ji hr the tribune stouffviue bwf thursday dec 21 1944 ti3ifcvfji kfjwswsiwaawiswa 5 sk v j seasons greetings stouffville groceteria self serve phone 280 we deliver still serving you with scripture text lines many new lines this year in gift suggestions for all the family some prewar bibles still available which will be appreciated good tidings book nook at h heises grocery goodwood loba are holding a holiday euchre in the township haiili goodwood on wednesday dec 27th good prizes lehmans shoe store because it is impossible to reach our many friends individ ually we are taking this means of sending our message of good cheer a merry christmas to one and all stouffviue phone 4301 opposite the town clock e township council hold final meeting of 1944 the uxbridge township council held the final meeting on friday with all members present except mr dickinson who had transpor tation troubles which prevented him from reaching goodwood mr dickinson who works in whitby left that town by bus at seven oclock in the morning for toronto but owing to bad roads did not arrive in toronto in time to catch the train to goodwood some lime ago the dept of mun icipal affairs sent out notices that they were getting out a standard form to be used by all municipali ties when making up their financial statement this year as this form was not finally decided upon coun cils were to use the form that had been used in past years this in formation was presented to council by circular letter road accounts amounting to 1656 08 were passed for payment and general accounts of 1504 75 at the conclusion of business the deputyreeve mr rae presented a resolution signed by the council members in which they expressed their thanks and appreciation for the leadership and also the courtesy that had been extended to the council by the reeve mr johnson during the year and expressed the hope that he would continue to occupy the chair at the head of the council board in the year to come mr johnson made a suitable re- plv in which he thanked the mem bers for their cooperation and assistance in the transaction of the business that had been placed be fore them the first meeting of the 1945 council was set by bylaw to be held on january 8th at 11 oclock in the forenoon natural gas struck by drilling company the company which is drilling for oil on the dean farm on the second line of east gwillimbury struck a large flow of natural gas last week when they reached a level of 645 feet they have now reached a level of 900 feet and the flow of gas is still strong coming through five tons of water send the tribune to absent friends as a christmas gift mennonite brethren in christ church gormley sunday dec 24th 1944 special christmas service 730 pm mrs huson will show the following scenes in scene o felt beautiful oil painted pictures i scene the star- ii scene the annunciation iii scene the magificant iv scenethe nativity v scene the wiseman special music and singing of christmas carols under direction of mr alvin farmer the only milker made with electrically controlled pulsations the only milker made that will positively increase milk production over hand milking the only milker madethat will not injure the cow regardless of the length of time left on hi jf r the stouffville bakery best wishes for a merry christmas and a happy new year to all citizens of york north major a h woods newmarket c c p federal candidate death of abijah jones recalls days of fenian raid klan of fine personality passes a man of- very fine personality and a lifelong farmer from east of town passed away on monday night dec 18ih in the person of isaiah hoover at his home in mongolia a the funeral will be held this thurs- jday afternoon the service at the t 1 house will be at 130 oclock thence the passing of abijah jones in j funeral wu1 proceed to the his 88th year on tuesday dec 12videman mennonite church for 1944removes a member of one of service and interment the longest standing families in thei jjr hoover was 79 years of age altona district during the re- and wasiason of the late john g bellion of 1837 his father- who was hooverrminister in vospo- men- born in 1807 was called on for miui non church the family resided tary duty but hid in the attic and jjust east of stouffviue on the first refused to take up arms the officer in pj and isaiah who came to get him listened to who mar ada l barkey contin ue pleading of the young mans ued t0 farm the home p mtix uncle and aunt and returned to he re at mongolia the farm behind the broadcast to markham alone entering the vill age it is recalled the horse stum bled and the officer fell off break ing his neck this was constru ed to mean that he was on an ill- considered mission abijah who passed away at the brierbush hospital in stouffviue where he had been a patient for many months was named after his father his mother was a member of the yake famuy now is now being worked by w davis besides the mother an only daugh ter miss gussie hoover survives a beloved father a brother joseph died three years ago seldom seen it goes without any argument that t am a true canadian and i i admire the british people but some customs lemonville the storm gave the school child ren two days holiday which they appreciated very much guests at the hastings home over the weekend were capt and mrs r w morningstar and pilot officer l g harvey we are glad to welcome miss maryon hastings home after her sojourn in the hospital the sunday school christmas concert was postponed monday night on account of the storm everybody come to the school concert this wednesday evening at 8 oclock everybody was listening in to the friday night broadcast and was pleased to hear our neighbors mes srs jas brodie and fred timbers give our community a boost mr a v nolan is deserving of great praise for putting over this splen did advertisement for stouffviue in such an able manner and under difficult circumstances where william slack lives born pn oi tneir handmedown the old homestead opposite the wm reesor farm on the uxbridge- pickering townline abiiah took up farming for himself on the present ralph jones place at altona he married hannah gausling who pre deceased him one year he was a man of very fine qualities and was a charter member of altona christ ian church which body he joined 50 years ago he was a sunday school worker