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vol xlviii no 7 stouffville ontario thursday may 5th 1938 a- v nolan jp publisher cold storage plant mooted for township of markham tho minds of some markham township rarmers and business men is turning to the possibility of etablishing a cold storage plant in the municipality if the undertaking is proceeded with there will have to be funds invested by local people however the provincial govern ment will extend loans for such purposes as cold storage plants for farm use up to 50 per cent of the total expended while the federal government will give a grant of 30 per cent of the amount of the capital expenditure tho grant is expended over a period of years however ana is not payable in a lump sum cold storage plants are now work ing in the province under this scheme and are said to be meeting with good success in simcoe county the purpose of the rural storage plant is to provide a place for over production of farm products for instance when the price of eggs is down to 13c a dozen because of overproduction farmers may storj their hen fruit until prices improve the same can be done with apples small fruits and vegetables at the present time the over production reaches the city and ware houses they do the storing and reap the benefit when prices advance the government assistance is provided with a view of giving the farmer ths break in this matter and the scheme having been found to work well in simcoe as well as in soutlfwestern ontario it is thought a plant should be established in markham township we approached reeve james rennie on the matter and he ad mitted the question was being very seriously considered by prominent men of the municipality tennis players note the annual spring reorganiza tion meeting of the stouffville tennis club will be held this friday night in the municipal hall all members are requested to he present as the season is getting well advanced and there are a number of important matters to be discussed horticultural members get your premiums from george saunders rear of post office h births nendiok in uxbridge on april 27 193s to mr and mrs russel nendick a daughter yvonne carrol paisley at the brierbush hospital stouffville on may 4 193s to mr and mrs arthur paisley whit church a son robertson at the wellesley hos pital on thursday april 28 103s to mr and mrs earl m robertson nee erie collard 40 parkhurst boulevard a little baby sister for jane judith helen apftmiatiim card of thanks we wish to extend our sincere thanks to all those who kindly assist ed and sent flowers during our sick lies and bereavement m j reesor family card of thanks the family of the late mrs jacob fockler sincerely thank the kind friends and neighbors for sympathy and assistance in tho loss of a be loved mother mrs m reeso dies mrs martin reesor died at her home in stouffville on sunday in her 70th year following a stroke suffered ten clays ago mrs reesor was a daughter of the late david frelz oue of the pioneer settlers of vineland mr reesor and eight children sur vive they are mrs shirk clare- mont jacob and mrs ira rusnell stouffville mrs stanley lewis altona mrs veryl gambrill gerald- ton percy of dauphin man harold of flin flon man and mrs glover of redvers sask the funeral on tuesday was from the menuonite church with interment in stouffville cemetery rev i brubacher conducted the service rev mansel meguire preached pall bearers harold lewis altona kenneth and arthur rus nell kenneth betz stouffville robt troup jordan station and elmei sherk claiemont altona miss edna stevenson spent the weekend with her parents at kin- sale imrs grant baker of rosedale visited with her parents mr and mrs o madill last week mr and mrs joan davis and family of kinsale were at a davis on sunday twinkling star class met on friday evening at the home of miss es crosier we express our sincere sympathy to mrs stanley lewis on trie death of her mother mrs i reesor evangelist r r schmucker told a true missionary story of india to the children at sunday school one hundred and fiftyone were present mr and mrs roy grove mrs j m grove mr and mrs j w taun william malloy and howard st john were at david crosiers for sunday night supper irene and roy were celebrating their birthdays the may meeting of the altona womens institute will be held at the home of mrs r winn on wed nesday may 11 at 2 pm this is the annual meeting for election of officers and a good attendance is hoped for the program is in charge of mrs d booths group special feature a mystic tea motto let us be content in work to do the thing we can and not presume to fret be cause its little subscriptions continue to grow contributions receives this week toward the cost of plumbing fixtures which are to be installed in tho public toilets at the municipal hall are very satisfactory and brings hie total up to s3 total needed 180 rural subscriptions have started to come in and a good many hair- dollars are expected yet from this source it is hoped to complete