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english ships used masts that were hewn from local bushlarid whitchurch council notes an old- timer from blooming- ton has again favoured vs with a few brief botes recalling the days when logging as of sua i importance in the district he continues ath the we side of the rintn of whitchurch township and the sth conces sion since i wrote last i see by the tribune that my old friend in the person of richard wil liams has passed away i have an error to correct on lots 13 and 14 the farm now owned by murray ramer was never owned by david cur tis although lot 14 was where the b3rn was burned before dave moved to lot 14 it was owned by a gentleman jacob rose who has a large family of boys and one girl i believe all the boys are now dead but kdgar all these boys loved horses and one of them owned several good race horses one of these horses was named decorator i saw him race on the xewmarket track many times this owner was mrs bert tails father on the west side of the 0h lot 15 was owned by the hill family it is now owned by geo rodanz and is used as a pas ture farm for his good here- fords i am led to believe that the older generation are all iiead now kd logan formerly a reeve of whitchurch townj bhip married one of the girls of the younger generation an- 1 other one of the girls married an old altona boy sandy davis who is now the road superin tendent of the township lot 14 was owned by jacob fockler whose three sons are still living ore of them h charles e a united church minister now retired in the vil lage of markham and a great temperance advocate the next farm south was owned by wil liam tranmer and is now farm ed by his son otto land to the rear of some of these farms nearer to the eighth was owned by john bartholomew he drew logs from his lot to a sawmill he operated on his stoultville farm which is now owned by his son aubrey another good sawyer was hugh tockel he turned out good lumber from his rail on lot 16 con 8 samuel nesbitt owned lot 15 oa the fch while lot 14 was owned by stephen donaghue stephen was laid to rest in the dickson hil cemetery his daughter married olhe smith a brother of nelson the auc tioneer we are now down to the baker settlement the ba kers at one time owned 1000 acres or more at baker hill man3 owned lot 13 now the property of merlyn baker an thony spang once lived on the same farm lot 12 was owned by david baker and later by the wards grandparents of warren rae warrens mother was a fast friend of the late richard williams the name of seneca baker is well known he was once war den of york county and an out standing man he lived on lot 11 now occupied by his son eugene seneca baker was one of the ben farmers in the town ship he had a iarge family who were all good workers and good singers he was a good vo cal teacher and was leader of the baker hill choir for years seneca started a singing school at baker hill back in the horse and buggy days they drove for miles to that school one pupil was andy stouiler who still lives in xewmarket mr baker used to go by horse for over 90 miles almost as far as allis- ton teaching music and giving vocal lessons back to the sth and lot 12 this was owned by thomas fairies and is now owned by his grandson watson ill bet william fockler or herbert burnett would remember a gang of frenchmen who used to cut trees off the ninth north of the sandhill the trees were felled and hewn with a broadaxe and were used for masts on english sailing vessels of the time i well remember lidge pennock and a frenchman drawing the logs down past the blooming- ton school some of them were 100 feet long the wagons ear ned the masts slung under the axles the hind wheels being 12 or 14 feet high pennock had a lovely team a matched span of grey horses the frenchman had a grey and a bay they were fourfire horses but 1 al ways thought the greys were the best at stouffviile the masts were unloaded at the station and shipped to eng land i almost forgot lot 11 in the northwest corner it was own ed by albert law and is now- owned by murray barnes oldtimer whitchurch rd budget ends close to line after balancing the road ac counts for the year 1955 road superintendent e d3vis re ported to whitchurch town ship council recently that the appropriation for the year of 50000 had been exceeded by s21k54s the result is that the township will collect no sub sidy from the provincial gov ernment on the excess sum the report was followed by a song from the reeve p s legge another year in office and deeper in debt during the meeting last week of whitchurch township coun cil the members considered many smaller issues in addition to the ones reported elsewhere welcome letter from r r a letter from the board of raitroad commissioners ex plained that their share of the work at a crossing north of gormley would be 60 percent instead of the previous figure of 40 percent they wished to know- if the council would ap prove of th change council agreed to accept the greater contribution spraying warble flies an inspector will be named at a later meeting of council e davis reported that almost enough of the spray was on i hand for this years spraying program brucellosis control the clerk reported that ef- i forts to arrange an appointment jwith the provincial vet had not been successful to date councillor wallwork was criti- l cal of officials at queens park for this unreasonable delay request for raise a request for an increase in pay was received from j e i alien assistant assessor this was referred to the finance committee for study the road superintendent re ported that cold patching had been carried out oh township roads near pine orchard and on the 9th concession he re ported that frost in some cases was now down to the 2jfoot depth council asked the roads committee to study the ques tion of new tires for one of the township trucks the grader requires a new tire also stated mr davis appeal for tax belief a letter from h j maclean owner of a new home asked for relief on his tax bill be cause his home was not occu pied the entire year council studied the asessors reasons for making the assessment and ruled that the proper procedure