and vans available at low rates markham supertest service centre highways 7 48 markham phone 2945112 2972927 smile a mile with arrow v york region christmas came early to york regional council this year on august 19 the hon dalton bales minister of municipal affairs surviving is his wife the former rila milroy two brothers percy and lloyd are deceased- hundreds of per sonal and family friends many from a distance visited the dixon funeral home and attended the funeral saturday afternoon the floral tributes were beautiful pall bearers were donald reesor john dewitt dennis pilkey gordon pilkey stanley milroy and john lunau in terment was made in the reesor family plot elmwood cemetery played santa claus and revealed special grants to the region which will total 850000 during 1971 york region will receive more than 7200000 in grants over the 1970 figure the special grants are basically designed to help the regional government overcome growing pains problems which have arisen as a result of regionalization levies carr nsw be made on the basis of assessment rolls avoiding a com plicated procedure of apportioning levies on equalized assessment the grants will also according to mr bales assist the region and its area municipalities to bring expenditures and revenue into line the town of commercial residential too- 15 the kind of fine service we have don shank fuels 31 joseph st markham 2941570 markham which paid 26 percent of the regions budget under the old formula will get grants totalling over 420000 vaughan in a similar position will receive 160000 whitchurch- stouffville is low man in the ratings repeiving only 3200 special c i r cumstances applied to the cases of king and east gwillimbury where according to the minister changes in boundaries resulted in a substantial amount of assessment being transferred from these two townships to other municipalities a special grant will be made to king in the amount of 44000 while gwillimbury will get 86000 these funds will be placed in a reserve and spent only upon depart mental approval another special case involved interest stiphouts payments by municipalities on shortterm borrowing many of this regions municipalities have borrowed because of delays in budgets the department has set aside 40000 to pay interest on such transactions where regionalization had caused the extra borrowing one special grant was designed in part to even out differences in assessment ac cording to mr bales some taxpayers mainly in the more developed areas would have supported other taxpayers mainly in the less developed areas such payments known as transitional grants will amount to 572000 over the region all this money though has some strings attached the region and all municipalities must exercise all reasonable restraint in expenditures more specifically increases over 1970 levels must be less than 15 percent outboards sales service more fun boating rmore run mercury i grew spring bok i sport ray mirrocraft i aa claremont jord s marine 64007 wee kareii day nurseryi claremont sales service- 64929 il i main st north sunionville offering full day and half day educational program fully licenced professional staff excellent facilities hot lunches income tax deductions now available for day care phone now for registration 2971104 notice stouffville public utilities commission a voltage conversion program is being carried out in the village this summer power interruptions will occur in different sections at different times and these interruptions will be as brief as possible we will attempt to notify all of qur customers of impend ing interruptions your cooperation will be appreciated gordon h brown superintendent stouffville public utilities commission 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