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flr mm tatfmle mibum kud the classified ads ox the back page leadins weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 58 no 31 the tribune stouffville ont nov 28 1946 twelve pages acclamation for reeve contest for deputy and councillors in markham tp markham polio i victim wins duck honors at fair two farms sold in uxbridge township last week two farms changed ownership in the uxbridge town ship earl dowswell sold the 100 acres on the 5th known as the robt ashenhurst place to elmer jarvls who lives on the same concession earl then purchased the farm of 100 acres owned by his father billy boyd victim of polio oct 7 wa- the winner of the best collect- there will be an election contest in markham township on monday otke to merchants dec 9th for the offices of deputy for the purpose of discussing the r to hi5 mrd operating the farm and son because he is i earl will take over in the spring in the hos- ion of ducks at the royal winter j russel dowswell on the 3rd con- fair billy could not watch the cession russe intends to retire reeve and three councillors it was christmas market situation for this decided at the annual nomination ye the merchants are asked to meeting on monday at unionville raeet in the municipal hall upstairs deputyreeve albert reesor will thursdav evening at s oclock be opposed by dalton rumney a stouffville merchants this is your candidate for office last year for affair do your part by at least at council five signed qualification tending the meeting papers before they left the meeting r l stiver win timbers and les lie couperthwaite members of council last year are in the field and opposing them will be ernest radford manager of meredith simj mons co manufacturers of ad- hesive supplies and vernon griffin merchant at thornhill radford has four retiring railway men on the small acreage in the southwest cnr were honored in stouffville jcnr veteran agents honored pital for sick children part of the township and has been a resident three years chas hooper was accorded an other licclamation for reeve he pro mised there would be a larger bud get for the york county road com mission next year when roads under their jurisdiction in the district would be better cared for he favor ed the new proposed high school areas whereby markham would be divided into school districts of markham richmond hill and stouff ville mr hooper struck out at the pre sent scale of income tax which helahd a m stjohn declared ddint give the small tax- an evening of pleaure was enjoy- payer a chance how are the young e with prizes for card winners men to save a bit of money to start and around midnight lunch was farming when the government served in delightful fashion steps in and levies taxes on the i attendance were agents n s smallest incomes married men he jovnt agincourt r- s davison maintained should be exempt up markham f w marshall good- to 2500 i wood a m stjohn uxbridge e mr reesor reviewed the work of n granger lindsay chas heels council defending his position in lindsay despatcher and a number the amount paid from the surplus 0 other friends funds to the farmers in the area of the yonge street radiairhe main tained it was a sensible policy toj hold back some of the money for unforseen expenditures such as is now occurring for the purchase of buses v dalton rumney also took excep tion to dominion income tax how 0ne wno had in stouffville i ask can a married man with only thananv other person alive 1500 income get along and save miss jane mccallum died at her on monday evening at the home of the new agent here mr m mowat jas francis mariposa john freid goodwood retired after 30 years i service herbert snider retired after 32 years at markham robert john ston nine years in stouffville and formerly in hastings and halibur- t0 retiring quartette were pre- xmericaenterel the birds in the sented with electric clocks razor blades and reading lamps while their wives each received a pair of nylon hose formal presenta tions were made by f n granger these are two good farms that have been well worked and are brothers equipped with good buildings jim 10 and jol g j township officer and groomed r the ducks on loses beloved daughter the farm of their father widespread sympathy is being wxboyd of expressed on every hand for mr markham so and mrsi john w crawford in the the 30 birds death of their youngest daughter won the dip- audrey mae who died on saturday loma for the last following a prolonged illness bst collection in the show in hospital and at home every- bill was in an iron lung in the thing known to medical science was isolation hospital for 11 days buttione to save the little girl s life but was then transferred to the main it was of no avail she suffered from hospital he has always been in- bright s disease terested in the handsome birds so surviving besides the parents are when he became ill his father sister elsie and brother billy the whose mallards have won all the funeral on tuesday from the home too awards for that sort of duck in of her father who is the township clerk and treasurer of whitchurch township living on the 3rd con cession proceeded to wesley says assessment up 50 percent in uxbridge jane mccallum born jhere 95 years ago anything for old age he maintained exemptions were wrong since they start too low it is forcing people to be crooked and is driving farmers out of the hog home here on saturday in her 95th year she celebrated her 94th birth day last april daughter of george mccallum one of the first merchants of this town raising business and cutting down j was one 0 eleven children production generally mr rumney and j the last survivor of them said with the one exception of her sis- revised he said i have 25 years business experi- t mrs minnie teskey who is s5 comparable line ence but do not know anything vears old about municipal work mr rad- the family first lived on south ford a new man admitted he had church street when george mc- been a resident of the township galium was the merchant tailor three years and he said i am he died in 1905 and his wife passed known as a city slicker on a year later mr mccallum mr griffin said he had no com- while on church street had the plaint against the council but would like a seat so as to