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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 6, 1945, p. 1

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crts a v t classified 225 v lng welyfor vol27no19 yii fit the teibune istouffville ont sept6 1945- i m 1 ten pages v himw mwmeabwrdthis ship swarming the decks of the french liner pasteur are these homecoming canadians as the big troop transport- docks at quebec they have their prize the nazi swastika on display tsomewhere in this vast throng of men- are s personnel from stouffviue district including gnr pgeddes rca of vivian district bdr hugh bingham of ballantrae who reached the old home after 5 years overseas on sunday also just home- is eu gene paisley son of john pais ley and charles peterson son of ed peterson ballantrae charlie was overseas 5 years presentation for bridetobe a staff gettogether of the gold fish supply co was brought to a delightful conclusion on wednesday evening with the presentation to miss phyllis burkholder of stouff- ville of a 92piece china set miss burkholder is to be married this western airman lost 58 pounds on nazi death marc h thefoiowing is 3 letter from the j m family of lloyd kidd of saskatoon saturday the lovely gift was pre- and a nephew of mr bert bell locai mntnl rr vavq1f rtf tv1v acton 1ioah wiiivn v served with the and was a fre- stouffville during sented on behalf of mr asten head nvman he of the company and the staff at rc a f overseas astens cottage west of town i main st double house is sold last week gordon cober of tor- onto and son -of- mr jess cober of stouffviue j purchased the double vhouse on main street east opposite -the-walter- dickson farm from in richard burton the place is ten- knowtwhy he antedbyadrain schrama mthe f sure did their h prince returns after six years mothers allowance his stay at the eghnton air force saturday with mr chas conner of stationm toronto the gth bf markham with whom the dearestfolks i soldier made his home for several i feelhke a heel not writing soon- years as a school boy when ne er but i have had such a busy sum- attended ss no jj markham meraveare so lnppy and proud prince was overseas six years ser- these days having lloyd home if ving in the infantry he was twice you ever knew what the kid has wounded the last time being shot been through you would be proud through thestomach by a german 1 a deserted mother with two chil dren living in stouffviue has been refused aid by the mothers allow ance board of york county a fact this paper feels should be made public the formal request made by the reeve of the village was turned over to the authorities at queens park- and the municipality is informed that there is no legisla tion whereby the mothers allow sergt ii prince was in town on board can pay out funds for r f the maintenance of a deserted mo ther and her two small children tootoithinkheis made of such good stuff he is not bitter not ner vousjar anything wrong with him he says he doesnt iiy he is here at all those west sideband sam mckuen on the east mrccober wiu t occupy the west lialf i when mr and mrs schrama move from town in octo ber- improvements including in- side plumbing will be installed im mediately it is planned to build a modern bungalo on the vacant lot to thewest of v the property either- this fall or next spring for mr jess cober thosite is one of 1 the best in town excellent drain age close to schooand bus ser- vice passes the door gordon cober has been employ ed by research enterprises ltd at leaslde in the capacity of travell- x ing inspector and trouble shooter on the various units of radar at the present time he is located at rogers majestic where several units are being built for the big radar firm untilthe present timeitwas forbidden to divulge his occupation owing to the veil of secrecy sur- rounding this new development he will continue his work in this line motoring from stouffviue after he locates in his new home iii october brock hotel purchased by i toronto mman the brock hotel at sunderland j is in process of transfer according jjto a report from that centre new- owner of the hotel is mr george r sheir for 14 years in charge of the stoodleigh snack bar ictoronto t on mrshsir will not be a stranger mi to j jmany of sunderlands citizens rasjhe is as former resident of the town cwa if j v hi v best to kill them off you know they usedtoxtellme that those tales of crueltyw5re propaganda but they sure were hot some of v the boys were in much better camps than lloydyhewas in an army camp and was under a different class of hunvand was tied with cords for 2 months until the british- doc tors kicked up a fuss as the cords were cutting