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fitotie vol xlvih noh m stouffville ontario july sth 1937 a v nolan jp publish motor trip to pacific coast covers distance of 7700 1les ratcliff iartv enjoy hospitality of many former residents manitoba field crops best seen leaving stouffville cm the 25lh day of may and travelling almost continuously for about live weeks to arrive home again safe and sound and without the slightest mishap was the delightful experience of mr and mrs win ratcliff and son gordon mr and mrs robt ratclllf miss ward they tourned western canada right through to the pacific coast going out they went vis milwaukee minneapolis and st paul and came back through yellow stone park and seattle the entire journey registered over 7700 miles on their car and the amount of gas consumed was 450 gallons the average per mile on gas was around 20 although climbing over moun tains travelling through sand storms which drifted like snow on the road is not calculated to give good mileage and coupled with this the ratcliff car carried a big load all the time going the party travelled to detroit and on to chicago where they all had their first glimpse of the windy city they called on relatives at st paul and thoroughly enjoved the scenery of the neighboring states crop conditions they soon discovered were just normal until they reached winnipeg where pros pects appeared even above normal in the farming areas manitoba was giving real promise of bumper crops j but this could not be said for the remainder of the west stopping at winnipeg and later at brandon they found these cities nice places with excellent accommodation for motorists the first point of call where they made a real visit was pebbles in the quappelle district on the southern rjr here live isaac lemon and clark lemon brothers of mrs wm ratcliff at the home of clark lemon they were delighted to meet again mrs wm ratcliffs mother mrs james lemon aged 92 as an old resident of stouffville district mrs lemon was keenly interested in enquiring about old friends back home despite the fact that she suffered a stroke some time ago her mind is yory clear she enquired for seneca bakers health and confided in her guests on how delighted and thrilled she was when she learned tha morgan baker had been honored with a seat in the ontario legis lature he was only a little chap as i remember him she said it is 16 years since this grand old lady had last seen her daughter three days with the lemon families and the motorists pushed on their way at wolseley a small town about the size of stouffville they were fortunate in meeting sam jordan they were now go miles from regina and the next stopping place being a city of 40000 popula tion there is ample accommodation lor motorists and altogether a beautiful place to rest a while they found the district about regina needing rain badly their stay in the city was made most pleasant and delightful be cause of the kindness of old friends whom they met it was a royal wel come they received and the visitors say they are deeply indebted to mr and mrs chester c graham and mr and mrs f e giles their daughter who showed them such kindness as well as all the other friends there with whom they came in contact mlr graham is son of cur andrew graham of stouffville and his daughter mrs giles they were pleased to learn is a soloist and pianist of outstanding ability and reputation in the west they visit ed mr and mrs walter apni brother of mrs david snider also mr and mrs asa steckley leaving this bustling business centre the party proceeded south to assinahoia in the district of mooo jaw here they encountered sand films cameras expert developing and printing enlargements from your favorite negatives copies made from old pictures j m storey druggist th home of quality drag storms and got a good glimpse of the desolation brought about hy drought and complete crop failures for years back they were impress ed with the splendid barns and houses all painted often empty the occupants after years of waiting in vain for a crop had been forced in hundreds of cases to pull up and leave the sand storms were terrific and in places on the road drifts im peded travelling like snow roads here in ontario to the unfortunate people of this area the government had furnished seed again this year but the visitors failed to see even a blade of grass growing no wonder every fourth farm is deserted of human beings it was utter desola tion was the way they described this district of southern sask passing shaunavon a town of 1s00 in the maple creek they press ed on to the little hamlet of consul near the montana border here they were pleased to visit mrs earl nash daughter of our mr abner baker of ringwood she was the former ruth baker and the warm welcome received will not soon be forgotten at maple creek a town of about 1000 population and the main village of this centre lives mrs chant another former girl from home perhaps better known to many as bessie jordan vthey were all glad to meet again i crossing over into alberta the visitors found medicine hat an i interesting town with a normal population of around 10000 their stay was made particularly pleasing by the kindness of judge and mrs ellis long years ago judge ellis preached on the baker hill circuit of the baptist church but today he presides over the juvenile court of alberta the first glimpse of the rockies