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leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol 57 no 12 y s the tribune stouffville nt july 19 1945 1 eight pages new heating damon is started at school building this week the board of educa- tion closed a contract with the lots ok baseball in the morning we exercised by walking i ound and round the cell in the afternoon we hunted lice and cockioaches that was how these two canadian airmen w- o richatd corbett toronto left and wo ralph stephens foimerly of stouffville and claremont passed the tune in solitary confine ment in a japanese prison in rangoon bathed shaved and properly fed they look quite fit in this picture taken aboard a hospital ship carrying them to india the men were among six canadians freed rom captivity when british lorces recaptured rangoon and when they were taken aboard ship for the run to india they found a canadian medical officer waiting totake caie of them wo coibett was shot down in februaiy 1911 when he and another hur- rican pilot engaged 30 zeros wo ralph stephens crashed near mandajay when two libera tois v collided in midair diopping oooofeet kribwlas contraction co of toron- to f the addition of a modern heating room with bunker storage for coal and new boiler complete at the stouffville school the work to be completed in early september after advertising for tenders in the trade journals and receiving no replies two firms were contacted who submitted tenders and the lowest of these was about 3000 below the rejected one the con tract price is 15870 the new heating plant will be housed in a separate room below giound and adjacent to the school buhding the south west corner it will have accommodation for a car of coal and a track lifting de vice to hoist the ashes while the fires will be fed from a stoker or automatic fireman the idea of hav ing the coal stored outside the pre- v this aveek there will be baseball in mem orial park three evenings this week beginnings tonight wed nesday when miiliken juniors play here on friday evening richmond hill juniors will be here while on thurs night at 7 pm the senior team will line up against miiliken for a replay of the game which was rained out here on friday farmers wife falls in barn breaks back misfortune came fast to the vic toria square district of markham township the past week our cor- respondent from tint place relates i mrs frank brumwell fell through home from overseas 0 sent building will eliminate the a trap door in the barn and sustain- annual dust ninsanre created enehlnrl n hrnlran hnrk shelsnow in wijljimiaullulakllli hopes to be home for 30 bays tal shortly all just short of five days from eng- hitchurcjh cancels weed spraying because of cost j at same time boosted pay of hoi so pom ei mower cutting weeds from 70c to 1 hour i am definitely opposed to pay ing 250 an hour for a power mower to cut weeds declared reeve george leary in urging whitchurch council in regular ses sion on saturday to reduce this rate or discontinue the use of power cutters for the job road superintendent widdifield said he thought the work could be done at 2 per hour but other members of the council doubted this deputy reeve evans feared that a power cutter could not be induced on the job at than 250 per hour the discussion arose when itwas suggested that the pay for man and team be raised from 70c per hour tol the resolution which carried was moved and seconded by deputy reeve evans and coun- cillor harper and read o that the road superintendent f hereby instruct all road overseers to payl per hour for man and team and mower cutting weeds or grass on roadside and that the over seers be urged to get the work done if power mower is available the rate shall be 250 per hour the- resolution carried with councillors mclaughlin andlogan supporting its mover and seconder and the was victoria square lad reaches home member of a bomber crew philip rumney rca f son of councillor and mrs dalton rumney victoria square returned home from over seas on monday landing by the he de france at halifax after a speedy voyage philip left canada in 1943 for service overseas on trip to hamilton mr e s and miss florence bar- key accompanied by mrs john lee motoied to hamilton oh saturday the former to spend the weekend at the home of mr- eli raymer form erly of stouffville and the latter to be with her son mr russell lee and his family miss irma lee made the return trip for a weeks holiday with her grandmother mrs lee suddenly expired following operation the death occurred at the tor onto geneial hospital this wednes day morning at 6 10 oclock of mrs george menzies of toronto former ly cora vanzant youngest- daugh ter of mrs homy vanzant of stouff ville at time of going to press funeral anangements had not been made but it is expected that burial will be made m stouffville yearwhen a car of coal is dumped into the basement creating a cloud of dust throughout the building very often just after the annual cleanup the room now required for coal and the present boiler room will be divei ted into other usei such as additional toilet facilities lunch room and casual rooms needed for various undertakings the department of education has approved of the expenditure under taken also the municipal council and the ontario municipal board has given the goahead sign the undertaking when completed will provide some answer to the problems pressing the boaid of education and will be a step m the direction of providing a new gym nasium and auditorium since the heating plant will be installed with a view t6 hitching it to the new atiditonum when it becomes pos sible to erect such an addition a walking cast and home from the hospital though airinvahd for a long timei and gnr charlie davis son of the john mccague prominent farmer local tinsmith and plumber daw- suffered injury to his shoulder son davis docked at n york a few when a horse he was riding stum bled and threw him heavily to the giound attorneygeneral appeals local case the attorney general dept has appealed the case of lou morden in conneption with the recent motor