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t t0ttfmll nbttiki volxtvii sos j 7 stouffville ontario july 29th 1937 coroners jury returns open verdict in markham fatality enquiring into the death of t pa of the youtirs clothing r were also shown norman petty coroner would ban pedestrians and bicyclists ttom highways after dark criminal case aug- 10 markham town hall was filled to capacity on friday evening for the coroners inquest enquiring into the death of norman petty of cherry- wood who was killed by an automo bile while riding bis bicycle on the 8th concession of markham on the night of july 17 stouffville was well represented in the audience coroner dr f a dales of new market conducted the investigation and harold sanders acted as prosecutor tor the crown the ver- lct of the jury was an open one finding that petty came to his death as a result of an accident by collision with an automobile while riding a bicycle on the highway the jury recommended that the law governing placing of lights on bicycles after darv he more strictly enforced chief witness for the crown was constable ferguson of the provin cial force who conducted the in vestigation at the scene of the tragedy on the night it happened from my investigation i found that the body was thrown 81 feet he said enquiry from a juryman as to whether the hotly was thrown or carried most of that distance brought the expression from the officer that he did not think it was carried far there was a skid mark of ssi feet from the point where the brakes were first applied to where the car came to rest 49 feet of which the car had skidded sideways leaving a skidmark 14 inches wide held on brakes i would say that the driver ap plied the brakes and held them un til the car came to rest the officer testified the car had evidently turned around and skiddod back wards for a considerable distance at no time did the automobile leave the road the officer declared that he ques tioned the driver kenneth patter son 23 of stouffville when he ar rived at the scene tho smashed and crumpled bicycle was exhibited to the jury were also shown how fast in your opinion whs this car travelling asked crown counsel harold sanders i would say 65 miles per hour replied officer ferguson the officer pointed out that according to official estimates a car travelling at 70 miles per hour would skid 2u3 feet under perfect conditions when the brakes were constantly applied photographs exhibited to the jury showed that the radiator of the car had been pushed back and the left front mudgard dimted saw two cycles how far from the point of im pact did the driver first apply his brakes asked coroner dr l v dales the skid marks showed a distance of 38 feet john sanders also of stouffville who was riding in the front seat of the car with patterson told the jury he saw the two bicycles proceeding south on opposite sides of the road one of them swerved in front of us just as we approached them testified sanders petty was still breathing when we found him at the side of the road but he died soon after how fast were you travelling at that time asked the coroner 1 wasnt looking at the speedometer but i would imagine 50 miles per hour witness told the jury that he and patterson were on their way nome from a wedding when the fatal accident occurred we werent in any particular hurry he said in his address to the jury coron er dr l w dales of newmarket pointed out the alarming number of fatal accidents in york county dur ing the past tew weeks especially involving bicycle riders besides the premiers campaign of courtesy well have to try to cut down on accidents by compelling people and bicyclists to stay off the highways after dark declared the coroner evidence was given by dr c r mckay of unionville who conducted the poitmortem constable h quibell of stouffville county con stable sydney barraclough of rich mond hill and constable james walker of markham a charge of manslaughter laid at the time ot the accident was re manded from monday of this week until august 10th transformer is struck in storm power on in one section all night accident right when oik-ra- tion was underway at hospital flashlights resorted to around six oclock on sunday evening a heavy thunderstorm pass ed over stouffville and vivid light ning flashed in a wicked manner rain came in torrents and in the midst of the storm a bolt of light ning landed on a transformer at the corner of main and montreal streets leaving all the homes in the east end without light until 10 oclock next morning when a new trans former was in readiness just as the holt struck dr freel was stitching up a gash in a childs eye at the brierbush hospital brought in from musselmans lake and had to fiuish by the aid ot flash lights there was only semidarkness at that hour but the situation presented something of a puzzle when as the evening wen on no light was forthcoming and the nurse on night duty had to make the best of it with a flash light the severe electrical storms which had passed over the surrounding district have mostly missed the vill age but this one centred on stouff ville with vengeance no other dam age is reported however and the gardens were better for the moisture civic holiday at lak muss the seventh annual field day at musselmans lake will be held on the usual date of monday august 2 civic holiday it is planned this year to increase the entertain ment which will commence at 930 in the morning and continue until the curtain is run down after the evening concert boat races and a dog derby will feature the afternoon program which will be crowded with shorts for the kiddies baseball contest horse shoe pitching etc in fact there will not be a dull moment according to president bun lloyd come early