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eighteen pages femfftriue mumw 3000 copies vol co no 35 the tribune stouffville ont december 15 1949 another veteran tailor born east of town now heard from the oldest active tailor in kitchener is just come 85 he is jesse conner born on 9th con pickering brother of william h conner of stouffville one of our highly prized residents the kitch ener newsrecord contains the following item about this veteran tailor for the benefit of all school boys who are backward at goin forward in school mr conner hereby acknowledges that he was 16 when he left third book to become a tailors apprentice however because he has made a success of his life does not mean that leaving school at 1g is a good thing he still wishes he had more education as it was he went into vander- harts tailor shop on king st where the home dairy now oper ates as an apprentice he earned 20 and his board the first year 40 and board the second year 60 and board the third year 1 a day and no board the fourth year he made 10 cents an hour for a 10hour day when he was 19s at 21 he opened a tailor shop of his own in breslau for the next 20 years he was merchant tailor and outfitter business thrived especially before the first bridge spanned the grand rather than drive a horse and buggy through the river to kitchener villagers and farm folk patronized the vil lage shops later readymade suits tempted them to town- as produc tion line methods lowered prices in the farmhouse on the other side of the present cressman men nonite church where the street leaves for preston there lived a comely mennonite girl amelia zeller the village tailor changed her name to connor and built her a nineroomed house where two sons came to stay roy z conner a mutual life representative in montreal has given his father a grandchild mel- vin p conner office manager at kaufman rubber co has given him two grandchildren and a great grandchild mrs conner passed away in 1947 at the present home on samuel st where mr conner has lived for 42 years he built this home in 1907 and after doing business here three years joined the barrie robe co now barrie glove he worked there 20 years in 1939 he retired to his home where he still works an eighthour day in winter his garden is his workshop in summer he has seen suits rise from 25 in the first war to 65 styles and materials have changed too but tailoring is essentially the same like an artist the tailor must know his subject studying mens figures for threequarters of a century has made jesse conner so conscious of their shapes and sizes that even in church his mind sometimes leaves the service to mentally fit out a man in front of him mens barbers can sympathize many will tell you they have the same problem to keep from cutt ing the mans hair in the pew in front one day back in 1881 the first year of his apprenticeship young jesse conner was working at vanderharts when the daylight turned black and- red wash hang ing on clotheslines blushed and even the grass turned red busi ness closed down as people hur ried anxiously homeward with out communication they had no way of knowing what was happen ing its the judgment they mumbled fearfully if it was the judgment jesse conner was meeting it with a needle in his hand for being the apprentice he had to keep shop while everyone else rushed home next morning word came to ber lin that the phenomenon was caused by michigans great forest fire that is the most vivid of his memories from the ninth conces sion of pickering where he was horn through markham and whistleberry where he moved to kitchener where he lives the first 85 years are the hard est he concludes strangely enough jesse conner was born not very far from altona where john monkhouse first saw the light of day and who is just retiring from the needle and thread business after 57 years in stouffville as a madetomeasure tailor whereabouts of former resident bring sought some concern is felt according to radio reports over the dis appearance of bert coulson from his home in toronto brother of kenneth coulson and a former stouffville boy bert is reported missing since sept 15 the announcement indicated councillors you elected last monday cliiyt baker chairman of the two public- utilities water and hydro mr baker topped the poll in run for councillors glenn katclilt promising man on the council has come through two elec tions and ran close to top on both occasions harry ratcliff will add considerable weight to the 1950 council this is his first municipal venture and he is naturally pleased with the results henry ogden mr henry ogden topped the poll for councillor two years ago and on monday just moved down a bit to second place still holding a strong position however girl triplets all well born to gormley couple ft55 triplets all girls were born on tuesday at newmarket hospital mr and mrs lloyd harvey of gormley are the proud parents their twoyearold son now has three baby sisters mr harvey is a son of frank harvey well known business man of the district west of stouffville and lloyds wife is only 23 years of age she was the former frances