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mfonw vol xlvih xo2 the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 13th 1939 a v nolan jp publisher stouffville to enter 0b a competition nineteen lodges are represented new athletic commission appointed stouffville by all appearances is in for a big year of base ball this week permission was granted the stouffville club by the ob a officials to enter the north toronto intermediate a group of the taba and from which competition they will step into the intermediate b play- downs at the end of the season the intermediate c class has been done away with by the on tario baseball association- numerous advantages should be realized by stouffville in entering this toronto group all games away from home will be played in the eglington park in the city and will be twilight fixtures the locals home games are expected to be on either monday wednesday or saturday evenings stouffville will also be given the privilege of any holiday games a meet ing of the league executive is scheduled for this week this league last year was comprised of four teams all representing various city commercial estab lishments it was decided at the meet ing on monday to alter the us ual form of the stouffville exec utive and appoint a commission of six to be known as the stouffville athletic commission this body will include manager tim oneill and secretary- treasurer harold quibell re elected officers and in addition four other local men namely l c murphy thos burkett hugh anderson and chris armstrong the commission will deal with the raisng of fin ances securing of jobs for out- oftown players and any other business which might arise per taining to the stouffville base ball club- the stouffville club after go ing well into the final oba playoffs last year were just able to balance their books and it was thought that possibly en thusiasm was somewhat jack ing among the fans here owing to the team playing only exhi bition games during the season up until the playoffs by enter ing a regular league this year which will provide several games a week greater interest will be forthcoming which should put the hitherto meagre gate re ceipts well over the top when playoff time rolls around it is the hope of the manage ment to have fifteen or twenty players for spring training and to carry a considerably larger lineup during the scheduled games a bit of scouting is contemplated to bring out all available district baseball tal ent the services of tip anderson of oshawa will again be sought in order to bolster the local pitching staff nineteen lodges were repre sented at a district meeting of the ioof held in stouffville on good friday afternoon concluding with an evening banquet served by the wives of local oddfellows ron alliston ddgm of mount albert pre sided degree work was ex emplified during the lodge sit ting with three candidates be ing initiated this work was carried out in ratcliffs hall which was necessary to accom modate the large number of members in attendance fight dictators is mulocks plea tells york veterans that men women and children must aid in war granted extra subsidy the municipalities about stouffville have received notice through township clerks to the effect that lie ontario government will pay an extra half mill subsidy on the total assessment this year bringing the total up to one and a half mills this is to be deducted at the foot of the tax bills when they are sent out in the summer and fall the information is being re ceived with general satisfaction in stouffville whitchurch markham and uxbridge as it will be in all other places the extra allowance is intended to be a share of the increased gas oline tax which is estimated at 6000000 junior farmers if great britain is attacked the bntish empire is at war and there can be no neutrality for canada so col w- p mul- ock declared at a vimy banquet staged by north york veterans association in memorial hall at newtonbrook on saturday night every man woman and child will have to take a part in the task if war comes he warned nobody wants war in canada but foreign nations must be made to know that we are united behind the mother country our first job is to make a united canada col mulock attacked italian occupation of albania and ask ed if the people of italy could be proud of choosing easter for such a cowardly and unprovok ed attack we are responsible for main taining utions in the regular meeting of the stouffville junior farmers will be held in the municipal hall this thursday night april 13 at 815 sharp there will be a lucky draw for those who turn out on time- rev l e atkin son will be the guest speaker girls will kindly supply the lunch local young couple wed a quiet wedding was solemn ized at the home of the brides parents in queens court on saturday afternoon when nelda erlene lehman the youngest daughter of mr and mrs- abram lehman became the bride of mr john wilton oneill brother of our local undertaker mr l e oneill the ceremony was performed by revwesmalley at 4 oclock in the presence of only the immediate family connection after a short honeymoon the couple are locating in town where this summer the groom will complete his course and ex returns after 76 years it falls to the lot of few peope to be able to wend their way over a 40 mile trail back to their native town or village when they have not trodden the road for three quarters of a century but such was the ex perience of mr w j- white of lockwood sask who last sunday visited for a brief time in stouffville after an absence of 76 years he was a lad of only 12 years when- the family left this neck of the woods and now at the age of 88 years this wonderfully preserved man in both mind and body direct ed his soninlaw