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jt0ttffiwii unburn leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol54 no 27 stouffville ont thursday nov 11th 1943 2025 copies eight pages poppy fond hsft y land dea recorded just north of clarcmont stouffvlle veterans association are more than grateful or the splendid response to their foppy day fund last saturday the sum of 115 was received and 1200 poppies were han ded out iudicating that the average donation was slightly under 10c the girls too have the thanks of the veterans and others for their effort in collecting those who help ed gather in the funds and distribute the poppies were sheila tait helen lehman beatrice lickorish phyliss burkholder joyce barkey eunice corcoran kay williamson fay oneill olive pipher many hunters trek north desp shortage ot shells about 430 acres of the forsyth es tate including dense virgin bush sold to north shore realty co ite u despite the talk about scarcity of ammunition a fact that was quite apparent many hunters from stouff- ville district are in the north country looking for their venison roast all of which indicates that these lads look ahead and are not the kind to be caught without their lamps trim med and plenty of oil they forsaw the ammunition shortage and pro vided ahead- headed by the veteran bill arm strong who says that one of his eyes cannot see daylight but it never fails on a deer is a party of five the other four being bill greenbury chas atkinson walter pipher and reg stouffer they intend to park at a place called rye a name that would knock your eye out located on south river another hunter whom the deer ought to be acquainted with by this time is sam armstrong who with brother chris and frank baker george lee cook have taken up positions at zebra siding on the old hunting grounds they form part of the sutton hunt club hence there is quite a party in the camp sam armstrong has been on these trips for 30 years brother chris 26 years while nels byers tols us he holds the record with 40 consecu tive years hunting behind him the- stouffville hunt club is re presented this season on the deer runs by wardenjym reesor daw son hare b a button jack todd d woodburn wm birkitt warden reesor is being picked to shoot the most deer since the fleet footed run ners may consider it an added honor to be shot down by the first citizen i of the county anyway the warden is a good shot and so are his running mates if there are any deer around ardbeg it would be well for them to take to cover ken reesor altona is also with this party bob snowball nels byer and el gin wagg also jack pennock form a part of the markham hunt club who will take up positions around foots bay with two barbers along the game ought to at least be given a close shave but the boys want something more than close shaves on this holiday some people dont call it hunting at all when you can land up at a hotel and sleep in a feather bed after being on the run all day but tim oneil says its the ideal sport con sequently the undertaker and elmer daniels also walter uolden hope to meet the enemy just outside ardbeg where they will camp at the hotel at nights the boys have tried it be fore and say its the pure thing red forsyth joined the army at uxbridge and if he can keep up will march along with a few veterans from the northern town for several days this week he expects to be back in his liome berth tlie end of this week one of the biggest land deals re corded at whitby registry oliice in the last 25 years was completed last week when the north shore realty co took over the holdings of the forsyth estate in uxbridge township and lying about three liles north of claremont along the 5th and 6th concessions of uxbridge mr mac forsyth who was acting for the es tate disclosed on monday that the deal pending for some time was now sealed and the new owners are in possession it is reported that the sale price was between 250q0 and 30000 the land consists of 440 acres to he exact of which 200 acres is vir forest that has never yet known the feel of the woodmans axe or the lum bermans saw great massive trees with a thickness of five and six feet through can be counted by the dozens from any vantage point one cares to stand on the wooded lands the pro perty also has two sets of buildings but the tenants will not be disturbed since the new owners are primarily interested in lumbering thus allow ing the tenants to carry on this is the largest bushland bet ween oshawa and the north country said one observer to the tribune on monday mr forsyth said the mill valley lumber co are already sett ing up a mill that will bite into the timber limit in a real way getting out much needed lumber that is held at such a premium these days train- loads of lumber will ibe shipped from claremont station destined to the usa and to the canadian war plants high school plans to receive parents principal l c murphy unfolded a plan before the school trustees on monday evening at their regular meeting indicating that the teach ers and scholars planned to entertain the parents and citizens in general on the evening of friday nov 26 mr murphy said that at least once a year it was a nice