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1925 copies 6000 readers leading weekly t for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 33 xo 42 stouffville ont thursday february 25 1943 bight pages air cadet at home was popular event nearly one hundred guests at tended the anniversary at home of the stouffville air cadet squad- don in the school here on friday evening distinguished visitors who were present from no 20 rcaf station oshawa were fit lieut trotter medical officer for that airforce post pilot officer morrison liaison officer and fit lieut j gellner dfc fit lieut gellner a native of czechoslavakia here in canada for special training was introduced by acting commanding officer m e watts of the stouff ville unit fit lieut gellner was among the first one hundred and sixty graduates of the nowfamous british airtraining plan and has also distinguished himself by being awarded the distinguished flying cross among his classmates at that first graduation were such famous canadian flyers as fit lieut beur- ling and fit lieut chadburn fit lieut gellner was a lawyer by profession and left his native soil at the outset of war in 1939 he has had no word of his parents since leaving them at that time receiving the guests as they arrived were acting commanding officer mr m e watts and mrs watts medical officer of the local squadron dr s s ball and mrs ball and chairman of the local committee rev douglas davis and mrs davis a number of the visitors took the opportunity of viewing our fine school with its modern lab and shop equipment under the guidance of principal l c murphy during the tour a memento of the visit was presented to fit lieut gellner by mr murphy in the form of a copper ash tray suitably initialed the cadet committee to whom must be attributed much of the evenings success was air cadet sergt stanley ball air cadet cpl lloyd weldon and air cadet cpl arnold schell they in turn extend their appreciation to the officers and others who contributed to the pleas ant evening music was supplied by bruce gould and his recordings from uxbridge while the leola food shoppe did the catering four whitchurch brothers now serving in army and airforce kenneth harper allen harper mcrvin harper concession donnld harper of whitchurch they now have few are the families that can bast the war record of mr rsoss jj headquarter8 four co statioiredt garrs inwhovatrhetsrmemberof the family to join up is a prisoner at hong kong donald who is in the royal canadian air xrceas recentry been transferred to alaska while kenneth who is also in the airforce is at newfoundland some 50 students to receive diplomas and certificates benj lehman aged 65 died in toronto farm butter may now be sold to me the prices board has issued an weilknown figure in goodwood gone church deacon and class leader for many years benjamin lehman died on sunday february 21 in the wellesley- hospital toronto follow ing an illness of only a short dura- some fifty students of stouffville tion native of whitchurch town- r ci will rwoivo ship he was born 65 years ago on contmuation school will receive i the concession a mile and a their intermediate certificates and quarter north 0 the markham 01 effective march 1 which will graduation diplomas at the annual townline i provide dairy farmers throughout commencement exercises to ibe held was unlted in marri- canada with a market thursday and friday evenings of age with minllie w cousin of this week henry wideman eastof town and in addition to the presentation of over 40 years ago they located in diplomas academic prizes will be toronto during his active days in awarded several students these the city he was a hardware clerk former whitchurch reeve newton rae dies suddenly he was a member of the mennon- ite church and served for years as a deacon and as a class leader sur viving to revere the memory of a faithful christian husband and father are the bereaved wife and seven sons and daughters they mrs w j payne miss mildred payne of markham miss dora payne nurse in training at sick childrens hospital toronto and pte garnet mcleanrca of woodbridge spent thursday with mrs george browns- fa erger the death of william s todd in his 65 th year at the private patients pavilion toronto western hospital on monday this week came as a tremendous shock to the whole countryside back at goodwood his native district he had been in declining health almost since the passing of his wife sightly more than a year ago born in uxbridge township william todd was a son of the late samuel todd and his wife hannah coates thus was he connected with two of the early pioneer families of the district william todd bought the old hotek property in goodwood west of the railway tracks after it had ceas ed to have a beer and wine license and for quite a time he did a good trade with the travelling puhlic with the coming of automobiles in force country hotel trade dwindled oi r todd was tor long years a road foreman and at one time was in charge of the provincial highway from uxbridge to stouffville and latterly he had similar employment on the county system he united in marriage with mary forsyth youngest daughter of the well rem embered timothy forsyth and she predeceased him over a year ago surviving are two sons and four daughters the boys justice and ralph are both overseas in the the army the daughters miss viola todd in toronto mrs george rodanz mrs ralph white and mr welsh george todd of goodwood and mrs david boyd of the 9th of markham are surviving brother and sister the funeral on wednesday after noon took place to uxbridge cemetery from the residence of his brother george in goodwood pall bearers wore d mcdonald alfred in and banged home the puck on a mcdonald charles watson j craw- pass from forgie at the six minute fori morloy symcs john rae mark at the half way mark through this final period criss wound up at the markham net and r- tiiaf nrrfan rcarv stickhandled his way neatly through mrs thus kttukutau entire unlonvllle team to put his outfit out in front by two goals rcesor adeline grove at cedar ifrom then on unlonvllle did every- grove on wednesday february 24 thing hut drive sellers through the 1943 adeline grove bolovcd wlfo net as they lambasted rubber at him thomas recsor in her 73rd year from all directions but the home prizes were made possible through serving long years first with boak- the generosity of