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oyer 5000 readers ntntne copies this issue 1500 largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 39 stouffville ont thursday february 6 1941 eight pages the first egggrading station in this district established at altona o arrest husband and accomplice charge with conspiracy native son heads nationwide warsaving drive l lie altona storekeeper mr o m mail ill is the first to obtain a license lor a registered egggrading station in this district under the new act to be imposed in april no one may purchase eggs for resale unless they comply with the regulations which are quite exhaustive certain tem perature must he maintained and the grading room must not have an entrance from a store but must pro vide an entrance from the outside of anv other business place shop keep ers are at a loss to know what to do or how to act to equip a place means a considerable cash outlay and how many would be warranted ii a town or village is a problem a close inspection is being made on many premises provided for the purposes of grading eggs no on j seams to know what prompted the move to add this ex pense at this time which as we see ir is not likely to net the farmer any additional cash for his hen fruit stouffville curlers win first round kinks for next local isonspeil drawn commences thursday stouffville won their opening round in the east york curling league on monday night by a wide margin defeating agincourt 428 the one local rink skipped by m e watts defeated greens agincourt four 225 while the second rink skipped by sam armstrong romped home against spences rink 203 a complete schedule can be found on page 3 of this issue a new draw has been made for following the coroners inquest enquiring into the death of isabel whyte of ringwood we are inform ed that her husband william whyte ana one helen rose of toronto have since signed a statement ad mitting having aided in carrying out sin illegal act this statement of confession was obtained on monday and it is ex pected that it will result in a charge of conspiracy being laid against the pair the husband of helen rose is 2aid by police to be serving a seven ysar term at the present time for some connection with a similar case at the coroners inquest conduct ed by dr s s ball and reported in this issue whyte denied all know ledge of anything improper in con nection with his wifes death joint chairmen of division g in the forthcoming pledge month campaign of the toronto war sav ings committee are w reg shaw president of shaw schools ltd lett hairy pullan vicepresident and secretarytreasurer of e pullan lid centre and c kenneth coulson right son of rpcouisona former reeve of stouffville transfer- ellier of national trust division g is bounded on the south by the city limits on the west by bathurst st on the north by rloor st and on the east by yonge st editors ship blasted in t0bruk harbour when the royal navy took over tobruk as a base from which further attacks against the italians in libya could be facilitated they had a big job on their hands clearing away the hulks of seventeen sunken italian ships and removing italian nines from the harborniouth one of the ships they encountered was the italian troopship linguria which was once the cpr ocean lirer melita on which the editor of his paper travelled to england and europe in 1925 she was on lire vwri the british removed her the last record wo had of her was when this ship passed through the suez canal on the way to eritria when italy overran ethiopia the editor with others in the canadian press party in 1925 spent eight days on board this vessel leaving montreal nd arriving at southampton then continuing on the same boa to antwerp she carried a crew of 600 another local bonspeil and will be gin on thursday february 6th as follows at 7 pm f marshall vs d hodgins w slack vs w armstrong at 9 pm 17 w sanders vs f l button s armstrong vs h brillinger friday feb 7 at 8 pm a c burkholder vs w mcnair m watts vs t birkett coroners jury brings verdict in half hour death from septicemia or blood poisoning brought about by nme rerson or persons unknown was the finding of the jury enquiring in to the death of isabel whyte of pingwood which occurred at the biierhush hospital on december 29 the inquest held friday night in the municipal hall was before dr s s ball coroner prosecuted by assistant crown attorney harold a sanders the jurymen empanelled were m e watts ira aldred k r davis john barkoy thomas bir kett when the jury was sworn in by constable ben gayman mr birkett was chosen as foreman coroner ball admonished them in the performance of their task it is your duty to determine when how and by what means this women isabel whyte came to her death aid the coroner after witnesses called dr field ing pathologist- came first he de tailed the autopsy findings and de clared mrs whytes death was due to septic poisoning and acute brlghts disease peritonitis was found in the abdominal area dr hb freel and dr nf tom- lnson both gave professional evi dence confirming the decision of dr fielding dr freel who attend ed mrs whyte through her illness said the patient steadfastly declared there was nothing to reveal every time he questioned her about tho cause of her illness william whyte husband of de ceased is 4 6 years and his wife was only 26 he was next witness called followed by mrs emily fockler of ringwood nurse marion stephen son when called had no furthor knowledge of the case other than that already stated by the medical men wm morgan unionvillc father t th