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tostffvfue leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol54 no34 stouffv1lle ont thursday dec 30th 1943 conies this issue 2065 whitchurch nomination smallest attended past twentyfive years old council returned by acclamation the smallest attendance in 25 years turned out for the nomination meet ing in whitchurch on monday only a handful of ratepayers were on hand when the nomination closed and clerk john crawford announced that only the old council was nominated they are reeve george leary deputy reeve lome p evans councillors edward logan eu gene baker and l j harper mr leary said he viewed the small attendance as an indication that the council was approved by the people or the shortage of gasoline and the help problem may have had some thing to do with it he referred to county matters in general and re ceived a cordial hearing taxes were stationary except perhaps in some school sections where a bus service had been inaugurated one of these cases was around gormley where five sections had engaged a bus to take the students to stouffville high school the cost is 1500 per year half paid by the department and the balance divided between the sections being 300 per section he said the municipality had been fortunate this past year with hospit alization costs running 662 since often double this amount had to be paid out some years mr evans appointed to the coun ty agricultural committee explained some of its work he strongly sup ported the idea of a tax of onefifth of a mill on all farmers to create a fund to be used in promoting the farmer rights in the country un less we have funds to promote our in terests we cannot hope to get any place declared the speaker any farmer who objected to the assessment could be removed from the small tax which on a 6000 as sessment only amounts to 1 appli cation had been made through his committee he said for 18 spraying machines for delivery next spring continued on page six commissioned reeve o b heisey gets acclamation reeve o b ileisey was leturned by acclamation in markham village on monday despite previous threats that there would be a contest for the position frank burkholder an old stouffville hoy was nominated but did not qualify for the fight there will be a contest for seats on council between w j payne chas w reesor edward reeve edwin a roffey john s torrance and frank tuhney po jack drewery rcaf son of mrs robt ratcliff of stouffville who recently won his wings and commission at the winnipeg rcaf training school he also tiained at souris and mossbank jack attended both stouffville public and high schools and was a member of the local air cadet squadron before enlisting wm c noxon dies in his 81st year mrs holden was 78 one of our west end citizens who is more than active for her years is mrs truman holden who will ob serve her 7sth birthday on dec 31st resides her usual household duties mrs holden made the christmas pudding and baked homemade bread for the festive season celebiuied at the home of her daughter mrs jas ridout it is interesting to note that mrs holden has five grandsons serving in the war fred is a mech anic with the eighth army in italy victor stationed at yarmouth ns both sons of arthur holden mervyn gillion training as a pilot stationed at trenton son of mrs maurice gil- lion and harry and murray holden with the royal canadian navy sta tioned at cornwallls n s sons of delbert holden incidentally if you know freddie holden you may recognize him as one of the motor cyclists in a picture at the stanley theatre this week william courtlandt noxon so manufacturer banker broker and agentgeneral for ontario in great britain during 192134 died last weekathis lyndhurst ave home in toronto he was the father of mr kenneth noxon of cashel mark ham township and grandfather of kenneth jr high school student at stouffville mr noxon a native of ingersoll at tended pickering and upper canada colleges and then returned to inger soll to enter his fathers business in the manufacture of agricultural im plements then he moved to toronto and later became a partner in the firm of brent noxon and co during the last war he estalished and conducted the toronto and york patriotic fund and also served on the imperial munitions board in 1013 to adjust war claims in connection with canadian supplies sent to the allies he went to europe for the canadian government as agentgen eral for ontario in great britain he successfully promoted the sale of honey bacon and fruit the year after the hepburn government clos ed ontario house he returned to canada surviving are his widow three sons kenneth william and gerald and a daughter mrs frederick hodgson evelyn funeral services were held at grace church-on-the- hill interment was in ingersoll cemetery over 450 blood donations given at local clinic mother destroyed family of twelk just like a christmas box came twelve little piggies for mr ed wil liams residing on the north end of mill street mother and youngsters seemed happy to be acquainted but without warning and when mr wil liams was not present the mother still there is the urgent call for blood donors the next clinic will be held in markham on thursday jan 13th from s30 to 12 noon in the church hall at the last clinic there were 90 donors bringing the total donations to date to 454 while those whf have given their blood before will contribute again new givers re constantly being sought and if you care to submit your name be good enough to con tact m e watts stouffville or mrs a l brown markham phlls your contribution may save a life during the same week the neigh boring towns gave the following donations newmarket 76 rich mond