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itatiffiwlle mibum vol 59 no 22 the tribune stouffv1lle oxt oct 2 1947 conference amendment on movies explained n by passenger train third animal missing gospel films may be shown with careful sklk tion j fljjy the report in last week- issu concerning the ultimate stand taken by the mennonite brethre in christ conference respecting the churchs activities toward the show ing of moving pictures in the churches was not exactly the final j two voung holstein cattle in disposition of the matter accordmg longing to mr leland johnston to mr lambert stoufrer secretary 1 10th concession whitchurch just of the committee on movies north of town were killed by the mr stouffer points out that an south bound evening passenger amendment introduced later modi- tra lied the original resolution some- 1 what and the amendment gained thelnimals ontothetrack the support ot the conference besides the two that were killed final disposition was that the lone other has totally disappeared and only six of them were recover ed after the crash when the young heifer and a bull were struck the train came to a stop and the animals were clear ed from that part of the engine so aptly named at the moment the cow catcher one animal was dead and one dying the train crew removed the two animals off the engine regarding the missing animal mr johnston had nine animals on a rented pasture on the townlineand conference approved of the show ing of educational and gospel films with great care to be exercised in their selection it was also included in the amendment that where possible a church hall or other building should- be used for such programs fretz petty a pretty wedding was solemnized making ready for markham fair oct 234 in the claremont baptist church on johnston told the reporter on saturday when miss edna marjorie i tuesday afternoon that he had petty daughter of mr and mrs searched the neighborhood and cnas gostick became the bride of made many enquiries but all in mr orval grove fretz son of mr j vain he mav write the cnr with and mrs samuel fretz both fam- a request that thev take a good look dies of claremont rev w l down the smoke stack nine ani- enham officiated amidst the settlmals were counted grazing on the ing of ferns and pink and white glads while mrs hugh michell aunt of the bride officiated at the organ given in marriage by her father the bride wore a floorlength gown of tatretta faille with finger tip net veil and carried a bouquet of red roses the bridesmaids were miss bernice mcavoy who wore a gown of pink taffeta faille with coronet head dress decorated with rosebuds and carried a bouquet of talismans roses and miss marion gostick who wore gown of white sheer with headdress decorated hill top nearby the scene of the accident only a short time before they got onto the tracks the loss is serious for the farmer as the cattle were valued at around si 00 a head local roy weds toronto girl scliell davis at the parsonage of rev smith toronto on sept marriage was solemnized of helen davis daughter of mr and mrs 21 fred the louis davis toronto and kenneth with pink and blue rosebuds and eklest g of mr and mrs carried a nosegay of talisman roses the best man was mr norman fretz ushers were kenneth petty and levi fretz miss lois fretz sang during the signing of the re gister at the reception held at the home of the brides parents the brides mother received in a dress of blue- grey with black accessories and wore a corsage of pink roses the grooms mother assisted wearing a dress of grey sheer with black ac cessories and wore a corsage of pink roses for the wedding trip to ottawa and the us the bride wore a navy blue hat and dress with light blue coat and blue accessories and cor sage of red roses on their return they will reside in claremont harvey schell stouffville following a honeymoon motor trip the young couple will settle in stouffville where the groom is em ployed in his fathers butcher shop canned tomatoes sunday claremont canning factory was forced to operate last sunday to save from waste great quantities of tomatoes the severe frosts plus a marvelous crop of tomatoes com bined to swamp the cannery it was evident that hundreds of bush els would not survive until monday and in order to save them the em- horse palace will be ready workers say rushed to completion by morley symes contractor the big barn on markham fair grounds will be ready for the reception of some thing like 1g0 animpls this week end for the big annual fair volunteer labor as reported last week held a small raising to place the frame on its footings for the building 31x150 feet it took little more than an hour for the two dozen men to set the bents plates and posts into place but as anson h crosby 85yearold retired farmer and former presi dent of the markham agricultural nest there will be three bands pre- society said there is not much sent and during the program theto putting up a onestorey barn corner stone at the new veterans j although the days when the corn- memorial hall will be laid warden petitive spirit of barn raising was chas hooper of york county will challenged onlv by the greasy pig be present and participate in the program the