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mr ilomttl tex pages mrs jas pidgeon looked over london during christmas markham reeve farmer voted twice sentence suspended yekn v kit fix vera v griffin thornhill merchant who won a sensa tional battle of the ballots in the township of markham when he stepped from a seat on the council to the reeveship all in one year reeve griffin says that his concern is for the welfare of the whole township from the queen mary is a gramu boat but when it crossed the atlantic from new york to south ampton during november passen gers experienced the most terrible voyage the ship ever made saidj mrs james pidgeon wife of the proprietor of the store and post oilice at musselmans lake mrs j pidgeon sailed from new york on nov 12 and was forced to remain in her cabin four days of the five she spent at sea bound for land n she visited the home of her first husband who died in the first war mrs pidgeon was born at brigh ton and enjoyed the visit to her native land especially to the home of the meekins on the suburbs of london the parents of her first husband our four children were born in the old country but two of them have passed on said mrs pidgeon mrs- pidgeon flew from london to brussels to visit the high spots of the first war she was impressed with the fine appearance of the cemeteries and she visited the tyne cot metropolis at ypres the food conditions in england mrs pidgeon described as terrible they are very proud and ask for nothing in their distress at the home where 1 stayed they received one egg in two weeks also two ounces of bacon in the two week period the bread she found very dark in color and the meat allow ance per person per week is 25c which does not provide very much at the high price fish is more plentiful but costly rabbits too are available and demand good price milk is doled out mrs pidgeon urges all who can to keep on sending parcels of food and clothing mixing with the london throngs for the wedding of the royal d ook f tou and princess mrs pidgeon admitted ono is nt onee lmpressed wi the that she did get a glimpse of the excellencv of the penmanship the horses which drew the royal car- manuscript i so well done that riages but like hundreds of thou- here and there it challenges the sands of others it was impossible printed word one george porter to see the royal personages was the first clerk and the first returning home just before the minute inscribed in the book was new year mrs pidgeon was l motion to pay cost of transports- scheduled to fly from new york to tion taking a resident of the munici- bnt i t0 j for having failed to n t t perform his statute labor instead ot led at tie i tne co in those the members edgar tooley sjyearod mark ham township farmer was given suspended sentence by magistrate 10 m martin on monday when he i pleaded guilty to voting twice in the teacher puis em out the i markham municipal elections of truant officer sends em back and dec s i the moh laughs and says its not tooley told county magistrates serious but we think otherwise court he had been a fanner in related a ratepayer at whitchurch markham for eight years said he council meeting claiming tliat scar- had been told by the markham let fever was feared since there township assessor his name was on was an epidemic some time ago in the voting lists of two markham a nearby neighborhood what we hamlets buttonville and hagarjwant is for this council or some- man he moved from buttonville to body to take steps against the mo hagarman in the spring of 1917 ih whom we think should have still retaining property in button- 1 visited the homes where children j ville i were refused admittance to the markham township clerk charles school the deputation headed by l hoover said tooley would have albert boaks came from a north- been entitled to vote twice injern school section school board elections but only reeve evans said that the moh once m municipal elections his beyond the powers of the coun- name was on both voting lists c and an application or protest however should be sent to the provincial tooley said he and his wife had dept of health concerning any both voted twice on dec s the dissatisfaction first time in many years he never pj voted in provincial or dominion elections he said i uons whitchurch council calls on fire chiefs to make survey of area heads legion was one of the first deputa- appearing before the first j five si nuays in february an observant individual mr wi smith of altona calls our attention j to the fact that there will be live sundays in the mouth of february t this year last time that happened i was in 1920 mr smith points out 1 what is more remarkable is that i it hasnt happened before since the year 1870 and says mr smith i it will not happen again until i reach the age of so years this is an interesting fact and if you want j to know mr smiths age get out i your almanac and find for yourself the year there will be live sundays in february after isms passes into history appreciation england a letter received from suffolk england sent by a recipient of i day at clothing apparently from this jis- trict read ski lodge owner asks roads be kept open the oxbridge township council held its inaugural meeting on mon- eleven oclock when the subscribed to the declara tion of office and took their seats i wish to say 1 fully appreciate the council board the gifts of clothing to the flooded areas of gillingham norfolk owing to the restrictions on cloth ing coupons the second hand clothing will prove very useful wil celebrate 100 years incorporation in 1950 the township of whitchurch is drawing close to its 100th birthday which will come in january 1950 two years away no doubt when the time gets a little closer some event will be held to mark the occasion the scribe had a look at the first toronto on her return urney her reservation was cai elled ai me e last moment and she returned by ear c t members were train i appointed by open vote at a public the homeward voyage was meeting delightful christmas meals andi concerts and the