and close this subscription shortly so do not delay sending in your bit to tho treasurer reeve or to this news paper previously acknowledged john scott claiemont harry golden h h reesor walter cooper j m storey h a goudie a friend the shaw store a w wilkinson robt snowball f e rae bruce barnes mrs f johnson carl reesor leslie rowbotham the stanley theatre has donated a plumbing fixture which is grate fully acknowledged at this time 6500 100 100 100 50 100 200 100 300 100 100 100 50 100 200 200 new radio shop gordon e cober is opening a new radio repair shop in the store one door west of holdens service station in addition to several lines of radios to he stocked there will be carried washing machines re frigerators aud their appliances george e baker will be in charge of the shop imr cober announces and with his knowledge as a dealer in these lines heretofore will he able to be of assistance to prospec tive purchasers the new store is expected to open in a couple of weeks council marks quiet session the regular meeting of markham township council held at union- ville mondaywas marked by the quietest session of the season all members of council were present with reeve renuie in the chair a petition was presented by mr and mrs good north york against a grist mill being erected by moore bros on steeles avenue german mills mr good has a tenant on the property facing the proposed mill site paying 50 a month rent and this income would be a total loss to him if the mill was built relief for the month totalled 113001 the unionville womens institute re quested the use of the township hal for the meetings which was granted a representative from the police villages horticultural society was again on hand regarding some assistance from the council but no action was taken the ttc showed an operating loss for march of 1g921 decrease in passenger revenue was 100 over the same month last year bids were received and accepted for township lands being lots s7 and 35 on no 7 highway these lots are the last to he sold of property taken for taxes in 1930 general accounts totalled 5s970 road foremans accts j h wide- man 3410 d boyd 60 0 wm allchurch 3435 d brown 1470 t canning 11450 n boynton 2070 w j stonehouse 1060 c wideman 4170 a w imilroy 29 s5 j jones 1445 general read accounts totalled 510154 which sum includes 4sg000 for the new power grader mrs j fockler reaches 96th year richmond hill fair may 24 smawment in mcmoi iiim in loving memory of david snider who passed away may 7th 1934 there is a wife who misses you sadly and finds the time long since you went i think of you daily and hourly but try to be brave and content but the tears that i shed in silence as i breathe a sigh of regret for you were mine and i remember though all the world forget sadly missed by loving wife in mcmorinm in loving memory of my dear mother margaret jane raston who passed away on may 7 1930 s when days are dark and friends are few dear mother how i think of you friends are friends if they are true i lost my best friend when i lost you ever remembered by daughter ruth storeys digestive tonic a very effective treatment for indigestion dyspepsia biliousness flatulence stomach disorders invigorates the digestive organs improves the appetite an excellent spring tonic j m storey th druggist horn of quality drss new school has lone supporter at the regular session of mark ham village council last monday night only one councillor voiced favorable comment concerning the proposed new addition to the mark ham high school councillor g l williamson expressed the opinion that the educational facilities of the high school had reached such a low ebb it was high time something was done about it a new plan set forth by the architect proposed a build ing scheme to cost approximately 55000 a grant from the depart ment for tie two rooms necessary for the new vocational subjects to lie taught would cut this amount to 45000 this 45000 would again be divided it is claimed in an approximate proportion of 40 per cent to 00 per cent the 40 per cent being borne by the village proper which amount would be 18000 reeve heisey said there will be no more capital expenditure until the village is clear of debt which will be about eight years councillor frank burkholder felt that the expenditure was too much to makoon an old building coun- cilloxs carroll and reesor were also against the proposition critics of reeve heisey say the reeve is opposed to further school costs but would look with favor on spending thousands in a sewer system for tho village the annual meeting of the stouffville junior institute will be held at the home of mrs goudie on wednesday may 11 at 230 every one interested in this organization is urged to attend as this is an im portant meeting the s9th annual richmond hill fair will be held tuesday may 24th attractive classes for all breeds of horses offer good prizes you are cordially invited to be an exhibitor this year write for prize list to j e smith secretary richmond hill ontario