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-v- v t 4- sr leadins weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridsetwps vol 57 no 27 the tribune stouffville ont nov 1 1945 ten pages returned on v queen elizabeth service station at westend is sold j a business change was made this week when mr car boadway sold his service station opposite the mansion house to mr wm g gar rett of toronto tne new owner has two sons in the army expecting their immediate discharge and they will find employment here mr boadway we understand may re vert to his old utkte of caroenter- ing ko ted cadieux fp ted cadieux and sgmm sam anderson both of stouff- ville were aboard the queen elizabeth when the big liner brought 12000 men home from abroad last weekend both have been overseas the better part of s bed below kindling price says auctioneer protesting the low price of 25 cents for a full sized wooden bed stead the ancient piece of furniture was knocked down by the auction eer at a sale in ballantrae on mon day giving as the excuse for such a miserable price that folks are deter mined these days to take no rest and too many of them are satisfied to sleep on their feet as a last re sort to raise the bid the fluent ora tor declared that the old bedstead was worth more than 25 cents for kindling wood despite all that could be said the article was turned over to the 25 cent bidder the reporter looked from the corner of his eya tc see if folks were shaking their heads butno one breathed any heavier for hav ing missed the opportunity of buy ing a bedstead all woo9 and four foot wide for 26c for that would have been enough ti wrench it from the buyer licenses issued for 9600 pheasants if all the eager hunters in york county obtained their quota of birds 9600 pheasants it is estimat ed would be headed for the roast ing pan last friday night theclos- ing time of the annual pheasant shoot more than 1600 permits were issued by the six townships in york county where shoot have been tuthorieed by the ontario depart ment of game and fisheries three cock bird perday for each person is the limit most popular of the open town ships seems to be scarboro where a total of 900 permits were sold 500 to residents and 400 to non-resi- dents license fee for persons liv ing in the township is 1 while- visitors pay 2 all of scarboro ex- cept the builtup area in the south was open for shooting during the past year 200 birds have been set out by the department of game and- stouff l oan ville boosts total up 9000 the municipal council in session thursday night gave war loan a good boost when a resolution in structed the reeve and treasurer to sell on the open market 9000 worth of bonds now held to the credit of the stouffville hydro sys tem and reinvest 7000 in the 9th victory loan two thousand of the proceeds plus 350 profits on the sale of these bonds will go into the general hydro account to meet heavy commitments for supplies and running expenses this move has the full endorsa- ticn of the hepc of ontario it was also decided to invest 8500 of the capitil funds in the thos williamson trust account in the present loan making the grand total of s15500 this action by council should be a er fisheries and the township game good lead for the general lax payei warden savs there are plenty of m the malter of investment con waiueii sajs ineie uc pieiu ui i 1tlnrl0 nut nn mnrtratrps sgmm sam anderson t- hv keen at keswick a large crowd attended the annual plowing match conducted by north york branch ontario plowmens association on- leslie herdmans farm near keswick competition was keen and soil conditions excel lent said the secretary of the branch plowmen from several neighboring counties- competed the spectators were numerous despite the threateningweather in the afternoon frank marritt kes wick association president present- cd the prizes at a banquet at night prize winners included class 1 open jointer sod 1 ed timbers miljiken 2 floyd steck- ley stouffville 3 ronald marquis sunderland 4 charles ball ux bridge class 2 jointer sod 1 a feath- erstone claremont 2 donald cain sandford 3 morley haines good wood 4 william holder manilla 5 j s mclean strectsville class 3 open stubble 1 james lee greenbank 2 gordon- orr maple 3 byrnell wylie oakwood 4 lloyd marquis sunderland 5 donaldmcmillan qroensville class 4 stubble 1 jack dancey- cannington 2 orval martin stouff ville i class 5 boys 18 and under 1 bob timbers stouffville 2 norman tyndall richmond hill 3 carl timbers milliken 4william thomas maple 5 duncan watson woodbridge class 6v open- tractor sod 1 fred timbers- 2 ivan mclaughlin stouffville 3 jack beaton blackwater class 7 threefurrow tractors 1 alan smith uxbridge 2 mel bourne smith sandford class 8 twofurrow tractors sod bovs 17 and under 1 george tim bers stouffville 2- davidratcliff stouffville 3 grant wells stouff ville 4 lawrence barker sutton west class 9 tractors boys 13 and under no assistance 1 bruce tim bers stouffville 2 melvin sedore keswick 3 jim hamilton raven shoe is class 10 twofurrow tractors stubble 1 charles pickrellkes- wick 2 harold wrightman kes- wick salada tea special floyd steck i ley stouffville allischalmers i special david ratcllff stouffville i youngest plowmanjim hamilton iravenhoe age 9 best groomed i team and equipment 1 jack wood aurora 2 herb simpsonstouff- ivillo 3 j s mclean streetsville new visitors from the usa philip e turner of maywood iii was in town last week visiting at the home of his sister mrs am cheeseman a comparatively new resident who purchased the george collard residence on albert street from miss b clark other guests all of whom motored from illinois were mr and mrs c e cheeseman and daughter barbara