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1600 copies 1c mnbnnt lake edition volxlviii no 19 stouffville ontario thursday july 28th 1938 a v nolan jp publisher oxentilled land is hive of cottages if the early settler around musselmans lake could see the place today with its three hund- dred odd cottages dotted about and a crowd of 2000 or more people on any summer weekend their amazement would only be equal that of the cottagers themselves could they be treat ed to a scene which was familiar to the hills there around 1870 a scene of andrew graham and william a quantz both still in stouffville driving their oxen over the rugged course as they tilled the fields and did the stumping necessary in those days to clear the land lumber ing played a prominent part in their work these two aged men were but lads then of very ten der years but they were re quired to do their part seventy years ago charles appleton father of the apple- ton boys who held the west shore property until very re cently when the last of them died owned the land to the waters edge and jacob mussel- man was located west of apple- tons again coming around the lake we see the present windsor farm and the former hill pro perty owned by an uncle of william hill of bloomington who is 97 years old william continued on page 2 paving on the 4th con of markham toronto and york road com mission started this week on paving a portion of the 4th con cession in markham township jupp construction co are do ing the job the stretch of road being given a hard top lies be tween buttonville and victoria square considerable township labour is being employed in the project and at present ten local men are in the gang work will also commence on removing the sharp curve at gormley where plans are practically completed for a new right of way that will fairly well reduce the corner to a mere curve working man at 86 few men who are even 80 years can boast of working hard most every day but one of our citizens mr robert stewart who took time off to celebrate his 86th year last monday conducts a large vegetable garden and markets most of his own pro ducts as he has been doing these many years since retiring from the farm to live in town to mark the event on monday there were present at the stew art home an only son garnet with his wife and family also rev gordon duncan and miss annie who are in town from warkworth it is nice to see these elderly people spending their eventide of life in good health and in possession of their faculties mr smart and his life partner are both great readers md foiiow events of the village and af laree with he interest they did half a century ago good alsike yield every farmer seems to have a field of alsike this year and just now threshing is in full operation the yield is runnng between five and eight bus to the acre with an average of well up to six bushels other grains which have not yet been thresh ed promise good returns in the home district here wnl smith dead a very well remembered citi zen of stouffville until he left here about 13 years ago william smith died at the house of re fuge newmarket on july 18 and was buried in the new market cemetery a number of his old associates were present for the funeral which was con ducted under the supervision of mr e spraggue superintendent of the home bill as everybody was wont to call him was a familiar figure on the streets of stouffville for 30 or 40 years and was a fish vendor for a long time he was in his 83rd year and leaves a brother residing in the united states prime minister king speak at mulock picnic to col w p mulock kc mp of the riding of north york is pleased to announce that the guest speaker at his annual pic nic to be held at woodbridge fair grounds saturday aug ust 20th will be rt hon wl mackenzie king prime minister of canada record circulation figures faulty digestion causes gas formation dizziness palpation and general distress get a bottle of storeys digestive tonic and get prompt and effective re lief soon restores the digest ive organs to normal scores of people have benefited by this wonderful tonic j m storey druggist the home of quality drax this weeks issue of the tribune will probably be read by four or five thousand people it has been conservatively esti mated there are 1600 copies priinted and in addition to the regular yearly subscribers of 1250 additional papers will be available and have been arrang ed to be distributed to every cottager at lake musselman we want the lake population which is as large as the local population for the two summer months to become thoroughly acquainted with their nearest town and if they are interested in the towns newspaper they will be attracted here for their shopping requirements this issue which is the first annual one for the lake provides an unusual advertising medium assisted in toronto wedding miss vera tarr and mr percy tarr attended the wedding in toronto of miss roberta ram say daughted of mrs robert ramsay to dr r e johnston the bride is a niece of mrs tarr of this town at the wedding which was a church affair mr percy tarr acted as one of the ushers ice cream social lemonville at an lee cream social under auspices of lemonville unit ed will be held this thursday evening july 2s on the school lawn program in cludes aurora mountaineers forsyth quartette vocal num bers by the irwin family the fockler boys and a local elo cutionist