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volxlvii no 52 stouflfville ontario thursday march 17th 1938 a v nolan jj publisher j additional wing needed for school to meet the new courses o- with liberal grant from the department of education cost to stouffville may not be heavy the school board have been wrestling for some months with the question of adding another wing tj the school building and now have plans and costs about completed in readiness lo present to the munici pal council at a joint meeting to be held on monday evening an addition is proposed that will be 30x40 feet in size which is con siderably larger than the one eroded nearly ten years ago and the cost will accordingly be somewhat great er but under the new school act iniv in force the department of educa tion will bear one half of the total outlay for a manual training room and a room for teaching household science with such outside aid it is believed that the cost to the rate payers will be less than the alterna tive plan of sending the scholars to some other school for this part of their education under the amendments to the school act every municipality must bear its own share of educating children from that municipality and so if we do not provide accommoda tion at home then we have to pay our taxes to some other school where the subjects required may ba obtained by the children from here since the enforcement of this new act stouffville has been called upon to issuea cheque to markham village for 500 to cover costs of educat jig pupils from here iasv year this charge is likely to increase if the new subjects are not taught in the home school we feel bound to placeour approv al on the new curriculum introduced into the secondary schools at this time for various reasons only six per cent of- all pupils go into the professions in cluding the teaching vocation and yet the whole course of study in secondary schools has been directed toward preparing this small group for their life-work- while paying very little heed to the other 9 1 per cent who will never become teach ers or enter a profession most of the boys graviate into business into the trades or onto the farms while ninety per cent of the girls become homemakers it is fortius over- whelming majority that the new course of manual training and home economics are being formu lated the course will be compulsory and ten per cent of the time alibied to teaching must be given over to this work for the first year it is one of the most worthwhile moves the department has made in a long time everybody who has con sidered the matter knows that the whole school curriculum has been only to the advantage cf the professions hqnee the change is timely and overdue in order to assist in bringing about this drastic change the de partment has offered to pay one half the cost of the two rooms to be built to accommodate the shop and the science courses and many boards are taking advantage of it the de partment is paying for one half of the equipment required as well after the matter is dealt with at next mondays meeting we will be able to present to the ratepayers the figures and costs next week which we predict will not prove onerous on this municipality and which it is maintained will be cheaper than educating students in outside schools the council have the power to accept or reject the proposals which will be placed before them on monday protest removal of crossing bells at a meeting of the stouffville fire brigade held on monday even ing the question of having the warning bells removed from the wigwag at the cjfk crossing came up for discussion and while it was decided that no representations should be made at this time the lire lads went on record as complete ly opposed to any dismantling of the warning apparatus at this crossing it was said that to remove the bells would iessen the efficiency of the alarm with proper instruc tions issued to railwayman about unnecessary ringing of the aiarm there could be no objection as the train bells ring loudly when a train is in the station the advantage of the bells is the momentary warn ing they give before a train rushe over the crossing marriages ferguson hccoxneiiii a quiet wedding was solemnized at the home of rev h lee stouff ville on wednesday march ci at 3 oclock when margueritte mcconnell niece of mr and mrs charles forsyth was united iii marriage to douglas ferguson son of mr and mrs peter ferguson all of stouffville kathleen mcconnell toronto sister of the bride acted as bridesmaid and wilfrid ferguson as his brothers groomsman a wedding supper was served by the brides aunt to the immediate relatives during the evening their many friends gathered to wish the popular young couple much joy and prosperity in their new home near unionville later in the evening the neighborhood orchestra serenaded them in the customary manner goodwood boy a bride takes forced to retain whitchurch moh dr g w wiliams wins again or at least that was the way it looked when the whitchurch townsip coun cil in session on saturday received a long distance telephone call from tlte ontario department of health refusing to allow the municipality to dispose of the services of the imoh who last year took the council into court and forced them to pay him a salary of 250 for his services a chief