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y vivj leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol no 39 stouffville cint thursday jan 15th 1942 eight pages 0- move to organize air cadet unit jti sees action against sub lions club addressed by rc afofficer op formation okadet unit gordon spenco selected as coinniaiklinj officer lions club llcdgu financial support for unit aims and forma tion of work explained word has been received by his mother from harry brown telograph- iet aboard hmcs outarde telling of the sinking of an enemy submar ine iii the pacific where he is with his boat while definite results were ob tained in destroying the enemy they were not successful in bringing it to the surface harry reports respecting parcels received from home here is what this seaman telegrapher authorizes us to say january 3 1942 i take this opportunity to thank the red cross veterans and bap- a unit of the air cadets of can ada is to be formed in stouffviue to be sponsored by the lions vuub and headed by a committee coinfjuagdof members of the club and several other citizens of the town the regular meeting of the lions club on monday evening was addres sed by flying officer wilson of the royal canadian air force who ex plained to the members the purpose of the league and its operation tht air cadet league is a volun tary patriotic organization modelled on the air defence corps of great britain it has the full coopera tion of the rcaf and officers have been appointed at air force head quarters and at each of the six royal canadian air force commands to act as liaison between the service and properly established aid cadet units purposes of the league are to create a body of trained and discipi- joins activrfokces donald r rowbotham son of mr and mrs leslie rowbotham of stouffviue who was called to new market military camp two months ago has enlisted with the canadian active armydonald has been assign- cd to an artillery unit at halifax for the present with a fighter squadron tist church of stouftvillo who so mined young men conscious of the thoughtfully remembered me during vital importance of air supremacy to the holiday season the empires security and capable of assuring you we here in the navy are trying to do our part in makin the world a better and safer place in which to live r ij gratefully yours h m brown telegraphiet hmcs outarde another stouffville son j th rcaf another stouftville son has joined the royal canadian air force bruce stover son of mr and mrs ambrose stover local bakery proprietor en- listed last week having successfully passed preliminary physical tests bruce has had his mind set on join ing the ranks of the naval forces and was preparing by taking a radio technicians course prior to enlisting however the recruiting department for the r c n is swamped with applications ami bruce rather than wait many months for a chance vol unteered for the rcaf former pastor now captain with british in south india bishop swalm to address convention the 73rd annual conventionof tho markham township sunday scliool association will be held in stouff viue thursday january 22nd with morning afternoon and evening sessions at the morning session in the baptist church the departinent- al reports will be given a feature of this meeting will be reports and dis cussions on both boys and young peoples work those engaged in these departments in the sunday v school will do well to attend this convention thv afternoon and evening sessions also in the baptist church will hear a report and discussion on missions also a temperance address by dr g little of toronto the convention will be favoured by an address by bishop e j swalm of the brethren in christ church on the teachers relation to the class while the afternoon session is in progress a childrens servlco will bo held in the mennonite church under the direction of mr and mrs nor man rowan the teachers of child rens classes are invited to this ser- vice the evening session will be open ed by rev d macgregor pastor of the church special music will be rendered by the kinsmen quar tette of toronto bishop swalm will bring the closing address speak ing on the subject the teachers personal experience tljp sunday schools of the township are urged to appoint delegates for this conven- tion and to lend their support for a record attendance the evening offer ing wllloe given to assist in provid ing now testaments for the town- ship day schools serving their king and country should they subsequently wish to enter the iroyal canadian air force at the same time these young men will be fitting themselvestor posts in what will be one of the worlds greatest industries in tho coming years that of civil aviation flying officer wilson stated thai the league was most desirous of organizing units in towns where army cadet work was not a part of the school curriculum in order to avoid over iuppira any boy between the ages of 15 and 18 years will be eligible to be come a cadet provided that he has the consent of parents or guardian and any boy between the age of 12 to 15 years may enrol as a junior bcwcen twentyfive and thirty boys have already stated their desire to join up the training will be similar to tho elementary training of the royal canadian air force and the course which includes fifteen subjects some of them already taken in regular school work will take from one to two years to complete these sub jects are administiation aero en gines aircraft recognition airframes airmanship armament drill first aid knots and splices maps and map reading mathematics model build ings physical training signals and theory of flight as explained not jail these subjects will be undertaken at the opening as explained by the speaker each unit will be more or less affiliated with some airtraining centre and in stouffvilles case this would be oshawa it being the closest a dominion committee has been set up to handle this work with representatives from each of the six air commands already in no 1 training command in which stouff viue is situated