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mibum vol xlvii no 36 stouffville ontario thursday november 24th 1938 a v nolan jp publisher to raise christmas tree fund on monday december 2 the stouffville lions club will spon sor a picture at the stanley en titled three blind mice with loretta young j mccrae with two showings at 7 and 9 oclock this is a special picture that is highly praised by picture patrons and the club anticipat ed a big sale of tickets the proceeds will be used for the childrens christmas tree which the club will sponsor this year in view of this worthy object a ticket sale of more than usual numbers is anticipated be ready to buy a couple when some of the club members call on you the spirit of christmas must be kept alive it is one of the fine things and exemplifies the spir it of good will the club hopes to give the youngsters an enjoy able time on the night of dec 24 when santa claus will be on hand to greet one and all from the town and country claimants to garrettshaeffer millions out on bail a news despatch from philadelphia on friday states that ten persons including an 84year old woman were under bail ranging from 2500 to 25000 on charges of conspir acy in claiming to be heirs of the garratt millions the claim ants and probable rightful heirs run into the sheaffer family and the oldest woman under arrest is jane palmer sheaffer thomas minnick deputy at torney general representing the state of pennsylvania claim to the estate through forfeit said all were supporters of isaac newton sheaffer 66yearold newark paperhanger who seeks the entire fortune on the ground he is a son of mrs garrett born out of wedlock the sheaffers were among the 24000 claimants to the estate court officials said about 200 claimants were canadians six of these held were arrest ed they are mrs ellen jane palmer shaeffer 84 of penn- field pa held in 10000 bail mrs mary lillian shaeffer ech- man 56 of bryn mawr pa 5000 mrs inez e gasner 64 of glenside pa 15000 mrs ellen margaret shaeffer 44 of pennfield 5000 james thom as shaeffer 24 and joseph schmitz 62 both of lancaster 2500 bail each minnick said at a prelimin ary hearing that it was at mrs eckmans home that the con spirators met several times and made their plans for support ing their claims highly esteemed farmer is laid to est o resigned to his fate charles harper planned all funeral arrangements highly esteemed farmer of stouffville charles g harper passed away on sunday nov 20 following a lingering illness he was 49 years old and for years was treasurer of the congregationalchristian church in town his farm just south of the village on the 9th of mark- ham was highly tilled and had been in his possession for quite a number of year charles gordon harper was born at ringwood a son of the late william harper be sides his wife sarah sullivan he is survived by one son carl at home and one daughter mrs john silverthorn of stouffville one sister mrs abram lehman and a brother william both of stouffville also survive him in the prime of life when taken ill mr harper made a valiant fight for life and even when the worst was feared he never gave up until veiy recent ly his quiet manner and like able disposition found him sur rounded with a circle of friends who were very fond of him he was a constant church worker and will be sorely missed the funeral on tuesday after noon proceeded from the sorrowing home to the christ ian church for service which was taken by rev arthur greer assisted by rev d macgregor of the baptist church the pall bearers were all cousins of the deceased be ing ruben stiver harold ross and leslie harper john em- pringham bert camplin inter ment was in stouffville ceme tery the church was packed for the service and the details were ordered by the deceased man when he realized that he could not recover naturally these details were carried out as re quested mmw local girl weds claremont man bottle mistake brings fatality believed to have mistaken insecticide for wine hugh mil- loy is dead and his friend mil ton burk of claremont is un der medical care milloy drove out from toron to visit burk over the weekend coroner dr h c pearson who will conduct an autopsy be lieves that the two men mis took the contents of a bottle found in burks cellar members of the burk family heard the two men coughing violently some time after they went down cellar dr n f tomlinson of claremont was called but milloy was dead when he arrived and burk collapsed the doctor used a stomach pump on burk milloy who was predeceased by his wife and daughter leaves no immediate family he was recently chosen master of aca cia lodge af and am doughertyshirk a pretty wedding was solem nized at the christian church stouffville on wednesday after noon november 23 when mildred lynetta dougherty daughter of mr and mrs j s dougherty stouffville was united in marriage with elmer martin shirk son of mr and mrs edgar shirk of claremont rev c e fockler of keswick officiated the bride given in marriage by her father was gowned in triple sheer trimmed with velvet with bridal silk net veil and carried spring roses she was attended by her sister evelyn wearing pink lace with shoulder length veil and carry ing a bouquet of snapdragon little joyce barkey dressed in pink taffeta and carrying a nosegay of snapdragon acted as flower girl the groom was supported by mr everett ham mond ushers were messrs marvin lemon and arthur rus- nell the wedding march was played by miss nora stapleton following the