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vol xlvii no fce u stouffviue ontario thursday december 2 1937 a v nolan j p publisher last of appleton family passes on in the death of byron appleton on thursday november 23 in ii 7 7lh year the last surviving mem ber of a pioneer family of whit church township is gone the appletons settled on the west side of musselmans lake around th year 1s50 coining from richmond hill byron was the youngest of several sons and daughters born to the into chas appleton who established a saw mill on the farm adjoining the west shore it proved a hive of in dustry for a quarter century but with the gradual thinning of virgin trees the business became extinct byron was regarded as an expert saw mill hand and worked in northern ontario for some years he was a presbyterian and mem ber of the old church established for years at ballantrae at the time or union he never followed the great body into the new church his fatal illness was a gradual breakup of the system and his decline was quite definite over re cent months he had been staying at the home of his niece mrs walter talbot in stouffviue where he pass ed away deceased was a bachelor and a man of sterling quality the funeral on saturady from the talbot residence proceeded to church hill for service and inter ment rev chas jeffery preached and made fitting reference to tne quite gentlemanly qualities of the deceased the pall bearers were messrs robt windsor floyd fair ies david gray george talbot thos simpson and milford rose whitchurch twp relieved of 14 miles the township of whitchurch has fared well at the hands of the york county council this session in hie matter of taking over a portion cf their roads into the county system in all this year the township expect to be relieved of some fourteen mile at the june session it was decided to take over the lake wilcox roaj from yonge street to the fourth con cession and while there has been some hitch in the government end of it this is expected to be brushed out right away at this session of the council of york it was decided to take into the county system the north townline for a distance of seven miles and the aurora road from the uxbridg townline to vandorf a distance 05 nine miles with these two roads improved as county highways the government will be given an open hand in selecting the one they wish to incorporate into a cros3 country highway from peteriboro to orange- ville reeve toole and deputy reeve cook may well be congratulated in being able to transfer the above roads to the county they are heavily travelled roads and to be relieved of them wjli mean a great deal to whitchurch births burton at the brierbush hospital stouffviue on friday november 26th 1937 to mr and mrs gerald burton rlngwood a daughter cnrjienur at the brierbush hos pital stouffviue on wednesday december 1st 1937 to mr and mrs bert carpenter stouffviue a daughter forsyth in stouffviue on nov 23 1937 at tho home of mrs o forsyth to mr and mrs arthur forsyth of uxbrldge a daughter donna imnrlene smith at the brierbush hospital stouffviue on saturday nov 27 1937 to mr and mrs nelson smith unionvllle a son exclusive and inexpensive christmas cards and stationery in a full range of prices a fine collection to choose from smart new satisfying get the best they cost no more swears pound keeper davis grabbed her by the hair threw her down and then kicked her were the charges made by mrs ethel brown in glasgow quarrel dr darling says injury to knee not fresh and was not made on day fight took place j m storey druggist the home of quality drag in the criminal action brought ny mrs ethel brown of glasgow against her neighbor mr walter davis opened in the music hall in ux- bridge on thursday afternoon she charged that davis had called her a dliar struck her across the face and threw her to the ground by the hair of the head the result of which she alleged was an injured hip and scratches above the knee these she had shown to dr darling of good wood but which the physician swore were too old to have been inflicted on nov 11 the doctor had seen them on nov 12 such was the nat ure of evidence which the court had before it the case opened at two oclock before magistrate ebbs of oshawa and adjourned for a week after going on all afternoon crown at torney annis of oshawa prosecuted and f l button kc defended davis mrs brown was assisted into the court on the arm of a couple of young men and was allowed to sit outside the witness box because of her condition two actions had been entered mrs brown charged mr davis and later davis entered a simiar charge against iyiirs brown eafch being assault with intent to do bodily harm it was agreed on consent ot his worship that they should he tried together mrs brown took the stand as the first witness she explained that she was a widow living on a small acreage in glasgow and the defend ant davis was neighbor on nov 11 she said her cattle were on the road having just been let out of the stable they walked into ralph davis gate across from her home and he took them to pound at the home of his brother walter whom she alleged