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t5 i v- v leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 55 no 7 stouffville ont thursday june 22th1944 eight pages wounded cpntfijct given for reducing gravel hill work will be started within two or three weeks on cutting down gravel hill on the townline be tween whitchurch and uxbridge to a six or seven per cent grade ten ders were opened at a joint meet ing of the two councils held in stouffville on thursday evening and the successful tenderer was the schutz tile and gravel co of dur ham mr schutz was present himself to discuss matters with the council and said his outfit would probably move coo yards the first day it was set up from the point of view of the two councils the contract obtained with this firm is highly satisfactory there were four other concerns tendering but the durham co was below them all by a sub stantial margin cost delivered in the bin by this firm will be 40c while some firms tendered as high as 70c for bin price price submitted and accepted by the successful tenderer in addition to quoting 40c in the bin further calls for 32c delivered within a radius of four miles 7 cents a mile any greater distance the contrac tor also tendered for 50c per cubic yard for fill i approximately 1g00o yards will be lifted which it is estimated will meet the entire demands of the two townships any further gravel may mr and mrs harold coathup re- hp takpn bv other municipalities or ceived word on monday uiat their tie taken dy oliiei municipalities oi jd warrant officer geoige private individuals j r coathupj 23 had been killed in taction j i kfa i he w born inwatrous sask retty june wedding f was about 3 okl when at dicksons hill church parents moved to toronto lie i received his education at blythe- doner timbers wood school and was a member of rhodes aveunited church summer flowers formed an effee- h received his air training at tive background in dickson s iiillguelph ont and at dafoe sask church on wednesday june 21l had 12 flying hours on the icua whti nnvnthv ruth daughter atlantic coast before receiving or word has been received by mr and mrs d e bolender of whitchurch that their son glenn bolender lias been seri ously wounded while fighting with the invasion forces on the normandy beach glenn was a member of a royal canadian artillery unit and went ashore the second day of the great attack he suffered a bullet wound in the right thigh unionville flyer makes supreme sacrifice markham twp man heads conference the 119th sessions of the confer ence of the christian churches in ontario were well attended at bloomington from june 14 to 19th meals were served by the women connected with the bloomington church and a profitable convention was reported from the spiritual viewpoint outstanding on the program was the young peoples rally wednes day evening and the spiritual and instructive addresses given by rev c keen of high park baptist church on thursday afternoon and evening new president of the conference is mr albert reesor of markham township who is identified with the ringwood congregation the new- vicepresident is rev r serrick of keswick and the clerk is mrbruce morton of stouffville reeve wm reesor of pickering was returned as conference treasurer rev a stein of newmarket will become the new editorof tidings the church paper to replace rev g w hunter resigned the next conference will be held in the altona church it was de cided 1944 when dorothy ruth daughter of mr and mrs win timbers stouffville became the bride of lloyd m doner son of mrand mrs clarence doner gormley rev p g lehman officiated mrs harri son schlichter sister of the groom played the wedding music and miss helen doner sang o perfect love during the signing of the register i the bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of white faconne sheer her finger tip veil ders for overseas in 1943 in april 1942 he was- married to miss betty burgoyne 174 gainsboro rd tor onto his younger brother warrant officer clifford coathup 21 failed to return from air operations over germany two months ago and is still reported missing a mr and mrs coathupcwho have made a great many friends in unionville since they took up resi was caught with a cluster oforangecierice there less than three years j ag have the syrnpat of the en tire in the sad news of these gallant young sons who were inseparable companions until they answered the call of duty blossoms and she carried a bouquet of mixed flowers miss irene tim bers her sisters only attendant wore a gown of blue organdie and carried a nosegay of mixed flowers mr donald doner was best man and ihe ushers were harold doner apd robprt timbers a reception was held on the lawn at the home of the brides parents the bridesmother received wear- ing a dusty- rose sheer dress with white accessories assisted by the grooms mother who wore a blue sheer dress with white accessories amid showers of confetti the happy couple left for points north the bride