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-5- j 1925 copies mvihum 6000 readers leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 53 no 38 stoupfville ont thursday february 4 1943 bight pages george collard retired druggist was laid to rest on sunday graduate of uniiersity of tor onto ho knteted business hen- in 180j retired 18 years in the death of mr geoige collaid retired druggist last thurs day the village loses one of its foiin- er leading businessmen during the period of its greatest building ad vancement mr collard purchased what was known as the market drug store where snowbairs barbering shop is now located back in 1s94 almost 50 years ago death follow ed a steady decline in health since the passing of his wife laura stouffer last august the late mr collard was born at gormley nearly 75 years ago on the collard homestead and which in later years he operated as a hobby but ultimately sold it he graduated from toronto university with the degree of phmb after taking a full honor course following gradu ation he spent a short time in montreal before he took over a business in his home district all through his career he was a consist- tent advertiser and few papeis were ever issued that did not carry the name of george collaid old files will testify aside from his business activity mr collard took a live interest in community activity and served as a member of the school board for many years he was a past master of richardson mason ic lodge and a church worker for many years he purchased the mertens block in which his drug business was located and was land lord at the time of his death it be came known as the collard block after he acquired it mr collaid sold out the drug business to milt storey in 1924 and it was then he took an active interest in the faim at gormley for seveial years then he built the present comfortable residence on albert street where mr and mis collard retired not so many years ago the family of one son and thiee daughters surviving are alan col lard of montreal jean mrs alex mcleod markham brie mrs earl m robertson toronto and miss isobel collard at home there are four grandchildren george is the last of his family born at gormley his brothers were joseph william and thomas the funeral on sunday afternoon fiom the late home to stouffville cemetery was attended by all the members of the family and scores of old friends rev douglas davis pastor of the united church of which deceased was a member con ducted the services assisted by- rev c e mcleod the pall bearers were messrs f b rae sam arm strong a c burkholder e a but ton irobert snowball and frank mowder won approval of sxow plow mux the gang of men working the snow plow in whitchurch during the big storm have requested this paper to pass on a vote of thanks to mr and mrs ross winterstein who invited the men in one nlglit for supper as they laboied near their farm on the 6th concession tired and hungry and some distance fiom home the men were more than thankful for the generous and thoughtful act of this popular couple lived 60 years at peachs mrs jacob widemao is dead half their crop still under snow lions big carnival next wednesday next wednesday feb 10th is the date of the annual stouffville lions club winter carnival again this year the club has arranged for a program that will provide entertain ment skating and a chance to win a handsome prize youll want to be in time to see the cgit show the lads of the air cadet unit that they dont know everything vibout hockey a one- period game has been arranged for just prior to skating ovei fifty persons will be on hand in costume many of the lions will be decked out and they in turn are mustering as many local folk as possible to make this a real costume carnival there will be good cash prizes for fancy comic and childrens cos tumes tickets are now on sale from any member of the lions club also at the tribune office each one en titles yon to a chance to win one of three handsome prizes to be given away the band will be on hand to provide the music this is one of the big events of the yearat which the lions endeavor to raise funds to carry on their welfare work in the community help them help these underprivileged kiddles a very highly esteemed person- age of the centre markham district mrs sarah e wideman was called by death on tuesday morning of this week following a long illness she was in her 70th year and died at the late home in almira native- of the township in which she died mis wideman was a daughter of the late mr and mis s b lehman as a young woman she united in marriage with jacob s wideman who survives her to gether with one daughter mrs edgar nigh of markham and four sons caison of maikliam illage harry of islington claience of the lome scots overseas and lome of biich cliff surviving brotheis are messrs willis and harmon leh man and suiviving sisteis aie mrs george baker of goimley and mrs jos cayman of stouffville another sister mrs t meyers of zephyr re cently piedeceased mrs wideman the late mis wideman was a faithful member of peachs united church and acted as organist theie for many yeais she was a life member of the wms for 50 yeais the wideman family lived in the peachs community until they moved over to almira in march 1940 the funeral this thuisday after noon from the home of her daugh ter mis nigh gth concession of markham will proceed to peachs cemetery for interment the public service in peachs church will be at 2 pm rev a j on- will conduct the service and the pall bearers will be messrs thos hastings henry miller george hoover peter steekley archie fleming fred hisey writing from her home at fleet alberta mrs w wideman lets us in on a little information that should make the farmers and others in this home district quite content to buck the high snowbanks at this season mrs wideman who is a sister of messrs harvey roy and lloyd mover of this section states that they had very good crops in the fleet district but fully half of the grain in still unthreshed and standing in the fields under snow some of the neighbors out there didnt get any threshing done at all and they are hoping for an early spring so that they may get on with the haivest befoie spring seeding gets around again mrs wideman says that at pre sent they are having cold weather but not much snow and so far they