in the morning and go direct to appletons park which will be the scene of activities markham dealer meets man who had swindled him g b hamilton reveals sharp game pulled in sister village the man who tricked g 3- hamilton markham garage dealer into handing over 45 easy money on june 10 has been caught he is leonard klinck being charged before magistrate woodruff on fri day in county court with car theft and consuming liquor in an illisal place he will be sentenced to morrow being hauled up on other charges klinck was found to be the man whom constable james walker had a warrant out for g b hamilton markham car dealer told the court that klinck had given him a cheque for 475 down payment on a new- car the down payment amounted to 430 and i gave klinck 45 change said mr hamilton who immediately went to the phone and called the hank the clerk looked up the matter and reported no accoan there when hamilton returned to the front of the building the pro fessional swindler had left for parts unknown but was identified when he fell into police hands on other charges county constable george stuart told the court he recognized accttsed at the silver slipper dance hall and found a bottle of liquor in his pocket at that time klinck told me be had come to the dance hall in a taxi cab officer stuart declared he was hesitant about giving his name and address and told me he was from the united states- 1 took him to no 1 police station in my car the constable said that he found a wallet on the floor of his car con taining an identification card hear ing the license number of a car re ported to have been stolen from sparrow lake and later abandoned in a whitby garage there wore also a number of cheques signed by klinck lightning kills farmer under tree a v nolan j p publisher bolt which ripped off hark missed father but killed son and stunned horses proclamation in accordance with the custom of previous years and acting on the wishes of a great majority of ratepayers i hereby proclaim monday aug 2 1937 civic holiday for the village of stouffville a e weldon reeve films cameras expert developing and printing enlargements from your favorite negatives copies made from old pictures j m storey druggist strike water at 140 ft for village boring for an additional water supply on the reservoir property in whitchurch township had gone down to a depth of about 140 feet when work was halted friday until additional pipe is secured water has risen in the four inch pipe 100 feet if it is not possible to secure a flowing well reeve weldon states that the village coiiiicil will con sider the instalatlon of an electric pump the cost would not be exor bitant for installing and as it would only operate two or three weeks in the whole year pumping charges would be very low aside from the very dry season experienced usually in july and august when tho de mand for lawns and gardens is heavy there is water running to waste the additional well would eliminate any possible shortage over this period it is believed the new well being sought is within four feet of oiie of the reservoirs murray avlson 30yearold father of three small children was instant ly killed by lightning while taking shelter from a storm under a tree on his victoria square farm on fri day murray and his father were cut- ing grain in a field about 300 yards from his farmhouse when the storm broke both sought shelter under a tree along with the horses the bolt of lightning which hit the tree ripped the bark down one side and struck the younger man standing nearest the tree trunk the two horses wore stunned by the bolt but egbert avlson escaped un hurt when the flash was over the first thing i noticed was the horses down on their knees said mr avlson i started towards them and then saw my son lying near the tree trunk except for a bad shock the hors es were none the worse for their ex perience dr ralph langstaff was called but death was instantaneous cor oner dr j p wilson investigated the accident and announced that an inquest would he held the date to be set later murray avison a lifelong tesi- dent of the district was a member of victoria square united church he is survived by his widow who is a daughter of mr r f klinck three children howard aged 4 donald aged 2 and ewart aged 8 months his parents and five sisters pioneer days are recalled as 300 hoovers hold reunion rain halts late afternoon program guests from california direct members marriage arrival in descendants as well as ot the hoover clan by from the time of the pennsylvania 173 years homo quality drugs goodwood reunion street dance monday august 2 uved 75 years in stouffville mrs william harding was member of pioneer family a lifelong resident of stouff ville mrs william harding died at the family home on main street east on friday and was laid to rest in stouffville cemetery on sunday afternoon rev irobt young form er pastor of the deceased in the old presbyterian church preaching the funeral sermon mrs harding died as a result of a stroke in her 75th year she was a member of the well- known pioneer yake family whose parents settled around the 10th concession in the east end about a century ago when that locality was the hub of the village business circle the deceased married william harding who predeceased her 15 years she is survived by four sons arthur fenelon ifalls oliver baker hill and archie and william stouffville barbers three daughters miss effie at home mrs middleton goodwood and mrs mary beattic langstaff two sisters and two brothers also survive mrs jane williams 92 harmon yake in his 87th year mrs cooper of sunder land 79 and arthur yake in his 81st year additional tjower school results standing has been obtained in the subjects following the name by the