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s4ip 5 j leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 56 no 40 the tribune stouffville ont feb 15 1945 2300 copies eight pages snow harvkst hkiis ease water shortage a recordbreaking shortage of water has made snow number one item in the business of keeping house on many farms boilers and old milk cans are steaming on stores day and night and family washes should be literally snowy white this winter the water shortage has been steadily growing more acute in practically every suburban county farmers depending on shallow wells are find ing the situation particularly serious the snow is being used for washing cooking and even drinking farmers have been drawing water for stock in a great many localities the reeves of stouff- ville markham and whitchurch townships were among the county representatives in consultation with hon dana porter at the par liament buildings on friday in an effort to find a solution to the water problem through the claming of rivers reforestation and soil conservation by contour plowing future of agriculture to be based on nutrition values ontario comity agiiculturalrcprcj sent alive tell- jjons club at farnire3iislit agriculture will be dealt with more on a nutrition basis as a re sult of the war fred campbell agricultural representative for on- tario county told his audience at a regular meeting of the stouffville lions club held at the high school oh monday evening and at which each member had as his guest a local farmer we must protect our soil and in so doing protect the feeding of the nation mr campbell said malnutrition must be avoided by keeping a balance in its productive elements he continued mr campbell centred his remarks around soil conservation and gave some interesting facts as revealed by recent surveys in the united states it was revealed that there are four billion acres of arable land in the world to support two billion people fifty million acres of once fertile land across the line has now been abandoned fifty million- acres are giving only a minmum of pro ductivity and another one hundred million acres have had good top soil removed through cultivation even in our own locality mr campbell said a friend told me the other day that travelling the conces sion lines here fortyseven years ago there was a light to be seen on every lot but now much of this land is notsupporting families any more more people than ever before are thinking about planting treeswhich is oneof the bestways to conserve the moisture and thegoodness in soil continuing he declared that a survey showed that the jpring grain crops in ontario engagement mr and mrs rowland winn wish to announce the engagement of their- daughter gertrude lydia to g charles kerswill son of mr and mrs george kerswill the marriage will take place the third of march late albert smith remembered for his pleasing personality albert e smith died rather suddenly at his home on main street stouffville on thursday following a short but serious ill ness mr and mrs smith and daughter miss audrey had moved tc town less than a year ago buy ing the property belonging to john phillips opposite the sandy jones place at the foot of the school hilt the funeral on monday after noon from the late home proceed ed to the stouffville cemetery rev d davis of the united church con ducted the service and the follow ing friends were pall bearers harry paisley herbert jarvis roy carter kidd wm travis jess harrison ml albert the floral gifts were particularly beautiful from friends relatives and the family albert smith possessed a pleasant personality wasvery friendly and made many friends because of his genial nature he was born in erin- township county at belfountain 66 years ago a son were not so good arid that one of of a farmer in 1909 at parry sound the main reasons was the high nijhe united in marriage with clara trogen content of the soil of many ferguson of cheltenham near ll brampton and after a few years t couple settled at mt albert council moves for parking bylaw the question of passing a park ing bylaw in stouffville was in troduced at a special council meet ing last thursday evening and after considerable discussion it was decided to have the solicitor draft such a bylaw designed to regulate the hours for parking on the streets there is no thought of- penaliz ing persons for leaving their cars on the streets during this unusual snow situation the reeve said but reasonable precaution must be taken that by so doing the safety pf other motorists is not imperilled 1 councillor eabutton said he thought such a bylaw would be all right and he had heard numer ous people asking for it councillor hugh boyd and councillor john smits also spoke favourable for the bylaw which will when drafted come before the members again and the length- of time will then jbe determined in which cars may be left on the street such a bylaw will not come into effect until approved by the ontario department of highways school building insurance is advanced to 100000 at the regular meeting of thef board of education on monday r00f caved evening the insurance on the big school building on mam st east was increased