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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 16 1949 ports news and views chas nolan ort perry are currently leading local tricounty league group zing yet to lose a decision jarkham juveniles will pay an- ler visit to memorial park tonite hursday for a third encounter h the stoufffille juvenile squad che next york centre softball ague game between the gals of mffville and elgin mills on mon f june 20th there will be a mens softball ne in memorial park this thurs- f nite between agincourt and mffville diiton one of the annual top- tchers in intermediate baseball 11 be one of the teams competing the tournament to be held by athletic club on july 1st vrthur swift of toronto and for- x stouffvillite and garage oper- r recalled on a visit to memorial rk on sunday that it was 22 ars ago that he donated a new tber home plate to the baseball ib of that day that old pan still in use the lions club is expected to oceed shortly with the erection the 10ft fence in front of the w bleachers to protect the fans le fence job was held up for a ne pending final decision of the w arenas location lefty bagg took a nasty conk the head from a pitched ball in beaverton game but the ouffville fielder managed to shake the affects and continue in the me after holding the oakwood lad- to a 1919 tie in the northern uage last week stouffville turn- the trick here on friday night inning 1714 lillian redshaw is on the mound for stouffville markham intermediates have lded up and now it appears that e bantam entry from that town is also ceased to function stouff- lle bantams were scheduled to ay in markham on monday night it found that the team had raised emselves to midget and thus the me was cancelled the local mngsters are scheduled to play in urora this wednesday night and ewmarket will be here a week om wednesday june 22 len simmons one of the leading lorts lights in aurora for some ars is bidding the town farewell id going into business in camp- llford len simmons has been ith the sisman shoe co since ming to aurora 23 years ago and now assistant superintendent an has been active in almost all lies of sport softball hardball and ckey he has served as oba id 0mha convener and most gently was chairman of the aur- a recreation commission the imily will remain in aurora for le present which means that ron id gerry simmons who are stand- ut young athletes in the yonge t town will be able to participate sports there this summer the stouffville intermediate club will play host to the beaverton in termediates this thursday night v hocus miller and nick procenko attended the baseball school at hamilton last week they received some pointers for pitchers and cat chers from one of the leading fi gures in the semipro league at hamilton several other members of the club are expected to attend the school this week irwin borinsky was really the hero of that 192 shillacking stouff ville handed beaverton last week in that tricounty game irv was pressed into service to umpire the contest much against his will but once he got the hang of the business he managed to keep both sides happy for the balance of the game port perry protested suttons refusal to play nine innings in a recent tricounty game and a de cision has been handed down in ports favour the next time these two clubs meet they will be requir ed to play an added two innings before commencing the current game all games in the league of nine innings duration unless dark ness intervenes intermediates suffer first loss of season voters of north york 9i lime ivi a guanae from a government whose record is one of high taxation regulated business arrogant prying bureaucracy to a government pledged to efficiency economy in administration lower taxation freedom from controls vote progressive conservative in june 27 arthur walwyn published by the xorth york progressive conservative association port perry edged out stouffville 43 on monday night to hand the homesters their first defeat of the schedule stouffville led in the 7th innings with two away when har per ports capable moundsman came through with a triple to tie the game and later scored the win ning run harper was the stouffvile jinx as he struck out fifteen of the local batters hocus miller went four innings for stouftville and was re lieved by porky schell for the final three it was a touch and go ball game all the way and the local lads would have kept their record clean but for that big hit of harpers in the 7th stouffville have played two road games in the last week and will now have the tables reversed with two games at home this thursday evening here with beaverton and on monday with port perry local girls lose sat night exhibition agincourt softball gals had too much on the ball for the home team downing heir visitors 195 playing under the glaring flood lights was a new experience for the stouftville girls and one which rather upset their baseball lillian redshaw did the stouft ville pitching for all but the last two innings when she was relieved by marg brignall helen manser a leaside import for the occasion held up the stouffville batting getting two home runs and ac counting for all the runs batted in agincourt has a smartstepping girls outfit they play at the dan- forth stadium three evenings a week gpgqqoaomboaonobeobaa- time recall the