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l dtonffinue ufcfbmie leading weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps vol57no44 the tribune stouffville oxt- feb 28 1946 ten pages our capital correspondent written riy for the stouffville tribune by dean wilson 1 with no one attempting to mini- imize the seriousness ot the spy probe itself a well as its possible alttrmaths since developments are likely to be followed by appropriate action the atmosphere prevailing in ottawa at the moment is an air oi great feverish tenseness which is reminiscent of few other crises in the recent history of this nations capital however it can be reported with proper emphasis that as develop ment follows development there seems to be a strong desire that rumours speculations or gossip should be diregarded in favour of official declarations since any opin ions which tire based on sucn loose and unsubstantial structures often without reason or plausibility do not represent the true pattern of the plot and such misunderstanding can only serve to embarrass the federal government leading to un fortunate repercussions on the international scene this means in short that misunderstandings or misinterpretations must be avoided in the best interests of the united nations organization which has only just been established and of canada so that official disclosures should be given strong preference over mere speculations rumours or gossip naturally a veteran observer on parliament hill knows that what ever any probe takes place in camera or behind closed doors such rumours speculations or gossip are bound to come forth and this has been true of canadas first major spy probe in ottawa never theless this investigation by royal commissioners mr justice robert tashereau and mr justice roy lindsay kellock both of the supreme court of canada had to i take place in camera owing the kind of evidence involving official i secrets and counterespionage perl haps which had to be considered with suggestions heard in this married fifty years on monday capital that there was much which feb 25 mr and mrs jacob meyer any spy might seek information church st stouffville have spent ssist 8ssffig entire lifetime within a few reputed for their remarkable work miles of the farms where they were connected with the atomic bomb i born radar and other means of big milij mrs meyer was a daughter of tary values i henry and jane byer born on the then againit should also be sln concession of markham she stated here that spy probes riiayhvas one of a family of four of involve extremely serious conse- 1 which only herself and a brother i a iiauxuky waxted is this your chance it has leen called to the attention of the writer that of all business enterprises in stouffville the place is without a public laundry of any j kind not since the days when stouffville boasted a chinese laun- jdry have collars and shirts been j done here and those who cannot iget them laundered in their own homes must send them to the city this is awkward and difficult said one woman why we are having more and more garages and some of them are not very busy right now how is it that someone doesnt start a laundry well there you have the question and it might be a good one for some young fellow to ponder over fatal collision when snowplow rams freight claremont native is killed another seriously injured colliding with the rear end of a standing freight train at norwood station about 2 oclock on wednes day morning and fleming work- if a suitable cement block buildl man on snowplow train was ing was erected and modern machinery installed there is little doubt that a splendid patronage could be worked up look at the clothing being sent out to laundries and cleaners that might be handled locally if washing and dry cleaning could be done of course all this takes both money and experience but the right sort of energetic- young fellow would be establishing quite an exclusive business that would have possibilities of enlarge ment by establishing agencies in nearby centres the ashes of an unknown canadian soldier rescued from a shattered and burntout tank by maj rev robert currie cieelman recently returned padre oi the presbyterian church at weston out are now resting in his church and may become the central symbol in a national memorial to can adas dead of world war ii a national memorial chapel and a tomb to hold the ashes of an unknown soldier as a memor ial is the ambition of rev creelman mr and mrs jacob meyer married for fifty years quences so that great caution must be exercised by investigators if a spy probe should uncover evid ence in time of treason it might lead to the death penalty when the facts warranted such a judicial de cision in addition if there is no fact indicating a link between espionage and treason there might oe evidence of violations of the ollicial secrets act as passed in june 193 when civil servants are found guilty of such violations in certain cases they are liable not merely to lose their posts their jos byer remain mr meyer was born not far from his bride on the gth concession of markham a son of edward and j magdelina meyer the elder mr i meyer came to this country from switzerland mr meyer has two sisters mrs levi grove and mrs will menair a brother albertand a half brother noah baker the couple were married at the byer home by rev percy of stoull- ville on a bright crisp day in feb is9g at the gathering held on mon day to mark the occasion both the uperannuation and other benefits bridesmaid mrs will menair and but they are exposed to severe penalties including a fine not ex ceeding 2000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years with or without hard labour or by both tine and imprisonment meanwhile officials in diplomatic circles in ottawa have not recover ed from the initial shock which has stunned them and they are silent deadly silent about the likely effects of this discovery of a spy ring within canada these officials are notoriously careful about mak ing any comments but it cannot be recalled when these officials were so cautious about revealing the probable effects or consequences of these latest developments it is stated that russias ambassador to canada his excellency george n zaroubin had departed from can ada in december 1915 for a first visit to his homeland since he came here in ottawa early in june of 1911 boy awarded 50 bond for honesty nineyearold viggo christensen who several weeks ago found 6000 1 railway bonds while kicking through the snow on his way home from school has just been presented i with a 50 war bond by the bank j of nova scotia in appreciation of his honesty jos byer die best man were able to be present the young couple set up house keeping at