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twelve pages tottfftrille unburn 3000 copies vol 01 no 13 the tribune stouffville ont july 13 1950 uxbridge man a real winner ira boyer dies in 95th year ensil beverley of uxbridge who won 62950 daily double recently at the thorncliffe race track and held an additional 27730 straight ticket on the winner only four tickets were sold on daniel the longshot winner driven by harold mc- kinley the trotter that brought fortune to mr bever ley charles gostick purchases monkhouse property on church st a large crowd attended the auction sale of household furni ture and equipment belonging to the estate of the late john monk- house on church street north on saturday auctioneer farmer was in charge with lloyd turner as clerk at 3 oclock the 7room brick dwelling was offered for sale and was knocked down to charles gostick of mount joy for 6500 a few articles brought high prices but on the whole prices were rather low with some ridicu lously low an antique cherrywood bedroom suite with bedsprings brought only 5 a springfilled mattress in good condition only 6 and a deforest crosley cabinet radio only si 50 on the other hand bidding was keen on some of the smaller rarer articles a glass decanter brough 425 and a pair of square glass bottles for the dressing table brought 8 a pair of small oval picture frames with raised design went for 275 candle snuffers and brass tray brought 5 and a pair of snuffers alone 250 while a pickle cruet and tongs went for 175 mounted plovers in a case were purchased for 425 and a loon for 350 the walnut grand father clock was knocked down for 5750 perhaps the children enjoy ing themselves in the swing ham mock with mattress had something to do with bringing a 13bid for it an antique carvedback sofa was sold for 11 while the modern solid dark oak dining suite brought 110 a fulllength mirror on stand was popular and went to the 20 ibid and an antique chest of drawers to a 16 offer there was a large assortment of rocking and other chairs linens blankets and dishes a pair of pillow cases with handmade lace edging brought 5 and a china setting hen the base of which was mended 2 a small swing mirror frame of metal with out mirror sold for 750 william smith laid to rest in 87th year funeral services for the late william smith who passed away at the home of mr and mrs milton smith on wednesday evening july 5th were held on saturday after noon from oneills parlours rev douglas davis conducted the service at the chapel followed by interment in the family plot in mount pleasant cemetery at which service rev fred gould officiated pall bearers were messrs walter brillinger william ford bruce harper l c murphy bert cook of richmond hill and robert leckie of toronto the late mr smith had been in failing health for two months but had only been bedfast for three days since he suffered a stroke on monday morning he was a man of amiable disposition and a hard worker and was a familiar figure walking through the greenhouses with the family dog butch he was born 86 years ago in lan cashire england the son of john and rebecca smith sixtythree years ago he was married to christina elizabeth matheson who passed away four years ago on june 29th together they farmed on what is now the site of the north york market on yonge st then on yonge st opposite law rence park where the catholic church stands and at leaside the deceased was for years an elder in eglinton methodist church on yonge st he was a member of the market gardeners association and of the woodmen of the world in 1936 mr smith accompanied by his wife came to make his home with his son milton in stouff ville proprietor of the stouftville floral co ltd surviving are six sons milton jnd george of stouft ville and william jack frank and fred of toronto a son robert predeceased his father some years ago the death of ira boyer patient in the brierbush hospital for the past seven weeks occurred on saturday morning july sth since the first of the year mr boyer had been in failing health having reached the age of 4 years the deceased was a son of the late david and maude leaney boyer of the 7th concession of pickering township he was a bachelor and lived in claremont most of his life always a great lover of flowers he had a good garden when he made claremont his home he was a member of the claremont bowling club and was a member of the church of the disciples of christ for many years mr boyer taught piano lessons over a wide territory having studied in warren ohio and being a gifted pianist a brother the late joe boyer of st louis and detroit became a millionaire through his inventions which included the pneumatic hammer and car coupler he also assisted in the invention of the burroughes adding machine the late mr boyer is survived by three nieces in canada mrs george lee of stouffville mrs lily comba of toronto and miss maud mckay of toronto as well as several in the united states funeral services were conducted by rev mr davidson of claremont baptist church assisted by rev douglas davis of stouffville united church on monday afternoon july 10th in oneills funeral chapel and proceeded to clare mont union cemetery for inter ment pallbearers were fred glenn ratcliff allan and manderson of balsam bunker and geo lee whitchurch township unfair assessment protests method madill glenn clarke ladies hold opening tournament stouffville ladies bowling club held their first tournament of the season friday evening with 16 sets of mixed doubles resulting as follows high for 3 wins mr hill- son and mrs haig agincourt 2nd high for 3 wins ed wurm and mrs geo lee stouffville high for 2 wins mr and mrs m e watts stouffville high for 1 win gordon lemon and mrs fred crossen whitchurch township council has joined four other municipal ities markham township vaug- han king and scarboro in protest ing the method used of equalizing the assessment in 1950 in the county of york and passed a by law at their regular meeting on saturday entering an appeal at the recent sitting of county council the abovementioned mun icipalities voted against the assess ment committees report but lost out and this report was adopted upon which will be based the 1951 tax levy whitchurch council claims that the assessment basis is unfair be cause it was based on 1940 value since then urban values they con tend have soared but farm values have remained the same a report was read by clerk crawford at the sitting of whit church council to substantiate councils claim that farms in the township were assessed very much nearer to their actual selling value than residences while