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ribttmt vol 67 no 23 the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 1 1936 tex pages pickering twp population up the population and assess ment figures in pickering twp i show an increase this year over last years 1 1955 totals the present population statistics show a total of 135s9 in 1956 as compared with 13137 in 1955 an increase of close to 4 the population increase during the j past year is down somewhat in comparison with other recent i totals the assessment in 1956 was s121136024 as compared with 1083311615 in 1955 in the five wards the popula tion and assessmen figures are as follows sewer work cuts through busy main st corner popn assessment ward 1 2177 5238628969 ward 2 1816 s212 14 1391 ward 3 2482 s2253701 91 ward j 3627 s227355467 ward 5 34s7 s277s50000 death claims son parents within yr in less than one year death has claimed three members of the blizzard family 7th conces sion of markham in the spring mr alonzo blizzard passed away and mrs blizzard died shortly afterwards in the stouffville brierbush hospital on thurs day of last week death claimed a son mr thomas l blizzard who passed away suddenly in the scarboro general hospital he was in his 45th year the deceased is survived by his wife the former helen arm strong and five sons william robert paul donald and bryan the funeral service was held from the dixon chapel mark- ham on monday afternoon at 2 oclock with interment in peachs cemetery local gravel pits are closed down as strike grips industry all the gravel pits in the orized or illegal strike as these stouffville district including people are not covered by the stouffville sand gravel west- latior relation act lern lee and commercial are closed down tins week as hun dreds of independent truck drivers struck for higher rates they are independent opera tors and own their own tools they are simply withholding their services and their equip seen from atop the news paper office one of the large power shovels is cutting across main street at the busy corner of market street thence north on mill street the sewer pips- line is down fourteen feet through this cut compressors were used to clear the pave- ate around the big water main ment and concrete ahead of which runs along main street the shovel no difficulty was at this point encountered and the shovel jim thomas little heard on elections here bishop oscar burkholder passes was bom here bishop oscar burkholder 70 of breslau pastor of cressman j mennonite church breslau for local man builds 43 years died at the kitchener- 1 waterloo hospital on monday fences at 82 yrs of this week following a heart attack mr john morgason of stoufc- should build within govt grant system school representative well known for his evangel- l is an expert fence builder with local nominations for istic work in canada and the s mss2 y starting reeve deputyreeve councillors us bishop burkholder taught at the mennonite bible school kitchener for 37 years he re tired as pastor of the breslau church in 1954 born near stouffville he was a son of the late mr and mrs aaron burkholder in 1913 he councillors and school board as well as pub lic utilities less than a month away little is heard of election prospects the municipal pot has not begun to simmer there have been rumours that a rate payers organization was in the formation stage and there were marr laura mae shantz of possibilities that they would put i breslau who predeceased him on april 13 1916 on march 28 1918 he married mary reesor of markham who survives also surviving are two sons clayton of breslau and john of waterloo three daughters mrs arthur ethel marie gingrich of markstay mrs hilton ag nes staynor of hamilton and mrs archie nellie kinsie of breslau four brothers orval ralph and ira all of stouffville and clarence of breslau and a sister mrs walter laura mil ler of stouffville one daughter one sister and one brother pre deceased him there are twelve grandchildren the funeral was conducted on wednesday from cressman men nonite church with interment in cressman mennonite ceme tery breslau rev carl rudy pastor of the church officiated assisted by bishop j b martin of waterloo new slate of candidates for ward however constant check ing by reporters has failed to uncover any definite facts on the move while there has been no offi cial announcement it is gener ally thought that all council members will seek reelection only major issue at the pres ent time is assessment and while there is constant discon tent voiced on the street the number of appeals for next weeks court is not large the machinery for the elec tion has been set up with two new polls established the elec tion day is set it is up to the ratepayers now to get interest on the move farm sold by auction one of the few instances of a farm being disposed of by pub lic auction occurred near king city last saturday when auc tioneer a s farmer sold the 100acre property belonging to r e ross the price was 30000 mr ross has lived on his 49th season in this special ized line of work mr morgason has constructed fences in six different townships including markham whitchurch picker ing uxbridge reach and scott although the