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mifon awarded jos clark memorial trophy tor j 939 vol 52 no 34 stouffville ontario thursday nov 30th 1939 eight pages bailantrae left without church building by fire building destroyed on site deeded to primitive methodists in 1863 for the first time in three- quarters of a century the ham let of bailantrae is without a church building it was back in 1863 that land was first deeded and a building erected but on wednesday night of last week the little frame structure 26x38 in size which seated a hundred people was burned to the ground the fire started from a heap of rubbish and leaves in the shed which is attached to the church it was first noticed by roy andrew schell gas station proprietor who sounded the alarm it was shortly after 1030 in the even ing and mr andrew had gone out to lock up the gas pumps when he saw the reflection in the sheds across the way and went over to investigate i never saw a small blaze run so fast said herb simp son who assisted with the bailantrae fire truck the sheds were quickly consumed and when it was seen the church was in danger stouffville chem ical truck was called willing hand turned in and lifted every thing- out of the building even to the furnace and pews the frame was soon reduced to a heap of ruins among the fire fighters was the pastor of the church rev w e irwin insurance one fcuildings is 1100 all the contents insured separately were saved i do not think there are any grounds for the suggestion that the fire was of incendiary ori gin said pastor irwin he dis cussed the fact that it was a mere bonfire when first seen and was inclined to believe that someone had entered the shed and carelessly threw down cigarette butt or lighted match the place was littered with dry leaves and bark from the wood pile in 1863 land was first deeded to the primitive methodists for a church at this site the deed is signed by william king and chris hoover to the trustees henry mcmullen henry philips richard macy wm mercer robert gray these men are now all deceased twelve years ago the frame was lifted and a basement built under the church electric lights were added and the building was painted it was again redecorat ed only recently lived nearly eighty years in same farm home is remarkable record to have been born and lived fifth generation on the home- on the same farm nearly all her stead joseph barkeys father life of 80 years is the remark- urchased the farm in the year able record of mrs tilman rees- 1810 two years before the or who on monday was tender- american war with canada the ed a birthday party at the old j purchase price was 169- 12 reesor homestead where she shillings and six pence farm bought before war of 1s12 still in the family parents agree to shorter noon hour half hour saved at noon allows school out at 330 instead of 4 oclock agreed to the proposed change in favor of the change it is argued that students from the country will be able to leave fcr home a half hour sooner which is a big consideration especially in winter season and bad roads many children bring- their lunch to school and in unfavor able weather they congregate in halls and basement waiting for school to be called reducing this waiting period will remove some of the wear and tear on 129 years ago the father of joseph barkey bought the halls etethat a hundred young- reesor farm on the 8th concession of markham which is still in j sters cause with limited inside the family to this day with the fifth generation this fine stone accommodation for recreation house was built there in 1862 the shorter period will suit pup- its and teachers alike first saw the light of day in the the fine old mother was in- in agreeing to the change it vear 1859 the fine substantial deed delighted and surprised i would appear that parents in stone residence is just two and j with the remembrance brought i the village were largely actuat- a half miles south of ringwoodito her on monday when the en- bv the maxim of the great- beginning with the first week in december our village school staffs and students will take one hour for noon instead of one and a half hours as heretofore and the half hour saved will be cut off at the end of the day thus school will be dismissed at 330 instead of 4 oclock a mansion house hotel bought by ford dealer for new service station o- will be remodelled into fine service station and car show rooms the mansion house hotel which has served stouffville as a stopping place for travellers for more than sixty years will quesbionaire sent to all the shortl close its d to this homes of children revealed the of business the large brick fact that nine out of every ten christmas fair horse section to be enlarged building has been sold by the the arrangements for the latchfordmiller interests to christmas market are going on mr delbert holden ford ser- full steam ahead monday night vice man who will remodel the a number of those interested in place into a service station and j horses commenced arrange- show room and perhaps proments and are expected to offer vide living apartments on the j a good list of prizes in this line two floors above mr holden and the horse program this year gets possession on the first of january and intends to com mence work at that time when completed this famous corner which for so years dispensed beer on the 8th concession of mark ham mrs reesor is the last surviv or of three sisters daughters of pioneer parents joseph barkey and annie hare mr barkey was a mennonite preacher who was also born on the farnhere so that today the fifth genera tion are actually living there mrs reesor was married in 1880 but has been a widow now for six years there are three in her family two sons and one daughter namely albert of markham who is a member of the township council joseph on the homestead and mrs jos hoover of dickson hill there are eleven grandchildren the family of joseph making the tire family and many joined to offer their love and congratulations mrs reesor is a faithful member of the wide- man church a lover of flowers and beauty she perhaps had much to do with the landscaping about the fine old home needle work too demands much of her time and has down through the years plenty of her work is in possession of her children attesting the ability of their be loved mother in the line of quilt work and needlecraft among the guests who called at the reesor home on monday were dr thos mitchell an old school chum mrs reesor re ceived some 150 cards con gratulating her on her 80th i year friends est ood to the greatest num- ber and agreed to the change with that idea as much as from any personal reason thus with school next week the hours will be from 9 to 12 and from 1 to 330 oclock car thieves finally rounded up new snowplow for markham twp on saturday afternoon mark ham township council met to consider tenders for the pur chase of a new snow plough after meeting salesmen for five different companies the order was finally given to the sawver massey co at a cost of 550 a large quantity of snow fence recently purchased will help to keep the roads through out the township open tran barn raised on tuesday a successful barn raising on tuesday saw the big frame for the tran barn in pickering well put in place and men are rushing the sheeting and roof work to completion taking ad vantage of the very fine weather around 175 aided at the