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4 leading weekly forwhitchurch markham fitkering and uxbridje twps vol54 no22 stouffville ont thursday oct 7th 1943 eight pages claremont brothers in khaki business firm takes over again an important business change took place in town on the first day moso norton james norton four wellknown claremont brothers sons of mrs norton and the late jos norton are all in khaki douglas is a lancecorporal with the ordnance corps and is stationed at debertns he is married and his wife and little daughter reside in uxbridge bud who enlisted with the brockville rifles is overseas mose is a private stationed in toronto with an engineers unit jim who donned the army uni form first has been in england now over two years he enlisted with the royal canadian light antiaircraft incidently this lat ter son took to himself a wife just last august an irish girl councillor stiver urges action on curfew order lint township larks power to kit of october when mr a e carswellj f mic iy iav council learus sold the big corner store dry goods business back to mrs v h shaw registered hkkkfokd liltlvgs 250 at auction from whom he purchased it three years ago mr carswell intends to retire and has a farm in the arthur district to occupy hts time when the big store operated under the shaw name it was the hub of local business hence it is reasonable to assume that when mercantile goods flow more freely the old stand will again find its shelves laden with the goods sought for in this locality in the meantime the shaw store has been assured of liberal quotas that will enable the proprietress to retain the splendid patronage the big store so jutly merits a big dry goods and staples store such as this one is a great asset to any community and we welcome the old management back to the business ranks 100000 expected from local investors the fifth victory loan campaign will be launched on oct is aubrey davis newmarket president of the davis leather cowill again be north york chairman and harold l trapp toronto investment dealer is the organizer mr trapp will have his headquar ters in newmarket the organiza tion meeting will take place at pick ering college on friday oct s with bert trestrail of the john inglis co toronto as speaker the objective for york north is 2275000 compared with 2150- 000 in the last loan newmarkets objectiveis 335000 compared with 325000 in the last loan stouffville is being asked to sub scribe a hundred thousand dollars which is ten thousand more than we raised in the last loan its a big order but if everyone invests it can be sold what steps do you propose to take about a curfew bylaw for mark- ham township asked councillor r lstifer on monday afternoon before the general october meeting of mark- ham township council reeve chas hooper said they consulted the soli citor and the township had no power to enforce a curfew law but if union- ville or any part of the township would send in a substantial petition asking for such a law he would go himself to the provincial authorities seeking a change in the act i dont think you need any petition but the womens institute have signed one said councillor stiver i think a strong petition would strengthen our hand said the reeve i think so too declared deputy reeve w l clark mrstiver said youngsters of 12 and 13 years of age are runningwild all hours of the night without proper parental control in unionville the police village trustees in the township will be notified that hence forth they must keep a prescribed ac counting of road work satisfactory to the department of highways so that the township may continue to get a subsidy on their expenditures the council made a grant of 100 to markham agricultural society and 25 to north york plowing match relief accounts of 10250 were or dered paid three big sheep claims were set- a fine registered cow was sold by auction by a s farmer at the wil liamson sale in whitchurch near aurora on tuesday afternoon for 250 topping the sale calves sold for 100 and other registered stock ran around 150 to 175 grade cows sold from 95 to 100 horses featured the good prices when a 10 yearold sold for 125 and a 5-year- old animalbrought 155 frank w mertens succumbs to stroke one or stouuvilles old hoys kuricu at weioii monday native of stouffville and a cousin of our jos mertens former mayor of weston and resident of that town frank w mertens died there on fri day evening in his 70th year he suffered a stroke ten days ago a frequent visitor to his native town mr mertens was president of the once bustling stouffville old boys association and always held a keen interest in the place of his many hear messages of evangelist mallis over 600 people were crammed into ratcliffs hall on sunday even ing for the evangelistic meeting one of a series being carried on all week at for which a grand total attend ance of around 2500 listeners is re corded the gatherings were inter denominational rev j e mallis evangelist had an impressive mess age every evening and good singing was provided the meetings were extended until wednesday evening this week tied when payments were ordered to ernest snowball of 217 h r mor ton 110 and fred cole 100 mut toneating dogs have been hard on the sheep but several of them were shot council pays a bounty of 5 per dog if shot chasing sheep n engagements mr and mrs john brillinger an nounce the engagement of their daughter ina eleanor to frederick thomas gilham son of mr william j gilham and the late mrs gilham of dover kent england the marri age to take place on october 23 1943 at 330 pm at second markham baptist church the engagement is announced of hazel gertrudeonly daughter of mrs gertrude brander and niece of mrs clarence lageer stouffville to air craftman w floyd mcreynolds rc ajf youngest son of mr and mrs t e mcreynolds heith ont the wedding will take place early in october mrs m j houck of cashel an nounces the engagement of her dau ghter edna irene to lawrence ben son meyers son of the late mr and mrs thomas meyers of zephyr ont the marriage will take place this autumn mr aiid mrs d e bolender of bethesda wish to announce the