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leading weeklyfor whitchurch markkam pickering and uxbridge twps vol57no34 the tribunestouffville ont dec 20 1945 circulation 2475 copies twelve pages retiring reeve hphored by his council colleagues jmbngoiia farm sold- i j john brignall of kinsale lust week 1 purchased the douglas booth farm of 120 acres at mongolia being lots j 20 and 23 concession 10 markharii the sale price was reported lb be 810000 the farm is well equipped with m d m gco l ptcsemea hydro and other conveniences wuh remciubra i throughout it lias been tenanted i by the booths for 13 years and for taken so completely by surprise a short time prior to that by mrandlthat he was visibly affected by thej mrs fielding who moved to aurora gesture reeve george leary was the owner was mr a e gray of presented with a cane also a beauti- aurora ful basket of flowers for mrs leary by the council and its exreeve ce toole on saturday afternooaj at the conclusion of the 1m5 ses- sions deputy reeve lpevans said in making the presentation that it was with regret the retirement of mr leary was learned he had served news of the death of mrs lloyd faithfully for 17 years in the council brown who recently moved to tor- 1 not always wereuhe members in onto and was living at the home of agreement but one thing that could her daughter mrs dale sallows said for the retiring reeve he on monday came with surprise andi held animosity and diffcr- regret to the many friends in and ences were soon forgotten by him about stouffville the family until l deputy reeve expressed the 3 very recently lived on the 10th con- that jir leary would find the session at gravel hill mrs urown sift a remembrance of many 1 mrs lloyd brown passes in 50th year mrs elon hoover and her husband of yittoria in the hamilton district have been married 70 years they aie canadas longest married couple and both are 3 years of age it is believed that they are connected with the hoover clan about stouffville away back in the earlier records of the hooversiiere mr hoover is playing solitaire with his grandson david reeves whitchurch qbjects to insinuations negligence in providing fire poultry scarce for christmas market was in her 50th year and although pleasant memories of his long term in delicate health for some time ofilc rhe flowers were in l was not without hope appreciation of the good will of mrs ireland her maiden leary who must have made many ra boullen and be- sacrifices in orr and she is survived i might serve her condition born in name was nor sides her husband by three daughters elsie mr sallows lillian rmrs arthur johnson and miss zella brown also three sisters two living in toronto and one at windsor she had been married 25 years the funeral today thursday will proceed to pine hills cemetery for interment rder that her husband whitchurch township council instructed their clerk to make reply fjai tothe alledged inference published vootllig the cradle hiofffyw era le l w t0 for childrens appeal the effect that the council had been rr tot ri n i negligent in their duty in respect authorities here are wondering if ketda the e was only to diovidinit lirniw firo nrntonhnn ll recent raids on- local clothes died pounds alices u 4orthe reswente of the norths llnes al indirectly caused by the mg hmh throughout turkeys 46c ffishsunmsz shortage of childrens under- pound geese 33c ducks 36c and never was poultry so scar a chrismas market day in iville as was the case on wednesday morning therewas not even- an abundance of ghickens and turkeyp wore ajmost entirely lacking places- like ratchfts wheie con siaerable tonnage of poultry is usu ally to be lound on christmas mar- a few hun- ulea at coil ss power line must go through j the new hydro power line from the veteran reeve mr leary said he found it difficult to make reply and said that words simply wore inadequate to express his feelings his retncnient he said was due to his state of health which had not been too good for a couple of years he paid tribute to the good spirit that had prevailed among the coun cillors and the splendid work of the cleik and treasurer john craw ford councillor ed logan said that at times he feared he had been a lone wolf but differences never upset the harmony of the council in speaking of the next year mr logan said we regret the retire- tl i ment of mr- leary and we u wit hregret that the mumci- iv1iti iini 1 i tin all t n1t im mlk george leary speakers paid tribute to mr leary and his long service the township clerk mr crawford stated that the financial picture jwas very bright in whitchurch and con- gratulated the council on their fore sight in placing an order for a new road grader the township has over 2000 tax payers he said indicating the steady growth through new comers to themunicipahty exwaiden karl toole said he was not present to make a speech but wished to be on hand to witness the presentation to an old colleague in council the council ho said had a record tobe proud of andevery member was entitled to serve again munichoal it has contmct with the weal anyway raiding clothes lines chickens around 31c kseisitksihe sometl new for- stoufiville mr coales from mount albert z andsk srsntsiye il happened twice within brought in the largest turkey weigh- area and- members said that a similar arrangement might have been made with newmarket- but that place was not interested until after the aurora deal said- one member- thejfire to recent weeks mg 32 pounds the big torn was at one residence childrens vests too large for the average oven but and a quantity of diapers were it was soon resold by oboyles meat taken during the dark tiours of the market where the coates turkeys night while at another home a were sold if ceiling was paid by more than aurora since the house us the clothing had hung out for in question was gutted before any y f alarm was sent ht aurora brigade d because unfavorable responded promptly i weather failed to dry the garments cler- make l jharper