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te 3fcftmne vol xl vii no 48 the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 23rd 1939 a v nolan jp publisher farmers enjoy supper and address the unusal large crowd en joyed the ufo oyster supper in ratcliffs hall despite the bitter cold night and heavy roads it has come to be one of the lookedfor feasts of the season which was followed this year by an extra interesting program with william rennie acting as chairman jos mccully headmaster of pickering college newmarket told the farmers that we are living in an age of changes gormley mourns stricken in church dies lifelong resident wjthjn p employee as a sectionman on the old canadian northern at gormley for 25 years and re tired for the last ten years jabez thompson was laid to rest at heise hill cemetery on february 12 he had been in declining health for some time before his death the funeral was largely attended service being in charge of rev i bru- bacher in the mennonite church at gormley assisted by rev a t gooding born in yorkshire england enjoys party on 86th birthday mr james mowat thinks he lives in a very fine neighbor- hip enievin the jjjslr if antuld husbmsnf th him wrong last thurs- stricken while attending theor to this mrs boake had knelt h opinion in in prayer as is the custom here xr few if anv w but had to be assisted up by her j j m j u an sjlfi a tss is3sfcss jnum was in some distress at the time comparable only to that of the the late mr thompson came to fall of the roman empire and canada as a young man of that we are fortunate in having i nineteen in 1885 he united in the opportunity of helping to marriage with eva may shape mould and create the williams of musselmans lake world of the future he said that the league of nations may be dead but the ideals for which it stood are not the hope of the farmer he declared was in cooperation and the way to get acquainted along this line was by the study groups or neigh borhood meetings which are it stood are not what greater inspiration can there be than to ask the youth of today to take its share in the preservation and propagaion of those principles which more than any other in history have given value and dignity to human life the struggle in which we engage today is basically a struggle between spiritual pow er and those forces which em phasize the value of material things the only values of im- for 25 years he was employed at gormley on the section being foreman of the division first with the canadian northern and latterly with the cnr since they took over the line he was converted and joined the mbc church there 40 years ago and was a sincere christian gentle man highly esteemed thirteen years ago he suffer- stouffville menndnite church last sunday mrs byron boake aged 46 years died within less than eight hours passing away between seven and eight the same evening she never re gained consciousness from the moment she was seen to be in distress in the church pew she was carried out by her hus band and so little disturbance was made that the minister rev h shantz who was read ing the morning lesson never stopped and did not notice that anything serious had taken place mrs boake was a daughter the sudden ending under sue tragic conditions came as a tre mendous shock to the whole neighborhood and especially the family and church friends tells of submarines the guest speaker of the local lions club at their regu lar luncheon meeting was j brown a member of the staff of the ta7e albert wddyfield of t toronto daily star and his wife now mrs charles i mr brown served for several branden of pine orchard she y a submarine during the was born on the place where great war and he gave a very the mother still resides on the tal on his experiences 6th of whitchurch and is also a t and w survived by an only brother mr stationed at malta and other w s widdifield general motp of th mediterranean ors dealer in stouffville and by hls s concluded all mov- ed the loss of his beloved wife a halfbrother dean brandon of fuilt but there survives the parents two daughters mary at home and mrs sutton of mt dennis also three sons fred of mon treal and frank and william in mount dennis there are four grandchildren for ten years now mr thompson had enjoyed a retir ed life around gormley where cedar valley mrs boakes the n hour he was p witn mother at the present time is questions seriously ill and the plight of h s j on vari her daughter was not comj p of warships prior to municated to her for some time i becoming a member of the sub monday the stepfather chas he was hls brandon was trampled on by answering all questions a horse and had to be rushed at once to a hospital over 25 years ago mr and land volunteering much extra j inf ormation tion he said are those tangible friends who with the family ones which are spiritual mourn his departure he was known to everybody and j mrs byron boake were united porance in our wesern civilizato a large number of close i in marriage to take up farming i in the local district besides the griefstriken husband there are five children three sons and two daughters surviving being albert cecil and harold also mrs e strong may on thje- oconnor drive and miss blanche at home mrs boake had not been feeling well for some time but did not consider she was in a serious condition she attended to her household