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jzs- s nm vj s leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol54 no 35 5 stouffv1lle ont thursday jan 6th 1944 copies this issue 2065 thugs demand claremcnt mans cash at gun point claremont merchants seek prevent recurrence of breakins to ulixu forty ykars chkkrywood wujiax wkad 1 i f h r- t m i n two armed men who attempted to rob jacl brignall claremont barber shop and poolroom operator in the early dawn of thursday morning were apparently frightened away as brignall sped for assistance at about 530 am the window on brignalls sleeping quai broken the barrel w a came- through and a voice tfnbjne outside demanded the sleepers money brignall dashed from the room to the front of the premises only to be confronted by a second man with a revolver who also de manded money grabbing a milk bottle the owner let fly at the intru der and switched on the laige front lights over his gas pumps apparently not wishing to be identified the gunman ran to the rear of the building and brignall hurried out and across the street where he roused his neighbous gro wer c a overland a phone call was put in to constable norton who arrived on the scene beconds later ijgarme the constable entered the jppol loom but found no tiace of the vsttosbers later in the morning an abandon ed coupe with a bullethole in the rear windshield was found near os- hawa the cir had been stolen on the evening pi e ions and used in an attempted liquor robbery at cobourg several claiemont citizens aie said to have identified the coup7 from photographs as the car iisecl m the attempted holdup heic gns stolen xiglit previlus only the night before thievejbroke into the gas pumps of bob lcleod on the four coiners at claremont and got away with some ieventy gallons of gasoline merchants moic for protection following the two breakins de scribed above the merchants of claremont aie considering the en- gaging of a nightwatchman con stable nortonwas approached on the matter but declined the position it isreljabjyreporjed asalaixot 250a night was named claremont business places feel that they are becoming as popular a stop ping place for thugs and hoodlums as uxbi idge and hope to waylay the epidomic befoie any fuither out breiks occur howeer as only a limited number or the businessmen are to be affected there may be some opposition to the payment of a night man it has beenproven almost con clusively tint the piei chant can get best piotection by taking the nccess- aiy piecautions on his own keep a good watoh liyn your store pie- mfses andagtjli handy and you have the best iotectyn possible says one man y v gomura girl iv home of jlragkdy losing her eyesight almost befoie middle life mrs kmllie laughlin of cherrywood pickering township passed away at the brierbush hos pital last week at the advanced age of s4 years she had been a patient here going on to two years and al though she could not see she was le to move about her room and avvery bright surviving is a daughter living in winnipeg and a grandson newton laughlin at cherrywood her hus band died years ago deceased was buried at erskine cemetery near her old home last thursday ece harvesting at ratcliffs pond bur khoider elevated to reeveshio in markham village highlight of the markham village election on monday was the defeat of mr o b heisey who held the posi tion for six yeais by mi frank burkholder son of the late nelson bm khoider of stouffville and sister of our miss iola burkholder the new leeve seived on the council in markham foi seveial teims and the battle was conceded to beinteresting from the start thiee women running for public school tiustees weie all left at home theieby serving notice on the fair sex that they would not he appreciated in olhce markham village for reevo ice cutting commenced this week in the local district when carl rose and his outfit stepped onto the rat- cliff pond at baker hill to cut for the maple leaf dairy atstouffville and for other customers this is one of the purest supplies obtainable since the ice is made from spring water rising nearby and which is not in any way contaminated the supply at this source of course is limited but a great many farmers in the district are taken care of from it mr rose is calling on them to file their orders with him immediately the cutting machine will later be moved to musselmans lake where an unlimited ice upply may be cut a couple of years ago this supply was approved by dr williams moh for whitchurch township the quality of ice to be packed this year will be one of the finest for some time there is twelve inches of clear blue ice with no shale on whatever finest quality ice you could wish to haivest said mr rose in describing the condition of the ice judith ann gooderham eightyeais bui khoider frank 290 heisey o b 161 for council j w j payne 346 e a roffey 306 c w reesor 277 j storrance 270 ed reeves 132 f h tunny 87 elected payne roftey reesor torrance- public school trustees j a bajes 232 a e rohinson 204 john snowball 202 miss a e mahew 100 mis gladys reesor 147 mrs l hurst 143 elected bayes robinson snow ball the inaugural meeting of maik- ham township council foi 19 14 was held this wednesday afternoon saxta claus gets into trouble embibing from the wrong bottlei santa clans if you can believe it was charged with being tipsy when he was ordeied to police court at newmarket on tuesday in his hurry to attend the school concert at bloomington and being overanxious to make a neat speech he determin ed to take a little stimulant the stuff he took wasnt what he should have been drinking hence he ai liv ed in rathoi a tipsy state constible bob windsor aid santa clans ought to pay for his mistake and actually summoned him to couit to mnkemitters worse when his mind got befoggled santa brought along a dozen bottles of tieer and thought it was coco cola he gave it to fi lends in the basement of the school he was relieved of his great coat and someone shoie his whiskers under loud protests