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ty 0tonfptue mbttne awarded jos clark memorial trophy for j 939 vol 52 no 17 stouffville ontario july 27 1939 eight pages ratepayers association reaches ninth year o- as an official body of the musselmans lake residents continues to grow as the number of summer cottagers increase whats in a name some say it signifies nothing others are prepared to fight for their name which is their birthright and the fact that he is a briton has thrilled many a british subject when far away in foreign lands however be that as it may the members of musselmans lake ratepayers association are mostly proud of their member ship in the association whose officers since its formation have given their time and talent un stintedly to help all the lake residents whether they are members or not and while the official association only dates back a matter of ten years the origin of the movement started long before that date when numerous little gatherings and informal picnics were held from time to time on the grounds of the late mr appleton or in bakers park before mr coul- tice the present owner took over the park and from this modest beginning which was attended from time to time by old residents of the lake includ ing mr hallowell mr john windsor mr wm evans mr mcnelly and a great many others still active round the lake district the present as sociation took form and those most responsible for the form ation were mr a jarvis the late mr morgan bill evans a alcott the late mr martin burt lloyd and harold bevens the present secretary the idea of permanent association took hold at once and from that time on a real healthy growth has been accomplished each year until today practically every houseowner at the lake is a member each year a complete mem ber list is prepared and mailed together with a christmas greeting and a copy of the association financial statement duly audited by a chartered accountant to each member among those who have been active in the past are the pres idents in line first mr a -tar- vis mr j hallowell bill evans burt lloyd and the present in cumbent steve proctor each served two years the first secretary was a alcott whose summer cottage was burned down last fall followed by burt lloyd who later became presi dent and then harold bevens who still holds that position the executive has had the co operation year after year of such hard workers as the late john boyd w turtle bob draper v wager william kirk a byford j h jay g r harrison wm kealey w g kimber l m pringle ed darlow f fox walter daniels g r harrison and many others and each section of the lake is represented on the executive by members who bring their trou bles to the main body which in turn does its best to keep every thing clean and sanitary around the lake and with the help of constable bob windsor this is done since the association was formed many improvements have been made signs have been placed at danger spots to notify careless motorists weeds have been cleaned to some ex tent from the lake garbage collection has been taken care of and last fall the lake was stocked with fish by he govern ment through the efforts of the officers our summer post office is functioning during the summer all man ner of complaints are dealt with pnd in most cases solved by these in charge on civic holi day each year a monster get- tcgether is held on the apple- ton grounds when nearv all the continued on page 8 a high alsike yield while the average yield down the tenth of markham in the alsike is four bushels to the acre thresher bip eckardt re ports that he got nil e bushels to the acre a the farm of douglas booth this is an un usual high yield it is said that in the central part of markham ithere is very little alsike owing to a poor catch but over on the east side conditions are better next weeks issue on the eve of going to press a most interesting article on st williams catholic church lake musselman reached us which will have to be held for our next issue when ample additional copies will be avail able again at the lake bids fail to reach reserve set in an effort to wind up the byron appleton estate at musselmans lake the remain ing 18 acres of land was offered by public auction last saturday by ken prentice auctioneer but was not sold the best bid was 2000 which was below the reserve bid this is a desirable lake property that might be developed into a moneymaking camp resort in proper hands a large number of people who gathered for the sale on the premises were disappointed be cause individual lots were not offered however mr h a c breuls solicitor stated that the executors were most anxious to sell the place in one parcel in order to close out the estate selling individual lots would not help them this picture gives a view of cedar beach lake musselman in the fore ground is the diving tower while the big pavilion is one of the finest in the pro vince 1500 picnicers can be accommodated at one time swimming facilities are ideal and the delightful sand beach can accommodate one or two thousand people fractured both heels engaged in wiring the prem ises of mr roland winn farm er mr hoiace walsh jumped 15 feet to the ground