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twelve pages satanic 2960 copies ivol 60 no 28 the tribune stouffville ont october 27 1949 snow blocks local traveller in wyoming by cliff salmon salt iake city utah wed 12th 1949 ihi folks last letter was from cheyenne wyoming from there to here has been quite an experience first of all when we were one day west of cheyenne at a place called rawlins the weatherman played an awful dirty trick on us it was cold when we went to bed but when we woke next morning it had snowed during the night and it was freezing outside had to go and buy antifreeze the roads were clear however so we tried the next lap to rock springs drove through fog blizzard slush rain to get there which of course delayed us no end that night in rock springs it really did snow about a foot thick the roads were plugged and remained impassable all next day every half hour the rock springs radio announcer warned motorists to stay off the highways we finally got out monday am under threat ening skies we had a laugh or two out of it though here we were going south to get away from the cold and old jack frost catches us off guard without suitable clothing on top of a mountain range the tragedy of it was the visibility angle the scenery in wyoming is said to be really beautiful when the weather is fair we wouldnt know we were lucky to see the cement on the highways as far as we could tell the road led over miles and miles of sagecovered land we passed a couple of accidents and heard of a grey hound bus being ditched nearby thanks to our trailer we managed to navigate i safely the sun finally broke through i the fog just before we pulled into evanston down at the south west corner of wyoming we were congratulating ourselves on runn ing out of the worst of it when darned if it didnt start snowing again from here on it was a gradual downhill all the way to salt lake city we took local advice and followed the truck route down the gorge from echo city to uinta and came into the j city from the north rather than risk the shorter but mountainous highway 189 a few miles out and down from evanston the sky was a bit brighter although there was inter mittent fog and rain but even this did not spoil the thrill of the utah mountains there were places where the scenery was so terrific that words could not possibly describe it apart from snowcapped mountains and stu pendous foothills it seemed that the whole area must have been the scene of some tremendous churning of the earths surface we saw nearvertical walls of j solid granite reaching up hundreds of feet into the air even if sky conditions had permitted picture taking it would have been abso lutely impossible to get the camera in any suitable spot to take in enough short perhaps of taking aerial photographs i would like to see some shots of this gorge taken from the air we saw places where the prehistoric seabed of shale rock had been pushed up into an up and down position the most notable instance of this was at devils slide and here luckily we were able to take a couple of pictures on down through morgan city was just about the prettiest valley i have ever seen lovely farms treelined river with breathtaking mountain scenery on both sides soon after turning southward at uinta we sighted the waters of the great salt lake to the right of us here with the mountain range on the left we went for miles through a lovely country slightly rolling and filled with peach orchards vineyards and beautifully kept homes there were numerous sheep and cattle ranges visible on the distant mountain slopes i can quite under stand the conviction of the first mormon settlers that this was the i promised land it is truly a land flowing with the proverbial milk and honey in closer to salt lake city the highway is in process of being widened and for some miles the tornup roads and modern machines of roadbuilding were in striking contrast to the peaceful countryside soon we were through the suburb of woods cross where we stopped to refuel and ask questions and then enter ed the famous salt lake city it deserves to be famous from many- angles its setting is wonderful beyond description being almost entirely surrounded by coloured continued on page two youngsters compete in plowing match the north york plowing match held on the farm of oliver diceman queensville ont attracted many visitors as well as participants mar garet wrightman of raven- shoe ont seen with team of horses was one of many who entered competition finer points of plowing are being demonstrated here for doreen bond of queensville by 12- yearold carl timbers son of mr and mrs fred timbers whitchurch twp younger set gave oldsters plenty of compe tition found coin nearly hundred years old mr jim smith who recently acquired the delos graham farm at ringwood was surprised the other day while plowing to turn up a coin in the species of an upper canada one penny piece thecoin is as large or larger than a half dollar and bore date of 1852 indicating the money is close to a hundred years old yet it did not give indication of being worn at all evidently the penny had rested in that field at ringwood for a great many years and had been lost there by some earty settler will mark 102nd anniversary occasion new york man edward stoaffer brought here for burial edward stouffer who died at his home in new york on friday was a native of stouffville district and a brother to our mr d l stouffer edward died following a stroke and was in his 83rd year he was brought to agincourt for burial from knox united church on monday owing to ill health his wife was unable to accompany the remains back to canada the late edward stouffer was born in uxbridge township a son of christian and jane stouffer who later farmed on the 8th con cession at ringwood there were three other sons besides edward they being andrew of newmarket chris of bradford and david l of stouffville also one sister mrs george barkey all of whom sur vive edward together with his wife whose maiden name was mary paterson although he left here about fifty years ago edward had made several visits to the home district he was an accountant