mr and mrs a e bryson and mrs elsie boyd of toronto visited at the home of mrs w t byam last week reeves who haveserved attractive program this friday night may 6th the stouffville junior farmers will pre sent the toronto pen guild in two rollicking oneact comedies in ra- cliffs hall there will also be special musical numbers with lunch and dance at the conclusion of the program admission 25c it might not be an exaggeration to say that had there been no james h ratcliff there would have been no domestic water system in stoutt- ville such as we enjoy today mr ratcliff was the sixth reeve in line to fill the office after the village was incorporated he was elected to the council on two occasions before he was elevated to the reeveship in 1s97 while a member of the coun cil his persistent effort brought the water question to a head and the vote was taken during his first year as chief magistrate incidentally he served as reeve at a younger age than any reeve before or since his retirement facing a more or less angry elect orate in daleys hall mr ratcliff to this day recalls how he had to use overyounce of his persuasive powers to induce the ratepayers meet ing to consent to the question even being voted on the council of the day was fearful they took a middle path and said that if mr ratcliff could win the approval of a public meeting in favour of submitting the bylaw for 25000 to the ratepayers they would go so far as to acceed to the vote being taken mr ratcliff accepted the challenge the meeting was called and it was at once seen that at least 90 per cent were again st the scheme it was then that the reeves oratorical and persuasive powers stood him in good stead he argued that the matter had been a sore spot to the ratepayers for a long time and the sure way to dispose of it was to take a vote when once killed at the polls it would stay dead the idea appealed to the bitter est opponents tho bylaw was sub mitted and one of the hottest fights ever waged in stouffville was en countered however the tiatcllff forces won the day with the bylaw receiving the accent of the rate payers by a narrow seven votes over the threefifth requirement had it been defeated the people would never have known the great mistake they made most of them lived to see the error and admitted their mistake in voting against tho issue james ratcliff remained in office for two years at this time 1s97- 1s9s again in 1917 ho took up tho reeveship and held it for five straight years ho was beaten once only by the late w j stark in the fight for reeveship in 1s99 after his long term of five years ho re- mrs jacob fockler of stouffville who died at her home here on saturday morning in her 96th year was born in the sixth year of tho reign of queen victoria and had therefore lived through almost the complete reign of one queen and three kings and thus far in the reign of george vi a daughter of aylmer vanzant who with his wife came from pennsylvania being of dutch descent she was born just south of stouffville where the parents settled over a century ago her christian name was delilah after her marriage in young womanhood to jacob fockler the couple took up farming on the fockler homestead at blooniington where they remained for about 30 years when in 1s9s they retired in stouffville as imr focklers parents had done before them ten years ago mr fockler passed away but his life partner lived on to almost reach the century mark some short time ago she contracted a cold and pneumonia followed up to this time she was quite active and possessed her faculties well mrs fockler was a woman of sincere christian purpose and was a devoted member of the christian church at bloomington all her active life here she taught sunday school and although more or less retiring she did her part in all the activities of the church there sur vives three sons rev charles e fockler pastor of keswick united church and formerly the christian church hilliard h fockler of tor onto and william a living on the homestead the deceased was the second eldest person in stouffville her age being surpassed only by mrs hamil ton another west end widow woman the funeral oil monday afternoon took place to bloomington cemetery death of former minister resets from fall off wagon to e w tho pupils of victoria square school and their teacher miss brma g holden are inviting the parents and interested friends to an exhibit tiou of their years work to be held in the school friday evening may 6 at 730 pm standard time mr r h roberts school inspector will be the guest speaker and mr illtyd harris will have charge of the music the children plan an interesting debate if you are interested you will be cordially welcome the press understands father died in 91st year mr j k agnew was called to his home town of milton last week owing to the death of his aged father who passed away in his 91st year he is survived by one son and one daught er the deceased lived to a grand old age accident narrowly averted what might have proved a