great baseball duel be tween stouffville and uxbridge on friday june 16th 1922 when milt storey made his sensational catch george smith pitched superbly and stoufrville came out on top o2 murchison was doing the catching for the locals roy ware got hit on the jaw in the game at sunderland and was attended by drs freel and sang- ster aurora edge local girls in league opener aurora girls edged the stouffville gals 1211 in the opening game of the newly formed softball group on thursday night lillian redshaw turned in a nice effort on the stouftville mound while marg brignall had a field day in the second innings when she crashed out a homer and a triple there were two on when she clipped the threebase hit kay ford came up with a double play in the 3rd to capture another local star the game was disrupted at one juncture when the umpire ruled tiiat the local catcher gertie slack had upset an aurora player when she was attempting to run to first after the pitch on the third strike had been missed at the plate swamp beaverton by 1 92 score beaverton intermediates couldnt begin to cope with the stouffville nine in their first league meeting on thursday and went down by the lopsided score of 192 porky schell on the mound pitched superbly bob hassard took over the first base spot in the absence of polly minton and with hocus miller on third and the new addition bud watson at short made up a hard infield to get by to get ready for household and exterior paint ing see your local cooperative manager he will help you with your painting problems although coop exterior patnts are not always easy to get owing to shortages of raw materials when available they assure you of a quality job choose coop for quality shop at stouffville coop association fhone stouffville 269 or 122 historical account op the peggs in the year 1684 an english sold ier daniel pegg was granted an original deed from the british crown of 250 acres of land lying along what is now known as mar ket street in philidelphia he built a brick house the first of its kind in what later became the state of pennsylvania this house was used by sir wm penp first governor of pennsyl vania daniel 1st died in 1702 we have a copy of his will be queathing his lands and slaves to his son daniel daniel had a son nathan nathans son isaac 1751- 1832 evidently inherited the pro perty when he came to canada 1798 he sold his land under a ninetynine year lease and gave his slaves their freedom as many other u e loyalists did at that time his son samuel a boy of 12 years of age walked by the side of the well laden wagon most of the way they settled near sharon in the virgin forest isaac built a brick house which still stands making the bricks himself he also dam med the creek and built a mill for grinding grain isaac born 17s6 died 1871 he was buried beside his father in what afterwards be came known as the pegg burying ground his son samuel then took over the property samuel married ann purdy and reared a family as follows john isaac william elias elizabeth elisha samuel george and daniel elizabeth philinda permilla his son samuel born in may 1831 was united in marriage with caroline srigley torn aug 1842 she was a daughter of jesse and phcobe sriggley born march 1st 1s07 and july 17th 1s0s caro lines grand parents were among the first settlers at musselmans lake samuel and caroline lived in the red brick house on the old homestead where their children were born andrew and lydia twins born mar 30th iso- mary amelia minnie george and ethel caroline died 1871 samuel afterwards married mary ann bradshaw the children of this union were herbert augusta and olive andrew spent his boyhood days on the farm with his father sam uel in the year 1ssg he decided to go west he farmed in the red river vallev near st thomas one year he was hailed out he took his team and worked on the rail way jim hill was putting through the west move he had bought a large acreage and went into mixed farming with a good market only 14 miles distant there he built a substantial house and other build ings he loved to break the virgin soil as he now had a growing family he was instrumental in building barkham school and was the secretarytreasurer for the dis trict until he moved the neighbors were kind and helpful but of a different religious faith from his he fell the need of a place of worship for his family one day in 1910 he saw in the fam ily herald arthur johnstons place at greenwood advt he journeyed down to see it and thought it a nice place to live with his family he has lived here since that time he passed on june 3rd in his 86th year and is survived by his wife 5 sons 4 daughters and 26 grandchildren annual strawberry festival under the auspices of united church sunday school will be held at goodwood wednesday june 29 1949 program play charity begins by newmarket dramatic club supper served from 530 admission adults 60c children 30c give smart looking luggage to a smart looking daddy on fathers day provide for fathers summer travel needs on fathers day he would be proud to own hand some leather luggage and its a practical gift too one he will value for business trips all year round wonderful gift 2suiter made of top- grain cowhide matched companion bag matched set of allpurpose luggage sturdy and roomy in black or brown oneills furniture store phone 9swl stouffville ont