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the tribune stouffville ont thursday jan 2nd 1941 page fivb three surprises in whitchurch whitchurch farmers were given three surprises this week it was whispered about that opposition was certain for deputy reeve jess cook and that reeve toole would have a walkin for another term the lacts turned out exactly opposite mr cook got the acclamation with no opposition whatever whereas mr newton rae is opposing the reeve of the township another surprise is the sudden appearance of an agent in the town ship seeking to sign up farmers in tie vandort area for permission to drill tor oil on their properties atha mr and mrs norman neal and jfr and mrs isaac lehman sorry to report mr eli lehman is under the doctors care a number from here journeyed to brougham to attend the nomination with several in the field mrs thos dunkeld is spending the yuletide with her daughter mrs james milton at blackstock hiss e and g whltson spent christmas with mr and mrs a draper and family mr luther kirby spent his christ mas with mr isaac lehman mr and mrs fred draper and daughter spent christmas at altona with mr and mrs wagg mr and mrs joe tran spent christmas with m and mrs j h silrerthom stouffville mr luther kirby had tea on mon day evening with ernie carruthers mrs nellie dearborn from toron to spent the weekend with mr and mrs eli lehman miss audrey hoover rn from toronto spent christmas day with her mother here mr l hoover and family had christmas dinner with her mother mrs e vanzant tenth line mr robt bone spent christmas with his familyhere also relatives irom toronto spent the yuletide at the parker home hev arthur and mrs greer and family from newmarket spent thursday afternoon and evening at toe home of mr and mrs a caru tiers mr and mrs a caruthers and ernie spent their christmas at the home of mr and mrs wellington wideuian mongolia where twenty- two enjoyed the christmas festival mr and mrs m dunkeld and family spent christmas with mr and mrs f wagg altona where twentyfive sat down to a christmas dinner mr and mrs fred byer and fam ily had christmas with mr and mrs oraham ringwood mr and mrs david- tran and laurie spent christmas with mark- ham friends notice to creditors in the matter of the estate of rachel wideman late of the township of markham in the county of york spinster de ceased notice is hereby given pur suant to the trustee act that all persons having claims against the estate of racheliwideman late of the township of markham in the county of york spinster deceased who died on the 29th day of nov 1040 are hereby notified to send to the undersigned administrator or bis solicitors full particulars of their claims duly verified on or be- fore the 20th day of january 1941 after which date the assets of the taid estate will be distributed amongst the parties entitled thereto hawing regard only to the claims which the administrator shall have had notice dated this 28th day of dec 1940 jacob g widoman esq stouffville rri ont administrator mccullough button stouffville ontario solicitors for the said administrator ringwood ite jack skinner of petawawa tpent a few days at his home art bassett was a toronto visitor n monday pte murray sinclair of monteral is spending a few days with his parents mr and imrs e r sinclair mrs ralph burkholder of tor onto visited with mrs abeii on monflay mrs win mitchell who has been on the sick list for some time is somewhat improved at time of writ ing oliver harding and children jessie arthur and isabel are spending a few days with mr hardings broth er in fenelon falls ont we extend the sympathy of the community to the immediate family and friends of mrs harry whyte who died in the brierbush hospital a fine programme including a missionary play was given in our ringwood church on mondnay night by the wms o peachs united church murray clendenning was home from tinimins for the holiday hav ing secured a few days from his gar age employment in the northern centre ten dollars of the silver collection taken up at the public school con cert was forwarded by the teacher miss janet button to the british war victims fund the school meeting last thurs day was hardly well attended the retiring trutsee wm conner was re elected for another term of three years stewart stouffer acted as chairman and not more than a doz en ratepayers were in attendance mrs e madill of whitchurch received word of the death of her sister mrs wm h lehman of riverthurst sask deceased was the oldest daughter of the late hugh campbell who was a jeweller of aurora many years ago also a well known resident of ringwood notice to creditors in the matter of the estate of sandy jones late of