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eview of local headlines and pictures during 1954 january ferguson home burns while family away fire brigade answered 31 calls in 1953 whit church tax sale in march engineer threatens resignation claims no harmony in road dept trucker flags train as truck flounders on track meet to consider ballantrae school addition youth rescues bethesda boy from pond massey- harris agency changes hands eight applica tions for new h s caretaker job stouffville to increase fire- protection rate- to townships markham bldg dept heads both resign mark- ham asked for 155000 more for public schools hs boards notified of contract suspension destitute families at lake problem for whitchurch whitchurch sets 93000 road budget for 51 february markham will ask county to shoulder huge new school debenture pickering election pro cedure will be aired in court will set up kindergarten in local public school markham twp road budget to be 5154150 public school budget here will be 53116000 chamber of commerce to sponsor elmer the safety elephant f clippers open playoffs walter craig new mark- ii ham bldg inspector march sewer question discussed by town council athree man industrial committee named by whit- church twp loss in gormley breakin more than 51000 local publishers absolved of contempt charge richvale school in trouble erected ad- tlition without proper approval pass bylaw to dissolve school area in oxbridge bidding brijk as over 75 whitchurch properties go at tax sale about 15000 assessment involved in local annex ation whitchurch not satisfied with fire agree- inent judge orders new pickering election thos reesor farmer and mennonite minister dead b- local annexation okayed by municipal board april whitchurch man gored by bull capacity crowds at high school commencement whitchurch clerk resigns after 20 years senice threaten legal action to bar erection of new masonic hall more than 20000 chicks burned at whitevale stouff ville moves into north york riding markham twp tax rate set at 192 young canada night proves popular health unit moves into whit church large new subdivision planned for stouffville driver escapes when truck goes into pond county offices move to newmarket charge four with coop breakin markham would leave county if no tax relief toronto firm to conduct meter survey here official opening of markham offices planned byelection in whit church half million dollar subdivision in mark ham may dynamite blast kills victoria square farmer markham police had busiest month in history ted kennedy here for lions hockey night tribune changes to metropolitan size whitchurch tax rate up nearly ten mills communitv shocked bv death of alfred mole public school likely filled by fall is belief conservation club plants 5000 trees cober barn burns at gormley merchants boost local shopping centre mark ham council disapproves wholesale annexation thousand dollars donated to blind building fund hugh boyd former councillor dead police continue liquor crackdown at dance halls high school principal resigns june high school budget here increased by about 40000 geo richardson wins whitchurch by- election claremont cannery in 10000 court action 20000 in hydro debentures needed to cover town growth pickering twp building well over million dollars some increase in hydro rates coming in august may be budgeting into bankruptcy arena shareholders critical of laek of municipal aid ontario united missionary church conference here july residents petition to divide pickering town ship sth con to be extension of prov highway no 48 five injured in car crash cnr com muter service stouffville to toronto is urged locally stouffville tax rate increased to 73 mills local horse show had 5 ft 5 in jumping event atha plowman jos tran is western champ new subdivision for town has over hundred lots 250 at vacation bible school floodlight soccer started here wind and hail damage crops at goodwood markhams bayview subdivision runs into opposition car skids on wet pavement toronto lady injured crop damage in thousands as army worms cross markham lake bowling alley owner claims appeal made to ontario muni cipal board struck local officer sent to jail august town sidewalks create council isse young man is seriously injured as car snaps off pole insufficient care in road work says reeve le- masurier upper school results announced over thousand at opening of arena meetings new high school to be ready for fall markham council urges drastic action against stream pol luters over 300000 bushels of wheat being handled by district elevators september tax defaulters in pickering may lose voting privileges mrs eleanor crossen wins provincial lawn bowling championship robt ratcliff suc cumbs to series of strokes missing uxbridge man found in creek don fairbairn to open trade fair must provide bl le prints for new buildings altona farmer injured in tractor accident over 300 at raymer reunion stouffville red sox tricounty league champions donald goudte injured in freak shooting accident markham to air grievances before health unit town population figure up to 2089 throngs attend threeday trade fair october electrical mfg firm interested in locating here markham police have another record month to license junk yarjs and restaurants lions sponsor free chest xrays eleven bids received for whitchurch twp bonds hydro linesman severely burned north york plowing match at ballantrae main st awash at height of hurricane flood jail speeder after wild race through town half million for new bridges and roads in markham local train runs aground jos tran new canadian plowing champion stores to open friday nights till end of year november markham in need of greater police force whitchurch storm damage estimated at 04000 town will retain opp providing better contract markham reeve announces vast housing and- factory development town seeks dept help for overspent budget township opposes mark ham village annexation of 2500 acres court of revision urges measured assessment in whitchurch markham annexation decision reserved queens own band here for santa claus parade k december eight candidates qualify in town election new high school officially opened reeve mc laughlin gets third term in whitchurch sid legge deputy markham returns alf lemasurier by big majority trucker killed by live wires approve ward system in pickering geo todd reelected in pickering landslide here for elmer daniels wyatt johnson hurt in accident burk ratcliff wagg timbers new council largest vote out main street during hurricane hazel new high school principal mutt show prize jvinner at trade fair