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dtoitffiritte fzfeibniie first section vol 59 no 31 the tribune stouffville ont dec 4 1947 sixteen pages urnes o vercome famfli santa claus is coming to town arrangements have just been completed for the official visit of santa claus to stouffville he will reach here on the afternoon of j saturday dec 13 and will have a gift for every boy and girl in town ard district who are present at that time- indeed santa will not forget any jacob brownsberger marks 96 years deloraine man dec 1 a quiet appearing smart stepping gentle man is often seen on deloraine streets many folks are surprised to hear that he has reached the grand old age of 90 years jacob brownsberger does not appear more than seventy at the most he was born in ringwood york county ontario on november 17 child that may be ill and he hasjjt aml jn lnat communitv asked to have their names left at for 20 years in 1s71 he went to headways drug store or with j stouffville to serve his time in the norm farr in stouffville radio i harness making trade in 1s75 he that he may be able toj married harriet lou who died in iss3 he came to this district in 1900 living with a brother noah brodie sheep claim is settled at 1100 by the township of markham electric so leave a gift for them saturday afternoon dec 13 certainly will be a great day in the when coal gas fumes overcame mr and mrs thomas sandles of york township ont their dog trixie unaffected tried to fight off rescuers from her unconscious master thomas sandles right and his wife were unconscious for 36 hours from coal gas fumes he is now in hospital in critical condition new church name has engendered opposition mennonite brethren in christ member resents changing name of that body shamefully deplorable moment in history of the church is charged as items have been printed in the stouffville tribune regarding the change of the name of the men nonite brethren in christ church some members feel that it is only fair that some expression of the attitude of members opposed to said change should also be given a place in our town paper for some members feel a deep resentment towards such a change the writer on being informed of the change of our church name was extremely disappointed in his home church denomination and also extremely ashamed of said denomination be cause of the step taken it seems that we as a denomina tion except in pennsylvania con ference have now arrived at a shamefully deplorable moment in our church history when some of our church members have apparl ently become unreasonably ashamed of our church name or is it the doctrine for which that name stands and have determined to change that name which even governments and rulers have come to respect and honour a name that has gained a place in the hearts of the public generally speaking so that all who bear that name have to a great extent shared in that public respect and confidence yes change that name to another good name but is it more honourable we are led to wonder if our church name has become so dishonourable that it must be cast aside if so who made it thus we who have borne the name mennonite brethren in christ have had a good denominational name which the writer and some other members have been deeply inspired by in the past and have come to appreciate above other names so much is this a fact that we desire to so live that our lives will never in any way bring reproach to bear upon that name our name our experience doesnt depend entirely upon a name but that name has been a rich blessing to us spiritually needy persons have in the past for advice and guidance approached our mbc members both ministers and laity largely because of confidence in the name that we bore i feel sure that rev h sherk would also testify that multitudes came to the m b c relief station overseas for material aid be cause of what the menonnite name had come to mean to them are we going to tear down our signal of service in the future and leave many spiritually stranded because of our service signal being new and unknown this is what we are ictually doing now to whom can they now turn to for help both material and spiritual we are now camouflaged under a new name to a needy world if the mennonite name seems to invite reproach upon some of our conferences so also will any other name that we may be known by in future years if we remain true to former convictions so why make a change again why have our missionaries laboured under a different name than our home church surely there has been an error on the part of some leaders our mission aries should be labouring under the mennonite name in every land j on the farm for three years there were four children in the history of all kiddies within shop- family mrs mary crooks port ping reach of this town so dont perry ont alvin brownsberger forget to ring the date on your ingle wood california mrs mark calendar breault deceased mrs j p var- this kind of treat is sponsored j don toronto deceased there are by the merchants or businessmens five grandchildren and four great association of the town in addition grandchildren one sister mrs dvnn 1w i mnrip for a ayius reesor lives at markham auangements are being made tor a a brother h j a resident christmas tree in front of thej ri ontario his father municipal hall yes it will be gay lived to be 96 years of age with electric lights but not from j mr brownsberger has been doing current supplied by the hydro j his own housework since 1912 and which bans use of current for out- j he takes great delight in his side tree lighting batteries are garden which he spades and plants being supplied for the purpose thatl year the gaiety of the season might not gather p0u 2 be dimmed this arrangement too is through the good offices of the business men other mennonite groups are not ashamed of their name here in the homeland why should we be to some of us the mennonite brethren in christ is an honourable name which we still desire to be known by and we would say with emphasis shame on those leaders who have engaged themselves in forcing that honourable name from us a majority in ontario didnt desire this we feel that god had a plan in calling the mbc church into be ing and that plan isnt yet ended so long as the world needs the holy gospel message preached so why not continue to be that same denomination until we have com pleted gods plan for us and why not labour under that same name as thus far mennonite brethren in christ this is the appeal of a humble member of the laity an