wearing a blue printed suit with white accessories upon -their- return they will reside in gormley stage set tor big lions fun night preparations are practically com- pleted for the lions big street fair and dance to be held next wednes day june 28th a bumper crowd is expected to be in town- and full arrangements have been made to entertain them all itis expected there will be a mid way of- nine booths in addition to a grand bingo circle to be housed in the former bank building therell be plenty of refreshments and games of every description billy hole and his popular band will provide the music for the dan cing on stouffvilles highclass pavement i one of the highlights of the eve ning will be the lucky draw for no less than fifteen prizes tickets have been on sale for this event for some time but can still be se- cured on the night of the draw the prizes are ice refrigerator value 90 and seasons supply of ice donated by lions frankriches and clayt baker registered hol- stein calf donated by mrs roy brown registered jersey calf donated by lion walter brillinger s10 merchandise voucher t eaton co mattress lion l e oneill windbreaker 5 value a e -wel- don 5 cash stouffville planing mill 5 merchandise voucher schells meat market 5 cash jk agnew glass coffee maker stouff ville hardware- motor fog lamp motor trade supply co vankirk hat r e curtis 10 lb roast of meat oboyle meat market 3 cash d macgregor and ratcliff co set of delux trays boad- ways drug store italy warrior had miraculous escape morley pugh with the 8th army in italy had a remarkable escape the latter partoi may when a piece of shrapnel passed through his cheek and out his mouth or did it george cowie dies after long fight with illness to build tarvia i stouffville to g roadn oodwood william bassett has sold his house and lot at brougham to robt brennan mr- bassett will locate shortly at greenwood where he has j purchased the davis place real estate has been quite active in the village iho past year ai5g vatf wuvv enter the mouth and leave bythe cheeky route morley doesnt know but in a letter to his parents mr and mrs alf pugh he says that this was one time when it was lucky to have a big mouth open v the wound was dressed on the field and morley never entered hospital at all and is still with his company according to his letter re ceived last week and which was just eight days in transit following a lingering illncssi george ross cowie wellknown farmer of markham and pickering townships passed away on satur day morning while in a state of coma at his home on the 8th con cession of markham mr cowie had suffered a stroke about a year ago although his illness had been over a period of years he was in his 64th year j born in pickering township de ceased was the son of the late mr and mrs john cowie the family were residents of the ed pugh farm near claremont for some years be fore moving to their present home justsouth ofmarkham 4- inpolitics he was aiwaysa lib eral and in religion a staunch jpres- byterian- for many years he was an officebearer of st andrews presbyterian church markham a trustee and member of the kirk session and was later ordained an eider for many years he was an active mason and was worshipful master in 1937-38- he was also a past pat ron of the markham chapter oes the late george cowie took a keen interest in community affairs and for many years was a director of the markham fair board and president- in 1928 he was a pro minent horseman being a breeder of clydesdale horses which he ex hibited at the cne and royal winter fair in his younger days he was a wellknown football player being a member of the- famous locust hill clippers club surviving are his wife three sons carl and harold of markham gar net of west hill and one daughter mrs foote now in newfoundland two brothers also survive will of toronto and russel of bbwmanville and two sisters mrs forster of os- hawaand mrs mcdonald sask masonic funeral was held from the late residence on tuesday with interment in markham union ceme tery service was conducted in the markham presbyterian church by his pastor rev tdecourcy rayner the late george cowie was a man of very mild disposition and was kindly disposed to all good works he cherished the society of his friends who will miss hini keeny but his long sickness foretold that the end would be relief for one whose condition had become help less for quite some time the pallbearers were arthur petch john robb bert corworth carmen wesley john- grant and gordon lunau work expected to be gin in july and finish in august cost to be about 2500 a mile tenders will close this week for laying a gravelmulch top on the highways from stoutrville to good wood an estimated distance accord ing to the advertisement of seven miles work is expected to com mence in july and finish in august thus will end the long contro versy about leavingthis part of the highway with only a gravel top while the road from greenbank to goodwood was given a coating of gravel mulch