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1940 copies classified ads on back page leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and oxbridge twps vol53 no51 stouffville ontario thursday april 22 1943 bight pages new council chambers now markham twp jdecides markham township council on monday voted down a resolution to sell the lunau house opposite the township hall for 2500 with the idea of waiting until after the war be fore erecting new council chambers k l stiver sponsored the resolu tion and councillor dalton rumney seconded the resolution mr stiver called for the yeas and nays reeve charles hooper deputy reeve w l clark and councillor albert reesor voted nay mr rumney and mr stiver voted yea it was then decided by resolution to proceed with the construction of a vault and other changes costing around 200 in readiness to move the offices into the new ipiemises dir ectly opposite the township hall the issue was cordially discussed when mr stiver offered his resolu tion which read that council in struct the clerk to sell tbe lunau house for 2500 the propery was purchased for 2200 councillor stiver said council had a lemon on their hands meaning the present hall purchased back in 1026 costing 1100 the mateiial could be reclaimed for use in a new building markham the banner township should have a- place to accommodate clerk and constable and since mark- j ham is the banner township no make shift would do he implied there should be accommodation for the fire department a brigade ibeyond re- reproach he wanted it understood that he had no thought of erecting such a building at this time councillor rumney said the lunau place was not suitable alter the war a more satisfactory hall could be s built and he was disposed to carry on as at present i dont think the arguments ad vanced carry any great weight de clared councillor albert reesor he was in agreement with councillor stiver so ifar as his remarks concern ed a council chamlber and police quartersand these were being provid ed for in the lunau placeevidently the council made a good buy since it has increased 300 he said mr reesor explained that it was planned to spend about 200 and nothing would be done to spoil the place as living premises and if the day comes after the war when we want to sell we can do so he declared mr reesor said mr stiver had mentioned a community hall at last meeting in connection with thenew chamibers how much would all this cost he asked imr stiver dont you think about s000 and the material from the old hall would do it he didnt recall mentioning a community hall i dont think that would go far said mr reesor who also said he didnt see why we should be asked to build a fire hall unionville gets 500 per year ifrom the township for the fire brigade and if the fires at tended rate more than that at 50 per fire the council pays moreas for a community hall he said half the township wasnt interested after all it is a very small issue now an ex penditure of some 200 the pro perty has been purchased imr rumney why not set up a sinking fund for a new building all the money we are spending is no more than a rental said mr rees or if you go ahead with this scheme the trouble will be that no council will have backibone enough to build in five years or more mr stiver observed the ratepayers i have contacted are not interested in selling now and if this was a real issue i dont eo why mr stiver didnt state his platform at the nomination mr reesor said mr stiver i never dreamed of toeing a candidate and didnt expect to he in the council deputy reeve clark said the old council had given the whole matter careful consideration nothing has happened since to change my mind we need the protection of new vault for our documents spending 2500 is cheap for even five years if a new place should over be built from this out a rental up town would have to be paid he said commenting on the good service rendered by mrs davison however the vault therels not fireproof any longer and the place is not suitable for the clerks office if unionville wants cooperation they should come to this council and ask not make ft a political football said reeve hooper some day he thought the village might become in corporated and he wanted to know where the farmers could derive any benefit from another community hall there are three in the township now we are ready to cooperate he de clared if they pay their share the township docs not need another hall we need a council chambers and police quarters he didnt think the present safe fireproof and should the is reported missing sergt wireless air gunner russol stover son of mr and mrs herbert stover is reported iiissinj overseas after recent air operations markham red cross objective passed the red cross drive in markham twp has leached 331179 with perhaps a few additions still to come as the objective set for the township was 2600 the local canvassers ofliceis and all the givers are entitled to thanks amount received by each collector will be published next week back our tortured seamen by buying victory bonds frank laskiers story of three escapes fiom death at sea enthralled those who attended the victory loan