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k tihnm i vol g2 no 36 the tribune stouffville ont january nightlong fire guts landmark on main street these were prize winners fire which broke out at eight oclock on thursday eycniiis anil raged for more than twelve hours gutted the geo baker buildthgljpn main st here including two stores and apartments above while the roof collapsed part of the frame structure was saved the tire was first noticed by mr baker with the temperature hovering near zero firemen controlled the stubborn blaze with three hose lines when they arrived on the scene just moments after the siren wailed there was little actual fire to be seen but immed iately the streams of water began playing on the sawdustfilled walls tongues of flame broke out in several directions lassie a large police dog owned by mr baker died in the flames trapped it was believed on the upper floor both mr baker and mr um sanders an apartment tenant were able to get out to the street before the outbreak be came intense george david owner of the butcher business in the east side of the building resides elsewhere in town hose lines from two adjacent hydrants were augmented by a third pumped from the creek at the rear of the b s telephone building gordon brown town electrician was severely shocked and burned about the hands wlibn he climbed to cut hydro wires leading to the building he had taken off his gloves to scale the icecoated pole firemen kept a close watch on the robt snowball barber estab lishment adjoining lest the cement blocks should become overheated the firemen handling the heavy hose were at times almost frozen rigid with the cold and were revived with hot coffee from time to time served up by harolds grill the conflagration cast a tre mendous glow in the sky that could be seen for miles and smoke floated as far south as no 7 high way the telephone lines were kept busy answering queries from miles away as to the trouble fncluded in the loss on the upper floor were thousands of new gallon containers and paraffin cups the property of mr baker local chemist the refrigerator in the butcher shop contained a con siderable number of new years fowl mr sanders tenant lost his entire clothing wardrobe the losses of mr baker and mr david are partially covered by insurance the building is a landmark built one hundred years ago the structure was originally located at the eastern of town where it served a church congregation as a meeting place at one time over a half century ago it was moved to its present site and for years was occupied by maw watt who operated a laundry and the late john monkhouse conducted a tailoring establishment miss marion weldon of stoiiff- viile left this week for xew york city where she will join the staff of the presbyterian hospital there marion has been nursing at st michaels hospital toronto for three years first baby in 52 first baby in the new year at the brierbush hospital stouffville arrived shortly after noon on thurs day jan 3rd p daughter for mr v mrs murray daniels of stou- ffvrjle a sister for robert this first 1952 infant tipped the scales at eight pounds four ounces five candidates for council in uxbridge twp election reeve isaac catherwood and deputyreeve stewart ball were awarded acclamations to uxbridge township comic nomination meeting held on mon day afternoon five names will be in the tield for council from which three will be elected when the people go to the polls on monday an 7th the three former council members bruce beach john ball atll lived on adjoining farms couple wed 50 years lain oe and luther booth will seeking election along with two new candidates earl dowswell and clarence bunker eldred cather wood and walter beach were returned to the trusteeship of the school area board the question of giving a s10000 grant to the uxbndge cottage hospital by the township will also go before a on sunday dec 30th over 170 i guests visited the home of mr and l mrs alex milroy of markham on the occasion of their golden wed ding anniversary the happy couple have been residing in the village for almost seven years moving from cedar grove where they had operated a farm since their marriage a half century ago at the coming alll mr milroy have prac former resident mrs j spence dead suddenly on sunday dec 30 at the home of her son at mount albert mrs john spence passed away in her s2nd year born in whitevale the daughter of the late mr and mrs francis burgess the deceased moved to the 6th con cession of whitchurch following her marriage to john spence where the couple operated a farm for a number of years following retirement mr and mrs spence moved into stouflville where they resided for some 12 years mrs some il years ally grown up together as their j spence had been living with her vote of the people ou his comment on the i parents adjojhtng farms j son william at mount albert for vear