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11 tl toiifff hie mtibum vol 05 no is the tribune stouffville thursday september 16 154 full page of classified advts on page ten ten pages kindergarten class at work back prem l p evans chairman of the whitchurch township plan ning board tofd council meet ing on saturday afternoon that the board would do every thing possible to discourage premature subdividing in the municipality the discussion arose when a letter was read to council from the vandorf school board asking what addi- tional accommodation was being i considered in view of the fact lat two new subdivisions of reeve crockford to address markham ratepayers the first fall meeting of markham township property owners assn will be held on tuesday sept 21st s pm at cherry hill farm reeve oli ome sixty lot- had been pass- v crockford scarboro twp pictured aoove is a portion of the stouffyille kindergar ten class on the right is mrs levi mustard their tea cher assisted by mrs helen dewitt left at the present time there are fortysix boys and girls on the roll with 26 attending the morning class and 20 in the afternoon the class is now located in the old home economics room formerly occupied by the high school students the hours extend from 9 to 1130 am and from 1 to 330 pm agrees to land trade to benefit new high school w e gladding and jos wain representing the north york farmers market appeared be fore markham township coun cil on monday evening and agreed to a land trade to bene fit both themselves and the new high school being erected st thornhill at the present time the town ship is in possession of a small block of land adjacent to the imarket held for park purposes but unsuitable for this use the market folks would like to obtain this stretch of proper ty for parking facilities in turn they are in possession of land which the high school board would like to make use of for a new road to the high school teeve lemasurier put before council the proposal that the municipality should sell their park land for 1 to the fann ers market if in return this group would agree to sell for road purposes their land for si the land to be used for road punposes is lot 10 the reeve also stated that the town ship solicitor j d lucas had judges to select miss markham fair the markham fair board executive have decided to hold a miss markham fair con test it will be open to all single girls who have never entered a beauty contest the contestants will be dressed in street attire on friday oct 1st the judges will select some six finalists and the winner will be picked on saturday the board intend to make the prizes very attractive full de tails on the contest will be pub lished in next weeks issue should oil more routine business agreed to approach the minis ter of planning who would have to be consulted in such an ar rangement to the reeves suggestion both council and farm deputa tion agreed mr gladding stated that the farmers had been accused of attempting lo stall the building of the new school and he stated that such an impression was entirely false and that the only wish of the market association was to help not to hinder oba playoff here saturday afternoon delhi and stouffvilfe trade fair program thursday evening september 23rd 7h0 pm doors and exhibits open soo pm openinu ceremonies trade fair officially opened by don kairbairn cbc newscaster 900 pm fashion show in entertainment booth 945 pm evenings lucky draws friday evening september 24th 70u pm doors and exhibits open 730 pm stoultvilles youth for christ floys band 900 pm- fashion show n entertainment booth 915 pm- evenings lucky draws saturday september 251 h to f pm afternoon showins of all exhibits i 30 pm dr ballard dog show 700 pm doors and exhibits open soo pm cve prize winning accordionists 900 pm fashion show in entertainment booth 945 pm miss dairy maid of ontario making the final bin draws 1000 pm god save the quebx charlie enjoys altona home roads uxbridge township reeve we should oil more roads throughout the municipality said reeve stuart ball at the regular meeting of uxbridge twp council on monday eve ning the subject was intn duced by councillor clarence bunker who stated that resi dents from altona west to the townline were proud of their portion of road that was oiled by pickering and uxbridge twps councillor robt xcsbitt fav ored oiling he pointed out that an application of calcium was fine for a short time but the road soon becomes rough if its not graded oiling has saved pickering twp a lot of money contin ued mr nesbitt and scarboro twp has also done a consider able amount road supt stan slack stated the cost of placing calcium on the roads would amount to over 500 this summer some ten tons was purchased in addition to seven tons that was left over from the previous year mr slack pointed out that oiling costs approximately 700 per mile with patching an oiled road should last ten years commented the road supt whitchurch council whitchurch township coun cil meeting on saturday after noon agreed to accept the ten der of the j k beamish co of 289100 for resunfacing the musselmans lake road a dis tance of 27 miles clerk jack crawford read a communication announcing the date for the annual county picnic as sept loth at the york county park lake simcoe a communication received from the canadian national railways stated that they had accepted the offer received from john learyand audrey leary and marie a b duncan own ers of the land in lot 6 con 3 adjacent to the leary sideroad crossing where steps are be ing taken to improve the sight lines during a debate on measured assessment which concluded the meeting clerk jack craw ford called for action he said that the office staff could work on the new system during the winter months if council was agreeable to go ahead mr crawford added that the metis ured assessment would not be a cureall for