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tje witew vol xlvii no 46 stouffville ontario thursday february 9th 1939 a v nolan ji publisher hquibell appointed assistant clerk o- remembered in will of ch ramer in an effort to cope with the increasing amount of work in connection with the office of clerk and treasurer and at the same time to obtain complete efficiency in the office the stouff ville council on monday even ing named h c quibell as assistant to j s dougherty who has held the office since the re tirement of the late john urquhart in 1924 in bringing about the change the council has had an eye to avoidng increased taxtes mr quibell is to receive 235 for his services as assistant while mr- dougherty will take a drop of 100 in his pay the hydro system will bear an increase of 100 which will still leave stouffville less than most any other village in the county according to engineer maddock who has been consulted in the matter the water works will pay a little more and mr quibell will supervise the labor and digging work and check up on the tools etc a continued demand on the part of the ratepayers for im provements determined the council last year to give consid eration to this matter and ar rangements made on monday have great possibilties for im proving the manner in which the villages business is handled due largely to the preponder ance of new work demanded chiefly by the governments mr quibell will relinquish his road job which will be let by tender in the spring for an eight months period dr ball who was appointed medical health officer at janu ary meeting appeared before the council outlining the duties of an moh as set out in the public health act the doctor said that after acquainting him self with the responsiblities of the office he wished to withdraw his agreement to accept the position at a salary of 7500 which he had acquesced in with out due consideration he sug gested that the fee should be on the basis of population of 10c per capita dr ball made it plain that he was not willing to accept the position other than on the new basis which instance would make the salary 115 the council did not reach a de cision on the matter at this meeting motion was passed to pay the clerks salary every two months hereafter rather than three months as has hitherto been customaiy motion of apprecia tion was also moved to sid- schmidt proprietor of the stanley theatre for lys gener osity in having a sidewalk laid to the rear of the municipal hall stouffville is not as yet bur dened with a very heavy relief roll there being only nine re cipients at the present time accounts passed were fire brigade 7 d jennings chief 2500 w e smith secy 5 municipal world 1973 beth- esda stouffville telephone co- 751 foster wagg snow 31c hydro electric omea 5 dr sangster moh 7500 j s dougherty secy board health 10 j s dougherty relief officer 50 cemetery lome mcmullen caretaker 6000 no icecutting at musselmans lake icecutting has been discon tinued at musselmans lake it was learned monday due to the ice being unfit for packing contractor carl rose stated that the ice was only about 12 inches in thickness and of a very porous nature making it unsuitable at roseville the harvest is continuing on the spring farm with ice eight inches thick cutting is also reported at whites pond goodwood lose first game in hockey history for the first time in hockey history goodwood redmen met their equals on friday night when they were nosed out 10 in the uxbridge arena at the hands of sunderland the lone tally was counted in the second period by a sunderland player described as the indian flash from lindsay he shot from just outside the goodwood defence and managed to bang home the rebound before paxton could reach it the teams appeared evently matched and goodwood had equally as many scoring chances as the sunderland team but were outguessed on each occasion by the northern goalie who was a standout during the whole game the directors of the dickson hill cemetery have received official notice of a bequest left to them by the will of the late chb ramer who lived at mt joy likewise- the wideman mennonite church was willed 2000 the bequests are payable on the demise of the widow of the testator however the estate is said to have among its assets such investments as are likely to make payment of these bequests at only 50 cents on the dollar- in respect to the amount left the church at widemans the will directs that half the sum shall be for church purposes and the other half for cemetery pur poses the late mr ramer during most of his lifetime farmed at mount joy and after retirement he continued to reside in the locality where his widow is now living and is said to be quite ill christian died on november 7 1938 he appointed as his ex ecutors jos h hoover of stouffville and amos burkhold- er of markham township cheque forger gets twelve dollars lineolnville pioneer buried here there passed away at the brierbush hospital on thurs day afternoon in her 73rd year mrs frances annie hare pioneer of linconville and wid ow of the late joseph hare mrs hare had spent the last thirtynine years of her life in the lineolnville district and her husband for many years farm ed the rae property now own ed by eldon fairies she was always willing to give a helping hand to those in need and was highly respected by those who knew her there are left to mourn her loss two daughters mrs- morg an degeer and mrs albert brown there are also two grandchildren and one brother ammon burch in meaford the funeral on saturday was held from l e oneills funer al parlours with service in the christian church and interment in the stouffville cemetery pallbearers were messrs robt hope albert taylor clarence stafford walter beach dave gray and dave elliot big auction sale ends 41 years of farming john spence of whitchurch announces his retirement may locate in stouffville twelve dollars in cash was taken from curtis mens store on tuesday of last week when a