demand for fen ces has slackened off consider ably ia the past few years mr morgason is still kept very busy around the district the the farm for eightytwo years the property sale was part of a complete farm dispersal includ ing stock and implements paving on 6th con to cashel to cost 37500 cost of wire a shortage of farm labour and the use of hydraulic post hole augers has lessened the necessity of manual fence construction mr morgason said that a number of years ago he would purchase wire from mr ernie buttons hardware for 35c a rod wire costs close to 150 per rod now mr morgason recalls how in his younger days be would dig 26 post holes by hand in a single day he has torn down an old rail fence sighted up and com pleted a new 10 rod wire fence i in four days in 1902 lie and mr i chris thompson dug holes for i telephone poles nailed on the in a letter to markham town ship council mr stewart rumble rr2 gormley strong ly requested that council refrain from approving the construction of high school classrooms where no government grants were available mr rumble is markham townships represent ative on the richmond hilll dis trict high school board mr rumble stated that added expense had been placed on the taxpayers since additional class rooms had been constructed on the thornhill district high school which would not be cov ered by a government grant mr rumble pointed out in his letter that the additional facili ties in spite of the added cost would accommodate only go additional students i feel we should be realistic and build within the grant sys tem or as close to it as possible said the board mem ber we should not continue to pile up excessive high school building costs on our local tax payers mr rumble stated that he felt the onus should be on the provincial government when the grant system is broadened to include these extra items then it will be soon enough to add them to our school system he con tinued there is only so much money in the pot stated reeve le- masurier i believe the tax payers now feel that these school costs should be investi gated these trimmings are costing a lot of money agreed council lor deacon its a provincial government mater stated councillor grif- fen councillor griffen contend ed that the government refuses to pay grants oi extras but does not remove them from the curriculum mr griffen felt that some of the extra classes and specialized training were important the provincial grant system is a way out of line he continued reeve lemasurier staled that the provincial government heads had been approached on the mater many times but with little success deputyreeve clark contend ed that council should refuse to approve of the extras where no grants were being paid in his letter to council mr rumble stated that the same story would be repeated at woodbridge an extension at richmond hill and a new school at richmond hill it will become a real burden on the taxpayer in the near future said the board repre sentative for their hauling the move to ment as they are not bound by trike which has tied up major any agreement they cant even construction work all across lie certified by the labor rela- southern ontario was sparked lions board by the international brother- j those affected in walkouts are hood of teamsters union as part primarily associated with the of their attempt to get all the sand and gravel industry as independent drivers in the such a complete tieup would union stop the flow of materials to stouttville and nearby roads i readymix concrete firms to the got a rest from the pounding construction industry generally truck traffic this week as hardly and even to road building opera- any vehicles were observed in tions addition to the local pits firms i the operators are seeking in are affected in toronto streets- 1 the case of hourlypaid drivers ville brampton georgetown an hour for a threeyard truck gormley oakville and guelph or its equivalent in tons with an one of the major jobs paralyz ed by the shutdown i the exten sion of malton airport a 27 000000 project the readymix yard over the added 23 cents three yards sought on the alternative mile age basis is 50 cents a ton on concrete drivers as well are i hauls up to five miles eight threatening to join the walkout cents a ton for five to 10 miles which would halt an estimated 1so000000 worth of construc tion work in the toronto area the first of the week stouff- ville sand gravel was still operating but word from mr bruce winterstein one of the proprietors later in the week stated that this large pit had also closed down jack robinson director of re search for the teamsters cen- and so on on hauls of 10 to 15 miles the rate would be 5i cents a ton 1520 miles 5v cents 2030 miles 5 cents and 4 cents for each additional mile over 30 mr robinson said that in this present cutthroat field of operations many independent owners after paying their own costs and meeting payments on their equipment averaged around 50 cents an hour in cbc recommends radio station at richmond hill the cbc board of governors this week recommended appro val of the application of john o graham for a radio station at richmond hill but recommend ed against an application from newmarket