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1960 copies sfcibttnt classified ads onbackpase leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and oxbridge twps vol 53 no 52 stouffville ont thursday april 29 1943 ten pages 15000 fire wipes out the gormley elevators the gormley elevator s miles west ot stouffville was completely de stroyed by fire on friday afternoon together with some 3000 bushels of grain total loss is placed at 15000 frank harvey proprietor was at the elevator at th- time he had just started the mill at about 330 when the fire broke out after attempting to extinguish it himself he gave the alarm by telephone firemen from stouffville union- ville and richmond hill arrived but they could not do anything to save the building or contents they did however prevent the flames from spreading to nearby buildings the elevator was haltfllled with wheat oats and barley which were about to be ground into stock feed the loss is a serious blow to the farmers who depended on the mill for grinding their feed this is particularly so since the mill ul almira was recently burned gormley elevator was tuilt within a year or two after tho cnr line went through gormley in 1906 it was put up by h h pow ers and operated for canada grain company later the place was acquir ed by the late joe cherry and geo leary and finally was owned out right by mr leary he sold it to frank harvey about ten years ago and its capacity was enlarged five tons of laying mash went up in the blaze which will be almost impossible to replace another re grettable loss was two tons of binder twine on order by farmers of the disrict who had not called for it notwithstanding some insurance there will be a serious loss mr harvey may be wondering if things just have to run in threes as this is the third fire he has suffered the mill was destroyed at unionville and later the millers residence was gut ted on the toiwnline 5 th concession of whitchurch since there is no waterpower o augment the power required there is some speculation as to what mr harvey will do about rebuilding safely ix england ukokue mokdex word was received on good friday morning by mr and sirs lou mordcn of tho safe arrival of tliclr son george in england lie said that on the same boat with him was grace bell and liorne kestcr from stoniyvihe also ken may onetime teller in the bank of nova scotia here none of them however went to the same camp as george weekly newsmen and politicians at brampton funeral john brown retired farmer dead member of the house of commons for peel county for five years and a former mayor of brampton samuel charters 79 was touried on satur day afternoon in brampton cemetery following a pniblic service in christ church there where he had attend ed from tjoyhood being an old newspaper man ami owner of the brampton conservator also because his son c v charters is prominent in the newspaper field as manager of the canadian weeklies association many publishers attend ed tlie funeral including a o hebb newmarket era george lake of kirkland lake news j smith rich mond hill liberal alex molaren barrie examiner david williams colltngwood bulletin george james bowmanvllle statesman av nolan the tribune stouffville the honorary pall bearers in cluded lt col george drew hon george s henry hon arthur melghen lt col t l w b roadhouse gordon grayden hugh clark resident of the stouffville district almost three quarters of a century john k brown died on good friday evening in his 75th year the funer al from the late home in the westend of the village was to lemonville cemetery on monday afternoon rev d davis conducted the service only child of pioneer parents john first saw the light of day on the present ham farm 9th concession of whitchurch just north of town when a wee laddie both his parents died and he found a foster home with mrs william irwin whom he came to know as a kind mother to him they lived at ballantrae but when john reached full manhood he united in marriage with nellie lemon daughter of the late george lemon of lemonville and sister of misses mary and jessie lemon church street the couple took up farming there and followed this occupation until they retired in town twelve years ago or in 1931 the late mr brown served as a school trustee for several years also as a member of the quarterly board in the former methodist church at lemonville he was of quiet disposition and never sought public office surviving are his life partner and an only son walter c brown at home in declining health for a couple of years mr brown suffered a stroke eight weeks ago from which he never rallied charity sale to support air cadets a white elephant sale in sup port of the stouffville air cadets will be held in stouffville on the evening of tuesday june 1st the sale will be conducted by auctioneer a s farmer and articles donated may be placed in the former cafe premises opposite the town hall at any time housecleaning is just the time to dispose of some of those castoil articles