lot 31 concession 9 pickering on a farm owned by mr meyers father and they remained there about twentyfive years who they retired to town mr meyer was noted as an industrious hard working fanner and was not given to taking part in municipal affairs although he did serve for three years as school trustee for atha the couple have alwavs been ident ified with the altona union church and the mennonite church and mr meyer served as a parsongae trus tee for 15 years the meyers have one son allan who resides on the home place on the 9th of pickering tnere are three grandchildren dorothy paul and ruth eighteen friends and members of the family gathered at the home on monday for the occasion while the couple received the congratula tions of a host of other wellwish ers through calls and cards the couple received a lovely set of sil verware and mr meyer a hand some cane from the familv makkham soldiers committee postpoxf meeting the markham township commit tee charged with giving considera tion to what sort of recognition the municipality should extend to the returned men of the war which was to have met on tuesday night had to cancel the engagement be cause of bad weather this meet ing will now take place on monday march 1th at unionville w c gohn former reeve is chairman charged with manslaughter a charge of manslaughter has been laid against the youth who is alleged lo have shot ronald para- dine of uxbridge then dragged his hotly to a sugar bush on the farm some rods where the fiveyearold lad met his death on december 27 the accused is a 12yearold lad from the ontario training school who claims to have accidentally discharged the gun and then it is presumed that be became terrified and hid the body 1 1 junior game creates big interest the exhibition hockey game scheduled for the local arena next monday between stouffville and markham is expected to draw con siderable between these old rivals while markham is a junior b club and stouffville a c outfit the home team is a little above the average j pioneer in the c grouping and is expected pickering townships birthdays of aged couple week apart continuing a long unbroken union mr and mrs richard thomas of whitchurch township passed another milestone marking their eightyeighth birthdays only one week apart residing on the third concession the remarkable old couple are well and able to attend to the duties of their own home mrs thomas is the eldest daugh ter of the late samuel and mary agar born in the township of vaughan eightyeight years ago feb 13th 1s58 mrs walter bone of carrville in vaughan township and mrs geo milleton of lane saskaichewan are sisters the late robert agar of markham township was a brother mrs jarvis storry of whit church is an aged cousin mr thomas is the eldest son of the late richard and mrs thomas born at temperanceville in king township on feb 20th 1s5s he had seven sisters and two brothers the aged couple were the recip ients of many beautiful cards mes sages of cheer and wishes for con tinued health and happiness mr and mrsn tarr 57 years wed a highly esteemed couple living in town for some seven years mr and mrs nathan tarr celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary tuesday this week at their home corner of albert street and rupert avenue retired farmers mr tarr will be s2 on may 7th and mrs tarr reached her soth birth day this month valentine day yes she was a valentine baby all right said mr tarr to the tribune mrs tarr does her own housework and in a manner that the most fastedious could not find fault with the veteran yeoman was born in pickering township southeast of claremont while his better half first saw the light of day in the same locality her maiden name was tillie burgess daughter of farmers in whitby and stantly killed and ivan benson was seriously injured he was removed to hospital suffering fractures and other injuries both men formerly came from claremont fleming was a brother to archie fleming now township assessor in markham living at unionville the men were operating the snow plow on the cpr out of agincourt on the run north arthur fleming who was only 11 years of age was a bachelor and resided with his mother at malvern to discuss high school area a meeting of the school board and municipal officers is called for this friday evening in the high school at markham for the purpose jf discussing the high school area situation for this district nobody seems to know what it involves ic who will gain or lose by dividing the surrounding townships into high school areas and it is hoped that something will be learned about the matter at this time a representative from the dept of education is expected to be present to talk on the question markham aurora stouffville boards of edu cation have ail been invited to attend r1xgwood takes goaii dead into hockey final ringwood will carry a goal lead into their final game with vivian tonight wednesday having taken the first game of the best of two series on monday lewis- goudie and abel did the scoring for the maroons while for vivian fockler mulholland and hood were the sharpshooters vivian played mon days game with only two sub stitutes but expects to be at full strength tonight big interest in gormley convention the recent crop improvement annual convention held in toronto was the most largely attended of any on record in fact the largest group of interested farmers ever assembled in convention in this province or as far as can be ascer tained in the dominion nearly 700 registered and were in attendance at the potato section 41 head of cattle sold quickly despite the almost unprecedented run of auction sales advertised in this paper last fall there are quite a few looming at this time and good prices are being realized sellers atkinson conducted an auction last saturday for wm e miller three miles south of stouff ville good weather contributed to the size of the crowd which was large buyers were present from as far as georgian bay and in the home district from agincourt richmond hill uxbridge bidding was brisk and the two auctioneers took turns in running off that line of sales talk that keeps up the interest and the bidding some of the highlights were the sale of a mow of hay for 120 mower for 7s seed drill 79 culti vator 19 cattle were a good quality of grade ilolstein and fetched sub stantial prices first three cows brought 196 1sg and 179 their calves sold extra the 11 head were knocked off in a little less than two hours mr miller has until april to decide his next move war bride expected oxscythia expected lo arrive this week held on the from overseas when the steamer to be able to give the higher club quite an interesting time markham was recently eliminat ed from the juniorb race by oshawa it is