mr and mrs sid e hardware then with aiken- schmidt who donated 2500 to be heads j awarded thus in suitable prizes chosen by the staff the valedictory address will be given by miss beth kellington the usual highclass program has been arranged to be highlighted by a royalty play oh johnny a screaming comedy in one act heretofore tragedy plays have been portrayed but this year a shift has been made to the light comedy class there will be a fine musical pro gram with choruses quartettes and instrumental numbers the boys will provide the usual thrilling pyramid and tumbling acts under the guidance df f t instructor russel barker tickets are now on sale for the event ana can be obtained from any of the students for all the dairy butter they produce the order authorizes wholesalers and retailers to take any amount of farm butter offered to them at definitely pre scribed prices starting march 1 the maximum price at which a primary producer may sell dairy butter to a whole sale distributor in ontario will be 36 cents for a farmer selling to a storekeeper the maximum is fix ed at 37 cents farmers selling direct to customers may collect the retail price 40 cents the boards announcement said farmers who formerly were unable reeve of the township of whit church for two terms in the years 1935 and 1936 newton rae died suddenly at his home at lincoln- ville on sunday following a stroke only that morning mr rae had been about all week as usual and are eidon b the murray mrs john h brown and two sons in the rcaf they being lloyd and harold three surviving brothers are flavius lehman of kitchener george of toronto and john of stouffville also rieve of toronto markham village rey percy g to dispose of their butter on the russell mrs market now may dispose of their surplus through their local store keepers or wholesalers if the store keepers or wholesalers propose to sell the butter to their customers in the normal course of trade they will one sister mrs surrender the usual ration coupons and formerly of i if however the offerings of dairy butter are more than can be sold in the funeral on wednesday this usual cour trade store- week in toronto proceeded to keepers or wholesalers will give mount pleasant cemetery for inter- farmers a receipt and these stocks ment mr lehman was well remj tter win be t jy embered here by many old timers through local agents to the prices and was an active member of the- corporation mbc church in toronto 40 years the pnces stability corporation ago during the first pastorate in the in turn dispose of the stocks city church of irev s gondie who 1 er for jnj on learning of his death this week paid high tribute to the qualities of the deceased sterling unionville ousted markham advances in oha finals going into the final game of a best of two series with unionville in the junior b hockey semifinals markham overcame a two goal margin which their neighbors held from the first ganie to sweep the series 1211 markham scored six in friday nights encounter without retalia tion from unionville whose first game came in the closing seconds of the second period markham count ed twice in the initial frame with goals iby demchuk and criss while chalmers demchuk humphries aiid armstrong tallied in quick succes sion in the midsession to put the home out in front by four goals on the round on a belated effort at the 1940 mark in this period hamilton combined with bowcott to open the scoring for unionville the kennedy road squad press ed hard in the final twenty minutes and tucked the rubber ibehind sell ers three times in the first four minutes to tie the round with both teams taking chances to collect that winning marker armstrong sailed funeral on friday fobruary 26th short service at her late residence lot 2 con 5 scarboro at 10 am and further service at recsors church at 1030 interment at art- joining cemetery era please omit flow- towners rose to the occasion and although unlonvllle managed to tally once just three minutes before the final whistle they could not get that equalizer a total of twelve penalties werd j meted out by referee pat paterson former aurora hoteiman dead widely known in north york and especially remembered as the operator of a large livery in aurora eleazor frisby passed away quietly on wednesday february 17 at the home of a nephew mr jack frisby 8th con markham mr frisby had been in the best of health and had retired normally the evening pre vious juite the following morning when he had not appeared his nephew investigated and found that he had passed away peacefully in his sleep he was familiarly known to his wide circle of friends as nehb the late mr frisby was born in aurora where he spent the greater part of his life going to toronto following the death of mrs frisby the former elizabeth boynton some twelve years ago and coming to the farm hero in markham two years ago deceased operated the livery in the yonge st town for many years and served as constable in that area lie also carried on a small real estate business for a time surviving are one daughter miss merel frisby of toronto a brother richard frisby victoria square and two sisters mrs manna and and through other available outlets the new order the prices board announced not only makes dairy butter available to retailers and con sumers alike but also puts into effect a uniform price ceiling in each province thus assisting farmers who until now have been operating under low basic period prices the board emphasized that in sell ing butter direct to consumers farmers still must collect coupons for the amount sold householders are reminded that ration conpons are necessary for dairy as well as cream ery butter move to organize blood donor clinic late newton rae was attending to his chores until saturday eldest son of the late matthew rae newton was born on the farm not far from where he died his father sent him to a business college and as a young man he was employ- 1 ed away from home after his marriage to eunice ward who surl vives him they farmed in the j neighborhood of stouffville and for some years they lived in town when mr rae followed the business of a huxter 2690 ration books stouffville total it was anticipated that there would be a big demand for ration book no 2 at stouffville over and above the number required for the village alone and this proved to be the case last friday and saturday also monday and tuesday this