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i halfpast teen 93yrold native writes interesting sketch on district boyhood days mr e a quantz 93 years i would presume that since young remarks my doctor has the surrounding district has retired me and time hangs ra- gone quite extensively into po ther heavily on my hands this tato growing and perhaps into nativeborn son now living at other paying projects that the innisfail alia has given an in- village may now be quite a live- teresting sketch of his bovhood ly little place no doubt the days around church hill bali- summer resort at the lake has antrae and musselmans lake helped to make the village a going concern boyhood days on the farm at coming back to our farm church hill 1870 1882 j father had to clear out the old slash the marketable timber hfjfsslw gone before that time he ers of church hill ballantrae f and musselmans lake balsam ml zion mrs b jamieson the wa met last wednesday at the home of mrs f disney the meeting opened with hymn 504 and prayer by mrs lewis jones and the scripture john 16 was read by mrs b jamieson nine members an swered the roll with a new years item lesson thoughts on the door were taken by the president the theme song was sung followed by a paper of new years thoughts by mrs lloyd wilson and two readings by mrs lewis jones and mrs cecil disney minutes were read and business dis cussed rev fleetham installed the officers and the meeting closed with hymn 493 and bene diction mr and mrs david pagan and miss anita troop of tor onto spent the weekend with mr and mrs cecil jones the merry homemakers club met for their 8th and final meeting in the course meat in the menu at the home of mrs joe empringham anna wil son presided over the meeting the 4h pledge was repeated in unison work was begun on our project for achievement day on feb 7 mrs disney and mrs carson gave more tests on both meat charts for some extra review i altona a speedy recovery is wished for mrs b reesor who is in the brierbush hospital at the present time also our thoughts are with the hulshof family whose little daughter mary anne is very ill in the sick childrens hospital she had an operation on her kidneys sever al weeks ago last week don goudie ac companied by his brother-in- law clayton giberson and bill barry and a cousin willard gib erson from gordonsviile new brunswick visited for a couple of days at his home here rev d sargeant attended the ministerial retreat at colling- wood last week where he was the speaker at the tuesday morning session the retreat is for all united missionary min isters of ontario this sunday evening rev c bell of markham will be ex changing pulpits with our pas tor and will be speaking on home missions a special offer ing will be taken mr and mrs fletcher goudie visited on sunday with mrs mabel hoover and her daugh ter jean at kitchener on saturday evening a num ber of local couples enjoyed skating at cedarena used an ov team for two years and then traded the oxen for i was born in markham twp i a 0 horses the imple- on march 30th 1866 father and i me for working the land mother were born and raised in i were a p and a set of wood markham father bough a cn harrows the frame was farm at church hill about 1s70 1 m up 0 wo an the teeth lot 21 rear of 8th concession were ma bv the blacksmith the nw corner at church hilljxhe hav was cut with the old the nune was given it when a scvthe the first church was built on the when the hav was dry enough farm of william hill on the j was raked up with an old southcast corner this church i put in coils until it was there when father moved was iu cured then forked in- onto his farm to the old hay rack hauled to there was an old log school ti barn and xorked into the on the old logging road that ran mow the grain was also cut down to the lake from the side by the old armstrong cradle road running across from chu- which laid it in swaths it was rch hill to ballantrae this old i ra into bundles and hand- school was replaced by a new tiei io ma sheaves it was one built on the southwest cor- stooked and when drv hauled ner of fathers farm about thejj the barn there to await time father moved onto the the old horsepower thresher farm i and two brothers got all the peas were usually left until our public schooling at this new w am threshed with the school the school was burned old hand flail down years ago it was re- wood bees were common the placed by a fine brick house m got together and sawed this- school was just halfway between church hill and ballan trae corners in 1872 the christian church was built on the ne corner of fathers farm these two chur ches prospered for years with good congregations and good sunday schools now the meth odist church is gone moved taken away the christian chu rch has been closed for years it still stands and is opened for service when there is a funeral in the old cemetery at the west end of the lake appleton and sons operated a sawmill it did a good thriving with the old crosscut saw en ough wood to last a farmer all winter the ladies made their own quilts they had a quilting bee for that purpose always a gettogether also a bee to make those old hooked rugs you found those rugs in all the coun try houses at nearly all of the bees there would be