medical adviser according to the health act no medical officer of health can be removed from office without the consent of the provin cial department at a special meeting of the coun cil recently held a resolution was passed unanimously asking the de partment to consent to the dismissal it was felt that as the govern ment did not contribute one cent to the salary little difficulty should bo encountered from this quarter aiid there was an officer of the depart ment present at the meeting but he was noncommittal he reported back to his chiefs at queens park and the request of the council was flatly refused its a pity the government would not pay his salary when they force a man on us against our will was the costic remark of one of the chief executives around the council table on saturday it was evident uiat the council was more than displeased with the situation and they said si in plain english one member of the board of health had stated that he would not sit on the board again unless the moii was changed and with this in mind charles richardson a new man was appointed to the posi tion wlrjtn the bylaw came up lor discussion the clerk was authorized to delete the name of- dr williams on the ground that there was no need to appoint him annually and the old appointment could stand as the department said he could not be dismissed john williamson and robert windsor- were appointed sanitary inspectors for the year miss annie lehman and miss beverley young spent the weekend with the formers parents mr and mrs john lehman mr and mrs hugh imoore of belle ewart were also gnosis at the john lehman home for stubborn deep seated coughs bronchitis and asthmatic conditions take creophos owing to its antiseptic nature creophos is most valuable in combating disease germs used in tho relief of distressing night cough j m storey th druggist home of quality drag a quiet wedding took place last saturday night at rev ej mortons home when bertha iredshaw daughter of mr and mrs george redshaw claremont became the wife of justin w todd goodwood the young couple expect to make their home at goodwood where he has a position on the road sam strgng dies at stgatharines following quite a lengthy illness samuel strong of allenburg po died in the st catharines hospital on friday and was laid to rest in stouffville cemetery on monday morning on arrival of the toronto train bearing the remains mr strong was in his 6lth year and died down in that part of ontario where he was born and raised as a young man he came to stouffville and married mary hisey and they farmed in markham for some years and here the family was born mrs strong passed away a a young woman and mr strong later married an uxbridge township girl and farmed near siloam while here his wife met a tragic death in a horse and buggy runaway sam re turned to stouffville for a few years and finally went back to the st catherines district where lip- met his third wife he was a man of congenial dis position and was well known locally and regarded as an industrious in dividual there survives his wife and seven of a family being four ons and three daughters namely earl roy and floyd living in the northern part of the province ernest of markham twp at buttonville vera mrs woodward of broug ham pearl mrs e boden o tara and clara mrs m moore of merlin niagara district an onlj brother allen strong of toronto is quite well known locally there is ono sister mrs hyatt in the niagara district the family were all present on monday to pay their last respects to a beloved father births brown at york county hospital on march 3 193s to mr and mrs robert v brown vandorf a son frederick booth grcrinvoml at the brierlmsn hospital stouffville on mrreh hth 193s to mr and mrs r a greenwood stouffville a daughter johnston at the brierbush hospit al stouffville on march l2fh 193s to mr and imrs j harold johnston r r2 claremont a daughter quality potatoes sta in yo co a gigantic potato improvement project to raise the ontario potato above the quality of spuds grown in other provinces was planned last week by york county agricultural committee such action was deemed necessary in view of the fact that the new brunswick potato was crowding the ontario variety off the toronto arid district market the committee approved the ex pending in york county during the next fewmonths of 300 to start this project it is hoped that other municipalities and other counties m the province will fall in line financi ally and morally we grow mighty fine potatoes in ontario but because they are not all of one kind or graded we are losing our city market declared reeve james rennie of markham town ship the public is buying potatoes shipped in from new brunswick and our farmers are being left with then- potatoes on their hands its not fair and its about time the ontario farmer did something about it ireeve bert knowles moved that the committee launch a potato im provement scheme it is expedient that the ontario market for potatoes be available to ontario farmers and to be assured of that we must grow the finest potatoes in the country it we all get behind the project we can accomplish such an aim for we have the land and the proper men provincial agricultural represen tative h cockburn opined the better potato proposition an excellent one he promised