the village of stouffville in the county of york retired farmer deceased notice is hereby given pur suant to the trustee act that all persons having claims against the estate of sandy jones late of the village of stouffville in the county f york retired farmer deceased who died on the 10th day of dec i940 are hereby notified to send to the undersigned executors or their solicitors full particulars of their claims duly verified on or before the 20th day of january 1941 after which date the assets of the said estate will be distributed amongst the parties entitled thereto having regard only to the claims which the executors shall then have had notice dated this 28th day of dec 1940 walter dickson esq and ludwig hoover esq stouffville ont executors mccullough button stouffville ontario solicitors for the said executors notice to creditors in the matter of the estate of theophilus j madill late of the village of stouffville in the county of york reired farmer deceased notice is hereby given pur suant to the trustee act that all persons having claims against the estate of theophilus j madill late of the village of stouffville in the county of york retired farmer deceased w died on the 2nd day of october 1940 are hereby noti fied to send to the undersigned ex ecutors or their solicitors full par ticulars of their claims duly verified on or before the 20th day of january 1941 after which date the assets of the said estate will be distributed amongst the parties entitled there to having regard only to the claims which the executors shall then have had notice dated this 28th day of dec 1940 thomas birkett esq and weldrick madill esq stouffville ont executors mccullough button stouffville ontario solicitors for the said executors returned by acclamation y this pair james rennie reeve of deputyreeve were given a 5th markham and chas hooper ern in office last monday township of whitchurch to the ratepayers we the undersigned members of the council of the township of whitchurch hereby tendered our appreciation and thanks to the ratepayers for the con fidence you have shown in us by returnig us for an other term by acclamation the policy which we have strived to carry out will you may be assured be continued a service that meets with the approval of the tax payers at a min imum of cost jess cook deputy reeve herman kidd councillor george leary councillor herbert wells councillor markha nom continued from front page thought that everyone should take an interest in the affairs of the township he predicted this coming year may be a hard one as so much money is being gathered for various purposes the council would need to be very careful and he pledged his best mr hooper saw no need to raise taxes next year perhaps they could be lowered council spent 2s000 on toads while they had budgeted tor 29000 under present system markham gets gravel cheaper from a pit in whitchurch than whit church or vaughan can buy it snow fence cost 461s council bought 633s yds of gravel roads and bridges cost 26244 and relief and hospitalization is dohvn espeeially the last 3 months harry h barber told how the dust layer had been distributed council had used almost a 1000 yds of gravel less this year at 122 the tangle at union school section milliken had all been straightened out and the township had received the full amount due from scarboro bank interest had been cut by 600 because of the surplus left over from last year wm l clark believed that 1940 had heen the best year yet he said the following four points deter mined a councils ability 1 the amount of the tax bill 2 how it is spent 3 service gained for money spent and their financial standing at the end of the year mr clark came to the township in 1924 his tax bill on 50 acres then was 110 there was no relief roads not kept open in winter gravel bought any where was mostly sand and stone then conditions changed- because of the cars there was a demand for better roads and all winter roads in 1930 the township was divided into four wards many gravel pits had not been opened because of large stone arrangements were made to have the stone crushed and demanded that gravel for roads contain 75 crushed stone he was sharply criticized for it but the dept of highways upheld his stand now oil trucks feed trucks and travellers all say markham town ship roads are the best albert reesor expressed his pleasure at being in council and said he believed their good admin istration was due to the fact they had good officials mr roesor re ferred to the building bylaw and mentioned two building permits of 413000 each which probably would not have been erected if their neigh bors around lived in cheap shacks wm a noble found