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tottffirille mibnm vol go no 33 the tribune stouffville oxt- december 2 194s twelve pages elections in markham and pickering three battle for reeveship in markhani township verii griffin albert reesor an acclamation was accorded to three councillors in markham township when just the right number qualified on tuesday following the nomination meeting in unionville monday afternoon they are harry barber and fred wicks members of the 19 is coun cil and robert rae of unionville a newcomer to the township municipal field although a village trustee in unionville which posi tion he will now resign from there will be a threecornered contest for the reeveship with reeve vera griffin being opposed by charlie hooper whom he defeated last year and by albert reesor a former deputy reeve who was defeated several years ago on his way up the municipal ladder election day falls on monday dec 13 and the candidates will have a statement to make in our next issue on dec 9 1 would earmark any surplus shown at the end of 1919 for badly needed municipal buildings if i am returned said reeve vern griffin at mondays nomination he was evidently referring to buildings that would house the townships increasing number of road machines tractor etc in referring to the tremendous growth in the municipality he said that in 193s the number of tax bills issued were 2012 and in 1948 that number increased to 2537 he defended setting up the township planning board as something that would avoid the mistakes of other growing municipalities who had established planning boards too late pay for members was only 500 per meeting plus mileage meetings are held on an average twice a month three members plus the reeve and deputyreeve constitute the markham board the restricting land bylaw was designed to regulate the use of land day evening dec and the kind of buildings it wasj not retroactive lie claimed in answer to criticism and did not affect building presently built reeve rumney referred to engaging a second constable as a real necessity and he said the unionville fire brigade did good work they responded to 3s calls in 19 is thus far if they saved only one set of buildings the expendi ture of the township would have been worthwhile 1 think we spent more money this year than in any similar period in the townships history declar ed councillor win timbers great changes have occurred in the last 20 years in that earlier period there were no township police no road graders as we know them to day no snow plowing demanded he said today all townships demand services never dreamed of years ago i predict the new maintainor will pay for itself in five years or les we have yearround work for the two of them and it is cheaper to have our own than to hire the continued on page 6 clias hooper unionville man addresses feed dealers association ewart j stiver of unionville president of the ontario retail feed dealers association was the guest speaker friday evening at the annua meeting of the rideau- st lawrence feed dealers assoc iation held in kemptville gren- ville county mr stiver gave a careful analysis of the accomplish ments of the ontario organization and related the responsibilities the individual dealers owe to their families their customers and to their community curlers attention the annual organization of the stouffville curling club will be held at the rink club house on fri- 3 at s pm oldest man nominated work at dickson hill mill delayed a few days the dickson hill mill i equipped to do custom grinding and in this issue announces that the mill is now ready for business however it will be a few days before the machinery and power is in readiness due to an unforeen delay in the work since the notice was printed on p3ge eleven probably the oldest person in ontario to receive a nomination for reeveship this election period is mr abner summerfeldt s7 of hingwood he served in various positions on the councils of mark- being ham in bygone days in fact it was as far back as 1s99 when he was first elected to council on monday afternoon he told the ratepayers at unionville he would not contest the office of reeve to which he was nominated but would leave the matter in younger hands nearly thousand attend annual high school commencement stouffville high school annual commencement exercises were well received on thursday and fri day evenings last week when near ly one thousand people attended the concert in the legion hall nearly sixty students received their various diplomas and inter mediate certificates these were presented by v f rieties chair man of the stouffville board of education those receiving honour graduate diplomas were audrey bell keith clarke paul cummings carl grove betty miller bill xigh court noxon erline paisley bert stouffer rita wagg kay william son ruth windsor and carol weldon graduation diplomas went to louie bolender dorothy brown robert clubine grant drewery lloyd freel helen goudie mary grove mary harper murray miller marion murphy percy schell ioreen talbot marion vaughan annabell wat son lena white luella wideman presentation