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j3f cstyc vihum awarded jos clark memorial trophy for j 939 vol 52 no 35 stouffville ont thursday december 7 1939 eight pages new plan to cost whitchurch 1600 more yearly while stouffville would gain 314 and markham township 234 if government passes order in council creating new sys stems of costs for secondary education santa coming i if an orderincouncil now drafted by the educational de partment at queens park is fin ally passed early next year there will be a further shuffling of secondary school costs almost before trustees know how the change of a year ago will ultim ately work out the education committee tabl ed this report at york county council session showing the effect on secondary education costs if all municipalities in the county were created high school areas eighteen york county municipalities would benefit by decreased costs the report stat ed while costs would increase for six municipalities because of the contentious nature of the report the educa tion committee did not make any recommendation regarding the report but merely tabled it for the information of mem bers council decided to defer decision on the matter until the january session of council if the plan were effected the municipalities benefitting and the amounts gained would be georgina 1044 north gwill- imbury 550 markham 190 scarboro 582 york township 1107 north york 6388 east york 81 aurora 2115 long branch 233 markham twp234 mimicol703 new market 1459 new toronto 2989 richmond hill 1403 stouffville 314 sutton 243 weston 442 woodbridge 57 explains cost division municipalities suffering in creases would be etobicoke 373 east gwillirribury 751 king 1919 vaughan 624 whitchurch 1654 swansea 821 municipalities which are high school areas pay only for the cost of educating their own secondary school students un der present legislation crea tion of every municipality into a high school area would mean thai each municipality in the county would pay 100 per cent of the cost of educating its own high school pupils but would not contribute to the cost of any other municipality it was ex plained at present municipalities which are not high school areas do contribute to education costs in other areas in a nonhigh school area the municipality pays 50 per cent of the cost of educating a pupil whom it sends to another municipality which has a high school the other 50 per cent is paid by the total number of nonhigh school areas which are grouped as a unit for this purpose expressed keen interest even if a municipality has no high school it may be created a high school area and pay only the cost of educating its own high school pupils sent to an other district deputy reeve joseph vale of newmarket chairman of the committee said members had discussed the plan with duncan mcarthur deputy minister of education who expressed keen interest in it council authoriz ed the education committee to cooperate with the department of education in presenting a further report to the january session a 1939 order in council of the provincial government author ized payment of 10 per cent of gross secondary education costs to municipalities which have not high schools there is every indication that good old santa claus will be coming to stouffville a week from saturday dec 16th and will bring with him a great assortment of candies and tok ens for kiddies of the town and district details of the program for his arrival have not been completed to date but will be published in our next issue wj brodie again wins sheep title clinches hold on prize with the third consecutive win at chicago show w j brodie of stouffville won the grand champion ribbon for the best carload of sheep exhibited at the 40th annual international livestock show saturday keeping the title for the third consecutive year and clinching the carlot sheep prize for canada for the eleventh straight year brodies carload of south down native lambs weighing- 85 pounds and over won the title the stouffville sheep raiser won the ribbon in 1937 and 1938 and for three consecutive years be fore that his father cj brod ie had the top loads d z gibson son caledonia won first place in fat dual pur pose shorthorn steers calved after january 1 1938 three other canadians won grand championship ribbons on the opening day of the big north american agricultural fair that includes the inter national grain and hay show the horse show committee for the christmas fair is offered a liberal prize list as announced on page 5 paid in advance saved 5000 stouffville has prepaid its annual county levy of 3060 in advance of the demand thereby saving approvimately 5000 sixteen york county munici palities have prepaid their countv levies amounting to a total of 630733 a report of the finance committee disclosed last week the amount is 6793 per cent of the total county levy for the vear which is not due un til december 20 a bright picture of county finances was presented by the report which stated that the budget would be balanced for the seventh consecutive year since 1933 the county debt has been reduced approximately 500000 and at present there are no outstanding bank loans municipalities prepaying lev ies and the amounts are aur ora 7615 forest hill 96- 414 long branch 8718 lea- side 28338 markham village 2451 mimico 21481 new market 10640 new toronto 50358 scarboro 62037 stouffville 3060 sutton 2- 870 swansea 45308 weston 17523 woodbridge 3925 york township 184694 east york 85294 the township of whit church and markham where taxes are collected in instal ments and are not due until december could not take ad vantage