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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 9, 1945, p. 1

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classified advs leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps 225 i i5 vol 5 nol5 the tribune stouffville ont august 9 1945 ten pages siv hardball jteam wind up schedule by defeatin leagueleaders milliken stouffviues senior hardball team batted 1 their way back into the limelight on friday evening when they defeated the league- leading milliken team by the score of 76 the game was called in the sixth winnings on account of dark ness milliken held a tworun lead for the first three innings and only the stellar mound performance of lome schell kept them from add- ingto theirs total as repeated muffs bythelocal infield allowed the bases to be loaded on two ocasslons i j however in the fourth innings the stouffville lads got their eye on the slants of the milliken pitcher and drew tip on even terms collect ing three hits combined with several errors in the millikerimn- fiield the a homesters continued their march t the fifth frame when theyiswuhgheavy and often to drive in five runs for a command s ing lead it was during this innings that miller stouffviues first sacker slammed out probably the longest hit of the game a 250foot poke down near the rink milliken appeared really roused 1 after this barrage and were able to push over four runs in their half of the innings to come within one run of tying the count once more in the sixth innings milliken got a hit and stouffville balled up an easy infield out tosive the visitors the break which allowed two runs to cross the plate to make the score 8 to 7 jusvjat this juncture the umpires agreed that darkness pre vented further play and the game was called oneof the largest crowds of the season was on hand for the game and were thoroughly entertained the boys were duly credited with putting up a good fight even though the win meant little to their play- off chances oldtimers game s tonight stouffville oldtimers will meet the local senior boys team in a ball game at memorial park this wednesday night ringwood farm soldtobethesdaman mr joe grose has just sold his 100 acre farm at ringwood to wei lington yake ofbethesda while the place has not been wired for hydro the current passes the door the fine old house is solid brick with good roof barns are in fair state semimodern the sale price is reported at 10000- mr grose bought this farm nine years ago from peter raymer but owing to ill health gave up farming last year and rented the place for one season to eldon smith mr andmrsgrbseare living in their old home in stouffville where they intend to remain permanently now wellington yake sold his 10 acre place at bethesda to jacob wide- man neighbor and owner of 100 acres the increase acreage and additional house will be for mr widemans son now overseas this sale was neogiated one day before mr yake bought at ringwood -r- of wesel affl sifiiiary inspectors combine jobs f lovely swans on this markham farm op dr jenkins this pair of swans on the farm of dr r m jenkins 6th concession markham town ship fairly strut for the cameraman as they strive to display their beauty in a water pose hatched at the well known donalda farms mr and mrs swan consume a loaf and a half of bread duly besides a portion of grain mrs swan is very wise and has her mate trained to do the menial tasks of the ordinary housewife for instance when she lays her six eggs once a year mr- swan does the sitting and it takes a little over seven weeks to bring forth the family then he must aid in feeding them during the long vigil of setting mother swan ambles about goes for a- swim but never takes over the nest not for a minute best she will do is to sit alongside the hopeful father as company t the swans are beautiful to behold on the delightful pond at the jenkins farm better known as the old tate place near cashel farm manager cecil banks says they have a great many visitors both from toronto- and the country who delight to see the graceful per formance of these beautiful birds it is said that they could kill a man with the power of their wings if for instance one attempted to interfere with their babies of winch they raised four this year buys oshawa ii ernest woodward vwho operated the stouffvilleajaxbusand the silverthorn garage has purchased the taxi business of donald bryant on dundasst west oshawa mr woodward took over the operation of tlie business last week thenewowner purchased two of theears previously operated by mr bryant and brought two additional cars with him from stouffville coon coat 25 cents v an interestingpicture was posed for in front of the newspaper office on wednesday morning when a young fellow stood in the blazing sun wrapped in a big coon coat the explanation is that the youth who is a peterboro boy employed just now in this district with a sur veying gang bought the coat at wm