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stouffville ontario thursday august 25th 1938 vivian corners a hive of industry 30 years ago george mccormick describes 0 vivians heyday when twenty men were em ployed in one mill sixty or seventy years ago when the product of the forest almost equalled in importance the other products of the farm in whitchurch township the name of robert mccormick was known to most every settler within its borders it is now thirty years since the captain of industry made business hum around the vivian settlement in the very heart of the municipal ity and between his sawmill and farming operations twenty men found employment at the height of the season this was a very considerable number for one man to engage in a rural section in those early days especially the mccormick homestead at vivian on the 8th concession is still in the family and is occupied by the youngest son and only survivor george it is now 85 years since my father first set foot in whit church and took up land said george one day to the reporter who quizzed him father and mother came from toronto but they were in the usa prior to that for father was born in new york state my mother came from ireland he explained they chose the timbered land around vivian and established the big sawmill which cut millions of feet of lumber over the years almost on arrival they had a fine brick residence now stand ing on the northwest corner built the very next year the home on the southwest corner with the store premises was built all of brick and both places are still standing although the store has been vacant these 30 years when we had the store and the mail i have seen 20 and 30 people lined up in one evening to receive their letters papers obtain supplies said mr mc cormick this was always in the evening then there would be sports over in the field there he mused getting back to the original robert mccormick it is inter esting to note that with his wife they journeyed into whitchurch with two small children william and robert both of whom were born in the states then nath aniel and george were born at vivian three daughters were also born there but all are now gone except the youngest son george who was 74 years old on the 24th of june ke is still running the farm and occupies the sturdy old home dwelling george lost his wife seven years ago but he has three daughters the eldest mrs harry stanton of peterboro was recently ber eaved when her husband was killed by falling off a box car the other two daughters are mrs ray smith and mrs s pollard while robt mccormicks name is very familiar even today mrand mrsb clark celebrate their anniversary mr and mrs bruce w clarke baby point road celebrated their silver wedding anniversary at their summer home filey beach jacksons point mrs clarke received in a white sheer dress with a corsage of carna tions and snapdragon and wear ing her bridal veil the living room was decorated with glad- hoi she was assisted by her sis ter mrs lome h clarke and mrs fred langmaid who res pectively played the wedding music and sang at the wedding 25 years ago the ceremony was performed at that time by the rev p a jourdan and rev mr mckendry the supper table was attrac tively centred with a large wedd ing cake- and white candles in silver holders the hostess was peafs reeves who haveservecli order your peaches from hodgins grocery and get in on the good prices on the large shipment being arranged for through the frelz fruit farm yineland hobgins grocery phone 1s2 william reid dead j assisted by her three daughters in whitchurch he has been dead ret jean doroth and her three nieces mary mabel 30 years passing at the age of 81 years his wife predeceased him the tragic death of robt jr about 20 years ago is well remembered by those of middle life he located in toionto junction back in the heyday of that section and having inherit ed his fathers tendencies of leadership he did things in a big way and became an outstanding figure there on the fateful sun day morning of his death he had planned to drive senator will sharpe to uxbidge they drove via vivian but between there and uxbrmge the car upset on a sharp corner and mr mccorm ick was killed at the wheel if you drive up to vivian and stand before the two sub stantially large houses with their sturdy white brick sides and contemplate on the fact they have stood there these 80 odd years you are impressed with the great spirit of progress and determination possessed by those pioneer folk back there in a day when horse transport was the only thing they had coupled with good feet to wind the long bush trails and sturdy hearts to withstand those early priva tions yet with it all how happy they were t and doris clarke lome h clarke proposed the toast to the bride and groom the brides father alf s collins of stouffville hoped they would be spared to celebrate their golden anniversary a musical program followed the three daughters and one son david were present the eldest daughter reta who graduated in physiotherapy from university of toronto this