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tibnm vol xlv1i no if stouffviue ontario thursday december 9 1937 a v nolan j p publisher mount joy mbc celebrate 60 years for sixty years the little frame church at mount joy on the outskirts of markham village has ministered to thi people there under the banner of the mtinionite brethren in christ and on sunday last anniversary ser vices were held to commemorate the event morning and afternoon the building was comfortably filled and in the evening it was taxed to accom modate those who desired to join in the service stouffviue gormley and isethesda friends were seen in num bers in the audience and received a warm welcome from rev william brown the pastor mrs allen hoover of gormley de livered the sermon at the morning service on the church the temple of god using a backgroand from the story as told in gth chapter of chronicles on solomons consecration of the temple in the afternoon rev ward m shantz had charge his ad dress too was greatly appreciated and most timely an outstanding and powerful speaker in the heise hill church of the brethren in christ rev jess steckley was secured to give the evening address he said that the heartsearching question that he pro posed to bring before the large audience was one jesus asked the pharisees what think ye ot christ every living being had to answer it and we are answering it today with our lives whether we want to or not the sermon was an out standing appeal that must have borne conviction to more than one listener the mbc quartette and the henderson sisters sang the pastor called on mr tsaac pike to give a short- historical sketch 01 the church and in this connection he outlined those who served the mount joy people back in the early days he referred to abram raymer j h steckley daniel barkey e hershey daniel bremman casper wideman joseph raymer who pioneered in the district and did the spade work which enaibledi this church to organ ize 00 years ago and erect a bulldin its first resident preacher was bro j ii steckley meetings were held at dickson hill with bro bowman in charge to organize the finances every copper was arranged for and those who promised to contribute so much a year signed notes for their undertaking and paid their own interest on them those who followed mr steckley were noah detwiler nonno bowman 1s8s p cober henry goudie s mover d shantz h wismer 1894 a u musselman s bby s cress- man j e fidler j ball c n good e sievenpiper m bricker r elth- ririgtoh w h yates c i sinden who did not finish conference year when work was completed by henry goudie and isaac pike at gooding 1929 the circuit was then divided when elder w brown became pastor of dickson hill and mt joy and eld er shantz pastor at gormley and rethesda thus the once markham circuit has increased to four giving us scott stouffviue markham and ciormley concluded mr pike sis perrtns drama meet sis perkins in ratcliffs hall tomorrow friday evening lead ing roll is taken by a daughter of a former pastor of the united church miss isohel coulter wanted immediately capable woman as housekeeper tor adult family in markham village all modern electrical equipment in home moist be good plain cook and clean housekeeper referenc es required permanent position and good wages to righl person apply to mrs c s pettlt tele phone markham 2202 gifts of loveliness for almost anyones christmas magnificent to give and to receive three secrets ashes of roses evening in pans yardleys woodburys in attractive gift packages for ladies and gentlemen toilet sets manicure sets parker and waterman fountain pens packard electric razors rolls razors tags seals ribbon and wrappings christmas cards magazine subscriptions j m storey druggist tho home of quality drag counsel charges mrs brown is a dramatist and is showing animosity in lodging the case glasgow oourt action hears new evidence by dudly white who swears widow rushed at davis on previous occasion in his presence one or two legal arguments featured the second afternoon of the browndavis trial from glasgow continued in the music hall at uxbridge on thursday arthur greer new counsel en gaged by davis said he was content to have all character evidence against mrs brown stricken from the records but maintained his right to produce evidence in support of walter davis character which he held was at stake magistrate ebbs agreed several witnesses testified during the afternoon to the high standing in which davis is held in the community where he resides at one point the crown observed that davis was being so exalted that itii would be running for meiriber of parliament the case continued from 230 until five oclock and adjourned again for one week considerable time was taken up in proving that davis was a legally appointed ipjouhd keeper loraine hisey the last witness in the box on november 25 was recall ed and again told her story how she stood in front of ralph davis hoiise- and saw walter- davis the accused enter mrs brawns premises aci053 the road hand in a white paper mu start back toward the road mrs brown called him when he had reached