interests claiming that it was not necessary for two stations to serve the same general area north of toronto the station at richmond hill will be a 500watt outlet at 1300 on the dial the board said that in its opinion a station at rich mond hill is more likely to develop an economic basis for good community service to the general area of york county the board also repommended that no further application for the general area including new market be considered for one year from the time the rich mond hill station begins opera tions c tral conference said more than 500 independent truckers had i wages for themselves joined local 230 he placed the i present rates vary all over j potential metro membership at i loi h said generally rates between 5000 and 6ou0 i requested represent an increase he added provincewide it i ot about va cents a tonmile would be a fabulous figure i the lnion b organizing in mr robinson said the action of the independent truck drivers could not be termed an unauth- this field several weeks ago with seven fulltime operators and approximately 30 key men in the varioqs outfits helping local lad pinned under overturned tractor sat eldred king esso champ at york plowing match sunny skies prevailed for the annual east york plowing match on wednesday held this year on the masseyharris farms con 5 markham eldred king ringwood was the winner of the esso special for tractor plowing and anthony feather- stone milliken the esso prize for horse drawn plows a clare- mont girl shirley dunkeld of claremont took the clarks a three mile paving contract reeve clark informed council extending from the northern that the road men had been outskirts of unlonvllle to cashel instructed to clear away the has been awarded to the miller brush inrms and set them in the ground ladies wear prize for the girl paving company for a tender arena meeting for 10c per hour in the winter winning the most points and bid of 3700 it was the lowest counrilloi don deacon report- hc wouli rut wood in thc graeme little of agincourt won of five tenders received the ed on the meeting of ratepayers for g m p01 dav the bank of nova seotia trophy figure was approved by the held on thursday evening to dis- dept of highways thc work is cuss plans for the erection of a to be started within two weeks new community centre and the pavement is to be of hall councillor deacon stated i asphalt construction the feeling ot those present was i work delayed to refrain from any further con- 1 construction work on the new struction projects at the present mr morgason has done a con- 1 for best plowed land in boys siderable amount of work here classes in stouffville his most recent i prize winners were as job was the completion of the follows home run fence which skirts class 1 herb jarvis agin- the bottom of the baseball out- court anthony featherstone held in the park his wire- milliken stan may hornby bi idge at woodland park will be time he said that the ratepayers etching handiwork is also put off until spring members of be eyed that they were getting i jtc vis line fencc the department of highways by under the present setup in rom of bleachers slated that the tender price of councillor deacon said he be- ami grandstand i in constructing a 11150700 was too high it was lieved the rink board was rather the lowest of three tenders re- discouraged with the result of received thc dept representa- the meeting tive said he believed the bid was i based on a winter contract and r 7 l felt that the same job could be- ai lemasurier inform- done in the spring at a lower i f hat he luestion of a figure a bailey bridge is pres ently being used scarboro township who pays 10 per cent o wst wi h55sk2s sft e n0lirm corner would be usein cases of central despatching station would be discussed at county council next week thc unit a letter was received from mr stuart watson 7th concession requesting that brush be cut at the corner of thc seventh con cession and the peachs sideroad mr watson stated that the line fence beuyeen farms mr morgason says he would often measure across the fields in order to get an exact location in order that i the job may be completed it is necessary for the owner to reach an agreement with his neigh- j hour barbed wire is illegal along the roadside the anchor i posts should be 415 feet in the ground and other posts should be 3j feet in depth mr morga son believes that todays mod- crn equipment doesnt do the j job as expertly as it was done a i number of years ago there are j replacement 1 two types of rail fences a crab albert reesor handed in fence and a woodcock fence i finish anthony featherstone class 2 ed timbers clare mont james lee grecnbank lloyd may hornby roy smith gormley finish ed timber class 3 ross kennedy mark ham keith leslie georgetown george malcolm locust hill shirley dunkeld claremont finish ross kennedy class 4 hugh baird black- water eldred king markham joe tran claremont grant wells stouffville doug reid brampton norman tyndall richmond hill finish eldred king class 5 howard malcolm locust hilllce wilkinson mal ton graeme little agincourt finish howard malcolm class 6 carl timbers stouff ville ivan degeer stouffville don dunkeld claremont gor don