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sixteen pages tottfftrille enbnne 2960 copies vol co no 25 the tribune stouffville oxt october 6 1949 two world record holsteins at markham show a most unusual feature of the york county black and white day held september 30 in connection with markham fair was the show ing of two world record cows in one class these were roeland rag apple daisy and roeland rag apple lilly who stood seventh and second respectively in the class for aged cows in milk lilly is the world champion in the junior twoyearold class of 305 day division on twiceaday milking with 827 lbs fat from 1s593 lbs milk daisy has recently completed a record of approximately 841 lbs fat from 18727 lbs milk which when officially reported is expected to establish a new mark in the senior fouryearold class of the 305 day division on twiceaday milking the pair are full sisters owned by j w greenwood maple the outstanding class of the show was that for dry aged cows with 17 entries crowding the ring it was here that judge james r henderson kingston found his grand and reserve grand champion females the grand be ing segis ray apple tensen own ed by thos mcgriskin agincourt and the reserve grand lonelm texal marie owned by george c jackson downsview the tatter was grand champion here a year ago lloyd turner of stouffville had five firsts and four seconds pensions for markham twp employees may be live issue ninety and nine headline reacts like bomb explosion no sooner had last weeks issue of the tribune come off the press than the toronto evening papers made front page news of the tri- bunes ninety and nine article wherein we pointed out that there were according to assessment figures just released 99 widows and spinsters and 99 widowers and bachelors in stouffville the news spread like wildfire demanding not only front page positions on the toronto papers but it reappeared in london kitchener and oshawa and prob ably in many other papers we did not see that is not all the item was quoted over the radio and on tuesday it brought along a feature writer for a toronto evening news paper who sought to interview spinsters bachelor widow and widowers also the tribune has received correspondence from a man in- toronto and the town assessor likewise has an applica tion from a toronto widower seek ing a wife who has musical ability tuesday morning a taxi stopped at the office of this paper when a widower from woodbridge stepped in to see the editor he too had read and heard and asked our help in getting him a wife strangely he preferred a mate who had musical talent didnt smoke in bed and a good hand at cards incidentally his deceased wife possessed these qualities markham township council on monday gave some encourage ment to an insurance agent seek ing to interest the council in a pension scheme for its employees said to number ten or twelve reeve vern griffin said that while he was sympathetic to the idea the request must come from the employees and he suggested to the agent that proper procedure was for the company to meet the employees of the township and sell their idea to them then approach the council such pension schemes are financed by the workman pay ing so much and the employer so much generally a 5050 basis the reeve said the police con stables had a pension scheme now that did not involve the township councillor fred wicks with some vehemence declared we pay our employees good wages and they can carry their own retiring allowance reeve griffin said he didnt think the township should go on record that way and councillor robt rae claimed that all progressive companies across canada are paying on pension allowance for employees we should face the issue said coun cillor rae councillor wicks said the big firms were paying on a pension scheme and if the workman quit he lost his benefits that was just a scheme to hold the worker we dont have to do that here councillor barber thought the scheme could be examined but reminded that the farmer who has to pay the taxes gets no pension the reeve brought the matter to a close when he told the agent there was nothing council could do at this stage and that it was up to the company to gather the employees together and sell the scheme there the agent assured the council he would certainly follow out the suggestion deputyreeve timbers didnt make any pronouncement on the issue as council moved to transact other business milk man attacked in early gray dawn stepping alongside a hedge to deliver milk at a home on albert street in the gray mist of early tuesday morning mr walter brown was set upon so suddenly and unexpectedly that he had no opportunity to offer any defence and when the frightened little anjmal that the milkman startled aimed his wares at walter the battle was over and the milkman retired without offering battle fortunately for the deliveryman the skunk was fairly ofl the mark and could only claim a 30 per cent decision but that was bad enough said mr brown engagements mr arid mrs john l gillman brougham announce the engage- ment of their daughter mildred mary to harry malcolm spang spang son of mr and mrs john o spang of claremont