organization dinner at pickering college newmarket on thursday evening the attendance of 150 persons compared with 90 at the third vic tory loan dinner was fair evidence of the concern of men of the riding for the success of the loanj chairman aubrey davis newmarket stated those who were overseas in the last war will bear me out when i say that nothing stimulates the men overseas like knowing that they have the support of the people at home said mr davis mr laskier speaker of the even ing said that he saw something of the war in spain germany and italy were practising he said dont be misled by all the news paper talk about the italians who dont like mussolini he said that italians could be unscrupulous to the point that they could teach hitler and tojo they put a tin fish into us at half past twelve at night said mr laskier as he told how his first ship was sunk at sea she sank in four and a half minutes the ship was cut in two what happened to the boys down below whether they were scalded to death or killed remains a secret between them and god other men were trapped in the focsle ten men of whom laskier was one got into a boat they machinegunned us seven of us got away he said that six or seven hun dred canadian boys who had signed on canadian merchant ships in can adian ports had been lost at sea in this war and in addition there were many who had signed on other ships or in other ports i was lucky continued mr laskier i went nine months un til we were hit again if you are defensively equipped one gun in the stern he is sup posed to give you half an hour to abandon ship he related but the submarine which got his second ship shelled their radio without warning some seamen manned the one gun and the submarine killed the gun crew then they shelled our lifeboats mr laskier said they never gave us a chance alter two and a half hours 15 of us 14 men and one boy got away in a iuelboatqfi you have a small but noisy min ority who are always grouching they say no beer no bonds- they com plain about rationing you are in a lifeboat with 14 pounds of biscuits water that gives out in three days and 20 days to continued on page five cemetery burials here 34 last year the other day the reporter con tacted imr lome mcmullen care taker of the stouffville cemetery and from his books we secured informa tion of interest to many readers during the year from the first day of january to the 31st day of december 34 interments were made the month of october leaped the biggest harvest with seven commit ments whereas january apiil august and november only one burial in each of these months was recorded march was the nearest approach to october with five funerals to the local sacred acre next in line came february and december with four each while the remaining months june and july saw two in each of these periods laid away the num ber of commitments from outside the village as compared with purely local residents at the time of death is almost a 5050 break the winter just ended being one of the most severe for many years was hard on elderly people from novem ber to march inclusive nineteen burials weie made here and nine of these were nonresident people this is fair evidence that the local cemetery is well pattonized by the surrounding countryside and by former residents of the distuct the money for a chapel on the cemetery giounds will be available from the williamson estate ibefore it will be possible to build due to shortage of materials ibut such an addition will popularize the cerme- tery more than ever if such a place can be said to be popular at all proper entrance and location of the vault or chapel is still the problem of the cemetery com mission who have not made much progress so far in solving the per plexing trouble church receives 1000 gift at an official meeting of the unit ed church board on monday evening the receipt of a 1000 bequeath from the estate of the late thomas williamson was announced as the money will no doubt be earmarked for some permanent iinprovemenf alter the war it was decided to in vest the gift in a victory bond for the present old hotel- premises sold the forsyth hotel at goodwood whicb was offered for sale under mortgage only recently has since been sold privately to charles watson goodwood merchant the histoiic old saloon is most convenient to watsons general store it 2500 apply here for sugar applications for canning sugar which closed on april 15 registered over 2500 at stouftville alone for the markham district these applica tions were originally supposed to be forwarded direct to the secretary of your local board which in the case of stouffville people was in mark ham however reeve weldon and george story member of the local board undertook to receive applica tions here for the locality whether you lived in pickering uxbridge whitchurch or markham townships and forwarded them to the head quarters at markham there to be com piled and sent to toronto before forwarding local applications mr weldon and mr storey had them checked and corrected where correc tion was necessary so that all applic ations passing through local hands were in order that was a splendid service to render to the district