hilil01east general hospital 44 scarboro 75 bcaverton s5 destroyed the entire family the old fenelon falls 77 oshawa 305 pig decided suddenly on the second peterboro 126 guelph 73 total day ihat she didnt want to rear a for ontario for the period was 10- famlly i 492 donations musselmans lake people testify in slot machine case on the third day of the investigat ion conducted by commissioner w ii stringer and l r mactavish of the attorney generals department into the method of policing in whit church township four more wit nesses gave testimony concerning the three slotmachines which constable robert windsor of whitchurch had seized in a raid on davies dance hall in july and which although ordered by crown attorney mcfad- den to be handed over to york cty police he lefnsed to give up as he believed they would eventually be returned to the operator although they had been judged illegal in mag istrates court at the time of the conviction at a previous hearing constable windsor said that every thing he had done had been in order to bring on an investigation to ex pose the gang who had been brib ing the police george e davies whitchurch township operator of a summer re sort at musselmans lake admitted that the three slotmachines which were referied to during the investi gation and which were seized and held by constable windsor had been taken in a raid in july of this year he explained that as a result of a deal with a man named johnnie hamilton the slot machines and pin- ball machines had been installed after july first of this year you knew these machines were illegal we didnt know then and i dont know now how the slotmach ines come under the law did you ever seek legal advice no i didnt mr davies went on to say that mr hamilton left it more or less up to his mr davies judgment as to whether they were legal or illegal he said that he had had the pin ball machines which were legal on his premises for five or six years and that they were installed by sam minz of toronto well then who paid the fine in the event of conviction i paid the fine stated mr davies he went on to say that he had been fined 100 and costs of 13 by the court eighty per cent of which he had been reimbursed by mr hamilton immediately after the trial how was it he gave you so per cent rather than one hundred per cent asked mr mactavish i dont remember at the time i still think that i am to get the balance replied the witness asked if mr hamilton had expected to get the machines back after the case ap peared in court imr davses said that he did not know about that as he had not had any conversation wih mr hamilton after the convict- ioi referring the time when the slot machines were installed in his premises mr mactavish asked the witness if he was led to believe that his premises would be raided to which the latter replied yes some thing was said at the time be tween may and july that it would not be raided he then stated that he was convinced that the machines were legal asked if he were ever led to be lieve the place was fixed by the police mr davies replied that he was never given this impression asked if he were acquainted with constable watt and constable wind sor the witness stated that he knew both officers but denied seeking ad vice from either of them concern ing the slotmachines at the time of the raid it was the heighth of the season mr davies said asked if he knew how much money there would be in the slotmachines at the time they were seized by the police mr davies re plied that he could only guess at the amount following the trial did you have any conversation with mr hamilton about the machines yes he wanted to put the slot machines back and i said i wouldnt do it was it the slot machines he wanted you to put in do you know anything about the rumor told the commission that some thing must be wrong in connection with the law enforcement regarding slotmachines asked mr mactav ish what i cant understand is why it is allowed in one place to operate continued on back page markham cop subdues vicious thief with billy after lengthy struggle spends christmas in switzerland mr and mis g r w thomas received a most welcome christ mas gift on dec 24th in the form of a letter from their son flying officer jas thomas it flying oiurer james thomas had been written on oct 2nd flying officer thomas was shot down over fiance on jhe night of feb 13th while piloting a heavy bomber on a raiding mis sion and has been in switzer land for some time where he is believed to be interned this is the first letter his parents have received as he explains it is ony now they have been per mitted by the authorities to write he told of having sent a number of cables but had receiv ed no replies until the latest ones sent in september the others had not been received by his people here flying offi cer thomas told of his approach ing marriage to miss frances rogers rn of england miss rogers like himself is having an enforced holiday in switzer land due to a broken leg sus tained in a skiing accident just at the time war broke out he spoke of enjoying his stay and of hoping to do considerable skiing this winter grappling with a husky sixfoot robber in uniouville on christinas ave constable ben gayman landed his quarry in the don jail after a struggle the constable will not soon dismiss from his mind in court he gave his name as alex drohan a previous offender and was charged with robbery with violence mrs mellway the constables next door neighbor entered her home dur ing the evening to find her husband prostrate from a blow on the head while sounds from upstairs took her to investigate she found the assail ant hiding in a clothescloset the robber ordered mrs mellway