raising on tuesdav after noon which was carried out without any mishap robert windsor bailantrae is the car penter contractor the struc ture is about 16x80 a stolen cadillac car caused no end of excitement in town on monday afternoon when it made off from the west end service station with about ten gallons of gasoline without settling the bill dashing away from the tank the hose was nearly torn from the pump and left the service man standing with the gasoline cap in his hand con stable quibell gave chase and aided by don wilson of ring- wood followed the thieves up the 8th concession of whit church where they eluded their pursuers by taking to a side- road going east uxbridge was notified and informed our con stable that they had received word to look out for a cadilac stolen in toronto there were four men in the gang it would appear when they left the city and two of them stole reeve orval heises car in markham which was later ab andoned on the 7th of whit church the report claims police believe the two cars were to be used in a breakin and the local banks here were notified and were ready for attack however later in the even ing they turned up at broug ham and got away with another serving of gasoline without pay this time they headed back to toronto and two of them were caught in the police net that night and placed in jail one lad was only 17 the other 23 years of age death announced from st john mrs eva percy who lives at the sam hoover home on obrien avenue received a wire on monday informing her of the death of her brotherinlaw t h carter who passed away that day in st john nb following an illness of some duration de ceased is survived by his wife and an only daughter muriel for thirty years he was eastern manager for the quaker oat co relatives of the bereaved wife are numerbus in the clare- mont district all of whom will be sorry to learn of mr car ters death lifetime subscription whats the reduction for a lifetime subscription dont believe ive seen it quoted is a poser put to this paper last week by a subscriber down in new york city never in the 25 years of our busi ness as a publisher have we had this question asked us before perhaps it shows the modern trend as well as the popularity of the paper or perhaps it is only a joke but in any event we are taking it seriously we hope the paper will always merit that spirit on the part of subscribers and the query may go down as the very first time it has ever been put to a newspaper the school board on tues day evening awarded a painting contract for 110 to frank mowder the two large halls and one entire room upstairs as well as minor work in other rooms will be gone over high est tender received for this work more than doubled that of the successful tenderer will be handled exclusively by this end of the association the prize lists will be issued next week and will show a liber- many j al offering of prizes and spec- to the ials also will be published the thirsty will dispense another list of donors so if you have not sort of liquid for automobiles subscribed to the expense of which will accordingly maintain j this market get in touch with its original existence for hand- 1 the secretary h quibell and see ing out something with a kick j that he receives your dollar or in of course the place has been two to help along the show without a license now for morel than 25 years and which with hp p j this end of the business taken 8 hft jjrp nllpfl away it steadily declined until iv v receipts from travellers was not sufficient to attract a tenant who could pay rent that would maintain the builcjing gordon robinson present host will con tinue to operate the hotel until the end of the year the mansion house was built by the late elijah miller be tween 1876 and 1885 in 1887 mr miller died and the business was continued by his son frank who died 27 years ago shortly after local option came into force in stouffville his widow who is a patient at present in the brierbush hospital contin ued to operate the place until twelve or thirteen years ago since which time various ten ants have occupied it back in the socalled good- olddays the mansion boasted accommodation for 75 to 100 guests and trade was huming for long years the place then was a spot of beauty and was always admired by travellers on the train it being easily seen from the station or train windows the passing of the mansion house as the towns only hostel ry leaves one with the same re gret as though an old friend had passed on commercially the town is handicapped that can not offer a good hotel to the travelling public this on liquor charge murray hopkins william tin- dall and george brown were each assessed 10 and costs total each 1175 on a charge of consuming liquor in an illegal place when they appeared be fore magistrate keith in county court on monday morning the charge was laid by constable quibell who states that follow ing complaints he had made various efforts to clean up on this business and when he carried out a raid the chief offenders were not at home however the chief believes that the example made of the trio all first offenders will end this breach of the law marriages issue of the tribune will be read by 4000 people a powerful advertising medium prominent men in york county council and col george a drew w ww an mr melbourne pipher of western canada is visiting at the home of his brother mr cliff pipher church street forsyth wells the marriage took place on saturday afternoon nov 25 in lemonville parsonage of miss reta elene wells oldest daugh ter of mr and mrs elmer wells to mr floyd stouffer forsyth son of mr and mrs levi for syth rev w s irwin officiated the bride was lovely in royal blue velvet with corsage of pink roses and sweet peas miss lola forsyth sister of the groom was bridesmaid and mr lewis wells brother of the bride was groomsman a reception for the immedi ate families was held at the home of the brides parents mr and mrs forsyth left on a motor trip to buffalo and on their return will live on the home farm on the tenth con cession of whitchurch york county council honored its 78th warden reeve gordon harris of weston at its annual banquet at the king edward hotel last thursday night guest speaker lieut col geo a drew gave a stirring address forcasting a bright future for canada during and after the next warden from the north end war col drew is second from j of the county at the extreme the right in the picture while on left of the picture in line stands the extreme right is our own the other commissioner john whitchurch township reeve warren reeve of east york earl toole one of the county then fred g gardiner reeve of commissioners this year who is i forest hill banquet chairman prominently mentioned as the and in the centre warden harris i will locate in agincourt local lawyer acts as groomsman mr reg button acted as groomsman on saturday after noon for the wedding of mr howard f stiver of unionville to miss mary d kerr the ceremony was performed at the home of the brides parents mr and mrs w a kerr- at silly- ton grove ashbum rev wb mitchell and rev mr simpson tied the nuptial knot and mrs robert heron officiated at the organ mrs w j russel of unionville was soloist among the outoftown guests were mr and mrs f l button and mr and mrs m e watts the newly wedded couple are popular young people of their respective districts they left on a motor trip to quebec and