year and is now doing interneship in montreal general hospital came home for the celebration friends and relatives also gathered from greenbank man chester montreal nova scotia maple oshawa stouffville tor onto and 6th line whitchurch there passed away at pine orchard on sunday august 21 wm reid lifelong residence of the district mr reid was in his 79th year and had been ailing for some time he is survived by his wife emma gibney and a daughter helen funeral was from the late home on tuesday afternoon with interment in the pine orchard cemetery rev mclntyre conducted the service local crop yield a good average former local teacher weds markham water under inspection markham council and board of health are awaiting a reply to a test of the markham village water which appeared last week to be carrying consideiable sediment and rather alarmed a number of householders last week a committee comprised of dr a l hore moh chas reesor member of council frank burkholder chairman water commission garnet cowie town engineer and head ed by chairman o b heisey inspected the three springs and pumping equipment and had seven samples despatched to the department for inspection dr hore informs he tribune that as yet nothing has been propos ed to raise the purity of the water although the provincial engineer has been asked to look over the situation one moke reason amid all the hulabaloo that has been hear from the coast to coast it remained for a local radio license inspector to ad vance a refreshingly new idea on the reason for the increase of the license fee from 200 to 250 annually this inspector had called at a local residence with a request to see the radio license the lady of the house not accustomed to regular visits from such digni taries was somewhat flustered and have a seat while she con ducted a hunt for the necessary document after the lady had consumed a few moments in a fruitless search in the back of the radio and other places which women ordinarily employ to deposit such articles the inspector figet- ed uneasily and began to ex pound his idea on the subject you know he said the reason it was necessary to raise the license fee 50 cents was be cause we inspectors lose so much time sitting around waiting for women to find out what they have done with their licenses he proceeded to elaborate on this statement for a full ten minutes or more while the hunt for the license was temporarily forgotten as the housewife hung breathlessly onto his words the license was eventually recovered and the demands of the inspector met but the housewife since has been men tally pondering just how much time the inspector himself loses in a day if he indulges in this lengthy if naive explanation at every port of call boys band appearance sure slouftville boys band will definitely appear at the big celebration being staged by the veterans here on labor day the aurora boys band have also been booked to appear as well as the towns own brass band all in all it should be a great day for the music lovers and theres nothing like some good lively band music to keep up the but invited the official to come inl crowds enthusiasm the marriage of miss shirley ramona colcleugh daughter of the late mr and mrs colcleugh of vancouver bc and niece of captain and mrs s a putman deseronto to mr philip victor blake ottawa son of mr and mrs p blake of deseronto took place in deseronto united church pink and white gladioli formed the background for the ceremony which was conducted by rev a d faite assisted by rev w d harrison of belle ville mr jack denmark played the wedding music given in marriage by col h e putnam in absence of her uncle captain putnam the bride wore an afternoon frock of powder blue trimmed with french blue and a corsage of white orchids and lily-of-the- valley miss elsie j ballantyne was her only attendant in a frock of ashesofroses sheer crepe with black velvet hat and corsage of pink roses and lily-of- thevalley mr irwin robinson was groomsman a reception was held at the home of the brides uncle and aunt and the latter received in a gown of navy blue sheer with navy hat and corsage of talis man roses and lilyofthevalley the mother of the bridegroom was gowned in navy crepe with accessories of navy and pink and corsage of dark red roses and lilyofthevalley later mr and mrs blake left for port alexandra the bride travelling in french blue tailor ed coat and frock with match ing hat thev will live st 110m thid avenue ottawa both are graduates of queens university the tribune has been given to understand by the local threshers that the grain yield in the district will be a good average with oats probably a little over the average wheat yield on the farms so far threshed is around 30 bus to the acre farm ers in this locality are in the majority of cases through har vesting although over the pro vince probably only 75 per cent of the grain has been threshed yield and quality was lowered in a number of local eases by leaf and stem rust which we are told draws the yield down some three bushels west of here heat reduced the crop