during his active life but had lived retired for some years n eighborly cooperation not dear in the country on friday afternoon of last week a number of farmers east of stouffville took time off to help out a neighbor when a ploughing bee was held on the farm of mr clarence read mr read had the misfortune to be laid off during the fall rush with an attack of appendicitis which necessitated a trip to the hospital for an operation while he was recuperating in toronto east general twelve neighbors with tractors took over the fall plough ing on the read farm with thirty furrows being turned over at one time the fields were blackened in record time mr and mrs read only last spring moved to the farm pur chased from mr louis slack just east of stouffville their many friends wish for mr read a speedy recovery big duck season comes to an end the brome lake duck farm has completed its production for the season after turning off over 30000 ducks since last spring while most people prefer dressed duck in cold weather it is explained that it is not feasible to handle duck lings in cold weather and brome lake ducks for winter use must of necessity come from cold stor age popularity of the brome lake ducks may well be estimated from the terrific turnover in one short season on sunday next october 30 the congregation of bloomington christian church will observe its 102nd anniversary of the founding of the congregation with special services at 11 am and 730 pm rev denzil rarrier basc has been secured as special speaker he is from the toronto bible school and all who know him realize they are in for a great treat rev gibson brown pastor promises some stirring music that will assist in making the services occasions of great joy and blessing special music is by toronto bible college students it is hoped that the brick church in which this congregation has worshipped for the past 58 years will be filled to capacity at both services on sunday it will be only the very aged who will recall the first anniversary held in this build ing on september 23 1891 a mr elijah johnson offered to build the new house of worship provided the other members would agree to furnish the land and do all haul ing of materials and all team work in connection with the building mr johnson was also to be allowed to use any suitable material from the old building in the new one at a business meeting in may 1s92 bros jacob fockler samuel hoover and jonathan baker were appointed a committee to go to newmarket to the registry office and search the records there in reference to the title of the land in question and that s5000 was to be paid down and the balance settled by note it was to be regretted that mr johnson passed away in july 1s92 so was not spared to see the edifice completed but it was recorded that his sister eunice johnson was the doner of the organ which was placed in the church and which has been used for nearly fifty years the trus tees of 1892 were jacob fockler john stapleton daniel burnett and to these were added arthur stapleton and samuel hoover as the building committee the latter samuel hoover being the only surviving member today the deacons were jacob fockler and arthur stapleton and in 1926 mr earl davis was appointed deacon in the place of arthur stapleton deceased and likewise in 1938 w a fokler succeeded hs father elder c h hainer served the church as pastor eleven consecu tive years each year adding new members to the church rev orland hathaway followed elder hainer in 1909 then rev b a willoughby then a group of students from mcmaster univers ity rev c r duncan rev a t mercer and alex chisour who gave his life in the first great war rev d v vannorman was the next pastor and following him rev e morton was the next resident minister serving with him were rev llewellyon c fletcher rev stanley paisley and robert hamilton rev cockburn came next and today rev gibson brown conference president is the pastor the church popular ballantrae merchant passes in prime of life widespread regret is heard on every hand over the sudden death of gilbert o wright ballantrae merchant for the past 27 years only in the prime of life mr wright suffered a heart ailment for some years and recently was removed to the western hospital toronto visited by his wife only a day or two before his death he appeared to be progressing well but a sudden relapse with a clot of blood in the lungs proved fatal and he passed away on wednesday evening october 19 1949 generally liked by his wide range of customers mr wright built up a thriving country store business aided by his faithful wife and his only child joyce who both survive him he was born in pickering township son of the late mr and mrs robert wright who later farmed in markham he is also survived by three brothers and one sister namely william wright port credit fred of green river walter of capon alta and mrs g c gostick of stouffville mrs wright and joyce intend to carry on the store business in which they are boti well skilled the late gib wright married muriel baker daughter of a section foreman at ballantrae mr dan baker of goodwood whose wife has been dead some years they were married 27 years ago the 1th of october and immediate ly took up the store business they have carried on over the quarter or more century during all these years mr wright was postmaster and only a few weeks ago was recognized for having served 25 public skating and hockey this coming monday oct ilst the doors of the stouff ville arena will swing open for the opening hockey game when stouifvillc clippers and maple ijeaf juniors local oha entries will make their initial appearance here in an exhibition game there will be public skating next wednesday night and friday nov 4 mark ham millionaires will play peoples toronto major mercantile flooding is beginning to morrow and barring accidents public skating may be possible this saturday night if so the public will bo advised by radio election officers named in case poijtj demanded an emergent meeting of the municipal council was held on monday evening when the annual bylaw was passed providin officers to conduct a poll of the electors of stouffville