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3f 5i jva j5 w5 i leadinj weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridse twps vol 55 no 16 stouffville ont thursday aug 31th 1944 tejtpages wally nicholson ontario and yukon editors meet publisher of the stouffville tribune is pictured greeting horace a moore editor of the whitehorse star in the yukon at the conven tion of the canadian weekly publishers in winnipeg mr moores paper is the most northerly one published in the british empire it is 44 years old and never misses an issue the editor flew from white- horso and his ticket cost 29970 and flying distance was 1700 miles mr moore said drinking water at whitehorse costs 5 cents a pail and fresh milk is unknown all the babies in that town are raised on canned milk winter weather if normal stands around 10 below and if real cool it sometimes touches 70 mr moore said daily pap ers sell for 10a a copy in this northern town where planes cross from canada to russia under usa consignment reads home paper as nazi bullets spat in street outside the following letter has been re ceived by the editors of the tribune from lcpl wally nich olson of stouffville dear friends just a few lines to let you know that im still kicking around over here now in france this job that im on is an information post and it now happens to be three am and ive just been reading the stouffville tribune and thought it would be a good idea to let you know- how much- this paper is appreciated in these lonesome times theyre sure welcome in the last- two and a half years the paper has reached me regular ly and has been welcome by myself and two or three other boys in my unit from around stouffville i notice that price pugh is in italy we were supposed to head in that direction but finally ended up here in france however things are not so bad we had a few air raids lately and the jerrys were over again early tonight they dropped a few bombs and machine- gunned the streets oneof the planes vas shot down asi watch- ed and the rest got a hot reception fron our guns i dont imagine they caused much damage because the damage had been done to this town when we canadians got in here sorry i cant mention the name of the place only to say that the poor people have suffered tremendously most of the buildings are flatten ed and those that are not flat have a hole in the side you could drive a tank through frankly the place is in ruins the germans left lots of food in the cellars here and they hadevery garden in the town v planted were enjoying digging our own potatoes picking peas beans tomatoes and such for our own use were really making the most of these fresh vegetables we never saw fresh vegetables in england so you can understand theyre a real treat so far i have not met any of the local boys here although bob mcconnochie is not very far away and i hope to look v him up shortly his regiment has done a splendid job here i have worked with them very close to the front arid theyre good men however ive never actually seen bob because our work has all been done at night well friends that is about all the news i cah mention although there is plenty more i could tell you about this place so ill say so long ill be most glad to hear from anyone who cares to drop afew lines wally nicholson upper school results released i 75100 ii 6674 iii 6065 c 5059 francesclarkson eng comp i eng lit i mod hist i geom i trig i phys i chem i fr au 11 fr comp ii ruth gooding eng comp ii eng lit i mod hist ii geom ill trig i phys ill chem ii fr au ii fr comp ii lorraine hisey eng comp c eng lit ii geom c trig ii chem ii fr au ill fr comp c grace latcham eng comp i eng lit ii mod hist i geom i trig i phys ii chem i fr au i fr comp i pearla taylor eng comp ill eng lit ii mod hist i geom ii trig ii phys i chem i fr au ill fr- comp c kenneth tranmer geomc trig c phys c eileen weldon eng comp i eng lit ii mod hist ii geom ill trig ill phys c chem ill fr au ill fr comp iii fiftynine papers attempted 55 papers passed school average over 93 percent l c murphy principal sunday fire consumes j w mcmullens barn and entire years crop 12000 loss includ ing whole seasons crop cause of fire complete mystery contracts to carry 303tudents to school j after two years overseas nor- frnan fockler arrived home last week son of mr and mrs william fockler ballantrae norman developed arthritis from the damp english climate and was returned to canada- like many others in recent months he knows what the sound of robot bombs is like although he did not directly contact any he attended stouffville high school at one time and his brother is now in italy norm was in the rc a f and phil is an artillery- recokd farm auction makes 900 separate sales nine hundred individual tran sactions were made by auctioneer alvin- farmer at the farm auction for harvey elson west of stouff ville last friday it was one of the longest sale lists ever printed in the office of this- paper and while it included no heavy implements but ran more to small items the total realizedwas 1600 the own er was delighted with results despite the fact that harvest was not completed the crowd in attend ance was good some six school sections west of stouffville have banded together and given a contract to albert hisey of goodwood to transport 30 to 35 pupils to stouffville high school beginning with the fall term next week tenders were called for the job and mr hisey was awarded the work at a meeting held by the trustees this week contract price is 1800 a suitable bus will be provided and heated for cold wea ther we understand that one of the eaton style busses will be pro cured and the sections in addition to gormley district and other parts of markham township will pick up in whitchurch as far north as lem- onville and bethesda gormley scene ok plowing v match w at a meeting of the officers of the north york plowing match held this week it was decided toavail themselves of the opportunity of