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native ring wood resident marks 105th birthday on monday dec 10 pricilla pipher formerly of ringwood and now a resident at the stouffville nursing home marked her 105th birthday on hand for the party complete with cake and candles was pricilla s niece grace sherdahl 325 elm road stouffville jim thomas high interest rates hurts farmers increased interest rates are causing hard ships for many farmers and will eventually lead to a decline in produc tivity peter hannam i c president ontario federation of agriculture ofa told the pine ridge branch of the ontario institute of agrologists golden age club christmas dinner the claremont golden age club met dec 6 with thirty members in attendance all were welcomed by the president margaret benson the annual christmas dinner is thursday evening to night at 6 pm euchre winners were peg jenkinson- mary hill and alma jones at the golden age club euchre winners were art parrott norns hardy and bill coates doris wilson ruby jones and blanche- tindattv draw winners were aldine evans and ralph jones the next seniors meeting is thurs dec 20 at 130 pm the claremont baptist mission circle will meet on mon dec 17 at 730 pm in the home of mr and mrs keith drakethe word for the roll call is joy the a n n u a 1 congregation and sunday school christmas program will be held friday evening dec 14 at 730 pm in the baptist church on sunday evening he choir of the united church is holding a carol service at 7 pm with members of the sunday school also taking part dog missing michael warriner r- r 2 markham is anxious for the safe return of his old english sheep mdog missing several days anyone seeing a stray animal of this breed is asked to call 2943897 visits her uncle mrs p j desmedt of winnipeg manitoba daughter of mrs d l mairs of brougham called on her uncle david m dawson a resident of parkview home stouff- viue hannam said the increase in prime rates from 8v4 per cent in early 1978 to 13 per cent today is costing farmers an estimated 700 million in extra interest charges on short term loans alone the ofa estimates farm indebtedness in ontario is now 32 billion short term back loans amount to 1 billion and 3 400 yillion is owed to supply com panies dealers and in dividuals the balance is made up of mortgages and long term loans for expansion new equip ment or improved facilities the ofa estimates every one per cent in crease in interest rates cost farmers an ad ditional 32 million dollars per year last year interest costs represented 12 per cent of the operating expenses on ontario- farms and hannam expects the percentage will increase considerably this year consumers will have to pay that bill hannam said young farmers are in serious financial difficulty many have large mortgages on their 200400000 farms and are dependent upon the banks for short term from tribune files the tribune thursday december 13 ut91s six years ago v- t- 30000 for 200 acres what were folks talking about on the street corners of stouffville gormley claremont and goodwood 36 year ago to find out the tribunes editor dusted off the flies of november and december 1943 and discovered the following stories one of the largest land deals recorded in the whitby registry office during the last quarter century saw the holdings of the forsyth estate sold to north shore realty company the property was located three miles north of claremont in uxbridge twp the 449 acres including 200 acres of virgin forest sold for a figure of between 25000 and 30000 the mill valley lumber co was planning to ship trainloads of lumber from the station at claremont to the united states and canadian war plants- an impressive armistice day service was held in the stouffville united church with rev capt partiridge the guest speaker he was joined by rev douglas davis and rev frank herman of the stouffville anglican church four flags were dedicated and brought forward- by mary williams representing the cgit pte bruce davis representing his majesys forces supply officer donald hodgins and air cadet fit sgt stanley ball they were received by ormsby lehman anda carl boadway on behalf of the official board musical numbers included a coronet solo by alice forsyth at the memorial park gates wreaths were laid by mrs douglas davis and mrs john castle despite a shortage of shells a large number of men from the area headed north for the annual deer hunt included were bill armstrong bill greenbury chas atkinson walter pipher reg stouffer sam armstrong chris and frank- baker george only a handful of ratepayers attended the nomination meeting in ratcliff s hall returning reeve ae weldon councillors hugh boyd walter brillinger and av nolan by acclamation also acclaimed were school trustees don chadwirk lloyd turner and jw mcmullen ho klinck was selected to serve on the- cent tery commission j an interesting chapter was written into the records of the lee nets byer win reesor hare ejv button jack todd wm burkitt bob snowball elgin wagg jack pennock tim oneill elmer daniels walter holden and red forsyui 1 five stouffville hunters came upon a most unusual sight while hunting in northern llaliburton the death fight between two male deer dr ss ball jack smits harry ratcliff myron anderson and tommy kerr found the two animals in a stream markham and east york their horns securely agricultural society locked apparently the w the mortgage uiat animals became engaged once- stood at around in a terrific battle with j3 was burned the the larger one throwing cermohy was held at the its rival over a log and tremont hotel and breaking its back the i the president pair then rolled into a john scott peter reesor nearby river the victor vf cockburn rh was dragged below the crosby rs ward and surface by the the hon george s henry ted cadieux of stouffville was one of se eral airmen to receive his pilots wings during graduation ceremonies at hagersville fourteen teams were entered in the stouffville horse show the largest number in many years participants included allin lewis stouffville vanquished and drowned their horns were so tightly locked the hunters had to cut both heads off to bring home the evidence a flu epidemic swept through stouffville forcing the high school to close when more than 50 students were taken ill as well as two members of the staff vincent baser stouffville jos cooney stouffville anthony featherstone clare mont roy hall brooklin heber down brooklin rh pringle richmond hill jimn reed whitby and leitchcroft farms markham reeve ob heisy was returned to the position of reeve- of markham village by acclamation frank burkhower was nominated but declined to let his name stand nominated for council were wj payne charles reesor edward reeve edwin roffey john torrance and frank turiney pilot officer jack drewery received his wings and commission at the winnipeg rcaf training station jack attended public and high school in stouffville and was a member of the stouffville air cadet squadron before enlisting a loud speaker was pressed into service for an auction sale at the mansion house of goods belonging to df holdcn and sons the unit allowed auctioneer clarke prentice to be heard all over town eleven year old elaine rae daughter of mr and mrs stewart rae was injured when struck by a car oh main street west she was taken to dr balls office and later transferred to toronto there were 41 entries in the north york plotting match held near sharon class winners were ronald marquis sunderland roy smily gormley stewart ball uxbridge donald- mcmillan queensville bruce timbers stouffville- ivan mclaughlin cedar valley allen wells stouffville- robert timbers stouffville arid george timbers- stouffville councillor reuben stiver introduced a resolution at markham council ordering the introduction of a bylaws requiring children tobe home at a stated hour in the evening original j requests had come from unionville united church the wms and the womens institute the lutheran ladies aid and the wa of the united church some of the organizations suggested the deadline be 930 pm at the age of 14 years- irviimgs plumbing supplies division of lumberland plus limited u headofrce 97 coltege st toronto 5342338 branch 8407 wooobwe ave 4956272 h u loans until their products are sold i expect many young people will be forced off their farms this winter and others will be so far in dept they will never get out he said hannam warned this would have serious long term effects for- the in dustry because often the young farmers are the most progressive hannam said well established farmers are also being hurt at 12 per cent you might go ahead and buy new machinery or facilities but at 14 or 15 per cent it just doesnt make economic sense he said hannam concluded farm efficiency would decline leading to both reduced farm incomes and higher consumer prices he also forecast a difficult year for the farm supply industry he called on both provincial and federal governments to re evaluate current economic 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