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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickerins and uxbridge twps vol 57 nol the tribune stouffville ont may 3 1945 ten pages mystery fire destroys home on 8th of markham the strange and almost singular incident of a farm home in the heart of markham township burn ing to the ground without even the neighbours knowing about it occurred one evening last week when the large brick dwelling on the former dan raymer farm just south of markham village on the 8th concession went up in smoke no alarm was sounded no bri gade summoned and the whole thing was quite a shock to every- onein the neighborhood when they made the discovery the following morning no one was in the place during the night although there had been a fire inthe furnace the day previous- the place was recently purchas- i ed by mrbarjak of toronto and only the day before the new owner had moved all his furniture into the home from the city added to this severe loss was that of his new tractor which unfortunately he had stored in a large shed right be- side the house the house was partially covered by insurance- but the coverage on the furniture had been dropped just a few days previously mr barjak is a czechoslvakian by origin and has been in this country some eighteen years he disposed of a butcher business in toronto to take up farming and this sudden blow will be a severe loss offenders are caught in washroom episode will face town council tonight lac john sanders jack has good reason to smile reaching home and his wife after 5 years in britain north africa and italy mrs sanders looks happy too former family here has three sons in us armed forces three sons of mr and mrs hil- liard degeer of davison usa7 former residents of this locality are serving in the us a forces and one of them staff sgt edward degeer 28 years old has been wounded according to a report from flushing he nvas wounded in action in france on dec- 1st m the left hand sgt ed is a former high school stu dent at durand andjater was em ployed in the great fisher plant he has a wife and four children living in flushing two other bro- thersin the forces are douglas in the navy and who was born east of stouffville just opposite the h h reesor farm where his father was employed at the time also david with the army in texas edward who was wounded was born at bloomington and many friends here will recall the family these boys are nephews of mr and mrs morgan degeer who live on the second concession of uxbridge jack sanders home deal x t road program alfimf ilirpp 3111 a tne regalav meeting of the xuia1 lllllv u11u a stouffville municipal council for ii ift s the month of may will be held this hair ynofc 3 limyrinc thursday evening some matters of ildil icclio uv ci occto importance will come before the gathering including a discussion jack sanders son of mr and mrs on a new road policy for more blake sanders of stouftville arriv- permanent roads in the village al- edat his home here last week most every town around has at after serving overseas for thirty- ea a few avenues under perm- whitchurch moves toward township school area it was felt by many present at the trustees meeting held in van- dorf on friday evening that a de finite gain was made in favor of a township school area in the town ship of whitchurch some trustees who attended said they went more or less prejudiced against the idea but after hearing the address ahd the discussion carried on by in spector 0 m mckillop they were now in a wavering attitude and are no longer prejudiced some weeks ago the township school area was outlined in this paper and mr mckillop again re stated the plan and answered ques- tions if such an area is set up the whole township would be under control of a fiveman trustee board who would administer the affairs of all the schools in the municipal- ity- while no promise of saving necessarily enters the plan there v is the promise of more equitable 1 distribution right now some schoolssupply certain text books free while other sections of the township make a charge a town ship school board would make such distribution the same to all scholars in the area- no school would be closed because of a school area it was pointed out so long as there are scholars to attend in the event of the number being so small as to not warrant the engaging of a teacher scholars would be trans ported at no cost to them to the nearest school about 50 trustees attended the meeting which is to be followed by a series of public gatherings in the township i nine months with the r caf jack was with the airforce sup porting the famous 8th army throughout the african campaign and then in italy just prior to re turning home he spent a month in england where he met up with louie morden and sam ander son two other local sons serving in the european theatre jack will spend a month here with his wife and parents before reporting to trenton rcaf station a brother william who is with the army has recently been placed on the permanent staff at the big petawawa camp- jack stated that he had not en joyed sleeping m a bed for the three and a half years he was away until arriving hgme and could scarcely believe he was here after campaign ing abroad for such a long period your chance to secure garden tools will be at the walls sale on tenth street next saturday after noon may 5th libera candidates for ontario riding anent pavement and it is felt that the cheaper way to maintain our side streets isto lay a tarvia finish that will eliminate the annual oil ing and gravelling if the policy is worked out an early start will no doubt be made on at least one street oil is both offensive and ex pensive hence the idea to be work- ed out is to lay a short stretch of j permanent road each summer so a to get rid of both the oil expensi with its annual nuisance markham councillor vj new agricultutal federation