pupils of stouffville continuation school l emmerson eng grammar p klinck art a rusnell eng grammar zool aoi aoi the mines perron east malartig sladen malartig senore latest information on request j b cane 80 king st west toronto ont phone elglnsm xocaoi aoeioi the lake church is going ahead the united church at mussel mans lake which stands on the 9th concession facing the road run ning across the south side of the lake to ballantrae has been re- shingled by the lake adherents and other repairs are being attended to this improves both the value and appearance of the property and looks well for the religious spirit of these people rev chas b jeffrey tho splen did pastor on the lemonvlllo circuit has charge of this lake work ant he is drawing around him a splen did congregation of loyal workers thieves loot store thieves broke into hiseys grocery store markham early sunday morning and stole a cash rogls- ster containing a few coppers and about 1000 worth of cigarette entrance was gained by smashing the glass in tho front door and re moving a key from the inside ice cream social the bethesda institute will hold an ice cream social at the home of mr and mrs arthur steckley bethesda on thursday evening august 5 program of local and out side talent adults 20c children 10c come all and have a good time mrs drewery is laid to rest the second to last survivor of a family of thirteen children born in stouffville passed away on friday july 23 in the person of isabella roadway widow of the late james drewery deceased was 72 years of age this month and had lived all her life in the neighborhood where she was born and raised her parents were peter and rachaei roadway pioneer residents on the 10th concession adjoining town of the large family the only one living is a brother of the deceased mr isaac boadway resident of albert street and from whose home the sister was buried on sunday after noon interment was in stouffville cemetery rev i brubacher taking the service the late mrs drewery was very highly esteemed she married james drewery about 50 years ago they being separated by his death nearly ten years ago they farmed in ux- bridge township for many years there were no children to this union the passing ot mrs drewery re calls the tragic death over half a century ago of her grandfather who was killed by a bolt ot lightning on his farm now owned and occupied by mr and mrs jacob mcmiillen porters business changes hands owing to the death of her bus- band mrs herbert porter has sold the porter store next door to the tribune office to mr william simpson resident of the westend the transfer will be made on august 1st and includes the busi ness and real estate the cement block includes besides the store two small living apartments at the iear and is one of the old established businesses on main street mr and mrs porter purchased the place as a going concern sixteen years ago buying out leslie row hotham who in turn bought from huntley the new occupants mr and mrs simpson have had a wide experience in the restaurant busi ness and will undoubtedly revive this end of the trade as well as the general store business everybody will wish them success in their new undertaking agoof one ludwig hoover gathered in memorial park stouffville on saturday afternoon for the annual reunion despite the fact that an early harvest was on and the bulk ot the connection are tillers ot the soil more than 300 assembled dur ing the afternoon dinner was serv ed on the grounds and notwith standing a shower ot rain which toll fell the games for children weri- run off election of officers and other business however could not he carried out a meeting for this will be held friday evening july 30 at jos hoovers rupert ave a register kept by the secretary miss marjorie mertens shows regis trations trim many places includ ing weston nobleton toronto scarboro beeton port perry and all the district around stouffville mr and mrs victor barkey and daughter miss marion e klinfelter had the distinction of being visitors from the longest distance their home is in los angeles but mr barkey left altona 52 years ago to locate in chicago where he became a prosperous shoe merchant he had as a clerk granville forsyth an other local boy who succeeded mr barkey as owner when the former wished to retire mr barkey locat ed later in los angeles where his daughter lived another lady from quite a dis tance whom many knew was mrs p lott of montreal sister of anthony and lou hoover mrs dave stouffer mrs harry spang and mrs willis lehman mrs lott is visiting at the home of her daughter mrs ward halman on the 7th concession of markham minesing district was well repre sented by mr and mrs otto davis irene and beatrice from the dis trict of selkirk in haldiman county came mr and mrs a e hoover and miss phoebe also mr and mrs munro hoover they intimated that the haldimand clan of this family are holding a small reunion of their own this year the hoovers of haldimand are quite considerable in number henry lightfoot of alvin- ston in lamhton county and miss edith raymer ot listowel were other guests who came from more distant points karly history of hoovers it is strange that there has boea no early history of the hoovers la print but mr elias hoover main street toronto has one in course ot preparation he was on the grounds saturday and his knowledge of the first movements of this family since ludwig landed in america in 1764 with his family is remarkable ho informed the scribe that ludwig had four sons three sons came to canada and settled in markhara township about the year 1804 they being john martin and daniel john took up land on the third concession at lots 345 he had a son danied who became a miller iby trade and iwas employed in the