brumwoll gormley w obrien maple arnold howden milton finish don dunkeld class 7 alex mckinney jr brampton jack robertson claremont finish alex mckin ney class s floyd forsythe stouffville nick aland mark ham finish floyd forsythe class 9 lloyd grove mark ham george timbers stouff ville jack shadlock agincourt leonard wellman queensville t howden milton harold cunningham inglewood finish lloyd grove class 10 hugh baird black- water doug reld brampton eldred king markham grant wells stouffville joe tran claremont don dunkeld clare mont jack warriner mark ham alex mckinney bramp ton norman robson maple w emergency police and fire calls if the local units could not be reached it would also serve as a civil defense measure- mr erected by the farm owner and is not considered to be norma- i obrien maple rent a sample of mr morga- esso specials horses an sons rail fencc handiwork may j thonv featherstone milliken be seen on the stanley lewis ksso special tractor eldred farm west of claremont k markham mr morgason is proud of his bank of nova scotia special fencebuilding knowledge tin art i graeme little agincourt he has learned through years of clarks ladies wear special continual practice his accomp- 1 shirley dunkeld claremont growth obscurrcd the vision of his resignation from the court i the latter has no stakes while drivers approaching the inter- of revision board mr reesor the other has stakes or posts j lishmerts will live on silent re- j turnout stan may hornby section he said that it also was replaced by mr c j rus- the zigzag rail fence still com- minders of a onceflourishing i ed timbers claremont lloyd rmtcd a snow problem deputy- j sell of unionville i mon on many farms is usually trade may hornby allen marshman son of mr and mrs fred marshman of stouffville miraculously escaped serious injury last weekend when he was pinned beneath an overturned tractor on the glas gow sideroad east of town ac cording to mr gordon wagg owner of the tractor the 11- yearold lad had taken the ma chine from the farm premises without his knowledge and ap parently set out on a joyride around the sideroads it is believed that he was trav elling at a fast clip on the light model tractor when he lost con trol of the machine which ended up completely upside down the boys legs were pinned un der the tractors fenders but when the machine was uprighl- ed it was found that he had sus tained only bruises a passing cyclist summoned help to up right the tractor thc boy was removed to stouffville for medi cal examination and the provin cial police were advised of the incident no decision on milk prices here no decision had been reached at press time either in stouff ville or markham as to whether there would be any increase in the price of milk locally ship- i pers were meeting this week to discuss the matter while dairy owners were keeping their fin gers crossed hoping to be able to hold the line pricewise milk rose a cent a quart in i toronto this week as the result of an action by the ontario milk control board the rise in the city stems from a producerdis tributor price formula it states that when producers costs reach 19 cents per hundredweight more than they are receiving from distributors over a two- month period they automatic ally receive an equivalent in crease for their milk save 115000 on ajax high school because it saved up to 115- 000 the pickering district high school board received high praise as hon w j dunlop minister of education opened the 510000 ajax district high school last week he also praised the functional design of the 16room structure as he told the board that schools of a similar type normally cost between 600000 and 625000 the building is the second unit in the pickering district high school area to be completed in the past five years the school has accommodation for 275 stu dents and is equipped with a gymnasium cafeteria and facili ties for shop training music and dramatics whitchurch twp council will meet in regular session this thursday evening fire marshalls office investigates local fire mr j nelson representing the fire marshalls office was in stouffville this week investigat ing the recent fire which des troyed the home of mr and mrs r fenwick and family church st at press time local police reported that they were still seeking fenwick who had not appeared since the fire police stated that they were holding a bench warrant for the local man who failed to appear to answer a charge of uttering brought against him in august aswell as a bank nsf charge this week the ont dept of highways has installed new stop signs at local street intersections in stouffville we are experiencing the type of weather which produces var ious freaks of nature in the gar den late berries vegetables etc this week wc had a sample of garden peas fully devoleped from a local garden gormley man receives award mr earl wideman left operator of a garage on the 4th concession one mile south of gormley is pictured above receiving a cheque for 510000 from mr harry s arway dist mgr of the dominion automobile association the award was made to mr wide- man following his assistance in the apprehension of a hit- andrun driver south of but- tonvillc on july 16th jim thorn