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over 5000 readers vol 53 no 12 largest circulating weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridge twps copies this issue 1450 stouffville ont thursday july 18th 1940 eight pages skunk spoils holiday for seven when car overturns on 8th con stone crusher broken relief to be cut off the new stone crusher placed ah municipal councils have in the gravel pit of chapman been advised by the unemploy- a toronto family starting out on their holidays came to great grief on saturday evening when the car in which they sped along in heading for wagners lake north of uxbridge town crashed into the 8th concession rushed to the scene and took away the injured woman a second trip gathered up the father but the other occupants were not injured much the affair is described as a solo accident for no other car ditch on the j was near or ap all in of markham i a it js one more danger signal just below dickson hill jf a motorists keep down mrs ma jury and her hus- y speed you may meet a band were the most seriously i skunk on the highway be he a injuredbut their five passengers furry one 0 just the all escaped with a few bruises roa1 t behind a wheel the mother suffered a terrible drive s am enjoy your scalp wound which fairly laid open one side of her head she was rushed to the brierbush hospital and is making a good bid for recovery her husband less seriously hurt was able to leave the hospital on sunday the majurys who live on chishohme avenue had their car loaded with supplies which with members of the family filled it to capacity the eldest son in military uniform was driving and according to his explanation he saw a little black and white object on the road which he believed to be a skunk and probably having in mind all the goodygoodies they had to eat plus excitement to reach the camping ground without too much delay he made a heroic effort to circle the little animal in so doing he landed into a deep ditch in front of the old holden farm now owned by the estate of the late edwin hoovei the car nosed into the bank and made a complete turn over the wheels were in the air and the top was crushed in so that one wondered how anyone could have gotten out of the wreckage even half alive the hospital ambulance was holiday 500 dogs licensed in whitchurch twp the dog population in the township of whitchurch is in the neighborhood of five hun dred and the dog tax collected for the canines totalled 1241 as against 1178 last year there are still a few who have not met the tax but before many days now they will be hailed in to court unless in the mean time they procure the necessary tag or tags last year whitchurch council inaugurated a new system for the township whereby the assessor collected the dog tax in the spring as is done in oth er municipalities it worked out well and was continued this year so that assessor fred cummings has turned in the sum of money mentioned herein and the township bank loan will be just that much less to pay in terest on storry at gravel hill north of stouffville broke down and held up delivery of gravel on the road job north of vandorf most of last week with repairs com pleted everything is humming now and gravel is being hauled across whitchurch at a lively speed about 10000 yards was required we are informed draw in fortythree loads in one day nine men one tractor and three teams of horses put 43 loads of hay from the fields to the mow in one day on the farm of wm harper south end of obrien avenue a few days ago they were good big loads too one of the men said and so the undertaking was something of a record for speed it was a case of making hay while the sun shines ment relief branch that on and after july 22 the dept will not contribute toward the support cf fully employable male heads of families with one dependent in view of the general demand for workers on the farms and elsewhere the decision to dis continue this relief is arrived at whitchurch finds road budget dwindling with year only half gone road expenditures came in for serious consideration at the july meeting of whitchurch council last saturday when the superintendent henry widdi- field disclosed that only about 3000 to 4000 of the 816000 oad appropriation for this year remained to be spent if the one of our most highly re- 1 fthw a s spected women mrs john eter s rebate department on the amount over expended we must hold it down was the sentiment expressed in death comes as distinct shock turner died about 4 oclock onl from the tuesday afternoon very sud denly she had been out in the garden during the morning and had been playing the piano only a short time before she was suddenly seized with born 75 vears receives compensation for molested milker isaac pike veteran farmer at bethesda received compensation to the extent of 875 for the loss of a cow dead as a result of be ing chased by a dog or dogs restitution was voted mr pike on saturday by whitchurch township council in session at vandorf the sheep and dog act pro vides for compensation to own ers of cattle as well as sheep should these animals be killed or damaged by dogs c- cut barley tuesday is first in district probably the first farmer in markham or whitchurch to cut barley this season is mr wm brodie of ringwood who on tuesday cut a piece containing two acres which promises to give an excellent yield this field was grown from seed pro cured from poland and is an it was reported that the dog pening variety which which chased mr pikes cowi looks very heavy like the lake unto death was identified tf w received a plus hat n ear later and constable williamson performed its execution with a shot from his gun sheep in the same neighbor hood had also been ravaged latey as clare bolender was awarded 10 for one killed and one injured in another section dr devins place was visited by clogs leaving one sheep killed for which council paid 88 ah these payments were on the award of the valuator iheatre war effort well supported there was an unprecedented ush for war revenue stamps in own on monday evening when he stanley theatre gave a free how to all who purchased two 5c stamps from the theatre as result the dominion revenue fathered in 268 a mighty fine howing for a village theatre to nit forth the junior band add- d to the interest of the under- aking by rendering several elections outside the theatre on he occasion of the lentary showing for bringing the first boat into harbor when the season opens our ringwood farmer is entitled to the prize for first grain cutt ing of the season in the neigh boring townships farm groups fuse the canadian federation of agriculture which claims 300- 000 farm members organized in york county at newmarket on monday seventy delegates at tended when speakers outlined immediate steps to be taken on such things as price control stabalization of market and schemes for federal legislation the federation is a fusion of all farm groups hh hannan secretary of the upo told the gathering that more than half i he farmers of canada were now in the organization or would be within a year county officers elected includ ed jas rennie president mrs ralph willis gormley secre tarytreasurer twenty rinks were entered in the annual mens bowling comnli- i