of the discount where a municipality pays in advance the discount is equivalent to the interest the county would be paying to the bank for the same sum in the case of stouffville the first tax instal ment is due in september and at once creates a surplus of funds instead of holding the county levy until december it is paid forthwith ballantrae churchto be rebuilt without delay at a special meeting of the j congregation of ballantrae united church held last fri day evening a building com mittee of five men was chosen armed with authority to erect a new building completely or pur chase the old church at bloom- ington which is now not in use the names of the committee are messrs j clark h kidd m rose fred cummings and henry davis should the building at bloom- ington be purchased it will be wrecked and for this work con siderable free labor could be counted on of course it is pointed out that free labor may be available even if new material throughout is decided on in any event the committee chosen is armed with full auth ority to make their own deci sion and proceed with the work as speedily as possible 1140 is available from insurance as a start in the expenditure which it is believed will go a long way to replacing the ruined struc ture 106th anniversary at bloomington three special services marked the 106th anniversary at bloomington christian church last sunday and monday even ing on sunday morning a large congregation greeted the tbc quartette which rendered in spiring selections mr max warne gave the address in the evening rev jack scott pastor of forward baptist church de livered an evangelistic sermon to a full church he is a power ful and inspired messenger of god the quartette rendered selections in the evening as well while mr white tenor soloist and mr max warne violinist assisted throughout the day on monday evening rev g w hunter of olivet church toronto gave colored lantern slides of his recent trip to the british isles these were most interesting and beautiful and to some people it brought back memories of former days as they viewed old familiar scenes mi and mrs del rodman who are making their home in north toronto following their marriage this autumn in uxbridge mrs rodman was the former miss helen tocher reg n is a daughter of mr and mrs henry tocher of sunderland mr rodman is a grandson of the late mr and mrs isaac wagg of goodwood his father being mr m e rodman of uxbridge wins 100 cash in radio contest santa claus has a very real meaning for mrs walter vague this christmas than ever be fore we venture to guess on monday mrs vague received a cheque for 100 as one of five first prize winners in a radio contest conducted by a well known soap manufacturing con- cerru mrs vague told the tribune that the contest wasnt very difficult but was clean cut and above board all she had to do was to mail in her guess with a couple of wrappers the deal er who sold the soap is e r sinclair ringwood merchant who is also to receive a prize for selling the winning lady all in all that nice cheque for a cold hundred comes along very nice right at the christmas sea son and we join in congratulat ing mrs vague on her good fortune tax will be 87 this month although he will be 87 years of age this month mr isaac- pike of bethesda is working hard every day last saturday the scribe encountered him over on the 4th of whitchurch as he was returning from de livering a load of vegetables and fruit to his many customers in newmarket his car was piled up with empties and he didnt fred timbers now heads plowmen fred timbers was elected on friday night to succeed russel gray of gormley as president of the north york branch of the ontario plowmens associa tion the meeting was held at the home of the retiring presi dent when the report of the auditor a v nolan showed a substantial cash balance to carry into the new year it was decided to change the date of the annual plowing match to the first tuesday in november this will remove the contest farther from the big international match and prob ably induce more competition and a better attendance of spectators the place for holding the 1940 match was not decided on but a committee was named to look into this matter r e racliff was reappointed secretary and win timbers treasurer sale next satur day all legal requirements have been carried out by the village authorities to hold a tax sale on saturday dec 9 at the hour of two oclock at the municipal hall two properties in arrears for taxes three years or more will be offered by the treasurer at auction they are the vacant lots on the northwest corner of main and tenth streets east end and the house on edward street known os the mary ann wright place next the grisl mill this place was bequeathed by the late miss wright to the faith and truth temple who had it rented but has failed in tax payments the property is considered too close to a grist mill which it is estimated re duces its earning power and desirability new residents buy home here mr and mrs john beach longtime residents on the 4th concession of whitchurch just north of gormley are holding an auction sale on friday dec 15 and will move to stouffville where they intend to reside in the future it is reported that they have purchased one of the apartments in the terrace on albert street now owned and occupied by miss ella powers mrs beach is a sister of miss jessie sage at dr sangsters hence it is natural they should come here to live a retired life their property at gomley con sisting of a half ace of land with good house hydro fruit trees and small barn is being put up for sale by public auction whoever