favorable comparison of his tax bill with dif ferent years back to 1914 he ask ed about the weed inspection he knew of some weeds that had es caped the inspector wm f kincaid spoke well of the old council especially of the reeve who did not act as though he was monarch- of all he surveyed for reeve jas ronnie by wm a noble and jas muirhead jas ronnie by j g widoman and w h tran charles henry hooper by stewart mcquay and w f kincaid william frederick kincaid by ste wart mcquay and josoph bond william a noble by william ronnie and j g widoman deputy reeve charles henry hooper by samuol rnttle and wm a noble charles henry hooper by w htran and joseph bond for council harry h barber by geo topper and wm a noble wm lyman clark by wm a noble and e l clubine albert rcesor by wm a noble and w ii tran births gillliam to mr and mrs milton gillham cedar valley on sunday december 29 1940 a son fair at the brierbush hospital stouffville on tuesday dec 31 1940 to mr and mrs george carr bloomington a son itciircr at wellesley hospital toronto dec 31 1940 to mr and mrs h a beaver nee jessie m harper 56 gillespie ave toron to a son bloomington mrs w a fockler spent a week at the home of her daughter mrs leask at greenbank mrs h smith visited with her son at hartman mr and mrs c lemon and helen were in toronto for christmas mr and mrs d stony and david of toronto were at his fathers e a storys for christmas mrs canning and adughters of st catharines were at mr a cowies for the holidays mrs e fairies and children spent the weekend at uxbridge mrs wagg and son of kinsale visited with her sister mrs cowie dr and mrs matheson and cath arine of toronto were christmas guests at e a storys mr and mrs b barnes and gwy- nne have returned to their home here after having spent a few months in parry sound mr johnston of brampton was one of the christmas guests at mr l paisleys mr and mrs ferguson and sons of parry sound spent the christmas holiday with imr a smiths mr w t tranmer of toronto was at home for a few days mr harold boake spent christmas with his sister at islington miss ruth ramer of torontoand mr and mrs g ramer and sons of colbourne were at his fathers- mr m ramers for christmas mis luella paisley has resigned her duties at brittannia school near brampton to accept a position on the public school staff at beamsville business as usual with the holiday season past we wish to thank one and all for their interest and patronage and remain on record as being here to render a superior service on time pieces while at the same time rendering a gospel book service to the christian desires of the community l smith jeweller good tidings book nook 4th line uxbridge mr and imrs a ashenhurst and laura in toronto on tuesday mr and mrs russell feasby and howard mr and mrs norman feas by mr and mrs gordon wilson spent christmas at bert tindalls mrs ethel suica is spending a few days with her sister mrs edwin norton pte eldon staley of lindsay and pte arthur staley of camp borden spent a few days with their parents mr and mrs b staley mr and mrs edward norton spent sunday w her parents mr and mrs geo brown mr and mrs john symes and family spent the day with his par ents mr and mrs george jones and gordon spent alst thursday in tor onto visiting mr and mrs swas- field mr and mrs wm maye olive reuben and john mrs hattie daw son also mr and mrs wm red man of sandofrd spent christmas at bert mayes mr and mrs russell feasby mr and mrs jjorman feasby and mrs gordon wilson attended the funeral of their aunt mrs john davey mt albert on thursday christmas visitors at a ashen- hursts were mr and mrs howard forsyth mr and mrs clayton hill and family mr and mrs bruce bailey of epsom and miss laura ashenhurst christmas visitors at dan nor tons were mr and mrs edward norton mr and mrs harold norton mr moses norton mr wm red man mr and mrs norman feasby church announcements peaches imr and mrs gordon miller of scarboro bluffs spent christmas with the miller family the smith family were christmas visitors with jjr and mrs robert smith of imount joy thelewis family had christmas dinner with mr and mrs wm har per of stouffvile and supper with mr and mrs john hosking jim painter spent christmas with his parents mr and mrs j painter at almira the morris family spent christ mas at the lehman home at green river mrs e m guy of markham spent christmas at the hasting home m gertrude wegg of cashel had tea with mrs harry warrlner en monday evening mr and mrs henry walker spent christmas with mrs a heise of gormley mr wilbur watt is home again after spending a week up near camp borden mr lawrence mcmullen visited at the lewis home on friday miss dorothy woodcock of mark ham is having some