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j jkmffirillt volxlvii no 24 stouffville ontario thursday september 1st 1938 a v nolan jp publisher brother of principal murphy is auto victim many home folk located in vancouver 24yearoid colbourne youth instantly killed near rodney ontario- james murphy aged about 24 a farm worker in rodney district and brother of l c murphy principal in stouffville continuation school was in stantly killed early thursday morning on the old furnival road when he was struck by an auto said to have been driven by colin morrison 22 dunwich township farmer murphy was walking from the dance hall at port glasgow to no 3 highway when the fatality occurred morrison was passing another northbound car on the road and did not see the youth because of the dust haze until a few feet from him the mans head was terribly crushed and police were unable to identify the victim until three hours after the accident murphys home is in colbourne he had been working in the rodney district they turn out in good numbers to meet the scribe from stouffville stouffville takes first playdown 71 play here today stouffville defeated bolton 7 1 in the first game of the intermediate provincial play- downs at bolton on saturday as we go to press the two clubs are meeting in memorial park in the second and possibly final game of the series good fielding featured almost errorless fielding was the fine support given tip anderson stouffville twirler considering the bad condition of the outfield the boys work was exceptionally good jack pennock dinty hodgins and murray holden took everything coming their way without a slip pennock made a fine running catch in the 6th jugg ling the ball several times be fore he finally got his hands on it over near the left foulline his play however was duplicat ed in the same innings by robertson of bolton who speared a hard drive at second base in spectacular style the locals were also credited with a double in the 8th frame anderson has 10 strikeouts tip anderson allowed the bolton club only five scattered hits and collected ten strikeouts stouffvilles fivefoot ace was never in trouble and only one innings did bolton get a man to the third sack two of todays visiting pitchers were pounded on saturday for ten hits three coming in the fifth hits runs stouffville 10 7 bolton 5 1 errs 1 2 engagement mr and mrs w j oldham of mount albert announce the engagement of their only daughter jennie viola may ba former teacher ballantrae to mr fred john clark eldest sop of mr and mrs john clark of uxbridge the marriage to take place on sept 17 faulty digestion causes gas formation dizziness palpation and general distress get a bottle of storeys digestive tonic and get prompt and effective re lief soon restores the digest ive organs to normal scores of people have benefited by this wonderful tonic j m storey the druggist homo of quilt drill by a v nolan one of the finest recollections we have of our three weeks visit to western canada which concluded on saturday was that of meeting former residents from the home district who for the most part have kept them selves posted on the doings at home through the columns of the tribune on the morning that the press convention opened in the pal atial vancouver hotel we had two most interesting callers both lads came in about the same time we had just been called from the convention floor to meet mr jesse h raymer who left stouffville back in 1901 when along came jonathan stafford he left the old home at goodwood fiftysix years ago to make his home in what he was sure was the wild and woolly west at that early date for an hour or more the three of us en joyed a grand time together seldom have we been in the company of two such elderly men who were so bright and entertaining at their advanced ages mr raymer is 81 and mr stafford is heading for his 84th birthday j h raymer was born in pickering township 3rd con- cesion on march 28 1857 a son of the late christian raymer the homestead stood just west of cherrywood he said and there is one brother to j h still alive he is emmanuel raymer of los angeles an only sister is mrs sherrick living in toronto mr raymers mother was annie hoover whose father was a minister living in the altona distiict in the early clays when we learned mr ray mers ancestry we induced him to talk about himself why he said i came out to alberta in 1901 and took up land the cry was go west young man and i suppose i responded i located north of calgary but later on i gave up the farm and went into the building trade it is 15 years since i have visited the old home settlement back in ontario i do feel fit however and enjoy pitching horse shoes as a pasttime and can i throw ringers why i can match the best of them continued mr raymer with a twinkle in his eye and oh yes i dont mind saying that i walked three miles down to this hotel to see you to day he added now how about your family mr raymer we pursued well to begin with my wife who is in poor health was a sister of your daniel connor who passed away some years ago we have two daughters living in vancouver and our only son is an artist down in the state of illinois that is all that is left of the family he said it seemed strange that mr raymer and mr stafford had not become acquainted before having both pioneered close to each other in ontario and again in western canada however mr stafford ha been in the west nineteen years before mr raymer struck ot mr stafford said he left goodwood 1882 and went direct to the brandon dis trict being right in the town he conducted a market garden and is wife a member of the lowe family of port hope being an excellent cook went in for home made baking and found a good sale for all she could make later they went on to vancouver and with a team of young colts of which mr stafford was proud he took up the express business in 1907 mrs stafford