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wltttie vol 59 no 12 the tribune stouffville ont july 24 1947 motorist lands in on william grove at dicksons hill driving control the sth con- township on she was out of when the ear seemingly went travelling south on cession of markham thursdaj evening at 7 oclock mrs chas winkerman winona drive toronto sustained some injuries with her passengers after first aid was rendered at stouffville the party proceeded by taxi to the city the winkerman car left the road at the foot of dicksons hill just after passing over the bridge there travelling south it crashed a tree in front of william groves and landed in on his property right where children are often playing fortunately none were about at the time of the accident constable c wideman invest gated but laid no charges travelling too fast for wet pave ment was the belief given for the car going out of control ratcliff pipher towed the wrecked car to toronto main damage was done to the body of the car local pea viner establishes record output a sztbk 5 old goodwood families meet the annual watson clan reunion held at greenwood park on july 20th representing the james wat son william watson mrs wm robinson and mrs george dows- well and david watson families about sixty people were present eldest person there was welling ton lehman stouffville and the vouhgest douglas kidd richmond hill mrs david watson of stouff ville was the eldest lady present the president of the clan is mrs erla watson moth and the secre- tarvtreasurer miss mvrtle watson i5 tworoom addition to unionville school to cost 30000 council told hip council answer new assessor takes over -v- iv5a 5 i utj s3i the pea vines are dumped from trucks at the receivins end of the viners and are forked into the machines as one would feed a threshing machine here are some of the men at work on the first days shelling working by himself on the truck load at the left is era hutchines on the next machine to the richt is david pugh and willis turner john scott former pickering farmer now resident in stouff ville stands in the right fore ground uriiomiste village trustees havej asked markham township council to the use of the towi during next school term told on monday at a council mei ing that the building would available for the village at a nomi ina rental it is proposed to set an emergent meeang of he iu- up a class room in the basement age conned was called this week there will be 23 beginners in the j appoint an assessor to can on dui- i unionville public school next term ing the illness ot mi blake sanders with only about half this number 1 lie appointment went to mi h k leaving from the top grade good who will enter upon lis hues immediately in making the total attendance is estimated to run around 100 for the tworoomed ft school and this means a third m banders made the 1 01 asess- teacher must be engaged and ul early this eai and a change gordonprouse nuptial at claremont claremont united church was the scene of a pretty wedding on saturday afternoon july 19 when hilda madeline prouse daughter of ir and mrs arthur j prouse of claremont was united in marriage with toss albert gordon son of mr and mrs harold gordon of ux- bridge rev i e kennedy offici ated the lovely bride took her vows in a gown of white satin fingertip veil with a coronet of gardenias and carried a largo bouquet of red roses and babys breath she wore a beautiful string of pearls a pre sent of the groom the bride was given in marriage by her father and mis prouse accompanied by gregg at the organ sang for you alone attending the bride was her sister miss isobel prouse at tired in a floor length gown of mauve talfeta carrying yellow roses and babys breath marlene gordon little sister of the groom was the flower girl in a long pink satin dress carrying a basket of mixed sweet peas the reception for over one hun dred guests from various centres throughout ontario was held on the lawn of the brides home at claremont the brides mother received in a mauve and white sheer dress with a corsage of yel low roses mrs gordon looked charming in a mauve flowered silk jersey dress and wore a corsage of mixed sweet peas the happy couple left for an ex tended visit in western ontario be fore taking up residence in their in tended home in uxbridge extra elass room arranged for the school trustees said that plans are being pushed for the erection of a school addition of two rooms and hall costing 830000 a ratepayers meeting recently called authorized the trustees proceed with the addition with all speed mr alf hill former stouff- ville boy is the popular principal at unionville a position he has held for over ten years only other business before mark- ham council on monday at their midmonth meeting was to give consideration to the tax rate for 1017 which will be struck at the next council meeting when the annual bylaw is introduced the preliminary work done on monday will pave the way for quick passing delegates of of the various rates canada al reeve charlie hooper presided members present being deputy- reeve d rumney councillors l couperthwaite win timbers griffin in the assessment act requires the work to be done immediately for 1918 so that municipalities can get their tax rolls out early in the new year if they wish to do so mr good has had considerable oj bookkeeping experience and knows something about real estate values hence he should fill the breach with satisfaction councillors thought the peas are received from the viners in boxes