balls sale tuesday night for only how much just 25 cents if you plcase nobody wants a worn out coon coat any more even in the dead of winter and much less is one to be desired in mid- august however the young man blinked authewrong andthe auctioneer avas quick to see it howeverthe old coat which folks scoff at mightsome winter day keep a person cfrcm freezing so hold on ybii f peterborough youth and dont- put it in the discard entirely mr and mrs s goudie had the pleasure of entertaining their cou sin mr e townsond of montreal over the he is areturned medical missionary from china air cadets having a big time at camp borden two more became one y eph 5 31 lasc saturday afternoon aug 4th 1945- marietta- iona ham daughter of mr and mrs leonard ham became the wife of john ar- thur williams son of mr and mrs james beftrum williams the young jcouple went to the home of revtand mrs e morton where the ceremony was performed after which they with their witnesses bruce marshman and reta e mar- shnianleft with faces all a smiling bulbs prom holland mr and mrs distin mcdonald ofgoodwood have received a prized packet a few days ago containing 100 tuilp bulbs all the jvay from holland from their nephew price pugh now with the occupational forces there not for fivd years has it been possible to get holland bulbs so much sought here be- fore war days and naturally mr and mrs mcdonald are more than delighted with the gift eleven members of stouffville no 94 air cadet squadron moved off to camp boiden on thursday for ten of the biggest days in their lives in attendance with them at the camp is stouffviues acting commanding officer jas porter the boys are ken jennings albert smalley george nokes harry brid ges leonard black ken morley earl andersonr rrvard wallace doug kinan bruce forfar s the boys are to camp asa sort of reward for faithful attend ance and clean records throughout the year when they arrive they are issued army -blankets- sheets and fatigue clothing they are given instruction on airframes air control engines armament gliders parachutes signals firefighting photography and kindred subjects sprinkled throughout- the curricu lum are drill pt and swimming they attend the dry canteens theatres and the other entertain ment provided for regular aircrew members of the rc a f and their instruction follows the same lines link trainers are available to them daily schedule calls for reveille at 6 30 am and work begins at 9 continuing to 4pm lights out is 1030 but according to ftltww mcbain of port colbourne many of the boys are still full of bftans at that time camp for the stouffville lads will continue until the end of this week stouffville is virtually stumped for a sanitary and weed inspector it was disclosed on thursday night at the regular august council meeting presided over by reeve nolan dr freel moh urged counciltq exert every effort to securean inspector but promised that the board of health would attend complaints and give attention to infractions of the health laws in the meantime weeds of course are being cut by day labor a bylaw was given two readings and sent on to the ontario munici pal board for approval authorizing the issue of debentures for 16000 to cover the board of education ex penditures on a new heading plant these debentures will bear interest at three per cent per annum and may be sold locally the reeve said since there are enquiries about them now councillor hugh boyd asked council to give consideration to en gaging a workman to be employed fulltime by the town i think we have plenty to clo cutting weeds repairing roads digging- and a score of other things to keep a steady man heaid at present constable rusnell does specified work but is not a fulltime em ployee the reeve reported on the street lighting saying that four newpoles of steel are planned for the centre main street block and these would carry four of the new lights that are shortly to be put up between boadways drug store and spof- ords block the present big wood poles would be taken down which would improve the appearance of the stieet greatly he said members present vere council lors r e brown j smits hugh boyd and the reevp record wheat yield asp- blackwatek- mr jack forester of black- water and formerly of mark- ham threshed a record yield of wheat last weekend that went 60 bushels jo the acre eight big loads off two acres- and sheafs as heavy as lead was the signal that trie yield would be unusual there were six acres of this heavy crop mr forester is a soninlaw of mr jess cober caretaker of the stouffville school building sought advicei bf local principal townline farmer on i principal l c murphy of stouff- ville high school was in streets- ville last week at the invitation of the board there where he went as a consultant to lay outanew shop room offer suggestions about the tools and equipment that ought to be orderod for a start and generally toiadviseafheboard there intheir- new undertaking principal