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fzfcitmiie vol 51 no 13 stouffville ontario thursday june 29 1939 eight pages lady of 88 years cut big birthday cake o- on the occasion of the 50th i anniversary of the wms surrounded with beautifully decked tables lovely flowers and good things to eat mrs henry hodgson made the first cut in the handsome birthday cake at the 50th anniversary occasion of the stouffville unit ed church womans missionary society over 150 delegates from uxbridge sandford zephyr unionville markham richmond hill newmarket etc sat down to the banquet representing almost every sis ter society in the toronto east presbyterial it was fitting that this honor should come to mrs hodgson because she is re markably active for her 88 years and stands as one of the three living charter members the others are mrs lyman dougherty and mrs mcnair both of toronto mrs dougher ty was also present for this anniversary event held in the local church last thursday afternoon preceding the banquet in charge of five members con vened by mrs f l button the assembly gathered in the audi torium of the church where the president mrs grw thomas welcomed the visitors the whole service proved a real benediction and after hearing mrs frank day review the work of the society at large on the foreign field truly it was said that mncli had been accomplished and as the speak er emphasized despite the mess the world is in today progress is definitely noted what does it all mean asked the speaker what with wars and rumors of war with gov ernments spending themselves bankrupt for armaments with so much sadness in the world yet on the other hand great human progress surely mans need of a saviour was never more apparent she declared that sin was the real factor in our world of trouble just as it was under roman rule in biblical days when christ came and said i am come that ye might have life these fifty years was the subject of mrs days remarks which left a challenge study pray and give mrs hastings introducing mrs day gave the interesting fact that her husband dr day was born in stouffville a son of a congregational min ister another distinguished guest was mrs ernest forbes past president of the dominion board who gave interesting data on the work at large mentioning the fact there are 162696 members in the organ ization counting the auxiliary groups she brought greetings from the dominion board starting with a membership of 44 mrs blake sanders read a history of the stouffville wms since its inception which proved highly interest ing and valuable it was under the pastorate of rev george brown the society had its birth the first officers she said were mrs george brown president mrs parks and mrs wilmot brown vice prests mrs mcnair secy lillian obrien cor secy mrs martha clendening treas there were four sisters in the original charter member ship mrs wilmot brown mrs truman mrs john stony mrs john sanders all deceased mrs sanders welcomed mrs bedford wife of rev alfred bedford a beloved pastor here 30 years ago she talsb referred to the garret mission band hav ing been started by mrs her kert lee when mr lee pastor while members have given unstintingly mrs sanders said that rev george washington continued on page eight eighty years on 6th of markham in these days when folk roam about so much its news worth reporting to find someone spen ding their life all in one spot and especially when that life stretches out over 80 years so we report that lemuel summer- feldt who last week reached his 80th birthday has lived all that time either on the farm where he was born at lot 23 con 6 maricham or just across the road where he now resides with raymond brfllinger soninlaw lemuel summerfeldt has one son george living at queens- ville and four daughers mrs mustard unionville mrs w jagger lome park mrs stew art duncan whitchurch twp and mrs r brillinger with whom the father lives they were all present for the birth day party with their nine children in fact there were four generations represented and in all the guests numbered fortysix the first summerfeldts land ed here in 1794 taking up lot 23 con 6 which is still in the family lemuel has two broth ers living namely abner of ringwood and howard w of cashel gas thieves pull smart trick at ballantrae monday night quite late gasoline thieves made off with five gallons from gib wrights store and are styi at large pulling up at the tanks with a large car mr wright went out to service the car which had several occupants but none got out when five gallons of red gas was ordered immediately the driver heard mr wright placing the cap on the gas tank they sped away at a furious pace but not before mr wright took the number next match to be on yonge street north york plowing associ ation meeting at the honte of the president russel gray last week accepted an invitation from mr walter wood to hold the 1939 match on his farm south of aurora on yonge street the site is ideal and has been used for this purpose be fore collectors were appointed to canvas toronto and the local district in good time to acknow ledge all gifts in the prize list