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fouffrttle ftribttttt vtl no 43 the tribune stouffville oxt february lf53 in under line new high school to get gym grant in conversation with the chair man of the local high school dis trict board d k chadwick the tribune understands that the new school to be erected here this year is in under the line so far goat milk parlour something new new ruling the dept of gyms and education concerning home economic rooms the plans for the school in stouffville were approved bv the department of education and accepted for grant purposes before this nw ruling went into effect the local board expects to be in a position to call for tenders on the new structure within the next six weeks mennonites canned food gift is ready cartons of canned food valued at 21095 and weighing 58709 pounds are awaiting shipment at the mennonite central committee for ontario warehouse the 113g cartons represent food collected in all parts of ontario during the past two months miss katherine penner of the canadian headquarters of the mcc said that an application had been made to ottawa for an export license immediately it arrives the ship ment will be sent by train to new york where it will be dispatched to bremen germany on a freigh ter some of the big cargo of canned food may be distributed in the flood area of holland if there s need miss pehher said we have an oilice in amster dam holland and if it is felt there that the flood victims are in need of food some of it will be distribut ed this is the eighth year the organization has undertaken its canning program while some individual contribu tions of canned food are included in the shipment the greater part of the canning was carried out at the mennonite factory at flora- dale all work in connection with the raw food canned at the factory is done by volunteer mennonite workers the produce is contribut ed by mennonite farmers edibles canned include fruit vegetables meat and fat in addi tion to honey and apple butter prepared at farm homes the mennonite central commit tee in the midst of its extensive canning program has taken time to raise 8350 in cash for flood victims contributions came from all parts of ontario driving charges laid against toronto youth after crash with local professors car mr and mrs m p durrani operators of an uptodate goat farm on the sth concession of markham are proud of their new ly constructed milking parlor which is capable of handling the entire herd of thirty goats in less than an hour the animals walk up a ramp one at a time and take their place beside the milking unit when the job has been com pleted the goat promptly makes its way out of the enclosure into the cafeteria for its evening meal of rolled oats and hay pic tured above is one of the herd standing calmly in the parlor while the milk is extracted through a maze of rubber hose into a nearby can each goat will normally give five pounds of milk per day there is only one other such milking parlor known in canada when the parlor was first constructed the animals were somewhat nervous of the noise but they soon acquainted them selves with the machine and now they stand in line patiently wait ing their turn mr mrs g b little fifty years married a special anniversary gathering was tendered mr and airs ceo b i it tie last week on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary on tuesday of this week mr little marked his soth birthday the couple reside on the itll con of scarboro and are wellknown throughout the markham town ship district mr little is a former county warden and a veteran of both the south african and first world wars mrs little was the former minnie jacques and is a descendant of the frendi hugenots there are two sons and two daughters in the family douglas and jack jean and mrs stewart morrish daughter of former hotel keeper here passes in 84th year on monday feb 23rd mrs eftie kester passed away in the stoutfville nursing home follow ing an illness of close to a year born in stouffville at the home of her parents mr and mrs edward williams the deceased attended school here and also practised nursing in tillsonburg woodstock and stouffville her father oper ated a hotel in the east end of town for twentyone years and her mother the former jane yake had the honour at one time of being the eldest lady in stouffville she passed away in 193s at the age of 91 her husband mr truman kester predeceased her many years ago one of six children the late mrs kester i survived by one sister mrs mary mac- alonagle of sutton west funeral service was held at the chapel of l e oneill stouffville on wednesday afternoon at 2 pm conducted by rev f muir with interment in stouffville cemetery the pallbearers were mr alvin klinck mr ross davis mr elgin wagg mr charles hodgson mr lloyd byer and mr eugene leavens engagement the engagement is announced of ruth evelyn davis youngest daughter of mrs davis and the late edward davis of glasgow to edmund john skinner only son of mrs skinner and the late john skinner of newmarket the mar riage to march lake place quietly in legion flood fund sympathizer rr2 stotiir dr xeil smith mrs push claremont rr s 500 so 00 200 to propose county aid for farm ponds it is proposed that the ontario county council will appropriate 1000 for the payment of subsidy to encourage the building of farm ponds this proposal will come be fore the next session of the coun cil it is understood that govern ment aid is also available and a subsidy of 100 can be obtained by any farmer who will build a farm pond to proper approved specifica tions tse of the pond for fire protection water conservation and church in china not lost cause local speaker tells sundaymorning congregation general water lie farm use of slock such as the milk flows down road as transport hit by train mr martin lee driver for mc- bnens milk transport of brooklin narrowly escaped death on tues day morning when his truck was struck by a cxr passenger train at a level crossing one half mile west of hagermans corners the engine of the train smashed into the rear section of the van scattering milk cans over the road the driver was not injured though he admitted the chinese church