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oyer 5000 readers jkmfftrille llliilil largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps copies this issue 1460 vol 33 no 29 stouffville ont thursday nov 21 1940 eight pages mother in hospital hears of sons death o- harold roberts 14yearold son of frank ii roberts of unionville j held the attention of the country- side the past few days as a result of the tatal accident which overtook him at the jess cook gravel pit in whitchurch last jfhday mornin it was about ten minutes after 12 oclock noon when the lad went to the little tool house near the pit to get some alcohol for one of the trucks when in some unknown manner trie lads clothing took fire he ran screaming from the shed with flames shooting night over his head as he came to the men at the pit his father and george hoover with some other help at the pit quickly put out the flames and rushed the boy toa doctors office in unionville thence he was taken to toronto where he died next morn ing nobody knows just what happened in the tool house said constable cayman of markham who happened along just shortly after he accident the lad had been getting ami freeze from a barrel and in some way it ignited there was a lira in the stove harold was the eldest son of eight children born to mr and mrs roberts the others being marjorie phyliss murray kenneth jean and a twoyear old baby girl also a baby a few days old the sad news of the fate of her eldest child was conveyed to the mother as she was confined in the hospital with her newborn child the lad had worked around the pit with his father and despite his age was said to be able to handle a truck as well as any of the men moving them about the pit for load ing whitchurch lad on leave from iceland second call comes to stouffville friends of the sibley family in about twentyfive young men in whitchurch township will be inter- the 22 yearoldclass were called up ested to learn that pte lloyd sibley i r stouffville and surrounding bas reached scotland from iceland district and will report to the new- where he was doing duty with the market military camp on friday alfred thomas son of mr and mrs g r yv thomas who is is training at the royal canadian air force station at manning pool toronto school loses over 300 grant rrc pte lloyd sibley is a son of mr jerry sibley of whitchurch pte sibley receives the tribune every week from his sister mrs otto bar- key news from the home district is appreciated there are several boys with him overseas in the rrc recently lloyd was granted leave and is now spending it in inverness scotland where according to his latest letter he is enjoying himself pleasing eastern function star jubilee chapter order of the eastern star entertained about 100 guests on tuesday evening mem bers of deborah and york chapters toronto who came to town in two bartered busses during the even ing past matrons of jubilee chan ter stouffville presented mrs a v nolan with a silver locket in honor of her election to the grand execu tive body mrs j borinsky worthy matron addressed the large gather ing and made the presentation the worthy matron also extended a happy welcome to the many guests will cost more to die henceforth township assessed for auto repairs floyd mcdonald of uxbridge township was awarded the amount of his claim for damages with costs added of 1150 total 3g10 against the township of uxbridge before jude coleman at uxbridge on thursday the action arose over an alleged defective culvert on the second concession which was the result of an accident to mcdonalds car the claim was passed over to the ocean accident insurance i co by the town- sihip council whjo are insured against such accidents in this com pany the company refused to make settlement and alljowed the case to 0 before the judge the full purport of the ontario department of educations decree to cut all the school grants by fifteen per cent was realized at the last meeting of the local board when it was announced that the annual grant bad been reduced by slightly more than 300 this amount was not budgeted for hence will be felt by the board early in the new year when their surplus will be reduced there were 21 burials in stouffville by that sum the high school grants we under stand will be similarly affected as the government has reduced the on tario grants for educational pur poses by 900000 or is per cent hereafter folks who elect to be buried in the stouffville necropolis will incur an expenditure of 1000 for grave digging the former charge was 700 the cemetery caretaker requested a moderate increase in his annual salary but it was found that the receipts from plot holders barely met the present costs hence how to get another 50 was a problem finally it was discovered that most places charge 1000 for grave digging and so the increase will be derived from this source november 22nd four boys called directly from the town are don cadieux george bartholomew gordon hoover and ivan goudie markham ix spa series this saturday markhams newly organized junior hockey team have drawn upper canada college in the first round of the spa series to be played at maple leaf gardens this coming saturday afternoon nov 23rd brings down a record bear what est bear bunting councillor john rae and councillor walter beach when call ed to the stand by f l button kc solicitor for mcdonald admitted inspecting tihe approach to the cul vert on april 25 last and giving orders to the road superintendent to