old stouffville grist mill owned by the stouffers and later by the wheelers wheelers grist mill is remembered today by our older residents said mr hoover next son martin purchased 200 acres at lot 26 con 7 markham he farmed there for 30 years and then moved to gormley he was a minister was twice married ind had six children we believe that martin returned to indiana later on daniel chose lot 23 con 8 oil which to farm and later bought lot 25 200 acres from one henry wide- man he died in 1s40 and was burled on his own farm as was his wife and child at that early period this custom was followed as there were but few cemeteries in use this farm is still in the hoover family with that well and favorably known de scendant mr leonard hoover lu possession stanley presents lloyds of london a treat is in store for theatre patrons on the holiday and two following evenings when lloyds of london will be playing a colorful historic pageant and drama is this sweeping cinematic canvas ot the house of lloyd ii is another house of rothschild in herent in its theme are idealism anl the appeal of youth rising by its own fine qualities to influence and fortune one is completely trans ported back to the england of the late 18th century in this absorbing interesting picture in which perfect casting of fine actors actresses and lovely photography are combined to make an outstanding production civic holiday next monday among the churches local girl to feature on radio radio- has finally called one of our home town girls miss luella cayman to be presented over cfrb on august 10 as feature soloist on the afternoon program opportun ity lane miss gay man was select ed from a number of artists by roy locksley musical director and given a most favorable audition oppor tunity lane goes on tho air every afternoon except saturday at 330 st and is announced by ray perdey the five feature artists for the week come together again on saturday night for the program stars of tomorrow when tho winner for the week is chosen by popular vote lets all be sure to send in our vote and give this popu lar young lady a good boost on the road to radio fame viking cream separators sales and service please note that i have the agency for this machine made by the worlds largest separator factory i also have some second hand separa tors taken in on new vikings in cluding melotte delaval lacta eaton massey harris king i have an attractive proposition to offer on new vikings j leland johnston stouffville phono 1114 births stouffer in stouffville on july 16 1937 to mr and mrs lambert stouffer son soobcck on july 25 1937 to mr and mrs frank scobeck 8th concession pickering a son stillborn death of lillian 4erc treth an item of sad news which many of our readers will bo interested to hear comes from vancouver bc in as much as it brings sorrow and bereavement to our onetime prominent and popular stouffville girl lillian percy her husband george h trethewey suffered a stroke on july 4th passed quietly away on july 20th his home town was goderich but they had lived in vancouver many years mrs trethewey has not been in stouff ville for several years but school mates and friends remember her with pleasant and lively interest and as an active rebecca of the ioof has achieved quite some dis tinction as an organizer and plat form speaker a son graham re cently graduated from the university of british colubmla is an only child wo extend our heartfelt sympathy stouffville baptist church wed 8 pm prayer meeting friday 8 pm bible class will be held in the home ot mrs woodland sunday august 1st 1937 v 1000 amisunda school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm gospel service stouffville united church l e atkinson minister sunday august 1st 1937 1000 am sunday school and bible class 1100 am morning worship subject when the stars fought against sisera 700 pm gospel service subject finding god you aro cordially invited to worship with us strangers especially welcome stouffvelije mennonitb church rev i brubnclier pastor sunday august 1st 1937 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm gospel service you are cordially invited to worship with us bloosnngton and ringwood chrlstian church hov e morton preacher nothing good is forced upon us the good is placed within our reach r and ability is given us whereby to reach out and help ourselves services next lords bay sunday august lst1937 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ringwood it is not our own feelings nor what is popular that is to be our standard of action but gods holy will let us please him in the way of worship and christian service next lords day christ church anglican rev f herman rector sunday august 1st 1937 10th sunday after trinity 200 pm evening prayer everybody welcome stouffville presbcthrian rev w h fuller ba sunday augusf 1st 1937 200 pm sabbath school 300 pm afternoon worship everybody cordially invited lemonville bloomington baliiantkae united churches rev clios b jeffcry pastor sunday august 1st 1937 1045 am dst musselmans lake 1100 am st ballantrae 300 st lcmonville 700 pm st bloomington stouffville congregationai christian church arthur greer pastor sunday august 1st 1937 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship sermon subject launch out 700 pm gospel service sermon subject joy that goes deeper than laughter church hill 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship sixth line baptist church rov v e sninllcy pastor telepnone 1903 wed 8 pm prayer meeting sunday august 1st 1937 1000 am sunday school 1100 am church service subject how men aro saved 1200 noon communion service bible thought for this week acts 1631 and they said believe on the lord jesus christ and thou shalt be saved and thy bouse