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fftcflnrae leading weeklylfor whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 54 no 30 stouffville ont thursday dec 2nd 1943 2025 copies eight pages christmas market day and horse show dec 21 stoulfvilles annual christmas market is set for tuesday dec 2 lit the date was decided on monday evening at a wellrepresented busin ess mens meeting and a committee was appointed tfl look after the de tails and engage a man whose duty it will be to look after additional weigh scales and other matters for the convenience of the farmers on market day the expense in connection with advertising the day and other de tails will be paid for by a levy of 1 each on the merchants and over a dozen of them who were present paid their dollar to chas nolan who was appointed secretary for the meeting all merchants are asked to give a dollar and leave it with the secre tary so that services incidental to the market will be paid for additional weighing scales will be provided in ratcliffs basement and possibly one other place on main st as well as the butcher shops out side buyers are being invited to enliven the competition on market day there will be a horse show in the afternoon and a committee com posed of jos cooney hugh boyd harry paisley and lloyd turner will have the piogram in charge piize money will be liberal and at least one new class will be added over a year ago there will be no prizes for poul try but stouffville always pays the highest prices and as one merchant said the ifarmers are aware of this partnership action brought by mrs mowder dismissed plaintiff is given 325 and pcrniis- sion to retain live stock carried off fiuiii before action staitcd kludge adiised the parties make settlement out of court only canadian negro paratrooper canadian faiatrooper piivate c c wateiman toronto has his equipment adjusted by sergt dave reynolds waterman is the only negro paratrooper in the canadian army highly prized markham farm sold closed in addition to a good hip looted bain ample hog pens electricity and water theie is a lovely large brick one of the most pleasantly situated lesidence fionted with ornamental claiming that she was a partner with her husband and that she was entitled to a share of profits mrs elsie mowder of claremont brought action against her husband fred mow der before mr justice mackay in nonjury supreme court sittings at whitby last thursday the couple operate the waddell farm west of claremont and a gen eral store business in the village and fine old farms of markham township was sold this week when mr ed nigh parted with the home stead on the 6th concession just south of the whitchurch townline the new owner will be mr george french of hagersville but the place will be occupied by his soninlaw whose name strangely enough is also nigh but so far as is known there is no relationship the propei ty has been in the nigh family for more than 75 years since it was occupied by the present own ers grandfather and then his father the late jonathan reeveof markham township and waiden of york county the pro perty was sold for a good figure al though the price has not been dis- tiees to the loadway the place is well fenced and contains a valuable bush it is hoped that mr and mrs nigh and family will locate nexi spiing in stouffville but so far they have been unable to make a pur chase here hopes for recovery are brighter john phillips who was struck by a motor car and seriously injured on nov 20th appeals to be making an heioic effort to survive the injuries and is believed to be holding- his own he is of couise still in the western hospital and is likely to be a patient thei e for some considerable time schools restaurants farms suffer from flu epidemic mrs mowder is not living with hec tendance according to dr h b freel the flu epidemic in and around stouff ville mounted with inci eased fury over the weekend even last friday there were 20 children absent fiom school owing to the flu but on mon day morning the high school had to close down since three teachers were ill also over 50 pupils in the public school two teachers were bed fast and every class was down in at- husband and sought to recover a share of the assets of the two busi nesses the action was dismissed on the judges endorsement by an agree ment of settlement drafted after threo hours of hearing each party to pay their own costs mr a w s greer acted for the defendant fred mowder and l j sparham for the plaintiff mrs mow der the agreement provides for the payment of 325 to the plaintiff and an undertaking that no action would be taken to recover certain cattle etc removed by mrs mowder from the farm after the difference arose between her and the husband mrs mowder was the only witness called she was on the stand nearly three hours from the opening of the ca6e at 10 oclock until noon ad journment at one oclock when the suggestion of a settlement was ad vanced mrs mowder daughter of mr and mrs jack coombe of uxbridge was married in 1932 went to a farm in 1934 she said she asked to be placed on the lease with her husband ns they would start as partners mr mowder agreed she testified the lease however did not have her name on the same thing happened she said when they entered the store business since she didnt appear on the store lease either i was satis fied we were to be partners she told the judge mrs mowder testified that she had given her husband at one time money from her personal account to continued on page seven the teachers taken ill were princi pal murphy mrs reg button and miss foster from the high school also miss hazel bacon primary tea cher in the public school since there were only two high school teachers to carry on the school had to be closed down