serious accident was narrowly averted on wednesday morning last at the cnr crossing pine orchard when mrs william henry mcjmullen accompanied by her brother stalled their automobile in the line of a heavy northbound freight it was only through the alertness of the engineer who saw the frantic ges tures of the occupants of the car that enabled the train to be halted about thirty feet off the crossing mrs mcmullen who has been resid ing with her brother at stayner was enroute to ballantrae to visit thos simpsons the party had slowed down for the crossing but it was not until they pulled ahead on the tracks that they noticed the train bearing down on them mrs mcmullen evidently became excited at the perilous situation and stalled the machine squarely in the centre of the crossing minister of the disciples church stouffville back in war daj3 chas w petch met a sudden death on his farm in new ontario when he fell from a wagon a wheel passing over his neck according to the meagre informa tion yet available mr petch was driving a team of colts hitched to a wagon load of manure when he was bumped off the top falling un der the wheel his neck was badly lacerated and ha bled to death charles petch was 59 years old he was born near men ford where he married a daughter of john elfry they located in stouffville prior to the great war and about 1918 mov ed to pine orchard where he also did most of the pastoral work for his church only a few years ago he was persuaded to go north ho took up land at charleton near tlmmins and opened a church work there in addition to his farm duties besides his wife he is survived by two sons dan and philip petch of whitchurch and three daughters mrs pratt mrs alex preston and mrs dryden sinclair mr petch was burled at charle ton and mrs preston from whit church attended the funeral marriages james ratcliff photo by w r sanders tired as a young man james ratcliff came to stouffville in 1s90 forty- eight years ago and first took a seat in the council five years later he was the boy councillor of the day and was sometimes twitted on his youthfulness in such an office es pecially was this tooted against him when he entered the waterwork fight his natural gift on the plat form was probably inherent for ha is the son and grandson of a prea cher rev frederick ratcliff and his grandfather was rev john gerrie both prominent in the bap tist faith james was born at wing- ham educated at peterboro whero ho walked five miles every day to high school mr ratcliff is the only living man who served the village as reeve prior to 1900 he still puts in full time at tho ratcliff grocery which he founded and in which his brother john i3 associated with him in one of the largest groceries in york county he looks on his public car eer with satisfaction and his hope today is that before long the muni cipal council will provide a pond at the town reservoir to be used as an emergency water supply should it ever be needed there have been times in tho past few years when such a surplus supply would have been appreciated richardson epworth a quiet wedding was conducted on wednesday april 27 at the home of mr and mrs harry paisley stouffville when erla joy daughter of mr and mrs charles epworth toronto and niece of mrs paisley was united in marriage with george a richardson kirkland lake son of mrs f h richardson and the late mr richardson toronto rev r v kendall toronto officiated the bride was gowned in white novelty crepe and carried johanna hill roses site was attended by her younger sister muriel epworth attired in blue organdie and erma paisley in pink shadow organdie the bridesmaids each carried a bouquet of roses sweet peas and babys breath the groom was at tended by his brother harold richardson during the signing of the register nelson epworth uncle of the groom sang i love you truly accom panied at the piano by mrs w ep- worth of newmarket aunt of the bride the young couple left at once for kirkland lake whore they will re side mr richardson being employ ed in the lake shore mine spent many years in markham twp the death of mrs john lunau which occurred at her home in unionville last week removes a high ly respected citizen who for more than half a century has resided in that village mrs lunau was in her seventysixth year and was serious ly ill only a short period of time she was the daughter of the late john and mrs cranswlck formerly of england and when quite young- located at hagermans corners since that time she has always lived in markham township her hus band john lunau died about three years ago after a wedlock of over fifty years a daughter cora also predeceased her two sons percy of west hill and william of toronto along with several grandchildren survive death claims y son the death of fred giebner at his parental home on the 10th street around noon hour on sunday was a particularly sad incident the lad would not have been twenty years of age until september of this year and he was a likeable boy who fell a prey to tubercular