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fy t4 rrs j f iff p virf s i saf v v leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps i v6l 57- no 23 the tribune stouffville ont oct 4 1945 twelve pages autumn weddings candlelight ceremony for bethesda teacher goodwood united church was the scene of a pretty candlelight wedd ing on saturday evening when edna mae foskett daughter of mr and imrs- isaac foskett of goodwood was the bride of harry r clenden- ning of stouffville the officiating clergyman was rev n rowan assisted by mr b garrett midst a profusion of ferns flow ers and autumn leaves decorating the church the brido entered on the arm of her father dressed in blush ivory velvet made on princess lines and wearing a sweetheart necklace she wore a long ivory veil with pearl coronet and calotte and car ried wine coloredglads miss winnie stewart the brides attendant was gowned in wine- berry velvet dress with calotte and veil she carried a bouquet of glads and cornflowers the best man was mr art clendenning brother of the groom and the ushers were elwood foskett and david ratcliff clarion baker played the wedding music and mrs james oldham sang for the reception at the home of the brides parents mrs foskett sr wore a navy blue twopiece suit with corsage of pink glad petals the popular couple left on a trip to the north country the brides travelling costume being a rasp berry twopiece wool and velvet suit with dark brown top coat mr muttoneating dogs cause serious loss to farmers with meat on ration markham township council in session on monday endorsed a plxorth york mvtch posed new bus service running xear keswick from toronto to markham and the north yo plowing match along no 7 highway to brougham i m be held as usual on wednesday and north to claremont to be oper- october 24 but it will not be near ated by danforth bus lines mr stouffville this year the place of t j shomker manager told coun- compe is just east of keswick cil that application to the ontario on the farm of a form councillor municipal board had been made for whitchurch mr- isaac morton pei mission to operace between tor- weather conditions it is hoped onto and north claremont wil s over what the first reeve chas hooper and deputy- 1 week 0i october has given thus far reeve w l clark voiced then- ap- otherwise the will be a lot of dis- proval of the service as did coun- 1 appolrun lents cillors r l stiver and albert w reesorand a resolution was pass ed in favor of the proposed route since meat rationing came in al though there may be no connection sails today for england eighteen years in canada has only increased the yearnings of charles r pycock for his native scssnflt vafindl- eg and and on wednesday hleft without any coupons it was indi- i- with the nrosnects cated when three claims were paid arrival of famous 48th rgt described by local man perc hewlett up fog shrouded yonge street in the drizzling rain marched the 48th highlanders of toronto and a sprinkling of other outfits and while there were quite a number of people there to greet and cheer home the royal canadian engin eers along yith the royal canadian artillery the crowds in the main were there to bring in tne glorious 4sth the smaller outfits came first swinging along to the cheers of the throng and cries of good work boys weli done men and cheer up boys it wont be long now finally the loud speakers announ ced that the next unit to be along would be the 48th an air of ten sion settled over the crowd and cries of put down those umbrellas would come from those in the back new bus line to operate from claremont to toronto f13 iteration of the kind of new road town delighted with the prospects w t v a lot 17 imt north of lllat on thursday today he would rows jv at iot vca noun or aboard the ss jamaica pro- one little old lady standing near markham was paid s50 as compen- a l s d c steadily into the sation for loss among s sheep iox dlli oul fog down queen street and as i from a raid by dogs harry warn m py was most anxious that watched her out of the corner of s re and the press should extend his thanks my eye i noted the small withered root mcdonald north of wideman fnnx nd i neighbors here hands clutching the umbrella han- flrorheltolted rani and paaicularly his enfployer he die were trembling the knuckles in ssmlsls nethlt otfts tte w mfsdf may be gu y s yeai andditbuild up uf all attacks made friendship in the district a new bus line will be inaugura ted shortly between claremont and toronto by the darforth bus line it was revealed at he regular meet ing of pickering township council on monday the council approved of the route and we understand that scarboro township has taken a similar step the line will run from claremont to brougham west along no 7 highway to markham then south on the 8th concession to south of malvern and west again along eg- linton there will be two round trips each day members of the danforth bus co waited on the council on monday and stated that their application could come before the board next week home after years of service overseas pte ed garthwaite lias just arrived home from overseas after three years abroad and was greeted by his mother mrs a garthwaite resident in the east end of the town corporal oliver larkin is also home again after five years and is looking forward to the arrival of his wife and two children any time now corpl larkins brother pat larkin is a soninlaw of mrs garthwaite since these lads went away the old home on tenth street was burned down and mrs garthwaite has been keeping municipal house for irvine hawley in the neighborhood of the old home council gave much time to con- west of stouffville the bride is the public school teacher at bethesda local son weds waterloo girl the mennomte church at st jacobs was the scene of an interest- maintainer they should buy as this is an 8000 to 12000 invest ment every avenue is being con sidered to obtain tn best machine on the market of which there are perhaps half a doz makes but ingweddtiilg when lenav only j not all immediately