recently the town ships of uxbridge and whitchurch village of stouffville and private citizens petitioned the deptof high ways to complete this work which should never have been left unfin ished gravel mulch top consists of gra vel and tar iriixed on the job and rolled in it varies in cost but an average price for this type of road runs around 2500 per mile the people of the district are highly pleased with the decision of the department of highways because of the heavy traffic the road could not be properly main tained with gravel when the work is completed a hard top road from toronto to lindsay via stouffville will form a complete link knit over xixb miles op yakx miss jiae urquhart has completed knitting her 250th pair of sox for the soldiers sailors and airmen which have given comforto men in the artie in italy thepacific area in great britain and probably other zones including iceland mes sages have come from many of these places attesting to the fact that sox knitted by miss urquhart have been more than appreciated by men in all branches of the armed forces the achievement of this persis tent knitter may be viewed with in terest from another angle to have knitted 250 pairs of sox means that nearly nine and half miles of yarn has slipped through the fingers of this lady it is fairly estimated that the average pair of sox contains 710 inches of yarn on the basis of two skeins to a pair of so former son is reported seriously wounded word has been received by mr and mrs bert smith of grimsby and formerly of stouffville that their son jim smith rifleman who went overseas in 1941 has been wounded with the invasion forces jim has two brothers william overseas and albert training with the airforce at guelph mr smith is attached to the veterans guard makes good recovery after four months rev s goudie is orce more permitted to move about on his feet it was on feby 11th that this esteemed citizen slipped in some manner and receiv ed a fracture of the lower limb that first sent him to the hospital to have the break set and after re turning home he was required to remain on his back ever since r m mcgregor again candidate for east york reeve hooper of markham town ship a popular contender by a section of delegates r m mcgregor was again chosen as candidate by the east york con servative association at their party convention on monday evening an active contender for the nomination was reeve chas hooper of mark ham township who received a good applause and an attentive hearing mr hooper protested the decision of the meeting to limit nominees to five minutes but he packed in quite an address in that brief time reeve hooper said he had no time to canvass the riding in getting supporters to boost his candidacy for the nomination bob- mcgregor who represented the riding since 1926 told the audi ence that it was about the fourth largest in all canada as well as being a conservative stronghold howard green mp for south vancouver was the chief speaker of the evening outlining the tory program for the duration of the war and through difficult readjust ment period when the conflict is ended markham township and stouff ville will remain in east york un less there is a demand by the party in power to switch tlie north end of the riding back to north york methodists name dr charles flint on bishop also made president of bishop college comes here soon washington sunday star the rev dr charles w flint methodist bishop for the syracuse ny area for the past five years was area sunday night thieves acted like real gentlemen cifllljdrexs matinee for my- friend flicka there will be a- childrens mnlince at the stanley theatre this saturday afternoon at 230 for my friend flicka thc current atttraction seldom has such a heartwarming story conic to the screen- and this tale of a hoy and a horse makes for the most ideal enter- tairyiicnt send your kiddies on saturday afternoon and come yourself to one of the evening showings thursday friday or saturday of this week r t farewell to pastor members ofthe melville church congregation bore down on the parsonage tuesday evening in im pressive numbers taking rev and mrs orr by surprise it was a farewell occasion and thecsteemed occupants of the parsonage were presented with a substantial purse of money mr a d bruce spoke in an interesting manner new coxstabik wixs first charge laid in court at newmarket this week magistrate w f woodliffe fined arthur l fisher glen grove ave toronto 10 and costs on a charge of illegal possession of liquor constable foote whitchurch told his worship that he came across the accused at wilcox lake there was a pint bottle of beer in his car a fine of 10 and costs was also imposed on victor lane richvale who pleaded guilty to aehargeof being drunk in a public place in aurora constable fisher dunham laid tlie charge to have a merchant who had just been robbed tell you that the thieves acted like gentlemen was our experience last monday when wesley boadway made such an ad mission as he