en gagement of their eldest daughter bessie orpha tojohn h ferris only son of tjir and mrs henry ferris redickvilie ont wedding to take place saturday oct zs 1943 mr and mrs chas a conner of unionville rr announce the engage ment of their eldest daughter mary eleanor to ordinary seaman ken neth david stewart son of mr adam stewart and the late mrs stewart of goodwood the wedding to take place at 3 oclock on saturday octo ber 9th at second markham baptist church stroke fatal to mrs clara widenian lifelong resident west of stouff ville mrs clara wideman of gorm- ley died suddenly on monday follow ing a stroke suffered a day or two before this well known christian woman had been living at the home of her daughter mrs carl reesorj but was removed to the brierbush on saturday she was 65 years of age and since the death of her husband lived most of her time at gormley where her home was used as a bible school for several years or until the school was moved to fort erie the late mrs wideman was a devout member of the heise hill brethren in christ church and was highly respected by a very wide cir cle of friends crashed hydro pole losing control of his car driving to stouffville from- markham fair roy zellers crashed into a hydro pole on the main street of the south ern village and received severe head injuries he was removed to the brierbush hospital where his injur ies were attended to the car was a wreck the car sheered off the pole and rolled over several times a charge of reckless driving will be laid police said constable croutch york coun ty constable has the case in hand claremont fraud case is adjourned until oct 22 hearing of two additional charges set for october 22nd old cashel boy praised for bravery mrs wm morley dies in 81st year button viile youth killed in crash douglas raymond walton 15 of buttonville died early sunday oct 3rd when being removed to hospital after a collision between a motor car and a bicycle on the 4th concession of markham at buttonville gordon sanderson of victoria square also on theblcycle suffered cuts bruises and a possible fracture of the instep being attended by dr w r wesley thornhlll constable ben gayman said walton was riding on the han dlebars with sanderson pedalling the bicycle being struck from the rear by a car driven by isaac hughes gormley the driver told police he was blinded by headlights of oncom a grand old mother in whitchurch township passed to her eternal rest on sunday oct 3rd 1943 in the death of mrs william morley at lot 16 con 6 whitchurch in her 81st year invalid and helpless for some time but quite keen of mind the end was not unexpected the funeral on monday afternoon was from wes ley united church vandorf to aur ora cemetery for interment casket was opened at the church for half an hour before the service where many gazed on the features of one they knew so well and so long mrs morley was born just north of lemonville her maiden name being rachel phillips daughter of pioneer parents to that section after her marriage to william morley they re sided in toronto for some time but 35 years ago returned to whitchurch to buy the farm where she died mr morley passed away two years ago and there survives one son roy on the home place and one daughter beatrice wife of dr covey toronto an older sister also survives being mrs heliums of spruce dale the late mrs morleys mother and the father of mr sam mckcown of stoufrvillc were sister and brother and the family often heard them tell of how they landed here in canada from the old land in the year 1s57 with only a bit of silver left to start on in the new and strange country many old friends in the cashel district recall mr chas w carru- thers who is an employee of the un ited states spring bumper co in los angeles and will be pleased to know that he received a well merited appreciation from the national safe ty council of chicago through his firm for his bravery in taking a chance with his own life or personal safety to break the fall of a fellow employee who came into contact with an electric wire mr carruthers saw him falling after being knocked un conscious by the voltage and had fallen to a cat walk then to the cement walk below when the cashel native got under him and both fell but mr carruthers broke the fall and no doubt saved his life mr caruthers mother at cashel will celebrate her 90th birthday on the 2sth of october and lives on the home farm with her two sons and two daughters it is 23 years since charles left the home acres but he was here nine years ago and while he is too busy to turn in on mothers birthday he will be with her in thought imr carruthers company is engag ed in a war effort and appears to have a very fine plant with a high rating for safety and consideration for their employees after hearing crown evidence at whitby friday for nearly two and onehalf hours in the preliminary in quiry of the case of glen flowers claremont charged with receiving on may 20 from gordon hodgson of claremont 9750 von terms requir ing him to pay same to robt groy pickering twp and unlawfully and fraudulently converting same to his own use thereby stealing same con trary to section 355 of the criminal code magistrate ebbs adjourned the case for the hearing of the rest of crown evidence until oct 22nd the accused was remanded until oct 22 on two other charges name ly defrauding roht g roy of 4 on may 29 contrary to section 355 of the criminal code and of unlawfully stealing a pig being under the value of 25 then in the possession of his employer robt g roy contrary to section 359 a of the criminal code a w s greer acted for the accused and pleaded not guilty on all three charges crown attorney allin f annis conducted the prose cution not same circumstances a w s greer addressing the court stated that the three charges concerned the same accused and the same complainant a former employ er of the accused but he pointed out continued on page seven late mertens corporal ted calder who has arrived in england according to word just received by his par- ents mr and mrs edward calder aglncourt before en listing corp calder was employ ed in the general ledgers