was had when they reached lethbridge and what an inspiring sight those great towering heights with their snow capped peaks and majestic shapeliness is somethin the ratcliffs say must be seen for they felt they could never describe them adequately in mere words the turner oil wells were another sight never to be forgotten but space will not permit dwelling on them here nearing calgary prairie mud was encountered but its part of western experience and was accepted with out murmur calgary one of the largest western cities with its 70- 000 people they found a modern place and here they met isaac miller one of our old residents he preaches in a dutch church there while his sons run the farm they also met james jordan and family here and heard premier aberhart in one of his famous sunday orations which was a combination of a politi cal address and good religions sermon running out to midnaporn a happy time was enjoyed with imrs morton and her brother fred rat cliff they have the leading store business at this village centre and conduct the post office they are as many know son and daughter of mr john ratcliff of stouffville if this party ever go west again the women declare they will never travel the rockies to vancouver those hair pin curves and treacher ous banks were a bit too thrilling to he enjoyed but now its past they are glad of the experience however in the heart of the rockies lies beautiful banff and here they pulled up on the main street to see bill mather going into the post office or did bill see them first anyway our old townsman and busi ness head gave the ratcliffs the time of their lives mr mather took a halfday off to pilot the visitors about and that bath in the famous sulphur springs was one of the most appreciated things jriobort ratcliff ever had provided for him and he doesnt mind tolling his friends mr mather is the teading funeral direc tor and is a busy man mrs mather and betty were glad to see them and what a big girl betty is now banff the visitors wore free to pre dict is one of the main beauty spots of the west and no visitor should miss it when they reached lake louise 70 miles on the ico had just left the lake the day before they arrived they marvelled at the magnificent hotel here and the at tractive cabins much could be said about the crows nest pass and the trip through the mountains also the picturesque frnser river which will have to go unrecorded at vancouver the beauty of the place was a revelation to the travel lers and here they met prof androw hutchinson of the university of bc ho has a very beautiful home and his hospitality was most cordial the professor is a twin brother of martin hutchinson on the 7th concession of whitchurch an interesting incident happened at calgary from their cabin they dominion day is again a success although the weather on domin ion day holiday july 1st was more like a day in late september cool and breezy there was a very good attendance at the baseball tourn ament in memorial park conducted by the stouffville baseball club which this summer has drawn a bye in the oba and will not meet any league teams until later in the sea son there were three teams entered in the hardball session which ran all afternoon providing a lot of tun and thrills for the fans in the first game the miracles of toronto led by one of the citys ace twirlers defeated stouffville by the score of 62 the winners then went on and defeated another tor onto aggregation service cleaners by the score of to capture the first prize the losing service cleaners played off with stouffville or second place and were successful in defeating the locals the last game was not over until 7 oclock and a lot of chaps were late for the evening meal they were just out of the grounds when the crowd started to come for the amat eur contest staged in the arena between 700 and 800 people attend ed this evening program and listened to the contest which was thoroughly enjoyed for scarcely any one left the building until the crowd sang god save the king there wcie eighteen numbers and one request number givn by mr carl boadway and miss luella gayman winner of last years contest they sang the rosary and the number was well received little miss bernice ogden toronto contestant captured the first prize with her acrobatic dancing while a stouffville girl mrs harold lswis soloist won second the only other village winner was miss thelina atkinson daughter of irev l e atkinson who played a piano solo the other winners in order were mary hargrave 11 yearold reader bruce taylor and howard snowball instrumental duet and mr ken miller tenor soloist messrs bert harvey mr kerr and rev arthur greer acted as judges and judging by the response to their announ- ment of the winners their decis ions met with very good satis faction by a good many beside the prize winners other con testants on the program were bernice redshaw song and guitar garfield horton song and guitar hazel brander recitation alvin and morley gibson song mr allen song louis yankon impersonator jim allen guitar ted cadieux guitar william yake song and guitar bill donnelly traps etta v liu instrumental mrs bone and mrs byer vocal duet new addition to school building is seen in offing buys car of horses mr and mrs harry paisley are home from their motor trip of three weeks to the wiest inwhich they went up as far as lloydminster go ing out they averaged 600 miles a day