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mm vol 59 no 46 the tribune stouffv1lle ont march 18 194s twelve pages province takes over main st highway only portion of street east j wings bow to of the railway taken over j powerful hamilton i team 83 the main street through stouff ville from the 10th concession to the cxr track- in the westend is now under the jurisdiction of the ontario dept of highways this section of road was designated as part of no 7 highway from green- bank and uxbridge about ten years ago taken over in the days grover of toronto an experienced mechanic tins garage is located of on the south side of main street premier hepburn on the eve of an opposite the miss gertrude todd election while the portion of the h mr dunn has taken a posi- road in the village was handed back tlon in ioronto and expects to to the county of york it was never move his family shortly changed legally we understand and was only under working agreement changes ox the avenue enabling the countv to maintain the roa mrs will slack is reported to jhave closed a deal for the purchase garage changes hands stouilville red wings bowed to david dunn who bougnt the hamilton aerovox s3 on tuesday arthur swat garage a few years in uie firsl of their 0 ago nas sold his business to f ri junior b plavolfs the power- a close call in owen sound final within recent weeks the dept of highways and the county engineer harvey rose agreed that the dept should assume the road lying with in the town reeve nolan contacted the coun- of the levi forsyth double house on the south side of obrien ave mr and mrs forsyth will move to another house on the avenue for merly the house of her mother west end block assessor resigns after thirteen year r lu iuc uuiiiji and m belfry hamilton now ty engineer and learned that there in the stouf house will move to might be confusion in the event of j apart prepared for them a fatal accident on this piece of 0v mr hamiltons store in the road in which some alleged defect ii in the highway might come in for blame if that happened said mr rose and the county was main taining the road which legally is part of no47 highway there would be great confusion and it was con sidered better to hand it back to the department of highways to say the least says the reeve it was a strange thing to end the road at the tracks instead of at the 3th concession and a protest was lodged at the time ten years ago and the department agreed that it was not just right and thereon en tered into agreement with the tor onto york road commission to take over officials of stouffville as sumed that the road had actually reverted to the county instead of just being handled by agreement we now know the facts and it will be up to the local council to see what they can do to induce the dept of highways to take the entire stretch to the ninth under their jurisdiction mr rose recognizes the justice of our request and will consult on the matter shortly the reeve contin ued there are certain taxes exacted from gasoline tanks situated too close to the highway as matters stand now tanks located east of the tracks would have to pay and tanks west would be exempt which would not be fair to all it is ex plained 88 yearold retired farmer geo taun dead resident of town for 23 years george taun passed away at his home on main street east on mon day at the advanced age of 8s years tie was a retired farmer and a man of quiet disposition and highly re spected native of the township of pick ering he was born just nine years after the village of claremont was so named and recognized with a post office prior to that claremont was known as nobles corners the taun family were among the early settlers of the last century present family to which george belonged held a 50 acre place south east of claremont and while small it was a model of neatness the boys being able to grow as much stuff as many grew on double the acre age when the family moved to stouff ville there were two sisters and two brothers richard died in march 1911 and a sister bessie only recently george who died on monday has been partly paralysed for months and was faithfully cared for by the only surviving sister tressie the funeral will be held this thursday afternoon from the late home with interment at stouffville cemetery fred cummings estimates assess ment grown 300000 during his tenure of office air fred cummings assessor for the township of whitchurch has resigned the position and his resignation was received with regrets by the council in session at vandorf last saturdayreeve evans and members of council asked mr cummings if there was any use in making overtures to him and he replied no thirteen years ago mr cumm ings was appointed assessor for half the township and three years later took on the whole job alone coun cillors said he had done an excellent job he is a builder and electrician and this factor enabled him to be a good appraiser further he kept a future meeting on monday mar accurate figures and carefully written assessment rolls ful hamilton aggregation led 30 at the end of the first period and 50 at the end of the second however the score far from indicated the play as the red wings bounced the puck time and again around goalie leesons shoestrings but just couldnt get it in the net in the third period the home club came through with their regu lar rally which has characterized their play all season and picked off three of the prettiest goals of the night ross broke the goose egg for stouffville at the four minute mark scoring on a passout from macmillan jewett added another five minutes later whacking in a pass from atkinson bun sellers was the third stouffvilie scorer ross