planned to play home and home games with oshawa al though both mav be played in stouffville the game will commence at 830 and there will be two referees on hand for the affair born in ninety stouffville nearly years ago mr and mrs tarr farmed for 32 years on the 9th just south of stouffville a mile and a quarter five children were born to them all of whom are happy to congratu late the aged couple on this auspici ous occasion they are roy clif ford and vernon tarr eva airs andrew green 9th con whit church and mary mrs rao doo- little the latter living at orillia where she went to teach school as a young miss townspeople generally wisb us to extend hearty congratulations to mr and mrs tarr at this time first day very instructive address es were delivered by prominent growers and usa officials of the departments of agriculture of the provinces and dominion also contributions from oac guelph and kemptville agricultural col leges reports of experiments held in demonstration plots on the various insecticides and fungicides were enthusiastically received and j seas four years many now formulas give promise of heretofore unheard of control of insects and blight more such ex periments are to be carried on this year as requested by growers at the convention full report in book form of the entire convention is being printed j with a separate volume on potal residents of victoria square see toes alone these may he secured the possibility of a real estate early in march by contacting your boom in their hamlet from the local agricultural representative or recent property changes that have writing direct to the department i taken place and numerous inquiries in toronto i for places one resident on the 4th one of the high lights of the con- concession of markham immediate- vention was the annual banquet ly north of p willows general store held on the last night in the ball- has been sold by mr l b heiso to scythia doiks at halifax is nora betty smith war bride of pte h ii smith employed on the farm of mr almoin- clark gth concession whitchurch it will be their first experience in canada for mrs smith and her twoyearold daugh ter lacaria pte smith enlisted from alberta and now intends to locate here in ontario he was over- j residence in heise iname 100 years room of the king edward hotel attended by a record capacity crowd ladies included guest spea ker for the evening was the well- tnown gratton oleary editorial writer for many magazines and papers this was followed by an hours entertainment and variety show was 89 tuesday the death of mrs minnie cooper at the brierbush hospital stouif- j ville last week removes a member the lad had turned the find over one of the few remaining fami- to his father who inturn gave them lies who settled here over a cen to constable ben dayman union- lury a mrs cooper who was in ville police later established the j her s9th vear was a daughter of bonds as part of a number of bonds the late hiram and laney yake stolen from the markham branch of the bank of nova scotia murray iwrence and robert lance arrested a day after the rob- lery were sentenced to two years less a day each presented the award by alex ander stewart branch manager of the bank little viggo happily announced that he would put the bond into the bank since his father dealt with a unionville hank it would not go hack to mr stewart to bad said viggo she was born in the house at corner of main and tenth streets stouff ville now owned bv mr and mrs wm thorne there were seven children in the familvbeing the late mrs williams jane mrs marritt esther mrs harding alice mrs cooper who has just passed on calvin arthur and harmon the latter being the only surviving member in his 95th year a strange coincidence i that each member of this family outliv ed their lifes companion minnie yake married frank cooper and lived in the house now- owned by mr and mrs john castle where they had a large garden then moved to a farm at ballantrae and later retired to sunderland where mr cooper died twelve years ago since then mrs cooper lived alone keeping her own house until last august after a short lay in the hospital was cared for at the home of her niece miss effie harding until a few days prior to death rev d davis of the united church conducted the funeral ser vice at the harding home and the pall bearers were all nephews of the deceased interment was made in stouffville cemetery farms not going idee despite bio run of sales sixteen farm stock and imple ment sales are advertised in this issue last fall this paper carried as many as 32 in one issue but the sales have eased off somewhat from the peak few districts have as many sales as are held in the area covered by the tribune and ex tending say 15 miles around it does not mean that farmers are going out of business which is a very popular notion some people have facl is of all the sales held since last septemberand they num ber around one hundred advertised in the tribune every farm on which one was held is still operat ing its a changing trend rather than one of abandoning the home maufacturing co in tend to start operations in their new stouffville factor- in the rat- rliff block next week cpl cbmount who has been overseas for quite some time on taking over the house and lot mr mount says that of all the villages and hamlets he has been in over seas nothing appealed to him as a place to settle down quite like victoria square it is interesting to note that this place has been in the heise name for more than 100 years mr heisi has also sold a house and lot standing between this one and the corner store to mr v west- brook of toronto who will shortly locate at victoria square for 20 years this place has been tenanted by the late mr and mrs b robert son after all this hamlet is ideally located in the very garden land of markham township on a paved road city less than an hour away and daily bus service to and from toronto it has two stores church two garages and some mighty fine neighbors geo h vaughan of bloomington who reached his sdth birthday on febniary 2sth widemax farm rented mr wellington wideman intends to celebrate his 81st birthday with some semblance of satisfaction on april i because he has rented his 93 acre farm on the tenth of mark ham and will be relieved of the attendant worry of such a place when he was 75 mr wideman re tired from the farm and worked six acres of land on the townline where mr and mrs wideman have been living tenants on the wide- man place will be mr and mrs frank hill now on the rinth of whitchurch engagement mr and mrs wm everton smith announce ihc engagement of their daughter clara pauline to pte clyde heyden steckley son of mr and mrs peter steckley marriage to take place quietly the middle ot march