later assaulted her wal ter davis she continued called at my door and notified me that my cattle were in ipound the notice was in writing i closed the door read the two sheets of paper and opened the door again when davis had reached a point away from the house near the barn the notice also con tained a warning about mrs browns fence having holes in it which all owed davis pigs to get through in to the brown place it demanded that this be repaired says davis struck first blow brown she said was about five rods from the house when she called to him demanding to know why her cattle had been impounded while others said to be at large had not been so treated mrs brown went down to where davis was standing to make this enquiry an argument ensued over the pigs he called me a liar using profane language and struck me on the nose and made it bleed mrs brown then said she grabbed him by the collar of the coat and slapped him on the face once then she said he grabbed her by the hair of the head threw her down and kicked her just above the knee next she grabbed a board but davis pleaded dont hit me thereupon she went to the house got washed up and walked to stouff viue to lay a charge she saw mr button who said he had been retain ed by davis she went next day to dr freel and to dr darling at goodwood mrs brown said the following day her hip was ibrulsed and swollen she couldnt get around after saturday the day following the fracas she told that bad blood has existed between the families for some eight years ana most of this arose because he could nt go into her house and do what he liked what do you mean by that state ment asked the magistrate mrs brown then said davis hadnt been in her home only two or three times in years to mr button she said she had been a widow eleven years and dad five children at home ranging in age from three- to thirteen years it was also brought out in cross ex amination that she had had trouble over her boys behaviour at school last summer he having been sus pended davis was a school trustee but she denied telling george brjwn that she was laying for walter davis she had a lame back prior to the time of tho trouble but it tad nil cleared up tho first touch s louisa brown daughter saw her mother about half way between the house and barn mrs brown she said seemed to touch davis on the elbow then he struck her never saw mother strike until he hit her then she hit him in the face thereupon he grabbed her by the hair her mother went down walter davis charged said he was a farmer pound keeper and school trustee he admitted trouble with mrs browns boy and told the same story about handing in the note at the door to mrs brown she came at me in a rage as i was leaving he said said she hadnt money to pay and i said they could come over and milk the cows i didnt want to be hard on her then she argued about the school trouble i refused to discuss thai i asked her to fix the fence she grabbed me by the collar and called me a damn liar and struck me in the face the magistrate observed that the scar he saw the week previous looked like a pimple davis continued after i pushed her down her daughter came down to where we were i said she isnt hurt mrs brown jumped up 3nrl grabbed a stick and i warned her not to strike he denied grabbic her by the hair or using profane language he never saw any blood on mrs brown but his own cheek was bleeding from the claw he all eged she gave him what explanation do you mak for putting this womans cattle in pound and letting others go davis was asked her cattle were the oril ones in the berry bushes to the crown attorney he explain ed having sent a private notice about the fence needing repairs under tifo signature of pound keeper in de fence of his sows which he alleged had gotten into the brown place and came out badly bruised he feared one had a broken leg he didnt want his animals ibeaten up he served the notice in person because he didnt think mrs brown would accept it through anyone else he had been a pound keeper for two or three years aiid this was the rirst stock impounded then you just happened to have as first cattle in pound this womans with whom you are not friends and you in cluded a private notice with it observed the crown prosecutor old marks above knee dr darling told of seeing marks above the right knee on mrs brown they were not fresh marks and were not black and blue but a greenish brown which follows after black and blue this was the day after the accident he wouldnt say they were inflicted on the day of the trouble but would say they were not made on that day saw mrs brown first attack mrs ralph davis said she saw- mrs brown make a lunge at walter grab him by the coat and slap him in the face he shoved her back she stood there for a second then seemed to sit down she got up in i few seconds when her daughter came to her mrs brawn grabbed a board and he dared her to hit him walter then went to the road she denied that davis used his feet to tho crown she said she just happened to see the trouble from her home right across the road it hadnt been arranged but she hod tarked with walter about three hours