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volxlviii no 1 stouffville ontario thursday march 24th 1938 council approves 12000 expenditure for addition to school to be made this summer county seed fair many entries by unanimous resolution the vill age council went on record monday evening approving the recommend ation of the local school trustees whereby the village will provide 12000 for an addition to the east side of the school 30x40 in size the total expenditure will be 1s000 but 6000 will be taken care of by the dept of education if the money j is procured at 3 per cent as expect ed the equal annual payment to the ratepayers will be 1005 per year tor to years the council and school trustees met in a joint session to consider cite situation dr ii freel chairman of the trustee board pointed out the many changes in the school act over recent years and the situation as it presents itself today back in 1934 ho said there was a change in the school act whereby students enter ing normal school must first have their matriculation later on the county conceived the idea that mun icipalities equipped with schools should pay a large portion of the debenture cost each year and fin ally we are saddled with the whole cost of pupils going to outside schools to complete their high school educa tion and this is costing stouffville 500 for 1937 to be paid over to markham last year the doctor ex plained the government decided to offer 50 per cent of the cost of building additions to schools for manual training and home economics trustee nolan laid before the reeve and council the figures for the pro posed new addition for which our share is estimated at 12000 trus tees mcleod memullen turner and stover each spoke favorable of the proposition and declared build ing is the cheapest way out of the situation llteeve weldon gave the board a courteous hearing and said that every councillor should make him self conversant with the situation in order that they might explain matters to any ratepayer he said that as he saw the proposition building a wing was far the most economical wviy to meet the increas ing demand for education especially in view of the fact that the onus is on the ratepayers to provide higher education either here or elsewhere- councillor brown realized he said that we cant stand still there are advantages to be gafned from build ing and he favorably supported the request councillor rusnell viewed the addition as a wonderful thins and stood behind it after hearing the matter fully explained councillor silverthorn said he looked on the matter favourably and councillor tait said that until tonight he was not favourably imp- pressed but after hearing the ques tion explained he had to change his mind and was behind the eojistiucr- ion of a new wing a motion was then drafted itid passed by the council which stated that after hearing the trustees ex plain the plans and costs of the pro posed addition council went on re cord as approving the proposal the cost not to exceed 12000 as the village share in 193s this year the last p ly- ment on a 500 debenture is retired and in 1912 another debenture of 1000 will be wiped off while in 1947 the large amount on the orig inal building costing annually 2064 will be retired first payment on the new debenture will commence in the fall of 1939 golden anniversary the uxbridge timesjournal recalls the fact that this paper the stouffville tribune was started just 50 years ago now the first issue being put out in march 1sss although this is our golden anniversary occas ion it is not being specially marked at this time there have been only three editors ill all those years the late wm malloy conducted the paper tor 25 years and was succeeded by fred madill of toronto and for 15 years a v nolan j p has held the post it is gratifying to know that many homes have subscribed lor the tribune continuously lor this half century and we hop to merit their future goodwill the circulation is now at it alltime peak and is in excess by several hundred copies week ly of the aveiage circulation of local papers published in ontario towns under 2000 we have never resorted to cam paigns of any sort but always relied on the good judgment of the district to take a paper that really served up the home news in the best possible man ner prominent builder died in 80th year born at ringwood cunningham f mitchell died it cleveland ohio on march 12 in his 50th year and the funeral ther last week was attended by his oro- ther dr thos mitchell of ringwood c f mitchell spent his earlier days at ringwood being well known in this locality he also lived at stouffville toronto and cleveland where he died after being a resident for 30 years he has been a builder all his life and was always of a jovial nature he had been ailing for a number of years he leaves a wife formerly miss maggie patterson of bloomington and a son delbert who lives with his mother an only daughter is mrs w rowland johnston wife of a prominent architect of cleveland of the eight children of his fathers family who grew up cunningham is survived