marriage to take place later in october mr and mrs j r sider stouff ville announce the engagement of their only daughter agnes marion to charles murray bennett son of mr and mrs h c bennett gorm- ley the marriage will take place on saturday october 22 at 230 pm in the united missionary church dicksons hill lions give away car monday night next mondav evening thanks giving stouftville lions club will hold a big dance and bingo in the veterans memorial hall here at which time the holder of the lucky admission ticket will receive a smart new pontiac car the model of their own choice tickets for the tvent are on sale at a number of the business places including the tribune office net proceeds from the ticket sale will go towards the welfare work of the local lions club including their betterment program in the town park and assistance for the now artificial ice arena former mennonite moderator rev l burkholder dead after a lingering illness rev l j burkholder 74 died at his home in markham township on wednes day last week a native of the markham township and a former pastor on the markham district he recalled ministering to three churches and driving 12 miles with horse and buggy to reach his con gregation he served the ontario conference in various ways he was moderator in the years 19141921 as well as assistant moderator of the men nonite general conference for 19291931 in his earlier years he served as an evangelist in various sections of ontario and the united states he was the author of a brief history of the mennonites of ontario and served as conference historian for many years mr burkholder was born june 15 1875 and was twice married his first wife was lucetta high vineland ont and his second wife was emma meyer markham he is survived by one daughter mrs alvin luella mae reesor and one son paul herbert both at home the funeral on sunday afternoon from the late home east of mark ham village at the 9th concession from no 7 highway was attended by friends from other parts of the province who came to pay respect to one they had revered in life the church auditorium overflowed and some found seats in the basement at the home rev aaron grove addressed the relatives and intimate friends and the family and paid fitting tribute to the life of a man who had served his church loyally and was one of the pillars of the mennonite group here in ontario early in the century at the church rev s s coffman and rev oscar burkholder were in charge men who had worked through the years with the depart ed in fact the deceased was a leading spirit when they came into active ministry the pall bearers were six nephews namely harvey leonard john and ira burkholder peter nighswander and carl hoadway in his book entitled a brief history of the mennonites in ontario issued in 1935 l j burkholder wrote regarding the markham district when the waterloo immigrants found in the early part of 1s03 that their land titles were not valid the settlement in that county was immediately halted it was in that year that the first pennsylvania mennonites came to york county apparently families enroute to waterloo were diverted to york county henry wideman a minis- continued on page 4 i message from chief on fire protection week october 9 15 early this spring the stouffville fire department was called to a cottage fire at musselmans lake twenty minutes had elapsed from the time the call came in until we arrived at the fire before we had the fire under control six cottages and all their contents were burned to the ground all be cause someone in one of the cottages had been careless almost everyone sets aside a part of the year for rest and relax ation because a vacation is intend ed solely for pleasure it is easy for people to ignore the fundamental rules of fire safety thats why fire spoils for many people the vaca tion that represents months or even years of waiting planning and saving in a matter of minutes an unexpected visit by fire inserts destruction and death in the place of enjoyment do you live in an apartment upstairs in a house or even in an attic i would advise you to look around and see how you are going to get out in case of fire dont be left on the boat additional hazards are caused by overloading hydro cooking with bottled gas and some people even smoke in bed in some out of the way places where municipal fire protection isnt easily obtainable extra fire precautions should be taken both in preventative measures with equipment for use until help can arrive the stouffville fire dept has had twentyfive calls this year we have fought grass fires bush fires and large houses and great barns full of harvest have been reduced to ashes from this we realize that one of two alternatives must be practised either we must have a safety pro gram that is infallible or we must prepare for the possibility of fire human nature being what it is the later idea is the more plaus ible with the installation of portable fire equipment almost immediate protection is available to safeguard your property the watchword of fire control is preparedness be prepared mechan ically with sufficient fire fighting equipment be prepared personally think and act