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ionfftrillt vol m no the tribune stouffville ont october 30 194 twelve pages youngest plowman in match donald dunkeld 13yearold son of mr and mrs murray dunkeld 8th concession of pickering who was the young est plowman competing in the south ontario match last week goodwood boys tops i in potato club competition bob meek of sandford and harry j harper of goodwood stood first in lihe intercounty club competitions for bovs and girls held at the oac guelpn on friday oct 24th the two local boys represented ontario county in the contest and took top honors against 2s other teams bob meek and harry harper will now go to the royal winter fair where they will compete against winners from the other provinces for domin ion honors in the baby calf club bert pear son of rr2 uxbridge and arthur richardson of ashburn took third prize other ontario county teams com peting were lois baker and nellie betz of stouffville homemaking club girls jack beaton and james beaton of blackwater grain club xeil clifford taunton glen glas- poll oshawa rr2 swine club lawrence evans rr2 uxbridge geo stone rr2 blackwater dairy calf club to serve tea at anniversary sale harpers good wood potatoes are best next week the c a overland howard harper of goodwood grocery and dry goods store clare- took top award in the standing field f crop competition for late potatoes mont will mark seventeen years aft- 0 the scotl agricultural business to mark the occasion a society his marks were 93 other special sale is being arranged as high scores were lome bagshaw advertised on the claremont page uxbridge 91 douglas campbell and tea will be served on wednes- alhert 9h james best day nov oth from 2 until g pm uxbridge 90 m mcknight ux- bridge 90 market reveals interesting personalities and facts the st lawrence market in tor onto has been in operation continu ously since 1s03 always on the same site but the authorities now contemplate removing it to a new location south westerly and if this happens many stall renters from the east in markham and stouff- ville may decide to relenquish their long connection since it would mean driving right across toronto every market day to reach the place some of the most popular and longstanding contributors to the market come from east of the city and they view the proposed change with regret take mrs irwin gray of stouff- ville here is a woman who has been attending the market for 10 years and she has no thought of continuing if the market location is chansed mrs gray holds more tjian record for number of years at the st lawrence she has only missed three saturdays in allj that long period in fact mrs grays family is something to mention in connection with the business her mother attended the market regularly lcfore mrs gray for 32 years so that 72 years of continuous service ls chalked up to mother and daughter always shunning publicity mrs gray did give us the interesting information that in the early days she used to supply cream to this market s50 worth a week when it sold for much less than it does today toronto dairies now have the farmer fairly well out of that business however attending the st lawrence today is merely a social event for this veteran of many years since mrs gray just supplies a select trade with butter and eggs mostly and enjoys the small town had manv mam social side of things meeting old advantages he said there aint no friends she has known down markham and stouffville school areas move to would operate two schools high unite running deer going like a streak f lightning the markham and stouffville j the areas through their councils deer was sighted by mr ross boards of education went on record that is whitchurch and markham ratclitf up on the aurora road west monday evening approving of the recommendation of the dept of education to unite the stoulfville school area and the markham school area into one district the schools at both markham and stouffville would both be operated as at present excepting that one school might specialize in academic courses while the other school would develop the shop science and domestic science courses after hearing an address by mr stanley rendell from the depart ment the two boards meeting in stouffville high school conferred and as a result of their delibera tions they arrived at the decision to request amalgamation under one board operating two schools the conclusion reached with full approval of mr rendell will le referred to each municipality in townships markham and stouff- of ballantrae last saturday it was ville villages and if uxbridge and moving too fast to be able to tell pickering twps unite a portion of whether it was young or old or their muncipalities they too will w had antlers or not this e consulted dose to the vivian forest where the enlarged district mr ren- hockev practice friday night stouriviile red wings will work out on oshawa ice on friday night from 1030 until 1130 the oshawa arena is being taxed to capacity by clubs who want practice time thus the lateness of the hour small town youth have big advantage in sports says famous pro ball player there aint no hicks anymore stainton steamer liiscas tells large gathering at baseball banquet you boys and girls of the stouff ville baseball teams have more advantages today than any youth ever ihad said steamer lucas famous baseball bigleaguer addressing the baseball banquet held at the high school under auspices of the local athletic club on friday night steamer lucas who makes his home in toronto since his retire ment from professional baseball saw service with the detroit tigers under the famous ty cobb he spent seven years with toronto attended and enjoyed a varied pro- dell claimed would strengthen what he termed two weak or small districts into one strong one offering everything that any dis trict can give in the way of second- arv education assuming that all municipalities approve of the enlarged district it cannot come into actual operation until january 1919 but in the mean time