and experienced no motor oar trouble sand storihs in southern saskatchewan werenot relished and one place they saw a threshing out fit completely submerged with the top sticking out of the mound mr paisley bought a splendid carload of horses which he is offering tor sale were directed to a baptist church on sunday morning they attended service and while doing so their ontario license was noted by a man who came up and enquired about the section they came from this chap proved to be none other than albert gray brother of our david gray the men folk were particularly delighted to pay a- visit to the fraser saw mills one of the largest on the continent they are located at new westminster and here they saw the set up for cutting 200000 logs a day manual labor mostly be ing performed by japs and hindus the men took the perilous trip when on vancouver island to climb ten miles up the mountain to see firsthand the logging operations from the time the huge trees are felled until they are rolled onto bunks and hoisted to motor trucks logs 3 to 6 feet through and 40 to so feet long and those trucks bring ing dovn from 913 thousand feet each load over almost a straight up and down oncllne and twist life s perilous on this job and the visitors were only permitted to travel it themselves by special arrangement occasionally a truck goes over the side of the road only to bo hurled to eternitys depths they are never recovered and one was lost just the day before the ratcliffs were there striking for borne the party head ed tor washington idaho montana svyomlng nebraska illinois ohio and back into ontario at buffalo in all they touched 14 states going and coming 50 of cost of new wing would be met by the department with the pending changes in the public and more especially the continuation school curriculum with the view to giving a larger part of the study to manual training and art the stouffville school trustees in regular session on friday evening decided to take steps to ascertain just where they stand it is appar ent that another wing will have to be added to the present building and the department of education is prepared to make a special grant of 50 per cent of the cost of such add tion the regulations say that this 50 and a quarter per cent shall be for the building or addition approved by the department and erectel for special purpose of a general shop and home economic laboratory they will also bear 50 per cent of the cost of equipping such an addition the last wing added to the school building cost around 11000 and it is said that a similar wing addd to the east side of the building would run fully as much money with the government paying half the bal ance can likely be taken care of with out increased taxation it is assumed that if this extra wing is added next summer the sec tions share would be taken care of by reason of one of the school deb entures of almost equal amount be ing retired in i93s and this will be good news to the taxpayers the board at this meeting det ermined to get in touch with the dep artment to ascertain their position so that if they are forced to enlarge plans may be gotten out in plenty of time to proceed with the work next spring the offer of the department to pay half the cost is something that has not been provided for in the past some assistance was obtained from the county but the municipality had to put up the money first and the thing never seemed to work out too clearly under the new arrange ment however the position is quite clear and if the proposal goes thr ough our big school will become an even more important centre than it is today it is realized that under the new regulations teachers in sufficiant numbers would not be qualified to teach manual training and to meet the situation the department propose to arrange that itinerant teachers shall be engaged for a time a new fire area may be established at the next meeting of whitchurch township council on saturday of this week consideration will be given to a bylaw for establishing a fire area east of aurora it is pro posed that a district be set apart comprising lots 61 to 86 in the first concession lots 5 to 25 in the 2nd concession lots 5 to 25 in the 3rd concession and the west half of lots 5 to 25 in the 4th concession the farmers in this district will it the bylaw be passed be assessed for the cost of bringing out the aur ora fire brigade at any time into any area defined the minimum eh arge made by the aurora brigade is 45 but it is up to the farmers of the district named any objection on their part and the bylaw would not be put through it is purely a local matter says one of the coun cillors council strikes the tax rate at 35 mills for year 1937 hepburn giftof one mill keeps amount collected below 1936 by a half mill provides nearly 1000 for sidewalks ta x sale coming death mars year of golden wedding following three weeks illness mrs john s latcham of goodwood died at the family home there from a stroke on sunday july 3rd in hor 78th year interment on monday was at glasgow cemetery the ser vice being conducted by rev j w johnston and rev mr ostrum mrs latcham lived 40 years at glasgow and is a member of an old family a sister of jonathan hutchin son of bloomington and mrs mary meyers of goodwood just 50 years ago she married and this year cele brated with her husband their gold en wedding anniversary besides mr latcham there survives