a gathering in the evening with songs and games and a general good time almost every winter we had a magic lantern show in the school house it cost all of 10 cents the ladies aid usually put on a very short program md supper cost 10 cents the business for years it furnished sunday school had a christmas wanted more cream shippers for best results ship your cream to slouffville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered to the creamery to have our truck call phone ls6w x stonffville creamery co cold storage lockers for rent the lumber for many of the houses and barns of that day no signs of it left byron ap pleton was one of my school mates he was the last of the old family and has been long gone to the better country the hamlet of ballantrae had one general store a post office robert hill was the owner of the store some years later geo johnson built a second store there were two blacksmiths a weaver sammy johnson did quite a business until his death a wheelwright chas andrews a shoemaker mr brown a ho tel by mr simpson there were two churches a methodist and later the presby terian a branch line of the rail road was built in the eighties from stouffville to sutton on lake simcoe this rail line did a thriving business for years the last time i visited ballan trae tke railway both black smiths- the wheelwright one store the shoemaker and the weaver were all gone only one church was open concert and usually a fair pro gram a church supper cost 25 cents people built large houses in those days they needed them for they nearly all had large families i can recall ten fam ilies within a mile and a half of our home none had less than five children one family had eleven the people seemed to be happy and satisfied part of the year the work was hard and the days long the average hired man did not grumble his wage was about 12 per month the slack period in the winter was an easy time often the older children attended school for two or three months more for fun than for education perhaps if the spirit moves me i may be able to give you a little more about the old times verily those times have changed giving place to the new happy memories sincerely e a quantz innisfall alberta body fender repairs duco dulux refinishing estimates without obligation w g garrett and son main street stouffville ont phone 265 york county 4h club aeheivement lxvnnn vvn n we build homes large and small and buildings of all kinds repairs and remodelling good materials and workmanship guaranteed our house designing service is at your disposal k w belz construction co stouffville ont phone stouff 195 swfs3cs3csaxcvvvvvxvvsvvvvvxvvvvvvvvvxvxy wool skirts took the spotlight on saturday january 17 when over one hundred york county 4h homemaking club girls gathered together for their working with wool achieve ment day the program was held in tiie town hall new market under the supervision of york county home econom ist miss wilda gordon each girl judged wool skirts for workmanship fabric and ap pearance and then gave oral reasons to support her choice she also selected suitable wool fabrics for a given skirt blouse styles and fabrics miss gordon was assisted by home economists mrs grover smith of prince edward and northumberland counties miss beverly duncan middlesex and elgin counties and mrs marion montgomery nobleton during the project each girl made a wool skirt or jumper for herself and completed a record book these were dis played at the achievement day the afternoon program was well attended by parents and friends and womens institute members in the fashion parade of skirts each girl modelled her own exhibits on the topic a wool skirt and its compan ions were presented by the purpleville pixies of vellore the merryloa club of south vaughnn and the laskay lear ners a threeminute comment was given by a representative of each club miss helen klas- sen marlene foster and mar garet finch respectively demonstrations and skits completed the afternoon pro gram new life for the old skirt was the title selected by bogarttown wool wizards nobleton woolettes snow ball snowhelles temperance- ville happy gang and agin- court wee weavers wool the fibre and the fabric was presented by the edgeley eco nomists and vanriorf busy bees vellore happy home- makers gave a skit on the hows and whs of pressing wool as did buttonvihe club 15 fortyone girls received cer- tificates of achievement for hav- ing completed two more pro jects successfully a county honour certificate ind pin was presented to carol j mdrtson of buttomilie club 15 and janice boake karen bod- ker margaret ethel and doro thy jioknon of the edgeley ec onomists these girls have com- day pleted six homemaking club projects successfully special congratulations were given to louise king mrs g livingston and elizabeth bark er for having completed twelve homemaking club projects each girl was presented with a provincial honour certificate and pin a silver 4h homemaking club spoon was given to each girl in attendance for complet ing the project successfully each leader and assistant re ceived a spoon also the spring 4h homemaking club project in york county will be the milky way the training school is to be held january 22nd and 23rd in the department of agriculture newmarket