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over 5000 readers copies this issue 1550 largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vou 53 xo 7 stouffville ontario thursday april 10th 1941 ten pages town council satisfies firefighters request to pay for practices members of the stouffville fire brigade and the village council arrived at an amicable agreement on monday evening when the two bodies met to discuss a request put forth by fire fighters some time ago for more pay for the fire chief and pay for practises by the members of the brigade it was decided to give chief del jennings 5000 per year as a retainer plus pay for attending fires with other members while the members will be allowed 100 per practise for five practises per year money for practises will come out of the firemens fund accumulated from answering outside calls chief del jennings said he did not come before council in a hostile spirit tor in the six years he had been chief he never asked for any equipment that was denied him men feel that if we are to have a brigade there must be practises per haps four or five a summer the only way to get the boys out is to pay them something for their services he said as for himself mr jennings said that if the council could get anyone for less than 5000 they were at liberty to do so reeve weldon said he and council had always cooperated with the brigade and wanted to do anything within reason then- suggested that the firemens fund raised from an swering outside calls could be used for paying all but the chief which he said council would take care of the brigade have sixteen members all of whom are covered for acci dents by the workmens compensa tion board paid for by the village ox the laxd william morris east of town whs cultivating one of las fields on monday this week april 8 a record early date for getting on the land in some years mr morris says it worked up well but warm spring rains are need ed to put that spring touch in nature again r l stiver receives best farm award mr r l stiver of the oth con of markham has received a beautiful silver tray suitably engraved to mark his distinction and achieve ment in having had the highest scored farm in the county of york in the farm improvement contest in 1940 a letter from mr c h hodge editor of the farmers magazine sponsor of the contest congratulated mr stiver on his fine well kept farm and on his contri bution to the success of farm im provementcompetitions polish squadron taking heavy toll of nazis commanded by a british officer a dogflghting several members of the dfc and dso here- wing corn- crack polish fighter squadron has squadron have received high polish mander kellett with map talks blasted 12g german planes from the decorations and wing commander over a victory with a few of his skies over england in six weeks oflr g kellett their leader holds the men accident proves fatal to claremont man frederick nelson tomlinson died on tuesday night at claremont following an accident several days ago when he was injured by a motor car father of dr n f tomlinson of claremont he was in his 80th year funeral will be held saturday after noon with interment at richmond hill madam pengelly praises local talent morgan baker 01 pp has the thanks of all ranks of people in the district for bringing madam pen- gaily and her husband to the con cert held in second markham bap tist church tuesday last week at which 70 was raised for the british war victims fund madam pen- gelly delighted the audience with several of her own renditions and in turn was loud in her praises for much of the talent she heard it was a revelation to this noted sing er who has thrilled thousands of people in her home city of toronto the selections by the girls group and by mrs oldham were specially mentioned by the noted guest in fact she saidthat every number was worthy of fine effort made all of which speaks very well for the musi cal talents in and about stouffville cnr appeals award given farmer the long drawnout court action between edgar storry of blooming- ton vs the cnr started on an other phase tuesday when the com pany appealed against the award of 5705 given mr storry in the last trial there have been two trials of the action at the first the cnr won and was upheld by the court of app eal the supreme court of canada on appeal by the plaintiff ordered a new trial in which the plaintiff was awarded the damages as stated suckers are up probably the first trio to take to the stream this spring are alex kirton alt bennett and ernie carruthers who gather ed in a bag of over 125 suck ers in the rouge on tuesday mrs harris succumbs in 88th year markham near title defeating bolton in second game 105 uarklinin makes it two straight over bolton won first game fl 4 play third game friday night henry nesbitt son of robert nes- bitt ballantrae received a serious gash on the hand between the thumb and index finger on tuesday when operating a buzz saw for his employ er carl rose mrs john harris a resident of stouffville since 1930 passed away at her home main street east on sunday evening airil 6th 1941 in her ssth year she had not been well for some time but had been confined to her bed for only a few days until her removal to town she had lived all her life in the southern part of ontario county she was born in reach township in 1853 a daughter of the late william hayes and harriet retallick her husband predeceased her in 193g and ber only son milton in 1929 she is survived by her daughter mrs e e ball of king ston one