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te tottffoitte tifount volxlvii no 42 stouffville ontario thursday january 5 1939 a v nolan jp publisher 8000 recorded in hoover history i boy shot in leg hunting rabbits after at least four years of fact finding and toil mr elias b hoover of 365 main street tor onto has completed what is no doubt the most authentic and complete history of the hoover families in canada that has yet been attempted historical sketches have been made of various branches but this hoov er history is much more com plete and exhaustive mr hoover was in town a few days ago and the tribune had an opportunity to look over the volume of pages compiled there are no less than 8000 names re corded as descendant through blood relation or marriage of the three branches of the family who came to canada from america usa in 1804 these were john martin and daniel all strong pioneer men in their forties john located on the third of markham and martin and daniel on the 8th concession martin ultimately returned to uncle sams land after a residence here of about 30 years an interesting fact brought out in the prelude is that one menno simon of holland who had been educated for the priesthood was converted to the protestant faith and became a leading factor in the spiritual life of the people in fact it was the beginning of the mennonite church in that country and according to mr hoover it gave to this church its name from menno in the compilation of the re markable volume of one family mr hoover gives a great deal of praise to the valuable assis tance he received from his daughter mrs r g farthing nee mildred hoover when a resident of pickering before his retirement to toronto mr hoover took quite an active part in the life of the community in fact he served the township of pickering as deputy reeve and reeve a shooting accident which might have had fatal results sent one of two rabbit hunters from cedar grove to a toronto hos pital suffering from a gun shot wound in the leg murray mil- roy and orris degeer were hunt ing in the bush in the cedar grove district they both saw a bunnie at the same moment and both took aim and fired the shot from orris gun enter ed his companions leg which means that it didnt hit the rabbit fortunately no more serious results are anticipated although that was serious and regrettable county council now 50 members toole of whitchurch likely to be chosen as commissioner men who call at editors sanction we had three interesting visitors in the tribune office last thursday transacting busi ness at the same time john wright 7th concession of whit church was renewing his paper while robert stewart was standing at the desk mi stewart was relating that it was 56 years last august since he first set foot in canada while mr wright said he was born in whitchurch and has spent all his 78 years right in the locality mr stewart is 86 but the two men have been more or less acquainted for half a century ralph jones of altona stepped in at this time and being an other oldtimer he was induced to divulge his age which is 76 he has been a reader of the tribune since it was stated 50 years ago mr jones is still quite a rugged man and only that day started out to walk to town he reports that his brother abijah who is the old est man in altona 82 years is not enjoying vary good health because of a bad attack of neuritis when york county council meets for its 1939 inaugural meeting on jan 17 its member ship will have been boosted from 49 to 50 there will be 11 different members from lasi years council and it will b without a single exwarden the membership vvas raised to 50 by the election of deputy reeve a johnson of leaside to make leasides second rep resentative on the council the new members are reeve fred lundy of newmarket reeve thomas mcmurchy and deputy reeve lome goodfel- low of king township deputy reeve ed vogelman of new toronto deputy reeve ernest rowett etobicoke deputy reeve ross mcmillan north gwillimbury deputy reeve a a johnson leaside reeve l j cockburn georgina dep uty reeve jack allan weston reeve bert clutterbuck scar- boro and deputy reeve j k farr aurora rumor indicates that ree- gordon s mike hanis of weston is in line for the war dens chair and reeve john warren of east york and reeve earl toole of whitchurch will probably be the county commis sioners two new reeves are fred lundy of newmarket who oust ed reeve dr l w dales ann reeve burton l clutterbuck c scarboro who defeated ree b j wheeler stony now home making recovery carman s brace recently arrived from china to join his wife and family in toronto he was a technical engineering ad viser on the staff chiang kaisheck carman brace attended school in stouffville when the family resided here on main street his mother was the former blanche of general obrien daughter of the late as a lad j james obrien john r heads uxbridge poll contest for council in uxbridge township attracts smallest vote in 20 years rae polls largest vote in four out of seven polls with a sudden blow on mon day the roads became impass able in places over the uxbridge township and one just had to be interested in the election for the councilmen in order to have incentive to go to the polls reeve r ashenhurst and de puty reeve edgar johnston each received an acclamation in the run for council john m rae garageman of goodwood topped the polls by 77 votes over his nearest competitor and almost three to one over the low man he polled 320 the new council man is a nephew of exreeve newton rae of whitchurch and is a former resident of the 10th concession of whitchurch hence is viewed as a stouffville old boy frank beach stouffville rr 3 representing the siloam dis trict ran second and fred mid- dleton of goodwood was third these men were on the council last year it was a surprise to some that goodwood would get two men in for isaac cather- wood living south of uxbridge had the municipal experience and was the only man in that quarter of the township but he polled the second to low vote likewise fred pilkey of altona was low still he had a large area to draw from there was only one vote between cather- wood and pilkey for low place it was the smallest total vote in 20 years the vote by poll was as follows l o 1 1 a a beach 17 82 catherwood 7 7 davey 6 36 harper 5 56 middleton 24 51 pilkey 38 30 rae 41 134 o 03 o w o pl o 3 o eh 39 9 23 21 34 4 46 9 10 3 2 14 2 2 14 36 6 7 9 1 9 42 33 63 34 54 13 33 20 9 17 20 29 22 55 243 111 154 145 215 110 320 annual skating party the annual skating party of toronto east rural young peoples union will be held at stouffville arena oi wednesday jan 11 at 8 pm following the skate refreshments will be ser ved in the basement of the unit ed church a grand prize will be awarded the society having the largest number of members pre sent come along and have a good time and meet other young people of the district mr edgar storry of bloom- ington returned to his home on saturday from the toronto general hospitil and is able to be about the house steadily gain ing strength since his terrible rcderit he was in the hospital exact ly 31 days following the acci dent at the local cnr cross ing in which he lost his right arm and for a time his life