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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday december 9 194s former smithy fifty years married this i- the cottage at the corner of the brock rd and xo 47 highway commonly known as the boot jack hill where a party was brought to an abrupt and tragic end when karl hopkins wa charged with attempted murder follow ing the shooting of his brother marliri hopkins the cottage is the home of george mathews trucker the accused man is a fanner and scrap iron dealer living on a sideroad nearby electors of markham township your vote and influence are solicited for albert reesor reeve for 1949 efficiency with economy election day monday dec 13th 9 am to 7 pm to the electors of markham township fellow ratepayers in allowing my name to go before you as a candidate for reeve i respectfully solicit your sup port during my campaign and your vote on monday december 1 3th i take this opportunity of discussing with you the trend throughout the township of keeping the expenditure within the bounds of the ability of people to pay while our population continues to grow we may experience increases in the cost of social services as well as our public and secondary schools during the year 1948 the township rate was levied on the assessment made in 1947 and i feel the increase of two mills should not have occurred especially when the raise of assessment throughout the township amounted to over a half million dollars this increase alone would give the township including government subsidy approximately 4- s7s00 which should have been enough to take care of the increased salaries and wages committments have already been made for a new principle of assessment and an assessment commissioner appointed at a salary of 1800 plus travelling expenses which with the necessary assis tance required will bring the cost of this service to several thousand dollars the appointment of a planning and advisory board consisting of five men appears to be an ex pensive duplication of services that could well be dealt with by an elected council responsible at all times to the people those people present at the nomination meeting on november 291 h at unionville will remember that i asked for information on several accounts in the treasurers report and i produced figures on the high cost of operating the township truck but i received only one answer and that one answer accor ding to township files was incorrect time will not permit my calling on every elector but i trust you will exercise your franchise to elect me as reeve for 1919 and i can assure you that i can give experienced leadership lower taxes with good sound administration in both township and county business and problems coming before council yours sincerely chas h hooper on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary a reception was held for mr and mrs thomas stephenson 2sg balliol st at the home of their daughter mrs e f jackson 176 davisville ave the couple were married in ashburn by rev james harris during their early married life mr stephenson was well known as a blacksmith in ashburn and claremont in later years he was in the garage business in oshawa and is still en gaged in that work in toronto both have been much interested in church work mr stephenson was a member of the offleial board and a sunday school superinten dent for 16 years and mrs stephen son was a member and officer of the wa and missionary organ izations at present they are mem bers of yonge street united church mr stephenson belongs to tiie masonic order and mrsste- phenson to the oes the couple have two daughters mrs everett p jackson of toron to and mrs charles p dolley of oshawa also two grandsons a lot of people who dont know- how many stars there are in the american has could tell you the exact number in the movies cherrywood the ladies of the community met at the home of mrs leonard gates on wednesday afternoon after a very pleasant afternoon a presen tation was made to mrs wm- davidson everyone enjoyed a social half hour mr and mrs murray hollinger and wayne had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs wm sinclair mr and mrs gordon petty and children also douglas and elsie alvis had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs xorman alvis of brooklin the operetta held in the school on friday evening was enjoyed our thanks goes to miss purdon mr doherty and the pupils for such a splendid evening mr walton holmes and mr earl taylor have been confined to bed through illness we wish them both a speedy recovery mrjtind mrs gray and daughters of toronto spent sunday with mr and mrs bob torrance mrs wm petty of toronto spent the weekend with her family and visited her sister mrs wm judd on sunday owing to the illness of our pastor rev mclauchlin miss alexander of whitevale gave an inspiring address on sunday morn ing the community wish mr mclauchlin a speedy recovery mrs wm allchurch entertained a number her family on sunday we congratulate the ones that were elected on monday in picker ing township sext to siberia loses 40 pounds violinists are said to make good aviators because of their rhythm it sounds reasonable unless they start fiddling around in the air former instate of a russian slave labor camp in siberia mrs anna klein 2s a ruman ian refugee is reunited with her family in kitchener ont during her stay in camp she learned to hate cabbage for cabbage soup was a major foot item her weight dropped from 130 to h pounds her brother went to germany and brought her to canada where she was met by her mother two brothers and a sister mrs klein lost both her children in an accident before being sent to russia ft qtooqiqiqqqq vv v w v vvv vvx vi vcrotwsjcv jnscs to the electors of markham township reelect vern griffin reeve for 1949 continue able aggressive municipal administration sz2zt rvvvvvvvv ssskke5sssksw township of markham your vote is respectfully solicited for win timbers as deputyreeve for 1949 he ha- given faithful and careful considera tion to till municipal issues as councillor for the last three years voting monday december 13 1948 township of markham your support is respectfully solicited reelect dalton rumney as deputyreeve for 1040 seasons greetings to all polling day monday dec 13th 1948 uncanny tracking skill of jim peche above cold lake indian lead to rescue of george rault a pilot who had been lost for five days in the alberta wilds it took the eightman rescue squad which brought rault out of the bush six hours to walk one mile because the territory was so rough markham rink builders rushing building forskating the way the memorial arena in brooklin has sprung up during the past week is just short of miracu lous saturday a crew of 30 men were putting the finishing touches on the framework and on monday were applying the sheeting under the dynamic direction of the con tractor allan maynard they are working at top speed there is much reason for the haste since winter weather may sot in any day and not only does the community want skating just as soon as possible but it would not be possible to do much work on the structure after snow comes five maynard brothers of mark- ham are all in the rink building business these days building to the weather recently they have constructed five rinks with two yetto complete in blenheim and picton chairman of the finance com mittee roy mowbray was on hand watching the construction he explained what was going on and said that while there should be enough funds on hand to complete essential construction more money is badly needed to properly com plete the project in other words we may be broke before were finished said mr mowbray unless some more generous individuals chip in with some help dimensions of the rink are 208 by 90 feet which will give a large ice surface of 75 by 175 with plenty of accommodation for spectators much of the lumber and timbers being used were purchased from an ajax building which was demol ished by voluntary labor from brooklin and whitby township the present crew of workmen are on salary but it was learned that certain of them who can afford it are turning back a portion of their wages in the form of a donation to the rink fund in the front of the rink a cement basement has been finished which house a furnace to heat the dress ing rooms a cistern and toilets the large chimney has yet to be built a visitor cannot help but notice that the workmen are dig ging in much faster than is usually the caes on similar jobs com munity spirit is said to be the reason those of them entrusted with the aerial work climb like monkeys 50 feet in the air each of the huge trusses weighs 12 ton raising these with winch and cables was a pretty ticklish job