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jhraffmllt fftcttatnc vol- so no 2s authorized as second class mall post oiiice department ottawa the tribune stouffville ont october 2 194s twelve pages towns oldest grocery modern groceteria outstanding local high school athletes the raicliff store oldest groc ery in stouffville is closed unii fri day to regular business while the big i store is being remodelled by a car pentering gang in readiness to servicing the public as a modern groceteria mr glen ratcliff an- nounces that the store ivill reopen on friday morning under the new setup during the few days the place was closed neve flooring was said the old floor was removed and new underflooring laid over which a hardwood top was put down the shelving was all removed and in it place fittings suitable for a modern groceteria were installed with conversion of the ratcliff store toa selfserve groceteriaevery grocery in the business area is now conducted in this manner recently hodgins west end grocery was con verted to the new arrangement so popular among the best city grocery establishments and big chain out fits the selfserve system has many things to commend itself the cus tomer likes it better prices are bound to lie plainly marked and from the point of view of owners groceries sell better on display and the customer invariably buys more than they probably would by the overthecounter system big stores maintain that less help can do more work since parcelling can be done in offrusti periods and everything is sold in definite weights or amounts the ratcliff store is particularly well adapted for groceteria service it has the necessary floor space to make a good display and unques tionably the buying public is going to like the change mr ratcliff says that if customers do not wish to help themselves they will find clerks available to serve them thus it will actually be a dual service grocery n york has first feminine plowman in match history horse plowing popular photo by ted cadieux these three stoufrville studen ts won championships at the recent interschool field meet at markham fair grounds they ar e left to right helen goudie senior girl champion murray wagg tied for senior boy championshi p marion atkinson junior girl champion santa claus parade on december 11th the real christmas season will be ushered in at stouffville with a big santa claus parade on saturday dec 11 according to latest plans j house of about seven hundred rodeo show well received here steeles cavalcade of stars brought to town by the stouffville lions club for a onenight stand in the arena was wellreceived on tuesday evening by a crowded firemen make record run fo markham it was just ten minutes from the time the big motor rolled out of the fire hall on main street until they reached markham village in resixmse to a call where the hendry toy factory in the rear of the ford agency building was getting beyond control cars tailing the fire engine going down the 8th concession didnt keep up when the fire laddies gained their top speed the call came when the fire equipment in the neighbor- ing town was found unable to cope with the situation brigades from agincourt unionville and rich mond hill also assisted the building in which fire broke out from unknown cause was once the business place of the late del- bert holden of stouffville who was the ford agent at that time conflicting reports and exagger ated statements in the daily press were most amazing about the fire some residents deny that explo- made by the business mens associ ation at a meeting last week details have yet to be worked out and when this is done the public will be fully acquainted with the under taking it is also intended to hold the annual christmas market this year on tuesday dec 21 and in keeping with other years a horse show will be staged the same day a e weldon was returned as president of the business mens association with glen ratcliff vice- president wes boadway will con tinue as secretarytreasurer and the directors are norman oboyle harold spofford reg stoufter don hodgins proceeds from the event will go towards the lions betterment pro gram in memorial park wouldbe thieves leave without loot everybody admires the two fine homes on the banks of the old mill pond corner of the townline and gth concession of whitchurch the north residence belonging to mr barrie was broken into a few nights ago thieves passed tin ough a win dow and gave evidence of having been about inside but so far as the owner could discover nothing was taken from the premises the thieves were just looking over the place or sought money victoria square church anniversary friends far and near are invited sives were kept on the premises to the victoria square united which might conflict with fire regulations and that the toy com pany manufactured only toy guns in any case the fire is reported to have started in the office and spread to the factory at tht rear and overhead the stout walls of the building remained intact and prob ably were responsible for the fire being confined to the one building the stouffville brigade carried 1200 feet of firstclass hose which was appreciated when streams of water were needed from hydrants some distance from the scent of the con flagration salvation army here the salvation army will make their annual fall salvage collection in stouffville next monday and tuesday nov 2 and 3 household ers are appealed to for their cast off materials clothing etc to assist the army with their charitable work church next sunday oct 31 at 11 am and 730 pm to hear rev dr w c johnston professor at the emmanuel college special singing in the morning by miss eleanor olgivie and mr don joliett of high park church in the evening the indies octette from stouffville will lie present ladies bowling club bazaar on saturday dec 1th reserve date sauer kraut for the newspaperrecord markham cabbage cabbage are a splendid crop this fall and if prices are maintained this winter which is likely to be the case prices will do well on the market mr anthony hoover pre sented the tribune with a couple of beautiful looking heads- on mon day that tipped the scales at 32 lbs hence will assure the editor a good