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farafftrille vol 58 no 44 the tribune stouffville ont feb 27 1947 twelve pages war veterans honored claremont max reaches 81 well known resident of the clare- mom district and a native of reach township near uxbridge mr jack coombe reached his slst birthday- last saturday veteran of many summers of pioneer farming mr coombe still delights in doing what he can when mrand mrs coombe came from uxbridge not so many- years ago it was wun the intention of taking life a little easier they now reside jut south of claremont 830 raised for canadian aid to china stouffville had just contributed the splendid sum of ss30 to the canadian aid to china campaign the fine effort is highly gratifying to the officers and the canvassers as well as to the citizens in general rev d davis was chairman of the campaign ad mr a g thomp son manager of the canadian bank of commerce here treasurer all teachers ask a second pay increase within year boards decision awaited the high and public school stajts of stouffville have petitioned the york county warden charlie hooper reeve of markharn pre- sents suit cases to jane and patsy mclaren daughters of major mclaren of thornhill both girls served overseas and lost a sister also enlisted in the markharn township presented 3g3 servicemen and women club bags and pen and pencil sets in recogni tion of their service during the war at a ceremony at crosbys memorial rink unionville friday night including the tokens of gratitude presented at this time a total of s7000 will be spent by the township for a memorial the proposed mem orial for which the foundation has already been laid will be erected in front of the memorial rink there were 30 from markharn township killed overseas in the last war including the daughter of major and mrs g mclaren in the 191118 war there were 10 lives lost from the district the planned memorial will have the names of all those who made the supreme sacrifice in both wars inscribed on service the presentations were male on behalf of the township at a gathering in unionville to all lads and lassies who enlisted in the war pen and pencil sets for those serving in can ada club bags for those who went overseas it school editorials next issue students of stouffville high school will contribute the editorials for the next issue of the tribune on march 0 this is in keeping with a practice established several years ago when the editor invited the students through the principal and staff to undertake such a contract i the splendid effort made at that time has warranted it continued annually j the editorials next week will deal with live issues of interest to a great majority of the readers xot all contributions will be used per haps because of limited space however additional space will be allowed over ordinary issues so that as many artices as possible may be printed churches took part in the effort board of education for immediate which met with such loyal support i salary increases the press learned when the canvassers made the on monday evening when the board housetohouse calls the money has been remitted o headquarters in toronto juniors ready for finals with aurora ask province pay 75 pc road costs club bags were presented 23s re sidents who served overseas by reeve chas h hooper warden of the county at the ceremony and rev w butt unionville presented pen and pencil sets of 125 who servi ed in canada i miss m dvmond at present a i student at osgoode hall replied on a resolution calling for an m- behalf of the veterans of canada crease in the subsidv paid by the service and capt the rev e j i ontario dept of highways for the currie victoria square responded construction of township roadswas on behalf of those who served over- passed by the ontario association seas i of rural municipalities at its 15th queens vork hangers bandunder annual convention in toronto w steel played during the occai no consideration apparently was sion and the last post ing stouffville at 730 tickets are available at either snowballs bar ber shop or the tribune office coach harper tells us that injur ies and sickness which have plagu ed the locals the last three games will all be cleared up with the ex ception of lloyd jennings who suffered a leg injury at bradford on friday and will be off his feet for concluded given to the fact that the govern- 1 at least a we ll0 pascoewho was m general session the urge of the teachers appears to be for a salary schedule sharply higher than the present pay ami which they would like effective with the beginning of the new term next september all teachers are now under contract for this term and at increased pay over a year ago however there was a further re- aurora qualified to meet stouff- quest from each staff that a general ville in the finals for the oha i increase be made at once of s100 per junior c group championship by year to be made retroactive from defeating xewmarket 71 on monjanuar 1st this year day night the first game in the i chairman don chadwick presided best of three series will be staged at the meeting and members pre- at aurora this thursday night with sent were a g thompson j w the second game in stouffville on mcmullen hugh bannerman daw- sauuday night march 1st in the son hare frank riches and dr event a third game is necessary freel the oha has ordered that it bei the disposition of the board was played at either richmond hill or that general increases would have unionville on tuesday march 1th to be made but the final decision a bus will take local spectators j le for the next regular meet- to aurora this thursday night leav- ln turned 103 v the ceremony- wesley gohn was chairman and money over any other year township clerk charles hoover was most municipalities and counties secretary are expanding their road programs and for this reason and the fact the incorporated towns and villagesaiid cities get no road assistance ttye dept is not likely to give the ques tion any serious consideration we have found that a number of our roads are being used a great deal bv commercial trucks we feel the government should subsidize scores of local people have taken 75 ceil of the cost eb mac au interest in the new home