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copies this issue 1675 oyer 5000 readers leadinj weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 43 no 3 stouffville ont thursday may 7th 1942 bight pages first in uniform miss grace bell daughter of mr and mrs ch bell of stouffville was the first girl to enlist with the canadian womens army corps from this town up until the time of her enlistment grace had been assisting her father in his implement busi ness vol bell is stationed in toron to council asked to aid in a 3000 red cross drive in stouffville area rev arthur greer to resign presidency of conference impaiied health forces decision to seek entire change of climate sold 30 acres to his texant mr bruce morton who is in town from ottawa this week sold his farm on wednesday to his tenant mr ben talbot the property con sists of 50 acres located just north of town on the 9th concession it is equipped with a fair barn and house and was bought by mr morton in 1930 from fred chamberlain two years ago mr morton took a position at ottawa and gave up farming the reported sal price this weelc is be tween 5006 and 6000 two more teachers resign staff plenty tof applications to spill tpacinoles members of the stouffville school staffs for several wears miss ruth miller whose home is in jhagersville ontario and miss anna lindsay of bolton rr have resigned their positions heie miss miller has been on the high school staff for four pastor of newmarket congre- 1 years and miss lindsay for a similar gationalchristiati church and presi dent of the conference rev arthur greer is planning to leave new market and to retire irom the con ference the news of which will come with profound regret to the congre gation in the tonge street town and to the scores of friends here on the centie held of his conference former pastor of the church at stouffville and church hill mr gieer has arrived at his decision to retire from the conference because of his health it has been no secret to his most intimate friends that his condition physically has not been the best and to gain any improve ment he has been advised to seek a dry climate such as might be found in texas or the prairies in western canada with this situation on his mind mr greer we understand has offer ed himself or rather his services to the united church of canada to do mission work on the prairies any place they may designate where the need is greatest a very young man in the ministry arthur greers ability may be best judged by the fact that he has risen to the presidency of the conference of the present church to which he ministers his great capacity for jeadership and technical understand ings of young peoples needs marked himas a man of great value to the christian cause in any denomination his removal will be a loss to ontario and will leave a distinct vacancy among the congregationalchristian v will not be readily filled soon the church at newmarket like the church in stouffville at present will ihpseeking a new minister period on the public school staff she had taken singing throughout the public school since she was en gaged lor the position both teachers have pi oven them selves painstaking and sincere in their efforts and cooperation in community work outside the school their resignations will make three from the staff this midsummer since miss bunker previously resigned ample applications have been receiv ed from which to choose teachers for the public school staff but adver tising is only being done now for tho vacany on thekcontinuation staff president asks council to make public appeal on behalf of big drive stouffville and south whitchurch are being asked to raise 3000 in the forthcoming drive across canada to raise 9000000 for the can adian red cross mr i l button kc told reeve weldon and mem bers of the village council on mon day evening when he appealed to the council to make some sort of public appeal in support of tbe drive i realize said mr button that you cannot make a direct grant xut of public or patriotic purposes but by your good will and collective appeal to the people you can help a eat deal mr button said that lady canvassers would cover the individual homes but that the busi ness anen would be canvassed by a committee and be invited council to help jn this way too the piesidentof the red cross said that the sum of nine million was an advance of four millions over what was attempted in the last drive it is necessary for meeting the in creased demands forty thousand boxes weekly aie now being packed in the navy councillor rusnell is likely choice for constable position towv pump smashed i villagers hunt for water harold good son of mr e r good of stouffville who has enlisted with the royal canadian navy haiold is at present in toronto where he is taking a wireless course bachelor farmer buried saturday funeral rites lor mrs d mcnair by the red cross and sent weekly to prisoners of war in germany owing to food shoitagc in england and other causes the british government has appealed to have this number raised to eighty thousands the cost is around 2 per box hence the need is veiy great mr button declared that the cooperation of the council is necessary to its success the drive opens on may 11 funeral service ffor mis sara scott maccallum macnair wright ave widow of donald b macnair who died suddenly ttihursday follow- 1 kitchen space and a private mg a heart attack were held saturroom for the nurses as well as added day with rev f g vesey officiating quarters on the second floor brierbush hospital to have addition the brieibush hospital is mak ing a further extension this spring in an effort to cope with the ever in creasing demand for accommodation in this institution a small wing is being added to the rear west part of the building that will give enlarged dining born 85 years ago within five miles of the farm on which he died albert lister lifelong resident of mark ham township died on thursday april 30 at lot 27 con 7 where he had resided for more than 25 years he was a bachelor farmer and was born in the original houseon the robert ratcliff farm which had long since given way to the more modem dwellings he spent his entire life within five miles of where he was born albert is the last of the family which was of english origin his father coming from summersetshire about a century ago his only brotiier and one sister predeceased him years ago the family lived under the baptist