who were seeing the home of his mother for the first time the visitors express ed themselves as pleased with stouff ville and its prosperous appearance mrs cheeseman jr is an old thorn- hill girl being a member of the thorn family there and she had an opportunity to visit the old home there hog producers evening meeting tliellipg producerspublic meet ing announced in a display adv in this issue to be held in newmarket town hall on wednesdaynov j4th will open at 8 pm please note the hour which is not mentioned in the advertisement beloved mennonite couple separated by death f mrs peter raymer of mount joy was laid to rest beside her first hus band in prospect cemetery follow ing her death- in her 71st year at the home of- her daughter in toron to mrs raymer was a member of the mbc faith and was actively engaged in the work of the church for many years the funeral ser vice was conducted by rev s s shantz on saturday of last week born in markhain her maiden name was etta robson daughter of henry robson whose family lived in the markham neighborhood mrs rdymers first husband was louis miller whose father conducted the dickson hill mill over 50 years ago and following his death some years she married peter raymer and the couple farmed on the 8th of -mark- ham later lived at mount joy and in stouffville at present timemr raymer is a patient in the brier- bush hospital stouffville and was unable to attend the funeral of his wife on this account besides the husband there survives two daugh ters and two sons by her first mar riage both mr and mrs raymer v are much beloved by the people of their church where they have maintain ed such active interest despite their physical disabilities birds but try to fiiid them twentyfive deputy game war dens are checking up on scarboroj nimrods next to scarboro markham township issued most licenses nonresidents 230 all the township was open for shooting except a small area around unionville dur ing the year 525 birds have been set out by provincial authorities in markham a it was expected about 550 hunters combed vaughan township at that many permits had been issued officials said the entire township was open and 450500 pheasants had been turned loose in the area by the province john crawford treasurer of whit church township said that while there are plenty of pheasants in the district you really need a dog to hunt them because there is so much cover around heie lie said he had issued 150 permits and 365 birds had been placed during the year twelve deputy game war dens were on duty king township reported 200 per mits issued to nonresidentswbire gwillimburynortli nad only- issued 30 licenses there should be lots of pheasants around the lake sim- coe district but i think the foxes have eaten more than the hunter will said the township game war den big fall kaiiliy coming to christian church plans are being coiefully executed for the annual fall rally of the wo mens missionary society and the executive board of conference it is expected tha there will be a large representation from all the christian churches m the confer ence and next week announcement will be made concerning the speak ers- the date is nov 9th the opening session at 230 and the evening session at 8 oclock a pot luck supper will be served in thn basement of the church mralbert reesor 8th concession markham is the conference presi dent y isiderable money out on mortgages forthe williamson estate has been paid up lately and new mortgages are hard to buy these days conse quently in order to keep the funds working it is necessary to buy bonds at 3 per cent rather than to leave the money in the bank at a lower rate of interest victory loan rolls slowly first week result of the first week in the victory loan campaign finds the going rather slow stouffville re- ported sales of 41800 or just about onefifth of the total objective of 210000 the salesmen are h o klinck blake sandrrs and norman baker also the canadian bank of commerce is receiving a nice share of the subscriptions markham village reports sdes of 30000 which is very promising in markham township at the end of the first week tot sales reported were 65950 but in whitchurch sales were shown at 73500 which is consideredgood it takes longer time to ot around in the townships and necessarily the campaign is slower gathering momentum this week it is certain the whole picture will greatly improve and sales will go mounting in allplaces tin the lasf or 8th campaign stouffville won a hhield for the highest sales per capita over any place in the county and because the village did so well the objective this time is much higher than ever before but there is confidence that t will be topped local athletic champions these three students brought three of the trophies from the re cent irterschool field meet to stouffville high school pictur ed here on the steps of the school building they areleft to right helen goudie junior girl champion roy ward junior boy cham- pion and dorothv wagg who tied for the intermediate girls cham pionship the competitions were with markham- and agincourt schools sh goodwood couple 50 years married county road foreman in ux- couple take vows in united church with rev douglas davis officiat ing stouffville united church was the setting for the marriage of lylia betty daughter of mr- and t1 mrs t floyd fairies to fit lt bridge township 2o ears ago john j harold b ru hedge son mr w e thompson of goodwood with his r and the late mrsrutledge wife celebrated their golden wed- newmarket ding day last week attheir home the bridej g in marriage by there mr thompson isf4andmrs ij father jwore a orincess gown of thompson is 72 both enjoy good white triple- sheer with yoke