would have been for mr mac- lean to have appeared at the last court of revision council refused to grant the relief ask ed for stresing that the house required 3s years to complete union ville he ws ion reeve a lemasurier and councillor v griffin of mark- ham township and deputy- reeve a rutherford of yaug- han township met with t3 deputyminister of municipal affairs at queens park wed nesday morning to discuss the proposed thornhill corporation the two townships concerned are vitally interested in the fu ture effect of any proposed in corporation plan the meeting was arranged by markhams so- mr allison sr left this week for a vacation in florida mr and mrs neil weir and family of schomberg visited his parents mr and mrs james weir on sunday mr terry greatrix of timmins was a weekend visitor with his grandparents mr and mrs find- lay pollard sorry to hear mr a dyke was on the sick list on the weekend mr john conley of markham visited on sunday with his krandparcnts mr and mrs x ogden four carloads from unionville attended the benefit euchre and bridge sponsored by the cana dian cancer society held at the buttonville hall on friday mrs peacock of unionville brought home the 2nd prize for ladies a 19pound turkey donated by ieitchcroft farms was won by mrs miller of buttonville miss m ralney and mr and mrs robert gough visited their sister and brotherinlaw mr woima tfwilmqeititikme we are clearing the following used cars all have been completely cheched and winterized complete with prestone turn signals gas and 1956 license 1955 monarch lucerne fully equipped new car warranty 1000 below list 1954 ford custom twodoor radio windshield washers fully equipped 1954 dodge regent fully equipped 125000 1953 hudson very clean 1150 1952 ford automatic two tone with radio 250 down 1951 mercury choice of 2 200 down and many more 1954 ford custom 4door 300 down 1954 meteor custom 4door fully equipped 350 down 975 very clean 250 down 150 down 150 down 100 down 1947 ford equipped very clean 100 down to choose from 1953 meteor 1952 olds 88 1951 ford 1950 meteor 1949 mercury truck s 1951 l170 ready for work 1250 1951 ford 18 5 ton cab chassis 950 1951 gmc 1 ton express iy oot 700 1951 mercury va ton with box 650 1959 chev ton 495 come ix and make a deal terms to suit your budget at your fordmonarch dealer r h murphy limited phone 159 phone 211 and mrs david maekinlay and family at ajax on friday night master mark vhitmore of toronto spent the past week with his grandparents mr and mrs n heimler mrs smith of toronto visited her friend mrs corbett sabiston i subdivision for the weekend miss prince of toronto spent the weekend with her cousin mrs j thurston john skelton station street suffered an attack of appendicitis this week and was taken to the toronto hospital there are several cases of chicken pox and mumps in the village this week prizes at the ladies euchre club held at the home of mrs o macklem on tuesday night were won by mrs smith mrs weir and mrs j mclaren mr bert findlay of hyland park visited mr m findlay on tuesday mrs betty hardy was on the sick list the past week we hope she is feeling better mrs a jones and daughter lynda of buttonville visited mrs morley jones on tuesday afternoon mr and mrs waterson and family enjoyed sunday evening dinner with her sister and hus band mr and mrs miller but tonville annual sunday school meeting the annual meeting of central united church sunday school was held at the church on jan isth increase for the year in attendance was 371 average at tendance 114 a substantial bank balance was reported by the treasurer representatives appointed for christian educa tion were the minister the ses sion and mrs b cayman the officers elected were superin tendents for senior room a dyke and k deacon secretaries h brookfieid walter larose treasurer mrs a kennedy en velope secretary mrs a dyke pianist anne casely assistant shirley snowball orchestra ieader mis toogood officers teachers for girls mrs l ralney mrs a gardhouse boys mr c cuthbertson mr k keacon int girls mrs f pat terson int boys g turner sr girls m warne srboys wo thomas bible class dr a c kennedy primary room supt mrs b gayman asst mrs j walker pianist mrs walker teachers e sabiston betty russell kindergarten mrs a dyke mrs w waterson mrs g turner miss wilma caselcy primary mrs j walker and miss beterley brat- ton asst general teachers mr and mrs glen kennedy mr john weir miss anne caseley mrs toogood mrs w h snow ball mr owen wilson mr glen legrice mr clare ingram and mr ben gayman missionary supt mrs g kennedy tem perance supt mrs w h snow ball cradle roll supt mr3 a c kennedy report to offlcial miss marian warne auditor mr g turner missionary and maintenance rep mrs g ken nedy treas mrs helen dyke grading officers a dyke m warne mrs gayman mr brook- field fldclls group the fldclls group held their regular monthly meeting on tuesday night special speakor was mrs a gardhouse a repre sentative of the wms she spoke on new canadians spe cial music was presented by mrs jean cuthbertson neighborhood notes the annual ongretional meeting of central united will be held on monday january 30 at s15 pm a layman training course is being planned by the united church for wedneday evenings feb sth to mar 21st the cost is 700 the cours will contain lectures on the old and new testament these meetings will be held at kmmanul college mrs william bailey of lung- stiff vhited with mrs l ralney on saturday miss vera wmj has beea on the ick lt this week sorry o hear mrs cor ooba ballantrae congratulations to mr and mrs c- n- perkin who cele brated their weddirg anniver sary on sunday with a visit from their family mr and mrs e- burton and family of barrie and mr and mrs ross perkin and family of toronto sunday guests of mr and mrs j taterson were mr and mrs a richardson mrs m richardson and mr and mrs jack thome and family birthday greetings to mrs margaret gray whose birthday was last wednesday congratulations to mr and mrs norm bennett who will celebrate their loth wedding anniversary on january 27 mr and mrs crawford mrs peacock and son paul and mr and mrs burdon perkins and sons john and rickey of ag- incourt spent sunday with