before the trouble and he said he would see the township clerk mr roach about what to do with the cattle witness said she couldnt under stand certain questions being put by tho magistrate who intimated that the witness was dodging the questions admonishing her to give straightforward answers witness fninted marion davis daughter of halpli davis corroborated the story told by her mother in so far as the fighting goes and was positive her uncle never did more than push mrs brown away lorraine hlsey visit ing at the home of ralph davis was another eye witness from across tho road in the ralph davis place har evidence was much tho same other than that she said mrs brown was laying down not sitting lorraine aged 11 y2ars fainted and his wor ship decided to adjourn the case at this point for one week tho auditorium of tho hall was filled to capacity the case having gained widespread interest engagements mr and mrs r s scott stouff viue rr4 announce the engage ment ot their daughter dorothy helen to mr chester henry graham eldest son of mr and mrs m o graham of aurora the marriage will taxc place quietly on december 4th village best buyer at tax sale the final scene in the stouffviue tax sale was enacted on monday afternoon at two oclock when four properties were put up at auction and although an audience of 23 had gathered in the municipal hall bidding was decidedly slow as prescribed by law the treasurer js dougherty acted as auctioneer the town bought all property at the sale excepting one there were four vacant lots on russel street put up first these were taken at 24 s5 by the corporation the only bidder the lots are locat ed south of market street and east of obrien avenue in what is known as the flats the second sale was also for a lot in the flats against which vas 401 and again the conportion was the buyer lot no 25 on main street on which is a good brick house and basement cellar located at corner of main street and 10th concession was also sold to the corporation there being no other bid against this place was 30947 and it pro vided probably the only surprise of the sale it was thought that the place was a most attractive buy and would have been snapped up but such was not the case however it is believed the- place will sell at a pro fit when the town disposes of it at one time this was a popular hotel site jonathan morgason bought the next and last property offered being known as the valentine house on stouffer street the taxes arct charges were 152 s2 but mr morgason had opposition in the buy ing and paid 1s0 for the place anything realized over and above the taxes will revert to the original owners of the place the property consists of quarter acre lot with a frame house three pioneer laymen bring convincing message to church mechanic jumps job disappears as the- old saying goes he silently folded up his tent and rolled away so went ken patterson employee at w s widdifields garage last week mr widdifleld hears that ken has gone to nova scotia or somewhere to start life anew and he wishes him the best of success of his whereabouts how ever he has nothing authentic employed by mr widdifleld for two years ken packed his tools on a recent sunday and walked oft the job without the usual formalities of saying goodbye during his last week patterson had been advised that his right to drive a motor vehicle had been cancelled and could not be renewed until a guarantee was posted for any future mishaps he might have this was the result of having run into illluck the past few years in a series of accidents one of which proved the death of a young man mr widdifleld has engaged an other skilled mechanic who is now on the job at the standard garage patterson too was said to be an expert in his line and his best testi mony comes from the employer whose premises he vacated so un ceremoniously he was civil with the public and altogether a splendid chap excepting as his friends test ify he had a mania for fist driving a civil action is pending against patterson to be heard next spring the case arises over the death of young petty who was struck by pattersons car and involves a libel suit of 5000 cattle poisoned owner charges through tho courts the public is likely to soon learn of a cattle poisoning incident in whitchurch township ted potloveny an austrian lost four cows by reason of having been given arsenate of lad it is claimed it is alleged that turnips were picked up in the pas ture field on petlovenys place in which this poison had been ingeni ously placed tho owner is said to have enemies among his own countrymen but is not et liberty to make any public charges just yet the tribune is in formed whoever the perpetrators of the inhuman act they should be sought out and brought to account coming events the atha christmas concert will be held on thursday december 23 watch for further particulars edna foskitt teacher a service such as probably has never been seen in the annals of any local congregation was held in the united church on sunday even- lug when three laymen whose combined ages totalled 265 years and the youngest ot whom is 86 addressed the congregation