from 58000 to 100000 the new policies covering this amount will be placed under coin surance at a much lower premium rate than under the present single policy plan mr don chadwick brought in a full report on the insurance set up he told the board that replacement value on the building given by a a competent architect was 9500 per in an effort to restore the building room plus replacement of contents before rain or snow gets in to dam- would run around 170000 under age the contents the entire south side of the barn roof on the lou hoover farm at atha a few miles southeast of town caved in this week under the great burden of snow at the same time the south wall gave way so that the problem of replacement is a much bigger job neighbors have held two bees and men have worked hard and fast present day costs if the policies were written under the coinsur ance plan the grand premium would be only 22 per year mora than that being paid for the 58000 now in force i members all approved the report and voted for mr chadwicks resol ution to reinsure under the coin- surance plan j reeve nolan reported to the board that markham village and township had approached him re specting a resident school nurse of which stouffvilles share would be anproximately 400 per year- the reeve said he was requested to make this report but in view of baby bonus next july and the fact that markham township was not contemplating action at this time no action was urgedatthe moment dr freel said it might be agood thingrand- he wouldbeglacftoct operate as moh but that itrmight be well to mark time until contem plated legislation at queenspark be learned he said toxoiding was being steadily advanced and that school children were being done chief director of hand craft mr j g althouse in a letter urged the board to consider this phase of school work wherein students would make articles aside from school projects chairman thompson presided at the meeting and members present were messrs f riches ira aldred j w mcmullen a e booth don chadwick dr freel lloyd turner and dawson hare the structure is about 100 feet long but the boards were being denailed and made ready to go back in place when new shingles will probably be used t j feren dies in 88th year oneof the oldest men in uxbridge township andin goodwood passed away in that village on february 12th when t j feren succumbed to an illness of some three weeks during which time he was a bed patient thejaged man cameto this part 5fontari6 frbmgfavenhurst agood manyj years ago settled near stouff ville on the mcmullen farm in markham and finally farmed north of- goodwood until a few years ago when he and his wife retired in the village there hisvifo who survives him toge ther with one daughter marie who recently attended high school at stouffville was the former amelia greenbury member of a pioneer stouffville family w greenbury of stouffville is her nephew funeral was on wednesday after noon from the late home in good wood to goodwood cemetery for interment markham farmer found dead in stable by trucker potash and phosphate nitrogen produces growth but the other two ingredients give grainmts strength and ability to fill properly mr campbell strongly advised the use ofmanure along with com mercial fertilizers if as he put it one wished to give back to the land what was being- taken out in the milkpail mr campbell was introduced by lion lloyd turner who along with lionedw logan wereiri charpe of the7evening i mr wm reesor former reeve of pickering township and warden of ontario county was called on for a few words by his host mr f l button mr reesor brought greetings from the county to the east and stated that he heartily endorsed the work of such service clubs as the lions and that he felt such work would become a more potent force in the postwar years v where mr smith was in charge of a fishing preserve and hatcherybut william a boynton lifelong farmer of markham township was look to your sidewalk galiaat the brierbush tal stouffville on monday feb 1 2th 1045 to mr and mrs mar tin sgall cnee margaret wilson claremont- the gift of a son found dead in the stable on his 100 acre farm on no 7 highway about 1v4 miles east of unionville last thursday when the milk driver from markham village morley taylor was making his daily call for the milk cans about 11 oclock in the morning the 75yearold farmer was lying behind the cows against the wall in a seemingly comfortable posit ion where he had apparently slumped when a weak spell came over him coroner dr s s ball of stouff- viile pronounced death due to natural causes mr and mrs boynton moved to their present farm 24 years ago but owing to ill health mrs boyn ton had to give up some time ago and was living with a son harold in markham mr boynton had been carrying on alone doing his house- jt work and farm work too without en years ago he rented the help this winter the family had forsyth farm on the 9th of whit church at musselmans lake since being in stouffville mr smith was employed at ajax and was work ing only a short time before his death besides his wife and miss audrey who is working in torono ono sister mrs marie mashier and two brothers wilbert and