explaining the situation 1 regarding attempted i with the town of newm past k crawford was instructed to ln fllturc she promises herself that upw reivlv on motion of rouneillo such garments will not be left on weel jrssfffihe overnight not while therelmaci tln ne thieves resort to stealing ing and exceeded anything else one explanation for the shortage of fowl is that at least two local plants aie operating here taking in pwaids of 1000 chickens- each eek to be put over the plucking ichincs and this has a tendency to deplete the market supply nor mally expected on a christmas mar ket day commend him for carrying out his pledge made a year ago a v nolan responded for the press bairie to scarbbro is being pressed i realize that our deputy reeve wiu wasmosing mr leary in-pub- ire t th omcem which event i hc on vet he said he wanted to i shall be a candidate for the posi tion of deputy reeve mr logan has been on the council six years mr les harper said that he had been a member of council three vears and had never missed a meet- mg he said he would make no t pmrvi fruit decision about nexr year at this l l vijil i kui l time tvan mclaughlin who is justi mr martin tait mill street has a completing his first year on the sixmonths old pullet of which he is council likewise said he had not veiy pioud this week it presented made any decision about what he him with an egg 8axqvi a big dou- might do next year about- staving ble yoke worthy of a much older on the coun or retiring both biddy i as al0a ln hpin liiil accordance with the dept of edu- uel cation we imagine dualku passks on prominent in the business life of uxbridge for many years william i ii smith implement agent died at his home there on saturday dec jl5th in his 83th year interment deputy reeve evans submitted a is unexpended recently the budget was made at prince albert cemetery resolution authorizing the clerk to was enlarged by 1800 and approved make application for twp elderly by the dept of highways the total men of the municipality to be spent on roads this year is 20880- admitted to the york county home i g7 which included a big item for the war assets commission sub- snow plowing last winter mitted a list of goods for sale by reeve leary presided over the tender after january 2nd next meeting which marked his final day including cranes shovels and in this- capacity unless of course tractors m some emergency meeting became j the treasurer reported that with necessary before dec 31 all mem- the payment of about 250 in road bers were present including deputy accounts there was still a balance of reeve evans councillors logan iabout 800 in the appropriation that and mclaughlin local junior qh a entry takes to the ice this week on tuesday afternoon home 1kom saskatchewan mr and mrs ross anderson of filmore sask are in town visiting at the home of his brother hugh on blake street mr anderson farms over 900 acres- mostly wheat for forward a right of way through whitchurch passes over the farms along the third concession four or five miles north of gormley and south close to the hamlet where a hydro tower is located on a farm the h e pc compensates the fanner 175 per tower which is very good unless the tower lands right in the centre of a farm wood lot such is the case on at least one farm the owner pleaded that if the swamp for it is swamp more or lessiis denuded of trees it would dryup the source of the farmers water supply notwithstanding the engineers affirmed that there could be no deviation and the wood lot is to be wiped out however the farmeris promised an undertaking that whereby should the water supply be curtailed in a few years as a result of the tiees being cut i he will bo further compensated by the iiepc the new power line from the north will join the niagara system in scarboro township so that power from the two systems may be inter changeable learn of sons murder at hands of germans bakers sweetner enters new home hockey committee hopes to havo j league divided to overcome long trips coach ike harper trotted his junior oha entry onto the local ice for the first time this week and by the turn of the year hopes to have pared down the large group trying out with the team to thel n bestworking combination the e baker manufacturing league is scheduled to begin early who developed a substan- in january and must declare win- l j norsby march 1st years especially forbakers sweet- at a- meeting held on wednesday 5 w nas hel out so m evening a committee was formed to n v homes and bake shops dur- take charge of the stouffville entry jng the sugar shortage has a new and thev in turn selected the follow- ing officers president blake san ders secytreas bruce clark home and is now being made and sold from the premises opposite the baptist church at corner of coach bruce hamer committee mam street and brie avenue members bob snowball claude the old building half of which is brillingers ken laushway chas i occupied by john monkhousetailor nolan is fast being remodelled and while one of the main stumbling blocks ere is yet much to do mr baker which has arisen since the club was is now located there and is serving formed is the group as set up by his customers even better than be- the oha and which takes in no tore t less than eight clubs some nearly facilities permit of an enlarcetl 2a hundred miles away stouffville output for his productand this is is desirous into splittingthe group essential since bakers sweetner is into two sections as follows a being shipped in barrel lots for tor- southern group of stouftville ux- onto bakeries the upper part of r bridge port perryand whitby and the building once a dwelling has a northern section of porthope had allthe partitions removed and r lindsay and lakefield will provide a chemists laboratory 1 officials are hoping to iron out this also store room for containers difference this week in bringing this building up to tftfmarkham will play in a sixteam condition again mrbakeris ren- chas cooper reelected president