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the trihjne tbursiy mirth 24 1966 pigc 3 bruce mill story recalled by gormley historian centuryold building interest spot in conservation park by george cubr it is now ten years since the death of mr a d sandy bruce the communi ty and its farm residents have changed a good deal since the old waterpowered mill ground up the grain brought in by horse teams i would like to recall a few of the events surrounding this well known property and the owner mr bruce as i knew him- in 1007 1 started tn farm and purchased 62 acres of land from simeon wtdcinan loiter i bought the christian layman farm about one mile dis tant from braces mill this was the location where in 1812 mr itohert bruce sr purchased the farm and mill from casper sherrick the property was consider ed to be one of the best in markham township most of the pioneer set tlers who brought their grain to the mill were of pennsylvania dutch origin and because mr bruce was a scotsman a language problem developed however rev adam wideman a good mennonite and a fine neighbour who lived on the present carl rcesor farm allowed his boys to interpret and mr bruce soon picked up the dutch language i wrote an article in the stouffville tribune about 15 years ago on the history of gormley in the 1800s it dealt with the bruce family and this is the information that the late a d bruce gave to nie he was one of the best historians in the area and his information was always very accurate mr robert bruce sr his three brothers two sisters a sisterinlaw and two broth ersinlaw alexander dun can and william hendry all settled within li miles of each other they all came from scot land in 1842 on the same ship and the bruce brothers purchased the sherrick es tate including the mill and the farm the property al though vastly changed still retains the family name mr robert bruce sr a staunch reformer was an outstanding man in munici pal affairs and an elder for many years mr john bruce was one of the first elders in the melville presbyterian church which was organized in 1s15 he held this post un til the time of his death in 1s97 three members of the bruce family held elders positions john bruce rob ert bruce and a d bruce making a total of 101 years mr a d bruce along with his brothers were verv nros- perous farmers and around the year 1s90 built one of the best and largest barns in markham township a barnraising was held in which the majority of com munity residents helped out the masons were my uncle george shcffcr and his son aaron he marked his 100th birthday on march 1 tne wall was ten feet high the captains chose up sides arid the race was on mr d w keise was in charge aid fol lowing a speech by robert bruce the men went to work there were no acci dents a i bruce took a great interest in the church he was a sunday school teach er for many years he wa interested in the first tele phone of bwheda and stouflville he lived at the mill property until his death he was a firm be liever in the golden kule mr robert bruce jr a brother of a d bruce was an excellent farmer i recall some of his hired men john gower john nicely and john wright were good men and fine plowers he had two boys william and alexander william farmed on the townline and married ilorcncc wilson alexander married a sister of rev mutch a minister at mel ville miss nettie bruce now 91 kept house for a d bruce after his wife died she still resides at the bruce home i can recall taking grain tn the bruce mill to be chopped if you didnt have enough money which at that time was scarce mr bruce would take so much chop as his pay he chop ped for 1 cents a hundred and his neighbour s b lehman did it for i cents a bag it was often the prac tice for farmers to take huge bran sacks to 3ir lehman and received back more than their moneys worth although in the same bus iness there was always good feeling between mr bruce and mr lehman both were honest men and trusted by everyone i remember arriving at the mill and unloading the grain there was a good shed for the horses where blankets were provided to keep the animals warm the mill office had a little coal heater where the farmers used to gather and talk about the crops the roads and the weather i have many pleasant memories of the bruce home he would never let me leave without dinner mr bruce always spoke highly of rob- son jcwitt one of his work men mrs jcwitt is still ailvc today she is about 95 and resides at the fairview mennonite home in preston mr bruees staff includ ed the following men henry staley frank row- bothain william slotts tosonh lehman william bruce joseph sidcr isador wideman joseph wide- man harry forrester and robert neil but time passes and many of the old favourite build ings have been torn down for the sake of progress it will never be the same with seed company back in 1936 stouffvillk peter l barrie manitoba street stouffville passed away on thursday march 10 in sun- nybrook hospital toronto he had been in ill health for several years born in scotland he came to stouftville in 1936 with the goodall seed company owned by mr ira aldred it was located on the site of the present stouffville co operative mr barrie re mained with the firm for 22 years when the business was sold and moved to port per ry prior to returning to stouffville in 195- he lived for a time at ashburn besides his wife the for mer mary duncan he is survived by one brother harry of toronto rev allan borland con ducted the service in the oneill funeral home stouftville