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5000 readers rnxtbum 1430 copies awarded jos clark memorial trophy for 1939 vol 53 no 6 stouffville ontario thursday june 6th 1940 eight pages cherrywood gravel pit promising oil deposit at sunderland in the town ship of brock there is quite a stir reported regarding an oil find war needs and demands have bad a more than usual in terest in possibly further oil development in ontario at sunderland investigation of oil is developing while in the sharon district just northeast of newmarket a fine prospect has been uncovered according to the promoters another local interest in oil lies in a prospect at udora cherrywood in pick ering township is also in the oil line the tribune is inform ed that the old gravelpit pre sents one of the finest prospects in old ontario in this connection is the fol lowing clipping taken from the globe and mails financial col umn at no time since boom days in early ontario history has so much attention been directed to latent oil possibilities manitou- lin island and bruce peninsula seem to have the call at the moment and in fact actual drilling has lust been started in the former area but there are others further east that have been under investigation and which in the opinion of men who have had experience in the business offer chances as good as many presented in the earlier history of texas california wyoming oklahoma and else where poohpoohed by the wise hoys then just as they are be ing scoffed at here now one section in particular which seems to merit develop ment lies in the vicinity of sun derland in the northeast corn er of york county where an apparent dome rising to an ele vation of about 1000 feet above sea level runs northeastsouth west for about thirty miles tak ing in part of the northwest corner of durham county and the southwest corner of victoria county rock exposures are few and as we understand the situation no geological reports had been made by either the dominion or the provincial department claim is made that sands carry ing petroleum in other localities have been identified in the vicinity of peterboro and they may be penetrated in the sund- murray sinclair son of mr and and mrs e r sinclair of ringwood who is now in train ing with the rcaf old mill site sold at 5th concession frank harvey of gormley re ports having sold the old mill property at the corner of the 5th concession of whitchurch and the markham townline six miles west of town to a mr langfellow of toronto the mill was removed from the property a few years ago and established at gormley hut the attractive sight and pond privileges were always considered to be an ideal location for a lovely country home mr langfellow who is now in possession has a gang of men engaged repairing the dam and will later stock the place with fish revision court has short session only a minor appeal engaged the attention of the court of revision on the assessment roll for the village of stouffville monday evening acting reeve r e brown was chairman and the single claim came from herbert and robert burnett on a house property situated in the lane at the rear of storey drug store the assessment of s100 on the lot and 200 on the house was sustained the house is unfit for habitation and the location at the rear of the stor es is undesirable with no other adpeals the court adjourn ed confirming the roll of 650- 525 for taxation purposes officers reelected stouffville war veterans re elected last years officers for another year on monday even ing george myland of ring- wood is president r middleton vicepresident of york county conducted the election erland area at a depth of around 1000 feet certainly the cost of drilling to that depth should not scare any man who has even a vistage of pioneerism left in his system councillor would resign to become town cop enthusiatic support for red cross the red cross meeting for the ladies of stouffville and whitchurch township held on monday afternoon in the coun cil chambers was largely at tended and those present unanimously resolved to form both a sewing and knitting branch to work under the red cross organization committees were formed to carry on the work and already material has been ordered while no canvas will be made for funds to carry on this work the executive will depend on the generosity of the patriotic citizens of this village and the township of whitchurch to supply funds mr reg stouffer treasurer of the red cross wishes to acknowledge the following don ations for the above work fund mr and mrs roy grove 200 j k agnew 1000 jubilee chapter oes 1000 jos borinsky 2000 e a button 2500 f l button 5000 blankets are pouring in to mr buttons office after the appeal made in the churches last sunday and the names of the donors will be published in our next issue nine appeals minor reductions granted only nine appeals were filed against the million and a half dollar assessment in the town ship of whitchurch it was dis closed when the council re solved into a court of revision last saturday to deal with complaints the net change was a reduction of 400 two appeal- ants obtaining 100 each and one 200 all other appeals were dismissed it was however decided to investigate the complaint of the lake simcoe ice co that their property near yonge street con tains 1s075 acres whereas the assessment calls for 196 acres the court could not believe the land was short but