along the lines of the pioneer and the early church ot the local settlement all widely known in tha locality the speakers were seneca baker isaac pike and james ley the latter being a resident of markham village and native of scarboro the first two mentioned spent their years in whitchurch and as rev l e atkinson stated in introducing the speakers mr pike had taught him in the public school at bethesda not only was the situation unique but the addresses of those pioneer men simple convincing and sin cere struck hoine to the hearts of the listeners in a telling manner mr baker 86 being the youngest of the three lads was placed first in the list of speakers he said he was not present with the thought of talking on theology but when the invitation was given hjm by the pastor of the church he looked on it as an opportunity to witness for christ at which time he might drop a word that might intensify the zeal of some listener he recalled the days of the primitive methodists so years ago only a lad then he realized since that things wore crude perhaps but there was an intensity of purpose in the christian folk of the settlement and an in dwelling of the holy spirit that marked the church man they would speak on the street about their religion endured great hardship walked many miles to worship and not infrequently did they approach others of their friends about their spiritual welfare mr baker thought perhaps we had gotten too much away from these things today james ley has just celebrated his 93rd birthday and save for be ing a bit hard6fhearing possesses excellent faculties he gave some interesting history on the early days in scarboro the township was settled over 100 years ago but strange to say markham was settled before scarboro the early pioneer having followed the trail up yonge street first in 1795 david thomp son and wife mary came from tor onto as first settlers they had four children born in the forest there the people had great faith in those days and prayer and praise were never forgotten there seems little time for these things today he re gretted there is toothing like the motor car said mr ley and ho sometimes wondered if it were a great aid to commerce or a great curse the flying machine is coming so the worst is not yet hejirophesiod speaking seriously mr ley claim ed that prayer and praise in th mrs r fairles dies in 77th year a very fine type of christian motherhood succumbed to a long siege ot illness when on sunday nov 28 1937 mrs robert fairies passed away at the home of her son watson at bloomlngton the funer al on tuesday afternoon took place to stouffviue cemetery the service being conducted by rev l e atkin son assisted by rev h lee and rev c b jeffery the pall bearers were messrs everett barnes newton rae clifford lemon arthur storry edgar storry wm fockler born near nobleton 77 years ago the late mrs fairies wliose maiden name was adeline watson was edu cated for the teaching profession and taught public school some years prior to her marriage to the late robert fairies who predeceased her in 1921 they located at bloom- ington in 1887 and spent all their married life there the first five years being on the farm now occu pied by male ramer when they purchased the homestead where watson fairies now lives after mr fairies death the widow lived in stouffviue until her health broke up the family of three sons and two daughters were all present tor the funeral they being floyd watson and eldon all living in tho stouff viue district and mrs hassard of toronto and mrs jordan in spring field 111 the late mrs fairies was a woman of high christian character an un tiring worker in tho former metho dist church at bloomington sunday school teacher for long years and when she came to stcuffvulo follow ing the death ot ihcr husband she continued in active church work so long as her health permitted her kind and sympathetic disposition won for her a warm place in tho hearts of many people home featured those early days people walked seven miles to a place of worship while today we go the same distance in a motor car in just a few minutes still we have less time for family prayer the message he would like to leave his audience is that we love one another and love thy neighbor as thyself it we do this we will surely love god too and it we love one another as ourselves how can there be any war opening his remarks- with the words ot elizabeth akers allen backward turn backward oh time in thy flight make me a child again just for tonight mr pike maintained the high calibre of the addresses previously heard he was pleased to look back 75 years when he lived on the 9th of markham an outstanding person he recalled was abraham raymer a simple man with a knowledge of the scriptures folks held prayer meetings got acquainted and so were in good company there were no movies and we were not allowed to attend even the occasional circus perhaps that was all for the best denying us the circus at least taught us djscipline he thought the old methodist meetings were full of inspiration there were baptists there too and i was one of their first sunday school scholars