ear survive the first mentioned brother living in saskatchewan with his wife arrived on monday morning for the funeral mrs wil bert and mrs albert smith are sisters the two brothers having married two sisters toronto authorities are appealing to householders to use ashes on icy sidewalks to make the going more safe one hundred and ten people broke bones on city streets in one week locally householders would confer a favor by sprinkling ashes on icy spots where the walks have become dangerous to pedes trians crash at goodwood shove 27ton freight car gff the rails witnesses testify lights shone under the freight- driver declared- charged on two separate counts first of driving a motor vehicle in a manner dangerous to the public and secondly of having liquor in a place contrary to the act in that behajf bert pollard of stouffville appeared in court at uxbridge on thursday to answer both charges the case arose over the fatal crash on jan 21 when miss luella page of stouffville andmr pollard were driving home from oxbridge on the first count theease was adjourned one week to thursday of this week on the ground that pol lard- wished to call a witness to verify that his speed was not ex cessive on the second count the evidence was completed and judgment reserved until today mr- pollard had no counsel and no witnesses crown attorney annis acted as crown prosecutor and the case was heard by magis trate ebbs of oshawa the case originating from goodwood in ontario county dr ball was the first witness iiomk from hospital clerk and treasurer of whit church township john crawford was able to leave the hospital at newmarket on monday for his home on the 3rd concession west of vandorf mr crawford is ex pected to make a good recovery from his burns received when his car went into flames the township council will hold its regular meeting this saturday february 17th postponed owing to the illness of mr crawford death accidental verdict at inquest that harry lilley came to his death on the 8th concession of markham on january 16th as a result of an accident when he was struck by a motor car driven by john ferguson that death came accidentally and no blame was attached to thedriver of the motor vehicle was the verdict brought in by the jury at the inquest con ducted by coroner dr s s ball of said he knew miss page who lost stouffville at markham on thurs- her life as a result of the accident day night when pollards car crashed a john ferguson stated that he freight train standing over the slammed on his brakes immediately main street crossing in goodwood when he saw the boy and swerved on jan 21 just after 12 midnight i to avoid the collision but the truck when the doctor reached the struck him i was going about scene he said thcgirl had been re- 1 eighteen miles an hour he said moved to watsons store nearby constable ben gayman who in- she was unconscious and was vestigated the accident stated that bleeding severely and suffered the body was found 240 feet north from shock and skull fracture i of the last street light in mt joy pollard told him he was riding in he also told the court that the the car with her when they struck truck driven by ferguson had been the freight he attended to polj thoroughly examined and that the lards injuries after the girl it was lights windshield and brakes were my duty he said to smell jiis he said that from marks breath it gave an alcoholic odor made by the truck when ferguson he didnt examine him further as backed up he estimated that the tonhe effect of drinking hesaw had travelled approximate- consuible4ohnraeand identified iy thirtyfive feet after the impact a bottle- uiken from pollards car drthoughtohof markham who there was evidence of and frothj conducted thepost mortem and in the bottle to the magistrate he said the night was clear and- cold hteieuftfre rev decoiircy h rayher bjs- assistant command hospl- chaplain rcaf district no 1 trenton ont was the special guest preacher att james church last sunday afternoon repeatedly urged him to retire but he preferred to carry on and to die in the harness as it proved taylor bros of markham lifted the milk every morning at this farm and it was the custom for morley taylor to look in at the barn just to make sure mr boyn ton was all right in case the elder ly man was not seen outside thurs day morning morley opened the stable doors and there saw the lifeless form of the farmer as in a sleep- he had done the milking and chores before he was overcome with a fatal seizure he lay on his back just behind the cowsbut had no marks on his body and evidence indicated that hebaslumped down avoiding a jheayyfall there died a sumtofmbney over 70 was in his pocket which was further evidence of- no foul play the late mr boyntons wife was peachs and vivian leading hockey league vivian moved into a first place tie with peachs on monday evening by virtue of their 64 win over bethesda in the community hock- ey league considerable interest is being aroused in- these games and there was a big crowd on hand at the first doubleheader this week in the second half of the twin bill dicksons hill took a 1312 decision over ringwood in overtime this thursday night 6jhline will