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ftye inbuilt awarded jos clark memorial trophy for j 939 vol 52 no 20 stouffville ont thursday august 17 1939 eight pages no clues are found to latest robberies o- late thursday night or early friday morning thieves stole the motor car belonging to mr pal boadway and up to the present no trace of the car is reported at the same time about 70 worth of clothing was removed from the car of blake yake parked in the same section of the town a bicycle stolen from markham village was found in the neighborhood of the boadway home in the northwest section on the morn ing of the robbery but even this gave no clue to the identity of the robbers the bicycle was found by mr truman baxter on the evening in question mr boadway left his car out side his home and expecting to return to it never removed the keys which made the getaway easy for the thief or thieves evidently they drove down the street to where yakes car was parked forced the door of his new hudson and removed a large quantity clothing mostly overalls and socks yake who is a son of mr austin yake of whitchurch sells clothing from his car over the district it is believed an effort was made to take his car but the engine was locked constables quibell and barra- clough immediately started on the hunt when they were noti fied next morning of what had taken place it was some time before mr iboadway realized that his car had been stolen for when he first missed it he presumed the garageman had called and taken it away to be greased which he had wanted done the night before later he called at the garage expect ing to pick up the vehicle when the full meaning of the miss ing car dawned on him following close on the rob bery of red forsyths barber shop when a large quatity of tobacco and chocolate bars were stolen some merchants are advocating the appointment of a night watchman the cost of which would be borne by the business section however even with a watchman a crime such as was committed on a residen tial street where mr boadway lives could readily go on with out easily being detected stouffville middle school results robert abell ch c alg c thelma atkinson ah 2 alg c phys c la 3 lc 3 fa 2 fc 2 geo austin ah c lat a c lat comp c fr c c harold boadway ch c lat auth c fr auth 3 fr comp 3 irwin borinsky eng lit c a h c geom c eric cutler e c c e l 1 ah 2 alg 3 geom c phys c mary davis geom c phys c f c c erma dowswell can hist c alg 1 phys c lat comp c fr auth 3 fr comp c leland emmer- son eng lit c isobel flem ing a h 1 alg 1 phys 3 lat auth 1 lat comp 3 fr auth 1 fr comp 2 bobbie fong alg c leona forsythe a h c geom c dorothy full er alg 2 phys 3 fr comp c harold good phys c mary graham a h c alg 1 phys 2 lat auth 2 lat comp c fr auth 2 fr comp 2 marguerite jack a h 1 olive johnson alg c fr auth c fr comp c muriel jones eng comp 2 eng lit 1 ah 2 phys c lois kester a h 1 alg 1 phys 1 lat auth 1 lat comp 2 fr auth 1 fr comp 1 phyllis klinck eng comp 2 eng lit 2 robert mcconno- chie eng comp 2 eng lit c dorothy moyer eng comp c can hist c phys c era paisley eng lit 3 jean pugh ah c phys 3 norma rae eng lit c irwin raxlin eng lit 2 a h 1 alg c geom c phys 3 donald rowbotham alg 2 geom c arthur rusnell alg 2 phys c fr auth cfr comp c betty sanderson can his 2 alg 3 phys 2 bud sanderson eng lit c a h 2 alg 2 geom 2 phys 2 bruce ho for the west h on tuesday three young farmers from garibaldi just northeast of town struck out by motor car for the prairie provinces they are willis taylor george taylor and ralph cooper it is their hope to be able to help with the western harvest and later to pro ceed to the pacific coast if work is found the boys may remain there for the winter otherwise they will return this fall for plans completed new barn the contract for the new barn on the walter davis farm at glasgow given this week to tom wilson contractor of cannington the new structure will be 46x80 feet extending west 20 feet beyond the original barn wall on this end the original walls were not dam aged seriously by the recent fire mr davis states the barn will be a plank truss frame with metal roof and the interior will be modern with first class stabling and fittings work will start next week the crop on the farm is being put in stacks for the present keep on barking says deputy reeve prominent residence soijd rev e morton this week purchased from e r sinclair the joel baker brick residence on main street west one door east of mrs jake hiseys mr morton intends to move in just as soon as dint law tenant gets another house stover anc hist 1 alg c fr comp c jean talbot english comp e eng lit 3 alg c ellrie thompson phys 2 lat auth c lat comp c fr auth c fr comp 2 gwen tran- jmer alg c phys c lat auth c lat comp c kathleen turn er alg 3 fr auth c fr comp 3 phyllis winn a h 3 alg 1 phys 2 lat auth 2 lat comp 2 fr auth 1 fr comp 2 whitchurch on downwar taxes d trend o- honey crop below normal byer sons bees buzz from hamilton to lorneville junction heavy grader purchased and better roads to travel on also accomplished by council mr j l byer the bee king of the local district estimates that the honey crop this year will be about half of the unus ually large crop of 1938 and twothirds of a normal crop however he is also of the opinion that prices will remain much the same as a year ago which is something to sweeten the honey a little those who have tried the new crop can testify to the ex cellent quality of the home product at least it is particul arly good dont say anything about our business said mr byer who seemed reluctant to toot his own horn in this way how ever readers will be amazed to learn that the byer