and superintendent ten years filled other offices and led the bible class until he was 80 j years of age when delicate health forced him to retire much to the regret of many who listened to his able words backed by a life of devotion and helpfulness surviving are his sister miss mary jones and his brother rolph who is 85 another sister mrs benj palmer also a class leader at altona died in vancouver a few years ago also a brother william died years ago the funeral on saturday from l e oneills funeral home pro ceeded to the altona church for public service where many old friends gathered to pay their last respects to this old patriarch rev gibson brown and rev edgar morton conducted the service mr morton preaching on the subject of a permanent home the pall hearers were messrs wm reesor fred ramer jos byer eli and isaac lehman and leslie hodgins all but mr hod- gins a neighbor were class mates under mr jones burial was made in the claremont union cemetery whitchurch tax payments extended to saturday j due to the big snow storm last week the council of whitchurch township extended the date for paying taxes without a penalty be ing added to saturday dec 23rd many people who left off making payment until the last minute found themselves snow bound and unable to get to the bank or to the tax collector likewise in markham township the time was extended for one day and in uxbridge the extension was made to dec 18 the ratepayers are meeting taxes well up to the good record of last year in all town ships vc won by husband goodwood our highways are now open to traffic again after the great storm and the great piles of snow stand as a monument of the trouble chas watson has two extra clerks on for the christmas rush at the post 011106 store they being mrs bhght and mrs leslie meyers mrs eldon staley has returned to toronto after a couple of weeks here among friends mrs reuben middleton mrs walter and mrs wm beard spent last friday in toronto mrs harry woodland who is still a hospital patient is making good recovery but will not be home for christmas we fear so everybody sends her best greetings howard harper bought up some 85 turkeys for his christmas trade which would run into quite a sum of money at 45 to 50c a pound mrs chas feasby is holding a birthday party for mrs ben gar rett r elmer reid from montreal miss jessie reid and miss markaret westlake toronto were guests at the reid home in goodwood rev d davis of stouffviue pre sided at the annual meeting of the sunday school of the united chur ch- the officers were appointed for the new year the storm caused one cnr pas senger train to be cancelled and our agent had to spend the night at the home of mr and mrs chas watson because of the storm blocking the approach to his own castle the war workers are grateful to siloam fifth line and pine grove for splendid donations of knitting quilts and clothing re ceived recently the baptist sunday school christ- mrs david hornell received this victoria cross on behalf of her husband the late flu- lieut david hornell who was posthumousy the medal for a valorousattack fin a ulxwiu it was the first time that a victoria cross had been presented at an investiture in canada are an abomination to the ordinary citizen and the sooner the british governments rids itself of these traditional things the better they will be appreciated as great people part of the irish trouble is due to landlord holdings of proper ty handed down over the centuries and in this single instance the irish are surely right thev should not pay toll to heirs of great men on irish lands given the great people of england centuries ago we are not too familiar with his tory but we have the facts that show for the 138th year in success ion let us run through just what is going on today in this pension game that is fast passing away but not too fast the perpetual pension of 4000 granted to the grand duke of marl borough and his descendants was paid from 1702 until 1884 when it was commuted for the additional sum of 107780 next costly perpetual- pension was perhaps one paid to those who came after a little known mili tary leader of the 17th century and a german at that he was the first duke of schom- berg one of the german mercen aries of william of orange at the battle of the boyne in which he was killed he must have been tough for he was then in his 85th year in recognition of his services a perpetual pension of 4000 was granted to his heirs in 1695 all but 360 of this pension which up to then had cost the tax payers 640000 was commuted in five transactions between 1855 and 1915 at the cost of just under 55000 redemption was made of the remainder in 1924 at a further cost of 7560 this 360 had been paid to an individual named gos ling a member of whose family purchased it in 1792 also in 1924 a hereditary pens ion of 720 granted by george iii to admiral lord rodney in 1793 and which had cost the nation more than 90000 was terminated by the payment of 4000 it had cost 40000 in 1853 to commute fourfifths of the perpetual pension of 2000 a year that william and mary gave to henry de nassau lord dauverquerque and his heirs and assigns for ever no one now seems to know for what rea son and the nation is still paying 375 16s annually to the bank of england which bought the re maining four fifths from a descen dant of his lordship and so we come to the nelson pension which has cost the tax payers more than 790000 parliament originally in 1805 voted2000 a year to the victor of trafalgar and his two immediate successor by a statute passed in the lifetime ofthe secondtearl this was increased to 5000 payable to nelsons heirs in perpetuity at the same time 90000 was granted out of the consolidated fund to buy a family estate to accompany the title since the great admirals death not one of jhe recipients of this large pension has been a direct descendant of his the present and fifth earl nelson is directly descended from admiral nelsons nephew he is 87 years old in 1924 the then mr philip snow- den told the house of commons mas concert is to held on wednes- that the treasury had twice offer- day dec 20th in the church every- xt body welcome the annual business meeting of the baptist sunday school was held on nov 28th dan wagg was re elected superintendent and harry woodland assistant the reports were very encouraging