to be issued later in the sum stouffville only one game behind leaders it was found later that the big mer the date of the match is car had been stolen and toronjas in other years october 18 to police were looking for it no arrests are reported altona lady tasted the kings cake consider new school dicksons hill school section will hold a public meeting next tuesday night to consider the advisabilty of building a new school horticultural picnic district 5 annual picnic will be held at the oac guelph on july 5th last year 850 attend ed this pienic and it is hoped to pass the 1000 mark this year the 60 or more who went from stouffville last year are plann ing a repeat and taking then- friends along you are request ed to notify the president or secretary at once of your inten tions so transportation arranged cars leave stouffville to at 730 a hot dinner will be pro vided free at the college come prepared to join in the sports and share ia the generous priz es offered when king george vl cut the huge birthday cake with his sword while in ottawa all branches of the army were hon ored with a piece having two sons in the service at ottawa mrs howsam who lives much of her ime with a son earl at altona received a slice through the mail the cake was made in honor of his majestys birthday in ottawa when entering the canadian tour in june mrs howsams eldest son veteran of the great war is an officer in the royal air force while a younger son holds an important position in the dept of national defenee and through this connection our es teemed lady east of stouffville was the recipient of this the only birthday cake ever made in canada for the king which had the added distinction of having been cut with the kings own swoid fears gang activity baseball club are financially embarassed because of poor support police deny that there is a reign of terror caused by criminals in the fox lake dis trict near huntsvflle frank latter proprietor of the tre- mont house markham who owns three of the 12 cottages plundered and burned within the past few days thinks differently the poor support given the baseball team this season is causing no end of worry to the boys who are trying to provide this kind of sport despite the fact that stouffville is playing in a fast league and are show ing up well with their good win ning ability the townspeople fail to turn out to see the games played in the park every saturday afternoon beginning at 230 it was feared a short time ago that the locals would have to drop out of the running un less something was done to boost the finances which seems unfortunate when the lads are providing such clean wholesome sport if you are not a baseball fan try it out any saturday in july local sluggers hold positions in batting standing top on saturday afternoon stouffville won another victory by beating pears 5 to 7 the game was scoreless until pears went to bat in the fourth and completely blew up allowing the home team five runs with everybody clacking the ball all over the lot and the visitors fumbling it after that steady ball was the order with the visitors squeezing in counters in three innings and two in the eighth both teams did some fine batting and the crowd en joyed great excitement with so much action in the field tip anderson was on the mound for stouffville and bobby ferguson for toronto the brand of ball deserves better support and those who miss these saturday afternoon games are the losers rural mail holiday the rural mail couriers will have a holiday on dominion day so that persons who wish to procure their mail will have to come to the post office during open time up to about 1030 never missed a day miss elda hutchinson one of the 14 graduates from st josephs hospital port arthur this june never missed a single days training throughout the entire three year course thats excellent was masons install new officers members of georgina mason ic lodge toronto headed by mr h c tugwell installed the newly elected officers of richardson lodge in stouffville masonic hall on friday even ing a light lunch with straw berries was served later in the banquet hall and few speeches were indulged in ollie madill of altona is the new ruling mas ter who presided over the toast list the officers installed were w m ollie madill s w harold a sanders j- w morley svmes chap e m still treas a v nolan secy k r davis deacons f crossen and h mason director of ceremonies w griffiths stewards charles barkev ormsby lehman inner guard a e welrion outer guard jas ridout mrs robert brown is spend ing the week with her sister of lyn- ve mrs bassingthwaite den ontario dominion day football when claiemont and vel lore football teams come to gether at stouffville this satur day afternoon one of the great est battles down the years is anticipated both teams domin ate their home districts and they have clashed each other on two occasions in two years each won a game now stouff ville is to see the end of this tre a game to be remembered it is predicted starting at 6 league standing standing and averages of teams and players in the north toronto intermediate league all averages are up