had been manoevred into a most difficult position christian ity there was not a lost cause as many people fear rev t honey told the united church congrega tion in stouffville on sunday morning rev t e honey is a former chinese missionary one of the last to leave the country and is a nephew of rev john totten who is wellknown here he direct ed a youth caravan under the christian education board last summer and since has been travel ling with the united church exposition aries and foreign funds are for bidden the spirit of god is still work ing in china said mr honey the solid chinese christians will not be discouraged bv failures and setbacks thats my faith about china he said rev t e floyd honey has taken over the position of assoc iate secretary of the board of overseas missions united church under rev dr david 11 gallag her with his wife and three young daughters mr honey was one of i the last united church mission- rev t honey attracted the aries to leave china they were large congregation with his pleas- 1 fortunate in not being imprisoned ant and forceful talk on conditions i by the communists but it took in china contrary to popular j them a year to get an exit permit keep in mind that the horticut tural society is holding a discus sion group meeting march 0 hi the united church eugene raker will show slides opinion communism is not a clear cut issue in china he said he pointed out that the reds were clover enough to include in their program many things which a christian could not condemn he cited the stabilizing of the coun try- currency land reform and the outlawing of bigamy the chinese christian church was still very active although hampered bv communist restrictions rev honey reminded iiis i-t- eners that the chinese have been victimized by the western nations in the past and the communists have made capital of this fact in their propaganda line in appealing to the chinese national aspir ations the communists have painted the church as being taint ed with foreign imperialism through missionaries and outside i currencies to add to this fact i there were a number of extreme leftists in the church prior to the coming of the red there is alspeak chinese monoay effort to divide the church the situation is reversed they did not get back to canada until a year ago mr honey was born at wooler ont where his father rev w e honey of lindsay then had a pas torate both he and his wife the former audrey e black daughter of rev a k black of brantford graduated in theology from em manuel college in 1010 with scholarships then following his ordination and their marriage they both took postgraduate work at union theological seminary in new york for two years returning to canada he spent four vears as minister of the church at baltimore ont before going to china there he was a member of the teaching staff of west china theological college at chengtu when they arrived home the two younger daughters then 5 and 1 years received a great deal of attention because thev could onlv however today daughter of former whitchurch family loses husband word was received here today of the death in helena montana of archie c bray 04 husband of eftie hutchinson mrs bray is a daughter of the late john and sarah hutchinson who lived for many years on the 10th con of whitchurch township immediately above the railway crossing after training in toronto as a nurse eflie hutchinson went to the united states and in the pursuit of her duties met and married mr bray besides his wife the deceased is survived by his mother elizabeth fletcher bray a son archie c bray jr a daughter mrs betty bray galusha of denver and a granddaughter mary kay bray of helena the late mr bray is described as an industrialist and patron of the arts and the funeral was con ducted under blue lodge masonic auspices from the consistory temple chandler collagen of bill ings past grand master of the grand lodge of masons of mon tana delivered the eulogy mr bray was the youngest man in the state of montana to receive the 33rd degree of the masonic order he took a great interest in all masonic activities and was direc tor of the scottish rite degree at the time of his death he also founded the archie bray founda tion for the promotion of art in montana on monday evening dr harold logan a resident miles north of stoutfville was involved in a headon collision with 10yearold geo genou of toronto the acci dent took place on vo t highway at unionville the ear driven by the youth was said to have been travel ling at a high rate of speed when it attempted to pass another vehicle which had stopped near the cxr crossing asthe toronto car veered into the other lane it met the logan auto which was travelling in the opposite direction dr logan was treated by dr s s ball of stouffville for chest knee and facial injuries both cars were badly damaged dr logan is a professor at the university of toronto constable bill sheam of the markham twp police laid charges of careless and dangerous driving on the youth crop meetings last week the weekly meeting of the york county soil and crop improvement series featured soils and drainage with mr thos lane soil fieldman as special speaker and a soil conservation film agricultural representative v m cockburn discussed tile drainage briefly and pointed out the provision for financial assist ance in drainage work this week is devoted to potatoes the meet ings are held at newmarket and run from 145 sharp to 1 pm date change silage day booked for wednes day mar 4 under auspices of york crop improvement assoc has been changed to friday mar 0 in newmarket town hall there are eighteen auction sales listed in the tribune this week read the classified advs on page twelve of this newspaper claude watson goodwood appointed chief observer mr clare keevil regional super visor of the newly formed ground observer corps rcaf advises that mr claude watson of good wood has been appointed chief observer for this district mr watson will require a num ber of official observers in the goodwood district so it is suggest ed that any one interested in help ing with this vital defence pro gram as a member of the air force team should contact him for details mr w h gould uxbridge