a family of three sons and four daughters name ly arthur cecil and edgar latcham eva ida mrs george cain and mrs harold burnham there are eight grandchildren mrs latcham was a cherished wife and mother and her death is deeply mourned bethesda gas thieves are foiled in effort noticing a light in front of his garage at 12 oclock midnight on friday close to his home at ring- wood don wilson went out to find that thieves were busy breaking in to his gasoline tanks they jumped into their earand made a good escape mr wilson found that they had sawed pit the padlock and their hurryto escape left their working tools on the ground it is not customary to leave gasoline in the tanks over night but this occasion was one exception mr and mrs will march of aur ora called at the home of mr and mrs j steckley on sunday mr and mrs alfred robinson were sunday visitors with mr and mr3 a b shaffer mr and mrs ohas atkinson and family motored to guelph on monday where they spent the day mr and mrs c atkinson of phel- pston ontario spent the weekend with relatives in the district miss jean thompson and miss alfreda bolton of toronto were weekend visitors with mr and mrs hicks the jr institute have planned to have their picnic of thursday july 22 the w m s are meeting this afternoon at the home of mrs hunt the united church anniversary is on sunday july 11th the morn ing service at 11 oclock is in charge of dr thomas mitchell of ringwood rev levi atkinson of stouffville will conduct the evening service at 730 music for the services will be supplied by melville ohoir and baker hill quartette expires suddenly lifelong resident of stouffville district clara jane wismer widow of the late elias degeer passed away with shocking suddenness on tuesday morning this yeek her lifeless body was found on the floor of her home by mlrs wilson a neighbor in the east end of the village where she had resided alone since the death of her husband three years ago deceased had arisen and opened the doors of the house but evidently expired shortly after for she was found early in the morning the late mr and mrs degeer farm ed for many years at bloomington on the malcolm ramer place eight- teen years ago they sold out and moved to durand ilch but return ed to stouffville in 1928 when they bought the brown place just north of john mckinnons home mrs degeer was in her 76th year and is survived by one daughter mrs wettlauffer toronto and two sons morgan in uxbridge township and hilllard in flint mich mrs badgero durand is a sister and miss wismer toronto a halfsister originally a member of the tun- kard church the service will he tak en by rev e morton of the christ ian church interment on thursday afternoon at stouffville cemetery following service at the home at 2 oclock new teachers announced today successful normal school candi dates were dorothy mcewen jack clubinc myrtle irose after providing nearly 1000 for new sidewalks to be built in this summer the village council on monday evening was able to strike a tax rate of 35 mills for 1937 this is a half mill advance over last years rate but with the hepburn government rebate of one mill tho amount to be collected is actually a half mill below last year some places where tax increases have taken place the ontario govern ment rebate of one mill to each municipality has all been spent and the people will not feel the gift the local council however have been able to pass on to the ratepayers a half mill of the gift direct in face of the proposed large expenditure on sidewalks the showing is excellent this year the various rates to be collected and the amounts raised are as follows dollars raised mill rate 5167 80 county purposes 82 3535 95 general rato 56 308899 road debenture 61 560 00 public library 1 1512 00 street lighting 24 4080 00 school purposes 64 3070 02 school debenture 48 313 46 direct relief 5 reeve weldon presided at the regular july meeting and all mem bers were present being councillors ross brown walter brillinger arthur swift and ira rusnell the reeve asked the press to issue a warning to water usors ad vising them to obey the hours for use of lawn hose engineer hainstock of tho de partment of national defence told the council it was his opinion that they could safely bore tor water at the reservoir property to a depth of 90 feet and expect a good flow he advised them to put down a test hole at a cost of 200 or less the council was impressed with the in formation and are giving it serious consideration with such a flow as it is hoped to obtain the supply would be greatly augmented tor the summer demand all present wells are down only 25 feet to a hardpan but by going through this pan to 90 feet the engineer said a supply could he expected from the level serving many other wells in this part of the township of whitchurch a bylaw was passed forbidding the sale of unpasteurized milk in stouffville at the present time both dairies doing business sell only pasteurized milk hence the passing of the bylaw would only affect any new business that might come it was decided not to make the pasteur ization of cream compulsory provision was made for a tax sale to be held this fall to clean up 1200 in back taxes dorothy lawson weds the home of mr and mrs a harvey lawson atlas ave toron to was the scene of a pretty wedding wednesday when their daughter imuss dorothy irene lawson bo came tho bride of mr william j prince