ready for ship ment by truck to the canning plant here- are some of the workers with part of the open ing days shelling from left to right sherman arnold man ager of the station elinore anthony elsie miller mar garet duncan jean anthony and mrs gordon malcolm the bookkeeper shelled 22 tons of peas in eleven hours lightning destroys cattle on three farms last weeks electrical storms scattered over the local district caused some havoc among live tock on at least three farms a tons of shelled peas stokley vancamp co at whitby cow pastured by bert silverthorn on these buildings and saved them thats the record told the tribune the peas must on a ranch near goodwood was i firemen from lindsay with twentytwo gladys i in eleven hours mrs t of the workers at the peaviner station on xo 7 highway just eastj aflei they are shel mr of locust hill this will be part of graham said that the company for the 230300 tons of shelled peas whom the local farmers are grow which will come from this partial- ing were quite proud of their out- to l kahn goodwood were de lar station these peas early put so far this season being 45000 stroyed bv lightning on a ranch at medium and late varieties are be- cases ninety per cent fancy pack mount zion so far as is known r m owen agincourt new district deputy the biggest membership gain in the past 10 years resulted from substantial revival of interest dur ing the inst year the report of grand secretary e g dixon to the the grand lodge of and am at the innual convention in toronto last week attended bv a number from stouffville a total of 1900 new vern members were accepted during 1910 swelling ontario masonic i membership to more than 105000 the secretarys report showed highlights of the closing meeting friday was the announcement of 1 election results and the installation of new officers former deputy grand master dr t 11 simpson of hamilton was installed as the new grand master and james mahar of toronto the onlv recently acquired by the new deputy grand master coops at sunderland the former r- m- owen of agincourt and thos welsh mill and warehouse secretary of the lodge there was in the northern village was destrov- elected district deputy grand ed bv fire monday just in opera- master for the local district in this tion one week by the new owners contest mr o m madill of altona the damage is estimated to be as on the ballot 175000 the cnr station and the sta tion masters home were threaten ed but the firemen poured water new coop premises burned at sunderland loss about 175000 come in on a set schedule and struck and killed by lightning should be in the cans three to four w two belonging to john me- gillivray formerly of glasgow were killed at mount albert two registered animals belonging in field all day scott farmer died at supper hour working all day in the field and coming in at night a former ux bridge man marshall welsh died with shocking suddenness at sand- ford where he was working for his brother wilbert welsh instead of sitting down to supper welsh aid he did not fee hungry and walked out on the lawn in front of the house where he collapsed and died he was in his 53rd vear left to mourn his death are hi mother mrs r welsh of oshawa three brothers benjamin toronto orville hamilton and wilbert of sandford and two sisters bertha and minnie of oshawa the funeral was held from the home of his mother mr- h welsh in oshawa the deceased was born in ux bridge in lvi a son of mrswelsh m the late robr welsh and en listed in the first great war with a battalion he was badly gassed overseas and on his return home worked for several years with mr cm g some years ago he wen west again and came back a couple of weeks ago as one of the western contingent to help in the harvest engaging with mr wilbert welsh of sandford working all day in the field with other help on the farm marshall appeared about as usual until the men went to the house for supper it was only then that he said he was not hungry and walked out to the lawn where he collapsed ine grown on some two hundred and fifty acres of land running through markham and pickering townships by fifty farmers mr howard hagennan oh whose farm the viner station is located is the largest grower with eighteen acres in mr hagerman has also chalked up this seasons peak turnout to date that is 1100 pounds of shelled peas to the acre pea harvesting is a continuous operation from the moment the vines are cut in the field john graham local field man for the this is the fourth year the pea jail these animals were insured vining station at the foot of the markhampickering townline has operated it is under the manage ment of sherman arnold of stouff ville and given employment to fifteen men and five women while in operation each season this is one of the larger of the five viner stations operated bv the whitby cannery the ensilage which is stacked by the back of the machine is sold back to the farmers at s2 a ton and is said to make the most excellent feed goodwood gir saves a lif a tenyearold boy who lost his life in an attempt to save his sevenyearold play mate from drowning in the thames river is londons hero the boy john edw clarka nonswimmer died in a brave but futile effort to rescue little helen kerr after she stepped into s ft of water from a rock ledge at the gibbons park swimming hole prompt action of mrs alf hemming the former muriel jones of goodwood a n d stouffville high school student was credit ed with saving the girl mrs hemming jumped into the water fully clothed and pull ed the