veterans are asked to form in line at the cnr station at 140 vhen their ranks will be greatly augmented by many visiting veter ans of both wars hon ian mackenzie to officiate here next sunday at the big soldiers drum head service in stouffville on sunday october 5th right hon ian a mackenzie mp minister of veter ans affairs will officiate the ser vice will be held in memorial park beginning at 2 oclock in addition to the distinguished bob dawson of goodwood drives a pin into the grounds barn as rube meyer of markham helps markham fail- easing a main post into its mort ise is not a simple task for john scott stouffville once markham fair president with return to standard time the sunday night passenger train ployees volunteered to work as for toronto arrives here quite late usual last sundav the time being 920 as collins settled in town 50 years buried here saturday afternoon race are gone the familiar calls and orders are still to be heard mind your rope more to the north in she goes- up up whoa not a nail was driven throughout the entire raising nor were ham mers employed the pin tenon replace steel nails in the construc tion of a barn car ditched driver 40 feet from wreckage returning from musselmans lake about midnight on saturday ken anthony nearly lost his life when the car he was driving went out of control on the 9th concession of whitchurch just north of blooming- ton landed upside down in the tiitch after travelling along the ditch line some 90 feet anthony 19 years of age was picked up 10 feet from the wrecked car that had turned right over he was brought to the brierbush hospital and was still not fully con scious tuesday suffering from par tial paralysis a cousin john an thony 20 suffered lesser injury from concussion both lads came from kinsale district helen lehman dorothy wilson and jean harmon stouffviile sustained cutstand bruises but were allowed home after being attended by a doctor helen had a bad gash in the ear that required five stitches j dorothy required stitches to close a cut on her chin dorothy and norma cowie were getting a lift from the lake and were in the na ture of hitchhicking a ride the car left the road at a point about 90 feet north of the guard rail in front of edgar storrys farm it continued down an embankment running parallel with the highway aeorrding to chief carpenter mor- aml at bottom the summersaulted the body of the 1931 dodge was a total wreck constable elmer wells investiga ted and said he could not under stand anybody coming out of such a wreck alive four lads from markham driving along about the same time gave the alarm and assisted the injured group they were bill hill bill manion bill collins bruce lehman ley symes there was no choosing of sides and no competition due to the scarcity of lumber postwar condi tions have made it so that not a board or scantling could be wasted local briefs alfred s collins died in toronto on thursday following a period of steadily declining health due to old age exactly fifty years ago he be came a resident of stouffville when he purchased the albert e booth farm adjoining the school property here and tilled the soil there 21 years he was an expert in his line as a farmer and market gardener born in the township of ux- bridge on the 27th of june i860 the second husband only a few years on leaving the booth farm after 21 years mr and mrs collins moved to newmarket but only stay ed a short time when they return ed to stouffville and bought the dr lloyd place opposite the present brierbush hospital on main street 25 years ago the home was given up during her final sickness and the property sold to mr delbert booth of mongolia formerly a methodist mr collins miss gertrude eckardt is confin- ed to bed as the result of an injury received from a fall recently mr wesley stewart left this week for his home in winnipeg having spent a month with his sister miss sadie stewart anson h crosby is so years old but the former fair president is still anxious to help in raising the barn mrs s arnold accompanied by her sister miss dora doane new market were in ottawa a few days visiting mrs arnolds daughter mrs don edey late mr collins lived with his par- became identified with the local exits there who farmed on the 5th christian church and was greatly concession until he was a young interested in its work serving in nc mother mrs irwinalbert mrs care resident at lemonville was removed by ambulance to tor onto a few days ago for treatment at the general hospital miss mary irwin is home with school radio stolen radio stolen from the rural school house at audley recently has just been recovered in a toronto pawn shop it cast s7 to redeem the out fit but the condition of the machine is not known at the moment our correspondent relates the police have lxen working on the case and made the discovery in the pawn shop man his father joseph collins was several offices his lifes bnsine a native of scarboro twp and his was farming and he made a success mother mary jane little came of it maintaining one of the best from cambridge england at the tilled properties around even after age of sixteen years he returned to town he owned the pioneer couple of uxbridge several acres adjoining his