bogus cheque artist success fully worked his game on the proprietor the cheque was purported to have been drawn up by n w byer in favor of one george grant with a folio number and all the trimmings as it were of a genuine cheque attached even to the extent of a revenue stamp the stranger entered the store and made the purchase of a pair of overalls in payment he suggested to the proprietor that the store cash a cheque for 1200 on the local electrician for whom the stranger was sup posed to have worked- never suspecting anything amiss mr curtis cashed the cheque tak ing out the price of the overalls and the stranger walked awaj very casually next morning the bank ad vised that the cheque was bogus and so once again the slick gentry have worked a trick on an unsuspecting business man its being done every day in some town or other despite the warning such as the story we have told here which will be re told in a score of towns here about the same cheque was tender ed at weldons store but mr grant was told there were not sufficient funds bought cemetery land 106 years ago o- 291 reliefers in markham township intermediates top markham league stouffville intermediates by a 42 win over markham on fri day night now top the markham league along with scarboro each team having 7 points- if this senior squad continue their winning way down in this southern league stouffville may yet boast of a team in the oha playoffs as the winners of this group will enter the oha intermediate playoffs markham township relief for the month of january soared to a new high of 163069 which was 300 over the amount for the same period last year how ever there are 31 more re cipients on the books this year than last which may be chiefly accountable for the rise two hundred and ninetyone are now on the markham relief roll it was stated at the regular meet ing on monday the township completed the purchase of a new snowplow to be attached to the grader at a cost of 46750 road superin- j tendent maxwell tells us that all township roads will now be kept free of snow and the plow will be used on all sideroads where deemed necessary fortyone years on the farm under more or less hard work ing conditions is a long time to look ahead on- but for john spence prominent stouffville farmer it is a very short time to look back over mr spence has farmed this number of years and intends to reire which accounts for his big auction sale advertised for wednesday feb 15- the spence home at lot 4 con 6 whitchurch is widely known and will be the scene of a big crowd on sale day it is pre dicted with the shrewdness and de termination of his native york shire heath john spence is termed a successful farmer he came through the socalled hard years in this province but al ways managed to come out on top he cut his cloth to the size of his purse and today is able to retire with sufficient compet ence for old age we hope he will locate in stouffville mr spence arrived in canada when only a little chap of 14 years he came over the atlan tic accompanied by his mother for his father died the prev ious year and an only brother had set out for the new country to be followed shortly by the mother and the younger boy john by saving the pennies and then the dollars john finally started to farm on his own be half over at dollar on the 3rd of markham he was on vari- uous farms after that living at one time in uxbridge township- eighteen years ago he bought what was known as the joseph steckley farm where he has re mained to this day his success there as a farmer was all that any man could wish for and through it all up hill and down john spence had the ready co operation of a faithful wife joseph mcculley to guest speaker be mr jos- mcculley noted head of pickering college will be the guest speaker at the ufo annual oyster supper being held in ratcliff s hall stouffville on wed feb 15th supper will be served from six to eight and the ladies are asked to provide baskets the entertainment will be in charge of the junior farmers admiss ion for family 50e- all others 25c per plate juveniles close in on championship make thrilling comeback after trailing by four goals the funeral took place to ash- burn cemetery on sunday of mrs william mlleif daughter of the late james davidson she was in her 90th year mrs mill er was a widow of the late wm miller a brother of the late robt miller of stouffville progressive euchre under the auspices of the oddfellows lodge on friday night feb 10th at 8 pm in their lodge rooms all are welcome stouffville juvenies pushed on toward a league champion ship on monday by coming from behind to down the richmond hill squad 54 in the first of home and home games for the title the first period was rather erratic with the hill having a definite edge and notching three goals ken stewart local winger took the only penalty of the period for tripping finally after the yongestreet- ers had notched a fourth count er in the second period stouff ville came to life in a hurry satch brown broke the ice counting the first local tally on a nice passing play the home- towners added two more by harper and winterstein before the midsession was over mak ing it 43 one penalty in the period went to morris of the hill for tripping with morris still in the pen alty box at the opening of the final twenty minutes stouffville tied it up at the h minute mark a cooper sent stouffville into the lead for the first time 5-4- the hill set up a regular barrage on the stouffville rear guard for the last six minutes but just couldnt come back the second game will be play ed at richmond hill on friday night stouffville lineup goal nicholson defence- b harper f williams m brown and d cooper forwards a cooper k stewart w clark robt abell b winterstein r painter and t cadieux the annual meeting of the dickson hill cemetery held a few days ago recalls the fact that it is now 127 years this april since the pioneers of the neighborhood subscribed the sum of three pounds about 15 with