in case one is demanded following the nom ination meeting in november for reeve councillors and school trustees also a cemetery co missioner if a vote is taken k r davis and e r good will act as deputy returning officers and cecil davis and lud hoover as poll clerks the election for stouffville would take place on monday dec 5th ballantrae child saved by girl of 13 years threeyearold andrew watsom son of mrand mrs archie watson who a year or more ago took over the rush farm right in ballantrae on the 8th concession of whit church was saved from drowning at the bottom of an old well on the farm at ballantrae when he was hauled fronj the water by jessie crowhurst the 13yearold daugh ter of mr and mrs horace crow hurst the plucky girl somehow got down the side of the old well but slipped into the water herself which she said was just to her shoulprs and fished the wee laddie out with one hand while she held fast to old curbing with the other and helped the child into the waiting arms of vivian wic- kert 10 yearold daughter of mrs- arthur wickert the children were none the worse for their ducking when they reached home it was reported the little boy was badly fright ened however and wept over the loss of his new cap and an allday sucker rather than the possibility that he might have been drowned of course andrew is tod young to realize what might have been his fate vivian wickert and jessie crow hurst are pupils of mrs robt windsor teacher at ballantrae school and who was responsible for bringing the matter to public attention the brave act of the two children is worthy of public recog nition mrs windsor declared to the press the children mentioned and one other child freddie watson were in search of a flock of ducks which they intended to drive home when they came across the well andrew intended just to take a look down when he slipped and rolled in hugh percy seles one ok his farms mr hugh percy has sold his 100 acre farm at lots 2425 con cession 9 pickering to mr eddie hoover the property which lies about two and a half miles south east of altona has been in posses sion of mr percy for 13 years although it has been rented lately since mr percy owns and occupies another farm in the same town ship the sale price is reported around the 10000 mark which indicates that it is a good farm mr hoover is holding a wood lot sale which he owns on the 6th concession of whitchurch on saturday nov 5 his new farm is at present tenant ed by mr harold elson years for which the postal depart ment presented him with the quarter century pin the funeral on saturday after noon was one of the largest seen in the district in years some cars in the procession rev davis and mr fred gould the leaders of leisure was the latter pastor of the churchill subject of the illustrated lecture christian church taking the ser- given by mr o stalter of mark- appeal for f supervised leadership vice at churchill church and adjoining cemetery pall bearers were messrs henry davis clifford wallwork luellan peterson her man and delbert kidd the floral offerings were beautiful x formed a great bank as mrs wright observed a silent message of sympathy and respect from so many friends and neighbors and business associates masons hold an official night mrs ralph forfar who recently moved to northern ontario was taken ill and removed from thessalon hospital to the dunlop buildlrg toronto where she has i by the junior warden and undergone special treatment her officers rapid recovery will enable her toj return north as soon as possible rt wor bro fred pipe ddgm came out from toronto on friday evening and made an official visit to richardson masonic lodge he was accompanied by the district secretary wor bro percy bell the masonic hall in the lehman block was taxed to capacity to accommodate the brethren and members from sur rounding lodges wor bro r r pearse ruling master of richard son lodge presided and warmly welcomed the officials and other visitors following the work of the evening in the lodge room tho members retired to the banquet hall and enjoyed a banquet served his ham at the recent horticultural meeting the pictures showed the need for supervised recreation it is not a case of providing the play ground and equipment but with proper leadership much good can be done rev d davis spoke hriefly on the flowers in eng land mrs r fleury gave an amusing reading and miss p stall- wood an instrumental mr geo topper of richmond hill judged the bouquets with the results as follows dining table centre m mer- tens mrs m storey jean pipher living room bouquet mrs timbers mrs tait mrs storey modern floral arrangement mrs timbers m mertens bouquet in oldfashioned con tainer mrs storey m mertens jean pipher basket of mums mrs timbers m mertens mrs tait 3 sprays mums mrs timbers lome gillion best mum in show mrs tim bers bouquet of any other variety mrs p stover mrs roy grove mrs storey thanksgiving table centre mrs storey mrs klinck jean pipher 100 acre farm near holt changes owners farming only three years mr eric hudson has just sold his fine 100acre place in east gwillim- bury to harvey evvan formerly of uxbridge the sale was negot iated by george allison of stouff ville and the sale price is 8000 mr hudson was a toronto man who came to the country only three years ago and was develop ing a fine herd and wonderful equipment but the death of his mother whom he relied on to run the house forced him to give up farming and he will hold a big sale on tuesday nov 8 when the herd of holsteins and other cattle the horses and implements will be disposed of without reserve the farm is onehalf mile north of holt new owner to succeed mr hud son is harvey ewen who knows the farm well since he has been employed on the place for some time by mr hudson junior champion evening shop classes evening shop classes will reopen at stouffville high school on novem ber 1st at 730 pm register with the principal or by telephoning 3731 or 181 1 margaret reid who cap tured the junior girls cham pionship for stouffville high school at the interschool field meet held at markham last week markham took the school championship held last year by stouffville