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the tribune stouffville out thursday january 29 1948 dickson hill mr and mrs lloyd wideman had sundav dinner with mr and mrs c a mcdowell quite a number of our people were present at the markham township sunday school conven tion last week miis mary bradshaw of mark- ham formerly of the 7th line visit ed at the walker home wednesday last mary is planning a visit with her relative- in england and ex- peels to sail the latter part of april her friends from dickson hill ex tend hearty wishes for a good voy age mr and mrs maurice eby visited mr and mrs walker and robert tuesday evening exciting news over the telephone saturday night sent neighbours rushing to the scene of a fire that demolished orchard grove hatch ery instructor rev v k snyder and five students from emmanuel bible school kitchener spent the day with mt joy and dickson hill congregations sunday mr and mrs a- davis who have spent some time visiting friends in ontario have returned to their home in the west sgglp bethesda the ladies of the wms and friends irst at the home oi mrs c burkholder to quilt and sew for the needy of europe a nice lot of clothing was received and sev eral pieces made over the annual meeting of toronto east presbyterial wms of the united church will be held on tuesday feb 3rd in rhodes ave church toronto all are welcome the wm5 of the united church j will meet at the home of mrs w empringham on wednesday feb jih at 230 a welcome awaits you on sunday last a ear load of friends motored down to port hope to visit mrs haines who has not been well for some time she will enter port hope hospital for an operation and we all wish her the best of luck and a speedy recovery junior oha cicrk in the stouffville arena monday feb 2 aurora vs stouffville victoria square red wings admission 25ci and 35c time 830 oclock queens park report io 2 the hydro electric power commission friday jan 30 cfrb 860 8815 pm gasoline sales at new toronto ont service station operated by ralph moore seen with sign ringwood the ladies of the excelsior class held their january meeting at the home of mrs fred steckley last thursday afternoon with an at tendance of twelve mr and mrs marshall conner spent sundav at the home of their daughter mr and mrs w plaskitt in toronto the sympathy of the community is extended to mrs frank atkinson whose mother mrs janet mcken- zie wife of the late dr dugald mc- lierizie of newtonville passed away last thursday at the home of an ther daughter in newcastle ont the private funeral service was held on saturday afternoon from the trull funeral home interment was made in mount pleasant ceme tery mr harold drewery spent the weekend with friends in toronto sympathy is extended to mr win simpson and son ronald of ballan- trae the helping hands class of ring- wood sunday school held their jan meeting last tuesday afternoon at mrs jm groves home mrs nelson raymer is in the and charles peck has trebled since they cut prices three cents in inflation fight toronto general hospital for ob servation and treatment we hope she will soon be home mrsnancv lee of stouffville spent wednesday of last week with her sister mrs j m grove we are glad to hear that mrs robert devitt is making satisfac tory recovery after a serious goitre operation in the lockwood clinic mrs clifford morgason also was a patient at the lockwood clinic last week when she had her tonsils removed we trust that she will enjoy better health now we are sorry to hear that mr w j mclean who has spent most of his time at the home of his son lloyd here is now in very poor health at the home of his other son in sudbury mrs sam mckuen spent a few days last week with mrs lloyd hoover of stouffville mr and mrs dennis and son john of beaverton were sunday guests with mr and mrs owen halsted we are glad to see elred king out again following his recent accident to his ankle and a deep gash on his leg while working for fred steck- icv in toronto warning motorists arc reminded that they must not leave their cars and trucks on the sides of the road day or night to the incon venience of township snow- i plows your cooperation in this matter would be appreci ated i uxbridge township j arthur brown road supt pine orchard mrs shepperd spent tuesday in toronto sorry to report mr chas bran don lost a valuable cow last week mr and mrs rae mcclure and myrna were recent tea guests with mr and mrs bennett newmarket who says we never have good old fashioned winters any more surely friday was a sample of them but now how about a good oldfashioned real january thaw mr and mrs allen also mr and mrs w widdifield of stouffville called on mr and mrs brandon who both are on the sick list mrs c west and family spent sunday with her parents mr and mrs j lundy the girls are busy preparing a good program for the club on wed nesday feb 11th mac clement leads with four goals in 111 win at newmarket mae clement defence stalwart for the junior red wings led his team with four goals in a 1 11 win over newmarket on tuesday night ah but one of clements goals were j scored unassisted the first two periods of the game were a slapping i shinny affair with neither team showing 100 much combination although both teams missed num- i bens of royal scoring chances stouffville proved much more dangerous when close in and bill mabbett keith jewett and bun sellers rattled three counters be- hind bill mullholland in the new- market net in the opening twenty minutes the red wings added three more goals in the midsession clement getting two and jewett one davis a new player with newmarket recently acquired from aurora notched one for his club on a nice passout from the corner the visitors started to definitely pull away in the last period clement scoring two more bill mabbett doug burkholder and keith jewett each one johnny atkinson skip taylor polly mili um and doug burkholder laid some of the most effective passes in front of the newmarket net only three penalties were meted out by referee max reesor two to stouffville and one to newmarket j stotilfville play host to the new market team in the local arena this friday night goodwood wedding bells are ringing again we congratulate our hockey team on their win monday night mr h l nettle of toronto spent the weekend with his mother mr and mrs john rae and family of sunderland spent sunday with mr and mrs percy baston mrs j f reid is staying in tor onto