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lh rttmiie vol 67 no 25 the tribune stouffvtjlle ont thursday november 22 195v twelve pages hes the envy of many strike is over an impromptu strike that be gan without organization and defence funds ended just as in- formally on tuesday when the gravel pit truckers returned to work except for two isolated pits the drivers have accepted de feat and the same conditions they had before walking out a month ago the teamsters union called in by the truckers to negotiate promised a fullscale organizing campaign next spring next time the season will be on our side an official said the beginning of cold weather signaled the end for the em battled truckers hauling al ready has begun to taper off and the pickets werent doing the pits much harm during the strike six con tracts were signed although the markham twp assessor to appeal to judge against revision court decisions assessment commissioner do the right of appeal was the archie fleming of markham assessors privilege he said township will appeal the the assessor cited one decisions of the township court instance where within or area of revision on the 1957 assess- there were 36 properties assess ment to a county judge the ed at 100 an acre there was commissioner was not at all one appeal from the area and satisfied with the decisions of the court of revision reduced the court in reducing a number f this property to s50 an acre the of his assessments and stated so remaining 35 property owners emphatically before township will be paying taxes next year council on monday evening in on the s100 figure addition to appealing to a judge the assessor presented sale municipal scene quiet nominations friday some vacancies cerfai while the municipal election public school board who are up larger firms just outwaited the j mr fleming stated that he was price figures for various proper- scene is presently all quiet tor re election this year are mrs truckers prepared to go to the final ties which revealed that the so vacancies appear almost mary smith william malloy reports of threatening and appeal the municipal board if highest assessed land was only ccrta on council and school and ien wilkes we understand the stitkend atromcitpo i he was not satisficd with he 12i oi he sae p tnis board in the case of council that mrs smith and mr wilkes lice officer was injured in one j decision some expense occurred at lots 6 and 7 in the councillor wagg has declared are anxious to retire from the pit battle- one nonstriking would be involved in making the 3rd concession where s60000 that he will not be a candidate field and mr malloy is not defi- trucker fired three times at j appeals and the assessor receiv- was paid for 50 acres the f 57 anc not a the remain- nite raiders last week when he ed councils approval to proceed assessor had placed a value of j members are definite in nominations in both whit- thought they might sabotage with the matter as he saw fit i 150 an acre on the land re- their intentions to stand for an- church and markham town- mr fleming told council that i duced by the court of 100 an other term of 350 properties on which the assessments had been raised 20 his vehicle mr tom wcdseltoft obrien bition hockey game in the avenue stouffville has reason arena on friday evening draw to wear a broad smile for he holds four coveted tickets to saturdays grey cup game be tween the montreal alouettes and the edmonton eskimo- mr wcdseltoft will retain only two of the tickets and the others will he given away to the winner of a lucky draw to be made at a midget exhi- tickets are being sold at 100 apiece mr wedseltoft is one of stouffvilles most ardent sports promoters although his first love is possibly football he is also an enthusiastic hockey and baseball fan he has held a seasons ticket to all argo home games for the past 11 years four days prior to the foot ball classic grey cup tickets were being sold on the black market for s3000 and more it is expected that by friday scalpers will be demanding as high as 5000 for the pre cious passes all tickets avail- able through regular channels have been sold jim thomas markham twp police action is questioned the police committee of the township of markham will meet in emergency session this week with the police department as a result of a largo delegation ap pearing before council on mon day night protesting the opera tion of the sabiston sand pit in the 3rd con the alleged removal of top soil and proposed erec tion of a cinder block plant reeve lemasurier told the delegation that the police dept had heen instructed to check the pit for bylaw violations that they had done so and re ported no violation or removal of top soil as to whether or not the pit was gradually being extended the police reported that a photographic survey would be required to correctly ascertain if this was being done mr j d lucas stated that everything had been done that could be done in the ratepayers interest council took the stand that while they would uphold their existing bylaws they could not