their wrists- then they got chains and cuffs and he was in those for another nine months had to sit all day on a hard benchvnever allowed to lie down and there wasnt a book in the camp to red he had nothing to eat but a slice of black bread and a cup of ersatz coffee for breakfasta bowl of wishy soup of turnips and horse meat he found a horses jaw in it one day then for supper they had food from their red cross parcels he said itwas pretty grim when the parcels didnt get through sometimes for two or three months thejiboys some of them couldnt stand it hung themselves or slashed their wrists with razer blades his chum dm that one day while sitting beside lloyd the doc tors saved him but put him in the asylum that death marchwasthe most terrible thing though lloyd went down from 178 to 120 lbs he had a picture taken when pe was released and you wouldnt know him at all it would make you cry to look at it he had one slice of bread all dav andno water to drinkj was march ing invwater and snow his shoes all in rags- he would- wring- his socks out at night and dry them on his chest in the morning his or what was left of them would be frozen solid so he could hardly get them on he had blisters as bigas his fists on his feet they slept in cow sheds one night he slept on coal and he was so thin it nearly killed him he used a big stick for a cane or the said he would never have made it sometimes the civil ians would come out witha pail of water to give thenta drink but the guards wouldnt let- them have a drop and their tongues hanging out lloyd got so sick witn dysentry that they put him and some others on a cattle train the americans straffed lrem killed 12- who had beenpri- thirty more lloydsaid hewas all braced i as the planes were just swooping down on them and firing but again he was mlssedvp guess god must have been lookingafter him alright i cant begin to tell you everything these are just a few things maybe someday wewillall get- together and he can tell you more i ia j j he hadj- some dreadful exper iences whetfjiejwasflylngtoovou knowwhenwegot cable saying heiwaswpuidedvuwell he pulled thveirfsniensoutof that burning silvia iplanetherewecejjstfounofthem sniper in france the bullemodged in his spine and he has not fully recovered from theinjury ra morning train v for toronto arrivedjn the afternoon trains run so close toschedule these days that it is news when a train is late on saturday morning the passenger train for toronto didnt reach stouffviue until the middle ofuie afternoon due to an accidenttwo miles east of omemee which involved two freight trains one freight ran into the rear of another freight the caboose and one box car were destroyed by fire brakeman a dickerson of lind say was slightly injured when he jumped off from one train to the ditch below an hour or so after the impact the caboose broke into flames when the fire cleared away the iron rails had been so badly warped by the heat that theycould not be touched and the auxiliary crew were delayed for sometime until the rails had cooled and been replaced the passenger tram from toron to to ballville was oeiayed atlind- say and go of almost 200 passengers were taken to destinations at ome- mee and peterboro by bus the balance of the passengers for points below peterboro were provided with makeshift beds for the night at the scene jai the accident elijah davis died in lansing aged 86 born just east of stouffviue 80 yearsago elijah davis died on aug 30 at lansing mich where he had lived for many years and where he first went to work in- a planning mill but later purchased a bootand shoe business mr davis died from a stroke but his primary illness was theesult of a fall that fractured his hip and from this shakeup he never fully recovered son of philip davis one of the early settlers in these iparts elijah was of a family of six five sons and one daughter they have all passed on excepting one brother albert still living at altona and the only sister mrs ascollins of stouffviue elijah -who- wjs a cabinet maker by trade married- stouffviue girl birdie urquhart holfsister to miss mae urquhart and a daughter of the late john urquhart for many years clerkand jreasurerof the village she diedsome years ago surviving isa son merle who was born here and two daughters mrs chas miller of detroit and miss marguerite at home older residents who remember when the davis family lived here will recall that mrs davis was organist in st james presbyterian church and mr davis sang in the choir the funeral in lansing was at tended from here on saturday by mr albert davis and son willis pat davis received sevehlcehtribunis inone maif in rrance gordon- lehman eldest s o n of mr and mrs