apiaries number 22 and are located over a wide area of the province some are in the hamilton dis trict while the most northerly apiaries are up around lorne ville junction besides the ton nage supplied the local market j l byer sons honey is ex ported in considerable quantity now having regard for j ls dont say anything and the fact that- we do no know any thing more about the business this item is signed off despite the fact the township of whitchurch added to its equipment this year a heavy road grader costing 85- 500 and placed the roads in better condition than for some years the tax rate struck at the regular meeting on satur day is still on the down trend the total rate being half a mill less than last year when a mark ed reduction was made over the 1937 rate reeve toole and his council expressed great satisfaction when tha final figures were compiled showing that expen ditures were being kept within the budget despite the unusual outlay fully paid up for new road machinery the govern ment subsidy of one and a half mill was an appreciable factor in the happy outcome for it amounts to 2600 the matter of collecting taxes through the treasurers office introduced at the last meeting and left over for consideration will not be settled until septem ber r e ratcliff told council that if he were reappointed col lector and permitted to send his tax bills by mail instead of driv ing the township roads to make personal delivery the labor would cost the township 200 instead of 300 under the per sonal delivery plan our town ship is now in excellent shape andit is my opinion that you have not the facilities to handle taxes at vandorf said mrt ratcliff owing to the lateness of the hour council did not ent er into discussion on the matter lived in stouffville thirtysix years the death on wednesday last week of mrs eli raymer came as a real shock to all the friends of the family and to the numerous acquaintances in town mrs raymer had been ill only ten days and had been about as usual right up to that time the funeral on saturday proceeded from the late home on main street west to dickson hill cemetery service was in charge of her pastor rev l e atkinson of the united church assisted by rev g c raymer president of the london con ference the pall bearers were messrs isaac barkey roy grove walter brillinger leslie rowbotham jos hoover david stouffer married 36 years ago meretta stiles was a daughter of the late david stiles and was born in north gwillims- bury 65 years ago at that time mr raymer was employed as a young carpenter on the recent ly burned annex to lakeview house jacksons point after their marriage the couple im mediately took up residence in stouffville to them were born two daughters misses lorna and elma who with the father survive keep on barking said deputv reeve jess cook when reeve earl earl toole of whit church asked what council was to do about three or four people who had been fined last week for nonpayment of dog tax yet had not procured tags council in session saturday seemed de termined that everybody be treated alike and the con stables will again demand of the few delinquents the dog license which if not forthcoming may result in a second and more serious fine over 1000 for dog license was collected by f c cum- mings assessor who was or dered paid 85 for his services it was predicted that the tax would be more readily paid next year since everyone has been made to realize that all must pay alike according to the law governing dog tax council agreed to instruct constables to enforce lords day act at the lakes respect ing dancing on the sabbath musselmans lake ratepayers association through their presi dent s r proctor wrote coun cil alleging dance halls were operated wrongfully on the sabbath and claimed the association and others strong ly objected a complaint from wilcox lake will also be looked into where it is alleged motor boats are operated in a danger ous manner when sunday crowds are at this lake the bell telephone co asked permission to erect cer tain poles in the vicinity of newmarket on highway noll auditor roy andrew present ed a report indicating the looks of the treasurer to be in splen did shape and in proper bal ance road accounts were scrutin ized and ordered paid as follows w beach weeks 440 div 20 1775 div 12 865 tle 745 div 10 920 tls 625 div 8 3910 general supply co 19090 tls 2245 div 18 1522 div 26 1725 w mclean weeds 1075 g w williams 2067 div 25 3345 div 21 1940 gw bakerstl 390 div 11 260 div 27 550 div 16 2280 div 24 4390 d baker weeds 1475 div 14 9 g smalley weeds 425 weeds on roads 2 13 15 16 9125 h pegg 425 tle 9 jh widdifield salary 11850 storage tank and sun plies 12300 accidents prevalent accidents to local pei over the week included murray hopkins receiving a serious cut over the forehead and one eye when a car in which he was be ing driven by bert pollard went into the ditch murray bounced up against the car top it required 17 stitches to close the wound another accident re quiring medical attention over took george wilkinson one of the junior band boys george fell on a broken bottle and cut an artery in his knee blood spurted two feet but it was promptly stopped and the lad taken to the doctor uxbridge farmer wins handsomely tom machesney living on the third concession south of good wood had the thrilling ex perience last saturday of win ning a 70 studio set for 25 cts he held the lucky admission ticket to the baseball game in stouffville where the club was giving a fine prize to the fortun ate one which proved to be a farmer who says he has noth ing in his home to equal the setup tom lives on the former rod- anz farm and works hard to