have not seen a snow plow along their roadway yet for the snow is not deep enough the widemans have a good crop and heies hoping it gets threshed before spring work crowds on our gallant westerners it is about 25 years since mr and mis wideman left the home dis trict heie for alberta prices ruled high at m0rts sale fred mortson etlmated his farm stock sale would run to 3000 but when the days receipts were totall ed up on wednesday last week it disclosed that over 4000 was real ized of course mr mortson fs not worrying about what to do with the extra thousand he didnt know he had the top selling cow brought 150 the holstein bull 133 while the herd of 20 cows averaged bettei than 100 the gray mate sold to herb oliver vaudorf for 137 a good pi ice the way horse flesh is going the tractor sold to glove bros ringwood for 600 and the case plow went at 115 a disc harrow sold for 155 a new disc is listed at 135 but then jake mc- mullen the buyer now really has one just as good as new too oats went for 47c buckwheat 6fc and hay s50 per ton mr and mrs imortson are giving up farming snow costs pile up in markham january storm cot markhani jj17 only quorium at february meeting births carpenter at newmarket hospital on saturday january 30th 1943 to mr and mrs bert carpenter nee gladys dougherty 6r bradford a daughter the big january snow storm cost the township of markham 1750 road superintendent william max well revealed when he submitted the accounts to the february meeting of the council monday afternoon george hoover plowed for 269 hours the account showed and he will be paid 121050 or 150 per hour a long list of small accounts for road work were scrutinized and or- deied paid larger items included charles maynard 6553 for gas and j w perkins 6510 for gas and repairs reeve rennie and councillor albeit reesor didnt face the big storm threatening to block the roads about meeting time and then absence just left a quorium deputy reeve charles hooper presided over the session that lasted little over two hours councillors ii barber and w l clark sponsored a resolution setting definite meeting times for council as the fiist and third monday in the month in support of a defined day the acting reeve said mr rennie would approve as it stands now we hold a special meeting any old time often when some member is busy with a set date acting reeve hoop er declared it could be better pro vided for the next meeting will be february 15 when the road appropriation bylaw will be passed w brodie was awarded 2500 for loss and december w j warriner was reappointed weed inspector at 200 he to pay all his expenses the three tukmpsxfor new york embargo ox carrots a carload of turnips is leaving the local depot this week for new york state shipped by r e brown tlieie is not so many vegetables go ing south this year according to this shipper who says canada is de manding the output for the dehy dration plants at home then he points out there is a complete embaigo on shipping carrots to the usa whereas in normal years dozens of car lots went from stouffville mr biown is ill the market just now paying highest prices for turn ips and cabbage and hell take them any size h walsh named new town electrician t h 0 klinck to be new assessor happy has a baby it roth el believed o be the smallest pony born in ontario in the last decade little happy out on the farm of william moiris just east of stouft- ville has a baby brother the new arrival weighed 31 pounds at birth and while very small the new bi other is big enough to allow the title of being the smallest to remain with little happy now two year old and which at birth weight only 26 pounds hear report of successful year fa to reach dcckiou on maintenance man will meet again this week 68yearold bachelor jonathan srakam dies resident of the local district all his life jonathan giahani died last thuisday morning at the brieibush hospital where he had been a patient for about a year he was 6s yeais old and a bachelor son of ilemy and susan graham pioneer parents to the musselmans lake district jonathan tanned most of his life in the locality of stouff ville he had a retiring disposition and never entered any public activ ity surviving aie two sisters mrs esther gray of lemonville and mary mrs john chadwick the latter living in toronto james graham of toronto is a survivin brother v the funeral on saturday after noon was fiom the hopie of his sister at lemonville to church hill cemetery rev d davis conducted the service reeve a e weldon presided over the municipal council meeting ou mcnday evening for legular febru ary session horace walsh was named as town electrician at a salary of 60 per month his appointment reverts back to janu ary 1st in future hydro matters concerning the service may be re ferred to the new electrician who will be charged with looking after all trouble matters street lamps not functioning should also be reported to him another appointment made was that of village assessor which went to h o klinck the previous assessor george storey lesigned be- satistaction in the successful cause he had not time to do this operation of stouffville united work and mr klinck applied for chuich during the year 1942 was the vancany ho will be paid 100 clearly evidenced at a wellattended for his services and may commence annual meeting held last wednes- his duties immediately day there weie splendid reports of council failed again to reach an finances and administration pre- agreement for the appointment of a sented by the various church maintenance man to do a score of organizations as well as by the jobs that have normally been done pastor rev douglas davis and by any person that was available church treasurer clayton stouffer when the jobs needed doing as a the treasurers statement le- result of this system councillors have vealed that the sum of 4400 had had to spend much of their own been the total receipts for the past time superintending work that year of which 1000 was for the should be looked after by a paid missionaiy and maintenance fund employee of the village often the the grand total receipts for the jobs were poorly done too hurch including the various councillor nolan said he believed rga nidations was approximately the offer of iia rusnell of s0 a 6000 month was not unreasonable and the state of the membership was might