erected millan of the township of wiiches- nt iu l ter told the meeting on no 7 highway a m east ofj a motion that the department of memisvvng money over any other year since igafrisf arois g markharn home of newscaster burned 225 fine for assault and dangerous driving merlyn preston sutton was fined a total of 225 or three months in magistrates court on friday morn ing when he was convicted of assaulting an officer while resisting arrest a charge of drunken driving had been dismissed as well as an v uul uiciuuxunuui amended charge of having the care bnionville for john coiiingwooci niehways sudsic t expenditure n f for construction on township roads to the extent of 75 per cent fora period of at least five years was endorsed without opnosition the association rejected a proposal that bus lines be taxed by the mun icipalities through which they pass the resolution was introduced by the town of kingsville and pointed out that while the lands of steam and electric railways and other pub lic utilities are otherwise taxable by municipalities under the assess aurora was short their star mun- dell in their game against newmar ket but the team expects to be at full strength for the final drive andcontroiofamotorvehfcie while reid cfrb news commentator in an intoxicated condition which was destroyed by fire on chief burke then testified that thursday night last- hampered by when he tried to take accused intoh of water two fire brigades custody on the driving charge he from unionville and agincourt had resisted and had threatened to fh slubborn blaze unsuc a has in oft rigft fes valuccl hand then he swung at me i put i at up mv right hand to protect myself rhe two fire departments called and the hook hit my wrist if my by fred sliver unionville who wrist had not been there the hook noticed the blaze at 1130 pm did would have struck me in the all they could the well was soon mouth he said that he had re- 1 pumped dry and firemen could not jrrient act bus companies operate quired medical treatment for the j reac the nearby creek because of with little or no land and revenues the depth of snow the flames had are not subject to taxation by muni wound in his wrist caused by the hook and he produced a bill for sg from a sutton doctor after accused struck me i let him go and waited for constable w r hill who had been summoned by an onlooker accused got back into his car he was intoxicated constable hill came in about 10 minutes and took accused into cust ody kntkrta i x ed by imperial oil stouffville lions club members only spread through a small section of the building when first noticed but made headway after all the water was used and the well dried it is believed the fire started in the kitchen we understand the place was being occupied while be ing finished bulldozer at work a bulldozer has been at work ir whitchurch township hursting a were entertained at their regular road through six foot drifts in -vari- meeting on monday evening with ous township roads up to jlonday sound films provided by the imit had worked 57 hours at s10 per perial oil co the program was hour which indicates that the de- held at the high school and was infmand of the ratepayers for open charge of lions bruce clark and roads is going to cost a lot ofrivai he expects to be quite recov fred timbers i money j ered from the severe shaking up dualities thos birkett injured in florida accident spending a few weeks in florida mr thomas birkett of stouffville met with a motor accident there in which he sustained a fractured arm and various cuts and bruises from the scant information reach ing his son gordon mr birkett ap pears to have been riding in a car near miami when a tire blowout occured which sent the vehicle hurling into the ditch our townsman is expected home in a few weeks and before his ar- canadian purebreds flown to cuba heres a successful claremont farmer one reads so much about the hardship of farming poor returns and gloomy prospects that it is really refreshing when a farmer steps into the office and announces that he is about to retire has suffi cient to retire on raised a large family with children in university and confesses that when he started the career of a farmer he didnt have ten cents in his nocket and no bank account that kind of a man is none other that our worthy district farmer arthur prouse who is disnosing of his farm stock and implements at lot 11 con 9 two miles east of claremont on tues- dav march 18th mr prouse is 73 but he looks and has the physique of a healthy man of 60 a native of durham county he worked out when a lad of tender years he recalls earning 17 per month and saving every cent of it i have been actively engaged as a farmer for 37 years and i have been on the place where i now re side for 27 years mr prouse said after the sale mr and mrs prouse will locate on a five acre lace pur chased off the morgan pugh farm which will have modern conveni ences and prove a delightful home for a deserving couple of eleven children ten are living and one son lost his life in the war he was the one who would have followed in his dads footsteps and taken over the home acres but fate ruled otherwise more than one member said that the request of the high school staff for a second increase in one school term came as a surprise since such members considered substantial in creases had been made last septem ber and- the teachers had signed contracts accepting the increases an effort will be made to reach an amiable agreement but the boards decision could not quite be reached when the meeting adjourn ed however the chairman said the issue would be finallv settled at the next meeting reputed to be 103 years old just a few weeks ago james penny is easily the oldest per son living in markharn village he still goes down town for the mail mrs hobson of toronto spent a few days with her sister miss nora stapleton last week engagements mr and mrs earl foster stouff ville wish to announce the engage ment of their daughter audrey mae to elmer edward lee son of mr and mrs norman lee uxbridge the marriage to take place quietly the latter part of february mr and mrs george beverley claremont wish to announce the engagement of their daughter gloria eleanor