the township county rate even under the present setup was down this year 16 council felt that the principal used in determining the value was wrong instances were cited where farms had changed hands in the 10000 bracket several times in the last couple of years and the assess ment value placed on these proper ties by county assessors was approximately 9000 on the other hand residential property selling between 10000 and 15000 was shown to be assessed less than thirty percent da iron robson reunion at stouffville i two new constables for pickering township the 14th annual reunion of the pickering township council ha3 daltonrobson families was held appointed two new constables at the stouffville memorial park they are walter higgins and on saturday july sth the day gordon channing selected from a was perfect for the occasion and sizeable list of applicants both all enjoyed the pleasant surrblihd- officers are veterans of world war ings in the park ii the president mr chas feasby constable fred white was pro of goodwood presided mr george moted to the rank of sergeant tran atha and mrs prescillai brings the force to four mr and mrs r filyer formerly of ringwood have disposed of their general store near trenton the couple have not made immedi ate plans for the future father of mrs s bodendistel passes following accident falling from a beam while haul ing in hay on his farm near wood- ville last thursday july 6th and not regaining consciousness james dixon passed away in lindsay hospital saturday evening july sth examination revealed no broken bones but mr dixon suffered an injury to the jaw and possibly a fractured skull the deceased was in bis 84th year and was raised in the immediate district of woodville he had lived on the same farm since his marriage to lottie foster over 50 years ago and she survives to mourn his loss also surviving are three daughters mrs s bodendistel mary of stouffville mrs w hooper jean of toronto and mrs m fisher minnie of caesarea and two sons harvey of woodville and wilton who con ducts a funeral home in markham a sister mrs w mceachren lives at beaverton service was conduct ed tuesday afternoon at the late mr dixons home with interment being made in woodville ceme tery councillor fred timbers family president at the annual timbers reunion held in ratcliffs park on saturday gordon timbers of aurora stepped down from the presidency and the position was taken by councillor fred timbers of whitchurch there were 101 members of the clan present and while none came from a great distance letters were read from several points in the united states president fred timbers will team up with his better half mrs fred timbers as secretary- treasurer a position she has held for some years baseball and other sports occupied the afternoon which was topped by a grand supper the timbers family has been holding this pleasant annual get- together for more than twenty years sollitt of peterborough won prizes for the oldest man and woman present mrs sollitt also won the prize for coming the farthest little yvette malloy daughter of mr and mrs william malloy won the prize for the youngest one present mrs gordham tran of markham won the prize for the lucky spot in the election of officers mr chas feasby was again chosen president vicepresident mr george dalton gormley and secre tarytreasurer mrs howard st john races and contest for all ages were taken care of by the convener mr chas dalton it was decided to hold another reunion next year the second sat urday in july at the same park including the chief lockhart trin- nell a former toronto detective the growth of the township necessitates the larger force thought caller could be crumback girl a darkhaired girl recently called at the home of mrs william beach ballantrae whom this lady thought might possibly be the missing mabel crumback from pine orchard school trustees protest any easing of powers a brief was tabled at the regular meeting of whitchurch council on saturday signed by trustees of school section no 4 pine orchard opposing any lessening of powers of public school trustees to control own expenditures a proposal was put forward at the recent session of county council designed to give municipal councils some control over the expenditures of local school trustees which it was stated had soared to unheard of levels the proposal would have estab lished the right of appeal to possibly the municipal board against trustees levies in the brief presented by pine orchard trustees they cite the claim that they like the municipal council are responsible to the suburban toronto the elrl iskeri wulu responsive to tne f she miht come in the house rat6payels trustees he brief r comethe house statedi are nonjpaidi and thus non since she was scared of some political and their only interests men with a car and trailer who ax i they apply road and had township tax rate slightly lower for 1950 its our wish to keep the taxi is down five tenths of a mill which rate on a par with last year or a added to the general rate reduction will give the ratepayers an overall little down if possible stated reeve edw logan as whitchurch council launched into the sixth hour of council proceedings at sat urday afternoons meeting treasurer john crawford stated that a 17 mill rate for the township would make a small surplus to handle any eventualities which might arise the 17 mill rate as set on saturday is made up of 1g6 mills for township general pur poses and 4 for relief this is an increase of twotenths of a mill for relief but an overall decrease of twotenths of a mil from years figure added to this will be 40 purposes the levy required for general township punoses is s0596s the total assessment for the township as stated in the taxing bylaw is s1o70scs33 the general township school rate reduction of seven tenths of a mill of the three high school areas in which whitchurch township is involved stouftville aurora and newmarket stouffville is the onlv one to show a decrease the rate for 1050 being 17 to cover an appro priation of 254520 births deaths two to one in first six months births recorded at the local municipal office for the first six months of 1950 outnumbered deaths by almost two to one there have been 58 births registered which is two more than for the same period last year deaths dur ing the same period totalled 33 qs against 30 a year ago mills for county now all the secondary students are conducted to school by bus and it all adds to the tax bill one of the main bumps is the care of outgoing patients from certain last hospitals called tb aftercare rate every day it is costing do