by four they are j alex mitchell prof thos mitchell and miss belle mitchell all living on the old home place at ringwood and mrs thos nixon of london out melville aurora wins aurora jubilee juniors qualified to meet orangevillo for the oha junior c title when they defeated lindsay tuesday night at qshdwa by a 42 score in a hectic contest the two teams had previously play ed to a tie in the first game of the semifinals and tuesdays contest was a suddendeath affair to decide the finalists for stubborn deep seated coughs bronchitis and asthmatic conditions take creophos owing to its antiseptic nature creophos is most valuable in combating disease germs used in the relief of distressing night cough j m storey th druggist home of quality drop eleanor connor was home over the weekend mr and mrs i e steckley and mary steckley motored to stayner last sunday mr and mrs j w lehman visit ed with mr and mrs t meyers of zephyr on saturday last mr and mrs j cayman of stouff ville spent last friday with the leh man s mr and mrs linsel and their daughter helen were guests of mr and mrs ii spofford last sunday mrs mcewen has arrived home after spending a week with her sis ters in penetang wo are very sorry to report that mrs hunter who was staying with mrs j houck has been confined to the stouffville hospital mr and mrs murray baker and daughter norma of oormley were guests of mr and mrs ii houck last sunday mr and mrs a fleming and family visited with mr and mrs roy imorgan of claremont who were celebrating their 20th wedding an niversary mr and mrs c reesor also mrs r jewett motored to selkirk last saturday we understand that mrs jewett is going to stay with her daughter mrs sherrlck for a few weeks last avednesday evening a crowd of neighbors and friends gathered at the home of mrs chadwick and presented a miscellaneous shower to our newly married couple mr and mrs gordon tidsbury after many lovely gifts were received the happy couple expressed their thanks foll owing which a short program was enjoyed lunch was served we hear that archie fleming re ceived a tempting ofter for his farm last week but so far mr and mrs fleming have been unable to part with their splendid acreage they say its a worry to be offered a fancy price for your home which you arc not willing to part with but at that why worry we could name a good many who are more than worried trying to find one of those buyers the second annual york county seed fair held at markham last thursday under the joint sponsor ship of the agricultural societies of the county proved most success- fulfrom the standpoint of entries quality of exhibits and attendance according to agricultural irep w m cockburn of newmarket who is secretary of the seed ftirf there was a slight reduction in the num ber of entries due to the exhibits being restricted to 1937 seed al though last season was a poor seed year the quality of the exhibits was superior to last years fair eightyfive exhibits were lined up in their respective clasjes rep resenting thirty exhibitors and the judges had some difficulty in plac ing some of the larger classes smh as late oats with sixteen entries barley with eleven fallwheat eight red clover seven alfalfa and early oats six pneh during the morning the high school students visited the fair and in the afternoon the portion of the hall reserved for seats was filled to capacity by farmers for the edu cational program president l p evans of gormley in opening the meeting thanked all who had co operated to make the show a success and called on w m cockburn to take the chair for the balance of the afternoon the chief speakers were g a scott of the experimental farm ottawa who explained the value of the new mercury dust treat ment of seed in controlling many other diseases carried on seed be sides smut r j bryden of the chemistry dept oac discussed soil fertility problems the judges were dr g p mc- rostie of oac wjw lennox and cls palmer of the dom seed branch toronto and jas laughland of oac prize winners came from all parts of the county locally were to be seen awards going to maurice hamil markham warren rae and arthur steckley stouffville marcus jarvis oscar cox john snider and j and a vallier unionville john smith and j h frisby gormley mrs rp coulson buried tuesday descendant of a family which settled just west of stouffville a little more than 100 years ago mrs kobt p coulson died at the home of her only sou kenneth in toronto on sunday and was laid to rest in stouffville cemetery on tuesday afternoon march 22 1938 jemima mertens was one of three daughters born to john mertens and his wife mary baxter they also had four sons mrs coulson was the last surviving girl but three of her brothers are living namely w j mertens of weston joseph on the homestead and william in toronto the farm where mrs coulson was born is the original clans mertens place he came fromgermany in is34 and put the first plow on the farm which is occupied by joseph mertens today claus induced his brothers to come out from germ any and descendants of the family have occupied the homestead down through