to the garage to get the car and drive him back to toronto and when she broke away and attempted to run to the gayman house she was struck over the head with a bottle notwithstanding she managed to escape and called constable gayman to the scene on entering the garage the cop was charged by drohan and a strug gle ensued the assailant broke away and ran across the fields with the constable in pursuit a second scuffle swayed back and forth over the slippery ground but the hefty cop finally managed to bring his billy to bear on the thief and then he slipped the wristlets on the man he was found to have taken mr mellways wallet and ration book a rare holstein holstein men should keep their eye on capt roy brown the socall ed city farmer at bethesda capt brown had a visit from the rop inspector the day before christmas and one of his holstein animals gave a milk test of 65 it was her first test and the inspector made a second test to make sure he had made no error the cow under roe is freshened for the third time hence has a long life ahead and may be heard from in the future holstein tests of 45 are highly satisfactory and not too common quiet in scott twp scott township returned the old municipal council by acclamation on monday markham council acclaimed without opposition as was anticipated there will be price of binder twine election in uxbridge f wp the township of uxbridge provides the only election in the local area and there will be a contest for the position of reeve and for seats on the council former councillor john m rae was given an acclamation for deputy reeve the fight for reeve is between edgar johnson and walter beach mr johnson was reeve last year while mr beach was deputy reeve for three seats on the citunci four are seeking election walter ball ud harold dickinson who served last year and fred middleton and isaac catherwood bert tindall and walter davis were nominated but refused to qual ify mr beach also received a nom ination for his old position as deputy reeve but he felt a step up was due and that his opponent reeve for two or three terms had stated at the last council meeting that he would not contest the seat r eeves accl cdaime warden wm reesor reeve of pickering township and all his old council were returned by acclamation on monday there was a strong feeling that this body of men were familiar with the problems of the township brought about by the acquisition of ajax and would be better fit ted to finish the job no election in markham township next monday since the 1943 munici pal council was returned on monday by acclamation only one other name other than members of the old council was placed in nomination that of mr win timbers who con gratulated the council on their ac complishments in the past year and said he would not be a candidate since his name was the only one placed in nomination outside the old council about 50 ratepayers were present indicating a lack of interest or more likely complete satisfaction with the work of the council reeve hooper thanked the electors for a second acclamation as head of the municipality he said the town ship showed a balanced budget for the current year despite a war with its mounting costs and school costs running wild he noted a decrease in secondary school attendance hos pitalization too he said was down ward seventeen miles snow fencing deputyreeve w l clark referred to problems of past years such as bridges and now its snow removal post war reconstruction in agricul ture must be given its proper place and its proper share of the national income mr clark declared councillors speak councillor reuben stiver referred to the curfew issue for unlonville thanked mr roberts for foresight in buying a gravel pit that is servin the township and the electors for re turning him to his seat on the coun cil as a newcomer to the municipal board councillor dalton raimney said he saw a lot of holes in township roads this year that he never saw before he told of the demonstration weed spraying but said it would be too costly to down the roadside weeds this way at present it was up to every man to keep the weeds cut in front of his own farm until labor shortage is over he reminded the meeting that council had provided a building for the snow plow and for the mechanic to work in trying to start the big plow outside was no good he said councillor albert reesor said it and dust layer there are 17 miles was a poor policy to lower taxes at chas hooper reeve chas hooper of markham township champions the cause of the farmer in york county council and gets a hearing the ratepayers are sending him back by acclamation for another year of fencing in the township in which 9000 is invested the township gave dust layer without charge to those living close to traffic roads so we are spending more than the cost of putting up one big bridge in one year speaking about hospitaliza tion he said these institutions aro asking more for indigent patients one of the most important commit tees in the county this next year will be agriculture he said i ask you is 12 for hogs on a parity with tho this time when more dust layer as a stabalizer was needed on the roads mr reesor said the financial stand ing of the township was good and he was pleased to emphasize this like all the other speakers he thanked his mover and seconder for placing his name in nomination clerk chas hoover was requested to act as chairman for tho meeting one of more than usual quiet and over which a good spirit was mani fest i george jf leaky george ii leary and his fellow councillors were accorded an acclamation in whitchurch on monday it is mr learys se cond acclamation as reeve and he says hes beginning to like it