mr and mrs w perkins mrs k hayward and family and mr and mrs p hughes were weekend guests of mr and mrs r richardson mrs c campbell of scarboro spent a few days last week with mr and mrs t phillips and family a hearty welcome to mr pet erson and mr and mrs cecil stickwood who have recently taken up residence on the au rora sideroad unfortunately the fun of the school skating party at shadow lake last week was marred by a few accidents mr herbert was the most seriously injured with a broken ieg we wish him a speedy recovery karen stew art fell and broke a tooth and lloyd richardson received a cut on the face mrs windsor has taken over grades 7 and s in mr herberts absence dont forget the euchre at the school on friday night to morrow at s oclock admission 35 cents thj stourtyltle th8une thursday january 8 m f9 1 complete writings of menno simons are newly published its a great pity we cant have prosperity with us without hav ing to put up with his old crony place all your family argu ments end to end and theyll reach few sane decisions is ill with the mumps this week former unionville resident passes mrs william stiver of toron to a former resident of union ville for many years passed away at toronto on sunday morning the funeral was held from the wm sherrin funeral parlors kingston road with in terment in unionville lutheran cemetery the late mrs stiver was the former melltssa white surviving is her sister mrs w elliott residing on the fifth con cession of markham sixteenth century father of j the mennonites wrote two dozen books and booklrl now available in one volume four hundred twenty years 1 ago on january 30 1536 a priest of wittnarsam in fries- j land of the netherlands re- j nounced his roman faith and stepped into the ranks of a small group of evangelical i christians called anabaptists menno simons was born i about h96 he lived for a few years in the area of amsterdam then after a brief period in east friesland he located in the i rhineland in the bishopric of cologne from 1541 to 1546 most of the last fifteen years of his life were spent in hol- stein in northern germany near the baltic at a place called wu- estenfelde he died in 1561 the relase of this new edition marks the completion of ten years of planning and translat ing and publishing the tirst major collection of mennos dutch books was printed in holland in 1601 a better edition was issued in 1616 and the large standard opera in 16s1 at amsterdam the english socalled com plete works of menno was published at elkhart indiana in 1s71 and at the same place the german companion volume appeared in 1881 xo previous edition of men- nos writings either dutch german or english was really complete none was critically prepared and none contained a biography of the reformer menno simons the new took is a complete new translation from the dutch language and of the dialect in which menno spoke and wrote the translator is leonard ver- duin linguist and theologian of ann arbor michigan dean harold s bender of the goshen college biblical seminary president of the am erican society for reformation research and past president of the american society of church histoo revised his 1936 biography of menno sim ons for inclusion in the volume dr j c wenger professor of theology in the goshen col lege biblical seminary and au thor of a number of books on mennonite history and theol ogy is editor of the complete writings the 25 separate tracts and books are arranged in chrono logical order also in the new edition are fifteen letters or parts of letters extant as well as the two hymns editor of the volume j c wenger wrote editorial intro ductions to each of the differ ent writings giving the back ground time of writing full title in the dutch and a brief summary of the contents of each book also prepared for the first time is a twentypaga index of the entire volume the new edition contains six let ters which never appeared in any collection of mennos writ ings before as well as a tract meditations and prayers for mealtime and two hymns the editor writes in the in troduction menno had a sound view of the scriptures the trinity the new birth hol iness of life divine grace gods keeping power the need of perseverance in faith and obedience the doctrine qf love and nonresistance christian separation and nonconformity to the world the baptism of be lievers only the rejection of all oaths and the necessity of obeying literally every new- testament command it is right that the church he served should be called mennonite the 1956 publication contains eight illustrations among them a photographic reproduction of the only extant letter in men- nos handwriting located in tha dutch doopsgezinde archives in amsterdam holland in all his writings menno has much to say of the commit ments of baptism he rejected the baptism of infants of the new birth of the necessity of earnest christian discipleship of the importance of church dis cipline of the right to freedom of conscience of the spirit of peace and love which should characterize disciples of jesus and of the absolute importance of aligning all life and doctrine with the teaching of the scrip tures interpreted christologic- ally the publisher is releasing this major work on january 30 1956 exactly four hundred and twenty years after mennos re nunciation of the church of rome the book is wellprinted handsomely bound contains over 1100 pages when school bus an amendment to the highway traffic act which becomes effective february 1 1956 makes it an offence to pass a stopped school bus on and after february 1st when a motorist overtakes a school bus which is marked on the rear school bus do not pass when bus is stopped and red rear flashing lights are operating and 0 is stopped upon a highway outside a city town village police village or builtup area for the purpose of receiv ing or discharging school children he shall stop his vehicle and shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the driver of the school bus sienals him to proceed or g the flashing signals are no longer actuated watch for the stop message on school buses obey the law protect our children ontario department of highways jos n allan minis