mbc lay member dog must be destroyed the council ordered sheep valuator hugh boyd for markham together with members of markham township council in consultation with william brodie agreed on a settlement of 1100 in favor of brodie to cover estim ated valuation of loss caused by dogs that attacked the brodie sheep last week mr brodie was allowed 500 for nine killed s100 for two badly wounded and 500 flock damage i the flock of 30 were breeding ewes culled from his flock as the best two dogs made the attack one of which lias been identified but coincil would not agree to take court action to recover their loss although it was pointed out that they had that privilege under the sheep and dog protection act reeve hooper said that he felt the clog tax covered the loss and that it was collected for that pur pose deputy reeve rumney took the same stand he said that 2700 had been collected this year in dog tax and payments for loss only totalled ssoo before the brodie claim was filed i think the 1100 settlement with mr brodie is fair senior senator sir allen is member of famous five entered the great beyond singing his last song membera daughter was born who is a grad- colored 0 a jjs university also a son who attended college in miss issippi the manner of mr talberts death was impressive and sensa tional the quintette was at city mission in erie pa mr talbert twentyseven years a of the cleveland quintette so well and favorably known in and about stouffville alexander e talbert is dead and for the first time in all that period the quintette sang without him having rushed from the funeral to till an engagement in detroit the quintette was introduced to stouff ville audiences through the menjwlth his deep bass was leading off nonite brethren in christ herein the third song they had sung when large evangelistic meetings that evening the other four mem- were held in the arena before last bers saw him bending and they war days they have appeared supposed he was moving nearer the here since that time also it will be loud speaker he was falling and recalled this is the first break was caught by the chairman and in more than a quarter century with the words of the song on his together j lips well soon be done with trou- alex talbert was born in wash- bles and trials mr talbert passed ington 71 years ago and in his away on the platform early years he was a hotel waiter i the funeral from smott memorial loiter at the age of 27 he learned church cleveland ohio saw the dancing but got converted and body removed to the cemeterv married a christian wife to thenv there late mrs leaney neve forgot pioneer days the passing of mrs archie leaney at the brierbush hospital here on thursday last week removed a re sident of town who has spent her entire long life of almost 88 years in town and at ringwood where she was born she was a daughter of the late george silvester ring- wood merchant over 50 years ago the then fannie silvester attended school at ringwood and markham high school later in life she be came the wife of a stouffville mer chant archie leaney who prede ceased her by twelve years mrs leaney was vitally interest ed in the work of the anglican church during her active days was a great reader and was a splendid conversationalist she often recall ed driving from ringwood to stouffville every sunday for church service back in the days when only a corduroy road connected the two centres she never forgot an occa sion when in her new easter togs she was forced to get out with her brother fred when the buggy sank in the mud as they were driving to church somehow i never forgot that incident mrs leaney would say with a twinkle in he eye she is survived by a stepdaugh ter the wife of dr jamieson living in hamilton also a brother fred silvester now in southern states the passing of mrs leaney gives one the impression that somehow a link is broken which bound the early settlers of this distuct to the present generation wedding anniversary sir and mrs earl howsam on monday evening nov 24 w 2i r an neighbors i there lsnoranotherock in york county like it he declared councillor timbers said that we have valuators to make these awards and we should stand by what he says mr boyd first offered 900 in settlement how ever here was what i consider perhaps the best or one of the best flocks across canada and as we collect a dog tax we should try and satisfy the owner i agree with the opinion of the deputyreeve and mr timbers said councillor les couperthwaite i think it was a good idea of the valuator to come here and help us reach a peaceful settlement said the reeve and thereupon mr brodie thanked council for a rea sonable settlement admitting that he really did not know what his final loss might be councillor vern griffin stood out for collecting the damage from the dog owner or part of it a case was cited where two dogs belong ing to different owners were kill ing sheep one animal was identi fied and the court assessed the owner half the damage however mr griffin did not press for action gathered at the home of mr and mrs earl howsam greenbank to mark the occasion of the 25th anniversary of this former altona couple the bride of 25 years look ed charming in a navy crepe dress with pink rose corsage the evening was spent in games and a short program which includ ed a very good mock wedding the couple was then presented with a beautiful wall mirror and floor lamp also a wool blanket and steam iron the huge wedding cake was a lovely setting for the dining table from which was served a very dainty lunch at the close of the evening the bride and groom kindly thanked their friends and neighbors for the lovely gifts ballantrae farmer dies in 77th year successful farmer and highly esteemed citizen of the ballantrae district for 36 years john herbert walhvork died in the toronto gen eral hospital on friday evening in his 77th year entombment was made at mount albert a man of sterling qualities mr walhvork was born in england and says y cows ran 100 and you ngt cattle up eixm i calves 10 the implements only survivor of the laurier cabinet with the exception of prime minister king sir allen aylesworth of toronto cele brated his 93rd birthday he was appointed postmaster- general in 1905 and the follow ing month was elected liberal mp for north york a year later he succeeded sir charles fitzpatrick as minister of jus tice oldest member of the senate he was appointed in 1923 standing timber 240 per acre quarter acre wood lots sold for 0750 at the mrs win ratcliff sale of standing timber at lot 