which to purchase land for a burying grounds records however indicate that it was not until 1833 one hun dred and six years ago that land was actually bought for this purpose at the annual meeting held in the church the old board of directors were reelected they are messrs d l stouffer j mitchell edw hastings roy moyer harvey moyer h wide- man and simeon hoover the secretary simeon hoov er gave a very complete report of the years activities sale of lots totalled 2500 and of total receipts slightly over 300 a bond was purchased from the canada permanent after pay ing for upkeep a cash balance is on hand of 7100 early records indicate that dickson hill cemetery was actually purchased in 1833 from one stephen moore comprising two acres of land it was con veyed to one ludwig wideman grandfather of our l c wide- man in stouffville the trans fer called for the erection of a house of worship and grounds for burying the church was for the common use of regular societies of professing chris tians and for no other purpose whatsoever unless it be for the use of a school house as a re sult of this undertaking a school house was built and was in use as both church and school until 1863 when the building was re moved and the present brick church erected the original building was apparently all paid for ere it was erected as money was subscrib ed over the years and probably accounts for the lapse of time as between 1812 when the first money was subscribed for grounds and 1833 when land was actually bought- and paid for it is interesting to note that the original building was re moved across the road and served as a driving house etc- but today it forms part of the buildings on truman groves farm lot 28 rear con 7 the land was ditweiler merino bowman p cober h s wismer the oldest grave in the cemetery so far as we can learn is that of one vanhouven buried there in 1806 evidently before the grounds were authorized as a cemetery- the deceased is be lieved to have been the father- inlaw of henry wideman one grave in this markham cemetery is of historic interest being where ludwig wideman was laid after the rebellion of 1837 he was a lieutenant in the rebel forces and firmly be lieved he did his duty and ser ved his county in the stand he took he was shot at the final skirmish at montgomerys tav ern records indicate as he rose to take aim at the enemy from behind a stump a bullet pierced his head wideman had worked around ringwood and served in the war of 1812 with officers rank he had been identified with the life of the district for years unionville cattle off for san francisco a car load of highclass shorthorn cattle was shipped from unionville station satur day afternoon for the gxflden gate international exposition which opens in san francisco california on feb 18 the cat tle belonged to col f h dea con t a russell and j m- rus- ell unionville born in uxbridge twp 81 years ago vested in the hands of a board of trustees we understand and these were at that early date phillip wideman philip mack- lem and william mitchell how ever the original deed is said to have been lost and a search of the registry office has failed to produce it nevertheless to this day the two acres of ground have faithfully been used to serve the purpose for which those who established the ceme tery grounds and church intend ed back in 1903 a public meeting was called for the purpose of electing trustees the first to serve were l c wideman j h- mitchell and martin wideman in 1927 a company was formed and a board of directors appointed a meeting is held annually and anyone interested may join at the time the cemetery company was formed the grounds had fallen into disre pair since then upwards of 900 has been spent to bring about the change that is evident to day about the premises it is an interesting fact to know that rev- mr tatten christian church minister was among the first ministers to dickson hill and this was before the church at ringwood was going for many years now the mennonite brethren in christ have held services and kept the place in repair early ministers of the faith were abram raymer j h steckley casper wideman j troyer from ivaughan daniel barkey n in the death of robert brown at his late home in the westend of stouffville on thursday february 2 a lifelong resident of the uxbridgestouffville locality has gone he would have reached his 81st birthday had he lived until april and was a young man of 17 when stouff ville was incorporated- he could recall the incidents leading up to incorporation robert was one of a family of eleven born to alexander brown and his wife sarah pick ering pioneers on the second concession of uxbridge all that survives today is two brothers george brown of goodwood and subsequently alex in toronto and one sister martha mrs lafraugh of stouffville as a young man robert was employed by his uncle geo at bloomington and here married agusta ramer daughter of the late jacob ramer who survives him together with an only son percy on the homestead a mile and a quarter north of stouff ville on the wagg sideroad an only daughter lilly died 25 years ago at the age of seven years in 1917 mi and mrs brown retired to town where they have spent the eventime of their lives together happily a year ago mr- browns health failed and he has been steadily losing ground a man of very quiet disposition he was highly re spected he was a deep thinker but never flouted his opinions about a supporter of the chris tian church at bloomington he was among its valued members where he actively worked in his younger days the funeral was held from his jate residence on sunday after noon at 2 pm with service con ducted by mr h s- cockburn pastor of bloomington and ringwood christian churches assisted by mr r k vickers pastor of stouffville christian church and rev e a morton the pall bearers were messrs walter brown good wood arthur brown good wood james brown toronto john brown toronto victor moore toronto norman claughton stouffville