his comments on the activities reeve isaac erected at whitby cost of 850000 w and sent their children to the same the past two months her husband cntherwomi rielt miiniv iiih tho i rudllc school i predeceased her three years ago a com itln rn n rnm from 3 oclock in the afternoon the late mrs spence although lf to hi l l ch lluil ftvfe and from 7 in the even- suffering from a heart condition i- i he new hopital foi the age in umu ten tne we wishers filed i had up until the time of her death i- yiruci i imo tneir home on main street i been feeling in comparatively good dieted mr rthprwoon vniiinwi bringing their many gifts and health she was identified with it iieioss evnonse of th nm lsool wishes a telegram from stouffville united church ect wal not s c irvin 1rime minister st laurent and the deceased leaves to mourn esmmvted mrtin ourn in bi jlc smith were among her passing one daughter mrs treasured gifts that will btf albert scott gladys of bethesda 1 e nvhrix tm n vf to i honollretl forever mr and mrs and four sons earl in toronto explained thft hi in v lnf milro have two blighters mrs bill of mount albert elmer on the wfs p- vv reesor rilla and mrs alex i ninth concession of whitchurch lsl asfflsor he poiedoutha ras- s c perties but it nafhefi- lu thnvo xvv nirw i tneu congratulations vn a pa men just snaie li cainei- 1 brother mr awlmr niiw rf wood touched on the reforestation i cedar- cr of situation and said that the county i jj had gone the limit in purchasing 1 a tne minister it the eere land in the township lie explained r lffipidm away some time t the wedciin fill nt s slm an1 were on nancl offer i wm a s2 congratulations were a rove and a sisterinlaw robt milroy also from cedar j that private buyers are purchasing land for their own interests and are paying more than the county wishes to spend arrangements had been made with claremont stouffville mount j j albert and uxbridge fire brigades to service certain districts of the passed igo receiving at tlie door were the two daughters mrs max reesor and mrs alex reesor with mrs edgar pilkey mrs howard pilkey miss marian burrows mrs chad wick mrs walter percy miss nellie lapp and mrs ed mc- cowan pouring tea other ladies who assisted at the gathering were mrs rae pilkey mrs alvin pil key mrs stewart murrison miss ruby reesor mrs ross murrison municipality wnerever it was convenient j deputyreeve bert tindall who resigned his post alter moving out of ilie township explained to his audience that the council had not done as much work during the dlli ms stan pilkey past year as they had wished but the money to do the worn just i wasnt available the purchase of a new truck had used up a big j share of their approved road expenditure and now that tlie vehicle has been paid for the 1152 council should be able to move ahead without a debt hanging over them i it has always been our policy i in uxbridge township to pay as we go and that is the method we have followed during the year continued on back page sion of markham there are twelve surviving grandchildren and four great grandchildren funeral service was conducted at the chapel of l e oneill stouffville by rev d davis of stouffville united church on wed nesday afternoon at 230 pm jrjsi interment in stouffville cemetery the pallbearers were messrs ross harper w paisley john lehman geo yake geo middleton and james jarvis engagement mr and mrs owen halsted ringwood wish to announce the engagement of their only daugh ter clara ann to donald george harmon a son of mr and mrs george harmon stouffville the marriage to take place this satur day jan 5 at ringwood local organizations launch fund for recent fire victims local organizations above photos are two of the prizewinning yuletide door decoration pieces in the recent horticultural society contest top picture is the door piece of mr and mrs jos sider townline just west of stouff ville which won them second prize for tlie outoftown entrants below is the first prize effort of mr and mrs ii 0 klirick on their apart ment house main st westend whitchurch township council will hold their inaugural meeting for 12 oh monday afternoon jan 7th commencing at 12 oclock noon cedar grove storekeeper a g offen passes suddenly arnold tipper couh ii in 1051 and lack lowe wellknown undertaker will contest the mayors position in the town of uxbridge on monday jan 7th mr and mrs p a jerman and mr and mrs j a jerman and tlieir families of toronto mr and mrs gordon mecowan and family from the city and mr and mrs i mel fmmerson and family were all xew years guests with mr j and mrs w mecowan the family gathering included nineteen mem bers and was one of the largest groups to assemble for this annual holiday feast rallied this week to the aid ofthe wtlfstage aslfbiitrn andllif a minute 4 launches the fire victims fundi in poor health since july but only seriously ill recently arthur g offen wellknown