some 3 coo boys are enrolled the local committee is comprised of chairman rev d davis secy charles nolan dr h b frcel ea button f l buttonkc l e oneill walter prouse the aircadet unitofficers will bo commanding officer gordon spence whose past air force experience readily fits him for the position medical officer dr s s ball adjut ant reg button flight command er m e watts equipment officer gordon bailey disciplinarian carl boadway and band master a ridley capt roy brown one of canadas aces in the last war will also assist rev harry worling former chris tian church pastor who is serving with the nativetroops in india would appreciate news from his old friends in and about stouffviue here is what he has to say in a letter fo the tribune brooklands coonor south india december 4 1941 dear mr nolan intrust that this little note by air mail reaches you safely due to the irregularity of the mails of- late along with that which has un doubtedly gone down some of my friends in stouffviue are wondering what has come over us these are very busy days for us out here and a few words in your paper to that effect would be much appreciated i suppose that most of you know that i was called up just about a year ago i am at present a captain in the royal indian army service corps and have been for some time now i havecompleted my training and will long before this reaches you be taking an active part in the indigent hospital cases must sign agreement to get township aid donald l harper son of mr and mrs ross harper of the gth con cession of whitchurch who is serv ing as a member of the 14th fighter squadron with the rcaf i allen another son of mr and mrs harper is still unreported with the canadian garrison at hong kong mrs lkmox baker critically ill ls on of the towns highly esteemed ladies mrs lemon baker was over come on the street near her home so ruled the council on moiriay shortly after six oclock on tuesday evening and had to be assisted into the house it was found that she had suffered a heavy stroke in view of her great age of s5 years mrs bakers condition is most critical mrs baker had been about every day and always insisted in living in her own home and doing much of her housework a fact in which she took great pride furtherance of the cause in which we are all so actively engaged i it has been impossible for me to keep up anything like regular corres pondence since i oaa in the army for i have just not had the time to do it believe me we are do ing great things out here there is little that i can tell you about now but may have the opportunity of do ing so later c we would be happy at any time to hear from some of you again we do answer all the letters that we re ceive -the- address at- the headof this card will hold good for a while as mrs worling and our baby lilias will be staying on here until i am able to return to them they will forward on to me all matters of interest as they have opportunity it hardly seems possible that six years have gone since i left your midst i am more than due for fur lough but it will be absolutely im possible for me to get back to can ada until hostilities cease sincerely harry worling geo storey resigns school secretaryship mrs grossbx stricken i on monday evening at the inaugur- i al meeting of the stouffvjlle school in delicate health for a long time board mr george storey resigned as mrs william crossen suffered a secretarytreasurer and was replaced stroke last week and in a critical hy mr w e smalley who had condition at her home on church carried on the work lastycar for mr street south mrs crossen is one of storey the salary is 125 per year our oldest residents and like herj when the board assembled the husband has not been favored with new members were sworn in j w native of altona dies near edmonton born at altona nearly 67 years ago flavius stouflcr died in the lamont hospital near edmonton last week following alengthy illness the body was taken to the late home at newbrook alberta from which place the funeral was held it is over 40 years since the late flavius stouffer left the lewisfarm at altona to take up acreage in western canada but he is well rem- feratiercdhy many of the olderresi dents born at altona he was the son of the late jacob and anna stouffer and is survived by his wife who was edith parker of new liskeard before marriage there are two sons and two daughters namely clayton and harry and mrs dafoe and mrs johnston also surviving are two sisters mrs j murison and miss stouffer of stouffviue five brothers frank in manitoba wes ley in arkansas abe in oregon isaac in alberta and clayton of stouffviue flavins stouffer enlisted in tho first great war joining up in 1915 and seeing service overseas until the end of the war in 1918 mrs b wilson is buried at whitevale good health in recent years miss agnes mcphaii to address farmers engagement mr and mrs l j harper new market announce tho engagement of their elder daughter gladys emma margaret to albert arthur ridley younger son of mr and mrs alvin ridley newmarket the marriage to take pace quietly the latter part of january attendance was very light in rat- cliffs hall tuesday for the picture britain at war in aid of red cross encouraged by the splendid meet ing at newmarket in december which was addressed by col george a drew the york county fereda- tlon of agriculture has arranged to hold a meeting in markham town hall on friday of this week jan 16th when the guest speaker will be miss agnes mcphaii former federal member for gray county miss mcphaii has always been a champion of the cause of the farmer the federation through- its affili ation or the various agricultural organizations and rural municipali ties of the county makes every farm er automatically a member and all are invited to attend this meeting to which there is no admission charge a collection will be taken up for bomb and war victims funds at the newmarket meeting 5100 was received 2550 being sent to each of the funds sponsored by the tor onto star and evening telegram attend the veterans skating party