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tonffiwie intone leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 51 no 23 stouffville ont thursday september 11 1941 eight pages web draws close around cloth thieves clock from stolen american car on church st recovered in toronto following arrest of two suspects thieves offered stolen cloth to toronto buyer samples are identified by mr monkhouse o- oll hoy its good to get it last week mr john monkhouse was shown a bunch of cloth samples in toronto that he was able to identify as taken from the bolts of goods stolen from his tailoring establishment the week previously these samples police said had been obtained from a prospective buyer to whom the thieves that robbed imonk- houses place of between 3500 and 4000 worth of cloth hoped to make a sale however they never turned up with the actual goods to this man and so were not eaughtredhanded nevertheless two men suspected of being implicated in the cloth robbery are today behind the bars as a re sult of another robbery carried out in still another village a few nights after the local breakin on these men or in their possession was found the clock that was stolen from the american car taken from stouff- ville on the night of the robbery still it is reported that they deny the theft of the cloth the robbers approached a certain toronto dealer offering to sell him 70 bolts of cloth and they submitted samples of the goods the prospec tive buyer promised to consider the purchase and asked for a couple of days to raise the money in the meantime the police were called in and were ready to make the arrest should the thieves return to make delivery they never did return during the interval a store at nobleton was robbed the thieves were caught and in their premises in toronto the stolen clock from the u s car at stouffville was found on the night of the robbery in stouffville a car bearing a us license plate was stolen from the residence of mr w d parker and which belonged to his son who has since identified the clock aken from the dash when the thieves aband oned the car in toronto to marry this month corp bob abell son of mr and tmrs j l abell of ringwood who will be married in berkeley united church on the evening of september 26th to mary elizabeth mcguiro daughter of mr mcguire toronto and mrs edw local lady has knit 200 pairs o socks miss alleda russell dress maker finds time for other work as well as her regular occupation for she has knit no less than 200 pairs of socks all of which have been handed over to the stouffville war branch on the 200th pair miss irussell worked in a v which is certainly entitled to be put there in addition miss mussel we are told by a member of the branch has completed two or three quilts for the organization all of which constitutes a worthy record writing to mr and mrs morgan degeer from somewhere in england pte price pugh says in a letter re ceived last week that ho receives the tribune right along and in his own words price said oh boy it is good to get it price passes it on to others and reports that boys from other parts of ontario read it too just because its from their native sod he reports having spent a couple of days with his brother now sergt imorley pugh coming generation starts to school the enrolment at stouffville public school this term started with 172 scholars according to informa tion furnished by principal edrie watson while the beginners are encouraged to start school at eastrr when sixteen young hopefuls got their baptism of school life some nine additional kiddies commenced at the first of the month making a beginners class of 25 youngsters they are easter beginners miriam boake george bowers garth good donald harmon margaret harmon joyce hill geraldine hoover ian lewis clifford madill wray madill walter oboyle helen paisley- bruce rusnell donald salmon lillian salmon helen snowball sept 2 beginners charles griffiths george griffiths lome lageer clif ton morris billie murphy eddie murphy elaine spofford marie stover bobbie macgregor tom hastings pullets can crow now a pen of pullets belonging to mr thos hastings 7th con cession markiiam leads olt with a prize egg for the fall lay ing season that will take some healing an egg was laid last week by a pullet just under six months old that weighed 4 ounces double yoke and a beauty to look at and still a greater treat for the housewife the pullet responsible for the big omelet is a cross between a leghorn and hampshire one dozen grade a large eggs must weigh 24 ounces thus the brand that mr hastings pullet laid would require less than six eggs to meet the requirements of a standard dozen of the host eggs on the market heise hill congregation hearmissionarys story of the zam zam sinking new adjutant general iearns op fathers death ix northern ireland word has just been received by mrs walter davis of glasgow an nouncing the death of her aged father in northern ireland the late robert higginson was s2 years of age and had not seen his daughter since she left the old country 17 years ago a family of seven children survive together with mrs higgin son all live in ireland excepting mrs davis 200 pheasants released in whitchurch stouffville man is wed at kitchener late janet brydges the ontario department of game and fisheries have released some 200 pheasants in the township of whit church which with the increasing game of this kind now in the town ship augers well for a successful shoot this fall that is unless the wily birds prove too smart for the hunters the pheasants released recently were brought to the township from manitoulin isalnd and wore cer tainly a healthy lot according to clerk john crawford who viewed the feathered beauties before they were released they will increase and multiply rapidly local dancers win ex prize a group of dancers from stouff ville district carried off a coveted prize at the exhibition one evening last week in the keenly contested square dance class a program that attracted