of intermediate certi ficates were made to barbara bagg joyce barkey shirley bone margaret bruce john davis jean empringham norman fairies clarence fockler algnes forfar donald green jessie harding charles hill vernon hoover bud lehman barry mackav barbara mccreight jean miller wilted moyer reta rae murray red- shaw barbara smith ronald smith flossie spang shirley steckley dean watson betty wideman and allan winn the athletic awards were pre sented by three members of the staff miss goodyear mr pherrill and mr sherk the winners of the local field day were junior marion atkinson bill collins intermedi ate marion reid archie forfar senior helen goudie jack wal lace in the interschool field meet senior girl helen goudie senior boy murray wagg junior girl marion atkinson murray miller president of the school literary society addressed the gathering briefly while the valedictory address was given on friday evening by miss kay williamson choir selections led by mr l c murphy and dance numbers directed by miss goodyear delight ed the large audiences while the pyramids and tumbling directed by mr paul sherk always a highlight this year brought roars of laughter particularly from the younger sec tion of the crowd by the addition of a number of clowns stanley smith tommy jagger ken eraser and don lewis were the boys be hind the paint and pillows the oneact comedy the per fect gentleman climaxed the program the play was directed by mr thos pherrill and presented the following cast murray pipher mary grove loreen talbot helen goudie and lloyd freel the story wound around the trials and tribu lation of a teenager loreen tal bot in her attempt to make a romantic impression upon her high school science teacher lloyd freel and her attempt to gain more sedate behaviour from her family particularly her vounger brother murray pipher bus for fans to lindsay hockey fans desiring to go by bus to the hockey game this saturday night at lindsay between lindsay meteors and stouffville clippers please con tact stouffville motors harry ratcliffi not later than friday morning if sufficient are interested a giay coach bus will lie arranged for run in pickering for ah hut reeveship councillor frank disney will con lest deputyreeveship with pre sent incumbent dr n e me- ewen w h westney reeve of pick ering township has been returned to office by acclamation mr west ney has served nine years on pickering council one year as reeve a popular member of ontario county council mr west entire stouffville council returned by acclamation w h ayestncy ney was referred to at fridays nomination as a probable warden for 1949 a close race is predicted between frank disney and dr n e mc- ewen for the office of deputy- reeve frank disney has had four years experience as councillor dr n e mcewen has held the office of deputyreeve for 1948 this years councillors milt burk and clare balsdon are seek ing reelection along with george todd former councillor and con tender for the deputy reeveship in 1947 miss violet swan is the fourth ratepayer seeking a council seat miss swan has sought elec tion on two previous occasions voting day is next monday dec gill and polls will be open 10 am until 8 pm from holsteins top 415 at public auction over at edgeley the other day prices for purebred holstein cows soared to dizzy heights auctioneer a s fanner declared it was one of the most successful cow sales in a long time so far as his sales are concerned the best cow sold for 115 and her calf ten days old 120 the 30 head of cattle all pure bred holsteins realized 10000 and the sale which opened at 215 was closed at 120 oclock indicating a rapid turnover the cows alone averaged 2s5 and the cows and calves lumped together averaged 240 fowl bingo friday night may be election in whitchurch twp there are strong indications that reeve l p evans of whitchurch announced his retirement a year ago to take place at the end of this year is likely to change his mind and seek reelection at the forthcoming january election in that township mr evans was one of the county commissioners in 19 is it is reported that he will state the reason for changing his mind on the matter of retirement when he gets before the ratepayers at the nomination in the township hall on monday dec 27 deputy reeve e logan is under stood to be seeking the reeveship and the senior member of council l j harper is looking at the office cf deputy reeveship with more than keen interest however if these individuals anticipated an acclamation they may now see a contest in the offing if the report is correct that reeve evans intends to seek reelection mr evans was accorded an acclamation back in 1910 on retirement of the late george leary and again in 1917 and 1918 he was given acclamations councillor fred timbers is also being urged to seek a stepup for deputyreeve but all this is only township talk where will it lead two new men added to public school board one new ceme tery commissioner pay likely for councillors the entire stouffville municipal council slate was returned to office by acclamation at the annual nominating meeting on friday evening reeve a v nolan