the two boards as now con stiuued will work together and develop the teaching staffs with the view of the amigamation becoming effective in a years time assessment of the enlarged dis trict will run around seven millions good protection would le found for such a visitor homey farms cow tops top cow in the record of perform ance class holstein freiscian homey farms 10th concession markham has produced the leading lady in the threeyear class two times milking according to recent figures just published the regular meeting of the stouff ville united church wa took the form of a church social on tuesday evening with a special invitation to newcomers over one hundred maple leafs at the time dan how- ley and ike boone managed the club and iplayed a stretch with buffalo bisons and syracuse he is also a singer of note and spent twelve years on the concert stage lucas told his listeners that the through the years close to mrs grays individual record is that of w j reaman of gnrmiey who has had a stall there for 39 years he supplies poultry products and recalls the days when stalls were not allotted first come first served was the motto farmers do not just take things that are eatable to market for any thing from puppy doss to bed spreads may be found and in this latter connection we find mrs peter stickley of markham township displaying lovely quilts made by her own hands which she offers to an admiring clintelle mrs stickley is another proud contributor who will not appreciate changing the market from its central location to a place that will serve a smaller section of the communitv mrs peter stickley mark- jiam township has onr soki her wares on the st lawrence market linens quilts etc as well as farm produce features the stickley 5th hicks anymore and that the boys from the sticks were just as good if not a little better than the city chaps do you know he continued that seventyfive per cent of big league ball players today come off the farms lucas complimented the citizen try of stouffville on their fine support of sports and interest in their young people you young fellows and girls he continued are the backbone of the country and its just what you want to make it he cliided young folks on having things too easy being given too much nobody cares whether you play ball or not but that game can be just as good as you want to make it he said i wanted to make a business out of it and i did he recommended regularity whole hearted interest and cooperation i was never late for a ball game in my life and the last year i played senior baseball in toronto was the only time i ever had any thing given to me he said lucas recalled various instances in his pitching career and sixike of stouffvilles gift to professional baseball earl cook he also recalled pitching a game in stouffville on the occasion of a big orange walk here some twenty years ago the guest speaker was introduced by the coach of the midget and bantam ball teams ted edwards a toast to the ball teams was pro posed by mr edwards and was responded to on behalf of the clubs by dr s s ball mrs root bone wio coached the girls softball team along with bruce winterstein was presented with a bouquet of roses in appreciation of her work an interesting item on the pro gram was the presentation by the athletic club of a trilite lamp to mr and mrs ken schell who were recently married ken was a catcher on the junior team and one of the standout performers the presenta tion was made by coach geo smith on behalf of the club the entertainment was provided by fred shively of springfield ontario an old plaver and warden of elgin county in 1946 mr shive ly was introduced by l c murphy a personal friend and delighted the audience of over a hundred and fifty with his humorous songs a vote of thanks to the speaker of the evening the entertainer and others who assisted with the affair was tendered by president of tile cljb don lewis john scott park commission chairman acted as toastmaster gram of vocal instrumental num bers readings and lunch an offer ing of gifts was received for the w a overseas parcels those taking part in the program were mrs c brillinger and mr carl boadway moosk had unhappy wee on outskirts of toronto a moose that was on the loose in scarboro township over the weekend proved to be a 12point elk but now it is dead the animal was found nearly 12 miles out in lake ontario after being in the water for nearly 24 hours on saturday the frightened elk ran everywhere to escape or keep from contacting human beings and in desperation plunged into the lake off the cliffside golf course it was carried out from shore yet it kept its 1s00 pound bulk above water all night sunday the animal was sighted off ashbridges bay by a party of sea cadets out on the lake wlio tossed a noose over the struggling animals head and towed it to shore however it was so exhaust ed and weak that it had to be de stroyed by harry meighen game warden mrs ross winterstein mr and mrs cliff salmon mrs f bramham and mrs chas nolan rev d davis made a few brief remarks in wel coming the gathering fifty years married gormley couple feted an event of almost historical value as well as a social occasion of more than passing interest was rhe fiftieth wedding anniversary celebrated on tuesday evening by mr and mrs george hilts gormley when some forty friends gathered to mark the occasion mr and mrs hilts were married at gormley in 1s97 by elder henry heise and they took up residence there where they have remained ever since their two daughters mrs earl doner and miss vera hilts assisted in the celebration arrangements and the parents were recipients of many lovely gifts in cluding a s50 bill eight persons who were guests at the wedding fifty years ago were present on this occasion they being mr and mrs a j sheffer mr and mrs david hilts miss beulah heise mrs j r colwr toronto and of course the bride and groom of fifty years miss heise and mrs coper were children when they at tended the wedding in 1897 a delightful luncheon was follow ed by speeches and sincere