smith the babies were born at 255 pm 355 pm and 4 pm their weights were 4 pounds 13 ounces 5 pounds 4 ounces and 4 pounds 14 ounces they have been named brenda louise barbara elsie and bonnie frances dr rose said xrays taken six weeks ago revealed that triplets were on the wav markham and whitchurch township councils will be in session this thursday afternoon also the same evening stouffville council will hold its final session of the year senior hockey group changes since publishing the local senior hockey schedule on the sport page of this issue there has been a change in the group setup varsity grads who had dropped out through lack of ice have now made an agree ment to play in the brampton arena and were given permis sion on tuesday night to reenter the group thus the group will revert to seven clubs rather than six this team has also changed its name and will in future be known as eclipse ac their games with the local clippers will be played at stouitville on dec 30 and feb 13 and at brampton on dec 29 and feb 1 arctic owl grounded in toronto this stormy weather grounds more than aircraft as a big snowy owl can testify now a guest of the humane society the visitor from the arctic made an unscheduled landing in toronto and is now slated for an invitation to the zoo marian carter shown above with bird saw it swoop down and hit overhead wires bird made no attempt to resist when she picked it up and brought it to nearby police station a v nolans majority for local reeveship nearly four to one by almost fourtoone reeve av nolan was returned for the 6th year as reeve in stouffville on monday in a lively election contest with the final figures showing the reeve polling 431 and his opponent herman kidd 112 for places on the council three 1949 members were returned in a neckandneck race when clayt baker stood at the top with 427 glenn ratcliff 402 and henry ogden 403 harry ratcliff a garage owner and a new man to munici pal life replaced john scott a faithful councillor for two years this is a young mans age and it would appear this gave mr rat cliff the edge over mr scott harry ratcliff polled 330 and john scott 264 votes while the betting was on nolan to win the reeveship his strongest supporters hardly banked on such an overwhelming victory it is mr kidds second defeat in 1949 since he has the distinction of having contested two elections last january he sought a seat on the council in whitchurch without success and having tucked away another defeat last monday mr kidd has at least made history that perhaps has never been made here before in mondays contest mr kidds assumption that he was qualified to take over the first position on the council did not go over with the electors at all and perhaps was his greatest handicap to making even a good showing in thanking the ratepayers for their strong support mr nolan says it is a vindication of his five years in office but he continues my overwhelming victory is more due to the weak opposition than to my own strength nevertheless i do appreciate the wholehearted support given me at- the polls over 53 per cent of the possible vote was- polled this is good be cause among those who did not vote are the sick and the many who own property here yet live in the far away places from stouff ville a v nolan who will commence his sixth term as reeve for keeve iouth north side side total nolan a 201 230 431 kidd herman 47 65 112 for counci1 1 clayt baker 185 242 427 glenn ratcliff 188 214 402 henry ogden 172 231 403 harry ratcliff 150 180 330 john scott 102 162 264 nine municipalities may join health unit last year the municipal council gave consideration to entering a proposed health unit with other northern municipalities in the county of york it now looks as though the unit will come into be ing about the middle of 1950 cost of the new unit which will provide a coordinated health ser vice for the municipalities includ ing a fulltime medical-officer-of- health sanitary arid milk inspec tion services and public school nurses will be borne by each cor poration proportionately on the basis of equalized assessment fifty per cent of the cost will be carried by the provincial govern ihent governing body of the new unit will be a 10man board with one member appointed by the pro vincial government and one mem ber each by the participating mun icipalities the cost cannot exceed one mill on the tax rate which will be offset in each municipality by the cost of the present moh ser vices milk inspectors and sanitary inspectors the officers will be fulltime employees or appointments but anything less than nine municipal ities will make the scheme ineffec tive consequently not until the councils elected for 1950 take office and vote to become part of the scheme is it fully assured municipalities agreeing to join are richmond hill aurora new- market stouffville markham vil lage sutton and the townships of georgina and north gwillimbury other municipalities are likely to come in later it is thought nephew wins honors fraser mustard whose father is a native of uxbridge district won the johnny copp memorial trophy for the most valuable player