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p btonumlk unburn awarded jos clark memorial trophy for 1939 vol 52 no 45 stouffville ont thursday february 22 1940 eight pages son of early hotelman amos yake dead jack forster buys seagrave farm amos yake 73 years of age died at the home of his brothei inlaw william thorne south of town on the 10th concession of markham about the supper hour on sunday evening he had been in ailing condition for a couple of years and friends trace his decline to an automobile accident a couple of years ago when he was struck on a city street and knocked down taken to the hospital at that time he apparently soon recovered but his accustomed good health was of short duration born in the old hotel known as the yake house at the corn er of main and 10th streets his parents were calvin yake and his wife susan moore who have both been dead for some years of a family of seven children born to the late calvin yake there survives three daughters and two sons now that amos has passed on they are ira yake toronto bruce in wes tern canada mrs edith lamb vancouver mrs bertha thorne at whose home the brother died mrs may st john wife of wes ley st john aurora excepting for a brief time homesteading in western can- ada amos always lived in stouffville and in the same pro perty when the liquor business was removed from hotels his father continued to occupy the old hotel as a private resi dence and amos lived with him he never married and save for a little farming did not follow any occupation he was a great walker and frequently would strike out for uxbridge town then west to siloam and home for a days hike while not a churchman he was a bible student and could readily quote scripture last summer his sister from vancouver came down to see him and spent the summer here conditions fifty and sixty years ago were frequently spok en of by him he recalled the long line of teams hauling logs from north of here down the tenth and to frenchmans bay for shipment to england where they went into ship masts these teamsters frequently put up at his fathers hotel over night and were off bright and early in the morning amos did a good deal of work about the barns in those days and a good hostler was appreciated amos once said i was born in the shadow of the bar room but i never became a victim of the bar and this his friends know to be right he was temperance man arthur g corscadden mr jack forster of markham has purchased the orchard farm jat seagrave in reach township con east of blackwater and will move there about the middle of next month mr and mrs or chard who have owned the place for 27 years are retiring tc stouffville the property con tains 100 acres and is regarded as a very desirable property friends in markham and stouffville will be sorry to see mr and mr the home distinct especially mrs forsters parents mr and 1 mrs jess cober of stouffville may the best of luck attend their efforts as they take up a farm of their own sells his home acres to younger brother i dies suddenly who died in toronto was well known in stouffville fraternal circles andcrushe gli lad er ses falling from a farm bob sleigh coming from school stanley schmidt son of of our theatre proprietor had his fin gers crushed when the heavy sleigh loaded with a couple of head of cattle and a number of school children passed over the tips of his fingers he was rushed to a doctor by ben raxlin when it was found that one finger had to be taken off at the first joint but while another is badly crushed an effort will be made to save it the full extent of the injury is not just certain stanley is with standing the shock very well but has suffered a great deal of pain being his left hand he is worry ing about how he is going to play his saxaphonehe is an out standing member of the junior band returns to farm vernon lewis who has been living in town as a tenant in miss m valentines house on victoria street has rented the 50 acre farm on the ninth con cession of markham now being vacated by jonas lewis and be longing to frank timbers the place is well equipped and mr lewis will be moving near the boyhood scenes where his fath er the late george lewis farm ed for many years he takes possession in a few weeks vern on has been assisting his brother in the garage business in town mr win timbers has sold his fathers homestead at lot 34 whitchurch to his younger brother fred who takes possession next month the property an ideal dairy farm is one of the choice 100 acre farms in the township the buildings are well equipped there is hydro and plenty of water avail able at the death of matthew timbers his widow acquired the forster leaving property and sold it to win who intends to hold an extensive public auction sale next month to dispose of his stock graiii and implements as the small acreage he lives on just west of town is already fully equipped fred timbers also has a full completement of stock and im plements on the mortson farm just west of town which he will move to his new holdings on the farm where he spent his child hood old boys association passes from existence rousing convention greets col mulock tories nominate robt mcgregor robert h mcgregor was un animously chosen national candidate for east york at the convention held monday night in the east end of the riding harry meighen and john a leslie both nominated retired in favor of mr