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ten pages mmum copies vol xlviii no 3 the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 20th 1939 a v nolan jp publisher bloomington man starts his 99th year o- ninetyeight years old and all of them spent within about one mile of where he was born is the unique experience of william hill who celebrated his 99th year on saturday at the family home in bloomington numerous cards and the good wishes and congratulations of the whole neighborhood com bined to mark the occasion mr hill was born on the farm owned by his father the late john hill who came to this country from ireland mr hill cleared his farm and teamed the wood into stouff ville where he says he sold it at practically every house in the village he attributed his long life to lots of hard work and a good appetite he is very fond of pork mr hill comes of a longlived family on his mothers side his grandfather abram lewis who came from the united states lived to be 102 and his mother died at 96 years making 297 years for the three generations he recalls his grandfather plow ing 1 12 rounds of a field when 100 years old mr hill married when well past the prime of life and has raised a family of nine his eldest grandchild is little alma hill of peterboro who is 12 years old he has in all four grandchildren and one brother living david of midland who is 86 mr hill is in the best of health and has perfect hearing he has lost the sight of one eye but still enjoys reading several of the family were home for a quiet celebration on saturday they are russell of peterboro miss edna and alex of aurora miss alma and wal ter toronto mrs watson fair ies mrs ernie davis whit church and miss laura and howard at home his wife formerly jennie rush died ten years ago public meeting a public meeting of busi ness men and all others inter ested in the formation of a service club or board of trade for stouffville will be held in the municipal hall on monday evening april 24 every man in business and other citizens concerned about the welfare of the village have an obligation to meet in at tending this meeting and are expected to be on hand the decision to hold such a meeting was arrived at on monday evening at a meeting of the lions club and other men who were invited to at tend it was felt that at least every business man should be on hand next monday to hear the discussion and the advis ability of forming some kind of organization designed to deal with public matters con cerning our municipality ml albert bride to lire in markham the home of mr and mrs abel oldham mount albert was the scene of a pretty wedd ing on april 5 1939 when their daughter eva margaret became the bride of william kirby hackney son of mr and mrs william hackney goodwood attired in a brown tailored suit with accessories to match the bride entered the room promptly at 3 oclock and was given in marriage by her brother nathan rev mr wil son tied the nuptial knot the bridesmaid was miss mae old ham sister of the bride wear ing a mauve dress trimmed with white the bride and bridesmaid carried bouquets of roses mr harry holden son of mr and mrs delbert holden of stouffville officiated as best man little 7yearold betty oldham sister of the bride act ed as flower girl wearing yellow taffeta trimmed with blue and blue accessories she carried a bouquet of mixed flowers the home was attractively decorated for the occasion with pink and white at 5 oclock a sumptuous wed ding supper was served partak en of by the immediate family and friends the tables were nicely decorated in pink and white and the brides mother received in a wine crepe and the bridegrooms mother in navy crepe the bridegrooms gift to the bride was a wrist watch to the bridesmaid a gold locket and to the best man a gold tie pin amidst the good wishes of the happy gathering the young couple left on their honeymoon the bride travelling in a brown suit with gold top coat they will reside in markham geo rodanz buys us herefords an outstanding shipment of cattle arrived in stouffville this week for burnbrae farms ringwood purchased by the owner mr george rodanz whose fine herd is fast coming to the forefront since mr rodanz purchased his founda tion stock just a few years ago as successor to the late robert miller the imported cattle this week came from wyoming and color ado specially selected here fords one heifer in the 26 head purchased was first prize win ner- at the famous denver show and her high qualities were characteristic of the entire im portation just recently burnbrae farms shipped a couple of shorthorns to a new bruns wick stock farm mrs geo freeman buried at markham highly esteemed family bereaved the april meeting of the wctu will be held at the home of mrs l e atkinson church street on thursday afternoon april 20th at 3 pm an excellent program is be ing prepared and a large atten dance is expected mrs aj weds 84th birthday mrs a j wells celebrated her 84th birthday on thursday at the home of her son council lor herb wells on the 2nd concession of whitchurch over 20 relatives and friends gather ed to spend the evening mrs wells was born in york shire england and spent her first birthday in midocean as her parents sailed for canada the journey in a sail boat took nine weeks farming first near mt pisgah they later moved to king township mrs wells was married 57 years ago to chas wells of vandorf and has been a widow for 24 years a family of four are living being alfred herbert and elmer wells and mrs w limdy edna an only daughter living on the 3rd con of whitchurch mrs wells enjoys excellent health has good eye sight and has always been industrious having some