died 14 years ago but this venerable old man bears his cross in a wonder- continued on pase seven liquor seizure county and township police swooped down on the premises of welrick madill in stouffville on tuesday evening and seized a large quantity of booze madill was also placed under arrest charged with a breach of the liquor act the raid carried out indepen dent of local police was said to have been the result of com plaints sent in to the depart ment wins signal success at exhibition one of town s finest men is called by death in the death of henry brillin- ger which occurred at his home in the west end of stouffville on thursday morning about 5 am a man well and favorably known in the district has passed on at the advanced age of 79 years he would have reached his 80th birthday had he lived until the 9th day of may next mr brillin- ger had been in ill health for a long time although some months ago he made a remark able recovery but it was of snort duration and the final hours brought him much suffering henry brillinger was born on the 9th just south of the village on the present greenhouse premises so widely known he was a son of benjamin brillin ger and his wife mary hare of a family of four there is now surviving henry only one sister mrs carlton baker toronto it is recalled that when the sub ject of this obituary was only a year old the house on the green house property was burned down and he was barely saved from the flames when snatched from his cradle fiftyeight years ago mr brilinger married susie french who survives him together with one daughter and four sons also 17 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren the sons are percy harry and walter brillinger of stouffville and dr fred brillinger of new york mrs bert miller toronto is the daughter three other children are dead no one could be more highly esteemed in the community than the late henry brillinger he was of a quite peaceable dispos ition sincere and purposeful in all he undertook for more than 40 years he was actively engag ed in the work of the baptist church and most of this time he was one of the deacons he also served the town as a cemetery commissioner for several terms and did a lot of hard work on the grounds with out asking pay when he might have been rewarded had he so desired mr brillinger was also an ardent curler of recent years or since he found time for recre ation after retiring from active work to live in town 25 years ago on locating in the village he erected the fine brick struc ture now owned by thomas birkett and later erected stouffville horticultural society won signal success at the canadian national exhibition with their flower exhibit by carrying off first prize for best plot 6x9 feet president george saunders and his coworkers certainly did a fine piece of artistic work which won the admiration of the judges and thousands of flower lovers who have viewed the exhibit in the horticultural building the competition was open to all societies in the province and competition was plentiful the display came in for very favor able comment on the radio monday by dick the amateur gardener the prize display was arrang ed by mr saunders and wai made of cut flowers displayed in suitable baskets ranging from one large centre basket of glad ioli judging took place on tues day and the show had to be maintained with fresh flowers on wednesday evening again mr saunders pays due credit to those of the society who loan ed cars to convey helpers and material to build the plot in addition the assistance rendered by mrs doten miss marjories mertens miss eva hoover and mrs k d woodburn all con tributed to the successful re sults obtained others gave freely of their beautiful flowers and they too have a share in the glory says the president theft charge thrown out by court good clover yield while extra good yields in grain are being reported on every hand in the local district mr jos betz of mongolia has something to report out of the ordinary mr betz grew white dutch clover and from three acres obtained a return averag ing 10 bushels to the acre the seed is mostly used for lawn grass and demands a very good price from the seed houses white dutch clover seed is not generally grown in this dis trict but mr betz decided to give it a try out and of course is delighted with the success met with church crowded for farewell birth collard on wednesday aug ust 17th to mr and mrs harvey collard victoria square a son george evan fine cottage at the rear of the original home it was here that he passed away the funeral on saturday afternoon was largely attended by many admirers and lifelong friends and took place to stouff ville cemetery rev c e mclcod friend and neighbor conducted the service at the house and at the graveside and was assisted by rev mr augus tine of claremont the numerous floral pieces about the bier be spoke the love and esteem held by members of the family and other intimate associates pall bearers were messrs john w ratcliff john monkhonse william waddell robert bur nett thos birkett and william ratcliff if you forget everything else remember this text was the opening request made last sunday evening when rev arthur greer preached his fare well sermon to the congregation which packed the congregation alchristian church he had reference to the exortation of paul watch ye stand fast in the faith etc mr greer warn ed against the tendency of allow ing the church to drift in- diftoence would break down gods church give me a man who will openly oppose me for he is preferable to one who is indifferent said the speaker the message was short and very effective and was attentively listened to by the host of admir ers of this youthful minister who has met with marked success in his three year pastor ate here rev mr greer came to stouff ville as a student was ordained here and now has answered a call to assist dr