duties as us ual on sunday then prepared to attend church once there she chatted and greeted friends in the usual way the service got underway and had reached the point where the pastor was reading the morning lesson from the 55th chapter of isaiah pri- engagement rennie again heads forestry committee sir william mulock gives an address to group and sees necessity for a fulltime ministry reeve james ren- again elected president nie criticizing the provincial government for its lack of energy in reforestation sir william mulock addressing the annual meeting of the ontario reforestation and conservation association in york county municipal chambers on mon day declared that leadership must come from the govern ment which should appoint a minister for that purpose at present reforestation is something tacked onto another job and the necessary work is always sidetracked he said there would be no political ob jection to the appointment of a minister because everybody favors it sir william made little of the of chesterville dundas county secretary w h porter man aging editor of the farmers advocate london and treasur er w w gardhouse york county treasurer george scotts death removes pioneers son dr and mrs n f tomlin- son of claremont announce the engagement of their only daughter grace elizlabeth to richard frank cooper youngest son of mr and mrs f m cooper of claremont wedding to take place friday evening march 10th in claremont united church mr and mrs george maye of goodwood wish to announce the engagement of edna frances brignall daughter of mr new ton brignall to walter bryan only son of mr and mrs william j3ryan of goodwood the marriage to take place in march i ber of other close friends sur prised mr mowat with a birth day party to mark the 86th milestone of his life naturally a wonderful time was enjoyed and each guest expressed the hope that the event might be repeated a year hence james mowat was born in toronto when the place was called muddy york but his mother later became a resident of cashel on her second marriage and here mr mowat met his future wife who is to this day his faithful partner the mowats originally came from the orkney island where they raise what mr mowat thinks is the finest scots it is now 37 years since mr and mrs mowat came into stouffville to live and their home on main street is outstanding for its hospital ity and goodwill may both these highly esteemed residents respected citizen passes at 82 early monday morning of this week darius field succumb ed to a long illness at his home in the westend stouffville he was in his 82nd year but had the appearance of a man much younger in years the funeral on tuesday afternoon was held from his late home to goodwood cemetery for interment rev l e atkinson conducted the service the bearers being messrs walter and harry bril- linger wesley schell c cadieux and fred reynolds all neigh bors and william reesor of altona raised in the goodwood dis trict mr field was a farmer and son of the late george field by his first marriage to the late annie lehman in 1885 two children were born one surviv ing being mrs b madill living in british columbia forty- four years ago he married aldicy nighswander who sur vives him with an only daughter at home mrs ruth kaiser seventeen years ago the family located in town where mr field live long to enjoy the respect continued to find employment and love of a wide circle of for he loved to work on the farm friends whitchurch hockey nears finals george scott son of the late francis scott and elizabeth lambie and member of an hon ored pioneer family of scar- boro died at his home agin- court monday aged 71 born on the homestead the wylies agincourt mr scott iived all his life in scarboro and spent the last 19 years in agincourt he was past master of mark- ham union lodge and scarboro lodge and a scottish rite mason he was a member of knox united church surviving are his widow margaret bell scott one son allan at atlanta s s k i p gurgitandlsisi rss z t 35 a agnes at agin- out that in tsruce uounty as much as 2000 acres was plant ed in a single year hon peter heenan minister of lands and forests differed slightly with sir william point ing out that the government was willing to give leadership but that municipalities them selves were not interested enough at present all we have is individuals who are willing to give advice through the news paper columns as to what the government should do for them in the way of reforestation he declared we are issuing an open in vitation for more municipali ties to take part he said we are in a position to supply 22000000 saplings this year last year he stated that some 12000000 trees had been plant ed of which one million were on government property last years officers were re turned by acclamation for a second term they are chair- mn james rennie reeve of markham township vice-chair- court hog prices feature spence sale despite threatening cold weather and more or less bad roads a good crowd attended the auction sale at john spences farm on the 6th concession of whitchurch wednesday of last week the outstanding feature of the sale was the price paid for hogs a sow with eleven young sold for 80 the buyer being a scarboro man who al so bought other sows at from 50 to 75 each young pigs un der 85 pounds sold at 975 the sale totalled close to 2500 mr spence