immediate- prosperity for the farm implement industry seems assuied but prospects for delivery christmas it is expected that the of needed tools to farmers are un live anderson brothers will have dinner together the first time in a good many years they are will andiia from port perry sam of uxbridge and the two previously mentioned ross and hugh decision reserved in 10000 claremont court action hearing of an appeal by robert g roy of toronto and claremont against a whitby judgment ol justice lebel and a jury by which 10000 damages were awarded to alfred mawder claremont store keeper on his damages claim for alienation of his wifes affection closed on friday by the court of appeal reserving judgment justice henderson asked arthur g slaght kc for his views on reassessment of damages my client mr roy would prefer a new trial to clear his name of this stigma answered counsel i feel that justice would be better served by a new trial the case has already gone through two assize court trials both at whitby the award was 10000 in each trial one of the grounds of the appeal was that roy was the victim of a plot by mowder and another was that the trial judge had notput the case to the jury in a way that would enable the jurors to understand fully the law and evidence in the case making recovery henry widdifield road superin tendent for the township of whit- junior b ground comprised s the town as well as himself i church whorecentivunderwentan oshawa university of toronto a good service for once itisrf operation at york cumykitll scarboro richmond hill toronto modelled it will be an asset to the mne nicely and shllne real chapmans and markham main street at this location smprovfrncni hi hit coson- charles cooper certain murray knox of beatty brothers ltd fergus told mem bers of the ontario retail farm equipment dealer association in convention the industry is backed by a substantial warbred tfacklog of orders he said but labor unrest especially in the automotive indus try which supplies implement mak ers with parts clouds the crystal when any attempt is made to look into the future especially unsett ling he added was the united states steel strike called for jan 14 r officers elected were president cacooper claremont vicepresi dents s w farrcll ottawa at v thonpson chatham secretary- treasurer w j drydcn toronto directors howard hyde walter elliott- j c malloy a wood j bothwick wakaufman j a intyrc ramcdonald the revolting fact that 125 can adians were shot down by the ger mans around caen last august after the lads hd surrendered has recently come to light and one of the victims was charles henry jones of whitchurch township son of mr and mis albert henry jones the unfortunate lad was born at mount albert and enlisted when only 17 while working in toronto he was only 18 when his life was taken so unfairly we were notified nionths ago that our boy was presumed dead and last night an officer from new market came to tell us the real cir cumstances of his death because he said the news would be published and we should know in advance said mrs jones to the tribune reporter who walked in half a mile from the newmarkeffvivian road on a seldom used road to reach the home of the parents located on the 7th concession right at the north west corner of the vivian forest no traffic passes the door sine the con cession line is not open a half mile south of the viviannewmarket road despite the loneliness many people would experience living in this spot it possesses delightful wooded scenery the jones have five acres can obtain lots of wood and keep a few chickens mr jones is a pensioner of the first great war and he and mrs jones love their tidy home with its rustic setting the mother told how their son was anxious to join up and went to brantford for training as an anti tank gunner he was sent to eng land after six months and there volunteered as a reinforcement for the winnipeg rifles just after nor mandy shortly after he was cap tured and met death at the hands of his assassins will you have any claim on the german government for whatthey permitted was a question put to mrs jones whosaid theyhad not thought of it and a iywav money could never recompense them for their loss henry was a lovely boy he stood six foot arid weighed 160 pounds she said as she brought out his photograph on our request for a picture 1 another son bert is still in eng land as a cook at aldershbt and may be home- later thisvinter henry and iert jones sons of mr and mrs albert- jones 7th con whitchurch henry was one of the 124 canadians shot after they surrendered a dastardly act just recently dis- covered during investigations in france picture shows the un- fortunate lad with head bared accompanied- by his brother bert wearing the beret mc i which will be a bright spot- in the i lives of the two parents factory operations by mid february thejbiiome manufacturing co expect tobe operating their stouff- ville plant by the middle of febr uary and in the meantime prospec tive employees may contact the company at their toronto plant- at 90101 queen street east mr jbhome was in town a few days ago and expressed satisfaction at the progress being made in the ratcliff block with the installation of an oil heating plant and a special line of hydro that will be especially adapted to the use of this company female help is being sought to operate the sewing machines and working conditions will- be ideal with nice hours- and- congenial employment such as should prove most dcsireable the company is engaged in the manufacture- of childrens wear fromthe enquiries being received it is possiblcthat a numberbf girls now finding employ- mentln the city will prefer to secureemployment wherethey can bcatoi7near home a number girls from the country have been making enquiriestas well- a childrensskate vu 5- ni- w5v j stouffville lions club is proyiding a free skating party for all the children in and around towyi on the afternoonfdec26fat the local rink corhebn children- fv i v jlz yjw t7 -r-