of health and may attnbuteitinpart po lace- a halo cap edged in living in a healthy neighborhood- with pea her finger tip veil all theiiviives for they were born in and she carried awhite prayer uxbridge township mowat rivace sold the james mowat property on main street opposite queens court has been sold to mrs ben birkitt who has been the tenant in the east half of the house foi some years tops york county the recent collection of isedi clothing made in stouffville was the -largest- per capita of any town or village in the county of york one reason for this was the fact that the town was organized this grew out of a meeting of a mere handful citizens who responded to the callor invitation of the reeve to meet arid consider the matter another evidence of howbig things can grow out- of very small beginn ings soldier welcomed howard banks whose parents mr and mrs fred banki farmed on the 8th concession of markham until recently arrived home from over seas monday crossin on the queen elizabeth the welcome home sign was displayed in front of his mothers home on main street at the school hill thio will be a new home for this soldier but itwill be just as much appreciated as if it were still down on the farm ago moved to goodwood- they have two sons finley and clayton and five grandchildren also threegreat grandchildren the halfcentury wedding cele bration was featured by the pres ence of william thompson of clare mont brother of tie groom of 50 years who was present at the affair in 1895 mr thompson also has another brother buchson in ed monton and a sifier mrs wm dunn of bowmanville mrs thomp son has a sister mrs george brownsberger of stouffville about diamond nessed the presentation of a lovely bunch of roses to the honored couple by their grandchildren dusky rose taffeta wil h nosegay of sweetheart roses and blue baby chrysanthemums rhe flower girl miss margaret- mills niece of the bridegroom was in baby blue carry- ing a nosegay of sweetheart roses mralexander rutledgewas grooms man for his brotherand the ushers were mr harold cunningham and mr gordon baker mr and mrsgerad rutledge the grooms cousins weie organist and soloist at- the reception at- the brides home following the ceremony mrs 100 guests attended the received assisted by mrs wedding effair and wit- a1 mills s of- the groom of newmarket a canadian mothercraft course ken prentice returns after five years and three months overseas ken prentice arrived is being sponsored in stouffville by ddck on tlle isle difrance and is the womens institute classes to j at the old home in milliken he has be held monthly started in- the auctioneering again with clarke big sale this week this is the week of the big lc sale at boadway s rexall drug store youll want to visit the store early while the selection of goods is still at its best ibestgoing team lcwin tlmbers istouffville- 2 bernard davidson isutton special prizes in tractor iplowingfonjboys 13 and under 1 ibruce timbers stouffville 2 mel- ivln sedore keswick i 4v vat 5 engagements mr and mrshugh a boyd wish to announce the engagement 1 of their daughter vivian dorothy helena to george william fletcher son of mrs j fletcher of hamilton and the late mr fletcher the wedding will take place earlyof november v n sharp rise in cream prices the local creamerv is now pay ing 47c per pound butterfat on the truck and 49c per pound butterfat for cream delivered to the creamery these prices include the subsidy had a birthday mrs hoyage lindsay whose de ceased husband taught school in this locality years ago has arrived in town and staying with a relative mr john cleaver cpl jack pcaron of winnipeg on his way home after four years over seas spent a fewdays with mr and mrs fl biltton and miss gert rude todd miss olive hutchinson pf toronto has been renewing old acquaintances whilo spending two weeksin town theguest of miss todd daniel hall veteran of many years hard work recently celebrated his threequarters of a century on earth although- retired from farm work our townsman still keeps busy at onc of our implement- shops i operated by bell son he won the title of squire hall when he farmed at lemonville more help sought for city hospitals at the november meeting of the municipal council in stouffville this thursday evening memberswill be asked to decide whether or not stouffville will recommend to york county council that about one mill on the tax rate be set aside for capital expenditures on toronto hospitals serving county patients last week mimico council went on record as recommending tothe county council hospitalization committee that capital grants be made by suburban municipalities for additions to toronto hospitals serving york county thespian would provide a levy of 140000 spread among 2g municipalities in the county town clerk l j ferrie was instructed to notify the county committee that mimico council is recommending to the 1916 alimico council that payment of approxi mately 4000 be authorized as the towns share the tableworked out shows jlhat each municipality would bassess- ed about one mill en the local tax rate oneof the objections to the out lay is that no matteryhat is done for the big hospitals the cost for service to the municipalities never lessens in fact only recently it has been boosted from m75 to 225 per day fprindlgent patients iv mi births reaman afthebrierbush hos pital stouffville on friday oco 2g1945 to mr and mrs william reaman gormley a son s- a good dogproved invaluable- to theliunter during the annual i pheasant shoot last week inmarkhamwhitchurch and pickering townships here the bird dog brings in a pheasant jiear unloh-ji- ville without so much as ruffling a feature v xy 5ws 3rj jisftki c w- ii-