17 con 6 whitchurch the 200 lots offered brought an average of g0 each or 210 per acre for the wbod with two winters allowed for its removal a s farmer reports having disposed of the five acres in just threequarters of an hour indicating that buyers had to bid briskly to keep up many attend footes auction at mongolia mi ulu lw h n foote mongolia farmer but insisted the matter should be sold a team of farm horses for 195 investigated and at least the coun- at his public auction sale last week cil should see that the dog is shot lwith ken and clarke prentice the act says that owners of officiating on the auction block locate in toronto he was an elec trical engineer with the old tor onto electric light co but decided to take up farming when he located in the ballantrae district and despite predictions that he would not do well on the land he bought there the place is now one of the finest in the locality anything mr walhvork undertook was well done and he became a breeder of fine cattle more recently with his only son the farm has produced prize potatoes and scored in the quantity bushel competition among the best in the province the late mr walhvork is sur vived by his wife one son clifford and one daughter mrs ted hol- ledge who recently lost her hus band a son was killed in the first great war the late mr walhvork was a strong temperance advocate and could not tolerate strong drink around in any form whatever for the damages which may be col lected by court action councils however seldom seek to enforce the law usually placing the loss against clog tax collections council ordered the dog shot that was known to have been on the attack four tenders were opened in re sponse to advertising for snow plowing and rennies transport stouffville was the successful ten derer at 5 per hour with no stand by time asked a 1916 reo with wheeldrive used on county roads last year will have the towndiately in readiness for any emer- ship plow mounted thereon imme- gency sold well mr prentice reported they were mostly horsedrawn and not so keenly sought for today wheat fetched 160 a bushel barley 110 and hay 13 per ton the crowd was large successful farmers mr and mrs foote intend to retire from active farming mr hugh reilly has returned home after spending two weeks with mrs a b bartholomew milk in stouffville gets sharp advance jumped to 17 cents on monday telegram announces death in chicago friends of mr granville forsyth of chicago will sympathize with him in his present bereavement 1 in the death of his wife which triet occurred in chicago last week a telegram was received bearing the news oo thursday by mr and mrs clayton stouffer the late mrs l- markham fair directors annual gathering wilmot warriner member of markham fair board and past presi dent for 30 years was presented with a chair at the annual direc tors banquet on thursday evening presided over by jack torrance be cause of the illness of his father who is president this year inter esting discussion and short speeches featured the program with a song fest by miss marjorie waters those who were called on includ ed walter reesor on behalf of the junior farmers warden chas hooper reeve chas reesor of markham village g a stewart john scott edw logan will clark and a h crosby archie mckenzie assistant dis- rep spoke in appreciative terms of the work the society had done in helping the boys and en couraging agriculture in general a turkey supper was greatly en- when no announcement was made concerning the increase in the price of milk in stouffville house holders were gleeful last week however they were not to escape the advance even if some parts of the province were that fortunate monday morning the jump came and milk is now 17 cents a quart highest price ever charged here proprietors of the dairy explain that beginning with the increase in price they will pay more for whole milk from the farmer leaf proprietors explain i the establishment of a milk board designed to make things better for the farmer had driven out compe tition once upon a time stouffville had two dairies and this tended to hold down prices now there is no competition and while the dealer cannot up his prices on his own he believed higher prices are per mitted than competition would have them while there is a good deal in what is claimed in the foregoing farmers are getting the highest price on record for whole milk yet they claim to be worse off than under prices prevailing when feeds maple that it was not possible to give any mn were moderate in price advance notice concerning the in- wh twg increa is al creased price since they c provjnce thj amount everywhere in where she spent all her life mr forsyth it will be recalled visited the home of his sister mrs stouffer here only last summer and never loses his interest in the home dis trict here besides the husband itaff engagements the engagement is anniunced of uu1 ut v hazel wilhelmina beare daughter deceased is survived by an invalid of mrs beare sndthe late john sister that made her home with the beare of milliken to herbert law- forsyths irence couperthwaite son of mrand mrs carleton couperthwaite of mr elton goudie of seaforthclaremont ont the wedding to visited his sister miss ethel gouitake place dec 17 at the home of die and other friends this week the brides mother i sure just when it would be made that a jump was coming however was general knowledge a change in the color of tickets will enable the dairy to check off tickets purchased in advance and on which the difference in price will be collected from the customer government interference in private business both at ottawa and toronto are largely to blame for present high prices said one not the same kitchener district where a strong consumer organization resisted the advance only one cent increase was made on monday that of course is somewhat up to the dairies locally they have seen fit to impose the 2 cents advance in claremont pickering markham stouffville and most other centres in the area that is the limit the milk board permits a toronto report said the ontario nformed citizen on monday he milk control board sets only a claimed that had controls been ceiling price for milk what the placed on feeds and concentrates dairies charge is up some charge is up to them months ago the present i chairman c m meek informed a pssaisr cos sk come at this time likewise he- was vfejted q park to urge the of the opinion that the ontario j hoard t0 refrain frolr any action government largely responsible for increasing the price of milk