on how to reach stouffville from toronto and he didnt miss either it will be recalled that mr white contributed a backhome letter for the tribune a year ago and at that time he relat ed how he had left here as a small boy and while never re turning could recall the names of pioneer families in a remark able manner sundays visitors could point to something that made this trip an incident of history mr white had with him four gen erations- in the car were his daughter from ottawa also two granddaughters and one grandchild seldom that fouri generations are able to take a trip of this nature mr white petition dismissal of road superintendent a petition signed by fifty per cent of the ratepayers living in road division 24 of whitchurch just north of stouffville asked the township council on satur day to dismiss the road fore man and appoint another man no action was taken on the matter when the council read the petition on saturday at the regular april meeting it was felt that before very long there may be some drastic re arrangement in connection with the road divisions especially if the municipality purchases a power grader and until then it was deemed useless to make a change alleged dissatisfaction with the road boss was said to be behind the petition ewart pinder asked the council to pay an account of 650 for taking pictures of an i automobile accident for use of the court when one of the driv ers was charged council thought the account should be settled by the court which or dered the pictures and had to refuse payment on this ground last year the council decided on a policy of paying no grants whatever and rigidly adhered to the policy we are the only township which does not pay at least a little in grants to wor- tw- f ii ilthy undertakings said deputy has been visiting m the capital j r cook wh th with his daughter who accom w 1 1 th a pamed him back to toronto h gh came up are with her husband shortly he the dark every other place will return to his western home ives little grants and i be- w j white established the we have fte right do the same continued mr cook i am favorable to making a grant to this show if we give z i any grants at all said reeve the wide open expanses whenj t do favor keeping them first newspaper printed west of the assiniboia back in the days when prairie lure called the easterner to adventure and he came into town on sunday at a minimum he said and pects to obtain his certificate as free democractic instit- an embalmer and undertaker- the world today and mr and mrs oneill will live in we must oppose dictatorships in queens court for the present any form no matter how dis- their many friends are offer- guised said col mulock- ing them hearty congratulations altona ortly call rader tenders he looked for wheelers saw mill then coming to the eastend to call on the editor he tried to locate yakes hotel and the old school which stood south of the present bulding this man had a real vision of stouffville which is only formed from here- say by the present generation he was surprised to find the business section had floated westward and was amazed that the business stores he recalled j provision is being were all gone from the east end fc c t f y k at the age of 16 years mr white recalled that he obtained cooperation off the a position as school teacher at j councils school people from whitchurch as members of the association councillor kidd thought that all these organizations should stand on their own feet councillor herb wells said that while he opposed a grant last year- for certain reasons he might change his mind this time the aurora show it was pointed out provides a class for horses from whitchurch and king townships the matter will have further discussion at the next meeting relief for the past month totalled 182 clerk crawford said the township might short ly receive a still larger propor tion of relief costs from the government an account for 165 for cordwood was ordered to be paid to fred hollidge being at the rate of 550 a cord for some 30 cords cut this wood is stored and used for relief purposes which gives council a very low priced wood pile to draw from general accounts j williamson constable 2550 postage revenue account 950 tribune balance of ptg contract 10000 briarbush hospital 3 hospitalization 7887 road accounts div 11 4003 div 7 3399 div 4 770 div 1 23085 div 2 1140 salry supt 53 div 6 5958 d pickering re pairs 185 tls 3197 tl e 7938 div 7 45 div 10 1360 div 24 14242 div 3 5265 div 25 15720 div 9 2574 div 29 4199 div 15 2345 div 12 33 div 8 1430 div 20 2470 div 13 457 div 14 3033 div 21 8316 div 27 6965 div 28 styled aurora show as a worthy 5600 div 19 2521 div 22 undertaking with numerous 2576 div 18 5286 school children to see king and ueen entertain play cast miss edna stevenson is spen ding the easter holidays with her parents at kinsale mr and mrs cecil meal of toronto spent easter weekend at the home of mr john palister misses olive madill and grace lehman have been appointed as delegates to attend the girls confemce at guelph mr and mrs- fred mcnair entertained the cast of the play a readymade family last thursday evening should the township of whitchurch purchase a power grader and if so what type and size are two questions looming heavy in the minds- of reeve earl toole and all members of the council nearly every town ship about have made the in vestment and so far as is learned they are more or less delighted with the results in re spect to having better roads and at lower cost for maintenance council in session on satur day at vandorf gave over a couple of hours to hearing sales men one firm going so far as to present their machine in mov ing picture form with music and all the frills in less than a minute or