is advertising the farm for rent this week as it was not sold at the sain when offered by auctioneer a s farmer congratulate couple married fifty years over 160 guests called at the home of mr and mrs john turner next to the public school on satur day afternoon and evening to offer congratulations to the happy couple on their fiftieth wedding day tea was poured in the afternoon by mrs w a cook uxbridge and mrs joliffe toronto and in the evening by mrs william turner markham and miss martha turner toronto in addition to the guests telegrams and letters were received from friends far and near both mr and mrs turner were enjoying excellent health and took part in the festivities with the keenest interest while it took only one minister to tie the nuptial knot at the home of the brides parents in scott township 50 years ago no less than and did so up to last summer being employed all summer by brillinger brothers he attend ed the former methodist church at goodwood but of recent years due to poor hearing he did not attend church an only brother lyman field of good wood also survives the passing of darius field removes an honest steadygoing citizen from our midst and de spite his defective hearing he kept himself abreast of what a triple hockey caid in the stouffville arena on thursday night will decide the whit church finalists the teams play ing on thursday night will line j was going for he was an ardent up as follows lemonville vs reader he enjoyed many good ballantrae king vs white rose friends in his local neighbor- and vandorf vs pine orchard j hood prominent citizen to b buried thu public service in anglican i following dr ira of course is church for dr ira freel who ws son dr herbert who carries died in his 79th yearlast on of family of four sons who with their father the late james freel all entered professional life star carnival wednesday man bill h casselman reeve march 1st stouffville arena six ministers and their wives participated in the event of saturday by calling at the home with other guests during the day mr and mrs turner are lifelong residents of this part of ontario mrs turner being born in scott township and mr turner in pickering for over 30 years they farmed on the 10th concession of markham and stouffville was their home town as it is today they were successful farmers mr turner always having an eye for first class live stock since their retirement about twelve years ago they have taken an active interest in community affairs and because of this they are known to many of the younger generation who admire the folks up on the school hill suffering from a stroke sus tained just two months ago while holidaying in melbourne florida dr ira albert freel passed away peacefully at 11 oclock on monday morning this week at his residence in stouffville he was stricken on the golf course in the south on december 26 and never re gained use of the paralyzed limbs again four weeks ago his son dr herbert freel went south and brought his father back to his home here he was conscious up to the last day because of her invalid condi tion mrs freel wife of the de ceased is remaining in florida for the present although death sepmed in evitable the passing of dr freel on monday almost daily expected fairly shook the com munity here where he had spent all his active life he was in his 79th year dr freel was the last of a family of four sons and two daughters born to dr j g freel and his wife elizabeth lloyd j g died in 1888 and later his widow was laid to rest beside him in stouffville ceme tery the passing of dr ira a freel recalls the fact that there have been practically four generations of freels practising medicine in stouffville continu ously for over three quarters of a century dr j g freel was succeeded by his son dr s l freel who being 20 years older than his brother dr ira freel was like another generation dr ira freel is the last sur vivor of the four sons the others being dr s l freel dr eugene freel and dr byron freel vs there were also two sisters miss ada freel and mrs wesley robinson both deceased the demise of dr ira freel creates a vacancy in our com munity that will be keenly felt he took a live inteest in all promotional work for the ad vancement of stouffville for years he served as president of the board of trade he was one of the sponsors of the commun ity park a strong advocate and booster for the hundred thous and dollar pavement through stouffville and was chairman of the committee for the erection of the municipal tower the suc cess which depended on the gift of the fine clock from miss e percy dr freels executive ability was recognized outside his home town too for he served on the directorate of ontario medical association and induced that important body to hold a meet ing here on one occasion he was a past county master of ontario county lol and in politics a liberal with quite independent views dr freel is survived by his wife who was before bar marriage miss jane barnes and who as stated is still in florida in quite a frail condition dr herbert freel is an only son and mrs w verner kathleen of new york city an only daughter mrs verner is home for the funeral which will take place this thursday afternoon from the late residence on main street to christ anglican church for public service at 230 oclock interment will be made in the stouffville cemetery