the committee and county farmers his fullest support commending the work of mr cockburn during the past year the committee suggested he be provided with an assistant during the busy months of the year mr cockburn has been doing the work of two men stated deputyreeve hooper i think he should be given some as sistance a resident of forty years dead resident of stouffville for at least forty years daniel h cook succumbed to a long illness when he passed away just after midnight on monday back in the days when the country doctor made his long trips with horse and buggy dan was the driver for the late dr s freel giving up his employment he enter ed the painting and decorating busi ness and for many years practised this trade retiring only when ii health forced him to slow up a few- years ago he married mary clarkson- and the couple have resided in thsir home near the cnr station since they acquired the property during their earlier residence in town mrs cook is the sole survivor and to her widespread sympathy is extended at this time mr cook was a man who cherished his home and he took little part in outside affairs dan cook was born at lemonville being the second youngest son of he late william cook who lived a mile and a half north of the hamlet there were five boys and two girls in the family but only george aad andrew at lemonville survive of the boys and the two sisters both living are mrs isaac lemon in western canada and miss mary cook who far years was school teacher at lemon ville the funeral this thursday after noon will take place from the la1 home in stouffville at 230 inter ment in stouffville cemetery solicitors office arranges for a full settlement delay in issuing deeds for road widening to be speedily ended council is advised shocked by sudden death in seemingly very- good health until he went to toronto last friday to undergo an operation for gland trouble our well known citizen david g walls died in the toronto general hospital on tuesday even ing in his 73rd year the news of his death passed about town wednesday morning was a great shock the funeral will be held this friday afternoon at 230 from the late home on main street- to rich mond hill ceihetery for interment the deceased first came to stouff ville about 25 years ago and acquir ed an orchard property in the east end from a s collins he later returned to toronto where he had spent long years with the canadian express co and the gtr ten years ago however he again came back to stouffville and retired here he is survived by his wife whose maiden name was selina hall and by an only daughter ruth there are two brothers edward of stouff ville and james of mount forest the late mr walls was a member of the united church and enjoyed a high standing in the community his untimely and sudden death is great ly to be regretted wanted 500 flower lovers we are asking for your support to beautify our town every member is a big boost your support is needed help with your membership yes we will call in the near future thank you your society st patricks supper at ballantrae at st patricks pot luck supper will be served in the ballantrae united church on thursday march 17 good program of music and readings by local talent lucky ticket draw for quilt admission 15c ringwood miss helen abell of guelph oac was home over the weekend miss prascilla pipher is home after being in cobourg some time mr and mrs george gower spent saturday with their daughter mrs walter pipher of uxbridge mr and mrs arthur bassett are enjoying the hydro having recently had their house wired the helping hands class held a quilting at the home of mrs j at grove last thursday mr and mrs john gillham of toronto spent sunday with his parents mr and imrs david gillham mr and mrs e r sinclair also mr and mrs j l barrett visited in woodbridge and brampton re cently imrs george johnson who has been under the doctors care for some time is not improving as rapidly as her friends would wish the young married ladies class of the sunday school accompanied by their husbands enjoyed an oyster supper at the home of mr and mrs roy grove last wednesday evening the sympathy of the community is extended to rev thos and john a mitchell and miss belle in the death of their brother cunny of cleveland which oceured last satur day morning rev thos mitchell attended the funeral held in cleve land on monday bethesda wakeup its spring say bethesda bluebirds miss ethel empringham was home over the weekend mr and imrs fred allin and family had dinner on sunday with mr and imrs gordon carr of aurora aurora mr and mrs clarence atkinson spent last thursday in newmarket the jr institute will meet on thursday at the home of mrs clifford burkholder the roll call will be answered by an iris joke thefloods of water on sunday put our church in a position as be ing somewhat on an island a couple of cars were used to pilot the folks who came on foot across the channel and those who arrived late whitchurch township is assured that the delay in winding up the sale and transferror laud on the fourth concession purchased for purposes of widening the road at vandorf to county specifications will be speed ily settled this week and the lanu will all be paid for from the solici tors office the information was communicated to the council by c cooper who