and relieved many householders of a real headache over this matter es pecially those who bungled their application for in such cases head quarters would have returned them to the applicants for correction hun dreds of local applications were mailed direct to markham and that was all right too one applicant in stouffville living alone was said to have applied for 115 pounds of sugar and a family of four asked for four bags we understand the basis on which can ning sugar will be issued will be 25 pounds per person but this is not authentic and is only a rumor records be destroyed with the lists of tax arrears and assessments many thousands of dollars would be lost and expended in a new assessment councillor reesor pointed out that unionville has a fixed rate of 1 mills and there would have to be a different arrangement made if a new building went up births morgan to mr and mrs jack morgan brooklln on saturday april 17tlt at oshawa general hospitalthe iglft of a sort john grant lewis to mr and mrs vernon lewis- slouffvllle on sunday april isth 1943 at the brlorbush hospital the giftof ason richard george smith to mr and mrs fraser smith stouffville on wednesday april 14th 1943 at the brlerbush hospital the gift of a son douglas fraser she smilingly takes the calf in hand stratlimore hannah flood noted lieirer rrom the cpr herd was one of the 1k ani mals sold lit markliam last wei from the companys stiitlimoic herd mrs kdwlic tlioni daughter of mrs alex griibin of stouffville is retting a real kick out of her first attempt to hold the halter while the cameraman snaps the fam ous alberta calf 600 chicks roasted in broo ho fire last thursday morning the brood er house on the farm of ernest lag- eer chuich hill was destioyed by fire togethei with 600 weekold chicks the chicks had been attended about an hour before they weie roasted and the fire happened so suddenly that the place was nearly down befoie it was noticed it is supposed that the blaze was caused from the oiltype heater in use the loss is estimated to be around 100 houses ox the up the price of hoise flesh is decided ly on the upswing acording to clark prentice auctioneer who sold a belgian team for 310 at the jos wright sale in pickering township last week that ii r wnght bought four yeais ago for 10 less since he had four years seiwice out of the animals and they are that much old er to say nothing of the ten dollars these hoises at least advanced con siderably in price stores open two nights a week at a well attended meeting of the business men of stouffville on tues day night it was decided to open their places of business on tuesday and saturday evenings all summer beginning with the first week in may and ending with the last week in september for more than 25 years the stores rev robt young finishes useful life in declining health for some time rev robert young passed peacefully away at his home on church street early monday morn ing in his 76th year the funeral took place on wednesday afternoon with service in the united church conducted by rev douglas davis assisted by rev c dyer of new toronto rev dr thos mitchell rev a j orr and representatives of toronto east presbytery pall osareis were messrs edgar nigh harvey houck e a button albert booth harvey clover frank rae the late rolieit young was born near trenton in october 1s67 he giaduated from queen university with honors and a scholarship he completed his theological course in 1s9s as a young man he taught high school at athens wiarton renfrew and was head master at alexandria well equipped scholastically and spiritually mr young was inducted to the ministry of the presbyterian church he was pastor at pakenham bath port colborne stouffville mel ville also elmwood and homings mills at the time of church union he entered the united church in 190g the late robert young married lottie dack of pakenham and together they served in the masters vineyard until separated by death a host of friends are keenly conscious of the irreparable loss although mr and mrs young had no family they have a mailing list of iboys and girls who have gone to distant spheres under their inspira tion and encouragement in 1935 mr young retired to stouffville but his spirit was never idle he was superintendent of the have continued the practise of open- united sunday school and his in- ing three nights a week tuesday 1 spiring effort on behalf of the public thursday and saturday but it was library resulted in a fine service to felt that with the shortage of help book readers that is a blessing at this russel dowswell has rented the william hackney farm near his own premises in uxbridge township and will crop the 140 acre addition this spring 10 acres oats sown to fred pike df the 10th con cession markham just north of no 7 highway probably goes the award for being the first farmer in the township this year to do any seeding on april 12 mr pike sowed ten acres of oats the ground worked splen didly but there was frost under neath he reports this is undoubtedly the first seeding in the stouffville dis trict for 1943 and is probably two weeks ahead of what we can count on as the likely date that seeding will be general