thousands of onlookers on several nights the homogroup un der command of caller jack manley captured third prize in an entry list of fifteen groups and in which mt forest won first and camilla second 3rd prize was 15 the per sonnel of the local entry was caller jack manley violin dcl- mer kidd pianist mrs j evans dancers in couples mr ind mrs richard foote imargaret and bill topper jean gniham and noel storry mr and mrs jno badgero a wedding of interest in this community was solemnized in kit chener at s oclock on tuesday sept 2 at the home of mrs osiah cressmau when her daughter lmiss elimina cressman became the bride of mr willis wideman of stouffville bishop moses roth officiated the young couple were attended by mr and mrs simeon cressman of kitchener the bride wore a dovecolored sheer gown with corsage of premier roses mrs cressman wore navy blue sheer with corsage of premier roses the ceremony waa performed in the presence of 55 guests among whom were several from this dis trict mr and mrs wideman will take up residence on the grooms farm just north of stouffville on tho 10th con where a new dwelling house has just been completed the death occurred at ashdod renfrew county on tuesday august 28- 1041 oif mrs janet brydges mother of mrs richard george 9th concession of markham born at ashdod 78 years ago mrs ijrydges devoted her life to the welfare and christian duties ot the neighborhood in which she had faithfully lived as a member of the united church tile deceased is survived by six sons emerson johnny clifford of ashflou carl of imadoc william george niagara usa and two daughters marian belleville and annie mrs richard george of markham the funeral was held ifrom her late home and was largely attended rev c henderson the relievinf minister of the calagogierenfrew circuit conducted the service society to stage flower show today on thursday evening sept 11th the public school pupils are to bring their flowers from the seeds given by the horticultural society to the united church basement between 430 and 7 so after which mr leon vancieemput of the university of toronto will judge them he will also have some slides to show and an interesting talk to give the flowers to be shown are annual phlox red pom pom zinnia french marigold dianthus or pinks annua larkspur and calendula and the prizes are 1st 40c 2nd 25c 3rd 15c there will also be in competition diningroom and livingroom bouquets by flowers from your garden to be arranged after coming to the show the prizes for this later exhibit is go 40 25c and 15c there will be no admission charge major h a bruels north york who has been promoted to the post of assistant adjutant general in the department of the adjutant general at ottawa according to recent announcement john w taun passes suddenly tax receipts reach up to last year markham and claremont capture howling prizes old timer still loves friends of early days sixteen rinks entered the mixed doubles lawn tournament on the local greens tuesday evening for a delightful competition with good weather conditions three markham rinks won prizes and ono claremont the winning rinks were 1st archie empringham and mrs r clenden- ing markham 2nd gordon brown and wife markham 3rd fred cowie and wife claremont 4th nhisey and wife markham k r davis collector of taxes for the village of stouftville reports that receipts to the first of the month on the current tax roll almost reach ed 13000 this is a good average when compared with recent years the total amount on the roll 13 little more than 22000 with half or aliout 11000 due sept 1st hence there are a good many people who pay all their taxes with the first in stalment and by so doing obtain the discount on the second half due in december of course some people fail to pay either instalment but notwithstanding the figures indicate many people pay the second half with the first one of our oldest residents stricken suddenly on friday after brief illness was in 83rd year remains interred at stouffville cornier- reception rev and mrs l e atkinson ot uxbridge ontario will be at home to their relatives and friends from three to fivethirty and eight to eleven on friday september 19th on the occasion of their twentyfifth wedding anniversary mr and mrs a d mrfarlane niagara falls ny and mrs erskln of los angeles cal were guests of mr john monkhouse over sunday a resident of this district still remembered by the older people is mrs m troyer now of fleet alberta and the tribune is indebted to her for a letter last week in which she says in part with fall ing eyesight i am scarcely able to read any more and can sew very little it leaves me with long and lonesome time i like to read of so many old friends there that i know o well by living in stouffville it is 25 years since we left the old farm on the sth of pickering my parents both died in stouffville father at the age of 75 and mother in her s9th year mrs james hamilton who died after passing her 100th year was my oldest sister and i in my s3rd ycar- i was the youngest child of twelve in our family local mail couriers receive a lovely young girl parcel post an incident never to bo repeated stepped into the chute herself and here or any other postal division in canada probably happened over in the post ollice here last week that resulted in miss gwen tranmer of the local staff receiving a broken rib and the mail couriers the shock of their lives some of the lads on the routes are still shaking it happened thus miss tranmer was hustling mall down the chute at the post office from the main floor to the couriers who do their sorting down in the basement in some manner the young postmistress in the twinkling of an eye she shot down to the sorting table below in one complete bundle as the lads were bent over their task grabbing at the piles to make distribution imagine their surprise and the shock that must have been theirs and that of the young lady anyway its the only act of its kind we have ever heard of and while it proved