granddaughter dorothy ball of kingston and two grand sons james harris of stouffville and sergeant gordon ball of the army honored on wedding anniversary mr and mrs allan mcdowell 7th concession markham were given pleasant surprise on the anniversary of their wedding last week when a host of friends converged upon the happy home which has been in the family for a hundred years to offer their congratulations on the occasion of their 25th wedding day they brought with them gifts that were greatly appreciated among the gathering were mr and mrs i a wambold sth line mrs lavina housser of stouffville i and anna from markham mr and mrs sam housser markham also rev emerson mcdowell port erie son of the honored couple couxciliar cvoixes five miles to meeting probably not for many years have several of pickering town- ships southern thoroughfares been so badly broken up there seems no doubt about it as councillor w ii westney arrived at the brougham coun cil hall on monday afternoon astride his bicycle which he had ridden some five miles from his 4th concession homestead it was a case of either pedal or walk the brock iroad has been impassable now for several days students receive certificates at bible school closing night closing exercises of emmanuel bible school were held last friday evening when the mennonite church stouffville was almost filled to cap acity this event marked the close of the second session of this school which had been carried on for the past three mouths the principal rev w m shantz was in charge of the service and in a few words welcomed the large audience to the fellowship of the school rev p g lehman read the scripture lesson and led in prayer brief messages were brought by mr clarence hunking and miss dorothy timbers president and vice president respectively of the student council the school chorus rendered a musical selection the title of which was from every stormy wind that blows dr i h erb of toronto brought the address of the evening basing ltis remarks on the 9th chapter of luke the speaker emphasized the teaching ministry of jesus as an example for christian work today and commended attendance at bible school as a means for preparation for lifes work rev j harold sherk registrar of the school presented certificates to seven students who had completed the necessary work in the teacher training course benediction was pronounced by rev h shantz oledical corps at ottawa markham took a firm grip on the funlor c final series when they hundered over bolton 105 at maple eaf gardens on tuesday night to ut them just one game away from he championship again it was bob bangay who eaturcd scoring four of his teams en goals and assisting in two others tempers exploded at the conclu- lon of the game and a brisk frce- orall churned up most of the even jgs excitement the only other out reale occurred in the second period rhen a scrap around the markham et resulted in four players drawing tajors markham built up a 40 lead in he first period in the second bol- in opened the scoring but bob angay took the goalgetting chores r the rest of the period and potted ur in a row two while his team as shy a player bolton made its raracteristlc lastperiod spurt as immy fisher stirred his mates to reator efforts and the losers out- ored markham 42 in the final salada sales ox ixorease for the first time the salada tea c in 1040 were continu ous advertisers in the tribune and the publishers are delighted to receive from this popular canadian firm the following it was very gratifying to see that 1040 salada tea sales in stouitvillo showed an increase over those of the previous year and since newspapers play such an important roio in our adver tising wo wish to acknowledge the vnlunblo contribution the tribune made to tills end there is richard induction service rev gibson brown will be in ducted into the pastorate of the ringwood bloomingtoh circuit at a good friday service at 230 pm on that day in ringwood church i all ministers of the conference are expected to be present while all friends and the public generally are invited widow of late dr freel buried from christ church also one greatgrandson ballot ottawa mrs harris was a member of the united church makes it thirtysix with the arrival of a baby son for mr and mrs george maskcll north stouffer street east end of stouff- jville can now count thirtysix youngsters on the street and im mediate territory not long ago there were only twelve but the influx of new families and a little help fro the stork the population in this section is fairly leaping forward junior band to play for newmarket troops the death of jane barnes widow of the late dr ira freel on satur day last removed a resident of the village of sonie 4s years standing airs freel was in her soth year and passed away after a long illness born in pickering township near green river mrs freel was a mem ber of a pioneer family in the dis trict there were eight children of whom but one now remains mrs w j stark of edmonton one son dr herbert b freel and one daugh ter mrs w verner of houston ludwig wideman 90 years old yest on wednesday of this week one of our citizens ludwig wideman reached his 90th birthday active on foot and still able to be around although he says that he cannot re member things as well as he once was able to do he came to town 60 years ago after learning the marble cutting trade at ringwood under the tutorship of his own father philip wideman widemans marble granite works have continued ever since until just recently when taken over by