make certain repairs but these in structions were never carried out the council of uxbridge township have since the action started dis continued their insurance with the ocean co and insured with another firm while the claim is against the municipality the ocean co will be obliged to reimburse the town ship for the full amount of the claim we understand cemetery last year the caretaker will receive 400 when his incrase becomes effective we are informed by l e oneill secretary of the cemetery commission is believed to be the larg- slot this year by any deer part in northern ontario was brought home by mr jos ward hunting near ardbeg with the claromotu pickering and stouff ville party the big animal tipped the scales at 400 pounds but was brought down with a single bullet by the gun of mr ward striking tile animal behind the ear at the time the hunter was scrambling through a heavy thicket and both he and the bear came upon each other with startling sudden ness so that the animal was brought down at very short range i think it was all over before either the bear cr the hunter realized what had happened said one of mr wards companions christmas fair date set for thurs dec 19 lhe c- stouftville christmas fair board called a preliminary meeting last monday evening and voted to hold a christmas market day here on thursday december 19 one week before christmas and which day the usual market day john hodgson was reappointed president and w e smalley secre- 1 tary while the canvassing com mittees to interview the merchants are the same as last year it is urg ed that these individuals make their interviews this weekend so that when the general meeting is held again next monday evening the prize list can be prepared last years market was the best seen here since the days of the dutch fair and it is believed they can fair and it is believed it may even be surpassed this year a committee is investigating the possibility of continuing the horse show started last christmas but ful ler details will be available on this issue next week the announcement of the date of the christmas market will be read with interest by many farmers in view of the numerous enquiries be- matler for next week sunday mass meeting a mass meeting of temperance workers will be held this sunday evening in the christian church at 7 oclock when mr lewis of the ontario temperance federation will present the case of temperance workers former ringwood couple celebrate 60th anniversary hearse trails to markham home only to find that the corpse had gone strange things happen now and then in this neighborhood but none episode en- will surpass tlje little i acted around 4110 bachelor quarters lives 10th of mr thomas riddle who south of sttiuffville on the concession the lone housekeeper we are autthorltatively informed had not been seen by his neighbors for some drays hence a growing fear lurked an their minds that something amlis may have happened not making a piabit of calling at the oneman home- there appeared a certain hesitaiscy lest such a call would be un welcome or somehow misconstrued finally som ebody hit on a bright idea they would track their quary come other wajy without his know ledge accordingly a couple of sticks of wood were stealthily laid against the do or of his lair with a sense of dojp satisfaction of having concocted a means of find ing out just whether the dweller was about if those sticks v were not moved then thomas ridable must be dead for no human cnukm pass in or out of that house without disturbing them well the sticks n ever moved and a consultation was held the out come of which was t o call the town- ship cop posthaste just how the message was relaid to him the story does not reveal but the impression was given that it was a dead man he was expected to find in the riddle quarters evidently realiz ing that he had a grim job to per form the limb of the law thought it would save expense and get over the task more readily by taking along the undertaker and so with in due time after receiving the notification the corpulant cop with his pleasant features wearing a grav cr smile than usually is seen on his countenance sallied up the way to the farm house along with the funeral director in the background stood the hearse wrapping loudly on the door the pair realized that here they were to unfold tragedy such as the settle ment had not seen for a time no response to their demands on the door only deeprooted their sus picions more and so an entrance was forced imagine their chagrin when afttii searching upstairs and down cellar and garret closet and crannic never to find a sign of a human being live or dead investigation later re- veallcd that riddle had for several days been in stouffllle on a visit so the empty hearse ambled back to markham without its cargo curlers attention a meeting of the stouffville curling club will be held in the local cluh house this fri day evening nov 22nd at 8 pm pte cecil hoover son of mr and mrs w f hoover of newmarket is a member of the governorgener als horse guards and is now sta tioned in toronto photo courtesy of newmarket era six more auctions before month ends owners giving up farming in al most every case great chances to buy on rising markets for stock and implements mr and mrs gould on wednes- children mr goulds main hobby day celebrated their diamond wed ding anniversary at their home in aurora with only one dis appointment they had to celebrate the event without two of their children one son