deceased also a sister flor ence morgan testified then before the case was handed to the iuryj oonnblo condoled congregation hears pastor resign after five years as pastor of the stouffville united church rev le atkinson announced his intention to resign the resignation to become effective on june 30 the end of the pastoral year in making the an nouncement at the congregational meeting the minister said that he strongly favored a limited pastorate suggesting a live year term and to this idea he had adhered a pronounced silence followed the remarks of the pastor then rev h lee moved a resolution extending g native of baker hill e b lemon dies suddenly edward b lemon metallurgical chemist s52 wentworth ave mil waukee wis passed away sudden ly sunday morning january 26th he was born at baker hill attend ing lemonville public school son of the late john and sarah lemon he married lydia george of stouff ville and going to chicago in 1s93 he located later in milwaukee where he became interested in the steel and iron industry his labora tory was at the above address and for the past forty years he render ed valuable scientific services to the principal steel companies of the united states being frequently en gaged to solve their problems in metallurgy besides other business interests mr lemon was of a decidedly ingen ious turn of mind inventing differ ent useful articles of real com mercial value mr gene baker can its regularly in his car an auto mobile safety contrivance 4n the form of a selmocking nonslip tow- line of merit and a product of mr lemons ingenuity he was blessed with an unusually pleasing personality and bore a striking resemblance to the late douglas fairbanks for whom he was frequently taken and possess ing a cheerful sense of humor had road debentures halfpaidin 1940 councillor ira rusnell told the village council monday evening that mere light was needed in the vicinity of the hospital and recom mended that a couple be installed in hint locality it was decided how ever to give the question some con sideration because the ratepayers are putting up at present 1400 per year for street lights a few years ago the amount spent on street lighting was 1600 george storey village clerk told ihe council that debenture no 10a en the main street pavement had recently been paid completing a total wiped off in 1940 of 289942 this is the tenth payment on the 20 year contract so we are getting along with the biggest undertaking the village ever entered but like the water works it is a happy adven ture an agreement was confirmed whereby the stouffville hydro sys tem pays to the corporation 175 rental for meter room ofiice space and vault for 1940 and 200 per ycar thereafter appointment of milk inspector is urged by local board of health an invitation to mr atkinson to re main another year this carried the meeting later appointed a pulpit supply committee to act in conjunction with the pastor in an ticipation of any change this suui- mr and the hearing of ministers leading up to that change business was carried on around the supper table where a pot luck lunch meal was furnished by tho ladies and thoroughly enjoyed by ali present reports from the various organ izations were made as called on by the chairman mr atkinson total receipts were 5650 of this amount si 104 was for tho mission ary and maintenance fund and 726s6 to the wms also 30 from the benevolent fund of the church was voted to the telegram british war victims fund elders elected were for one year gordon bailey for two years f l winn ii g kellington a h wil liams g ir w thomas stewards george fiiinn a v nolan f e rae isaac bnrkeyormsby lehman clay ton stouffer numerous laughable incidents to relate of mistaken identity due to this resemblance ii religion he was an active bap- tit and mrs lemon has for years been secretary of the wms of the northern american baptist couven- tioi mr lemon leaves a very large circle of friends in canada and the united states who will he shocked at learning of his sudden passing rviving are his wife lydia george lemon daughter alice of new york son clifford of california and sister ada lemon plpher of milwaukee his brother fred prede ceased him some years past short course at unionville complete avoid court action in 55000 suit lawyers conference ends agreement two cliarges remain at the inaugural meeting of the board of health for stouffville held monday evening a resolution was sent on to the municipal council recommending the appointment of dr s t bodendistel as milk in spector under the health act his duties would include inspec tion of herds and stables taking samples from individual shippers and seeing that shippers who sell milk in town maintain as good standards as those who ship to tor onto so far dr bodendistel has been carrying out this work under a tem porary arrangement and the last 1011 test taken from the farms was the best ever obtained here accord ing to dr freel moh a v nolan was again appointed chairman for 1941 present dr h freel a e weldon a v nolan the 55000 damage suit brought by the vernon cressman estate against robert hutchison and dr william hutchison of hespeler was settled out of court last week at kitchener for 12500 attorneys for the estate announce cressman a son of the bite s cressman one time mbc pastoral stouffville died last october from injuries received in an accident on the prestonkitchener highway on saturday night sept 2s near his home robert 20yearold member of tho royal canadian air force and son of dr hutchison was alleged by the appellants to have driven