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her of'th‘e municipal council for the past. three years and who created {trawl-ks at the nomination Monday with his charge: regarding relief ad- ministration is seeking promotion and will he a candidate for deputyâ€"reeve James Rennie, deputyâ€"peeve of mrmm for the past two years has been elected Reeve of that munici- mlity for the coming year by accla- [nation and the veteran George B. Padget,. reeve of the past year and one of York County’s best known municipal figures who has been pro- minent in the public life of this county far over thirty years has- re. tired. Charles H. Hooper, a memâ€" md‘wiil be opposed! by Fred J. Coak.‘ well, a former member of coaxial]. Six candidates will seek election to the three council seats. Albert Reesor and Abner Summe'rfeldt, mo mem- here of the 1936 council seek re. election and two former deputy. reeves, W. L. Clark and R. L. Stiver are candidates along with two men new to municipal life, Harry H. Bar. ber of Victoria Square and Reuben R. Pearse of the 10th concession. Markham municipal pot; which a few weeks ago looked quiet and peaceful suddenly heated up to boil- tug point and the situation was cli- maxed by. the spiribed nomination meeting on Monday. Then followed the unexpected retirement from mun- icipal life of the veteran Geo. B. Stiver James Rennie Elected Reeve of Markham By Acclamation--Contest for Deputy and Council §Reuben R. Pearse To the Electors of Markham Twp. Several Year’s Experience in Municipal Life Cauncillor for 1937 Hot iouncilior Hooper Seeking Deputy-Reeveship and Six Are In Field For the Council Seats PAGE BREE" t Time "at Nomination Hooper Denounces Relief Ad- ministrationâ€"Veteran Reeve, G. B. Padget, Retires Your Vote and Influence respectfully solicited to elect To one and all the Compliments of the Season Albert Reesor To the Electors of Markham Twp. To the Electors of Markham Twp. To the Electors of Markham Twp. I respectfully solicit your vote 1n the coming 3 elections for my re-election as your councillor for 1937. I have tried faithfully to do my duty in the past and it will be my aim to en- deavour to serve your best interests in the future. E Abner Summerfeldt Elect Economic Efficient Administration Councillor for 1937 Councillor for 1937 Re-Elect Monday’s nomination meeting was largely} attended and was a nice peaceful affair until Charles Hooper started the fireworks with his charges against belief administration in the township. In a fighting speech which drew rounds of applause Mr. Hooper now a candidate for deputy-reeve said “I’m coming out straight on this thing. How can we administer re- lief honestly and be fair to those bang-up battle of the ballots which may materially change the complex- ion of the 1937 council. The ballot. ing- next Monday is expected to draw out a. record vote. Voting will be from 9 3.1m. to 5 pm. Padget and now the election contest of Monday next looks like a real on relief and those who are paying: the taxes if a member of council goes over the head of the relief oftf- icer and hands out relief? I am a young- man in municipal life and I'm not going to do anything crooked or ' countenance anything but the right way of doing things" he said. The speaker also charged that Constable Walker had gone around among- re_§’ lief recipients electioneeri-ng' andE claimed he had made the remark his! job would not be worth anything if Padget was not returned. Constable Wal‘ker rose from the audience and stoutly denied ever do- ing any electioneering and stated that any work he had done amongst ‘g'overrnment had last year passed a change in the educational act and if it becomes effective Markham which this year paid $21,000 for secondary 'education costs would save about $7000.00. Equalization of assess- ment would be another major prob- lem for the consideration of the 1937 council and' if Markham received its just dues it should receive a mater. ial reduction in equalized assessment. Mr. Padget drew attention to the: fact that the sixth concession had; been taken back as part of the Coun- ty system and the township would how be relieved of its upkeep. Since 1929 the township had spent $21,- 151.42 on this road so he thought that his efforts along this line had jbeen a good stroke of business; for gMarkham township. He pointed out [that through his efforts the Toronto Municipal Farm at Langstat‘f had paidI to the township in taxes some $24,195.00 and that last year alone the jail farm taxes amounted to $1,- $897.77. The radia‘ railway problem i also would be coming up for discus- ‘ sion in the coming year and its final disposition would rest with the peoâ€" ple. The reeve drew attention to 'many rumors regarding relief adâ€" jminis-tration which were being cir- 'culatedt in the township. I have al- ‘Way-s tried to deal fairly with this matter of relief. fair to those who iare on relief and fair to those who 1 | i ‘In its wisdom the present Ontariol l pay. He cited the particulars of two ‘ cases for which he had been criti-f cized in the ordering of fuel. The two together amounted to about 87 to the township 0f Markham so it ‘ wasn’t a very serious matter and he had acted sincerely as he saw best. In closing the reeve said it was prob- lematical whether or not he would‘ ‘be a candidate but whvrever was in {council he would' be glad to render .any assistance he could because he said “Markham is my home and- I ’love this township." James Rennie James Rennie elected Reeve