is attending to the affairs of the recent solicitor j h naughton any fear that the town ship stands to lose any money is now dispelled the reeve and council have spent a good deal of time in an effort to complete these transactions and atf least one more transfer was com pleted last week the only outstand ing account is for the heintzman property against which the soldier settlement hold a mortgage and when this is paid for this week the whole matter will be at an end council received four or five applications from solicitors re questing to be appointed in mr naughtous stead but reeve toole and his colleagues decided that no appointment would be made at all when legal services are required council will engage whom they wish at the time roy rowling was refused per mission to make use of a certain property near aurora as a place to dump refuse from aurora his re quest carried the okof the moh but council said the location was- not satisfactory to them the matter was however referred to the board if health whom the reeve said should deal with such an application clerk crawford was instructed to attend the next sitting of the divi sion court in stouffville on april 4 when it is expected that the judge will deal with the matter of propor tioning the cost of holding the division court no 2 which meets alternately in stouffville and mark ham village the southern village collects half the cost of that court from the township of markham but stouffville has paid the entire cost of- their court and are endeavoring to shift part ofit over to whit church the amount involved is we understand 36 any member of the council who canattend the hearing was asked to do so due to the increasing amount of clerical work placed on the clerk and treasurer a- sum of 150 wa3 granted on resolution of reeve toole and deputy reeve cook to be paid an assistant at such time as extra service is required the treasurer was also instructed to keep a record of his mileage for the year 1938 while travelling on township matters councillors leary and kidd move that the offer of a e wilson co be accepted for renewal of the town ship road liability insurance at 13250 for the premium for 193s the treasurer was instructed to deposit the bonds of the treasurer and taxcollector with h e irwin clerk of the peace city hall toronto a resolution increased the rate of pay for laborers by 5c an hour tho rates are now 25c an hour for laborers working on roads foremen 30c and teams no change reeve toole submitted a blue print of the proposed road to be taken over from yonge st to wil cox lake council found some fault with the new road in that it does not follow the shore line but cuts to the south the reeve explained there was real difficulty in furthering hi plan at all and while it did not ex actly please him it was the idea laid down by county engineer rose it was decided that the county engineer should meet the council right on the ground when the matter could be better threshed out and the check was authorized o arrange such a meeting relief last month ran 7g0 which was ordered paid also road accounts as follows div 6 2005 tls 11 g3 div 27 2175 div 22 s05 div 21 1533 div 25 1910 div 15 1720 div 11 2097 div 23 510 tle sc0 div 20 665 tln 435 div 2 325 div 1 1495 div 5 1235 div 26 10 div id 205 div 9 210 div 13 072 h widdi- field salary 4600 markham estate changes owners smith and matthews real estate brokers report the sale last week of a property owned by mr r f boyuton this property is located in the 4th concession of imarkham be ing the northwest part of lot 25 on which there is a good frame resi dence surrounded by large pine trees the purchaser mr and mrs cake- bread of toronto intend remodel ling the house and equiping it with all modern conveniences as this property is located in the riding dis trict the purchasers intend putting up modern for hunters with the churches 80 ye sun the east end gardener john mckinnon will attain his 80th birth day on sunday march 20th and al though he is not so spry as he once was is still able to be about and looks forward to an early spring when he can get on the soil ouce more if john has lost some of his agility he certainly possesses a iry sense of humor for when we enquir ed as to where he was born he promptly said in a pig pen as he smiled at the wonderment on the reporters face he proceeded to ex plain that he first saw the light of day over in pickering on a farm south and east of mongolia the old house in which he lived has since been converted into a piggery as a modern new dwelling took its place and so john is right when he says he was born in a hoggery he followed the occupation of farming but a little over 50 years ago his whole life was changed when he married a young miss from ballantrae district and ever since or for half a century mr and mrs john mckinnon have lived in stouff ville developing a very comfortable home and garden property in the east end mr mckinnon served several terms- on the village council and is an ardent orangeman next sunday it will be in order to extend hearty congratulations to this venerable citizen of so many years standing experienced the full meaning of it it pays to be punctual misses margaret mcewen and rcta atkinson were delegates repre senting our yps and wms for the ontario temperance