tournament here for the stouff- iville old bovs trophv township gets fur bearing industry the hollywood fur farm operating at islington is chang ing its location to the township of whitchurch where the con cern has just purchased five acres of land near lemonville at lot 5 on con 7 from robert ratcliff owner of the property known as the taylor farm the swampy condition and chemical makeup of the water area is found to be ideal for beaver and this firm intend to put in some sixty or more of the south american breed to start with considerable construction work will start immediately on a dwelling and other buildings such as breeding houses and pens there is hope of expanding ihe industry as an option on 20 additional acres has been secur ed mr ratcliff admits united church scene of edythe grubin wedding on saturday afternoon stouff ville united church was the scene of the wedding of edylhe isobel grubin daughter of mrs grubin and the late alex gru bin of stouffville to james earle thorn of markham high school staff and son of mr and mrs john thorn of carleton place rev dr thomas mitchell performed the ceremony and miss ann lehman presided at the organ miss margarita gru bin sister of the bride sang because the bride given in marriage by her brother earl grubin wore a gown of white marqui sette with lace insets over satin which was fashioned with long full sleeves and full skirt she wore a lace trimmed coronet with fingerlength veil and car ried a bouquet of sweetheart roses and bouvardia mrs sven young toronto sister of the bride was matron of honor and miss enid morris was bridesmaid franklin thorn was his brothers best man and winston bates and fred arm strong were ushers the reception was held at the home of the bride with her mother receiving in a navy sheer afternoon dress matching acces sories and a corsage of red ros es the grooms mother receiv ed in rose sheer with gray accessories on their wedding trip to eastern canada the brine travelled in a rose print dress under a light wool rose coat with matching turban and white accessories the couple will reside in markham ago ah scott townshipmrs turner was a daughter of the late jasi hamilton her mother died four months ago at the re markable age of 100 mrs turner after her marriage resided on the farm south of stouffville until words by reeve toole who jjinetf pointed to the fact that it had ll an unusual year with both the york county roads commission and the depart ment urging the building of the 4th concession thus putting the township to the expense of purchasing necessary extra land as their part of the deal this was not a heavy undertaking but the wear ship roads couple busy though nearly 90 years old mrs george wagg north of town has just returned from an enjovable visit to the homes of her daughters but mr wagg is busy on the farm so does not go running around making social calls like his good wife hes on the farm doing things ever day on wednesday of this week mrs wagg reached her 88th birth day and on july 21 mr wagg wiil celebrate his 89th in view of the fact that the 21st is a sunday it will be more conven ient for the family to gather at the home acres north of island lake lake resident dies in local hospital mrs martha s harding of hamilton died on saturday at the brierbush in stouffville and tear on town- after a couple of weeks illness during months with her husband and only the 4th is being built serious enough one road after another was destroyed by the trucks hauling gravel from the pits however it was hop- 12 years ago when with her hus- ed that shortly the work is corn- band they retired in town taking pleted and the roads once more up residence on main street east besides the aged husband who is in ill health mrs turner is survived by five of a family namely roy of chicago lloyd of stouffville melville in toron to rhea mrs wright on the old homestead on the 10th of mark ham and olive mrs taylor of toronto the funeral will be held on friday afternoon from the late home at 2 pm to stouffville cemetery put in good shape ratepayers will forget the inconveniences council went on record as determined to spend no money on roads that the department will not subsidize in the usual way the york county tax to be raised in whitchurch this year will be 2017149 it was an- continued on page s daughter they had come to musselmans lake for a short holiday when she was seized with a stroke the first evening at the cottage a wellknown radio charac ter for her role in the old choirmaster mrs harding was a teacher of violin and was associated with the hamilton conservatory of music she had suffered from her ailment since childhood her husband percy harding was constantly with her during this final illness ten years ago he was superintend ent for dominion stores in this district markham mother taken by surprise mr and mrs p h raymer of mount joy have promised for some time to spend a day in town at the home of his daughter mrs ambrose stover and on tuesday they fulfilled that promise it happened to be mrs stovers farmers and merchants must pay defense tax birthday too and was she sur prised when the capable young daughters in the home stealthily prepared a birthday meal of which she never dreamed mr and mrs lorne wideman miss myrtle crossen has re turned home after recently undergoing an operation in tor onto general hospital mr and mrs lorne m wideman bride and groom of last week have a peculiar interest in the school teaching profession both have been teaching school the bride at keswick four vears and then six years at hartman it is interesting to note that both mrs widemans parents mr and mrs s ii foote of whitchurch taught school at one time also her uncle the late david young was principal at guelph for over 50 years a lot of business men in stouffville and farmers in the neighborhood may be affected by the new national defense tax for which forms are avail able at the post office although how the public is to find this out we do not know and ottawa has not taken the trouble to broad cast the fact as yet persons with an income tax able under the national defense tax but which is not derived in the way of wages or salary will it is understood pay the new levy direct to the income tax authorities at the end of the fis cal year this group includes persons with a small business of their own such as a retail merchant professional men like doctors or lawyers and farmers in all cas es of course the exemptions of 600 for a single man and 1200 for a married man will apply farmers who have employees such as farm manager or hired men or women retail mer chants who have clerks doctors who have chauffeurs etc will deduct the 2 pc from the wag es paid and remit them monthly to the authorities in calculating the wages of hired help it is pointed out that in cases where board and room form part of the remuneration the employer will have to reck on the value of the accommoda tion so furnished this will then be added to the regular month ly wage to determine whether the total wages paid bring the employee into the tax paying group employees must obtain forms and fill them out employers must see that this is done other wise they will be held respon sible for the paymdnt of the tax for the men they employed