supply of sauer kraut this winter and relieves him of the worry a- bout high living costs said the doner a single head weighed 1gm lbs and mr hoover says his crop in this line was perhaps the finest ever grown on the farm mr hoover certainly can grow cabbage to per fection whitchurch traveller loses goods in fire blake yake dry goods traveller lost nearly a thousand dollars in goods on friday night when fire of unknown origin broke out in the house of his father austin yake just south of lemonville on the 7th con of whitchurch stouffville fire brigade made a fast run to the yake home and fought a stubborn blaze in the house wall for several hours the house of concrete construction was not damaged to any great extent as the firemen confined the outbreak to the front upstairs wall however mr yakes dry goods were stored in the room where the outbreak occurred and were damaged by smoke and the smouldering heat which had gone on some time be fore it was discovered blake was in the house alone at the time and noticed a blister appear on the kitchen ceiling hurrying upstairs he found the room thick with smoke and rushed to the teltphone to give the alarm 25c ticket bought in stouffville wins 1800 motor car in uxbridge standing on the street in stouff ville a couple of weeks ago satur day night mr jack lefevre of tor onto was accosted by a man from uxbridge selling tickets on a chevrolet car in aid of the proposed hospital in uxbridge town jack willingly handed out 25c and received his ticket on friday night the same ticket number was drawn and mr lefevre a relative of the hollidges at vivian was declared the winner of tht car mr lefevre came out on satur day and drove the car down to stouffville spending the weekend at the home of mr cliff hollidge manager of the vivian york county forest weeks hydro quota exceeded by 840 kwh offer of 10500 for claremont farm is rejected at auction dawsons 100 acre farm just north of claremont rejected a bid j of 10500 for the property at the auction sale held on the premises j on tuesday the sum didnt reach the reserve bid sellers atkinson reported wheat sold for 150 a bus ami mixed grain 200 cwt the big crowci kept up lively bidding horse drawn farm implements were on the sale list as the farm had not turned to power machinery a flock f ge i s600 per bird and ruckling pcs 1200 each the highest cow brought s190 shorthorn breed the executors are anxious i the farm and are seeking a buyer the village of stouffville exceed- ed its hydro quota last week by s40 kilowatts the power was for a half hour four nights monday tuesday thursday and friday this week wednesday will be in cluded in the cutoffs if the quota of 5000 per day is exceeded further additional cutoffs will be demand ed exerybody hopes this will not be necessary and if everybody con tributes honestly to the saving of current futher cuts could be avoided so far as officials can say at this time the half hour cutoffs will con tinue indefinitely into the weeks ahead but additional cuts will ail depend on the demand for current the daily draw quota 5000 monday oct is 5s00 tuesday oct 19 50s0 thursday oct 21 4720 friday 0- 22 5200 cutl 2000 births paul and norma sherk are happy to announce the arrival of a son john alexander at the brierbush hospital on wednes day oct 13 19 is a brother for kathv wagg mr and mrs ronald wagg of rr3 stouffville announce the birth of their son on oct 21 194s a baby brother for bobby liscombk mr and mrs clifford liscombe brougham are happy to announce the birth of a son at the brierbush hospital stouff ville on monday oct 25 194s vacghax mr and mrs howard vaushan markham are happy to announce the birth of a dau- markham landowners voice opinions on proposed land bylaw unionville hall was astir on mon day morning when the ontario municipal board heard complaints from land owners in markham township against a proposed land bylaw that is designed to regulate the use of land for certain purposes as to location space character and use of buildings erected or altered in the township former reeve charlie hooper warned the township council a- gainst enacting a bylaw that might work hardship in some instances he maintained that the bylaw might compel farmers to keep their buildings back a stated distance from the road allowance which per haps would not be desirable pres ent buildings too close to the roadj to comply with the bylaw would not be affected but said mr hooper what about the case where a mans buildings burn down and he wants to rebuild on the old sight every ratepayer in the township has been supplied with a copy of the proposed bylaw which will be brought into force if and when it is approved by the municipal bd it was stated that the board is like ly to approve the bylaw with cer tain minor modifications partly meeting objections raised at this meeting nineteen teams competed in the plowing match last wednesday of the north york plowmens associa tion there were thirtyeight entries in all the largest turnout of horses in some time the match was held on the farm of walter woods near aurora harley timbers unionville won the eglinton hunt club silver trophy for the best plowed land in the match also the salada tea special the coveted prize which entitles the winner to compete for the salada tea cos trip to england in next years international show the allis chalmers special went to dave ratcliff stouffville the oldest plowman was jas lee of greenbank and the youngest eugene timbers milliken the esso tractor special was won by ernest evans maple catherine dyceman of queens ville tiie first girl to ever compete in a north york match stood fourth in the stubble class is years old and under the banquet for this twentyfifth annual competition was held in the evening in the masonic hall aurora class 1 sod open jointers harley timbers unionville carl timbers aurora norm jarvis markham class 2 jointers wm holden manilla harris white sutton class 3 stubble b wylie oak- wood roy smith gormley duncan watson woodbridge class 1 stubble jack dancey cannington horace berwick holt class 5 stubble is years and under eugene timbers milliken howard timbers aurora wm thomas maple catherine dyceman queensville first girl in match came 