miss bacons room in the public school was also dismissed on monday the leola foode shoppe was clos ed up half of last week when miss ha rose proprietress fell victim to pleurisy and is in the brierbush hospital on the shadow lake farm where 3700 pullets are being fed the help situation became serious since the flu cut into it manager andy wil liams was knocked out last week mrs williams and four of the hired nomination meeting offers no criticism of public spending there was scarcely a handful of ratepayeis at the nomination meet ing in ratcliffs hall on friday even ing and no speeches were made the affair for a municipal nomination couldnt have been flatter it would appear that the tax payeis are per fectly satisfied with the manner in which the council has handled the municipal purse since no one came to protest or ask questions the fre quent intimations that steps are con templated for widening the entiante to the cemetery and the possible se curing of a site for a new hall failed to aiouse any opposition no doubt the reeve and council also the cemetery commission will pursue their course of action feeling that since no opposition was voiced thj gieen light is light in front of them reeve a e weldon was the only person nominated for reeve and will thus start his sth term in that office in january 1944 he has been a membei of council for 14 years hav ing served six years befoie his pio motion to the reeveship hugh boyd walter bnllinger and a v nolan were returned to the council by acclamation and r e brown qualified for the vacancy caused by the letnement of mr wm f ratclift due to ill health mr biown retired two years ago because he was in ill health himself for school board mr don chad- wick stouffville machine and tool works replaces dr h b freel who lefused to qualify lloyd turner and j w memullen were returned by acclamation the three vacancies are therefore filled by acclamation h o klinck was returned to the cemetery commission by acclama tion below are the names of those plac ed in nomination with their sponsors for reeve a- e weldon sponsored byw c brillinger a g thompson for council e a button by w c brillinger and hugh bannerman hugh boyd by wc brillinger and ira aldred a v nolan by a g thompson and w c brillinger w c brillinger by dr h b freel and f l button hugh bannerman by f l button and dr h b freel r e brown by h j malloy and iia aldred school trustees h b freel by f l button and h j malloy lloyd turner by h b freel and a v nolan j w memullen by ira aldred and f l button donald chadwick by h b freel and ira aldred lack of nutritions in cattle feed is being reflected in a lower milk production now a commissioned okficejt rig yintcrtcin herd of 58 cons producing 20 cans per day kails to only 13 sufficient supplements for cows often short milk ho graduated at biockville last week as a second lieutenant is the eldest son of mr er good of stouffville lieut good was one of v to be accorded honor standing out of 400 students after spending a week here with his wife and child he left for petawawa wheie he will continue his trainin couise gifts totalling 1500 dispersed from town estate sums ranging from 50 to 200 allotted aged and sick with medical bills get larger donations fourteen years on the stouffville municipal council seven of which he served as reeve a b weldon has been accorded an eighth term by acclamation uxbridge township couple aved it is enough to make some of us wonder whether preachers have been preaching sermons dealing with the help fell victims and for several days text of scripture love one ano- one man held off the enemy and saved the poultry from missing their meals and clogging the nests with hen fruit attendance at surrounding rural schools is reported to be decidedly down since the flu has struck the farmers as well as the towns people mrs chas nolan went to unionville on monday to help out a stricken staff the medical men advise their patients to remain in bed for two or three days the flu is said to be the type that prevailed during the last war but it became more virulent as it spread persons with a cold should take no chances and not for their own sakes but in consideration of others they ought to remain at home thus helping to stamp out the threa tened spread of flu ther when so many of our young people have been travelling the road to matrimony gladys marjorie jean davis daughter of mr and mrs geo edward davis became the wife of oliver delford yakely son of mr and mrs oliver yakely last satur day afternoon in stouffville at the home of rev and mrs e morton the bride and groom and their par ents all live in the township of ux bridge births reesor at markham on friday nov 26 1943 to mr and mrs norman rcesor claremont rr 2 the gift of a son martin at the ross memorial hospital lindsay to mr and mrs bryson martin nee kay lee ofl robcaygcon a daughter buried close to where she was born 80 years ago born on the t concession at the east end of stouffville back in 1862 mrs wellington snodden died in toronto on sunday in her 82nd year her maiden name was melinda memullen the funeral on wednes day afternoon this week took place to stouffville cemetery for interment the service was conducted in the christian phurch by rev charles montgomery pastor and the pall bearers were messrs lud hoover walter dickson edw walls ross e brown albert booth and a v nolan these were the men who two years ago bore the remains of mrs henry memullen to their final resting place the late mrs snodden was a daugh ter of william memullen who came from ireland with his parents when he was but seven years of age he died at the age of 92 and his eldest son was joe memullen who died in stouffville last spring also at the age of 92 the late mrs snodden re ceived her education