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over 5000 readers rttatw copies this issue 1525 largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 46 stouffville ontario thursday april 3rd 1941 eight pages open campaign in town this week to raise contribution for national war services joins the rcaf jos borinsky heads campaign local committees set up to solicit funds for continuance of work for soldiers at home and abroad appeal to come this week be ready to give to give the citizens of stouffville perial order daughters of the em- assistant county crown attorney for york county harold a sanders is shortly to report for duty with the royal air force mr sanders will join the administration wing at trenton he has been taking mili tary training in preparation for this move for some time a son of mr and mrs h w sanders of stouft- ville harold has been living in wes ton since his appointmet which takes him to the county offices in toronto daily bridal couple to live on gormley farm the marriage took place on march 29 in tbe home of the bridegrooms parents of better a montgomery daughter of mr and the late mrs e o montgomery toronto to john e coher 6on of mr and mrs b cober of gormley the ceremonny was performed by bishop alvin avinger of the brethren in christ church the bride given by her father wore a two piece gray wool ensemble with skipper blue accessories the maid of honor imrs g cole wore black with wine accessories the grooms attendant was his brother george h cober the reception was held at the home of the groom on the 4th con cession of markham about 20 guests gathered to congratulate the happy couple mr and mrs cober left on a honeymoon trip to kitchener and on their return will reside on grooms homestead at gormley an opportunity to make their contri bution to the canadian war services fund embracing six organizations providing recreation and comfort pire the knights of columbus salvation army young mens chris tian association and young wom ens christian association and the for the soldiers at home and abroad funds raised by the canvass will be canvassers will set this thursday administered by a board set up for friday and saturday hoping to com plete the work locally at that time chairman of the organization i mr jos borinsky and the canvass ers are divided into six districts as follows east end north side councillor hugh boyd councillor ira rusnell east end south side f l but ton kc a v nolan north side centre district j m storey h o klinck south side centre h w sand ers e a button north side westend j r hod- gins a c burkholder south side westend m e watts blake sanders this is the only national drive of any nature this year not even the ked cross intend to make another national call so that everybody is expected to do what they can for the soldiers at this time the campaign of the canadian war services is being participated in jointly by the canadian legion war services incorporated the im- that purpose canada is being asked to raise tile sum of five and a half million dollars to serve the needs of these organizations for one year and to enable them to carry on the fine work they have been doing for men in his majestys services at home and abroad with the assurance that there will be no further appeal for funds for twelve months nobody likes the task of canvas sing but the patriotism of the men who have volunteered their services is given in the belief that the citizens will realize that they are doing some thing vitally necessary to our national security while people in britain and europe are losing their homes and all they posses in them we sit in comparative security let us rally to the cause and show our gratitude for those who are fighting for the security we enjoy you may be able to give much or little but do it and do it cheerfully it will be gratefully appreciated by the com mittee and especially by the soldiers everywhere wins covkteu floral prizes stoutrvilii- received some free publicity and hit stouffville floral co arc deserving a bou quet for their outstanding wins at the recent flower show held in the kilt on auditorium the local firm carried off first prize for finest snaihlragon in the show and first prize for best pansics baptist concert raises 70 the musical evening under the auspices of second markham baptist church on tuesday evening realized 70 for the british war victims fund dr thomas mitchell presided over the program which was one j of the finest heard in the district for a long time an election contest likely in whitchurch firemen ah war victims stoufiville fire brigade have don ated 25 to the british war vic tims fnnd which included the pro fits of their euchre and dance of us2 the boys of the brigade ask this paper to extend their public thanks to the eastern star chapter for the free use of their rooms on the evening of the dance the co operation was greatly appreciated secretary everton smith states finest country they ever saw the fatally stricken while attending unionville party attending a card party on wed nesday evening last week the wide ly known and popular philip dixon of unionville took ill when the game was in process and had to be remov ed to his home in that village ho was found to have suffered a stroke and passed away the following day funeral service was held at the home of mr and mrs thomas bennett on saturday afternoon conducted by irev a e owen son of the late george and eliza beth bartholomew