east end raised a large family riming into residence and grew fruit in a suc- two figures but only two sisters jeessful way of mr collins survive him mrs j the funeral service in toronto on jane milrov of pickering and mrs saturday afternoon was followed minnie isrodie toronto jby interment in stouffville ceme- alfred collins married catherine ery when many old friends j coulter of kinsale and two gathered to witness the burial of a daughters survive this union mrs man who had made his mark in this bruce clarke and mrs lome community rev caleb harris of clarke toronto on the death of his toronto and baptist pastor at ux- tirst wife mr collins married bridge 35 years ago conducted the maggie jermer who had three services the pall bearers were children phillip and addie of tor- messrs allen clossen lud hoover onto and mrs mccowan of mai- ira d rusnell edward lintrrer vern mrs collins predeceased her douglas booth reeve a v nolan street miss irwin is a teacher on the stall at lome park college port credit and at present is taking an enforced rest mr and mrs albert madill of windsor mr russel madill of de troit mich mr henry madill of harrow also mr albert palmer of medesta california were recent visitors at the home of mr and mrs geo lee mrs gary richardson of roanoke virginia is remaining here for a visit united missionary society local dairy plant changes ownership maple leaf dairy in stouffville changed hands this week when mr chas webster sold the business to messrs guy rutledge of newmark- ket and george wallison of mount albert the new owners took over on wednesday morning mr webster purchased the dairy only two years ago from mr clayt baker and weaved his way into the hearts of the people here in such a way that they are very sorry to learn that he is not to remain n permanent business man of the town salvation army appeal a local challenge under the chairmanship of mr hugh bannerman the annual ap peal for the salvation army red seal fund will be made in stouff ville right away busy men have offered their services to make the canvass and it remains lor the householders to receive them with a smile and a bit of cash to make this worthy effort worthwhile maintenance of 65 social and wel fare institutions last year required 31993985 most institutions at tempt selfsupport but this figure represents the deficit incurred in the operation of childrens homes homes for unmarried mothers hos tels for homeless men homes for the aged and womens hospitals approximately 20202102 was needed for the training of 52 new salvation army officers payments to retired officers and national su pervision of this amount also a portion was allocated to the rehab ilitation of men and women of the services at all military hospitals and san- ninetyone on friday mrs george vaughan of bloom- ington who is residing at present with her daughter mrs j paisley of ballantrae will celebrate her 91st birthday on friday october 3 considering her great age she en joys fairly good health announcement mr and mrsfen reesor locust hill ont will lie at home to their relatives friends and neighbors on the occasion of their fiftieth wedd ing anniversary on monday oct g 1917 from two to four oclock in the afternoon and from seven to nine oclock in the evening mrs john mckinnon iii one of the towns oldest and long est standing residents mrs john mckinnon was removed in goods ambulance on saturday morning to the- brierbush hospital when her soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs taylor toronto arrived at the mckinnon home saturday morning as had been their custom twice a week they were unable to get in until a door was forced then they found mrs mckinnon lying in her night attire at the foot of the stairs atoria visitation of the sick distrilin an unconscious condition she bution of treats and literature and had fallen it appears and had been the arranging of programs was in that state for a couple of hours made possible individual and family breakdowns enaaaeitlgnt were also cared for yyci cml3 rv the new owners however pro- he unisd churswihel3 mfec the same s wh l win oe new onj w was so anxious to give and will no doubt do well in their thursday oct 2nd mr and maurice eby unionville pullet egg half pound announce the engagment of their a march hatched pullet on the daughter margaret ruth to clifford farm of mr walter jacobs north of lloyd wideman son of mr and ringwood bid an egg this week mrs herbert s wideman mark- measuring 9x7i inches it was a ham the marriage will take place lovely clean white shelled specimen in the dickson hill church on of hen fruitdouble yoked that for wednesday oct 22 at 3 pm size will take some beating the mr and mrs arthur hachborn of egg weighed a half pound breslau announce the engagement of their daughter ina alice to mrs reist sister of mrs maurice herbert bruce wideman son of mr shupe mam street east was ad- c 7 milled to the brierbush hospital a s wmeman of mark- last week suffering from pneu- jf h 2i1 p guest speaker will bemlss florence xndemktahlchms without xnia and will be t pa lent there saturday october 18 in breslau clearihue returned missionary from towit for me time m bc church india mrs h spofford soloist opposition in town j