the ills of assess ment but it would be a big step forward and was definitely needed to get more equality into the system to regulate wrecking yards dep reeve j ball uxbridge spoke in favor of a bylow to regulate and govern any salv age yards which might enter the municipality the deputy- reeve pointed out there are many such wrecking yards throughout the countryside that are not properly fenced in wed be in a corner if such a thing was established in this township said mr ball coun cil were unanimous in their decision to introduce such a bylaw record corn crop mr dawson hare farm resi dent on the 9th concession south of stouffville has one of the finest crops of corn in the district the stocks have reach ed a height of over ten feet try tribune scratch pads for economy mrs jane breckon passes in 92nd year on friday mrs jane breck on passed away in the stouff ville brierbush hospital at the age of 91 years born at almira the daughter of joseph and mary cook the deceased mov ed to orillia following her mar riage later taking up residence at melville her husband the late jos breckon predeceased her 30 years ago the funeral service was held at the l e oweill parlors stouffville on monday after noon at 130 conducted by rev r chapin of greenbank and formerly the pastor at melville united church with interment in melville cemetery the pall bearers were clarence wide- man garnet francy harold carruthers harry forrester harvey houck and edgar nigh led by the planning hoard mr evans explained to coun cil that the tentative plans had been okd for these two sub- i divisions two years ago and were only now being given fin al approval there was some discussion among the members on the benefits to be derived by col lecting a fee from the subdivid er for each lot to cover the added school facilities which mjght be required reeve ivan mclaughlin stated that he was not favorable to this method if there was any other way to act further as a deter rent to subdividing mr evans suggested that it would be a good move if all lots once sub divided were assessed as sep arate parcels of land and not as blanket acreage until such time as they are built on it was pointed out that the muni cipality would be quite justi fied in placing a minimum as sessment of 100 a lot on the land once it was subdivided the discussion turned to those summer places and other lowclass housing where tenj ants were the victims of rent gdugers the clerk explained that the taxes collected from these premises where rents ran in some cases to 90 a month were ever so small the tenants on the other hand usually had large families and the farmers in the district were haying to bear the brunt of the high taxes for education in the section while the owner walked off with a big profit later in the meeting clerk jack crawford led a discussion on measured assessment but no definite action was taken by council in this connection he also mentioned the matter ofa ward system which would have to be given some thought in the not too distant future will be the special speaker an interesting feature will be the presentation of prizes to win ners in tile essay contest of last spring subject markham township competed for by scholars in the local schools there were seven prizes award ed as usual light refreshments will be served at the meetings conclusion and a large attend ance of members and the gen eral public is expected mrs mabel baker sister of mrs 0 madill and friend mrs l leitch of toronto were sunday guests at the madill home east of the town irllc a pet crow has i i permanent home with mr and mrs mervin bunk er alton he wjs captured when very young and has siree become a familiar fig- ure around the district the crow has an enormous appe tite eating everything from xn to chicken feed bread and milk i a favorite dish when charlie was but a few weeks old he would perch on the back of the fam ilys collie dog and ride ar ound the yard pictured above is char perched on the shoulder of 6yarom tommy bunker of a from over three hundred attend raymer reunion on saturday afternoon and nition for having the largest evening more than 300 mem bers of the raymer clan gath ered together at the markham fair grounds to celebrate the first reunion since 1936 in the future the reunion will be held every five years present at the huge gathering was mr til- man ramer of oshavva 92 years of 3ge and mrs parsilla lageer service at unionville for mrs c n dyke the death occurred on sun day sept 12th at unionville of mrs c dyke widow of the late cornelius robert dyke the couple were longstanding residents of the markham twp village surviving their mother are two sons alfred and os wald of wexford and gladys mrs w hiltz one son her bert of sault ste marie is de ceased and there also survives one brother ernest copson of urora service was conducted in central united church union ville on tuesday afternoon with interment in newmarket cemetery kids mutt show enter your dog in the dr ballard mutt show at the stouffville trade fair on sat urday sept 25th at 230pm there are seven classes open 1 largest dog 2 smallest dog 3 best dressed dog 1 dog with longest tail 5 dog with shortest tail 6 dog with best tricks 7 eating contest the first prize will be two silver dollars in each class second one silver dollar in each class prize for every entrant all dogs entered must be held on leash for information contact j mathewson carloadgroceteria two prowlers were chased from the rear of hendricks hardware at 2 am wed and police stopped a number of cars to investigate a possible breakin attempt aurora highhanded in annexation aurora has been highhand ed in saying they wijl take so many acres from whitchurch declared chairman l p evans of the township planning board before council on saturday af ternoon stouffville and new market consulted council first on their feelings in the matter and then went through