holding the match this year on the farm of mr fred shelke at gorm ley the date is wednesday oct 25th harry baker safe in french hospital members of famous black watch rcgiiiicnt trapped in france home from india word reached the tribune just before press time on wednesday to the effect that mrs harry worling wife of a former christian church minister here had just arrivedin canada froiru india information friends will be glad to learn return to kitchener harry baker son of mrs baker and the- late harvey baker 10th concession of markham just south of stouffville is safe in a hospital in france although he is suffering from a minor wounds according to word received here a delayed report issued earlier stated that black watch units to which regiment harry belonged had been trapped by the germans this report read in part as follows from the four rifle companies that comprised almost the full fighting- strength- of the black watch royal highlanders of can ada the rest was silence trapped on a barren ridge just above may- surorne on july 25 in the heart of a powerful german tank gun and infantry position all that was left of their gallant spearhead was swaljpwed up platoon by platoon section by section and finally man by man their- ammunitionran out as a ring of german heavy guns and lighter automatic weapons went about its deadly work with the cal culated precision of a firing squad finally even the thin trickle of engagements mr and mrs fred preston wish to announce the engagement of their youngest daughter marguerite matilda to mr leonard swanson son of mr and mrs j m swanson saskatchewan marriage to take place on sept 16th mr and mrslandon w steck- ley of gormley announce the en gagement of their daughter dorothy pearl to murray a wide man son of mr and mrs ralph wideman of richmond hill th marriage to take place august 30th at 1 oclock at their residence mr and mrs atheol e feir an nounce the engagement of their daughter lillian alberta to mr marvyn floyd rodman son of mr and mrs marvyn rodman of ux- bridge the marriage to take place saturday september the ninth at five oclock in emmanuel college chapel university avenue tor onto pastor who married parents in 1917 hears daughters vows rev s goudie who officiated at the wedding of mr and mrs levi forsyth 27 years ago solemnized the marriage of their daughter lola jean forsyth to sergt albert earl hoover rceme son of mr and mrs anthony hoover dixons hill aug 19 in stouffville pink and white gladioli formed an effective setting wedding music was played by miss geraldine stouffer cousin of the bride who also accompanied the soloist lam bert stouffer the bride given in marriage by her father was gown- ed in white organza with fingertip veil caught to a juliet cap her bouquet was of red roses miss alice forsyth served as her sisters only attendant gowned in shell pink chiffon with matching should erlength veil she carried yellow roses attending his brother as groomsman was howard hoover floyd forsyth brother of the bride acted as usher at the recep tionfollowing the brides mother received in a navy blue twopiece gown of sheer with a corsage of red roses with her was the grooms mother in a dusky rose twopiece dress of crepe and a corsage of roses for her wedding trip later the bride donned a gold colored crepe dressbrown tailor edcoatmatching accessories and corsage of yellow roses about 1130 on sunday morning fire was discovered in the straw stack outside the barns on the farm of jacob w mcmullen east end stouffville when first seen no larger than a sheet of newspaper mr mcmullen and carl wat son only two present tried to stamp it out it spread just a little faster than mr mcmullen could tramp and in less time then it takes to write it the whole stack was abaze and the large barn was in flames a total loss together with a team of horses four calves and the whole seasons crop loss is estimated at 12000 partly covered by insurance a badly burned pig was shot to put it out of misery mrs mcmullen was at church and other members of the family were away at the time she told the tribune mrs mcmullen said the blaze was so small there was a good chance to stamp it outwhen this failed her husband ran for water but it was of no avail the smaller part of the large l shaped structure was the original barn mrs mcmullen who was born on the place explained it was the home of her father the late henry barkey twentyfour years ago mr mcmullen added the larger barn and covered the big structure with metal siding what started the blaze is a mystery since being sosmall when first discovered and outofdoors the possibility of combustion is ruled out bad as the situation is it was fortunate that all the cows and other cattle also implements were out of doors flames hurtled high in the morning sunlight and onlya small breeze jrtewjhe flames westsojthat the house and driving f close by were- not in great danger stouffville chemical wagon stood by in readiness to protect the other buildings new club helping in april of this year the service mens wives and mothers club was formed the purpose 6f the club be ing to help provide funds for the comfort fund a euchre was held april 21th proceeds 2483 a second euchre on may 12th netted 1495 in june tickets were sold on a quilt and a bazaar held on july 22th proceeds from quilt and bazaar were 21988 up to date 25966 has been turned over to the comfort fund the club sincerely thank all those who donated goods etc to the bazaar and the public who patronized it herb obrien spent most of life here mr charles herbert obrien third son- of late mr and mrs jas obrien of stouffville passed away on monday aug 21st at the new market hospital the burial taking place privately in the family plot at stouffville on tuesday aug 22nd mrs blanche obrien brace and her son carman- were the only family members present brothers ed at cape cod and oscar in chicago the only other re maining members of a family of thirteen were unable tobe