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stouffville ontario thursday january 5 1939 page seven hundred acre farm sold in pickering twp the harry ellicott estate has sold this week through the c r purcell co farm realtors a 100acre farm the property forms a part of lots 16 and 17 in the fourth concession of pickering township about two miles south of the village of brougham this property is situated on the gravel ridge plateau which overlooks lake ontario and extends across the townships of scarboro and pickering upon this ridge are located a number of gravel pits including scar boro and pickering townships gravel pits on the farm sold there is a bed of choice gravel extending over approximately 15 acres there are also three large barns and a 10room house occupied at present by w h ellicott who operates several apiaries while his son c elli cott works the farm the purchaser is an undis closed toronto client while w h ellicott and r t ellicott re present the estate as vendors on the ellicott property at the corner of the crossroads are a long disused cemetery and the basement of an old church once used by early canadian pion eers about 1831 which marked the first large influx of settlers to pickering township andrew thompson built a large three- storey tavern on the southwest corner of the fifth concession being on the brock road the highway between the north and south it enjoyed a large pat- nonage being central in the township it became the place of assembly for the yearly town meetings from 1835 to 1849 practically all the town meet ings convened there and from 1850 the township council met there for 20 years till the erec tion of the town hall in broug ham it was also used for poli tical gatherings and as a poll ing place it is related that w l mac kenzie after being pardojned once addressed the electors there when he was stepping into his sleigh an ardent opp onent remarked i wish i had been as close to you when there was 1000 pounds on your head that is more than your head wil ever be worth mr mackenzie is said to have re plied in later years mr thom pson established a deer park in the south half of the lot on which the tavern stood many other buildings were erected but all have now disappeared this section of pickering township is one of the earliest settled and dates back to 1809 the census of the township at this time gave the population as 40 men 51 boys under 16 35 women and 54 girls under 16 at that time scarboro township contained 40 less population and whitby township 13 more than pickering early election date favored electors in the town of water loo at the recent municipal elec tions were asked to choose which of three dates they favored for holding their municipal elect ions the days listed were the first monday in december the first monday in january or new years day the result was significant particularly so in view of the fact that the town has held elections on all three days in past years the vote was 1445 for the first of december mon day 386 for the first january monday and only 219 for new years day the trend over the province seems to be toward early dec ember municipal elections the big argument which finds favor with the public and candidates alike is that it separates muni cipal election campaigns from holiday activities as a result both voters and candidates can concentrate upon the issues in volved and then when the votes are all counted can give equal concentration to enjoyment to elnjoyment of the festive sea son the small attendance at local nomination meetings this year should prompt municjpal councils to consider the advis ability of adopting the early december date granted three months leave of absence from the 600yeai old regiment of papal swiss guards at vatican city carl fehr right came to toronto to see canadian friends but hogs continued firm over the year hog prices gained 60 to 75 cents on light runs on toronto livestock market last week the dominion livestock ibrandh re ported cattle prices were gen erally steady with spots 15 cents higher on top butchers calves were firm and sheep and lambs unchanged hogs touched 975 this is the best kind of new years news for farmers who are raisng hogs these days and most farmers have some swine new books in the library it would appear that there al ways will be people who will think any pay is too high pay and any money is too much money unless it is coming their own way the progress of communities is made not by following this viewpoint but by ignoring it tribune advertising pays fiction to you mr chips jas hilton all this and heaven too rachel field envory extraordinary e phillips oppenheim robert harding patrick slater with flame of freedom ethel chapman dr bradley remembers francis brett young o absalom howard spring the story of rosabelle shaw d e stevenson growth of a man mazo de la roche the joyful delaneys hugh walpole ask miss mott e phillips oppenheim summer moonshine p g wodehouse the bakers daughter d e stevenson black lace laura goodman salveison murder in mesopotamia agatha christie the malice of men warwick deeping new england born sara ware bassett i was christabel christine whiting parmenter the wall mary roberts rinehart the dark river charles nordhoff and james norman hall his chief reason in making his first visit to north america is to see lovely marjorie speaker left in cleveland a romance started between the couple about a year ago when he was introduced to her in rome according to the tradition of this oldest regiment in the world none of its soldiers may marry while active members denies cars going fast exception hs been taken to the alleged reference created from an article in our last isue reporting the accident which be- fel mr amos smith when his car was being towed home to the north of vivian it was said the car towtruck of a neighbor was travelling lively through ballantrae and this is strong