same charming mrs d owen and robert have re- boat the queen mary provided something in council passed two bylaws one to authorize the reeve and the treasurer to borrow money as need ed and another to appoint officials for performance of various duties required during the current year the council also named two of its members mr ball and mr tindall to represent the council on the goodwood community park board and named the several standing meeting of the council for 1948 held monday at yandorf i chairman frank riches and mr a g thompson from the stouff- ville board of education informed council that they found it practic ally imperative to join forces with the markham high school area thus the two areas stouffville and markham would be operated bv one board having a school at mark ham and another at stouffville the larger area was forced on the disi trict in order to meet the demands j in size as set down by the dept of education j councillors told the deputation that they did not object to the set1 up since there was little that could be done about it j l smith urged the council bvl letter to pay a bounty on foxes killed he maintained these animals destroying quantities of poul- fter serving as secretarytreas urer for 13 years bert lickorish has been elected president for 19 is so we have the officers as follows president b lickorish 1st vice geo saunders 2nd yice b clarkson sectieas 1 garrett sgt at arms l buekland executive committee dr s ball geo abell l weldon lewis ii shuttleworth s ii soli team for s350 clarence baker son of mr vin cent baker altona sold a fancy farm team this week to a whit church buyer for 350 this team showed at the stouffville christmas fair last month bus for aurora a gray coach bus will leave for aurora on thursday night for the stouffville- aurora jun ior hockey game bus leaves the depot at skmll ville motors at 7 p in committees whose duties are to i direct and report on various activti tl u somt other t0w paying a bounty he thought whit church should do the same hello london former ballanrrae resident dead the death of mrs george h feasby in toronto last friday removes a person well known to the permanent residents around ballantrae mrs feasby was the former blanche l elliott daugh ter of the late mrs jackson elliott who lived to the great age of 93 and almost to the last of her days lived in the old home at ballantrae besides her husband mrs feasby is survived by a son jack and by two brothers chester and lloyd elliott and one sister miss laura elliott last ties of the work of council the proprietor of skv loft ski i m lodge appeared before the council lhe bnnt foxes was discon- donald andr after enuns advantages that his venture would i bring to the surrounding commun ity asked that council guarantee to keep the roads and entrance lanes to his grounds clear of snow dur ing the skiing season this- would seem to be a pretty big order during a winter such as that of a year ago the road accounts for december to the amount of ss0s31 was pass ed for payment and also general accounts amounting to 10750 the next regular meeting will be held in the afternoon of februarv th at one oclock thisjdirectlv wednesday evening mr chadwick of the stoulf- tool co talked to his sister in london iber of his family whom he had not the way of pleare and taking charge whllo that the passenger from stouffville k megrogan was m chicligo will long remember standing committees named at town council inaugural jersey club annual the york county jersey club held a meeting recently to discuss plans turned to her home in toronto after f a canvass of jersey owners for the holidav season with tax collector k r davis presents another record roll to council standing committees to be in charge of the towns public utilities and other departments were named at the inaugural meeting of the under each committee is chairman evening the committees are as follows water and hydro coun cillors baker and ratcliff streets and walks councillors scott and ogden property councillors ogden and baker indigent and hospital ization councillors ratcliff and scott the first name appearing under each committee is chairman other appointments made by the newly installed council were earl keith poundkeeper mrs h b freel to the library board councillors john scott and henry ogden to the park commission a e weldon to the board of health dr s t bodendistel as milk and dairv inspector and dr h b freel medical officer of health the tax collectors roll was received by council and showed that k r davis collector had completed almost a one hundred percent collection again amount taxes collected were 2754215 the rates being paid are only bringing in sufficient revenue to pay for the current without allow ing anything for maintenance a surplus of 21000 in the local hydro account has been depleted to g000 due to insufficient funds to build the new lines and install more and heavier transformers being re quired in town reeve nolan stated that he had been in contact with engineer maddock in connection with the situation and he was expected out to look into the matter within the next few days mr del jennings was re appointed chief of the stouffville fire brigade at a salary of 100 membership in the maple cattle breeders association with a view to having a battery of jersey bulls added to the unit for artificial in semination practically everyone present favoured the proposal and promises to canvass other owners of grade or purebred jerseys the annual meeting of the club will be held on tuesday jan 20th at newmarket when the guest speaker will be mr c d graham toronto deputy minister of agri culture for ontario as usual lunch will be provided by the club at noon m h barber of gormley is the president last summers visitor merle davis dead word was telephoned here last week announcing the death in lansing mich of merle davis his uncle ab and cousin willis davis left almost immediately to attend the funeral last weekend born at altona east of stouff ville 50 years ago a son of the late elijah davis merle went to the states