on varsity sr rugby team he plays middlewing and is a first year medical student at toronto uni versity fraser occasionally visits stouffville being a nephew of dr s s hall the giants days are numbered a mighty tree that may have been known to the iroquois who roamed these parts and whose village was close by still standing in the ratcliff bush on the 6th con cession of whitchurch now has its days numbered the towering pine standing over 100 feet high will bow to the will of man because next saturday at three oclock it is planned to cut it dowm according to mr robt ratcliff the pine is one of only two or three still standing in these parts over hundreds of years and may have been looking down on many an indian pow wow because it stood as sentinel on the outskirts of what was once an indian village persons who would wish to wit ness this mighty giant of the forest bow to the mechanical saw may do so in ease since one may motor to the scene of action by entering the old ratcliff sugar bush from the clark farm immediately south of the bush merchants announce shopping days the stouffville merchants will be open for the convenience of christmas shoppers on wednesday afternoon dec 21st and on fri- dav and saturday evenings dec 23 and 24 boxing day holiday will be observed on tuesday dec 27th and the stores will also remain closed on wednesday afternoon dec 2sth as usual monday jan 2nd will also be observed as a holiday and the places of business will be closed the local association has pro vided for christmas music on the street during the holiday shopping periods they ask that you check the above dates carefully earl toole elected to head pc party north york on saturday in armour heights school earl toole of whitchurch township was unanimously chosen president of the north york con servative party and was given rounds of applause as the result of the meeting was made known former candidate in the last dominion election arthur wal- wyn who was defeated by jack smith of richmond hill criticized the ottawa government mr toole called on the workers to be loyal and determined in their cause when victory would be their reward officers elected were earl toole of newmarket president vice- presidents jack hurst john perry reginald soward c h used car dealer buys ringwood property the large white building and show rooms known as the mc- kenzie garage at ringwood at the corner of the 8th concession of markham and the townline has just changed ownership again owned and used by the toronto spindle carving co who manu facture casket handles the building has been acquired by mr stoney of the stoney car market who operates used car markets in many of the principal cities in ontario the spindle carving works will be moved to toronto where the company is building a plant for themselves when they move out the building will be filled with cars and may be enlarged the deal was transacted by stan hastings local representative for l s snelgrove co 10s6 danforth ave toronto well beloved journalist w a nixon passes miss belle mitchell received the sad news last friday concerning the death of her nephew william arthur nixon who died at his huron street home in toronto that day in his 63rd year here only two weeks ago on a visit to his aunt at ringwood mr nixon as a lad spent many happy days of his youth on the old earl toole hooper ross douglas william hanna and bert s wemp secre taries floyd corner howard case treasurer frank o reeves officers of the womens associa tion to be elected vicepresidents three to be elected mrs mcrae mrs hope mrs little mrs parks and mrs smith mitchell farm and never forgot the days of his childhood in this neighborhood mr nixon was a journalist and is suvived by his wife eleanor nixon and three sons thomas william and harry he was a son of the late dr t h nixon pastor of the presbyterian congregation here 60 years ago it was during his sojourn here that the late dr nixon met his beloved wife miss mitchell left for toronto on sunday to attend the funeral on monday afternoon and will then take up residence in toronto for the winter interment was in mt pleasant cemetery christmas horse show in town next tuesday the annual christmas horse show will be held in stouffville on tuesday dec 20 with liberal prizes in nine classes you may refer to- the display announcement in this issue for details of the classes and will note that there are as many as six prizes all cash in several events entries must be made with the secretary lloyd turner while hugh boyd was around this week looking after the cash donations from the merchants which makes the competitions possible entries must be in mr turners hands by 12 noon the classes this year are a duplicate of those advertised in 1918 lome p evans strong contester aurora elections lome p evans former reeve of whitchurch township made a real bid for the deputy reeveship of the town of aurora in mondays elec tion he polled 432 votes while his opponent harry corner received 472 to be returned to the office for another year mr evans recently built a new house in aurora where he moved to from his farm on the 3rd con cession