viewed the gaping aperture in the door of his store from which the full length pane of glass had been removed and care fully placed around at the side of the building unbroken in addition to boadways drug store the thieves sunday night en tered hugh andersons pool and billard rooms and red forsyths barber shop at the drug store some fountain pens were taken but little else was molested in the other two stores the thieves seemed to be seeking cash for they forced the cash registers as they did at the drug store and for their efforts obtained only a few dollars in all tobaccos and candies were scarce ly touched entrance in every case was made by removing a panel of glass usu ally in the door but in no instance was the glass damaged the same night sunday or early monday morning thieves entered wilsons shoe store in markham a store in richmond hill and a store at oak ridges very little goods were stolen and the police are rather puzzled to understand the object of the thieves the fact that entrance was gain ed to all premises in the same man ner- leads- to the belief that the same robbers operated in all four places they were frightened off in markham when someone over a store raised a blind and looked out two or three men were seen- running away and getting in a car thelicense number was se cured and from- this and other evidence arrests may be made any time in markham as in stouffville stocks of goods were left unmolest ed and nothing was damaged in contrast to what often happens when such individuals gain aclmis- siorf to store premises leaving the claremont casualty pte emerson vance of clare mont who was slightly woun ded in the recent campaign during the storming of the rome defences emerson is a member of the infantry forces pte vance only arrived at the front in april brooder house burned fire from unknown cause de stroyed the brooder house on the farm of edward wilson 7th con cession pickering last wednesday night- in addition to the brooder house being destroyed 131 chicks were roasted fire started around 530 in the evening probably from a spark from the neater stove the plate andilighter glass removed from doors is iremarkable no i won der mr boadway expressed itsur- prise- in his case thewudow goods thrown about and often dam- plate would cost considerable to re- aged even the considerationgiven place had it been broken j dr charles flint named bishop of washington at tlie churchs northeastern jurisdictional conference in ocean city nj and elected president of the college of bishops for a 12state jurisdiction he succeeds the late uisnop adna wright leonard who waskilled in may 1943 in an air crash in iceland and the rev edwin holt hughes retired who has been filling out bis hop leonards term bishop flints appointment was effective immedi ately and he is expected to assume his duties here this week his jurisdiction as president ofthe college of bishops include maine new hampshire vermont massa chusetts connecticutrhode island new york new jersey pennsyl vania delaware maryland west virginia and the district of colum bia bishop flint a canadian by birth was made a bishop in 1936 and spent three years as a bishop in atlanta ga before his transfer to syracuse in 1939 born at stouffville ont in 1878 he attended victoria college at the university of toronto where he re ceived a bachelor of arts degree and drew theological seminary from which he was graduated as a bachelor of divinity he earned a master of arts degree at columbia university and was made a doctor of philosophy by the new york state teachers college honorary degrees include doctor of divinity from wesleyan university and victoria college and doctor of letters from cornell college in iowa the university of toronto and syracuse university ordained elder not mr flint married clara janette yetter of sioux city iowa in 1901 and was ordained an elder in the methodist ministry in 1904 his pastorates have been pocahontas iowa marathon iowa baysville ny and brooklyn he was presi dent of cornell college from 1915 to 1922 and chancellor of syracuse university from 1922 to 1936 while chancellor of syracuse uni versity he was appointed by three successive new york governors as a trustee of the roosevelt state mem orial which planned the now com- pleted memorial building on central park west in new york city he also served three times as chairman of the federal board of arbitration under the railway labor act miss lois h flint his daughter formerly was dean- of women at glensdale junior college in califor hia and now- is taking graduate work at stanford university his son the rev george yetter flint is minister of the first methodist church morrlstown nj engagement r the engagement isannouriced of- olive frances- eldest daughter of- mr and mrs a s farmer gormley- j to andrew martin hutchinson youngest son of mrs and the late martinhutchinson whitchurch the marriage ho be y solemnized in the mb gormley on july 8th 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