murphy was recommended to the streetsville following an illness of some dura- board by the dept of education tion charles vine passed away at as one who was weiradapted arid rev cecil brown will be giving prophetic lectures in the gormley mbc church every night at 8 oclock illustrating each lecture with moving pic tures and still pictures- see other announcements in this paper k i 7 laii ujai ra ol swift dwvlavk nranarm f a tr olaftln aged mother suddenly stricken a devout christian mother mrs john w heise passed away with great suddenness at the age of 85 years on friday august 3rd 1945 she had gone from her home at heise hill toivisit with her daugh ter mrsisadore wideman on the townline apparently in real enjoy ment however on preparing to leave for home she was suddenly stricken and passed away to her reward during her visit she at tended the meetings being conduc ted by her church at oak ridges one evening- and expressed her pleasure on being ableto hear the speaker the late mrs heise was a-daugh- ter of mr and mrs godfrey hiltz being born on the 3rd of markham on january 9th 1860 on january 11 1881 annie hiltz and john w helsc were united in marriage he died 25 years ago leaving one son joseph heise of gormley and two daughters miss annie with whom the mother lived at heise hill and ella mrs isadore wideman on the townline east of gormley there are eight grandchildrenand six great grandchildren mrs heise was a member of heise hill con gregation of long standing vthe funeral toheise hill church and cemetery was attendedby many old friends and the services at the liome of her son- joseph and atlthe heise hillchurchxwerelh charge of bishop wingerf assisted byjfrev cecil cullan and rey j steckley pall bearers were six grandsons jm rf his home on the pickeringuxbridge townline on sunday aug stlfthe late mr vine has occupied his pre sent farm for twelve years having come from yorkshire england and worked on various local farms dur ing his early years here he is survived by his widow three brothers george ralph and arthur and four sisters m york shire the funeral was conducted by rev e moyer from the jas wilton home on tuesday afternoon with interment in stouffville cemetery j engagements mr and mrs o r tranmer of stouffville announce the engage ment of their i daughter helen gwendolyne to mr- howard leroy shantz son of rev and mrs s s shantz of markham the marriage to take place in stouffville united church early inseptember back from germany sfmlssmuriel hampton vof toronto teholidayingfathemertens home recenuifuestswere 1mrj and mrs ross hardy of hamilton arid mrs leithand mrs garland of toronto aon tuesdaxjevenlng f clarence emanmvedfthomejfrom germanyldoking vell at terhisf ylong abnce clarence is a sonv of mr j s wideman almlra skilled to give such information and whose ideas on such matters could be safely followed new crop honey expected apgo the clover honey crop is -very- light in nearly all parts of ontario with prospects fair for dark honey where a large acreage of buckwheat is grown says mr jl byerof markham township one- of ontarios- big producers our best honey says mr byer will likely be avail able about august 20 a order issued by the wptb pro- f vides for two cents per pound more- 7 this season to be charged for honey in containers supplied by custom- eis buying tenpouiids s less jra- o tioning heipoints out is trie same as last yeari one jpreservet coupon is good for two pounds of honey if families double bereavement v fred courts aged 72 and charlie vine 51bothiiresidentsiofthe altona district and related by mar riage died within six hours of each other on sunday obituary notices appear elsewhere in tnvissue bufj the fact that thesepeople who migrated from englandandformed a relationshipbymerriage should 1 be called by death so close together is rather remarkablatff i new nurse arrived nurse groverhas arrived in mark ham to takeoverjthedutiesof a- school nurse for markham town- ship and villagey undera recent agreement between the two munick palities i avafr propose bus 1 lihe to w l ji 3 i it i m i 1 r c i- one of the toys enjoying cadet camp accamp borden prepares to go ajoftln i a harvard trainer lelthand mrs garlasd of toronto of mr j s wideman almlra 5jjs jalte holllnger busr lines asked markham township council in ses- sion tuesday evening to endorse r proposed daily bus i service from toronto to mt albert via tlie i4th concesslonof markham- with a bus k each way morning and nlghtjor such other schedule as would meet the demands of the district- served r- t- reeve hooper and members said councllwouldwelcdniethelservlce v i and promisedto join a- deputation- to wait on i thei ontario municipal 7 r board arranged seek permission f or a franchise 4j f cdunciuorsrstiverjandl reesorwere absentifrom-themeet- f ing present besides the reeve were afu deputyrev w lc3ark and cpun v vr jton rumney ivf li esf- sil 0

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