quickly in emer gencies work for safety and it will work for you del jennings fire chief gormley pastor and wife sail for africa via newyork when rev l k sider of owen sound was appointed to the pastor ate of the gormley united mission ary church at the annual confer ence held near kitchener last week the gormley charge was cleared from the responsibility of mr and mrs willis hunking in order that they may make ready to take up missionary work in nigeria africa they sail shortly from new york if they have not gone ere this appears in print rev p g lehman popular pastor on the dickson hill charge some years ago and now of kitch ener was reelected for a third term as conference president at the conference reported on in the tribune last issue while the new pastor at gormley rev mr sider is vicedistrict superintendent these men officiated in an impres sive manner at the ordination service when rev john colley colborne rev clarence hunking manitoulin island rev ray priddle palmerston and rev orval bell pastor of the new evangel church kitchener were ordained to the ministry it is interesting to note that rev john colley has as his life partner a stouffville girl the former jean pugh daughter of mr and mrs fred pugh who reside on stouffer street north the return of rev h s hallman for a fourth term to the stouffville church was learned with general satisfaction by his people the press learned from various enquiries cyril berry returned to the mt joydickson hill charge and the scott township church will have a new pastor in rev harold hallman of hespeler this change and the new pastor at gormley will take up their charges about the middle of october church extension work was a major point of consideration at the conference much time was given to discussing possibilities for new chches in previously untouched regions the advantages of a port able cnufchwereintroduced to the conference this it was said could be constructed by a guelph firm erected in possibly two weeks time and moved from place to place as new congregations were established the portable church would be well designed insulated and able to seat up to 150 people this report met with wide approval and further investigations are be ing made sneaks make off with farmers 300 at markham fair sideshow on saturday how a 50cent gamble to win a little girl a panda bear resulted in the fleecing of an agincourt drover to the tune of 300 in a suckers game at markham fair was revealed by police an extended search is being made for three men who fled leaving dice and betting boards behind after pocketing the savings of carl winch standing in the doorway of his modest farm home winch related a strange tale a story of two men with an innocentlooking dice game and panda bears as prizes the appearance of a swarthy character in the background with what looked like a gun in his pocket and their hasty dis appearance before the arrival of police it all looked so innocent at first he said im no gambler but i didnt know what i was getting into i just wanted a panda for this little girl were thought necessary for it had he explained he was visiting the no handle fair and met the child the daughl the auctioneer held high the ter of a lifelong friend and had precious pieces reminding the cup and saucer goes to 1350 at auction sale it was just an innocent little cup and saucer lacking flame and color save for a red band edging but what it lacked in decorative beauty was more than made up from the fact that the china was over a hundred years old and women at least dearly love ancient things like that the cup and saucer was sold by auctioneer alvin farmer who was disposing of the goods from the household of the late abram grove just south of ringwood on the 8th concession of markham this bit of china was not even stamped but it was made before the days handles day ratcliffs peaches climb to high figures the turnover this fall season of some 3400 baskets of peaches by ratclift co grocery must have constituted a record even for this store which specializes in hand ling peaches grapes and other fall fruits through their direct connection with the growers of the vinelandbronte districts the peach crop this fall was one of the finest ever free from the annoying pests that so often mar the fruit despite all efforts of spray assessment in markham near seven million the assessment of the town ship of markham has just been completed on which the taxes next year 1050 will be collected according to the figures sub mitted by assessor archie flem ing the township has a total valuation for assessment purposes of 0507355 this is the highest valuation ever placed on the municipality and shows an in- crease over last year of 327473 there were 409s separate valua tions made the number of assess ments made under section 57a of the assessment act totalled 123- 375 this section known as 57a requires the assessor to value buildings in course of construction and add them to the current roll so that they will yield tax while under construction such buildings are assessed as unfinished valued according to the stage of construc tion reached when the assessor places his value those who have