in the attic such things for which you have no more use but in which there are still years of service the neighboring farming com munity is also appealed to to don ate to the sale many of the boys wlfo are receiving the excellent cadet training come from our surround ing farms and this is an opportunity to assist in the work at no expense to yourself read the display adv in this issue and fill out the form and mail to either chairman douglas davis or secretary c h nolan stouffville further details later wild bear story alarms the dis last thursday afternoon a hurried call came to the office over the tele phone imploring the editor or some member of the staff to come quickly to the 10th concession of markham just below the town where two wild bears were boldly roaming in a field on the farm of harold wright just our luck said the reporter the car is away for a couple of hours before we were able to head for the scene of hostilities nels byer and others rushed to the farm and even rushed backlo report that the two bears were a couple of newfoundland dogs quiet and docile as harmless kittens constahle ben gayman markham cop was also ordered to the scene and if he ever got there he is not saying anything albout it as soon as i sighted the animals i had to laugh said mr byer i have seen a lot of bears and never saw one yet with a long bushy tail meat rationins will not interrupt the beef rings all farmers escape too but many small butchers will get no license motorists who get into trouble many at shower for 5m and mrs john colley more than 80 people gathered at the homo of rev samuel goudie on monday evening to tender a miscel laneous shower to mr and mrs john colley who were recently married the bride who was the form er jean pugh daughter of mr and mrs fred pugh east of stouffville is highly regarded in the locality and among her more intimate friends in the mbc church many splendid and useful gifts were seen and many complimentary remarks passed and good wishes extended to the young couple the groom is in the army hence mrs colley will re sume her position in toronto for the duration a program and games filled an evening of real enjoyment mr ed good acted as master of ceremonies several motorists from stouffville district paid fines in police court the past week for speeding or driving without new markers these two offences constituted the charges on kennedy summonses laid on information of constable rusnell but then there was a dozen other car drivers who were caught coming into town by constable fleury of the york county force he took up a position in the east end at the corner of the 10th concession north and issued sum monses to every driver who failed to stop rounding that corner none stopped and all got a blue paper he also inspected brakes and ordered court action on this score stouffvilles oldest citizen joseph momullcn 91 is not in very good health but hopes to recover so that he may again work his large garden as he has done for so many seasons in training at sidney ns grant turner son of mr and mrs lloyd turner who had offered his services to the navy some months ago and who during the interval was working in toronto was order ed to report last thursday he was given his medical then a uniform and rushed off to sidney ns for training naturally folks at home were deeply disappointed because grant wasnt given time to make so much as an overnight call out home marvellous organization in africa says local boy the allies have a marvellous organization in the present fight in north africa says lac jack sand ers of stouffville who is with an rcaf squadron fighting in the present campaign and from whom a letter has just arrived to the com fort fund and which wag written on march 31st jack continued it has foeen pretty mild here this winter and after last summer one notices the heat less than the cold nights every day the war out here im proves a little in our favour with all appearances of a complete victory in the near future ive seen most of the places that are in the news to day and can only say that theyre just good for one thing and that is fighting now in the navy markham township salesmen i victory bond salesmen for mark- ham township are r j allen gor don brown walter craig r d little alox macleod w w a trench a g troyer be ready to talk with them when they call at your farm mrs lennox of bonmanvllle formerresident is in town this week visiting her daughter mrs joseph cooncy mr and mrs harold boadway olive johnston were here from hanover for easter visiting their re spective parents harold is assistant pastor of the hanover mbc church whitchurch gets hew rel off at a special meeting of the whit church township council held on friday evening a m caldwell resi dent 2 miles north of vandorf was appointed as relief officer and officer in charge of indigent hospital cases to succeed constable robert wind sor the same pay as heretofore 200 per year prevails at the same meeting the salary of clerk john crawford was