take sides with one property owner against another the metro landscaping co was recently convicted of taking top soil from the sabiston pro perty and the case was being appealed mr desbrisay solicitor for the ratepayers stated that he was surprised to find the police giving evidence for sabiston and apparently taking the stand former resident buried w00dville the death occurred at minden on monday of this week of mrs c h murchison a former resi dent of stouffville deceased who was in her 80th year was the widow of the late alexander murchison and the family lived for a number of years on church st in the present doug- j las bacon home surviving are one son gordon and a daughter j to erect medical centre in town tenders are being called in ships will also take place this acre one hundred and twenty i two ma topics on which i friday evening and to date there five acres lot 33 con 1 was the present council may come has been little stir in either mu- sold for 43750000 and assessed i un fire at this weeks nomin- 1 nicipality mr hanson of wil- for 200 an acre the court a are measured assessment cox lake an unsuccessful can- reduced this figure to 100 at an the manner in which the didate in the byelection this lot 14 in the 7th con sixtythree streets are being replaced by summer in whitchurch vas acres sold for 33000000 was the sewer contractors lack of understood to be anxious to run assessed by mr fleming at i sufficient labor to carry out all again and all present council councillor deacon stated that s100 an acre and reduced by the j the necessary works of both members it is expected will seek this issue for the construction j he did not believe council should court to 50 at lots 11 and 12 the commission and the town reelection latest word is that appealed and of these the court of revision reduced eigh teen he added that in his opin ion some members of the court had their minds made up before they ever heard any evidence of the stouffville medical cen tre to be erected at the corner of main and victoria sts and operated by drs button and brodie architects for the new building are barnett rieder toronto and tenders close on friday dec 7th 1956 1 v i 11 kin t a jeanne the funeral was con- that he should be able to do from stot fu- what he wished with his land 1 nera home woodville with in- council pointed out that mr terment in woodville presbyter- sablston was at liberty to call ian cemetery whatever witnesses he wished dr pugsley a member of the i deputation produced picture trf k oad evidence of top soil being re- moved did you show these qf wheat stolen pictures to tne police asked the township solicitor its not a truck load of wheat was my place to show the police how stolen from lawrie bros feed norman feasby passes at 43 funeral service will be held on thursday afternoon in the goodwood united church for the late norman stanley feas- by 4th concession of uxbridge who passed away on monday in the toronto east general hos pital he was in his 43rd year with the exception of a few years the deceased spent all his life- onthe4th concession near- goodwood six years ago he suf fered a stroke which recurred again in january of this year although he appeared to be re gaining his health he was stric ken last week and pased away only ive days after admittance to hospital besides his parents mr and mrs russell feasby and his wife the former maud norton appeal but agreed that mr 150000 and was assessed s150 fleming should proceed if he j an acre reduced by the court of believed this the right thing to revision to 75 an acre propose tank truck for whitchurch and king messrs harold botham and kenneth grimmett representa tives of the whitchurch twp federation of agriculture ap peared before council at their regular meeting on thursday evening they informed the members that the federation were considering the purchase of a water tank truck which wouldbe available toboth the townships of king and whit church fire brigades from mt albert stouffville richmond hill aurora and newmarket would be able to use the truck if needed it was suggested that it would be housed in au rora mr botham pointed out that n many cases the water supply to handle the case ply was the re- the deceased leaves to mourn on farms was inadequate for his passing one son stanley and 1 proper fire protection the tank a daughter laura there is also 1 truck would have a capacity of is also cited as a possible ques- mr hanson may be replaced by tion failure of council members mr butt in markham reeve to all see eye to eye and these lemasurier declared last year questions may bring up some that he was anxious to leave interesting discussions at the the field but was prevailed on to nomination meeting this fri- j remain should he retire this day evening year a fight is likely to develop only names being mentioned i for the reeveship ratepayers publicly as possible council organizations in the front of candidates are those of thos j the township have been slow to farr and dr r b mitchell reveal any plans for backing one brother howard in van couver and