on saturday mar 12 with interment in the stouftville cemetery the pall bearers were four nephew j d mcgowan bruce mcgowan douglas duncan norman fox jim christie and john mcgowan pickemyourself crop paying off michael iembry family herald cedar grove selling a crop in the field isnt new it has been a frequent prac tice with some strawberry and raspberry growers for some years gib whitta- more of cedar grove has taken this idea a step furth er he sells strawberries raspberries beans egg plant tomatoes and peppers all on a pickemyourself basis i dont know whether i could labour to pick them or not said gib i just havent set up my operation to harvest the crop this way if i did it would be another job just like planting out my cauliflower i dont know whether i could get labour if i wanted it i know some of the other market garden ers have quite a hard time but the employment service people tell us that if we let them know well ahead of the time that well be wanting some help theyll probably be able to do something lor butce btod nlll gormley rbneil prop 5351 5 the bruce farm in markham township is now a conservation area but the original buildings arc this sign relates some of the history surrounding the old mill a historical little changed this picture of the mill was taken several years ago staff photo sketch prepared by mr geo cober of gormley is published here staff photo stouffville in a comprehensive report on the operation of municipal po lice departments in ontario outlined by councillor tom loncrgan at stouffville council last week the com mittee chairman spoke high ly of training courses as provided by the ontario po lice college at aylmer councillor loncrgan attend ed a convention of munici pal police governing auth orities held recently in the park plaza hotel toronto mr loncrgan said that from information received it was agreed that inade quate training was the most prominent problem in most municipal police depart ments this was followed by personnel strength office accommodatie j police c- quipment and cell provis ions the chairman informed the members that training at all levels was provided at the police college in aylmer at no charge to the munici palities he said that reeves and councillors of other towns and townships had recommended the course very highly he suggested that for stouffville a 12- week recruit course would be most beneficial since it provided instruction in eng lish law police methods physical activities trallic police reel in fishtailer near ringwood stouffville stouft ville police caught a fish tailer on dry land march 9 and had him convicted in court friday morning allan t ogdcn rfi 3 stouffville pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving and was fined s25 and costs pc david hadden of the stouffville police told the court that he observed the ogdcn vehicle make a u turn on highway 47 and fishtail down the road the officer testified that the rear of the car swung from the castbound to westbound lanes of the highway due to heavy acceleration the 18 year old youth was granted two weeks to pay the fine an accident at the corner of edward and main streets in stouffville on february 28 resulted in a charge ag ainst kenneth bisio rr 2 stouffville of failing to al low one half of the road un der section 711 of the high way traffic act bisio plead ed guilty and was fined 20 and costs police chief orland keat ing testified friday morn ing that the bisio vehicle was attempting a left hand turn when the accident oc curred and had crossed the centre line of main street the officer said that al though no personal injury- was involved damage am ounted to 500 i t retired people who live among souvenirs that might carvings of animals and near tourist resorts could prove popular arc knitted ar- birds painting or burning add to their incomes by pro- tides small paintings bird the article would make an during handicrafts for sale houses and feeders wood- interesting souvenir tom loncrgan law and procedures spend 55 j million the councillor noted that in 1905 police costs in ont ario exceeded 55 i million dollars there are 268 mun icipalities in the province employing 6985 constables the breakdown is as fol lows 98 municipalities with j a 2 to 5 man force 103 with from 6 to 10 men 23 with 10 to 14 men 111 with 15 to 19 men 6 with 20 to 24 men 15 with 25 to 29 men and 12 with 50 to 99 men cooperation needed it was pointed out that the ronncration of the jb- lic is needed to assist police in the carrying out of their duties mr loncrgan said that in many instances not only in stouffville but other communities people are re luctant to notify the police office when they see some thing suspicious when at a later time information is provided it is often too late ask subsidy the councillor said that more than 60 municipalities had written to the ontario police commission request ing a government subsidy on police services to enable towns and townships to of fer improved facilities some reeves expressed dissatisfaction over this grant feeling the govern ment would be making a move to take the police out of their control they were assured that the police com mission had no such thought in mind are you interested we arc anxious to develop a general agency in this area and arc looking for a man who meets the following requirements ability to recruit rain and supervise agents preferably married age 25 to 40 anxious o try some of his own ideas assistance will be given freely 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