president mr dalton rumney markham township- councillor was chosen president of the york county fed eration of agriculture at a meeting held in richmond hill the first ga thering tins year president rum ney is a victoria square farmer and will have reeve charles hoop er as second vice president and roland keffer first vice presi dent william buchanan the past president was made secretarytreas urer a committee was appointed whose duty it will be to interview the township councils with a view to gaining financial supportfrom this source district representative wm cockburn conducted the elec tion and russel rowntree acted as secretary widespread interest has been at tached to the hunting down of the culprits who broke into the ladies wash room and damaged the plumb ing in the municipal building on sunday night april 21 since the authorities posted a reward of 25 for infprmation leading to the con viction of the guilty ones it will be some satisfaction to learn that the police have been successful in rounfling up the young men invol ved who happen to be boys from east of stouffville in the goodwood district on obtaining certain information local and county police were set to work and after visiting the farms where the young fellows were found they gained a confession constable rusnell and county con stable barraelough were assigned to the task the accused we understand are to make an appearance before the municipal council on thursday night to state their case and in the meantime court action is being withheld there is strong public resentment against those who have been guilty from time to time of abusing the wash roomsplaced there for public convenience and a demand that an example shall be made of the first offenders caught what action the reeve and council will take when the matter is debated this thurs day evening is not yet determined the s25 reward has been earned and will form part of the expenses incurred n the matter the reeve stated on wednesday victory loan sales lagging in stouffville the amount report ed sold for the 8th victory loan to reach our objective of 120000 is slightly under 30000 which is not too good at the same period in the last campaign over 35000 had been sold stouffville citizens will have to do their very best to hold their splendid reputation this time markham village with an objec tive of 100000 has reported bonds sold totalling 12000 and so it shows all along the line probably it is th flush of victory and the cessation of hostilities in europe that distracts peoples minds from the campaign which is so import ant to the countrys financial suc cess j l abell and chas hoover are leading the seven salesmen in mark ham township with mr abell in top place for whtchurch les mount is leading the sales with j a clarke and r t caldwell standing second and third there are only the three salesmen in this township the campaign got under way ra ther slowly which is quite custom ary but this next six days should see it well toward the goal if the objectives are to be reached overseas oyer four years mass thanksgiving service here on v d ay arrangements have been com- rj parade for v pleted to hold a great mass meeting j in the united church stouffville day afternoon for the people of all our churches i and for those who do not attend any i in addition to the morning thanks- church on the day to be observed giving day program arranged for as v day and which will be a calling tenders soon plans for the new heating establishment at the big school building are now being drafted since the architect and an engineer visited the school a week ago we may expect tenders to be called for the work very shortly of construct ing the heating house at the south west corner just outside the school building together with bunkers for the accommodation of the years ccal supply public holiday ministers of all the town churches will participate in the service and special choral musicand duets will berendered this service to begin at 11 am will be an expression of thanksgiv ing to almighty god on behalf of our people for deliverance from this long drawn and bloody conflict and it is anticipated that the united church which is the largest build ing available will be more than wxed to accommodate those who will want to attend each minister will have a part in the service and the municipal council and board of education are expected to attend in one body they will assemble at the council chambers at 1040 before the ser vice since the accommodation will not permit cadets scouts and ether groups will not be expected to assemble in a group in the event of the first sunday following v day being declared a day of solemn thanksgiving each church will also observe this na tional event in its own regular services stouffville on v day an afternoon affair is being formulated for the school children children of the school will be asked to gather in front of the fire hall at 230 oclock when a parade will be formed- and headed by band music will parade west to the outskirts of the town and back to the hall the children will all be supplied with flags in front of the hall community singing and short addresses will be carried on the speeches will be by representatives of community organizations including the cubs cgit hs literary lions club masonic and oddfellows lodges the red cross the war veterans asso ciation the board of education and the municipal council citizens are enjoined to decorate their places and it is expected that fhis undertaking will be something that the younger folk will long re member in connection with this anxiously awaited holiday the committee on arrangement includes harold spofford l c murphy bert lickorishand a v nolan dkr away from home four years last february murray sinclair landed at ringwood on monday evening after a splendid voy age across the ocean from the british isles murray has seen a good deal of the world since he