a sister mrs gor don wilson in goodwood following the service at 230 pm conducted by mr mcphee interment will be made in the uxbridge cemetery the pall bearers will be messrs norman ross and morley smalley lloyd and morley feasby and ches ter oldham mill west of markham on no 7 highway during the early hours of monday morning- a stolen mr desbrisey charged that j car was left on the premises constable clayton of the local jthe vehicle stopped at a garage force had refused to go and see at langstaff and was noticed the property i by a group of hydro workmen near yonge street it has not council agreed that since the bcen recove however chief people believed the police were constable fred white of mark- 1 not taking advantage of all the ham village is working on the suddenly at his mussel- evidence available the police case mans lake home 9th line early committee should be called to sunday morning mr coultice gcther at once and a report t fullgrown skunks and sllltered a se accident prepared for council for next four offspring were removed some three weeks ago but it monday evening from under the foundations of fred coultice dies at lake frederick james coultice the local arena last week oo was felt that his condition was improving and that all would be well sunday morning however he suffered a heart seizure from which he never recovered mr coultice was born and raised on the family farm at brooklin he married the former jane solley and moved to zephyr where he operated a general store some 30 years varsity christian group an in- tions throughout canadian col- j ne bought the musselmans toi national organization appear- leges was much different from the growth of elementarv la property known now as 1 rd before the stouffville district the type of religious teaching schools throughout york countv i glendale beach and the family t nu high school board on wednes- operation which thev under- is staggering as revealed by a lived alternately winters in riav evening seeking permission stood wished to come in statistical report received f rom zephyr and summers at the vt s f c to organize a group in the local in conclusion mr ted ed- inspector ii mailman of all j lake later however he moved whiitsmiithf hsf5 school for christian teaching wards stated that the matter the urban municipalities rich- j bis family to the lake and took slfalii tv similar groups arc operating would have to be discussed at mond- hill shows the greatest j up permanent residence glen- v 7 satisfactorily in uxbridge port r would institute christiansch teaching in high schools ig a representative of the inter ternationally famous and func- i rmnclou5 1000 gallons the representa tives said that they and aurora fire chief harry jones planned to inspect mount alberts tank and pumping unit reeve p s legge suggested that the councils of king and whitchurch twp and the town of aurora would have to meet to discuss the subject mr grim mett said that although the pur chase of the unit might not be made immediately he felt the idea was worth serious thought road work road supt ernest davis re ported that to date 19717 tons of gravel had been placed on the roads in the township of this amount 1517 tons had been hauled by the townships own truck this is approximate ly the same amount of gravel used in previous years mr da vis stated that considerable ditching had been done recently especially in the lake wilcox area many culverts have also been installed in an effort to alleviate drainage problems in the spring the three members of the new candidates should reassess here county council told county assessor e k jones outlined the progress being made throughout the county by municipalities conducting re assessments when he reported to york county council on tues day nov 6 reassessments were recom mended for both stouffville and richmond hill mr jones com mended the latter municipalitys hospitalized through ident mr jos sider of stouffville thief walks into waiting arms of markham police a thief who had broken into a garage on the west side of yonge street in vaughan town ship emerged through a broken the galeforce winds on wed nesday toppled a large tree at the rear of the howard forgie window into the waiting arms residence on main street of constable john mccague of assessors for their work in view j raleigh dealer was ser- 1 lously injured last week in an of the rapid growth in rich mond hill he said no system of assessment other than the good judgment of a parttime assess or is used in stouffville he said the ultimate goal was the adoption of a uniform meth od of assessment by all county the department of municipal communities recommending accident on the markham road north of lawrence avenue he is presently recovering in the scarboro general hospital he suffered eight fractured ribs and head and face lacerations mr and mrs slder were re turning home from toronto with mr and mrs geo hoover of markham the hoover car the markham township police on wednesday evening of last week constables john mcghee and john mccague were mak ing routine checks of