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onfftnlle tebtitw awarded jos clark memorial trophy for 1939 vol 52 no 38 stouffville ontario december 28th 1939 eight pages eight candidates for council for and two reeveship o- thrce members of school board and one cemetery commiss ioner acclaimed while all the townships bord ering stouffville went in for acclamations this year the vill age is in the throws of one of the biggest battles in years a e weldon last years reeve will fight it out with walter brilling- er a councillor of a few years ago for the reeveship for coun cil eight are in the field four to be elected in order that the names will appear on the ballot the candidates are hugh boyd ross e brown delbert holden w e morden telford rennie ira d rusnell j h silverthorn and martin tait the latter three and mr brown formed the council last year dr h freel lloyd turner and a v nolan were returned to the school board by acclam ation blake sanders is returned as a cemetery commissioner interest in the nomination meeting was- not keen only about 40 ratepayers being on hand to hear the speakeis in town on friday night doctor herbert freel and a v no lan spoke on school matters then reeve weidon told the meeting he considered his coun cil had had a successful year they had been very careful with the finances and condem ned ratepayers who went around spreading yarns that were un true these people had not en ough courage to come to him direct and obtain the facts- councillor ross brown de clined to run for the reeveship although receiving a nomination he would stand for council again he noted that roads had received a fair share of atten tion but sidewalks had to go because there were not funds for this work considerable re pair had been carried on how ever and a piece of new walk built he said councillor rusnell said he found that things he thought could be done when out of coun cil were not always possible of being carried out but he had done his best and would give all he had of energy to the town if returned councillors silver- thorn and tait wished the elect ors a merry christmas and ex tended thanks to their nomina tors walter brillinger criticised the council for the condition of side walks and said if a man con ducted his private business by letting it run down for ack of repairs we would look on him as a poor business man delbert holden would like to see a change economy was all right but there are places where a dollar could be spent to advan tage mr boyd didnt make a speech but thanked those who brought his name forward he didnt think at the time he would be a candidate mr rennie also thanked his sponsors mr button declared joking ly he was too busy filling the holes on obrien ave both he and mr nolan said tney were not in the field for a seat on the council mr lehman was not present mr turner returned to the school board was absent also mr paisley the meeting closed with good feeling the little group break ing up with clerk john dough erty leading the national an them those nominated and their sponsors are for reeve r e brown vegetable dealer by j b sanders and w t rennie a e weldon merchant by r e brown and ira rusnell walter brillinger gardener by d holden and jr hodgins for council r e brown by j b sanders end w t rennie ballantrae farmer won coveted prize the george watson special prize for the best mare or geld ing on the grounds at the stouff ville christmas market was won by milton forfar of ballantrae with his pure bred clyde filly sired by scotlands remem brance mr forfar has another younger colt by the same sire and he looks forward to having a winning team in a few years invalid 26 years passes suddenly seized with a sudden illness which lasted only an hour mrs joseph cadieux passed away on saturday at her home on main street west she was in her 75th year born in the vicinity of stouff ville she had lived here nearly all her life with the exception of eight years which were spent in toronto she was a daughter of the late mr and mrs william shelson her mother was born in stouffville predeceased her about a year ago at the age of 98 mrs cadieux with her hus band farmed for some years in markham and later he was em ployed in ratcliffs store she had been in an invalid chair for 26 years still the end came with shocking suddenness besides her husband she is survived by one daughter mrs everton smith bloomington and two sons cyrelle and ed mund all of stouffville also a third son patrick of paris mrs cadieux was a member of saint patricks roman catholic church of markham the fun eral was held on tuesday morn ing with inteiment in saint patricks cemetery markham christmas fire nearly destroys goodwood home while enjoying the christmas dinner at the home of his son in the village of goodwood william bryan of that place thought he would strole to his own home fire place immediately after the meal just to make sure every- j thing was all right and the fire in the stove burning properly as he opened the door of his home smoke belched out and it i was found that a pile of wood at the back of the stove was burn ing with the flame climbing up the wall as well as burning a hole in the floor damage amounting to 200 was done be- 1 fore the blaze was put out stouffville fire brigade res- ponded to the call but the fire was under control when they i arrived a bucket brigade with plenty of willing workers did great service saving the home i the furniture had been rushen outdoors as the home was threa tened i chief executives accorded third acclamation reeve c e toole ard deputy reeve jesscook shown here enjoy n enviable municipal record in i937 both were elected to their respective offices with substantial majorities in a keen election contest with their entire council both have been ace- reeve charles hooper was laimed for 1940 without a single name in opposition being their claimed for a third time third acclamation all is quiet in uxbridge twp the township of uxbridge never held a more quiet nomin ation than the one last friday only a handful of ratepayers assembled and interest seemed lacking there were no names placed in opposition to the old council which being duly nomin ated was given an acclamation reeve r e ashenhurst says that his strength has never real ly been tested as he came into the reeveship on an acclamation and now gets a return for a se cond trip the same way edgar johnson is the deputy reeve while john rae fred middleton and walter beach are the three councillors each of them gave a short address and received a good hearing from the rate payers skating commences j clayt baker opened the skatj ing rink wednesday night fori the first time this season make ready for snow clearing on tuesday afternoon whit church council made the purch ase of a snowplow and wing to be attached to the power grad er now owned by the municipal ity the new snow plow and all attachments cost 1175 and will be ready for snow work in a week several tenders were re ceived at