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twelve pages mhnw 3010 copies vol co xo 41 the tribune stouffville oxt january 26 1949 build up the sunday schools or church will be lost speaker at ss convention issues challenge at the 81st annual meeting the markharii township sunday school association held its 81st annual rally in stoukville last week and was largely attended with the opening session in the united missionary church in the morning and the afternoon and evening sessions in the united church the evening session of which filled both the auditorium antl the gallery rev ii s hallman led the open ing devotional and extended an enthusiastic welcome to the visitors he set a high standard in his convention address mr e j stiver presented the annual report indicating a small cash balance mr arthur rouse of toronto spoke on junior recruiting for the kingdom he stressed the importance of bringing the child into a personal relationship with jesus christ issuing a real chal lenge to parents and teachers the afternoon session in the united church was led by mr lambert stouffer when mrs j h peacock of the wctu delivered a temperance address statistics given were alarming indicating the great inroads made by the liquor traffic she pleaded that the only safe course for the voting people was total abstinance former stouffville man rev oscar burkholder pastor of breslau mennonite church bres- lau in his remarks took a reminiscent mood when speaking ori intermediate recruiting for the kingdom many of mr burkholders old friends in and about stouffville were glad to welcome him he gave splendid advice to parents and teachers of intermediate grades at the evening session mr ewart stiver gave the report of the nominating committee and rev h s hallman reported for the resolutions committee rev j mclachlan installed the officers there was special music by the stouffville choir also by a male quartette from langscaff baptist church continuing with the theme recruiting for the kingdom rev mr burkholder delivered a brief but stirring message on recruiting the adults he stress ed the need of sunday school teachers and officers who them selves have a rockbottom concep tion of god thoroughly grounded in the faith once delivered to the saints that they in turn might be ready to give an answer to the questions of enquiring youth h counselled his listeners to stiok by the book let it beour authority and live by it rev frank wellington inter nationally linked with childrens welfare in canada and united states caught tip the convention theme and throughout his dis course simply bubbled over with enthusiasm as he related his findings through his large field of service children he said are ready to accept teaching and will trust adults but the adults must first be prepared to seek the children and win them he maintained that in our present day it is not only secular education alone that is needed for the majority have more education than they have stamina and strength to control and as result we see genius out of check it is still the adult mind that is dominating the mind of the child but sad to say the majority of the adult world have forgotten god and forsaken his laws and this influence is descending on he children with the passing of a cnv decades we have seen increasing numbers of empty pews in once- filled churches we also see the horrible mounting of crime in statistical reports the increase in liquor production never lias brought prosperity and happiness but just the opposite alcohol and empty churches go handinhand the churches will be lost if the sunday school is not built up it requires our shoulder to the wheel that the sunday school which is the basis of the church be well established the speaker challenged the adults in these difficult days to demonstrate by persistent effort for after all the sheep will lead the lambs officers elected past president mr win thri llers president mr archie little 1st vice president mr bruce clark 2nd vice president mr norman reid secytreas c r james assist secy- mr e j stiver departments beginners mrs don ratcliff mrs b gavmrn girls work miss margaret mover mrs n reid bovs work mr charles ratclifi mr ross wide- man young people miss elva rigfoot farm at mongolia stables triplets tower chimes and church addition forecast at united annual meeting mother cow looks in wonder ment at her three calves that arrived on the coldest night this winter jan 2 and shock ed gus middleton and his helper shown here when they reached the barn in the twi light morning hours to do chores triplets are seldom heard of outside the holstein breed and to make it more unusual all three babies are heifer calves mother will nurse two while a foster photo by codieux mother is raising the third mr chas carruthers farm owner being very ill at his markham home will have his first look at the calves when he sees this tribune picture main st business premises gutted by smoke and water mr and mrs william simpson and their roomers or boarders next door to the tribune office were forced out of their quarters in a hurry on friday night just before 12 oclock when fire suddenly broke out in a bedroom occupied by jack valleau streams of water were played into the building before the flame- were subdued and while fire dam age was not extensive smoke and water just about ruined the interior rear part of the dwelling mr valleau entered his room lie tween 1130 and 12 and everything appeared to be in order however when he returned to his room after an absence of four or five minutes during which time he was in the adjoining room he found the place in flames and smoke which made any attempt to extinguish the blaze impossible cause of the fire is a complete mystery and appeared to have gained headway in the wall or above the ceiling although there was no wiring near the apparent area where the fire started the firemen fought the blaze for a time from the roof of the tribune office the heavy cement outer walls made good fire walls for the protection of neighboring build ings the simpson place had been doing service on main street for probably sixty or more years and was once a grocery and telephone exchange recently mr and mrs simpson gave up the store busi ness also the restaurant but have kept the place filled with roomers and boarders new postmistrkss for unionville everybody will be pleased to note that miss vera weighill has been appointed postmistress for the village of unionville to succeed 1 w mrs g a m davidson resigned athletic club gkatixg party stouffville athletic club will sponsor a big skating party with prizes galore in the arena here next week saturday feb 4th this is the clubs big annual winter carnival to