trouble which weakened himwlth alarming swift ness he attended public school but of recent years was employed among the farmers in the district the funeral was held on tuesday after noon fred is survived by his parents mr and airs daniel giebner also by three brothers and three sisters they are charles of aurora otto and george of stouffville and mr3 a s farmer gormley mrs tomlin- son bowmanville and mrs long of oshawa this is where we came in bethesda miss reta mclntyre was the sun day guest of miss helen atkinson mrs c hicks spent a few days in toronto last week mr and mrs harold nesbitt of toronto were sunday visitors with mr and mrs hunt mr and mrs wm morley stayed a few days with mr and mrs louis brillinger last week mr and mrs gordon tidsbury visited with mr and mrs clayton gay man of king on sunday miss muriel hancock is engaged with mrs c bolender for a few months rev isaac brubacher is to preach in our church next sunday morning when he will present the needs of the home mission board remember the ypu next tues day night when mr a galbraith of newtonbrook will show lantern slides sunday visitors at the spence home were mr and mrs floyd spence of toronto mr and mrs albert scott and family messrs ed gar and roy cook of toronto and mrs cook of gormley mr and mrs percy allln of aurora and mr and mrs herbert oliver of vandorf were sunday call ers of mr and mrs fred allln mr and mrs louis brillinger visit ed with mr and mrs fred hoover of bogarttown owing to a limited number of seats patrons have been asked on previous occasions not to take ad vantage of two shows for the price of one on saturday night at the stanley it is unfair to us and also patrons who have to stand at the rear of the theatre they have paid for a seat and are entitled to same so again we appeal to you for your cooperation and ask you to vacate when you have seen the show through take advantage of the first showing starting at 7 oclock sharp management stanley theatre imiss elizabeth slouffer who has been ill for some weeks is not much improved in health alcohol some thoughts emphasized at the recent convention of temperance federation in toronto the medical profession believes that liquor is a- narcotic drug spirits of ammonia are just as good alcoholics should be treated as patients in the best society drinking is going out of fashion in the old land lady boweslegon is leading in this direction the president of the local council of women said that our present lieutenantgovernor mr matthews does not have anything to do with liquor in any form many young people are becoming sick of the sights to bo seen where liquor abounds imost motor accidents are caused by alcohol do without machines or do without alcohol poison in alcohol destroys cells which never can be built up again drinkers endure loss worry less fatlguo than abstainers alcohol is our greatest threat to democracy lake grocery changes hands the model grocery store at lake musselman owned and operated by mr geo davies on the north shore has been rented to brown bros of unionville an experienced grocery firm of long standing the store will be operated in connection with the unionville business the change will give mr davies more time to devote to his other extensive interests about the lake and this summer he will not have the services of his son edward who will graduate next month from tor onto university in engineering are you listeniir for mothers day flowors phono markham florist 6120 on tuesday night the stouffville tribune went on record as convers ing with a neighboring sheet via the ether waves the amateur broadcasting was done over station ve3anm markham to william murkar editor of the pickering news probably tribune readers will be as surprised as we wore to learn of thevast extent to which thi3 amateur broadcasting has been established there are about 300000 stations in canada while the usa boasts over halt a million our nearest transmitter is operated by oscar shank imarkham broadcast ing on a 160 metre belt the license for these midgit stations is 250 and they are compelled to confine their hookups to a limited radius oscar tells us that he has talked clearly with a fellow amateur at winstonsalem n c the markham outfit is one of the mo3t powerful around this district it took its announcer over a month to assemble i at a cost of over 150 the trans cription of ve3anm is vecanada and 3 represents ontario stations anm are the call letters our neigh borhood announcer may be picked up on your radio at about 1750 kilocycles or 175 meters on yur shortwave oscar is a very genial mikemaster and many citizens in markham and vicinity onjoy listening to his conversations other stations in the surrounding territory are located at brougham two at ashburn and mt albert toronto harbours 400 of them a number of these operators mr shank included are taking a courso at radio college of canada located in tor onto this fits them tor positions in such branches of service as the forestry department or canadian airways