upstairs chairman rev gibson brown led a rousing singsong that drowned the piotests from the ears of the audience the magistrate hesitated to go against old santa claus but invited him to pay ten dollars to the court which he did with a smile coupl7et6mke home in toronto slotmachine enquiry is shifted to adelaide street brothers have final leave together ken harper journeyed up from dartmouth ns where he has been attached to the rcaf police chief stewarts evidence make- situation appear better sais commissioner stringer harold steckley further enquiry in the slot- mach- tralnlng ine business being conducted at new- centrefor some time on his embark- m will be held at york county ation leave which is being spent with building beginning this thursday his parentsmr and mrsross harper afternoon whitchurch township little did he at tuesdays sittings in newinar- dream that he would have the good a m mills cour clerk told the fortune to meet his brother don i eno that seized back in who lust arrived home on a similarl bad been deposited in the bank leave from rcaf duty on the last thursday other sums given west coast of canada now the brol in 1942 were also deposited last thers know they are going overseas at the same time and if not on the same boat they will have close con tact with each other another bro ther allen who fell prisoner to the japs at hong kong is known to be well and is working according to his latest letter home cupboaid foi candy on the sink was an electnc toaster the socket for the coid attachment of which is in the metal flange of the sink paients were in tienton at the old foi est hill road daughter of time and the only peisflns in the mr george goodei ham died as a re- home weie a 1yeaiold sister and suit of electiic shock sunday when she climbed on a metal sink in the kitchen of her home to leach in a miss vera brillinger maid and daughtei of mr and mis roy bril linger goi mley the united church manse on the gth line markham township was the scene of a pretty wedding on friday december 31st 1943 when mary jean spang elder daughter of mr and mrs harry spang of the sth concession maikham township was united in mainage to lloyd geo gainer son of mr and mis joseph gainei of biitish columbia the cer emony was conducted by the rev a j orr in the presence of a few lelatives and friends the bride who was tastefully attired in a turquoise blue wool suit and canying a bou quet of baby chrysanthemums corn flowcis and maidenhair fern was supported by her sister mis george sale of toionto who woie a dress of powdered blue crepe and cai ried a bouquet of pink carnations hoi vaidia and maidenhair fern tho gioomsman was carl hoover of the 8th concession following the ceie- mon the wedding paity letuined to the budes home where the le- ception was held after a short wedding tiip mr and mis garner will make their home in toronto the best wishes of the community are extended to them for their fnt- ui e happinesss douglas stecklej lieut harold m steckley bc a and douglas steckley m training with the r c nvr are the sons of piof j c and mrs steckley oa c and owner and operator of the farm ilarbro- ley on the 5th concession of whitchurch where they spent many summers before the war harold was attending queens university prior to enlisting tak ing an engineering course he has been with the 8th army ince the invasionot sicilyand is now in italy douglas the youngest was a medical student at western univeisity before he enlisted uni0nville arrest guilty of assault jack diohan the man who gave constable cayman a real battle at unionville last week when he placed the accused under arrest was found guilty of assault on mrs melway neighboi of the constable but was not guilty of the charge of assault ing mr melway he was also found guilty of theft he told the court he and melway had been drinking home cedar valley mother convict of t pleading guilty to a- charge of stealing a quantity of groceries amounting to 613 fiom loblaws groceteria newmarket a whit church woman sarah cohn of cedar valley was placed on suspended sentence and the giocenes in ques tion returned to mr andrew white manager of the store in police court at newmarket on tuesday mr whyte told his worship that he had had the accused undei obsei- vaton foi about two months on dec 23 id she came into the stoie collected a number of articles some of which she paid for at the cashiers counter the others which she did not pay for and which included the butter meat cocoa and sugar she placed in a shopping bag and handed to her tenyearold son who was standing at the front of the store the serious part of this is that you took a tenyearold child to help you thieve stated magistrate wood- liffe it is a mean and miserable thing for a mother to do to teach a youngster to be a thief i am placing you on probation for six months you aretostayjnoflobuiwsstore and report to the newmarket police every two weeks the goods will have to be returned to lohlaws and he diove melway home to union ville melway was found stretched out in his home with a head wound which drohan says was selfinflicted when he was getting out of the car drohan tried to force mrs melway to diive him to toronto when her sci earns broughtthc constable who battled drohan ue2ore he was sub dued and arrested drohan was remanded for sentence on the assault charge against mrs drohan and on the theft charge for stealing a wallet with 15 from the lieut a a baker weds unionville girl at hart house believed used by claremont gunmen this car stolen the evening prior to the claremont holdup and used by robbers in escaping an attempted liquorthieving job at cofcautg wafc found nearos- haw and is believed by sevcr- lobelthe irifslio al claremont residents to car they saw speed awnyifoliowv ing the attemptedholdup of jack brignallthe hole- is believed to have beetftmadej by cobourg police- constable dohcrty rev a e owen of cooksville and foimerly of unionville officiated at the wedding of shirley bernico brown regn and lieut alan a