federation convention in trinity united church toronto last week others who at tended from here were imrs c hicks messrs charles atkinson fred yake and harvey grove buys second grocery the tucker grocery store in clare mont and formerly known as the scott grocery was sold this week to a w wilkinson proprietor of the superior store in stouffville and located in the coiiard block mr wilkinson intends to carry on the two stores which he estimates will increase his buying tending to more favorable prices the claremont business is a long established store in the acquisition of this business we see a stouffville grocery man on the main floor of the corner store in the scotch village while one of oir professional men dr neil smith con ducts his dental offices upstairs relief stops at end of month uxbridge township council met on saturday at goodwood with all the members present reeve albert james presiding the county treas urer sent an account for 14438 being half hospital accounts of ros- coe jackson frederick hardy alice chase and frances hare a motion was unanimously passed by council that on and after april 1st 193s all relief would be stopped except in very extreme cases to insure payment all snow shovelling accounts must be sent in before the meeting of council april 9th the business for this meeting of council being light it consisted mostly of the passing of the follow ing accounts marshall sharrard shovelling snow 760 william smith show snow 240 edward sheehy shov snow 34 0 howard forsyth shov snow 120 george matthews shov snow 12010 a g clark shov snow 1860 robert redshaw shov 10 russel story sanding road 1410 w smalley shov 2650 murray stawart tractor breaking ice on road 360 r right cutting brush 16 bristol mcguckin shov snow 16 alex wagg shov snow and sand road 1220 arthur peddle shov 3 c w watson postage stampd 3 evercld toole sanding hill 450 county treasurer one half hospital accounts of roscoe jackson fred hardy alee chase and mrs frances hare 14438 on motion of messrs beach and ashenhurst council adjourned to april 9th at one pm for general business stouffville mennonlte church rev i brubacher pastor sunday march 20th 1938 we will have a special temper ance program at 10 oclock regular services at 11 and 7 christ church anglican rev p herman rector sunday march 20th 1938- holy communion 200 pm everybody welcome souffville presbyterian rev w h poller ba sunday march 20th 1938 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship lemonville bloomington and ballantrae united churches rev chas b jeffery pastor sunday march 20th 1938 1045 am ballantrae 230 pm bloomington 700 pm lemonville stouffville congregational christian church arthur greer pastor 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship 700 pm gospel service rev w e smalley will speak at both services church hill 200 pm sunday school 300 pm worship rev w b smalley will speak the fireside service will be held in the united church basement at 830 pm bloomington and ringwood christian church rev e morton preacher christians have four names taken from four cardinal graces saints for their aspiring after holi ness believers for their faith brethren for their love disciples for their knowledge sunday march 20th 1938 1100 am bloomington 230 pm ringwood 700 pm altona christian worship is the highest activity of which man at his best la capable will be glad to see you at gods house next sunday stouffville baptist church p macgregor pastor friday 700 pm the happy hour for boys and girls friday 8 pm young peoples bible study class sunday march 20th 1938 1000 am bible school- classes for all ages 1100 am morning worship 700 pm gospel service subject a prayer that pleased god wednesday march 23rd joint prayer meeting will be held in the christian church come and receive a blessing sixth line baptist church rev w b smalley pastor phone 2203 sunday march 20th 1938 1000 am sunday school 700 pm church service the rev arthur greer of the congregationalchristian church in stouftvillo will preach come and hear him miss alma baker will sing notice a quartete from tho toronto bible college is expected to take charge of the grogramme of the young peoples meeting on march 25th keep the date open bible thought for tills week ii chron 714 if my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my lace and turn from their wicked ways then will i hear from heaven and will forgive their ain and will heal their land stouffville united church ii b atkinson minister sunday march 20th 1938 1100 am morning worship subject poise in the face of panic 230 pm sunday school and bible class 700 pm evening worship subject christ blessing little children this is the third in a series of art sermons and this beautiful painting is by plocuhorst a service especially for mothers and children monday 8 pm heekly ypu wednesday march 23rd union prayer meeting at the christian church fireside service after the evening worship on sunday a fireside service will be held in tho basement for in formal singing and fellowship the stouffville orchestra and the gormley male quartette will add to the interest of this servio and rev mr greer will give a ten minute address this is a union fellowship hour for every one especially for young people do you feel young then come along next sunday evening time 830 pm