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awarded jos clark memorial trophy for 1939 vo 52 no 18 stouffville ont thursday august 3 1939 eight pages new stabling burned to ground at glasgow last friday afternoons thunder storm which passed over the glasgow district prov ed anything but a blessing on the farm of mr walter davis where lightning struck the large barn and fire completely demolished the building only that very day mr davis and his brother ralph put the finish ing touches on the new cement stabling where steel staunch- ings water bowles new walls and cement flooring had just been completed the entire superstructure is a total loss although the cement stabling and walls withstood the intense heat and will be fit for rebuild ing on it is confidently predict ed the owner and his brother ralph had just left home for nobleton and were probably passing through stouffville at the time but they were not apprized of the disaster until they reached their destination frank staley and stanley vanley foster children 12 and 14 years respectively were put ting the cows in the barn around 430 oclock when the storm was at its worst frank took off his shirt and went after the cattle and while putting on the gar ment in the cow stable with the six animals in their places a heavy floor plank fell from the ceiling which was the first in timation the lads had that the barn was fired the whole place seemed to be in a blaze at once but the lads made their escape harry noble neighbor saw the flame shoot up and rushed from his home nearby but was only able to kick open a pig pen door when a number of pigs rushed out the heat prevented anything further from being saved two of the cows broke loose and escaped but the other four were burned to death a practically new separator all the harness wagons racks and everything to be found in the average barn is lost nine sows escaped but a number of small pigs were burned it is estimated that 1000 bushels of last years grain was destroyed including five tons of feed just purchased the barn was l shaped one section being 46x60 and the other 30x50 a large hog pen close to the ruined buildings stands untouched evidence of the fine work done by neigh bors who gathered for miles and worked hard to protect the house as well i ran out of the house with out my coat said don davis son of the owner and while i was first on the scene i couldnt do a thing because of the heat harry noble fortunately had his coat on and was successful in opening a door in the west wing which freed several pigs donald told the tribune there was a small insurance on the contents but nothing on the buildings which mr davis purchased only this spring from his father he had of course been a tenant for some years his father never carried insur ance but walter had intended to place a policy on the buildings a matter which was just neg lected stouffville fire brigade made a record run to the fire and were on the scene seven minutes after mrs davis gave the stouffville central the alarm unfortunately their equipment of a chemical engine was of little or no assistance although it aided in saving the hog pen mr davis is one of the pro- pressive farmers of his dis trict and had just completed remodelling the place which seems to add to the blow with added force fh farm contains 95 acres beine- the north west corner of the little hairnet at glasgow o leonard yake dead one time resident near claremont leonard yake who occupied the waddell farm east of that village died at the home of his son russell in reach township on july 31 after leaving the claremont district mr yake located on the fergu son farm at quaker hill ux- bridge he was born in the town ship of whitchurch family suffers double loss dickson hill cemetery re ceived two members of one family within three days last week when on friday mrs amos stover of cherrywood was buried there and on sun day her son herbert was laid away mrs stover was over 80 years and her son 54 he was very ill prior to his death and was never informed on his mothers passing both passed away at the farm home near cherrywood for some years the late amos stover conducted the mill at glasgow and at dickson hill but gave up his trade to take over the farm where he died a few years agoan only son fred is the last survivor of the fam ily so widely known here 25 years ago mr and mrs histe and mr and mrs wesley irwin of can- adea ny were visitors at mr sam irwins delinquent dog owners summoned this week every resident of the township of whitchurch who had failed to procure a dog- license if they have an animal about the place was sum moned into court over si 000 has been received for dog tags but there are a few people who did not obey the law in tins matter which has been allowed to take its course as a result constables windsor and williamson have been busy issuing the blue papers tlie delinquents were assess ed 300 each and costs and ordered to procure tags in addition it is felt that an unfairness exists when a dozen or more people refuse or neglect to pur chase a tag which all other dog owners or harborers have been compelled to do the example being made of the defaulters in whitchurch should be a warning to similar people in other municipalities the onus is on the dog owner to come forward and purchase a tag whereas many people imagine it to be the bounded duty of the collector to run after them there is no obligation to do this farmers friend dies a j eckardt retired manu facturer who never lost his interest in encouraging and aid ing farmers throughout the province first dowswell setued in 1831 the dowswell descendants