dixon deceased spent practically all of his life in or near unionville he was a carpen ter and builder by trade an enthusi astic hunter and fisherman and a keen bowler winning many trophies mr dixon was a member of mark ham imasonlc lodge and of central united church unionville he is survived by two brothers william and edwin of unionville and three sisters mrs mary armi- tage and mrs thomas burnett unionville and mrs emma ander son of stoufiville his wife prede ceased him in 1912 interment took place with full masonic honors in the lutheran cemetery unionville markham and bolton at the gardens thursday markham will begin a best thrceoutofflvc scries with bolton for the oha junior c championship at maple leaf gardens this thursday night with a probable second game on saturday afternoon during the semifinal rounds markham only lost one game and that to parry sound bolton are undefeated in their trip to the finals although they did drop several exhibition pimes dining the regular schedule wm cherry dies a millionaire gormley school boy william s cherry millionaire founder of cherry and webb com pany operating stores in several new england cities and vicepresi dent of howey mines in northern ontario died suddenly in province rhode island last saturday mr cherry spent his boyhood days at gormley he was a son of the late jos cherry and with his brother jos the lads were raised on the cherry homestead still in the family there the family lived at carville before locating in gormley and william was born there in 1s67 at an early age he was apprenticed to a general merchant at aurora his wife predeceased him mr cherry played a large part in developing ontario gold mines in cluding howey gunnar shawkey and east malartic councillor george leary councillor george leary of whit church announces he will be a candi date for the deputy rceveship of whitchurch made vacant through the death of the late jesse cook it is expected that reeve earl toole will issue the warrant this week for the election which will be followed up by clerk john crawford calling for a nomination meeting to be held probably about the 21st of april and if more than the necessary candidate or candidates are nominated and re main in the field then an election would be held one week after nom ination day at present it looks as though there may be a contest for the deputy reeveship at least one new councillor will be required to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of mr leary to contest the deputy reeveship if any other councillors step forward there will be two new vacancies appointed stork manager mrs nelson mowder bereaved a former post office employee in toronto and soninlaw of mrs nel son mowder of stouffville james albert wilson died in his 73rd year at his toronto home on tuesday this week he is survived by his wife mildred mowder interment will be made today thursday at new market cemetery mr harry golden has engaged mr everton smith of bloomirigtoh as store manager for his husiness in town handling ladies wer mens wear and specializing in coats and mantles mr smith will move back to town occupying the apartment in connection with the store while mr golden will locate in toronto and work this district more intensely than heretofore selling coats and madetomeasure goods from his truck labor shortage holds up syrupjiarvest hundreds of maples which have annually contributed to the maple syrup harvest in this district will be idle this year as a result of the labor shortage mr sam fretz one of the larger producers is entirely out of the business this spring also mr chas atkinson who annually gathers an imposing supply of sap has not tap ped any trees however mr clar ence atkinson is gathering from about 700 trees but the run so far has not been heavy i clarem0nt man is stricken at banquet richard how sgyearold clare- mont man died at the banquet table in orient masonic lodge toronto on tuesday night he had gone to the city with postmaster alt pretty and appeared in the best of health funeral service saturday after noon in claromont baptist church at 230 under masonic auspices pte bruce lintner and pte fred castle of the royal regiment who arrived safely in england last week both local lads were greatly im pressed by the beautiful green countryside which greeted them in the old land they report seeding operations now underway word has been received o the safe arrival at the west coast of harry brown and a group of other signallers from ontario harry son of mrs n byer is with the royal navy and apparently is going to see some service along the pacific coast for a time at least local smithy forsakes our village forge to take up war work edward lintner one of the two remaining blacksmiths in stouffville gave up making footwear for horses last week and took a position at pickering on the new government war plant getting underway there edward is kept busy sharpening tools for the other workmen and has a forge in cull operation hence he is quite at home others from here employed at the pickering plant are fletcher goudio and son allen also bruce davis from the west of town they all drive back and forth daily in foresaking the village forgo in favor of war work mr lintners ac tion leaves only his old partner wm to stand under the spreading chest nut tree as he is pictured in one of the early school readers at one time stouffville boasted of three or four blacksmith shops with a couple or