faith and albert was an office bear- erfor many years in the markham second baptist church but due to his great age and growing infirmities he was unable to attend of recent years he had no near relatives although it is interesting to note that two cousins joe white of oshawa is 90 years old and dr browning of exeter is 98 so that the three had a combined age of 278 years the funeral from his late resi dence on saturday proceeded to markham second baptist cemetery for interment pastor rowan con ducted the service the pall bearers being messrs robert and ernest riatcliff george barkey ezra clu- bine henry miller and allan lewis for many years mr and mrs hosk- ing resided with the late mr lister and ministered to his needs through his final years of feeble health when a stouffville truck bumped into the village pump in the ham let of brougham last week there was a general rush for new sources of refreshment by those householders who had patronized the popular water spout for nigh onto 75 years time was when many ontario villages were most proud of the re cord of the village pump that raised water from some spring to supply half the householdeis around young boys soaked their heads in hot weather the town animals found re freshment and everybody said it was worth its weight in gold broug ham prized the village pump and cared for it to this day and if not repaired will be missed for its faith ful service and a landmark major wees owns farm near siloam the directorate of personnel sel ection set up last autumn for the canadian army has a member who is a propertyowner in the good wood distirct this is major wilfred r wees now chief army examiner for ontario in charge of the person nel selection for zone one he has recently been transferred from the pacific coast wheie he assumed was in stouffville her the passing of he beef ring the once pojmlar beef ring is fust becoming a citing of the past one or two older established rings have failed to resume operations this spring and note that the blooming- ton ring went out f business a year ago the custom that prevailed to form a ring was for a dozen or more farmers to band together each con tributing a critter 1n tuirneach farm er in the ring obtained an qual amount of the beef and the various cuts were taken in turn so that you got your share of the socalled poor- er cuts as well as the porterhouse and sirloin liver and heart now all this is changed since tho coining of the locker system whereby a farmer may place in storage around 300 pounds of beef if ho wishes to at not very great annual cost for locker space one of the few remaining rings in this locality that will operate again this season was started 50 years ago by the late truman holden for some years mr lud hoover has been the butcher and is still in charge of this work but many of theorlglnal members have long since passed on always new ones were available to take their place and so we have at least a remnant of a meat service at cot highly popular in the rural dis tricts up to only a few years ago there was something about the bfef ring meat that savored of the very bot juicy steak one could sit interment hirthplace daughter of the late george and jane sangster maccallum stouff ville who were among the eailiest plonker settlers in this part of on tario her family contributed many outstanding members of the medical profession three of her deceased brothers were all physicians namely dr george a maccallum br j s and dr charles e maccallum a nephew of the deceased is dr w g maccallum of the jonnshopkins baltimore survivors aie a son george bruce macnair two daughters jean olive and mrs d a mckenzie all of tor onto two surviving sisters are mrs j s teskey of westmount quebec and miss jane maccallum who still occupies the old family home in stouffville the hospital now accommodates about 25 patients but there is con stantly a waiting list all of which is a highly gratifying situation and maiks a reord of expansion for the past few years substantial additions have been added whichhad made a marked improvement which the public have been qulck to realize and to take advantage of in time of ill ness aged lady p resident in stouffville for fifteen years annie disher widow of the late merriett disher of ridgeway died at the home of mrs alf hoover on church street on sunday in her s2nd year deceased had only been ill for a week and prior to taking rooms with mrs hoover had lived with mr and mrs lud lowns- borough mrs disher was a daugh ter of tho late comley widdifield bailiff of the division court at ux- bridge town and a sister of mrs ek5acemkxt mr and mrs harry spang of markham announce the engagement of their daughter margaret evelyn to stephen george sale son of mrs sale and the late a g sale scarboro junction the wedding to take place the latter part of may tin cax day since sending out a reminder print ed on our inside local page we have been informed that mr ab lehman will collect the town cans and mater ial for the dump on tuedsay may 12 place out your consignment in a convenient place usual small charg es will be made this is your chance to rid the town of unsightly old cans and other rubbage other than vege table matter 3mrths gayman at markham on may 1 1942 to mr and mrs clayton gayman a daughter maskeliaat the brierbush hos pital stouffville on monday may 4th il945 to mr and mrs george haskell a son wounded serving with the british indian army command of this work last novem ber when he joined the canadian army major wees and his wife frances shelley wees the novelist bought the property of mr charles collins a mile south of siloam in the fall of 193s they rebuilt the house and lived in it during the summer and on weekends major wees in civil life was general manager of the w j gage publishing company and one of canadas leading young educators as dr wees he is known every where in the dominion major and mrs wees now in toronto hope to make use of their summer home as frequently as possible for the duration of the wai and to live there at least half of each year when the war is over they have one daughter margarita who is through her fathers line an eighth- generation canadian a nomination meeting will be necessary to fill council vacancy at the regular council meeting on monday evening councillor irusnell told his colleagues that if they would give him the backing in office as constable he would like to take on the job i am willing for you to try it out