ceremony a r- ception was held at the brides home mrs dougherty and ms shirk receiving the brides mother was gowned in black chiffonwith a corsage of sweet heart roses while the grooms mother wore satin back crepe trimmed in green with a cor sage of sweetheart roses the happy couple left on a motor trip down east and on their return will reside in claremont still sturdy and active james ley of markham village reach ed his 93rd birthday last sun day mr ley widely known all over the country says i hope to live to be a hundred or die in the attempt pretty wedding at baptist church the markham first bap tist church was nicely decorated for the wedding on wednesday november 16 of miss franke anetta johnson daughter of mr w p johnson 9th con markham to murray james lewis son of mrs george lewis of the same locality the cere mony was conducted by rev w w fleischer the bride was gowned in wine colored velvet and wore a shoulder matching veil and carried a bouquet of roses she was given away by her father the bridesmaid was miss helen bell dressed in blue chiffon and carrying beautiful roses vernon lewis brother of the groom was best man the ushers were albert walton and hector batt miss audrey lewis sister of the groom acted as organist and played the wedding march miss floris lewis sang a solo very beautifully later at the brides home a reception was held when a num ber of guests were entertained the bride and groom left for a wedding trip to the ottawa dis trict the bride travelling in a green suit with black accessories mrs geo fockler buried saturday spent long life at peachs and ringwood a very old resident of mark ham living at peachs on the 7th concession for long years mrs george fockler died in tor onto on november 17 in her 80th year for many years mrs fockler lived on the farm at peachs her maiden name was ellen jane pipher member of a pioneer family in the locality where she was raised and spent her married life mrs fockler was twice married her first hus band being the late a robin son following his death she married george j fockler who also predeceased her she had no children and of recent years made her home at ringwood with her stepson and in the neighborhood she was endeared by all her friends who knew her as aunt jennie the funeral on saturday afternoon was from the home of her brotherinlawdm hoover stouffville the service being conducted by rev e morton mrs fockler was one of the longest standing members of te christian church at ringwood interment was made at peachs cemetery anniversary at mt joy church anniversary services held at the mount joy mbc church on sunday marked 61 years of continuous service in this church large crowds attend ed throughout the day when those from near and far renew ed acquaintances and enjoyed the fellowship of the services in this place of worship in the morning mr oliver raymer of toronto a convert of this church was the speaker taking his text from the heal ing of the palsied man as re corded in the gospel of mark the speaker contrasted the con dition of this man with the spiritual needs of the present day and presented jesus as the healer of the sinsick soul fitt ing comments were made on the four men who brought this man to jesus urging professing christians to more earnest en deavour in winning souls to jesus the purpose of the church was the theme of the message brought by the pastor in the afternoon a history of the church of christ was given showing its glorious and vic torious march over the forces of unrighteousness after stat ing the place of the church in present day living an urgent appeal was made for the young people to consecrate their lives to christ the evening meeting opened with a lively song service again the pastor spoke using as his theme the eternal chal lenge the message centering around the question asked in hebrews 23 how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation the speaker stated that in the wise counsels of god this world has passed through a progressive series of divine re velations peculiarly adapted to the ability of man to receive them a great calamity had struck the world a redeemer was needed so by type sym bol precept and example man was to learn of the coming of a saviour special music was featured in all the services mr eldon b lehman musical director of the peoples church toronto as sisted by miss gladys lehman accompanist and mr and mrs turner were in charge of the music for the afternoon service at the morning and evening services special music was ren dered by mr lloyd lehman trombonist and mr harold leh man violinist which greatly added to the success of the ser vices the pastor announced that evangelistic services will con tinue eaeh evening throughout the week and extended a hearty invitation to tnose present to attend second barn burned in thirtyeight years o many prizes for christmas fair on the syivanus baker farm sth concession whitchurch sunday night fire still a mystery goodwood mourns young woman the death on tuesday even ing of miss ethel may helmkay at goodwood came with almost tragic suddenness she had been ill only a day or two being forc ed to bed on monday suffering with pains in the head tuesday the community was shocked to learn of her untimely passing she was only 34 years of age miss helmkay for the past twelve years had been engaged at the home of dr darling at goodwood and was on duty when she was suddenly strick en a daughter of william helm kay she is survived by her parents and by three sisters misses