held their annual picnic on sat urday at exhibition park tor onto from stouffville mr geo dowswell and miss lillian at tended also arthur and russel and their families of uxbridge township miss lillian dowswell had for some time been chosen as secretary treasurer of the clan but resigned this year thomas dowswell progenitor of the canadian branch of the family emigrated from devon shire england in 1831 and settled at woburn in scai borough and worked at the trade of harnessmaker he and his wife are buried in st mar garets cemetery west hill nine miles east of toronto his six sons and three daughters all born in england came to this country with their parents in a sailing vessel abel the eldest who lived in jamaica was sheriff of the west indies he later returned to ontario and settled at arnpriortthe rest of the family were pioneer farm ers james william and susan dennison settled in western ontario thomas and tryphena wood in scarboro rosina white at dunbarton ambrose in claremont and george at goodwood the latter the youngest held a commission from queen victoria as captain of militia he was also a volun teer in rebellion of 1837 two grandsons manufactured dows well washing machine in hamil ton descendants of thomas dows well are to be found in many parts of canada and united states more than six hundred have been located and names placed in the family tree william dowswell former carriagemaker of claremont and now living in toronto was the oldest gentleman and mrs james dowswell hamilton the oldest woman in attendance the officers of the family association are hon prest j a dowswell essex ont presi dent george oliver bright ont historian bryden roberts 15 dalewood cres hamilton field convenor fred roberts social convenor jessie herron 354 main street toronto miss may dowswell delhi secytreasurer local tax rate struck near last years the tax rate in stouffville will be 35 mills this year which is a half mill advance over 1938 council struggled with the figures monday night but could not better the situation school demands alone require a mill extra but the ontario govern ment is paying one and a half mills this year of our tax an in crease of half a mill and this enabled the rate to be held al most where it stood last year to raise our tax money the rate required is 36 millswhich is reduced to 35 when the government subsidy is taken off school tax increase is due to the unprecedented number of town students attending high school and a change in the school act instead of a large county grant each municipality pays high school costs on a per capita basis through the county and this shift worked out an in crease cost in stouffville of around 400 below are the rates struck monday night by reeve a e ccf choose son of missionary e b jolliffe ccf candi date in york east was born march 2nd 1909 near chung- lllllill ipiksss k w 5w t 9 4 if ill i fit 1 vkt fjr s js wj kja vv- jis king now eldest son capital of china of rev cjp and weldon and councillor r ej mrs jolliffe of rockwood ont brown ira rusnell m tait and j silverthorn required rate 306066 county purposes 48 359572 general purposes 56 350440 school debentures 55 392875 road debenture 61 680000 school purposes 106 56000 public library 1 152400 street lights 24 32000 direct relief 5 365 foote watts rev w e mackey officiated in st johns church saturday at the wedding of hazel may watts daughter of mr and mrs charles m watts to walter james foote son of mr and mrs s h foote stouffville gladioli decorated the church and wedding music was played by mr greaves mrs g stew art walton was her sisters only attendant lome wideman was groomsman and the ushers were stewart walton and joe foote a reception was held at the home of the brides parents after a trip north the couple will reside in weston lands to be sold for taxes on monday evening the vill age council passed a bylaw put ting into operation the machin ery to hold a tax sale this fall to sell three properties in town which are three years or more in arrears for taxes properties coming under the scope of the bylaw include a lot at the north west corner of main and tenth streets also the brick house at corner of main and william opposite the hisey residence and the house one door north of the mill on edward street known as the mary ann wright place a total of nearly 400 is ow ing in taxes and arrears on the three places will have added ex penses of a tax sale imposed all three properties are owned by non residents heaviest yield from grain left longer in field to ripen we are indebted to k a grant 6th concession of mark- ham who since purchasing a masseyharris combine last year has done some experi mental work relative to grain yields as between grain cut and stooked for six days and grain left standing until dead ripe and then cut and threshed mr grant proved last week that wheat left to ripen fully before being cut gave a yield of one pound per bushel more weight than grain cut a week before and allowed to ripen in the stook this re presents a half bushel increase per acre in regard to oats something similar was discovered this grain left to ripen fully before being cut gave 32 pounds per bushel extra over the plots cut and stooked a week when the combine entered the field the threshing was all done up at the same time from the stooks and standing grain farmers for various reasons are likely to cut grain a little on the green side some believ ing that it is even better than allowing it to ripen before being cut there is the prevalent opin ion that ripening in the stook tends to harden grain but mr grant tested this point out too and found