increased to 1520 per annum which was passed on the unanimous vote of council reeve george leary presid ed and all members were present the fears about meat rationing may soften down to something quite bearable so far as farmers are con cerned when it comes into effect shortly but scores of smaller butcher shops will be put out of business the fate of butchersin stouffville markham claremont is not fully de termined although 12000 across canada will cease to operate there are decisions yet to be made n regard to the regulations but it has been agreed at headquarters that killing on the farm ifor home use will not be disturbed and beef rings may function as of yore however the officials have dpclared that the beefring membership must be 100 per cent bona fide farmers produc ers who purchase their meat through the regular channels of trade will of course be subject to the rationing regulations but provision will be made for special occasions such as threshing and silo filling ivhen extra allowances will be available these and other interesting points were discussed at a conference held in toronto on saturday april 17 wlien representatives of the foods administration the- agricultural supplies board and the bacon board met a gioup of farm paper editors who came from as far as moncton on one side and edmonton on the other the entire day was given over to a study of prospective supplies con sumption needs and the intricate problems of rationing it developed in the discussion that while meat is to be rationed on the basis of two pounds per head per week for all ages ifrom the cradle to the grave it will not work out just that way there will be groups of meats according to quality and bone content and the coupon will secure more weight of one group than it will of another the women will have some mighty important decisions to make farmers may still kill their own meat or have it killed for them they may exchange with or sell to their neighbours who are bona fide farmers the locker system may still be used by rural producers as a place to store meat that will ibe used in the farm homes while farmers are not subject to all the regulations of the meat rationing system they are asked to conform with the spirit of the law in other words farm people are placed on their honour in re spect to meat rationing it is altogether likely that many small slaughterers who have become killers in 1941 or 1942 and others who are doing only a small business of that kind will not ibelicensed as many as 12000 may be obliged to cease this regulation however will not be enforced in deficit and re mote areas where the meat supply is scanty or altogether inadequate if rationing has a depressing effect on cattle prices the government stands prepared to support the market radio graduate walter latcham walter latcham son of mr and mrs cecil latcham of uxbrhlge township who has just graduat ed from the radio college of canndu as a wireless operator and it being stationed at edmon ton on the staff of the depart ment of transport walter re ceived his public schooling at glasgow cattle bring 0480 a dispersal sale ot the highland lake farm herd at oak ridges this week brought g4s0 for 30 head of purebred holstein cattle bonnie vale lnka a cow brought 410 top price of the sale the herd sire humbercrest echo pietje brought 290 the cattle were owned by mrs gordon trent new liberal leader hon h c nlxon in a statement issued here today hon h o nixon mpp for brant and former provincial secretary expressed confidence that he will be elected leader when tho ontario liberal association holds its conven tion in toronto starting thurs day expect work at reservoirs to commence at once glenn ratcliff glenn ratcliff son of mr james ratcliff of stouffville and pro prietor of the rntellfr co grocery left town on monday of this week to join tho royal canadian navy glenn one of our younger businessmen has turned his business over to mr mncgrcgor who will operate the store in his absence glenn will bo stationed with a supply unit of tho nary it is expected that work will com mence this week on the construction of the new hydro line from the 8th concession of whitchurch three- quarters of a mile east to the reservoir on the ratcliff farm where the spring creek is shortly to be dammed up and an additional water supply obtained to augment the amount of water going into the two big reservoirs that serve the house holders of stouffville the spring creek rising on tho property is 25 feet below the reser voirs and the water has to be pump ed back through a pipe line into the reservoirs which is to be done by the use of a 3quarter horse power motor and a water pump there are long seasons of the year when this extra supply will not be required and pumping charges will be a very in significant expenditure efforts will be made to let a con tract for the construction of the dam and a miniature reservoir from which the waterwlll be raised to the big reservoirs right away and it is hoped that the