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5000 readers tumw 1425 copies awarded jos clark memorial trophy for j 939 vol 53 no 2 stouffville ont thursday april 25th 1940 eight pages fire destroys two homes in township miles apart houses burn at same time last saturday two fires were raging at the same time in whitchurch town ship last saturday when a couple of homes miles apart were razed to the ground a total loss at 1245 the frame dwelling occupied by mr and mrs stan hall at corner of 6th concession and vandorf road was believed to be started from a spark on the roof mi hall was not at home and be fore the neighbors could ren der assistance everything was a total loss even the furniture the property is owned by wm pattenden one hour prior to this a fire broke out on the premises of charles h rose cedar valley pine orchard station believed to have caught from a running grass fire from a point where they were boiling- sap the ballantrae fire engine with its 300 gallons of water was quick ly on the scene but after its contents were emptied no more water was available the men turnd their attention to saving the goods and the milk house close by most of the furniture was removed from the dwelling but the house burned to the ground the dwelling was a frame and metal building so quick did the first fire gain headway that no fire equipment was sent to the scene and even if a chemical outfit had arrived it is not thought that it could have ren dered any service jtis beyond the recollection of any one to recall when two homes have gone down by fire in this manner at the same time graduates from the toronto bible college the graduation exercises at the varsity arena this thurs day evening will have a peculiar in terest for folks in the christian church con ference on this occasion miss evelyn filyer second daughter of mr and mrs r j filyer of ring- wood will be seen as a member of the graduating class she will receive her diploma along with the other members of the class miss filyer has the unique distinction to be the first lady as a member of the christian church conference to graduate from the college the affair at varsity arena will be attended this thursday evening by many people from her home district very timely film to be shown at stanley for a thorough insight into the nazi boast that they would capture the united states with an army from the inside one might want to see the film playing at the stanley theatre this weekend entitled confes sions of a nazi spy the pic ture starring edward g robin son shows just what grounds the various european neutrals have for fearing the german trojan horse tactics matrimony reason for six breakins houses looted of money and and jewelry in broad day light magistrate is told sentence deferred pleading guilty to six charg es of breaking and entering houses in markham and aurora and stealing money and jewel ry from each earl quinn 23 of gerrard street east toronto remanded a week for sentence when he appeared before mag- istrat keith on friday chief daniels markham said he had arrested quinn on april 14 in markham and that sub sequently he had been charged with four breakins in mark ham and two in aurora in only one case were the stolen goods recovered he said he had thrown the rest away in the snow immediately after stealing them quinn said he wanted to get married but was without funds couldnt get a job or get into the army so he decided hed have to steal to get money the crown said he had a record dat ing back to 1934 engagement the engagement is announc ed of doreen nelda betz only daughter of mr and mrs fred betz stouffville to ronald gibbons son of mr and mrs john gibbons lemonville the marriage will take place quietly thursday april 25th deaths fisher arthur w on tues day april 23 1940 at toronto general hospital arthur w fisher beloved husband of mary hotham of 95 seventh street new toronto resting at the funeral home of a e cook limited 721 bloor street west for service thursday at 2 pm interment stouffville cemetery propose to organize girls club here a meeting of girls from stouffville and vicinity is to be held at 815 pm on wednes day may 1st in the municipal hall stouffville this meeting will discuss the advisability of forming a girls club in stouff ville to carry on the various projects provided by the womens institute branch of the dept of agriculture miss helen abell of ringwood is local organizer and miss betty wallace of toronto will be a guest if you are interested in learning a better way of living in your community you are ask ed to come to the council cham bers wednesday may 1 martin family bereaved since sale everybody was grieved to learn of the death of jean martin 28yearold daughter of mr and mrs charles martin who moved frov victoria square district last month follow ing their farm stock sale to re side in newmarket suffering a nervous breakdown jean died quite suddenly at their new home in newmarket surviving are her parents two brothers roy and stewart in newmarket and a sister mrs stewart tor onto the martin sale on the 4th of markham where they farmed was first called for march 20 but owing to impassable roads was postponed until march 30 when a very