when a ladder slipped and sustained a fracture of both heels he was rushed to the toronto east general hospital in the absence of any local doctor being avail able where an xray revealed the two fractures which neces sitates this local electrician staying completely off his feet for at least six weeks the walsh family live on church street north both mr and mrs walsh are natives of uxbridge town and when the accident happened the patient was treat ed by dr roy malyon another old uxbridge boy musselmans marked over short period by magic development magistrate assists at local wedding lightning damage on sunday afternoon light ning struck the hydro system in the farm home of william t paisley on the 6th of whit church blowing out fuses and destxoying switches the tele phone was put out of operation and mr paisleys radio was burned out the bolt appeared to be quite direct strike on the system but fortunately no fur ther damage was done hydro men gave a temporary service to the home within a few hours hartman church near mt albert was the scene of the wedding wednesday of iva viola pegg daughter of mr and mrs leslie pegg to charles henry ratcliff son of mr and mrs robert ratcliff rev r v wilson and magistrate w h ellis medicine hat alta con ducted the ceremony a profu sion of flowers decorated the churqh and music was played by miss doris baker mrs jas oldham sang given in marri age by her father the bride wore a lace and satin gown made on princess lines with a long train her veil was caught with a coronet of orange blossoms and she carried a bouquet of red roses lilies of the valley corn flowers and ferns the brides maid was edna pegg sister of the bride who wore powder blue organdy and miss gloria oldham in long pink sheer was flower girl they wore veils matching their dresses and headdresses matching their bou quets of pink roses cornflowers and lilies of the valley the best man was donald ratcliff brother of the groom bruce pegg brother of the bride and floyd ratcliff the grooms brother were ushers at a re ception afterwards at the home of the brides parents mrs pegg wore suez sheer with white accessories and a corsage of yellow roses and ferns mrs ratcliff was wearing a rose lace gown with o leghorn hat and a corsage of yellow roses and ferns the couple left on a wed ding trip which will take them to the world baptist alliance atlanta ga after which thev return to live near stouffville for travelling the bride chose a navy sheer dress with a white coat white accessories and a orsage of red roses lemonville social an ice cream social will be held on the school grounds at lemonville this thursday even ing july 27 under auspices of the lemonville young peoples association an entertaining program is being prepared and everybody is invited to attend adults 25c children 15c have you a name for your cottage if you havent now is the time to do it look over some of the names that are already used along the beach and der ive your own name either from the site of your cottage or the characteristics of the inhabi tants musselmans lake does not lack apparently when it comes to people with ingenuity in the matter of names a few inter esting ones that we have notic ed and which have been derived from the cottage surroundings are tree haven belonging to wm blackburn on the south shore robt burgess brook- vale mrs coopers ivy lodge on the appleton drivd 3 cedar of j m mckerrow and the maples of j rudman whether the names everbrite sleepy hollow and bon ac cord have anything to do with the people living on the inside we dont know then there are the people who go in for audi- ties such as bunk-um-squint- um on windsor drive and be longing to a w hughes nia roo toujour gai takez robin roost and tumble inn theyre all good but if vou havent one see if you cant do better if any of the whitchurch pioneers who once lived around musselmans lake could see the transformation made there particularly by mr george davies proprietor of the cedar beach gardens comprising one of the most elaborate and scenic pavilions in the whole province they would not recog nize the place where they quietly drove their horses or other animals to the water edge for drink above we have a scene which while inviting haidly does justice to the line premises on the north side of the lake onepnust see inside the beautiful pavilion to under stand the grandeur of it all it is said that mr davies has in vested in this undertaking more than 150000 and only last year installed a modern plumb ing with tiled wash rooms be fitting the fine main floor set ting which attracted last year more than 30000 people who came to enjoy the music of the fine orchestra always found here the proprietor is not stop ping here even for he is now giving serious consideration to the erection of hundreds of cabins on the spacious grounds and hopes to commence this fall on the undertaking by put ting up the first 25 which will undoubtedly attract hundreds of additional permanent summer residents aside from the almost magic development of this one man hundreds of private cottagers live about the lake and have built fine summer homes some on very modest lines and others of a very permanent and