mcgregor who has been the sitting members for some time all markham township and the village of stouffville vote in east york for this election capt reesor 97 years old was given a place on the plat form principal speaker at the con vention was denton massey who criticized the king adminis- the accident happened at noon tration saying mr king had done more than any other per son to discourage or dampen the impetus on enlisting the convention hall was jam med the attendance being the larger ever accorded mr mc gregor theft of cattle charge withdrawn when the acc pay 10 wesley eves of whitchurch township charged by carl rey nolds of cedar valley with theft of four cows valued at s200 pleaded not guilty through his counsel kmr stiver in newmarket court last week after hearing all the evidence highway at this point they al- the case was adjourned until hour on monday it is not ascer tained who the farmer was that drove the sleigh but no blame is attached the farmer was coming into town and naturally the school boys made a rush for the sleigh in the tumult of get ting on stanley somehow slipp ed and fell it was some mom ents before his pals realized his awful fate but when they did he was picked up and rushed into ben raxlins nearby and then on to the doctor jos kirks death recalls old toll gate joseph george kirk resident of markham township for the last 40 years died at his home on the 8th line last thursday in his 73rd year he was born in toronto and took up farming in vaughan for 32 years he farm ed the present place at wide- mans a mile and a quarter south of ringwood and rethed only two years when he con tinued to reside on the same place the late jos the stouffville old boys and girls association of toronto is no more after thirteen years of pleasures and struggles ups and downs and many other ex periences the association execu tive wrote finis to its existence at a final meeting held recently it seems that some good things have to come to an end was all unnecessary as events proved later when president j e smith called for nominations for a candidate for the forth coming federal election there was i one name only one submittedin- f married i aboa on one name was in the minnie reesor and to them a j minds of the de who jam- family of three sons and three the hall col w p mulock si w6 n george mitchell deputy reeve misses elva freda and garnet cf north y township and a although delegates to the liberal north york convention held at newmarket on saturmv were asked for their credential and this association has appar- cards as they entered the nan itjently been one of them in its i earliest phase the new organiza- i tion took a large part in the cele- i bration of stouffvilles and canadas jubilee in 1927 then for years and years it struggled on with increasing difficulties land finally reached a low water 1 mark in membership and pros pects at the end there was little lamentation and much pleasur able reminiscence the president miss edith johnson and miss elsie johnson were kind host esses at the final meeting there was much regret that the foun der mr f w mertens could not be present he loved the old town and still does and had done so much for the association let the workers be not sorrowful but satisfied that their loyalty and efforts have set a splendid example for the suc cessors of some day that is to come thirteen years be it re- membered is a long long time for old boys association to re- col w p mulock reported out of lineup it is reported that bradley uxbridge defenseman will be out of the lineup here monday due to fractured jaw he received in a game there on tuesday night farewell tribute paid to the late ralph bruels almost everybody locally is suddenly a few yeais ago while familiar with the beautiful attending guelph agricultural avenue of shade trees just south college of ringwood which flank the a man of quiet disposition mr bruels had the respect of all at home harry in toronto mrs wni paisley on the 6th of whitchurch and reg in mark ham the sorrowing wife also survives to revere the memory of a kind and indulgent father mr kirk often recalled his boyhood days in toronto when his parents kept the old toll gate on davenport road at dufferin there were two boys in the family and his brother anthony survives him but his parents are long since passed on the lads were frequently charged with the duty of attending the toll gate which required con stant watch that travellers be not delayed in getting on their way at night a bell alarm sig nal often aroused them when someone had to get down and at tend the gate the fee was very small and the revenue was used for maintaining the road main alive when war work is demanding so much time and effort of the faithful ladies of the association the decision to disband became inevitable bought quebec sire d j tran and robert bone neighbor farmers have pur chased a valuable registered holstein bull which is being shipped from the province of quebec these farmers are tak ing the right step to breed into high class registered stock returned soldier and jos vale public citizen newmarket pro posed the name of mulock when with one accord the delegates rose cheered and cheered again on the platform with col mulock was morgan baker and numerous vicepresidents this is the largest conven tion i have ever seen in north york said col mulock in open ing his address and warmly ex