getting the assist norm stun- den in the red wing net also rated a local star for hamilton kraft- check was tops with a goal and five assists to his credit penalties han ded out were three to stouffville and six to hamilton bill morrison and chas webster were the officials the second game will be played in hamilton on friday night the matter of whether or not the series would be declared a goalstocount round or a bestofthree was still in dispute at press time hamilton were doing everything possible to have the series held to a goals count round and trouble was brew ing on wednesday morning with theoha for acceeding to the wish es of the big town pickering vets edect officers arthur sutherland has been elect ed president of north pickering branch of the canadian legion and s dunning vicepresident with o graham 2nd vice the election took place on monday evening thej secretary of the branch is h hop kins and jos farr is treasurer at the action snapped here was in the third playoff hockey game at owen sound which saw stouffville eliminate the georgian bay team 103 norm stunden who played a sparkl ing game in the net for the red wingsf and was one of the stars against hamilton on tuesday night despite the 8 pucks that passed him is seen here guarding his fort against bill nixon of owen sound hus ky mac clement stouffville de- fenceman can be seen behind nixon ready to break if the puck comes his way photo courtesy suntimes latest population figures in villages towns and townships according to the municipal directory just issued by the kings printer province of ontario the following are the population figures for the northern municipal ities in the county of york accord ing to the assessment figures taken last vear newmarket 1264 aurora 3396 richmond hill 1077 stouffville 143s markham village 12s3 woodbridge 1246 sutton 1073 markham tp 6125 whitchurch township 2717 vaughan township 6420 georgina township 1422 gwillimburv townships 3535 gwillimbury n 1711 king township 5129 since mr cummings became- an assessor the roll has grown by approximately 300000 he esti mates while hundreds of new assessments mostly small and in the lake areas have been added clerk crawford was instructed to call for applications to fill the position and these will be accept able until april 9th mr cummings promised to render assistance to a new man while getting familiarized with the work a sheep claim filed by arthur vernon was ordered paid in the amount of 15 for one sheep killed by dogs exwarden chas hooper accom panied by mr watson addressed council on behalf of the federation of agriculture mr hooper suggest ed that whitchurch provide 600 this year if we are to maintain our prestige that which we have now gained at ottawa and at queens park we must have money to carry on mr hooper declared we have to keep men on the job at these points the farmers are now strong enough at ottawa to be recognized and any farm legislation pending is known to them they are work ing for the farmer and if we assert ourselves through the federation we could demand our rights as the largest industrial group in canada he emphasized mr hooper said there was a possibility of covering every farm family with hospitali zation insurance at moderate cost through the federation later in the day council made a 22nd at 8 pm a threeman execu tive will be chosen when the branch convenes in the community hall at claremont gasoline tank owners will be taxed now that the main business section of stouffville from the east end of the village whitchurch 10th to the cnr tracks is under the jurisdiction of the ontario dept of highways gasoline tanks along the way will be subject to the highway tax imposed over the pro vince for such gasoline service that is situated on these highways tanks within eight feet of the street line are subject to a tax of 25 per year those located within 25 feet and not closer than eight feet of the line pay a tax of 5 per year while tanks back 25 ft from the road are tax free the higher taxed tanks will ultimately be ordered off the street since cars pull up at many of the block sidewalks which are intended for pedestrians only former minister called to almonte at the meeting of the presbytery of miramichi held this week in newcastle new brunswick an unanimous call from st johns i presbyterian church almonte grant of 250 to the federation i ontario was placed in the hands last year they donated 150 the agreement was signed with the town of aurora designating the fire area and the cost to the town ship for west side of whitchurch similar to the agreement in exist- ance with stouffville on the east side councillors ivan mclaughlin and fred timbers moved a resolution supporting the demands made on the dominion government for 100 per month for total disability war veterans i am right for it said deputy reeve logan i am in sympathy with the pay- ment but such resolutions oniy clutter up the waste baskets said reeve evans who supported the resolution man dies sitting up in rocking chair on friday march 12th 1918 ab- ijah brown died witli tragic sud denness while sitting in a rocking chair in the kitchen of his home on main st four doors west of the school building the suddenness of his death was almost tragic from another standpoint in that he had been married only two weeks be fore his wife of so short a period was in the home with him and ran for help to the neighbors when she believed mr brown had faint ed lou morden hurried across to her aid and at once realized the man had passed on the doctor was called but of course nothing could be done abijah brown was born 74 years ago on the 2nd concession of ux- on what in recent years was known as the oboyle place he