inkster at knox presbyterian church in toronto not only as a minister of the gospel in his own church but as a citizen mr greer will be keen ly missed in town mr and mrs greer will locate in toronto this week ralph connor whitchurch farmer and owner of a small dance hall on the east coast of lake musselnian has been sort of playing the drums in the orchestra that is he has taken over the drums of the orchestra playing at his hall in lieu of hall rent this led to mr connor be ing charged with theft and the charge was aired in police court at newmarket last week with connor still playing the drums when he sees fit the band paraphernalia was seized for rent account of 70 or there about according to connor magistrate woodliff after hear ing much evidence decided it was a case for the civil courts and ordered the drums turned over to connor with the theft charge withdrawn mr arthur greer of oshawa defended connor the first wit ness was norman staples of tor onto crown what is your occu pation staples im a musician crown are you employed at piesent no sir who were you working for on this particular night bill hutchinson who is he a leader of an orchestra what basis were you employ ed on a commission basis do you know anything about hutchinson and connor no sir how many times were you engaged to play in the dance hall by hutchinson just once on july 23rd where was it at musselmans lake around from cedar beach i was play ing my drums how long have you had them eight years how much are they worth about 175 complete what did you do with the drums i couldnt get them in the car so i asked permission to leave them until the next day what did connor say he said it was alright to leave them in the dance hall did you go up the next day no i just sold my car and didnt go up until the following thursday bill hutchinson went up first and asked connor for them and he wouldnt let hut chinson have them i went up next and he said i couldnt have them and that bill hutchinson owed him money mr greer then questioned staples is the band you were playing for known as bob martins yes sir how many musicians are there approximately eight how many times had you played for him that was the first night i did any business with him i suppose your earnings de pended on the patronage yes i didnt think it would go over on account of cedar beach they have a pretty swell place i understand there was some dissension at the time about the pay is that right yes two of the fellows who continued on page six not above burying a stouffville cat it is quite a few years since we have heard the voice of bur former townsman w j mather hence when passing through banff alberta recently the writer during a ten minute train stop called our former under taker on the telephone is that mr mather we en quired yes came the familiar voice over the phone how much would you charge to bury my cat we enquired a cat what kind of a cat oh just a stouffville pussy we said why id bury it for nothing if its a stouffville cat the dialogue was over and bill knew who was talking a week later we had the pleasure of calling on mr and mrs mather and betty to find them well with mr mather entirely free from a type of asthma which afflicted him when here at the mather home we also met charlie vanzant another banff business man in the shoe busi ness and doing well too it was a pleasant and happy hour we spent at the home of these form er townspeople who are still keenly interested in the old town of stouffville where they have so many friends ladder breaks leg fractured a3 falling heavily to the ground when a ladder on which he was standing broke under his weight bruce morton of bloomington is in the brierbush hospital and it is feared he has a fracture of the right leg just above the knee xray will reveal the ex act damage some time today it is expected mr morton was climbing the ladder from the barn floor to the top of the hay loft when the crash came and he being a man of 200 pounds or more it was difficult to move him until the stretcher arrived from stouffville the accident bappen- ed on tuesday evening it is rather singular that mr morton met with anaccident five years ago almost to a day when the other leg was broken struck by truck gordon gates 16yearold toronto youth suffered severe gashes about the head on tues day afternoon when he stepped into the path of a truck on no 7 highway and driven by george draper of toronto the accident occurred on the highway west of dollar according to police the youths head caught the door handle of the truck no charge was laid im grandson of local man wins swim at the labour day celebration on monday september 5 there will be prizes given for the best decorated bicyles also for the best costumes in the grand par ade the prizes for the lucky draw can be seen in lehmans shoe store window admit theft howard stiver 17 and a man named ramer aged 33 years were taken into custody a few days ago on a charge of stealing chickens from the poultry ranch of mr emmerson gorham street newmarket four birds were identified when the cul prits admitted the theft one of the twain had been employed on the ranch at one time they were taken into custody by the constawe at newmarket and constable williamson of whit church gordon devlin seventeen- yearold grandson of eli stouff- er of stouffville led his fifteen competitors to the finishline in the mens one mile swim at the canadian national exhibition on saturday an hour and a half late in starting the fifteen young men took the plunge into the cold lake waters with devlin immediately taking the lead which he held all the way only in the first two or three hun dred yards was the grandson of our local man hardpressed for first position he finished the mile in 23 minutes and 45 sec onds 150 yards ahead of george balfy western champ he was presented with the wrigley trophy by george renwlck president of the casa