a point near the barn going toward the highway he stopped and she went down to him couldnt hear the conversation but she heard mrs brown swear at him she rushed at him the witness said and hit him a swat across the face he shoved her and she half sat and half laid down she was sure she was in a position to see everything and didnt see any kicking done by mr davis mrs brown got up pick ed up a board but did not hit nim with it dr darling was also recalled he has been a medical practitioner in goodwood for 42 years mrs brown he said came to him the day after the fracas showed some bruises on the outpart of her right leg they look ed like old bruises in the final stage of healing it was impossible that they could have been made the lay of the trouble when ho interceded several days later to induce mrs brown not to get into court aha said you have sold out to davis- william eckardt garageman in uxbridge visited the scene of the trouble and stood on a spot at or near where loraine hisey had witnessed the affair he could 3ee children playing in the brown yard 350 feet off had known davis 35 years and knew him to be well thought of in the section it was when giving this character evidence that the crown prosecutor annis of oshawa objected and mr greer ask ed that mrs browns record be struck from the evidence eckardt had many dealings with davis and found him upright the tax collector distln mcdonald called- to the box said he had known davis all his life his general repu tation ho said was beyond re proach he had looked over the place where the trouble occured and could see plainly into the brown- yard hezokiah roac township clerk said ho had looked up the records and found davis legally appointed pound keeper mrs brown he said came to his home in goodwood the day after the row and consulted him about the charges made for her cattle being in pound he figured them up and found the amount charged a few cents over his own estimate here a long argument en sued about tho davis appointment whon magistrate ebbs observed that it was a singular thing that mrs browns cattle should have to be the first ever in davis pound mr roach said he didnt think there was any thing wrong aliout hers being the first mr roach also gave davu a good reputation as did mrs roach who said she saw mrs brown at the roach home the day after the trouble no props under her then observed mr greer none said the witness dudley white chool trustee with davis said he saw davis four or five days after tho row there was a scratch on his face he had visited the scene and estimated the distance between davis witness es ard where mrs brown and davis were standing at 320 feet he tod of a previous visit to mrs brown home over school matters during the talk which ensued about the conduct of mrs browns boy at school she ruhed at davis acrrss the room of her home grabbed him by the collar and called him a d liar this evidence was objected to by mr annis said mr greer i want to bring out that she attacked him on this occasion i want to show animosity- this woman is a dramatist and this mans reputation is at stake over this tempest in a teapot mr greer contended it was new evideme which he had a right to use the crown wondered why mr davis hadnt told of this incident when he was in the box the iprevious week his worship said go ahead maki it brief and then the incident was related a lot of argument took place when the crown tried to get mr white to relate the exact conversa tion which led up to the accusation made by mrs brown george brown employee of walter dsvis was sent to mrs brown last sept on instruction of walter davis school trustee to de liver a paper he asked her to sign it she refused and said why didnt davis come himself and that she was waiting for him and ill get him yet brown swore what did you do then i got on pretty quick waiter burkholder testified about seeing mts brown on november 1 1 walking toward- stouffviue going fcmaruy robnewas holding her up she showed ko distress he knew the accused 10 years and he had au excellent reputation to a question put by the magis trate as to why 3idnt davis send his man friday to serve the second notice mr greer answered he had to deliver that notice in person as his duty as pound keeper ralph davis brother of walter said he had warned mrs brown three times aibouther cattle being at large and getting into his premis es hers were the only stray cattle ever on his place he was followed by fred middleton who testified to the good character of the accused this ended the evidence for the de fence provincial officer clark was called first for the crown he had visited the scene and measured the dis tance between where brown and davis had the trouble and where davis witnesses were said to b standing across the road it was 420 feet by the line of vision there was no obstruction but one couldnt see the details he said mr greer do you mean to sug gest that lornaine hisey couldnt see what went on constable i am not suggesting that the constables evidence wa- brief and the crown decided not lo place mrs brown in the witness stand again im sorry