represent his district arthur buchanan also nominated for council said he had no complaint to offer present home opposite the freel re sidence built to order miss mccallum insisted on doing her own housework and lived alone up to very recently although she spent the winters in toronto last spring her nephew and his wife mr and mrs bruce mcnair came out to live with her about three weeks ago she fell- in her room and sus- al though wife of former district deputy is dead unionville mourns the loss of a respected member of the commun ity in the passing of mrs gertrude tained a fractured hip murphy widow of the late george apparently strong and interested in murphy who died at her late rest- happenings up to that time this dencc on monday nov isth after marked a change and she sank a lingering illness rapidly mrs murphy a former resident of the funeral service was conduct- schumacher out had resided ined at the late home on monday af- unionville since 1931 she was a member of st philips anglican church an officer in the eastern star and an exceedingly active member of unionville red cross unit her husband who predeceas ed her four years lelonged to mark ham union lodge af am and occupied the position of district de puty grand master in 1911 ternoon by rev d davis her pas tor interment was niade in the family plot at stouffvilte cemetery births norton at mrs tindalls nurs ing home uxbridge on tuesday november 26 1910 to mr and mrs harold norton claremont a son a little brother for joey good progress towards an equal ized assessment for the county was reported by ralph g wilson coun ty assessor to the ontario county council last week he illustrated the difference made in assessments by the use of the county system saying that it had caused a 50 per cent increase in the assessment of uxbridge township and that in thorah where the court of revi sion will sit november 29 and 30 there have been 104 appeals entered- we hope to have the new roll completed during the winter for the whole county he said and that all rolls will be back to the muni cipalities by the end of september next year he pointed out that this assessment would not go into effect on the taxes until 1948 except in the two communities which had completed their work provincial law now says that equalized assessment for all coun ties must be completed by 1952 and 11 counties have finished so far assessment in whitby is being to bring it into with the other municipalities jn uxbridge town ship where the roll is complete there were ii appeals heard and although the total assessment had been more than doubled only 1300 was allowed to be taken off the roll a very small percentage considering the change made united church and thence to aurora cemetery for interment the floral tributes attested in a noticeable way the sympathy of the district for the bereaved familv happy couple quietly married miss jean casquin of oak ridges and bruce limner were united in wedlock by rev d mcmacgregor in stouffville baptist church on saturday afternoon before only the immediate relatives and friends the groom is a heroo dieppe son of mr and mrs edward lintner of stouffville the young couple wilt make their home over on yonge st where bruce is employed at aurora goodwood potatoes win high award the high quality of ontario potatoes was again established when growers from the various sections of the province won high est honours at the royal winter fair by obtaining 55 prizes in six classes the awards included the grand championship for the best entry of certified seed won by emerson budarick of palmer rapids in renfrew county on his entry of the katahdin variety the american potash institute will recognize the winner by presenting a solid gold watch to him at a ban quet in the local vicinity of the winner in the near future the re serve grand championship was won by frank rick trout creek of the reeve of stouffville given third acclamation two new members acclaimed two 1mu councillors and two new i members also accorded acclama tion on friday night reeve a v nolan councillors hugh boyd john smits frank rowbotham bert bell candidates for the office of reeve councillors members of the board of education and one cemetery commissioner were all accorded acclamation at a well attended nom ination meeting in stouffville on friday evening following the nom ination hour 730 to s30 oclock a public meeting was held which lasted until after ten oclock geo storey returning officer acted as chairman reeve avnolan was acclaimed for the third time also returned by acclamation were hugh boyd and john smits councillors while two new councillors acclaimed are frank rowbotham and bert bell members of 1946 council rebrown and eabutton did not enter the contest mr brown has been ill and mr button said he wished to retire three members for the board of education were elected by acclama- hugh boyd councillor tion ambrose stover frank riches last year members and hugh bannerman a new man reeve nolan spoke at some length said the council was not parrysounddistrict7n his exhibit i p of tneir l e this year while 2000 had been raised for spending on- tarvia top goodwood golf course a reliable report from goodwood indicates that land has been pur chased just south of the village there to be converted into a golf course for the goodwood golf and country club the capital of ux bridge township is really going modern if this change takes place almost disaster i of the green mountain variety in the classes for juniors bert harper of goodwood won first for intermediate varieties and blake schimens haleys station first fol iate varieties the regular classes- were open for competition from growers in all provinces across canada and from the united states milton weatherilt and sons of bethany in durham county won the grand championship award for ontario on his entry of the sebago variety in a strongly contested class of 28 top winners in potato contests conducted by various branches of the ontario crop improvement association on more than 300 farms in potato growing areas throughout the province the winner will re ceive 250 in cash plus a handsome trophy provided by canadian in- dustries limited 5f xl is v-r- k8 driving in the dense fog on the don mill- road a mile south east of oriole owe night la- week