the century after her marriage to robert p coulson jemima resided in stouff ville where her husband was an in surance broker and a prominent citizen of the village he served as reeve from 1907 to 1912 they went to toronto at a time when he serv ed as superintendent of the child rens aid society he died there and mrs coulson went to live with her son kenneth who survives the moth er as well as does one stepdaughter and two stepsons children of mr coulsons first marriage mrs coulson was beloved by a wide circle of friends and was a frequent visitor to stouffville where she spent many happy days on the old farm a v nolan jf publisher car balks refuses to run on gas acquired fraudulently by quartette of joy riders free masons make county history land at jail farm when thumb ing a ride from constable who was looking for them township officers the list of officers appointed for the year 193s to act as pound keep er fence viewers sheep valuators and road foremen in whitchurch township is identical with the appointments in the previous year the only exception is division 27 where bernice degeer replaces w cockerill the appointments are pound keepers chauncey connor a b schaffer daniel hall c williamson w a fockler chesley lee herbert oliver frank drury ivan molaughin gordon stevens warren graves ed logan charles rose fence viewers russell gray w a mcdonald fred march vincent wagg thos simpson sam gibney bert baker j stickwood ben grose n h brown sheep valuators ed leary j a clarke watson fairies lambert wilson geo hunt arthur vaughan road foremen division 1 h a smith 2 archie monkman 3 chesley ball 4 charles richardson 5 g w williams 6 jos jones 7 john petch s h dewsbury 9 w h sproxton 10 charles hunt 11 joe curtis 12 rollie scott 13 leslie preston 14 james hope 15 w t paisley 16 elmer wells 17 w j pattenden 18 charles brandon 19 howard mcclure 20 w timbers 21 charles preston 22 alex watt 23 01 davis 24 peter ferguson 25- arthur smith 26 h mitchell 27 b degeer 2s william beach 29 herb pegg 30 garnet smalley srigley street james prior tln thos moorehead tle thos moore- head tls joe jones councillors for 193s c e toole reeve newmarketrrno2 jess cook deputy reeve stouffville rr no2 geo h leary gormley h wells aurora rr no 2 herman kidd cedar valley rr no 1 council meets on the second saturday of each month for general business j h widdifleld road supt cedar valley ontario john crowford clerk aurora ontario strikes rate of 6 mill uxbridge on the heels of a tax rate in 1937 of 56 mills the town of uxbridge this year has struck the ate at 6c mills the town which has no dom estic water system has a very low assessment but at that the taxation must prove a burden to many of the home owners the 1935 rate is made up as foll ows county rate 97 mills school rate 255 mills general rate 248 mills the goverment rebate of one mill is not taken off these rates the town has 7000 a year to raise for school debentures alone having built a 90000 school a few years ago the total amount of the levy in uxbridge for all purposes am ounts to 39142 farm changes hands the ash homestead on the sixth concession of markham changed hands at an auction sale on monday a j stethems proprietor of the scarboro farms dairy was the pur chaser would bar women supping foamy suds seclusion of women from bever age rooms has been advocated before the legislature by morgan baker lib north york construing such action as a step in the right direc tion- one which in his belief would aid immeasurably in curbing the present drink traffic mr baker argues that if it should be found to interfere with tourist traffic busin ess then it might be limited to those hotels that werent observing regu lations as well as they might rights of both wets and drys must be maintained in this province if we are to have a democratic form of government declares mr baker but i frankly would like to see something done to check the present drinking among the public the north york member claims that a properly conceived and oper ated backtotheland movement is the sole solution to the current un employment problem the govern mem he feels should select goou farms throughout ontario and place thereon unemployed men who are not afraid to work and supply thorn with agricultural training from spe cially appointed tutors of practical experience such a move ho says will pay dividends in the future that cannot be reckoned with in dollars and cents now mr baker also urges registration of all married women as one means of ending a situation wherein hun dreds of young girls were walking the streets in poverty without em ployment he says that it is quite unfair that women should hold jobs while their husbands were likewise employed all for the purpose of liv ing in luxury and ihaving a good time the alleged sectional appeals of the conservative party in recent elections also comes in for his criti cism while ho would not attempt he says to fix responsibility for these appeals there were far too many bigots ready to sow the seed of prejudice and distrust some thing he adds which had no part in the british