admission 25 and loc program at 8 pm mr don fraser of the bank of commerce staff is relieving at claremont storm scatters dancing feet the stouffville veterans dance so widely advertised for last friday evening looked like a big affair until the last minute when the weather turned un favorable threatened rain must have kept away hundreds of people who enjoy this form of entertainment at nine oclock when the crowd started rolling in a terrific storm came up and after dancing for half an hour the merrymakers had to get in to ratcliffs hall to finish the program baxters orchestra livened up the street with their music and soon the spirit of the evening got underway the roadway was spaced off and treated to corn meal so that the dancing feet could slip around more easily there were three lucky draws first prize ticket no 214 going to miss gladys ironsides of ringwood who was presented with a clock second ticket drawn no 160 belonged to geo jackson of whitevale who got an electric lamp the third no 215 went to john d doranza toronto for a prize of a flash light vandals smash camp lights a reward of 2500 is being offered by the ratepayers association at lake mussel- mans for the apprehension of the vandals who destroyed the ornamental lights at entrance to shadow lake camp one even ing last week passersby saw the lights in good order at twelve oclock mid night but after that hour some irresponsible individual or in dividuals caused the damage presumably by firing stones at the fixtures the lake association are keen on the heels of the offenders and there is to be something un usual doing about the matter if they catch up with them as resentment is running high engagement farmer loses six cattle in heavy storm o welcome campers mr and mrs s h jones claremont announce the en gagement of their eldest daughter alma jane to mr joseph seymour palframanba son of mrs palframan guelph ontario the wedding will take place saturday august 13th many july weddings slack evans a quiet but happy wedding ceremony was performed at the baptist church parsonage clare mont on wednesday afternoon july 20 when miss gladys evans youngest daughter of mr and mrs e w evans of claremont became the bride of mr stanley slack son of mr and mrs william slack of stouffville the nutial knot was tied by rev p augustine miss elsie eckart acted as bridesmaid and mr roy slack brother of the groom was best man following the ceremony the couple left for a short holi day in haliburton district and on their return they will make their home at altona winn lemon a very pretty wedding took place in bloomington christian- congregational church on saturday evening when elsie alberta daughter of mrs lemon and the late joseph lemon emma winn sister of the groom and miss may halse of toronto was bridesmaid the former was frocked in powder blue chiffon over taffeta and the bridesmaid wore coral pink chiffon over taffeta they wore matching halos with shoulder veils and carried nosegays miss joyce nutt of toronto made a very pretty junior bridesmaid dress ed in pale green sheer mr roy curtis was groomsman and the ushers were mr marvin lemon and mr allan gray at the reception the brides mother received wearing a wine sheer dress with white accessor ies with a corsage of sweet heart roses and sweet peas she was assisted by miss bertha winn dressed in navy sheer later the happy couple left on a triji to england for travelling the bride wore a suit of ameri can blue sheer with white accessories on their return they will live in east toronto the bride and groom were popular local couple wed mbjbil jjg isi 1 iro m s l y v- o -iv- jjhrtspwvip fflsmh w isipll vjjffgj 3 hjak ftk bipp iku ph pit wuiikvis i3i pauline boadway and donald ratcliff who were married this wednesday afternoon in the mbc church here became the bride of clifford clarence winn son of mr george winn and the late mrs winn rev harold trinier officiated miss nora stapleton played the wedding music and miss alta fockler sang during the assembling of the guests and during the signing of the regis ter the bride given in mariage by her brother mr clifford lemon was gowned in white marqui sette over taffeta cut on empire lines with a short train she wore a juliet cap caught with orange blossoms with finger tip veil and face veil and carried a bouquet of briar cliff roses and babys breath her only orna ment was a gold wrist watch the gift of the groom the maid of honor was miss presented with a bible as their wedding was the first to be held in bloomington christian church byer wideman a very pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of rev j mcewen unionville when grace dorothy daughter of mr and mrs jl byer of the eighth concession of markham was united in iriarriage to carson david son of mr and mrs j s wideman of cashel the ceremony was performed by rev j mcewen the bride was becomingly gowned in a dainty dress of flowered sheer with white accessories following the ceremony the happy couple left for a motor trip to northern ontario although the pasture lands have gone back during the last couple of months there have been frequent rains accompanied by severe electrical storms a markham farmer with two hun dred acres tells us that he has not been so short of good pasture in years but with the increasing rains of the last week they will be slightly improved each shower or downpour brings some destruction from the accompanying