fatality on main street for which a 100 fine was levied by magistiate martin in county court the appeii we understand men tioned the fact that the drivers permit was not cancelled a point mr button defence lawyer argued against on the ground that such action might deprive mr morden of his duties as a rural mail courier days ago from aboard the queen mary and is now at home greeting old friends in town charlie who was recently driving a jeep in bel gium is going on to the pacific after a thirty day holiday fplice dogs destroy heifers on markham twp farm definitely opposed- n deputyfreeve evans then intro duced aresolutionto stop the weed spraying machinevoperatinglni the township when- it was foundthat s costper mile was averaging around 125- of sprayed areavl considei it too high saidithe deputy tteeve road superinten dent widdifield sakllall the work done so far was between yonge street and the third concession which was dense and t hat the cost would onlyi behalf where the growth was- not so dense there was no opposition to calling off the toronto contractor and the resolu tion seconded by councillor logan carried unanimously the bylaw ratifying the fire agreement between whitchurch md aurora whereby rthe aurora jrigadewill service the west half rfthe township from yonge street o the vwest side of the sixth con- ession was given its several read- ngs and passed the area served vill bear the cost namely an innual fee of 250 plus l0per ire for the first hour and 10 per iour- foreachv subsequent v hour he contract mayibeterminatedby jther party on 30 days written loticfr v v t- fv v councillor v harper said that eople in thenorthern part were icklng becauseyithenewmarket rigadedidnot takeoanareal- it fas pointed voutithat sfusedtoservicethetownship at ne period and aurora took on the brk i vsj4s5 wi the west side of the township asibeengivenjprotectionijbjr urora all- this year drithe terms theagreemenunowsignedand aled the cost to the individual entertain us guests mr and mrs elmer baldwin of salem mass are here visiting at the home of mr and mrs john nesbitt north of town and where they expect to spend a month mr baldwin is an executive with the boston mutual life insurance co and his wife is a daughter of mr and mrstnesbitt polybv at cedaf valley a case of polyo has broken out at cedarvailey at what is referred to as the babyfarm where a large numberof city children are cared xor each summer from informa tion received it is evident thatuhe case never developed at cedar val ley since k child attacked with the disease had only- been there one day when the trouble was at once de tected it is rather strange however that last summer one or two cases of this disease broke out atthis sum- mer place but were gotten under control v goodwood heads the parade ninetysix orange lodges joined in the 12th of july walk held at orillia which orangemen say pre sented quite a sight with the good wood lodge leading the great pro cession the lads from the south and the loba group lined up 40 strong to make a good showing ratepayer- will t be collected by a special levyon the tax bill jof all ratepayers from yonge street to and including the west sideofthe6th concession ks drcjdevins was ordered tobe pald150 for sheepkilled and inj j r njuredhewas tallowed 60 for founkilledforreekilled and 35fiocki damageafoliowing one attack by dogs on april 10 then on jiine125 onemoretsheertwas killed valued at 10c- hicks filed a claim forone sheepkilled and was allow ed 20- mr5sylvanus baker liyed for 80 years in whitchurch twp her death recalls pact that the baker farin lias been in the family for 130 years eighty years a resident of the township of whitchurch mrs mary ann baker widow of the late sylvanus baker died in the brierbush hospital stouffville on wednesday july 11 following several years of declining health two years of which she was a hos pital patient the baker homestead on baker hill at lot 9 con 7 whitchurch where the deceased had lived since her marriage back in 1882 sixty- three years ago has been in the baker family for 130 years and her death rather hreaks a link in the long chain of resident owners it was in 1815 that one james lundy sold this 100 acres to emanuel baker and ever since a baker has lived on- the farm or until mrs sylvanus baker was removed to the hospital of course her home was there to the end since her house hold rand personal effects still occupy a portion of the great house that is beautifully situated midway between the 7th and 8th concessions west of the baker hill church mrs bakers maiden name was mary ann mcdowell she being born in the township where she spent all her long life mrs baker attended ringwood school and our josmertens was a school mate it is recalled she was married at the age of 18 in stouffville the late elder percy having tied the nuptial knot twelve years ago mr and mrs baker celebrated their golden wedding day and five years ago mr baker died to their union two sons were born ralph and otto both of whom are now dead be sides two daughtersinlaw an only grandchild miss jean baker sur vives also living is a sister mrs jos pickett of uxbridge aged 78 years and a halfbrother in stpaul and a halfsister living in dakota- mrs baker wasa member of the baker hill baptist church and was actively engaged in its work at one time the funeral service on satur- lday afternoon was held in the church where she worshipped for so many years rev e morton took the service and the pall bearers were messrs tergray alex and gordon ratcliff jake r and harry baker interment wasmadetinthe baker hilhceme- sci earning in vain to attract as sistance two city women stood help lessly by and saw a couple of police dogs tear a year old heifer in a brutal manner as the poor animal bawled in agony and pain before it gave up its life- this incident occurred on the edmund- duncan farm in markham township on the thornhill sideroad in broad day light at 11 oclock in the morning the women were out on a hike near a bush on the property on monday when they witnessed the two dogs attack a herd of cattle which spread in fright