in stouffville in one of the first schools that is now forgotten her husband died over 40 years ago and for the past 30 years mrs snodden lived in toronto surviving the aged lady are two sisters mrs robert frampton of neepawa man who is nearly ninety miss martha memullen stouffville it may be fairly said that santa claus has already arrived in stouff ville although christmas is yet three weeks off surplus earnings of 1500 ifiom the estate of the late thomas williamson recipients look ed upon as a great benefit since it will mean the difference between enjoying the fuel they will be able to buy as against getting along on an insufficient and uncertain supply in other instances the money was distributed last week over the community to those who were deem ed to be entitled to share in the dis tribution gifts from 50 to 200 were made the larger amounts go ing to those whom it was felt could make good use of the extra this winter some was being used to buy winter clothing pay rent also a goodly portion will provide sick benefits for a number who are bur dened with paying accounts of this nature the money was dispersed by the council and three ministers and since their policy is not to let their right hand know what the left is doing the homes touched are simply off the records the accumulation of 1500 by the estate dates from the death of mr williamson a year and a half ago and under the terms of the will the surplus each year must be dispersed by or on nov 30 th the estate is still in the bands of the executors but will be handed to the corporation in january as a trust and council must conserve the dapital investments and disperse annually the surplus earnings the estate is valued at more than 40000 but must provide a 1000 annuity and maintenance of the family resi dence before any socalled surplus is dispersed to those in need because of the shortage of home grown feeds lack of milkproducing supplements to the local grain and a decided shortage in the quality of the homegrown feed that is avail able there is a definite falling off in the pioduction of milk in the stouff ville distiict particularly is this noticeable with those farmers who handle larger herds some report that so far they have been able to maintain their normal output but they all fear the supply may fall short before winter is gone the tribune contacted the farm of mr ross winterstein in whit church where probably the largest heid of dairy cows in that township or any of the sunounding townships are to be found between 50 and 60 animals are being milked twice daily and while mr winterstein worked 500 acres of land this summer he does not pretend lo pioduce all his own cattle feed since he is a large vegetable producer too he pur chased three car loads of western grain so far and quantities of oil cake this fall at times there is such a shortage of oil cake and other nutriments that the animals drop back in their pioduction of milk normally the winterstein herd produces from 18 to 20 cans per day but right now due chiefly to the causes outlined only 13 cans are leaving the farm however to offset the smaller out put per cow in this dairy district theie has been a real stepping up in the ballantrae district where within a mile and a quarter there are seven milking machines in operation on the farms all installed within the past year ross hood is erecting a large extension to his barns so that he can accommodate more cows this is all evidence of expansion when we tell the novice that on the winterstein farm the great herd is milked by the use of only three units one can realize what a great help these machines are in labor saving at milking time night and morning mr winterstein is anxi ous to have a fourth unit at work and will have just as soon as added electricity can be obtained and other supplies needed to provide a hot water supply lequired so badly in the cleaning up operations after each milking even under present conditions 58 cows are usually milked within two hours requiring the work of two men until the new hot water in stallation becomes a fact on the win terstein farm the utensils are washed by the family help given promotion pilot officer jack drewery who just received his commission at a western base a week ago is home visiting his mother mrs robt rat- cliff jack graduated as a bomba- dler in the rcaf cadets open night parents and friends of stouffville air cadets are invited to attend an open night at the school this friday evening dec 3rd when the boys and their officers will be the hosts a number of promotions will be made as dealt with in this weeks air cadet news in addition to special entertainment and demon stration provided by officers from the rcaf station at oshawa engagement mr and mrs jonas e davis kin- sale wish to announce the engage ment of their eldest daughter velma jean to anthony gardiner of clare mont son of the late anthony gardi ner gormley marriage to take place early in december big uxbridge twp real estate deal and one brother henry both iivin in the east end of stouffville three daughters also survive they being mrs bertha holler mrs martha sparrow and mrs may sparrow the latter two daughters having married brothers an important timber acreage in uxbridge township changed hands this week when mr g m forsyth of claremont sold his 175 acre farm on the 6th concession about three and a half miles north of claremont to the h b timber co scarboro bluffs the farm is tenanted by a john s hedges who will not be disturbed since the new owners are chiefly concerned about removing some 100 acres of timber from the property the bush is mostly pine maple oak and beach mostly original trees recently the forsyth estate sold a 400 acre block of farm and bush land lying in the same neighborhood