offi ce of robt simpson co and since enlisting has been at chor- ley park military hospital birth he was a lifelong reader of the tribune prominent in the real estate and insurance business for many years mr mertens served as a member o weston town council for 10 years he was elected mayor in 1935 and returned to office in 1936 born in stouffville the son of the late mr and mrs fred mertens he belonged to one of york countys pioneer families mr mertens locat ed in weston 30 years ago and was an active member of central united church having served on the board of stewards he was also a- member of the orangeorderandof the yorker pioneer and historical society tor- onto he learned the carpentering trade with the late matthew flint before he left stouffville surviving are his widow reta rush mertens two sons clifford with the rcoc and ered two daughters mrswalter byer and mis3 elva all of weston a brother clay ton of toronto and a sister mrs a snider of vandorf the funeral on monday afternoon took place to weston cemetery and was attended by a number of rela- tives and friends from stouffville including jos mertens and miss mar- i gery miss nora stapleton mr and mrs j s dougherty miss evelyn dougherty and mrs sherk mr and mrs robt burnett also mr and mrs jos winterstein and mrs will fockler officiating clergymen tvere rev h e wellwood richmond hill and rev mr pogue weston pastor of the deceased who paid a high tribute to the life and character of mrmer- tens he was an official of the unit ed church where the service was held missionary meeting the autumn thankoffering of the womens missionary society of st james presbyterian church will be held on thursday oct 14 at 230 pm the guest speaker mrs moy- nan of toronto is a daughter of the late rev goforth noted missionary and was one of the most regular an invitation to attend is extended attendants to all women interested in missions to burn the mortgage is the presidents aim mr and mrs tom hargrave spent the weekend at the home of mrshar- graves mother mrs peter lehman their daughter mary is attending harding college searcy arkansas mrs klllaby of sarnia has been visiting her mother mrs geo camp bell and her aunt mrs p lehman mrs chester cook and daughter mrs john albertson and her two how they successfully pioneered and children all of detroit were visiting ins cars dr j p wilson coroner prospered is a fine example to setmr and ms e mcnelly at mussel- richmond hill ordered an autopsy before the younger generation of the mans lake and with mrs cooks which was performed by dr vcsey sreci day sister mrs chas leo last week grand weather prevailed for both days of markham fair last friday and saturday with the result that the big fair grounds was packed with people on saturday and even on fri day the attendance was reported to be large enough to meet the entire expense of the show for that day gate receipts on saturday were just under the 2000 mark and fridays were the highest on record that day in any event the gate receipts will leave a margin big enough to burn the mortgage i want the pleasure of burning that mortgage declared president john scott of claremont who was shaking hands with every body on the grounds and was in good enough humor to kiss the pret tiest jersey in the ring for that matter every official of the fair was glowing with pleasure at the appar ent successful outcome of the 1943 exhibition the exhibits of live stock were larger and better arrangements were provided for sheep and poultry that permitted the public to inspect them readily the horse stalls and cow pens were crowded with interested people too while the biggest crowd hung at the rails watching the races there were two interesting events on friday but the saturday racing did not please a large portion of the people we tried to find out why and one horseman ventured the opinion sweeter than ever mr percy dike 8th concession of markham reports growing a sweet potato weighing 2 pounds which he declares makes another sweet story for the 8th line since the re port that dr mitchell has some won derful growth in sweet potatoes births dewitt at burnside maternity hospital toronto on sunday oct 3rd 1943 to george and helen rowbotham dewitt of gormley a daughter died at birth that there was a shortage of race horses because the purses were too small one director called attention to the need of more entertainment in front of the grand stand which this year had the best crowd it had seen in a long time there last week too busy for sales the fine dry weather of the past week was seized on by- the farmers i to get their root crop upland- the corn cutting done under sucfifavor- able conditions and this smalled the attendance at pubjic auction sales in the district for the most part only- buyers took time off- for the sales and this was noticeable at the auc tion for edgar storry bloomington who was selling his entire stock and implements the total saleran 3- 000 grain prices were low and pro- hably lelow market quotations the highest priced cow was 120 mr storry intends to hold a second sale to dispose of his entire household goods at a date to be announced later on another sale last week was that of arthur vaughan who is also retir ing from the farm a gurnsey cow and calf sold for 150 and a 7-year- old gelding brought 105 sows 30 and pigs 40 to 50 pounds slumped to 525 but implements sold well the hog situation is a headache for the farmer a steady market is under- mined because of feed shortage but you can find farmers making wehout of hogs irrespective of the slump in t however most instructive worth while feature of the show was the young porkers live stock for the black and white fred pilkeys auction at altona on on friday 125 entries were recorded j monday was not largely attended by secretary roy crosby i but a feature price was obtained for e l ruddy son pickering cap- turnips when rows of 40 rods long c tured the major awards with deschfsold for 190 a row oats light ambault royaljack senior and grsndanple sold for 27c bushel all- champion bull and bol roche these sales were sold by as farmer i continued on page six i auctioneer jiil