particular ly the missionary report the mis sionary offerings for the year amounted to 8440 crowds down everywhere reports come from uxbridge and other places to the effect that the christmas crowd on market day was not so large this year prices for poultry ranged much the same in port perry uxbridge pefferlaw newmarket and stouffviue where a christmas market was held on tuesday no doubt the condition of the roads and the factthat so many special markets were on the same day may be the answer to the smaller crowds your imperial oil station wishes you happy christmas greetings and a prosperous andhapynew year 1 if i v- wilson thomas lts wilson alf thomas ed to commute the nelson pension but that the negotiations had never assumed a very definite form nowadays apparently it is con sidered cheaper in the long run if great monetary rewards are to be given to military and naval heroes to pay them a lump sum down after the south african war lords robert and kitchener accepted 100000 and 50000 respectively instead of annuities and after the last world war the late earl haig was awarded 100000 and admiral lord jellicoe 5000 you probably listened in on the j stouffviue cfrb broadcast friday i evening and pronounced it very interesting but did you ever stop to contemplate on the work the strain and the stress caused to more than one mind ere sucha broad cast is put on the air notlikely so were going to tell you briefly just what is entailed first the broadcast was really secured by this newspaper on con dition that we submit a program sufficiently interesting to go on the air with this was submitted in due time and pronounced by the critics at cfrb and the wiuard chocolate co who paid for the broadcast as entirely satisfactory next step in such a program is for a specialist copy writer to come to town and interview the characters written about by the editor who would put the original story into question and answer form this is where the story darkens and deep ens the copy writer allan may was scheduled to be in stouffviue three days before the broadcast but that individual died suddenly on the eve of this date causing a delay in securing a replacement the task was assigned to mr dean hughes another copy writer but he could not take the assignment until thursday the day before the broadcast because of other radio i engagements hughes writes the craigs following the cbc farm market report a popular broadcast thursday found the roads blocked i and cfrb motor cars tied up deep in snow hence hughes didnt reach stouffviue until friday morning about eight hours before the pro gram was scheduled to go on the air in that space of time he was to interview each person but here the story grows darker hughes had just finished his se cond interview when he collapsed in the tribune office with a severe pain in the side and had to be as sisted to a doctors office he was never ableto resume the interviews and at two oclock when alan sav age and gordon smclair stepped into the sanctum and learned the actual situation pandemonium fair ly broke out to make matters worse they demanded we secure a couple of women for the broadcast and then they set to work to hold interviews three persons whom the editor had previously spotted for broadcast were dropped by the experts largely because they were not as avauable as others- whom they chose to use and so it went had the first man not died and the second one not collapsed the pro gram would have been carried out exactly as the newspaper planned however we are deeply grateful to those who filled the breach at the last moment alan savage and gordon sinclair worked frantically right through until seven oclock even passed up a chicken dinner too in order to be in the theatre on time because as they said the show must go on while all this high tension stuff is being enacted in preparing the actual program men from the bell telephone co were in town doing some technical work in connection with hooking up the stanley thea tre with the office ofb s tele phone co where a une to toronto was engaged for the full half hour of the broadcast then two tech nicians from cfrb were on hand to do their part in the matter of putting the voices on the air what actually happens is that the program is spoken into a mike on the stage of the theatre by those taking part and the sound is relay ed to the b s office on main street then over the bell wire to toronto like any long distance mes sage here it is received in the con trol room on bloor street and from there is boosted all over canada and the usa from the tower on yonge street- but what a life a radio man leads if every program calls for the same high pressure sweat and fear these men all went through putting stouffviue on the air our observations in the past is that it is much the same for all programs excepting somebody doesnt have to die and a second man doesnt necessarily collapse each time peaches wjjwish all the readers a merry merry christmas a special christmas ypu meet ing is being held at the kirk home on sunday evening at 8 oclock all welcome the wms of peachs held their postponed meeting on monday at the warriner home there was a good attendance at the school concert in ss no 11 a silver collection totalled 1400 this goes to the british war vic tims fund we hope for good roads and wea ther for the concert at ss no 13 this thursday evening send the tribune to absent friends as a christmas gift vs lw bloomington mr and mrs canning and pte c cowie of toronto were out home on sunday iv mroh tranmer spent the week end in toronto dont forget the public school concert on thursday evening also the ss entertainment and supper on the following night friday dec 22nd mr and mrs heise of toronto were weekend visitors with mrs lemon paisley mr and mrs a wagg spent sun day with mr and mrsye lemon cvjz gormley the funeral service of the late ruth evelyn heise daughter of joseph and ada heise of gormley was held on friday afternoon at heise hill church following a short service at- the home bishop alvin winger and rev j r steckley had charge of the service besides the parents ruth is sur vived by- two brothers alan and russel of gormley and one sister marion mrs john hall pf hagers- ville ruth will be missed in the home as well as among the young people she was in her 22nd year and never enjoyed good health