successful auction took plrce their fine herd of cattle attracted buyers from long distances half holiday begins next week although a number of stores in stouffville carried on the halfholiday through the wint er season next week it will be come general in town banks post office and business places recognize it from may 1st and patrons are asked to bear the fact in mind the post office will be open on wednesday between the hours of 8 am and 1210 pm arid again between 5 and 645 pm b s telephone co strings new line the bethesda stouffville telephone co are erecting a new cable line to ringwood from the main office in town which will eliminate the use of all open wiring over this area however it will be some time yet before the job is completed although the cable itself is now in place one could hardly realize that this small pipe line contains one hundred small strands of wire or 50 complete sets but thats the fact of the case there are many advantages in placing the telephone wires in cables they are more immune from weather and breakage by ice storms re quire a lighter pole line and will last longer the capital out lay of course is rather heavy but the local company plan to extend this style of line from year to year new firm stage big 14 day sale it will be noticed in this issue that the carswell general store successor to the shaw store is introducing itself to the public of this district with a gigantic change of business sale the event of which stouffville has not seen the like for some years will open this friday morning at 9 oclock and will continue for 14 days when you scan the offerings in the big display adv in this pap er you will realize at once that there are going to be crowds in stouffville and folks are sure to come from a considerable dis tance these reductions are hardly to be expected at a time when all goods in these lines are actually bounding upward mr carswell is anxious to create a lasting impression on the buying public of the district and with the enormous stock on hand is well able to do it by offering goods at prices you have not bought at in years folks from out of town will see a marked change in the interior of the store where everything is on display and plainly mark ed as to price as has been said stouffvilles leading store is tak ing on abroadwayappearance well you come and see for yourself and be prepared to snap up some of the bargains which will smack your con science as giveaway prices seeding operations no comm a good many farmers will commence seeding the latter part of this week but it will be a hundred per cent general in the district by next monday the land gives promise of working up nicely this spring which is not always the case for it sometimes cakes and hardens fall wheat and all seeds came through the danger point of early spring frosts in excellent style and will get off to a most promising start buried from church of his grandfather samuel w clark retired fruit and vegetable wholesaler was buried at the wideman cemetery in markham last fri day afternoon following his death on wednesday at his home in toronto in his 63rd year death came unexpectedly born on the farm west of stouffville a son of prominent farmers in markham and whit church mr clark early forsook the farm to seek a mercantile career going to toronto when only a young man surviving are his widow mary clark one daughter mary three sons lome jack and james three brothers lome and bruce w clark in toronto and j aylmer clark on the homestead in whitchurch his father was the late david clark of whit church while his mother was a wideman it is interesting to note that the funeral on friday to the wideman cemetery fol lowed service in the church there which was originally er ected by his grandfather rushed to hospital councillor herman kidd of ballantrae received a serious strain while engagd in cutting wood and was rushed to the hospital in toronto on tuesday he was immediately operated on and is reported to be mak ing good recovery bowling meeting the annual meeting of the stouffville lawji bowling club will be held in the telephone office on friday april 26th 1940 at 8 pm all members and prospective members are urged to be present j b sand- rs prest tb rae secy death ends long ill ness following a lingering illness mrs hughie percy died on tuesday this week at her home lot 27 con 7 pickering in her 53rd year the funeral this thursday afternoon is to mark ham- cemetery at 230 mrs percy was the former mary elizabeth norton and is sur vived by her husband one son harold and one daughter marjorie pioneer resident 97 john ross pioneer resident of markham township monday celebrated his 97th birthday it was a special occasion for mr ross no less than four genera tions were in attendance at the celebration at the old family homestead on the seventh con cession unionville drama winners 4th time for the fourth consecutive year unionville players annex ed the york county junior farmers drama festival top honors when the adjudicator g k d alderson toronto gave them highest rating over four other cubs mr alderson said that the competition was so close among all clubs that he would only name the winner he gave special praise to sam