lightning a huge elm on the altona ranch of f l stiver was riddled by a bolt when mr stiver saw it part of his fine herd were un der its shade but it is safe to surmise they were not there during the period of the storm a white faced bull on the farm of chas sargent mark ham hardware in pickering twp was killed during a storm loss was covered by insurance obediah peacock 9th con just south of stouffville lost a nice milch cow struck down in the pasture it was also insiued lying out in a field during a severe electrical storm which passed over the north end of markham township on friday night six cattle were struck and instantly killed by lightning on the farm of mr william redshaw dicksons hill the bolt came down an elm tree and jumped over to where the animals were resting all lying down at the time as is usually the ease there was not a mark on any of the animals but the tree bark was riddled off from the heavy stroke each animal was in the identical posture as when stricken only their heads were lowered but evidently not a foot moved when the stroke came the loss included two cows one just fresh two heifers a beef ringer and a young bull the animals were insured against lightning with thomas birkett lightning struck the large barn on the fai of william armstrong at locust hill last friday night but fortunately did not fire the building the frame was splintered where the lightning ran down from the upper part of the building markham fire brigade were called out hundreds of cans are made by musselmans lake campers to the stores of stouffville every week and the local merchants want to get better acquainted with these summer visitorsthey should know the business men and the business men should get acquainted with the campers in order to familiarize the summer folk with stouffville we start this year to set aside one issue for the benefit of the cam pers and a copy of the current one will be placed in every cottage and camp this week if you have a message in this paper it will be read by them and you will reap the benefit a special article on the early history of the lake will no doubt find real reading interest among the cottagers who should know all about the wonderful develop ment of the place where they spend their summer season stouffville welcomes the summer residents who will find a cordial and friendly feeling towaid them when they come into town and a service that will make them feel that right at their camp door they can find just what they want at a favor able prices we welcome our summer lake people and extend to them the hope that the weather will be ideal for the big day that is looked forward to on civic holi day when sports and entertain ment will be found around the lake that promises to surpass anything heretofore presented at this popular xesort prize list this week the flower show prize list will be issued the end of this week and will be one of the most interesting yet put out by the stouffville horticultural society watch for it mr and mrs herman fawcett and two daughters melbourne near londan were guests with mr and mrs geo collard for a few days mrs fawcett attended school here at one time and was the former jessie collard died norton win ikt lot 12 con 5 uxbridge on wednes day july 20th 1938 wm nor ton funeral took place from his late residence on friday july 22nd interred in uxbridge cemetery popular traveller in mysterious crash as mysteriously as he dis appeared last thursday after a highway accident and remained unfound for four days despite large police search parties cecil barnes 38yearold toronto salesman appeared at his home early monday morning mr barnes is well known through this district from mark ham and stouffville northward having been a regular caller on all the garages and service stations for a great number of years thursday is his usual day for travelling this section but last week he did not show up and the next morning his truck was discovered badly damaged and with its contents strewn along the highway barnes him self could not be found when admitted to his home on monday he is said to have been unshaven and apparently suffering from exposure he is also reported to have had a lapse of memory mrs mary everton of moose jaw sask and miss jessie babbott of toronto visited their cousins mi and mrs k g tarr on tuesday whitchurch couple instantly killed in train crash o- archie greenwood 45 and his housekeeper mrs edith bur- roughes 26 of the 5th con cession of whitchurch met instant death when the car in which they were driving tues day night was struck and totally demolished by a north bound canadian national passenger train at the level cross ing on the ballantrae sideroad the car was destroyed and hurled to the east side of the crossing greenwood is a widow er and father of six children an inquest has been ordered by dr c j devins of aurora the date of which has not yet been set scholars to show accomplishments on friday evening of this week at 8 oclock the scholars who have attended the mbc bible school for the past two weeks will give a demonstration of their accomplishments at a public meeting to be held in the church no doubt there will be a large number in attendance at this gathering as every parent of the 106 children in attendance and many others will be keenly interested there win be singing and bible study this is the fin al meeting in connection with the school program