con gratulations being offered to the esteemed couple who enjoyed the affair and were very appreciative of the high honor done them farmers name assessed too compared to their farms properties low as markham court of appeal must deal with the charge together with dozens of appeals from recent assessment made markham township court of appeal on the assessment roll just completed faced one of the longest lists of appeals ever filed in the history of the municipality in a single year this year a new policy was adopted by the assessors and approved by the township council whereby land values would be gradually decreased for assessment purposes and suffer valuations placed on buildings it has been pointed out that whole hamlets or thickly populated areas sending flocks of children to school pay a mere pittance of the taxes while the farming area is maintaining the schools a small shack or modest home bearing probably 15 or s20 in taxes may be sending five or six to school while a farmer perhaps with no children at all is paying 90 school taxes on a 100 acre farm in mark ham the small house owners with large families are coming from the cities and are incoming a burden to the farming areas it is maintained when it comes to maintaining schools for them- thus the idea that building property should bear more of the general tax and the land less is a popular idea among farmers the issue has become so keen that a block of fanners banded to gether to appeal their assessments too nigh in relation to other assessments the appeal mentioned a number of small holdings as being assessed too low or as the appeal claimed at only 20 per cent and less of their value this appeal was signed by d f raymer lot 0 con 9 john torrance a j reesor chas whittaker bert tapseott harold coates and other sub stantial farmers a ratepayer from iangstaff sub division showed his displeasure with the assessment board and the assessors all when he told them they couldnt answer straight questions he considered they ought to know said the appealant henry lemasurier you cant even tell me the actual value of a building the legs mangled in combine machine operating a combine on the home acres between the sth and oth con cession on the markhamscarboro townline geo mccowan 22 years of age met with an accident when his left foot was nearly severed at the ankle and his rightyoot badly mangled the knives became clogged when george was harvesting buckwheat he got down from the seat to drag the straw from the knives when in some manner he started the machine which moved forward so quickly that his legs were caught by the fast moving knives drmckay of unionville was rushed to the scene and after ren dering first aid had the victim re moved to east general hospital where his condition is reported very favorable at first it was fearec that one or both feet might be am putated but this threat is now re moved and it is expected that both of them will be saved almost insulting observed one of the court members said le- masurier i am here protesting the township increasing my assessment nearly 50 per cent and the assessor never even saw inside my house i am sorry to find such conditions exist assessor l l nichols said he had increased the assessment on one house in question from 1100 to 2400 it has double living quar ters and is worth more than double the assessment imanager jos lanthier appeared for leithcroft farms where the assessor had ixwsted the valuation of 44000 by some 12000 the 330 acre farm gives steady employ ment to 17 or 18 men has five houses and a main dwelling on the place the taxes on the old valua tion were 875 and with the in crease in assessment thev would jump to 1300 or 1400 mr eanthier said he was seeking information since he realized that the taxing problem and assessment was a difficult thing to arrive at during the discussion on this property it was disclosed that the george mccullough property in the same district of only 100 acres with a mansion on draws a tax of s1s50 a year the great bulk of the appeals were from the area between the sixth concession to yongo street as evidence of the upheaval in the assessment this year archie m- an mrs roy grove homing stated that in the village moles motors of unionville where there are 140 properties to assess he had inereas- brougham car wrecked in collision a car carrying mr and mrs henry brown of brougham was completely wrecked on friday evening when in collision with another motorist on the brock rd the brown car was proceeding south on the brack rd when it was sideswiped by a northbound car which didnt stop according to con stable fred white of pickering who investigated although both brown and his wife a passenger in the car were badly shaken up they managed to flag a car and give chase they located the car near mcewens gravel pit on the 5th concession but the driver had dis appeared memorial hall fund with the war workers ballantrae qualifications of your assessors and mrs n gavman 3rd line marki what percentages you are assessing m snent the weekend with mr on i am sorry to find such condi- ham spent the weekend with mr arri mrs jos gayman lions ed everv one of them exception of six walter pipher there were no decisions handed mrs egray out members of the newly appoint- mr h spofford ed fiveman court made notes from n oboyle dozens of protesting ratepayers and old soldier will later look at the properties and j- hand down decisions at adjourned rvmininr stores meetings on saturday a full day iorm f session was entirely taken up hear- a u ing verbal appeals many others stouffville creamery filed their appeals in writing only fred steckley the court is composed of w c a friend gohn chairman walter craig russel johnston norman porter total to date and w j sears as previously announced the court takes the place m mnj wauer dyet om 2500 2500 500 4000 1000 500 5000 2500 1000 500 2500 5000 10000 2500 500 307372 of the council which heretofore act- son bill of toronto were sunday existing lemswter was capacity of a court of appeal giposlocoj cver