holidays with her aunt mrs nelson smith mr and mrs henry walker are spending a few weeks with mr and mrs roy strong of brantford sorry to hear the brlgnall family have the flu we hope they will soon to feeling better please kf3ep n mind the joint ypu to be held on thursday night in the basement of melville church please bring lunch christmas visitors at mr george hoovers were mrs c hoover and norman mr and mrs levi grove and family also mr and mrs willis rcesor and family of pickering all together over 20 sa down to dinner christ church anglican rev f herman rector sunday january 5 1941 200 pm evening qrayer and sermon the rector will be in charge second markham baptist chukch stanley medhurst pastor sunday january 5 1941 945 am sunday school r00 pm gospel service wed 8 pm prayer and bible study as usual melville bethesda peachs united churches rev a j orr minister sunday january 5 1941 peachs 1000 am melville 1115 am bethesda 300 pm church annual meetings monday january 6 130 pm bethesda thursday january 9 2 pm mel ville thursday jan 9 supper meet ing beginning at 630 lemonville ballantrae united churches rev w s irwin pastor sunday january 5 1941 10 and 11 am ballantrae 2 pm and 3 pm lemonville a message for the new year tuesday january 7 730 pm annual congregational meeting in lemonville church and on thursday january 9 in ballan- trae church thursday jun 2 800 pmprayer meeting at the home of mr and mrs sabboretti walk with us lord through all the days and let us walk with thee till as thy will is done in heaven on earth so shall it be stouffville christian church r k vickers pastor sunday january 5 1941 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship suhject the bridegrooms garden the communion will be administered 700 pm evening worship subject what do i want this year monday january 6 friday jan 10 week of prayer in the stouffville churches church hill 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship the communion ylll he administer ed tomorrows a myth today a fact get busy forthwith act man act bloomington ringwood christian churches sunday january 5 1941 rev gibson brown of little brit ain will preach next sunday bloomington 11 am ringwood 230 pm altona 7 00 pm come and worship with ua st james presbyterian church stouffville rev t de courcy rayner minister sunday january 5 1941 945 am the minister will preach subject a motto for the year 1941 may be the most fateful year in history let us begin the year with god resolve to attend church regularly the closing year calls to remembrance stouffville baptist rev duncan macgregor pastor sunday january 5 1941 1000 am bible school classes for all ages j 1100 am worship subject our motto for the new year the ordinance of the lords supper will be observed at the close of this service 700 pm evening worship subject a gospel for the first sunday and every sunday of the year keep your resolution come to church on sunday rememher the week of prayer come and worship with us stouffville united church l e atkinson minister sunday january 5 1941 1100 am morning worship the sacrament of holy communion 230 pm sunday school and bible class 700 pm evening worship subject enduring values the week of prayer will he ob served in the stouffville churches from january 6th to the 10th in clusive all meetings will begin at 745 pm strangers and vistors aro always welcome at these services dickson hill and mt joy mennonite churches kev p g lehman pastor dicksons hell sunday january 5 1941 standard time 1000 am worship j the pastor will preach 1100 am bible school j l mount jox daylight saving time 230 pm bible school 730 pm imr shepherd will preach 1030 am bible school 1130 am morning worship 800 pm subject the great separation continuing messages on the mysteries of the kingdom judg ment preaching is not popular today yet this truth is timely and a necessity mr lehman will preach through out the day we oxtond a happy new year to all stouffville mennonite church rev h shantz pastor sunday january 5 1941 1000 a m sunday school 1100 am divine worship new years message pastor 230 pm mongolia s s 700 pm evangelistic pastor tuesday evening 8 pm young peoples prayer meeting thursday evening 800 p m mongolia song and gospel fellow ship meeting at the home of mr and mrs ira rusnell thursday evening 800 pm al tona meeting friday evening 8 pm atha prayer meeting at the homo of mr and mrs charles reynolds monday ovening 8 pm jan 6 1941 opening program of emman uel bible school special singing and message by one of the faculty i press toward the mark for tho orizc of tho high calling of god in christ jesus phil 314 begin the new year by attending church you are welcome to worship with us