for 1937 by acclamation declared that it was his observation regarding equal- ization of assessment in the County that the north suffered more than the urban municipalities bordering the city, but he was hopeful that the commission now engaged in pre- paring a report would be able to supply a satisfactory solution. Re- garding the proposed change in the lm-ethod of payment of county. coun- cillors he said he thought more could be accomplished by cutting out a lot of the unnecessary discussion. There relief recipients on a date mentioned was for the purpose of creating peace and avoiding any trouble. Several statements alleged to have been made were hurled backwards and for- wards and there were several hot exchanges for some minutes before the chairman finally restored order. “I know what I’m talking about and I can prove everything I have said,” said Councillor Hooper. Reeve G. B. Padget Reeve G. B. Padget; speaking of County affairs stated! that second- ary education costs had. reached gi. gantic proportions. This year the cost to the county was some $547,000. is endless discussion down there on many topics he said. He pointed out that this year the County had sue- ceeded in cutting hospitalization costs by! some $13,000, but the cost of Mothers Allowances would be inâ€" creased from $130,000 to $152,000 this year. The township this year had constructed four culverts or .brid'ges at a cost of $2698 and of this hte government would pay $1231. This year there had been a reduction in the amount of tax arrears and this was a healthy sign as he con- sidered tax payments as the barom- eter of the township’s solvency. :‘IIE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO Charles H. Hooper, a member of the 1936 council who is seeking the deputyâ€"reeveship thanked the olee’r- 01's for the wonderful support given him last year when he was eilcted at: the head of the poll. He reviewâ€" ed in detail the work of the township during the year and referred to the increased expenditures on. roads this year. We have increased our road expenditure by about $4000 this year and have put on the roads 5350 yards of gravel at an average cost of $1.25 per yard. He gave the detailed cost of the bridges built and the amount of relief labor used on each. Relief expenditure had increasedabeing $10,â€" 921.85 in 1935 commfi'ed to $9,496.41 in 1935. Councillor Albert Reesor thanked the electors for the confidence they placed] in him by electing him last year. He said this year the council was able to make increased expendiâ€" ture on roads and bridges and that there are still several bridges which need rebuilding. Regarding relief he believed in fair play to all always keeping- in mind the ability of the taxpayer to pay. He thought prob- ably more investigating of relief cases would he a goodl idea. In a happy speech councillor Sumâ€" merfeldt said he had tried; to do his 'duty as a councillor and he felt all members of the 1936 council had done the same. He pointed out that at the end of 1935 there were 73 fam- ilies and 249 persons on relief and at the present time 63 families and 180 persons were on the relief rolls. He would be a_cand-idate for re-elec. tion and if meleebed would continue to do his best for the township. Fred J . Coakwell, a former mem- ber of council who failed in the elec- tion for council last year and is this year a candidate for deputyâ€"reeve discussed the financial affairs of the township which he said should be the deep concern of all the electors. W. L. Clark, a former deputyâ€"reeve of the township who is this year a candidate for council asked why the 1936 council with increased taxes, no bridge debenture to pay and} the 6th concession ta‘k-en over by the county, still ended the year with a deficit. Where did- the money and increased taxes go? he asked. He criticized the heavy cost of administering re- lief which he said amounted to about half a mill on the taxes. Mr. Clark said that in last year’s financial statement there was reported an estimated surplus of $369 and! that when the auditor’s report was made ‘out at the end‘ of the year it showed a deficit of $765. This year there is an estimated deficit and if the estimate is the Same as last year by the audited statement it will a- mount to $1500.00 Isn’t it about time we started to balance our bud- get? asked Mr. Clark. He pointed out that the board of valuators apâ€" pointed re the country} equalization would receive about $2,000 for the year’s work. Not bad he remarked. 'He likewise pointed out that the County council early in the year gave a. salary increase of $1000 to the ’county‘. treasurer who was already receiving $3000 per year. Only one member of county council voted 8. gainst this $1000.00 increase in sal- ary- he said. The speaker said he would be a candidate for the 1937 council. W. F. Kincaid! as usual received a tumultuous welcome from the crowd. “I hear there’s abdication in the air," he remarked, “but I dbn’t know if he’s going into exile or will continue to sit on the edge of the throne." He suggested that the council adopt the prepayment of taxes plan in or- der to save interest. R. L. Stiver, a former deputy- reeve who is standing for election as councillor like previous speakers said he could not uunderstandl when the $5000 debenture paymentl was off this year, the 6th concession on the county why the taxes were up. Back in 1929 when he was in council the building of the Hastings bridge was advocated. I said it could be repainâ€" ed and