thing to do many adults are anxious to see the school and many parents are inter ested in visiting the building where their children receive their educa tion with the approval of the board he said such an opportunity would be provided and that the trustees and members of the council are in vited along with the parents and rate payers in general a formal invita tion will be extended through the press next week said the principal the report of the visiting school inspectors r h wallace and a g hooper to the high school indicated that they approved of the work of this school and the general advance ment recorded the school is well managed and orderly the report said it was decided to engage a man to shovel snow this winter since it was decided that the caretaker had enough other work to perform the meeting was presided over by ira aldred chairman and all members were present driving bulldozer stouffville went over top in victory loan north york passes objective still coming in bus driver serving transport passenger driver be tween stouffville and ajax john burnett enlisted in the army last jline and has been in train ing at simcoe he has recently completed a harvest leave dur ing which he rendered valuable help in thehome district john is a son of mr and mrs herbert burnett bloomfngton brief personal mention leading air woman betty leslie brantford spent a short leave in town visit her mother mrs robert leslie married is stouffville a quiet wedding took place in stouffville last saturday afternoon at the home of rev and mrs e mor ton when amy evelyn miller daugh ter of mr and mrs walter miller of uxbridge township was united in matrimony to walter stanley lyne son of mr and mrs walter clyne breach township the bride carried a beautiful bouquet of pink roses and mums and the bridesmaid carried a nosegay of baby mums the newly weds will live in the township of reach visitors at the home of mr and mrs w briard during the weekend were two daughters mrs l gee of montreal mrs c mcbride also mrs m walker of toronto 120 acre pickering farm for 10000 farm land sales in pickering and other townships sre on the increase recent sales closed include farm of 120 acres in the township of picker ing known as lot 31 concession 7 the vendor being william turner this property is recognized as one of the uptodate farms in the district it was a bank barn accommodating 40 head of cattle a good frame house and implement shed the purchaser was a city business man and the pro perty was listed at 10000 according to a toronto realtor dealing in farm lands there is an in creasing demand for farm properties ranging in price from 8000 to 25- 000 most of the prospective pur chasers insist on being within 25 miles of toronto said the real es tate man and a great many of them are buying to specialize in the rais ing of beef cattle hogs and poultry there is also an nereasing demand for 100acre farms to be used as wellbalanced mixed farms tra s floyd preston of vandorf who is stationed in labrador with a ground crew unit of the rca f floyd is the oldest son of mr and mrs chas freston of whitchurch twp and enlisted several months ago he oper ated the township grader before enlisting and is now driving a big army bulldozzer floyd married madge glover of raven- shoe and they have a young son douglas who will shortly reach his 3rd birthday lap rug sells at dizzy price locust hill lady nearing 00 died saturday one ot markham townships eldest people mrs elizabeth lee died on saturday at her home in locust hill she was in her 90th year and is survived by one son frank at home and one daughter mrs robt milroy of highland creek her husband the late marshall lee predeceased her spme years reeve weldon of stouffville and reeve leary gormley are attending county councilin toronto this week miss anne lindsay teacher on the local public school staff a few years ago has been honorably discharged from the rcaf wd and has resumed teaching on the occasional staff in toronto grandson of late ias lee is wed flying officer jas parrott son of mrs e b parrott of markham and grandson of the late jas lee of that place was quietly married in wind sor last week to miss janet patricia hopper a graduate nurse of the tor onto general hospital flying oflli cer parrott is stationed at a western rcaf post at present we understand that a fine buick car with five extra good tires was stolen from the property of chas hemstead markham racehorse own er a couple ot nights ago sergt pilot gordon baker is home from the east coast spending a fur lough with his mother mrs harvey baker at the old home just south ot town mr and mrs horace walsh left monday evening on a trip to wash ington where they will visit their daughter and before returning they will spent some time with relatives and friends in other parts of uncle sams domains births anderson signalman sam ander son and wife auldeen are happy to announce the arrival of their son allan ward at mrs wass nursing home uxbridge on wed nesday nov 3rd 1943 mrs bertha cooley of flint mich is in town staying with mrs noah stouffer andvisiting a score of other relatives in the district mrs coo- leys husband was a brother of the late uncle dave stouffer