in the district the shoitage of goods and ibecause of other circumstances two nights per week would render ample ser vice it was pointed out that most towns open only on staurday night while the larger places do not accord even that overtime service some merchants were favorable to closing every night but saturday but the idea was not general especial ly when the stores close a half day per week it was finally almost un animous to open tuesday and satur day nights and close every wednes day at noon stores will also open iny night before a holiday tracto sells at 630 the public auction on the brodie farm on no 7 highway last saturn day afternoon turned in receipts of 6700 auctioneer farmer reports horses sold well considering the con dition of the market a chestnut mare brought 180 a road mare 175 and a black gelding 150 the high cow sold at 150 and imple ments sold extra good but they were well cared for in the past the trac tor went at 630 a side delivery rake 205 hay loader 225 and the farm wagon 60 the land roller was dropped at 60 the same imple ment the same auctioneer sold a year ago at 40 to mr sills who is giving up farming and moving to toronto time his lofty ideals and citizenship 6tand as a memorial to one widely beloved besides mrs young and a brother fiank young of aurora two sisters survive namely mrs george lock- head of lachine que and mrs margaret momaster of trenton roy grove wins budgeria biro ready for loan canvas with the objective of the fourth victory loan which opens next week much higher than in any previous cam paign officials of the national war finance committee have revealed that its sales organization is now geared to the peak of perfection hundreds of salesmen are ready to make the most thorough canvas of its kind ever attempted plans call for 100 per cent coverage of all prospective bond buyers in canada and the goal is not less than 3000000 individual subscribers every home in every city town and village should be prepared to receive a visit from a victory loan salesman one of the features of this sales campaign will be the effort made by salesmen to have every prospect buy two bonds one from ready cash available and a second on the instalment plan out of current earnings the double purchase plan springs from the great need for increased sales of bonds to individuals if the minimum objective of 1100000000 is to be topped in the last vic tory loan campaign the general public bought approxim ately 350000000 wprtti of bonds thisjtime at least 500000000 worth must be sold to individuals realizing too that there are a large number of canad ians who have never bought a single bond since the war started renewed ernphasis is being placed on the job of educating these members of the community as one prominent executive of the national war fin ance committee explained patriotic feeling rather than selfinterest will assure the success of the victory loan campaign while the purchase of a- bond is the act 6f wise man building up a reserve for his family it also affords him an opportunity of reaping the highest interest com patible with the safety of his investment mr roy grove of ringwood held the lucky ticket in the comfort fund draw for the budgeria bird which was drawn on saturday night nearly 75 worth of tickets were sold and mr grove added to the fund still another 10 by turning his prize bird back in for resale the appreciation of the committee goes to mrs dr e s barker the donor of the bird and mr george aston of the gold fish supply co who donated the cage born in log cabin here 89 years ago ell honslberger who died in tor onto on april 14 was born in a log house that stood close to the pick ering townline the premises now be ing the easterly part df jacob mcmullens farm it is only in very recent years that mr mcmullen de molished the old log house along with other buildings nearby this sturdy old pioneer lived in the dis trict for many years he was very handy with carpenter tools and for years worked in the wagon factory at markham eli honsberger had three sons serving in the last war one of them thomas was gassed fighting with the highlanders and died in europe the three who cameback were john now of hamilton artus of montreal and amos ot toronto with whom the father lived and at whose home he died there is one other son he be ing rev earl honsberger mission ary and preacher and soninlaw of mr and mrs john r barkey of stouffville two sisters also survive the father both living in toronto mrs h ferguson and mrs t c maunders george baker of gormley was a haltbrother of the deceased while alvin farmer gormley was also a near relative eh honsbergers wife was a sister of alvin farmers father the deceased was also a brotherinlaw to mrs george hons berger patient in the brlenbush hero where she has been confined for several years two halfsisters of the deceased living iore mrs lewis doner rich mond hill and miss mary baker gormley the fnneral on friday afternoon came from toronto to helse hill church and cemetery for service and interment raster cantata stouffville united church choir will present an easter cantata this friday evening supplemented by an organ recital by mr a ridley