raise funds for the promotion of next summers base ball for girls and boys we understand that plans are under consideration for moderniz ing the office which will be carried on in the same convenient place on the main street of the village nursery tea a group of nursery school mothers held a bridge and tea last friday afternoon the proceeds for which were in aid of the local school mrs john button gracious ly loaned her charming new home on obrien ave this group wishes to thank all ladies who so gener ously contributed to their cause and helped to make the afternoon such a pleasant social occasion masonic lodge makes history counting fathers and sons three fathers had the honor of initiating their own sons in the ancient order of free and accept ed masons at a function held in the masonic hall on friday even ing a e weldon initiated his son lloyd harry brillinger his son claude and earl howsam of greenbank introduced his son keith into the mysteries of the order the offices were all occupied by fathers and sons who conducted most of the work this is said to be a record for a lodge the size of richardson many visitors were present and other members with their sons were joseph borinsky win garrett dr ss ball fred baston win wallace frank riches reuben pearse harvey mover several fathers were absent but all together fathers and sons total 27 reports o m madill historian of the lodge markham couple honored at sixtieth wedding occasion when mr and mrs peter reesor of markham celebrated their 09th wedding anniversary last sunday at their farm home adjoining markham village highlights of historical events over the past century were recalled friends came in groat numbers all day sunday to offer congratula tions and the order of the eastern star turned out in an imposing manner mrs reesor being a mem ber of the markham chapter though mr reesor is 82 and his wife 79 they both enjoy excellent health with them on the home stead is one son max and in tor onto are lloyd and percy an adherent of the markham united church mr reesor is a member of the masonic order and the scottish rite his wife is a life member of the markham chapter of the eastern star mr reesor told interested friends that his greatgreatgrand father bought the new county court to be opened soon a new county magistrates court for east york scarboro and mark ham townships where leaside and stouffville cases will also be heard will be opened in east york council chambers feb accord ing to an announcement made by reeve harold simpson of east york hugh donald inspector of legal offices for the attorneygenerals department said one of the three present county magistrates will preside at the new court it is to be remembered this is merely what is known as a traffic court and deals only with traffic charges which of course form the far greater number of cases that may arise from stouffville and markham area mrs james brodie succumbs in 79th year following an illness of seven weeks duration mrs charles james brodie passed away at her home in stoultville sunday even ing jan 22nd 1950 in her 79th year mrs brodie was a woman of keen perception and a rare sense of humour and devoted to her home life although not active outside her home since moving to stouffville some 13 years ago she was a zealous worker for the war branch during the recent war a former member of melville presbyterian and st james pres byterian churches she was active in wms and bible class work of recent years she was an adherent of stouffville united church her maiden name was lavina allison wells her parents being mr and mrs james wells of eversley in king township her mothers maiden name was janet gray who came from the district south of there was a glimmer of great i satisfaction at the annual meeting i of the stouffville united church congregation on tuesday evening when pastor rev d davis announced that a gift had been ottered the church that the whole community might enjoy in the nature of a set of chimes that will be capable of broadcasting every sunday morning and on other special occasions mr davis said the family making the gift wishes to remain anonymous it was indicated that a special tower will be constructed to house the chimes which may be played from the consol of the big organ or by using recordings along with this interesting announcement mr davis pointed out that the church is becoming more and more a community centre since the horticultural society the mothercraft clinic the day nursery hold their regular activities there the toronto bible college held a special christmas service when the accommodation was not sufficient for all who would attend the youth for christ held their annual banquet there and the markham township sun day school convention had a record attendance apart from these special features this church the pastor claims is confronted with inadequate facil ities to meet the needs of its own organizations the sunday school is sadly handicapped to do efficient work and the cgit the explorers and the mission band are all asking for better accommo dation in the churchs endeavour to take care of the needs of the nursery and beginners depart ment mr davis said this had deprived the choir of their dress ing rooms there is also a serious lack in the absence of a ministers vestry in the church in view of all these things a special committee was appointed to prepare plans to submit to this meeting these include an extension from the west end of the church going north 10 by 22 feet we are anxious mr davis explained to keep in mind the development of the community and the responsi bility to give good leadership from the stand point of church activi ties the downstairs will be devoted to childrens work the upstairs will contain ladies and mens choir rooms with wash room conveniences the ministers vestry and parlors for smaller meetings when it is not necessary to use the church auditorium it is hoped to carry out construction this year new appointments to the board of managers are truman baxter delbert booth and john hammer- sley reports read indicated that 10 teen agers were received into the church during the past year the pastor also reported 16 funerals 11 marriages and 10 baptisms the church membership now stands native of england j j curtis buried at heise hiu joseph john curtis died on thursday january 10 at the home of his daughter mrs t can ning of gormley in his soth year it was on tnis farm that the deceased lived during his active days and farmed for many years or until about 20 years ago when with his wife they retired at bethesda whitchurch township born in england the late j j curtis came to canada with his parents in 1s7s they first located in ottawa later lived