The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

5000 readers awarded jos clark memorial trophy for 1939 1430 copies vol 53 no 8 stouffville ontario thursday june 20 1940 eight pages alvin greenwood is new town constable after almost a full month without local police protection the village council on monday evening appointed mr a green wood proprietor of the east end grocery store as village con stable to replace h c quibel mr greenwood is a young man of good appearance and while he has no police experience when dolled up in his now uni form he certainly looks like an old soldier on the job duly sworn in monday night alvin greenwood will be seen this thursday evening directing traffic on main street and per sons who park their cars in an improper manner are going to be straightened up the appointment of alvin greenwood met with the ap proval of the whole council and while councillor ira rusnell applied for the job he with drew in favor of the appointee thus making the selection un animous on the part of the council the meeting was pre sided over by reeve weldon who believes that the council have found an excellent maii for the work and we believe ourselves that mr greenwood will fill the bill splendidly the salary is 3275 per annum as a part time job the telephone number of the new cop is 6515 in case youre needing him in a hurry but the law abiding citizens of stouff- ville seldom require the services of a police officer and just toj know there is teachers leaving for special courses walter cowie son of mrs alvin cowie of musselmans lake who is with the toronto scottish regiment somewhere in england o- reputed to be one of the very oldest active members of the loyal orange association in the whole province of ontario truman holden died at his home in stouffville on friday june 14 following only a weekj of serious illness he had how- ever been in declining health for some years his 87th birth- 1 day would have been observed on the 23rd of next month he acted as head of the orange lodge of stouffville at the age of 80 years and was very conversant with the work for a half century having join ed its ranks at 30 years of age mr holden was born within the shadow of this village where he died and he never forsook the home environs he first saw the light of day at lot 31 con 9 markham he grew to manage and own the farm where he was born twice married his first sufficient salutory effect on most of us alvin greenwood is a grandson of the late richard crownsberry one time warden of york county so that he has instilled in him a semblance of one handy is of j civic authority jas mowat was son of orkney fisher folk as if in answer to his own wishes james mowat passed on last week to his long home and great throngs of sincere and lifelong friends passed by the bier at the mowat home on main street that hospitable spot where mr and mrs mowat for many years have lived the ups and downs of life but al ways surrounded by a sincere circle of friends mr mowat passed away on tuesday june 11 in his 88th year and the funeral on thurs day afternoon from the late home proceeded to stouffville cemetery rev l e atkin son united church pastor preached the sermon and was assisted by rev mr barbour who served a ten year term as pastor of st james church back 28 years ago dr thomas mitchell rev robert young and rev h lee were also among the clergy present pall bearers were messrs a d bruce robert ratcliff elias hoover james slack george lee and frank rowbotham descendant of a sturdy fisher mans family from the orkney islands james mowat was born in toronto but soon after the arrival in this country his fath er died and his mother later married thos linklater so that the then young jas went with his mother and stepfather to live at almira in markham township attending church there he became very intimate with jemima hare who later became his faithful wife they were married 56 years ago in unionville for five years the young couple kept the store and post office at almira then mov ed to markham village but lat er took up a store and post office at glasgow thirtyeight years ago they moved to stouff ville and after five years in the east end moved into the house which was destined to be their home for the rest of their long lives always of a quiet unassum ing disposition james mowat enjoyed many intimate friends a staunch churchman he was for long years identified with st james presbyterian church and served on the board of managers but at the time of union mr and mrs mowat attended the united church for many years mr mowat had the caretaker position of the big school building only retir ing because of his advanced age about twelve years ago three sons born to them were magnus of campbellford alvin of scarboro and bruce who died seven years ago there are six grandchildren and one great grandchild born three weeks ago to mr and mrs allan mcconnochie mrs mowat is taking the separation in splen did part although she did say to the press that despite the number of years together the parting is not without pain and regret mrs mowat has the knowledge of having proven herself a life partner who gave her all to home and family the two