when they became established he recall ed there were 28 families of millers at this end of markham township in the one settlement tout they have all gone i am not so particular about theology so long as a man reads his bible and does what it tells dim to do here we have baptist presby terian and mennonite they may all be wrong so we shouldnt quarrel but do the lords bidding speak ing about temperance mr pike said if temperance comes into the world it will only be through the church the christian people prominent citizen is laid to rest the funeral of the late ralph baker held on friday afternoon was attended by many people from stouffviue and all over the town ship of whitchurch tho spacious home at baker hill also the large grounds surrounding were filled with people and the fine old house u one of the largest farm homes u whitchurch mr bakers untimely death on tuesday was a great shock he having slept away in the night thus the circumstances awakened the sympathy of all the service at the late home was taken jointly by rev w e smalley and rev c b jeffery one ot mr smalleys churches is located virtu ally on the baker farm while mr jeffery and his united church are neighbors on the west side of the baker estate at the graveside members of the ioof conducted their fraternal ceremony for a brother who had passed to the grand lodge above rev robt young and mr jess cook deputy reeve of the township officiated in reading the ritual service pall- bearers were members of both the masonic order and the oddfellows namely a c burk- holder harry spang wm griffiths ed logan sam armstrong and s foote interment was in baker hill cemetery imrs baker and only daughter miss jean together with the aged parents mr and mrs sylvahus baker have the heartfelt and sin cere sympathy of everybody in their hour of bitter sorrow and irrepar able loss whitchurch farmer ships fine hogs iroland scott of the 5th con ot whitchurch shipped 16 hogs which graded 13 selects and 4 bacons the best load delivered to any ahtoattoir in toronto these hogs were shipped through the aurora stock yard says the banner among the churches christ church anglican rev p herman rector sunday december 5th 1937 1st sunday in advent 200 pm evening prayer the w a will meet at the home of mrs henry johnson this thurs day afternoon at 3 oclock everybody welcome t t t t stouffville presbyterian rov w h fuller ba sunday december 5th 1937 200 pm sabbath school 300 pm evening worship the public are invited to worship with us ttv t t sixth line baptist church rev w e smalley pastor phone 2203 sunday december 5th 1937 1000 am sunday school 1100 am church service subject the purpose ot the sacrifices in the old testament 1200 noon communion service friday dec 3 8 pm yps at baker hill the young people from claremont are putting on the pro gram biblo thought for this week heb 131516 t t t t bloomington and ringwood christian church rev e morton preacher let us not allow ourselves to believe that jesus christ is a joykiller as many seem to think he is rather a giver of eternal joy matt 2521 23 sunday services dec 5th 1100 am bloomington 700 pm rlngwood god has provided a sound gospel for an unsaved humanity let us seek to know what his will is concerning us t t t t stouffville congregational christian church arthur greer pastor sunday december 5th 1937 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship subject atonement this is the first of a series of ser mons on the great doctrines on the faith 700 pm gospel service church hill 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship service friday 8 pjm senior christian endeavour lemonvhile bloomington ballantrae united churches rev chas b jeffery pastor sunday november 28th 1937 1045 ballantrae 300 lemonvllle 700 bloomington t t t t stouffville baptist church d mncgregor pastor friday 8 pm young peoples bible study class will meet in the basement of the church sunday december 5tli 1937 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship the ordinance of the lords supper will be observed at theclose of the service 700 pm gospol service subject is there an unpardonable sin the ratcliff imiale quartette will assist us in the evening service wednesday 800 pm service ot prayer and praise como and worship with us t t t t stouffville mennonite church rev i brnbachcr pastor missionary prayer meeting wed nesday evoning friday evening ser vice withdrawn sunday december 5th 1937 1000 am sunday school regular services at stouffviue and altona sunday school regorganlzatlon at mongolia at 230 on sunday dec 12 everyone welcome t t t t stouffville united church l e atkinson minister sunday december 5th 1937 1100 am morning worship rev j h arnup socretary of foreign missions of the united and author of a now church faces a now world will speak 230 pm sunday school and bible class 700 pm evening worship rev dr arnup mrs d wallace christie guest solo ist morning and evening monday 8 pm weekly ypu wednesday 8 pm prayer and fellowship meeting wednesday 8 pm the garret- evening auxiliary will meet in the home of mrs jas ridout you are cordially invited to come and worship with us