pressing thanks for confidence placed in him then promptly launched into his address suddendeath game to settle playoffs packed arena expected to wit ness showdown with uxbridge the quandary cloud which has been shadowing the heads of the three intermediate hockey teams uxbridge markham and stouffville over the outcome of the county league schedule is by finally to be decided on monday outlining conditions and events night from the close of the last war uxbridge and stouffville will here was britain leading the play a suddendeath game to way to disarmament and our own people demanding reduced expenditure for war purposes unfortunately one country fail ed to follow the example of others and germany rushed to arms today we face a war that is our greatest world calamity the tories are holding a par- continued on page eight settle the issue and decide a winner to enter the oha play- downs uxbridge who only last week unceremoniously withdraw from- the league with the intention of entering the ontario playdowns immediately found the oha unwilling to accept their entry continued on page eight tuesday this week when it was dismissed when the parties re ported they had reached a settle ment by the accused paying the 1000 amount in dispute eves came to my place about a week before the 27th of jan uary testified the complainant we were buzzing wood at the time he wanted to see the cattle so i showed them to him and priced them at 200 he came back again on saturday night january 27th between four and fivethirty he walked behind the cows and said im going to buy them heres 10 on them and ill come mondav or tues day and get them lie came back continued on page seven the farm supper the ufo oyster supper this thursday evening promises to attract a big attendance so mark the birth place and home of ralph bruels who after 70 years died on the farm there on friday evening february 16 in his 70th year he was a son of juilus bruels who married helen forsyth and they had a family of three sons and four daughters timothy and william are dead also two daughters selina mrs fleury and esth er mrs bothright the surviv ing members of the family are josie mrs charles wismer and may mrs bramwell both living in toronto fortyfour years ago ralph bruels married annie ogilvie a toronto girl and they located on the homestead at ringwood one daughter born to them died in infancy while another and onlv daughter is mrs fred steckley frank bruels on the homestead is the only surviving son one other boy clarence having died the whole neighborhood in which he lived for nine years lie ser ved as a school trustee but had no particular desire for public office his death was a great shock to many people who scarcely realized that he was in serious condition pneumonia followed other trouble and was the ultimate cause of his death at the largely attended fun eral service in dickson hill on monday afternoon a fine tribute was paid the deceased by an old friend and neighbor dr thos mitchell who spoke on the way men have to carry burdens there is the pessimist the stoic and the christian the departed was likened to the last i knew him as an upright man clean peaceable a good citizen in t splendid neighbor siad dr mitchell rev e morton and s h cockburn assisted in the service wild police dog defies shot and shell of whitchurch police march bridetobe the large police dog which attacked the herd of cows be longing to carl reynolds of cedar valley was shot dead last wednesday after defying shot gun and bullets like an army tank on two or three occasions shot gun charges were emptied into the animal but it kept right on going as though nothing had happened people were begin ning to doubt that the aim was good then after several days had elapsed the animal was tracked down by constable bob windsor and bobover armed with a good rifle they poured four bullets into the dog befme they brought him down the first shot struck into the rear quarters of the dog but he only fell then got up and streaked away manouvering around the miss elva sybil bracken rn whose engagement to ernest james dodd has been announced se roads and concessions they the marriage to take place the again met the animal coming latter part of march miss along the road hidden bracken is the eldest daughter behind a fence they waited and other and left its fang marks on of mr and mrs ii bracken of w the beast came up with scil more cattle the one cow markham mr dodd is the only them over sent a bullet in be- with a serious wound in the leg son of the late james j dodd the front leg aimed at the was registered heart the dog fell and the hun ters were sure of their quary but no up again got the animal and away like a flash again they boarded the car and gave chase they rounded a few side roads and headed him off once more the final shot went into his head and he dropped dead just to vindicate the story that the many shots had struck home the police dog was skinned and it was found that the hide was just punctured by the gun shot pellets and the bullet which lodged behind the front leg had passed out the breast bone breaking it completely the dog had evidently been at large all winter for he had a re markable undercoat like down to repel the cold and had been known to sleep in a snow bank a calf belonging to the rey nolds farm was badly chewed al so a registered cow while the beast had bitten an ear off an-