ab lehman is home again after more than four years overseas during which time he followed the germans through france and back into their own country gordon is high in his praises for the comfort fund of stouffviue which supplied smokes to the boys in such a splendid way another highlight he recalled was when his mail caughtrup with him in france there were 17 issues of the tribune handed to him i openeoall of them and did i enjoy a long time of reading said gordon who also stated that his pals who never heard of stouffviue read them with interest because it was news from canada they liked the pictures gordon said imearold lad dies in the bethesda district was grieved this week over the death of master william hunt 13yearold son of mr and mrsrusselhunt who pass ed away at thesick childrens hos pital in toronto on sunday suffer ing from an internal trouble for which nothing done- sur viving besides the griefstricken parents is a younger brotherharry also the grandparents mr and mrs william hunt and mrs james gra- xhe funeral on tuesday af- in england he met up with daveiternoon from the late homtot 12 edwards peck lewis price con 5 whitchurch proceeded to pugh bob and george abel all bethesda church and thence to heise hill cemetery rev r f chapin and rev f huson con- ducted the service- boys from home then in holland hesaw charlie lintner andwally nicholson and in scotland he saw dave jack and harold morden gordon was attached to the royal canadian engineers- and obtained an electrical engineering degree from the royal technicalcollege at glasgow good job in peace time wmen ne m- it tends to take in toronto after his second concession of pickering be- discharge is issued longing to forbes ross chas connocher buys pickering farm wj i w charles connocher wellknown this qualifies him for a sportsman hasv purchased the 80- goodjob in peace time which heinjacre farm at lots 192021 in the iifc fe farm is sold after being in family for 100 years the jos winterstein farm just north of town on the 10th conces sion of whitchurch is in process of changing ownership it having been sold to mr eldon smith who this year is working the joe grose place south of ringwood the winterstein farm of 100 acres has been in the family and its con nection by marriage since the crown deed was issued over 100 years ago the farm lands are good and the stately old house has stood for over a century it con tains timber not obtainable today and isjin excellent state of preser vation with its plank walls there is said to be sufficient material in the frame to erect three houses as they are constructed today the interior woodwork ishdndiidone and the floors smooth andwelllaid mr and mrs wintersteihifttend to locate in stouffviue immediately after they give spring possession wo 4ocal players in bantam playoffs the york- lions bantam baseball playoffs in the oba are scheduled to commence this- week against neither columbus- boys ors elizabeth i playground of toronto while- the flocalplayoffsvwerenotcompleted in this weird league setupahjfc a oba games must go onand thep for- years and wounded entry from this league is technically called richmond hill but wlllplay on thevaurora diamond- j theientry is being coached by delrbyf babcock vof aurora and granttnighswander of richmond jhillijthe following selection jwas made from the other clubs catcher 5keithkyleraurora pitcheer ron- nlesimmonsaurora andjack at- akinson richmond hill- infielders donbr6wnj h millikensdougmoore richmond lhhigerry simmonsaurorajohn krngmaurora 3 and ericihulabyi irfchmondhhloutfieldere sfisanifcnnychariesand lome lhattimeiandthoseifcllowsjhai sheardowni from richmond hdl thelrnosesiburnedi offhand hands saaliidiny5cook andralphrank aurora the kindergarten j an effort is being made to organ ize a kindergarten class again this school term there appears to be plenty of demand but accommoda tion presents a problem owing to changes at theschool it is impossi ble to accept such a class there and we are informed that the promoters of the scheme are appealing to the united church board for theacr commodation in the church base- mentagain therewas a class of 25 last year an official announce ment will be made through the press in next weeks paper we are informed markham could get building at newmarket the sylvarius baker farm at baker hill on the 8th concession of whitchurch and operated for the past seven years by earl tate sons will again shortly call for a new tenant mr tate isbuilding a new house on gorham street new market which when completed will be a modern semibungalo fbr tate familv mrs tate was the formerlottie houckof cashel and their family consists of four chil- dien earlene lloyd