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f5r mt um awarded jos clark memorial trophy for 1939 vol 52 no 37 stouffville ontario december 21 1939 eight pages neighboring youths iteal o i i record taxpayment in whitchurch the best response in the six juveniles facing eight charges little of value stolen in j raids during six weeks with the arrest of three markham juveniles police be lieve they have solved a series of breakins and thefts during the past six weeks the trio all of markham will appear in york county juvenile court to face eight charges in only one case was anything worth more than 5 stolen according to constable arthur daniels of markham on satur day dec 2 the home of charlie sargent of markham saw theft of a 22 rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition the rifle was re covered by police the other cases were breaking and enter ing a markham home and steal ing a number of eatables and an attempt to break and enter an other local home all the breakins and thefts occurred in markham area with the exception of theft from the stouffville bakery when a loaf of bread was stolen the boys were arrested saturday after they had been charged with steaing christmas trees from j seeber york county police sergt sidney barraclough assisted constable daniels in laying the charges 25 years married mr and mrs sid schmidt were caught in a webb of the unknown on sunday when their daughter mrs dawson wagg arranged a surprise dinner for them to mark their 25th wedd ing day the manager cf the stanley theatre and miss roby gibney were married by the rev dr booth who was station ed in the methodist church at that time now that the surprise is known we all join in wishing our townspeople long years and happiness aplenty the schmid ts are among the towns best boosters and give freely of their means whenever the occasion arises about 20 guests joined in the wedding dinner on sun day christmas fowl excels anything in istrict declares the dept judge offered services to empire property sold over auction block on friday afternoon the john beach house and lot on the 4th made shortly concession of whitchurch at gormley found a buyer at the auction sale conducted by a s farmer the property went to anthony nigh also of gormley living on the 3rd concession of markham the sale price was s875 there were several active bidders indicating that the modest little home well located on the highway was sought after the household goods and garden tools realized over 100 being surplus which mr and mrs beach will not require when they move to stouffville they had resided in the gorm ley place for 35 years and it was like parting with an old friend to give up the home dr neai smith has received a call for service in the can adian army medical corps and will report for duty very short ly dr smith is completing arrangement for carrying on his dental practice fuller an nouncement of which will be years i have been collector of taxes said ross e ratcliff on saturday in discussing this years tax payment the total o same i suppose we have the word of the hall was crammed with stouffville christmas mar- homemade bread were numer- ket on tuesday excelled that i ous and brought out the fact years iax paymeu m uuta q the m vear in point of that the art is not a lost one demand tor the township attendance while prices for among farm women as many whitchurch amounts to o3000 noulu ed much the s there was paid in by the- last hbw we have the wor day dec lo before penalty is departmenta judge mr fi people from noon hour until af- added the sum of 40000 leav- frands of guelph that the iter four oclock so dense at ing outstanding only 1000 ize fow seen here excelled times that one could not inspect and the collector is fully assiir- anvth5ng he had judged this the prize birds with any satis- ed of a few thousand more be- ch an hes going every faction fore the end of the current l of the wee turkevs 14 to 18 lbs in comparison with 1938 t sweez newmarket mrs ronald steven mrs fred when there was outstanding district camem for honorable 20000 on the last day the pay- mention with his wonderful dis- ment this year reveals the factp of turkeys a new breed it of better times for the farmer was explained with wide another feature that might be and nicely set up every considered is that the taxes are p hac i no trouble in carry ing off the bulk of prizes proo- sharply down this year accord- ing to last years tax roll the ial a of poul total collections for all purpos thieves fiee before constables bullets kickers good behaviour wins farmer 5 bet frank brown of uxbridge is the owner of a bay colt which he thought up until tuesday was good enough for the cal gary bucking broncho show the thing could kick the day lights out of any rig he hitched it to and so when norman claughton of stouffville bet him s5 that he could drive the colt through the maddening crowd of market day shoppers in stouffville the bet was taken and the mone was promptly paid over to joe cooney at the appointed hour of two oclock the colt was hitched up to a twowheeled cart and the drive started from the east end claughton took the precaution to tether the front feet with an extra pair of lines so that had the broncho commenced any of its well known didos the driver could lift one foot and thus stop the antics evidently the beast was wise to the manner in which it could be brought to time and was on its best behaviour it walked the full mile and a half from tenth to ninth passing all the cars and winding in and out the traf fic with the decorum of an old hack horse claughton was paid the bet without protest surprised by police after ran sacking the canadian national railway station at markham early monday morning three men disappeared into the bush alongside the railway siding amid a hail of bullets constable arthur daniels of markham fired five shots at the fleeing trio as they disappear ed under cover of darkness into the bush all shots were aimed into the air and the thieves did not stop constable daniels assisted by york county police sergt sid ney barraclough and markham township constable ben gay- man searched the district and all highways for two hours after the robbery attempt without success it is believed that the men spent the night in the bush a car thought to have been stolen from herbert bowes pape ave east york is being held by markham police await ing identification the ignition of the car was still locked when police recovered it at the rail way siding the wires under heath the dashboard had been ripped off and then joined to gether to start the engine the robbery alarm was raised by arthur russell who lives a few hundred yards away from the railway station he saw a car drive alongside the station as he was putting his car into the garage for the night after he emerged he heard glass breaking notifying constable daniels the two crept along the railway tracks aided by the rumbling of a passing freight train unit within 75 yards of the building although the cash drawer in the station had been ransacked nothing was taken entrance was gained to the station by breaking