was in jeopandy we understand that so far there has been no settlement of the civil action pending between mr storry and the cnr al though it was hoped a peaceful solution might be arrived at holdens winners founder of nobleton dies winners in the monthly draw harvey snider founder of the a d f holden sons made for village of nobleton ontario is december were as jollows dead in his 88th year at his toronto residence 23 indian trail after an illness of a week mr snider was born in the eglinton avenue district after many years of residence in nobleton where he was engaged in farming mr snider went to toronto in 1917 after his re tirement he attended alham- bara united church surviving are his widow elizabeth two laughters mrs t a dick of bolton and mrs walter bolton of west summerland bc two sons russell c and bert of nobleton births sanders in wellesley hospital toronto on december 29 1938 to mr and mrs harold a sanders a son james henry the stouffville jr institute will meet on wednesday jan 11 at the home of mrs c badgero at 230 a demonstra tion on italian quilting will be given by miss alta fockler for the roll call members will re spond by naming a notable woman of york county 1 w e morden stouffville 2 roy morrish cherrywood 3 tim oneil stouffville 4 f r smith markham 5 george hoover markham 6 middleton don alda farms 7 les sturdy markham 8 r r johnson stouftville 9 evert baker stouffville 10 harry brown stouftville 11 morg baker mp stouffville 12 j e thorns markham 13 andy penny markham 14 geo freeman markham 15 john watson stouffviiie 16 f h reesor markham 17 r r johnson stouffville 18 charles aisop stouffville the lions club commendable work the inauguration of a lions club in stouffville has proven that the village has obtained an organization which fills a real place in the life of the com- nuity its members now extend their thanks to one and all who from time to time have patronized their activities to raise funds for such useful pur poses as those to which they are being applied although only a year old the baby lions club has done well a review of a few of the undertakings which they have sponsored might well be scan ned at this time moral codes nicely framed have been placed in numerous schools in the immediate locality 1000 was contributed to the new toilets in the municipal building a don ation of 12 was made to the hospital dozens of bottles of milk have been provided to needy children and medical ser vices to the extent of 40 was provided which under normal circumstances would have cost more than double this amount then oiumerous children have been transported to outside points for eye treatment and the treatments paid for by the lions the boys band was given a grant of 10 and the christ mas tree expenses of 50 came from this club six hundred bags of candy were given out and a big crowd attracted to town from miles around we might go on and mention other items of good will such as plac- ing children in the hospital for the removal of tonsils with no expense whatever to the par ents who were not in a position to meet this demand children who were provided with glasses were transported for treatment free to them arid some are wearing glasses today whose sight was being ruined and would soon be beyond sav ing right now the lions are sponsoring the junior oha hockey team but where did all the money come from well the members plotted and plann ed various entertainments and the july 1st celebration which together with their own private resources enabled them to pay for all undertakings and still keep themselves right in the bank if such splendid work for so many worthy causes meets with your approval there is dire need for a larger membership the club solicits your membership and your reward will be that of having a part in the 1939 activities which it is hoped will be extended still farther afield president john hodgins or any member of the club will be de lighted to hear from those who would like to ally themselves with the club which welcomes your support and membership prime minister starts trip south premier mitchell hepburn left toronto on saturday night for los angeles from where he will sail thursday for australia in search of improved health and possibly a better economic formula australias method of public financing and the commonweal th recent refunding scheme at tracted the premiers interest mother of nine called by death mrs jos reesor of markham township succumbed to sud den illness in 48th year- member of mennonite faith and highly esteemed small market at the new year market on thursday the attendance was very small geese netted the farmer 18 to 20c turkeys 25c and chickens 18 to 20c ducks are very scarce and bring 20c a pound mr hepburn is accompanied by hon colin campbell min ister of public works who has been an ardent advocate ot monetary reform chester wal ters comptroller of finance ann deputy treasurer who will make a survey of the austral ian economic system and roy elmhirst the premiers secre tary with the exception of mr walters whose mission is offi- cial members of the party wii pay their own expenses the premier expects to re turn late in february and to be present for the opening of the legislature early in march just before he left it was in dicated that he was considering the possibility of returning via great britain the whole markham mennon ite district was stirred with grief last week when the news spread about that mrs joseph reesor had succumbed to an attack of pneumonia about five oclock on the evening of dec 29 despite all the doctor and a trained nurse could do her heart would not stand the strain of even a mild attack of pneu monia mrs reesor was only in her 48th year and leaves be sides her husband nine children the youngest being eight years born at waterloo mrs reesor was a daughter of joseph and mary ann weber as a young woman she came to markham to be with her sister mrs louis burkholder and here she met her future husband they were married on dec 20 1916 thus did she pass away just a few days after her 22nd wedding anniversary besides her sor rowing husband the nine child ren are mary lewis martha annie eva david john esther and ruth there is also in the home on the 8th con cession of markham the elderly mother of mr reesor mrs tilman reesor who is in her 79th year but she has been con fined to bed for three weeks and could not attend the funeral of her daughterinlaw there are also four sisters and seven brothers surviving the mother who is gone besides her aged father and stepmother the funeral on sunday after noon was very largely attended following the short service at the late home taken by louis burkholder the public service in the church was in charge of aaron grove assisted by s h cockburn of the christian church ringwood rev oscar burkholder of bresleau preach ed the sermon the late mrs reesor accepted christ at a very definte date in her life she united with the mennonite church in march 1905 and all who knew her could testify to the beautiful and faithful christian life she led the one comforting thought of the sorrowing husband and large family is the knowledge that a beloved mother has sure ly entered into that larger life among the saints in glory