highly prized patch work quilts made over the years she is a member of wes ley church and is admired by a large circle of warm friends the death of mrs george freeman at her home in cedar grove on sunday afternoon brought grief to a prominent family of markham township and to many friends following an illness of some months mrs freeman passed away in her 65th year the funeral took place on tuesday afternoon to st andrews cemetery mark ham service being conducted by the family pastor rev d h woodhouse before a very large concourse of friends at the ber eaved home born in the locality where she died mrs freeman was a daughter of the late james and anne dimma who came from scotland she was married 37 years ago to george freeman and besides the sorrowing husband there survives two daughters anne mrs bruce rowbotham of cornwall and helen mrs archie little at home mr gordon dimma is an only brother of a family of four sisters and three brothers there are four nieces and ten nephews rflso one grandchild surviving mrs freeman as a young woman taught school for some years prior to her marriage for years she had been actively identified with the work of the cedar grove united church where she will be sorely missed unionville wins drama trophy baseball season to open here may 24 several members of the new ly formed stouffville athletic commission were in attendance monday evening at a meeting of the north toronto baseball league four teams will enter the running for the taba hon ors in this intermediate a group the teams are ostrand- ers hillcrests miracles and stouffville an advance schedule will be sent to the various clubs this week for approval stouff ville will engage in twentyfour games twelve at home and twelve away the locals home games will be played on satur day afternoons with their games in toronto on wednes days the schedule is expected to commence may 17 with stouffvilles first home game on may 24th the league as conducted by the toronto association lifts considerable burden from the shoulders of the local manage ment in that all arrangements regarding umpires balls finan ces etc are handled by the league executive taba um pires will be supplied for all games a meeting of the horticul tural society will be held at the home of mrs b doten on mon day night april 24th at 8 pm those interested kindly plan to be present first prize in york countys fifth annual junior farmers drama festival staged at pick ering coilege newmarket on monday night was won by unionville who carried off the silver trophy with a dialect play old bull victoria square club was second with memory rose james e dean adjudicator declared the clubs are showing more imagination every year he praised the unionville club the winners for a fine production of a diffi cult dialect play her 82nd birthday while her physical appear ance does not reveal the fact mrs lemon baker on sunday celebrated her 82nd birthday the occasion was marked by a family dinner served at the home of mr and mrs robert ratcliff at which no less than seventeen sat down all mem bers of the immediate family and intimate friends mrs rat- cliff of course is an only daughter of mrs bakers the honored guest enjoys every moment of life because she has good health and an active mind we know that her many friends will wish us to extend for them sincere good wishes for the future local dairy business changes hands a stranger and they took me in sunkist navel oranges sweet and juicy only 10c a dozen at rntclifts store this week when rev eber rusnell reaches his home acres in western canada the subject of his first address may fittingly be i was a stranger and they took me in leaving stouffville where he visited his brother ira rusnell his sister mrs jake reesor and relatives he journeyed through the states but encountered bad roads about 200 miles over the boarder the heavy trailer which had been his rolling home for months past broke loose from the car and smashed up in the heavy sea of mud mr rusnell had to abandon the trailer and travel some miles for assistance reaching the scene of the breakdown again he was amazed and chagrined to find that thieves had broken in the door and made off with a good suit of clothes 2500 in cash a quantity of maple syrup and other delicacies given him by his friends to take back west at the time of writing he was awaiting the arrival of the police but it is not likely that anything will be recovered as it is feared the sneaks who per petrated the robbery on a man who it was apparent was al ready in dire trouble and a stranger in those parts a fact which would be revealed by his icense plates would be far re moved from the scene before the police checkup retires from delivery route after 18 years after eighteen years on the road delivering the staff of life for stovers bakery in stouffville walter gray gave up the job last week to take up farm land at lemonville eighteen years in one position of this kind is almost a record for these days of frequent changes when walter started delivering bread he drove a team of horses and the area covered was only half of that served today by motor truck since the truck came in ex pansion started and costs to produces must have gone up too i sold as much bread every day with the team cover ing only half the territory as we sell today giving the wider service said mr gray the position so long and faithfully filled by mr gray will be taken over by mr herb stover of markham reesor funeral is attended by great throng six employees of the firm he headed bore alvin e reesor 46 of markham to rest in the wideman cemetery on friday afternoon the president of reesors marmill ltd which grew into a thriving