three men in each and opposition shops every few miles through the country today they are as scarce as hens teeth and witli nobody learn ing the art it looks as though the few farmers who want their horses shod will have to do their own fit ting many of the other repairs made by the blacksmith will go by the boards undone and the article that might be repaired and made to give years of wear will be thrown away however this situation will not confront the farmer until the last in griffiths to carry on tbo ancient and honorable trado of the village i blacksmith shop closes its doors smithy hence there will be no time future years mrs isaac lemon buried at peebles the funeral of mrs isaac lemon nee nettie cook a well known and beloved resident of peebles dis- trick in saskachewan for about thirtyfour years who died at her home there after a long illness on march 21st was held monday after noon from her home with burial at windthorst cemetery rev robert son conducted the services at both placos messrs clark lemon and w mcpherson were in charge of funer al arrangements pallbearers were messrs james perdue andrew par ley wm beard charles strachan george wilson and millar rea mrs lemon was born near stouff ville and married isaac lemon of the same place in 1890 they went west in 1907 first settling at wolseley later at peebles where they have since resided besides her hus band she is survived by two sons william and douglas of peebles and two daughters mrs fred hextall of peebles and elvena of pitt mead ows bc and nine grandchildren she is also survived by a sister mary e and two brothers william a and george all of lemonvllle the funeral was largely attended many beautiful tributes adorned the casket among the visitors were mrs b wallls and mrs j r cook both of winnipeg manitoba the late mrs lemon was a sub scriber to the tribune and looked forward to its arrival weekly with keen interest her family report births davis at the brierbush hospital stouffville on march 26th 1941 to mr and mrs thos davis of unionville a daughter another cottage sold on main st the small brick clad cottage on the south side of main street just east of the presbyterian church has been sold by its owner and occupant mr alfred whittingstall to mrs james of goodwood daughter of the late e whittleton the agreement of sale was signed last week and a deposit made mr whittingstall is packing up now preparing to return to toronto where he resided until he moved to stouffville nearly nine years ago the little cottage at that time was rather a shell but mr whittingstall practically rebuilt it and added the brick siding mrs james has one son in the air force and another at farm work her hus band is employed in western canada where she found the rigorous weath er too much for her health and was forced to return to ontario for some time she has been at the old home south of goodwood the sale price of the cottage is 1soo and is the second one to be sold within a week in this locality the other sale was the small bungalo two doors east of whittingstalls built by fred betz and sold to mrs f w silverthorn under mortgage sale famous downing street in london contacts stouffville lions club the stouffville lions club are in possession of a letter directed per sonally to them from the secretary to the prime minister winston churchill of great britain at no 10 downing street the most famous spot in all the world although not by any means the most imposing as to our subscribers hundreds iinvc renewed their subscription o the tribune for he current year but others have failed to do so look at the label on your paper which gives the date your subscription runs ont keep paid in advance thank yon ye editor once learned when with a press party we were privileged to visit this famous government seat the letter written for winston churchill by his secretary was in response to a resolution or petition formulated by the club and sent to premier churchill and premier king at ottawa supporting the ideas and ideals as outlined in clarence k streits book published on march 5 in the usa for first public sale in a nutshell it is a proposal to extend step by step to international affairs precisely the same principles of government as we already apply to local government county provincial or state andto our national govern ment at ottawa that is there would be in this old world after the war persons elected to make the laws courts to apply the laws and what is lacking in the league of nations a good strong pollco force always available to see that no wouldbe world power or international criminal got the chance to do what hitler and mussolini and japan are banded together to do if thoy can put it over dr thos imitchell instructed the club and was the spirit behind the lions club action the letter from no 10 downing street written on note size sheet and i neatly typed with the crest of the prime ministers office in the upper left hand corner reads as follows 10 downing street whithall march 1st 1941 dear sir i am writing on behalf of the prime minister to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th of nov and to thank you for the en closed copy of a resolution which you also forwarded to the canadian prime minister yours truly arrives in england pte harold lewis son of mr and mrs jonas lewis and soninlaw of mr and mrs george saunders of stouffville has arrived safely in england he is a member of the royal canadian regiment