to kenneth eugene jones son of mr and mrscecil jones of balsam juniors eliminate bradford in close contest 43 farmers invited to sign warble fly contract as a result of the public meeting held in whitchurch on monday af ternoon the farmers will be can vassed in the hope of obtaining enough signatures to carry on a campaign against the warble fly canvassers will bo appointed to each school section and if sufficient encouragement is given the com pany interested in applying the treatment will be brought in and the cattle treated with three sprays at stated intervals at a cost of coc j per head for the three treatments mondays meeting was addressed by richard h graham of the on tario cattle breeders live stock branchreeve lome p evans pre sided over the gaihering which was not large partly due to the road conditions eliminate bradford in two straight games bttadforii fought hard to keep in the running but were xosed out on their home ice 441 play er breaks leg stouffville eliminated bradford in their oha junior hockey play offs on friday night taking the se cond game by the score of 43 in a clean hardtought struggle tne stouftviliites were without right winger lloyd pascoe who was down with the flu but centreman gord lewis was back in the lineup and lloyd jennings alternate was moved up to bolster the player shortage it was a dingdong battle all the way wun neither team having more than one goal lead at any stage stouffville scored first at the six minute mark campbell from jew ett ville also suffered a leg injury and will be out of the game for at least a week sold uxioxville propertv the house and lot at unionville owned by mr chas brillinger of stouffville was sold a few days ago for 2500 to mr ernest blundell unionville willoughbys agency reports festival prize winners coming here the local branch of the canadian mothercraft society is sponsoring a concert in the stouffville united church tuesday march 11th the young artists secured for this occasion will include gold medal winners and scholarship winners at hanna got the equalizer for toronto east musical festival bradford four minutes later on a r torontos promising voung negro passotu from coates the oneone l pianist wray dawnes a punh at score indicated the play in the first malvern collegiate w 11 okty soo flown to cuba 10 tons of pure bred cattle from an oakville ont farm landed at their de stination in the first nonstop torontotocuba flight by amer ican airlines lois brandon of toronto an airline agent is hown here as she checks in the tattle clyremoxt and chlrrvwooi lead ix semifinals claremont ami chorrywood hockey clubs each carry a two goal margin into the second of their semifinal playoff round in the pick ering hockey league claremont downed brougham 53 and cherry- wood won over pickering by the same rore in the opening double- header at markharn on monday night the same teams clash again this wednesday night the two winners may start their final round a best of three affali this friday night period after just a minute and twenty- five seconds of the mid period mac clement rifled the puck into the bradford net to put the red wings out in front the visitors held this lead tor nearly fifteen minuteswhen feet evening collins finally tied it up on a pass- ing effort with coates just half a minute before the period ended sellers and jewett worked in close from the corner to lift in stouff- villes third goal the celery kings evened the count once more in the first three minutes of the third period bow man being the marksmen with har vey and wannamaker on the assists both teams missed a number of royal scoring chances as olay sped from end to end with just five minutes to go defenceman don campbell took a passout from min ion and sank the winning counter bradford threw everything into the stouffville end but the kitchen sink h close lite gap once more but the ikes boys backchecked fircely and managed to break up many a dan gerous bradford rush before it got over the blue line there were few penalties handed out by referee mcecheran and all for minor offences campbell got two for stouffville and lewis one while brychoff was the only penalty for bradford the clean game was typical of all the clashes between these tuo earns this season and the victors were warmly congratulated by the iosers- numbers and will team with beryl vearwand girl of his own race in piano duets man other artists coming also a grand cause teamed with out standing talent adds up to this per- snow buries cemetery corpse not buried when a cemetery is buried in four feet of snow the best of cemetery caretakers must be most familiar with the premises when it comes to picking out ground for a grave using a plan as a guide when the remains of the late nathan storey reached goodwood cemetery for interment relatives most familiar with the place dis cerned that the grave was not dug in the right place and the whole proceedings were halted and finally the burial delayed for several days the corpse was returned to the undertaking establishment in stouffville until a new grave was opened in the correct plot one of the mourners explained that the great depth of snow fairly buried the whole cemetery and many stones or markers were hidden from view this made it difficult to locate the proper plot from the cemetery plan in the absence of the customary land marks which a caretaker has in summer to guide him in locating graves the late george stewart was the man most familiar with goodwood player breaks log an unfortunate accident occurred j he being caretaker for durng the game when one of brad- years and since his demise no one ford players tripped in some man- nas had pp to familiarize ner and slid into the boards snapp- themselves with the plans and the ing bis leg just above the ankle kroun to the same extent there were no other players near the idle x storey was a mr bert lickorish entered hosthe unfortunate lad when he fell brother of the late ir lohn storev pital in toronto this week for a bui the mnhap put nuher a damper j stouffville and an surgical operation for removal of on the balance of tne gare for both uncle of messrs milt and george an outward growth teams lloyd jennings of stouff- storev of thi town