amusing we all regret that miss tranmer sustained injury through the mishap and trust that she will soon recover from the fracture and the shock of the accident one of the oldest residents or stouffville passed away suddenly on friday in the person of john william taun whose death occurred at his home on albert street follow ing a brief illness of only a week the late mr taun who was s2 was born in the south part of picker ing township the only child of mr and mrs richard taun as a young farmer he moved to reach town ship near utica where he met his bride the late miss allinthe couple marked their golden wedding anni versary here in february 1935 the late mrs taun predeceased her husband in march 1940 in 190s the tauns moved to bethesda in whit church township where they farmed until retiring to the village seven teen years ago the deceased has been for many years a faithful member of the unit ed church and up until just ten days ago he was still quite active about his garden and home surviving are two daughters mrs roy grove ringwood and mrs dave crosier altona two sons harvey and bert of bethesda and one son percy died in 1937 the funeral took place on monday with service being held at his late home rev levi atkinson of ux bridge and former pastor here con ducted the service assisted by rev douglas davis of stouffville united church a large assembly of sorrow ing friends gathered at both the home and tho graveside to pay a last tribute to one whom they held in high esteem interment was made in stouffville cemetery tho gormley male trio a s farmer charles atkinson frank harvey sang twice during the service the pallbearers were messrs edw davey geo dowswell wm riser brough clarence atkinson john brillinger and fred march a large crowd gathered at heise hill memionite church last sunday evening to hear rev david and mrs hall tell their thrilling and touch ing story of being aboard the ill- fated egyptian steamer zam zam torpedoed enroute to africa not many months ago with mr and mrs hall mission aries were their two children barbara 9 years and john 3 years all were saved but let them tell their own story sister hall spoke to the meeting first stating how she and other missionaries spent their time during their long anxious days on the ocean she said there were 100 missionaries and about 35 children from months to 14 years number ing 23 different denominations aboard ship there were nine doc tors and some of them saved their equipment which was fortunate as they gave aid to the passengers after the disaster many lost their bibles a serious handicap sister hall de clared that one promise given her was thou will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee one night little john asked her to sing jesus never fails and as she did so he fell asleep before that he could not sleep after being plunged into the ocean and being picked up by the german ship dresden they found the food very bad but thankful it did sustain them breakfast food was called bill board paste and consisted of flour water and sugar with a sprinkling of rolled oats sick persons were given white bread which was engagements imr and mrs eldon bolcnder of bethesda wish to announce the en gagement of their youngest daugh ter vclma frances to mr cecil ambrose banks son of mr and mrs fred banks of markham the wed ding to take place the end of september mr and mrs j franklin curl zephyr announce the engagement of their eldest daughter marjorlc edith to jonas e c shepherd son of mr and mrs jonas charles shepherd portsmouth england the marriage to take place sept 1 6th like the canadian brown loaf in color a hundred and eleven people were crowded into a cabin ordinarily in tended for is persons she said the sad part was parting with those who were british and were sent to con centration camp while aimeticans obtained their freedom bro hall declared his discourse could be told in a few words deut 3327 by altering a ifew phrases thus the eternal god has been our refuge and underneath his everlast ing arms he believed god would have a greater message for the world in sinking the zam zam than if they had been permitted to get to africa coast unscathed dr newman an ungodly man claimed salvation as did many others during their experience the occupants of the zam zam could only account for 17 shells but the germans declared they had fired 54 shells a distance of six miles at her as the broadcaster had one finger on the instrument to send a wireless message about the attack taking place a shell struck him in the abdoman and tore him open he screamed for help then later assist ed his helper to rig up a temporary broadcaster but shells prevented it operating as they crashed on the deck the germans told us later that had we been able to broadcast they would have had to destroy our ship without mercy now everyone was busy putting on life belts and grabbing necessary things as we were in night attire when the crash came lifeboats were being filled to capacity one in which bro hall was to enter saw mrs hall get into it then as barbara climbed down the rope to enter it pulled away leaving her dangling mr hall managed to get her up on deck again and all they could do was to wave goodbye to mother the boat was filled with egyptians as the last boat was be ing filled the captain noticed the missionary standing there with his children promptly got out said he would take the sea and gave thorn place in the boat then he swam to a raft father and two small children again went down the rope while in tho boat hurrying away from the sinking ship to miss being sucked into the great cavity it might create for a few minntes they saw the german raider facing them with its big guns finally to their delight they hoard a voice in clear english cry out to them pull alongside and we will take you aboard baskets were let down and we were lifted up he said to their amazement the german soldiers hugged and kissed continued 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