my friend denies me the opportunity to exam ine his client said mr greer warning of another case the evidence all being in it was announced that court would adjourn for one week when the contending lawyers would be heard to conclude the case just before adjournment mr greer asked for instruction from his worship my client does nt wish to be vindictive but he is prepared to lay a charge agains- mrs brown now thats a matter between you and your client said his worship who also added that he could see no reason why it could not stand untp next week mr greer said he would prefer a charge against mrs brown under section 168 of the criminal code for wilful obstruction of any person in the performaree of iieii legal duty lauds deputy reeve during the closing remarks of warden mcdonald at york county council he paid a rather signal honor to the deputy reeve of markham township mr chas hooper the warden was paying tribute to those whom he had felt had assisted in tho work of tho session and said that it angered well for future councils to have such energetic and capable young men as deputy reeves hooper vale and walklngton all new men taking part in debate and making their presence agreeably felt this comment on tho part of tho countys first citizen should not go unnoticed by the ratepayers of mark ham who may ask in the happy de light of knowing their young officer andropresentatlvo with reeve rcnnle is so highly esteemed down in county circles markham relief officer requested to resign position at a special session of council to be held this friday to consider tho choice of a new police constable possible appointees will be inter viewed and the council will ask the following to appear before them ii b cross c wideman j darbrough j hicks t lapoidivin roy lotton arthur daniels roy culley ben gayman f w baker h c quiboll c thompson h forester j ans- lie h harris r farr g ireesor the above decision was arrived a at the regular meeting of markham township council on monday relief officer orr tendered ills resignation on request it is under stood that the action of the council has the approval of the department of welfare while arrangements are still incomplete the work of the relief officer is likely to be handled through the office of the township clerk weed inspectors stiver and warriner applied for additional salary to cover their inspection of threshing machines warriner claim ed he had driven over 400 miles in discharge of this duty however reeve rennie claimed that council had been given to understand threshing machine inspection was only part of the inspectors regular duty and it was not necessary to go to a farm soley for this purpose a representative of the bell tele phone co put before the council a bylaw which if they saw fit to pass it would give the telephoneco power hereafter to erect poles or make additions to their plant with out applying to council to pass a separate bylaw on each occasion such change or additions were to ba made the council decided to with hold their decision for further dis cussion of the matter the election bylaw was passed providing for the following polling booths and deputy returning officers in case an election is demanded on monday january 3 thornhill n j smillie ed francis elgin mills geo topper butkmville c burr victoria square thos frisby unionvillejjas gibson wa noble cashel lot 5 con 7 geo cowle lot 16 con 8 alvin wideman dixons hill ed brownsberger d raymers house d raymer mon golia wm rennie in the event of an election the polling booths will be open from 9 am until 7 pm rather than 9 till 5 as formerly a resolution was moved and seconded by councillors chas hooper and harry barber to accept the bid by david vallance of 50 for lot s7 purchased by the council at the adjourned tax sale of nov 30 1930 up to and including nov of this year the yonge street railway yua shown an operating profit of 17553 as compared with an operating loss of 354513 for tho same period last year road foremans accounts pass ed- totalled 266454 relief was 74241 a decrease of 22480 over last year general accounts totalled valued citizen churchman and executive rev dw heise is greatly mourned in death throngs from far and near crowd brethren in christ church at heise hill for funeral obsequies 53675 reeve meeting present rennie and all presided at the councillors were marks 93rd year a delightful event and one full of interest was the birthday celebration on wednesday for mrs s b leh man held at the home of her son willis lehman at almira the aged mother reached her 93rd birthday on december 1 and she received her guests in her traditional happy and cheerful manner and expressed her deep appreciation and delight for the many messages of congratulation and for birthday cards letters and flow ers which came from friends spread over a large area this grand old lad was born on the 8th concession of markham at what was then known as milnes corners and on the farm now owned by rev leonard hoover a nephew of imrs lehmans she was tho daughter of pioneer parents mr and mrs john hoover at that time a large percentage of north markham