larf for g can hospitalization and aftercare that f 0c g t thc the municipalities are forced to oulms are joan limrer mr fred gould pastor at the stouffville congregational christian church will preach his farewell sermon here this coming sunday july i6th mr gould will spend the summer in muskoka engaged in bible conference work officers installed at richardson lodge officers for richardson masonic lodge were recently installed with rt wor bro h c tugwell of georgina lodge toronto acting as installing officer the veteran officer who has performed this work for more than 25 years with out a break for the local lodge was assisted by members of georgina lodge the officers installed wm dean wagg i pm reuben pearse sw r norman wagg jw henry ogden chaplain wor bro j f reid treas wor bro nei smith secy wor bro a e weldon sd bro walt todd jd bro ken wagg d of c wor bro lc murphy historian wor bro o madill ig bro bruce mclean ss bro elwood baston js bro j ep worth tyler wor bro harvey moyer ass tyler bro ted cadieux were out on the offered her a ride mrs beach let the girl inside and later she was joined by a taller girl with fair bair and two young men the four in the beach home were determined to remain inside until the car and trailer out on the road had moved on and after a time the car car turned around and headed south down the 8th concession mrs beach after seeing a pic ture of mabel crumback believed there was a striking similarity she notified whitchurch police and constable mulholland investi gated mrs beach told this report er she has heard nothing further markham township council will hold their regular midmonth meet ing this thursday evening july 13th new haying methods gain in popularity drive several miles in any direc tion out of stouffville and you will see fields of hay cut and in bales square shaped or conical this new method of harvesting hay has come in fast in the last couple of years and hay balers and loaders for bales are a fast seller in the local implement trade it is estimated that there are more than 150 balers and 50 to 100 harvesters at work this year in york county new steel silos for storing hay chopped hay are becoming ever more popular leitchcroft farms and col phillips near oriole were two prominent farms to pioneer in this new storage method an elec tric motor in the bottom of the silo draws air through the perforations through the hay and expels in through a central elevator shaft to date we have not heard of anyone practicing the mill drying process for hay as used in the states there milling companies buy up the alfalfa and haul it to a plant where it is dried and ground field drying in wet weather is thus eliminated us farmers last year received 17 a dry ton for alfalfa which average two to three tons per acre misses marion atkinson shirley bone and dorcen ogden are assist ing this week at camp ahshuny- oong lake simeoe as junior coun- will call meeting to plan or township centennial meet this year the entire secondary school taxes are collected through the high school rate and the county- does not enter into the picture at all ey harmon marilyn bone margaret curtis and karen lewis mr and mrs phillip schwenke nco myrtle crossen of living stone nj made a hurried call ir town a few days ago a communication was received at the regular meeting of whit church municipal council on sat urday from the local conservation committee suggesting that some recognition be taken of the fact that 1950 marked the centennary of municipal government in whit church township council agreed that some form of celebration should he held by the municipal clerk where represent- with whitchurch can discuss the project the first reeve of whitchurch was joseph hartman and his council was composed of t pear son j macklin e wideman and g playter three reeves of the township have held the office of warden of york county latest be ing earl toole the township of whitchurch was first laid out in 1s00 by john stcgmann surveyor in upper canada but it was not atives of all township organiza- until 1s50 that the first council was tions and municipalities linked constituted as we know it today children and teachers the diverse problems of modern education are uppermost in public administra tion and require specialized con sideration the resolution stated that this board opposed any retrograde step undertaken to weaken the present organization and the authority of the public school boards a request for a wrecking license received from stanley hall on the aurora road was rejected by council council contended that such a permit would only create one more junk heap the road supt was instructed to erect stop signs at bethesda where the sideroads enter the through concession road supt davis revealed to council that the whitchurch police had been checking trucks coming from the gravel hill pit for over loading infractions the supt stated that it was impossible to keep some of the roads in condi tion while truckers continued to overload their trucks three truckers were summoned to court from checkups at the corner of the 9th con and stouffville recently however mr davis stated that when drivers became aware that they were being checked they con tinued on across the sideroads at bloomington and avoided meeting up with the police the amount of 10 was ordered paid to george sproxton lot 25 con 4 for one sheep injured by dogs approximately 29 miles of town ship road has received weed spray on both sides the road supt told council this is about the same amount of spraying as was done in the municipality last year road accounts for the month totalled 404003 which included about 1000 for work on the north townline the matter of improvement for the grounds about the township hall and office came in for consid erable discussion a communica tion was received from the town ship conservation club asking if something couldnt be done to make the municipal grounds a little more presentable it was revealed that a board of management was established for the hall and grounds more than fifteen years ago but the state ment was made that the group had not met fifteen times in all those years just how improvements of this nature should be financed will be looked into by clerk john craw ford who told council that it was only by the kindness of the road supt that one was able to look out of the township office windows the grass had grown so high the municipal mower had finally come to the rescue and cut the heavy growth but a week later ball players were still knee deep in hay and no more league games would be allowed at vandorf until the mess was cleaned up