percy tarr con gratulations of his many friends are beard on every hand last meetixg of presently constituted council mr samuel davis of burks falls is visiting his sister in town mrs j mckinnon council purchases modern machinery for uxbridge township road upkeep on tuesday april 15 the junior band are motoring to newmarket to entertain the troops in training texas survive also five grand- associated with band on this occaj children dr freel died two years sion will be the chansonneltes ago messrs pogue and sloan and rev mrs freel was one of the oldest ii s hodgson whose brother is members of christ church angli adjutant of the camp at this con- can from which place the public whitchurch township council will hold their april meeting on saturday of this week it is likely that the reeves warrant will shortly after bo issued giving the township clerk authority to proceed with a nomination meeting to fill the vacan cy caused by the death of jesse cook in this event there is likely to be new faces around the council board before another meeting of the council takes place in may rev j c grler and mrs grlcr om guelph were here on monday r the funeral at the late mrs ira reel mrs grlcr is a sister of mrs erbcrt freels after three years of bickering and dickering uxbridge township coun cil on monday placed an order for a 68 hp road malntainer of the disel type with the adams road machinery co costing with the cash discount off slightly less than s000 council also ordered a snow plow and chains adding an additional 1394 to tho order the new malntainer is one of the finest machines of its kind in use and can be operated at a fraction of the cost of gasoline driven machines the new machine will be assembled at paris ontario and will be de livered to the township in 30 days the argument that council had to submit this issue to the vote of the ratepayers proved to be a false stand and the provincial engineer peter hlggins has given his full approval for the purchase which must be approved as well by the department of municipal affairs it is planed to issue debentures for tho payment of thisr account spread over five years the govern ment will pay half the cost of tho plow and chains this year and half the cost of the machine spread over tho working hours of the machine that is they will allow the township something like 65c per hour for every hour the machine is working until they have paid their half of the total cost in addition dept pays half the cost of all road work on its arrival the malntainer will go right to work improving the side- roads and concession lines so that they will he less llkoly to block up in the winter this work will con tinue throughout the years until tho road system is overhauled cert patricia bailey much publicis ed entertainer who recently return ed from special engagement in hollywood will also appear miss bailey is a pupil of band master ridley and is one of the chanson- nettes on sunday april 12 the band will play for the hymns at st enochs church in toronto and will give a short concert at the close of the ser vice at this time 13yearold alice forsyth will play sullivan lost chord with organ accompaniment on sunday the 27th the band will present a patriotic concert in the stanley theatre stouffville and ail the folks are invited to como and join in the hearty singing of patri otic airs and favorite hymns words for the hymns are thrown on tho screen so that everyone may take part at this concert miss irene reld will sing a popular selection from madam butterfly and miss gwen self will sing where the bee sucks a famous old english song in addition there will be a quartette of three trombones and e flat tlba playing barnbys sweet heart a quartette will play two cornets euphonium and bass in lassie omine the last sunday concert was a success may this one go over the top service was held on monday after noon conducted by her pastor rev h herman interment was made in the family plot in stouffville ceme tery pall bearers were messrs a c burkholder f l button h w sanders dr es barker marshal and tom barnes exgagement mr and mrs j r foote of stouffville announce the engage ment of their daughter doris eileen to john albert youngest son of mr and mrs r m johnston of stouff ville the wedding to take place may 10th 1941 at christ anglican church stouffville curlers jeeeting a meeting of the curling club is called for tuesday april 15 at 8 pm in the rink ira aldred pres people of stouffville donate 1200 to local war services campaign stouffville has made a freewill offering of 1200 in cash to the war services campaign the money was collected last week by the teams who were assigned the duty of mak ing the canvas on monday evening there was reported in cash and pledges 1185 with several donations promised in cash which will easily top tho 1200 mark once again the good people of this village have shown their patriotic spirit and stories were told by canvassers where people with scarcely any means wanted to give their bit tho list of refusals by people who conld afford to give may be counted on one hand tbe meet ing was told it was all very gratl- fyingthe total tops the objective by a few dollars by divisions the result of the can vas gave tho following main street south side from church street to 10th street 13000- main street north side from church street to 10th street 18600 main street north between churcft and r to 19300 main street south church to r r 26525 main west rr to west boundary 20926 imaln street north side r r to west boundary 20130