meet bethesda and peachs will line up against dicksons hill how they stand peachs 3 vivian 3 ringwood 3 dickn hill 3 bethesda 2 6th line 2 w 2 2 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 2 n2 i 1 1 pts 4 4 2 2 2 2 the former edith percy they being married some 50 years ago besides hiswlfe he is survived by- two sons harold in markham village and william living north of ux bridge also one daughter mrs myrtle davidson of toronto 3 boynton was an adherent of thepresbyferlan church- and was laid- to rest in markham cemetery on sunday afternoon his pastor revtdrayner conducting the service constable keast of the provinc ial dept submitted photographsof the scene and the wrecked car a tangled mess it was a durant 1920 sedan one picture showed the broken wheel on the freight car in charge f the train was walter h black conductor and the next witness he reported that he was travelling from peterboro to tor onto the night was clear and coldv he gave the signal to stop and was in the act of going to the crossing to cut the train over the street to clear- any traffic in less than two minutes the crash occurred he couldnt swear to the speed of the motorcar but said it must have been travelling very fast the box car weighing with its load of freight 27 or 28 tons was knocked off the track and a flange broken off one wheel returned to the stand the conductor swore that the whistle blew in the customary way he thought at the whistle sign coming into goodwood mr7 jmrae county constable reached the scene within five minutes after the crash there were no skids marks that he could find but the motor car made a slight swerve just before the im pact the road was covered with packed snow and sanded pollard told the constable he was within ten feet of the train when he first saw it his breath smelled of alcohol the constable said he found one beer bottle in the car in the rear seat pollard he said knew the road as lie had seen him through goodwood on various occasions he told of picking up a broken flange of the wheel which was produced in court the- trucks under the freight were driven off the track from the force of the im pact constable rae told the magis trate under the cross examination that the railway sign approximate ly 300 feet away was clearly visible above the snow bank there were no lights at the crossing and no lights on the streets of goodwood provincial officer sutherland said thecrossing was a clear one and the i road had a plowed surrace of 18 feet bert pollard was then called and said he had no counsel and asked for a remand on the ad vice of the magistrate that he would be entitled to a remand if he asked for it- he suggested that he could bring one witness to say he was not speeding to which mr annis said that the fact- you knocked a 28 toncanoff the tracks is something to think about pqllard then foldthe wastravelllng from uxbridg to stouffville his headlights shone under the train and he wasnt driving fast but couldnt saythe speed when he approached the william lilley father of the de ceased were the other two wit nesses called to the stand top of the track he saw the tram wheels and swerved to the south thus miss page received the greater part of the impact he believed to mr annis under cross examination pollard said he had been in ux bridge i had four shots of whis key about 4 oclock that day shots meant drinks he said to the mag istrate the empty beer bottle was produced but the witness swore he never had any beer and had put the empty bottle in the car be cause n expected to have to syphon gas for a faulty engine beer and gasoline wont mix commented the crown attorney i suggest that froth doesnt last very long said mr annis not very long said the wit ness pollard said that in uxbridge he went to the restaurant to talk about a car deal from 7 until 12 oclock or thereabout mr annis that doesnt sound like a very interesting evening for the young lady pollard said he knew the road very well then to the magistrate he said he suffered cut forehead chest injuryand bruised knees he just got the car that day magistrate ebbs are you a married man- witness jyes magistrate living with your wife m witness no- he accented tothe magistrates remark that miss page was the housekeeper and a friend recalled to- the stand conductor black definitely declared the whistle blew and pollard recalled said he did not hearanyiwhistle i liquor in fllegal place on the second charge of having liquor in an illegakplace constable rae told of finding thebbttle with some beer in it as later proved by government analysis also froth in the bottle whlchhe said soon dis appeared when the bottle was taken inside a building pollard then retold having just thrown the bottle in from a case before leaving stouffville because of some trouble with the vacuum pump you say you took the bottle from a case at your home do you generally have a full case generally empty said mr pol- lard magistrate ebbs said theevl- dencc was all in and judgment would be reserved on this count forg one week j- mrs clayt baker is still confined- to herroom with a ion and severe illness frompleurisy friends regret to learn j skhksijsfjv lr3w i t- ials3i s5isat vik