january 21 prizes for cos tumes spot skates and lucky draws stouffviue arena a worthy cause mcmullen replacing ai v nolan the other two returned were dr h b freel and lloyd turner dr freel received unanimous support for the position of chairman c e macleod raised the question of bonding the secretarytreasurer but the matter was left over after it was discovered that this officer only handles a hundred dollars in cash during the year all other amo unts reach him as cheques and are payable to the account of the school cheques issued by the board must be signed hoth by the chair man and secretary mr macleod said he was under the impression that the treasurer was bonded in the past but this appears to bo not correct the town have their treasur er bonded but this never covered the school it was revealed to the sur prise of several members ps inspectorcalapp reported on his recent visit the school is well organized and capably managed he reported standards are better than the average school was another observation he made c e watson principal had been teaching for 25 years and is well supported by a good staff mr lapp observed in tho death occurred saturday of mrs j benson wilson resident of green river for many years she was a cousin of general sir clive liddell mrs wilson the former betty liddell was born in durham city england 78 years ago she came to canada with her uncle the rev michael fawcett dd phd donor of the michael mrs wilsori fawcett schol arship in victoria university toronto he had been called to a church in scarboro and it was i there that miss liddell met benson wilson who sang in the choir at the church except for a few years in toronto mr and airs wilson spent most of indigent patients being admitted to hospital under the hospitalization act must in future obtain a signed agreement with the municipality if they belong to whitchurch township in view of the increase in tho number of indigent patients under tfie act the council will try to holdthe situa- tion more incheck by this means the resolution agreed to by all the council read in part that before entering the hospital as an indigent under the said act such indigent or next of kin must apply in person to the clerk of the municipality for an order and sign tho necessary agree- ment and application form in case of dire emergency this must be done within 24 hours after admittance the agreement to be signed will require the patient to pay iback- to the municipality such sums in small amounts as they can afford in month- ly payments i think this may prove to be a grand thing said reeve tqolemany of these patients ought to pay at least part of the expense and it is in keep- ing with the county recommenda- tion that an effort be made uncollect from those who receive the benefit of the hospital he concluded coun- cillor evans and logan sponsored the resolution councillor eugene baker again protestestseveral items for tobacco ribtedoii ihcbills of onior twoffidl- gent persons receiving help from the township i notice there is bacon v and eggs charged up too said counv cillor logan x mr baker said ho- would not protest those items so much hut as for tobacco he just would not agree to paying reeve toole pointed outthat the accounts had been okd hy the re- lief officer and they would have to be paid but council was at liberty- to direct the officer to discontinue buying tobacco as for bacon cbun-y- cillor evans wondered if a pound of- bacon was not as cheap for a single n person as in this case as any other meat it will go farther he thought a notice from the department of highways emphasized the fact that snow plows and other machinery- operating for road work and belong- ing to or engaged by the municipal- ity could be refuelled at any hour and that such road machinery was v not subject to the limited hours for continuedoil page eight malvern veterinary dies from frost bites dr forsyth found on cold zero morning by mnrklinni township constable frost bitten in his lied lived alone since wife was in hospital just ordered baker nof to call wilsons park mrs- wilson is survived by her husband two sons edward of clare- mont and fred of green river and four daughters mrs m draper of green river- mrs t barefoot of sprucedale airs w macleod of vancouver and margot wilson the noted animal painter there are also fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren tho funeral was held from the fact the only imperfect thing is the j family residence on wednesday at total lack f a teachers room one2 pm with interment at whitevale is useful and convenient mr lapp cemetery pointed out found in his home his body par- tlally frozen drwd forsythveter inary surgeon living at hagerman- in markham township a mile and a quarter east of milliken was rushed to the toronto east general hos pitaljast friday morning and died there the following day deceased did a bit of local practise in- markham and formerly spentsome years in the oshawa district as a veterinary dr forsyths- wife is also a hos thelr lives at what is now known as pltal patient of many months and urn f ni 1 a ft ii i m dr freel thanked the members c e macleod ira aldred ambrose stover j w mcmullen and lloyd tomer for returning him as their chairman x main street sanding seems a trifle heavy for tho nature of the winter and stores and homes are finding it hard to keep floors from being in jured he had been living alone friends tried to persuadehim to close the place and go elsowhere but ho did not agree two days before his death he instructed the baker- not to call any more he made no further ex planation and tho baker informed the neighbors on saturday when no stir was seen about the place neigh- bors informed b cayman township constable who investigated he found the man unconscious in bed and the place cold as outdoors there were no fires and forsyth wasnumh- cd rushed to the hospital after- first aid was given it was found his body was frost bitten- he died the next morning l dr forsyth was about 7 6 years of- age and is survived by his- wife but- no family y-