last left the home of his par ents mr and mrs er sinclair for he saw service in south africa and then in india as well as in england it proved a long four years for murray as well as for the folks at home but theres a heap of history packed in that space of time that willjiever be effaced from his memory should he live a thousand years ringwood boy believed in minor accident mr and mrs j l abell of ring- wood have received official word to the effect that their son bob had recently sustained injuries presum ably in germany it is assumed that the nature of his injuries are not serious and that they were re ceived in an accident but no defin ite information is at present avail able bob is with the r acf and after his first eighteen months in eng land enjoyed a holiday home no doubt when he returns a second time he will be home for good bobs wife is in toronto j e smith replaces mulock as liberal candidate dr av h giffoid at the dual nomination meet ing in whitby dr gifford was chosen on the first ballot as liberal candidate for the on tario riding which is greatly dominated by the vote in oshawa 5w4v help the blind stouffville womens institute will conduct a tag day in aid of the canadian national institute for the blind- a highly- deserving cause fewwilupass up the opportunity to make a donation when the taggers accost- them on the street nextsaturday- ljti j wiiifnm e x sinclair former leaderof the ontariolib- era nrty will be the 1 federal candidate to replace vh tmooro who retires after 15 years at ottawa baby falls 35 ft into well uninjured when the 26 monthsold dean dempster son of mrs dempster who resides just north of vandorf on the 4th concession of whit church fell into an unused well on the anderson farm he was brought the 35 feet to the top by frank geal a twelveyearold lad miracu lous as it may seem the baby was unharmed from the strange experi ence onlookers at the scene reported the baby fell into about 10 feet of water and laid floating until the geallboj clambered down the pro jecting bricks on the inside of the well and grasped him by the time the plucky lad reached the child neighbors had let a rope down this enabled the young rescuer to bring the baby back up unharmed he accomplish ed this by backing up and carrying the child in left arm and at the same time grasping the rope in his right hand frank e rae veteran tailor has been absent this week from his accustomed place in the spofford block due to indisposed health we hope that his return twill not be long delayed and that is the wish of many old friends because of ill health hon w p mulock postmastergenerarof can ada will not be able to accept re- nomination as liberal candidate for york north in the coming elections it was announced at a nomination convention of the north york lib- jncfcsmith v eral association in the arena at richmond hillonsaturday night arid which was attended iby num bers from stouffville ahd district mr mulock mp for york north since 1934 and postmastergeneral since 1038 suffered a severe attack of pneumonia early in april by acclamation the convention of 200 nominated j e smith editor of the liberal richmond hill newspaper as liberal candidate in the federal riding of york north which includes whitchurchbut not markham and stouffville both in east york again and r w scott vaughan township farmer and former reeve as the candidate for the provincial election expressing mr mulocks grati tude to members of the riding mrs mulock said in a letter to the con vention that until this illness my husband had always looked forward to contesting this riding again with a great deal of zest bill mulock has been an out standing member of the house of commons and has given unselfishly of his time in the service of york north said mr smith when he became postmastergeneralhe went at it in dead earnest and his record throughout the trying years of war has won the admifdtion of his col leagues and of the people of can ada i do not presume to claim that i can fill bill mulocks shoes but if it is youravish i will try i know the heart of york north the peoples aims hopes for the future and what they want in a better canada i believe that the liberal party standing between radicalism onconehandand reac tion on the other as equipped by experience and policy to meet- the demands of these trying- times j the drew s governments- action continued on backpage job jordan marks his 92nd birthday just north of the corner grocery at ballantrae lives mr job jordan who has only recently celebrated his 92nd birthday thereby being one of the oldest men in the township of whitchurch in fact uiis mdnogenanan citizen may be the oldest man living who was born in the municipality and still has his abode c to the place where he first saw the light of day x when the tribune camera con tacted this veteran of the soil he willingly arose from his couch and called for a necktie and when adjusted to his liking stepped out of doors- and stood as erect as a majorgeneral while the camera clicked there was some debate about those flowing whiskers which were not known to his friends during his long life but which have been permitted to flourish only recently but they do look becoming the reporter insist ed born just i two miles west of his present place where he shares the farm home residence with his son- inlaw mr george sutton job jor dan has spent all his long life in whitchurch excepting for a short- time in northern ontario and western canada iwhen he was a young man- job was a son of luke jordan who came from the british isles in the latter part of the last century the jordan home on the 6th concession near the aurora road was nestled in a dense bush settlement mr jordan recalls as a s lad how he used to ride horseback j- to ballantrae fonsupplies then he related the following story i wasithe youngest two of my i eleven brothers and ister died be- x continued on backpage j jjf whfcc