this meeting but the firm making the grader obtain ed the order for the plow there were no tenders open ed for truckers to operate a snow plow of their own purch ase hence nothing was done with respect to the purchase of a second plow it is likely the council will now buy a second plow and call for new tenders to operate it by truck fridays nomination meeting at vandorf was the smallest for many years in the town ship of whitchurch probably because it was a forgone con clusion that the council would be returned by acclamation which proved to be quite right there was practically no critic ism against the work of the council hence a most cordial and friendly feeling prevailing the acclamation returns the same council for the third year this is the ninth consecu tive time i have taken part in a nomination meeting said reeve earl toole as he pro ceeded to give an intelligent account of county affairs he emphasized the change of policy in the county whereby in 1932 there was a deficit of 171- 94777 as against this year clos ing when the county on its pay as you go plan owned nothing excepting a small deficit on road account as a result the county rate is down to 54 probably an all time low the reeve referred to the many municipalities who pay their county levy in advance and obtain a discount of 4 per cent in whitchurch where taxes are not due until dec 15 they could not take advantage of this saving he wondered if taxes could be paid in instal ments like in other places which would have a further effect of reducing bank loans changes in secondary educa tion costs threatened to add an additional 1600 on whitchurch one of seven municipalities in in the county to be bumped up if the new arrangement goes through coming to local affairs mr toole pointed out there was a surplus on this years opera tions of 10596 as well as a substantial reduction in bank overdraft which he pointed out would be more than wiped out if all tax arrearages were paid up as it is the penalties on tax arrears takes care of the bank carrying charges mr toole though the council took a forward step this year in buying a power grader at 5500 he thought he was the last on the council to favor the scheme and did so when the treasurer continued on page 8 third consecutive acclamation for markham council a complete acclamation in markham township last friday at the nomination was the third consecutive year the old council has been returned according to clerk charles hoover the smallest assembly of ratepayers which he could re call gathered for the annual meeting a bare handful was present to hear the returned councillors review the years work reeve rennie who was first to address the gathering received his fourth consecutive acclama tion while his colleague deputy- ac- mr rennie did not know whether he should deplore the slim crowd as a sign of disinterest among the ratepayers or that they were well satisfied with the way the affairs of the municipality were being handled by the present council equilization of our assess ment has increased he said but owing to the increase being due to value of markham building having increased the situation was favorable mr rennie reviewed various phases of the county workstat- ing that hospitalization was down 2756 over the previous year and that the county was to be congratulated on its roads he upheld those who hold to the belief that county councils should be maintained stating that should the administering continued on page 2 summer residents lose daughter hugh boyd drover by w c brillinger and d holden d holden agent by wc brillinger and j r hodgins i d rusnell agent by r e brown and a v nolan j h silverthorn garageman by i d rusnell and m tait m tait drover by i d rus nell and j h silverthorn w e morden transport by e a button and hugh boyd e a button gentleman by wc brillinger and b lickerish w t rennie cartage by w c brillinger and b lickorish a v nolan publisher by w t rennie and j r hodgins ormsby lehman merchant by b lickorish for school trustees dr h b freel physician by i d rusnell and m tait lloyd turner farmer by a e weldon and r e brown a v nolan publisher by h b freel and m tait t h paislev trucker by fl button and j r hodgihs the death of miss ethel mc dowell toronto was learned with general regret among the friends in the musselman lake district where the family have summered now for some years their cottage being just north of the topper farm miss mc dowell was only 22 years of age and besides her parents mr and mrs wm mcdowell is survived by two sisters helen and marg aret the latter being married there is also one brother john surviving the family are members of the united church and the funeral from the late home at 1733 dufferin street took place to stouffville cemetery on thursday in the absence of the family pastor rev l e atkin son performed the last sad rites at the graveside the family are well known around musselmans lake and bloomington through spending their summer vacation in the locality and because of their friendship decided on procuring a family plot in the local cemetery no election in markham reeve o b hisey and his four councillors were returned by acclamation in the southern village last friday evening frank burkholder a product of stouffville is one of the quar tette of legislators and we con gratulate him on his success support for prize iamb has come from owners of high grade retail meat markets in the chi cago area since the close of the international livestock exposi tion according to swift co which bought the grand champ ion carload shown here deal ers have joined the company in above the market level the grand champion carload shown above of 50 southdowns bred fed and exhibited by w j brodie stouffville ont can ada sold to swift at 23 per hundredweight the group aver aged 8fi pounds when they announced a dressout percent age of 546 swift executives cooperating with the show by said the brodie iambs as usual buying lambs at blue ribbon attained an exceptionally high prices although unable to sell degree of finish without being the meat for more than a little excessively fat the young lad- j ies siiovn with the lambs are evelyn fletcher left of rens selaer ind and anna jean laddie of chicago both swift employees in 1934 c j brodie son of stouffville started an unbroken string of purple ribbon winning in the carload fat lamb class competition was keen each year hut the veteran south down rreeder and his efficient son bill continued to capture the iamb shows highest award double wedding celebrated here rev herbert and mrs lee and mr and mrs nathan for syth at the latters home this week celebrated together their wedding anniversaries the for mer methodist divine and his wife were married 41 years ago while mr and mrs forsyth have been man and wife these 21 years friends join this paper in congratulating our church street residents who have lived long and useful lives in that they may continue their present happy sphere for many years to come