said reeve weldon and all the members acquesced i wouldnt want to take the job unless you backed me up in the work said mr rusnell who declar ed he had a sort of idea that he would like the work and while ad mitting there is a lot to leamfelt he could handle it the matter was left for definite decision until mr rusnell could be assured of obtaining necessary gaso line for his car while on police duty if the appointment goes through as it is expected the new appointee- will set aside his caption as council lor for that of town cop and while both of them are deserving a good deal of honor the latter will cairy a pay of 300 a year constahle rusnell may be on duty next saturday evening if all goes as is expected he will hand in his resignation as a member of the council when he is appointed con stable a nomination will be held to fill the vacancy and if more than one person is mindful of contesting the seat an election will be held r ip may weddings on saturday may 2nd william dyck of pickering township and annie kluth wilson of markham township were united in marriage at the mbc parsonage mount joy by rev p g lehman miss molly dyck was brides maid while mr deward wilson acted as best man the community wishes the newly- weds a long and happy married life iehman koepke on saturday april 11 1942 a pretty wedding was solemnized in olivet evangelical church kitchen er ontario when frederick elmer lehman son of mr and mrs elmer r lehman and june marion koepke a daughter of mr and mrs a koe- pke were united in marriage the ceremony was performed by rev p glehmanof markhamcousin of the groom and was assisted by rev mr cornwall pastor of the church after the ceremony a reception was held at the home or the brides parents where a large gathering of relatives l and friends showered congratulations on the happy couple mr and mrs lehman left by motor for hamilton and toronto for a short honeymoon upon their return they took up resi dence in kitchener the groom is a grandson of rev f j lehman well- known locally and is also a nephew of john lehman of this village pickering grants 30 to air cadet unit pickering township council on monday made a grant of 3000 in noi o aid of the stouffville air cadets an h rl organization which at last drill mus- late judge widdifield was a brother jl nwr hovs n loca sch00 she was born in uxbrldge and is survived by a stepdaughter in tor onto and stepson in ridgeway to which town the funeral proceeded on tuesday from tho funeral parlors of l e oncill cemetery memolfrli day cemetery memorial service this year at peachs cemetery will be held on sunday june 14th further lnfor- tered over 40 boys at the local school several of the lads are from picker ing and the cadets are growing in numbers with membership from the surrounding townships a grant from pickering follows other grants made by markham and whitchurch in aid of this training scheme for the youth jupps may build sidewalks the jupp construction co has matlon will be made later following he town an ofrer for laying this advance notice of the date l few fcet of ccm side- walk to replace some of the poorer real walks in town it is expected that at least 1000 or more will be spent on down to many farmers took pride in the feeding of his beast and the man who failed to deliver the bacon or rather the prime beof was dropped from the ring next ycart sidewalks this season it was reveal ed at a meeting of the stouffville council on monday evening i authentic word has been re ceived from india sent by his wife informing relatives at home of the casualty in action of harry worllng onetime pastor of the congregation al christian churches of stouffville and church hill until he resigned to go to india as a missionary at the outbieak of war mr worlng enlisted with the british troops and his knowledge of the native tongue must have been of great value in handling native troops he is now capt worllng and a cable from new delhi to mrs worllng at brooklands coonoor india read regret to inform yon that your husband was wounded in action in right forearm and placed on seriously ill list on january 24 information from mrs worllng since that time indicates that she has had no further word from army authorities although it is quite some time since any message from mrs worlng has been received she was the former mary hay and her par ents mr and mrs edward hay live atj keytone ave toronto industry stepping up at local plants tuenty hands employed in the gold fish factor- dies on homestead in 82nd year between 18 and 2jj hands art steadily employed at the present time between the gold fish supply co and ross incorporated occupy ing a portion of thesame building in stouffville its a long time since so many employees if ever were en gaged under the roof of the old vine gar plant or better known to some oldtimers as the pork packing plant ross incorporated is very busy on a war order as reported in these col umns a few weeks ago mostly female help is required but there arc plenty of applicants on file for im mediate and future requirements we understood thomas edward hastings died on saturday at his farm home at lot 30 concession 7 markham just west oc stouffville on the very farm and in the same house where he wasborn 82 years ago it is recorded that his father was born there too so that the present occupant of the farm an only son is the third generation to operate the place when the first hastings came from ireland to settle at lot 30 only 10 or 20 acres of the land was cleared and a great part of markham was in bush land the late edward hastings who died on saturday was a quiet un assuming man members of peachs united church but he took no public office in church or municipal life as a young man he married helen pool who predeceased him surviving is a son thomas on the hometsead and one daughter miss annie hastings rn the funeral on tuesday from the late home proceeded to dickson hill cemetery for interment the service at the homo and graveside was con ducted by the pastor rev a j orr and the pall bearers were messrs henry mllbr george hoover harry warrlner telfer wagg stanley stouffville should reap the benefit of this pay roll which is something hastings garnet franclsmany-llfe- hitherto unknown here where the long friends and family associates chief support of the village comes from purely farm customers and re tired villagers were present to pay their last re spect to a fine old citizen of the dis trict