obtainable daughter of mr and mrs aaron b weber became the bride of harley roy eldest son of mr and mrs herbert s wideman markham twp rev roy s kock of st jacobs officiated assisted by rev p g lehman of kitchener the bride given in marriage by her father was gowned in white deauville crepe and carried red roses her bridesmaid norma shoemaker wore rose brocaded sheer and carried talisman roses the groom was attended by his brother mi bruce wideman and the ushers were messrsedgar weber lloyd wideman and gordon schell a buffet luncheon was serv ed at the home of the brides par ents rr2 waterloo the couple left later for a trip to points east the bride wearing a powder blue dress magenta coat and black accessories on their re turn they will reside at rr2 waterloo carnochan melton a qui3 wedding was solemnized at the brides home on saturday sept 22 at 3 oclock when jean melton daughter of james melton overseas and mrs melton of burke- tcn wedded wilmot carnochan son of mr thos carnochan and the late mrs carnochan of port perry rev mr harrison of blackstock officated the bride wore a street length dress of pink triple sheer her shoulder length veil was caught with roses miss ruth mel ton was her sisters bridesmaid wearing blue sheer with matching hat mr fred carnochan was groomsman for his brother after the reception the bride donned a mauve wool suit with black accessories the couple will take up residence on the grooms farm near raglan cement tile business sold thirtyseven years manufacturing cement block and tile mr george w baker has sold his business at gormley to a couple of toronto purchasers messrs louis scholes and j barr just now the plant could work a double shift the orders are so heavy and with the new in- terests assuming control they plan to step up production mr baker will continue to occupy his present large residence in gormley and will take ordersfor the new firm librarian 27 years resigns post miss c a chapman librarian at stouffville for 27 years sent in her resignation which was read at a library meeting tuesday night and accepted with regrets mrs john skinner is temporary librarian un til a new appointment is made miss chapman was granted an hon orarium of 25 the position is new open for ap plications and provides splendid parttime employment for some woman the salary is 300 per annum mrs h b freel presided over tuesdays board meeting markham farm soli mr arthur fuller has just sold his 76 acre farm on the 10th of markham at mongolia to mr kr walton of toronto jor 8250 mr fuller retains house privileges for another vear h has owned the farm for- 13 years having pur chased it from foster wagg s mr walton white a resident of toronto has farm experience his father lived on the stephenson farm on the 9th of markbam when the purchase is made it will be on the 1946 account since de livery would not be made until close to the end of this year but in time for the machine being ready for snow plowing stouftville may emerge this sea son with two hockey teams al though there is nothing definite at the moment next tuesday even ing oct 9th all young fellows 20 years of age and under and who i would be interested in forming a mr fred schelke goimley race- j oha hockey club and horse owner has nominated shep- poss a juvenile club as well are race for canadian championship may organize two hockey teams oha junior c and lions juvenile arnolds farm auction rolls up tota of 9500 last wednesday the sherman arnold sale advertised in this paper jen prentice cables attracted a large crowd to the farm possible home coming east of town and known as the ken prentice formerly of mark- thos williamson place which was ham is expected to reach home any left to the municipality and recent- time now according to a cable re ly sold by them to mr sam bruels ceived by his brother clarke pren- mr arnold was the tenant tice of milliken auctioneer and bidding was good throughout and insurance broker ken has neen prices certainly ruled high the overseas several years new case tractor brought 1950 from a mount albert buyer much rod ppebys sale interest centered around the offer- buyers ca north of scott ing of cows when the top priced township an from yonge street as animal brought 300 from ed wil- as w and oshawa dis- day for parades 1 observed the of reen river she was a trjcts for mr rod applebys farm reply came in a flood of words as lovely hlstein vhic h migm be stock auctl0n near balsam on tues- of a loneliness yes it is but they i f xpected by the ppy day this week wncre auctioneer will still come dont you think head sold ni nx fa was wielding the hammer my tom always liked walking in there nevei being any iacic best cow a h due to the rain and its beon so long since of buyers g freshen brought 185 while year- i have sen him oh they will be i tota p lw jc it i heifers went around 60 each here all right i assured her then i f mounted to 9500 tellers at- 1 in m inl une the manure of kinson completed the whole thing j som for 195 and the corn lie were trembling the knuckles white from the tension of her grip the features along with the dark skin were obviously indian the well worn shoes rlong with the aroma of moth balls from the well worn outdated hat and shoes shrieked special occasion the little old lady had evidently been there for more than an hour and a half as she was there when i ar rived curious i engaged her m conversation it is certainly a bad flipping away i went into one mlupiilk tfwdv a wtlll i11lu ue ui till 1 1 nrtri the hardware stores and managed h less than fo and a half to dig up an emptv box returning hours i placed it behind her and told her j r to sit down until the boys camel propram perton for the canadian cbampion- 2 treat ship to be run next saturday at the ha gratefully with a sgh then only njrf longsbranch meeting at duffenn a crouc of toron who h w ih btouttvl1 binder 140 the sale variously estimated to run around 2500 raa to 3000 eddie crouch of toronto shepperton twice winner of the has operated junior clubsin the championship will be seeking a t was in town