and her mother was a sister of mr ellas hoovers mother so she has a close family connection in this locality highest price ever paid for a lap rug in the county of ontario was realized by auction saturday at good wood when george matthews paid 2j5 for a common variety of knee covering but george bought the ford car as well at the ceiling price of j bids of 500 had to be re- i jected to step out right in the rather fine car that was like new called for the proper trimmings and george wanted to do things up brown so the colored covering went to the matthews farm with the car never was bidding so determined on a lap rug before and since it is the mosffamousrug in the whole coun ty it- has been suggested that it be procured by the county council to hang in the county buildings at whit it was theoccasion of the sale of household goods and effects of the late hezekiah roach clerk and treasurer of the township but the socalled dizzy price obtained for the lap rug was carried right through and enormous prices were obtained all along the house and lot sold for s00 to mr ernest morgason south of goodwood who will have a home to retire in that is in good repair of course mr morgason is too young to lounge around good wood and may be expected to remain on the farm for some time but who can tell the help situation has sickened many a younger farmer john ashenhurst new clerk and treasurer bought the typewriter for 5750 which is just 17 above list price but you might not be able to get one just when you should have it so the man who looks ahead made no mistake the office desk found a new home at 35 but it was in good condition a chesterfield and one chair sold at l while the leonard refrigerator brought 140 dishes beds and other articles were quickly passed under the hammer by auctioneer a s farmer to real ize 1168 which added to the price of the property brought the total re ceipts of the sale up to 3665 it was said to be the best sale over held in goodwood for a house furniture clean up and the execu tors orval roach and f a forsyth expressed themselves as more than pleased with the outcome canadas fifth victory loan cam paign for one billion two hundred million dollars in is days went over the top two days before the campaign ended york north is well over its objective of 2300000 stouffville markham village and also newmarket each oversub scribed their objective by substan tial amounts stouffville with an objective of 100000 had reached 111 s30 on saturday night and more is still coming in markham township with an objective of 290- 000 had subscribed up to saturday 271150 but was expected to reach its objective when the final returns reach headquarters at newmarket the local surprise was sprung in markham village which because of its low subcriptions in previous cam paigns was given a lower objective than other villages of similar size and was asked for 85000 the villagers actually turned in 120- 950 up to monday ninety per cent of this was sold by mr jos fry a new salesman appointed for this cam paign his reenrd of selling is out standing and gave new impetus to the campaign in the south exploding the claim that the community just didnt have the money whitchurch with an objective that was forseen as too high subscribed an even hundred thousand in the bonds while aurora subscribed 197100 and newmarket 336000 campaign manager h l trapp pointed out that complete figures are not available since returns were steadily coming on wednesday ns this paper went to press richmond hill reported in 94- 550 objective of 100000 may yet be reached 40500 of the subscriptions in stouffville were made direct through the bank and an interesting fact is that in addition to the 111 s50 re ported there was 30600 extra of the new loan taken in stouffville through conversions of other bonds actual new holdings in the 5th vic tory loan in town are therefore 142450 to date local lads lose soccer tuj first stouffville high school boys lost a close decision to markham high on tuesday afternoon in their first soccer game his fall the score was 10 according to the stouffville school reporter the home hoys play- ed a fine game all the way and only just failed to click in several wide- open scoring chances in the first half markhams lone tally came in the last frame stouffville lineup goal raxlin defence schell schmidt halfbacks boadway lehman fretz forwards b forfar r forfar jones steckley doner engagement mr and mrs william blain of port ferry announce the engage ment of their daughter catherine jean to mr ross smith of ottawa son of mr victor smith and the late mrs smith of goodwood ont the marriage to take place in december 80yearold markham bachelor dead john e reesor of locust hill passed away at the home of his bro ther abram l reesor cedar grove on saturday ov 6th in his 81st year he was a member of one of the oldest families in the township and was born on the farm which was settled by his grandfather the late john reesor and which he farmed until he retired in 19 2s v john e reesor was a bachelor and a member of the ireesor mennon- ite church pld order the funeral service in this church on tuesday afternoon was conducted by mr abram smith and