more expensive nature it is difficult to forecast where the end will be for who could forsee what is a reality today even fifteen years ago it is fairly certain however that as the property owners strive individually and jointly to improve their own places and the less progressive spots that musselmans is destined to be the most outstanding resort close to toronto to be found on any body of water a distinction it probably now enjoys while they are a community to themselves stouffville der ives a good deal of benefit for campers with time on their hands love to come to town occasionally and wander throu gh the wellappointed stores in a community where the wel come sign is always printed in big letters in addition to booths around the lake davies grocery is a model store while musselmans aso eaters to sabbath obser vance for there are two church es there a united church and a roman catholic church 1650 tribunes this week this week the annual campers edition of the tribune will circulate am ong the 1200 or more resi dents of musselmans lake as well as the regular 1325 subscribers special arti cles appear of interest to campers archie stouffer gets inspectorship dr l j simpson minister of educatfon has announced the retirement of seven public school inspectors and the new appointments which have an especial interest for our readers mr archibald stouffer eldest son of mr and mrs ab stouff er and former principal of the stouffville continuation school has been named as the new in spector for haliburton district with headquarters in halibur ton since leaving stouffville a number of years ago mr stouffer has been on the staff of the weston collegiate he will undoubtedly prove to be a conscientious and altogether considerate inspector and his appointment will meet with general approval among the inspectors to reach the retiring age and who will cease active work on pension is inspector robert gillies of toronto from district no 6 which comprises stouff ville he will be succeeded by om mckillop with headquar ters in toronto street carnival attracts many it seemed that almost every body was on main street fri day night for the war veterans street dance and carnival the side attractions were all hum ming with business long before the orchestra commenced at 930 and the crowd was at its height by ten oclock a square of the pavement was fenced off for those who wished to take advantage of the dance provid ed by billy hole and his live wires this veteran leader billy hole is a marvel in more ways than one we first saw him as a drill officer in the 116th 25 years ago and hes just the same old bill with all the vim and go of youth despite his more than 70 years never a dull moment when once his orchestra starts for he supplies the pep for the whole crowd of fun makers for the kiddies and those who do not dance there was much amusement for conces sions were strung along the street until it took on the ap pearance of a midway show for the first time in the history of stouffville a merrygoround was set up right in front of shaws store and here the very young element had the time of their lives riding the horses the rabbits etc miss laura ashenhurst goodwood won third on the lucky draw first and second ticket holders with numbers 1462 and 1564 are unknown the veterans thank all who participated in making their night a success and look ahead to a return engagement with the veteran billy hole who somehow has the crowd with him blessing costs farmer 44 albert mapes 73yearold resident of whitchurch was rolled by a couple of gypsy women and lost his 44 but the ladies were hauled into court on tuesday at newmarket according to constable robert windsor the robbery occurred at the blacksmith shop of david sims vivian when a party of gypsies drove up in a car two women got out and one of them started to give the gypsy bless ing to mapes which consists of prodding punching him by one of the girls while another went inside and spoke to sims she asked for three horseshoe nails but didnt get any money when she went out sims heard the two women scuffling with map es and he ran out but the women jumped into their car and drove off he got the license number the pair were later arrested in an encampment on the don mills road and turned over to constable windsor on tuesday at newmarket the case was dismissed for lack of evidence rev gordon c raymer new president of the london con ference united church of can ada is a native of stouffville a son of h b raymer of qneens- ville and a nephew to mr eli raymer main street west stouffville woman died in 86th year mrs charlotte park widow of the late joseph park died at her home in stouffville in her 89th year on friday mrs park was the last member of a family of ten children of the late job mcdow ell who came here from ireland nearly 100 years ago and set tled on the 10th line of mark ham where mrs park was born for a number of years she lived at unionville but resided in stouffville following her marri age she left no family and is survived by a sisterinlaw mrs george mcdowell burridge of unionville mrs robert stiver unionville mrs samuel miller ringwood and mrs sylvanus baker whitchurch township are nieces