do for some time. It was re- Mr. Reuben Pearse who lives on the 10th concession of Markham on the well known Riggfoot farm stated that he thought it was a good idea to inject some new blood into the council once in a while. In a plea- sant speech he stated that he would be glad 'of the opportunity of servâ€" ing the people of Markham township. He is a candidate for council. Harry Barber of Victoria Squarv who sprung into the limelight a few years ago when he headed a deputaâ€" ‘tion of farmers to protest too gen- .erous treatment of relief cases is this year a candidate for Council. He declared that if elected it would be his aim to serve the best interests of the ratepayers and extended to all the best wishes for the new year. paired’ service. All the members of the 1936 coun- cil were given a chance to speak in reply. Reeve Padget said “speaking- frank- 131‘ we still liad a bridge debenture payment to make this year. The de- benture money was collectecl in 1930 but not applied to the debenture and we had to make it up this! year.” The Reeve stated he had 560 re- lief interviewa in his home this year. Replying to Mr. Clark’s criticism of the increase in salary for the county treasurer Mr. Pad‘get stated he was offered more money to take another pOsition and to keep him the raise was‘ given. “I think now he’s getting too much, and I’ve told him so.” During the replies of the council- lots the hot debate on relief admin. istration took place with Councillor Hooper, Reeve Padget and Constable Walker mixing in a verbal battle. Mr. Hooper took strong exception to the action of the reeve in ordering relief fuel and to remarks alleged to have been made by him. Nominations were received as fol- lows: For Reeve: George B. Padget by Kenneth E. Deacon and Frank Dimma; James Rennie by J. G. Wide- man and Russell COuperthwaite; J85. Ley by Clark Young and R. E. Per- kins. Wm. F. Brooke and Russell Boying. ton; F. J. Coakwell by W. H. Tran and R. E. Perkins. For Councillors: Harry Barber by J. A. Valliere and P. W. Willows; W. C. Gohn by F. J. Coakwell and W. H. Tran; W. F. Kincaid by Wm. For depubya'eeve: James Rennie by J. G. Wideman and Russell Couper’ch- waite; G. B. Padget by J. Galloway and Ken Prentice; C. H. Hooper by for $29.00 and‘ is still doing Rennie and David Brown: W. L. Clark by W. E. Gohn and E. A. Som- merville; Reuben Pearse by H. N. Foote and Philip Fors'yth; R. L. Sti- ver by D. Rmmney and} R. E. Glover; F. JICOakwen by W. H. Tran and H. C. Reesor; Albert Reesor by E. A. Sommerville and James H. Bracken; C. H. Hooper by P. W. Willows and Nelson Boynton; A. Smmerfeldt by J. Everett Harper and J. P. Gould. Mr. and Mrs. William Ness cele- brated their 50th wedding anniversâ€" ary at their home, Yonge Street, on Tuesday. Dec. 29. when many friends gathered to extend felicitations. They were also tendered a surprise when the Woman’s Association of the United Church. of which Mrs. Ness is an honored member, present. ed them with a lovely basket of fruit, and the neighbors honoring them, by presenting a beautiful plant. We extend congratulations and best wishes ito Mr. and Mrs. N955. The January" meeting- of the W0â€" men’s Missionary Soc‘ety will be held on Tuesday, January 5th at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. N. J. Smellie. The annual reports will be given at this meeting. At the nomination meeting. candiL. dates for commiasior-ers for the Po- lice Village of Thornhill. .T. F}. Fran- cis. Wm. R. Ridden and W. Ban were mewwm m 96 “or CLARK ELECTION DAY MONDAY, JANUARY 4th T0 the Electors of Markham Twp. THORNHILL Councillor for 1937 An Experienced Municipal Administrator YOUR VOTE AND INFLUENCE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED TO ELECT ‘ To the Electors of Markham Twp. Elect ouncillor for 1937 THURSDAY, DECEMBER nomu'nated. Mr. Ridden not wishing to act, S. Findlay was nominated. Elsie McLuhan, reader and imper. sonator. assisted by the Thomhil'! orchestra. will give a concert in the United Church New Year's night at 8 o'clock. Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Wesley and son John spent Christmas Day with Mrs. Wesley's parents at Trenmn. Mr. Edgar Simpson of Kirkland Lake spent the weekend and hnli- day at his jtxome.‘ “411:... ._.._ Anhyâ€" an . . . u . . v . . . v . “fir. and Mrs. A. Brillinger enters. tained at a family dinner party on Xmas Day. Mrs. Short. and Mr. John Short of Erin were guests. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thompson spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. HopkinsLTog-ontp.“ . 7 v Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Johnston and familv visited on Christmas; Day with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johnston, Toronto. Mrs. A. Elson. Richmond Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Elson. Button and Mr. and Mrs. Preston Elson of Guelph visited on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. P. Bojaigsqn. I»va “up... K'LLJ- A w â€" v _ 7'. _Miss Rosa {Innis vigited on Xmas Wxth her cousm, Miss Annie Harris, Gnu A'11»Vt A -Vvull Miss Isabel Ball is spending her holidays at her home. _ Mrs. S. Wilcocks is enjoying a holiday with her sister at Sufioqu AEé-‘ieuéogéiéf'sge‘nt Christ- mas Dav with Dr. and Mrs. Carleton and Miss Annie Cgoper. Tgrontg'.‘ “we; naming. visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. Ness On Sunday. Deputy-Reeve for 1937 “TB the Electors of Markham Twp. Hoopefi‘ Worthy of Promotion Elect Councillor 3lst, 1936.