to and including saturday june 24th team games won lost tied aver ostranders 11 5 4 2- 556 stouffville 10 5 5 0 500 pears 10 4 4 2 500 v hillcrest 11 5 6 0 455 batting standing player team g ab r h aver reynolds pears 2 4 2 2 500 gaul hill 11 45 7 17 381 goldup pears 7 21 3 8 381 pennock stouffville 6 16 2 6 375 acheson hill 8 24 2 9 375 west pears 10 38 3 14 368 holden stouffville 10 47 12 16 351 levantis pears 10 32 8 11 344 cook stouffville 10 39 4 13 333 shill ostranders 11 39 6 13 333 brandham pears 2 6 2 2 333 hood stouffville 6 25 2 8 320 rowland ostranders 11 41 5 13 317 button stouffville 9 35 5 11 314 lehman stouffville 8 32 3 10 313 jack a leslie official scorer issues the following standing of players in the toronto baseball league indicat ing a high average for some stouffville players friends remember silver anniversary claremont united holds golden jubilee the golden jubilee services in claremont church on sun day commemorating fifty years were attended by good congre gations both morning and even ing dr gordon a sisco secre- ary of the general council of the united church of canada delivered both sermons and in the morning addressed the congregation from john 19 gods plan for the world to the unfinished symphony the first movement the creation and the last mans acceptance of the true light music for the morning service was furnished by a choir com posed of former members and in the evening the regular group assisted by seveial sing ers from the baptist church and miss cora charlton of lake- field as guest soloist on the pulpit on sunday was displayed the silver trowel pre sented to mrs isaac linton on the occasion of her laying the cornerstone of the church in claremont on july 25th 1889 it is also related that she not only laid the stone but placed 100 on it as her offering and made 40 pies for the entertain ment held in connection with it before the erection of the pre sent structure church was held in a brick building on the lot now occupied by mr james mccullough a neat pamphlet in gold and royal blue giving a historical sketch of the church was issued for sundays service to com memorate the 50 years of service the methodist and presby terian congregation entered in to union in 1920 with rev alexander mclellan who had ministered to the presbyterians since 1914 continuing as pas tor on friday june 30th rev i kennedy babd of hastings takes over the charge held now for six years by rev j e glover b a not alone was the village i blacksmith popular in the days when longfellow penned those lines under a spreading chest nut tree or when charles mackay wrote and he sang hurrah for my handiwoik and the red sparks lit the air no hes still an honored man today right in stouffville and events last week proved it a party of some twentyfive friends of mr and mrs wm griffiths surpris ed them beyond measure by calling at their home on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary the village black smith and his good wife were taken completely unawares as the crowd walked in and took possession of their home bring ing with them all necessary things for the evening enter tainment that was to follow mr and mrs griffiths were pre sented with a silver dish and an address it was on the 22nd of june 1914 that elizabeth ann morris arrived in stouffville direct from the steamer which docked at quebec bringing her from wales to meet her husband-to- be who had preceded her from their native land they were married that same day and stouffville has claimed them ever since mr griffiths has seen the blacksmithing business en gaging the labors of half a dozen men in the three shops which once thrived here until today the firm of lintner griffiths handle all the work with comparative ease engagements mr and mrs h g ord tor onto announce the engagement of their daughter katharine alice to mr russell kenvon vickers son of mr and mrs joseph vickers of hamilton the marriage to take place in toronto the latter part of july alan mcconnochie weds elva mowat in the interests of all water patrons should observe the warning issued on page eight a local young couple were married last week when on friday evening june 23 elva yetive mowat daughter of mr and mrs magnus mowat of campbellford and grand daughter of mr and mrs james mowat of stouffville was united in marriage with james alan mcconnochie son of mrs and the late david mccon nochie rev thomas laidlaw performed the ceremony the bride was attired in a costume of parrot green with hat to match and gold acces sories and wore a cape of brown crepe with lining of tile rust crepe her shoes and gloves were in the same tile rust shade the brides flowers were a corsage of briarcliff roses and maiden hair fern mrs reginald cheeseman acted as bridesmaid and mr reg cheeseman as best man the bridesmaid wore a dress of deep blue shear with matching accessories following a short honeymoon in toronto the happy couple re turned to stouffville where they will make their home the groom being on the post office staff their friends join us in wishing them happiness 17 trucks are hauling gravel through town for the gormley pavement