make ends meet for himself and his little family viewing with his wife his prize in the window of oneills furniture store on saturday evening mrs machesney said she thought such finery would look out of place in their home and the couple weighed the question of selling the handsome three pieces while friends advised them to take the enjoyment of it themselves the lucky ticket was sold by price pugh as a result of the sale of tickets in this manner two hundred cheered at the foxes are destroying poultry in double header games which pro- u reddy fox turns chicken thief it seems as if when wolves are not killing sheep then the a section of whitchurch town ship for some time now farm ers have been silently smart ing under a suspicion that some thing either on two or four legs was carrying off their birds up in the church hill district last week the suspicion was confirm ed when charles mclean town- line farmer lost no less than 39 chickens there was no guess work this time there were the chickens killed and strewn all over the barn yard and the marks of reddy fox every- where herb pegg also lost four and vided snappy ball all the time undertook to catch the trouble maker by laying out for him one night with a gun along came sly old fox but herb either got too shaky or shut the wrong eye for he missed the mark and there was nothing to be seen but a red streak as the animal escaped other farmers have sighted the maurader more losses ai reported be tween church hill and mount albert where foxes seem to be quite in evidence this summer municipal farm markham 1350 pays a year city of toronto offer grant on tax exempt property at langstaff grace bradley bride of harry holden mr gunner knudsen swedish tenor soloist from toronto will be the guest soloist at the stouffville christian church this sunday night pastor vic- kers invites the public to come and hear this noted gospel singer the home of mr and mrs e h bradley oshawa was the scene of a pretty summer wedding on wednesday august 16 when their niece grace ada bradley younger daughter of mr and mrs frank w bradley port perry became the bride of mr harry whitmore holden eldest son of mr and mrs delbert f holden of stouffville rev w r tanton officiated the ceremony was perform ed in the spacious drawingroom where an alcove was banked with palms ferns and gladioli to the strains of lohengrins wedding march played by mr john todds markham the bride entered the room and was giv en in marriage by her father she was lovely in her bridal gown of shell pink silk net over taffeta with bouffant double skirt and tiny matching lace jacket caught with pink velvet bows her shoulder length veil of blush pink tulle was caught with roses and she was wear ing an engraved gold locket the gift of the groom the shower bouquet was of pink and white continued on page 8 reeve james rennie was wearing the look of complete contentment last weekend he had just emerged from a final settlement between the city of toronto and the township of markham over the matter of taxes to be paid by the city on the municipal farm and jail property at langstaff which is situated in the township un der the terms of the agreement the city will pay the township annually 1350 as a grant as the property is really exempt from taxation under the stat utes as a philanthropic institu tion just as the kingsley farms at vandorf was exempt from taxes in whitchurch at one time the city gave markham a grant of 400 but have paid more than that last year the question came up and a battle royal was on the hor- izen however reeve rennie and solicitor lucas made per sonal contact with the city officials and finally secured an agreement ensuring the town- ship of a grant as stated above the annual payment is based on the assessment for the land only totalling 730 acres assessed normally for 55000 reeve rennie paid tribute to the fairness of the city officials and solicitors in arriving at a settlement the city refused to recognize any liability to pay taxes but were disposed to aid the township to some extent by way of a grant in lieu of a land tax which the township is los ing because of the city occupy ing the area the fact that the question has a lasting settlement for some years without recourse to law will be welcomed by the ratepayers in general grain yields good checking up on a few farm ers along the 6th concession of markham this week we learn that grain crops were very good in the locality one cashel farmer placed the average for wheat at 40 bushels to the acre where no fertilizer was used and where it was used the re turn is higher he said oats are particularly good running on the archie fleming farm around 74 bushels to the acre and 37 pounds to the bushel it was discovered from a plot set aside for exhibition use but on which ground there had been no fertilizer added pretty wedding in the baptist church morris hornsby takes blanche slack as bride stouffville baptist church was the background for the marriage saturday of emma blanche slack daughter of mr and mrs louis e slack stouff ville to morris charles horns by son of thomas c and the late mrs hornsby of toronto rev d macgregor officiated banks of ferns gladioli and del phinium were used to decorate the church mr glenn ratcliff presided at the organ the bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of white marquisette swiss tulle over satin made on princess lines with fitted jacket her finger tip veil of silk net fell from a coronet of white roses and she carried a shower of pink roses and stocks miss ella slack sis ter of the bride was maid of honor attired in pale pink continued 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