according to mr rogers who presented the appeal w s gibson son had made a survey and found the discrepancy complained of the companv pay taxes on an assess ment of 5900 it was a noticeable fact that not a single resident farmer en tered an appeal the nearest approach was when george foote on the markham whit church townline a markham resident asked for a reduction on his whitchurch farm which he maintained had grown into disrepair through a period of time in the hands of tenants reeve earl toole presided over the court which composed deputy reeve jess cook coun cillors herb wells herman kidd george leary the mem bers were duly sworn in by clerk john crawford the actual appeals and the disposition in each case were mrs annie hobson toronto assessment two high on lot 5 plan 184 wilcox lake reduc ed 100 james fairhead f john button md among the 1940 medical graduates of the university of toronto is john button son of mr and mrs e a button the medical degree will be conferred on him at convoca tion hall june 6th dr button will commence his duties as an interne at j western hospital toronto in july any old clothing the war branch are prepar ed to make over second hand clothing for the refugees any one having anything that can be made over for children or adults please advise the presi dent mrs geo lee or miss mae mowder convener of sewing sunday weddings stouffer meyer james fairhead estate toron- 0n sundav morning june 2 to assessment too hitrh on jof l manage was quietly solem- h on otl of mary elizabeth lewis and reginald stouffer two of our popular young people rev nine people applied for the position of constable for stouff ville in response to an advertis- ment inserted in this paper last week the position is only a parttime job when the applications were read before the village council meeting monday evening coun cillor ira rusnell said that he would retire while the list was under consideration because he was one of the applicants he offered to take the job at the prevailing price of 400 mr rusnell withdrew from the chambers but the council was unable to make any headway no one in the list of appli cants was given their stamp of approval and it was decided to meet with reeve weldon at his home and further consider the list acting reeve ross brown and councillors delbert holden and john silverthorn were pre sent at the meeting when mr kusnell returned he was advis ed that the matter had been left for future consideration it was suggested that if none of the applicants were acceptable council might approach certain individuals whom thev think would satisfactorily fill the job in the meantime the village is w usual p protection the list of applicants and the amounts asked as salary are j e page 375 bert maskeil 200 w e smalley 384 i d rusnell 400 r spofford 300 john t anderson 250 harry lintner 240 a e boake 264 george clement 600 average wage asked 335 per year serious accident narrowly averted operating the stone crusher in the gravel pit on the jess cook farm north of town last saturday frank roberts of unionville just missed being mangled in the large conveyor belt by inches he had climed to the top of the machine to attend to something when his pant leg caught in the heavy suremov ing belt which dragged him down to the wheel just at this point someone shut off the machine and saved him from being broken over the wheel it was a narrow escape for if the machine had made a couple of more revolutions he might have been smashed up in a serious way as it was frank lost his nants which were fairly torn from his limbs so that it was heart ailment fatal to male connor seriously ill only since a week ago last saturday our well known ballantrae and mussel- man lake resident malcolm conner passed away at his farm home there on monday morn ing june 3 prior to his last ill ness he had been in delicate health for a year and was not able to do much work on his 80 acres of farm land malcolm connorw as born at lincoinville 70 years ago a son of benjamin connerhe spent all his entire life in the neighbor hood where he died and is sur vived by an only brother ralph there are two sisters living mrs w cockerell ballantrae and mrs w bovair in sask mrs everett barnes deceased was also a sister as a young man he married sarah gray who died 23 years ago to this union an only son earl g con ner survives nineteen years ago mr conner married as his second wife gertrude barnes who survives him a man of more or less retir ing nature he never sought public office but did serve for fifteen years as a school trustee for ss no 11 ballantrae he was an adherent of ballantrae united church for long years and the funeral on wednesday afternoon to church hill ceme tery was conducted by his pastor rev w e irwin lemonville many lifelong friends and acquaintances were in attendance 28 con 1 east and west parts clerk and assessor to check up lake simcoe ice co toronto over assessed at wilcox lake to be checked up frank harvey gormley over assessed on his property at lot 1 con 4 assessment sutained bruce f hunter newmarket assessment too high on his resi dence lot 94 con 1 near new market reduced 200 mrs frank prosser new market wrongfully assessed for house at lot 26 con 4 assess ment was made in accordance with a judges order directing mrs prosser to pay the taxes she appears to hold a life lease on the house built as a separate dwelling on the farm left by her late husband