empire four lads who made off from toronto with a lasalle car late sat urday afternoon brought their es capade to a sudden ena late on sun day morning when they actually invited themselves right into the arms of the police and were prompt ly takeu into custody on a charge of doing malicious damage to pro perty edward courtney ilibt linn william wayn were remanded by magistrate keith monday morning and stanley hardy said to have been over the ropes on a previous occasion was charged with false pretenses and driving without a per mit was also remanded he is a claremont lad the quartette landed in town late saturday night with hardy seemingly in command when they drew up the lasalle at silverthorns garage and asked for a small help ing of gasoline to be charged to charles cooper whom silverthorn was led to believe owned the bus the trick worked fine until they attempted to pull off from the gas pumps and as if choked by the crooked deal the old car bucked right there and then all efforts of a gar- ago mechanic couldnt change its mind and after being lugged about town by the tow truck the lads were advised to stop over until morning or go and interview chas ward subagent for cooper whom it was believed would give them another car no attempt was made to interview charlie and the group of wayfarers slept in the car as it rested on main street still in the stuhorn mod which it took when gas was fraudulently fed it deciding that they were sunk so to speak the outfit left town sabbath morning on foot abandoning the car at the curb constable qui- bell was on the job by this time having learned that a car of the description of the lasalle was stoen saturday evening in toronto learning that the group headed for toronto half an hour before the cop shot down the 8th and just he- low ringwod overtook the four all on the road with thumbs up begging a ride never was a pedestrian accommodated in greater haste the quartette were so shocked to sea a driver in uniform step out and order them to embark that they took their places in the car without trouble courtney linn and wayn were allowed to proceed home from the jail farm but hardy who appeared as the leader and who was employed by the owner of the lasalle was forced to remain at the bastille until monday morning the stolen ear belonged to a jew- ish tailor with whom hardy had recently secured a job he was sent to put the car in the garage about five oclock saturday even ing when ho made off with it hav ing been employed at one time by chas cooper of claremont he fig ured out the racket to obtain gaso line on tick as if bent on stealing additional gas when it would be re quired the troup cut a length of hose from the airline at widdi- fields garage which would be used to ciphon gasoline when the emerg ency arose richardson masonic lodge and reeve james rennie made history for masonry in stouffville on friday evening when they entertained war den harry corner and over 30 mem bers of york county council as weil as most of the executive officers engineering staff etc the business of the evening was conducted in the lodge rooms in the lelunan block after which the brethren repaired to the oes rooms in the qatcliff block for a banquet followed by speech making of an entertaining nature the worshipful master wm griffiths presided over the toast list in an able manner the toast to the county brethren was proposed in an interesting way by reeve arthur weldon and was responded to by warden h comer exwarden j o little and reeves from other mun icipalities during the work of the evening in the lodge rooms j d lucas county solicitor presided and was assisted by j l maude k siddall c workington c e toole w rob erts b stiver and others the visiting reeves were later taken to the municipal hall by reeve weldon and shown our council chambers they were loud in their praises about the- mahogany furni ture which although not costing the ratepayers very much being in depression days is a valuable and worthy part of our possessions and was secured during the tenure of office of w e morden the warden and his associates had an opportun ity to look over the portraits re- ently hung on the walls of all the reeves serving since incorporation and they praised the idea as a comm endable one with the churches forced off the land jack lewis held a successful farm stock sale at his place on the 9th of markham tuesday afternoon sell ing all his garden implements which formed the main part othe auction mr lewis intends to move into stouffville where he has secured a house from john cleaver owing to the suddenness with which he was required to vacate the small place where he had a market garden it was impossible to locate another acreage hence the reason for mov ing into town saw farmers on land reeve james rennie and members of the markham township council were in hamilton on tuesday view ing power roaxl graders for which council is now considering tenders with the intention of purchasing one of these machines the reeve tells us that farmers were seen all along the highway working on the land which appeared dry