drowning girl to safety moments later her husband appeared on the scene and jump ed into the water fol lowing his wife his attempt to find the boy was in vain- ten to 12 minutes later marvin dutch decker lifeguard re covered young clarks body but efforts of three doctors and fire men to revive the un conscious lad failed dr ar routledge coroner pronounced him dead mrs harvey cober died at welland buried at heise hill cemetery an untimely death occurred in welland on sunday when mrs har vey cober formerly of markham township succumbed to a long period of declining health she was only in her 10th year the funeral was this wednesday to heise hill church and cemetery attended by many old friends of the family and a long concourse of relatives mrs cober was the former mary frances wideman daughter of the late mr and mrs samuel wideman six years ago mr and mrs cober moved to welland but she had not enjoyed good health for some time j besides the husband there survives i two sons and one daughter mrs cober is survived brothers she being the iter in the family the j isadore jacob willis joseph and when he came into contact with a 1 roy wideman the latter living on high voltage wire while engaged on j the homestead a repair job in scarboro last thurs- three who stole a cow face breakin counts their reels rendered assistance twelve men had just rushed the repairs and changes to completion j in readiness for the new business to open a week before the disaster l and we understand immediate i breaking and entering cottages at plans are to be made for rebuilding musselmans lake they will large part of the loss is coveted a tne recgnt charges this bv ihfurance cotitd fl al newmarket hickman cowie and prentice three bloomington men each serving three months for stealing a cow from warren graves near vivian have been charged with off for west africa were run down by detective w e martindale on the cow incident and mr and mrs earl honsberger the same officer is pursuing the left town on monday evening on the long yet short trip to british west africa their destination be ing in nigeria where they expect to arrive on sunday the whole journey will be made by plane which heretofore has taken the honsberger over a boat and land journey of some weeks covering 5000 miles they have been on furlough one year and this will be their third term in case against the trio on the lake robbery clothing blankets were alleged to have been stolen as well as other articles they must be very useful out there now that they are accustomed to the life their baby will remain in stouffville so that they do not expect to see the boy for three nigeria and years at least markham man electrocuted working on hydro lines quite well known in stouffville where he has done many hours of vlved by five on the hydro electric lines farmer fined 525 he only daugh- for the markham rural william c- duj c j le brothers are leblanc died almost instantly ror kotted bpuds mr john lehman has sold his home on albert street to mr abell land miss abell of toronto i day even quick action on the part of a fellow worker failed to save the life of this popular 43yearold worker when his predicament war ilymg officer lloyd harvey was k hj h up from moncton nb over the h di weekend visiting his aunt mrs s w hastings electric officials are investigating the mis hap scarboro police said gerald hankeson working alongside le blanc heard the victim make a age 9th mr and mrs w d hall spent a w davs visiting in toronto and crded a farewell party for their peculiar soumi ancl lookei up in andson bui ha jr while there t0 30c hjm slump climbing hhe pole hankeson managed to cut engagements jthe body down and lower it to the mr and mr- levi forsyth wish i ground where he immediately announce the engagement of applied artificial respiration ir daughter alice xorine to mr scarboro police and firemen rush- yd donald hamm son of mr ed an inhalator to the scene but it 1 mrs garfield hamm the marri- was not used dr c d farquhar o take nlaee saturday august son coroner of agincourt pro- nounced leblanc dead when con mr and mrs howard malcolm of tinned attempts to revive him were i brougham announce the engage- of no avail mem of their daughter fern to mr born in england leblanc had j robert miler son of mr and mrs j been employed as a hvdro worker john miller of brougham the in markham for the past is years marriage will take place on august he i- survived by three brothers fh in st johns united church frederick of malvern louis mark- i brougham iham and carl in toronto charged under the plant disease act with respect to bacterial ring rot in potatoes wilfred mcarthur rr 1 gtielph was fined 25 and costs or 25 days in jail when he pleaded guilty to the dopt of agri culture charge last week in guelph court termed as the most infectious and destructive seedborne diseasebac- terial ring rot which has just in vaded the province threatens a 20- milliondollar potato industry ac cording to plant pathologists they claim the disease is compar atively easy to kill by starting at the farm the convicted man was charged with failing u heed to re quests by the department to dispose of his potato supplies by a set date this is the 12th case of its kind to come before ontario courts dur ing the past week mr wm r hall eldest son of mr and mrs w c hall toronto and formerly on the imperial bank staff left on monday for bermuda where he has accepted a position- mrs allen michell will be at her home in green river o friends on saturday julv 20 from 2 to 1 pm