was in bush and a trail road was followed half way to toronto on this memorable occasion mrs lehman had all her family around her including six sons and daughters namely mr ilarmau d lehman almira mrs thos myers zephyr mrs js wide- man peachs corners mrs g w baker gormley mr j willis leh man almira mts jos gayman stouffviue there are sixteen grandchildren and eleven greatgrandchildren in all there were present 38 guest3 those from a distance wore mrs a b lehman of delhi ont mrs john r hoover of atha who is herself in her s3rd year births loncs at the brierbush hospital stouffviue on wednesday dec 8 1937 to mr and mrs lewis jones balsam a daughter what was said to have been one of the two or three largest funerals ever taken to the heise hill church assembled on sunday afternoon out of respect for the late d w heise who died at his home in gormley on thursday afternoon in his 78th year his death was not altogether a surprise to the intimate friends for his health was ebbing fast and he realized himself like his lord and master when his time had come that his earthly toil was at an end and he awaited with keen expectancy and in simple t aith for the great summons home sundays service was carried out as it were under orders from the very hand of mr heise the hymns sung were of his choosing and he requested that there be no flowers but in his graciousness stipulated that should any come they were to be received the brethren in christ church does not encourage money being needless ly used in this manner however one wreath from the bethesda stouff viue telephone co was on the casket bishop e j swalm preached the sermon and explained that this and other detail had been recorded by the deceased the bishop was in a small california town a week prior to the death of mr heise but by some strange urge he just rushed home he had said once that he would go across a continent to carry out the request of his friend that he preach his funeral service he did for on stepping off the train in toronto he was advised that d w heise had passed on only a few hours the text chosen toy the bishop was job 161819 and these words my witness is in heaven and my record is on high the speaker said he regarded mr heise as a father he had done so much for him in the church he ex erted a great influence especially in its committees and on the staff of general conference where ho was honored with a place eight times he was a memlber of the foreign mission board over twenty years others paid tribute to his life and preaching ability summing them up it might- fairly ibe said that his words had power because they accorded with his thoughts and his thoughts had reality and depth ne- cause they harmonized with the life he had lived it was not mere breath that this preacher uttered they were the words of life because a life of good deeds and holy love was melted into them bishop alvin winger directed the service and others associated with him were thos donor of clarence centre ny l j burkholder markham and rev j r steckley gormley rev wm haig of victoria square pall bearers were messrs c e heise w b heise thos johnson frank harvey clarence donor john elliott the casket was carried from the church to the grave nearby where only two years ago in nov ember his beloved life partner susanah sheffer was laid away born on the farm adjoining tho church mr heise was a son of the late christian heise and his wife nancy witmer david became a skilled carpenter and many build ings in whitchurch and markham were erected by him he met with some accident which demanded that he take life more easy and he pur chased a store business at bethesda when in the prime of life at the age of 40 he was convert ed and a few years later entered the ministry being ordained at hetse hill church the church soon recognized his ability and strong religious con victions he was sent out to africa and india in 19212 with cn hos- tetter of pennsylvania as missionary inspectors for tho whole american church last august mr hosteller came from the united states to pay a visit to mr heise as secretary of the bethesda stouffvillo telephone co mr heise was tho only person ever to hold the position he is of the charter board of this organization which ho was instrumental in organizing about 30 years ago and ho rarely missed a board meeting an only daughter miss beulah at home and one sister mrs alfred brllllnger living at heise hill are tho intimate family left to revere the memory of one most dear to them live skunks and skunk hides presenting what was purported to be a game wardens badge two unknown men succeeded in inducing bob overs of ballantrae to hand over a foundle of skunk hides the man who impersonated an officer of the law contended that bod had taken the skunks out of season or something of that sort and he would have to confiscate them until the matter came up for court hear ing bob so constable windsor re ports became suspicious and while handing over to the trlekers ho took the number of their car license the plates were later found to have been stolen from an ldsmobile in goderich and attached to