the car that struck cressman the young aircraftsman was acquitted on a charge of criminal negligence by cjithty judge e w clement on moved to niagara pte arthur swift former garage- man is now doing duty in the dig garage at niagaraonthelake mrs swift recently moved to toron to from stouffville arthur clarkson who for years has been employed at the stouffville floral has joined the ordinance corps and is now in uniform markham to keep close hand on expenses stouffville council have been ask ed to name or nominate a suitable person for local chairman of the war savings drive now underway over canada it is the idea of the county officials to organize every town and village a tight lid on the expense pot was signalled by reeve james rennie at the regular meeting of markham township council at unionville on monday it is the duty of all municipalities to get the tax rate down if at all possible at this lime said mr rennie the reeve addressed his remarks o the trustees of thornhill police village who were interviewing council in the hope of having some improvement made to john street which runs into thornhill the county will not be building any new roads this year except in necessity mr rennie continued it is much too big an expenditure for the township to take on this year said deputyreeve charles hooper the deputyreeve was how ever agreeable that the trustees might if they saw fit go ahead on their own the road in question is about a quarter mile long and the cost to thornhill would be in the neighborhood of 2000 if a hard surfaced road was laid down last year markham township spent 26000 on its roads on which was obtained a fifty per cent subsidy continued on page eight nonresistant churches make big contribution january 22 the money obtained in the settle- ihe unionville short course mine ment will be divided to ils conclusion on friday jan 31 chairman of ushers chas nolan wm martlndale who nomination committee f l button the investigation leading a c burkholder rev l e up to the inquest said he had noth- iir further to add to the evidence now submitted atkinson a h williams pulpit supply h w sanders a v nolan andy williams garfield the jury was out half an hour keilington clayt stonfter after rour weeks of intensive study covering all the principal branches of agriculture combined with home economics for young women which included household science health and nursing and instruction in the making of garments the stockjudging activities were carried on at the different breeders farms and messrs w j brodie f baggs w j russell ken deacon leuchcroft farm and donalda farms were some of the breeders visited one whole day of inspection was spent at canada packers the course concluded with a fine banquet for which the unionville womens institute catered agricul tural representative w m cock- bnrn bsa was toastmastcr and he guest speaker was j w lawr- continued on page eight i among the widow and children of the deceased sims mcintosh schofield and finis acted for tho estate and ray mond myers of gait and j j flynn kc of preston for the defendants following announcement of the set tlement crown attorney w p clc- mtnt said it was the intention of the crown to proceed with charges of reckless driving and failure to rc- births vague mr and mrs walter vague uingwood nee frances filyer are happy to announce the arrival of their son robert maxwell at the brierbush hospital stouff ville on february the 3rd 19 11 morris to mr and mrs g t morris neo maxlne anderson at oakwood hospital toronto on sunday february 2 a daughter both doing well a heavy shipment of clothing and bedding valued at 2356 has been fo warded to england by the on tario nonresistant relief committee it has been announced this is in addition to substantial monthly cash donations made by the committee the organization which compris es several kitchener churches is composed of all branches of the mcnnonlte church and tankers in the province waterloo and york county churches comprise a large percentage of the membership the shipment which contained 13 bales and 17 cartons is the second to be forwarded by the group in trevcral months while distribution of tho articles in england is handled by men appointed by tho committee they aro forwarded through tht kit chener red cross society tho clothing and bedding is made by sewing circles in the various con gregations with finances provided by the churches the distribution in england is in charge of ted classen and john coffman two can- hans appointed by tho monnonite central relief committee the organization is under the chairmanship of mrs nelson bech- tel of hespeler other members are rev u k weber rev c n good rv hh janzen and mc cress man all of kitchener the shipment included the follow ing articles 124 comforters 96 quilts 58 pairs flannelette blankets five pairs woollen blankets313 girls and womens dresses 54 layettes 103 pairs of girls and womens underwear 98 girls and womens slips 72 girls nighties 176 girls bloomers 312 pairs childrens un- csuwcar 60 pairs womens hose lfls pairs childrens hose 17 girls sweaters 12 girls wool caps and scarves nine girls blouses 17 girls pullovers 22 girls sets of assorted clothing four girls aprons three pillow cases 22 pairs boys stock ings 27 hoys blouses 13 boys sweaters 42 hoys pants 24 boys shirts 30 hoys rompers eight caps two bath robes 27 pairs hoys pa jamas 66 pairs boys mitts ten boys siits 25 pairs shoes 13 pairs bed room slippers 21 suits underwear ii pairs mens socks 500 cakes of toilet and laundry soap and 30 issorted sets of boys clothing