surviving sons spent a few days with their mother last week markham farm of 86 acres is sold two members of the local high school staff are planning to take special courses im mediately they complete their school duties for the term in a few days miss wilson is look ing forward to spending six weeks in quebec studying and speaking french while mr r c haist will attend a summer camp on lake couchiching en- j gaged in athletic training final act in closing chinese cafe the final scene in the opera tion of chinese cafe in stouff ville was enacted last saturday afternoon when the premises in the silvester block was the place of some excitement as the crowd gathered to witness the selling of about 250 worth of tobacco and supplies to satisfy a claim for rent harry fong proprietor and his two younger brothers alex and bob have wife was mary jane greena way long since set sail for the chin- and to this union two children ese colony in toronto and from survives a daughter mrs there to look back on many burner in california and a son pleasant memories with aching dr w a holden in seattle hearts for something they may another daughter nelly may never enjoy again it was home holden died in april 1928 sweet home to the lads who his second marriage was to a never knew any other they were educated here and had they applied their time to bet ter advantage in their business might have carried on indefin itely the purchase of an auto hastened their down fall it is said for as they took to wheels they were in default however many a white man has failed and its harder for a celestial to weather the business storm in our land than a native born noles bailey toronto whole sale tobacconist purchased the tobaccoes offered for sale at 235 while a few other articles realized enough to make up the claim against the firm we understand that the landlord will clean up the premises mak ing the store habitable for an other tenant without delay the location is not surpassed as a business place on main street veteran orangeman is buried at dicksons hill verna e tarr is bride otc a wright couple to spend honeymoon at lake placid and halifax cousin of his first wife euridice whitmore of vaughan twp who is 12 years his junior and who survives the aged father with three sons and three daughters namely delbert f holden arthur and gordon mrs james ridout elva mrs maurice gillion zella and miss luella holden at home while a successful farmer the j township late truman holden found time for a hobby he was a wood worker of more than usual abil ity many articles of wood he carved or fashioned with ham mer and saw for friends and his family the funeral from the home in the westend proceeded to the united church for public ser vice on sunday afternoon thence to dickson hill cemetery rev l e atkinson conducted the service making fitting re ference to the departed who for years was to be found in the place of worship until poor victor robinson of claremont who is training at the present time with the ontario tank corps vic as he is known locally was employed for some years at brignalls shop in claremont and also worked for dave graham in markham long di visitors mr albert gray of vancou ver bc and mr robert gray of champlain new york state former residents of ballantrae are visiting their nieces this week at the leoia food shoppe and renewing acquaint ances in stouffville and vicinity it is twenty years since mr albert gray visited ontario pass first year at toronto university congratulations to two of last years graduates from stouff ville on passing their first year university courses mr bill tranmer obtained grade b standing in the pass arts course while elmer winn obtained a pass in the honor science course two candidates ordained to ministry a crowded church and a fer vent congregation witnessed the impressive and interesting ceremonies in connection with the ordination of two young men into the ministry of the christiancongregational church at friday afternoons gathering in altona church during the conference of this body mr r k vickers pastor of the stouffville and church hill congregations and mr alex b stein of kingston congregation al church were the candidates rev r j bruce superinten dent of the new york confer ence preached the ordination service and rev g w hunter presided over the ceremony this proved one of the out standing meetings of the con ference the conference returned rev g w hunter again as presi dent for another year and elected rev arthur greer of newmarket as vice president rev r serrick was returned as clerk of the conference and mr e b hoover as treasurer health prevented him from mov ing about much one of the finest located farms in markham township between markham and unionville was sold to r j cherry of ren frew ont through j a willoughby realtor the vendor being archibald empringham the latter purchased it from his father in 1915 the farm is on the north side of no 7 highway lot no 7 concession no 6 township of markham a good producing farm with clay loam soil it consists of 86 acres there is a good brick house of 10 rooms the new owner has installed hydro and on the pro- rertv is a hiproofed barn o0x36 with stabling