an old star which the live skunks were driv ing all other people should be warn ed by this experience as it is more than likely the trick will ibe tried more than once john tarr dies in his 68th year lived all his life close to stouffviue tax sale 2143 at wednesdays tax sale proper ties sold realizing 902 and prior to the sale owners paid in 1241 making a total of 2143 several properties unsold will be disponed pf at the adjourned sale on dec 16 in all 60 properties were up for sale the bulk of them being lake lots and small acreages gormley mr c e heise returned satur day from a business trip to kirkland lake and larder city he reports that only about one inch o snow was on the ground there mr heise states that it was raining friday evening as he left but thursday morning december 2 the thermom eter touched 12 below zero among the great throng who came to pay their last respects to our friend the late rev d w heise wo noticed from a distance such associ ates as rev albert engle of kentucky ohio rev john reichard of fordwick ontario t s donor of new york bishop bert sherk of stevensville ontario and rev wm charlton treasurer of the foreign john tarr aged 6s years died at his home in whitchurch on tuesday afternoon following quite a lengthy illness realizing some tima ago that he could not recover it was decided to give up the farm and arrange ments were made tor a public auction sale which was posted for wednesday of this week and was carried out as advertised john tarr was born on the farm just outside of claremont a son of john tarr and elizabeth taun there were four brothers and one sister but john is survived by only two of his brothers namely k g of stouffviue and nathan on the 9 th of markham he was married to dorcas mitchell of utlca reach township and to them were born one son and four daughters they are mrs clifford lemon mis mildred tarr rn mrs eric ntghs- wander and mrs cecil berger the latter two living in toronto the daughters all survive the father also the sorrowing wife the funeral on monday took place to lemonville united church from the farm home south of ballantrae where the parents had spent the last 20 years service was conducted in the united church by the pastor rev c b jetfery and interment was made in stouffviue cemetery under united church choir auspic es sis perkins a 3act drama will be given in ratcliffs hall this fri day evening toronto talent ad mission 2 5c skating at cedarena this saturday evening december 11 sis perkins friday night among the churches sixth line baptist church rev w e smalley pastor phone 2203 sunday december 12th 1937 1000 am sunday school 700 pm gospel service t t t t stoufpvuilie united church l e atkinson minister sunday decembef 12th 1937 1100 am worship subject what are you standing for 230 pm sunday school and bible class 700 pm worship subject jesus sits by the treasury monday 8 pm ypu election of officers wednesday 8 pm prayer and fellowship meeting friday december 17 8 pm sunday schoot christmas entertain ment you are cordially invited to worship with us t t t t stouffville congregational christian church arthur greer pastor sunday december 12th 1937 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship subject thy kingdom come 700 pm gospel service subject grace the second in the series on the great doctrines church h1u 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship service thursday 8 pm sr christian endeavour at the home of mrs wellington paisley everyone welcome t t t t bloomington and ringwood christian church rev e morton preacher let us never be forgetful of the fact that the creator never yet dele gated one man to do another mans work but everywhere and in ever way ho calls for personal service individual responsibility is what wo all possess next lords day services doc 12 1100 am bloomington 230 pm rlngwood 700 pm altona god is still on his throno to be served and worshipped by his own stouffville presbyterian rev w h fuuer ba sunday december 12th 1937 200 pm sabbath school 300 pm evening worship the public are invited to worship with us t t t t v christ church anglican rov f herman rector sunday december 12th 1937 3rd sunday in advent 2 pm evening prayer tt t t lemonville bloomington ballantrae united churches rov clias b jeffery pastor sunday december 12th 1937 1045 am ballantrae 230 pm bloomington 700 pm lemonville t t t t stouffville baptist church d macgregor pastor friday 8 pm bible study class will be held in the church basement sunday december 12th 1937 1000 am bible school classes for all ages 1100 am worship 700 pm gospel service subject locked bolted barred wed 8 pm prayer service a hearty welcome awaits you t t t t stouffville mennonitb church rev i brubaclier pastor sunday december 12th 1937 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship 700 pm gospel service wednesday evening prayer service altona prayer service thursday in the church there prayer meeting service at rose- vllle uxforidge twp in rov wm kendalls church friday evening at 8 oclock keap in mind the s s reorganlza- hon meeting at mongolia school next sunday at 230