in toronto and as a young man jj took up farming and settled in markham township on the third concession just south of gormley he was predeceased by his wife whose maiden name was clarissa nigh and surviving the parents are one son frank of bethesda and the daughter mrs canning on the homestead an only sister sur viving is mrs ada whittle of milliken the funeral service was held in bethesda united church on sun day afternoon service being con ducted by rev roscoe chapin assisted by rev l k sider interment was in heise hiu cemetery five candidates contest vacant pickering council seats five candidates two for deputy- reeve and three for council will contest the two vacancies on the pickering township council at the second municipal election there to be held next tuesday jan 31st geo todd councillor will be opposed by dr n e mcewen for the deputyreeveship for council three new men will seek election jas coates alan lishman and fred zinkie this is mr zinkies second try in as many months since he sought election at the regular poll back in december mr coates a resident of clare- mont is the only candidate repre senting the ratepayers north of the oth con mr lishman is a south township resident and chairman of the high school area board in pickering at 3s3 there was raised during the year 11570 almost 3000 of which was given directly for missions two essotane stoves a gift or donation had improved the kitchen facilities greatly it was announced south gormley school area seeks annexation with stouffville 0 property on which he now lives and obtained i sullivan s corners it for a horse saddle and bride v a y a her one of the pennsylvania dutch pedeceased her and surviving descendants who came over in i i mary helen j that great movement from the united states to settle in mark ham township his ancestor pur- chased the property in 1801 from farm west of stouffville and five grandchildren a daughter husband are mrs r kelly of oak wood janet gray who lived with her mother and one son william james on the mr harvey moyer of lloyd ave stoultville has accompanied mr and mrs ward hallman markham twp on a motor trip to hollywood r lorida kirk mr melvin wellman adult dept mr garnet williamson mr t nichols home dept mrs aif miller miss a wideman missions mrs f barker miss e ravmcr temperance mr h smith mr f reesor religious education mr hugh boyd mr c hoover teacher training rev r t chapin rev cyril berry these officers were installed by rev j mclachlan an exofficer in the british army he then walked all the way back to pennsylvania for his family proudly mr reesor displavcd the bill of sale on real sheepskin lcha and t1le funeral proceeded parchment by which the original melville cemetery in markham owner of the property received the con by her minister rev edith frances died 16 years ago the service on tuesday after noon was held in oneills funeral land from george iii the fiveinch seal bearing the monarchs coat-of- arms and dated 1801 is also in his possession echoes of the tough pioneer life could be heard when mr reesor related stories of old ontario hard ships i remember my old father jacob saying when i started out all i had to my name was a horse a set of wooden narrows a plow and a wife mr reesor likes to think of the way his ancestors joined general buttons boys around stoultville and drilled for battle with william lyon mackenzies rebels there is the story of mr reesors grandfather he was asked to leave the mennonite church for marrying an irish girl his son used to say im the worst com- iownship for interment it was douglas davis assisted bv rev roscoe chapin the pall bearers were messrs w j brodie robt kelley ross kennedy byron kennedy a a kennedy and ii edward big loss in thornhill fire the entire main st business section of thornhill was wiped out by fire on tuesday night the loss included a hotel barber shop hard ware and grocery stores thornhill lias no domestic water system to fight fires and help had to be brought in from aurora richmond bination on earth half irish andi unionville north york and half dutch toronto were being asked to do some thing on which we have no infor mation said markham township councillor w l clark when a petition signed by fortytwo leople was considered at the regular meeting of the township council on january 16 signers of the petition requested that the boundaries of the rich mond hill high school area should be changed to permit pupils from the east half of lot 35 concession 2 and the west half of lot 35 con cession 1 markham township to attend stouffville high school as residents of the markham-stouff- ville area they have always gone to stouffville but are assessed to the richmond hill area the same request was made when the area was set up but evidently little notice was given it as an added reason it was stated the change was desired because of certain facilities being available at stoultville which are not available at richmond hill namely a com pete shop course refusing to take action coun cillors indicated that they believed that the matter could not be under taken without much more con- sideiation and certainly not with out the opinion of both the rich mond hill and markham-stouff- ville high school area boards be ing given we are going to get into a lot of trouble if we act too hastily on this said councillor charles hooper its a ticklish thing and there are many angles to consider he stated instructions to have the matter considered by both school boards were given ratcliff pipher see new truck lines harry ratcliff and walter pipher local international motor truck dealers recently attended a sales conference and presentation of international harvesters new i truck line the completely redesigned and reengineered line of international trucks said mr ratcliff is entirely new from front bumper to tail light it is a complete line of heavy- dutyengineered trucks consisting of 87 separate truck chassis models designed to handle every conceiv able type of hauling job the new lline added mr ratcliff is the result of inter nationals 13 years of truck engineering knowhow clippers lose to lowly flyers stouffville clippers dropped their senior oha hockey game to the lowly midland flyers on tues day night by the score of 75 the flyers had a 65 edge as the last minute of time approached and the stouffville goalie was taken off in an effort to tie the count as in so many cases the move back fired and midland clinched the game with their seventh goal the win is only midlands third of the season and the loss did not affect stouffvilles position in place stouffville high school senior choir won a first in the collegiate choir group at the toronto east music festival on monday jan 23