mr fred nighs- wander with interment in the ceme tery church yard fall bearers were all nephews of mr reesor a man of very quiet disposition mr reesor was one of ten children born to pioneer parents- surviving him are four sisters and five brothers namely mrs dan ramer mrsdavid grove mrs elias barkey mrs jos barkey also flavius benjamin her man henry and abram reesor many gathered sunday in tribute to war dead family leaving farm is feted democratic groups in italy have been demanding king victor ab- dicate that crown prince um- berto be shelved and a regency be established for umbertos sixyearold son the prince of naples shown here a popular social event at bethesda last thursday evening marked the esteem and good will felt for mrand mrs wm burkholder and the fact that they are leaving the community to resid3 in stouffville after a life time on the farm the people of the hamlet the church friends and sunday school banded into one body to present miss alma burkholder with a lovely set of pictures while mr and mrs burkholder were given an electric lamp and table then on behalf ot the wms mr burkholders sister who lives with them mrs elizabeth wideman was presented with a toilet set the addresses were read by mrs fred yake and mrs russel hunt while the presentations were in the hands of messrs e bolender mrs wm hunt and marie scott the affair took place at the home of mr and mrs cliff burkholder mr and mrs burkholder and fam ily are moving to stouffville to oc cupy the former rev c e macleod place in the west end speaking before a capacity audi ence in the united church here on sunday afternoon rev capt part ridge delivered a stirring address around the points when who and how nazi doctrine can be defeated he reviewed the years leading up to the present conflict and chided his listeners for being more concerned with fighting the french in quebec than being alarmed at the rapid growth of danger outside our own frontiers it was the occasion of the commun ity armistice service and in addition to rev partridge rev d davis the minister of the church was assisted in the service by rev frank herman of the stouffville anglican church four flags were dedicated during the service in an impressive cere mony the christian flag donated to the church by mrs james mccul- lough was presented by mary wil liams representing the canadian girls in training the union jack also donated by mrs mccullough was brought forward by pte bruce davis in honored memory of all those who are servingl in his majes ties forces the man of war ensign of the royal navy was given to the church by mrs n baker in memory of her cousin capt jack anderson of the essex scottish regiment who was killed in england july 31st 1942 and to all others in the community who have paid the supreme sacrifice in the royal navy the tlag was presented by supply officer donald hodgins the ensign of the royal canadian air force donated by messrs e a and f l button in memory of sgt george davis son of rev and mrs douglas david who paid the su preme price in his countrys service in england and to all those who are serving in the rcaf this flag was presented by air cadet fit sergt stanley ball the flags were received by messrs ormsby lehman and carl boadway on behalf of the official board musical numbers included bless ed is the nation by the choir and a cornet solo by miss alice forsyth after the service the parade of the stouffville air cadet squadron no 94 members of the veterans asso ciation and the cgit moved to the memorial fark gates where rev e morton conducted a short service assisted by reeve a e wedon the provincial wreath was laid by mrs d davis andthe veterans- wreath by mrs john castle turnip water core can be prevented one thorough spraying when tur nips arc one or two inches is all that is necessary farmers and turnip dealers in the stouffville district will be vitally in terested in the turnip spraying ex periments made this year in bruce county for the prevention of water core not one field of sprayed turnips showed water core present but on other farms in the same district when no spray was applied iwater core was very bad according to the walkerton her aldtimes dr j d maclachiin of the dept of botany and wf strong chief turnip inspector along with- the agricultural representative visit ed a number of the turnip fields which were sprayed for the preven tion of water core turnip in any of the fields that were sprayed there were approximately 100 acres spray ed in the district this year and about 50 per cent of these fields were in spected many farmers have the idea that water core is not prevalent this year because of the wet grow th season however such is not the case five unsprayed turnip fields were inspected close to the fields that were sprayed and out of the fiver fields inspected four were very badly- affected by water core and a large percentage of the turnips are not fit- for market some of the fields where spraying was carried out are on water core farms and on many- of these farms they have not been able to grow turnips fit for market for a number of years the spraying seems to have been a complete cure it was found that some farmers continued on page 8