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s i i- v leading weekly for whitchurch mattiam pickering and uxbridge twps vbl57 no 26 the tribune stouffville ontoct 25 1945 twelve pages wt the plowing match happy and interested onlookers at the south ontario plowing match wednesday were these three girlsperched on contestant joseph trans tractor left to right jean taylor and pearl pil- key who hitchhiked from claremont to see the show perched on the fender is almu coates whose husband dave is employed by heber down on whose farm the match was held sast of claremont in informal conversation abouthe progress of the south ontario plowing match is president heberdojvn left secretary w s crox- all centre andrecve norman downa director on the right fav- oredy the- best ofweatherailsthreeveredelightedwith the attendance and success of the event f- km- v- judged the outstanding team in the contest heber downs show pair of clydesdale driven by wilmot shea manilla was also in the prize money for excellence of their plowing shea is guiding the plow assisted by dave coates mr downs right hand man second car stripped and abandoned at ballantrae that portion of whitchurch townshiplying north of the ballan- trae road on the 6th and 7th con- 7cessions and for the most part a barren waste and known to many a seen is becoming notorious f oi various types of crime weeks ago william linton was robbed at his lonely home in this locality and since then a car belonging to a barrle man was haul- ed to a place on the 7th concession opposite albert mapes home and completely- stripped of tires and other accessories- last friday morning still a second car was found abandoned in the spot where the first car was found it was a 1941 nash deluxe and was spotted by someone who happened to be roaming over the barren section and which proved to be the prop- erty of a toronto doctor police had it hauled to ballantrae garage and later it was taken back to the city thieves had removed three of the four wheels the spare the seal- beam headlights and other acces sories the right front wheel was left evidently because the tire was not considered good enough no arrests have followed on any of these offenses which appear most difficult to solve that per- sons familiar with the locality j knowing it is seldom traversed by anyone is evidence that the thieves are probably close at hand or once lived in the local kxgagemext v the encasement is announced of ella magdalena youngest daughter of mr albert r widcman and the late mrs widcman to elmer david grove son of mr and mss russel grove the marriage is to take place early in november i- -w- chaxge op residence mr and mrs ira aldred have moved from town lo their farm on scugog island and the bungalo which they vacated in the west end of town was occupied this week by mr and mrs bert miller of tor onto mr miller was employed as a baker here 33 years ago and mrs miller was a daughter of the late mr and mrs henry brillinger the property they own and occupy was the home of mrs brillingers par ents young porkers run 750 each young pigs just over six weeks old advertised for sale in last weeks issue were disposed of at 750 each which is considered an excellent price not all pigs advertised last week however found buyers hence some of tha offers are being repeat ed iii this paper various reasons are offered for the large number of porkers on the market the approach of cold weather finds some farmers lacking the proper pens for winter and a few others decided to sell on account of the easier price for pork but this reason is not well founded since a drop in the market this past week would not foretell the price these pigs will bring when thev are grown it is more likely that the high price ot feed induces some farmers who have to buy it to sell the pigs early and let some one else raise them reeve issues official p thanks for public help on behalf of the corporation of stouftville and as chairman of the general committee for the collection of worn clothing 1 take this oppor tunity to thank all the generous givers who donated in such a way as to pile up tons of clothing for the relief of destitute peoples in other parts of the world thanks is also due to churches and war branch members for their willing support in packing the articles for shipment and to the lions clubof stouffville who made a good job of the canvass j on the whole there were boxes and boxes of clothing that will be cherished by some uafortunatesiin europe and only a very few articles had to be discarded as unfit for shipment when headquarters tendered us a supply of red tags to be placed on goods that were hand ed in unclean filtliyr and perhaps carrying vermin i said such tags would not be needed at stouffville none were used and the odd article sent in in this catagory was disposed of in fitting manner ninetynine per cent of the cloth ing was clean as the day the gobds came from the store and this was a credit to the people who gener ously donated it j reeve of stouffville fire underwriters find system in j good order gwgraham engineer for the fire underwriters association made a surprise visit to the town last friday and called out the7bri- gade for a test later he had a couple of the firemen open over half of the 10 hydrants on the system and found every hydrant function ing properly if mr graham visited the reservoir property and was pleased totfind both reservoirs filled to the tophe examined the auxiliary plant and considered that the capacity of the pump to handle 1500 gals arf hour ought to meet all the demands r gi theusers here with easeiwhenever a drought season sets in ofcourse the engineer is concerned about the supply of water for fire protection and this is what he reports on only when the official report is issued it can be said now that it will be a favorable one and that the pre mium rate for fire insurance will not suffer any from what mr graham will have to place in the books gormiiev farm soli the john hicks farm at lot 3 con 4 whitchurch just north of gormley hasbeen sold by mr hicks to mr meredith ash a neigh bor the place contains 100 acres and is well located in a nice section of the country mr hicks who is giving up farming will hold an auc tion sale on tuesday oct 30 of the entire farm stock and implements 84year old man does all own work reputed to be the oldest living