ly denied in any event the truck driver was doing an act of kindness in helping a neigh bor to get his stranded car home and for this he is to be commended this paper had no intention of injuring anyones feelings in the matter or to report on the speed the two cars travelled mr smiths car broke loose it will be recalled and crashed into a tree at the newmarket hospital it was found that he was only shocked and he was able to leave for home help your farmers by using more butter its cheap and farmers should ship their cream to us for best results stouffville creamery as once you were a s m hutchinson hilltops clear emilie loring the rains came louis bromfield maris grace livingstone hill high of heart emilie loring class books the housethat hitler built stephen h roberts the chamberlain tradition sir charles petrie canadian mosaic john murray gibbon goethe the history of a man emil ludwig across the frontiers philip gibbs marie antoinette stefan zweig queen victoria lytton strachey famous mothers and their children anna curtis chandler golden tales of canada may lamberton beck wings over asia lowell thomas and rexford barton westminster watchtower beverley baxter rainbows through the rain w a cameron raggletaggle walter starkie through the lands of the bible h v morton wageearners hospitals and it becomes apparent with the passage of time that if there is one class of citizens who is en titled to some relief from the oppressively high cost of medi cal or surgical treatment it is the wageearner in the middle or average classification the pau per or the jobless is given med ical treatment in public clinics free of charge the wealthy can afford to pay the price charged but the average citizen the fellow who owns or rents a little home who perhaps has a car and saves a little money each week so that he can put his children through school is stuck a dis astrous blow by sickness nut blocks windpipe fergus boy chokes the funeral of gordon james cameron two-and-a-half-year- old son of mr and mrs walter cameron wellknown citizens of fergus took place last thursday the little boy met a tragic death during the christmas holidays when he choked to death on a nut that lodged in his windpipe he was visiting with his parents at relatives in cookstown at the time besides his parents one young sister survives when anthony eden was speaking in new york recent ly he used a phrase which des cribes a good deal of the trouble in the world today we all want the same thing the nexr council meeting the first meeting of all mun icipal councils is set by statutes and will be on monday january 9 at 11 oclock at that time and hour members will be sworn into office they are then ready to transact business for which they have been elected but in the case of towns and villages the custom is to adjourn after the formalities until the evening of course in the township where they travel quite a distance to the meeting place the members remain after taking the oath of office and proceed to transact business accumulated over the year end whitchurch township coun cil will meet at 11 am mon day jan 9th remember to write it 1 9 3 9 church hill late news last week christmas visitors at the home of mr and mrs w w lazenby were mr and mrs herb pegg and family mr denzel oldham mr george harrison verna edith and thomas mr joseph martin returned last week after spending the christmas season in detroit at the home of his son stanley mr and mrs herb pegg were recent dinner guests with mr and mrs jack alsop in uxbridge mr and mrs will beach had the pleasure of having all their family home on christmas sunday mr and mrs carl rose cele brated christmas with her parents mr and mrs vaughan mr and mrs orval martin and stanley spent monday with mr and mrs floyd- fairies mr and mrs eldon smith enjoyed christmas with her mother mrs noah stouffer in stouffville glasgow woman loses m mrs george hood living just north of glasgow was bereaved last week in the death of her mother mrs peter brown who died suddenly in york county hospital newmarket following a heart attack the funeral took place to mt albert on saturday afternoon the service was conducted by rev burton hill of the friends church newmarket born in north gwillimbury 72 years ago mary elizabeth wilkinson was the daughter of joanna archibald and gerald wilkinson she first married rudd smart and lived at vivian for 30 yrs until his death she married peter brown a widower in 1922 and lived in newmiarkelt pver since her husband survives there also survive four daughters and a son by her first marriagemrs george hood may glasgow mrs mary leach zephyr mrs ben leach jessie brownhill mrs vernon smallwood edna baldwin and orval smart new market one son is deceased send the tribune to absent friends the h lelp that usmess men an armers bothn d eed if you have thousands of dollars invested in merchandise you would not be normal if your chief desire was pot to attract customers to your store and to sell him goods how to do this is your problem but we can help you solve it the big store has proven the value of advertising and its just as valuable to the smaller merchant also the tribune can offer you a reader list of thousands of people every week there is no cheaper way to get your message before the public it has brought big business to stouffville dur ing the christmas season and will contribute again in january plan an advertisemqnt now or call us up and let us help you pre pare it our service is free to you farmers and others on the other hand should make use of the classified column scores of farmers during the past yearj have come back to tell us of the wonderful results from a few cents invested often a neighbor is wanting the very animal or article you wish to dispose of telephone your small advs direct to 15301 the stouffville trib une stouffville ontario largest circulation of any weekly published in north and east york