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jkmffintlle unburn awarded jos clark memorial trophy for j 939 vol 52 no 21 stouffville ont thursday august 24 1939 eight pages big flower show a riot of color once again the stouffville horticultural society has done a proud piece of work in stag ing their annual exhibition in the arena with grand success those who missed the display on one of the two nights of the show passed up something they may never see the like of again the great floor area of the building was one riot of beautiful blooms nicely ar ranged in such manner as to command the best appearance and still be easily viewed by the visitors t in a display of goo entries gladioli as usual predominated but numerous exhibitors de clared their best spikes were not ready the best spike of the show was miss new zealand a comparatively new bloom ex hibited by mrs d woodburn it is the first bloom of miss new zealand ever to be shown in stouffvile mr a hisey toronto was the largest exhibitor in the glad class with mrs b doten second mrs farthing topped the list for best collection of an nuals the display in this class being better than ever the effort to increase interest in the display of plots met with some success miss m mertens was awarded first george saunders second and miss ann lehman third mrs farthing came first for plot of wild flowers a handsome basket exhibit ed by donald lewis came in for much admiration glads asters and liatris in just the right pro portion made up the display a noticeable increase in the vegetable competitions was seen and proved a popular ex hibition winner of the eaton trophy the eckardt trophy and the simpson as first second and third for highest number of points in the floral section only vegetables excluded went to mrs farthing miss eva hoov er and mrs b doten respec tively the judge was mr percy bone of thornhill who was assisted by mr george topper of richmond hill president george saunders came in for high praise for the fine decorations throughout the building which made such a lovely setting for the show on thursday evening the junior band provided a program the attendance was small being mostly exhibitors anxious to see the results however on friday night the crowd came in a real way to hear and see the pro gram put on by mcleod bros stouffville orchestra rendered selections prior to the regular enteitainment beautiful bas kets were presented to mrs george watson and mrs k g tarr by president saunders in recognition of tiheir fine ser vices during the exhibition prize winners ageratum mrs farthing mrs p lehman eva hoover asters rose mrs h pugh mrs raxlin aster mauve mrs r grove 2 asters purple marjorie nicely mrs f wagg asters red mrs doten mar jorie nicely asters single mrs raxlin balsam mrs farthing mrs w slack mrs l slack buddelia mrs r grove cal endula edna hoover myrtle watson eva hoover colliopsis eva hoover mrs r grove carnations marjorie nicely mrs farthing coxcomb mrs williams cosmos mrs wood- burn mrs g watson marjorie nicely dahlia decorative mrs w slack mrs l slack dahlia show jean pipher mrs 0 leh man dahlia collection mrs w slack annual larkspur mrs farthing marjorie mer tens eva hoover gaillardia mrs l slack mrs doten myrtle watson gladioli white mrs g watson luella holden anne lehman gladioli white 3 mrs hisey mrs doten glad white 6 mrs hisev mrs doten glad light or continued on page 2 german jewish refugee s from italy transform markham farm near stouffville ontario sitting in front of their new canadian farm home 7 miles south of stouffville on con 10 are here shown three genera tions of the sauer family of which the tribune carried a special story two weeks ago they were once owners of a prosperous farm in germany and later italy their markham farm is modern the 42 pure bred holsteins are milked by mechanical process they es caped from europe before the drive against the jews began upper left picture shows front row mrs sauer wife of dr h sauer and mr and mrs simon sauer parents of the doctor back row ai eva and frank sauer children of dr and mrs sauer to the right wearing glasses is edward david with his daughter rene mmmm pictured above is mrs lottie margo a visitor on the farm when the photographer called she also is a refugee from eur ope she has her child of 5 with her mrs margo assisted with the lighter work such as poul try feeding and handling the milk although locating on the farm in june mr david said they had raised 500 leghorn chickens and hoped to incubate double the number next year its a swell country said mr david the land is good and our neighbors are fine nine graduates may now enter professions first batch of graduates stouffville to compete from stouffville school indi cates big success teaching upper school work the upper school results for stouffville have been announc ed and indicate that on the whole 77 per cent of the papers written were successful nine pupils graduated four of whom may enter university namely marion hastings gordon bolen- der bill tranmer and elmer winn kathleen kellington will attend mcdonald institute and two may enter the nursing pro fession jean murchison and margaret smith of course any of the students may change their course n the next week or two in view of the fact that stouffville is turning out its first real lot of graduates the success is impressive and most gratifying to principal murphy as it will be to the citizens in general c after a pupils name indi cates pass 1 indicates 1st class honors 2 second class and 3 third class robert abell eng comp c eng lit c thelma atkinson eng comp c eng lit 2 at cne the stouffville horticultural society are again in the spot light in the various flower exhibitions being staged around the country next thursday at the north york market the stouffville society will enter a basket in their society competition at the cne which opens this week the local society are also competing in previous years local flower lovers have stood high at the cne and all are asked to provide their very best blooms for the toronto display this year flowers must be ready by saturday august 26 stouffville begin playdowns on saturday stouffville baseball club have been ordered to meet ivy in the first round of the oba intermediate b playdowns first game at ivy this saturday watch for annoucement of return game in stouffville bachelor farmer in markham suicides local tax bills issued this week george austin eng lit c harold boadway eng lt c gordon bolender