then the attackers centered on their kill and after bringing it down they eat into the flank of the animal it was later found by the farmer in the creek where the cruel attack was finally consumated the duncan sons visited the markham township council on monday evening and made a report on the affair before constable ben gayman who is investigating only eleven days prior to this the same two dogs carried out a similar assault killing a young heifer the carcass however was buried but the sheep valuer was called in on this second occurrence and the council will be required to pay compensa tion they may recover from the owners of the dogs which are be lieved to be owned mthe neighbor hood both heifers were chewed in the same quarter but there was no eye witness to the first attack and the carcass was accidentally found partly decomposed by a party of boy scouts within a rod or two of where the second kill was made funeral directions of deceased are carried out in detail mrs f harvey quanta laid to rest was rearing her 80th birthday mrs heintzman dead was vandorf resident mrs carli heintzman a former resident of vandorf died suddenly at peterborough mrs heintzman was born in toronto her maiden name being olive benness she attended malvern ci shortly after his return from overseas following the last war she married carl heintzman they resided in tor onto and then farmed at vandorf while at vandorf mrs heintz man was a member of the york county musical festival committee and was also a competitor in the adult vocal class she was- a mem ber of the roman catholic church and had been ill for only a short time vs surviving are her husband four sons ted and howard of the rcaf- in norman with the rcaf in burma and donald funeral for the late mrs f h quantz mother of mrs bruce mor ton stouffville and mrs albert reesor sth con markham was heldthis wednesday afternoon from the residence of her daughter in town to wideman church and ceme tery and was parried out in detail according to a sealed letter left by the deceased who died on monday july 10 1945 and who would have reached her 80th birthday had she survived until the 18th ofaugusf mrs quantz was born on the 9th concession of pickering just south east of stouffville a daughter of abraham burkholderandhis wife catherine wideman the family was of dutch descent her mother died when shewas only six and the then emma t burk- holder went toivewith her uncle solomon burkhblder in the nearby district she attended altona school and as a young woman married david brownsberger to this union there were three children all living a son aimer e brownsberger tor onto- and two daughterspreviously home on leave pte lome crowder son of mr and mrs gordon crowder stouff- ville ai lived on the he de france from oveiseaslast weekand is en joying a 30 day leave at the old home here before going on to the pacific theatre of war lome looks well after his absence abroad he is an xpupilof stouffville high school and ti ained at newmarket 5 removed to hospital il- miv fred courts who makes his- heme with j wilton on the 9th con of pickering was removed to- the brierbush hospital on tuesday for observation mr courts is 71 years of age but has been actively- employed on the farm up uhtilthis week i i- mrs james jarvis passed awaf with name mentioned mrs morton also mrs daughter of mrand mrs andrew with the infantry in germany and two daughterseeggyiand pat engagement mr andlmrs arthur prouse claremont cannounce engage- mencjnofsftheirdaughterjverna loulsejto mrfjohn allen clarke prouse sonofmrand mrspercy of the district found their last resv to lake place on july 28 1945 tag place f reesor wife of the markham town ship councillor mr brownsberger died in october 1921 the widow later married f harvey quantz and after his death in 1935 she lived in ringwood until 1943 the late mrs quantz joined the altona christian- church over 50 years ago and later affiliated with the ringwood church auher long life was lived in the atha and ring- wood districts her father was twice married and besides her son and daughters is survived by three halfbrothers revl j burkhblder of markham who is- totally blind amos burkholder and burkholderalso by one halfsister mrs noah weber mrs quantz was a sister to the late aaron burk holder alsoao mrs erosnighs- wandermrs isaac boadway mrs ozias snyder itndmrs david steck- ley t is tv5 vt 1 u vv the passing of mrsjames jarvis at- her late residence opposite the school buildingin- stouffville on saturday night came withishock- ing suddenness she was 66 years of age and had been about as usual until the day before her death born at- cedar grove her maiden was estheredith reesor 8- deceased named to preach her funeral service rev oscar burkhol der of bresleau while thejfollow- ing nephews were her chosen pall bearers prvai and ira burkholder df stouffville harveywalter leon ard and john iburkholdervthe hymns selected by her were used and mr and mrs calvin stafford rendered a duet- v ijajistvitiiijslji r i h3 vi i vy va j rty f iyagavi 3t a rjife gc ivfjsilistbs reesor in the year 1900 she united in marriage with james jarvis- and the couple farmed in the district about here for all their active days the last 23 years being located on the 7th i concession of markham andfrom whichplacethey retired to stouffville some six years ago besides the husband mrs jarvis is survived by- a family of three sons and four daughters they are stanley jarvis toronto harold on the homestead i and i lome t of union ville also mrs frane roberts mrs f shadlock mrs sam hou3erandmrs wm morris mrs shadlock and mrs houser are twins also surviving are two sisters v mrs ernest steckley ofbethesda and mrs toronto and one brother bert- reesor of toronto there are 20 a grand children it is a singular fact that thedeath of mrs jarvismakes the third demise ln thefamilyawithin a period of but15 months k funeral from thematejhomeon tuesday -afternoon- proceeded to thepresbyterian church forjservice conducted byrevmrherdsman followed i by interment in- stouft- yille cemeteryxpali jearerswere all sons and sonstaiaw f i