man born at minselmans lake albert mapes of ballantrae reached his 84th birthday ast thursday oct 18 he was out doing his week ly shopping and had just recently leturned from the hospital at new market where he was confined a week or two owing- to being run into by a car while in the act of putting groceries in his buggy at wrights store ballantrae mr mapes is high in his praise for the nurses at the hospital indeed he said he wished he was a younger man and the old gentle man really meant it albert mapes was born on the farm now occupied by bernard degeer and has spent most of his leng life thus far in the one town ship for a time he did reside on the 3rd concession of pfckering he lives alone and does his own house keeping barn and crop destroyed by fire our vandorf correspondent re ports a serious fire at lot 23 conces sion 5 whitchurch which occurred on sunday evening during milking time on the farm of garfield thomp son evidently the blaze started in the mow and spread rapidly so that barn and pig pen and hen house were soon doomed most of the implements were hauled to safety and the livestock removed except ing some pigs so badly burned they had to to destroyed the barn was filled with hay and grain not yet threshed at one time the late george yak occupied this property aurora fire brigade re sponded to the call in order to save the house there was some insur ance vivian anniversary on sunday evening oct 28th vivian church will observe its 12th anniversary with pastor rowan in the pulpit- and bright gospel sing ing all friends invited grasshoppers for ivieat an broth from common grass hong kong prisoners and insulting fare was endured for this without salt says allen harper a meat course of boiled dried grasshoppers and broth from com mon grass were on the billofare served the canadians captured at hong kong by the japanese and are among the things that allen harper prisoner for about four vears will never forget yet despite such eatables this ruddyfaced lad declares it might rot have been so terrible had only some salt been available the boys craved for salt but never got any i allen is the second eldest of five sons and one of four who enlisted from the family of mr and mrs ross harper 6th concession- whit church he reached home on sun day after about four years most of which time relatives and friends feared for the worst since no trace or word was forthcoming for so long he enlisted in the summer of 1941 and after shot training was among the boys of the royal rifles of canada to embark for hong kong where he was among 1200 captured on christmas day little more than seven months from the lime of liis enlistment chief cause of falling prisoners was the fact that the royals arrived ahead of their equipment and were unable to fight with their guns and ammuni tion failing to catch up with them on the water voyage standing in the spacious old home in whitchurch allsn harper looked to your reporter the very personifi cation of health despite the fact he was taken off the boat when he embarked at yokohama for home due to illness and after flying later as far as saipan he was again delay ed three weeks suffering from pneumonia when- captured -that- memorable christmas day aid allen we were sent to whatwas known as the china camp on hong kong island food and medical supplies were terriblv short but no cruelty was practised on us for misdemean ours the japs would slap our men rice formed the chief diet but one of the nottobe forgotten items was dried grasshoppers which might have been palatable had there been salt available as it was they made poor meat the men craved for salt v another dish was broth made from common grass and under such fare i dropped weight noticeably he said n allen stayed m the camp on hong kong island for a year then the more fit were chosen and sent to yokohama in janan to work in the great dock yards if anything conditions in japan were worse than ever it was here the japs took occasion to slap the soldiers for misdemeanours but still they were no more inhuman with us than they were to their own child ren no news on the progress of the war reached the prisoners up to this second year no mail and no tidings of- any kind whatever in fact it was nqt until 1944 that this boy received his first letters from home then at least two years old parcels were mostlv stolen unloading at the docks earned the prisoners ten cents a day which wasnt important it was in captivi ty here that grasshopers and grass became part of the fare with meagre rice supplies in may this year allen and a group of his companions were mov ed again this time to sendi a sec tion famous for its coal mines they were put to work in the mines 4000 feet below ground and it was hard going by now about 30 had died from malnutrition and sheer lack of medicine this camp was known as hell and slavery camp a name attached to it by the english whom they replaced we were given an issue of jap anese soap said allen and this was something even the native civilians didnt obtain he continu ed then we broke the bars and gave part to the guards as a bribe for english papers by this means we at last began to learn about the good turn the war had taken and we noticed too a slight improve ment in the treatment of us as de feat became possible for the japs we were released one day after the surrender was signed so the japs got an extra day work out of us he said on being set free they were able to visit the surrounding cities and were soon back in yoko hama awaiting passage to america however allenwas duetto a sore disappointment when he went aboard ship here he was found to be ill with a spot cnne lung and was returned to land for treatment the boat went without him i was mighty disappointed he said still when he was recovered in stead of going aboard a boat he took high cow 18250 at claremont sale loan campaign opens with a 210000 objective canvassers for the 9th victory loan are now on the rounds in town with theopening of the drive on monday morning stouffville is being asked to raise 210000 which is the amount of bonds sold in the last campaign six months ago- the objective seems very high the few daysof find weather last b always ha3 and wn0 can say week smalled the attendance at reached if everybody farm auctions which was noticeable it will notoe wmenea k oo y at the earl brillinger sale on