eng lit 2 hist 1 alg3 bot c zool 2 fr auth c beryl brillinger hist c mary davis eng comp c eng lit c erma dowswell eng comp c leland fairies eng lit c hist 1 alg 2 bot c zool c isobel fleming eng lit 2 eng comp 2 leona forsyth eng comp c eng lit c dorothy fuller eng compc mary graham eng comp 2 marionne hastings geom 2 trig 2 continued on page eight tax collector h c quibell is sending out the tax bills this week the first payment which falls due on sept 1st it is gratifying to note that despite the large increase in school at tendance with its attendant speed traps more effective than death over west on the 4th con cession a speed trap or two caught 40 motorists travelling between 56 and 75 miles per hour police said they were all caught in a couple of hours indicating that most motorists hold little regard for the law if they think a policeman is not around the death of five people believed due to speeding does not appear to have any effect on people who use the 4th as a speedway ladies to chase roosters men a greasy pig at big labor day stouffville event in the next outstanding event in stouffville is the veterans celebration on labor day september 4 last year this proved a great success and was patronized by large crowds all day and evening this year a softball tournament will com mence in the morning one sect ion for men and one for girls for which the attractive prizes promise a wide entry list in both contests during the afternoon sports of almost every imagin able kind will be staged men will catch a greasy pig and the women will chase a rooster the kiddies will run races and the young men with their sweet hearts can enjoy it all or take part in the pillow fight there is a horseshoe pitching contest too good music on the grounds during the evening a popular concert is arranged for with the versatile ted rust and other talent billy hole and his or chestra will be on hand and will play at 10 oclock for the monster street dance read the display advertise ment in this issue weidman reunion in states mr and mrs jacob g wide- man have received an invitation to attend the 17th annual weid- man reunion to be held at lititz pa on sunday sept 3 note the spelling used by the reunion executive which is the original way to spell the name mr wideman says that any descendants of the family are invited to attend and if they wish may communicate with the secretary adam eberly 1258 north 10th street read ing pa engagements mr and mrs edward hay of toronto announce the engage ment of their daughter violet stewart to samuel herbert cockburn son of mr and mrs william r cockburn of toron to the marriage to take place saturday september 9 in forward baptist church tor onto cost the tax bills are slightly changed from last year the in crease is only fifty cents per thousand assessment which is a very minor change few people will complain of a tax rate of only 35 per thou sand assessment when many places around us are paying 50 and even more remember one half your tax rate is due sept 1st and if you pay the second half with the first by that date a discount of two percent will be allowed on the second instalment many ratepayers take advantage of this discount which greatly ex- iceeds bank interest when robert lowry of markham village went to the farm home of robert henry minikin a mile south of no 7 highway on the 5th concession he found the lifeless body of the farmer stretched across the bed and a 22 rifle over his chest with a hand still on the trigger reconstructing the story con stable b gayman said the un fortunate fellow who was only 28 had evidently held the gun to his temple after lying on the bed pulled the trigger and never moved after the bullet entered the temple dr mcdon ald coronor was called and de cided the matter a clear case of suicide no inquest will be held lowery had been buying cob corn from the deceased and on the morning in question had gone for a supply not getting a response after a second call at the house he went around and peered in a window dis covering the lifeless body on the bed mystery surrounds the case in that no one can advance a mot ive why miniken should take his life he had the 47 acre farm almost paid for and there was few hundred dollars in the bank to his credit he had no love affairs he was born in england where a brother is a member of scotland yard police force a sister also lives in england but no relatives in canada the body was interred on tuesday in st johns cemetery thieves breakin fail in two attempts merchants narrowly escape suffering another robbery when thieves are frighten ed off arrested a few hours later in robbery at sutton just two hours after being frightened out of stouffville be cause of two attempted robber ies on friday night between three and threethirty in the morning at least one of the two culprits was arrested while in the act of robbing tremaynes drug store in sutton james cousins 24 years old caught redhanded in the drug store later admitted the attempt made in stouffville to rob the stores of harry golden and a e weldon shortly after 5 am art pugsley of sutton was on his way to open his fathers store opposite the drug store he noticed a parked car in front of the drug store and an outline of a mans figure in the store he saw another man at the wheel of the car waiting in front he immediately with drew from view without arous- rob stouffville stores ing the thieves and notified at goldens store the new york county officers by tele- door was damaged somewhat pbone by the marks of the jimmic we huried to the store asi continued on page eight fast as we could said officer hill but apparently the man in the car saw our vehicle leaped out and disappeared down a side drive officer mccallum took after him which chase led to the swamp which was later sur rounded without a capture how ever hill entered the store and the accused cousins submitted to arrest without resistance goods to the value of 200 were found in the car according to the officers a peculiar link in the case is that the car which the thieves used was stolen from toronto and the markers belonging to it removed at vandorf and ex changed for those on the car of george ramage blacksmith ramage did not know of the change until police arrived early saturday morning the smithy went with them to his garage and there the stolen markers were decorating his vehicle however the cops had cousins along and he admitted the ex change and also that he had participated in two attempts to