baker rcn vr of the township of whitchurch which took place on dec 27th in hart house chapel the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs arthur l brown unionville and the groom is the son of morgan baker and the late mrs baker of king ont standards of white chry santhemumsformed a pretty set ting for the bridal party clarion baker cousin of- the groom played the neddlng music and miss alma baker sister of the gioom was sol oist given in marriage by her father the bride chose a twopiece ensemble of seaway blue wool with accents of brown her flowers were a corsage of apricot colored roses miss gwen dolyn brown attended her sister as maid of honor in gold wool with navy accessories and a corsage of coralcolored roses lieut- robcrtn pakinson was groomsman and the usher was gerald rose at the reception held- at the university school of nursing queens park the brides mother received in a gown of plum crepe with shoulder length bouquet of orchids thejcou- ple left for a weddlngtrip to the laurentlans cvvi editorial forward with the enquiry it must have been with real regret that the general pub- iic throughout the county of york read the protest from mr f g gardiner reeve of forest hill and chairman of the york county police committee and later the criticism i of judge loveiing directed against commissioner w ii stringer who through court action at newmarket is turn ing the spotlight on the soltmachine business as carriedon in this jurisdiction the general opinion has continued to grow that there is a racket in the manner in which this business has been carried on and if that belief is illfounded this enquiry would clear up the matter to the advantage of the york county police if they have been guilty of misconduct then let them take the punishment just when the investigation seems to be getting highly interesting for the- police force men in high places step in and challenge the authority of the attorney generals department to carry on the investi- gation such criticism tends to detract rather than help the department to get to the bottom of the trouble the fact that conditions that have been shown jto exist went unnoticed by the policecommittee should silence any vnny criticism against the attorneygenerals department taking a hand 7- v we believe we speak the mind of many people in this county when we say that they are notso much concerned about whether york county police are controlled from queens park or from adelaide street as they are over the- prosecution of the socalled slotmachine racket one would have thought that the police committee would have offered help rather than hindrance to an enquiry that so many seem to feel is long overdue if the county force is riotguilty of sloppy practicethen letfthe enquiry go on so they may be exonerated they will not be exoner ated by detracting from thecase over an issue of -authority- which scarcely interests the ratepayers of the county at this i moment- week he came across the money checking records for the enquiry he told commissioner stringer wit- ness said he had often allowed the money to accumulate criticized by commissioner strin ger for the long delay in making de- posits mr mills said large sums passed through his hands sometimes l 600 or 700 a day constahle stuart submitted evi dence on number of machines seized and destroyed by his department which evidence caused mr stiinger to say that this made the situation appear a lot better commissioner intends to inves tigate where monies taken from machine went describing the methods of york county police inthe disposition of seied slot machines a sloppy way of doing business provincial folice t commissioner w h stringer on thuisday at newmarket urged chief- william stuart toapply more efflcii cut bookkeeping henceforth on the witness stand at the fourth day sitting of the inquiry which or ginally set out to investigate method of policing in whitchurch township chief stuart was unable t2rjt3swe1 specifically certain questions legard ing the disposal of some 100 cohfls cated slot machines in the past six years the commissioner stated thatthe inquiry was getting nowhere bej causeof the indefinite nature of testi- mony given by chief stuart he ob ij seryed that some of the machines- j fs e considerable perlods before belngde- stroyed arid that money taken from- f the destroyed devices was held for lengthy periods before being turned over to the york court clerk si no particular pile asked to produce information in- j eluding dates of disposition of all slot machines were destroyed the- chief police headquarteis and the names of certain constables present when- the machines weie destroyed- stuart admitted that he kept no particular file in that regard i could name officers piesent at thetime all mach- ines weie destioyed but it would only be by memory declared the ti chief n why were the machines ancf money held asked crown attorney l r mctavish y ik the witness replied that there- vjs was no hurry adding that money r v us l taken from the machines was inf continued on back page vjrji uxbridge vote fas light the vote polled on monday ovow uxbridge township was light since there was no real issue atstake in the municipal election and interest 2 was only in your preference forgone candidate over another former deputy reevo walter beach was defeated by reeve edgar y- johnson who was regarded abtery strong at the outset and goes back for his third term t john m rae de puty reeve was accorded an acclama tion while freddie mddleton was the low contestant for the council and wili have to remainyat home it t isaac catherwood returns to council- aftersome years out of office v -m- ri i township of ttxbridgo election 1944 k for reevo beach polling div 1 20 div 2 49 div 3 61 div i 6 div 5 8 div 6 32 div- 7 10 johnson 25 ffsr 42 lh- 99 61- i 1s6186 365 for council ball dlckn cathd div 1 div 2 div 3 div 4 div 5 div 6 119 div 7 32 14 74 75 35 32 22 61 59 30 14 69 52 21 44 38 32 68 34- 1 -o- ivi- 381 307 291 i midtt 24 48 38 s i v