the 5th concession of uxbridge north of claremont on friday despite this fact that farmers were busy cutting corn and doing fall work long de layed by wet weather milch cows caused- lively bidding and the best or highest animal sold to alex miller of newmarket for 18250 eleven- animals went to the new market district in all 30 head were sold with young cattle not so keen- two sucking colts brought 34 and 38 each which was considered good on such a poor horse market the sale totalled about 1000 sellers atkinson did the selling car and horse collide rider injured riding horseback on sunday eve ning travelling north on the 9th concession of whitchurch anthony kersel of toronto was struck by an oncoming motorist travelling south throwing the boy to the ground and causing such injury to the animal that it is reported a unfit for further use the boy received a brokencollar bone kersel 18-year- old youth was staying at the home of mr and mrs iijherold on the former herb mitchell farm south east of musselmans lake and was enjoying an evening refresher with the horseat time of- the acci dent s the car suffered some damage and was driven by a toronto man who did not immediately stop but returned later and tendered his card young kersel was removed to the office of dr freel and given first aid before being sent on to tor onto besides bruises the lad suffer ed a broken collar bone the doctor discovered does the best they can we will have no fear of the outcome so far the press- has not been supplied with the objectives set throughout tha county so that wc are unable to publish them at this time this time the salesmen are messrs hoklinck blake sanders and norman baker the latter being a new man replacing leoneill farm leaves family after 100 tears in the family probably one hundred vears or more the baker farm at baker hill 8th conces sion- whitchurch has been sold to mr alex ratcliff since the death of the late sylvanus baker the place has been rented and the tenant mr earl tate isarranjing to hold an auction sale in november mr tate is retiring from the farm and is building a residence on the suburbs of newmarket the late mr sylvanus baker was born on this farm some 85 years ago when his father operated the place from the large farm house there is i commanding view over- the countryside a large new barn was built- onlya few years ago to leplace the original structure de- troyed by fi former town lad saves a former stouffville boy william bryan gained the head lines on the toronto dallies last week- when he saved a life by rescuing a man from under a burning auto will bryan it will be recalled lived at the harding home in the east end and attended school here trapped under his burning auto in a church street parking lot about noon on friday ray hurst aged 33 of 17 northcdte avenue was rescued by bryan mr hursts clothing was com pletely enveloped in flames before he was dragged from under the auto off by plane in fact he made the journey in several hops all the way by air to san francisco his flying too was delayed when the plane reached saipan for the cold weather iup above was too much for his condition and he was i stricken with pneumonia causing by his rescuer and he was horribly a delay of three weeks when he burned about the face arms body- grcunded at saipan midway be- and legs doctors at st michaels tween the philippine and wake hospital are fighting to save his life islands once at san francisco with blood plasma petroleum and interest rather lagged in the greatl sulpha- drugs winter mecca for world tourists william bryan was burned about because of his eagerness to reach the hands and cut about the arms home so a stop of only four days was all allen harper allowed him self before he boarded the train for home to be greeted at toronto by his home folks and 25 or 30 friends he praised the good work of capt john reid nephew of mr john reid station master at goodwood who went with the prisoners from hong kong island to yokohama he was often in desperation with sick all around him but no medicine only a few pills he was wonderful just the same the lads thought in the rescue and in fighting the flames until firemen arrived he was given first aid by firemen and emergency treatment at st mich aels police report that mr hurst draining hisgas tank to discover a leak whenthe fumes caused an ex plosion sheets of flames shot out from under the auto mr bryan made his way through that fire grabbed hurs by the legs andlpulled him away from the auto he then beat out the flames with his coat- i h stoufmile carried if three trophies in bigfielcj meet stouffville high school captured three of the trophies at the inter- school field meet held at markham fair grounds last week while markham took four and agin court none the local school took the iunior boys championship roy ward collecting 17 points the jun ior girls championship was also won by stouffville helen goudie getting 15 points while dorothy wagg from this school tied with shirley latimer of markham for the intermediate girls trophy each get ting 8 points v the junior relay race was taken by the stouffville school with a time of 2 minutes 1 and three fifths seconds while they placed second in the event in the inter mediate and senior groups stouff ville also captured the event in the junior girls group with a time of 42 seconds and placed second in the other two grades i the meet was held under ideal weather conditions and the home school is to bo congratulated on maklng such a fine showing atjhis first postwarcompctition l- tiv buffalo speaker to reopen christian mens fellowship mrdickbegbie of buffalo ny will be the guest speaker at the opening fall meeting of the stouff ville christian mens fellowship to be held in the stouffvile baptist church on nov5th dr clappison of toronto and mr stan hunt soloist will assist- y this is the opening of the second season for this organization and a number of outstanding speakers and singers have been lined up for the yearv v as itwasfounddifficultto send personal invitations to everyone who might wish to attend these are being discontinued and all advertis ing and announcements will be done through this paper thus those who wish to attend the supper are asked to notify the secretary reg stouffer ph 190fvariumake their reserva tion as theaccommcdationfs limit- eu- v aa aassfecfeitfa wac r i