week some 2600 books were issued which is a number far in excess of the number that would have been required for the village residents alone visitors in the district from long distances also had their books re newed here probably the longest distance customer being a lady from manitoba there were several books issued to residents in quebec pro vince some folks came in feeling they had a real ordeal to pass through and big beads of perspir ation stood out as they prepted themselves but their fears were quickly allayed as the genial clerks explained all that was required of them which proved so simple they were quickly composed others were noticeably embarass- ed as they believed they had to dis close their age and some even put it on their ration card before com ing in but only those under 16 were required to disclose this informa tion hence no embarassing question were asked reeve a e weldon and clerk george storey the two officials on the government ration board had things well lined up for their depu ties and they have issued their personal appreciation in this issue for the splendid help given by the workers everyone worked without compensation and this includes the officials the whole undertaking ras a voluntary effort those who ave assistance as deputies in town were mrs william porter mrs j h silverthorn mrs h b love mrs a g thompson mrs john badgero mrs m anderson mrs d wood- burn mrs frank riches mrs harry stouffer mrs av nolan mrs ch nolan luella holden janet brodie margery wilson b hosie irena foster eulah brillinger joan bax ter betty fairies bertha winn mrs isahelle rennie mrs gougb mrs paulsen mildred moyer mrs a e weldon the men assisting were messrs l c murphy h b love ira d rus- nell a g thompson gordon bailey in markham whitchurch and other localities books are still being issued until the end of this week nearly 350 cash for russian relief has a total of 34430 in cash j been raised by the stouffville war i branch and forwarded to the head- later the couple mv- or russlan re pund ed to the farm homestead of mrs in addition to this donation the raes father she being a daughter soclety has forwarded seven boxes of the late frank ward on the sth of whitchurch here they remain ed for long years or until their re tirement u the place where he died at lincolnville of clothing- valued at 27875 and one ibox from the cgit valued at 60 at a quiet ceremony in the local council chambers last week reeve would require donors red supervise at least co cross would further steps were taken at the regular meeting of the stouffville lions club on monday evening to organize a blood donor clinic here a committee composed of m e watts f l button and dr s s ball has been appointed to work on the project fermisison has been granted by the official board of the united church to use the basement of that building for the clinic some sixty donors are required men and women between the ages of is and 60 such a class requires i four doctors and six nurses to he in attendance there is no danger to the donors and it only requires a few minutes of time some two doz en being handled in an hour five donations provide one transfusion which can save the life of a cana dian soldier sailor airman or civil- ian casualty a mobile unit would be sent out mrs by the red cross to supervise tho mr rae served about seven years a jb weldon drew the lucky ticket on the municipal council of whit- 0 the quilt the sale of tickets on church although he was a man of which amounted to 12205 mr unusually quiet disposition and hugh anderson was the winner rather shunned public office how- the following is a statement of ever once in the council he gave of the finances at the conclusion of the his time for several terms rising to drive the position of deputy reeve and jir james ratcliff then to the reeveship mr and mrs r ratcliff besides his faithful wife there mr w ratcliff survives two sons stewart- and iratcliff company warren both of whitchurch and one mr a e booth daughter beatrice mrs edw low i lions club of toronto also surviving are one 9th line war workers sister and one brother the sister walter dixon maggie resides in california while mr andmrs j brodie the only brother is richard of good wood the funeral on tuesday after noon proceeded to stouffville united church for service thence to the local cemetery for interment rev d davis conducted the service the late mr rae was a member of the local church and quite a regular attendant sitss a brown former resident dead fleury both of toronto the fun- 1 clinic dates and places of cnrol- cral on saturday afternoon was ment will be announced when the held from cicndennlngs funeral organization is completed parlors at markham with inter- j ment in victoria square cemetery i rev b e newnham of markham flenry ernest mannah percy coop- and rev mr mackay conducted the leo sllvyain mr aitken and j service the pall bearers being ed frisby a former resident of stouffville and employee of the parliament buildings maintenance department for some years miss annls brown died last week in toronto western hospital at the age of 62 miss brown will be recalled as the daughter of mr and mrs silas brown residents of the former hutchinson property just north of the railway crossing north of town on the 10th of whitchurch the family later moved to stouffville and occupied a house up near the cnjr station deceased attended school here but has been a resident of toronto for over thirty vtntr thrro nro nn immafllta qui- lemonville wiva mrs b raxlin mrs c baker mr ambrose stover dr h b freel mrs c pipher mr g gunni mrs c turner and n rae mrs w f wilson mrs noah stouffer mr h w sanders mr l lownsborough mrs g lawson ballantrae group mrs a hoover mrs a hoover mr d hall mrs robert leslie mr a wideman continued on page 3 40 00 15 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 25 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 4 00 3 00 3 00 3 00 2 50 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 reeve james rennie of markham township has been ordered to re main in bed for an indefinite period he recently suffered an attack of the flu and never fully recovered and it has affected his heart since it is only the second time in all his 44 years of married life that he has been ill in bed it is all years there are no immediate siir- quite new and highly unpleasant to vlvors the genial reeve of the township