james rae stouffville farmer narrowly escaped death wbn the car he was drivine nearly went over a steep em- hankment held only by a sing le guard cable the car came to a stop with the front section dangling in mid air over a 150- foot drap rv ivs driving a- lone in the car owned by his faher stewart rae with poor visibility he failed to see a checkerboard sign indicating a dead end and drove directly into the guard cable to open modern billiard parlour the pool room located at the rear of forsyths barbering shop has been purchased by mr ken laush- way from mr harold forsyth who took over from mr hugh anderson a few years ago mr laushway has also purchased the store premises next to stiver bros office in the west end and is now remodelling the premises into a modern pool room so that those who patronize this line of enter tainment will shortly find them selves in a new home the new proprietor says that he will have a place that the lads will be proud- of he will also sell tobacco pipes and sundry supplies roads the jupp construction co fell down on carrying out the con tract the company could not meet its program for various reasons and stouffville was one of thirty other towns left out this year however the reeve said the money raised would be doubled this coming year and a double program carried out that would look more attractive to the jupp people speaking at length on the water system of the town he warned that increased rates were just ahead of us since 1940 there had been 1 000 more spent on the system than the total receipts for that period and at that much work is still needed doing tiie system is growing older and bigger and present rates for water were fantastically below any thing charged in york county many small local pipes laid oyer the years now should be replaced with four inch iron piping before the small pipes give out additional hydrants are being demanded by the fire underwriters he warned that stouffville faced the prospect of being declared an unprotected town by the fire under writers if the system was not improved aside from this aspect we should keep our water works system in firstclass condition he said mr nolan cited the markham rates which showed that the service for which we pay 4 per year costs the householders there 10 while the water which is metered out here at 9c per m gallon costs 22c in markham and still more in rich mond hill and uxbridge the reve touched on the school situation which he said might worsen if ontario county did not see their way clear to give stouff ville a portion of pickering town ship in this high school area the question to be voted on dec 9th for the procurring of a corn- john sniits councillor councillor boyd reiterated what the reeve had said regarding the condition of the water system and the need for additional funds councillor smits member of the road committee said that the need for more maintenance work was apparent in his department and promised his support to the hiring of a fulltime man for the roads and water works if returned to office c ii bell implement dealer harold spoftord merchant and frank rowbotham retired citizen all nominated for the position of councillor thanked those who had proposed their names d r chadwick chairman of the board of education told the gather ing that the attendance at the high school had increased one hundred per cent in the last nine years he said that 160 were now attending high school and 1s5 in the public school each with six teachers the report of the high sphool inspector was very gratifying and he cited several passages which slated that the teaching was of a high order nominations for reeve a v nolan by e a button and hugh boyd for council c h bell by e a button and c ii nolan harold spoftord by c h nolan and e a button hugh boyd by w t rennie and ira rusnell e a button by ira rusnell and w t rennie john smits by bert tait and gar lehman ross brown by ira rusnell and gar lehman frank rowbotham by ira rusnell and dr ssball for board of education ambrose stover by f l button and harold spofford frank riches by f l button and a v nolan hugh bannerman by harold spof ford and geo e baker for cemetery commission hoklinck by elmer daniels and avnolan reeves protest condition of townline reeve l p evans and deputy- reeve ed logan of whitchurch both spoke in county council last week on the bad condition of the markhamwhitchurch townline west of stouffville council was considering the re port of the good roads commission the members lodged their com plaint commissioner gardhouse admitted in reply that the road was bad and previous complaint had been registered from stouffville he promised consideration at an early date but that funds were simply not available this year to retop the highway which accommodates con verging traffic from the two town ships plow champions to il january 18 fred timbers and floyd steckley two local plowing champions who won a trip to britain at the recent ontario county honors warden on retiring warden john m rae of good wood was presented with a gold watch bv his colleagues in ontario county council at the final session munitv hall so badly needed here of council last vveek the pre- jwas mentioned briefly and it was j match have been ertauon was made by reete stan j points om that if the hall cost the hat they w lx t ratepayers 25000 in debentures to saii for england on january 18 running for twenty years the as two of the four champions annual payment could be made eligible for the allexpense free trip without increased taxation owing to others making the journey will the large school and road debenibe alex black of guelph and aus- tures coming off in the next two orn nairn of munro george waldle will be one who will accompany them lev miller of brock township and the recipient expreed his sincere aporeciatiori for the gift which he said would be cherihed as long as time would last stouffville taxes last date- for collection of taxes will he nov 30th and dec 2nd tax collector will he at the clerks office until 3 pm saturday nov 30th and on mi v tlf 2nd until 5 pm k r davk collector three years councillor eabutton thanked those who nominatfd him for a third term but stated that he wish ed to retire from offce interesting news js crowded from this issue lecauie of lack of space