con sented to hold office for another term along with his four council lors henry ogden glenn ratcliff clayt baker and john scott the public school trustees were also elected by acclamation being w f riches former chairman of the board of education and two new members to municipal office reg stouffer and len wilkes the one new cemetery commissioner is harmon hoover nominations were as follows for reeve henry ogden a v xolan for council harold spofford henry ogden clayt baker glenn rat- cliff john scott and reg stouffer for public school trustee w f riches reg stouffer len wilkes for cemetery commissioner har mon hoover although not a large crowd con sidering the population of stouff ville the small municipal hall was well filled for the public meeting following the nominations reeve nolan told the gathering that stouffville was one of three municipalities in the county of york which had reduced the tax rate this year or even retained the previous rate he dealt at some length on the setting up of a fire area with whit church township and revealed that the local brigade had fought ten whitchurch fires this year for which they received 40 per fire the town also receives 250 stand by time for the equipment as far as i know markham village is the only other place in york county where the councillors receive no remuneration for their services stated the reeve in referring to the suggestion that councillors here be paid he told the ratepayers that there had not been time enough to set up the water and hydro commis sion as proposed and took the blame for allowing the matter to lapse it is time the councillors here were paid and if i am reeve another year ill support any continued on page five will appeal case against whitchurch township parents when their case was dismissed against a bloomington resident charged under the neglected child rens act whitchurch council was plainly annoyed and promised to take steps to carry the case to the attorney generals dept as an appeal from what could be learned lack of evidence was the reason for the case being dropped this friday night will see the first of three bingos with fowl as prizes at the veterans memorial hall this is an opportunity to get a nice plump bird for christmas and have a lot of fun doing it mr and mrs fred crossen attended the 00th wedding anni versary of his aunt mrs james knowles in aurora mrs knowles was a sister of mr crossens mother births paisley mr and mrs eugene paisley are happy to announce the birth of a son on wednesday nov 25 1948 paisley mr and mrs bert paisley of stouffville wish to announce the birth of a daugh ter saturday nov 27 1918 at the brierbush hospital stouff ville wideman mr and mrs willis wideman stouffville wish to announce the birth of a son on saturday nov 27 1948 at the brierbush hospital stouffville shank mr and mrs oliver shank markham rr2 wish to announce the birth of a daughter helen marie on monday nov 29 1918 at the brierbush hospi tal stouffville bunker mr and mrs clarence bunker goodwood wish to announce the birth of a son on monday nov 29 1918 at the brierbush hospital stouffville baston to mr and mrs ell- wood baston nee jean feir of stouffville a son on tuesday nov 23 1948 in st josephs hospital toronto sldeyko metro and gwen sudeyko nee johnson are happy to announce the birth of samuel lloyd at grace hospi tal toronto on nov 21 1918 a brother for ivadelle and gerald stouffville gets second member on new area school board stouffville will have two mem bers on the new high schol area board that comes into existence on the 1st of january each munici pality whitchurch markham vil lage and stouffville appoint one member by reason of their popu lation being under 3000 while markham township appoints two because the population is over 3000 under departmental regulations for establishing a high school board the public school board having the largest attendance in grades i to viii inclusive in the year 1947 may appoint a repre sentative to the area board it was not known until last week whether stouffville or markham had this appointment to make according to advice received from inspector mackillop by mr h o klinck secretary of the local board the appointment falls to stouffville the attendance at this sciiool for year 1917 showed an average of 1s7 and markham 170 the name of the area says inspector mackillop shall be known as the stouffvillemarkham high school area board mr ewart stiver has been chosen as the county of york representative on the board vandorf subway to be built in the spring the toronto and york roads commission reported to the county council that the board of transport commissioners had ordered the cnr to pay 45 per cent of the cost of construction of the vandorf subway in whitchurch township the total estimated cost of the sub way will be 104000 of which the province will pay 45760 toronto and york county will pay the balance the report said the work will be started in the spring mrs truman holden her many friends will be glad to know is improving nicely since her recent illness markham township the battle for deputy reeve dnlton rumney r win timrr