purchases it will secure a very desirable and centrally located property on a highway that is soon to become one of the main county thoroughfares hydrant rental no longer needed here the taxpayers will not con tribute any more hydrant rental to the water works system it was decreed by the municipal council on monday evening heretofore 600 annually has been paid to the public utility for the use of the hydrants and such water as is drawn from them with the system entirely debt free and in possession of 4000 in bonds it was decided to give the tax payer the break and dispose of this annual charge investigation showed that practically every system in the province where there is no de benture debt against the water works is not called upon to pay hydrant rental after all the system belongs to the people and there is no valid reason for taking money from one account that is hard pressed and paying it into another account already flush messrs f marshall and rev l e atkinson appeared before council asking for a grant to aid the library which was hard- pressed to meet the current years obligation the annual levy of 500 is barely enough to meet expenses hence the grant was made of 25 the 500 levy is compulsory reeve wel- don pointed out the annual bylaw providing for the nomination meeting and an election if one is de manded was passed morley barker and k r davis were named as deputy returning officers and george baker and lloyd hoover poll clerks council is anxious to strike a balance account at the end of the year and spent considerable time on the estimates reeve weldon presided stork keeps ahead of the hearse have so much as a carrot top left to take home indicating that his produce is sought after by the people who know the man behind the product it would be a great thing for any man to have the high reputa tion and esteem that isaac pike enjoys at 87 and a marvel ous blessing to possess his vital ity if any of us ever approach his number of years all stores open all stores in stouffville that observe the wednesday half- holiday all year around will re main open for the next two wednesdays during the christ mas rush report of moh reveals the general health of the people in the township of whit church is good it was revealed in the annual report made to the township council on satur day by dr williams moh in fact despite the changed condi tions whereby most expectant mothers go to hospitals or maternity homes the stork was nevertheless one jump ahead of the hearse there were in fact 22 live births and 21 deaths in the municipality for the twelve months three persons died from cancer a board clinic was held at vandorf which amazed the moh by the number who took advantage of bringing their children for the examination ninetyfour were treated stated the report dr williams had visited all fifteen schools in the municipality in i accordance with his duties markham raises 1550 at a meeting of the mark ham township branch of can adian red cross reports were received from the recent can vass for funds exclusive of all towns and villages in this area excepting unionville the amount collected to date amounts to 155000 the committee reports great interest in the work from the public generally and everybody asking for materials with which to work the committees in the outly ing districts are requested to apply to the purchasing com mittee at unionville for supplies addressing miss sommerville who has the goods at her home on main street hunted girls and boy friend back in town after widespread search absent nearly a week while blonds and their the following report appear ed in the toronto press last friday during the absence of the girls and their young lock- invar but on monday night the trio returned home they had gone as far as niagara falls isited with his relatives in tor onto but were never accosted by police they say provincial and county police the province over have taken up the search in locating two teen age stouffville girls who dis appeared from their home here last week the girls katharine hawley 15 and bernice hayes 13 were believed to b heading for niagara falls police are also police comb province for local youthful boy friend checking on the disappearance of a 22year old stouffville youth who left his home about the same time as the girls the hawley girl is described as fivefoot three light hair blue eyes slightly built 102 pounds she was wearing light coat with fur collar the hayes girl has light hair blue eyes is fivefoot two inches weight 110 pounds she was wearing a wine colored dress yellow sweater and light coat katherine hawley is a daugh ter of irvin hawley sectionman on the cnr here while her companion also lives with the hawley family they occupy a house on stouffer street near the tenth concession mrs m mairs dies was 91 years old mrs meta jane collins mairs 91 widow of alexander mairs one time barrister of markham died on friday at her home on duplex avenue toronto mrs mairs was one of the original members of the toron to branch of the womens aux- ilaiy of the church of england in canada she was a former member of the board of the western hospital the board of the infants home and an associ ate member of the church of england deaconess and mis sionary training home born in belfast ireland she came with her family in 1865 to settle in newmarket after the death of her husband in 1900 she moved to toronto the funeral service took place in the church of the redeemer of which she was a member surviving are three daugh ters miss edith mairs toron to miss madeline new york mrs loftus c amys toronto and two sons ernest and maurice toronto