son of mrs j armstrong and the late mr w j prince mrs jb baxter the brides aunt played the wedding music the bride given in marriage by her father looked love ly in a gown of white taffeta with bandeau of taffeta and net and a colonial bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley miss ena hisey was her only attendant and looked charming in wallis blue organza with matching bandeau and a bou quet of coronation and souvenir roses mr- bruce armstrong brother of the groom was the best man a small reception was held following the ceremony where tho brides mother gowned in gray suede iace with violet accessories received the guests assisted by the grooms mother who was attired in a gown of floral chiffon the couple then loft on a motor trip to northern ontario on their return they will reside in toronto among the stouffville guests were mrs leslie rowbotham mrs a s collins mrs s m warrlner mrs jake hlsey also dr and mrs burkholder of chicago who are at their cottage on jacksons point mrs h w sanders and mrs arthur drew wmdlllcld mcclure married at tho manse saturday june 26 everton bruce widdlfleld and miss viola jean mcclure mr bruce a rutledge acted as best man and miss blanche mcclure as brides maid the groom is a son of mr and mrs frank widdlfleld of cedar valley and the bride is a daughter of mr and mrs william mcclure of 4 holt goodwood miss edna foskitt is taking a summer course at guelph miss elsie brown is holidaying at home of j e l wagg charlie watson and w rkindre have been fishing at bobcaygeon the baiptists struck an ideal day for their picnic at musselmans c w watson has brightened his residence with a coat of raint mr and mrs reid were sunday visitors in toronto the whole community extend sympathy to john latcham in their irreparable loss mr and mrs lyons have return ed to the western home after visit ing with her brother archie storey all entrance pupils passed from goodwood congratulations teacher and scholars mrs charles feasbys sister is visiting here the united s s was favored with her musical talent on the guitar last sunday miss fraser primary p s teacher is called home again and is unable to take the summer course as intended next sunday is decoration day at goodwood cemetery when the orange lodge will join in to decor ate graves of their brethren cemetery committee are preparing song sheets and a printed order of service your presence will be appreciated get your tickets at the tribune office for the raymer cruise next tuesday harvesters scarce melville mrs brechin is visiting relatives in toronto mrs wendel knight spent mon day with mr and mrs j w lehman mr and mrs allen hisey and son ronnie spent the weekend with mr and imrs orville lewis of altona the wiiih for a long and happy married life from melville to mr and mrs john white who were mariod last wednesday in toronto mr clarence daynard of camp- bellford spent last week with air and mrs lewis lehman mrs n gayman spent part of last week with mr arnold mortson of langstaff mr jack nigh douglas klnch and francis nigh spent the holiday at niagara falls misses molly and dorothy mcewen are guests of the misses carmichael of penetang mrs harvey houck spent the holiday with mr and mlr8 g w baker gormley peachs and melville church and sunday school services will be withdrawn in favour of anniversary services at bethesda melville choir yill provide the music at the morn ing service many of our farmers are hatd put to find enough help to harvest the bumper hay crop we believe that some of the finest stands of wheat in the country may be seen in this district among the churches christ church anglican rev p herman rector sunday july 11th 1937 200 pm evening prayer everybody welcome lemonville bloomington ballantrae united churches rov clias b jcffery pastor sunday july 11 til 1937 1045 am dst musselmans lake 1100 am st ballantrao 230 st bloomington 700 st lemonville annual ballantrae garden party party july 8 stouffville congregational christian church arthur greer pastor sunday july 11th 1937 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship 700 pm gospel service church hill 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship we cordially invito all the old church hill friends stouffville united church l e atkinson minister sunday july 11th 1937 1000 am sunday school and bible class 1100 am morning worship sub tho peril of privilege 700 pm evening worship rev j mcewen ba will bo in charge of the service wednesday 8 pm prayer and fellowship service strangers are especially welcome stouffville presbyterian rev w h fuller ba sunday july 11th 1937 200 pm sabbath school 300 pm afternoon worship everybody cordially invited stouffvtlle baptist church wednesday 8 pm prayer service 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm gospel service stouffvtlle mennonith church rev i brnbacher pator sunday july 11th 1937 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship 700 pm gospel service you will find a welcome at any of our services bloomington an rin christian church rov e morton preacher sunday july 11th 1937 when we think of the serious troubles that many others have to contend with let us never bo heard to murmur services next lords day 1100 am bloomington 230 pm ringwood 730 pm altona take timo to meditate upon the innumerable blessings about you then plan to go to the house of god to give expression of your gratitude unto him