who is working in the peace river district and a daughter who lives in manitoba however their nine other child ren were in attendance as well as 42 grandchildren and ic greatgrand children the goulds are former residents cf ringwood and are well known in this district thoy resided just north of the corners on what was known cs the burnett farm mr and mrs gould have been residents of aurora for the past 15 years going there after retiring from their farm in whitchurch township which they operated for more than 20 years both are active members of tho aurora baptist church and partici pate in many of the activities about the church mrs gould who is 77 years of age does all her own house work besides she takes time out to knit socks for her husband she also knits mittens for her grandchildren and great-grand- is his gardening his garden is con sidered one of tho best in aurora although sg years of age mr gould daily walks to the centre of the town every week day to get his paper i have to keep abreast of the news you know he said and reading the newspapers is the only way to do it he also onjoys a good smoke on his pipe he has been smoking since he was is years of age some people are against smoking hut i dont think it has done me any harm he said that he thought young fellows of today were kept at school too long adding that he star ted to work when he was only 15 years of age when the goulds moved to aurora it was the 13th time for a change in residence and their first into town it is good for dad he can get out around town but un lucky for me stated mrs gould for i like the farm life its more peaceful and bettor place to raise children they dont hear so much talk en the streets out of the family of eleven living children four of them arc still on november or at least the latter part of it establishes a record num ber of auction sales almost every day auctioneer farmer will be sell ing until the very last day of novem ber he hasnt another open date on friday of this week to morrow he will offer over 200 pigs at a sale on the farm of john mcgillivray at lot 21 con 2 ux bridge here one of the townships biggest hog producers is selling out and a glance at the sale ibill or list in this paper will reveal pigs in all stages of growth in addition mr mcgillivray will sell his cattle milch cows and steers on tuesday nov 2c melvin de- geer is selling out at lot 12 eon 1 pickering and everything from cellar to garret is offered that is at the stables including stock hay and grain also implements wellington widemans big sale comes on wednesday the 27th with the owner giving up an accumula tion of 50 years mr and mrs wide- man are retiring and everything will go the well known farm is just south of stouffville a mile and a quarter down the tenth starting there two years before he married mr wideman is rounding out 50 years he took over at that time from his father a successful farm er his stock and implements are in prime condition one week from today thursday c mcbride is selling out at lot 32 con 9 pickering mr mcbride has sold his farm and is giving up the business so price or no price every thing goes to the highest bidder continuing the week darius clen- dening is selling out in imarkham lot is on the 9lh on friday the clendenings so well known are retiring from active farming and in tend to sell or rent their place the week will finish with- an auction at finley thompsons east of good wood the owner is giving up the farm although too young to retire juill he intends to sell without reserve fancy show team owned by reuben stiver die in harness prominent farmer living on the 5th concession of markham town ship reuben stiver lost his highly prized and valuable show team of mares last week when hoth animals dropped dead in the harness while- engaged in drawing out manure to the field from the barn yard the end of the fancy team ad mired over the years by thousands of folk at markham and other fairs over the district was something tragic mr stivers hired man lome ham of whitchurch hitched the marcs up for the first time in a week and they seemed full of spirit and go from the very start they had been working along normally hauling the loads out then suddenly one of the animals appear ed to bo chocking and dropped to the ground before the man could get her collar loose the other ani mal dropped it was in the field two vctcrlnaries were called but nothing could be dono to releave the dis tress they couldnt even move the animals from the spot so evcry- the farm the goulds proudly stated thing was done that could be to make them comfortable and warm straw was placed around them also good blankets and a tarpauline and in this condition they spent the night but hoth of the horses died next morning the fancy team were full sisters eight and nine years old weighing one ton each there was only five pounds difference in their weight and the full sisters were so much alike that strangers could not tell one from the other cause of their death was given as gastreno or paralysis brought on by a kidney condition said to be caused or de veloped by sudden changes of feed and standing in the stahles then active work mr stiver was justly proud of his team and it must have given him a pang of regret to see them carted off to the harris plant in toronto of no further use to the farmer but their work is not done the team will con tinue in another state to serve hu manity in the form of glue shoe laces horsehide mitts or other use ful articles