well be considered by this shown to have changed veiy little council the total he said could be 5 membeis having been lemoved divided over the various depart- by death while 4 were added to ments thus the roll police duties 400 summer and rev mr davis gave a general winter street cleaning 300 hydro view of the church standing and j department billings and assistance the work accomplished as second man 60 water works cillors all expressed disapproval of the inspection of threshing outfits but left mr wairiner free to use his own judgment its a pel feet farce declared the acting reeve markham joined the ontario association of rural municipalities damage to sheep in and authorized the 10 fee to be paid walter byer was awaided 325 for one fox and 5 skunks killed fred hisey 250 for one fox and coun- two skunks us minister to canada dies suddenly at ottawa toixs the xavy miss aurclla jennings daughter of mr and mrs delbcrt jennings left town this wednesday for gait ontario to enter training in tho xavy as a wren mrs jack todds erma holdcn is home from montreal visiting her parents mr and mrs dclbert holden for- a few weeks a marked increase attendance both morning and even ing has been very gratifying to both pastoi and people there has been no noticeable decline at any peiiod thioughout the year in the absence of superintendent campbell the pastor spoke of the important work of the sunday school wliile the hour for sunday school has been widely discussed it lias been decided to carry on for the winter months immediate ly after the morning service a good attendance necessitates the cooper ation of every patent enrollment is 104 with an average attendance of 74 in closing his report mr davis ex pressed his appreciation to the mem bers of the various church organiza tions and to all members of the congregation for cooperation and assistance in making the year 1942 a successful one miss anne lehman organist was presented with a purse of- money by mrs garfield kellington on behalf of the congregation and an addiess was read to her by miss eva hoover miss lehman had served 25 yeais as organist of the church and this marked an appreciation of her fine service rev mr davis was given an honorarium of 10000 mr g r w thomas and mr k g tarr were elected honorary eld ers and mr isaac barkey and mr frank riches were appointed to the board of elders mr carl boadway mr harmon hoover and mr jas harris were appointed to the board of stewards to fill the vacancies caused by the withdrawal of a v nolan and the transfer of mr isaac barkey and mr f riches mr nolan was elected a member of the trustee board church digging for breakages checking the system and distribution of bills 200 councillor silverthorn approved of the arrangement and thought the pay was fair councillor boyd said he thought 5 per month less would be about right and said he would undertake to interview mr rusnell with aview to reaching an agree ment on the 75 basis the results of his interview is to be reported on at a special meeting of council to be called by reeve weldon probably next week ration books to be obtainable here y by prime minister king as n diplomat who had earned the confidence and nltcction of llic government and people of canada jay plcrrcpont moffat us minis ter to canada is dead at ottawa here lie is shown on liis arrival to take np bis duties in the capital- citv nidi prime minmcr king and mr- moffat in this issue will be found the announcement of the wartime prices and trade board with the personnel of the local board that will serve stouffville and district instead of having certain bounded areas these- local boards may now serve their local trading areas be fore this change was made stouffville markham and richmond hill were one area and only persons living in that section could get their ration needs attended to jn that area a farmer living in whitchurch and adjoining stouffville would have gone to aurora now this is changed since it was realized that the first setup wasnt good all farmers in stouffville trading area may get their new ration books here if they choose to there are 549 boards across canada messrs a e weldon reeve and george storey clerk of the village are the local members they will solicit help it is expected this help will be needed when the second ration books are issued the latter part of february for the next six months to all holders of the present lation hooks the big job of handing out and recording- the names will take considerable volun tary help the localboards are expected to be a sort of information bureau and the members will find many people trailing them for information about their lost books and other troubles then there are books to be issued for new born babes in fact the local ration board will act as general information bureaus t and will facilitate the adjustment of david lotton russel united in the rationing problems of tfie people marriage with kottie jarvls who residing in the different districts with two sons survive the father their immediate duties are the the boys are roy and norman j issuing of temporary ration cards to charles lotton stouffville is a members of the armed forces on brother marshall of claremont leave for a period of 7 days or long- russel lotten farmer dies at cashel russel lotton markham town ship farmer died at his home just cast of cashel on thursday follow ing a prolonged period of ill health two years ago he underwent an operation and had never enjoyed good health since that time although the ordeal may have prolonged his life the deceased was born in picker ing township in the brougham dis trict where his parents farmed they being the late mr and mrs george of uxbridge an only sister is miss rose lotton of toronto funeral on sunday afternoon from cr to those on subsistence allowance or on temporary duty the boards will also issue temporary ration the late home proceeded to st cards to visitors to canada people philips cemetery unlonvllle for hanging addresses or names and interment rev a j orr of cashel address through legal process will united conducted the service the file this information with these pall bearers were old friends being boards messrs frank stiver angus valllcr jamcs jarvls george bickle tor- onto albert jones wllmol warnj wa for the bl uons carnival cr wall ion feb 10 stouffville arena imm