harvie and neil the neighbors will regret their departure from the 8th when that time comes around r u intermediate baji glufc is likejy here felext year glaremont farm sold to brothers the farm of douglas bacon offered by public auction at his recent sale has been sold to an ajaxman who along with his brotherifrom toronto will operate the place nji atiiy the sale price was 8000 and the farm of s7 acres islocatedabout halfa mile east of daremont it was the former jos evans iihome- stead av iwitfc vlkpajfcs prices were jgood ivattthejfante auctiontheitractprj bringing 600 aridjthetractorpowt100aroting sows bred brought up tcr42jwheat ibl- on new maintained i dont propose that this council should pay the township building inspector fordrawingplans for half the people who build small homes in the municipality- said reeve charlie hooper- when discussing the pay of the inspector at a meet ing of markham township council on tuesday evening inspector walter craig said that many people came to him with very incomplete plans and he had to fix them up often spending three and four hours on the work- i would suggest that you hand incomplete plans back and let them be made right before being- sub mitted to you or have it under stood that ypu draw themcorrectly and charge the applicant who would have to pay an architect in any event the reeve said w it was finally agreed that plus his share of the proceeds from the per mits mrl craig be paid 50 cenu an hourontdutyfinspectlng and 10 cents mile forhiscari on council madelitplahv that they desire to purchase a new road graderjthls yearyand- was told by ifry kelly fdrrftfaegallion people 4jiafetheycouldanake iprompt de- ilyoouncuididntiarrlveat emuteydedsronf whence will glvfe the matterifurther consideration in 1 while the stouffviue lions club baseball venture this year was a success soc far as providing the youngsters with organized sport considerable change in the league setup is mooted for nextjseason a f decision was reached by the district lions executive- in- charge ofthesport that only- the jbantam teams would be sponsored next year however while the lions provided rthe teams with the funds to purchase gloves and other equip ment fori all the players many members of the senior club desired to own their outfits and repurchas ed them from the club- these c older boys plus some formenmembers of stouffvilles pre war ball team hope to organize a team of their ownnextyearlen simmons aurora president of this years lions z league has stouffvilles i manager ken laush- way that some of the other clubs are in the same positionand that a county intermediate league would find a t ready response by new market andaurora other- prewar baseballminded towns such as ux- bridge and sunderland might also be interested v the local lions wiu no doubt organize the bantam club but it is thought that the older boys can pro vide their own organization n the public response to baseball here this past season has been re miniscenttof thesosfwhen base ballwas in it8heydaysherethe lions u initial grantk4fw75was augmented jby collecuonsvawhich wetfqrtredlooperatefthe2ttensj tjoftaflonand provided equipments any surplusrwhichmayaocueibul in occupation force i off fob western canada russ mcmullen and norman coy- perthwaite two of our local young farmers left for western canada on monday and will assist in taking off the harvest there before re turning 34 peelers needed for cannery the ciaremont canning factory is preparing to openfor the current reason and looks tor abig run of tomatoes the company is- tising in this paper for 34 peelers atgood wages many women and girls from ciaremont and the adja cent part of uxbridge township find seasonal employment each year at this plant if you would like to try thewcrk call in persbnorby telephone no 17 and be- prepared to register next monday sept 10th births v cowie ai markham nursing home on saturday sept lst1945 to mr and mrs karl a cowie nee rutlf prayner a daughter pearl ann malloy at wellesley hospital toronto on -friday- august 31- 1945 mr and mrs lambert h malloy of leaside are happy to announce thegiftpf a brother to larry lambert both mother and baby are doing well mil murray nendick attached to itheprbvostcorpsis still in jltaly i with v thecanadians left there to complete the occupa tion of thecountry ithlsold stouffviue boywho made his home riwithj hlsu auntymrs christie armstrong doesriot expect to return to canada for manyiihbnthsyethe hasjbeen overseas now for twos years- i ithe number of students to enroll at5touffvilie highschool onopen- irig daytuesdaywa8tl30awnich l x or twotthte isarecordl8fcvv-

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