the proper procedure mr evans went on to say this statement was part of a discussion which stemmed from a press report that au rora was about to annex 500 acres of whitchurch and king twp land reeve ivan mc laughlin said he had heard nothing official on the matter and nothing had come before council aurora has six hundred un developed acres within the cor poration now so i dont know what they want any more for said mr evans they recently turned down a subdivision for 600 homes on the bodfish farm i dont think this good agricultural land should be taken when other land is avail able to them they say they want it for industry but they havent got water for indus try continued mr evans i think the farmers there should be consulted first said deputyreeve timbers it was finally agreed that the report could not be ignored and the property committee was authorized to investigate the views of residents living in the area south of aurora which is under discussion sendoff for local plowman plowmen friends of mr and mrs bob timbers gathered at the eklred king home on sat urday night to give this local couple a presentation sendotl prior to their sailing for ire land and the world plowing match mrs timbers was pre- sented with a train case and bob with a clubbag the couple are scheduled to i leave on monday of next week aboard the princess of scotland and will be away six weeks in addition to competing in the world plowing match at kil- larney ireland the couple will also visit england and scot land and may continue to the continent lloyd freel called to lynwood united lloyd freel son of dr and mrs h b free of stouffvilte i will be the minister at lyn- i wood church for the coming year lloyd is a third year stu- crack teenage theft ring police constables geo clay ton and harvey cox of the markham twp force and wm adams and wm mayburj- of vaughan twp police arrested three teenage youths on wed nesday of last week following a sixweek investigation into numerous breakins and thefts in the langstaffthornhil area convicted on five charges by magistrate hollinrake in wdl- lowdale court on thursday were wm watson 19 of thornhill clifford garnett is of doncaster and forbes ken nedy 17 also from doncaster they will be sentenced this week elderly box grove man injured on friday evening mr tom kiddle elderly box grove resi dent was rushed to the toron to east general hospital by ambulance after being hit by a car driven by mr clifford king 9th concession south of stouffville the injured man suffered a compound fracture of the leg along with head and shoulder injuries he was thrown about eight feet by the impact the driver of the south bound vehicle told markham twp police constable don dukes that he didnt see the man on the road in time to avoid the accident dent minister at emmanuel college his experience in the mis sion field was gained during one year at north thessalon one year at glenella man and one year at scotia near hunts- ville he also served as assis tant student minister at queen st united church in toronto he has been spending the sum mer helping patients at the on tario mental hospital miss dairy maid at trade fair miss dairy maid of ontario 18yearold barbara cunning- bam is coming to the stouff ville trade fair next week she will be interviewed on sat urday night and will make the final big draws of the fair bar bara is a live wire in junior farmers work a choir singer sunday school teacher junior farmer debater scholarship winner in gardening judge at the one and chicago livestock shows and other activities theres a lot more fun and activity in the country nowa days than in the city from what i can see of city life says bar bara stray bullet just misses markham twp farmers ohas hooper and dalton rumney two prominent mark ham township farmers had a very narrow escape ercently while driving near brantford when a stray rifle bullet smash ed into the windshield of the car in which they were riding at the time of the accident the local men were travelling in a car driven by w stevenson contractor who is erecting a new cooperative dairy build ing on the outskirts of toronto and were on a trip to inspect a building of a similar type in western ontario mr hoover was riding in the front seat at the time in direct line with the shot which sent splintered glass into his face and mouth and into the back seat where mr rumney was riding the matter was reported to the police and it was later learned that this is the third time people in the area have been nearly hit elderly couple honored at raymer reunion family present on the ground with eight children mr nelson raymer of mark ham will act as president of the organization and mr oral ramer will hold the office of j secretary the librarian will lie miss blanche ramer of ce dar grove other members on the committee are jonas ra of toronto s7 years old alo mer oliver ramer don f ra- attending the reunion vverejmer reg ramer rev denzil mrs dorothy sullivan and mr ramer and donald raymer gordon raymer both of scot- at the business meeting the land and mr ira raymer from i wellknown quartet- of messrs beaver pennsylvania the lat- less pike arthur pike oliver er left markham township j ramer and klwood ramer pro- ome fifty five years ago the vided a number of musical sej vounzest child present wai the j lection- rev denzil ramer of 3yearold daughter of mr and i the toronto bible college sori mrs maxvjlle of orillia mr of mr oliver ramer spoke j murrftr nesixrt gained reoog- 1 briefly i on saturday afternoon and evening ekie to k0 members of the raymer clan garn ered together at the mark ham fair grounds for the firt time in eighteen years pictured above 3 president nelson raymer left pn- ring a flower on mr tilman ramer 92 of oshaiwa while mr ora raymr secretary right pns a flower to mra parsiila fageer 87 of to ronto they were the oldest couple jn attendance at tht large gathering