whera her sister is very ill in the western hospital the goodwood united church are holding their annual congregational meeting on friday night jan 30th goodwood united church wa officers for 19 is are president mrs r storry vicepresident mrs e tindall secretarv mrs b tin- dall treasurer mrs a hall pianist miss b elderkin mission ary mrs d mcdonald temper ance mrs l meyers parsonage committee mrs h harper mrs a hall flower and visiting com mittee mrs s bacon mrs c feasby mrs e tindall quilt committee mrs a hall mrs w todd the goodwood wa meeting will be held at the home of mrs john ashenhurst on feb 5th at 230 pm devotional to be taken by mrs samuel bacon and program by mrs howarth all ladies wel come next wednesday night feb 4 a carnival queen will be crowned at the stouffville arena its the occasion of the athletic club carnival and 25 will be awarded to prettiest and prettiest dressed carnival gal judges from stouff ville unionville and claremont will make the choice r i appreciate their values effect until closing saturday iifri lnif appi allout quality guarantee domestic shortening leading brands pure lard fancy red sockeye salmon 2v 33 lord fairfax standard quality peaches ives 29 low price imported armours laundry soap 525 horsey sweetened grapefruit juice henley standard quality dessert pears beekist orange label 1 amber honey red glo choice quality tomato juice 2t 23 28 79 225 red glo standard quality tomatoes honey flavoured 3 fig bar biscuits aylmer in tomato sauce pork beans maple leaf matches domnol all grade motor on kent farm standard quality golden corn lux or lifebuoy soap daltons jolly good pitted dates quaker corn flakes 2r m 19 29 j-h- i iv 1 boxm mj s 99 jo ru 25 19 so m 2 s p o- k 19 new assessment system works well by farmer tissington in the globe and mail ontarios new municipal assess- i ment system is having its troubles the majority of new ideas which are conceived in all sincerity and are designed for the ultimate good of the township village town and county the attempt to equalize all assessments on a county wide j basis to make taxpayers in one end of the county pay their fair share in relations to the taxpayers in the other end has run into more j than its share of criticism those who are close to municipal i affairs particularly in the smaller centres of population are almost unanimously agreed that no feat ure of municipal business affairs i have been so sadly neglected through the years as the assess ment system while municipal councils have paid attention to their clerks treasurers health officers building inspectors and their other j officials no one thought very much about the poor assessor they simply handed him last years i assessment roll and told him to go lout and bring in an assessment j roll for the current year j in too many cases the assessor jhas been a part time poorly paid j official who lacked the experience j training and the time to do the job properly in many cases he accept ed the figures on last years roll and let things ride as they were the result has been something approaching chaos in an attempt to correct the obvious faults a uni form system of assessing land buildings and business was laid down and strong pressure brought to bear on all municipalities to accept the new system as quickly possible the system was instituted on a county basis and the county councils started off by appointing county assessors to direct and supervise the job municipal councils were not loath to operate under the new system as many believed that a new assessment on a basis nearer to true land values would produce additional revenue and as every councillor knows additional rev enue is something that they can use to good advantage in this day and age of demand for more and better services some of the counties have been struggling along with the new system for the past couple of years and they are gradually beginning to see some light but there have been a lot of tough problems to face and there will be a lot more headaches in the future in the north end of ontario county in mara and rama town ships to be exact the new system hit the farmers like a bolt from the blue this year as township asses sors working under the instruc tions handed to them jacked up assessments in wholesale fashion in case after case land owners found that next year they would be taxed on assessments nearly twice as high as they had enjoyed in the past loud protests arose emergency meetings were held and were attended by county assessor ralph wilson of whitby in rama town ship the court of revision sat from 10 oclock in the morning till after midnight to consider over 125 appeals where normally only half a dozen would be filed a few of the appeals were allowed but the majority of the assessments were upheld and the total assessment of the township is 282 per cent of what it was the year before in mara township the court of revision sat for three days to hear around 300 appeals even this was not a record for ontario county as in brock township there were 320 appeals filed against the new assessments any ratepayer who is not satisfied with the decision of the court of revision has the right to appeal to the county judge and a number are taking advantage of this right in simcoe county assessor eric simpson of barrio has not been faced with quite the same difficul ties and 15 of the 31 municipalities in the county have completed their work under the new system mr simpson is critical however of the present courts of revision which in practically every case are composed of the members of the municipal council this year he himself has found it necessary to appeal a decision handed down by the court of revision in one town and while some courts have been doing good work he describes others as nothing but horse traders his solution which would no doubt prove more efficient although probably more costly is to have the county set up a county court of revision of five appointed men who would visit each municipality in turn and pass judgment on appeals of interest to all the churches the rev dr j j mcconnell of new york secretary of the federal council of churches in america will be in stouffville united church next sunday evening to speak on a very timely subject visitation evangelism churches of every denomination are adopting this method with encouraging results come and hear this challenging message next sun day evening at 8 oclock