for seven horses and 16 head of cattle in addition there is a driving house henhouse silo and garage the marriage took place quiet ly saturday afternoon in the chapel of timothy eaton mem orial church of verna elizabeth tarr daughter of mr and mrs nathan tarr of stouffville to c abbott wright son of mr and mrs charles h wright of halifax rev david maclennan officiated the bride wore a powder blue suit trimmed with blue fox a draped silk jersey turban in the same shade and snakeskin ac cessories and carried a small nosegay of roses edged with forgetmenots and pink bou vardia she was attended by miss may bone in a navy floral print frock under a navy sheer redingote with a navy picture hat she carried a small bouquet of love in the mist blue cornflowers and white sweetpeas arthur kidd was best man a reception for members of the families was held at the park plaza later the couple left for lake placid and later from montreal by plane for halifax on their return they will reside in toronto local district is well represented incasf engagement mr and mrs randall chap man announced the engagement of their elder daughter beatrice mae to walter elwood john ston son of mr and mrs robt johnston of pine orchard the marriage to take place quietly early in july several reports of meetings are crowded out of this issue below is the latest list com piled by tribune of men from stouffville goodwood and clare mont districts now serving with the canadian active service force this list is quite open to question as to its completeness and the tribune would be more than pleased to be informed of any omissions stouffville and district dr neil smith dental corps gordon lehman royal can adian engineers clarence wideman royal canadian regi ment morley pugh percy pipher 48th highlander reg walter cowie toronto scottish murray sinclair melvin robinson ivan mairs cameron james rcaf wallace byer royal can signal corps goodwood and district michael oake ont tank corps john evans royal can reg everett hockley ont tank corps william jones ont tank russell spencely george larkin wilbur redman royal reg claremont and district norman linton victor rob inson bob holman duncan little john murray ont tank corps leslie lye thos lye royal reg edna benns 15th gen hospital div fake money passed on local merchant once more a local merchant has been duped by having phon ey money passed over the coun ter last saturday night one of the store keepers took in a fake mexican s10 of which this pap er issued a warning as being in circulation in this neighborhood a few weeks ago all merchants and others should examine bills of any denomination before making change its an easy thing to accept this fake stuff which looks like the real thing at first glance hauled logs by oxen through toronto the death of mrs jacob musselman last week in toron to breaks another of the few remaining links which bind the present generation to the early pioneers of this district it is written in the records of early history that mrs musselman was the youngest daughter of one norman milliken who drove oxen which brought in the logs for the old fort at toronto exhibition grounds the village of milliken in scarboro was named after the family when the grandfather also norman milliken arrived in canada from the old land the country was practically all wilderness there being but three huts in what was then muddy york there are those still living who remember the prowess of jacob musselman husband of the deceased old lady who was buried at church hill on sun day he could hue logs faster than any other man and for 44 years made masts for hughie clark of scarboro father of a former township clerk of whitchurch many of these masts are still on the high seas somewhere in the british fleet plant million trees in york this year a million trees have been planted in the reforestation areas of york county north of stouffville at vivian to date this year according to the re port of the reforestation com tabled at york county council last week the plantings includ ed 148620 as windbreaks 657- 686 in wood lots and 93000 in vivian forest with the rest in the grounds of county insti tutions and municipal areas large gathering attend schools community night of of in war work branch will meet at the home of mrs g t lee on thursday evening at 8 pm any one having clothing suitable the work of fifty pupils grades seven and eight stouffville public school products of both household economics and manual training were viewed and highly com mented on by the large gather ing that assembled last thurs day evening for the schools community night an openair musical program on the school lawn was render ed by the pupils assisted by the stouffville junior band under bandmaster shcnhall miss anne lindsay directed the vari ous choruses quartettes and an open field day will be held at vivian forest whitchurch community singing while prin- august 21 to demonstrate thevipal ccdric watson acted as progress made on the reforesta- chairman teddy williams for refugees piease bring ori tjonarea the entire member- provided the piano accompani send it note change of time w attend the inspection ment for the entire program