when quite a young man he served in the first war and his meetin it was chiefs at aurora and stouffville make a survey of the public build ings in the township in their re spective areas and make recommen- scen or heartl ln tne iast eighteen dations concerning water supply in years it was thrilling said mr event of fire breaking out public chadwick at first i couldnt buildings refer to school houses and hear anything and was toid to keep public halls talking when presently i heard the customary bylaw was passed the voice of my sister and we were able to converse freely of course united missionary church dedicates new addition and equipment naming the various officers road overseers pound keepers etc with very little change from last year council decided to join the good roads association again this year and all members of council were made delegates to attend the annu al convention road accounts mostly for repair work sanding and plowing snow totalled 000 and general accounts over 500 with nearly another 200 1 the service no doubt for relief were scrutinized and passed fo payment it was estim ated that in comparison with last year several thousand dollars has been saved in snow removal thus far the council is anxious to buy a ton or halfton truck for use of the road superintendent however a number of tenders were submit ted but a deal was not completed and additional quotations are being asked for the township hall board in charge of the community hall at vandorf are l p evans l j england from the office of the bethesda stouffville telephone an j dedicatory service co and heard the voice of a mem- was held in the united missionary church mennonite stouffville on sunday morning which acknow ledged the greatness of god in enabling the congregation to enlarge their place of worship and add new equipment and conven iences which will be appreciated for a long time this is the culmination of a building program started when rev h s hallman took over the pastorate and indeed was planned for a long time before that the new addition to the north iv much in three one couldnt minutes the telephone conversation was arranged for both parties for seven oclock our lime which would be part of the church provides after midnight in london accommodation for a larger sunday the cost for such a long distance school a place for the sewing circle call is 12 but that is forgotten serve meals modern plumb- when one thinks of the noveltv and ln for wash rooms also a nursery i where mothers may take their children murray wagg son of mr and in the church proper a baptistry mrs foster wagg is home after tin- has 1oen added a new communion dergoing an operation for appon- table and a new pulpit a special dicitis at st michaels hospital gift to the church rev 11 a beech toronto of vineland preached the dedicatory i service and offered the prayer and harper mrs h dewsbury mrs a was assisted in the program by h vannostrand geo richardson pastor h s hallman a large and j a clark mrs john petch enthusiastic congregation filled the deputyreeve logan councillors edifice for the occasion and a feel- fred timbers and ivan mclaughlin ing of inspiration for greater things were present and councillor les to come was felt as the congrega- ilarper was absent having been tion raised their voices in exaltation summoned on jury in toronto for blessings received local lad turns out fine furniture i untimelv death was said to have and councilors glenn rate iff and l lue l0 h rigorolis war ser henry ogden were named as a committee to meet the brigade to vice he was found dead in his bed room when a neighbor happened to draw up an agreement for the j call at his home his wife died division of funds coming from about a year ago and a sister miss outside fires j margaret davis was keeping house i for him he is also survived by friends will he sorry to learn i another sister eva mrs chas that mrs wm hopkins has entered miller of pontiac mich the brierbush hospital for further onlv last summer mr davis treatment since her health has j visited the home district here and failed aain u- present for the birthday party tendered his uncle ab when he of with the uncollected amount at mr am mrs root johnston 1 had a delightful visit meeting many 10003 and this figure will be former cxr agent were called boyhood friends east of stouffville liquidated when several estates are to the bedside of his sick father at only recently he wrote to relatives finally settled hthoff on wednesday mr john- a communication was received is over of a the ontario hydro com from staling that his health was not good and that he could scarcely lie down to sleep actually he was sitting in a chair when he passed mission urging further conservation i pntan chuvct trlto of power however council did not mr j werc ir tmvn on tues see how any further measures ia the guest of miss annie duncan 1 school oimn could be brought into force inland other friends for the day series o i- ho kja me stouffville to curtail current in with the hvdro depart- mr stouffville high school hockey and mrs jos borinskv left team opened a series of exhibition was pointed out that while j on wednesday morning on a trip to hockey games on jgggj ic f -t- i florida where they will spend the with a 62 win oer 1 eaches on next few weeks they are travellj monday night jan 19th markham ing by train connection mem it the town is paying for a peak load of power of approximately 630 hp the usual draw is only 450 hp thus the revenue is continually dont forget the skating party on dropping in this department and wednesday jan 21t high school team will be the visitors while a week from mon day jan mth agincourt will play here exservice students taking the canadian training and rehabilitation institute course in cabinet making at the former canadian army trades school in eastern ontario turn out fine furniture as seen in this pic ture a stouffville boy on the extreme right of the picture robert meconnochie has com pleted his course with him is another student and the super intendent of works r g miller left