was a son of thomas brown early set tler he was a farmer all his active days and retired to town six years ago when his first wife margaret mulligan died shortly after they located here twelve of a family survive this union six sons and six daughters they are wilmot thomas clar ence charlie albert and percy brown mrs ralph davis mrs walter gray mrs norman hisey mrs orval wideman mrs thos davis and mrs j miurhead thirty late appeals not allowed by whitchurch whitchurch township court of revision on saturday told a e petrie president of the wilcox lake ratepayers association that they would not recognize appeals he had filed that did not conform with the statutes in regard to the time limit for filing appeals the i court sustained the assessment on own appeal one of which coun- two appeals that were filed in thel sustained the valuation of the petrie that he was agreeable to listen to him 15 or 20 minutes but no longer we have no right to deal with appeals filed late said mr logan clerk crawford said he had written opinion from the solicitor indicating that appeals must be filed within the time prescribed by the assessment act otherwise the court could not hear them we will appeal to the judge said mr petrie who thanked the court when he refused to discuss proper time reeve evans presided and all members of council were present as members of the court of revi sion deputy reeve logan told mr assessor on taxes around wilcox lake are increased largely because of school costs assessor fred cummings ex plained many cottagers are now yearround residents and use the school there ballantrae farmer is seed fair champion clifford wallwork gets york county honors in junior farmer competitions farmers from all parts of york county were at woodbridge friday to attend the crop association 12th annual seed fair it was not only oldtimers but also york county junior farmers who helped fill grandchildren also survive and the orange nlivlrwherethefair took members of the family were all pre- p there were 52 entries sent for the funeral on monday rwmninn of tho aav wao nwara champion o the day was clifford monday afternoon abijah brown and martha hol- lingsworth were married only a cou ple of weeks before his death and the shock was so great the bride of so short a time collapsed on mon- of rev t decourcy rayner min- day morning day of the funeral ister of knox presbyterian church and never revived until her hus- new carlisle quebec mr rayner band vvas buried her condition formerly minister of st james reported as critical on tues- ag and carl bbyhton wood presbyterian church stouffville sssisil s bridge won the eaton trophy for rev wm kendall loses a sister in england his departure for canada 30 years ago said reason she became a recluse a dispatch from yorkshire eng land says the brother whose de- wallwork of ballantrae he won parture for canada is believed to three firsts and one second prize have in part caused the withdrawal his late ajax oats late oats and from ordinary life of aged recluse potatoes placed him first and he was second in the barley contest eldred king markham took the honors of the junior farmers he and his three runnersup harold lapp markham ray ingleton aurora dropped tnelr first hoc key game with midland on tuesday night 53 in overtime accepted the call and his induction at almonte will take place on fri day april 2nd the moderator expressing the deep regret of the presbytery as losing mr rayner recalled that he had only promised to come to new carlisle for one winter but had yielded to pressure and remained is months he said that the best wishes of the presby tery of miramichi would go with mr rayner in his new work nearer to hi family almonte is a town of some 3000 population 35 miles southwest of ottawa the many friends of rev mr rayner in this community will wish him godspeed in his new pastorate where she was removed to births hornsry mr and mrs morris the first four among the junior contests other winners were golden chaff winter wheat jm thirkle weston hilda kendall lives at bala ont relatives said he is rev wm kendall formerly a resident of ux bridge township miss kendall who lived 30 years in a centuryold manor house with only a sheep dog as a companion was buried near the 20room sin- nington manor where she had been in seclusion william kendall is the brother who left for canada 30 years ago cornell 505 winter wheat norman to serve as a missionary among the hornsbv nee blanche slack arejpavne maple barley alvin robin- indians happv to announce the birth of son gormley barley smooth valh last week of the 74-year- theirson kerrv glenn at the is livingston woodbridge ajax old miss kendall was attributed to mas private hospital on oats cliff wallwork early oats heart failure following the death thn v mirrh ii w a bruce watson woodbridge late of her dog thurda march ii 1j4b al cliff w alsike robt a cousin of the dead woman said watson woodbridge ladino clover we cannot trace a will or even radford gardhouse weston timo- ner lawyer thy jm thirkle maple register ed and certified oats jm thirkle registered and certified barleyclark young milliken late potatoes c wallwork 12 1948 to mr and mrs james judges were george gray barrie munroe uxbridge a son james rc goodin toronto and dr mc- her 83rd year is on a visit to rela- edward rostie and prof waddell tlves in fiobcaygeon playmate for wayne graham at the brierbush hos pital stouffville saturday march 6 194s to mr and mrs edmund graham uxbridge a daughter munroe at the brierbush hos- pjtal stouffville friday march police said food was delivered dally to the recluse by a villager who saw only her hands as they accepted the packages mrs truman holden who is in