and information can be obtained from the dept of agriculture newmarket the united states and europe are the principal markets for nickel taking about 90 per cent of the free worlds total supply the stouffville tribune cedar grove probably the most active fri day nighter in our village is arthur gaston he is the benev olent supporter of sundry at oms pee wees bantams and midgets whom he picks up all along the route on his friday j bus service to the hockey rink j in unionville by the time he reaches his destination arthur has a lively excited carload of boys eagerly anticipating a hockey practice did you hap pen to notice in last weeks pa per the announcement of n special young canada night in which all these young sports men will participate its fri day jan 30th and the program begins with the atoms at 7 pm this is the minor leagues way of showing their parents what young richards looks like in action and at the same time helping to raise the s1s00 it takes to rent the ice for a sea son better circle that date on your calendar if you happen to have one of the atoms or pee- wees or bantams or midgets in the family or even if you dont your support will be appreciated by both the boys and their silent partner the community club will hold its january meeting at the home of mr and mrs john pe- trie on jan 26th a few of the prizes at mon day nights euchre stayed near home mrs geo carr mrs a brooks and mrs howard le- rose won in the ladies circle and the mens prizes went to alvin klink charlie booth and bill hollinger notes about neighbours- sorry to have to report an ice accident to mrs lloyd arm strong this week mrs arm strong fractured her back in a fall she has our sympathy and our best wishes for a speedy recovery danny offen is on the frac tured list too with a broken collarbone picked up in a tum bling feat at school anne milroy has an appoint ment to lose her tonsils this week mr and mrs cornelius sr came over from beamsville last friday to help their grand daughter jud celebrate her sixth birthday that was a big day for an other little girl too on friday the 16th a daughter arrived to evelyn and gibb whittamore welcome and congratulations thf stowfviui tribune tfcway imowy 29 j2j ft 3 best cure for postchristmas headache a bns christmas gift account guess who wishes hed opened a bns christmas gift account last year theres nothing like a thick layer of bills to smother postlhristmas joy yet its one money vnrry thats easily avoided how by opening a christmas gift account at the bank of iova scotia now the earlier you start the more youll have on hand come christmas so risk your nearest bank of nova scotia branch and open a 1959 christmas gift account now is the time to do it the bankof nova scotia more than 500 branches across canada london now york chicago tho caribbean managers stouffville branch george h williams oak ridges branch w w bert thompson money problems solve them with a loan pulp and paper is the largest employer amongst all the manu facturers in canada glen major jan 22nd mrs charles fiss spent a couple days last week with mr and mrs bert third and family markham mr and mrs allan jones and judy of newmarket spent sun day at the jones mr and mrs edgar johnson visited mrs wm hopkins and family on sunday we are glad to hear mrs hopkins and hilda are home from the hospital mr and mrs allan holman brooklin visited sunday even ing with mr and mrs edgar johnson allan and eleanor are sporting a 1959 chev several people in our com munity have colds mrs george pickett spent j monday in toronto mr and mrs edgar johnson spent saturday evening with the jones mr george gibson spent th weekend at his cottage mrs gowan ferguson and mr r g ferguson spent tht weekend at glen gowan the pulp and paper industry ranks first in production ports and wages paid miles 1950 fcufltf 0n t f lv 11 cof l v jours mr james experience is yet another ex ample of vauxhalls amazing economy i read his letter then consider that this ii typical of reports coming in from vaux- hall owners coast to coast the story from them is vauxhall save money and does it in real style and this is so true take the luxurious cresta and the vigorous velox for ex ample here are two roomy sixpassenger sedans powered by a modern sixcylinder engine that performs and saves money on gas the way a six should and vauxhall takes the savings even further in the fourcylinder victor station wagon and sedans these fivepassenger budget priced beauties combine lively perform ance with truly amazing economy giving you up to 40 miles to the gallon follow the lead of so many economy- minded styleconscious canadians see and drive the vauxhall of your choice at your local dealers 0 jases mm jkkf 1 u these features are stanoard at no extra cost four widaswincini doors five and six passenger comfort panoramic vision spacious trunk 2spced nonstafline electric windshield wipers heater and defroster standard steennc column gear shift sport car handling level rida suspension spray insulation against rumble and road tfoise bjmf wgimfy ay fy ajg jqjj jh viv mf jw v r r the british cars built and backed by general motors service everywhere on the north american continent neil patrick motors ltd ihone 372 stoufhille chas cooper w ihone 103 clarem0nt ont phone 104