concern due largely to his efforts mr reesor died in wellesley hos pital toronto on tuesday as reported in our last issue rev frederick kaufman of vineland assisted by rev dh woodhouse markham and rev derstein of kitchener conduct ed the service several hundred motor cars lined the 8th con cession for half mile either way on both sides so great was the crowd and the church proved quite inadequate to hold the many friends surviving are his father david n reesor of markham his widow three children one sister and two brothers death baker nathaniel at his late residence second concession of markham township on wed nesday april 12th 1989 nathaniel baker husband of the late minnie chatterley in his 64th year interment heise hill ceme tery april 15th are called in at dxbridge booze case an important business change took plsce on tuesday when i f a i wftnfwfq maple leaf dairy owned and lapllil 1 1 1 1 llluuij o operated by mr clayt baker purchased the farm dairy bus- ness conducted for the last six years or more by mr lloyd turner who will now devote his entire energy to his fine herd of cattle in taking over the opposition business mr baker will honor all outstanding milk tickets sold by the retiring firm hence there will not be the slightest inconvenience to the patrons further there will be no changes in price despite the fact that milk at 9c per quart is lower in stouffville than in any town we know of so far as we know the busi ness may be wholly operated from the plant of the maple leaf dairy but if the brick building belonging to the gru- bin estate is remodelled to con form with the needs of the new enlarged dairy business mr baker states he will be glad to use the premises nothing de finite on this score could be learned at present bullet strikes car of florida party goudies hardware stouff ville is staging a spring hard ware sale of real merit which should commend itself to the public at this particular season of the year just when you need the goods see page seven mrs ira freel and miss ada robinson arrived home from melbourne florida on tuesday after a safe but somewhat un usual experience on the jour ney motoring through virginia a stray bullet presumably from a hunters rifle shattered the windshield in their car and glanced off doing no further damage miss robinson was sit ting in the front seat with the chauffeur james melton and might easily have been injured by the bullet had it pierced the shatterless glass the motor ists saw a party of negroes with dogs and guns and it is believed they were responsible for the firing mrs freel is feeling quite fit after the long journey and is taking up residence in the home on obrien avenue for merly occupied by her son dr h b freel who since his fath ers death is occupying the larg freel residence on main sf police court in uxbridge focussed considerable local interest because several local men were summoned as wit nesses on a booze scrape none of the stouffville contingent however were called to the stand elwood simpson of the town of uxbridge was charged with two offences firstly with hav ing unlawfully permitted drunkenness to take place on the premises known as river valley court of which he was the tenant on the 17th of march and secondly with un lawfully having in his possess ion a quantity of wine which had not been had or acquired by him pursuant to the provisions of the liquor control act the trial was proceeded with before magistrate f s ebbs of oshawa at uxbridge on thurs day the 13th and by consent of crown counsel a f annis of oshawa and arthur w s greer of oshawa acting for the ac cused it was agreed that the evidence in the one case would be taken as evidence in the oth er and that both charges would be heard at one and the same time provincial constable wh clarke gave evidence in which he was corroborated by chief of police vesey of uxbridge that upon the premises of the accused being kept under obser vation and raided in the early morning hours of the 18th of march eleven persons were seen to be in a large room in the accuseds home which had been rented by these persons for the purpose of staging a party subsequent to the hockey game between stouffville and uxbridge the evening of the 17th it was disclosed that beer was being consumed by the occupants of the room and that a partly filled gallon jar of wine was in the cellar of which the accused disavowed all know ledge it was said that some of the occupants of the room were more or less under the influence of liquor in cross examination by arthur w s greer clarke was forced to admit that he had not questioned the mother of the accused mrs susan simpson and it was shown that she had previously lawfully purchased from the liquor store the wine in question and that she and another party were the pur chasers of the property of which the accused was the tenant and that she had reserved unto her self two rooms and a portion of the cellar and that the wine was actually found in her part of the cellar which she had not rented to her son the articles of agreement to purchase were produced and also the lease to her son it was also disclosed that later on in the evening the eleven persons at different times vacated the premises leaving in their own motor vehicles with out being molested or interfer ed with by the police officers this evidence concluded the crowns case defence counsel moved for dismissal of the charge against mr simpson of having liquor in his possession which he had not lawfully pur chased and after argument the magistrate granted this motion and dismissed the illegal poss ession charge adjourning the other charge of permitting drunkenness until thursday may the lllh