business premises along yonge street while inspecting a service sta tion on the vaughan township side they noticed a car parked on the property upon question ing the occupant a lady the officers hecame suspicious when she could produce neither her drivers or ownership licence due to a faulty radio connec tion constable mcghee went to a nearby telephone booth to the department of municipal affairs manual as the proper t gas and while the guide mr jones said the man- two men were refilling the tank ual was revised in 1955 he slde o ln highway mr municipalities which have com- sider w struck by a pickup pleted reassessment this year truck he was thrown to the or are in the process of re- pavement bv impact a assessment include newmarket passing motorist removed the east gwilhmbury whitchurch injured man to hospital mr and king townships all usfd hoover escaped injury the municipal affairs manual as a guide with the exception of mr charlie brillinger has whitchurch which used the purchased a new frame homo manual as a guide in part only on stouf street in town newmarket has one fulltime assessor and one assistant on a mr jlm austin of stouffville have you enquired about a new remington portable type writer for this christmas see them at the office of this news- sil paper take ten months to j shared basis with other depart- lir i j 1 ecutive of the omha for an continued on page 9 other year pay local girl last one in district mrs john button were absent age with only miss mccord the representa- the board considered applica- 1919 and 21 today stouffville dale and fred coultice formerly tive gave a very comprehensive tions for the position of english and newmarket have shown operated as cedar glen outline of the activities of such teacher mrs gall who presently about an equal increase locally pour years ago mr coultice a goup which is strictly non- holds that position having re- in 19 there were six teachers 1 sold glendale and moved to a denominational and operated al- signed no decision was reached todav there are fourteen new- newly built home on the 9th empringham mr and mrs births most solely by the students j h iangelle commercial market had 18 even years ago line themselves sponsorship and as- teacher was granted an addi- and has 3s now aurora sutton i he is survived by his widow mstance is provided by a staff tional s2ixl in salary which was and woodbridge have shown a daughter evelyn mrs ralph teacher providing some staff an adjustment for business ex- less increase dorcas of willowdale and two member is interested in this perienco not hitherto having in the rural areas markham sons john and jim living at j work or with the cosponsorship bcen recognized by the board whitchurch and n gwillim- home of some private resident the teacher is presently receiv- hury townships have the fast- j the funeral was conducted as a previous meeting of the ing s3s00 he joined the staff estgrowing school populations from the board the matter of religious in scplzner coming from the the union area between mark- chapel in teaching had been turned down west ovim ham and vaughan twps has j six first cousins were the pall by resolution and a h williams the time being required for increased in teacher strength j bearers as he was laid to rest explained that- the school had some parttime help in the lunch from ii to 61 the number of in the family plot in salem had regrettable experiences in room kitchen is being increased teachers in whitchurch has cemetery connection with religious teach- five hours a week on request of jumped from 16 to 51 and in ing in the school in the past and mrs burkholder the operator j gvvillimhury from 9 to 27 i birth had no desire to become involv- seventyfive percent of the two the overall picture in the sl and mrs elmer mln any denominational con- hundred and thirty students at- county including separate l stouffville are pleased troversy again however mem- tending the school ue the lw h schools shows teacher popula datjghter tyork county ho tvrs exprrvvi the view that the room which i presently opcrat- tion having risen from 209 toj p newmarket november ictexvariity group which w in- ling on a paying basis ifri between 1942 and 1956 j 19 1956 a sister lor elirore harry empringham nee flor ence britnelh are very happy to announce the arrival of twins a son brian harry and a daughter shirley jean on nov 15 1956 at york county hospital newmarket robinson funeral dams mr and mrs tholgang brooklin tuesday dams arc happy to announce the arrival of their son ber- nard maurice on november 15 1956 at york county hosi pita newmarket a brother for norbert and regina grove i charles and betty grove are happy to announce the birth of a daughter a sister for billy and bruce on i nov 20 lf6 at scarboro general hospital l marlehe walters daughter of mr and mrs harry wal- ers stouffville is pictured above ourchasire the last pair of tickets to the royal winter fair night performance the appearance of arthur god frey attracted the larsest crowds on record and tickets were sold out well in advance of th thou f