4th class 6 tractors in sod bob timbers stouffville ern evans maple joe tran claremont class 7 tractors in stubble leslie smith gormley floyd forsyth stouffville merv harper stouffville class s tractorts ed fergus- son stouffville ivan dageer stouff ville ed trent lindsay class 9 tractors in stubble geo timbers stouffville norman tindall richmond hill allan wells stouffville oldest plowman jas lee j greenbank best team jack woods aurora geo richardson aurora keith thomas aurora best going team jack woods whom will you choose as councillors for next year next week we will be into november nearing the annual municipal election period those who hold to the early election date for nominating councils have only another four or five weeks to wait nomination meetings are important gatherings since the people whom you choose to conduct the munici pal business of the various town ships towns and villages are important people and it is a matter of serious consideration into whose hands the ratepayers shall entrust their business unfortunately too few recognize the situation as we have stated it in stouffville there was an elec tion last year and there could be another election this year reeve nolan is very definite in his state ment that he wishes to retire at the end of this term and will not con test the reeveship no matter who conies forward to seek the position all members of the council we understand are prepared to serve the village again in 1949 a new reeve may necessitate a shakeup in council or it could be that some other ratepayer might seek the office as it is customary to elect reeve from those who have served or are serving on the council the possibility of next years reeve being chosen from among the sitting councillors is very likely everybody on the council did their best to give service this year and a good deal was accomplished while a few aims of the council and the reeve were not attained par ticularly the promise to submit the question of appointing a public utility commission to handle the water and light business was not carried out council passed a resolu tion in september instructing the clerk to have the bylaw prepared for submission to the people but owing to work piling up in the office of the solicitor the bylaw could not be drafted in time to submit to the ratepayers and was allowed to be passed up for this year another piece of work the council failed to complete this year is the renovation of the fire hall only a couple of weeks ago the steel beam aurora eugene timbers milliken roacl here for over the fire doors howard timbers aurora markham and stouffville sure starters in intermediate iiookev markham finally placed an entry with the oha this week for inter mediate a hockey this winter there has been considerable doubt as to whether or not the green and white would be on the ice again with over half last years squad either picked up by other centres or feeling the pinch of age too much to continue however sports in terests couldnt see the club folded so easily and are working hard to reorganize that makes a group of markham stouffville diggins richmond hill and lindsay whitby and q l flyers are still question marks and its delay in arrival held up the job since the purchase of the new fire truck it was found the doors are not wide enough for safe pas sage and councillor ogden chair man of property has been doing his best to get the necessary header- beam which as stated is now here it is hoped the work can be done soon weather permitting the ratepayers should try and form their opinion on whom they wish to have lead them another year stouffville is showing a steady growth and was the only munici pality in the county of york to come out with a reduced tax rate this year eighty per cent of the muni cipalities tipped their rate to meet increased costs it is important to choose men who will give good service and the job of making a choice is the duty of every house hold markham tractor goes to uxbridge from hilts auction sale reuben tindall of goodwood paid slofjo for the tractor offered at auction on the farm of everton hilts 3rd con of markham on tues day at a public auction where stiff prices ruled throughout the trac tor plow didnt follow the tractor to a new home but brought 170 a sixfoot binder realized 150 and mixed grain went at 220 cwt and ghter on tuesday oct 26 19 is oats gtic per bushel baled hay at the brierbush hospital stouff- brought 14 a ton ville auctioneer farmer turned hicks mr and mrs fred hicks through an average of iz individ ual sales every hour from 1230 to 51 when the last article was sold total sale ran 4000 of which vw was for household furniture n ontario conservatives meet in convention the annual meeting of the pro gressive conservative association of the old riding of north ontario was held in the town hall in can- ington on friday evening the new officers elected are hon president thomas harri son beaverton rr president honourable mr leslie frost and honourable art welsh and mr clayton hodgson mp for halibur- ton addressed the meeting mr hodgson spoke on the recent ottawa convention and on domin ion affairs honourable mr welsh reminded markham announce the birth of their son on wednesday oct 27 1348 at the brierbush hospital stouffville los mcmullen sunderland rrthe meeting that he had been pro- lst vice president george toddmoted from minister of travel and goodwood 2nd vice president ray publicity to that of planning and ferguson uxbridge 3rd vice presi- development and there was not dent elmor robertson udneysuch a marked difference in his secretary mason horner canning- work his former duties were to ton i encourage american and other messrs cameron mckenzie and tourists among us and now his mason hornor were selected as primary duty would be to encour- delegates to attend the delegate age foreign industries to locate convention at the royal york hotel here on saturday afternoon october a committee from brock town- 30th to arrange a date for a pro ship and cannington had an inter- vincial convention to select a newivietv with mr frost and mr welsh leader who will automatically be- after the meeting relative to having come the prime minister f continued on page loi