the other day with third victory to break the tie for view t0 re0 a team for honors with bunty lawless only j stouffville and will no doubt be on other horse to scores two victories hand on t in addition the in this race be brief winner of the al lions ciub are int in 1944 running is also nominated as 01 a team of younger boys is tulactimore a did she take her eyes off the road markham youths barred from hall charged in magistrates court at newmarket on friday with causing a disturbance at the cedar beach dance pavilion five young men from markham ages running but 17 and 18 were ordered to remain away from the place for a year during the disturbance constable bert smalley press reporter ken elmer wells drew his billy and jennings form representatives 13 walloped a few of the disturbers vera king 12 ruth windsor 11 over the head wiien one of the kay williamson 10 loreen talbot youth kicked him on the shins the 9b douglas ward 9a don davis disturbers were forcibly driven plans for the years activities from the place by the constable will be laid out by the executive at when they refused to leave a meeting scheduled for this week high school literary elects officers election of officer for the 194546 stouffville high school literary society was conducted on friday and from a slate of fortythree nominees the following were elect ed president aurirey slack vice pres ken noxon secy margaret brown treas billie nigh editor betty miller assist editor paul cummings pianist kay green vice pianist marion murphy critic al- audience was well repaid for brav ing the elements as the program was excellent and every- number was received with enthusiasm proceeds were in aid of lemonville church whose pafior rev mr houslander was a former army officer gray farm not sold bid of s8500 not accepted the 100 acre david gray farm at lot 8 con 10 just north of stouffville did not sell at saturdays auction when a bid of 8500 failed to reach the re serve sellers akinson offered the place in conjunction with the sale of farm stock and implements which sold well cows brought up to 175 and were gurnseys and holsteins hay mthe mow brought 10 50 a ton and mixed grain 145 a cwt the crowd was large and everything was readily disposed of owing to the death of mr gray the family is retiring from farming the cge soccer tsam in toronto on saturday ended m a 2all tie in overtime the local team which goes under the name of ajax had two penalty kicks against them cne of which was scored on semifinal football nn 5n thkp ner pvs ntt rne rnari stouffville united church was ends in draw i told her i was wtchine for mv i- ellfilled tuesdayevening de- jrhe semifinal sudden death game taxr who es htt cs kbfut tss5sts lonesome he was all she had left finally she hopped off her box with i think they are coming i listen ed and sure enough i could hear the strains of the march and the throbbing of drums down the rain swept street first into view came grand old capt john slater leading his be loved band capt john always seemed to march with his face turn ed skyward eyes straight ahead proudly today of all da3s bringing his boys home from this war as in other years and wars rain dripped from the old gentlemans face and from his famous moustache how ever this did not matter it was his day and probably his last war his great band inspired seemed to be playing their hearts out behind the band came the boys silently marching the gentle scruff scruff of their boots on the bricks swing ing along as it seems only highlan ders can which from marching be- continued on page 6 a locomotive bogged down after oriole derailment 7ir ft- zhn i folk from stouffville and dis- trict motoring to toronto on tuesday last week via oriole- t 4j- 1l2rv sjff 1 road were held up or rerouted through an operr swil another way with their cars went axle deep in the when this huge- engine went earth still upright- the train t was bound out of toronto for switch and 3 soft capreol both engineer and firemen jumped to safety and no one aboard the freight was seriously injured c what shall we give them is problem a public meeting for ratepayers of whitchurch township held in the hall at vandorf on wednesday nighf last week for the purpose of considering some kind of recogni tion to be given the men enlisted m the war attractedonly 21 people however it was aprjarent that any larger gathering might only hav added to the confusion of ideas as to what might be done in this matter everybody wanted some recogni- tion made by the township and one lady suggested that the township stiould go in with aurora and king to set up a memorial in aurora but this was found acceptable to only a portion of the rate payers only those wno make aurora their shop- ping town would accept such a sug gestion- and not all do reeve geo leary who presided thought it would be unwise to build a memorial outside themunicipali- ity and others suggested anything from a pen and pencil set to a ring or watch finally it was decided to leave the matterof a gift in obey- ance for the present and get on with the job of compiling the names of those enlisted it is estimated there will be around 150 a ques- tionaire is being sent to the school teachers who will send a copy to the parents for return to the teach ers after being filled out mrs wm johnston dies at 84 following a weeks illness at the home of her daughter mrs george kydd uxbridge town emma eliza wootten wife of the late william johnston passed away on monday september 24th 1945 in her 84th year the late emma eliza wootten was born near markham village in 1852 a daughter of the late edwin wootten and emrna johns and maoried william johnston in 1869 for many years they farmed in uxbridge township until the death of her husband in 1920 mrs john- ston with the help of her son con- tinued to carry on the farm untq 1932 surviving are two sons- william of toronto forrest of goodwood and two daughters mrs john clegg grace oftoronto and mrsjjgeo kydd nellie of uxbridge and sister mrsm hewitt of memphis mich v y i v alfeifeafeib4kjs 55sbii shtesli