eva and velma at home and mrs a gardener etoyle toronto two brothers also sur vive being amos of toronto and grant at home the funeral this thursday afternoon will be from the fathers home at 2 oclock with spreading an illumination that could be seen as far west as brampton and south to the kingston road the big barn on the farm of svlvanus baker baker hill 8th line whit church was totally destroyed by fire on sunday night the family are at a loss to understand the cause of the conflagration which took with it four cattle twentysix pigs and a quantity of hay and grain the chores had been completed around 730 and the family had retired when the flames were discovered by mrs baker from her window abu t 1030 pm stouffville and unionville f brigades answered the call but were handicapped through water shortage and were only able to save a couple of out buildings it was just thirtyeight years ago this fall in the year 1900 that the barn on this farm vi burned before both the building and con tents were insured visitor in town taken by death well known horseman john anderson of port perry was visiting his son here john t anderson aged 83 died suddenly at the home of his son hugh anderson in stouffville on thursday nov 17 he was seized with a stroke only a few days before his death but up to that time had been about town visiting his friends of late he lived in port perry and was here on a visit the funeral on sunday after noon took place from the home of his son william anderson port perry to prince albert cemetery and was attended by many friends from- stouffville and uxbridge the late mr anderson was a prominent horse buyer and was widely known in uxbridge and stouffville having lived many years in the northern itown his wife who was a sister of mr george watson of stouff ville passed away only three years ago mr anderson is sur vived by five sons samuel of uxbridge william and ira of port perry hugh of stouffville and ross anderson filmore sask two other sons predeceas ed him mr anderson was raised in unionville his father at one time being at cashel owning property just east of the hotel which stood on the corner long years ago he learned the tin- smithing trade but for 40 years or more he dealt in horses and was regarded as an excellent judge of horse flesh he was a man of very quiet disposition and took no part in public affairs only a few days before he was seized with a stroke he was telling friends in town that he felt fine excepting for a con tinual dizziness which medicaj men could not seem to relieve him of as the prize list for the com ing market fair in stouffville on december 20 rounds into form it becomes more apparent that the fair is to be something more than an ordinary market there are no less than eighttwo prizes offered for fowl alone and added to this will be the baking exhibits including bread pies and cakes for which priz es will be given president j r hodgins says that the prize list for the stouffville christmas fair will exceed anything he has seen of recent years 15 for three prizes for heavy horses will appear on the prize list almost every business place in town has contributed cash to meet the expenses of the fair in general all of which will be for the benefit of the farmers whom the merchants want to see have a profitable time in another week printed lists will be issued setting out the classes prizes etc this list will also be published in this paper in the meantime look over your poultry and be sure you have a prize bird oi some sort in readiness for dec 20 show- ing ratcliffs hall will be utilized for the fair while the ordinary market will be held in the base ment of the same building which will provide accommodation for buyers and sellers alike government judges have been secured and a short lecture on preparing poultry for market will be given local hunter shoots prize buck mr and mrs dorian wood- burn left on wednesday for a weeks holiday in buffalo and other places interment in goodwood ceme tery the sad death has cast a great gloom over the locality of goodwood where the deceased was highly esteemed immediately following this interment in goodwood the late amos stafford will be laid away he being in his 74th year stouffvilles dozen or more hunters returned from the north country last weekend and all repoit a favorable season the majority of the boys found the deer quite plentiful the frank baker club hunting near zebra siding met with notable success there were fourteen men in the party and each man brought home a deer on top of this luck one of the hunters brought down perhaps the biggest buck shot in the north this season it weighed 244 pounds and was the prize of norman baker the moneychan ger in the canadian bank of commerce another member of- the gang red strong of hunts- ville an old stouffville boy also took a shot at a wolf and would have completed the suc cess of the party had he been able to collect the bounty the party including such vet erans of the hunt as e a but ton wm armstrong and will reesor collected eleven deer for their party of twelve besides their quota of deer the stiver camp also had a 300- pound bear to their credit robt snowball local barber travelled with a group of markham hun ters who brought down five deer bob also reports coming near to adding a moose to the string special cough mixt an excellent remedy for coughs cold bron chitis and all inflamed or irritated conditions of the throat and bron chial tubes j m storey druggist thm stoma of quality draff