the glass in the side door and then reaching in and lifting the locking es amounted to 56549 as against 53000 this year the general rate controllable in 1938 was 18141 and in 1939 dropped to 14902 the largest tax payer municipality is st michaels college paj ing 500 and prob ably next in line of big land owners with an outstanding taxjpff is mr george rodanz ring- wood paying 400 a h kirby toronto man with farm lands and cottages at lake wilcox pays 300 wm ratcliff is also in this class there are only three separ ate schools supporters in the township although from time to time application is made by roman catholics to have their school tax applied to separate school purposes this cannot be done unless the tax payers pro perty is within three miles of the separate school to which he wishes his school tax to be paid try brought in by one farmer from the close by townships came from green river mr stanley byers had 350 pounds cf turkey and for the best birds in the lot received 24c a pound in the course some of the northern visitors brought along a whole mowder wm sweezie mrs j fuller mrs e wells over 18 lbs w sweezie h cunday wm barker mrs fred mowder mrs ronald stiver up to 14 lbs mrs sweezie mrs fred mowder wm barker mrs ron stiver floyd marquis geese 8 to 10 lbs mrs robert irwin clayton davis mrs willis davis mrs jno coombe10 to 12 lbs murray dunkeld mrs w mcnair mrs w slack mrs robt irvin over 14 lbs mrs w mcnair mrs w r evans murray dun- a truck load of these birds for salejkeid rather than for exhibition pur- miiscova ducks mrs coorn- the most of them were i be mrs w slack single duck not eligible for competition from mrs j fuller mrs w sack the north as they were not in harold cundy pair ducks possession of the farmers but mrs fuller wm barker h rather belonging to dealers cunday seeking to resell them the ruling price for turkev bread mrs hewlett kath- averaged 20 to 22c geese 16c to erine moyer mrs thomas the horse show the addition of a horse sec tion to the christmas fair prov ed a more than popular move it may have been largely res ponsible for the additional mill ing crowd of people along main street who stayed until threat ened rain came about 430 the horses were judged in the cnr yard and attracted keen interest teams came from every direction of the country hugh boyd and nis committee did a good job in preparing a liberal prize list and carrying out the events so well the win ners h d team heber down william reesor louis wells light draught e pascoe allan lewis e snowball 2yearolds allan lewis william reesor jack morgan yearling m forfar an thony hoover c wideman best colt on grounds m forfar next issues late the tribune will be printed one day late for the next two weeks owing to christmas and new years holiday died on visit northern ontario john phillips of lemonville passed away in the hospital at bracebridge on december 5 following a serious illness he was in his 75th year and had gone north some weeks ago to spend the winter with relatives a sister and a nephew the re mains were interred at brace- bridge the late mr phillips was widely known as a fence builder in this district where he spent all his life two sisters survive being mrs a hellam of spruce- dale and mrs w g morley of stouffville 37c and chicken ran from 16 to 17c plenty of farmers sold fancy birds above this price which we give as the average despite the tonnage the quality had not been sacrificed and the milling crowds in the market hall ratcliff block were amaz ed and delighted with the grand display a buyer for the maple leaf milling co was on the maiket and bid 25c pound for all the turkeys between 12 and 14 lbs he could obtain this company present their employees with birds each season and it take a thousand to fill the demand the buyer who came here of course obtained a very small portion of the total required by the firm a list of special prizes were all won by four exhibitors namely wm sweezie william barker wm mcnair and mrs barkis reesor mrs l e tishburn toronto judged the cooking and baking exhibits and must have had a hard time of it the exhibits of simpson buns mrs ira rusnell mrs c gostick mrs eli ramer layer cake mrs eli ramer mrs w beach miss eva hoover layer cake eva hoover mrs i mclaughlin mrs wm sweezey sponge cake mrs ira rus nell miss eva hoover mrs b raxlin banana cake mrs eli ramer mrs sweezey mrs silverthorn pumpkin pie miss fockler mrs hamilton mrs r w evans eggs white mrs albert allen irene pilkey mrs john pallister egg brown v pennaman mrs walter jacobs mrs a s stouffer mrs sweezey a lady representative on the staff of clare wallace tea time topic broadcast was in town on fair day keeping a sharp eye for anything unusual and inter esting for the broadcast be sure and telephone or write the tribune a list of your holi day visitor lets all coonerate how much should indigent funeral cost how much should a munici pality pay for the funeral of one in destitute circumstances for whom they are bound by law to provide a burial that is a ques tion with some of our people just now last week when stouffville was faced with the obligation of providing a burial for an elderly lady reeve a e weldon engaged the services of the markham village undertak er because the local establish ment refused to commit the body for the sum offered mr oneill states that s30 is not enough for a decent burial embalming fluids alone he points out cost more than a third of the total of 30 added to this there is the casket per sonal service and use of hearse and car reeve weldon when inter viewed said the village is not liable for more than 3000 un der the hospitaization act dealing with indigent people and york county which meet half the cost will not go beyond 15 for their share the under taker engaged after mr oneill decined the job is also a local ratepayer said mr weldon appreciation for all to be sure were a lot more modern nowadays and justly proud of our advancement but theres one thing thats never been improved upon the good old fashioned christmas spirit we look back lo the days of sleigh bells frosty breathd steeds footwarmers and mufflers and wish the genuine joy of those hearty times to you and yours may your christmas be as full of treasured happiness a v nolan and staft jjj fottffutllj ribtme the final meeting of the vill age council friday evening was short and concluded with a vote of thanks to reeve weldon on behalf of his colleagues for the manner in which he had con ducted the meetings during the year another expression of thanks from the council went to clerk j s dougherty and his assistant h c quibell the aver changing regulations had added endless work on the office staff and another drastic change in the bookkeeping system is em inent to start next year each change adds more work and more detail it was pointed out while no mention was made by any member of the council as lo his stand for 1940 it was assumed that the entire board would not be adverse to retain ing their positions the only business was that of passing a few accounts after which the clerk recorded the minutes in his book and then they were passed