gough of unionville who he stated played a very difficult role in a most capable manner mr gough performed the part of j altrus browne a major in the last war in merrill denni- sons well known one act tlay brothers in arms mr gough was capably aided by miss mary- crosby as dorothea brown others in the successful cast were mac freehian and hilliard beare who were backwoodsmen somewhere in northern ontario they provided many laughs for the large crowd by their slow drawl and high voices cedar beach owner is seriously injured on active service wmmm a very interesting letter has recently been received by mrs george evans of uxbridge r r 1 from her son pte john evans of goodwood and now of the rcoc casf with the canadian troops at aldershot george e davies proprietor of the musselmans lake cedar beach dance pavilion was seriously injured early satur day morning by being struck by a car while he was repairing a punctured tire the accident occurred about 2 oclock in the morning just half a- mile north of ringwood on the 8th of whitchurch mr and mrs davies were returning from toronto while the other car was travelling south ihf j jhn bruce alleged to have been the driver of the other m which struck mr davies was arrested on a charge of reckless driving by constable robert windsor and later re leased on 1000 bail his com panion cliff arsenault was not held davies had to stop to repair his left front tire when the other car came from the north he ceased work and stood be side his own car while the other vehicle passed it is said the door handle of the passing car struck him a violent blow he suffered a fracture of both bones below the right knee puncture wounds requiring stitches in the arm and several bruises first aid was rendered at the brierbush hospital where he remained for a day or more and then was taken to toronto claremont wins high at the stratford horse show last week nelson wagg of claremont won every class in yimu iiwpo ipiuwm clydesdale stallion exhibits r s frandson of the latejs we the grand champion- john s todd- also of goodwood pte evans reports that he is in splendid health that the grass in england is very green right now and the parks most beautiful ship with strath ore guard newly imported last fall female grand champion was wqn by premier hepburns torrs smil ing queen which was also im ported by nelson wagg last fall stolen car recovered abandoned in lindsay to go sightseeing the stouffville jr institute and short course club have arranged a trip to toronto for wednesday may 1st bus leav es post office at 8 oclock dst returning at 6 dst the trip includes a visit to the city dairy institute for the blind millers greenhouse dinner at eatons round room the expenses per person will be 125 for bus fare and 45c for dinner if you wish to join this party get in touch with miss m mertens or miss lillian phillips by monday april 29 ford dealer leaves hospital after three weeks in the private patients pavilion tor onto general hospital mr holden was able to be removed to his home in town by ambul ance on monday evening former native of lemonville dead for many years a resident of lemonville mrs patrick cooney died at st michaels hospital toronto on monday afternoon in her 76th year the funeral today thursday takes place from the blessed sacrament church to newmarket cemetery born at church hill a daugh ter of the late martin roach mrs cooney after her marriage lived at lemonville for a good many years and about 20 years ago moved to a farm in the aurora district mr cooney died five years ago in toronto and a family of six daughters and three sons survive mrs j henessey of vandorf mrs don kenny of newmarket mrs w stoddard toronto misses blanche etoyol and kathleen all at home in toronto and with whom the mother lived joseph cooney stouffville james at lemonyihe and bro damian aylmer stolen from in front of his residence in stouffville last wednesday in broad day light fred betzs touring car was re covered several days later up in the town of lindsay left de serted at the curb it was meal time when mr betz left his car in front of his home here and rushed in the house leaving the keys in the cfar fifteen minutes later he came out to find that his car was gone police search ed for days before the big touring car was located in the northern town it appeared to be none the worse for the ad venture although thieves are not expected to care for a stolen car townspeople should take the warning and not leave keys in their car even on their private premises this is the third time a car has been stolen in this manner delbert holden lost one a year ago when it was taken from the curb in front of his home and was lat er recovered abandoned in whitchurch paul boadway was another victim pretty bride isfwed in bapti pars a quiet wedding was solem nized at the baptist church parsonage stouffville on satur day when muriel jean daught er of mr and mrs j a davis was united in marriage to jack b johnson son of mr and mrs russell johnson by rev dun can macgregof miss ruth davis was her sisters bridesmaid while mr j b davis supported the groom after a short honeymoon to buffalo and other points the young couple will live on the ninth line markham