augmented water sup ply can be utilized in the system this summer abs truck takes fire on tuesday afternoon mr ab lehmans truck suddenly took fire as it stood in front of john monk- houses tailor shop as mr lehman worked in the store room for salvage next door flames shot out from un der the hood and not until jack silverthorn rushed from his garage with a fire extinguisher could the fire be subdued cause of the fire is a mystery although it must have been from a short circuit in the wir ing damage may be about 30 new local bus to be king of the road a huge big tractor bus has been purchased by woodwards bus ser vice operating between stouffville and ajax and is expected to be in service here this week the monster is 4 4 y- feet long and is therefore jigger than anything operating in the district the new bus has a seating capac ity for 50 people and will carry a hundred passengers this new bus along with the mac jjus recently purchased but which is not yet in use will give the ajax passengers service for 1g0 people these two busses will handle all the business between siouffville and ajax and the other busses will be disposed of mr woodward is bent on giving ser vice and never hesitates to invest imposing sums of money when the situation warrants it salvage collection here next week a systematic salvage collection will be made by the stouffville lions club in conjunction with the air cadet committee beginnng next monday may 3rd townsfolk are asked to prepare their salvage now and the truck will call papers magazines rags cardboard cartons books etc will be taken but people are asked not to put out tin cans and broken glass there is no market for these articles and they may be pro perly disposed of at the annual can collection the town has been divided into zones and the collection will cover a period of six nights one zone being cleared each evening the southwest section extending west of the cnr and south of main stret will be collected next monday may 3rd so prepare now and have your salv age ready material may still be left at the salvage depot on main st see display adv announcing the collec tion zones in detail mrs cora menzies of toronto spent the holiday weekend with her mother mrs henry vanzant and her sister mrs ida kldd mr and mrs hutchinson and family of ajax also visited at the vanzant home on east er day betiiesda boy graduated corp jack mclntyre son of jlr and mrs j m mclntyre of bethesda was among the graduates at the hamlton trade school last thursday and is now a qualified instrument mechanic with the rcoc his sister greta and mr wes brlllinger were in hamilton for the graduation ceremony jack leadbetter butcher dead the death of john leadbetter of markham in his 42nd year on tues day this week was noted with great surprise by the many who knew him in and around stouffville son of the late mrs leadibetter and charles leadbetter jack was the markham butcher and was very popular in a wide circle of friends- deceased operated the leadbetter farm as well as the butcher shop in markham born in england he came to can ada when a mere lad with the family who have lived in markham and stouffville district for most ot their time here besides the father jack is survived by his wife and daughter and by one brother harry leadbetter of mount albert and three sisters mrs robert woodcock and mr3 pat pitt of markham and mrs nelson smith 7th concession of markham the funeral will foe held from the farm home of the deceased on thurs day afternoon births parrott at the brlerbush hos pital stouffville on april 24 1943 to mr and mrs earl parrott uxbridge township a son fbnnanbn at markham on april 24 1943 to mr and mrs v pennanen stouffville a son mrs levi hoover recently ad mitted to the local hospital is re ported as about holding her own but not showing much sign of improvement g stauffer heads mennoni you average offerings increased from 246 per member in 1941 to 352 a jump of 43 per cent it was re ported at the annual convention of the young peoples societies of the mennonlte brethren in christ held on good friday at the toronto bible college one new society was formed dur ing the year at lions head convention president o clauser of toronto was in charge of the meetings he was assisted by h iteichard president of the bethel chapel society who welcomed the delegates speakers for the day included r tompkins listowel miss e frid- hani stayncr and w hunking cor- cetton an open forum was conducted by k r storme lions head mission ary addresses were brought hy miss i hollinbeck of nigeria and miss b cordcll from china irev t christie innes ma fras was speaker at the evening session and the ambassador male singers sang officers elected were president g stauffer kitchener vicepresident r tompkins listowel and secretary treasurer t a warder kitchener mr and mrs mclean of whitby also mrs doris johnston and her daughter heather and mrs derry all of the queen city visited over the easter weekend with mr and mrs thomas jennings and auirey v