quite severely spring grains on the whole have matured early this year with the yield slightly above average and harvesting has been a week earlier than usual damage was caused by the most serious outbreak of army worms in the last fifty years individual fields suffered as much as ten to fifteen per cent injury and in a few cases more severe rainstorms result ed in rain lodging in some parts making cutting fields difficult but the loss was not serious it is estimated by the depart ment of agriculture that the harvested area this year will be 742062 acres the highest since 1927 and compares with 718813 acres last year total production should amount to 20036 000 bushels which is the largest crop since 1926 the late amos lehman had an outstanding municipal car eer he served as a councillman for eight consecutive years from 1914 to 1921 inclusive in 1922 he received an acclamation for reeve after which he retired from municipal life mr leh man always took his duties seriously and when face to face with a decision that might mean popularity to vote a certain way it never affected him and he chose the path which he thought was right irrespective of popular opinion when he was made reeve in 1922 his council was fred silversides alex scott w e morden and george lee negoti ations were carried on during the year in an effort to secure hydro power but nothing de finite was accomplished under mr lehman however the vill age concluded an agreement with the carnegie library corporation and secured 6000 for the new library which was built at that time coming to town as a young man mr lehman was in busi ness here for 36 years he start ed in the shoe business in 1896 at church and main street was later next the fire hall in 1919 he bought the shoe photo by w b sanders amos lehman premises where his son ormsby still carries on the trade he was born near cedar grove and throughout his career built up a reputation for integrity and honest dealing mr lehman died in february 1936 and his inter ment was made at the wideman cemetery where many of his ancestors found their last rest ing place good second hand articles for sale insulage cutting box tractor plow 9 stifftooth cultivator 3 walking plows 13 grain grinder 816 tractor massey harris grain binder 7 foot house and lot and good garage 2 fresh cows holstein bull chestnut mare frank baker phone stouffville 15204 agent for international harvester co fleury peter hamil ton beatty bros peddler roofing co renfrew separator o k potato machine co repairs for almost every cream separator exhibition specials round trip 135 reduced fares daily except sunday august 27th to september 10th includes admission to exhibition and coach transportation to and from terminal inside the grounds good returning until september 12th leave stouffville leave toronto mansion house bay at dundas 825 am 1015 pm standard time gray coach lines 8 mansion house stouffville phone 161 r j new garage for ringwood why not plan- a business career canadas increasing business needs more business executives where arc these future lenders in business they will be found by hundreds in such young men and women as you but youth must be trained to fill these positions efficiently plan now to take a shaw business course at one of shaw 12 day schools consult telephone directory for loca tions the shaw plan of individual instruction enables you to join any time shaw courses lead to recognized standing shaws model office gives actual experience shaw employment bureau gives free assistance tograduatcs instructionnlsobytheshawiiomcstudy method if desired phone or writ for free derlptle booklet entitled up with the tlmee shaw schools head ofllce 1m0 bay st phone kl jim toronto shaw business schools gerald burton who has for the past year been operating the large garage at the corner of ringwood has this week given up his business premises there to charles wright of oshawa mr burton is moving across the road into the sinclair premises where he will reno vate the frame structure- to the south of the sinclair store a new concrete floor is being rushed in immediately and the proprietor tells us that he ex pects to have everything ready for business in a very short while tribune advertising pays to all persons in stalling electric ranges after this date the com mission is author ized to allow 100 oft electric bills for a peri of 2 payments ttawfymxim cooking failures makes every meal a delicious success and its amazingly thrifty for example you can cook a meal electrically for less than l a person on the average then there are savings on food because your electric range never bums or scorches savings on your budget because you can make tasty meals using inexpensive meats and leftovers savings on redecorating expense because flamcless sootlcss electric cooking keeps your kitchen so clean and fresh start cooking the fast clean cool electric way and save v money todays range prices arc very reasonable and the hydro thrift plan makes it easy to buy stouffville hydro electric system stouffville ontario hxdro is your cheapest servant