that the very oppos ite was true the moisture in the stook grain when threshed was greater than the moisture found in the grain left to fully ripen which was a week longer the grant massey harris tractor is giving this farmer wonderful service he says and he has been able to cut a few fields for other farmers birth wideman at obrien ave maternity home on july 30 1939 to mr and mrs carson wideman almira ontario a son dunbar at the brierbush hospital stouffville on tuesday august 1st 1939 to mr and mrs alex dunbar 7th concession whitchurch a son united church missionaries he was educated at guelph col legiate and at victoria college university of toronto and was elected an ontario rhodes scholar in 1930 he received his legal train ing at christ church oxford university and at gradys inn where he won the arden scholarship and became a member of both english and ontario bar after some ex perience as a newspaperman he has practised law in toronto since 1936 a resident of the york east constituency he has been active in the ccf since 1935 when he was candidate in toronto st pauls he is a member of the ccf national executive and ontario executive the candidate was married in 1935 to ruth c moore of dundas mr jolliffes great grandfather farmed in east york but was forced to flee for his part in the rebellion of 1837 when he was a follower of william lyon mackenzie new equipment added the tribune has just install ed a folding machine especially designed to fold your news paper it is capable of doing 2700 an hour and can fold the local issue as fast as the news paper press turns out the sheets the new folder will handle eight ten or twelve pages this new equipment en ables us to finish mailing thirteen hundred papers within twenty minutes after the print ing is completed band concert saturday the weekly band concert will be held on saturday night this week as there was no concert thursday evening engagements mr and mrs frank w brad ley of port perry ontario an- nouce the engagement of their younger daughter grace to mr harry whitmore holden eldest son of mr and mrs delbert f holden stouffville the wedding to take place in oshawa on august 16th dr and mrs arthur l hore markham ontario announce the engagement of their daughter helen rebecca to mr lewis arthur stiver son of mr and mrs j l bernard stiver unionville ontario the marriage to take place the mid dle of august mr and mrs louis e slack stouffville ontario announce the engagement of their daugh ter emma blanche to morris charles hornsby son of thos c and the late mrs hornsby toronto the marriage to take place on saturday august 12 at the baptist church stouff ville barber shop robbed for third time red forsyths barber shop on the south side of main street next the baptist church was robbed sometime between mid night on sunday and monday morning police feel sure it was dene by someone not very far away but so far no arrests have been made an effort to finger print the thief is being put forth constables quibell and barra- clough are investigating when the barber opened his shop about 9 oclock monday he discovered the front door had been jimmied the thief gain ing entrance this way and leav ing from the rear door about 100 worth of cigarettes and candy was taken shears and clippers were also carried off the whole job appeared to be the work of an amateur this is the third time this shop has been invaded in this manner but for two years it has been left alone probably be cause no one lives very close it presents itself as a mark for people who do this kind of thing whit veterans plan recreation hall war veterans of whitchurch township are enthusiastic about the scheme now well advanced to build a recreation hall a mile and a quarter west of ballan- trae at the corner of the 7th concession arrangements are now complete for the purchase of the land from j w dainty who has made what is consider ed a very reasonable offer for a lot off his farm it is believed that the project will be financed right away and work on the building proceeded with in time to have the hall ready for use this fall a build ing around 30x50 that would be suitable for a dance hall and recreation club is planned the reason why land was not procured at ballantrae which would be nearer the lake and have a better chance to gain patronage from that source is said to be the cost property owners would not sell at a price that can be bought for on the 7th however some veterans believe that a few dollars spent in location would soon be made up by increased patronage the whitchurch branch of the north york veterans num ber about 50 w card is presi dent and t fellows secretary funds not granted a request for a ten dollar grant in aid of the horticultur al society was not granted by the council monday evening in the event of weather conditions spoiling the coming exhibition the matter may be reopened set speed traps in this district york county police will oper ate four speed traps on the 4th concession of markham and whitchurch it is announced by chief stewart traffic through vandorf and gormley is said to be going at dangerous speed and police cannot keep up with it at vandorf last week speeding motorists threw stones from the road into the store window and one struck the township hall 150 feet from the road other parts of the district will also get some attention including stouffville and motoi- ists who insist on breaking the law whenever they think an officer is not around are going to get caught generally the public now welcome the speed trap as they realize that so mny are being killed the high ways are not safe for careful drivers