storekeeper markham iwd coudig of cedar grove passed away at r r wed 50 years on new years day couple operated the general store mr and mrs wee den at cedar grove for twentynine brated their golden weddi the lockwood clinic on thursday dec 27th the late george offen was born in toronto on july 12th 1ss9 fortvone years ago he married clara whiteside and the byrjvas wofle tho inle cele- ling anni- vears the couple also spent some i versary on jan 1 at the home of time in toronto and highland mr and mrs herbert simpson of greek j ballantrae twentv guests were my offen retired from business j present married at the age of 21 some six years ago he was aitha bride hhe former lillie mav member of the zion united frisbyjvas 71 on the 7th of i church cedar grove surviving are two sons george of trenton and jack of cedar grove also three sisters mrs f gibbons sarah mrs m quarr- ington nellie and mrs f royalo bertha all of toronto a fourth sister catharine is pre- tieceasetl the funeral on sunday was con ducts from the zion church by rev g thomas with interment in cedar grove cemetery pall- hcarers were messrs frank scwell r j barber murrav milroy i7rd milroy lome rurkhoulcr atmytfn tarr and austin reesor oct while the groom was 26 and i celebrated his 77th birthday mav 20th 1951 the happy couple have three children mrs dennis white myrtle mr charles dennie and sirs herbert simpson gertrude there are six granddaughters three grandsons and one great j grandson mr and mrs dennie originally farmed on the sth con of whit- church before moving to their j present home at the corner of the th eon and the townline some ive years ago both are enjoving comparatively good health i finned under wheels of runaway car pinned between the rear wheels of a runaway auto on monday i afternoon mrs frank grove of j orth markham mother of five hildren was able to roll f roe i amp into the auto and bring it to a stop i mrs grove was dragged some listince as the auto rolled back- j vards down a lane on the farm of edward timbers a mile south of i i markham she suffered only a bruised shoulder hacking the auto out the lane airs grove had her hand on the open door on the drivers side and was leaning out looking for curves in the lane the door suddenly jammed into a snow bank throwing mrs grove out of the auto and under the rear wheels the limited space between the undercarriage of the car and the ground resulted in mrs groves bsng dragged along after she managed to roll free she jumped up and tried to get into the auto from the drivers side but couldnt make it she ran around the other side and got in miss audrey jennings visited with her parents mr and mrs tom jennings over tne holidays mr and mrs jack hamilton mrs d johnson and heather mr chas green of toronto and mr donald devine of orillia spent new years at tiie jennings home to which all are invited to sub scribe donations will be acknow ledged in this column each week while the fund is launched in the name of fire victims contribu tions may be specified for individ ual vicitms if the donor so desires it organizations represented in this worthy drive are the odd fellows lodge stouffville legion business mens association and lions club campaign chairman is mr karl lehman treasurer mr len wilkes and secretary mr m e watts contributions will be accepted and a receipt given at any of the following business places len wilkes clothes shop c h bell son klincks store stiver bros carload groceteria and canadian bank of commerce will hold bingo on friday jan nth of next to rally to its sup port members of the committee are sherman arnold bill green- bury win malloy walter smith ken uagg earl lehman len likes and m e watts the fire which swept this bus iness block in town during the holidays is the worst sustained in many years and offers of aid have already come from numerous quarters to those who have lost home property and business any contribution regardless of amount will be most gratefully accepted and acknowledged forthwith contributions to dat o cp t fund ioof 2500 stouflville lions club 10000 sherman arnold 200 stiver bros 2500 bill greenhury 200 stouffville tribune 2500 legion presents car to lucky ticker holder mr geo pearce principal of the stouffville high school was ber eaved last weekend when his father passed away at his home in barne the iato walter pearce was in his f9th year and leaves to mourn his lass his wife the former alice skinner and three sons george maurice and fred interment was made on new years day in barrio union ceme tery here in the centre is george s clements toronto a navy veteran of world war ii and winner of the handsome ford ooiansed from murphv motors stonftville and given as a lucky ticket prize the legions 11 president ien buckland is seen here pre senting the keys to the win ner with them is wally nicholson also a member of the local iegion who handled the ticket sles