has also been appointed chief observer for uxbridge mr frank bill baker is acting chief observer for port berry mr o f boe chief observer for seagrave and mr jim lawrence acting chief obser- er at myrtle to date there has been no chief observer appointed over the mta albert district a meeting of the newly formed ground observer corps will be held at the port perry yacht club this thursday evening at 8 pm fo mguire no 51 gobc detach ment at barrie will be the guest speaker and will explain the func tion of the ground observer corps which is open to all mature can adians male and female a series of lectures are being planned to acquaint members with their job observation stations are being registered throughout the country and official observers will be taught aircraft recognition and how to handle calls to the filter centre everyone is invited to the port perry meeting so come along and register so that you will receive your rcaf identification card missionary who shunned english estate was familiar uxbridge township resident we would like to correct an omission of a recent issue when the name of duard rose princi pal of markham public school was erroneously missed in an item concerning a panel discus sion at the local school rev m c davies speaker of the ontario legislature will ad dress pickering district high schools first graduating class on feb 27th a list of those receiving diplomas and certificates as well as other awards will appear in next weeks issue clippers benefit f und amount previously acknowledged 18750 mrs gordon lemon 500 dr f 1 button 1000 dr ronnie smith 1000 ross wintertein 1000 bowling draw 1000 mrs gordon lemon loo 52850 they by- completely severing is con- speak english but have forgotten nections with the west mivdoni chinese friends will be pleased to learn that geo lee main st is recover ing from a fall which he suffered last week on the ice mr lee had a badly bruised face following the mishap clraner special stoutfville cleaners are featur ing a 0ceri dress special from saturday march 2nd to march 7th an englishman who declined to claim an extensive yorkshire estate and preferred to remain on the muskoka district reserve to serve the indians died last week in braeebridge general hospital rev william kendall siyearold retired missionary never returned to england to take possession of sinnington manor the estate left him by his sister in if is he was content to spend the rest of his life on the reserve where he and his indian wife who died in 1010 had found great happiness as young man william kendall for sook a career in law to come to canada as a missionary student it mattered little that he had received his education in france and belgium when lie started making friends with the braves and chieftains in indian settle ments in ontario and quebec it was a hard life but there were many compensations it was dur ing his missionary service tihat he met mary martin the darkhaired squaw member of an old iroquois family mr kendalls mother then chatelaine of the family estate at sinnington was the perfect honey moon hostess when he took his bride home to england his ancestral home has figured in british history it was built on the site once occupied bv the man sion of catherine parr henry i viiis sixth wife when mr kendall old the estate to his sister hilda kendall in 1hi and came to canada the sister retired into a state of seclusion it was thought when she died in 1018 leaving the estate to her brother that he would return to england but he was content to remain in the manse in the bala neighborhood the missionarys indian bride entered whole heartedlv into his work learned the english lang uage studied piano and organ and distinguished herself as a singer and choir leader after her death the missionary determined to stay with the indians who had come- to accept him as one of their chiefs he never forgot the indian girl in the yellow dress he first met at a protestant service in a school house mary martin had been married at the age of 15 to a brave from the caughnawaga reserve at the suggestion of the mission ary she embraced the catholic faith until word came that her huband charles martin had been killed in an accident later the missionary won the love of the indian girl and they were married by a methodist minister at st henry an interesting history on the life of this couple was published in 1917 and in it is revealed many of the interesting facts concerning their life at roseville in uxbridge township they settled at this wellknown hamlet north of stoufryille in 1011 mrs kendall driving her two pretty ponies wag a wellknown sight one of the main events in those years was the opening of the rose viilo meeting for non church goers and which ran for about twenty years an interesting property the old roseville hotel with 25 acres of land had been purchased in 1918 possibilities were seen in the old building by the kendalls and they had it wonderfully improved the opening of the roseville meet ings were urged by the familiar dr c w watch of uxbridge the meetings opened in a barn from the very first they proved attrac tive and many visitors attended the stouffville tribune gave them a kindly sendoff ministers from goodwood came up to preach occasionally also dr moore from uxbridge and the salvation army band for twenty odd years the roseville meetings continued then ended the young people went to the city or to the war the organist was sick the strain on the kendalls was too great and it was decided to close the meetings and sell the property farm price doubles in three weeks mr chris lamoreaux of mini- ken sold his farm to a real estate agent for an estimated sale price of 00000 some four weeks ago and last week this same acreage was turned over to an industrial firm for a price quoted at 120000 the farm is located at milliken corners on the south side of the kennedy road the industry is reported to have chosen this site because of the railway crossing that cuts through the farm the firm proposes to erect a siding ofl the main line farms in this par ticular area are being sold for enormous sums with the buyers in most cases comprising indus trial firms or real estate agent wishing to subdivide