so the chambers were darkened and the outfit going with the unique presentation reeve toole said he hesitat ed in spending more than five thousand dollars in a grader we now have a big grader and i am wondering if it wouldnt be profitable to get along with a type said mi toole those pre- 1 sent were mr and mrs millard j lighter reesor mr and mrs stanley lighter type said mr toole slack misses grace lehman was thinking much the same irene crosier and esther davis wa reg raymer and george kerry the type of machine being purchased in townships runs greeted on birthday a very interesting event took place on thursday april 6th at the home of mrs a needier of vivian when a large number of ladies gathered to congratu late mrs needier on the occa sion of her birthday mrs need ler is a practical nurse- and to mark the esteem and kindness shown to many of her patients they showered her with good wishes and presents the party was organised by mrs gibney of holt mrs l- rose cedar valley mrs c rose holt a very nice address was given by mrs h gibney unionville having secured his certificate however when the trustees found out he was so young they refused to have him take over this was after he had left stouffville of course we exacted a promise from this venerable man of not only re markable age but remarkable mind to write again for the folks of stouffville now that he has been and seen it will be interesting to have his impres sions after he returns to lock- wood new church opened madeby with the municipal and ow every boy and hool to see the when they are may 22 notices trustees vei at vivian deaths carlisle passed away en- route home from florida on monday april 3rd- william john robb carlisle beloved and only son of john e and ellen rebb carlisle of todmorden ontario in his 28th year around 5500 from which the government subsidy of 50 per cent can be deducted this manner of machine is capable of scarifying the hardest roads- and doing all ditching the dis cussion indicated that the coun cil is likely to call for tenders births draper at the brierbush hos pital on april 10th 1939 to mr and mrs- fred draper rr2 claremont a daughter byers at the brierbush hos pital on april 12 1939 to mr and mrs walter byers mount albert a son james walter yake at lot 9 con 4 whit church on april 10 1939 to mr and mrs wellington yake nee edna mckeown a daughter hopper at the brierbush hospital- stouffville on sal- urdav april 8th 1939 to mr the new community church at vivian was opened on good friday for the first with pastor rowen- of toronto in charge he spoke of the work being done in this section of whit church the new building has mostly been accomplished by voluntary labor and material although quite a lot of money was spent much of which was secured by special gifts- the grounds were donated too hence it is a real community under taking others who addressed teachers to a girl attendin king and q in toronto have been aent out to the coun cils announcing the fact that space will be allotted for the schools in their respective municipalities each one of which will be required to re port the number of pupils for their reservation stouffville and markham township children are being allotted space in riverdale park while whitchurch pupils go to exhibition parkmeetings of the officials in these various places will be held next week when transportation facilities will be discussed reeve rennie of markham suggested on monday that it may be possible for the trustees in each section to organize the parents in order to get the pupils to their reservation on the day in question it is also possible that special trains will be run extra busses too but to date nothing definite on this score is worked out the one hope is that every child will have an opportunity to see their majesties only children and their happy ringwood wedding a quiet wedding was solem nized at the home of rev- thos mitchell ringwood on satur day april 8th when glenna davis daughter of mr dawson davis and the late mrs davis was united in marriage with seldon abell son of mr and mrs j l abell ringwood the bride wore a gray suit with navy accessories and carried violets she was supported by miss paikinon of toronto- mr geo abell brother of the groom acted as best man luncheon was served at the able home and the merry couple were given a rousing sendoff the couple will reside in toronto the congregation on good fri- teachers will be allowed in the day were messrs j mitchell reservation a emmerson e grose- and mr mcpherson mr a- needier read a paper on the history of i get measure in today the church work at vivian froml a t t suit or top the very beginning back i while the specia repre- 1935 jsentative is at weldons store mr dean of toronto preach ed the first sermon and tea was served by the ladies in the old hall for the toronto friends at the evening gathering messrs and mrs james hopper 2nd i dean and smith of toronio de- of uxbridge a son jlivered able messages this thursday all day mrs james hamilton wishes to thank her many friends for their kindness to her at the celebration of her ninety ninth birthday head of marmills alvin reesor dead alvin edwin reesor died suddenly at his home in mark ham village on tuesday follow ing a relapse from flu which turned to brights disease the funeral will be held on friday afternoon mr reesor was in his 46th year and was head of reesors marmill and is sur vived by a wife and three children attention lawn bowlers the annual meeting of the stouffville lawn bowling club will be held in the telephone office on friday april 14th 1939 at 8 pm to elect offcers and to make plans for this season all members are urged to at tend and to bring a new mem- 3 with them j b sanders t b rae president secretary