recently been assessed under 57a and there are 275 such structures will find they will be paying taxes this year of some kind on the new building but the general assessment made and referred to in the opening paragraph of this article is for tax purposes next year this years taxes on those properties is based on the 1019 assessment thanksgiving monday next monday being thanks giving day and a public holiday all stores will remain closed while the employees enjoy the day off whats more desirable than a day in the country at this time of year especially if it is a holiday for those usually shut indoors taken her over to the booth where the dolls were displayed placing 50 cents on the board he picked up the dice it was crooked all the wa5 through he said i should have known better but you couldnt see that until you got playing it was impossible to win to all outward appearances the game was only a chance to win a panda it was only after the dice began crackling that suggestions of larger cash jackpots were made eight dice were used and the main object was to total ten points with as many throws as you could pay for dice were numbered one to six and points were obtained by totall ing the digits each total was worth a certain point he could see when he lost his money they couldnt pay off he claimed it was away beyond them they would have owed me over 800 it was when he reached a total of nine that winch believes the dice were switched making it impossible for him to reach the jackpot of ten a third man appealed at this time standing behind his back he was a dangerouslooking man and ill swear he had a gun in his pocket he just stood behind me and didnt say anything when i said i was getting the police he moved in and spoke to one of the operators i ran to get an officer upturned faces that here was something most precious it came into the grove estate through the late mrs grove who was a miller and who had received the cup and saucer from her home she lived to be 82 and died in 1929 we all may- shun old age we all may wither and fade like the autumn leaves but not so this cup and saucer with china the years only enhance the value for it does not crack and wither with age with these introductory remarks or something to this effect the bidd ing started two dollars do i hear wholl make it three and several heads nodded when the dollar bids were exhausted half dollar amounts were acceptable and at 1350 it was snapped off by a mr brown of toronto who revels in antique articles and buys them to add to his collection brown has a toronto friend who passed on the tribune adv that brought the buyer another out of town buyer who found his way to the grove sale as a result of the display advertise ment in this newspaper was an inland revenue officer from the usa according to the printing on his car which carried an amer ican license this visitor ran up a chest of drawers to 51 or more before they were knocked off to him i would have paid two or three times that amount if the competition had been keen but who wanted to argue about a few and when we got back the whole chests of drawers at skyhigh three of them were gone leaving their equipment to be consfis- cated pretty markham fair rider price this piece of furniture was red cherry wood with brass handles and said by the pur chaser to be quite a prize a 70- yearold clock fetched 1100 a fallleaf table 1000 a wooden plow such as was used here a century ago by many settlers sold for 150 it was looked on as a curiosity the old spinning wheel found a new attic to repose in bringing only 220 allinall the grove sale which consisted only of furniture and house effects realiz ed almost as much money as a farm auction held on the property when one jacob grove sold his farm stock and implements eighty- five years ago at that sale in 1864 four hogs sold for 9g0 a white cow for 1450 a red cow for 1625 fea ture was the high prices for horses a bay colt sold for 35 and a second colt for 30 second set twins born in two days the stouffville brierbush which seems to be noted as a hospital for the birth of twins again scored the headlines when last week two pairs of twins arrived there in two days as noted last week girls were born to mr and mrs ernest armstrong of markham only to be followed on friday by twin boys tor mr and mrs william e hunt ington of uxbridge one of the huntington babes was rushed to the sick childrens hospital at high speed to gain the use of an incubator while another incubator was rushed back here for use of the other babe the twins were prematurely born and said mrs malcolm this was one of the instances where our hospi tal would have benefitted by having an incubator as permanent equipment mctell 17yearold daughter of henry michu markham township won a first prize in the saddle race at markham fair on saturday afternoon ruth is a sister of margaret who was severely injured racing at port perry this summer mrs laura dauncey and her daughter mrs aaron hargeaves from brandon man were in town on tuesday calling on mrs ella ratclift mrs dauncey is the form er laura nichols of victoria square and she was making her first visit home in nearly half a century