mrs prosser maintained her son had to pay the taxes but son who appear ed in court challenged the claim of his mother the taxes invol ved total about 7 annually mrs elizabeth beacon tor onto assessment too high on lot 12 plan 191 wilcox lake assessment sustained j c linton toronto over assessed at wilcox lake assessment sustained george foote assessed for h shantz tied the nuptial knot at the mbc parsonage at nine oclock when the happy couple immediately left by motor on a trip that may take them as far as washington the bride wore a travelling suit of navy blue and was unattended she was the popular clerk in the domin ion stores for the past few years while the groom is em ployed at the brathwaite hard ware on their return they will reside in part of mrs meyers residence on main street and will have the best wishes of a large host of friends for a long and happy life tranmer over walter m tranmer and rose m over of toronto were united in matrimony by rev e mor ton on sunday june 2nd the bride wore a grey ensemble with red accessories and was attend ed by mrs d wagg while the groom was supported by mr wagg the young couple intend to reside at vivian pays 5 and costs for careless driving bill baker of markham charg ed with careless driving in con nection with a recent accident on the 8th concession was found guilty and sentenced with 5 and costs when he appeared in county court on monday peggy davidson received a nasty gash across the throat which sent her to the hospital as a result of this accident at ringwood historic farm near markham is sold the sale is reported this week of braeside park farm in markham township to dr o l stanton who flew down from yellowknife last week for the purpose of purchasing a farm on securing the property dr stanton and his wife returned to yellowknife by plane the vendors of the farm are j grant milne and miss estelle milne the farm which consists of some 95 acres is located within a halfmile of markham the river rouge flows along its southern edge almost its full length on the farm the river is widened into a large pond backed by a concrete dam built in 1911 by a w milne who also was its inventor this is said to be the first steel and concrete arc dam ever built this property was purchased in 1824 by the late peter milne and has been the home of three milne generations for 116 years the large oldfashioned brick residence is now an archi tectural curiosity it has a large- cellar kitchen where all cook ing originally was done in a fire place the food to be cooked was placed in iron pots and swung over the fire by means of a crane the upstairs rooms still have the original fireplaces the vendors mr and miss milne will remain on the farm until the fall of 1941 lawn bowlers in action on monday 3800 on lot 7 con 9 received a cut of 100 on buildings james monks awarded full damage claim necessary to borrow a pair of overalls in order to make home while maintaining the require ments of the law respecting nakedness in division court at mark ham last monday mr james monks of stouffville was award ed the full amount of his claim 1475 plus costs for damage done his car when it collided with a car driven by mr j c burns on april 11 last the acci dent happened in markham village when mr monks was passing through the place burns attempted to turn around with his car from the curb re sulting in both cars colliding burns counter claim for 100 was dismissed f l button for monks showed that burns fail ed to give the necessary signal when he puped from the curb to make a complete turn around offer services for the air force two more young men from this district have offered their services for the rcaf and are awaiting their call glen gibbons a son of mr and mrs john gibbons of lemonville and jack nigh son of mr and mrs ed nigh of almira have both past their preliminary examin ations for the service mrs lennox who has just vacated the nendick property on obrien avenue is occupying the fred betz bungalo on main street on the school hill persistent rain has delayed the opening of the local lawn bowling season but it is hoped that on monday june 10 at 8 pm will see all members new and old lined up for the presi dent vs vicepresident match following this a regular schedule of rink games will be played each monday evening to include every available play er other nights being left open for doubles or other games as decided by the committee nam ed for that purpose besides those listed some few players are left for extra rinks these are the rinks as drawn for opening games wc sanders av nolan p spofford ac burkholder s h bannerman frank rae jk agnew jmstorey s l e oneill r button f carruth- ers f marshall s b lickor- ish rev le atkinson tb rae g lemon s george lee m tait js dougherty j h ratcliff s g bailey ross rat- cliff geo saunders d davis s jg- spence o lehman jb sanders me watts s r snow ball w still a h williams c d pipher s h greenwood j borinsky r johnston wr sanders s dr weatherill ea button c armstrong fl but ton s d hodgins lc murphy ira aldred thos birkett s chinese cafe closed the chinese cafe in the silvester block was closed up last week under seizure for rent bob and alex the two lads who have grown up and were educated in the local school left for toronto and may be gone from town for good this we suppose will depend on the abil ity of harry fong to redeem the business the place enjoyed an enormous tobacco trade