present mr w j thompson husband of laura and mrs gordon thomp son and daughter dorothy pkillis also attended the pallbearers were mr w j thompson carman brace frank rao blake sanders ross davis and l e oneill the floralpieces from relatives and friends were very beautiful rev e morton of- stouffville conducted the burial service returns to west bruce stover son of mr and mrs -ambrose- stover stouffville has returned to his rcaf post at- mcleod alta accompanied by mrs stover bruce has just- been promoted to the rank of pilot officer k helped land troops for south france i nvasion i mr gordon bolender is spending tvte a week with his parents at beth- rear came to an end as esda prior to returning uo kitch j p of head ener where he is teaching on the l and support personnel public school staff- gor spent thep t0 fi way- forward lie school staff gordon spent the intne forlorn hope making a summer at queens university partial rescue thejlastjriianout a kingston taking special coursesbadly- he is a graduate of stouffville high r from the battalions 24- schoouand taught for two years at yearoldacting commanding- officer altomv i continued on page nine chats with king and queen rev e morton has just received a letter from his niece who is overseas with the rcaf womens division posted in eng land mable morton will be remem bered by many high school girls of only a few years ago since she was a student at stouffville when she lived in the east end of the town and we recall her as one of the very bright students too here is a paragraphjfrom her letter that will be of general interest c my most interesting news this time is the fact that we have had the royal family on our station for an investiture they came into our mess for tea after the parade and i shook hands and talked with the king queen and princess elizabeth it was quite exciting the queen has a delightful smile that lights upiher whole face the king has an envious tan and is very easy to talk with and the princess is very much queen mary it was indeeda day tore- atkinson residence sold last week mrchas neal of agincourt purchased the miss addie atkinson brick residence on main street west a property that has been on the- market for some months the sale means that stouffville will gain new citizens when mr and- mrs neal come to reside here avell located in one of the most attractive parts of the town the atkinson house has quite an in teresting history we are not aware of who built it but a way back it was the home of the late david stouffer known to so many as uncle dave he sold it to a mr fairies who in turn sold it to the late joe todd in 1903 mr darius clendening then acquired it and in 1907 it was again sold to the late john atkinson who left it to his daughter now a patient brierbush stouffville boy takes part second invasion of continent grant turner son of mr and mrs lloyd turner of stouffville and member of the crew of the hmcs prince david has taken part in thelatest allied landing on the southern coast of france ac cording to word reaching his parents j grant told of the thrill of being a part of the greatest of all invas ions on the first dday when assault boats stormed ashore from his ship and included a few side lights witnessed on his vessel the prince david on her return from the assault area looked more like a hospital ship than an lsi during the early stages of the assault fortythree casualties and fifteen survivors were taken aboard and- given excellent treat ment and care by the medical staff aboard the doctors had a swarm of volunteer assistants and padro at thelgillard assisting arid they worked tirelessly there was a great cover of fighter planes ohtheway in and no- enemy aifcraftappeared there wasntany trouble untilowr boats were nearly on the beachjrand then there were mines andtheliftle assault boats were the rieavycsuf- fdrers the prince david lost four of her five boats in less than five minutes but after the initial land- ingthe worst barrierswere clear- ed away v carryihgrbooze pays 10 fine wounded halfwalking half-crawl- 1 member this former school girl here says she finds england a most unusual country backward and blind and proud of being both all of us over here are looking- forward more tn can ever realizeit will be agreat day when we can all pick up the threads of our old alv- ing orstart weaving the cloth of our new living as the case may be m 7ft y hertvepicture bn the vfghv bareheaded wo doug jess james of markham conversing f ith pilot- officer- j- jmckin- ley of windsor as they meet in toronto after being overseas another toronto mortorist who parked his car in the vicinity of musselmans lake and was found to have liquor irihis possession illegally appeared before magis- trate w f woodliffe in magis trates court newmarket on fri- day and was fined10 and costs constable aubrey fleury told his worship that he searched the defendants car at3cam on aug 6th and fourida bottle of home made wine in the rear seat the officer stated that mr pozl admitt ed ownership of the liquor found guiltyon a charge of care less driving in whitchurch town ship w d corry newmarket was fined 10 and costs of 1045 constable joseph r foote told his worship that he- had investi gated an accident at 2 am on aug 10th at ballantrae and found that the car- which mr corry had been driving had collided with one driven by a mr j harrison he stated that the defendant had failed to stop at a stop sign at an inter section i staff sergeant wounded rev kingsley cutler a staff- sar- geant with the canadianarmyover- seas is reported wounded in france according to word received by his parents mrand mrs percy cutler ballantrae v wounded word has been reeelved by mrs- johnferguson brentwood fartns 7th of markham that her j son douglas ferguson has been wound- ed during the fighting infrance douglas- is ta member- oi queens own regiment and landed on the continent on the second day of the invasion v y sftixaitfist un y 4 k- iifrjl