and ready to bo tilled examinations over before july begins there will be no hot weather trials for students taking depart mental examinations unless the heat arrives in june the exam inations for middle and upper school begin tuesday june 14th and end on wednesday juno 29th entrance examinations start june 23rd and end june 29th a few years ago the examinations were carried on until july llth and into the ex treme heat period but now the pol icy is not to hold any in july extra effort is to be made this summer to keep the students who are notjwriting on departmental examinations busy at work until the end of the term hired man to serve 5 y te five years in portsmouth peni tentiary kingston was the sentence received by harry burtrand on a conviction for arson at newmarket last week burtrand was convicted of sett ing fire to the two barns of chris topher m hodgson king township on feb 16 hodgsons loss of buildings and stock was estimated at 7000 and covered by only 3575 insurance when burtrand was brought to the court he refused to get out of the car andwhen compelled start ed shouting as he was taken up the steps he continued to protest even when brought beforo the magistrate letting himself go limp between his escorts he had to he removed from the courtroom when he seemed to re cover he was taken in again and repeated the scene n l mathews kc crown att orney sent for dr j g cock who examined burtrand and found him in fit condition to be sentenced during his examination burt rand kept repeating that he would behave himself if they would give him just six months he was brought before the mag istrate again and calmly received a sentence of five years i am not going to review the circumstances of the case said magistrate w f woodliffe this farmer suffered a heavy loss and his stock was burned this was a horrible thing to do christ church anglican rev p herman rector sunday march 27th 1938 everybody welcome stouffville presbyterian rev w h puller ba sunday march 27th 1938 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship lemonvillc bloomington and ballantrae united churches rev chas b jeffery pastor sunday march 27th193s ballantrae 1045 am morning worship lemonville 2 pm sunday school 3 pm divine worship and sacrament of the lords supper bloomington 7 pm evening worship stouffville mennonite church rev i brubacber pastor try and attend the altona prayer meeting wednesday evening sunday march 27th1938 regular service morning and evening at 11 and 7 with service at altona also we dread at times this weary life full of sorrow and of strife but wait on god and banish fear listen and you will surely hear his words again to you and me my presence shall go with thee stouffville congregational christian church arthur greer pastor sunday march 27th1938 10 am sunday school 11 am worship sermon subj four ifs 7 pm gospel service subj the imessage of the oint ment song service young people3 choir and solo by pastor- in the shadow of his hand tues 8 pm senior christian endeavour church hill 2 pm sunday school 3 pm worship service friday 8 pm christian endea vour at home of mr chas maclean bloomington and ringwood christian church rev b morton preacher we are all sure to be mistaken if we think that wherever we appoar everybodys eyes follow us with a sort of admiration and worship ser vices next lords day sunday march 27th1938 1100 am bloomington 700 pm ringwood to god there is nothing more precious in this world than the souls of humanity let us meet to worship him next lords day will be glad to see you at gods house next sunday stouffville baptist church d macgregor pastor friday 7 pm the happy hour for boys and girls come and see the lantern slides friday 8 pm young peoples bible study class sunday march 27th1938 1000 biblo school clases for all ages 1100 morning worship 700 gospel service subj a young man who res ponded to the lure of the world wednesday mar 30th annual business meeting of the church all members of the church are urged to be present come and receive a blessing sixth line baptist church rev w b smalley pastor phone 2203 friday march 25 at 8 pm yps at the sixth line toronto bible college quartette will conduct the service everbody welcome sunday march 27th1938 10 am sunday school 11 am church service subject the word of a king bible thought for this week- iitim 3m617 all scripture is given by inspiration of god and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction fn righteusness that the man of god may be perfect thoroughly furnished unto all good works stouffville united church i b atkinson minister sunday march 27th 1938 1100 am morning worship subj the sign of the cross 230 pm sunday school and bible class 700 pm evening worship subj casting out the money changers monday 8 pm a special lenten service for soveral young peo ples unions rev noble hatton assistant minister of metro politan united church toronto will be the guest speaker wednesday 8 pm weekly prayor and discussion meeting the wa will meet at the home of mrs sanders obrien am on tuesday mar 29 at 8 pm send the tribune to absent friend